Sande Webster on artblog radio
By libby and roberta | August 30, 2010 | 0 Comments
This episode sponsored by Proximity Gallery Center City gallery owner Sande Webster has some yarns to tell. She shares some personal history as she talks to us about art prices, selling (and refusing to sell) art, and how she makes the gallery business work for her. Below is the 30-second sample clip. And below that [...]
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Gallery owner Janet Fleisher died
By libby and roberta | August 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
Janet Fleisher, the woman who founded the gallery now called Fleisher/Ollman, died last week. The obit is worth reading, especially if you’re not familiar with the story behind Fleisher/Ollman or with the original Janet Fleisher Gallery. Here’s the obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer. (This link will expire in a few months, so if you are [...]
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Next week on artblog radio – Sande Webster
By libby and roberta | August 23, 2010 | 0 Comments
Gallerist Sande Webster talks about starting her gallery in the 1960s with a racially-mixed group of artists. Today, 44 years later, Sande Webster Gallery continues to be a vibrant, successful and community-spirited enterprise on Walnut St. Sande is a great story-teller. Here’s a sample. Sande Webster 30 second clip Listen Monday, Aug. 30, to [...]
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A good show ends a good program–Robert Scobey at Freeman’s
By libby and roberta | August 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
Robert Scobey‘s ironic sculptures of the American Dream have a quirky idealism. This excellent work ends with a bang what was an annual opportunity for an outstanding graduate of the MFA program at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Freeman‘s gave a monetary award to a second-year MFA at PAFA, followed by the opportunity [...]
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Jong Kyu Kim on artblog radio
By libby and roberta | August 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
This episode sponsored by The Art of the Covenant – at FLUXspace The new exhibitions coordinator of Fleisher Art Memorial goes by Dave, but as a performance artist he’s been calling himself Jong Kyu Kim. He talks to us about celebrities, identity and living up to his family’s expectations. Below is the 30-second sample clip. [...]
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First Friday: We kvetch, we look, we clap
By libby and roberta | August 10, 2010 | 4 Comments
First Friday was hotter than Hell in the galleries, and we complained a lot. Every person who asked us how our summer was going got the same answer–shitty, hot. But beyond weather, we have to say the art was hotter than we expected for the usually dead month of August. Performance and installation art was [...]
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Next week on artblog radio…
By libby and roberta | August 9, 2010 | 0 Comments
Performance artist and Fleisher Art Memorial‘s new exhibitions coordinator Jong Kyu Kim talks about celebrity, identity and what’s happening at Fleisher on next Monday’s podcast for artblog radio . Here’s a sample to make your mouth water: Jong Kyu Kim 30-second sample Listen Monday, Aug. 16, to hear the full interview.
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artblog radio – Powhida and Dalton
By libby and roberta | August 2, 2010 | 6 Comments
This episode sponsored by philadelphia alternative comic con New York art darlings William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton speak with us about jurying Vox VI and art politics. Below is the 28-second sample clip. And below that is the full 15-minute interview. 28-second sample clip
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artblog radio is coming
By libby and roberta | July 27, 2010 | 0 Comments
Our first podcast interview with Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida, jurors of Vox VI, is almost in the can! Here’s a sample clip. We think it will make you want to hear more. Look for the full interview next week — it’s great! Jennifer Dalton – 28-second clip This interview is the first of our [...]
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Monday morning tidbits
By libby and roberta | July 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
Hey, it’s Monday! Wake up and try these links for a mix of fun and thoughtful stuff.
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