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April 19, 2018 by Roberta

Brittany Webb at Pennsylvania Academy, plus Teachers Action Group and Share the Spotlight

PAFA’s new Curator of the John Rhoden Collection comes on board April 24 to help PAFA promote the career of the under-known African American artist. Teachers Action Group is 9 years old and invites you to their conference, to help effect change in the schools and community. Also, Share the Spotlight offers tuition-free summer music camp for aspiring teen musicians.

April 11, 2018 by Roberta

Questions, questions everywhere, Velocity Fund and Ask Dave will answer

The 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.

April 5, 2018 by Roberta

Jerry’s on Front opens, New Boon(e) closes; Plus exciting programming at Taller Puertorriqueño, and generous gifts to Institute of Contemporary Art for curatorial positions

New 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.

April 1, 2018 by Roberta

Amy Sherald’s critique of American art, visiting artist lecture at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

As 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.

April 1, 2018 by Roberta

Happy Peeps, people!

Today, 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!

March 28, 2018 by Roberta

Two for You! Artblog launches an advice column in April! “Ask Dave” debuts with advice for graduating seniors in the arts; Plus, don’t miss University of the Arts’s two BIG public art projects on South Broad Street, with work by Deborah Willis and by 46 photographers from the UArts community!

Introducing 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!

March 25, 2018 by Roberta

Congratulations Jennifer Martin, new Executive Director at The Clay Studio, and Virginia Maksymowicz, with a solo show at Franklin and Marshall college, Plus, Ulises opens Publishing as Practice residency focused on three experimental publishers, and a remarkable Opportunity for social practice art at the site of the 1985 bombing of the MOVE house in Cobbs Creek

We congratulate Ulises for their new publishers in residency project, and celebrate the Clay Studio’s new Executive Director (plus get a look at the plan for their new building in South Kensington!). Virginia Maksymowicz, an Artblog contributor and favorite has a solo exhibit at Franklin and Marshall College; plus the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (PRA) announces a surprising call – for a social practice project in Cobbs Creek.

March 18, 2018 by Roberta

Two excellent events Wednesday, March 21 – Philadelphia School District annual Women’s History Art show reception and lecture by Jaume Plensa at Arthur Ross Gallery; Plus, Two Opportunities, from Till Arts and 40th Street AIR for emerging trans artists of color, and from Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Program partnership, Let’s Connect

We’re happy to present two great-sounding opportunities and to tell you about two excellent events this week, one, a Philly School District Women’s Art show reception and the other a lecture by Spanish artist, Jaume Plensa, at Arthur Ross Gallery. Read and share!

March 15, 2018 by Roberta

New! The Velocity Fund, artist grants in Philadelphia supporting cross-disciplinary approaches

Introducing The Velocity Fund, a Regional Re-granting Program of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts! The new Philadelphia initiative, a partnership between Temple Contemporary and the Warhol Foundation, kicks off its initial round of applications March 15, 2018, with grants up to $5,000 to 10-15 artists or artist teams awarded in September, 2018. Read more and click over to the application site – link in the article!

March 8, 2018 by Roberta

Rosamond Purcell’s Art that Nature Makes is International Women’s Day screener at Lightbox Film Center, Call for African American writers for Tasting Freedom, Young Adult Octavius Catto book, Plus, Knight Foundation grantees and Opportunity for International Sculpture Conference panels

As a women-founded, women-run publication, we salute all women today, especially our sisters in the arts. On this day, we recommend you go see the Rosamond Purcell movie at Lightbox Film Center; also, check out the opportunity for an African American writer and read about the new Knight Foundation-funded art projects in Philadelphia.

March 2, 2018 by Roberta

Lecture today by Amy Sherald, visiting artist at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Dindga McCannon’s Revolutionary Sister and a good Mural Arts Program opportunity for fiber artists

We are excited for today’s lecture at PAFA by portrait painter, Amy Sherald, whose recently completed portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama was unveiled with much fanfare and acclaim at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. We are planning our trip, but until then we’ll see you at PAFA to hear the artist speak about her work. Also, news about Philadelphia’s Dindga McCannon’s and her fabulous “Revolutionary Sister.” Plus a good opportunity with Mural Arts.

February 27, 2018 by Roberta

Andy Goldsworthy’s magical play with nature in Leaning into the Wind

Seventeen years after the feature documentary, “Rivers and Tides” debuted, Director Thomas Riedelsheimer brings back to the screen British artist, Andy Goldsworthy and his magical, shamanistic works with nature. Roberta says the new film, “Leaning into the Wind,” is a film poem, and a loving embrace of this unique artist who paints with leaves and with rain and whose humble affect masks a life of hard work, repeated failure (and triumph) collaborating with a tough and changeable Mother, Nature.

February 22, 2018 by Roberta

Sad news, Al Gury’s catastrophic loss of home and animals in fire, deaths of Vinson Houston and Paula Winokur, Plus good opportunity with Fairmount Park Conservancy for West Park Fest

February is a cruel month. We’ve lost two artists, and one artist lost his home, animals and art in a fire. We are so very sorry to report these losses. But, we end on a note of opportunity, with a call for proposals by Fairmount Park Conservancy.

February 18, 2018 by Roberta

Congratulations, Maori Holmes, Donald Camp and Cruxspace! Plus a good opportunity from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

We happily congratulation Donald Camp on a Lifetime Achievement award, and Maori Holmes as new Executive Director of Array Alliance! And we are thrilled for Cruxspace, now located in WeWork at the Piazza. Plus a nice opportunity from the PA Council on the Arts. News you need. News of our world.