January 26, 2023 by Roberta

Awards! Creative Capital, USA Fellows, Wind Fellows, Plus Janyce Denise Glasper is on Healing Verse Poetry Line, and Mayoral Candidates Forum on the Arts, March 30

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.

January 13, 2022 by Roberta

Black Quantum Futurism gets Creative Capital, Judilee Reed to US Artists, Wayne Thiebaud at Brandywine River Museum of Art, Moe Brooker passes, plus Opportunities and More

With energy and money, the new year charges in. Creative Capital awards $2.5 Million to 50, including Philadelphia’s Black Quantum Futurism (Rasheedah Phillips and Camae Ayewa). William Penn Foundation’s Judilee Reed becomes president and CEO of US Artists. With sadness we note the recent passing of beloved artist and educator, Moe Brooker.

March 9, 2020 by Roberta

Velocity Fund Year Three, Money directly to Philadelphia artists for experimental collaborative projects

Artists, it’s Year Three of the the Velocity Fund, a great juried local funding opportunity, which funnels up to $5,000 directly to you for new experimental and collaborative projects in Philadelphia.

December 13, 2019 by Beth Heinly

CW, I read Camile Paglia

Beth Heinly answers a question about harmful art. Click over to read Beth’s stance on cancel culture (and more).

May 30, 2019 by Alex Smith

Transcendence and Temporality, Black Quantum Futurism’s All Time is Local at Center for Emerging Visual Artists

Alex Smith reviews Black Quantum Futurism’s exhibition at Center for Emerging Visual Artists, All Time is Local, closing May 31, 2019.