Lauren Whearty interviews artist Libby Rosa, who moved to Philadelphia in 2019, opened Peep Projects in 2020 and moved Peep to Crane Arts recently. Lauren finds out more about the gallery’s whimsical name and about the artist, who has a solo exhibition of her works at Bertrand Productions as part of the (re)FOCUS festival.
Read MoreWe have a hodge podge of news for you this week from Congratulations to the UArts Faculty Bargaining Unit, which reached a tentative agreement with the University for a new fair contract; to walking tours of the 7th Ward and lots more!
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low writes a terrific piece on the “(re)FOCUS: Now” exhibit, one of two exhibits at the Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design; the other is “(re)FOCUS: Then” (with artists from the original 1974 exhibit).
Read MoreMany congratulations to Syd Carpenter, artist of enormous talent, dedication and generosity, and now, a Fellow in the College of Fellows, American Craft Council!
Read MoreCorey Qureshi encounters a ferris wheel in Practice Gallery whose “riders” on the wheel are stand-ins for life’s greater and lesser moments, with an implied poke at industrial capitalism and war.
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