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Cremation Urns Come to Life in Philadelphia

Written by DeadGirl
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Cremation Urns Come to Life in Philadelphia at FUNERIA's 3rd International Ashes to Art(R) Exhibition October 21-November 3, 2006 One of the grandest new exhibition venues -- the 5,000 sq. ft. ICE BOX at Crane Arts, 1400 No. American Street in Philadelphia's re-energized Kensington South neighborhood is hosting the East Coast debut of an international exhibition that raises an imposing question: What memorial object will stand in for you when you're no longer here to speak for yourself? The 3rd international juried Ashes to Art® exhibition and sale of original contemporary artist-made funerary urns, vessels and personal memorial objects promises to offer a range of answers in all media, and in prices from $150 to $6,000. It opens with an artists and awards reception on Saturday, October 21 from 5-8pm, and closes with a People's Choice award reception November 3, 5-8pm. From October 22 to November 2, exhibition hours are 11am- 6pm, Wednesday-Sunday. Admission is $10 for the opening reception. Other days are free. A color catalog will be available. The majority of 120 artworks selected by a panel of jurors led by Michael W. Monroe, former curator-in-charge of The Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, are intended to contain some portion of cremated remains, temporarily or throughout time. Notable exceptions are memento mori by ceramists Jeffrey Mongrain and Nick Kripal from their group installations in Rome, Edinburgh, Cologne and New York City. This is the 3rd international Ashes to Art® exhibition organized by FUNERIA®, a uniquely specialized Northern California-based arts agency. The first two were presented in 2001 and 2003 at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center. To mark its first East Coast presentation, Ashes to Art® arrives in Philadelphia with its own soundtrack, compiled by author, broadcast journalist and former Rolling Stone writer, Ben Fong-Torres. No stranger to memorializing an era, one of Fong-Torres's first writing tasks at the seminal publication was Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones obituary in 1969. For information, visit www.funeria.com or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . About FUNERIA® FUNERIA® is the leading resource of original contemporary and superbly crafted artist-made urns, vessels and personal memorial artworks through retail and wholesale channels worldwide. NOTE: FUNERIA and Ashes to Art are registered servicemarks and Art Honors Life is a servicemark of FUNERIA LLC, Graton, CA USA http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060927/sfw106.html?.v=47

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries