Congratulations to Taji Ra’oof Nahl for his Guggenheim Fellowship! Val Gay welcomes us to “A Great Day” with her cheer song on Instagram, Tuft the World writes a book and The Rail Park receives NEA funding for ‘The Cut.’ Enjoy the News!
Read MoreComposer and electronic music pioneer George Lewis (a MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient) took it upon himself to continue the dialogue he shared with the late artist, performer, and multi-instrumentalist Terry Adkins in the way he knew would be most appropriate–a recital.
Read MoreResonance–visual, musical, thematic–characterizes Darkwater Revival: After Terry Adkins, the current exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery. Conceived as an homage to the late revered University of Pennsylvania professor, who died tragically of a heart attack in 2014, the show contains work by Adkins as well as eleven young artists who trained with him. Adkins’ absence haunts the exhibition, but his presence is felt in each work.
Read MoreWhat is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia? This is the question Monument Lab posed to Philadelphians this past summer and examined through a series of talks and public forums held at City Hall and elsewhere.
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