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Five events to watch for in January
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Five events to watch for in January

Winter welcomes a slew of new performances, lectures, and exhibits to Penn's campus, including the opening of the Arthur Ross Gallery’s latest exhibit, a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., and a walk for wellness.
Streaming endures growing pains
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Streaming endures growing pains

With several new contenders entering the streaming wars in the months ahead, faculty from Wharton and Cinema and Media Studies weigh in on the state of streaming and obstacles ahead.
Five events to watch for in November
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Penn students examine Queen Puabi’s Headdress through a glass case at the 2018 Penn Museum Student Gala. (Image: Penn Museum)

Five events to watch for in November

On the calendar for November around campus: an art party at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Penn Museum's annual Student Gala, and much more.
The Addams Family legacy lives on
Pen and ink drawing of the Addams Family cartoon from the cover of the Pennsylvania Gazette.

Charles Addams took this “new look at College Hall” for the March 1973 cover of The Pennsylvania Gazette magazine. And, he said, “I did enjoy working on it.” Design by Charles Addams. (Image courtesy: The Pennsylvania Gazette)

The Addams Family legacy lives on

Former Penn student Charles Addams’ creations are back on the silver screen in a new 3D computer-animated film, more than 80 years after the characters were created by the artist.

Louisa Shepard

Sculptor Michelle Lopez creates installation for ICA exhibition ‘Ballast & Barricades’
Artist with hands on long metal pipe with fragment of a building behind her and scaffolding hanging from the ceiling during sculpture installation.

Michelle Lopez (right) created a site-specific sculpture with construction-derived materials for a new exhibition, “Ballast & Barricades,” at the Institute for Contemporary Art. 

Sculptor Michelle Lopez creates installation for ICA exhibition ‘Ballast & Barricades’

Michelle Lopez of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design created a sculpture with construction-derived materials hanging from, and reaching up to, a 30-foot-high gallery ceiling in the Institute of Contemporary Art. The new site-specific installation, “Ballast & Barricades,” is on display until May 10.

Louisa Shepard

Seeing life through their eyes
African American person sitting in a wooden chair, feet up on a wooden table that holds a ball jar filled with sweet tea.

E. Patrick Johnson (above) stars in “Making Sweet Tea,” a 90-minute film about life as an African American gay man in the southern United States. The film, which was co-produced and co-directed by Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson Jr. and Penn doctoral student Nora Gross, is based on a book Johnson wrote, which then became a play.

Seeing life through their eyes

Through the voices and stories of seven men, a feature-length documentary co-produced and directed by Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson Jr. and graduate student Nora Gross illustrates what it means to be black and gay in the south.

Michele W. Berger

Fall into the arts
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“Talking Continents” by Jaume Plensa. (Photo: ©Jaume Plensa, courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co)

Fall into the arts

An active time of year for the arts community, the University’s fall arts and culture offerings range from a sculpture exhibit from Jaume Plensa, at Arthur Ross Gallery, to a viewing garden along the Rail Park.
New undergraduate design major launched in College of Arts and Sciences
student setting up design exhibit with a jacket and a loom and a sign.

The new undergraduate design major and a restructured fine arts major are a collaboration between the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the College of Arts and Sciences.

New undergraduate design major launched in College of Arts and Sciences

A new undergraduate major in design launched this semester, along with a now-enhanced fine arts major, is being offered through a collaboration between the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Louisa Shepard