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In this Artblog post, Alex Smith interviews artist and dancer Vichte-Boul Ra. Smith says Ra’s performances are immersive, captivating, and a must see. Catch Vitche-Boul Ra in a performance/film collaboration with Rush Jackson, in “Hotter in July; I just may burn you in August,” Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, 6-9 PM, Icebox Project Space, 1400 N. American St.
Read MoreArtblog applauds this year’s 14 artist awardees and their projects, each receiving $5,000 under The Velocity Fund grant awards.
Read MoreArtblog contributor Natalie Sandstrom attends a program at The Barnes Foundation about the life and work of Bill Viola, whose videos are now on view at the Barnes, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Read MoreArtblog’s Morgan Nitz interviews artist and filmmaker Nishat Hossain about their recent work and hybrid research practice which involves reading, writing, making, and performing.
Read MoreMoved by the painting, “A Woman and a Girl Driving,” now on view in the PMA’s current exhibition “The Impressionist’s Eye, contributor Lacy Murphy discusses the life and work of vanguard artist and Philadelphia native Mary Cassatt.
Read MoreArtblog contributor Alex Smith speaks with artist and anthropologist Kara Mshinda about the themes that arise in her mixed media oeuvre. Mshinda shares her thoughts behind the use of “disposable ephemera” to create space to explore Black femme aesthetics and queerness.
Read MoreAsk Artblog’s Beth Heinly responds to a question about millennial burn out and its relation to social media and endurance performance.
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