Thrilled to find passionate and insightful writing continues onward in “The Philly Occasional!”

“This venture springs from the closing of Artblog in June, 2025, after 21 years of publishing. We wrote for Artblog and we are now continuing to share thoughts about the scene and why it matters. - Contributors to The Occasional Philly are Roberta Fallon, Katie Dillon Low, Sharon Garbe, Andrea Kirsh, Elizabeth Johnson and Patrick Coué.”

A million Thanks to Sharon Garbe for the lovely visit and intimate review of Megan Biddle’s “Through Line” at No. 5 Butchie Alley. It was such a dream to work with Megan and we are so very happy to be included in the debut of “The Philly Occasional.”
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Link here for more!
occasionalphilly.substack.com.

No. 5 Butchie Alley will be back in the Spring with some Radical Americana with Charlotte Lindley Martin!
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT DEAR BELIEVER

LISTEN TO ALUMNI TALK HERE

Thank You to all who attended “Crone Castle!”

We were so thrilled to host this lovely & tender play! 🤡 🎂 🤡 🎂 🤡

No. 5 Butchie Alley Gallery was a tiny theater in the Fall of 2024 & we can’t wait to do it again! We hosted a feast full of stories with Rose Luardo @roseluardo and Alicia McDaid @mcdazzler, complete with video art, movement, comedy, and characters - fortifying the theatrical layer cake that is “Crone Castle.”

Oh …. there was so much female problem chaos in the alley…. and it was sooooo good for us!

Click on the links to learn more about this genius duo of GenX Golden Girls - Rose Luardo @roseluardo and Alicia McDaid @mcdazzler and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival’s crock pot of magic. @fringearts.

BUTCHIE ALLEY IN THE NEWS w/ PIERRE TROMBERT

No. 5 Butchie Alley is an outgrowth of Terri Saulin's home studio. Saulin is celebrating the third year of programming. She hopes to continue growing and creating a welcoming space, that invites generous conversations, a place to exchange ideas and to build community in the city of Philadelphia. Exhibitions rotate approximately every two months. During the run of each exhibition, the exhibiting artists or Saulin herself offer workshops relating to their studio practice or relating to something currently happening in the community. Check the shop for details about each workshop offered.

Regular hours are Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. and by appointment.

The gallery is located on an easement directly behind 1175 S 13th Street. Enter Butchie Alley from Federal Street, just before 13th. Look for the Isaiah Zagar mosaic mural.

Thank you for visiting!

What a treat to talk with our Friends at CraftNOW for the December First Friday Preview!

This program is co-organized by CraftNOW and Heather Moqtaderi, Director of Past Present Projects.

I am eternally grateful to John R. Thornton for this video about my 2017 solo exhibition, that which requires no battle, at Tiger Strikes Asteroid. It is also a happy record of the musical gifts of my treasured friend Murray Savar who recently passed. Murray was a constant inspiration, truest and loving and supportive friend. His memory will be a blessing always.

Catch a brief discussion about how “Small Favors” has impacted my daily studio practice below!

The land upon which we gather is part of the traditional territory of the Lenni-Lenape, called “Lenapehoking.” As part of this dialogue, We recognize the forced diaspora of the Leni Lenape people and hope to work together to dismantle the walls of dismissive cultural lifeways, by leaning into inclusion and equity, and to create a dialogue around Indigenous rights and cultural equity, creating mutual acts of perpetual peace and friendship. We acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their territory. In our acknowledgment of the continued presence of Lenape people in their homeland, we affirm the aspiration of the great Lenape Chief Tamanend, that there be harmony between the indigenous people of this land and the descendants of the immigrants to this land, “as long as the rivers and creeks flow, and the sun, moon, and stars shine.”