We believe the discussion of art, centered on beauty, truth, value, and power, makes the world a better place.

Artblog is an independent online publication that fosters dialog and community through commentary and discussion about art and culture. We focus on marginalized artists—artists of color, LGBTQ artists and women—who have been left out of the conversation. Our writing team includes emerging and established local writers who believe in our mission. Our program is online and in the community.

Editorial Independence Policy
Donor Transparency Policy

History

In 2003, Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof launched Artblog with a mission to share their intimate knowledge of Philadelphia's cutting edge art, and to educate and support a community of artists, art lovers, gallerists, critics and academics. Artblog was recognized for excellence twice by Art in America (2005, 2007) and has received grants from the Knight Foundation and elsewhere. In 2010 Artblog incorporated and became a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We now provide a variety of services. Working as a team of writers and support staff, Artblog today is an educational laboratory and online archive generating ideas to connect the public with art. Through Artblog's work with students and emerging writers, we are mentoring the next generation of arts entrepreneurs and cultural journalists. Through work with established writers we are raising the bar on art criticism and steering the discussion into important topics for today.

Management

Editor in Chief—Roberta Fallon (editor@theartblog.org)
Operations and Development Editor—Morgan Nitz (support@theartblog.org)
Website Design and Management—Jeremiah Misfeldt
Website Graphic Design—Jason Killinger

Artblog Board

Anne Robinson
Annette Monnier
Jacque Liu
Jennifer Zarro
Jim Nixon
Larry Guy
Libby Rosof
Mari Shaw
Olivia Kalasky
Roberta Fallon

Contributors

Previous Contributors

About Our Programs

Art Writing Challenge
The Art Writing Challenge – begun in 2015 - is a FREE region wide contest to find the best new approaches in art writing. The goal of this competition is to get more people writing about art – in as many creative ways as possible. We aim to foster a culture of art writing that incorporates a wide spectrum of methods, styles and ideas – from poetry, free-form responses and experimental methods, to essays, reviews, interviews and more. We want to see your best. The best writing will not only address the art in question, but also progress the conversation into unexpected and underrepresented territories.

Art Safaris
We received a Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge award in 2011 for our experimental Artblog Art Safaris. Art Safaris are guided tours to connect the public with Philadelphia's alternative gallery scene. Art Safaris continue today and have been responsible for sales of art by local artists to Philadelphia collectors.

(Past Project) - Artists and Social Responsibility
We inaugurated the Artist and Social Responsibility Class in 2015 with help from a Knight Foundation grant. The college seminar/community laboratory focuses on the role of the artist in society and meets on-site at the Village of Arts and Humanities. Students from local colleges and high school students from North Philadelphia learn together and create projects directed at bettering the social environment in the North Philadelphia neighborhood.