June 1 is the deadline to apply for funding from the new Velocity Fund. The fund awards grants up to $5,000 to artists living in Philadelphia for new projects, especially those that are collaborative and/or experimental. If you have questions about applying, Read This Post! There are answers!
Read MoreIn Part One of our 2-part coverage of the new documentary, Roberta gives a brief overview of the film and says it’s not a bio-pic but a history flick about an era in which Basquiat was a player who turns out to be major. The film opens today at Ritz at the Bourse. Stay tuned for Imani Roach’s review coming up soon!
Read MoreWe round up the news! There’s a new space opening in Manayunk and Amy Lipton organizes a show from the Schuylkill Center, “Learn a River’s Name” to debut the space. Also, historian Nell Painter speaks at the Free Library on her two-career life and her move from history professor at Princeton to artist.
Read MoreIt’s a day for evening events. Two we recommend are at Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse and at Indigo Arts. Read more and get out there and enjoy.
Read MoreA Trifecta of news and information for you, including a call for help from a River Wards art center; a call for participation in a socially-responsible carnival and a story about a great eco-art project involving a melting glacier and the head of our current climate-change denying President.
Read MoreTwo super-duper things in the News: A panel discussion about Black Panther and how it relates to Black Comics and the Black Art Movement and the announcement of grants from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation – more money for connecting people with art? We are all for it!
Read MoreThe Velocity Fund’s information sessions will answer your questions about funding via it’s new stream of funds for artist one-year projects. And on the Internet, “Ask Dave” will tackle and answer your questions about careers in the arts! Holy cow! Answers are coming.
Read MoreNew Boon(e) collective moves on, and Jerry’s on Front opens up. At Taller Puertorriqueño, there’s hot programming coming up, and ICA garners two large gifts to endow curatorial positions.
Read MoreAs the first of the March, 2018, Noreasters hit Philadelphia, Roberta and another hundred or more souls crammed the PAFA auditorium to hear artist Amy Sherald talk about her life, her art and, of course, painting the portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, which debuted at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington earlier in the year.
Read MoreToday, we share a 2012 image of a Peeps Diorama of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Libby reported on this when she found there was a trend in using Peeps in art! Enjoy your Easter, Passover, April Fool’s Day!
Read MoreIntroducing a new Artblog feature – an Advice Column! “Ask Dave” debuts at the end of April with answers to questions about careers in the arts. Also, some photos of photo murals on South Broad Street that should make you slow down and contemplate. A great couple of University of the Arts photo projects!
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