Arts
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
Arts
Meet Erin O’Malley: A Poet Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Pop Culture, and Asian–American Narratives
How non–rhyming poetry shaped the Excelano Project President’s love for words
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Arts
Meet Ivy Deng, the Artist Highlighting the Joy and Beauty of the World Around Her
Artist Spotlight | Using paintings and sculptures, Ivy tries to turn your "ew" into "oooh."
by EMILY TRUONG
Arts
'17776' Demonstrates How Every Sports Story is a Love Story
Jon Bois' internet masterpiece, revisited as his sequel comes out in 2020.
by KATHRYN XU
Arts
Yinka Shonibare is Reclaiming the Art of the Oppressor
How 'The Swing (After Fragonard)' challenges the colonial art tradition
by JESSA GLASSMAN
Focus
Asian Arts Initiative Raises Money for USPS with Pen Pals Project
As USPS faces pressure to perform amid financial constraints, this project merges art activism with the need for communication to buoy the social service.
by ALICE HEYEH
Arts
Soup Cans, Hotdogs, and Lopsided Cheeseburgers: Revisiting Pop Art's Favorite Subjects
Examining food's inexplicable role in the creation America's most well known genre.
by AAKRUTI GANESHAN
Arts
Meet Adrian Evans IV, the self-taught painter who is bridging abstraction and storytelling
Artist Spotlight | For this graduate student, it’s all about the process, not the final product.
by ALICE HEYEH
Arts
Meet Cynthia Zhou, A Multimedia Artist Searching for a More Equitable World
Artist Spotlight | From nonprofit logos to deeply personal paintings, Cynthia uses art to capture images of a complicated past and progressive future.
by ALICE HEYEH
Arts
The Devil Wears (Millennial) Pink: How Sociological Factors Affect Color Choices in Fashion
You know that scene in 'The Devil Wears Prada' where Meryl Streep rants about cerulean? This is that, but for millennial pink.
by AAKRUTI GANESHAN
Arts
The Ever-Evolving Relationship Between Ballet and Fashion
The connection between ballet and fashion serves as a reminder that art is rarely exclusive, and often political.
by AAKRUTI GANESHAN
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