Salt Gallery

Very disappointed in this place! A friend from out of town came in to the city for a girls night and she was excited to go to this gallery. We checked the hours on-​line and decided to meet there at 5, since it closed at 6. Got there at a few minutes after 5 and it was locked up tight.
Even the hours posted outside said open to 6 on Saturdays. And there wasn’t a sign on their door saying why they closed early (I would have understood if there was a sign stating some kind of explanation — kid is sick, on vacation, abducted by aliens). They are only open 4 days a week (according to the posted hours) so I am more than a bit miffed that they were closed.
So for being closed when you were supposed to be open you get one star.

During the First Friday Arts Crawl my crew and I stumbled upon a few brand spanking new galleries. Salt was the first and while it definitely offered a lot as far as the art and the party, It just felt that it didn’t offer a lot professionally and that’s why I’m curving middle ground.
The perfect example and testament to that fact would be it’s website. I was so immersed in and enamored by the art that it had that I genuinely wanted to get some information on who the artists were, and some general information on the gallery. So naturally when I picked up one of their cards and saw a website I figured that it would be the perfect place to get those facts. right? Not even close. If anything it was an exact copy of the business card. Same font, same logo, same color, same generic info. Really? If your going to go to the trouble to purchase the domain name and have a site, having one so basic for something which is filled with so much expression and detail just seems absolutely illogical. The only thing different was the fact that the website had a link to the gallery owners email address. I think I might be sending him a copy of this review.
But extreme oversight aside the actual gallery was pretty fantastic. It had a prime location right by Race Street Café (although it was also hidden enough to the point that we wouldn’t have noticed it if it was for the people walking out with wine glasses and the sound of music). And the art was pretty fantastic. they had supersized painting of semi familiar streets throughout Philadelphia and New York that I have walked through and cherished. they also had the work of an awesome illustrator/​shirt designer that was pretty damn amazing. Think animé, meets sci fi, meets WoW, and you might be dead on. And his work was what inspired me to check out the website in the first place. Because McThrill was actually interested in spreading the word, getting the awesome name of his TShirt company again and it’s interesting back story, and possibly making a purchase. Make it happen!