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January 29, 2024 by Artblog

Let’s talk about traffic around 10th Street

Artblog friend, Edward Gruberg, writes a reasoned and elucidating essay on the impact on health and safety of the proposed 76ers Arena. Did you realize there is a Fire station on 10th St.? Or, how about the Hospital ER, also on 10th St.?

December 26, 2023 by Ryan deRoche

The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) at Arden Theater – An Interview with Bi Jean Ngo and Jo Vito Ramirez

November 7, 2023 by Roberta

Vote for the Arts today, your vote counts

Get out and vote today, if you haven’t already done so via mail ballot. Your vote will let our new leaders see that the arts community is watching. We care, and we are waiting for new enlightened leadership to finally see artists and the arts as valued contributors to the City’s health and well being. Let your vote for the Arts be counted today!

May 24, 2023 by Artblog

Artblog’s 20th Birthday party and Fundraiser September 7 at Moore College of Art and Design! Artists, donate a piece of your art!

Dear All, we can’t wait to welcome you to Artblog’s 20th Birthday celebration and fundraiser auction on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at Moore College of Art and Design!

May 3, 2023 by Artblog

Mayoral Candidates answer questions posed by the arts community

The project Artists for Democracy is a partnership between Artblog and Jacque Liu, public art consultant and former Percent for Art Project Manager and Barbara Silzle, former Executive Director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.

March 1, 2023 by Roberta

Artists for Democracy – Submit Your Question(s) to the Mayoral Candidates

Many of Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates claim to support the arts. They want your vote. We want to vote. Let’s ask them how they feel about the cultural sector…

February 22, 2023 by Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz

Moore College Panel Foregrounds Cultural Policy in the Context of the Philadelphia Mayoral Race

Our contributors Virginia Maksymowicz and Blaise Tobia report on a recent panel at Moore College of Art and Design devoted to talk about cultural policy in light of the current mayoral election campaigns.

January 26, 2023 by Lacy Murphy

Changing the power dynamic, museum workers, the museum, the art, and social media

Contributor Lacy Murphy relates the story of art images and social media postings both by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and by striking museum workers last Fall and argues that spurred on by the victory of the PMA Workers Union, museum workers are now unionizing in many places across the country.