Artblog Radio

May 28, 2021 By reek bell

Artblog previews Philadelphia Latino Film Fest’s 10th year festival, a conversation

Now in its 10th year of programming, the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival provides a great roundup of documentaries, narrative films and shorts. In this 48-minute podcast, our film reviewer, reek bell joins Morgan and Roberta to discuss some of the selections they all watched. The festival is online – ticket information is in the post.

May 21, 2021 By Roberta

‘A Phonebook’ centers place and people in award-winning oral history

In this 33-minute Artblog Radio episode, Roberta speaks with Quinha Faria and Tyler Burdenski, two (out of nine) of the people behind the award-winning community project ‘A Phonebook,’ an image-rich oral history of about 120 Philadelphia “mom and pop” businesses. ‘A Phonebook’ goes into second print this summer & will be available for free at select local shops.

May 11, 2021 By Roberta

Bryan Warner’s fluid paintings mix life and art with quiet questioning, a conversation

In this 33 minute Artblog Radio interview, Roberta speaks with Bryan Warner about his Japanese heritage, growing up attending a Buddhist temple, teaching art at both the college and elementary school level, and much more. This interview is available in audio, video, and text transcription.

April 22, 2021 By Roberta

Keyonna Butler, storyteller, costume designer, ‘Black Hippie Art’ Founder, on fostering BIPOC community

In this 25 minute conversation, Roberta speaks with Keyonna Butler, Costume Designer and Founder of Black Hippie Art, an organization designed to amplify, connect, and create opportunities for BIPOC artists.

April 19, 2021 By Natalie Sandstrom

Cultural Accessibility in Philadelphia, an Artblog Radio series, part 1 – Katie Samson of Art-Reach

Natalie Sandstrom interviews Katie Samson, Director of Education at Art-Reach, in part 1 of a new three-part Artblog Radio series on the topic of Cultural Accessibility.

April 15, 2021 By Logan Cryer

Allow Vox Populi to re-introduce themself, the scoop on Director Danny Orendorff and Vox’s future

Artblog Radio host Logan Cryer, sits down with Danny Orendorff, Executive Director of Vox Populi since May of 2018. This podcast gives the under-known inside scoop on Danny’s career prior to Vox, the values he brings to the collective, and the slow but important changes that have been occurring within Vox since his appointment as Executive Director.

April 1, 2021 By Morgan Nitz

Morgan and Roberta check in and review some favorite online talks and podcasts

Reviewing some recent Zoom talks, several of them excellent, Morgan and Roberta also comment on the new David Wojnarowicz documentary film and the podcast story of a food critic who loses her sense of smell!

February 18, 2021 By Morgan Nitz

Collecting, trading and selling art, and some personal histories, a check-in with Roberta and Morgan

February 11, 2021 By Logan Cryer

Jordan Deal’s metaphysical storytelling in sculptural assemblages at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery

In their debut interview as Artblog Radio’s newest host, Logan Cryer speaks with Jordan Deal, emerging artist exhibiting alongside Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck in “Hissed gently in silence, a dream of Flight” at Fleisher-Ollman gallery.

February 2, 2021 By Morgan Nitz

Check-in with Artblog, Roberta & Morgan talk GameStop, a new fellowship and new galleries

On this 23 minute long episode of Artblog Radio, Morgan and Roberta check-in for the second time to discuss current events, Philadelphia arts & culture, and what’s going on here at Artblog!

January 29, 2021 By Roberta

‘Andy Can You Hear Us?’ Madelyn Roehrig’s book archives her community project with Warhol

Roberta, a participant in the “Andy Can You Hear Us” project, reviews the first volume of Madelyn Roehrig’s “Andy Can You Hear Us? – Communing with Andy Warhol at His Gravesite.” We love this whimsical and serious project and all that Roberta has to say about it!

January 15, 2021 By Morgan Nitz

Check-in with Artblog, Roberta and Morgan talk coping, Philly, and the future

Morgan and Roberta check in with a 37-minute Artblog Radio conversation. They share how they’re coping, discuss a new Artblog community project, and talk Philadelphia’s community-based art scene.

November 24, 2020 By Roberta

Philadelphia Center City walls treated to Piotr Szyhalski’s provocative ‘Covid-19 Labor Camp Reports’

In this 31 minute episode, Roberta and Patrick Coue chat with Piotr Szyhalski, the artist behind instagram account @laborcamp, which documents the Covid-19 pandemic through 225 politically charged black and white drawings (later turned into posters and installed in major cities)

November 9, 2020 By Roberta

Talking about ‘Taking Space’ with Brittany Webb and Jodi Throckmorton of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Roberta interviews Jodi Throckmorton and Brittany Webb, co-curators of “Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale” at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts about feminism, dissent, and the importance of representation.