Janyce Denise Glasper reviews the series, ‘Queenie,’ streaming on Hulu, noting that she learned some welcome history about African-British and African-Caribbean women whose stories she had not known and are not routinely told in history books.
Read MorePete Sparber interviews O’Neil Scott about his journey from birth in Jamaica and immigration to the U.S. at age five, and after that, college at Syracuse, where he played football(!) and to his rise as a portrait painter of exquisite beauty and delicacy.
Read MoreJanyce talks with the late Betty Blayton’s younger brother, Oscar, who is working with the artist’s archive and shares much of Betty’s history of an artist in New York from 1960-2016, where she was friends with many Black artists and founding director of the Harlem-based Children’s Art Carnival.
Read MoreRoberta sees the solo exhibit by Rebecca Rutstein at Bridgette Mayer Gallery and talks with the artist about the work, which is inspired by Rutstein’s 30-day voyage as artist in residence on a research vessel in the Gulf of California. The paintings are strong and energetic
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh travels to Rowan University for Wendel White’s exhibit ‘Folding Time,’ which she calls powerful.
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, Roberta speaks with two-time Velocity Fund grantee, Yvonne Lung, about her current project “Let’s Talk Aabout Chinatown,” an informational and educational project whose heart is advocacy to save Chinatown from the implantation of an unwanted basketball arena right on its doorstep.
Read MorePete Sparber talks with former Temple Contemporary Curator Jova Lynne about the upcoming exhibit, “Black Like That: Our Lives as Living Praxis,” which will reveal under-known Black history and people in Philadelphia in order to connect their histories with the community and make these stories part of the ongoing story of Philadelphia.
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