Artblog | covid-19

November 3, 2020 by Dereck Stafford Mangus

Charm City double feature, a tale of two historic theaters

Dereck Stafford Mangus composes a thoughtful essay on America’s– and specifically, Baltimore’s– disappearing movie theatre culture and how that has been heightened due to Covid-19 closures.

November 2, 2020 by Roberta

Matthew Rose repurposes madness and confusion in his clever quaranzine ‘Coronaville’

Roberta chats with Matthew Rose about his new book ‘Coronaville,’ which chronicles the early madness and confusion in America surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. This post is available in audio, video, and text!

October 1, 2020 by Logan Cryer

‘Honey Honey,’ a film by Ninth Planet, Attic Youth Center, and You!

Logan Cryer interviews co-founder & co-artistic director of Ninth Planet Nia Benjamin about their collaboration with Attic Youth Center, “Honey Honey.” Originally a stage play, the project has morphed into a community-sourced film.

September 30, 2020 by Susan Isaacs

Dan Keplinger talks about art, his life-long activism and ‘King Gimp’ his Oscar-winning movie

Susan Isaacs interviews Dan Keplinger, her former student and the subject and co-creator of the film “King Gimp,” which observes Dan’s life as an artist with Cerebral Palsy.

August 21, 2020 by reek bell

Can’t stop, won’t stop. BlackStar Film Festival, online, in print, and expanding

August 20, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 56

We proudly present part 56 of our open call, non-juried, online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus!” A huge thank you to our 300+ participants!

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.”

August 12, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Tapestries sparkle in isolated pandemic viewing, Marie Cuttoli at The Barnes

Natalie Sandstrom visits a newly opened, limited capacity, Barnes Foundation to check out “Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray” and finds that distance makes the works shine even brighter.