Artblog | Roberta

December 30, 2020 by Roberta

Liberta Awards 2020

A few things to love in a year everyone hated- the 2020 Libertas, Artblog’s annual end-of-year shout-outs!

November 24, 2020 by Roberta

Philadelphia Center City walls treated to Piotr Szyhalski’s provocative ‘Covid-19 Labor Camp Reports’

In this 31 minute episode, Roberta and Patrick Coue chat with Piotr Szyhalski, the artist behind instagram account @laborcamp, which documents the Covid-19 pandemic through 225 politically charged black and white drawings (later turned into posters and installed in major cities)

November 9, 2020 by Roberta

Talking about ‘Taking Space’ with Brittany Webb and Jodi Throckmorton of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Roberta interviews Jodi Throckmorton and Brittany Webb, co-curators of “Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale” at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts about feminism, dissent, and the importance of representation.

November 2, 2020 by Roberta

Matthew Rose repurposes madness and confusion in his clever quaranzine ‘Coronaville’

Roberta chats with Matthew Rose about his new book ‘Coronaville,’ which chronicles the early madness and confusion in America surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. This post is available in audio, video, and text!

October 29, 2020 by Roberta

Disarm the Philadelphia police, invest in black lives and community

Roberta and Morgan co-write a short post calling on Philadelphia to disarm the police department NOW following the brutal murder of Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia earlier this week.

October 23, 2020 by Roberta

How do we value art?

Morgan and Roberta co-write an essay about value– specifically, why art is undervalued in America–and for the first time, you can LISTEN to this post!

April 17, 2020 by Roberta

COVID-19 Artist Emergency Relief Grants of $1000 through The Velocity Fund

The Velocity Fund announces the COVID-19 Artist Emergency Relief Fund for Philadelphia visual artists, with applications open today for the first round of $1,000 grants, to be selected by lottery.

December 17, 2019 by Roberta

Added Velocity awards, $15k each to 5 Philadelphia artists, announced by The Velocity Fund

The Velocity Fund announces the inaugural ‘Added Velocity’ awards of $15,000 each to 5 artist projects, to grow and develop their mission-driven Philadelphia initiatives.