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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.
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
Metal sculptures with lettering

“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.
Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus
A sculpture of a female figure and the feet of another sculpture of two figures as they are being lowered onto a pipe while one construction worker holds a rope and another reaches up.

Installation of the third set of figures in the sculpture “Social Consciousness” by Jacob Epstein, now in the Memorial Garden Walkway by the Van Pelt-Deitrich Library Center. 

Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus

On loan for 99 years, one sculpture is between Franklin Field and The Palestra, the other next to the main library.
A ‘holding pattern’ for MFA grads culminates in New York exhibit
A styrofoam cup with liquid being dripped in from a distilling device

Artist Fields Harrington, a recent MFA graduate, created this installation piece inspired by Norbert Rilleux’s multi-effect evaporator. (Photo: Fields Harrington)

A ‘holding pattern’ for MFA grads culminates in New York exhibit

Working together, 11 recent graduates of the Master of Fine Arts program will display their work through a new exhibit in Brooklyn.
‘Design with Nature,’ 50 years later
Banff National Park, Alberta

‘Design with Nature,’ 50 years later

Beginning on the Summer Solstice, the Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at the Weitzman School is presenting Design With Nature Now, a multi-platform exploration of the legacy of visionary environmental planner and landscape architect Ian L. McHarg.

Penn Today Staff

One hour, one painting: A Barnes visit reveals clues about how the brain processes visual cues
A group of people, some sitting on a bench, some standing, looking at something offscreen, with paintings on yellow walls in the background.

Penn neuroscientist Zab Johnson (standing, second from right) led an exercise during which the mindCORE students studied a single painting for an hour. The idea, she explains, is to “slow down and really take a good look.”

One hour, one painting: A Barnes visit reveals clues about how the brain processes visual cues

The exercise is one part of a two-week mindCORE summer workshop aimed at underrepresented undergrads across the country. This year’s program focused on language science and technology, and minds in the world.

Michele W. Berger

Five events to watch for in June
Woman hanging from purple tapestry A performer from Tangle Movement Arts during the 2018 Firefly Night at The Woodlands. (Photo by: Michael Ermilio)

Five events to watch for in June

The summer months around campus kick off with West Philadelphia Porchfest, arts performances at The Woodlands, and Penn Museum’s latest CultureFEST.