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May 3, 2023 by Emily Brewton Schilling

Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

May 3, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

The Mashrabiya Project: Seeing Through Space at the Museum for Art in Wood

May 31, 2022 by Artblog

Advancing past the goal and a book excerpt – Our Mothers’ Kitchens!

In this “Artblog Atlas of Art & Food in Philadelphia” book excerpt, Shivon Pearl Love & Khaliah D. Pitts co-write about why and how they co-created Our Mothers’ Kitchens. There are 3 days left in our Kickstarter campaign! Please consider pledging $10 to help us print and distribute even more copies of the book! Thank you to our 47 backers for pledging $3,052 towards our “Artblog Atlas of Art & Food in Philadelphia” Kickstarter campaign!

March 25, 2022 by Roberta

Velocity Fund launches fifth year of funding for Philadelphia Artists with open call for innovative projects

Artblog is excited to let you know about The Velocity Fund’s 2022 open call for projects in and with communities in Philadelphia. We love this direct-to-artist funding source! We believe that art belongs in the community, and projects belong in the hands of artists, and The Velocity Fund helps make that happen. Read on and be sure to consider applying for your innovative project.

February 21, 2022 by Artsper

Discover or rediscover local artists on Artsper, an online art marketplace

Artsper is an online art marketplace with the mission of making fine art and art collecting accessible. In this sponsored post, Artsper highlights local Philadelphia artists whose work is available on Artsper– Alice Neel, Darryl McCray, and more– and explains their dedication to promoting overlooked artists. They also provide a useful overview of Artsper itself as a platform, for those who are unfamiliar.

March 4, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Opportunities, Events, and a lot of positive News for early March

February 2, 2021 by Morgan Nitz and Roberta

Check-in with Artblog, Roberta & Morgan talk GameStop, a new fellowship and new galleries

On this 23 minute long episode of Artblog Radio, Morgan and Roberta check-in for the second time to discuss current events, Philadelphia arts & culture, and what’s going on here at Artblog!

January 28, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Artblog Announcements, Three opportunities, Posts in the Pipeline

Hear about Artblog’s plans for 2021, check out a great new job opportunity, Fellowship opportunity from the Library Company of Philadelphia, an Open Call for solo exhibitions from Ortega y Gasset Projects, and read about upcoming posts on Artblog!

December 15, 2020 by Michael Lieberman

Slought archives thoughts on our quarantine lives in a collection of poetry and art

Michael Lieberman reviews Slought’s exhibition ‘Atlas of Affects,’ an open-call archive project about personal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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.

October 29, 2020 by Morgan Nitz and 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 Morgan Nitz and 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!

October 15, 2020 by Alex Smith

Amy June’s edgy intimate cover art syncs with band Pinkwash’s “COLLECTIVE SIGH”

Alex Smith speaks with the band PINKWASH and the photographer behind the artwork for their debut album, Amy June, about collaborating and creating.

August 14, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 55

In the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”