Roberta Fallon & Libby Rosof
Website: http://THEartblog.org
Roberta: robertafallon@gmail.com Libby: libbyrosof@gmail.com
Statement of
collaboration: We are founders, publishers and editors of the
influential online publication, roberta fallon and libby rosofÕs artblog,
http://THEartblog.org.
artblog was named one of the top art blogs by Art in America (2005) and
featured by AiA (2007) in a roundtable discussion among five top art
blogs. We are also included in WikipediaÕs entry on art blogs.
artblog began in April, 2003 and now gets about 50,000 pageviews a month
from all over the world. artblog grew out of our 20-year collaboration
as artists and gallery-goers. It also grew out of our experience as
writers.
Accolades & grants
The SCG Writing Award for
both Roberta and Libby, Southern Graphics
Conference National Meeting, March 25, 2010
Knight
Foundation grant, for new technologies including podcasts and automating the artblog maps and listings, March 2010
Honorary Doctorates of
Fine Arts for both Roberta and Libby, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia,
May 2008
Honored Guests and
Speakers, South Philly Biennial, May 31, 2008
2003-04 SOS grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in the category of Other Genres to publish ÒOK
ArtistsÓ artistÕs book.
2003-2005 SOS grant
eligibility list from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council in the category of
Art Criticism
Curating
Bambi Biennial, jurors for
an open call emerging artist show, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, July, 2010,
Feb, 2008
ÒGimme Shelter,Ó jurors, along with Laurie Olin, Jeanne Jaffe, and
others, for international art exhibit, Schuylkill
Center for Environmental Education,
May 9, 2009-fall, 2010
ÒBlogpixÓ group show
co-curated by art bloggers--Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, Joanne Mattera and
Hrag Vartanian. Platform Project Space, Chelsea. March 5-28, 2009
ÒIDÓ group show of
emerging artists, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, June-July 2008
ÒDigÓ group show of Philadelphia artists, H&F Fine Arts,
Mt. Rainier, MD, Oct. 2007
Libby and RobertaÕs
Favorite Murals, The Arts Garage, Philadelphia, Oct. 2007
Online exhibition, Libby
and RobertaÕs favorite drawings of Timothy Buckwalter. http://timothybuckwalter.typepad.com
Internet projects
ÒLook! ItÕs Libby and RobertaÓ internet video project on artblog with David Kessler. Begun 2006. Witty and profound art chatter as we visit galleries and museums to discuss whatÕs there.
"So True," online
solo show of Roberta and LibbyÕs paintings on artblog, 2006
ÒVisiting
ArtistÕs Project,Ó 2005-2006, self-produced artistÕs book, online at http://THEartblog.org and http://visitingartistsproject.blogspot.com
ÒOK Artists,Ó a
groundbreaking email artistÕs book of paintings and short short tales
distributed in 12 weekly installments, 2003, edition of 250.
roberta fallon and libby
rosofÕs artblog, 2003-present, blog about art including news,
reviews and commentary featuring Philadelphia, New York and anywhere we happen
to be.
Public art actions
ÒDorothy Speaks,Ó February-March, 2005, a project of the
self-created Zero .1% for Art Commission: distribution of thousands of
art cards based on the artistsÕ paintings and words, 12 cards, edition of
750 each, Center City, Philadelphia.
ÒThe OK Art Project,Ó
Philadelphia, February 2002. Street giveaway of artistÕs books, documented in
Wendy WeinbergÕs film, ÒThe Art of Activism,Ó aired on WYBE-TVÕs Philadelphia
Stories, 2002 to present.
ÒPittsburgh Art Opening,Ó
May, 2001, a project of the Zero .1% for Art Commission: giveaway
of three editions of interactive paper sculptures (500 total), documented in
the video Ò500 Pieces of ArtÓ exhibited in ÒSculpture NowÓ at the Pittsburgh
Center for the Arts. Project completed with support from 21 private
sponsors and Philadelphia Sculptors and with in-kind support from Pittsburgh
Filmmakers.
ÒArt Opening,Ó Spring,
1999, a project of the Zero .1% for Art Commission: Giveaway of three
editions of interactive paper sculptures (more than 300 total), Center City,
Philadelphia. ArtistÕs book produced: Art Opening Report (1999)
Philadelphia Fringe
Festival, 1998, 1999. Participated in two street performances with
sculptures we created. ÒRoll Out the BarrelsÓ and ÒShopping Cart Art,Ó Projects
of Philadelphia Sculptors.
"Obliterate Bad Art
Project," Fall 1998, a project of the Zero .1% for Art Commission:
Giveaway of 300 hand-crafted blinders to block the view of bad art,
Philadelphia Fringe Festival. ArtistÕs book produced: Bad Art
Obliteration Tool Report (1999)
ÒClothespin/Big Thoughts
Project," April 1, 1998, Centre Square plaza, Philadelphia, a project of
the Zero .1% for Art Commission: Giveaway of 1,600 altered spring-action
hardwood clothespins in the shadow of Claes Oldenburg's
"Clothespin" ArtistÕs book produced: The Clothespin/Big
Thoughts Report (1998)
"Under the
Tablecloth" One-day installation, Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard, May
1992
Solo shows
Gallery Under the Stairs at PIFAS,
Philadelphia, Zero .1% for Art Commission Reading Room and Fire Sale, April, 2008
Society Hill Synagogue, Philadelphia,
November 2003-December 2003, ÒOK ArtistsÓ paintings and book.
Atrium, Alliance Memorial
Hospital of Burlington County, Mt. Holly, NJ, March 1998-September 1998, short
''Still Life Stories'' and "Some Fun"
Burlington County College,
Pemberton, NJ, Nov. 1997-March 1998, "Still Life Stories"
University City Arts League,
Philadelphia, July/August 1997, "Not Quite at Home" installation
Work in Pierogi 2000 Gallery flat files,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Work in private collections
Selected shows
ÒObamarama,Ó ÒObama
OK,Ó book giveaway in conjunction with the show. 100 digitally-printed, hand-folded books. Project of Zero .1%
for Art Commission. Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Feb.
2009.
ÒPaper Jam,Ó My House Gallery,
Philadelphia, Sept. 2008
ÒSuperior Floor System,Ó Exclamation
Gallery, Philadelphia, June 2008
ÒThe Blogger Show,Ó
organized by John Morris. Agni Gallery, New York and Digging Pitt Gallery,
Pittsburgh, Nov. 2007
ÒRed Dot 5 and 4,Ó Spector
Gallery, Philadelphia, Dec. 2004, 2003
Invitational small works
show, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA, May 2002
ÒShow up and Show Show,Ó
Temple Gallery, organized by Kevin Melchionne, Philadelphia, June, 2002
ÒDestination
Philadelphia,Ó a Philadelphia Sculptors show, juror Susan Davis, Pennsylvania
Convention Center, Philadelphia, June 2000 - Feb 2001, ÒFountainÓ
ÒCurated:
Deterritorializing the TerritorializedÓ invitational, Base Kamp, June, 2000,
ÒMilord LaChamarre Meets Frank Rizzo,Ó Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Art
Works/Water Works invitational, April-May 2000, Liberty Place,
Philadelphia, ÒFountainÓ
Paley Gallery Artists Book
invitational, April-May, 2000, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, ÒThe
Robert R**an CatalogÓ
Temple University Gallery,
Nov. 4, 1999 - Jan. 15, 2000, ÒPlace of Memory: An Archaeology of
Site-Specificity 1969-1999Ó invitational, curators Kevin Melchionne & Kara
Barnes, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Sculptors @
the Federal Reserve Bank, ÒThe Clothespin/Big Thoughts Project,Ó
Philadelphia, June, 1999
Cumberland County College,
Vineland, N.J., March, 1999, WomenÕs History Month invitational show. ÒPinata:
LibbyÓ and ÒPinata: RobertaÓ and ÒSome FunÓ
Borofsky Gallery, Gershman
Y, South Broad St., Philadelphia, Jan. 5 - March 8, 1999, ÒAnnual ReportÓ
performance and installation by the Zero .1% for Art Commission
Grounds for Sculpture,
Summer 1998 Exhibition, Hamilton, NJ, "Throw Rug"
Philadelphia Art Alliance,
Sept. 6-Oct. 19, 1997, "Still Life Stories" room installation.
Show called ÒDomestic Diversions.Ó
Philadelphia Sculptors Innaugural
Show, juror Marsha Moss, Philadelphia, Summer 1997, ÒDollyÓ and ÒColumnÓ
Maria Feliz Gallery, Jim
Thorpe, Pa., curator Liz Magno, May 1997-Winter 1998, "Tidy"
University of the Arts
Window on Broad Street, Leah Douglas, curator, May 1996, "Floating Still
Life" installation
Philadelphia Art Alliance,
2-Up, jurors Barbara Bratone & Michelle Stuart, Jan.18-March 10, 1996,
"My House" and "Time Cabinets"
Three Rivers Arts Festival,
curated by Richard Flood, "Throw RugÓ installation, Pittsburgh, 1995
Walt Whitman Center,
Camden, N.J., Dreamscapes for the New Millenium Invitational, curator Fran
Gallun, April 1995, "Time Cabinets"
Burlington County (NJ)
College Sculpture Garden Exhibition, juror Marsha Moss, May 1994-April
1996, "Tidy" & "Sandbox"
Beaver College Gallery,
Glenside, Pa., Works on Paper Show, juror Elisabeth Sussman, April 1994,
"The Robert R**an Catalog" artists' book
University of Maryland,
Baltimore, Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, Her Hands Show, March-April 1994,
"Dyed"
Rutgers University,
Camden, NJ, Stedman Art Gallery, Out of Bounds Show, curator Debbie Allen,
January-February 1994, "Sandbox"
Rhoneymeade Arboretum and
Sculpture Garden, Second Annual Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Centre Hall,
Pa., July 1993-July 1994, "Rug"
Pavilion Gallery,
Burlington County Community Hospital, Mt. Holly, NJ, With Women in Mind --
Humorous Hearts show, March-April 1993, "Web,"
"Maypole," "Rug," "Some Fun"
Ursinus College,
Collegeville, PA, Berman Museum of Art, 95th PAFA Annual Exhibition, jurors
Komar and Melamid, November 1992-January 1993, "Sandbox"
Art at the Armory II,
ÒSandbox,Ó Philadelphia, May 6-10, 1992
South Street Day of the
Dead Window, ÒAltar,Ó awarded first prize for ÒBest Concept,Ó Philadelphia,
November 1991.
Commissions
Mayfair, Cedar Crest Park,
Allentown, PA, juror Marian Griffiths, May-June 1995, "Throw Pillows"
Window Installation,
Philadelphia, sponsored by Artfront Partnership, Marsha Moss & Helen Shonbrun,
co-directors, June 1994-June 1995, "Take-Out"
Work donated
to charity events: Little Berlin fundraiser Art Dash, Dec. 2009; Masters of Ceremony
for Philagrafika Summer Solstice Fundraiser 2008; Print Center Auction (2006,
2005); Space 1026 (2008, 2007); Dear Fleisher (2008, 2006, 2004); Inliquid
auction (2008, 2007, 2006, 2004); Cascarones Por La Vida Art Fund of
Philadelphia Foundation (2008, 2006, 2004); Vox/Inliquid (2003); Naral
(2002); Manna auction (2007, 2005, 2002); Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for
the Arts juried show (2000); Honorary members, Print Center
Auction Committee, 2005
Collaborative art-related writing
ÒNutterÕs
Stroke of Genius was Gary Steuer,Ó WHYY
ItÕs Our City Blog, invited essay, Jan. 6, 2010
ÒThe Birth of the Collective Organism,Ó New
Asshole, issue1.2, Summer, 2009
Essays for curated shows
Dig (Oct. 2007), Libby and RobertaÕs Favorite Murals (Oct. 2007) and Libby and
RobertaÕs Favorite Drawings of Timothy Buckwalter (2006)
Art jaw, first edition. www.artjaw.com May 31, 2006
roberta fallon and libby
rosofÕs artblog ongoing since April, 2003
ÒNo Small Potatoes: Komar
and MelamidÕs elephant art raises some big questionsÓ feature by Roberta Fallon
and Libby Rosof, Philadelphia Weekly, May 24, 2000
Teaching
Senior painting studio,
Tyler School of Art, Fall, 2006. co-teaching with painting Professor Frank
Bramblett
Guest critics and
speakers, senior sculpture final critiques, University of the Arts, May 2008
Lectures, readings and
panels by invitation
Little Berlin Gallery,
moderators, community meeting related to juried art shows in conjunction with
Works on Paper Rejects show, Feb. 27, 2010
Tyler School of Art, Shelley
Spector's Senior Professional Practices Class, Feb. 19, 2010
Institute of Contemporary
Art, invited readers of Maira Kalman's "Next Stop Grand Central,Ó part of
Exhaltations! Jan. 30, 2010
University of Delaware @
Crane Arts, Lance Winn's Senior Professional Practices Class, Nov. 17, 2009
St. JosephÕs University, Emily
HageÕs contemporary art class, April, 2009
Blogpix curatorsÕ panel
discussion in conjunction with Blogpix exhibit, Platform Project Space,
Chelsea, Mar. 7, 2009
Philadelphia Museum of
Art, Art of our Time program for teachers, Philadelphia, July 2008
University of the Arts,
Jeanne JaffeÕs senior practices class, April 2008
Barnes Foundation, John GattiÕs
Art Now class, April 2008
University of the Arts,
Mary MurphyÕs Senior Practices seminar, Nov. 2007
University of
the Arts, Jennie ShankerÕs Summer MFA Program group, July 2007
Tyler School of Art, Sheryl
ConkeltonÕs MFA students, Jan. 2007
215 Festival, organizers
and leaders of panel on the effect of critical writing on artists, featuring
Zoe Strauss, Shelley Spector, Ben Woodward, Mark Shetabi. Oct. 2006
University of the Arts,
Carole MooreÕs Summer MFA Program group, July 2006
Global Creative Economy
Convergence Summit, panel on Technological Models for Outreach and Creativity
in the Local Community, Philadelphia, June, 2006
Art Critics International
Association (AICA) National Meeting, panel on the future of art criticism, Dahesh
Museum, New York, May, 2006
ArtistsÕ Informational
meeting, Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 21, 2006
Tyler School of Art,
Temple University, Pepon OsorioÕs Art and Education seminar, October 2005
University of the Arts, Shelley
SpectorÕs Senior Practices seminar, September 2005
University of the Arts,
Carole MooreÕs Summer MFA Program group, July 2005
University of
Pennsylvania, Critical Writing Program, Colette CopelandÕs art criticism
writing class, October 2004 & September 2005
Philadelphia
Sculptors/Tri-State Sculptors Conference, ÒThe Other Public Art,Ó organizers
and leaders of panel with Astrid Bowlby and Ben Woodward, 2002 Philadelphia,
Pa.
Pittsburgh Center for the
Arts, in conjunction with ÒSculpture NowÓ exhibit and the International
Sculpture Center Conference, June 8, 2001
University of the Arts,
Jeanne JaffeÕs senior seminar, October 2000
Cumberland County College,
March 1999
Burlington County College
in conjunction with our solo show, February 1998
Lower Merion High School
art classes, 1996
Central High School,
Women's Month, March 1996
Cynwyd School, 1997
Catalogs
ÒSculpture Now,Ó 2001
Gallun, Fran, Dreamscapes
for the New Millenium, 1995
Allen, Deborah and
Virginia Oberlin Steel, Out of Bounds, Stedman Art Gallery, 1994.
Rhoneymeade Arboretum
& Sculpture Garden, 1993.
Klotzbach, Kay, et al.,
Women as Heroines of Humor, Pavilion Gallery, 1993
Art in the Armory II,
Philadelphia, 1992
Reviews & mentions
ÒWhat up, girlfriends! Artblog Gets Knight
Foundation GrantÓ PW Style Blog, article by Erica Palan, March 17, 2010
"Blahg Humbug,"
by Robin Rice. Philadelphia City
Paper, Jan 21-28, 2010
"Obama-rama,"
review of show at Projects Gallery by Robin Rice, Artnews, April
2009
ÒWho You?Ó review of ID,
by Edith Newhall, Philadelphia Inquirer, June
20, 2008
ÒOne city art movement
open to everyone!Ó by Nathaniel Popkin, Philly Skyline,
March 7, 2008.
ÒArtistic NirvanaÓ
by Melissa Dribben, Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 17, 2008
ÒThe art of the WebÓ by
Eric Sullivan, Philadelphia Metro, Jan.
17, 2008
ÒReport from the
Blogosphere: The New Grass Roots,Ó Art in America, one of five blogs
featured. Rountable organized by Peter Plagens, Nov. 2007
Interview with Roberta and
Libby, by Ben Woodward, Nov. 9, 2007. Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
ÒEarly Bloggers Later in
Life: Libby and RobertaÕs artblog,Ó by Annette Monnier, Vulture Droppings, June
27, 2007.
ÒBest of Philadelphia,Ó category – artblogs, Philadelphia
Magazine, August, 2006
McCrone, Brian X.,
Blogarithms, ÒArt as seen through their eyes,Ó Philadelphia Metro,
June 1, 2006
Young Philadelphia artists
story by Jessica Pressler, online sidebar, Philadelphia Magazine, May, 2006
Letozo, Eils, ÒCome
and Get It: Pair Hand Out Free Art,Ó Philadelphia Inquirer, March
10, 2005
Art in America names artblog one
of the top art blogs in America, January 2005.
Numerous and ongoing kudos
for artblog online, including: Modern Art Notes, Terry TeachoutÕs
About Last Night, Ion Arts, Artblog.net, Art Addict, etc.
Brown, Gerard, ÒPushing
Forward Back,Ó Philadelphia Weekly , Sept. 17, 2003.
ÒThe Short List: Philly Artblog,Ó
Philadelphia Weekly, June 25, 2003.
Haegele, Katie, ÒBetween
the Covers,Ó review of ÒOK ArtistsÓ email book, lead item, Philadelphia Weekly,
Feb. 19, 2003
Sodergren, Rebecca,
ÒSculpture giveaway,Ó Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 1, 2001.
ÒLinking Art and the
Public,Ó stand-alone photo and caption, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2,
2001.
Speers, W., ÒNewsmakers,Ó Philadelphia
Inquirer, June 2, 1999.
Rice, Robin, ÒMatters of
Size,Ó Philadelphia City Paper, Feb. 26-March 4, 1999.
Kaufman, Leslie,
ÒPhiladelphia Visual Fringe,Ó Sculpture, Jan.-Feb., 1999.
Sozanski, Ed, Weekend
Section, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 19, 1997.
Brown, Gerard, "Art
Furnishings... " Philadelphia Weekly, Aug. 13, 1997.
Rice, Robin, "Art:
Dreamscapes...," Philadelphia City Paper, April 28, 1995.
Boasberg, Leonard W.,
"Windows on the Art World -- in Empty Storefronts," Philadelphia
Inquirer, July 24, 1994.
Fried, Daisy,
"Windows of Opportunity," Philadelphia City Paper, July 22-29,
1994.
Caparella, Kitty,
"Turning Vacant Downtown Stores into Works of Art," Philadelphia
Daily News, July 8, 1994.
Wasserman, Burton,
"Exhibitions in Sight: Back to Nature: Burlington Sculpture Garden a Joy
to Behold," Art Matters, July-August 1994. (review)
Giuliano, Mike,
"Gallery: No Way Out," (Baltimore) City Paper, March 16, 1994.
(review, photo included)
"Woman's Work," Baltimore
Sun, March 5, 1994, photo.
Partnerships
artblog partners
with InLiquid.com and Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
Personal data: Roberta Fallon
email – robertafallon@gmail.com
Academic background
Tyler School of Art, 1989-91
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1986-1988
BA in English Literature, 1974, University of
Wisconsin
Freelance writing
Philadelphia Weekly, art
critic writing a weekly column of reviews and features, 1999-present
Artnet.com,
Philadelphia correspondent, art reviews 2000-2005, 2007, 2008
Art and Auction magazine,
Movers and Shakers, April, 2008
Art and Auction
magazine, Philadelphia profile, July 2007
Art and Antiques magazine, ÒPhiladelphia
Urban Abstraction,Ó forthcoming
Art Review magazine, ÒPhiladelphia Art
Pilgrimage,Ó Sept. 2006
Art on Paper
magazine, art reviews, 2000, 2005, 2006
Philadelphia Style, feature
stories about design, 2004-2005
American Educator, article
on McKinley School outdoor classrooms designed by artist Jennie Shanker, Spring
2004.
Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday
Magazine Section, feature on the West Collection at SEI investments, 2002
Azure
magazine, review of Karim Rashid design of Morimoto restaurant, 2001
Citysearch.com, art reviews and features,1999-2000
art reviews for "PostScript
...," the publication of Philadelphia Sculptors, 1996-2000
Solo teaching
St. JosephÕs University,
Senior Projects Class, Fall, 2008, Fall, 2009
Solo curating
"New,"
Juror, 2010 members show. Delaware
Center for the Contemporary Arts, April 9-july 25, 2010
ÒCome Together,Ó art in
the Philadelphia collectives. guest curator. York College, York, PA, Sept. 2009
Juror, Philadelphia Museum
of Art, Education Department, student exhibit, 2004
Solo lectures, panels and
multi-media presentations
Gretchen
Hupfel Distinguished Lecture, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, April
15, 2010
The Hybrid Book
Conference, University of the Arts, June 4-6, 2009. Critical respondent
ÒHow to
connect with your local art communityÓ panel discussion with Alex Baker and Amy
Adams, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Oct. 23, 2007
Organized and moderated
panel discussion for Order(ed) exhibition, Siano Gallery, Philadelphia, May 6,
2006
ÒArt and art criticism
today,Ó Janine MileafÕs Art History seminar, Swarthmore College, March 21, 2006
ÒVideo and photography
today,Ó Colette CopelandÕs Media Theory class, University of the Arts, 2005
"Making art" Cranbrook
Academy, Department of Print Media, 2004
"The artist as art
reviewer," University of Delaware, senior practices class, 2002
Visiting critic
Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Department of Print Media, Visiting critic, 2004
Society for Photographic
Educators Mid-Atlantic Conference, Portfolio reviewer, 2004, 2005, 2006
St. JosephÕs University,
fine art senior projects class, Visiting critic, 2007, 2003
Commissioned essays
Book essay, Justin Snow, fall, 2009
Catalog essay,
ÒA Kiss for the Philadelphia Artist,Ó for exhibition ÒA Kiss for the MezzuzahÓ
at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, forthcoming, Dec. 2007
Brochure
essay, Tim McFarlane, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, Sept. 2007
Catalog essay,
Ann Northrup, Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, June, 2007
Book essay for
ÒBig Kids, Little Kids,Ó by John Freeborn. Jan. 2007
Brochure essay, Syd Carpenter, Jan,
2007
Catalog essay, Moe Brooker,
June Kelly Gallery, New York, June 28, 2006
Monograph essay, ÒThe Cranbrook
Monographs: Randy Bolton,Ó 2006
Catalog essay for exhibit Order(ed),
Philadelphia, Gallery Siano, May 2006
Book essay for ÒScott
Bateman's Sketchbook Of Secrets & Shame,Ó August 2006, Word Riot Press
Catalog essay, Paul Santoleri,
Painted Bride, Philadelphia, November 2005
Catalog essay, Trudy
Kraft, for an exhibit in San Antonio, Texas, 2003
Catalog essay, Benjamin
Long, for an exhibit at Rodger LaPelle, 2002
Professional
Founding member,
Philadelphia Sculptors, a regional association.
Personal data: Libby Rosof
email - libbyrosof@gmail.com
Academic background
Old Rittenhouse Town Papermaking Studio, 1993
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, metal
sculpture with Steve Nocella, 1991
Fleisher Art Memorial, 1987-1994
MA, University of Pennsylvania, 1968, English
Literature
BA, Skidmore College, 1966, English Literature
Writing & editing
ÒDirt on DelightÓ review for Ceramics
Monthly, March, 2009
ÒAnn Irwin,Ó Book essay on artist Ann
Irwin, 2008
Conversation with James
Johnson, invited reprint from artblog, Moore College alumni publication,
forthcoming, 2006
Founding editor,
Pennsylvania Current, Office of University Relations, University of Pennsylvania,
1996-2002
Catalog essay, Qbix Gallery, 2006
Close-Up: Heroic portraits
from visiting artist Chuck Close, The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 2005
The ICA at 40: Still Blazing Trails, The
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 2004
Visionary Art (on Huichol
art exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania Museum), The Pennsylvania
Gazette, Jan. 2004
Other freelance writing, The
Philadelphia Inquirer, Ms. Magazine, The Boston Globe, the Detroit
News, on subjects ranging from art to the history of rye bread,
1973-present.
Editor, PostScript...,
the newsletter of Philadelphia Sculptors, 1996-1998.
Syndicated columnist on
education issues, appearing in Philadelphia area weeklies and groundbreaking editor
who transformed a sleepy little newsletter into must-reading for members of the
Philadelphia Board of Education--for Citizens Committee for Public Education in
Philadelphia under a William Penn Foundation grant to bring education issues
into the public eye, 1975-76.
Juror
Awards
juror, 47th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of
Art. June 2010
Reviewed portfolios for
Society for Photographic Educators Mid-Atlantic Conference, 2004, 2005, 2006
Green Line CafŽ annual
line-up of artists, 2004-5
Web & graphic design
Volunteer graphic design
for neighborhood organizations, including Friends of Clark Park and East of West
Townwatch.
Web and graphic design for
artblog, fallonandrosof.com and for Roberta Fallon and Libby
Rosof
Professional
Founding member,
Philadelphia Sculptors, a regional
association.