Artblog | Roberta

October 15, 2017 by Roberta

Obsessed with collecting and making – Henry Chapman Mercer built a concrete Gothic castle in Doylestown and covered it with tiles made in his Mercer tile works

Over the summer, Roberta and her husband, Steve, and their friends, Chuck and Iris, visited the marvel of construction and decor, Fonthill, in Doylestown, PA. Her report — and Chuck’s pictures — highlight the concrete castle’s details and its maker’s obsession with creating both a home to live in and a showpiece for his tile-making enterprise. Sometimes, Roberta says, the best trips are hiding in plain sight in your own backyard.

October 13, 2017 by Roberta

Art Writing Challenge deadline looming! Amazing LGBT Map by Bob Skiba, two great book debuts, from Mari Shaw and Hidden City Philadelphia, Beth (The 3:00 Book) Heinly leads seminar on Batman, Plus Opportunities!

October 6, 2017 by Roberta

Congratulations, Holly Brigham on “Sacred Sisters,” Velvet Glove interviews Astrid Bowlby, Imani Roach pens essay/feature on Sharon Hayes’s Monument in Rittenhouse Square, plus some unbelievable Opportunities!

Props to Holly Brigham and her collaborative artist book, “Sacred Sisters,” and props to Velvet Glove on their interview with Astrid Bowlby. The PA Council on the Arts needs an Executive Director…is that you? Read the News Post for more.

September 28, 2017 by Roberta

Memorial to Octavius V. Catto at City Hall brings cheers, songs, and rifle salutes from ancient muskets

In the wake of public art controversies centered on divisive figures of the Civil Rights era, the new Octavius Catto memorial at City Hall is a salve to the nerves and a reminder that good public art, made for today but nodding to the past and with tomorrow in mind, can bring us together and serve the public good.

September 24, 2017 by Roberta

Congratulations, Jamar Nicholas on ‘Leon, Protector of the Playground’! Wagner Free Institute and Temple University’s research partnership, Cari Freno and Julin Everett’s monumentalizing art project at Ursinus, Plus, Artblog News and a great Yiddish New York opportunity!

We are very happy for one of our favorite comic book artists, Jamar Nicholas, who debuts his brand new graphic novel, Leon, Protector of the Playground, this weekend at Comic Con in Baltimore! In other news, two events on Sept. 28 highlight a project at Ursinus College and a research collaboration; Artblog’s Imani Roach talks with Lane Speidel about their art projects, and Yiddish New York announces a great opportunity for artists.

September 18, 2017 by Roberta

Community Sponsored Art (CSA) announces first art-share pickup at Esther Klein Gallery, Free screening of ‘Chasing Trane,’ John Coltrane documentary at Hatfield House, Plus Opportunities for poets, and at Fleisher Art Memorial and Philadelphia Museum of Art, and two good reads!

We are happy for the CSA project and it’s first art-share pickup; Six artists participate this year in the project that takes off from community support agriculture and the “shares” method of support. Also, in the News Post, there’s news of a free documentary film screening and a couple good opportunities, one at the PMA and one with the city to be the new Poet Laureate! It’s News of our world! Read it and enjoy.

September 14, 2017 by Roberta

Congratulations Asian Arts Initiative – 25 years! and new Program Director, Carol Zou; Congratulations Philadelphia Art Alliance and University of the Arts on merger; Plus, Tattooed Mom’s 6th Annual Sticker Fest and Opportunities from Percent for Art and LoLa38

We have some people and arts organizations to congratulate in this News Post, plus a shout out to Tattooed Mom for this weekend’s sticker art fest and a couple great opportunities for you.

September 10, 2017 by Roberta

Researcher in Lyme, NY. needs your assistance; PHL Assembled opens at the Perelman Building; Fabric Row art+history tour, Brandywine Workshop and Archives reopens, plus Opportunities from Cue Art and Artist Campaign School!

We round up some great opportunities — but the deadlines are quick, so hurry, look, and apply! Also, Artblog was there as Philadelphia Assembled opened; and we took a group on a stroll down Fabric Row with local historian Joel Spivak regaling us with stories of the neighborhood. Along the way we visited Paradigm Gallery and DaVinci Art Alliance to hear about their great programs and artists.