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1040 Creative is a cultural hub with art classes for all ages from toddlers to seniors, pop-up workshops, family arts days and gallery exhibitions.
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Pauline Houston McCall at: [email protected]
Sheena Garcia at: [email protected]
Keith Scriven at: [email protected]
Founder
PAULINE HOUSTON MCCALL
Pauline Houston McCall is a multimedia artist, vocalist and activist who believes deeply in connecting the threads between many disciplines.“Art is another way of speaking to the world.”“I want to speak LOUD!”Her large paintings and sculptures and intimate drawings have graced exhibitions throughout the tri-state area, with a deep focus on the falling and rising of the human spirit, told through figurative imagery and stories.She has designed and painted multiple indoor and exterior murals in Philadelphia and is involved in the bold beautification of neighborhoods through the arts.Pauline is also the lead vocalist, co-songwriter and co-creator of Soul music endeavor MOKA. MOKA has graced many stages and has enjoyed massively positive reviews in many publications across the globe for its innovation, style and originality.Pauline Houston McCall co founder of musical projects SPIRITUAL THUNDER(freak folk duo) and REGGAE THUNDER!Pauline is the founder and director of the nationally acclaimed women’s artist collective “WOMEN HOLLER” – a collective that unites and invigorates women artists, transcending issues of race and age. “Intimate Exposures,” a WOMEN HOLLER premier exhibition at the Painted Bride – was featured on CBS 3’s “EYE ON PHILADELPHIA.”Houston McCall’s art, as well as her activism, has appeared in numerous articles and publications including Working Mother Magazine.Currently, Pauline Houston McCall is the sole artist for 30 Hudson Yards, New York's second tallest high rise to date.Pauline Houston McCall’s 8 paintings and 11 sculptures are commissioned for 41st to the 48th floor of 30 Hudson YARDS.Pauline has recently been a featured artist in the exhibition “Expressions of Humanity” at the African American Museum.In addition to her art making and other creations, Pauline is an energetic educator that has led many community collaborative projects and Artist Residencies in the Tri-State area for the past 13 years. Pauline Houston has taught multi-disciplinary arts at Perkins Center for the Arts as well as Appel Farms and is involved in the creation of both musical performance and visual arts residencies in area schools.Pauline is a resident of Philadelphia and grew up playing by the Wissahickon in the beautiful Fairmount park with her many brothers and sisters.She received a BFA in Printmaking from Moore College of Art.“I have always listened to the voices of my ancestors. The ancestors truly guide my work and give voice to power and beauty!”Her travels to and through India in 1991 have left her with deeper appreciation and a deeper imprint of the rising of the human spirit. This experience has connected her directly to the figurative narratives in her work.
Founder
SHEENA GARCIA
Sheena Garcia is a Philadelphia born artist, curator arts educator and advisor. Ms. Garcia studied Painting & Art Education at the University of the Arts and received a post graduate certificate in Leadership and Management from Yale University's School of Management, Executive Education. Sheena also has a certificate in Art Business Essentials from Sotheby's Institute of Art, London and is currently an MBA candidate at York St. John University.Ms. Garcia’s independent education in art and art history developed during her travels in Europe and North Africa. During her travels abroad, Ms. Garcia was able to discover her artistic voice through independent study in Madrid Spain, Lisbon Portugal and Morocco, North Africa. In North Africa, Ms. Garcia had the opportunity to explore contemporary textile arts upon her visits to the Moroccan schools of art and textiles in Tangiers.Ms. Garcia’s artwork has been exhibited regularly with Dizyners Gallery and the Painted Bride in Old City Philadelphia. She has exhibited consistently with Gallery 54 in Soho, New York City. Ms. Garcia is a founding member of the Philadelphia women’s art collective, WOMEN HOLLER! Sheena's work in photography with Senior adults was featured on a 6 ABC News episode of "The Art of Aging" on April 12, 2018. Most recently, Ms. Garcia’s work with senior adults has been highlighted in Milestones, a newspaper. On March 24, 2021 Sheena's art class was featured in the PBS special, Fast Forward which explores the lives of older Americans.In 2016, Ms. Garcia exhibited at A Seed on Diamond Gallery founded by muralist Betsy Casanas in a show titled, "Aspirations of the Lost, the Longing and the Ignored". May 2017, Sheena Garcia also assisted muralist Betsy Casanas in painting the mural for the Spring Garden Street Bridge between 33 & 34 of Spring Garden St. Sheena has exhibited her work with both the Women's Caucus for Art and the Women Holler collectives. In February 2019, Ms. Garcia was a juror, selecting art for the "NOW!" exhibit, celebrating Women's History Month at Philadelphia's City Hall. During that year, Sheena's work was also on exhibit at the Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia from July through December. Additionally, Ms. Garcia has exhibited most recently with RUSH Arts Gallery Philadelphia. Sheena is the founder, curator and publisher of the Philadelphia Art and Urban Literary Review (PAUL) magazine, highlighting the literary and visual art of some of Philadelphia's finest artists. Sheena is also a co-founder of the 1040 Creative Gallery Northern LibertiesSheena Garcia has curated and managed many exhibits in Philadelphia and beyond. Sheena was co-curator for the multi-exhibit venue Girard Nights with founder and Pennsylvania State Rep candidate, Gilberto Gonzales. Girard Nights was a monthly series of performances and visual art exhibitions at non-traditional venues along Philadelphia's Girard Avenue corridor. The multi-venue exhibit stretched ten blocks on Girard Avenue and brought art to the community. Girard Nights included exhibits in venues such as: pizza shops, restaurants, taverns and the Puerto Rican Embassy offices, once located at 2nd and Girard Ave. August 2020.Ms. Garcia partnered with National Real Estate Advisors & Cashman & Associates to create and produce a brand new, window art exhibit along Chestnut Walk in Center City Philadelphia during the Pandemic. This was the first exhibit of its kind in the area. Sheena also designed the motion art advertisement for the 11th through 12th streets, digital billboard screens in Philadelphia. Sheena has partnered with New York City's Intersection Media as a volunteer curator, choosing the artworks that appear on 15 of Philadelphia's LINKPHL, digital kiosks screens, between JFK, Arch & Market Streets. She has partnered with Intersection Media to help curate 1700- plus Kiosks in New York City.
Cofounder
KEITH SCRIVEN
Master Jeweler, Gallery Owner and Leather Smith – Keith Scriven’s journey through the seas of Philadelphia’s art world has been uniquely his own.Scriven landed along the shores of a burgeoning Old City Philadelphia circa 1993 as a Master Jeweler who had studied his craft by day through Bailey, Banks & Biddle as the head of in-house jewelry design & production, and by night in an intensive apprenticeship with his mentor Oscar C. Robinson, the first Black jeweler on Philadelphia’s Jewelers Row.He invested his savings into a property that would soon become Diznyers KMS Gallery in Old City. What made Scriven’s flagship boutique, so unique was that, while the glass displays on the floor were filled with exquisite pieces of fine jewelry the high white walls were adorned with eclectic original works of art from Philadelphia’s new arts scene including, always, space for the city's most promising young African American artists.As Dizyners gallery went on to start a new age in Philly art and culture, it was Scriven’s footprint as a founding father of First Friday and Board Member of the Old City Arts Association that led to an explosion of young creatives moving into Old City, establishing it as ground zero for art and design. Scriven’s true legacy was the creation of a true community of artists and gallery/studio owners that would go on to be the backbone of an exploding arts, culture and real estate scene.As the accolades started to arrive - Philly Entrepreneur of the year award from the Chamber of Commerce; Philadelphia City Paper’s Artist of the Year, Philadelphia's most influential under 40 Philadelphia Tribune - Keith began to field offers to represent the City itself and curated 100's of exhibits of local, regional, National & international artists.He also began to tour the country representing the City in New York for media/press events promoting Philadelphia on behalf of the GPTMC Greater Philadelphia Tourist & Marketing Corporation; curating exhibitions at the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Center for the Urban League and fundraisers for the likes of the American Diabetes Association, School Art Programs and various mentorship programs for inner city Youth.By the time the Century turned, Scriven’s reputation and property values soared. Love and life brought him to realize a long-standing dream to buy a farm and work from a converted barn on his art which began to shift mediums. His experiences owning a farm, being around “horse-people” and with horses, and equestrian culture let him to home in on his longtime hobby of working with leather. “I became obsessed with the leathers and culture of the horse life --- handcrafted saddles, saddle bags, halters and shanks. It became more than a hobby; it became a business as demand began to grow”. And this wasn’t the wild west of the old days – Scriven was creating high-end, high quality, exquisite bags that were purchased by gallery owners and the high-end clientele that vacationed through his quaint town in the hills of Northwest Jersey.One by one, at horse shows, town-hall meetings and even 4-H programs at schools, people started to notice and want a “Scriven” bag. And so, it was in early 2020 Scriven began looking for a retail operation and picked Philadelphia’s Main Line as his gallery’s new home. While the location was idea, the timing wasn’t. Three days after he opened, the Pandemic set in and his store was forced to close for months and months. (and months).The silver lining to the shutdown was (1) Scriven was asked to join Philly’s non-profit 30amp Circuit [health and wellness for artists] as the new Executive Director and (2) He finally had the time to create the bags of his dreams…which he did, literally for the non-profit he now serves – the “Bag of Dreams” collection went on to win accolades for innovative fundraising and fans all over the tri-state area that invested in their own Bag of Dreams.“When life gives you lemons you make lemonade” Scriven likes to say. Scriven continues, " I was in farm country surrounded by horses – I loved the pageantry and costuming that goes with horses, and saddles, and it’s all truly functional and always leather because to the animal, the leather feels like an extension of themselves and that’s what I like to put into my Bags and leather products --- they all look and feel and smell great, they are all high-end in terms of style and brand, but they all fit just right, and they all serve a function as an extension of the horse…..or human”