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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ira Brind School Announces Fall 2009 Main Stage Productions
Student Health Services Announcement
CMAC Alumna's Novel Named Finalist for Booksellers Honor

EVENTS 
Without Words
The Autumn Society’s 'Video Game Show' at First Friday
Open Studios and Work in Progress Exhibit

OPPORTUNITIES 
Music Training Center Opportunity
DesignPhiladelphia 2009 Call for Entries

IN THE GALLERIES
Gallery 1401
Sol Mednick Gallery

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ira Brind School of Theater Arts Announces Fall 2009 Main Stage Productions
The Ira Brind School of Theater Arts announced its two main stage productions for the first half of the 2009-2010 season: "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Major Barbara." Staged in the Arts Bank Theater, the productions feature faculty directors Amy Feinberg and Charles Conwell, respectively.

Based on the novel by Harper Lee and adapted by Christopher Sergel, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a gripping coming-of-age tale in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice. The play shows a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father - a crusading local lawyer - risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. Runs October 9-17, 2009.

Written by George Bernard Shaw, "Major Barbara" follows Barbara Undershaft, an officer in the Salvation Army who deplores the values of her father, a millionaire manufacturer of munitions. But what will happen when he offers his tainted riches to support the Army's holy work? Can salvation survive a pact with the Devil? Father and daughter match wits and wills in a 20th century masterpiece that asks the question "What is necessary to make the world better?" Shaw's answer: the union of intellect, soul and power. Runs November 13-21, 2009.

Admission for Main Stage productions is free for University of the Arts students. For more information, visit Now on Stage!

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Student Health Services Announcement
Students, please read this message carefully, as it contains important information regarding your health insurance and bill.

For students who have not opted out, you are about to be enrolled in the university-sponsored Academic HealthPlans health insurance policy. If you intend to accept this health insurance, please note that your coverage will officially start on August 15, 2009.

Students who have their own health insurance should complete the online waiver form. Completing this online waiver is the only acceptable way to opt out of the Academic HealthPlans policy and remove the $604 charge from your bill.

Please call 215-717-6230 if you have any questions regarding your new coverage or about completing the online waiver.

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CMAC Alumna's Novel Named Finalist for Booksellers Honor
Same Difference, the second novel by College of Media and Communication graduate Siobhan Vivian '01 (WFTV), has been named a finalist for the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book Award in the "Children's Literature and Young Adult" category. Loosely based on Vivian’s experience at the University's Summer Institute while she was in high school, the book has been hailed as "a stunning new novel that goes straight to the heart of a teen girl's search for identity – including the pain and heartache everyone goes through to figure out who they are." Check out a review and synopsis. She was recently contracted for an additional two teen novels with Scholastic, to be released in the next two years.

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EVENTS

Without Words
An exhibition featuring the work of Photography faculty in the Media Arts Department. Full-time faculty: David Graham, Alida Fish and Harris Fogel; part-time faculty: Susan Arthur, John Carlano, Melissa DiGiacomo, Jeannie Pearce, B. Proud, Lindsay Sparagana and John Woodin.
Thru August
Hamilton Hall, Presidents Office Suite
320 South Broad Street

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The Autumn Society’s 'Video Game Show' at First Friday
Check out the "Video Game Show" by the Autumn Society, a Philadelphia-based illustration collective. Work includes art inspired from classic video game characters like Super Mario Bros. and HALO. Take a sneak peak at some of the pieces in the show. Live music by Doctor Octoroc. University of the Arts grad Joseph Game serves as curator for the group that started in 2006 and comprises over 100 members, including many University of the Arts Illustration grads.
August 7, 6 p.m.
Brave New Worlds Comics
45 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2214
201 N. Third St., Philadelphia

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Open Studios and Work in Progress Exhibit
The annual MFA Ceramics, Painting and Scupture Open Studios and Work in Progress Exhibit will take place on Wednesday, August 5.

4 p.m.: Open Studios, Painting, Anderson Hall, 8th Floor

5 p.m.: Open Studios, Sculpture and Ceramics, Furness Studios

6-8 p.m.: Gallery opening, Rosenwald-Wolf, Hamilton and Aronson Galleries, as well as the 3rd floor Hamilton Drawing Studios

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OPPORTUNITIES

Music Training Center Opportunity
The Children's Musical Theater program of the Music Training Center (MTC) is searching for candidates to be directors for their musical theater program at schools in Montgomeryville, Pa., and Cherry Hill, N.J.

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DesignPhiladelphia 2009 Call for Entries
DesignPhiladelphia, which runs October 7–13, has released a variety of calls for entries. There are six open calls, with more on the way. All are open to anyone interested in design (graphics, fashion, product, architecture, multimedia, etc). Calls include: socially responsible fashion design, designing the dollhouse of your dreams, DesignPhiladelphia event signage, bike rack design, Old City window installations and parking spot re-use design. Moving into its fifth year, DesignPhiladelphia is the largest national celebration of its kind. This city-wide event spotlights all things design from architecture to interior design, fashion to product design, textile to graphic design. It's a journey exploring exhibitions, workshops, studio tours, lectures, special events and product roll-outs that inspire, engage, excite and delight. Check out DesignPhiladelphia's Facebook page for announcements about new competitions and events. For more info, visit DesignPhiladelphia.org, call 215-951-5338 or email beth@designphiladelphia.org.

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IN THE GALLERIES

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
Photographs by Ian van Coller
Thru August 7

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