About the Exhibition
Opening reception: Sunday, October 5, 2 - 5 pm
About the Gallery Since 1897, The Plastic Club has been devoted to the
promotion and preservation of the visual (plastic) arts in
Philadelphia. The busy gallery schedule offers several annual
exhibitions for members and non-members, as well as invited
artists in solo and group exhibitions. Members include well-known
Philadelphia artists.
Among the founding members of The Plastic Club were the "Red
Rose Girls" -- Violet Oakley, Jessie Wilcox Smith, and
Elizabeth Shippen Green -- outstanding artists of their time.
The name was given this group of talented women by their teacher
Howard Pyle.
Although initially formed as a women's group, The Plastic
Club has always hosted exhibitions and lectures by prominent
men and women artists. Membership was expanded to include
men in 1991, and they now number about half of the active
members.
