In this episode of Artblog Radio, Roberta interviews Alex Rosenberg, a local artist, educator, rock climber, and Netflix star!
Read MoreArtblog and Tattooed Mom, together at last, on Thursday, June 20, 7 – 10 PM!
Read MoreRoberta talks with artist Joe Ovelman about his recent book “On Grief,” a short autobiographical work comprised of words and drawings in black marker that tell the story of the deaths of loved ones that Joe has survived and grieved. His reaction is summed up in the four words on the book’s back cover, “Live Hard, Love Hard.”
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, Roberta interviews Velocity Fund grantee Karina Puente about her collaborative project #sisterlyhistory, with Yolanda Wisher and Women of Color (WoC) entrepreneurs of Germantown.
Read MoreApiary Magazine is a community-spirited literary magazine now in its tenth year of publishing print copies and online editions with beautiful art, lively commentary, poetry and free-form writing.
Read MoreIn this first of three posts about active community art projects you should know about, Roberta writes about Mark Strandquist and Courtney Bowles’s People’s Paper Co-op project, Re-Entry Think Tank, supported by the Velocity Fund and an allied project, Women in Re-Entry.
Read MoreThe Velocity Fund gives money directly to Philadelphia Artists to Make Art, but the deadline is fast approaching so don’t miss this opportunity.
Read MoreRoberta interviews Sifu Chik Mason and Rhashea Lynn Harmon-El about their practice of Pa Kua Chang (Bagua), a spiritual practice of movement and choreography that is more than 300 years old, with roots in Taoism.
Read MoreBeth Heinly wears a lot of hats. (And sometimes funny noses, eyebrows and glasses.) In addition to being a performance artist (see her Friday, March 29 at Final Fridays at the PMA), Beth is one of Artblog’s “Ask Artblog” columnists. And, of course, she creates the weekly comics series, “The 3:00 Book,” now in its fifth year of continuous postings on Artblog! Morgan and Roberta caught up with Beth at the Blue Jay Diner recently and asked her how she does it all. The interview is 25:05 minutes long.
Read MoreRoberta speaks with the Director of the List Gallery, Andrea Packard, about “Branching Out: Changing Approaches to Art in Wood,” the current show, co-curated by Andrea, and the Center for Art in Wood’s co-founder, Albert LeCoff and his wife, Tina. The large exhibition, from the collection of the LeCoff’s and the Center, presents a wide variety of works made of, with and about wood. The exhibit closes Sunday, March 24, 2019. The podcast interview is 30:54 minutes long.
Read MoreNow entering its second year,The Velocity Fund, a Regional Re-granting Program of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in partnership with Temple Contemporary, welcomes you, Philadelphia artists, to apply for funds to make new work in the city! Awards of $5,000 will be given in September, 2019, to 10-15 artists, by an independent panel of jurors. Applications open today, March 11, 2019, and close June 7, 2019.
Read MoreAllan Edmunds is a founder and Director of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives. This great but under-known art and education organization located at 728-30 South Broad St. Founded in 1972, Brandywine’s 47-year history makes for a lot great material to talk about and in this podcast Roberta speaks with Allan in “The Printed Image” Gallery, where they currently present the bold and provocative relief wood prints of John T. Scott. The interview is 36 minutes long.
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