Artblog | Interviews

March 5, 2024 by Susan Isaacs

Michael C. Thorpe on starting conversations and practicing freedom within rules, in ‘Practice Makes Perfect’ at the Delaware Contemporary

In this sprawling and wonderful interview, Susan Isaacs talks with Michael C. Thorpe about his varied art practice that includes quilting that uses fabrics as a palette of choices like a painter uses paints.

February 28, 2024 by Elizabeth Johnson

Paradigm at 14, Sara McCorriston on buying a building, working hard, community, and making it

Elizabeth interviews Paradigm Gallery and Studio’s co-founder Sara McCorriston about their 14-year journey through several moves; buying a building; working hard; hitting a big benchmark ($1 Million sales!) and their commitment to artists, curators, collectors and casual gallery goers.

February 11, 2024 by Roberta

Barbara Bullock talks about her art journey, friendship, spirituality and love

In a sprawling interview with Roberta, Barbara Bullock shares her experiences with dance, music and spirituality, three hallmarks of her bold and passionate works. Sun Ra and his Arkestra members used to visit Barbara when they were in town and she got to travel to Haiti with the Arthur Hall dancers. Lots more and pictures in the post!

February 2, 2024 by Pete Sparber

Megan Galardi, founder and director of Blah Blah, a commercial gallery in the 319 Building

Pete Sparber interviews Blah Blah founder and director, Megan Galardi, about creating a women and non-binary artist commercial gallery and situating it in the 319 Building, known as a hotbed of the city’s alternative gallery scene.

January 24, 2024 by Susan Isaacs

Talking with Diane Burko and Judy Brodsky about FOCUS (1974) and (re)FOCUS (2024), two major women’s art festivals

November 27, 2023 by Martina Merlo

Stevie Laney and ‘Very’ Magazine, Championing Accessible Erotic Art in Philadelphia

Martina talks with Stevie Laney about her body- sex- and erotica-positive magazine, “Very,” which launches its 8th issue this Wednesday at Tattooed Mom!

October 23, 2023 by Lauren Whearty

An interview with Marilyn Holsing on the power of narrative and landscape

October 20, 2023 by Maxwell Van Cooper

An interview with Bryn Ziegler on their new interactive comic, ‘Dont Look into the Abyss’