Rami George dove into the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at the William Way Center in hope of uncovering the histories of under-known queer communities in Philadelphia, from trans, non-binary, lesbian, POC and disabled peoples.
Read MoreSince 2018, The Velocity Fund has jump-started the funding for 64 Philadelphia art projects, spreading $300,000 to artists for cutting-edge projects with many communities.
Read MoreIn the beastly hot days this month, we’ve sought some respite in travel: Roberta went to New York for a few days, others went to the beach or mountains. We’ve all been busy and busy reading. Here’s a quick look at upcoming content on Artblog, plus an event to give your two cents to the City on what they should do with the Roundhouse (former Police HQ), and a long read in the New Yorker by Alice Gregory about her trip to Africa and the work of a groundbreaking art collective, the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League.
Read MoreLogan Cryer sits down for a 30-minute conversation with Zoë Rayn Evans, the new Executive Director of University City Arts League (UCAL)! Zoë tells Logan about her vision for UCAL- one that maintains the integrity and honors the tradition of the arts center, but makes its programming more accessible to the community. Zoë Rayn Evans also tells Logan about running Caldera Magazine, and her prior roles at Friends of Rail Park and the Penn Museum.
Read MoreWe are excited to share the generous micro grant project, The P(h)ew Awards, created by Rami George to pass along 10% of their recent Pew Fellowship award to queer and trans artists, writers, performers and musicians in the Philadelphia region. Congratulations, Rami, on this thoughtful and brilliant project! And congratulations to each of the 16 P(h)ew winners, including several with connections to Artblog: Corey Qureshi, Jordan Deal, Savan DePaul, and Suldano Abdiruhman! We love this project and are honored to announce it in our pages! Also in the news, we congratulate Kukuli Velarde and can’t wait to hear her Keynote address Thursday at 5 PM for the University of Pennsylvania Forum on Immigration.
Read MoreLogan Cryer interviews Chelsey Luster– a curator and artist exploring topics like race, gender, and sexuality– about their newest curation, “Wading: When the Water Rises,” on view this Friday, Feb. 11, at Vox Populi thru March 13. Chelsey’s advice for other young artists of color is to protect themselves and never forget how much institutions gain from their ideas, representation, and diversity.
Read MoreAlex Smith reviews Logan Cryer’s latest curation ‘Dark Sousveillance,’ inspired by Simone Browne’s research on Blackness and surveillance. The group show features Black and predominantly queer artists, examining “wanting to be seen by each other, and wanting to hide from the violence of hypervisibility.” The exhibition is on view at Vox Populi, by appointment, thru Jan. 16, 2022.
Read MoreAlissa Roach and Hannah Pang, co-presidents of the Artists of Color Collective at Temple University, join host Logan Cryer in this 23-minute podcast interview to talk about their recent “Digital Entanglements” exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and their upcoming zine (AoCC’s second ever publication). You can support the Artists of Color Collective via Instagram DMs (@Artists_of_Color).
Read MoreIn this 35 minute episode of Artblog Radio, host Logan Cryer interviews Maria Dumlao about her 2020 Leeway Transformation Award, her wildly popular piece ‘History in RGB’, and the importance of Filipino oral history and Filipino culture to her work.
Read MoreCurious what’s been going on in Philly besides snow, rain, slush, repeat? Here’s a short, digestible list of virtual events, opportunities for artists, and a re-cap of what’s been going on here at Artblog (in case you missed it).
Read MoreIn their debut interview as Artblog Radio’s newest host, Logan Cryer speaks with Jordan Deal, emerging artist exhibiting alongside Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck in “Hissed gently in silence, a dream of Flight” at Fleisher-Ollman gallery.
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