Exhibitions at Indigo Arts

I will be out of town from May 5th to 14th, and so will not be shipping orders or open for visitors at the gallery. The Indigo Arts website will be active as always. I will respond to emails as soon as possible. I will be able to ship orders after May 15th, 2025.

Note:
With the high cost of shipping many of our customers choose to ship by USPS. For small and light shipments this is usually less expensive, but please be aware that their estimates are often wrong and their service can be very slow (sixteen days for Priority Mail from Philadelphia to New York City recently). The service is not always as economical as it may appear, particularly on larger or more valuable shipments. USPS estimates only include insurance up to $100 for its domestic shipments. If you ask for full insurance we will recalculate the shipping cost and send you an invoice for any difference in cost. For overseas shipments USPS will not insure for over $650. On request we can get estimates for overseas shipping from DHL.

Exhibitions at Indigo Arts

Mahalaxmi: A Mithila Artist of India

May 2, 2021 to June 30, 2021

We watch in horror as yet another wave of the Covid19 pandemic sweeps through India with unprecedented death and devastation. It is a time to offer both empathy and any assistance that we can. Indigo Arts features a young artist of India who carries on with her work despite the catastrophe around her.

Bon Coiffure: African Hair Signs

October 6, 2020

"Bon Coiffure", Coiffure Moderne", "Super Tresse", "Rasta Do", "Ladie's Choice", "Ici Bonne Tresse", "Mervilleuse Tresse Beninoise", "God's Time", - the names grabbed me as much as the images on the signs which announced the trade of itinerant barbers, braiders and hairdressers in Africa. Over many years of observing, traveling or living in Africa, I regret that I didn't begin to collect the signs until the founding of Indigo in 1986. But one of our first shows was a small collection of hair signs from West Africa, mostly from the 70's and 80's.

Water Spirits: La Sirena, La Sirene, Agoué, Yemaya, Yemanja, Oshun, La Caridad, Matsya, Mamy Wata and Assorted Fish-Tales

July 18, 2020

Happy Holidays from Indigo Arts

December 12, 2019 to January 4, 2020

Holiday Open Houses at the Gallery

Second Thursday, December 12, 1 - 7pm

Friday, December 13, 12 - 6pm

Saturday, December 14, 11 - 3pm

Saturday, December 21, 12 - 5pm

Regular Hours: By appointment or by chance,

Wed. to Sat, 12 to 6pm

and online at www.indigoarts.com

and look for Indigo Arts at the New York Outsider Art Fair in January 2020!

Happy Thanksgiving and a Peaceful Holiday Season!

November 27, 2019 to December 12, 2019

Thanksgiving is a time to get together,

share food and drink

and give thanks...

and maybe party a little.

At Indigo Arts the gallery and website are packed with newly acquired artwork for the holidays and for your collection.

Some recent arrivals include:

This Fall at Indigo Arts

September 22, 2019 to November 27, 2019

The gallery is settling in to a new space on the fourth floor of the Crane Building. The gallery is open to visit by appointment (please call or email), as well as online.

On October 13th we will open along with many other artists and galleries in the Crane Arts Building for the annual Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST).

MOVING UP! SALE!

March 9, 2019 to March 31, 2019

Indigo Arts Gallery is Moving.

Five Cuban Outsiders

August 29, 2018 to February 28, 2019

Exhibition dates: September 2018 through February 2019
Reception: October 11, 6 to 9 pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12:00 - 6:00 pm.
Second Thursdays: October 11, November 8, December 13, 6 to 9pm

Under an Indigo Sky: West African Textile Art

April 12, 2018 to August 23, 2018

Second Thursday Reception: April 12, May 10, 6 to 9pm

Special Event – Trunk show with Yoruba, Nigeria, Master indigo dyer Gasali Adeyemo: Saturday, May 19th, 5 to 8pm.

Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 6:00 pm.

Location: Indigo Arts Gallery, 1400 North American St., #104, Philadelphia PA 19122

Calaveras: Peruvian Retablos for Los Dias de los Muertos

October 11, 2017 to November 4, 2017

In Calaveras, Indigo Arts brings back a seasonal selection of Peruvian retablos by master artist Claudio Jimenez Quispé. The traditional Peruvian retablo is a portable shrine or nicho that holds figures sculpted of pasta (a mixture of plaster and potato). As interpreted by contemporary Peruvian artists the retablo is a medium to depict all aspects of contemporary life, and even narratives of social strife and civil war. Claudio Jimenez Quispé is the acknowledged master of the Peruvian retablo, heir to