June 2, 2020 by Logan Cryer

Society changes, I don’t, a conversation with a grocery worker with a BFA

…one will tell me that. I can enjoy the time I’m spending and have a creative outlet without thinking, “Someone is going to tell me why this is bad eventually.”…

June 1, 2020 by Artblog

Reduce police budget, reinstate arts budget, a call for positive action

…black owned businesses, during Coronavirus, during the protests, and always. Artblog is committed to using our platform to elevate unheard voices at this time, as it always has in the…

May 29, 2020 by Artblog

Strong testimony at City Council hearing May 27 to reinstate funding for arts and culture

Mayor Kenney’s proposal for a 100% budget cut to the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy. Dear Readers, the budget testimonies below were delivered virtually (by phone) on…

May 28, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 35

…multi-disciplinary sculptor, painter and curator from South Africa. I specialize in glass portraits and metal tuning forks as well as multi-media prints. Metals, such as steel and bronze react with…

May 27, 2020 by Michael Lieberman

Three of Philadelphia’s finest join in ‘Tracing Origins’ at Rowan University

…Colette Fu, Miao Fishing Contest, Archival inkjet pop-up book, 162” x 30” x 14”, 2017. Photo courtesy of Rowan University Art Gallery. Claes Gabriel Haitian-born Claes Gabriel has lived in…

May 22, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 34

…Swanepoel, I’m a contemporary expressive artist from Mossel Bay, South Africa. My art deals with the darker side of every-day life, especially that of every-day people and their stories (and…

May 22, 2020 by Michael Lieberman

Galleries in the time of Coronavirus, going virtual and facing future challenges

…new exhibit launches every Tuesday at 3PM EDT on our site. Since we don’t have the restrictions of time or space anymore, we’ve really been able to get creative. But…

May 19, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 32

…shelters into visual dialogue with the viewer. Eventually, the Covid-19 pandemic began to filter across the Atlantic ocean and into my snow-bound studio. It crossed emotional, creative and intellectual boundaries,…