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May 2, 2017 by Flora Ward

Roberto Lugo to join Tyler faculty, JSTN CLMN to show work at Whitney Biennial, opportunities at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Delaware Contemporary, 40th St Artist in Residence, and Eastern State Penitentiary, plus Celebration of Black Arts Festival, immigration talk at the Da Vinci Art Alliance, Callowhill art and history tour with Artblog and Hidden City, performances by Tania Brugera and Ayana Evans, and RIP Vito Acconci

Loads of events and opportunities for you in today’s news post. Congratulations to Roberto Lugo for joining the faculty of Tyler School of Art, and to JSTN CLMN for having a piece of work included in the Occupy Museums installations at the Whitney Biennial. Opportunities with deadlines coming up for artist submissions to Tiger Strikes Asteroid, the Delaware Contemporary, 40th St Artist in Residence program, and Eastern State Penitentiary. Celebration of Black Arts Festival kicks off on May 1, and talk on immigration at the Da Vinci Art Alliance on May 10. Artblog toots its own horn about an upcoming May 5 tour of Callowhill and the “Vox” building with Hidden City, plus performances by Tania Bruguera and Ayana Evans, and RIP performance art legend Vito Acconci.

April 25, 2017 by Roberta

Blake Bradford heads collaborative Lincoln University/Barnes Foundation Museum Studies Program, 76th Woodmere Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibit artists announced, Cassils gets Guggenheim, Plus Opportunities and Artblog News!

Many congratulations in today’s News Post, plus some great opportunities for grants, exhibitions and awards.

April 18, 2017 by Flora Ward

Congratulations PAFA alum Emily Erb, Arts Advocacy Week April 19–21, Amber Art and Design’s Charles Barbin to speak at the Da Vinci Art Alliance, Artblog’s Look/Draw/Write workshops at Taller Puertorriqueño, and a reading group at Ulises

More arts advocacy news for you today – the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance spearheads Arts Advocacy Week (April 17–21) leading up to PA Arts Advocacy Day on April 25. Also, hearty congratulations to PAFA alumna Emily Erb, recipient of this year’s Leonore Annenberg Fellowship. Finally, some tasty events – Amber Art and Design’s Charles Barbin speaks at the Da Vinci Art Alliance, Artblog offers two more Look/Draw/Write workshops at Taller Puertorriqueño and a reading/discussion group at Ulises.

April 11, 2017 by Roberta

iMPeRFeCT Gallery moves around corner, Grandma Moses comes to Rutgers, Congratulations, Zoe Strauss, 2017 Guggenheim fellow, and LoLa38 artists in West Philly project, Plus Save the Date for DaVinci May show and Opportunities

News today of winners – Zoe Strauss gets a Guggenheim Fellowship; ten artists selected for LoLa 38 temporary public art in West Philly, plus a wonderful painting donated to Rutgers Camden, a move for iMPeRFeCT Gallery, a great May show at DaVinci, plus a couple good opportunities!

April 4, 2017 by Flora Ward

Arts leaders rally at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Placemaking or place breaking at Moore College of Arts and Design, Wilmer Wilson IV performs on SEPTA’s Market Frankford line, Asian Arts Initiative hosts migrant poets, Feminist film classic at International House, Willie Cole at Arthur Ross Gallery, Yolanda Wisher curates Poetry Festival at 30th Street Station, and RIP James Rosenquist

Lots of happenings for you today in the news post, including a major event at PAFA from the Philadelphia arts and culture community. April is National Poetry Month, so celebrate with Yolanda Wisher at the Outbound Poetry Festival and the Sanctuary Poetry series at the Asian Arts Initiative. Also, performances by Wilmer Wilson IV, a talk by Artblog favorite Willie Cole, a new documentary about the seminal 1972 DNC, and RIP Pop art pioneer James Rosenquist.

March 28, 2017 by Roberta

Happy Anniversary RACSO Fine Arts and AAMP, Massive congratulations Eli LaBan, Open House at PMA, Jack Wolgin Lecture, Jennifer Steinkamp on Parkway, and Marian Anderson Historical Society concert

Congratulations are in order for many in this week’s News Post. RACSO turns 2; AAMP turns 40. Plus, Eli LaBan is nominated for College Television Emmy, the Philadelphia Museum of Art opens its doors to show its new proposed Modern and Contemporary plans, and other great news.

March 21, 2017 by Roberta

Taller Puertorriqueño, Pafa feature Artblog; Jayson Musson, Becky Suss, Dona Nelson in NY shows/programs; Whitney Biennial protest; Alex Losett project, David Antonio Cruz at DCCC, Cultural Alliance Action Toolkit, Plus Opportunities!

News of Artblog favorite artists, Jayson Musson, Dona Nelson, Becky Suss, plus a protest of a Dana Schutz painting, some great opportunities and even more news, in today’s action-packed News Post.

March 7, 2017 by Roberta

Drexel URBN panel on artist activism; Frieda cafe one-day celebration of octogenarian painter, Jean K. Hamburg, Black Oak House Gallery performance sounds great, Plus some good reads and mega-heaping helping of Opportunities from Mutter Museum, City Hall, Vox Populi, DaVinci Art Alliance, Cerulean and Woodmere

Elizabeth Taylor-Mead of Frieda wrote to say the cafe at 320 Walnut Street, is celebrating the art of octogenarian, Jean K. Hamburg, who has never shown her works publicly but agreed to show a selection of her life’s work and to speak about her work for one afternoon, Sunday, March 19, from 3PM – 4:30PM. The conversation will be between the artist and Anthony Latess.

February 28, 2017 by Roberta

Panels everywhere, including art history activism and living the art life, Wiki-art+feminism-editathon at Temple, benefit for refugees at UCAL, Pop-up on forgotten Civil Rights heroines at Amalgam, Plus Eye of the Sixties, Dr. Johnetta Cole, Yes And…+Opportunities from Museum Hack and PVLA

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is an international communal updating of Wikipedia content on subjects related to art and feminism. Universities and cultural institutions around the city of Philadelphia are hosting edit-a-thons throughout the month of March, where participants will gather in one place to edit, add, and improve Wikipedia entries.

February 21, 2017 by Roberta

Taller Puertorriqueño’s Schomburg Symposium on Sports and Blackness, Philly’s first Drawing Marathon at Fleisher, Douglas Witmer’s music at TSA, Street Road Space turns 5, Hands Off Our Revolution, Community Sponsored Art (CSA) Pops up at Globe Dye Works, Plus Opportunities!

This year’s Schomburg Symposium will be in Taller’s brand new building. If you haven’t been up to see it, be prepared to be impressed. The topic is Sports and Blackness, a topic fraught with a difficult history that continues to the present. More information below.

February 14, 2017 by Roberta

Many congratulations – Anne Minich, Nato Thompson, Neil Marcello; Free nerdy coloring books to download; return of Title Magazine; American Revolution Museum gets a huge painting; a couple good short reads and great Opportunities

Artblog favorite, Anne Minich, opens two shows at PAFA tomorrow, Feb. 15, 2017 – a show in the PAFA Works on Paper Gallery and a show in the Alumni Gallery, both in the Historic Landmark building. Congratulations, Anne!

February 7, 2017 by Roberta

Monument Lab’s excellent Philly Fall festival, Barnes’s new curator, Cindy Kang, Tom Devaney’s piece in Inquirer, IHouse’s Spanish animations, Plus Art Condo, Artblog’s podcasts and workshops, and great Opportunities

If you’re reading this, you probably know that Artblog has been in the Philadelphia community since 2003 and that our mission is to promote discussion of art as an important component in strengthening civic engagement. We are especially committed to broadcasting community voices that are often overlooked and marginalized.

What you may not know is that we welcome letters to the editor. Please get in touch with us at hello@theartblog.org with the words “Letter to the Editor” in the Subject line. No anonymous letters, please. Love, Roberta and the Artblog team

January 31, 2017 by Roberta

Congratulations, Dejay Duckett + Theaster Gates, LandLab applications open, Penn seeks Director for Sachs Arts Hub, Nick Kripal Memorial Scholarship fundraiser, and NMAJH is Free in February!

Please join us on Friday, February 3rd, to celebrate the life and generosity of our friend, teacher, mentor, and colleague Nick Kripal, who passed away on September 30th after a brief battle with cancer.

January 24, 2017 by Roberta

Little Berlin turns 10! Drexel turns 125! Jeanne van Heeswijk speaks on Philadelphia Assembled at Fleisher, Welcome, James Merle Thomas, new Executive Director-Vox Populi, Congratulations, Ditta Baron Hoeber+Miguel Luciano, Read about Brad Troemel in New Yorker+ Opportunities!

In anniversary news, Drexel is celebrating 125 years, with a show that displays some historic geeky and cool objects, like the Mac computers (shown above) that the school (and some of us geeks) used back in the day. More information at the show’s website. The exhibit is up now through March 19 at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery.