New leadership at ICA in Public Engagement- Welcome James E. Britt! Plus, get a free professional headshot at the Free Library, check out Sarah Abraham’s blog, and apply to Art Ability – lots of Prizes awarded.
Read MoreIt’s Almost All Kensington in the News Post, with two great projects you should know about, one by Renegade Company and the other by Jeffrey Stockbridge, both, Artblog favorites. Also, a solid opportunity for an art and art history faculty at TCNJ. Read it all, pass it along.
Read MoreSee the ART at the PA Convention Center this Saturday! Free and open to the public, noon-5 PM. 70 artists were selected and 40 will be there to greet you. Some Artblog favorites, whose work was chosen, are Astrid Bowlby, Moe Brooker, and the Dufala Brothers — woohoo. Also, new leadership at Main Line Art Center and Penn Design Communications, Visionary Women Artists for 2018 and PCAH grants and fellows announced! Read and share, Everyone.
Read MoreJune’s a happening time in Philadelphia. It’s Pride Month and Black Music Month! We recommend you get out there are participate in the music, parades, events and exhibits lined up to celebrate Philly people!
Read MorePhiladelphia welcomes a new arts administrator, collaborator, curator to town; PAFA welcomes a new Hudson River painting to its collection, and 40th St. A.I.R. wants you!
Read MoreTwo great opportunities for you in today’s News. Plus, a group you should know about, The Souls Grown Deep Foundation, doing good work for artists of the African American South. Read on, friends.
Read MoreOur advice column, Ask Artblog, debuted earlier this month with Dave Kyu’s column about should I go to graduate school. In June, we will be launching Ask Artblog twice a month with Beth Heinly answering your questions. See Beth’s note below and tell all your friends about this new opportunity for them to ask questions of a pro, whose advice will be honest, as she says, and could be pretty hilarious, too. The mailbox is open! Send your questions to Beth at ask@theartblog.org
Read MoreWe round up the news! There’s a new space opening in Manayunk and Amy Lipton organizes a show from the Schuylkill Center, “Learn a River’s Name” to debut the space. Also, historian Nell Painter speaks at the Free Library on her two-career life and her move from history professor at Princeton to artist.
Read MoreIt’s a day for evening events. Two we recommend are at Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse and at Indigo Arts. Read more and get out there and enjoy.
Read MoreA Trifecta of news and information for you, including a call for help from a River Wards art center; a call for participation in a socially-responsible carnival and a story about a great eco-art project involving a melting glacier and the head of our current climate-change denying President.
Read MoreTwo super-duper things in the News: A panel discussion about Black Panther and how it relates to Black Comics and the Black Art Movement and the announcement of grants from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation – more money for connecting people with art? We are all for it!
Read MoreThe Velocity Fund’s information sessions will answer your questions about funding via it’s new stream of funds for artist one-year projects. And on the Internet, “Ask Dave” will tackle and answer your questions about careers in the arts! Holy cow! Answers are coming.
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