News

• April 13, 2020

  Artists and Small Organization Applications Open for COVID-19 Arts Aid Philadelphia at 1pm Today!

  The COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL application for individual artists and small arts and culture organizations (with budgets of up to $250K) will open today, Monday, April 13 at 1 p.m. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, subject to available funds. This funding will provide up to $500 for working artists and up to $1,000 for small arts and culture organizations in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. Its focus will be on Greater Philadelphia cultural organizations with budgets of $250,000 or less and working artists for whom support is urgent and vital to their survival. While initial funding is limited, grants will be made on a rolling basis as additional funding is received.

• April 8, 2020

  Stay Connected to the Arts at Home!

  While we're all practicing social distancing, and many of us are working and learning remotely, the Sachs Program is looking for different ways to provide resources to our community members, as well as to share opportunities for engagement with the arts. The following is a list of ongoing creative opportunities, online classes, virtual exhibitions, engaging conversations and more.

• April 1, 2020

  The Annenberg School Welcomes 6 New Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows

  Earlier this semester, the Annenberg School announced six new visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows, including filmmakers Amitanshu Das and Maori Karmael Holmes. These scholars will research alongside and collaborate with Annenberg faculty, staff, and students for anywhere from one semester to several years.

• March 30, 2020

  Paul Farber on How the Coronavirus Has Impacted Philly’s Arts Community

  The Philadelphia Inquirer published an Opinion piece by Weitzman School of Design Senior Research Scholar Paul Farber. Farber discusses the significant impact the pandemic has had on Philly's arts sector and the various ways in which elected officials, regional philanthropic organizations, and residents can make a difference in the weeks and months to come. As Farber notes, "recovery cannot wait."

• March 27, 2020

  Penn Nursing Shares COVID-19 Design Challenges, Including Code Life Ventilator Challenge

  With potentially 70% of the population on the brink of being infected by COVID-19, our worldwide health care systems will be strained beyond their limits. Even now, there aren't enough ventilators to save everyone who needs respiratory support, and doctors are having to make agonizing decisions about who to save. Our modern world provides the means to produce these life-saving ventilators thanks to widespread rapid manufacturing tools—3D printers, CNC machines— combined with low-cost computers (i.e. smartphones, Arduinos, etc.), but what we're missing is a design. We need YOU to design a simple, maintainable, easy-to-manufacture ventilator to provide life support to COVID patients anywhere in the world.