In this 33-minute Artblog Radio episode, Roberta speaks with Quinha Faria and Tyler Burdenski, two (out of nine) of the people behind the award-winning community project ‘A Phonebook,’ an image-rich oral history of about 120 Philadelphia “mom and pop” businesses. ‘A Phonebook’ goes into second print this summer & will be available for free at select local shops.
Read More‘Added Velocity’ (from ‘The Velocity Fund’) supports VF awardees with even more funding so that they can expand their projects and serve more people in the Philadelphia community!
Read MoreIlana Napoli speaks with Daniel Tucker and Emily Bunker and pens a thoughtful feature about their public art installation “Yes in My Front Yard,” which features digital works by nine local artists printed and displayed on lawn signs in West Philadelphia.
Read MoreIn their thoughtful essay, Artblog contributor Sarah Kim reflects on their experience co-organizing and attending FORTUNE magazine’s recent celebration, “Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Rat,” which showcased a variety of queer femme Asian-Americans, representing a spectrum of musical and performance styles. The experience caused some deep thinking about identity and racism in America. It’s a very good essay.
Read MoreIn Part One of this conversation, Artblog contributor Sarah Kim speaks with Andrienne Palchick, Heidi Ratanavanich, and Connie Yu about their limited series zine: FORTUNE, a publication that centers works by queer Asian artists and writers.
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