We are very sad to report the passing of the great artist, Leroy Johnson, who was a mentor to many young artists in Philadelphia, in addition to being a maker of truth-seeking and truth-telling installations, sculpture and paintings.
Read MoreCorey Qureshi visits ‘Unfolding,’ a group show of 22 artists, at Atelier Art Gallery. Corey says you’re sure to find something that captures your interest- so check it out before the show closes on July 23, 2021!
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, Roberta interviews Velocity Fund grantee Karina Puente about her collaborative project #sisterlyhistory, with Yolanda Wisher and Women of Color (WoC) entrepreneurs of Germantown.
Read MoreIn one of her last podcast interviews for Artblog Radio, Imani Roach speaks with Yolanda Wisher, poet, educator, community advocate and Curator of Spoken Word at Philadelphia Contemporary (PC). Wisher talks about her beginnings as a writer, fueled by a mother who was a voracious reader and forceful advocate for her as a writer when she was in elementary school. The wide-ranging conversation explores why Wisher has a studio at Cherry St. Pier; how she figured out that poetry could be used for social change; her (not widely known) work as a singer and her upcoming podcast series for PC, which will enlist Philadelphia poets and DJs and include poetry recitation and music, and not so much conversation. This great conversation was recorded at Moore College of Art and Design’s TGMR Radio, and is 38 minutes long.
Read MoreLots of happenings for you today in the news post, including a major event at PAFA from the Philadelphia arts and culture community. April is National Poetry Month, so celebrate with Yolanda Wisher at the Outbound Poetry Festival and the Sanctuary Poetry series at the Asian Arts Initiative. Also, performances by Wilmer Wilson IV, a talk by Artblog favorite Willie Cole, a new documentary about the seminal 1972 DNC, and RIP Pop art pioneer James Rosenquist.
Read MoreYolanda Wisher attended Lafayette College and later earned her master’s at Temple. She has taught English at Germantown Friends School and served as the Director of Art Education for the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Wisher is a Hedgebrook Writer-in-Residence, and last year she was a Pew Fellow.
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