We are excited for today’s lecture at PAFA by portrait painter, Amy Sherald, whose recently completed portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama was unveiled with much fanfare and acclaim at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. We are planning our trip, but until then we’ll see you at PAFA to hear the artist speak about her work. Also, news about Philadelphia’s Dindga McCannon’s and her fabulous “Revolutionary Sister.” Plus a good opportunity with Mural Arts.
Read MoreFebruary is a cruel month. We’ve lost two artists, and one artist lost his home, animals and art in a fire. We are so very sorry to report these losses. But, we end on a note of opportunity, with a call for proposals by Fairmount Park Conservancy.
Read MoreWe happily congratulation Donald Camp on a Lifetime Achievement award, and Maori Holmes as new Executive Director of Array Alliance! And we are thrilled for Cruxspace, now located in WeWork at the Piazza. Plus a nice opportunity from the PA Council on the Arts. News you need. News of our world.
Read MoreCongratulations to Yolanda Wisher and Philadelphia Contemporary, and to Lisa Marie Patzer and Icebox Project Space! These are two great appointments. Philadelphia Photo Arts Center has two great opportunities. And there’s more! It’s your news, delivered for you, from us. News you can use.
Read MoreCongratulations to one of Artblog’s most beloved artists, Pepón Osorio, and sad news of the passing of Helen Shannon. Also, a great opportunity at Cerulean Arts.
Read MoreA memorial service is scheduled for A.M. Weaver, our late friend, who contributed so much to artists and the arts in Philadelphia. Also, John Thompson and Daniel Oliva organized a show on the important topic of immigration, and the images look terrific.
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Read MoreThis short News Post invites you to the Memorial for A.M. Weaver, next Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. It’s fitting that the Memorial take place at the museum she loved and which embraced her and her curatorial projects. “Gardens of the Mind,” A.M.’s most recent exhibition at AAMP, shows her activist and feminist curating as well as her devotion to the spiritual side of the human condition. The exhibition is still up and will continue through Jan. 16, for those who visit the Memorial to see.
Read MoreNews from our friends at the Icebox Project Space and Mt. Airy Contemporary, plus a solid opportunity to get your work into Maake Magazine!
Read MoreHello Artblog readers, Happy 2018 to you, and may it be filled with democracy and Democrats and women elected to office! Onward. Here are two useful news tidbits from two good friends of Artblog, Hammam Aldouri and Diedra Krieger. Enjoy!
Read MoreWe’ve rounded up a couple good reads with great pictures; along with a great couple of opportunities in New York, and news of a new jazz streaming service for the music lovers in your life!
Read MoreToday’s post has a nice mix of newsy news, and a great opportunity! Enjoy! News of our world. It’s good for you.
Read MoreIt’s a lovely lead up to the holidays with some free workshops and concert and news of a huge grant to Village of Arts and Humanities, plus a little newsette ICYMI.
Read MoreTwo good opportunities for you and a great emerging artists show at DCCC with a lecture today by juror, Odili Donald Odita! Also, Harris Fogel’s photographs get 40-year retrospective in Bethlehem.
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