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October 21, 2019 by Artblog

BREAKING NEWS — Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces 2019 grantees

Congratulations to the 39 grantees who have been awarded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

August 9, 2019 by Alex Smith

Althea Baird and Jo Brunelli transform Fishtown’s Paradise diner into gallery for underserved, undiscovered artists

Alex Smith visits “Fridays at Paradise” at Paradise Diner and speaks with Althea Baird, who along with Jo Brunelli makes up the Fridays in Paradise collective.

March 29, 2019 by Roberta

Writers make books, gallery becomes library in ‘Writers Making Books’ at Arcadia University’s Spruance Gallery

Roberta speaks with Richard Torchia and Zachary See at Arcadia University’s Spruance Art Gallery. Richard and Zach curated the current exhibit, “Writers Making Books,” (in conjunction with the city-wide festival, “Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy”). The show closes on April 21, 2019. The interview is 28:54 minutes long.

March 18, 2018 by Andrea Kirsh

Stories of Almost Everyone at UCLA Hammer Museum, big group show pleases and frustrates

January 23, 2018 by Roberta

Memorial service for A.M. Weaver this Saturday, Jan. 27, and a great-sounding exhibition on immigration at Penn State Abington curated by John Thompson and Daniel Oliva

A 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.

January 15, 2018 by Naveena Vijayan

Joseph Gonzales brings people together at The Delaware Contemporary

New Artblog contributor, Naveena Vijayan, speaks with the newly-appointed executive director of The Delaware Contemporary, Joseph Gonzales. Gonzales aims to make the museum a gathering space for the public, even while maintaining its reputation as a happening spot for contemporary art.

January 14, 2018 by Imani Roach

Susan Lubowsky Talbott on 40 years of the Fabric Workshop and Museum

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, founded in 1977 by arts visionary Marion “Kippy” Boulton Stroud, is celebrating its 40th birthday with a major retrospective exhibit. Process and Practice: 40 Years of Experimentation hilights archived ephemera from the institution’s famed artist-in-residence program that has been preserved for decades in “artist boxes.” Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with Susan Lubowsky Talbott, the Museum’s Executive Director, about exhibiting “failures,” engaging the public, and her legacy. What was the most surprising thing she discovered in those artist boxes? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Susan at the Fabric Workshop and Museum on January 9th, 2018; the podcast is 30 minutes long.

January 8, 2018 by Imani Roach

Fond farewell to Kelli Morgan, PAFA Curatorial Fellow moving to Midwest

You’ve probably seen Kelli Morgan around town, presenting her research, working with students, moderating conversations with artists, and generally staying busy as PAFA’s first Winston & Carolyn Lowe Curatorial Fellow for Diversity in the Fine Arts. Now she’s heading off on a new adventure as Associate Curator of American Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with the Detroit native on the eve of her departure about her unconventional path to museum work and her fresh vision for curating the American canon. Listen to hear her advice for aspiring young curators and much more. Imani interviewed Kelli at Moore College of Art and Design’s TGMR radio station on January 3rd, 2018; the podcast is 39 minutes long.