Visual Arts

Weitzman faculty members David Hartt and Sharon Hayes are among a group of Philadelphia-based artists participating in Art for Philadelphia, a fundraising initiative to support those protesting against police brutality.

From the Weitzman School of Design ・ June 10, 2020

An English and visual studies double major, May graduate Amy Juang created five masks to reflect the identities of characters in novels she studied in a young adult literature course taught by Melissa Jensen.

Louisa Shepard ・ May 27, 2020

Across a quartet of digital platforms, including one for this week’s Climate Sensing and Data Storytelling convening, the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities is encouraging public engagement and the pairing of environmental art and science on climate issues.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・ May 5, 2020

While Penn’s arts and culture centers remain closed, they are still finding ways to sustain connections through online collections and programs.

From The Power of Penn ・ May 5, 2020

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation revealed 34 new art projects from students, faculty, and staff that will receive funding.

Brandon Baker ・ May 4, 2020

Penn and Princeton partner to create a now-virtual symposium to explore 38 objects, including books, journals, maps, musical scores, visual art, wampum, textiles, stone tablets, and various kinds of handwork. 

Louisa Shepard ・ April 20, 2020

At the turn of the 20th century, Julian Abele and Louis Magaziner—a Black man and an immigrant Jew—were standouts in Penn’s School of Fine Arts about to launch distinguished careers in architecture. They were also beginning what would be a lifelong friendship. A Magaziner descendant and Abele admirer investigates what brought them together.

Amy Cohen ・ March 4, 2020

Members of the Penn culinary staff have recently released a cookbook, “The Penn Family Cookbook,” with some of their favorite family recipes.

Dee Patel ・ February 27, 2020

Having come of age in New York City during the AIDS crisis, artist Sharon Hayes has always made work connected to political movements. She blends performance with installation and video to create large-scale works that explore the relationship between “the private and the public; the personal and the political.” 

Penn Today Staff ・ February 20, 2020

Eadweard Muybridge’s “Animal Locomotion” was the first scientific study to use photography. Now, more than 130 years later, Muybridge’s work is seen as both an innovation in photography and the science of movement, alongside his personal legacy as someone with an eccentric 19th century style and a dark past.

Erica K. Brockmeier ・ February 17, 2020