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March 18, 2022
Pulitzer-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks on migration and ‘multitudes’In a wide-ranging conversation sponsored by the Wolf Humanities Center, author and professor Viet Thanh Nguyen visited Penn to discuss his work, representation, and more.
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March 15, 2022
Classroom, meet gallery; gallery, meet classroomFor seven weeks, the ICA will be transformed into an experiential classroom environment, welcoming artists and the public to challenge what ‘infrastructure’ means in the world of art.
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February 25, 2022
Penn hosts ‘100 People’ exhibit at Annenberg Center in PhiladelphiaThe Sachs Program Executive Director John McInerney and artist Mark Stockton were recently interviewed for a featured report by Philadelphia’s 6ABC about Mark Stockton: 100 People, an exhibition of the artist's work on view in the Arts Lounge at the Annenberg Center, February 15–May 31, 2022.
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February 24, 2022
At the Rothko Chapel, Tyshawn Sorey explores sound — and silenceFifty years ago, composer Morton Feldman wrote music to commemorate the opening of the Rothko Chapel in Houston. A half-century later, composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist and MacArthur "genius" Tyshawn Sorey was asked to write a new piece for this nondenominational space. Sorey's Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) debuted Feb. 19 at the Rothko Chapel.
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February 24, 2022
Announcing our Fall 2021 Student Grant AwardsThe Sachs Program for Arts Innovation is supporting fourteen new student projects, covering a range of artistic and academic fields and practices, and engaging audiences across Penn’s campus, Philadelphia, and the world more broadly.