Roberta’s two-part interview with artist and independent curator, Marianne Bernstein, who’s moving to Chicago with her family this Fall, covers issues of curating public space as well as creating a mix of established and emerging artists in the same project and exhibit. It’s a long read but touches on important points about independent curating by an artist.
Read MoreCarl(os) Roa is bringing Andean Mountains, his Fringe Festival solo performance, to Taller Puertorriqueño Sept. 7-15, 2017. Roa tells Roberta and Imani that Andean Mountains is about a generational displacement between Latin youth who love anime and manga and their elders’ who love telenovelas. How can the children of immigrants reconcile the various streams of culture coming at them? By repurposing familial culture and making it your own, says Roa. Andean Mountains will have digital elements, movement, and storytelling, in English and Spanish. Get your tickets now, this is going to be great!
Read More“We Do What We Do” is a group show at Spillway Gallery connecting work by artists with a traditional training and artists who have intellectual disabilities and make together in a studio called the Center for Creative Works. Chip discusses how “the perceived barriers between these two segments of the creative population are demolished,” he says with a unifying theme of pattern and order, something we could all use a little more of at the moment.
Read MoreOur Paris correspondent, Matthew Rose, continues his stateside journey through the West Coast, reporting on the Seattle Art Fair and the Western ambiance he found in some of the art in that Pacific coast city.
Read MoreWith the country in state of high turmoil after recent neo-Nazi demonstrations in Charlottesville, VA, and the President’s apologia of the alt-right and attack on peaceful demonstrators, Michael Lieberman’s review of the documentary film, “Whose Streets?,” about Michael Brown’s murder by police in Ferguson, MO, adds relevance to the discussion about institutionalized racism.
Read MoreToday’s news has a couple good opportunities and events. And while we don’t ordinarily promote fundraisers, we call your attention to three on the horizon because they are most worthy.
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, The Center for Emerging Visual Arts tells us about their 18th annual Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) taking place this October.
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