This year marks the tenth annual Philadelphia Open Studio Tours or POST which features Philadelphia visual artists in neighborhoods all over the city opening their studios to the public to show and sell their work.  This weekend, October 10 and 11, is reserved for those artists who studios are west of Broad Street.

 

Included in this weekend’s POST tours is “Sharp Street Studios.”   Located in Manayunk, it houses the workspaces for five fiber artists including two alumni of Philadelphia University’s Textile Design Program.  Pam Pawl, a weaver, received her B.S. in Textile Design and went on to teach weave design from 1995 – 2001.  Wendelyn Anderson is a print and surface designer who received her M.S. in Textile Design in 1999 and continues to work for the University as the technical and administrative assistant for the Textile Print Design program under the direction of Professor Hitoshi Ujiie. 

 

Sharp Street Studios is located at 3745 Sharp Street (Philadelphia, 19127).  The open studio hours are Saturday and Sunday from noon – 6 pm.  For more information log onto: www.philaopenstudios.com

Submitted by Wendy Anderson