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September 17, 2021
ICA debuts first major retrospective of pioneering video artist Ulysses JenkinsUlysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation is the first major retrospective on the work of groundbreaking video/performance artist Ulysses Jenkins, on view at ICA Philadelphia this fall, September 17–December 30, 2021. The exhibition is co-curated by Meg Onli, ICA Andrea B. Laporte Associate Curator and Erin Christovale, Associate Curator, Hammer Museum at UCLA.
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September 15, 2021
Clayton Colmon discusses his upcoming course “Designing Critical Futures”Dr. Colmon is the Associate Director of Instructional Design for the Arts and Sciences Online Learning team at Penn. He co-created the Certificate in Digital Strategies and Culture as well as the forthcoming Certificate in Social Difference, Equity, and Inclusion, and teaches several courses in those certificates. His upcoming course, DIGC 320: Designing Critical Futures, was developed with a 2021 grant awarded by the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
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September 15, 2021
Roberto Lugo Brings Street Graffiti and Portraiture to the Arthur Ross GallerySupported by a grant from The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, Guest Curator Roberto Lugo was asked to interpret works in the Penn Art Collection. The resulting exhibition, ‘God Complex: Different Philadelphia,' has the Arthur Ross Gallery divided, with one side dedicated to formal portraits from the 18th and 19th centuries in the Penn Art Collection, and the other to Lugo's graffiti spray painting and ceramics with portraits. The exhibition will be on view through Dec. 19.
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September 14, 2021
The Sachs Program Debuts Whimsical Art Exhibit in New Arts LoungeMartha Rich’s "It goes by fast” is the first exhibit in the Annenberg Center’s new Arts Lounge space. The lounge is a collaboration between The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and Penn Live Arts. Rich, a 2011 MFA alumnus, crafted approximately 90 pieces strung on the 75-by-20-foot brick wall of the Arts Lounge space in Annenberg’s lobby.
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September 14, 2021
Penn’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites is Protecting and Celebrating Civil Rights Heritage and Black HistoriesLaunched last fall, Penn’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites (CPCRS) is working towards protecting places that celebrate, commemorate, and raise awareness of American civil rights and Black history. Currently celebrating its first year, the Center’s focus on teaching, research, and field projects will enable it to continue its essential work of amplifying and preserving the legacy of civil rights in the U.S. Spurred by a partnership between Randy Mason and Kwesi Daniels of Tuskegee University, CPCRS collaborates with preservationists, stewardship organizations, advocates, and scholars.