Two great NEW reasons to join us at our next General Meeting!

General Meetings are were MSoP business gets conducted, information is shared, and we learn new things from great presenters. The upcoming meeting on January 25th was already looking pretty interesting, with updates about the upcoming SAMA conference, as well as a terrific presentation on hanging systems (timely, as many of us are getting work ready for Fragments, Shard and Pieces, as well as other shows), and now, there are two new reasons to attend!

Dawnmarie Zimmerman, Executive Director of the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA), will be our guest at the meeting and give us a first hand look at what is going on with the planning for this massive and exciting conference (March 11-15, 2015 in Philadelphia!!).

And here's yet another reason to attend — a raffle, for tempered glass sheets!

We will be raffling off twenty 10" x 16" sheets of tempered glass, one at a time, for $2 per raffle ticket. Twenty sheets! So there's a really good chance you will walk away with at least one of them if you participate. Two dollars! That's less than that cup of coffee with the fancy logo on it! And you will be helping raise funds for MSoP!

So bring all those singles that clutter your wallet, walk away with some yummy tempered glass, and then... break it!

We hope to see all members there!

And don't forget — 2015 membership fees are due! Don't miss out!

Call to artists: Fragments, Shards & Pieces — Images in Mosaic

The prospectus for Fragments, Shards & Pieces — Images in mosaic is available now!

Please note that the deadline for application has been extended and there are now TWO deadlines: January 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.  to exhibit in the show at City Hall, and February 1 to exhibit at Ludington Library and Main Line Art Center. 

Time to get busy!

In conjunction with the SAMA Annual Conference, in March 2015, MSoP will be hosting, along with some great partners, not one, but three exhibits open to MSoP members ONLY. Details are still being worked out, but the prospectus will be available within the next week or two. This is in addition to the SAMA sponsored Mosaic Art International, which is a juried show. So it's time to get busy!! And if you are not a member of the Mosaic Society of Philadelphia and live in this region, become a member today!!

Volunteers needed for SAMA Conference 2015!

MSoP is deep in the planning stages, getting ready to host the SAMA Conference, March 11-15, 2015! Volunteers are needed in many areas, from Registration Desk duties, to Salon helpers, and everything in between! If you can spare an hour or two, or ten or twenty, and want to help, please send a message to msop@mosaicsocietyofphiladelphia.org and help us make the next SAMA Conference one to remember!

Start planning for the 2015 SAMA conference now!

Details are starting to emerge for the 2015 Society of American Mosaic Artists Annual Conference. Visit the SAMA website for updated information!! At this time, a call for presenters and vendor reservations has been made, and the host hotel, the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, is already taking reservations at the conference preferred rate. Make your reservations soon! The rooms are going fast!

Registration for the conference opens December 1st. We can't wait to welcome the mosaic world to Philadelphia!

It's official! The saved mosaic is now the CAPA Mosaic!

With a crowd of about 60, enthusiastic performances by CAPA students, and words by a few of the folks instrumental in saving the former Loews Philadelphia Mosaic and orchestrating and executing it's move and installation at its new home at the Philadelphia High School of Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), the mosaic was unveiled at a gathering on March 21, 2014. Please enjoy a few photos of the event!

Photos © 2014 Anabella Wewer

CAPA students and guests listening to opening remarks, with the saved mosaic above.

CAPA students and guests listening to opening remarks, with the saved mosaic above.

A plaque acknowledging the work of those who led the effort to save the mosaic now graces the column to the left of the work.

A plaque acknowledging the work of those who led the effort to save the mosaic now graces the column to the left of the work.

The team that lead the efforts of many volunteers and donors to preserve this great mosaic! From left: Nancy Frank, MSoP; Stephen Miotto, fabricator; Wendy Shapiro, Interim Principal, CAPA; Richard Watson, Artist; Daniel O'Brien, The City of Philade…

The team that lead the efforts of many volunteers and donors to preserve this great mosaic! From left: Nancy Frank, MSoP; Stephen Miotto, fabricator; Wendy Shapiro, Interim Principal, CAPA; Richard Watson, Artist; Daniel O'Brien, The City of Philadelphia; Jason Zahaczewski, Humphrey Construction Group; Carol Shelkin, President, MSoP

Admiring the mosaic! (Carol Shelkin, President, MSoP; Stephen Miotto, fabricator)

Admiring the mosaic! (Carol Shelkin, President, MSoP; Stephen Miotto, fabricator)

The mosaic can now be admired at eye level! It will be viewable during CAPA's public events.

The mosaic can now be admired at eye level! It will be viewable during CAPA's public events.

Stephen Miotto, fabricator, signing the extra pieces cut from the edges of the mosaic, which were auctioned to raise funds for MSoP's Scholarship Fund.

Stephen Miotto, fabricator, signing the extra pieces cut from the edges of the mosaic, which were auctioned to raise funds for MSoP's Scholarship Fund.


Save the Mosaic! update and unveiling

We did it! The Mosaic Society of Philadelphia, under the leadership of Nancy Frank, and with the support of Loews Hotel Philadelphia and a lot of other people and organizations, has saved the mosaic formerly at the Loews' SoleFood Restaurant. The mosaic was installed by its fabricator, Stephen Miotto, at its new home at CAPA, the Philadelphia High School of Creative and Performing Arts, last week.  The official unveiling will be March 21, 2014. Visit the Events page for details!

Photo © 2014 Anabella Wewer

Photo © 2014 Anabella Wewer