Features

June 5, 2020 by Andrea Kirsh

Tuberculosis, rampant in the Romantic era, personified as the feminine ideal

June 4, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Maddie Hewitt talks sustainable art making, and the reality of the climate crisis

In this two part feature, Natalie Sandstrom talks with the second of two artists whose practice is heavily influenced by nature and environmental issues.

June 3, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Caril Chasens, Wooden nymphs and manifestos from ‘way the hell up the road’

Natalie Sandstrom conducts two interviews with two artists whose practice is heavily influenced by nature and environmental issues; part one covers Canadian artist Caril Chasens, a multi-disciplinary artist and writer.

June 3, 2020 by Ilana Napoli

Artists of ‘Yes In My Front Yard’ (YIMFY) on future of the arts post-COVID-19

In part two of this two-part essay on ‘Yes in My Front Yard” (YIMFY), a public installation in West Philly, Ilana Napoli speaks with curators and artists Daniel Tucker, Emily Bunker, Li Sumpter and Lucia Thomé about the flaws of the current arts infrastructure and reimagining the future post-COVID-19.

June 2, 2020 by Logan Cryer

Society changes, I don’t, a conversation with a grocery worker with a BFA

Logan Cryer speaks with former studio mate, now grocery store manager and pre-Coronavirus drag performer, Monica.

May 29, 2020 by Roberta

Sarah Stolfa on Philadelphia Photo Arts Center in the Time of Coronavirus

Non-profit community arts centers that educate, provide workspace and a gallery exhibition program are especially hard hit by the pandemic. Sarah Stolfa talks about staying positive during this tough time.

May 28, 2020 by Beth Heinly

The 3:00 Book

May 26, 2020 by Ilana Napoli

‘Yes In My Front Yard,’ West Philadelphia’s stimulus check-funded public installation

Ilana Napoli speaks with Daniel Tucker and Emily Bunker and pens a thoughtful feature about their public art installation “Yes in My Front Yard,” which features digital works by nine local artists printed and displayed on lawn signs in West Philadelphia.

May 26, 2020 by Oli Knowles

Socialist Grocery

May 20, 2020 by Beth Heinly

The 3:00 Book

May 20, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Keep calm during Covid, Museums and meditation at home

Naveena Vijayan takes a digital tour of museums during Covid-19 and interviews Jeff Durham, Curator of Himalayan Art at Asian Museum of Art, about their virtual programming surrounding “Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist’s Journey Towards Enlightenment.”

May 15, 2020 by Ron Kanter

Art provides imaginative space for children, PCCY’s Picasso Project shows the way

Public Citizens for Children and Youth’s Picasso Project rounds up excellent art projects for your wee ones and children of all ages in their downloadable art ed at home toolkit.

May 14, 2020 by Beth Heinly

The 3:00 Book

May 14, 2020 by Andrea Kirsh

Black Death and centuries of artists reckoning with mortality

This third edition of “Art Following Epidemics” by Art Historian Andrea Kirsh presents a snapshot of important works on paper following the Black Death and the infiltration of death imagery in European art for more than two centuries following the plague.