Artblog Radio

**Collecting, trading and selling art, and some personal histories, a check-in with Roberta and Morgan** Feb 18, 2021
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, […]

**Jordan Deal’s metaphysical storytelling in sculptural assemblages at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery** Feb 11, 2021
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.

**Check-in with Artblog, Roberta & Morgan talk GameStop, a new fellowship and new galleries** Feb 02, 2021
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!

**‘Andy Can You Hear Us?’ Madelyn Roehrig’s book archives her community project with Warhol** Jan 29, 2021
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!

**Check-in with Artblog, Roberta and Morgan talk coping, Philly, and the future** Jan 15, 2021
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.

**Philadelphia Center City walls treated to Piotr Szyhalski’s provocative ‘Covid-19 Labor Camp Reports’** Nov 24, 2020
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)

**Talking about ‘Taking Space’ with Brittany Webb and Jodi Throckmorton of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts** Nov 09, 2020
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.

**Matthew Rose repurposes madness and confusion in his clever quaranzine ‘Coronaville’** Nov 02, 2020
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!

**How do we value art?** Oct 23, 2020
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!

**Ken Lum and Karyn Olivier talk Art and Social Responsibility** Oct 08, 2020
Today we have a very special episode of Artblog Radio- "Art and Social Responsibility Today" with Ken Lum and Karyn Olivier! The talk was originally streamed on September 23rd, 2020, as a live Zoom panel in support of our 17th birthday and fundraiser.

**Sid Sachs’s ‘Invisible City,’ Philadelphia’s bustling experimental art scene, 1956-76** Mar 26, 2020
On this 39 minute episode of Artblog Radio, Roberta interviews Sid Sachs about his multi-venue exhibition "Invisible City" (now closed to the public due to Covid-19).

**The art of equipping trauma-informed teaching artists, a conversation with Beth Feldman Brandt** Mar 25, 2020
In this episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with Beth Feldman Brandt, the Executive Director of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation.

**Conveying beauty with canvas and voice, Suzanne DuPlantis on her craft** Mar 11, 2020
Wit has a heartwarming conversation with their former voice coach, Suzanne DuPlantis, about the duality of her artistic practices in oil paints and classical voice. Suzanne shares her journey with encountering art and performance, her family legacy in education, and her forthcoming shows. You can catch Suzanne’s next exhibition this coming Sunday, March 15th from […]

**Francis Beaty on shaping organisms and her continuous evolution as an artist** Mar 06, 2020
In this 32-minute episode of Artblog Radio, Wit visits PII Gallery in Old City to speak with Francis Beaty, one of the artists whose work is currently on display in "Spring Up" at PII Gallery, on view until until March 28, 2020!

**Ripe with Subtext, Humaira Abid’s new exhibition ‘Searching for Home’** Feb 07, 2020
Returning to the Center for Art in Wood for a second First Friday podcast, Wit speaks with woodworker and painter Humaira Abid about her new exhibition–Searching for Home. The exhibition not only highlights the extraordinary level of skill that Abid exhibits in both painting and wood, but it also delves into the gravity of the […]

**Puppets, parades, and passion, a conversation with Spiral Q** Jan 23, 2020
In this episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with the two co-directors of Spiral Q: Liza Goodell and Jennifer Turnbull about using art as a means of advocacy.

**Immanuel Wilkins never loses sight of the long game** Jan 17, 2020
Morgan Nitz speaks with Kimmel Center Jazz artist-in-residence Immanuel Wilkins about his musical journey and collaboration-in-progress with David Dempewolf of Marginal Utility and New York photographer Rog Walker.

**A fruitful journey into encaustics, Deann Mills on her latest body of work** Jan 03, 2020
In Artblog Radio's first episode of 2020, Wit speaks with local artist Deann Mills about her show "Wonderland," which features encaustic works, on display at MUSE Gallery until February 2, 2020.

**Celebrating 10 years of 30 Americans, a conversation with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw** Dec 30, 2019
In this episode of Artblog Radio, Wit sits down with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, the curator of the 30 Americans 10th anniversary exhibition.

**Getting to know Philly’s new Poet Laureate** Dec 20, 2019
In this special episode of Artblog Radio, Wit sits down with the new Poet Laureate of Philadelphia--Trapeta Mayson!

**Kara Hearn and Barb Smith on their duo show at Grizzly Grizzly** Dec 06, 2019
Wit chats with Kara Hearn and Barb Smith, two NYC-based artists who currently have a duo exhibition on display at Grizzly Grizzly.

**The Brilliance of Rashaad Newsome** Nov 22, 2019
Wit speaks with multidisciplinary creator Rashaad Newsome about his multilayered body of work, “Black Magic,” currently on display in North Philadelphia at the Crane Arts Building.

**Warrior Writers on the uses of art and writing to transform veterans’s lives** Nov 11, 2019
Wit chats with Lovella Calica, Ginn McGill-Prather, and Angela Waller about Warrior Writers, an organization using art and writing to transform the lives of veterans.

**Giving old uniforms a new life, Frontline Arts on building community through papermaking** Nov 11, 2019
Wit chats with Frontline Arts executive director, Rachel Heberling, and Frontline board member and army veteran, Tara Krause, about the mission of their organization.

**Clarivel Ruiz on art at the intersection of Caribbean Latinx cultural advocacy** Oct 16, 2019
In this 44-minute final episode of Artblog Radio’s Latinx Heritage Month 2019 series, Wit goes to Harlem, NY to speak with maker and cultural advocate Clarivel Ruiz, founder of the Dominicans Love Haitians Movement.

**Ken Lum on the importance of hard work and the relevance of everything** Oct 13, 2019
In this podcast interview, artist, author, educator, Ken Lum debuts a new book, titled "Everything is Relevant," now available for pre-order on Amazon.

**Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue on the history and future of Killjoy’s Kastle** Oct 11, 2019
In this 34-minute episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue about their traveling, interactive project, Killjoy’s Kastle, available to experience at Icebox Project Space from October 16-27!

**Brujo de la Mancha on his two decades of practicing art in Philadelphia** Oct 07, 2019
In the 32 minute third episode of Artblog Radio’s Latinx Heritage Month Series, Wit talks with local teaching artist, performer, activist extraordinaire, Brujo de la Mancha!

**Food as the storyteller, Emma Ressel on her new exhibition Trouble in the Garden** Oct 04, 2019
In this 31 minute First Friday podcast, artist Emma Ressel talks about her new solo exhibition at Colorspace Labs and her unique style of food photography. The exhibition, titled "Trouble in the Garden," will be on display at Colorspace Labs in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia from October 4 - October 28th! Catch it while you can!

**‘From Storage to Studio’ at The Clay Studio, art of the past through contemporary lens** Sep 30, 2019
Roberta moderates a panel discussion on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, at The Clay Studio about a collaborative project “From Storage to Studio," which brought 14 former and current Artists in Residence at The Clay Studio into conversation with 7 curators at the PMA and into close contact with what’s housed in the legendary storage vaults at the museum.

**Kristal Sotomayor and the necessity of ‘Expanding Sanctuary’** Sep 25, 2019
In this episode of Artblog’s Latinx Heritage Month series, documentary filmmaker Kristal Sotomayor discusses her forthcoming film “Expanding Sanctuary.” The film explores the work by activists at the South Philly organization Juntos.

**Emily Daley and Jerry Kaba, tenants of The Loom unite after sudden increase in additional rent** Sep 18, 2019
In this 40 minute episode of Artblog Radio, Morgan Nitz sits down with artists Emily Daley and Jerry Kaba to discuss what the heck has been going on at The Loom, an artist studio and office space in Port Richmond, where last month, tenants saw steep increases in building fees.

**Destigmatizing Disability, the work of Jade Ramos** Sep 16, 2019
In this 31 minute first episode of Artblog Radio’s Latinx Heritage Month podcast series, Wit chats with artist and disability advocate Jade Ramos.

**Percussionist Hafez Kotain on educating, connecting people through culture and music** Sep 13, 2019
In this 30 minute episode of Artblog Radio, Roberta speaks with Pew fellow and Percussion Director of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Hafez Kotain, whose mission is to teach about his culture, connect others through culture, and spread the joy of music!

**Intergenerational reciprocity, Sandi and Adam Lovitz on the show Generations at DaVinci Art Alliance** Sep 06, 2019
In this 32 minute podcast, Wit López speaks with Adam and Sandi Lovitz about their current show, Generations, at Da Vinci Art Alliance. The show is open September 8-29, 2019.

**Learn a new recipe and support a population with food need, Yvonne Lung and Dave Kyu’s ‘DISH -The Meal Kit’** Aug 14, 2019
In this 34-minute episode of Artblog Radio, Roberta speaks with Yvonne Lung and Dave Kyu about their Velocity Fund supported social practice project "DISH - The Meal Kit".

**Krystle Ann Griffin on capturing her bliss as an artist** Aug 02, 2019
In this First Friday episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with Philadelphia native Krystle Ann Griffin.

**Heather Blakeslee wants you to log off and talk to each other face-to-face** Jul 29, 2019
Roberta speaks with Heather Blakeslee about her new print publication, Root Quarterly, which aims to make space for difficult conversations about politics, social issues, and more.

**Sculpting truth to power, Darrell Ann Gane-McCalla on her multidisciplinary social change art practice** Jul 22, 2019
Multidisciplinary visual artist Darrell Ann Gane-McCalla talks with Wit about how she uses her body of work to challenge perceptions of power in the arts.

**Alex Rosenberg scales the walls of Eastern State Penitentiary, competes on Netflix’s ‘Blown Away’** Jul 17, 2019
In this episode of Artblog Radio, Roberta interviews Alex Rosenberg, a local artist, educator, rock climber, and Netflix star!

**Stilt dancer Naya El on making a space of her own as a movement artist** Jul 09, 2019
Wit chats with Naya El about her work as a movement artist, dance teacher, and stilt performer. Naya shares the joys and complexities of her sky-high performance practice.

**Capturing Joy, Spirit, and Movement, the abstract paintings of Moe Brooker** Jul 03, 2019
In this heartfelt podcast episode, Philadelphia artist Moe Brooker talks with Wit about his life, work, and how he left figurative work behind in pursuit of a way to record Black joy through abstraction. The exhibition runs from July 5th to August 10th, catch it before it closes!

**Exploring the Splendiferousness of the art of Carson Fox** Jul 03, 2019
Wit has a chat with talented printmaker and sculptor Carson Fox about her forthcoming exhibition, "Splendiferousness." The show opens this First Friday, July 5th and runs until August 10, 2019 at Stanek Gallery in Old City, Philadelphia.

**Artist activist Conrad Benner talks about the origin of his popular and influential Streets Department blog** Jul 02, 2019
Artblog's very first live podcast recording took place June 20 at the amazing Tattooed Mom on South Street, with Wit López talking with Conrad Benner of StreetsDept.com.

**A lively conversation with Philly’s own Hip Hop Grandpop, Matthew Hopkins** Jun 27, 2019
Artblog Managing Editor, Wit, has a lively conversation with Philly resident Matthew Hopkins, also known as "Hiphop Grandpop," "Ancient Dancer," and more.

**Gina Renzi on two of West Philly’s community arts gems** Jun 12, 2019
Wit talks with Gina Renzi about the importance of The Rotunda and 40th Street AIR, two art spaces in West Philadelphia.

**Gerald Brown on challenging the status quo and Funkadelic Awakening: A Futuristic Resistance** Jun 07, 2019
Wit López interviews Gerald Brown in a 23 minute long podcast about their exhibition, “Funkadelic Awakening: A Futuristic Resistance” at the Clay Studio.

**Live hard, love hard, Joe Ovelman talks about his book ‘On Grief’ and other topics** May 31, 2019
Roberta talks with artist Joe Ovelman about his recent book "On Grief," a short autobiographical work comprised of words and drawings in black marker that tell the story of the deaths of loved ones that Joe has survived and grieved. His reaction is summed up in the four words on the book's back cover, "Live Hard, Love Hard."

**‘…The revolution is finally here,’ Gabe Martinez on LGBTQ+ histories, Stonewall, and his two exhibitions** May 20, 2019
In this 28 minute long episode of Artblog Radio, Wit López interviews Gabe Martinez about his two exhibitions at the William way LGBT Community Center.

**Swarthmore project creates, shows books for dialog about immigration in ‘Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary’** May 08, 2019
In this 38 minute podcast, Matt Kalasky interviews Suzanne Seesman, Islam Aly, Abdul Karim Awad, and Yaroub Al-Obaidi from "Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary," a two-year project out of Swarthmore College. "Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary" has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

**Philip Glahn on art work, examining alternative histories, and what even is productivity?** May 07, 2019
Morgan Nitz speaks with Philip Glahn in a 34 minute long podcast about art, work, labor, and academia.

**A Lexicon In Living Color, Damien Davis talks about the role of wood, empowerment, and impermanence in his new exhibit ‘Color Cargo’** May 03, 2019
Wit speaks with Damien Davis in a 33 minute podcast about his current exhibition "Color Cargo", on view at The Center for Art in Wood in Old city through July 20th, 2019!

**Shaking and Shouting, Arielle Julia Brown and Lela Aisha Jones on their roles in Reggie Wilson’s ‘Grounds That Shout! (and others merely shaking)’** May 01, 2019
Wit López speaks with Arielle Julia Brown and Lela Aisha Jones about their involvement in "Grounds that Shout! (and others merely shaking" curated by Reggie Willson. The series involves panels, performances, and more that will take place on May 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 11th, 2019.

**Sifu Chik Mason and Rhashea Lynn Harmon-El talk the healing and educational strengths of Bagua** Apr 29, 2019
Roberta interviews Sifu Chik Mason and Rhashea Lynn Harmon-El about their practice of Pa Kua Chang (Bagua), a spiritual practice of movement and choreography that is more than 300 years old, with roots in Taoism.

**Autumn Wallace talks expression, riddles, anthropology, and sexuality** Apr 25, 2019
Morgan Nitz sits down with Autumn Wallace to discuss their current exhibition, "How Could I Say No to You", closing this Sunday, April 28th, 4-6 PM at HouseGallery1816!

**Candy Alexandra González on creating ethnographic art about migration, identity, and healing** Apr 08, 2019
In this 31 minute long podcast, Wit speaks with artist and activist Candy Alexandra González about their artistic practice and upcoming exhibition, "Mirror Talk" at 40th street AIR on Saturday, April 13th, at 12 PM!

**Kate Tarker, playwright, talks mythology, comedy, tragedy, and trauma** Apr 05, 2019
In this podcast episode, Jessica Rizzo sits down with playwright Kate Tarker to discuss her original play "Dionysus Was Such A Nice Man," which opens at The Wilma Theatre on April 23rd, 2019.

**Jacob Chris Hammes on curating, art-making, capitalism, and comedy** Apr 01, 2019
Jacob Chris Hammes is an artist, curator, teacher, and founder of the gallery Pilot Projects. In this podcast Morgan Nitz and Roberta talk with Chris about funding, the importance of discourse, seasonal- (and capitalism fueled-) depression, pond theory, and hear a few jokes. Catch Jacob Chris Hammes's upcoming solo show, at the new gallery, Information, 2024 E Westmoreland St, on April 13th, 2019. The interview was recorded at Pilot Projects and is 31:40 minutes.

**Writers make books, gallery becomes library in ‘Writers Making Books’ at Arcadia University’s Spruance Gallery** Mar 29, 2019
Roberta speaks with Richard Torchia and Zachary See at Arcadia University's Spruance Art Gallery. Richard and Zach curated the current exhibit, "Writers Making Books," (in conjunction with the city-wide festival, "Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy"). The show closes on April 21, 2019. The interview is 28:54 minutes long.

**Cecily Sherman, on collecting art and being honored at the Philadelphia Fine Art Fair** Mar 27, 2019
Roberta speaks with art collector, Cecily Sherman, whose large collection includes works from early 20th to early 21st Century, art amassed with her late husband Philip over 40 years of collecting. The interview is 20 minutes long and was recorded at Cecily's home in Philadelphia on March 25, 2019.

**Ask Artblog’s Beth Heinly on answering questions, writing essays and making art** Mar 24, 2019
Beth Heinly wears a lot of hats. (And sometimes funny noses, eyebrows and glasses.) In addition to being a performance artist (see her Friday, March 29 at Final Fridays at the PMA), Beth is one of Artblog's "Ask Artblog" columnists. And, of course, she creates the weekly comics series, "The 3:00 Book," now in its fifth year of continuous postings on Artblog! Morgan and Roberta caught up with Beth at the Blue Jay Diner recently and asked her how she does it all. The interview is 25:05 minutes long.

**Andrea Packard talks about ‘Branching Out’ at List Gallery, Swarthmore** Mar 21, 2019
Roberta speaks with the Director of the List Gallery, Andrea Packard, about "Branching Out: Changing Approaches to Art in Wood,” the current show, co-curated by Andrea, and the Center for Art in Wood's co-founder, Albert LeCoff and his wife, Tina. The large exhibition, from the collection of the LeCoff's and the Center, presents a wide variety of works made of, with and about wood. The exhibit closes Sunday, March 24, 2019. The podcast interview is 30:54 minutes long.

**Institute of Contemporary Arts’s James Britt talks about public engagement** Mar 17, 2019
Imani Roach speaks with ICA's new Director of Public Engagement about his various publics to serve: students at University of Pennsylvania (ICA's parent institution); the neighborhood around Penn; community groups in Philadelphia. The interview was recorded this month at the TGMR studio and is 27:40 minutes long.

**Josh Graupera’s interdisciplinary practice of organizing, protecting, and building** Mar 11, 2019
Artbog contributor Matt Kalasky speaks with Josh Graupera-- Philadelphia based organizer, artist, educator, and printmaker-- to learn about their recent (now closed) exhibition, “Blockadia.” Tune into this 25 minute long podcast, brought to us by The Galleries at Moore (TGMR), to learn how Josh’s practice redefines the term “Blockadia,” a word originally coined by activist Naomi Klein.

**Obvious Agency talks about creating immersive participatory gallery experiences** Mar 05, 2019
Artblog contributor Matt Kalasky speaks with Daniel Park and Arianna Gass (via telephone!) of the team of "Obvious Agency," a multi-media game and interactive experience group. The "Obvious" team comes from theater and performance backgrounds and works to immerse people in fun activities in galleries and museums. The podcast comes to us through the courtesy of The Galleries at Moore's radio station, TGMR. The interview is 26 minutes long.

**Allan Edmunds on the mission-driven Brandywine Workshop and Archives** Feb 28, 2019
Allan Edmunds is a founder and Director of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives. This great but under-known art and education organization located at 728-30 South Broad St. Founded in 1972, Brandywine's 47-year history makes for a lot great material to talk about and in this podcast Roberta speaks with Allan in "The Printed Image" Gallery, where they currently present the bold and provocative relief wood prints of John T. Scott. The interview is 36 minutes long.

**Mark Thomas Gibson speaks about painting and drawing, history, teaching and moving to Philadelphia** Feb 11, 2019
Roberta speaks with Mark Thomas Gibson, a new arrival in Philadelphia, about his powerful show of Sumi ink drawings and collages at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts. Among other things, the artist, who is an Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, at Tyler School of Art, talks about his ability to use narratives from American history channeled in old masters’ paintings to subvert the story telling and tell tales from our times. His works are filled with humor and passion tinged with anger. Mark talks about Philadelphia and is very happy to be in our community. He's a great speaker with a lot of big thoughts about history, contemporary art, teaching art and more. Take a listen. Mark’s show at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery is up through March 8, 2019. The podcast was recorded on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. Thanks to Morgan Nitz for the great audio editing!

**Yolanda Wisher on finding her voice and discovering the power of poetry for social change** Feb 09, 2019
In one of her last podcast interviews for Artblog Radio, Imani Roach speaks with Yolanda Wisher, poet, educator, community advocate and Curator of Spoken Word at Philadelphia Contemporary (PC). Wisher talks about her beginnings as a writer, fueled by a mother who was a voracious reader and forceful advocate for her as a writer when she was in elementary school. The wide-ranging conversation explores why Wisher has a studio at Cherry St. Pier; how she figured out that poetry could be used for social change; her (not widely known) work as a singer and her upcoming podcast series for PC, which will enlist Philadelphia poets and DJs and include poetry recitation and music, and not so much conversation. This great conversation was recorded at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR Radio, and is 38 minutes long.

**Heather Raquel Phillips talks kink and queer liberation** Jan 31, 2019
New contributor and friend of Artblog, Wit López speaks with multi-disciplinary artist Heather Raquel Phillips about documenting people of color in the leather community and turning the camera on herself.

**Rosa Leff talks about contemporary cut paper** Nov 11, 2018
Imani speaks with Philly-bred, Baltimore-based artist Rosa Leff about her chosen medium of cut paper and her affinity for the urban landscape.

**All of the pageantry and none of the athleticism, Jerry Kaba talks AWFUL wrestling** Nov 02, 2018
Matt Kalasky speaks with artist Jerry Kaba about his Arts Wrestling Federation Urban League (AWFUL Wrestling). What started as a joke between friends has become a genuine cultural phenomenon, taking Philadelphia’s DIY arts scene by nostalgic storm.

**Artblog Art Writing Contest on WURD radio, when Stephanie Renee talks with Imani Roach!** Oct 14, 2018
Listen to this great podcast captured from WURD radio and appearing here with permission. WURD talk show host Stephanie Renee speaks with Imani Roach about the Artblog Art Writing Contest in this peppy ten-minute audio. Then click the links in the post for information on how to apply and get details about the cash prizes! C'mon, apply! Contest ends at Midnight, Oct. 31, 2018.

**Malachi Lily has eight arms.** Sep 29, 2018
Imani speaks with emerging artist, curator and poet Malachi Lily about shape-shifting, leadership and making space for nuanced representations of blackness.

Let’s go! YallaPunk’s Rana Fayez on building community and thriving in 2018 Aug 26, 2018

Founded in 2017, YallaPunk is an intersectional, trans-affirming performance festival and conference which celebrates the creative achievements of Middle Eastern and North African people in Philly and beyond. Here Imani Roach chats with YallaPunk’s founder, DJ and journalist Rana Fayez, about what to expect from this year’s festival (August 31 - September 2).

**Afrofuturism and disaster preparedness in the classroom? We talk with Li Sumpter, Charlie McGeehan and Sam Reed** Aug 02, 2018
Matt Kalasky speaks with artist Li Sumpter and educators Charlie McGeehan and Sam Reed about “Survival Guide for the Future” — an emergency preparedness, Afrofuturist and post-apocalyptic inspired curriculum conducted this spring at the U School High School in collaboration with The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design. Culminating in both a student-created zine and an exhibition at The Galleries at Moore (opening tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018), this project gave students a platform to reflect on their current lives and imagine a vibrant teen-centric Philadelphia of the future.

**Blue Note Salon at Icebox reflects on art, jazz and activism in North Philadelphia** Jun 13, 2018
This week on Artblog Radio we’re featuring audio from the Blue Note Salon, an April 21st panel curated by Black Quantum Futurism at the Icebox Project Space. This interactive discussion covers a wide range of topics from the role of jazz musicians and jazz culture in paving the way for the Civil Rights Movement to current efforts by local artists to connect their work to social change movements addressing gentrification, displacement and cultural heritage preservation.

**Frances Beaver on world building and being Frances all the time** May 30, 2018
Imani Roach visits local artist Frances Beaver at her Fishtown studio to chat about her recent video project, Sex of the Earth, and her evolving relationship to narrative and performance.

**Zanele Muholi and the women of the Women’s Mobile Museum talk portraiture, self-love and fighting the patriarchy** May 18, 2018
The Women’s Mobile Museum is a year-long project by the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center which brings renowned South African Photographer, Zanele Muholi to Philadelphia to engage with a group of ten local women who are interested in media arts and museum studies but have not had significant access to formal training in these areas. Imani sat down with Muholi and two of the program’s apprentices, Shasta Bady and “Muffy” Ashley Torres, to discuss their hopes for the project and their journey thus far.

**Byron Au Yong and Aaron Jafferis write useful protest music for the day after tomorrow** May 03, 2018
"Activist Songbook," a collection of 53 contemporary protest songs derived from community interviews, launches Thursday May 3rd at Asian Arts. Composer Byron Au Yong and Lyricist Aaron Jafferis speak with Imani Roach about collective action and how Asian American narratives complicate the American racial landscape.

**Sueyeun Juliette Lee lights the way and bridges the great divide** May 01, 2018
Sueyeun Juliette Lee speaks with Imani Roach about her site-specific installation and performance piece, Piece Light, which premieres on Thursday May 3rd as a part of the Asian Arts Initiative’s 25th anniversary celebration weekend. They talk collaboration, the future of the Korean peninsula, and the boundless imagination that peace requires.

**Martha Stuckey invades her own privacy** Apr 08, 2018
For years, multidisciplinary performer Martha Stuckey has commanded stages in a brightly-colored wig and stilettos as the lead singer of Red 40 and the Last Groovement, Philadelphia’s premier clown-funk-cabaret band. Now she is preparing to strike a more personal note in her upcoming commissioned show, Due to Sensitive Nature, on view April 12th-14th at the Kimmel Center’s SEI Innovation Studio. She speaks with Imani Roach about taking risks, growing up singing in Lutheran church, and what it means to be a woman in charge. How did kettle corn and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit help to shape her performance trajectory? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Martha at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on April 3rd, 2018; the podcast is 51 minutes long.

**Lucia Alber and Katie Rauth on auto repair, gossip benches and processing trauma** Apr 05, 2018
When multi-media artists Lucia Alber and Katie Rauth first met as interns at Vox Populi Gallery, they recognized in each other a shared interest in the performance of gender and an attraction to similar forms and materials. Since their earliest collaborations in 2016, they have continued to build a powerful friendship both inside and outside of the studio — a friendship which served as an important source of support during Lucia’s recent experience being stalked by a man who serviced her car at a local Jiffy Lube. Here they speak with Matt Kalasky, about Leave Worry Behind, the body of work that emerged from that harrowing experience, on display at Practice Gallery beginning Friday, April 6th. This work, created by Alber and curated by Rauth, uses French boudoir aesthetics to examine the sexual politics of car culture. What is a “sulking room” and how much self-care is too much self care? Listen to find out. Matt interviewed Lucia and Katie at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on April 4th, 2018; the podcast is 20 minutes long.

**Lauren NeFesha on mosaics, music and doing it all** Mar 20, 2018
Though still in her early-30s, local renaissance woman Lauren NeFesha has already lived many lives. Now this former fashion student (and nationally-ranked boxing champion) is making a name for herself as a songwriter and mosaic artist. She chats with Artblog’s Imani Roach about speaking up for the most marginalized among us and allowing curiosity to be her guide without judgement. What do a mosaic and a boxing match have in common? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Lauren at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on March 16th, 2018; the podcast is 33 minutes long.

**Kara Springer makes vulnerable structures** Feb 26, 2018
Kara Springer works at the intersection of sculpture, photography and language to activate bodies in space. Born in Barbados and raised in Ontario, Canada, this former industrial designer grounds her minimalist aesthetic with careful attention to history and geography. Springer speaks with Artblog’s Imani Roach about diaspora, legibility and her current installation at The Galleries at Moore — Ten Days Before Freedom, a Hymnal. What can perilous landscapes teach us about the nature of built space? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Kara at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on February 26th, 2018; the podcast is 34 minutes long.

**Yixuan Pan on anti-disciplinary artmaking** Feb 16, 2018
As a Chinese-born artist making a life for herself in Philadelphia, Yixuan Pan thinks a lot about translation and the limitations of language. In fact, since earning her MFA from the glass department at Tyler School of Art last year, she has built a rich and varied practice around the insights gained from living with confusion. Here she speaks with Matt Kalasky, ahead of her February 28th collaborative performance at Vox Populi Gallery, about starting with wonder and chasing art across media. Can a conversation where no questions are allowed qualify as studio time? Listen to find out. Matt interviewed Pan at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on February 13th, 2018; the podcast is 21 minutes long.

**Susan Lubowsky Talbott on 40 years of the Fabric Workshop and Museum** Jan 14, 2018
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, founded in 1977 by arts visionary Marion “Kippy” Boulton Stroud, is celebrating its 40th birthday with a major retrospective exhibit. Process and Practice: 40 Years of Experimentation hilights archived ephemera from the institution’s famed artist-in-residence program that has been preserved for decades in “artist boxes.” Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with Susan Lubowsky Talbott, the Museum’s Executive Director, about exhibiting “failures,” engaging the public, and her legacy. What was the most surprising thing she discovered in those artist boxes? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Susan at the Fabric Workshop and Museum on January 9th, 2018; the podcast is 30 minutes long.

Fond farewell to Kelli Morgan, PAFA Curatorial Fellow moving to Midwest Jan 08, 2018

You’ve probably seen Kelli Morgan around town, presenting her research, working with students, moderating conversations with artists, and generally staying busy as PAFA’s first Winston & Carolyn Lowe Curatorial Fellow for Diversity in the Fine Arts. Now she’s heading off on a new adventure as Associate Curator of American Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with the Detroit native on the eve of her departure about her unconventional path to museum work and her fresh vision for curating the American canon. Listen to hear her advice for aspiring young curators and much more. Imani interviewed Kelli at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on January 3rd, 2018; the podcast is 39 minutes long.

**Wit Lopez on breaking the fourth wall** Dec 22, 2017
Wit Lopez is a fiber artist, performer and independent curator whose work encourages audiences to touch, manipulate and even wear it. Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with this former theater kid about accessibility, performing for the camera and confronting their body as a spectacle. Can marginalized artists use humor to subvert their relationship to art institutions? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Wit at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on December 12th, 2017; the podcast is 34 minutes long.

**Carolyn Lazard on what happens in private** Oct 17, 2017
Carolyn Lazard uses the experience of chronic illness to explore themes of intimacy, labor and living in relation to others. With a background in video art, Lazard develops her ideas across a range of media including photo, performance, sculpture and the written word. Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with her about returning to her Southeastern PA roots and how disabled artists are changing the pace of institutions. Is there such a thing as JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out)? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Carolyn at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on October 12th, 2017; the podcast is 41 minutes long.

**The Future of Art Writing** Oct 15, 2017
Artblog recently hosted a lively panel discussion on the Future of Art Writing in conjunction with our 3rd annual New Art Writing Challenge. Our dynamic panelists included artist and Bmore Art contributor, Alexandra Oehmke, performer organizer and writer, Catherine Rush and writer and theater-maker Carlos Roa. The panel was held on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 at the Galleries at Moore and moderated by Matt Kalasky; the podcast is 76 minutes long.

**Lane Speidel on Fantasy, Empathy and Curating Trans Performance** Sep 29, 2017
Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with artist Lane Speidel about their experiences as an early childhood educator and curator of Make A Space For Me, a performance series for trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists, makers, thinkers and audiences. In their own artistic practice, Lane uses performance to re-establishing control over their body in the face of personal trauma and the daily demands of life under capitalism. Across all platforms of their work, safety is a paramount concern— proper grammar, less so. Find out why! Imani interviewed Lane at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on Sept. 21st, 2017; the podcast is 50 minutes long.

**Taji Ra’oof Nahl talks history, music, spirituality and compassion** Sep 22, 2017
Artblog's Imani Roach and Roberta Fallon talked with Taji Ra'oof Nahl about his complex art practice that includes collaboration at its core. Nahl ran his own gallery in Old City from the late 1980s to 2010, where he showed, among others, Terry Adkins' work. Taji was a friend of Adkins, and their practices both involve music, found objects, and researching under-known African American historical figures. In the interview Nahl tells Imani and Roberta about discovering the Colonial-era polymath, Benjamin Banneker, who became the subject of his installation in 'Unlisted,' the big multi-curator, multi-artist show at Icebox Project Space in 2016. We interviewed Taji Nahl at Moore College of Art and Design's TGMR radio station on Sept. 14, 2017, and the podcast is 37 minutes long.

**Carl(os) Roa’s Andean Mountains, incorporating Latin roots with an anime-influenced other self** Aug 20, 2017
Carl(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!

**Brandon Washington on his dad Ron Washington of Ron’s Ribs and on community** Aug 08, 2017
Earlier this year, Karen Chernick wrote about the missing Royal Theater mural, a history mural on South Street commemorating the legacy of the Royal Theater, a once-thriving black theater where Billie Holiday, among many others, gave concerts. The mural, painted by Eric Okdeh depicted jazz greats who played at the Royal, and neighborhood greats, like Ron Washington, of Ron's Ribs, a restaurant landmark at 1627 South St., across from the theater. In this podcast, Roberta and Imani Roach (Artblog Managing Editor) speak with Brandon Washington, son of Ron. Brandon talks about the neighborhood, his father's important role as a community leader and of his own and his brother's hope to revive Ron's Ribs in the future in a Ron's Ribs food truck.

**Apiary Magazine, a beautiful publication alive with Philadelphia voices and art** Jun 29, 2017
In this podcast interview, Matt Kalasky talks with Amanda Buck and Alexa Smith, two of the editors of Apiary Magazine, a beautiful Philadelphia literary publication in print and online, started in 2009 and publishing a wide variety of community voices, in a variety of genres including poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Apiary also includes visual art.

**Ron Klein’s cosmic chaos and order at Abington Art Center** May 26, 2017
Ron Klein is an artist, a sculptor who thinks big, travels the world to research and find materials, and whose works evoke the cosmos and thoughts about the place of humans in a bigger context. Ron's got an installation at Abington Art Center now through June 23. Don't miss it.

**Grimaldi Baez is teacher, community art practitioner, printmaker, drawing machine maker, driven by commitment to social justice and hatred of poverty** Apr 14, 2017
In the gig economy many artists work multiple jobs. Grimaldi Baez works about seven, most of them in the community art realm, where he teaches and leads projects. For the Yabucoa, Puerto Rico-born, US-raised artist committed to idea of social justice, it makes for an exhausting but fulfilling life. Among other things in this wide-ranging interview, Grimaldi tell us how he relaxes.

**Douglas Witmer’s World – “Neighbor: Who,” paintings, music, TSA, family, Green Line Cafes and more** Mar 04, 2017
Enjoy this podcast with Douglas Witmer, in which he talks about his community project, "Neighbor Who," and about his love of art and music, and his family's roots in the Mennonite community in Lancaster County, where he grew up, although not, he says, driving around in a horse-drawn carriage.

**Betty Leacraft talks of fibers, family, ancestors and Philadelphia Assembled** Mar 03, 2017
Betty Leacraft has been making art with fibers since she was young and learned how to sew from her maternal grandmother. Respectful of those early teachings and thirsty for learning about her ancestors, Betty has studied the fibers practices of her African ancestors and traveled to Ghana. She and her work have traveled to South Africa, as part of the Women of Color Quilters Network, to participate in an international exhibition there. Outside of the art school traditions and acting as what she calls a "cultural custodian," the artist teaches workshops in fiber art in her West Philadelphia neighborhood and many other places in Philadelphia and has been recognized five times by the Leeway Foundation. Betty participated in the Mural Arts Program's 2015 Neighborhood Time Exchange program and is part of the PMA's Philadelphia Assembled project that will debut this Spring.

**Rose Luardo on humor, comedy and her first solo exhibition** Mar 02, 2017
Rose Luardo is a performer, singer, comedy sketch artist and artist. You may have seen her with Andrew Jeffrey Wright in the New Dreamz or as a singer with Sweatheart, the alternative rock band. In her first solo exhibition at Practice Gallery (over Feb. 26), she has created a theatrical tableau with several big elements, one of which involves the viewers climbing into a psychedelic-patterned coffin in the middle of the gallery space.

**Julius Ferraro talks Parrot Talk, his new play** Mar 01, 2017
Playwright, performer, theater and dance critic, and co-founder of Curate This, Julius Ferraro is a multi-tasker par excellence. Julius has a new play, "Parrot Talk" that will be performed at DaVinci Art Alliance at the end of March. The show will take place over two weekends, a month apart, where the second staging may (or may not) look and feel very different than the first. The interview with Julius took place Feb. 17 and it's 31-minutes long.

**Philadelphia Assembled – Four years in the making at PMA** Feb 22, 2017
Quietly building steam over the last four years, the community project, Philadelphia Assembled, will burst into the world this April, with actions, workshops, performances and art, in places all across the city, and will manifest itself in a big installation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Perelman Building this fall. Starting with a series of conversations with regular Philadelphians, the Dutch artist, Jeanne van Heeswijk, made connections and reached out to more and more people, in what sounds like a revolutionary movement to empower people and make their lives better.

**Jonathan Lyndon Chase talks painting and queer lives matter** Jan 18, 2017
In Jonathan Lyndon Chase's paintings, faces go from cartoony (masks, he says) to realistic. The subject is the body, the black male body, the black queer body. Jonathan, who got his MFA from PAFA in 2016, is soft-spoken but intense. Easy to talk with and direct in his answers, no BS. Four of his works are in the current Fleisher-Ollman exhibit, up to Jan. 28. Among other things in this conversation, Jonathan talks about his materials. His works are filled with materials-brio.

**Sherman Fleming talks performance and black masculinity with A. M. Weaver** Dec 20, 2016
Sherman Fleming is a performance artist, who began performing in the 1970s after being introduced to "Happenings." In graduate school he created a character, "RODFORCE," that he performed as. He tells A.M. Weaver about the difficulty of finding performance role models since there were few black male performers. His art is public, and about issues of race and masculinity and is intentionally provocative.

**Olanrewaju (Lanré) Tejuoso talks of his sculptural community project** Dec 07, 2016
Lanré, who is Yoruba, works with recycled materials and his art communicates a message about our fragile globe being overwhelmed by waste. His sculptures are labor intensive, and here in Philadelphia he worked with North Philadelphia community members in "sewing circles" to fabricate the individual components (he refers to them as "bricks" to build a skyscraper) that will go into his big new sculpture, which debuts on Friday. The piece is a memorial to loss, which is experienced in a personal way by all.

**Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh exposes and fosters creativity in North Philadelphia** Dec 05, 2016
After a nine-month residency at the SPACES program at the Village of Arts and Humanities, two international artists, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, who is from Ghana, and Olanrewaju (Lanré) Tejuoso, who is from Nigeria, are preparing for their projects' culminating exhibition and Open Mic session, this Friday, Dec. 9, 6PM - 10 PM.

**Talking beautiful wrecks and House Gallery with Michelle Marcuse** Nov 11, 2016
Michelle Marcuse flirted with sculpture-making for a long while, but only when she started channeling her memories of childhood in suburban Capetown, South Africa, did she find her 3D voice. Marcuse, who along with her partner, Henry Bermudez, runs House Gallery also found her materials -- recycled cardboard, glue -- and aesthetic that is primal and playful, combining both pieces of her childhood experience.

**Amanda Silberling talks about art activism and rape culture on campus** Nov 09, 2016
The art activist group We Are Watching was organized by Amanda Silberling and her friends at the University of Pennsylvania, where they are undergraduates. Propelled to action by an email sent by a fraternity to incoming Penn freshmen girls to come to a party and be ready to, basically, put out, Silberling and her colleagues blanketed the campus with flyers outing the fraternity for its crass invitation, with its implied embrace of rape culture.

**Will Owen Talks Travel, Sound Art, Collaboration, and the Chinatown Bus** Oct 20, 2016
Will Owen is an artist working primarily with design, interactive media, sound...and FOOD! He's a Little Berlin member who I met in 2014 for a show he curated at that space. He's a bit of a nomad, living between Philadelphia and New York, where he is an artist in residence at Flux Factory in Queens. So it's kind of no surprise that some of his curating involves transit, especially subways (he did an audio piece for the Copenhagen subway system) and buses (he's curated exhibitions on the Chinatown buses between New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore).

**Elaine Byrne – Classic material with a contemporary context** Oct 12, 2016
Irish artist Elaine Byrne makes work that uses Dante, James Joyce and other heady source material for her works with political and social commentary on contemporary issues. In one case she is calling out an Irish bank scandal, using Dante's Purgatorio and a pilgrimage location in Ireland called St. Patrick's Purgatory; in another she's raising issues about anti-Semitism in the context of Joyce's Cyclops section of Ulysses. The videos are captivating, and give so very much to chew over. Elaine's Irish accent is part of the treat of this 38-minutes long podcast.

**Eileen Neff Talks Poetry, Nature, and Travel** Oct 03, 2016
Artist, Pew Fellow, and 2016 Guggenheim Grantee Eileen Neff makes photographs and prints them large, small, framed or unframed, and, recently, shaped–like her photo of a leaf is shaped like a leaf, which appeared in her 2015 solo show at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, which represents her.

**Jodi Throckmorton on Ghosts, Cassils, and Curating Contemporary at PAFA** Sep 30, 2016
Before arriving at PAFA, Jodi Throckmorton was Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Wichita State University. Prior to that, she lived in the new media mecca of Silicon Valley, where she was Associate Curator at the San Jose Museum of Art for eight years. Now at PAFA, Throckmorton is bringing her considerable energy and wide-ranging interest in contemporary art to integrating edgy contemporary art with PAFA's traditional strong suits of figuration and realism.

**Gee Wesley’s vision – a world of books and more** Sep 22, 2016
Perhaps you stopped by Reading Terminal last Friday and saw the pop up bookstore on Filbert Street? Ulises is the name of the store, and Gee Wesley and collaborators are the founders. The alternative/experimental bookstore project will open a more permanent home in October in a converted garage space at 31 E. Columbia Ave. Phila 19125.

**Clint Takeda + Scott Hewicker Talk about Psychedelia, Music, and Art** Sep 13, 2016
Clint Takeda and Scott Hewicker met 15 years ago when Takeda was head preparator at the ICA and Hewicker was a featured artist in Alex Baker's East Meets West exhibition. This month the two meet again in an exhibition at Grizzly Grizzly.

**José Ortiz-Pagán talks of etching on steel and curating a booth at “Unlisted”** Sep 08, 2016
José Ortiz-Pagán grew up in a small town in Southern Puerto Rico where he was a skater and a fledgling grafitti artist. Fast forward a few and now, he's been in Philadelphia for seven years. The Tyler MFA in printmaking and sculpture talks about being an activist and about the political roots of his current work at the new Latino art commercial gallery, RACSO.

**Lee Tusman on “Room 21” Performance at the Barnes** Sep 07, 2016
Lee Tusman has curated up a storm at many places in Philadelphia (e.g., Little Berlin) and elsewhere. Now, he's got a really great-sounding one-night-only performance–Room 21–he's organized in collaboration with Ars Nova and DJ Jace Clayton and the Prometheus Chamber Orchestra. I talked with Lee about the musical performance, which will take place on Saturday, September 9 at the Barnes Foundation, and asked why it's at the Barnes and is Room 21 one of the Barnes gallery rooms. Take a listen and see! Then rush out and get tickets (here: $10/$8 for Barnes members)

**Julius Ferraro and Amanda Wagner of Curate This talk about their online arts project** Aug 17, 2016
Earlier this year, I was invited to curate a week of content on Curate This, the peppy new online arts publication whose mission -- like Artblog's mission -- is to tell the whole wide world that the Philadelphia art scene has great art and artists. Curate This, started by writers/artists Amanda Wagner and Julius Ferraro, is now almost one year old, and I sat down with them recently to talk about how their publication is coming along and what they're excited about. Curate This is a platform for artists and writers to speak their minds about issues involved in the arts (yes, there is some complaining).

**Splashing Around – Creative Africa and Nari Ward on Artblog Radio** Jul 28, 2016
At the Barnes Foundation, Nari Ward’s direct engagement with issues of race, culture, and class in contemporary America makes for an interesting counterpoint to the African art collected by Dr. Barnes (and by the Penn Museum) in the early 20th century. Finally, the three shows of contemporary photography, textiles, and architecture that fill the first floor of the PMA’s Perelman Building leave us with lots of questions about the “Africa” in “Creative Africa.” Just how fixed is regional or even national identity for both artists and artworks that circulate widely thanks to the global art market? What makes African art African?

**Tiona McClodden talks about choosing Philadelphia, starting a gallery, on Artblog Radio** Jul 20, 2016
2016 Pew Fellow Tiona McClodden makes documentary films and videos and sculptural environments. She's also made music videos and her work is political, exploring gender, race and under-known history. In our talk she tells me about selecting Philadelphia as a place where community she found a community of black working artists. The interview was recorded live at the Galleries at Moore's radio booth on July 7, 2016.

**Pap Souleye Fall’s radical-ritual sewing on Artblog Radio** Jul 17, 2016
Roberta interviews Pap Souleye Fall about his unique body suits, stitched up while he is wearing them. Pap is also a wonderful maker of sculptural installations, and he's a dancer. Give a listen!

**Talking with comic book artist, Jamar Nicholas, on Artblog Radio!** Jul 14, 2016
Jamar Nicholas wears a number of hats, as do many artists. He's a teacher -- he teaches narrative storywriting at Drexel and has taught at Moore College of Art and Design and Arcadia University; he is Fine Arts Curatorial and Administrative Assistant at Arcadia University Art Gallery, and he makes his art -- drawings of narratives that become comic books about superheroes, like the Hip Hop Cop Detective Boogaloo, which ran -- daily -- in the Philadelphia Metro in 2015.

**Daniel de Jesús on Artblog Radio** Jun 17, 2016
When Daniel de Jesús performs he looks just like a painting of the Virgin Mary or a statue of a saint come to life. He wears a blue silk robe and his blue and purple eye make-up runs down his cheeks like tears. His voice resounds in unison with the cello between his knees; a drum machine may keep time or offer up haunting sounds.

**Artblog Radio – Vashti DuBois of The Colored Girls Museum** May 05, 2016
Most rooms in The Colored Girls Museum are dedicated to women of color; their names are framed in the doorways. This is a museum of Herstory told through art, through shout outs to accomplished and heroic women, and through everyday stories about ordinary and extraordinary lives.

**_xST / Shawn Theodore on Artblog Radio** Apr 04, 2016
Jennifer Zarro talks with photographer Shawn Theodore, alias _xST, about his work--including why he shoots in large-format and how people react to his photos.

**Now on Artblog Radio – Second Polyphone Festival of new musical theater at UArts** Mar 27, 2016
Although the festival was put together almost on a whim last year—Settle and her artistic director Cesar Alvarez were seeking a way to use an empty Merriam Theater for two weeks—it became an instant success.

**Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere at the ICA** Mar 04, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania has given over its second-floor galleries to the New York art team Valerie Tevere and Angel Nevarez. One of the galleries is simply a radio on a table. It plays an original radio play the duo wrote: a science fiction story about voice recognition technology.

**Theodore Harris on Artblog Radio** Mar 02, 2016
Harris is not afraid to investigate and offer in his collages and other artworks a new version of our national and cultural history, one which often illustrates a confounding unfairness we have all inherited.

**Jesse Krimes on Artblog Radio** Feb 22, 2016
Krimes seems to humanize art theory by putting it through a process of deep reading, personal reflection, and even letting the words suggest alternative readings. His current body of work, on view at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University, is the result of this approach, his intuitive pathfinding, and chance.

**Charles Frazier’s music to write by** Feb 21, 2016
Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain is a book turned into a film and now, into an opera. WHYY's Peter Crimmins has more.

**Kukuli Velarde on Artblog Radio** Dec 21, 2015
Kukuli Velarde describes Corpus and also discusses her painting practice in this Artblog Radio interview conducted by Jennifer Zarro and recorded in the artist’s home and studio in Philadelphia in December, 2015.

**From the vault: Jess Perlitz’s interactive work** May 08, 2015
Canadian sculpture artist Jess Perlitz recently opened "Chorus," a moving audio work comprised of recordings of incarcerated men and women throughout the U.S. She asked them, “If you could sing one song, and have that song heard, what would it be?” She layers the results into a "choir" triggered by a visitor's arrival into a cell at Eastern State Penitentiary. We interviewed Jess a couple of years ago about the emotions and processes that inform her work, and why it is that you can so often interact with her pieces.

**From the vault: Michelle Post on Artblog Radio** May 07, 2015
Michelle Post’s sculptural Tronies will debut as a permanent installation at Grounds for Sculpture this fall. In our podcast the artist tells us how she received the commission and how she conceived of the 10 large portrait heads that sit on plinths like a chorus of grumpy citizen jurors waiting for something to pass judgment on. Post, a […]

**From the vault: Pentimenti Gallery and Gallery Joe endure** May 01, 2015
Celebrating two independent gallerists On the 20th anniversaries of Gallery Joe and Pentimenti, two wonderful contemporary art venues in Philadelphia that we admire, we talk with the gallery’s owner/directors, Becky Kerlin (of Gallery Joe) and Christine Pfister (of Pentimenti). Both galleries are located in Old City, and both started in the recession of 1992/93. In […]

**From the vault: Two founders of Fjord** Apr 24, 2015
“It’s possible here in Philly” Lindsay Chandler and A.J. Rombach moved to Philadelphia after graduating from art school (Lindsay, from RISD, and A.J. from Boston University). They didn’t know each other before moving here but became friends through their network of artist friends. The two artists helped co-found Fjord space on Frankford Ave. last Spring, […]

**From the vault: Erica Prince on “architectural utopias”** Apr 09, 2015
[Erica Prince is a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art. She spoke with us two years ago about originally planning to be a research-based artist, and about her love for “architectural utopias”–which makes sense given her brand-new, dollhouse-based exhibit at Vox Populi! — the Artblog editors] Erica Prince talks here of her love of […]

**From the vault: Matt Kalasky on Artblog Radio** Apr 03, 2015
Matt Kalasky spoke with us Oct. 17, 2012 about his role as one of the founding editors of the new online arts journal, the The Nicola Midnight St. Claire (now temporarily called “The New, New Masses”–you can hear about that on their website). We also wanted to hear about his art, which takes the form […]

**From the vault: Ingrid Schaffner, next Carnegie International Curator!** Mar 27, 2015
NOTE: This podcast was originally published on Artblog on September 5, 2011 Ingrid Schaffner, ICA’s Senior Curator, has been with the Institute of Contemporary Art for ten years, and in that time she’s created many great exhibitions. Schaffner has a an easy smile, a ready laugh, and an interest in the absurd, from Dali and Dada […]

**From the vault: Frank Bramblett on Artblog Radio** Mar 17, 2015
Frank Bramblett grew up in a small town in rural Alabama where he played in the Alabama mud as a child. He also had an imaginary friend, Graham, who talked to him constantly. Frank’s large abstract paintings spring from his love of materials and from his need to experiment like an alchemist. You can see […]

**From the vault: Amy Sadao on artblog radio** Mar 12, 2015
[We’re excited to be presenting a panel on Activism, Evangelism, and Art on March 23 with Slought, Ken Lum, and Amy Sadao! Get to know Amy’s background here. — the Artblog editors] Amy Sadao, Director of the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) has won many awards for her work as a curator, organizer and leader in […]

**From the vault: Ken Lum on Artblog Radio** Mar 11, 2015
Ken Lum moved to Philadelphia in 2012 to head up the Fine Arts Undergraduate Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Right now, you can see work by Ken at his solo exhibition, The Mini-Mall Series, at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery. AND, coming in March, his work will be featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial! In our podcast, Ken talks […]

**From the vault: Podcast interview with artist Shelley Spector** Mar 10, 2015
Shelley Spector studied dance for many years–her mother was a dance teacher and taught dance classes out of the studio in the basement. So the idea of creating art that looks effortless–the way dancers make dancing look effortless–was built into Spector’s way of working. Spector founded the influential Spector Gallery on 6th and Bainbridge in […]

**Matthew Green on the lure of painting and the Meadowlands – on Artblog Radio** Jul 10, 2014
Matthew Green’s realist oil paintings depict the natural world punctuated by pieces of the built environment that intrude and insist on the human presence in the landscape. Green’s works are pristine and forlorn and raise issues of ecology and the age-old struggle of humankind to subdue the natural world. We met Green in 2003, our first […]

**Roberto Lugo talks about family, humor and what fuels his ceramics – an Artblog Radio podcast** May 28, 2014
Libby and Roberta interviewed activist ceramic artist Roberto Lugo in 2013. The podcast is 17 minutes long and in it the artist explains his life journey from grafitti artist in Kensington to graduate of Penn State's art program. It's a great interview.

**Amy Sadao talks about ICA’s programs and upcoming exhibitions – an artblog radio podcast** May 14, 2014
Amy Sadao, Director of the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) has won many awards for her work as a curator, organizer and leader in the arts. There are not a lot of women directors of art museums, and Sadao says that’s a problem. She herself had strong woman mentors and credits them for her success. We […]

**From the vault — October 2012 — Syd Carpenter on Artblog Radio** May 11, 2014
Syd Carpenter’s ceramic sculptures are in many museum collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy, and the Renwick in Washington, DC. Carpenter’s muscular and biomorphic forms pull together recognizable imagery–chains, fences, flowers, and a series of farms based on small family farms in the South. Considered together, her work is a loose narrative […]

**From the vault — April 2011 — Jennie Thwing on Artblog Radio** Mar 30, 2014
Jennie Thwing‘s whimsical stop-action animations have tickled our visual funnybone for years–at the same time that they’ve made us think about issues like the environment and our culture of waste. The artist and educator (she teaches at Rowan University in New Jersey) is also a member of Nexus, one of Philly’s oldest alternative membership spaces. Thwing, […]

**John Caperton on Canicular and how the show changed the Print Center during its run – An Artblog Radio podcast** Mar 27, 2014
Libby and Roberta talk with Curator John Caperton about the complex and visually-exciting exhibit by Demetrius Oliver at the Print Center.

**Ken Lum talks about monuments, science and art, and what’s wrong with art education and Philadelphia – an Artblog Radio podcast** Feb 13, 2014
Ken Lum moved to Philadelphia in 2012 to head up the Fine Arts Undergraduate Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Right now, you can see work by Ken at his solo exhibition, The Mini-Mall Series, at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery. AND, coming in March, his work will be featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial! In our podcast, Ken talks […]

**Performance artist John Kelly escapes into Caravaggio – an Artblog Radio podcast** Jan 21, 2014
John Kelly got a scholarship to American Ballet Theater when he was 17. After dancing for a while he went to Parsons to study art. Then he hit the East Village Paradise Club and began performing, singing songs, in boy drag or other drag (e.g., dressed as Joni Mitchell), and the rest is history. Kelly, […]

**Perfect in many ways – iMPeRFeCT Gallery and its founders Renny Molenaar and Rocio Cabello on artblog radio** Jan 17, 2014
Art was the family business for Renny Molenaar and Rocio Cabello, owners of IMPeRFeCT Gallery in Germantown. Renny’s family includes many musicians and visual artists, and Rocio’s family includes a graphic design firm she worked for. The two met through Renny’s gallery in the South Bronx in the 1980s, Black and White in Color. The […]

**Kay Healy on Artblog Radio – The comfort of soft domestic environments placed in the world** Dec 15, 2013
Kay Healy is known for her “stuffed” wall works, printed environments that look like scenery for a play or life-size relief sculptures. The environments are domestic, with chairs, tables, a refrigerator, a sink — printed and stuffed. The artist is from New York, and is sensitive to people’s loss of their domestic objects because of her […]

**Lewis Colburn on history and how it morphs through the re-telling – An Artblog Radio podcast** Dec 03, 2013
Lewis Colburn loves history and his sculptures and installations often deal with historical periods and ideas at play in those bygone eras. We would have loved to meet and talk with him in his studio in the Viking Mill building in Kensington, but that building, which houses many artists studios and small businesses, was recently closed […]

**Donald Camp on creating an archive of faces, his spiritual quest, and magic – On Artblog Radio** Oct 22, 2013
Donald Camp is a member of the Baha'i faith, and our interview with him involved talk about spirituality and seeking answers. But in addition, Don told us about magic. He is a trained magician, who learned his first tricks from his magician father.

**Piper Brett on Artblog Radio – When bad-ass art is good** Sep 18, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview artist Piper Brett in this 20-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Antonio Puri on fairness for artists in the marketplace, religion, identity and more – an Artblog Radio podcast** Sep 05, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview Antonio Puri in this 21-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Jess Perlitz’s art – Part anthropological research, part play, on this Artblog Radio podcast** Aug 13, 2013
Jess Perlitz makes work that you can interact with. Sometimes there is a crank that will sound an air raid siren; sometimes there are steps to climb up to the top of a fortress lookout. Occasionally, she wears a costume and you interact with her. She sees her work as coming out of childhood play, […]

**John Gatti on teaching visual literacy at the Barnes Foundation, an Artblog Radio podcast** Jul 23, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview John Gatti in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Mary Smull podcast on Artblog Radio – On truth, hard work and the guilt of the unfinished project** Jul 08, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview Mary Smull in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**What is success? A podcast with Tim Eads on Artblog Radio** Jun 24, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview Tim Eads in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Podcast redux – Daniel Traub, whose film with Glenn Holsten, The Barefoot Artist, was screened at the PMA last night** Jun 20, 2013
—>This podcast was originally published Feb. 14, 2011, following our interview with Daniel Traub at The Print Center where he had a show of his photographs. Daniel’s film, with Glenn Holsten, The Barefoot Artist, a documentary on Daniel’s mother Lily Yeh, debuted at the Philadelphia Museum of Art last night. The auditorium was jammed, every […]

**Jacob Lunderby on three exhibits in his studio and moving to Philly seven years ago – an Artblog Radio podcast** Jun 02, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview artist Jacob Lunderby in this 16-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Beth Heinly on the importance of collecting and community – an Artblog Radio podcast** Mar 28, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview Beth Heinly in this 16-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Fjord members Lindsay Chandler and A. J. Rombach on curating and Citywide – an Artblog Radio podcast** Mar 13, 2013
“It’s possible here in Philly” Lindsay Chandler and A. J. Rombach moved to Philadelphia after graduating from art school (Lindsay, from RISD, and A.J. from Boston University). They didn’t know each other before moving here but became friends through their network of artist friends. The two artists helped co-found Fjord space on Frankford Ave. last […]

**Great and Mighty Things at the Philadelphia Museum of Art – Listen to our 2011 podcast with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz** Mar 01, 2013
We spoke with Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz in 2011. The show of their collection of outsider art, "Great and Might things: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection" opens today at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The collection is a bequeath to the museum. In our podcast they talk about how they started collecting outsider art and why they are giving it to the museum. This podcast originally ran on May 7, 2011.

**Michelle Post on Artblog Radio – a podcast interview** Feb 25, 2013
Michelle Post’s sculptural Tronies will debut as a permanent installation at Grounds for Sculpture this fall. In our podcast the artist tells us how she received the commission and how she conceived of the ten large portrait heads that sit on plinths like a chorus of grumpy citizen jurors waiting for something to pass judgment on. Post, a […]

**Celestine Wilson Hughes talks about becoming an artist – an Artblog Radio podcast** Jan 28, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview Celestine Wilson Hughes in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Brian Wallace on curating at Bryn Mawr College – an Artblog Radio podcast** Jan 15, 2013
Roberta and Libby interview curator Brian Wallace in this 16-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**From the Artblog vault – Rob Matthews’ podcast, his show with Shanna Waddell opens tonight at Tiger Strikes Asteroid** Jan 04, 2013
[Ed note: This podcast originally ran on Artblog July 23, 2012. Rob Matthews is in a two person show with Shanna Waddell opening tonight, Jan 4, 2013, at Tiger Strikes Asteroid.] The art world’s interest in drawings came just at the right moment for Rob Matthews, an artist whose drawings merge humor and faith in […]

**Old City gallerists Becky Kerlin and Christine Pfister on business and art – podcast interview on artblog radio** Dec 18, 2012
Celebrating two independent gallerists On the 20th anniversaries of Gallery Joe and Pentimenti, two wonderful contemporary art venues in Philadelphia that we admire, we talk with the gallery’s owner/directors, Becky Kerlin (of Gallery Joe) and Christine Pfister (of Pentimenti). Both galleries are located in Old City, and both started in the recession of 1992/93. In […]

**From the Artblog vault – Jayson Musson’s podcast interview, his show at Fleisher-Ollman opens this Thursday** Dec 09, 2012
[Ed. note: This podcast ran in 2007 when Jayson Musson had not yet graduated from University of Pennsylvania and moved over to Brooklyn. But he had already begun the Hennessy Youngman series of videos, and he speaks about them in this interview with us. Jayson’s solo show, A True Fiend’s Weight, opens at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery […]

**From the Artblog vault – Podcast interview with Tim Portlock, artist in the upcoming Fleisher Wind Challenge 2 exhibition** Dec 04, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Tim Portlock in this 17-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Shelley Spector on making things look effortless, and on the Philly art scene – a podcast on Artblog Radio** Oct 22, 2012
Shelley Spector studied dance for many years — her mother was a dance teacher and taught dance classes out of the studio in the basement. So the idea of creating art that looks effortless — the way dancers make dancing look effortless — was built into Shelley’s way of working. Spector founded the influential Spector […]

**Syd Carpenter’s gardens and farms of clay – a podcast interview on Artblog Radio** Oct 08, 2012
Libby and Roberta interview artist Syd Carpenter about her art making, her origins as an artist and her gardening, which feeds into her art directly and indirectly.

**Open Air’s Rafael Lozano-Hemmer talks about art we all can share – an Artblog Radio podcast** Sep 26, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Tim Portlock’s digital simulations – a podcast interview on Artblog Radio** Sep 04, 2012
Tim Portlock talks with Libby and Roberta about his high-tech works on paper, made from 3-D imaging software, but which reference 19th Century heroic landscape painting. He tells them he doesn't see his works as photographs, but as paintings. The interview is 17 minutes long.

**Alex Baker on Australia and on being the new director of Fleisher-Ollman Gallery – a podcast on Artblog Radio** Aug 20, 2012
Libby and Roberta interview Alex Baker in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Grant Cox on Artblog Radio – childhood memories and thoughts about failure, a podcast interview** Aug 07, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Grant Cox in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Artblog Radio – Rob Matthews has stories to tell, on today’s podcast** Jul 23, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview artist Rob Matthews in this 18-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Jenny Drumgoole on Husky, Socks, Wing Bowl and those crazy cream cheese recipes for Paula Deene** Jul 02, 2012
Jenny Drumgoole’s subversive videos make us smile. The artist stars in her videos as a larger than life parody of a kind of super woman or super adolescent. She gives her character a task in some contest or other (Wing Bowl, Paula Deene Real Women of Philadelphia online recipe contest) and voila, she’s off and […]

**The times catch up with Mike Macfeat–podcast interview** Jun 18, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Mike Macfeat in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Podcast of Elisabeth Agro at PMA–respect for craft** Jun 04, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview curator Elisabeth Agro in this 17-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Headlong Dance Theater’s Andrew Simonet and David Brick on dancing with art and moving with citizen dancers** May 21, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview founding members of Headlong Dance Theater in this 16-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Matt Giel’s performance photography on Artblog Radio** May 07, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview artist Matt Giel in this 12-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Cindi Ettinger of C.R. Ettinger Studio talks about traditional printing in the digital age, an Artblog Radio podcast interview** Apr 23, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview master printer Cindi Ettinger in this 17-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Daniel Heyman talks about prints, teaching, and working with dental plaster – a podcast interview** Apr 09, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Daniel Heyman in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Frank Bramblett on truth, small town Alabama and his imaginary friend Graham** Mar 26, 2012
Frank Bramblett grew up in a small town in rural Alabama where he played in the Alabama mud as a child. He also had an imaginary friend, Graham, who talked to him constantly. Frank’s large abstract paintings spring from his love of materials and from his need to experiment like an alchemist. You can see […]

**Gary Steuer to the rescue in City Hall** Mar 12, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Gary Steuer in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Maiza Hixson on Artblog Radio – full podcast with singing and great talk** Feb 27, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Maiza Hixson in this 13-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**What’s driving Erin Riley, on Artblog Radio** Feb 13, 2012
In this 2012 podcast Libby and Roberta speak with Erin Riley about her woven narratives based on bad behavior people (proudly?) post on the Internet. The podcast is 13 minutes and 24 seconds long.

**New podcast – Tim Belknap on teaching kids about space as Astronaut Tim** Jan 30, 2012
In early December Tim Belknap set up a small, pretend space station inside Temple Gallery that was an almost-convincing replica of the real thing. He called the set piece Destiny Module, a reference to the US Space Station’s Science Lab. Destiny Module was part of Belknap’s project to beam himself as Astronaut Tim into a […]

**Josh Mosley, the thinking-man’s animation artist–on Artblog Radio** Jan 16, 2012
Roberta and Libby interview Joshua Mosley in this 13-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**New podcast – Matt Kalasky on science fiction movies, absurdity and starting an online arts magazine** Jan 02, 2012
Matt Kalasky spoke with us Oct 17 about his role as one of the founding editors of the new online arts journal, the The Nicola Midnight St. Claire (now temporarily called “The New, New Masses” – you can hear about that on their website). We also wanted to hear about his art, which takes the […]

**Jennifer Levonian’s life stories–hers and ours, on artblog radio** Dec 12, 2011
Jennifer Levonian considers herself a feminist. Her animated videos -- beautiful, handmade, surreal -- portray quotidien material, often featuring women protagonists, who encounter weird experiences in the "normal" 21st Century urban environment. Libby and Roberta talked with Jennifer in 2011. Here is their podcast interview, 16 minutes long.

**Grizzly Grizzly aesthetic – humor surrounded by a lot of seriousness – a podcast interview** Nov 28, 2011
Libby and Roberta talk with Jacque Liu and Mike Ellyson about their collective, Grizzly Grizzly, in the 319 N. 11th St. hub, alive with 5 arts collectives, and lots of experimental art and curating.

**Tim McFarlane, on Artblog Radio** Nov 14, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview painter Tim McFarlane in this 14-minute podcast for ArtBlog Radio.

**Hannah Price on photographing men on the streets in Philadelphia – a new podcast** Oct 31, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Hannah Price about catcalling and her latest photo series in this 10-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Zoe Strauss on what matters, on Artblog Radio** Oct 17, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Zoe Strauss in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Soft-spoken Andrew Jeffrey Wright talks stand-up comedy, family and making it on $500 a month** Oct 03, 2011
Libby and Roberta speak with Andrew Jeffrey Wright, founding member of Space 1026! It's a great talk, 16 and a half minutes long.

**Annette Monnier talks about guilt, community, humor and values** Sep 19, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Annette Monnier in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**New podcast – ICA’s Ingrid Schaffner on curating, making her zine Pink, and working with artists** Sep 05, 2011
Ingrid Schaffner, ICA’s Senior Curator, has been with the Institute for ten years, and in that time she’s created many great exhibitions. Schaffner has a an easy smile, a ready laugh, and an interest in the absurd, from Dali and Dada to more contemporary artists like Richard Artschwager, for whom she worked as an archivist, pre-Philadelphia. […]

**Matt Savitsky hits the road–on artblog radio** Aug 22, 2011
Performance artist Matt Savitsky moves to California for graduate school, leaving behind some sculptures and a lot of memories of good times (and other times).

**New podcast – Jordan Griska talks about sculpture, community and eBay** Aug 08, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Jordan Griska in this 14-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**New podcast-Joe Leroux and Stacey Lee Webber, from Madison to Port Richmond and why they love it here** Jul 25, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Joe Leroux and Stacey Lee Webber in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**The unstoppable Amber Dorko Stopper on Artblog Radio** Jul 11, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Amber Dorko Stopper in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Tyler Kline – from skateboarding to art with viscera, a new podcast** Jun 27, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Tyler Kline in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Amir Lyles finds his own route, on Artblog Radio** Jun 13, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Amir Lyles in this 13-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**New podcast – Susan Myers on art, beauty and thrift shopping** May 30, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Susan Myers in this 11-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Deep thoughts at Extra Extra, on Artblog Radio** May 16, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Derek Frech, Joe Lacina and Daniel Wallace of Extra Extra gallery in this 13-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**New podcast-Claes Gabriel on creating a tribe of totems** May 02, 2011
Claes Gabriel (Claes is pronounced "Clays") makes bright-colored totemic shapes from stretched canvas over wood armatures. The works show the artist's attention to detail in crafting and painting. The artist, who was born in Port au Prince, Haiti in 1977 is not making "black art" but rather painting his feelings, he says. He's the son of a famous Haitian artist, Jacques Gabriel, and yes, he was named after Claes Oldenburg. Claes came to the US in 1989 and studied at Maryland Institute College of Art (BFA 1999) and while right now he's in Philadelphia, his long-range plans involve living in Europe.

Michael Konrad reinvents a broken society, on Artblog Radio Apr 18, 2011

Roberta and Libby interview Artist Michael Konrad in this 10-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Jennie Thwing on Artblog Radio – a new podcast** Apr 04, 2011
This episode of Artblog Radio sponsored by Locks Gallery Jennie Thwing‘s whimsical stop-action animations have tickled our visual funnybone for years — at the same time that they’ve made us think about issues like the environment and our culture of waste. The artist and educator (she teaches at Rowan University in New Jersey) is also […]

**Carl Marin, Moby Dick and the end of hunting on Artblog Radio** Mar 21, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Carl Marin in this 12-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz on collecting – new podcast** Mar 07, 2011
Our series sponsor is Fleisher Art Memorial. Locks Gallery is our episode sponsor. Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz have amassed an extraordinary art collection of work by self-taught artists like James Castle, Martin Ramirez, William Edmondson and many more. The Bonovitzes — Jill is a respected ceramic artist and Sheldon Bonovitz is a lawyer and emeritus […]

**Amze Emmons’ shaky cityscapes–on artblog radio** Feb 21, 2011
Libby and Roberta talk with artist/printmaker/educator, Amze Emmons, about the 50-artist exhibition he organized at Space 1026, called Refugee Reading Room. We find his works, which show depopulated and downtrodden urban spaces drenched in pastel shades suitable for Valentine's Day "I love you" hearts to be more pertinent each day. The 12-minute podcast will fly by with all the amazing, smart things Amze says.

**Daniel Traub on the interstices – an Artblog Radio interview** Feb 14, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview photographer Daniel Traub in this 14-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Are you missing Artblog Radio?** Feb 11, 2011
We realize some of you don’t read the blog on Mondays. If that’s the case here’s what you’ve been missing–really great podcast interviews of 10 to 15 minutes with some of Philadelphia’s exciting art people. They have talked to us about public art and they’ve talked to us about race in art. They’ve discussed print […]

**The real Jayson Scott Musson speaks on Artblog Radio** Feb 07, 2011
Jayson Musson talks with Libby and Roberta about his viral videos on YouTube, featuring his snarky Hip Hop alter-ego, Hennessy Youngman; about his rap band, Plastic Little, and about making art about race and power in an art world dominated mostly by white men. The interview is 13:43 minutes long.

**Leah Bailis on film and longing, an Artblog Radio interview** Jan 24, 2011
Roberta and Libby interview Leah Bailis in this 12-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

Angel O – is there life after art school? Jan 10, 2011

Roberta and Libby interview Angel O about life after art school in this 10-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Landscape in life and Second Life – Kristen Taylor on Artblog Radio** Dec 20, 2010
Kristen Neville Taylor talks about her glass art, which references digital technology. She also curated a show "Landscape Techne" which presents technology-influenced or tech-immersed landscapes. Taylor is a co-founder of Little Berlin, and she talks about creating that community and why she felt the need for it.

**Young artists rediscover prints–John Caperton on Artblog Radio** Dec 06, 2010
Roberta and Libby interview John Caperton in this 10-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Machete and Possible Press – zine publishers talk about why and how** Nov 22, 2010
Roberta and Libby interview Rachel and Trevor Reese of Possible Press as well as David Dempewolf and Yuka Yokayama of Machete in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Man Bartlett talks about 24 hours in Best Buy, obsessive drawings and Twitter** Nov 08, 2010
Roberta and Libby interview Man Bartlett in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

Artblog Radio gets a grant from J-Lab! Oct 26, 2010

Hello Artblog campers! We are thrilled to announce we just received a grant from J-Lab for our podcast series, Artblog Radio! We will be partnering with WHYY NewsWorks — the soon-to-launch community website of WHYY — to continue our series of talks with artists, curators, administrators and others in the art world. Here’s the link […]

**Leslie Rogers on performance art – now on Artblog Radio** Oct 25, 2010
Libby and Roberta speak with performance artist and puppeteer Leslie Rogers in this 12-minute podcast interview.

**Dennis Scholl on the Knight Arts Challenge for Philadelphia – now on Artblog Radio** Oct 18, 2010
Roberta and Libby interview Dennis Scholl in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Diedra Krieger on artblog radio–Plastic Fantastic and the other Diedra** Oct 11, 2010
Diedra Krieger is an artist whose work merges public art and science, especially when it comes to sustainability and the environment. This 9-minute audio podcast was recorded in Chinatown at Vietnam Palace restaurant.

**Dufala brothers on artblog radio – collaboration, rivalry and making things** Sep 27, 2010
In September, 2010, Libby and Roberta visited Steven and Billy Dufala in Steven's studio in the 319 N. 11th St. building. In a wide ranging (and quite humorous) talk, the brothers talk about their separate and joined art-making; about growing up "free range" with lots of imaginative play in their South New Jersey home. They talk about competition and collaboration and their history of making music. The interview is 14:19 minutes in length.

**Bob Cozzolino and Sid Sachs discuss public art on Artblog Radio** Sep 13, 2010
Roberta and Libby interview curators Bob Cozzolino of PAFA and Sid Sachs of Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery of the University of the Arts about Philadelphia's murals in this 15-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Sande Webster on Artblog Radio** Aug 30, 2010
Libby and Roberta interview gallery owner and artists' advocate, Sande Webster, whose eponymous gallery is home to many of the city's top African American artists.

**Jong Kyu Kim on Artblog Radio** Aug 16, 2010
Roberta and Libby interview Dave Kyu in this 11-minute podcast for Artblog Radio.

**Artblog Radio – Powhida and Dalton** Aug 02, 2010
William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton were in town to jury the Vox Populi annual in July, 2018. They sat down with Libby and Roberta to discuss jurying the show (the first time either of them had undertaken a jurying gig) and what they were looking for (the unusual, the otherworldly, things they hadn't seen before.) The episode was recorded in July, 2018 at Vietnam Restaurant. It runs 13:33 minutes long.

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