Here’s our May list of Philadelphia exhibitions to see, alongside what our city’s artists are up to elsewhere.
Thanks to everyone who’s participated in helping us find these great shows! We look forward to learning more and more about what’s happening each month.

Portrait
Works by: Lauren Rinaldi, Buddy Nestor, Jean-Paul Mallozzi, Jason Andrew Turner, Jason Chen
April 22^nd – June 18^th
Paradigm Gallery + Studio
Press: Hi-Fructose Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine

In The Cards
Julianna Menna
May 6^th – May 28th
Opening night: May 6^th
Arch Enemy Arts

For The First Time
Works by: Heather McLean, Maj Askew, Sheri DeBow, Bao Pham, Erich J Moffitt, Jana Brike, Robert Kraiza, Rachael Bridge, Kindra Nikole, Lioba Brückner, Jessica Dalva, Mark Elliott, and Reuben Negron
May 6^th – May 28th
Opening night: May 6^th
Arch Enemy Arts

&

Rapture
David Seidman
May 6^th – May 28th
Opening night: May 6^th
Arch Enemy Arts

Press: Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

Fear Collecting Rituals: a fools journey
Lucien Shapiro
May 14^th
The Convent Philly
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lucien-shapiros-fear-collecting-rituals-tour-film-performance-tickets-24851397198

Cats and Corpses
Lectures and slideshow by: Dr. Paul Koudounaris
Presented by Obscura Society Philadelphia
May 18^th: Don’t Fear The Reaper!
May 19^th: Ship Cats: Adventure, Courage, Betrayal
The Convent Philly
http://www.atlasobscura.com/events/obscura-society-philly-dont-fear-the-reaper
http://www.atlasobscura.com/events/obscura-society-philly-nautical-cats-adventure-courage-and-betrayal

Beyond The Surface: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing Curated by Evan Kitson
Works by: Dina Brodsky, Danielle Brown, Mairin-Taj Caya, Matt Chapman, Randall DiGiuseppe
Francine Fox, Jeff Geib, Evan Kitson, Isaac Pelepko, Grayson Ronk, David Stenulson, Catherine Stickles, Maria Teicher, David M. Stallings, Jeremy Waak, Jason Ward, John David Wissler, and Tina Yanni
May 3^rd – May 28^th
Opening Night: May 6^th
Red Raven Art Company (Lancaster, PA)

Some (Elemental) Thing
Andrew Bucklin
Opening Night: May 26^th
Vintage

Spring Art Star Craft Bazaar
100+ Art and Craft Vendors Juried by Art Star (vendor line up here: http://www.artstarcraftbazaar.com/vendors-philly/)
May 7^th– May 8^th
Art Star
Hosted at: Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing