Hi, there’s lots of exciting news, exhibitions, and opportunities for everyone this week. Earlier in the year the news posted an open call from Abington Art Center for the Summer, 2023, Juried exhibition. It’s here now and runs til July 24th!
Read MoreVriddhi sees an important exhibition shedding light on the arts and cultural heritage of people brought from British India to the Caribbean islands in the 1800s to work as indentured laborers in the sugar cane and other plantations.
Read MoreHi, this week we see a solo show by an Artblog contributor, Lauren Whearty at Gross McCleaf Gallery! Vox Populi is seeking new members, it’s a great opportunity to engage with a wildly creative community. This past Saturday the first mural to Juneteenth was unveiled in Germantown. Lots more exciting things to see, hear, and do!
Read MoreVriddhi explores the Asian Arts Initiative’s collaboration with six artists of East and Southeast Asian descent, in the exhibit “The Body You Want.” The show covers adult themes of sexual and erotic content, and you must be 18 years or older to visit the exhibit.
Read MoreSee Libby Rosa’s solo-exhibition at Blah Blah before it closes June 30th! Corey explores the strange mythology that Rosa creates in Vox Populi’s newest exhibition space focused on uplifting non-binary and female artists. See how Rosa sees red through a fresh and softened approach to the inherently violent term.
Read MoreHi, this week we start with sad news as we learn of the death of artist H.D. Ivey leaving behind a vast collection of surrealistic sculptures, drawings, and paintings relating the fears of the nuclear age. A friend of the Artblog Betty Leacraft joins Akilah t’Zuberi and Asake Denise Jones in Joyful New Beginnings at Ultra Silk Gallery. Voice your opinions on the design of Harriet Tubman’s statue for City Hall June 22nd and join the 17th Annual Juneteenth Parade in Germantown. Lots to do this week and next, we hope you’ll get out and engage with some of the exciting things happening around.
Read MoreBlaise Tobia sees two exhibitions of note, one of which has connections to Philadelphia, at the Asheville Museum of Art, and comments that he saw the influence of nearby Penland School of Craft on the art scene’s many craft exhibitions.
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