The art world needs a grapevine. We provided one each week in our news roundups. (Artblog 2003-2025)
We curated the news each week to reveal the best of what’s going on in Philadelphia. We found the latest job/exhibition/funding opportunities and important tidbits about Philadelphia art and artists and kept you up to date with what’s cooking. In 2024, the news became a weekly podcast on Artblog Radio called the “Midweek News.” Check out those news podcasts at the Artblog Radio archive page.
This summer has been filled with News, and our Midweek News Podcast has kept you abreast. Meanwhile, here’s the old fashioned News Post, with a couple great opportunities – one of which closes today!
Read MoreWe hope you have a relaxing holiday week and enjoy a break from the routine.The News this week is brief and forward-looking. We congratulate The Rail Park for their NEA grant which allows them to move forward with envisioning ‘The Cut.’ We are also excited with the news that The West Collection is starting up tours of its collection on the campus of SEI in Oaks, PA.
Read MoreTwo things excite us this week. First, the Save Chinatown initiative with a support letter to sign on to and a poetry anthology to buy to support those who are pushing back against the ill-considered 76ers Arena proposed for the Chinatown neighborhood.
Read MoreSometimes you have to toot your own horn. Today is the day! Artblog has a poster project and we want to share it with you.
Read MoreIt’s not often that a community is whiplashed by the good news bad news bears. We are elated and optimistic about Forman Arts Initiative’s new campus in North Philadelphia, announced on Thursday, May 30, 2024. We are upset and disheartened by the announcement Saturday, June 1, that University of the Arts is closing down for good on Friday, June 7, 2024.
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