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We go to International Art Fairs and Biennials and cover important gallery and museum shows outside Philadelphia. We provide a platform for opinions in our Reader Advisor and essay features. We report on studio visits and public lectures by visiting artists. Our podcasts humanize art by introducing the voice of the artist. In 2014 we began commissioning original works by amazing Philadelphia comics artists. We are proud to support these artists! And we love providing a platform for their smart humor.
Roberta talks with Dr. Sheena Howard, editor of “Black Comics – Politics of Race and Representation,” for which she won the Eisner Award, the first Black woman to win the award. Howard is a professor in the Department of Communications and Journalism at Rider University.
Read MoreJanyce talks with the late Betty Blayton’s younger brother, Oscar, who is working with the artist’s archive and shares much of Betty’s history of an artist in New York from 1960-2016, where she was friends with many Black artists and founding director of the Harlem-based Children’s Art Carnival.
Read MoreRoberta sat down with artist and gallerist Nancy Herman to talk about her multi-faceted art, her gallery and her quest to make art that is musical, to make the colors be music itself. Enjoy this wide-ranging chat that took place a while ago but is fresh and topical today!
Read MorePete Sparber sits down with the Kindred Collaborative to discuss the group’s collaborative paintings, debuting at PII Gallery on Oct. 4, 2024.
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