Artist Panel Discussion | Made in Philly

Please join us on December 13, 2025 at 2pm for a conversation about all things Art and Philadelphia — from the recent art school closures to local institutional and commercial support, to the city’s proximity to NYC, the local arts community, and more.

Alex Baker is Director of Fleisher Ollman Gallery and has held positions as Senior Curator at the National Gallery of Victoria, Curator of Contemporary Art at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. He holds a PHD from Temple University, Philadelphia in visual anthropology.

Anthony Elms is an independent curator and writer who was the chief curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia from 2015-2021. He was a co-curator of the 2012-2014 Whitney Biennual Rodney McMillian: Neighbors, organized for the Henry Art Gallery, is on view through May 2026.

Mark Thomas Gibson is an artist whose current show Overture is on view at the Berman Museum of Art in Collegeville, PA. In 2023 he had a solo show in NYC at Sikkema Malloy Jenkins and a solo museum exhibition at MOCAD in Detroit, MI. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Painting at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts New Brunswick, NJ.

Nasir Young received his BFA from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art in 2021; and is currently a MFA candidate at the University of Delaware (2026). Nasir is represented by Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia and had his first two solo shows at the gallery in (2024) and (2025)

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