The project Artists for Democracy is a partnership between Artblog and Jacque Liu, public art consultant and former Percent for Art Project Manager and Barbara Silzle, former Executive Director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.
Read MoreCorey Qureshi examines how Nancy Agati, Alden Cole, Anna Guarneri, Ana Mosquera, and Maria Ah Hyun Stracke address sustainability and creativity in the exhibition An Assembled Trace at DVAA. The show ended on April 23, 2023.
Read MoreAlex Smith experiences Carolyn Lazard’s Long Take, an immersion in sound, poetry and dance in a darkened ICA with black screens alive with white words of poetry and the sounds of bodies moving but unseen.
Read MoreMany of Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates claim to support the arts. They want your vote. We want to vote. Let’s ask them how they feel about the cultural sector…
Read MoreIn this 36-minute podcast conversation, Logan Cryer speaks to rod jones ii about his transition from college athlete to art student, themes of identity and ancestry in his artistic practice, and his recent exhibition at InLiquid ‘What Are We Claiming?’
Read MoreTasso Hartzog visits iMPeRFeCT Gallery for their 10th Anniversary Exhibitions, featuring playful shows by three artists: Sheldon Omar-Abba, Mateus Kaplan, and Ben Peterson! The internationally dirty gallery (and at times, dirty artwork) makes for a varied set of work that’s united by its approachability, playfulness, and perspective. The three shows are on view June 4 – July 16, 2022. Don’t miss it!
Read MoreIt’s summer! But there’s still news, even in the art world. A new foundation, The Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts), today awarded $1.25 to 78 nonprofit arts organizations nominated for the grants. We congratulate the 5 local groups chosen for the new grants: Ballet X, Blackstar Projects, Taller Puertorriqueño, Twelve Gates and The Clay Studio. In other news, two videos we recommend for this hot weekend, and a call from the city for citizen participation in shaping the choice for the new public art Harriet Tubman statue.
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