First Friday Philly gallery events

MANY GALLERIES stay open later on the first Friday of the month. Some schedule special events for second Fridays. Here's what's happening Friday night and this month at area art spaces.

AIGA Philadelphia. 72 N. 2nd St., aigaphilly.org. "Message & Medium: the interplay of type and art." Through June 30.

Artists' House Gallery. 57 N. 2nd St., 215-923-8440, artistshouse.com. "New Faces 2012." Through June 24. Receptions 5-8:30 p.m. Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

B Square Gallery. 614 S. 9th St., 215-625-0692, hb-art.com. "Twelve By Twelve," 25 female artists. Through June 30.

Bridgette Mayer Gallery. 709 Walnut St., 215-413-8893, bridgettemayergallery.com. Allen Bentley, "The Water Series." Through June 30. Reception 6-8 p.m. Friday.

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists. 237 S. 18th St., 215-546-7775, cfeva.org. Works by Linda Lopez and Joanna Platt, curated by Jenny Moore. Through June 22.

Highwire Gallery. 2040 Frankford Ave., 215-426-2685, kenbmiller.com/highwire. The Grimm Sisters (Rochelle Dinkin and Rachel Isaac) and Joshua Gabriel, "Portraits: Narrative, Intimate & Anonymous." Through June 29. Reception 5-9 p.m. Friday.

Indigo Gallery. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St., 215-765-1041, indigoarts.com. "East African Encounters: Contemporary Art from Kenya & Tanzania." Through Sept. 1.

LGTripp Gallery. 47-49 N. 2nd St., 215-923-3110, lgtrippgallery.com. Anthony Vega, Paul Fabozzi and Seonglan Kim, "Documents: abstraction, landscape, culture." Through June 2.

Locks Gallery. 600 Washington Square South, 215-629-1000, locksgallery.com. Ellen Harvey, "Arcade/Arcadia." Also, Jun Kaneko. Both through July 13. Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday.

Philadelphia Art Alliance. 251 S. 18th St., 215-545-4302, philartalliance.org. "Flat Out," Eva Wylie; "Periphery," Michael Fujita; and "Shiny Monsters," Adam Wallacavage. Through July 15.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries. 122 N. 3rd St., 215-592-0232, rodgerlapellegalleries.com. "Irresistible," group show. Through June 29. Reception 6-10 p.m. Friday.

Show of Hands — A Collection of Crafts. 1006 Pine St., 215-592-4010. "Light and Color," Jacqueline Mendelson. Through June 24.

Villanova University Art Gallery. Connelly Center, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, 610-519-4612. Carol Cole, sculpture. Reception 5-7 p.m. Friday.

Vox Populi. 319 N. 11th St., 215-238-1253. "Painting Bitten by a Man: Brian Kokoska and Jonathan VanDyke." Through July 1. Reception 6-11 p.m., performance 7-10 p.m. Friday.