Artblog Radio

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.

November 2, 2020 By Roberta

Matthew Rose repurposes madness and confusion in his clever quaranzine ‘Coronaville’

Roberta chats with Matthew Rose about his new book ‘Coronaville,’ which chronicles the early madness and confusion in America surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. This post is available in audio, video, and text!

October 23, 2020 By Morgan Nitz

How do we value art?

Morgan and Roberta co-write an essay about value– specifically, why art is undervalued in America–and for the first time, you can LISTEN to this post!

October 8, 2020 By Artblog

Ken Lum and Karyn Olivier talk Art and Social Responsibility

Today we have a very special episode of Artblog Radio- “Art and Social Responsibility Today” with Ken Lum and Karyn Olivier! The talk was originally streamed on September 23rd, 2020, as a live Zoom panel in support of our 17th birthday and fundraiser.

March 26, 2020 By Roberta

Sid Sachs’s ‘Invisible City,’ Philadelphia’s bustling experimental art scene, 1956-76

On this 39 minute episode of Artblog Radio, Roberta interviews Sid Sachs about his multi-venue exhibition “Invisible City” (now closed to the public due to Covid-19).

March 25, 2020 By Wit López

The art of equipping trauma-informed teaching artists, a conversation with Beth Feldman Brandt

In this episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with Beth Feldman Brandt, the Executive Director of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation.

March 11, 2020 By Wit López

Conveying beauty with canvas and voice, Suzanne DuPlantis on her craft

March 6, 2020 By Wit López

Francis Beaty on shaping organisms and her continuous evolution as an artist

In this 32-minute episode of Artblog Radio, Wit visits PII Gallery in Old City to speak with Francis Beaty, one of the artists whose work is currently on display in “Spring Up” at PII Gallery, on view until until March 28, 2020!

February 7, 2020 By Wit López

Ripe with Subtext, Humaira Abid’s new exhibition ‘Searching for Home’

January 23, 2020 By Wit López

Puppets, parades, and passion, a conversation with Spiral Q

In this episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with the two co-directors of Spiral Q: Liza Goodell and Jennifer Turnbull about using art as a means of advocacy.

January 17, 2020 By Morgan Nitz

Immanuel Wilkins never loses sight of the long game

Morgan Nitz speaks with Kimmel Center Jazz artist-in-residence Immanuel Wilkins about his musical journey and collaboration-in-progress with David Dempewolf of Marginal Utility and New York photographer Rog Walker.

January 3, 2020 By Wit López

A fruitful journey into encaustics, Deann Mills on her latest body of work

In Artblog Radio’s first episode of 2020, Wit speaks with local artist Deann Mills about her show “Wonderland,” which features encaustic works, on display at MUSE Gallery until February 2, 2020.