Much of today's art seems difficult to understand. Is it a spoof? Is it crazy? Why should we care? This presentation includes over 80 images of art that the presenters have personally photographed from around the world. Each piece of art is explained. Why was it made? How does it fit (or not fit) into the art historical family tree? Audiences are encouraged to participate in a discussion of how art today differs from art of the past, and why it is important to understand today's art. We also discuss how the Internet has changed art and what the contemporary art scene looks like today.

About the Speakers
Long-time friends and art collaborators, Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, created their online journal, theartblog.org, in 2003. Since then, theartblog.org has been widely cited for excellence, including two major citations in Art in America. Fallon and Rosof, whose mission is connecting the public with contemporary art, have received grants for theartblog.org from the Knight Foundation and J-Lab (via the William Penn Foundation). They are one of 33 winners of the 2011 Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge for First Friday Art Safaris. Calling themselves the "OK artists," they began giving away their art on Philadelphia street corners in 1998. theartblog.org is an outgrowth of those giveaways. The pair has co-taught at The University of the Arts and Temple University's Tyler School of Art.