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July 5, 2016 by Roberta

Bridgette Mayer Gallery goes private! Rob Matthews paints! Ellsworth Kelly gives! Invisible City archives Philadelphia art! VALIE EXPORT legend explained, Mega-dose of Opportunities

The commercial gallery scene in Philadelphia has always been vulnerable and subject to market whims and weak collector base, but maybe the 21st Century model where gallerists forgo spaces, become nomadic and work as curatorial managers on behalf of artists will prove healthy for both the artists and the gallerists. I hope so. Artblog has watched Bridgette Mayer and her gallery grow and adapt and continually refresh over the years. Bridgette, I wish you the best!

June 28, 2016 by Roberta

Welcome, Curator Meg Onli, to ICA! Congratulations, Artist Curator TC Campuzano on Lansdowne show; BalletX+Magritte; Jamar Nicholas podcast to come; BlackStar Film reviews to come; political shows for Dems at PAFA, Rosenwald-Wolf, City Hall; Plus Jacolby Satterwaite, Ditta Hoeber, and Good Reads

Artblog favorite, Anthony (TC) Campuzano, curates a show in his home town of Lansdowne, PA, a Philly suburban town so small you might miss it when driving west out Baltimore Pike. Beyond Cold Polished Stones is a show with a lot of ties to Anthony — his childhood babysitter (and Tyler graduate) is in the show; the architect of his parents’ home is in the show. And on July 4, the artist/curator will be walking in the Lansdowne 4th of July parade — it’s a family tradition (his father is Mayor)

June 21, 2016 by Roberta

Artist Housing news from People’s Emergency Center! Congratulations artists in great Juried exhibitions at Vox+Icebox, Congratulations, PPAC exhibit winners, Hannah Price+ Hrovoje Slovenc, Daniel Tucker speaks at New Boone, Plus, Snarky App and Opportunities

4050 Apartments is a residential project for low-income artists and others.
Once completed, this three-story building will contain 20 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments that offer flexible layouts and large windows. Residents will have access to a community room on the ground floor that will also be a site for arts and educational programming open to the public

June 14, 2016 by Roberta

Congratulations 2016 Pew Fellows + Organizations – Sharon Hayes, Tiona McClodden, Erin Bernard, Kelsey Halliday Johnson, Monument Lab, Temple Contemporary, ICA, PMA, Barnes! Plus Brandywine Workshop Happy Hours with the Arts, In/Out Symposium at Moore and Opportunities

The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage spreads $10 million in 53 grants to individuals and organizations. We’re especially happy for these strong women in the mix – Sharon Hayes and Tiona McClodden, who are new Pew fellows; Erin Bernard and The History Truck and Kelsey Halliday Johnson for her exhibition about women’s art and technology from 1970-85 – yay! Congratulations, all!

June 7, 2016 by Roberta

Center for Creative Works, Allens Lane benefits, Sarah McEneaney in Portland, OR, Blackstar Film Fest and Wall Writers movies at International House, Crane Arts Archive Space closes Philly space+opens elsewhere, Plus Brown Bag it with ICA and Opportunities

Allen’s Lane Art Center’s Second Annual “Night of the Arts” This Saturday, 6PM – Immerse yourself in this vibrant community art center in Mt. Airy – and spend time with their gallery exhibition by photographer Harvey Finkle, whose socially-activist works Artblog has long admired.

May 31, 2016 by Roberta

BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez movie tonight at AAMP, Latino Film Festival June 10-12, First Friday Art Safari, T+M Studios ends gallery run, Asian Arts FF on Pearl St., Jennifer Zarro+Art Dive to CR Ettinger Studio, Gina DeCagna+Symbiosis Mag, Moe Brooker in NY, Suzanne Horvitz+Robert Roesch at Legends+China, Plus Opportunities

In movie news — TONIGHT – Film screening of the biopic, “BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez” at the AAMP as the finale to the Art Sanctuary’s Celebration of Black Arts. Philadelphia Poet Laureate emeritus Sanchez will attend for a Q+A with filmmaker Barbara Attie after the screening.

May 24, 2016 by Roberta

Congratulations Jessica Todd Harper, Tyler Kline, Nick Cassway and Catherine Byers! Martin Puryear’s “Big Bling” in Philly, free admission to Magic Gardens June 5-10, the last Art Safari of the season June 3, Dave and Illysa Kyu’s Campfire Stories, Abigail DeVille, Quentin Morris, Nancy Davidson write-ups, and a teen Opportunity

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens will debut a new program beginning June 5 titled Philly Free Week.The program gives Philadelphians free access to the outdoor labyrinth, the Isaiah and Julia Zagar exhibition “Dear Julia” and daily gallery talks. On the kick-off date, there will be music by Bridgeset Sound and a photo booth.

May 17, 2016 by Roberta

Congratulations 2016 NEA awardees, Artist-at-Sea Rebecca Rutstein, Blum+Poe exhibitors Quentin Morris and Julian Hoeber; Brent Burket on Barnes’ new Digital Initiatives guru Shelley Bernstein, Peek at the SI’s new African American Museum, Pepon Osorio’s reForm ends with Fairhill Fun Day, some Good Reads by John Muse, Stan Mir, the New Yorker, plus Opportunites

NEA awards $807,000 to local arts organizations to foster learning and engagement. Congratulations, all!