May 7, 2024 by Logan Cryer

The Personal Folk of Jayson Musson’s ‘Allegory of the Veil’ at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery

Logan Cryer writes about Jayson Musson’s exhibit of new quilted wall works at Fleisher-Ollman, and says their materiality must be considered. With the use of many visible stitched lines factoring into the pieces and their reference to Gees Bend quilts to be noted, the work raises questions.

January 24, 2024 by Roberta

Syd Carpenter! Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Clay Studio, Gees Bend, and Opportunity!

Many congratulations to Syd Carpenter, artist of enormous talent, dedication and generosity, and now, a Fellow in the College of Fellows, American Craft Council!

June 14, 2019 by Artblog

Hank Willis Thomas at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Archiving LGBTQ history at The Print Center, Cheryl McClenney-Brooker passing, Gees Bend Quilters and Betty Leacraft, Plus Main Line Arts Opportunity

Dear Readers, after a hiatus of four months and with some needed feedback, we are reviving the News Post, revised here to quickly telescope a curated group of announcements, stories, newsy news and photos to you.

October 13, 2018 by Michael Lieberman

Piece Together, The Quilts of Mary Lee Bendolph at Swarthmore’s List Gallery

Michael visits “Piece Together: The Quilts of Mary Lee Bendolph,” an important retrospective of quilts and prints by one of the most prolific and well-known of the Gee’s Bend quilters of Boykin, Alabama. Part of a tradition that stretches back to the era of slavery, Bendolph makes works that elicits comparisons to the spontaneity of jazz and the masters of modernism. If you’ve never had the pleasure of viewing her stunning work in person (or even if you have), make sure to visit Swarthmore’s List Gallery before they come down on October 28.

February 13, 2018 by Andrea Kirsh

National Gallery’s Outliers and American Vanguard Art, blockbuster show with many gems but too much work

Sometimes a show can be too big. Andrea talks about the new, 277+-work exhibition combining outsider and mainstream art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and says it includes many gems that are wonderful to see, but that the show breaks no new ground and winds up overwhelming even the hard-bitten art lover. She provides a few tips on what’s not to be missed.