Janyce Denise Glasper talks with three of her former teachers or mentors at PAFA to get their reaction to the recent changes the school made to its curriculum.
Read MoreRoberta and Ryan talk about a New York play, “Oh, Mary!” and also about $11 tickets to Opera Philadelphia productions, the Washington Post dropping its gallery reviews (shame!) and, mycelium and mycology. Whoa, what!?
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, Roberta speaks with Velocity fund awardee Joy O. Ude about her project, ‘Threading the Needle,’ whose goal is to teach fiber art techniques to those who teach others, thereby bringing the time honored techniques to new generations and making sure the valued craft arts continue in the community.
Read MoreLane Speidel speaks with artist Chenxi Shao about their practice of art making that involves (among other things) growing mushrooms in unusual materials and combining them in agglomerations that are purposely not beautiful but that evoke the precariousness of our world today.
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, Roberta speaks with two-time Velocity Fund grantee, Yvonne Lung, about her current project “Let’s Talk Aabout Chinatown,” an informational and educational project whose heart is advocacy to save Chinatown from the implantation of an unwanted basketball arena right on its doorstep.
Read MorePete Sparber talks with former Temple Contemporary Curator Jova Lynne about the upcoming exhibit, “Black Like That: Our Lives as Living Praxis,” which will reveal under-known Black history and people in Philadelphia in order to connect their histories with the community and make these stories part of the ongoing story of Philadelphia.
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