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The Galleries at Moore support Moore College of Art & Design’s educational mission and role as a cultural leader by providing a forum for exploring contemporary art and ideas, enriching the artistic and intellectual climate of the college, the Greater Philadelphia community, and beyond. This is accomplished through diverse innovative exhibitions and publications offering insights into the work of established and emerging regional, national, and international artists and designers as well as providing public events and programs for all ages that highlight Moore as a gathering place to meet, reflect, learn, change, challenge and create. All programs are free and open to the public.

Moore’s Art Education program is one of the oldest in the nation and has been a pioneer in arts education. It is only fitting that Moore is introducing LTP to Philadelphia for the first time, joining other K-12 school districts nationally and internationally to implement this teaching tool in their city.

Meet The Galleries' Staff:

Elizabeth Gilly, Coordinator, LTP at Moore
Interim co-director, The Galleries at Moore

Elizabeth (Liz) Gilly received her B.F.A. in Metalsmithing from The Pennsylvania State University in 2002 and her M.A. in Art History from Temple University in 2007. Liz joined The Galleries at Moore in 2005 as the Institute of Museum and Library Services Education Intern where she worked to develop and implement foundation programs in contemporary art education.  In September of 2007 she became the first full-time Outreach and Public Programs Coordinator to expand the established programs and enhance The Galleries’ role in art education in Philadelphia. Most recently she helped to develop and became the coordinator of Moore’s newest education outreach initiative through The Galleries for public schoolchildren, Literacy Through Photography: The Philadelphia Project and serves at interim co-director of The Galleries.

Gabrielle Lavin
Interim co-director, The Galleries at Moore

Gabrielle Lavin received her B.F.A. in Sculpture & Printmaking from Pennsylvania State University in 2004. Immediately after, she attended the Fabric Workshop and Museum’s full time apprenticeship residency program, and upon completion, was asked to return as a Print Fellow where she assisted the studio staff in production of various artist projects and gained experience as the museum’s administrative assistant. For two years she served as assistant to Marion Boulton Stroud, the artistic director/founder of the Fabric Workshop and played an integral role in securing and managing the Fabric Workshop’s interim location, The New Temporary Contemporary at 1222 Arch Street. In addition to her current role as gallery manager and interim co-director at The Galleries, Gabrielle helped to establish the DesignLab series of collaborative exhibitions in 2010 in our Insights Gallery on Race Street.

Shannah Naylor
Assistant coordinator, LTP at Moore

Shannah Naylor received her BFA from Moore College of Art & Design and is a current Post-Baccalaureate student in Art Education at Moore. During her time at Moore, Shannah volunteered with the Multicultural Youth Exchange (MYX), a program partner of the Print Center bringing new mediums to schools with little or no art classes, as an in-classroom assistant at South Philadelphia High School where students explored their community through photography and writing. In her current position as assistant coordinator of LTP: The Philadelphia Project, Shannah travels to three of the five participating schools to document each classroom’s progress through photography and video and is also an in-classroom volunteer for Celeste Rodriguez at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School.