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Louisa Shepard
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lshepard@upenn.edu
Visual Arts
When words aren’t enough, medical students go back to the drawing board
When words aren’t enough, medical students go back to the drawing board
A Penn Medicine class helps students hone their visual art skills to help patients understand their medical treatment better via visual aids that bridge communication gaps and outline their care.
26th annual MLK symposium goes online
26th annual MLK symposium goes online
Virtual events over three weeks offer opportunities to reflect, engage, and celebrate with family, colleagues, and friends.
Graduate student artists persevere during pandemic and find new inspiration
Graduate student artists persevere during pandemic and find new inspiration
Penn Master of Fine Arts students are not only adapting to this year’s challenges, but are pushing their work in different directions, as they continue to paint, draw, sculpt, photograph, and film during the pandemic.
Towering bronze sculpture installed at the entrance to Penn’s campus
Towering bronze sculpture installed at the entrance to Penn’s campus
The generosity of Penn Alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman has brought the work of noted artist Simone Leigh to the University of Pennsylvania.
Professors on the importance of integrating the arts into life and work
Professors on the importance of integrating the arts into life and work
While there are some challenges, universities provide an environment for faculty to pursue both their artistic creativity and academic scholarship, said Penn professors in a Homecoming discussion led by Al Filreis of the Kelly Writers House.
‘Homecoming at Home’ arts preview
‘Homecoming at Home’ arts preview
For Homecoming 2020, the visual arts experience will be available online 24/7, including a virtual Gallery Hop.
Away from the lab bench, Khoa Tran is a ‘science superhero’
Away from the lab bench, Khoa Tran is a ‘science superhero’
The research fellow in the Berger Lab and co-founder of JKX Comics makes science and STEM disciplines more accessible by translating abstruse concepts into approachable comics.
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awards 2020 grants to Penn projects
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awards 2020 grants to Penn projects
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 41 grants totaling $10.5 million in support of the Institute for Contemporary Art and Stuart Weitzman School of Design, and a Girard College project involving theater director Brooke O’Harra and music composer Tyshawn Sorey.
Sachs grant paves way for ‘Sis Uprising’ in experimental video
Sachs grant paves way for ‘Sis Uprising’ in experimental video
Works by Arien Wilkerson and Sachs Artist-in-Residence Ricardo Bracho debut at a virtual event for Slought.
New exhibition ‘Re-materialize’ features artists who transform recycled materials
New exhibition ‘Re-materialize’ features artists who transform recycled materials
Open to the public for the first time since March, the Arthur Ross Gallery’s new exhibition “Re-materialize” features sculptures and mixed-media work by four artists who transform found and recycled materials.
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Artist Ken Lum snaps life on the streets with new exhibit ‘Klump’ at Ulises bookstore
“Klump,” an exhibit by Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design, will display photos of people in urban settings at the Philadelphia art bookstore Ulises.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
What Philly arts leaders want to see from the city’s 100th mayor
The Institute of Contemporary Art has partnered with Taller Puertorriqueño to offer free bus service for residents of Fairhill to an ICA exhibition by North Philly native and artist David Antonio Cruz.
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The Observer
On view now: Two shows on domesticity and the housing crisis
A review examines the group show “Movables” at the Institute of Contemporary Art, including pieces by Ken Lum of the Weitzman School of Design.
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CBS Philadelphia
New class from Barnes Foundation and UPenn shows a new twist in art therapy
Penn professors, including James Pawelski and Katherine Cotter of the School of Arts & Sciences, are teaching an online class about art therapy with support from the Barnes Foundation.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Bolivia in Philadelphia: Mural Arts commissions renowned artist Roberto Mamani Mamani
Catherine Bartch of the School of Arts & Sciences, who first encountered Roberto Mamani Mamani’s art in Bolivia, is noted for encouraging the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies and Mural Arts to fund Mamani Mamani’s mural in Philadelphia.
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The New York Times
On our National Mall, new monuments tell new stories
Paul Farber of the Weitzman School of Design is helping to curate “Pulling Together,” an open-air exhibition at the National Mall that will address some of the stories neglected by past monument makers.
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