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Thursday, Nov. 11, 5-7 pm
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery
 

Join us for a reception for Larry Day: Nature Abstracted, which is currently on view at the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery and part of a three venue show dedicated to Day and his work.

The reception is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Growing up in Bucks County just outside Philadelphia, Ryan Haagen BFA '19 (Film) became a Philadelphia Flyers fan at a young age. Today, as a member of the Flyers' content production team, he advances the club's mission to give back to the community and welcome diverse communities into the sport.

This fall, in partnership with producer, musician, author and film director Questlove and whisky producer The Balvenie, University of the Arts will present one creative thinker with an opportunity to participate in UArts' PhD in Creativity program through an innovative scholarship program. 

On Oct. 12, University of the Arts announced the official kick-off of a project to transform the historic Gershman Hall at 401 S. Broad Street into a new student center on campus.

For an avid swimmer like faculty member and alum Lowell Boston BFA '88 (Film and Animation), summer is a time for jumping into the pool to work on his freestyle stroke and remembering the lakeside days of his youth in Massachusetts.

In front of a large audience in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium this June, David Sweeny BFA '04 (Theater - Acting) pulled off a nearly impossible feat. Performing as his alter ego, Johnny Showcase, Sweeny auditioned for the 16th season of NBC's America's Got Talent and drew broad grins and high praise from the famously irascible Simon Cowell.

Thursday, Sept 30, 2021
7-8:30 pm, zoom
 

Join us for an evening conversation between artists Nyeema Morgan and Abbey Williams as they discuss their solo exhibitions currently on view at the Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts. 

This event is free and open to the public. This is a virtual event.  

Oct 22-Dec 10, 2021
Art Alliance

The Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts is pleased to present the first Philadelphia exhibition of works by Sari Dienes. 

Wednesday, Sept 8, 4:45-6p
Art Alliance Garden
Presented by The Art Alliance Writers' Workshop & the BFA in Creative Writing

First-year student Isabel Rose Catalan '25 (Creative Writing) was no stranger to reading her work aloud in small venues with friends and fellow students present. But this summer, over the Fourth of July weekend, the Philadelphia native spoke to her largest crowd yet: holiday revelers attending the city's Wawa Welcome America Festival.
 

The debut of shows such as Netflix's Stranger Things, with its embrace of 1980s nostalgia, reignited interest in tabletop role-playing games, once a fixture of musty childhood basements and comic shops. Renewed interest in games like Dungeons & Dragons has spawned a wealth of new media, including books, TV shows and even a potential major motion picture.

Oct 8–Dec 3, 2021
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery

Carl Clemons-Hopkins BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) received a 2021 Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for their role on HBO Max’s new comedy series Hacks.

In June, Zeinab Diomande ’22 (Painting) was named one of 40 finalists for the prestigious AXA Art Prize. Of 600 artists who applied, she was advanced to the finalist stage by a panel of regional jurors, which included UArts Master Lecturer Charles Browning as a member, and a four-member exhibition jury comprising representatives of some of the country’s most prestigious museums.  

Following a rigorous selection process earlier this year, UArts Assistant Professor of Studio Practice Tommie-Waheed Evans was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in choreography. Evans was one of 184 artists, writers, scholars and scientists selected from a pool of more than 3,000 applications.