The St.Claire and the Artblog are ecstatic to announce the winners of the New Art Writing Challenge. The challenge generated over 70 unique pieces of writing all examining and engaging art in Philadelphia. Look for the writings of these finalists and prize winners to be published soon on the St. Claire and Artblog.
While the challenge is over the real task is just beginning: to keep writing; to keep responding; to keep probing, giving, and sharing until the conversation is as complex, multi-tonal, and unblinking as the art it addresses. To that end, CONGRATULATIONS to all the writers, THANK YOU to our judges – Nell McClister, Abigail Satinsky, and Hrag Vartanian, and GIDDY UP to all those pens and keyboards
“Ma Chère Poo-Zee: Shelley Spector Crafts a Love that Dare Not Speak its Name”
PETER CRIMMINS
They were paired together? They were inseparable for the rest of their lives.
“After Cy Twombly’s Victory”
DANIELLE SUSI
All parts weathered war horse raging.
“Please, Don’t. Let Me Be.”
JUSTIN O. WALKER
These curiosities, labors of love, or trading cards for the elite, suggested I was more than entertainment.
“The Work of Art in the Age of Social Media”
MEREDITH SELLERS
But the intense and unseen labor that goes along with her work is lost amongst the ease of clicking a color mask in Photoshop.
“Haiku”
KELLIE RADOS
“Vicious Elegance”
KENNETH NICHOLSON
“Joyride”
ELLEN CHENOWETH
“Personal Navigation Assistant”
EMMA HICKS
“A Speculative Conversation”
INGRID PIMSNER
“NUTS: Never Underestimate The Spirit”
JAYNA ANDERSON
“On Ingrid Maria Pimsner’s Me and Spencer”
LOREN HUNT
“Neysa Grassi: Foreign Language”
SCOTT COOPER
“Why are we going where ever we’re going?”
ALLISON HARDT
“Incompatible with Life”
KEVIN TRAVERS & ULRIKA ANDERSSON
“Two Late”
MIKE JACKSON
“Docent Days”
SUZANNE MARUSKA
