Arts
Arts
PMA Titles that Hit Different at the Start of the New Semester
Oscar Wilde was right—life really does imitate art.
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
Arts and Crafts ... and Gender
A breakdown of the historic exclusion of women artists and the dismissal of traditionally “feminine” art forms
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
A Happy Little Article About Bob Ross
How this artist brought 'The Joy of Painting' to millions
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
Indicting our Institutions in the Genre of Museum Critique
A look at how artists are highlighting underrepresentation and exclusivity within the art world.
by AAKRUTI GANESHAN
Arts
Rethinking the Rotunda: A Modern Look at the Capitol's Art
What present–day America can learn from the artwork housed in the Capitol Building
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
Penn Art and Wellness Takes a Creative Approach to Mental Health
Despite frequent meetings over Zoom, this new campus organization is managing to bring tranquility to canvases across the country.
by ABBY WALKER
Arts
Inside the Minds of the Most Uncreative Creatives
How forgery has and continues to shape the art world.
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Focus
The Rise of Genderless Fashion
From Prince to couture, can Gen Z imagine a world where gendered clothing is obsolete?
by ALICE HEYEH
Arts
Meet Amy Krimm: A Generational Embroider Stitching Memories into Reality
Artist Spotlight | How this visual studies student and self–taught artist inherited her love for sewing
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
Pre–2020 Election, Protest Art Demands Change
How artists are calling for a more progressive America
by ALLISON STILLMAN
Arts
Philly Artist Bill Strobel Recreates Lady Justice With Chalk
How MTV’s voting campaign at Love Park gave color to voting early
by ABBY WALKER
Arts
Meet Quincy Morgan: The Artist Who Features People and Moments She Cares About
Artist Inspiration | Quincy introduces herself and her creative process through her playlist.
by EMILY MOON
Arts
Meet Eleanor Shemtov: A Creative Fusing Her Interests in Design and Technology
The co–founder and co–editor–in–chief of “t-art” is committed to the artistic community at Penn and beyond.
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
How the “I Am” Collective is Channeling the Power of Stories
This new Penn student–led storytelling project aims to celebrate the diversity of experiences in the Penn and Philadelphia community.
by PEARL LIU
Focus
Behind the Hidden Politics of the Nobel Prize
Unpacking Louise Glück's recent honor and the uncertain future of a literary Nobel.
by ANDREW BASILE
Focus
The Politics of 'Papers, Please': Border Control and Biological Essentialism
Lucas Pope’s 2013 release is an empathy game with the typical messy moralities of video games.
by KATHRYN XU
Arts
Meet Equilibria, Penn’s Newest Literary Publication, that was Forged in the Middle of a Pandemic
Sophomore Farah Sayed hopes the creative collaboration in her quarantine–born project can keep Penn students out of isolated bubbles.
by ABBY WALKER
Arts
Design 21: A Class Arming the Next Generation of Designers with Radical Innovation and Social Awareness
Course Spotlight | Street speaks with Professor Telhan about the future of design.
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
Books by Asian Authors That We Should All Be Reading
To widen your literary lenses and keep pace with historical shifts.
by ESTHER LEE
Arts
PhD Student Maritza Moulite Captures the Grief of Police Brutality in her Second Novel
'One of the Good Ones' explores how Black victims of police brutality are remembered—and how those classifications reduce their stories.
by ABBY WALKER
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