It’s summer! But there’s still news, even in the art world. A new foundation, The Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts), today awarded $1.25 to 78 nonprofit arts organizations nominated for the grants. We congratulate the 5 local groups chosen for the new grants: Ballet X, Blackstar Projects, Taller Puertorriqueño, Twelve Gates and The Clay Studio. In other news, two videos we recommend for this hot weekend, and a call from the city for citizen participation in shaping the choice for the new public art Harriet Tubman statue.
Read MoreIn this news post, we congratulate the Village of Arts and Humanities on their 6 new women hires; talk of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund’s budget being restored; and tell you about two great Percent for Art opportunities and about Augustus Jackson, the inventor of Philadelphia style ice cream.
Read MoreToday’s news brings you a more comprehensive (although still not complete!) list of the contents for our Atlas of Art and Food in Philadelphia.
Read MoreOur Kickstarter campaign closes on Friday, June 3 at 12PM! Here is our final Atlas excerpt for now, from Justin Favela (recent Artblog Radio guest). A huge thank you to our more than 47 backers for pledging over $3,000 towards our “Artblog Atlas of Art & Food in Philadelphia” Kickstarter campaign!
Read MoreIn this “Artblog Atlas of Art & Food in Philadelphia” book excerpt, Shivon Pearl Love & Khaliah D. Pitts co-write about why and how they co-created Our Mothers’ Kitchens. There are 3 days left in our Kickstarter campaign! Please consider pledging $10 to help us print and distribute even more copies of the book! Thank you to our 47 backers for pledging $3,052 towards our “Artblog Atlas of Art & Food in Philadelphia” Kickstarter campaign!
Read MoreAnother update on the Artblog Atlas of Art & Food in Philadelphia, plus, an excerpt from an interview in the book- with Claes Gabriel! Thank you to our 43 backers for pledging $2,737!
Read MoreHelp us raise $250 more on Kickstarter so we can print more copies of the “Artblog Atlas of Art & Food in Philadelphia” and distribute them- for free- to Philadelphia public high schoolers! Plus, we’re super excited for three opportunities- exhibit opps at two places we love (Icebox Project Space; Automat) and a free online workshop from Andrew Simonet, author of “Making Your Life As An Artist.”
Read MoreWe are so happy to report that in 15 days, our Kickstarter campaign for the Artblog Atlas of Art and Food in Philadelphia met its goal! We are deeply thankful to the 39 supporters who so far have backed our project.
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