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March 2, 2022 by Roberta

Support the Philadelphia Cultural Fund! Plus Artblog news, area opportunities and two great events this weekend!

Artblog supports the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and you can too. Please email or call Mayor Jim Kenney to show your support for the PCF! Meanwhile, we’ve rounded up several opportunities for artists and two wonderful events happening this Friday and Saturday.

August 12, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Tapestries sparkle in isolated pandemic viewing, Marie Cuttoli at The Barnes

Natalie Sandstrom visits a newly opened, limited capacity, Barnes Foundation to check out “Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray” and finds that distance makes the works shine even brighter.

June 30, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 46

In the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”

June 16, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 42

In the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”

June 2, 2020 by Logan Cryer

Society changes, I don’t, a conversation with a grocery worker with a BFA

Logan Cryer speaks with former studio mate, now grocery store manager and pre-Coronavirus drag performer, Lee.

April 18, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 20

In the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”

April 9, 2020 by Artblog

Artists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 13

In the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”

December 23, 2019 by Sarah Kim

Siren’s song, Kantor’s tales of the ocean in ‘Rosewater’ at Clay Studio

Sarah Kim reviews “Rosewater”– an exhibition by the current artist-in-residence at The Clay Studio, Stephanie Kantor– which closes January 5, 2020.

September 24, 2016 by Andrea Kirsh

Between Text and Textile – Ann Hamilton’s “habitus”

Hamilton always invokes more than one sense with her work; here it is the sight of the swirling fabric, the oddly musical sound of the pulley mechanisms, and the touch of the pulleys–which visitors are encouraged to operate–as well as the physical sense of wind on the body from both the swirling fabric and the river breezes.

October 6, 2013 by Andrea Kirsh

Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Bronze Steles and Paper Monuments at the Philadelphia Museum of Art