Loads of events and opportunities for you in today’s news post. Congratulations to Roberto Lugo for joining the faculty of Tyler School of Art, and to JSTN CLMN for having a piece of work included in the Occupy Museums installations at the Whitney Biennial. Opportunities with deadlines coming up for artist submissions to Tiger Strikes Asteroid, the Delaware Contemporary, 40th St Artist in Residence program, and Eastern State Penitentiary. Celebration of Black Arts Festival kicks off on May 1, and talk on immigration at the Da Vinci Art Alliance on May 10. Artblog toots its own horn about an upcoming May 5 tour of Callowhill and the “Vox” building with Hidden City, plus performances by Tania Bruguera and Ayana Evans, and RIP performance art legend Vito Acconci.
Read MoreIn advance of the Philadelphia Art Book Fair coming up on May 5 and 6, we present a think-piece by Vox Populi member Matt Kalasky, who asks, is arts advocacy the same thing as artist advocacy? He argues that the creation of empathy is one of the artist’s most important productions, and that artists’ labor should be oriented more towards people than products.
Read MoreA More Perfect Union? at the Woodmere Art Museum brings together the personal and the political, exploring the most intimate images of love and tenderness between individuals. In the current political climate, Michael says, these images, which include both gay and straight relationships, as well as interracial relationships, take on an important new urgency. This is an ambitious show, not to be missed!
Read MoreElizabeth Osborne has been a major presence in the Philadelphia art scene since the 1960s, when she began teaching at PAFA. She’s been showing her work at Locks Gallery since the 1970s, and A.M. Weaver says the latest show of her paintings there shows the artist at her best.
Read MoreChip enjoys the nuanced perspectives on queer and transgender identities in the ambitious group show, Where We Find Ourselves, at the Gershman Y. He says curator Jordan Rockford does a great job looking beyond the rainbow flag, bringing together the voices of queer and transgender artists from around the world, including Zachary Drucker, Jamil Hellu, Ryan W. Kelly, Amos Mac, and Brice Peterson.
Read MoreSpurred by seeing a recent ad in which artist Maurizio Cattelan appears, Matthew Rose reflects on the relationship between artists and advertising. He asks, why haven’t more artists appeared in or contributed to major advertising campaigns?
Read MoreMany congratulations in today’s News Post, plus some great opportunities for grants, exhibitions and awards.
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