Jerome’s new hardcover book, just out, is an absolute jewel. 88 pages of gorgeous images sewn-bound in a pop of red with beautiful black edge-painted pages in a book block format. Exquisitely designed by Andrea Hemmann and printed by Brilliant Graphics.
Jerome Washington’s “Birds” is $54 + Shipping. Send us an email by clicking HERE! and we will send you the secure PayPal link to pay for the book. Items ship out within a week of purchase.
©2023 Jerome Washington and The Drawing Room.
Sneak peak at the cover of Jerome Washington’s beautiful book designed by Andrea Hemmann to be released late Spring 2023.
Designed by Andrea Hemmann, ghidesign.com
Produced and curated by Rachel Bliss, thedrawingroom.gallery
More info and preorder details coming soon.
Hey all!
We’re re-opening for our regular hours (1-7pm) beginning Sunday, April 3rd.
In addition to our extended exhibition of Jerome Washington’s Nothing Borrowed, Something Blue, 500 new original drawings will be on view in the Top Shelf along with many other
one-of-a-kind treasures from our community which will include students from John Moffet Elementary and The U School.
Jerome Washington
Excited to finally reopen once again with regular hours (1-7pm) beginning Sunday, April 3rd.
In addition to our extended exhibition of Jerome Washington’s Nothing Borrowed, Something Blue, 500 new original drawings will be on view in the Top Shelf along with many other one-of-a-kind treasures from our community which includes students from John Moffet Elementary and The U School.
Jerome Washington
Jerome Washington
David Kirk
Jerome Washington
Due to side effects of getting a Covid vaccine booster, The Drawing Room will be closed this Sunday (12/19) but we will be open by appointment Wednesday (12/22) and Thursday (12/23).
Request appointments here.
Our winter hours are (1-7pm) every Sunday through January 30th and select evenings by appointment.
You can request evening hours by appointment here.
Please join us in The Drawing Room as we continue to explore the beauty and depth of Jerome Washington’s Nothing Borrowed, Something Blue.
While you’re here, be sure to visit the Top Shelf where we feature a rotating selection of over a hundred original works by our Drawing Room community.
Jerome Washington
Jerome Washington
Paula Gerosky
David Kirk
The Drawing Room will be closed this Thursday 12/2.
We will resume regular hours* (1-7pm) this Sunday and every Sunday through January 30th.
*request evening hours by appointment here.
Please join us in The Drawing Room as we continue to explore the beauty and depth of Jerome Washington’s Nothing Borrowed, Something Blue.
Jerome Washington
Jerome Washington
The Drawing Room will be closed this Thursday in preparation for our opening reception and new exhibition this Sunday Nov. 21st. from 1-7pm
The Drawing Room is pleased to present Nothing Borrowed, Something Blue, an exhibition of new mixed media drawings by Jerome Washington. For more information, check out our events page here.
Jerome Washington
You can still always get your fill of treats at the Drawing Room! Come see us this Thursday 11/4 and Sunday 11/7 (and EVERY Thursday + Sunday). Check out our exhibitions in The Drawing Room and the Top Shelf featuring 500+ rotating original drawings and other sensory delights crafted with love by our community.
Hours: Sundays 1-7pm, Thursdays 4-8pm, and select evenings by appt.
David Kirk
Jerome Washington
Abyiah Naturals Soaps
Paula Gerosky
David Kirk
Paula Gerosky’s “The Body Bag”
Come feast your eyes, nourish your body, and wrap yourself in some love this Sunday October 24th at the Drawing Room!
Hours: Sundays 1-7pm, Thursdays 4-8pm, and select evenings by appt.
Featuring:
The beautifully bold and intricately detailed handmade original quilts of Paula Gerosky.
And back by popular demand, When She Cooks (Link Here!), with her vegan soul-warming mac and cheese.
And, of course, our gallery of over 500 original fantastical drawings of birds and critters.
David Kirk
Jerome Washington
Come see us!
Here is just a fraction of the 500+ original mixed media drawings in our current exhibitions. Up now thru December (if they’re not all gone!) 😏
Come see them this Sunday October 17th, 1-7pm
We’re open every Thursday 4-8pm, Sunday 1-7pm, and select evenings by appointment.
Proof of vaccination and masks required.
Katy Halbeisen
Alma Hirlinger
Jerome Washington
Susan Hagen
Freda Anderson
Big Key
Adam Bedir
David Kirk
Opening Reception!
Susan Hagen: Birds of North America
October 3rd 3-6pm
Our upstairs community gallery Top Shelf is also featuring pieces by Jerome Washington (above), David Kirk and many others.
Also! She’s back! With another new incredible array of one of a kind quilts. Paula Gerosky.
Vegan food created and catered with love by When She Cooks LLC.
Featuring music by Tim Brey, Wayne Smith Jr, Madison Rast.
With special guests Karen Smith, and John Swana.
See you there!
October 2nd: Wagner Free Institute Open House
October 3rd: Drawing Room Opening Reception
…And more!
Make it a weekend! The Wagner Free Institute of Science in conjunction with our show is featuring Susan Hagen’s Birds of North America during their Saturday Open House event Knowing Nature Through Art on October 2nd. Event details and ticket link at the bottom of the post.
The following day, Sunday October 3rd, is our opening reception which will feature:
-Susan Hagen’s Birds of North America exhibition,
-Our community bird drawing exhibition of over 500 original drawings with work from Jerome Washington, David Kirk, Adam Bdeir, and many others in our new community exhibition space Top Shelf.
-Live music by by Tim Brey, Wayne Smith Jr, Madison Rast, Karen Smith, and John Swana,
-Vegan food and refreshments catered and served covid safely on our socially distanced patio.
These events are in conjunction with the release of the book Birds of North America
Featuring drawings by Susan Hagen And poems by Nathalie Anderson and Lisa Sewell
A 128-page book, featuring 82 of Susan Hagen’s miniature drawings of North American Birds, accompanies the exhibition. Hagen encountered the birds mostly while walking in wetlands, forests, and urban landscapes in and around Philadelphia in 2020-21. The format of the text, by collaborating poets Nathalie Anderson and Lisa Sewell, is derived from the rondelet, whose back and forth structures echo the way birds call and sing to each other across space. The book was beautifully designed by Andrea Hemmann of GHI Design and can be purchased for $20 at The Drawing Room.
As is the CDC recommendation for safety with the Delta Variant, we are going to be checking Vaccination cards at the door as well as wearing masks inside. If you feel sick, stay home.
Updated list of collaborative Birds of North America programming:
(Check back for new events added!)
· Presentation on bird drawings, poetry readings, and drawing and poetry workshops at Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19121 – October 2, 2021, noon-4:30 PM Click Here For Tickets
· Opening Reception at The Drawing Room — October 3, 2021, 3:00pm- 6:00pm
· Moonstone Arts Center ‘s Virtual Poetry Reading. Drawing and poetry in conversation with Susan Hagen, Nathalie Anderson, and Lisa Sewell. For Zoom link visit: moonstoneartscenter.org – October 7, 7:00 PM
· Poetry Reading and presentation on Birds of North America drawings at Villanova University – November 4, 6:00 PM
Susan Hagen: Birds of North America
October 3-November 14, 2021
Opening Reception: October 3rd, 2021
3pm - 6pm
Featuring music by Tim Brey, Wayne Smith Jr, Madison Rast, Karen Smith, and John Swana.
The Drawing Room
1824 N. Howard St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
SThe Drawing Room is pleased to present Birds of North America, an exhibition of miniature mixed-media drawings by Philadelphia artist Susan Hagen.
This series of miniature mixed-media drawings of North American birds includes birds that were encountered first-hand by Susan while walking through wetlands, forests, and urban landscapes. Many were spotted in and around Philadelphia during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and 2021.
As always, The Drawing Room invited members of the community to respond to the featured artist’s work through drawing. Their drawings will also be on view in the new on-site space, Top Shelf.
The opening will be a masked event and we will require proof of vaccination at the door for entry. We’re complying with CDC guidelines and will make no exception.
Birds of North America Programs:
• Presentation on bird drawings, poetry readings, and drawing/poetry workshops at Wagner Free Institute of Science
1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19121 – October 2, 2021, 12:00 PM-4:30 PM
• Poetry Reading and presentation on bird drawings at Villanova University
November 4, 6:00 PM
• Virtual Poetry Reading, Moonstone Art Center Philadelphia
Visit Moonstoneartscenter.org — October 7, 7:00pm
”A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
-Kurt Vonnegut
XO opening reception
Sunday 2/9
3p-7p
Over 200 drawings by 39 artists
featuring live music
The Drawing Room
1824 N Howard St
Philadelphia, PA 19122
When curating the show, it was a challenge to create a logical flow and transition between the diverse styles of pieces. I wanted to make sure that no artist’s work was dominating or being subsumed by the art around it. My intention was that each drawing be positioned in a way that honored the individual work and also engaged in a dialog with the pieces surrounding it.
Here are 3 of the 5 pieces we are showing from the artist Eve/Evan Greensweig. Their bold and graphic approach to drawing is contemporary and organic and grouped together would make a stunning wall in any space.
The artists decide their own retail prices and these pieces are insanely affordable.
So what the fuck are you waiting for.
Buy the whole set already.
dainty, dancing, creepy n sweet spider babies
ink drawings by Jenny Kanzler
stop by soon to grab her (last one)
and experience THE WALL of monsters!
ig: @TheDrawingRoomBliss
https://www.instagram.com/thedrawingroombliss/
every Sunday 1-7pm
and by appointment
*ring the bell
Pictured above is one of our featured artists, Raf, standing in front of his drawing (at his left shoulder). Above it is “A Tatzelwurm” drawing by Kaitlyn Halbeisen (ig: @Kaitlynhalbeisen_Illustration). These are just two examples of the extreme variety of drawing responses to our “Monsters” prompt.
Kaitlyn Halbeisen’s piece is her take on the mythological Tatzelwurm. A Cat-Serpent hybrid monster from Alpine folklore that is venomous with deadly poison breath. Raf’s piece is a mysterious masked figure of his own creation.
All 177 pieces are available for purchase. The show will be up until Mid-December but pieces have been selling consistently during our regular gallery hours. Come see the show any/every Sunday-Tuesday from 1p-7p. If you cannot make it during those days we also have hours by appointment.
The Monster Drawing Opening reception was fantastic with over 200 people in attendance!
In the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing images and thoughts about the curation and installation of the show as well as features on individual drawings and artists from the show.
The show continues through mid-December. We are here Sunday-Tuesday 1-7pm and by Appointment. Come on by!
In honor of our Fall 2019 season, The Drawing Room will be hosting an opening reception for its newest exhibit featuring 177 drawings of monsters from 61 artists and live music.
friday 10/11 @ 7p - 11p
1824 N Howard st
Philadelphia, PA
19122
Check our events page for more details
