CFEVA Exhibitions
CFEVA supports the creative community as entrepreneurs and small business professionals and loves to curate custom exhibitions that enhance meaningful dialogue between artists and the community. Our custom art exhibitions enhance businesses and commercial settings, including office building lobbies, private offices, restaurants, condominiums, as well as other venues, of all types. These fee-based exhibitions also benefit artists, employers, employees, clients, and visitors by placing art into their daily lives and everyday spaces.
CFEVA at The Science Center @ 3600 Market Street
Take Care (of Us)
Guest Juried by Natasha Zeta
On View July 16-September 4
Opening Reception Thursday, July 16, 5-7 PM.
3600 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Please contact lily@cfeva.org for more information.
Pictured: Brent Galen Adkins, Riva and Bianca, 2025, Silver Halide Print
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Participating Artists: Brent Galen Adkins, Ryanne Bonde, Gwen Charles, Mariandrie, Catia Colagioia, Beth Coleman, Lauren Deal, Andrea Finch, Guizi Gao, Elizabeth Janney, Ivy Jewell, Randy Lertdarapong, Zhi-fang Li, Julia Lines Wilson, Jessalyn Mailoa, Nicole Maynard, Henry Morales, Nishii, Daire O'Boyle, Jessica Puma, Sammy Rivera, Shannon Ryan, Georgena Senior, Ashley Catharine Smith, Meredith Tenney-Free, Bella Wattles, Meg Wolensky, Moones Zeydabadi Nejad
Exhibition Statement: "As artists, we imagine what could be different, sometimes what could be better. This exhibition invites engagement with that impulse while confronting the tensions that arise when our imaginings meet flawed reality. Take Care (of Us) explores how we shape (and are shaped by) ecosystems, environments, and one another, even as we remain vulnerable to forces beyond our control.
Take Care (of Us) is not about prescribing solutions, but about holding space for complexity, interconnection, contradiction, and hope. “Take care” has many meanings: a caution toward one’s unintended impact, but also a preemptive taking of responsibility; to tend to, shelter and protect, or a goodbye that bids, 'look after yourself.' Each reflects our tacit attachments to a world larger than ourselves."
This exhibition is in partnership with The Science Center at 3600 Market, the former Esther Klein Gallery. For decades, the Science Center has embraced the arts as a vital part of innovation and community-building. From Esther Klein’s visionary belief that art and science together spark curiosity, creativity, and progress, to today’s partnerships with organizations like the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, that commitment remains central to our mission. By investing in diverse, local artistic talent, the Science Center continues to create space for new voices, perspectives, and ideas—recognizing that a vibrant, inclusive arts ecosystem strengthens both our innovation community and the city we call home.
CFEVA Exhibition at The Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse Square
May 2026 - May 2027
Featured artists: Roberta Massuch and Sammy Rivera
Influenced heavily by the architecture of her surroundings, Roberta Massuch (Philadelphia, PA) creates works
on paper, functional pottery, and sculpture. Massuch received her BFA in ceramics from Northern Illinois
University (2005) and her MFA from Louisiana State University (2013). Teaching positions include The Clay
Studio (Philadelphia, PA), Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA), and the Community College of Philadelphia.
She has participated in residencies at The Wharton Esherick Museum (Malvern, PA), The Clay Studio, Tyler
School of Art, Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Arquetopia Foundation (Puebla, MX). She was the
recipient of a Mcknight Artist Residency Award (2021), an Independence Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship
(2015), and a Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant (2009). Her work has been exhibited at universities,
institutions, galleries, and museums across the United States.
Sammy Rivera is a Puerto Rican artist based in Philadelphia, PA. With street photography as his primary focus, Sammy incorporates other mediums into his craft such as bookbinding, embroidery, ink transfers, and painting. An award-winning photographer and graduate of Antonelli Institute of Art & Photography, his work has been published in F-Stop Magazine, Palette Magazine, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla), among others. Over the course of his career Sammy has exhibited his work in several group exhibitions in various states and internationally, as well as a duo exhibition in 2017 entitled Euphemism at Mimi Janosy Studios, and a 2018 solo exhibition at the Arte Richmond gallery, each in Philadelphia. In January 2024, Sammy celebrated the release of his photobook, Chapter Black, with a solo exhibition at Unique Photo in Philadelphia. Sammy is a member of the Philadelphia-based street photography collective Public Ledger, which held their sophomore group exhibition in September 2025. In January 2026 Sammy was accepted into the Center For Emerging Visual Artists' 2026-2028 Visual Artist Fellowship, where he is currently working towards the next steps of his career.
CFEVA Exhibition Partners include:
University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine Cherry Hill, Perelman, Princeton Health, Radnor)
McKinsey & Company
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
The Stoneleigh Foundation
Artbox @ Lincoln Square
David Bogus, Optimist Luggage Series
On View to the public at 1000 S Broad Street
August 2026-February 2027
CFEVA announces Optimist Luggage Series, a new public art installation by David Bogus featuring a selection of ceramic slip cast suitcases. Inspired by years of constant moving, these pieces explore identity, ego, and emotional baggage through glossy pop patterns and satirical branding. Each case is decorated by hand with stripes, slogans, and mass-market imagery—posing as luxury goods while critiquing them.
David Bogus was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a BFA from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He has taught at Green Mountain College, the University of Idaho, the University of Wyoming, Texas A&M International University, Eastern Kentucky University, University of Florida, and is currently Ceramics Coordinator at Bucks County Community College and is currently the Head of Ceramics at Peters Valley. He has shown his work both internationally and nationally at various venues including; Icheon World Ceramic Center, Alijira Center for Contemporary Art, The Las Cruces Museum of Art, The Carbondale Clay Center, The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, The Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, The Florida State University Museum of Art, The Seattle Design Center, The Phoenix Gallery, and Brown University.
CFEVA Exhibition at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
February 2026 - February 2027
Erin Elman, Chuck Fisher, Erica Harney, Elizabeth Heller, Brian Jerome, George Leonard, Deborah Moss Marris, Robert Miller, Cory Neale, Sammy Rivera, Hiro Sakaguchi, Morgan Thomas Shankweiler, Kathleen Spicer, Maria Stracke, Emma van den Akker, Kate VanVliet, Florence Weisz, Macy West
Pictured: Deborah Moss Marris, Dreaming back everything lost
