Ask Artblog Advisor, Beth Heinly, responds to a question about her own art practice of organizing the Open Call Guerrilla Outdoor Performnce Festival (OCGOPF). Beth explains what the festival is for those who haven’t heard of it and suggests that, in the spirit of Philadelphia’s community arts scene, anybody can organize the next OCGOPF, and suggests a few (very few) rules to follow. Have a question about the Art Life for Ask Artblog? Email ask@theartblog.org. Or submit a Google form with your question. There’s a link to the Google form at the bottom of the post below. All names kept anonymous.
Read MorePhiladelphia International Airport is not the first place you think of when you think of Philadelphia art. The airport does not have a dedicated gallery space. The airport walkways, where the art is placed, are noisy thoroughfares, with advertising, shops and pop up kiosks, and people, pets and children scurrying to their gates. Where should art be in such a bright, chaotic environment? Roberta talks with Leah Douglas, Chief Curator of Philadelphia Art at the Airport, about how she selects and places art at the airport.
Read MoreTaDa! Just for you, our annual curated list of notable people, groups, books, and other art world stuff from the outgoing year: The 2018 Liberta Awards!
Read MoreIn this post, we present a wonderful video made by the talented video maker (and Artblog contributor) Ron Kanter that celebrates the Art at the Airport program, spearheaded by the great curator, Leah Douglas. Leah’s focus for the 20 years she’s headed the Art at the Airport program has been on local art, bringing the riches of the Philadelphia art scene to the thousands of daily travelers (30 million annual travelers!) into and out of PHL International. Congratulations, Leah on your wonderful 20 years of curating Art at the Airport! Here’s to 20 more years and beyond!
Read MoreRoberta suggests a pause from your daily hurly burly to enjoy a little Brahms, a little Queen (the trombone Bohemian Rhapsody) and the Guardian’s 2018 100 Top Songs (available free today).
Read MoreSydney Cox gets a visit from one of her favorite up-and-coming fiber artists, Ariel Posh. Here they discuss the recent Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) grad’s “thread paintings” and the age old question of craft’s relationship to gender. Read on and see below for recent examples of Posh’s intricate and often irreverent works. P.S. we’d like to say there’s something amazing in the Baltimore water. Celebrated artist and “MacArthur genius” awardee, Joyce Scott, whose work uses craft techniques (weaving, beading) to discuss serious representation of women and people of color, is a MICA graduate!
Read MoreAsk Artblog Advisor, Beth Heinly, responds to a question about proposal writing and weighs in saying that artists should build time for proposal writing into their art practice! Have a question about the Art Life for Ask Artblog? Email ask@theartblog.org. Or submit a Google form with your question. The link to the Google form’s at the bottom of the post below. All names kept anonymous.
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