This week Da Vinci Art Alliance is hosting a group exhibition titled An Assembled Trace, running until April 23rd. There is exciting news about exhibits by two Philadelphia artists: Pepón Osorio is showing the largest collection of his work to date at The New Museum and photographer Blaise Tobia is in an exhibit at the Kunsthaus Dahlem space in Berlin. Congratulations to both of them! The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg is having an open call and is asking for artists’ to submit their work for the annual Art of the State exhibition. Another opportunity comes from The Print Center’s 98th Annual International Competition looking for artist entries. Hope you make use of these opportunities, exhibitions, and good weather.
Read MoreHi, this week we see exciting news as The Please Touch Museum elects to unionize in affiliation with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 47. Becoming one of a few unionized children’s museums in the country. Locks Gallery open’s Pat Steir’s exhibition Snow and Waterfall, marking the seventh solo show with the gallery. Da Vinci Art Alliance kicks off it’s month long community arts and science festival, Everyday Futures Fest. Featuring a series of exhibitions, workshops, tours, panel discussions and more. The Velocity Fund seeks artist applicants for grants up to $5,000 and many more opportunities, shows, and news.
Read MoreAlex Smith reviews the sculptural installations of “Henry Taylor: Nothing Change, Nothing Strange.” The 3-D work is a departure from the artist’s more well-known, humanist portrait paintings, and he scavenged materials for the installation with the help of Philadelphia’s RAIR (Recycled Artist in Residency) program.
Read MoreHi, this week we are excited to share a video Brandywine Workshop and Archives ArtistsNCoversation with a friend of ArtBlog, Betty Leacraft. Good news comes to local Philadelphian artists and workshops in the form of Black Spatial Relic’s microgrants. A show I’m excited to see is The Mashrabiya Project at the Museum for Art in Wood. Voice your concerns on March 30 at the Mayoral forum for arts and culture. The Kelly Writers House hosts a reading by Jesús I. Valles and Ricardo Bracho. Plus more…
Read MoreHi, this week we see Vox Populi hosting Rosine 2.0 in Practice, a day of workshops and installations. Tools of the Trade conference connecting artisans and business resources in Philly is taking place at the end of March. For exhibitions, the Delaware Art Museum exhibits the unique heritage, history, and experience of Mexican Americans and Latinos with prints from the Romo Collection. Partners and Son soon to open Both/And by Anuj Shrestha. Pentimenti Gallery presents Raymond Saá and Kate Bonner + Anna Wehrwein Endless Illusions. Fjord Gallery announces new solo exhibition by Petra Floyd. Opportunities appear in the form of Vox Populi soon accepting applications for their 18th Annual Juried Exhibitions. Hope you enjoy some of these events or exhibitions, and have a nice week.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh visits two Swiss museums recently, in Bern and Zürich, both of which presented exhibitions documenting their work with Swiss collectors and questioning how to handle works that entered their collections under ethically-questionable circumstances.
Read MoreOur contributors Virginia Maksymowicz and Blaise Tobia report on a recent panel at Moore College of Art and Design devoted to talk about cultural policy in light of the current mayoral election campaigns.
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