News

• November 9, 2020

  Penn Alumni Arts Fair

  For over a decade alumni artists and friends have lined Locust Walk during Homecoming to share their work! Although they cannot be on campus this November for this fall tradition, they are coming to you virtually! Grab a cup of warm apple cider and stroll (scroll) down Locus Walk (this website) and enjoy the beautiful works of these talented artists!

• November 8, 2020

  The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Awards Penn Faculty, Brooke O’Harra and Tyshawn Sorey, with a 2020 Project Grant

  The Pew Center announced 41 grants totaling $10.5 million in support of the Philadelphia region’s artists and cultural programs, events, and artistic work. The Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design have been awarded project grants by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Also a project by Girard College that involves two Penn faculty, theater director Brooke O’Harra and music composer Tyshawn Sorey, both of the School of Arts & Sciences.

• November 2, 2020

  VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

  You still have a chance to make your voice heard in this election. Make a plan today to vote. Polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm. Remember to bring your ID. The current deadline to return your voted mail-in ballot is 5:00 PM on Friday, November 6, 2020. The ballot must be received by the county election office by this time, and it must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, November 3, 2020!

• November 1, 2020

  Protests Matter, and Here’s Why with Political Science Professor Daniel Gillion

  As part of the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity, political science professor Daniel Gillion gave insight into how demonstrations affect elected officials, shape policy, increase engagement, and motivate voter turnout. Gillion said research proves the “positive perception” of protests overcome negative sentiments toward them. “Taking a bird’s eye view of how protest on race can be influential, I have no choice but to say that protests are the canaries in the coal mines that warn of future political and electoral change,” Gillion said. “They make a difference.”

• November 1, 2020

  Penn Libraries Launches New Blog Series, “Cross-Campus Picks”

  The series will offer book, music, and film recommendations to accompany exhibits and events taking place across the University. Their first edition is centered around the ICA’s new exhibition on the work of Milford Graves. Graves is perhaps best known as a progressive jazz drummer, though categorizing him as a percussionist would be akin to labeling Benjamin Franklin a postmaster. Graves is a painter, a dancer, a mosaicist, a shaman, an acupuncturist, an herbalist, a former Police Athletic League boxing champion, a long-time professor at Bennington College, and the inventor of a martial art form called yara. He’s also a Guggenheim Fellow and a researcher; Graves has studied cardiac rhythms to explore the healing potentialities of music.Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal runs through January 2021 and showcases original paintings, sculptures, photographs, scientific studies, and costumes.