Open Studios - Meet the Tenants

AJ Clarinets

space no. 512

AJ Clarinets

AJ Clarinets offers clarinet repair for professionals, students, and devoted amateurs alike. They are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and ensure the continuation of the tradition of fine craftsmanship.

All Caps Studio

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All Caps Studio

All Caps Studio is an on going experiment of mixing graphic design with clothing and other tangible items, while embracing the tones of optimism

Amazulu Collections

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Amazulu Collections

Amazulu Collections is a creative collective that brings together female artists and entreprenures selling art, home decor, handmade jewelry, and more.

Aubrié Costello Art + Wearables

space no. 306

Aubrié Costello Art + Wearables Aubrié is a visual artist and curator of multimedia collaborations who creates tangible fiber art objects and costumes. Their latest collection THEIRS OURS, a collection of gender neutral spring jackets, launches during Open Studios!

Beehive

space no. B03A

Beehive

Beehive is a community space for gathering, open-ended play, art and more. They host parties, camps and family play.

Bevy of Objects

space no. 518

Bevy of Objects

Bevy of Objects is a fine jewelry business that focuses on engagement rings and wedding bands. She specializes in 3D CAD design and recreating old pieces of jewelry into new pieces for the modern wearer.

BOK WED

West Gym

BOK WED

Did you know that you can be a part of the Bok community without being a tenant? We would love to be a backdrop of your special day. Our 2022 and 2023 calendar is open for weddings!

Conscious Cultures

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Conscious Cultures Conscious Cultures is a vegan cheese company. They use cashews and cultures to create their creamy base, crafted with a slow and steady hand.

Danielle Siegelbaum Art

space no. 317

Danielle Siegelbaum Danielle's work is multidimensional, involving many cultural streams of influences. Her creative process is layered, first cerebral then composed by colors, and design aesthetics. Her art is informed, in a vast array of materials including acrylic, wood, linocut, and photography. The convergence all these materials create an elaborate chaos.

David Guinn Murals

space no. 207

David Guinn Murals Since 1998, David has painted over 35 murals throughout Philadelphia and other cities worldwide including Amman, Jordan; Montreal, Quebec; New York, Washington DC, and Chicago.

Demelas Creations

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Demelas Creations Anthony Demelas' art explores the overlooked glimpses of visual reflections that coexist all around us. He reanimates fragments of his life through a broad palette of wood, oil, wax, paint, and photographs, layering images to expose another realm of existence.

Diadora

space no. 422

Diadora Diadora is an Italian Sport brand from Caerano di San Marco, Italy. Bok has been the home of their US Headquarters since 2018 where their team works on the day-to-day operations to support their retail partners throughout the country.

Dindga McCannon

space no. 417B

Dindga McCannon Dindga is a fiber artist, writer/illustrator, painter, wearable art maker, costume designer, muralist, and printmaker. Her work is the fusion of traditional needlework with the fine arts: drawing, painting, printing, and printmaking, along with a lot of mixed media. She tends to work in series, with an ongoing series celebrating women’s lives, portraits and "herstories."

DNA Floral

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DNA Floral

Design + Art (DNA Floral) creates larger-than-life floral feature or a simple and sweet tabletop arrangement, beautiful fresh flowers are a striking presence in any space, for any occasion with fresh seasonal flowers arranged to fit your unique sense of style

Echo Metals

space no. 518

Echo Metals Echo Metals is a jewelry studio that creates fun fine jewelry, aiming to inspire confidence and joy while maintaining quality craftsmanship steeped in tradition.

FABSCRAP

space no. 601A

FABSCRAP FABSCRAP reclaims, reuses and recycles pre-consumer fabric waste, working to keep fabric out of landfills. Stop by to volunteer and help sort rescued fabrics and shop saved-from-landfill materials.

Forever Valentine Beauty

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Forever Valentine Beauty

Forever Valentine Beauty is an award-winning microblading and PMU studio that offers brow grooming, skincare, hydrafacials and more.

Franklin & Whitman

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Franklin & Whitman Franklin & Whitman is a nontoxic, plant-based, and crueltyfree skincare brand. Every formula is original, created in house and is PETA-Certified Vegan & Cruelty-Free.

Friends at BOK

Auditorium

Friends at BOK Friends of Bok is a nonprofit focused on the development and restoration of the BOK Auditorium.

The organization will turn the historic space into a vibrant cultural facility for the community. Working with Klip Collective, the auditorium will become a shared space for people to engage in media, film, and performance, as well as a broad collection of cultural activities.

Fringe Salon

space no. 505

Fringe Salon Fringe Salon is a hair salon and art gallery specializing in cuts and color for wash-n'-go textures, showcasing local artists' wearable wares and 2D art works for sale

G Kellum

space no. 522

G Kellum

Glenn Kellum is an artist, painter, sculptor based in Philadelphia. A graduate of the University of the Arts and drawn to architecture and illustration for its discipline and structure.

Garces Foundation

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Garces Foundation Garces Foundation is a nonprofit organization with the mission to provide Philadelphia’s immigrant population the healthcare, education, and support that they need

Gnome Architects

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Gnome Architects

Gnome Architects provides architectural design services for new construction, adaptive reuse, & renovation of residential & mixed-use buildings in and around the Philadelphia area.

Holly Simple

space no. 305

HOLLY SIMPLE Holly Simple creates all things fun and illustrative, including decks, books, stickers, prints, tufted art pillows, doodle clothing and one of a kind collage style jewelry.

jERKS iNC.

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jERKS iNC. jERKS iNC. focuses on animated storytelling and developing tools that connect people through creativity. As a group they've worked with brands including Abstract, Adidas, Adult Swim, Amazon, Billie Eilish, Compass, Creative Mornings, Eric Andre, Hulu, Mashable, Mozilla, Spotify, Stripe, and the New York Times.

JV Collective

space no. 214

JV Collective

JV Collective is a a group of art jewelers anchored in Philadelphia but national in scope. Founded in 2016, contemporary jewelers Maria Eife, Melanie Bilenker, Mallory Weston, and Sarah Rachel Brown will be showing their work at Open Studios.

Klip Collective

space no. 303-304

Klip Collective Klip Collective uses a unique synthesis of projection mapping, lighting, and sound design to create site-specific, immersive sensory experiences on behalf of institutions, brands and cultural partners.

Lino Kino

Meeting Space Floor 2

Lino Kino

Lino Kino is a Philadelphiabased media arts collective dedicated to exploring new approaches to experimental art exhibition.

Lobo Mau

space no. 501

Lobo Mau Rooted in slow-fashion values, Lobo Mau is a zero-waste company that produces local and silk screens its original textiles with careful consideration of its social and environmental impact.

Lynn Snyder

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Lynn Snyder Lynn Snyder is a fine artist who focuses on realism, painting anything from portraits to still-life landscapes.

Marcelino Stuhmer Studio

space no. 221

Marcelino Stuhmer Studio

Marcelino Stuhmer is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist, working with collaborator Dave Meekins. Their new work deals with the mysteries of human vision through the creation of camera obscura machines.

Milder Furniture

space no. 204

Milder Furniture

Milder Furniture designs furniture for work and learning evnironments. They specialize in modular furniture, school and space around your work.

Miles Table

space no. 108

Miles Table Miles Table offers breakfast, brunch and lunch daily and provide a family friendly atmosphere that you'll be sure to love.

Minimal Chaos

space no. 107A

Minimal Chaos Minimal Chaos curates vintage rugs directly from the source, bringing you timeless art for your floors, as well as statement pieces for your wardrobe like shoes and bags

Moore Vintage

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Moore Vintage

The Moore Vintage Archive is a design library and store specializing in designer vintage womenswear and documented couture c. 1890 - 2000, as well as rare first edition books.

Mt. Airy Custom Furniture

space no. 402

Mt. Airy Custom Furniture

Mt. Airy Custom Furniture utilizes many traditional methods of woodworking. They offer customized design services to make furniture that will complement your home or business.

My ND Integrative Health

space no. 508

My ND Integrative Health

My ND provides natural healthcare to people of all ages.

Their services include naturopathic medicine, acupuncture, and midwifery care.

Nat Fry Woodworking

space no. 404B

Nat Fry Woodworking

Nat builds custom designed furniture. Simple yet elegant in form, his designs are utilitarian and built to last using ethically sourced hardwoods such as walnut, oak, and maple.

Occasionette

space no. 605

Occasionette

Occasionette is a curated gift shop with unique items like candles, tea towels, jewelry, bar wares, notebooks, journals, photo frames and cards for every occasion.

Past Present Projects Gallery

space no. 506

Past Present Projects Gallery

Past Present Projects curates contemporary art exhibitions in historic spaces. Currently on view in their space here at Bok are works by artists Tabitha Arnold and Emily Carris-Duncan in exhibition "Place + Making."

Pet Riso

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Pet Riso Pet Riso is a risograph studio here on the first floor of Bok. They'll make your single or multicolor riso dreams come true!

Philadelphia Printworks

space no. 513

Philadelphia Printworks

Philadelphia Printworks is an independent clothing brand inspired by past and present social justice movements that seeks to create accessible apparel for activists, organizers and allies.

Remark Glass

space no. B08

Remark Glass Remark Glass is a women-owned glass blowing studio focused on small-batch home accessories made using only post-consumer bottle glass. They aim to build a more sustainable art form and manufacturing practice that simultaneously reduces glass waste on a local level.

Revival Letterpress

space no. 208

Revival Letterpress

Revival Letterpress is a print production and design studio focused on the craft and continuation of the long, living heritage of letterpress printing.

Rider Ceramics + Stover Ceramics

space no. 106

Rider Ceramics + Stover Ceramics Lauren Stover and Megan Rider create wheel-thrown, hand-carved, functional ceramic pieces made from either porcelain or a fine speckled stoneware.

Room Shop

space no. 315B

Room Shop

Room Shop is a small-batch accessory brand. They believe fun and whimsy should be key ingredients in personal style. They are inspired by vintage and strive for zero waste in production by using leftover scraps for their patchwork collection.

Sabbatical Beauty

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Sabbatical Beauty

Sabbatical Beauty products are small-batch handcrafted and not made in a commercial lab. They are filled with much more active ingredients than are in regular commercial products, and they work fast.

Scout

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Scout An urban development and design practice reimagining how once neglected places can be transformed into vibrant, reimagined spaces. We really love our largest project, the Bok Building :)

Shira Friedman Fine Artist

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Shira Friedman Shira is a painter, living and working in here in Philadelphia. She received her B.F.A from Syracuse University and completed the Advanced Fine Arts Program at Studio Incamminati. Her paintings reflect her belief that beauty is inherent in everyday people and objects.

Shira Walinsky

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Shira Walinsky Shira Walinsky is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher. She has worked in Philly for 20 years on murals, paintings, photography, films and other public participatory work. She is interested in how the vibrant and the sensory can amplify the stories of people and place. Shira strives to create innovative projects which elevate the resilience of immigrant and refugee stories.

Sierra Montoya Barela

space no. 209

Sierra Montoya Barela Sierra Montoya Barela is a painter and designer. Recently, her work has been included in group and solo exhibitions at David B. Smith Gallery, the Museo de las Americas, Yes Ma’am Projects and as part of the Octopus Initiative at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

South Philly Community Fridge

Corner of 9th and Mifflin

South Philly Community Fridge

The South Philadelphia Community Fridge is a volunteerrun, mutual aid group providing food to our community with four fridge/pantry locations in the South Philadelphia neighborhood.

Take What You Need, Leave What You Can.

Steve Boyle Photo

space no. 412

Steve Boyle Currently residing here in Philly, Steve travels the country to create compelling imagery for advertising and editorial clients. When working with athletes he strives to capture their physicality, intensity, and inherent competitiveness.

Studio Bladel

space no. 404C

Studio Bladel

Studio Bladel is a laser cut jewelry studio specializing in statement pieces that are vintage-inspired with a modern design. She creates jewelry made of wood and acrylic with brass, steel, and acetate pieces incorporated into the design.

Theodore Harris

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Theodore Harris Theodore A. Harris is a Philadelphia-based visual artist, poet, and educator working in the intersection of art and politics. He is the Director and Founder of The Institute for Advanced Study in Black Aesthetics, and a member of the Visual Artists Network. His work often challenges mainstream art criticism and art history.

The Tiny Jeweler

space no. 518

The Tiny Jeweler Maricha Genovese makes original, everyday fine jewelry using traditional silver and gold smithing techniques like wax carving, casting, fabrication and hand engraving. She also specializes in custom pieces including wedding jewelry.

t.kahres jewelry

space no. 511

t.kahres jewelry t.kahres jewelry makes custom projects and fine jewelry from recycled metals and ethically sourced stones.

Toner Architects

space no. 425

Toner Architects Toner Architects is known for Philadelphia vernacular architecture that inspires, pushes boundaries, and finds unique opportunities in every project. They are driven to shape spaces that create long term value through collaboration and innovation.

Transport Cycles

space no. 107B

Transport Cycles

South Philly's finest bicycle shop, catering to the urban cyclist community with a full range of accessories available.

Two Persons

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Two Persons

Independently-run specialty coffee shop in an old autobody shop at Bok serving coffee and tea from Passenger Coffee (Lancaster, PA) and locally made pastries.

WC Pottery

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WC Pottery

Erik of WC Pottery makes a range of simple and functional forms that integrate into daily living. Fun fact: this small-scale studio space used to be a bathroom in the building's vocational school days.

Weaver House

space no. 203

Weaver House Weaver House is a yarn shop, textile studio and weaving school founded to inspire communal collaboration, weaving education and creative gathering. Come shop for yarn, looms, craft supplies, and books, and learn about the art of weaving.