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Lightbox Film Center and Ars Nova Partner to Present ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day’

August 13, 2020, 11:27 am

Beginning Aug. 14 and running through Aug.

Carrie Mae Weems Installation Highlights COVID-19’s Impact on Communities of Color

August 11, 2020, 2:10 pm

This month, renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems brings her public art project, Resist Covid Take 6!, to University of the Arts and the city of Philadelphia. The project highlights how the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately harmed Black, Latinx and Native American communities.
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UArts Alumni Receive New Philadelphia Fellowships for Black Artists

August 11, 2020, 1:55 pm

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UArts Announces Undergraduate Collaboration with Thomas Jefferson University

July 16, 2020, 10:53 am

 
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Letter from Dean Elman to Creative Writing Incoming and Returning Students

June 30, 2020, 2:47 pm

To our wonderful Creative Writers,
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Critical Studies Fall 2020 Course updates

June 29, 2020, 1:58 pm

While your creative writing courses this fall will be a mix of in-person and online, all of your critical studies classes will be fully-online.
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Message from Zach Savich, Outgoing Director of Creative Writing

June 29, 2020, 1:41 pm

Dear Creative Writers:

18 UArts Alumni Behind Your Screen

June 29, 2020, 9:25 am

Did you know about all the incredible UArts alumni behind the bingeable TV shows, movies and video games keeping you occupied in quarantine?

Here are just a few.

Film Program Director Wins AFI Grand Jury Prize

June 26, 2020, 12:18 pm

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Kym Moore Appointed Dean of the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at University of the Arts

June 25, 2020, 2:17 pm

Kym Moore, an innovative and imaginative leader, theater-maker and scholar who continues to demonstrate the interconnected power of creative disciplines to impact and shape our reality, will join University of the Arts as dean of the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts.
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Walter Dallas Leaves Behind a Legendary Legacy 

June 24, 2020, 4:40 pm

Walter Dallas—the first director of UArts’ Theater program and a legendary figure in Philadelphia’s theater history—passed away on May 3. The Atlanta-born actor, director and educator was renowned for his craft, having worked with prominent actors such as Viola Davis, who he directed in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, among others.
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Alumni Band ILL Doots Talks With UArts

June 22, 2020, 2:40 pm

UArts sat down virtually with alumni band ILL Doots as they prepared for their July 10 virtual concert for their new album, The Mess. The concert, which was originally planned as an in-person event at Johnny Brenda’s, will now be live on YouTube. ILL Doots is a hip hop band whose music includes elements of funk, jazz, rock & soul.

19 Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth

June 18, 2020, 11:33 am

Juneteenth—also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Cel-Liberation Day—is celebrated annually on June 19, and commemorates and honors the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the U.S.
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UArts Community Message from David Yager on Anti-Racism Actions

June 10, 2020, 6:19 pm

Dear students, faculty and staff,
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President David Yager Responds to Racial Violence (June 2, 2020)

June 2, 2020, 8:22 pm

Dear students, faculty and staff,