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Artblog organizes programs in the community to educate and create dialog around important issues. Our programs include the Artist and Social Responsibility project; Art Safari tours of Philadelphia’s contemporary art scene; Guest Editorships; Art Writing workshops; Live Review Panel Discussions; and Mentorships of young writers and artists.
Dear readers, as we publish the cash prize and honorable mention winners in the 2018 New Art Writers Contest, we’d like to thank everyone who took the time to share their writing with us and congratulate all the winners! This year’s turnout was truly encouraging and we can’t wait to share the “Best of the New Art Writing Contest Anthology” with you in 2019. Thanks also to Mari Shaw, whose generosity and support of local art writing allowed us to offer our biggest prizes to date.
Read MoreDear readers, as we publish the cash prize and honorable mention winners in the 2018 New Art Writers Contest, we’d like to thank everyone who took the time to share their writing with us and congratulate all the winners! This year’s turnout was truly encouraging and we can’t wait to share the “Best of the New Art Writing Contest Anthology” book with you all in 2019. Thanks also to Mari Shaw, whose generosity and support of local art writing allowed us to offer our biggest prizes to date.
Read MoreTo break bread with someone is to forge an intimate bond. Here Logan Cryer interviews local artist and 2018 Leeway grantee, Shreshth Khilani about their participatory performance “Immigrant Kitchen,” which runs through Monday, December 3rd. Part dinner, part coming-out party, this project uses Hindu mythology and South Asian foods to create communion around tradition while opening up the possibility of change. See below for ticket details!
Read MoreAs we head home to enjoy some quality food with family and friends, Artblog is proud to announce the cash prize winners and honorable mention recipients in this year’s New Art Writers Contest! Stay tuned for the articles, which we will publish in the coming weeks.
Read MoreImani speaks with Philly-bred, Baltimore-based artist Rosa Leff about her chosen medium of cut paper and her affinity for the urban landscape.
Read MoreMatt Kalasky speaks with artist Jerry Kaba about his Arts Wrestling Federation Urban League (AWFUL Wrestling). What started as a joke between friends has become a genuine cultural phenomenon, taking Philadelphia’s DIY arts scene by nostalgic storm.
Read MoreThe Art Writing Contest deadline for applications is Midnight, Oct. 31. That’s Halloween, yo. Don’t party too hard. Type up your piece while sitting in your costume eating candy. You can handle it! Here’s a video with Artblog’s star Managing Editor, Imani Roach, talking about the nuts and bolts of applying and other aspects of the contest, like the $1,000 grand prize and two $250 second prizes! Below the video are details about how to apply and a link to the Google form for submitting your story/poem/review/essay/free-form writing.
Read MoreDo you have questions about the art writing contest? With the deadline fast approaching (Oct. 31, Midnight), we’d like to answer those questions. Join Imani Roach tomorrow as she fields your queries and gives you answers! Noon, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. We love to talk. Come talk with us!
Read MoreListen to this great podcast captured from WURD radio and appearing here with permission. WURD talk show host Stephanie Renee speaks with Imani Roach about the Artblog Art Writing Contest in this peppy ten-minute audio. Then click the links in the post for information on how to apply and get details about the cash prizes! C’mon, apply! Contest ends at Midnight, Oct. 31, 2018.
Read MoreImani speaks with emerging artist, curator and poet Malachi Lily about shape-shifting, leadership and making space for nuanced representations of blackness.
Read MoreNew Artblog Contributor Sarah Kim chats with ubiquitous performance and mixed media artist Katie Rauth about her current Leeway-supported project on radical fat politics. Settle in for a great conversation about humor, visibility and the subversive potential of material excess!
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