Janyce 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 sat down with artist and gallerist Nancy Herman to talk about her multi-faceted art, her gallery and her quest to make art that is musical, to make the colors be music itself. Enjoy this wide-ranging chat that took place a while ago but is fresh and topical today!
Read MorePete Sparber sits down with the Kindred Collaborative to discuss the group’s collaborative paintings, debuting at PII Gallery on Oct. 4, 2024.
Read MoreArtblog contributor Joyce Chung talks with Rachel Hsu about the artist’s new temporary public art in Maja Park on the Ben Franklin Parkway. In this wide-ranging, poetic discussion, they cover issues of how a body interacts in space; and with others, raising issues of community as well as individual experience.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs writes about a historic farmhouse in Delaware that was save by some artists who have created a non-profit organization, fundraised, and renovated the farmhouse into an art space for the community. It’s a great story of art and historic preservation.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper talks with three of her former teachers or mentors at PAFA to get their reaction to the recent changes the school made to its curriculum.
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