Katartsis-an art blog.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Catch me at...

I'm going to start dumping events here, because I'm tired of emailing them to everyone. Follow links for more information and registration. THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED AS OTHER EVENTS ARE MADE PUBLIC. Look for a November post around October 20th. Hope to see you out and about!

Upcoming Events

When: Saturday, October 11, 11 am
What: William Glackens and the Illustration of Modern Life
Where: The Barnes Foundation
Cost: Members only, free

When: Monday, October 13, 7 pm
What: Public Lecture: Land Buoy: A Marker of Three Journeys with Jodi Pinto
Where: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 16, 6:30 pm
What: ‘Staches and Spirits Party
Where: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Cost: $25

When: Friday, October 17, 7 pm
What: Drink Beer, Save Cats
Where: Yards Brewery
Cost: $45

When: Monday, October 20, 5:30 pm
What: Cultural Alliance 2014 Annual Member Meeting
Where: The Franklin Institute
Cost: Free for members, $25 non-member

When: Thursday, October 23, 5 pm
What: Women Bike PHL October Happy Hour
Where: Frankford Hall
Cost: Free

When: Friday, October 24, 6 pm
What: Young Professionals
Where: The Barnes Foundation
Cost: $15 members, $30 non-members

When: Saturday, October 25, 7 pm
What: Philly Bike Party 2^nd Annual Halloween Ride
Where: Philadelphia Art Museum Steps
Cost: Free

When: Sunday, October 26, 9 am
What: 23^rd Annual Lupus Loop
Where: Memorial Hall
Cost: $20 registration

When: Sunday, October 26, 10 am

What: Women Bike PHL at the Pump Track

Where: Fairmount Park
Cost: Free

When: Sunday, October 26, 1 pm
What: Bike Ride to Conshohocken Brewery
Where: Start at PMA steps, ride to brewery via the Schuylkill River Trail

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, October 28, 6 pm
What: Arts, Culture, & Tourism Listneing Tour & Community Meeting iwth Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
Where: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 30, 5:30 pm
What: Trail Update – Building and Planning the Network in Philadelphia
Where: Academy of Natural Sciences
Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 30, 5:30 pm
What: Art As Activism: Can Art Affect Social Change?
Where: Art Sanctuary
Cost: Free

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

AskAKatartsis

Today was #AskACuratorDay. This is a blog about everything I learned, because I need somewhere to put it all, and twitter is confusing. And this blog morphs and changes as I feel like it, so...we're doing something a little bit different here. And it's my blog, so I can do whatever I want.

My first question was inevitably to the Isabella Stewart Gardner, my favorite museum in the US. If you haven't seen it, for the love of god, go to Boston and check it out.

Then I tweeted the NYTimes referencing Holland Cotter's amazing Memory Museum Article. They didn't respond. ;( Still go read that article, it's great.

MoMA deemed it better not to answer me. Maybe they're still ashamed of their American Folk Art Museum debacle, though I swear I wasn't referencing it.

Learning more about Sonia Delaunay (that's the book) from the PMA (please excuse the typo)...

And a wonderful convo with the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The picture the reference, Abandoned Doll by Suzanne Valadon, can be found here on Google Art along with a bio of the artist.