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The full Fleisher: Challenge winners, part 2

Now I have the whole list of Fleisher Challenge winners! Executive Director Matthew Braun sweetly wrote me that they’d give artblog the scoop, but I have another source and can’t wait to share; I want to thank all of you who gave me information (you know who you are). Here we go: SeptemberWalter Plotnick, who creates Rohrshach-like symmetry in his photographic printsRichard Ryan (I mentioned him last post)Roger Matsumoto–a new name to us, and all I can find on line is that he has gotten awards and shown at the PMA in The Silver Garden and in Dear Fleisher. OctoberGregory ... More » »

Fleisher Challenge winners part 1

Richard Ryan, Spruce Converge My grapevine tells me the Fleisher Challenge winners have been told their good fortune, but all I have is three names so far–all friends of artblog. As soon as I can reach someone at Fleisher and get the full list, I’ll post it. Here’s who so far (9 to go): sculptor Shelley Spectorphotographer Judy Gellesdigitally altered photographic artist Richard Ryan All three totally deserving artists–and note the age trend here!!! Fleisher has been improving its track record of breaking through the age barrier. Very exciting. Congratulations to you (to music, of course), and I trust we’ll ... More » »

Weekly Update 1 – Fleisher Challenge 3

This week’s Weekly has my Editor’s Picks short review of Fleisher Challenge 3. Below is the copy and I have more pictures at flickr. Silver-plated take-out box by Susan Myers at Fleisher Challenge 3. All three artists in this year’s Fleisher Challenge (3) deserve the label of virtuoso, since all are formidable makers of works requiring fastidious adherence to technique. But Eva Wylie’s and Colette Fu’s works have me questioning the staying power of technique-heavy production that’s content-lite. Artist Colette Fu demonstrating how to open and close her complex pop-up books which look like they are too delicate to do ... More » »

Weekly Update (1) – Spiritual Challenge

This week’s Weekly has my review of the Fleisher Challenge 2. Here’s the link to the art page and below is the copy with a couple of pictures. More pictures at my flickr set. God’z in Da Houze!Three artists tackle the urban cave. Three artists in this month’s “Challenge 2”—the second in the four-part Wind Challenge Exhibitions at Fleisher—turn their sights on Philadelphia’s abandoned buildings, squats and degraded housing stock. They end up with work that—in spite of its heavy sledding through issues of poverty, embattlement and despair—offers a tiny ray of hope. Light is the director in this show, ... More » »