It must be awards season. Three big announcements came our way this week. Congratulations to all the artists who’ve received these very deserving awards.
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce some great news this week – two Artblog writers get accolades; 12 local artists of color receive “Cultural Treasure” status; two notable exhibitions at Facture and Magic Gardens; United Academics invites the public to its bargaining session with UArts; Woodmere invites you to an Open House for Kids Care 29, and a great-sounding artist opportunity from UPenn Critical Museum Studies graduate students.
Read MoreTwo Artblog favorites, Janyce Denise Glasper, writer, artist and Artblog contributor, and Imani Roach, artist, educator, Vox Populi member and former Artblog Managing Editor, spend some time on Zoom catching up during the pandemic’s Winter surge. Enjoy this time capsule of our lives back in February, 2021.
Read MoreThe Colored Girls Museum contains harrowing levels of metaphoric entryways into once traumatized eyes of the black girl. This provincial ghost overcame dishonorable past. Oppressive chains and tyrannical rulers whipped flesh off back and placed choke hold on her mind, body, and soul. Now released yet not entirely freed from damaged control, she tells many stories inherently stretched through visiting artists. Their works adhere to her walls, sleep on her mantles, stand on her floors.
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