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May 4, 2017 by Roberta

Join us for a Callowhill Art & History Walking Tour with Hidden City’s Pete Woodall

Art & History, together at last, in this tour of the Callowhill neighborhood and its artist-run art spaces! Join us for an Art & History tour of the Callowhill Neighborhood with Hidden City’s Pete Woodall, this Friday, May 5, 2017, from 6:00–8:30pm.

April 25, 2017 by Roberta

Blake Bradford heads collaborative Lincoln University/Barnes Foundation Museum Studies Program, 76th Woodmere Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibit artists announced, Cassils gets Guggenheim, Plus Opportunities and Artblog News!

Many congratulations in today’s News Post, plus some great opportunities for grants, exhibitions and awards.

April 24, 2017 by Roberta

Paul Chan’s mischievous wordsmithing and hallucinatory art making at Morris Gallery

Roberta chats with Paul Chan about his installation, “Pillowsophia,” at PAFA’s Morris Gallery. The haunting piece is a hollow hooded figure made of black nylon placed high against a wall. In continuous motion from wind blown into its cavity by a powerful and noisy industrial fan, the piece is engineered and stitched in such a way that it dances what seems like an ecstatic death dance. A response to the times, which are filled with violence against black men, the piece is powerful and emotionally moving.

April 19, 2017 by Roberta

Barkley Hendricks died April 18, 2017

In honor of Barkley Hendricks, who died on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, we are running this interview we did with the artist in 2009, when Hendricks was having a solo museum exhibition at that time at his alma mater, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In the interview, he talks about painting, photography and jazz.

April 14, 2017 by Roberta

Grimaldi Baez is teacher, community art practitioner, printmaker, drawing machine maker, driven by commitment to social justice and hatred of poverty

In the gig economy many artists work multiple jobs. Grimaldi Baez works about seven, most of them in the community art realm, where he teaches and leads projects. For the Yabucoa, Puerto Rico-born, US-raised artist committed to idea of social justice, it makes for an exhausting but fulfilling life. Among other things in this wide-ranging interview, Grimaldi tell us how he relaxes.

April 11, 2017 by Roberta

iMPeRFeCT Gallery moves around corner, Grandma Moses comes to Rutgers, Congratulations, Zoe Strauss, 2017 Guggenheim fellow, and LoLa38 artists in West Philly project, Plus Save the Date for DaVinci May show and Opportunities

News today of winners – Zoe Strauss gets a Guggenheim Fellowship; ten artists selected for LoLa 38 temporary public art in West Philly, plus a wonderful painting donated to Rutgers Camden, a move for iMPeRFeCT Gallery, a great May show at DaVinci, plus a couple good opportunities!

March 28, 2017 by Roberta

Happy Anniversary RACSO Fine Arts and AAMP, Massive congratulations Eli LaBan, Open House at PMA, Jack Wolgin Lecture, Jennifer Steinkamp on Parkway, and Marian Anderson Historical Society concert

Congratulations are in order for many in this week’s News Post. RACSO turns 2; AAMP turns 40. Plus, Eli LaBan is nominated for College Television Emmy, the Philadelphia Museum of Art opens its doors to show its new proposed Modern and Contemporary plans, and other great news.

March 21, 2017 by Roberta

Taller Puertorriqueño, Pafa feature Artblog; Jayson Musson, Becky Suss, Dona Nelson in NY shows/programs; Whitney Biennial protest; Alex Losett project, David Antonio Cruz at DCCC, Cultural Alliance Action Toolkit, Plus Opportunities!

News of Artblog favorite artists, Jayson Musson, Dona Nelson, Becky Suss, plus a protest of a Dana Schutz painting, some great opportunities and even more news, in today’s action-packed News Post.