As we head home to enjoy some quality food with family and friends, Artblog is proud to announce the cash prize winners and honorable mention recipients in this year’s New Art Writers Contest! Stay tuned for the articles, which we will publish in the coming weeks.
Read MoreImani speaks with Philly-bred, Baltimore-based artist Rosa Leff about her chosen medium of cut paper and her affinity for the urban landscape.
Read MoreMatt Kalasky speaks with artist Jerry Kaba about his Arts Wrestling Federation Urban League (AWFUL Wrestling). What started as a joke between friends has become a genuine cultural phenomenon, taking Philadelphia’s DIY arts scene by nostalgic storm.
Read MoreThe Art Writing Contest deadline for applications is Midnight, Oct. 31. That’s Halloween, yo. Don’t party too hard. Type up your piece while sitting in your costume eating candy. You can handle it! Here’s a video with Artblog’s star Managing Editor, Imani Roach, talking about the nuts and bolts of applying and other aspects of the contest, like the $1,000 grand prize and two $250 second prizes! Below the video are details about how to apply and a link to the Google form for submitting your story/poem/review/essay/free-form writing.
Read MoreDo you have questions about the art writing contest? With the deadline fast approaching (Oct. 31, Midnight), we’d like to answer those questions. Join Imani Roach tomorrow as she fields your queries and gives you answers! Noon, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. We love to talk. Come talk with us!
Read MoreListen to this great podcast captured from WURD radio and appearing here with permission. WURD talk show host Stephanie Renee speaks with Imani Roach about the Artblog Art Writing Contest in this peppy ten-minute audio. Then click the links in the post for information on how to apply and get details about the cash prizes! C’mon, apply! Contest ends at Midnight, Oct. 31, 2018.
Read MoreImani speaks with emerging artist, curator and poet Malachi Lily about shape-shifting, leadership and making space for nuanced representations of blackness.
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