Interviews

April 24, 2020 by Mandy Palasik

What feminist artist Natalia LL’s introspective work can teach us about social distancing

In this time of social distancing, Artblog’s Mandy Palasik reflects on the importance of feminist art pioneer Natalia LL’s controversial work.

April 23, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Sarah K Khan’s updates of resistance to Medieval Indian cookbook illustrations at Twelve Gates Arts

Naveena Vijayan interviews Sarah Khan about her exhibition, Undisciplined Pleasures: Vigilant Defiance at Twelve Gates Arts, which is now online due to COVID-19.

April 15, 2020 by Wit López

Curator Close-up, Lenise Logan

Wit interviews curator and philanthropist Lenise Logan about the work she does globally in the arts. Read further to learn more about Lenise’s global practice and how being laid off was the catalyst she needed to begin her international career.

March 30, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Portraits of humanity, an interview with artist Stephen Althouse

Naveena Vijayan had a chance to visit Stephen Althouse’s photography exhibition at the Biggs Museum in Dover, Delaware earlier this month before it closed due to COVID-19. Read further to learn more about Althouse’s work and the Pennsylvania Dutch cultural influences in his imagery.

March 21, 2020 by Wit López

One local Philadelphian is bringing the city together through quarantine art-making

Wit interviews Robin Mack-Ward about her growing Facebook group, “One Philly: Corona Virus Public Art Project.”

March 19, 2020 by Wit López

Curator Close-up, A’Driane Nieves of Tessera Arts Collective

Wit chats with founder and curator of Tessera Arts Collective, A’Driane Nieves. Learn about the origins of the collective and how A’Driane is making abstraction accessible.

March 6, 2020 by Wit López

Jessica Zawadowicz on the beauty of flowers and language’s influence on art

In this Q&A for First Friday, Wit interviews artist Jessica Zawadowicz, one of the artists whose work is currently installed in “Spring Up” at PII Gallery, on view through March 28, 2020!

February 19, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

All that glitters is gold, an interview with Behnaz Karjoo

Naveena Vijayan interviews artist Behnaz Karjoo about her practice and solo exhibition, “Immanence,” which closes with a tazhib workshop this Saturday, February 22nd from 11am to 5pm.

February 12, 2020 by Alex Smith

The diversity of Blackness, L. Graciella Miaotalesi’s ‘The(se) Black Experience(s)’

Alex Smith speaks with L. Graciella Miaotalesi about the curated series The(se) Black Experience(s) which explores the myriad of Black lived experiences and aims to address issues of imposter syndrome that may arise for Black people navigating spaces of identity.

February 10, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Bridging the Gap, an interview with Wenlu Bao

Artblog contributor, Naveena Vijayan, interviews Wenlu “Lulu” Bao about her exhibition that was at the Delaware Contemporary, “Mind the Gap.”

February 5, 2020 by Logan Cryer

The future looks bright for burgeoning Philly youth art collective

Logan Cryer interviews Laila Islam and Muhammad Gallashaw, the co-curators of The Future is Us Collective, which focuses on uplifting the artwork of young adult and youth artists throughout the Philadelphia area.

January 15, 2020 by Wit López

Curator Close-up, Jennifer-Navva Milliken

Wit sits down with Jennifer-Navva Milliken,the Artistic Director at the Center for Art in Wood, to learn more about her work, the Center, and the exhibitions. “Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking,” closes on January 25th. The Center for Art in Wood is located at 141 N. 3rd Street.

January 13, 2020 by Morgan Nitz

What cannot be named, María Leguízamo on speech, gestures, asking for change

Morgan Nitz speaks with Colombian sculptor and performance artist María Leguízamo about vertigo, exhibiting in Bogotá, her membership in the collaborative music and art project, “Peebls,” and more!

January 6, 2020 by Artblog

Adam Harvey and The Anti-Face

In this “From the Vault” post (from 2011) Corey Armpriester interviews artist Adam Harvey about their project “CV dazzle,” a makeup oriented approach to avoid automated face detection.