News

• November 8, 2018

  SP2 and Slought Launch Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative

  This Initiative makes the bold claim that the arts are an indispensable means and method of imagining justice and making democracy. Through public programming and educational opportunities, the Initiative aims to harness the power of university and community collaboration and elevate stories and histories of the struggle for justice in Philadelphia and beyond.

• November 8, 2018

  Robert Drake’s Super Sounds of the ’80s at the ICA

  Brandon Baker of Penn Today interviewed XPN DJ Robert Drake ahead of Paint the Dancefloor at the ICA, which he'll be DJing this Friday, November 9. The gathering follows a panel at the Arthur Ross Gallery that marks the 10th anniversary of Arts at Homecoming, and is co-organized by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, PennDesign, and the Institute of Contemporary Art.

• October 26, 2018

  ICA Announces the Appointment of Stephanie Garcia as the 2018-2019 Van Doren Fellow

  ICA announced the appointment of Stephanie Garcia as the 2018-2019 Van Doren Fellow. The Van Doren Fellow works within both the ICA and the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania to implement collaborative interdisciplinary projects for students between the two organizations as well as on new initiatives to increase student [...]

• October 25, 2018

  Rachel Zolf Offers New Community Writing Course

  Community Writing combines theory with practice: students will first study critical and creative writing pedagogy, and then visit a range of Philadelphia communities to write creatively together and form new kinds of community through writing. Students will have the opportunity to work and write with community members from Sayre High School, the FreeWrite Prison Writing [...]

• October 25, 2018

  Kelly Writers House Announces the Clearman Cottage Writers Residency

  Buzz Bissinger and Lisa Smith, in collaboration with the Kelly Writers House, are sponsoring a writer’s residency at their guest cottage on the Long Beach Peninsula in the southwest corner of Washington State. Recipients of the Clearman Cottage Residency will reside at a fully appointed cottage on magnificent Willapa Bay, minutes from the Pacific Ocean. The residency [...]