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Art and the discussion of art make the world a better place. (Artblog 2003-2025)

Artblog was launched in 2003 with a mission to create and foster dialog about art, power, value and truth, in order to promote a better future for all. Our independent online arts publication focused on marginalized artists—BIPOC, LGBTQ artists and women—whose art traditionally was shunned by the mainstream media. Our inclusive writing and editorial teams embraced our mission and worked collaboratively to steer the discussion. Our program was online and in the community.

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Art can be difficult at times; art can be challenging. Artblog writes in a manner that tries to make it accessible to a lot of people.

— Dave Kyu, artist, Creative Supervisor, Asian Arts Initiative, former Manager of Neighborhood Time Projects for Philadelphia Mural Arts Program

History

In 2003, Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof launched Artblog with a mission to educate and support a community of artists, art lovers, gallerists, critics and academics. Artblog, with its roots in arts journalism and imbued with the spirit of activism, was recognized for excellence twice by Art in America (2005, 2007) and has received grants from the Knight Foundation (2007, 2010, 2014-15), the PA Council on the Arts Project Stream, Citizens for the Arts in PA, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (2017-2025), The PA Council on the Arts Flex Fund (2023-2024), the Joseph Robert Foundation (2024) and elsewhere. In 2010 Artblog incorporated and became a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Working as a team of writers, editors, tech support and volunteers, Artblog has provided weekly content on the changing art scene in Philadelphia. Throughout our 21+ years of continuous operation we have been a unique, reliable and valued online archive that connects artists and art lovers and the public with art. Through Artblog's work with students and emerging writers, we mentored the next generation of cultural journalists. Through work with established writers we raised the bar on commentary and steered the discussion into important topics for today. We are forever thankful for the support we have received from the community and from artists and art workers at museums and galleries and community organizations. We are grateful to our Board of Directors and to the many other wise people who advised and supported us through the years. Finally, we are especially indebted to and thankful for our writers, who embraced our mission of diversity and equity and wrote their hearts out in our pages, and to the artists who welcomed us into their studios and homes to talk with them about their art and bring it to the greater community. Thank you, All!

Management

Executive Director and Editor—Roberta Fallon (editor@theartblog.org)
Managing Editor—Ryan deRoche (support@theartblog.org)
Website Design—Jason Killinger

Artblog Board

Annette Monnier
Elizabeth Grant
Gabrielle Lavin Suzenski
Leah Douglas
Libby Rosof
Roberta Fallon
Tim McFarlane

PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Anne Robinson
Barbara Beck
Barbara Silzle
Bryan Warner
Guillemette Serlin
Gilda Kramer
Imani Roach
Jacque Liu
Jennifer Zarro
Larry Guy
Mari Shaw
Matt Kalasky
Olivia Menta Kalasky
Phoebe Wood

Contributors

A.M. Weaver
Adriana Rabinovitch
Alaina Mabaso
Alex Smith
Alexander Fiorentino
Alexander Rosenberg and Christa DiMarco
Ali Blum
Alicia Link
Alison McMenamin
Alyssa Greenberg
Andrea Kirsh
Andrew Jeffrey Wright
Anna Marie Gibertini
Annette Monnier
Artblog Editor
Artsper
Ashwin Suseendran
Ava Blitz
Becca Kantor
Becky Hunter
Ben Meyer
Beth Heinly
Blaise Tobia
Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz
Brandon Joyce
Brent Burket
Brigid O'Brien
Caitlin Tschanz
Candy Alexandra Gonzalez
Cari Gadamus
Carl(os) Roa
Carl(os) Roa and Mona Washington
Carly Bellini
Cate Fallon
Catherine Rush
Catherine Sirizzotti
Center for Emerging Visual Artists
Chip Schwartz
Christa DiMarco
Chuck Patch
Cindy Stockton Moore
Clay Studio
Clayton Campbell
Corey Armpriester
Corey Qureshi
CraftNOW Philadelphia
CultureSpots
Da Vinci Art Alliance
Dashiell Farewell
Dave Kyu
David Muenzer
Deb Miller
Deborah Krieger
Delaware Art Museum
Dennis D'alesandro
Dereck Stafford Mangus
Derick Jones
DesignPhiladelphia
Diana Jih
Diana Loercher Pazicky
Donald Hunt
Dre Grigoropol
Edward M. Epstein
Elisa Ludwig
Elizabeth Johnson
Emily Brewton Schilling
Emily Friedman
Emmy Thelander
Ephraim Russell
Equivocal Admin
Erica Minutella

Evan Mitchell Schares
Evan Paul Laudenslager
Flora Ward
Florence Hsu
Freeman's
Gina DeCagna
Goggleworks
Gregory Labold
guest theorist
guest writer
Hammam Aldouri
Huewayne Watson
Ilana Napoli
Imani Roach
InLiquid
Irena Frumkin
Jacob C Hammes
Jacob Hellman
Jaime Alvarez
Janyce Denise Glasper
Jayne Helfrick
Jennifer Zarro
Jennnifer Hallden-Abberton
Jeremiah Misfeldt
Jessica Rizzo
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
John Morrison
Joni Sullivan
Joshua Bell
Joyce Chung
Julia Marsh
Justin O. Walker
JuWon Park
K-Fai Steele
Kaitlin Pomerantz
Karen Chernick
Kate Brock
Katerina Lanfranco
Katherine Statsenko
Kathleen Vaccaro
Kathy Cho
Katie Dillon Low
Katie McCallum
Kelani Nichole
Kelly Steinlage
Kemuel Benyehudah
Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby
Kinaya Hassane
Kitty Caparella
L Autumn Gnadinger
Lacy Murphy
Lane Timothy Speidel
Laura Adams
Laura Volkening
Lauren Findlay
Lauren Whearty
leah and michael
Leah Gallant
Leah Koontz
Levi Bentley
Lianna Patch
Libby Rosof
Libby and Roberta the editors
Lightbox Film Center
Liz Kelley
Logan Cryer
Lucy Heurich
Maegan Arthurs
Maeve Coudrelle
Maeve Griffin
Ryan deRoche
Mandy Palasik
Mari Shaw
Mark Lord
Martha Kearns
Martina Merlo
Marvin Aguilar
Mary Murphy
Matt Kalasky
Matt Kalasky and Olivia Menta
Matt Singer
Matthew Rose
Max Mulhern
Maxwell Van Cooper
Megan Bridge
mellisa robbins
Michael Andre
Michael Andre and Dorothy Friedman August
Michael Carroll
Michael Lieberman
Michael Lieberman and Roberta Fallon
Miles Orvell
Montana Torrey
Morgan Nitz
My Art Broker
Nancy Chen
natalia angeles vieyra
Natalie Sandstrom
Nate Keller
Naveena Vijayan
Neil Marcello
Nicola
Niko Walczuk
Noreen Kress
Norman Dolph
Oli Knowles
Olivia Jia
Padmini Mongia
Pap Souleye Fall
park towne place
Patrick Coué
Pete Sparber
Peter Crimmins
Philadelphia University
project basho
Rachel Heidenry
Rachel Sitkin
Ray Simon
reek bell
Roberta Fallon
Roman Blazic
Ron Kanter
Ruth Wolf
Ryan deRoche
Sam Newhouse
Samantha Jauch
Samuel Brown
Sarah Kaizar
Sarah Kim
Sharon Garbe
Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin
Stephen Lauf
Superfine!
Susan Hagen
Susan Isaacs
Susan Stromquist
Sydney Cox
Tasso Hartzog
The Collections at Drexel
The National Liberty Museum
thomas fox parry
Tiernan Alexander
Tina Plokarz
Tom Stoelker
Tyler School of Art and Architecture
veronica perez
Virginia Maksymowicz
Vriddhi Vinay
west collection
Wit López
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University

Artblog's two major strengths are its inclusiveness and independence. Because of that inclusiveness and independence the organization can exist as an inviting and open "neutral territory" amidst a cultural landscape that is fragmented and partitioned by school affiliation, artistic difference, generation, and especially the heinous forms of social stratification that disenfranchise communities along racial, cultural, and socio-economic lines.

— Gee Wesley, Curatorial Assistant, MoMA, Department of Media and Performance, former Program Director, Recess and Spiegel Wilks Curatorial Fellow, ICA

About Our Programs

Explore some essential Artblog programs

Kisses for Mayor Nutter
Kisses for Mayor Nutter was an advocacy project in 2007 and 2008 introducing incoming Mayor Michael Nutter to his arts community and encouraging him to re-open the Office of Arts and Culture, which had been closed by the previous Mayor. More here

Artblog Radio
Artblog Radio, an audio podcast series, began in 2010 with initial funding from the Knight Foundation and J-Lab. The interviews with artists, curators and arts administrators were hosted initially by Libby and Roberta, with later years involving other hosts. In 2024, the Artblog Radio Midweek News podcast debuted. In all more than 316 episodes of the podcast are available on Artblog and our YouTube channel, as well as on most podcasting platforms. Episodes here

Art Safaris
We received a Knight Arts Challenge award in 2011 for Artblog Art Safaris – guided tours to connect the public with Philadelphia's widespread alternative art scene. Initally aided by Dave's Airport Van service, Art Safaris continued as periodic walking tours until the Covid 19 pandemic. More here

Art Writing Challenge
The Art Writing Challenge – begun in 2015 - was a FREE region-wide contest to find the best new approaches in art writing. The goal of this competition, which lasted five years, was to get more people writing about art – in as many creative ways as possible. A book published in 2020, "The Noble Art of Art Writing, the Art Writing Challenge," compiled winning essays from the first four years of the contest. More More here

The Artist and Social Responsibility
The Artist and Social Responsibility project began in 2015 with help from a two-year Knight Foundation grant. The independent study college class focused on the role of the artist in society and met at the Village of Arts and Humanities with participants from local colleges and students in the Village’s teen program. More here Program Video

Artists in the Time of Coronavirus
This project started during the lockdown forced by the pandemic in early 2020. With galleries shuttered and artists separated from their colleagues and friends, we asked them to share how they were doing and told them we would publish their words and images on Artblog as a form of digital solidarity and togetherness. Between March and August, 2020, we published 56 articles in the project, incorporating more than 300 artists’ words and images about how they were doing during the pandemic. Episode 56 Episode 24

At Knight Foundation, we believe the arts are one of the most effective ways to bring people together and challenge them to build a better community. Artblog's (Artist and Social Responsibility) class will instill that mission in artists as they begin to form their practice, fostering a commitment to strengthen the community through the arts.

— Dennis Scholl, Former VP for arts at Knight Foundation

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