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October 20, 2021
Answering ‘How will we live together?’ at the Venice BiennaleAfter more than a year of delays, Penn faculty and students were able to participate in La Biennale di Venezia architectural exhibition with both virtual and physical submissions.
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October 19, 2021
Tackling the topic of decolonizationDeborah Thomas, who runs Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography, and Christopher Woods, director of the Penn Museum, discuss a conference on decolonization that starts today, why now is the time for such a conversation, and where they hope it leads.
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October 8, 2021
‘Poldergeist’ videos make knowledge of climate change accessibleIn the first video of a series, Simon Richter of the School of Arts & Sciences, alongside a team of interns, works to demystify the Netherlands’ handle on sea level rise.
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October 4, 2021
Announcing the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation 2022 Grant CycleThe Sachs Program for Arts Innovation is happy to announce the opening of our 2021–2022 grant cycle, as well as the creation of a program mission statement with newly revised priorities for supporting University of Pennsylvania's creative community now and into the future.
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September 24, 2021
‘Stories We Wear,’ a new Penn Museum exhibition, puts a spotlight on fashionThe exhibition includes more than 250 objects spanning 2,500 years. They are organized around the themes of battle, ceremony, performance, rule, and work and play. Most are from the Penn Museum collection, but a few items are on loan, some on display for the first time, Each was chosen to tell a story of the wearer, of the time, and of the purpose. This is the first major exhibit to open since the first phase of the Museum's building transformation project was unveiled in November 2019.