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Published: Sep 15, 2010

Manayunk Roxborough Art Center

Former Daily News photographer G. Loie Grossmann has moved "From Photography to Dreamscapes." Her current solo show consists of digitally altered photographs printed on canvas.

Through Sept. 26, Manayunk Roxborough Art Center, 419 Green Lane, 215-482-3363, mrartcenter.org.

Fleisher/Ollman Gallery

Celebrating John Ollman's 40th year at Fleisher/Ollman, "Four Decades," a sort of curatorial retrospective, will feature work exemplifying the gallery's internationally significant role in the fields of ethnographic, self-taught and contemporary art.

Sept. 23-Nov. 27, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, 1616 Walnut St., Suite 100, 215-545-7562, fleisher-ollmangallery.com.

Proximity Gallery

The Autumn Society and the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society collaborated in organizing "Hallowed Halloween" at Proximity. Thirty-five artists will present personal takes on the nostalgic orange-and-black imagery of skeletons, goblins, ghosts and witches.

Oct. 1-30, Proximity Gallery, 2434 E. Dauphin St., 267-825-2949, proximityart.com.

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours

More than 300 artists are opening their workspaces and studios for the annual Philadelphia Open Studios Tours. Visitors can use a free mobile app or a printed directory to navigate the self-guided west-of-Broad/east-of-Broad tours; an explosion of workshops, talks, exhibitions and receptions surrounds the festival. One sidebar show, "Selections from the Studio," is composed of work by members of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), a POST organizer; the selections were made by Adelina Vlas, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Oct. 2-3 (west of Broad) and 9-10 (east of Broad), various locations; "Selections from the Studio," through Oct. 13, CFEVA, 1521 Locust St., lower level; 215-546-7775, x. 13, philaopenstudios.com.

Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space/Allens Lane Art Center

Sixteen members of the Northwest Artists' Collective are showing expressive and surreal paintings, photographs and sculpture in "1 exhibition in 2 locations."

Through Oct. 22, Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space, 25 W. Mt. Airy Ave., 267-270-2787, mountairycontemporary.com; and Allens Lane Art Center, 601 W. Allens Lane, 215-248-0546, allenslane.org.