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(09/05/18 12:00pm)
Emma Berson (C ‘19) is a renaissance woman in the arts. Graphic designer, sculptor, screenwriter, director—and that’s just the shortlist. While she is focusing on film at present, she has spent her college career doing anything and everything artistic from designing politically charged apparel to creating permanent geofliters.
(09/05/18 12:00pm)
For those not yet familiar with the medium–sized, used–to–be–white, glass–paneled building tucked between Urban Outfitters and Wawa down 36th, it’s the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), a museum designed to introduce the university community and broader Philadelphia to what was “new and happening” in art and culture.
(08/30/18 12:00pm)
As classes start up again, so does the all–too–familiar race to secure your schedule. Left and right people are scrambling to hop on PennInTouch after receiving that long–awaited email from PennCourseNotify. Well, forget MATH104 and ECON001 because there are some open art classes ready to be enrolled in. Here are three art classes worth adding to your course cart.
(08/30/18 12:00pm)
In a world oriented around order and established roles, William Kentridge captures human experiences of uncertainty and spontaneity, namely, in his words, “an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncomplicated gestures, and uncertain endings.” His touring exhibit, William Kentridge: Universal Archive, is displayed in the Arthur Ross Gallery from now until November 11.
(08/31/18 12:00pm)
The book ends with a line about bare genitals. To be specific, bare genitals staring stupidly and sadly at the yellow sand. And no, that’s not why this book is fitting to read after NSO. The ending of Kundera’s The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a showcase of the line between the meaningful and the meaningless, a line crossed by laughing and forgetting. And that’s why this book is fitting for the new year—past the literal level, past the political jest, and past the tinges of nihilism is a reminder to laugh and to forget, to draw our own lines between what is meaningful and what is meaningless.
(08/22/18 8:56pm)
Every year, the 46 groups in the Performing Arts Council (PAC) put on productions for the Penn community to enjoy. From a cappella to dance (and everywhere in between), these groups provide a creative outlet for hundreds of students and entertainment for thousands. While many of these groups write, choreograph, or compose their own shows, others take a completely different route; this subset of groups applies for rights to various theatrical pieces, which they then perform on campus. These productions range from Broadway musicals to slapstick farces, from operettas to contemporary tragedies. Here, we look ahead to the shows that have been licensed to various Penn groups this semester.
(07/24/18 1:29pm)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a leader of the Impressionist movement, popularized some of the now-ubiquitous café imagery, with his piece Luncheon of the Boating Party being a subject of debate in the quirky French romance film Amélie. Now, you can see some of his most evocative work right in Center City.
(04/27/18 4:48pm)
Sick moves performed by enthusiastic kids to the cadence of popular beats. Vibrant stage lights. Pounding music. Chaos rings through Iron Gate Theatre, and the passion for dance CityStep inspires in students from West and South Philadelphia becomes clear within five minutes of my visit to their dress rehearsal.
(05/02/18 1:00pm)
It is the last Monday night of the semester. In the quiet darkness of the Charles Addams Gallery, a student sits on the floor next to two instructors, looking at her painting hanging on the wall. “I might remove this,” she wonders aloud, “I don’t think it is having the conversations I want it to have.”
(04/25/18 1:00pm)
“You want a trigger warning? My whole life is a trigger warning,” John Waters said. He was preparing the audience for the next hour. On April 24th, one of the most notorious arts innovators of our time came to campus to kick off the first round of grantees of The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
(04/26/18 1:00pm)
Nearly two years ago, Penn’s $17.8 million investment opened: Perry World House. As a hub for global policy research, the white washed walls opened the forum to discussion of international affairs and invitations to esteemed guests, such as the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, and Russian opposition journalist, Yevgenia Albats. Such a global nature of the space, too, is reflected in the art accompanying the building.
(04/24/18 1:00pm)
Other than displaying art, what’s really the point of a museum? Well, for one, it can be a leader in establishing fair practices. But even bigger than that, it’s an educational institution, the educational side prominent in its public programs and events. On April 11th, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) hosted one of its many public programs: Free For All.
(04/19/18 1:00pm)
Maybe you've wished on a penny, or a star, or an eye lash, but odds are, you've never wished on a tree. This Friday at College Green, you can. Make a wish, write down the wish, tie it to a limb, and get a friend to do the same. Your wish will become one of a million others in Yoko Ono’s collection at the base of the Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay in Iceland. This Friday on April 20, Ono’s Wish Tree for Peace, a part of her Wish Tree series, is coming to Penn.
(04/19/18 1:00pm)
As soon as her class ended at Leidy Laboratories, Kelley Yu (C ’20) dove right into the dance studio at Platt Student Performing Arts House—she had an upcoming workshop to prepare for. Kelley, a current sophomore in Strictly Funk, will be hosting a master class this upcoming Sunday night.
(04/16/18 1:00pm)
Finding the perfect outfit is never easy. You might think you've found that tee you've been looking for, but then you turn it around. There’s a weird cut–out the shape of some asymmetrical polygon or an oddly placed lace square in the center of the back. If it weren’t for that one little part, the tee would’ve been perfect. That’s where Lea Chen (W ’19) comes in. Her clothing company Lovelea is providing a new platform for creativity and customized apparel.
(04/16/18 1:00pm)
Just this past week, the DP Editorial Board wrote an open letter to admitted students, inviting them to consider what they may otherwise not have regarding their college decisions. It’s a call to reevaluate Penn as students. But students aren’t the only ones. As campus and political climate shift, Penn too is reconsidering itself and its role in history with initiatives such as the Penn Slavery Project. Similarly, Penn is now examining its role, both positive and negative, in World War I in an exhibit in Van Pelt.
(04/12/18 1:00pm)
The show—or at least, the dress rehearsal—seems to me like chaos. The good kind of chaos, though. The kind where there’s so much going around that I don’t even know where to begin to look. It’s the kind of chaos definitive of this weekend: Spring Fling. And though Fling itself is now a one–day event on Saturday, festivities have already begun. And what better way to nap and rally through the good chaos of a weekend than by hitting up a midnight showing of an award–winning musical? The show I’m talking about is, of course, Pippin. This weekend, Quadramics Theater Co. “Q” is bringing back its annual midnight show, this time with its rendition of the 2013 Broadway revival of the 1972 musical.
(04/12/18 1:00pm)
After moving out of the Quad, Quadfest is now, well, just fest. But that’s not to say it’s changing in quality; the move to Penn Park and to a shortened one–day schedule is designed to increase turnout. Between dance groups, rappers, bands, DJs, and a capella groups, here’s what’s going down this Fling:
(04/12/18 1:00pm)
This Friday on College Green, the Class Boards of all four years are coming together to host a celebration of color in honor of Holi. Prepare yourself, because there’s probably going to be a number of cute photos captioned “Holi Moli!” or something of the like. The event makes the Hindu holiday accessible to all and gives students the opportunity to experience a rich culture that they may not be familiar with.
(04/10/18 1:00pm)
The old–age view of museums is changing. With the MET, the PMA and the Barnes Foundation increasing their admission prices, art is no longer as democratized as it once was. While it is arguably becoming more a privilege as opposed to a public right as to accommodate the expenditures of museum maintenance, Penn’s very own Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) stands counter to this position. It’s the first museum to be certified by W.A.G.E (Working Artists and the Greater Economy).