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December 21, 2020
Reflections on ‘Brick House’Weitzman School of Design faculty and an alum, the Sachs Program's Tamara Suber, reflect on artist Simone Leigh’s monumental sculpture Brick House, which was installed on Penn’s campus just outside of Meyerson Hall in November.
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December 15, 2020
Pussy Riot Co-founder Talks Politics, Prison Time, and ProtestsIn a virtual talk hosted by the Andrea Mitchell Center, Nadya Tolokonnikova, a co-founder of the Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot, had a wide-ranging conversation with Penn’s Kevin M.F. Platt.
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December 15, 2020
Two Penn English Faculty Receive Creative Capital Award for Writing ProjectsTwo faculty in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, Simone White, an assistant professor of English, and Marc Anthony Richardson, a lecturer in creative writing, are among 42 artists chosen for a 2021 Creative Capital Award. Each will receive as much as $50,000 in funding for their creative writing projects.
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December 15, 2020
Grammy Nomination for Album Featuring Music by James PrimoschThe album Catharge, with music composed by James Primosch, Dr. Robert Weiss Professor of Music, has received a Grammy nomination for Best Choral Performance. Carthage was recorded by The Crossing, with Donald Nally conducting.
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December 15, 2020
Graduate Student Artists Persevere During Pandemic and Find New InspirationStudents in the Weitzman School's Graduate Fine Arts Program are not only adapting to this year’s challenges, but discovering new inspiration as they continue to paint, draw, sculpt, perform, photograph, and film during the pandemic. Penn Today interviews three MFA candidates, who discuss how their practices have evolved over the course of the last nine months.