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May 28, 2019 By Roberta

Karina Puente believes in mission and works with other mission-driven women

In this sponsored post, Roberta interviews Velocity Fund grantee Karina Puente about her collaborative project #sisterlyhistory, with Yolanda Wisher and Women of Color (WoC) entrepreneurs of Germantown.

May 19, 2019 By Roberta

Apiary X, new issue of beloved Philadelphia literary magazine, coming soon

Apiary Magazine is a community-spirited literary magazine now in its tenth year of publishing print copies and online editions with beautiful art, lively commentary, poetry and free-form writing.

May 9, 2019 By Roberta

Women in Re-Entry and Re-Entry Think Tank, two drumbeats of decarceration

In this first of three posts about active community art projects you should know about, Roberta writes about Mark Strandquist and Courtney Bowles’s People’s Paper Co-op project, Re-Entry Think Tank, supported by the Velocity Fund and an allied project, Women in Re-Entry.

May 6, 2019 By Roberta

Velocity Fund, money for Philadelphia artist projects, deadline June 7, 2019!

The Velocity Fund gives money directly to Philadelphia Artists to Make Art, but the deadline is fast approaching so don’t miss this opportunity.

April 13, 2019 By Goggleworks

Upcoming Spring iron pour will thrill artists, families and community at Reading’s GoggleWorks Center for the Arts

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA, welcomes the community to its Spring iron pour, an exciting demonstration of an age-old technique to turn molten iron into molded solid objects.

March 27, 2019 By Roberta

Cecily Sherman, on collecting art and being honored at the Philadelphia Fine Art Fair

Roberta speaks with art collector, Cecily Sherman, whose large collection includes works from early 20th to early 21st Century, art amassed with her late husband Philip over 40 years of collecting. The interview is 20 minutes long and was recorded at Cecily’s home in Philadelphia on March 25, 2019.

March 11, 2019 By Roberta

Year Two of The Velocity Fund begins! Artists, apply for grants to fund work with cross-disciplinary approaches

Now entering its second year,The Velocity Fund, a Regional Re-granting Program of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in partnership with Temple Contemporary, welcomes you, Philadelphia artists, to apply for funds to make new work in the city! Awards of $5,000 will be given in September, 2019, to 10-15 artists, by an independent panel of jurors. Applications open today, March 11, 2019, and close June 7, 2019.

January 18, 2019 By Goggleworks

GoggleWorks’ Summer Residency invites artists to grow and share their craft

In a city not too far from Philadelphia, there’s an art center with a summer residency program you should know about! This sponsored post, from the Goggleworks Center for the Arts, in Reading, PA, explains it all for you.