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January 26, 2016 by Roberta

Three panels-PAFA+Black Lives Matter, Inliquid+Social Practice, Moore Galleries+Walter Robinson; John Muse+Vicky Funari+Strange Truth film series, Personnel changes at AAMP, FWM and UArts; Boston Mayor believe in artists; Ken Lum muses on Philly and Canada; Plus Nathaniel Popkin, Heather Ujiie, lunch tours at SEI, Schomburg Seminar at Taller and Opportunities galore

Via International Center for Photography – Mary Ellen Mark Memorial Scholarship

Closer to home, Icebox Project Space is looking for your 2016 predictions for their publication. For more information visit the Icebox Project Space website.

January 19, 2016 by Roberta

Fleisher-Ollman+Indigo Arts in NYC, PPAC in NOLA, DelArt’s great 2016 lineup, Sad Noyes news, Excellent! – Zoe Strauss, Steve Weinik, Michael Andre, Leah Koontz, Philly Knight Cities proposals, Plus Albert Bierstadt, Ben Davis, Calvin Tomkins

Going to Delaware? Let’s carpool. The Delaware Art Museum has a terrific lineup of 2016 exhibitions, including a solo show in October of works from the 1960s by Elizabeth Osborne; a Smithsonian-organized exhibit in March of works by Latino artists including Philadelphia and Artblog favorite Pepon Osorio; and a group exhibit from the University of Delaware holdings, of humorous art by African American artists.

January 12, 2016 by Roberta

Good Game Issue 2 debuts, So sorry David Bowie, plus Judith Schaechter, Blaise Tobia, Virginia Maksymowicz and You won’t believe the Opportunities

Let’s have a moment of silence for the great David Bowie, who meant so much to all of us outsiders, aliens and artists in the world.

January 5, 2016 by Roberta

Rare Birds at Berman Museum, Artblog+St. Claire Live at the Writers House, Gregory Labold’s Costume win, Organize Your Own, Napoleon+Coop, Pauline Houston McCall’s new book, Opportunities and More

The Live at the Writers House episode with Artblog and St. Claire writers reading from their published works is now available for your listening pleasure! Here’s the link to EPISODE 113 – 10/26/2015 – PHILADELPHIA ART CRITICS…
Produced and hosted by Alli Katz and with some great live music by City Love.

December 29, 2015 by Roberta

Ellsworth Kelly’s Barnes sculpture, PAFA’s Free Sundays for Norman Lewis, Philadelphia Art Alliance, CFeVA+Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, stadler-Kahn, Colin Keefe, Sarah Archer, Plus Opportunities

ICA Open Video Call – Philadelphia-area artists and filmmakers, submit your videos to this open call and get the opportunity to screen your work in the ICA Ramp! This year’s jurors are artist Alex Da Corte; artist and filmmaker Tiona McClodden, Executive Director, Harriet’s Gun Media; and Bree Pickering, Executive Director, Vox Populi. Free to apply – Submissions due Jan. 4, 2016. Application is here.

December 22, 2015 by Roberta

Sad passing of George Earl Ortman, DCCA goes Delaware Contemporary, Good links, Dona Nelson+AiA, Diane Burko+Numero Cinq, Jesse Krimes+NOLA, Doug Witmer+Gray Contemp Houston, Serena Perrone+DIA, and Opportunities

Congratulations to Jesse Krimes, whose solitary confinement piece at the one-day Amnesty International program created some good discussion about the important prison issue. Krimes has a solo show opening at Drexel’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery opening January 12.

December 15, 2015 by Roberta

Patrick Morgan+Knight Arts Phila, Big Mama’s Cinemateque+Paul Clipson, Dona Nelson+Stanley Whitney in Roberta Smith’s best of list, Bob Cozzolino’s Peter Blume purchase at PAFA, plus NEA awards $1M in PA, Freeman’s blockbuster auction and Opportunities

We got a note from Craig Scheihing of Big Mama’s Cinematheque introducing us to the “artist-run film lab, a venue for contemporary avant-garde filmmakers to share their work, and a classroom / workshop space for individuals interested in working with 16mm film.” Wonderful! I’m delighted to know there is a hotbed of alternative or experimental filmmakers here!

December 8, 2015 by Roberta

David Dempewolf’s Peculiar Velocity at PAFA, Margaret Kearney’s teach-ins at Crane Arts, Tyler Kline+Sarah Zimmer+Lee Tusman at Flux Factory, Stanek Gallery opens, UCPP art for children, TSA gets ink on Miami, plus a treasure chest full of Opportunities!

I think you’ll be inspired by the joy the A.R.T. program brings to people with disabilities served by United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia & Vicinity….

I love that it highlights their abilities rather than disabilities. We’re planning to expand the program to include children in 2016.

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