Artblog | Roberta

October 27, 2015 by Roberta

New films for Sonia Sanchez+Laurie Anderson, New gallery High Tide, Space 1026 turns 18, Rachel Reese Curator at Telfair Museums, Sue Spaid eco-show at Millersville, REI rejects Black Friday and More!

From the friendly folks at RAIR – RAIR’s 2016 Residency program is open for applications. Like to work with recycled materials? This is the motherlode calling you. More information on the application here List of 2015 residents and images of their work at the website. RAIRPhilly

October 26, 2015 by Roberta

Artblog Artist and Social Responsibility—Podcast of Art, Activism, Evangelism

The public forum we co-hosted with Slought last March 23, 2015, was such a wonderful event. Pepon Osorio, Ken Lum, Amy Sadao and Aaron Levy thought hard, talked deep and provided comments about public art, communities, ownership, museums, and what is going on with Philadelphia.

October 22, 2015 by Roberta

Weekend Roundup – Live Review Panel at AUX, Live at the Writers House, Crescendo at the Icebox, Panorama Festival at MLAC,

Dear people, here are some activities that are very worth your while. Consider getting out there and doing one or more of them–an art event might make your day a little lighter. You never know until you try it.

October 20, 2015 by Roberta

Artblog+The St. Claire, Penn State Abington+gallery, Free Library+Corzo Center get entrepreneurial, plus Carl Marin+public art, Austin Lee+virtual reality app for a book, Martha McDonald, Peter Nesbett, Jennifer Levonian, OOF and Opportunities!

Via Jennifer Levonian. OOF collective has organized a multi-artist screening of animated shorts Sat. Oct. 24, 7PM at the Gershman Y, University of the Arts, 401 S. Broad St. The screening is free and will project the work of 19 animators from around the world.The theme of the showing, titled Invisible Ink, is the small and overlooked inner lives of things. The screening lasts around one hour.

October 13, 2015 by Roberta

Good Reads abound, Sherman Fleming’s Noose, Museum shows for Odili Donald Odita + Collette Fu, plus Art in the Open, Leeway workshops, Deirdre Murphy and Anthony Campuzano!

Sherman Fleming’s art is personal, performative and quietly confrontational. Amazing, actually. Recently, Fleming said, he did a public art piece in Brooklyn that riffed on those offensive yard jockeys.

October 12, 2015 by Roberta

The breadth of Philadelphia’s art scene – Sister Spaceship and Veit Stratmann

It’s good to step away from the computer and into groups of people. It affirms how wonderfully varied and rich the Philadelphia art world is. Here, just a few comments about a couple things going on this month that you may have missed.

October 6, 2015 by Roberta

Congratulations PMA, PAFA, Lily Yeh, Kudos Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Isaac Lin, Joe Boruchow, Thanks Ann-Marie LeQuesne, Icebox, Paddy Johnson, Marie Elcin, ICA, Scott Kip, Jeanne Jaffe, Kathleen Vaccaro, plus mega-heaping helping of Opportunities

Two programs from ICA in conjunction with their current and outstanding shows – Becky Suss and Christopher Knowles Run, do not walk, to see these shows. Here’s the programs:

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6:30PM at ICA, The two who co-curated the Knowles exhibit, writer, commentator Hilton Als and Senior Curator Anthony Elms will talk about the organizing the show, and about Knowles.

October 4, 2015 by Roberta

October Programs

Join us at one (or more) of our October programs — we have writing workshops, a review panel and a public reading, many organized with our friends at the St. Claire. Something for everyone! Find your happiness in this list and come out!