Long before Philadelphia’s First Friday gallery scene became a regular part of the city’s cultural rhythm, a group of artists decided to build the kind of space they needed. That decision became Vox Populi, one of Philadelphia’s most important artist-run contemporary art galleries and collectives. Founded in 1988, Vox Populi grew out of a simple […]
Last week, I found myself feeling unusually crazy, emotional, and just a little too close to the edge. Not movie-theater dramatic. Not “throw a drink in someone’s face” dramatic. More like, Why am I crying because someone breathed wrong in the kitchen? dramatic. “You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”— Dr. […]
Before Emily-Kate Niskey became a visual artist, arts educator, author, and creative leader, she was part of a living musical tradition. She was born into The Bergerfolk, a family folk group whose story belongs to the wider history of American folk music, family performance, and the cultural energy of the 1960s and 1970s. The Bergerfolk […]
This is where the blog began. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2011, my life changed in ways I could not have prepared for. One day I was moving through the ordinary demands of being a wife, mother, artist, and woman with a full life. The next, my calendar was filled […]