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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Important Student Health Insurance Announcement
Student Financial Services Blog

NEWS 
Rave Reviews for Theater Arts Faculty Member/Alumna
Crafts 2009 Graduates Show at Delaware CCA
Pew Fellowship Awarded to Staff Member Jennifer Levonian

EVENTS 
Poet and Critic Susan Stewart Kicks Off 15th Annual 'Food for Thought' Summer Lecture Series
Faculty and Staff: Save the Date for Softball
Alumni Events

OPPORTUNITIES 
Innovation Philadelphia: Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit October 5-6, 2009
SEPTA Call for Artists: Deadline: July 1, 2009
Science-Meets-Art Group Organizing in Philly

IN THE GALLERIES
On-Campus
Off-Campus

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Important Student Health Insurance Announcement
The University of the Arts requires that all students carry health insurance either through their own insurance company or a plan offered by Academic HealthPlans and billed through the University. Students who wish to waive the University-sponsored plan must provide proof of private health insurance coverage by completing an online waiver. The deadline to complete the health insurance waiver is July 15, 2009, for the fall semester, and January 1, 2010, for students who are entering the University in the spring. If the waiver is not completed, students are automatically enrolled in the University-sponsored student health insurance plan.

Information detailing the Academic HealthPlans insurance coverage is available online. This plan provides health coverage whether at school or not from August 15, 2009, through August 15, 2010, for $604.

As you consider the Academic HealthPlans insurance option or your own, please keep in mind that you must have at least $50,000 of coverage with a major medical plan. Also, since costs of specialists, X-rays, laboratory work, ambulance service and emergency room visits are not covered by the University’s Health Services or our partners at Jefferson Family Medicine Associates, it is essential that your health insurance policy cover these specific expenses. If you have questions regarding health insurance coverage, please feel free to contact Health Services at 215-717-6230.
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Student Financial Services Blog
Student Financial Services says "It’s time to plan." Check out that advice and more on the SFS blog.
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NEWS

Rave Reviews for Theater Arts Faculty Member/Alumna
1812 Productions' new comedy "Let's Pretend We're Married," featuring Theater Arts faculty member and alumna Jennifer Childs and actor Tony Braithwaite, has received rave reviews:

"Jennifer Childs and Tony Braithwaite, masters of comic timing, effortlessly blend Grade-A shtick with songs in 'Let's Pretend We're Married'." - Philadelphia Inquirer
Full review

Tickets and Information Contact: 1812 Productions at 215 592-9560.
The Independence Foundation Black Box at the Prince Music Theater
1412 Chestnut Street
Thru June 14
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Crafts 2009 Graduates Show at Delaware CCA
Alternatives Museum Shop at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts will feature work by 2009 graduates of the University of the Arts Crafts department through July 31, 2009, in the artist show, On the Rise. A select group of students were asked by faculty of the Crafts department to make work specifically for the show.
Thru July 31
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 S. Madison St.
Wilmington, DE
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Pew Fellowship Awarded to Staff Member Jennifer Levonian
Academic Support Services staff member Jennifer Levonian has been named a 2009 Pew Fellowship award winner in the media arts category. The $60,000 fellowship awards for 2009 are the largest such grant in the country for which individual artists can apply. This year the awards went to artists working in fiction and creative nonfiction, media arts and works on paper. Jennifer’s work involves cut-paper animations that explore the ambivalence of everyday life, with the goal of bringing into focus unnoticed events and transforming them into bizarre and uncanny ones.
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EVENTS

Poet and Critic Susan Stewart Kicks Off 15th Annual 'Food for Thought' Summer Lecture Seriess
The 15th annual "Food for Thought" lecture series, sponsored by the University's MFA Program in Ceramics, Painting and Sculpture, kicks off with poet and critic Susan Stewart. Featuring noted visiting artists and critics, the series runs through July 29, 2009, and is free and open to the public. For further information, please contact Program Director Jennie Shanker at 215-717-6106 or Martha McEwan at 215-717-6489.
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Faculty and Staff: Save the Date for Softball
All faculty and staff are encouraged to join in the 5th annual Staff Council Softball Game. Teams are picked the day of the game at the field. Refreshments for everyone and prizes for the winners. For information, contact Kathie Jeffries.
June 13, noon
Marconi Plaza, Field 1 (13th St. and Oregon Ave.)
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ALUMNI EVENTS
Alumni Breakfast Reception – Santa Fe, N.M.
Patina Gallery - 10th Anniversary Celebration
10 soul-stirring years
 June 14, 9 – 11 a.m.
131 West Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501

Happy Hour – Philadelphia
Come celebrate the Class of 2009 at the Triumph Brewing Company! Open to new grads, local alumni, faculty and staff. First round  for alumni is on the house.
June 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 
117 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

To register for either event, simply send your name and program/year to alumni@uarts.edu. 
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OPPORTUNITIES 

Innovation Philadelphia: Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit October 5-6, 2009
Call for presentations is due June 12! Entrepreneurs, business leaders and creative industry professionals will gather to network, share information and exchange ideas about creative economy initiatives and best practices within four key tracks. Changing economic times require new thinking and new imperatives - now is the time to take the creative economy to the next level. Check the site often to learn about the keynote speakers and presenters, latest program schedule and much more! More information.
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SEPTA Call for Artists: Deadline: July 1, 2009
SEPTA's Art in Transit program invites Philadelphia-area artists to submit qualifications for a permanent commission for the 63rd Street Station on the Market Frankford (Blue) Line. Interested artists should download the submission guidelines. The commission has a budget of $140,000.
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Science-Meets-Art Group Organizing in Philly
A group of emerging artists devoted to the intersection of science and art is organizing in Philadelphia. The group includes those trained in science or art or both, experimenting in new media as well as traditional media. The group is looking for other like-minded artists in the area who would be interested in bouncing ideas around, collaborating, and pitching in for rent on a collective gallery space. If you're interested, contact Multimedia senior Angela Latini for more information.
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IN THE GALLERIES

ON-CAMPUS
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE SUITE (HAMILTON HALL)
Animation and Its Byproducts
Work from freshman through senior animators illuminating the process of defining and refining their craft. Models, sets, character designs, storyboards, sculptures and other work will be exhibited, allowing the viewer to understand and appreciate the resulting visuals seen on monitors in the exhibition space.
Thru July 8

GALLERY 1401 (TERRA HALL)
New York City Street Corners
Photographs by Orville Robertson.
Thru August 7

SOL MEDNICK GALLERY (TERRA HALL)
Looking Forward: Portraits of South African Women
Ian van Coller
Thru August 7

HAMLTON AND ARRONSON GALLERIES (HAMILTON HALL)
MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Alumni Show (Art and Design @ 50)
A juried show of recent post-graduation work.
Thru June 30
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OFF-CAMPUS

Running True
A site-specific multimedia installation by John Phillips (Media Arts) and Carolyn Healy.
Thru June 28
Saturdays & Sundays, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Disston Saw Works (6795 State Road, Philadelphia)

Alex Gartelmann: Haunted By the Beauty of Pushing Through the Years
University alumnus Alex Gartelmann presents his first solo show, featuring a body of work spanning a wide spectrum of images through sculpture, photography and drawing built over the past year. President’s Office staff member Jenny Kanzler curated the show.
June 12, 6 - 10 p.m.
Room 45
1241 Carpenter Street
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