The Velocity Fund announces its 2020 awardees, 12 artists and groups that will create art all around Philadelphia working with communities and outside normal art venues.
Read MoreArtblog contributor Kinaya Hassane interviews owner of Harriet’s Bookshop and long time activist, Jeannine A. Cook. Jeannine believes art, especially writing, is integral to an equitable and just future.
Read MoreIn this post, Kemuel Benyehudah denounces the school-to-prison pipeline and presents an alternative that also addresses the underrepresentation of Black students in the creative economy and museums.
Read MoreArtblog contributor reek bell rounds up four films for the month of August. This month’s theme is community, in all of its complexity. As reek says below, “Community can break your heart, community can feed you, clothe you, house you, love you, and leave you.”
Read MoreAlex Smith responds to these surreal times by highlighting Black filmmakers and their Afro-surrealist TV shows, documentaries, and films, available now on various streaming platforms.
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