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October 1, 2018
Monument Lab: Report to the CityWhat is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia? Last year, over 250,000 Philadelphians and visitors engaged this question in a citywide exhibition curated by Monument Lab and produced with Mural Arts Philadelphia. While the exhibition featured twenty prototype artworks, the lab teams collected over 4,500 proposals from public participants and passersby. The proposals offer a stunning, unprecedented glimpse into the historical imagination of Philadelphians. Now that the research has been transcribed, mapped, and will soon be uploaded to Open Data Philly, the Report to the City offers a reading and reflection on the immense creativity and critical energies by public participants.
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September 19, 2018
Philadelphia Magazine Writes about Mindfulness at the Museum at ICAIn their Be Well Philly section, Philadelphia Magazine poses the question: "can you imagine a more peaceful experience than the combination of art AND meditation?". No, we can't. Mindfulness at the Museum takes places every Friday, from noon-1pm. Bailey King of Philly Mag is a fan and we think you'll be one too, once you try it.
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September 19, 2018
Washington Post Writes Article on Alum John Legend’s EGOT StatusWith Emmy win, John Legend achieves status worthy of his last name. He joins only 14 others who have received the quadruple crown, a distinguished list that includes Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks and composer Richard Rodgers (the first to have received all four). With his EGOT, he became the second African American member after Whoopi Goldberg.
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September 18, 2018
34th Street Magazine Features Ken Lum, Chair of Graduate Fine ArtsHe was the co–curator of Monument Lab. He’s an Officer in the Order of Canada. He has exhibited from one end of the world to another, crossing Sydney, Sāo Paolo, Shanghai, and so much more. This is Professor Ken Lum: Professor and Chair of the Fine Arts department, artist, curator, and educator.
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September 18, 2018
Floating Art Installation Brings Schuylkill River History to LifeJacob Rivkin, the 2018 Mellon Artist-in-Residence in the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH), has spent the last year combing the digital archives and collections of a variety of institutions, identifying photographs, etchings, and drawings related to the Schuylkill. In “Floating Archives,” Rivkin, also a lecturer in the Fine Arts Department in Penn’s School of Design, will project his animations onto a screen suspended between two canoes and paddled up the river.