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Midweek News Podcast, Commonweal, Fabric Museum, Opportunities & Artblog Connect events
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Episode 271 – In this week’s Midweek News, Roberta shares two news updates on local galleries and a new opportunity. I offer this week’s recommendations on events happening this week including 2nd Thursday at Crane Arts. When end our conversation discussing English idioms and grammar. ~Ryan Click to expand the podcast transcript Roberta: Hi, it’s […
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Midweek News Podcast, Opportunities at Peep Gallery, Bala Avenue of the Arts, First Friday openings, Black Star Film Festivals and Coho Salmon
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Episode 270 – In this week’s installment, Roberta shares two opportunies. Peep Project and Bala Art Walk. In this conversation, Roberta discusses the Bala Art Walk which had a due date of July 30th which is now passed but the organizers have clarified that anyone that applies after the deadline will be waitlisted. I give […]…
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Midweek News Podcast, Harlem Renaissance show, Ghost City, book reviews, Philly Fun Guide ending, Shakespeare Circus, and more.
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Ryan and Roberta talk about books, quilts -- and the big news, that GPCA is discontinuing Philly Fun Guide! And Fun Savers. Enjoy the conversation and go out and see some art!By Ryan deRoche and Roberta
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Midweek News Podcast, Velocity Fund, PAFA, Shakespeare, Tap performances, and AI prejudices
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Episode 268 – In this installment of the Midweek Podcast, Roberta and I discuss the Velocity fund, changes at PAFA, Icebox’s latest show, Lady Hoofers, another Shakespeare in the park and AI prejudice. Thanks for listening. ~Ryan Click to expand the podcast transcript Roberta: Hi everyone, it’s Roberta. Ryan: And this is Ryan and this […]…
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Midweek News Podcast, CFEVA fellows, Library Company, ArtblogConnect events, Schitt’s Creek parody and openings
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Episode 267 – In this installment of the Midweek Podcast, Roberta and I discuss the CFEVA fellows, upcoming Artblog features, the Library Company’s latest exhibit, openings at the Barnes as well as Gabby Heit’s new gallery, Box Spring Gallery at Crane Arts and much more. Thanks for listening. ~Ryan Click to expand the podcast transcript […]…
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Midweek News Podcast, Rail Park, SEI, art openings, news, and 4th of July
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In this installment of the Midweek Podcast Roberta and I discuss the Rail Park and the grant it received from the National Endowment for the Arts and what that could mean for the Cut in Center City. Roberta tells us about the West Collection at SEI. I share a couple of noteworthy art openings this […]…
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Midweek News Podcast, photo festivals, art budget cuts, final travel update, news and events
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In today’s episode of the Midweek News, Ryan and Roberta catch up on Ryan’s travels through the west. He says he’s traveled 7,200 miles and passed through 14 states! Amazing. They talk about the Great Lakes and how Ryan got his toes in three of them in this trip (Huron, Michigan and Superior). Meanwhile back […]…
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Midweek News Podcast, City Pop Up Shops, Travels through the Midwest, news and events
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Roberta and Ryan discuss Philadelphia Pop Up Shops through Meantime PHL, Ryan's continued travels through the Midwest, more news and eventsBy Ryan deRoche and Roberta
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Midweek News Podcast, Travels through the Rockies, news and events
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Roberta: Hi, it’s Roberta. Ryan: And this is Ryan and this is the Midweek News. Roberta: On Artblog Radio. Welcome everybody, and Ryan. We’re going to find out where you are in the world in a minute. But first I want to go over a little bit of my news. So this week has been […]By Ryan deRoche and Roberta
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Midweek News Podcast, Rose Luardo, Scott Kipp, Hilma at the Wilma and travel talk
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In this episode of Midweek News, Ryan is in Chicago, at the beginning of a camping trip with his kids. He lists their itinerary and talks about camping on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land and encountering a mountain lion one time!By Ryan deRoche and Roberta
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Midweek News Podcast on Artblog Radio, holiday weekend events, Free Library video games, Blah Blah Gallery moves, Latino Arts and Film Festival and more
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This week on the Midweek News Podcast Roberta and Ryan discuss holiday weekend events, Free Library video games, Blah Blah Gallery moves, Latino Arts and Film Festival, signatures and more.By Ryan deRoche and Roberta
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Midweek News on Artblog Radio Podcast, Taller Puertorriqueño, Judith Schaechter, Commonweal Gallery, and more
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Roberta: Hi, it’s Roberta. Ryan: And this is Ryan. And this is the midweek news. Roberta: On Artblog radio! And Ryan in the news today, I’m going to tell you everything and in small little packages. The first news is Nasheli Ortiz. Who was the executive director at Taller Puertorriqueño has stepped down from that […]…
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Midweek News on Artblog Radio, Imani Roach, Kensington Bike Derby, Art Opportunities, News, Radio Call signs and more
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Roberta and Ryan cover art news in Philadelphia, Imani Roach's new appointment at PMA, artist opportunities, radio call signs and much more.By Roberta and Ryan deRoche
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Midweek News on Artblog Radio, WHYY, Mummers, Future Fair, Henry Bermudez, First Friday openings, May the Fourth Be with you!
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Join Roberta and Ryan as they explore the Philadelphia art scene this week, from the WHYY Civic News Summit to a glitter-filled costume making workshop.By Roberta and Ryan deRoche
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Midweek News on Artblog Radio, with Opportunities and Ear Cleaning Tales!
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Ryan and Roberta discuss the Midweek News on Artblog Radio, with short, quippy commentary and highlights of upcoming events and exhibitions we're excited about. Give a listen and come back for more! Useful news, news you need!By Roberta and Ryan deRoche
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Taji Ra’oof Nahl, Val Gay, Tuft the World and more, It’s Artblog’s Midweek News Podcast!
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Ryan and Roberta debut the Midweek News Podcast of Artblog Radio, with short, quippy commentary and highlights of upcoming events and exhibitions we're excited about.By Ryan deRoche and Roberta
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Artist and educator, rod jones ii talks of identity and family histories
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In 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?'By Logan Cryer
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Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden, Sculpture House, teaching, bartering, community, Pedro Ospina makes it happen
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Pedro Ospina is an artist, educator and the Founder and Director of Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden in North Philadelphia’s Norris Square section. Born in Bogota, Colombia, and raised in New York City, Ospina lives and works in Philadelphia, now, creating beauty and community through his great talent, can-do skill set, and a very big heart. He’d like…
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GoggleWorks Summer Artists in Residence, on loving their shared studio space and other thoughts
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Roberta interviewed the three Summer Artists in Residence about their ten-week stay at GoggleWorks, which ends in early August. The three loved the shared studio at the facility as well as the shared townhouse provided for the live-in residency, and found they could spread their wings with new materials in the multi-faceted arts facility and garden…
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On piñata art, Family Fiestas, ‘Latinos Who Lunch’ and Taco Bell, Justin Favela explains
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In a 32-minute podcast, Roberta talks with nationally-known artist Justin Favela about his recent show at Paradigm Gallery, which, like much of his work involves creating piñatas that subvert the genre to comment on issues in the world relating to treatment of Latinos and indigenous peoples, both historically and contemporaneously.…
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Meet Zoë Rayn Evans, the new Executive Director of University City Arts League
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Logan Cryer sits down for a 30-minute conversation with Zoë Rayn Evans, the new Executive Director of University City Arts League (UCAL)! Zoë tells Logan about her vision for UCAL- one that maintains the integrity and honors the tradition of the arts center, but makes its programming more accessible to the community. Zoë Rayn Evans also tells Logan…
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Talking to Anne Ishii, arts leader and new host of the WHYY-PBS show, ‘Movers and Makers’
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Anne Ishii is a writer, editor, translator and the Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative (AAI). As the leader of an important arts center serving the AAPI community, Anne is a big part of Philadelphia's arts ecosystem. Roberta talks with Anne about her new role hosting of arts and culture documentary series, "Movers and Makers," featuring reg…
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Artist and curator Chelsey Luster on Blackness, visibility, and claiming space
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Logan Cryer interviews Chelsey Luster-- a curator and artist exploring topics like race, gender, and sexuality-- about their newest curation, "Wading: When the Water Rises," on view this Friday, Feb. 11, at Vox Populi thru March 13. Chelsey's advice for other young artists of color is to protect themselves and never forget how much institutions gai…
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Artist and Art Director Eric Battle talks about “BLAM!”, A graphic novel profiling fourteen Black historic Philadelphians
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Roberta interviews Eric Battle, artist and Art Director of the new book, “BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered,” a graphic novelization of the life stories of 14 Black Philadelphians, illustrated by 12 illustrators and comics artists with connections to Philadelphia. The large hard-back book with many full-color pages is a project of Temple University…
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With joy and generosity, Terrell Halsey organizes a show about the hopes of Philadelphians for change in their neighborhoods
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Roberta interviews artist and photographer Terrell Halsey about his project interviewing, recording and photographing Philadelphians from all over the city about how they would make their neighborhoods better. The physical manifestation of the project, the exhibit, "Call Home," at ImPerfect Gallery, was a collaboration with Nina "Lyrispect" Ball, w…
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Defining art in a fresh way, Rah Crawford adopts NFT and crypto currency and retires from the art world
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This conversation reunites Libby and Roberta — Artblog co-founders who initiated Artblog Radio podcasts in 2010 — to talk with Rah Crawford, an artist who they met and whose work they followed closely beginning around 2005. In this 35-minute podcast, Crawford talks about his journey as an artist, which now includes NFTs and crypto culture and retir…
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Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib’s ‘Field Companion’, a not-so-alternate reality, with fungi
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Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib's 'Field Companion' is a mycology-inspired immersive film experience where relationships-- mutualistic, parasitic, or otherwise-- reign supreme. Themes of community, mixed with the collaged nature of the work, result in a poignant but disorienting exhibition that is certainly fitting of this pandemic time. On view at L…
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Artists of Color Collective, an active, student-led community for diverse creatives at Temple University
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Alissa Roach and Hannah Pang, co-presidents of the Artists of Color Collective at Temple University, join host Logan Cryer in this 23-minute podcast interview to talk about their recent "Digital Entanglements" exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and their upcoming zine (AoCC's second ever publication). You can support the Artists of Color Collect…
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The cycle of life, on wheels, with Sanchel Brown
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Roberta speaks with performer, dancer, choreographer, Sanchel Brown, about her new project, “Wheelz of Life,” a live performance and film done on roller skates! Listen to this lively and life-affirming conversation and enjoy!By Roberta
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From the folks who love pop culture, it’s “Pop, the Question” podcast, from Drexel’s Pennoni Honors College
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Dr. Melinda Lewis is a pop culture aficionado, participating in it from a young age, studying it, and now, in her podcast, “Pop, the Question” from Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University, talking with folks who are pop culture makers and lovers like herself. In this Artblog Radio podcast Roberta talks with Melinda about what makes pop culture …
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Joy is Bridgette Mayer’s focus and motivation
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Roberta speaks with gallerist Bridgette Mayer about her gallery, her passion for working with and helping artists and about how joy is the focus for everything she does. The 32-minute interview is a lively conversation that covers some great material.By Roberta
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Cultural Accessibility in Philadelphia, Part 3 – Andrea Kirsh, Donna Ellis, & Nathan Diechter
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Artblog contributor Natalie Sandstrom returns for part three of her three-part Artblog Radio series on the topic of Cultural Accessibility. This 36-minute episode-- featuring Andrea Kirsh, Art Historian & Artblog contributor; Donna Ellis of Hands UP Productions; and Nathan Deitcher, Independent Autism Consultant-- builds off of parts 1 and 2, looki…
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Meet the dynamic duo behind ‘Deux Wave,’ Philly’s superstar animation studio
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In this 34-minute podcast, Logan Cryer speaks with Raymo Ventura and Tamara Hahn, co-founders of 'Deux Wave,' a Philadelphia-based animation studio that has worked with celebrities such as Ms. Lauryn Hill, Tierra Whack and Billie Eilish! Tune in and learn about another bright light in Philly's vibrant art community.…
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Cultural Accessibility in Philadelphia, Part 2 – Kate Fialkowski of Temple University
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Natalie Sandstrom returns for part two of her three-part Artblog Radio series 'Cultural Accessibility in Philadelphia.' Part 2 features Katie Fialkowski, Director of Academic Programs at Temple University's Institute on Disabilities. Tune in to this 33-minute episode and learn about the successes and failures of disability policy!…
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Now in its 10th year of programming, the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival provides a great roundup of documentaries, narrative films and shorts. In this 48-minute podcast, our film reviewer, reek bell joins Morgan and Roberta to discuss some of the selections they all watched. The festival is online - ticket information is in the post.…
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‘A Phonebook’ centers place and people in award-winning oral history
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In this 33-minute Artblog Radio episode, Roberta speaks with Quinha Faria and Tyler Burdenski, two (out of nine) of the people behind the award-winning community project ‘A Phonebook,' an image-rich oral history of about 120 Philadelphia "mom and pop" businesses. 'A Phonebook' goes into second print this summer & will be available for free at selec…
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Bryan Warner’s fluid paintings mix life and art with quiet questioning, a conversation
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In this 33 minute Artblog Radio interview, Roberta speaks with Bryan Warner about his Japanese heritage, growing up attending a Buddhist temple, teaching art at both the college and elementary school level, and much more. This interview is available in audio, video, and text transcription.By Roberta
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Keyonna Butler, storyteller, costume designer, ‘Black Hippie Art’ Founder, on fostering BIPOC community
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In this 25 minute conversation, Roberta speaks with Keyonna Butler, Costume Designer and Founder of Black Hippie Art, an organization designed to amplify, connect, and create opportunities for BIPOC artists.By Roberta
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Cultural Accessibility in Philadelphia, an Artblog Radio series, part 1 – Katie Samson of Art-Reach
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Natalie Sandstrom interviews Katie Samson, Director of Education at Art-Reach, in part 1 of a new three-part Artblog Radio series on the topic of Cultural Accessibility.By Natalie Sandstrom
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Allow Vox Populi to re-introduce themself, the scoop on Director Danny Orendorff and Vox’s future
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Artblog Radio host Logan Cryer, sits down with Danny Orendorff, Executive Director of Vox Populi since May of 2018. This podcast gives the under-known inside scoop on Danny's career prior to Vox, the values he brings to the collective, and the slow but important changes that have been occurring within Vox since his appointment as Executive Director…
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Morgan and Roberta check in and review some favorite online talks and podcasts
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Reviewing some recent Zoom talks, several of them excellent, Morgan and Roberta also comment on the new David Wojnarowicz documentary film and the podcast story of a food critic who loses her sense of smell!By Morgan Nitz and Roberta
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Collecting, trading and selling art, and some personal histories, a check-in with Roberta and Morgan
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In this check-in, we wander into some personal territory, talking about family and travel, at a time we are all longing to be with family but can’t and to travel but can’t do that either. We share some lively and engaging conversations we had at our recent trip to Virtual First Thursday at Venture Cafe, […]…
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Jordan Deal’s metaphysical storytelling in sculptural assemblages at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery
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In their debut interview as Artblog Radio's newest host, Logan Cryer speaks with Jordan Deal, emerging artist exhibiting alongside Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck in "Hissed gently in silence, a dream of Flight" at Fleisher-Ollman gallery.By Logan Cryer
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Check-in with Artblog, Roberta & Morgan talk GameStop, a new fellowship and new galleries
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On this 23 minute long episode of Artblog Radio, Morgan and Roberta check-in for the second time to discuss current events, Philadelphia arts & culture, and what's going on here at Artblog!By Morgan Nitz and Roberta
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‘Andy Can You Hear Us?’ Madelyn Roehrig’s book archives her community project with Warhol
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Roberta, a participant in the "Andy Can You Hear Us" project, reviews the first volume of Madelyn Roehrig's "Andy Can You Hear Us? - Communing with Andy Warhol at His Gravesite." We love this whimsical and serious project and all that Roberta has to say about it!By Roberta
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Check-in with Artblog, Roberta and Morgan talk coping, Philly, and the future
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Morgan and Roberta check in with a 37-minute Artblog Radio conversation. They share how they're coping, discuss a new Artblog community project, and talk Philadelphia's community-based art scene.By Morgan Nitz and Roberta
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Philadelphia Center City walls treated to Piotr Szyhalski’s provocative ‘Covid-19 Labor Camp Reports’
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In this 31 minute episode, Roberta and Patrick Coue chat with Piotr Szyhalski, the artist behind instagram account @laborcamp, which documents the Covid-19 pandemic through 225 politically charged black and white drawings (later turned into posters and installed in major cities)By Roberta and Patrick Coué
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Talking about ‘Taking Space’ with Brittany Webb and Jodi Throckmorton of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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Roberta interviews Jodi Throckmorton and Brittany Webb, co-curators of "Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale" at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts about feminism, dissent, and the importance of representation.By Roberta
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Matthew Rose repurposes madness and confusion in his clever quaranzine ‘Coronaville’
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Roberta chats with Matthew Rose about his new book 'Coronaville,' which chronicles the early madness and confusion in America surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. This post is available in audio, video, and text!By Roberta
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Morgan and Roberta co-write an essay about value-- specifically, why art is undervalued in America--and for the first time, you can LISTEN to this post!By Morgan Nitz and Roberta
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