Sharon Garbe sees works by David Kettner at Arcadia University that keep the eye and mind engaged with their psychologically puzzling imagery dealing with childhood, memory, and the hidden depths that can lie below a simple surface.
Read MoreMartina talks with Stevie Laney about her body- sex- and erotica-positive magazine, “Very,” which launches its 8th issue this Wednesday at Tattooed Mom!
Read MoreHappy Holiday! I hope you enjoy a day of relaxation with friends and family. We are very happy The Colored Girls Museum had a positive meeting with the Zoning Board and will be remaining as an important and cherished museum in a Germantown row house!
Read MoreClayton Campbell visits Wanderlife Gallery for the two-person exhibition of experimental photographs by Ahmed Salvador and Scott McMahon. He talks about the history of experimentation with processes and chemicals in photography and says the two artists’s works are directly in sync with this history.
Read MoreOur new contributor, Pete Sparber sees work by three Black artists, whose works resonate with him. The artists, Henry Taylor, whose current show is at the Whitney Museum of Art until Jan. 28, 2024; Branche Coverdale, recently at Paradigm Gallery and Studio; and O’Neil Scott, recently at Corridor Contemporary, have kinship with each other in their creation of Black universes that are present as witnesses and celebrants of their culture.
Read MoreI was introduced recently to a biennale I had not heard of — The Wrong Biennale. It’s an international affair that’s been around since 2013. Links below to check it out. A
Read MoreSharon Garbe talks with Sarah Kanouse about the artist’s upcoming performance this Saturday, Nov. 11, at The Rotunda. “My Electric Genealogy” recaps the Kanouse family’s long ties to the electrical grid, by way of planning and engineering the grid in the Los Angeles area, working for the power companies. Family histories once seen as benevolent and celebrated become fodder for this one-woman performance that holds up an uneasy mirror to the past. Very few have Kanouse’s personal connection to the electrical grid, but we all have some kind of connection, making this performance highly relevant for today and tomorrow.
Read MoreGet out and vote today, if you haven’t already done so via mail ballot. Your vote will let our new leaders see that the arts community is watching. We care, and we are waiting for new enlightened leadership to finally see artists and the arts as valued contributors to the City’s health and well being. Let your vote for the Arts be counted today!
Read MoreHello Everybody! Open this treasure chest of a News post, and discover images and links to augmented reality monuments that you can access and “place” in your own landscapes – yes, really. Our friends and partners at N.I.C.E. interviewed the two Mayoral Candidates. T
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper sees an exhibit by Njideka Akunyili Crosby in New York at David Zwirner Gallery.
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