Mural at 1241 Carpenter Street Artists Studios by Philip Adams, Mural Arts
our building

Over fifty artists and craftspeople working in an awesome 19th Century factory building. 

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Main Belting Company manufactured the enormous belts that kept the industrial gears spinning in Philadelphia and beyond.

Today our building is always buzzing with our many creative businesses and art studios. Local artists say, 1241 Carpenter remains one of Philadelphia’s long-lasting artist enclaves, and one of the best. The diverse group — a collection of painters, blacksmiths, book restorers, screen printers, and more — allows collaboration.

 Anna Guarneri. Caption: Keepsake, 2024. 10” x 9” (15” x 14” framed). Colored pencil, gouache and charcoal on paper

Anna Guarneri. Caption: Keepsake, 2024. 10” x 9”. Colored pencil, gouache and charcoal on paper

AUDIBLE TRACE brings together drawings, paintings, and photographs by seven visual artists responding to what they hear. Harmonic, lyrical, disjointed or assertive, sound in this context is broadly and loosely defined and includes music, ambient noise, echoes, and internal rhythms perceptible only to the maker.

Antony Bennett
Anna Guarneri
Clo Guigues
Sean Irwin
Maria Lindenfeldar
Sean O'Rourke
Sean Ryan

 

RECEPTION
Saturday, November 14, 2026 : 5 - 7 pm
Artist remarks at 5:30 pm