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April 16, 2020
Professor Emily Wilson Named 2020 Guggenheim FellowUniversity of Pennsylvania Professor Emily Wilson in the School of Arts and Sciences has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in the humanities category for her translations of ancient Greek and Roman literature and philosophy.
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April 16, 2020
Meet the Penn Students Recreating Campus in MinecraftWith dozens of volunteers, a group of students are building a digital version of campus in the popular video game. “We currently have lots of parts of campus done, but still some buildings [like high rises and frat houses] need finishing. My friend and I are going to be working on the Annenberg Center and the whole plaza...But spectacular buildings like Fisher Fine Arts, Van Pelt-Dietrich, Huntsman Hall, those are all already basically done—the exteriors.”
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April 16, 2020
President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners Announced, Including Two Arts and Design-Related ProjectsEight Penn seniors were named recipients of the 2020 President’s Engagement Prize. They are Aditya Siroya, Shivansh Inamdar, and Artemis Panagopoulou, for Aarogya; Meera Menon and Philip Chen, for The Unscripted Project; and Kwaku Owusu, Mckayla Warwick, and Hyungtae Kim, for Collective Climb. Nikil Ragav was named this year’s President’s Innovation Prize winner for his project, inventXYZ.
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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.
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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.