Some Design Classes Next Semester

Undergraduate Fine Arts and Design                                                                                        Spring 2020 Cultures of Making (DSGN317) Instructor: Orkan Telhan Cultures of Making (and Unmaking) is studio/seminar hybrid which investigates the designers’ responsibilities towards the environment and the climate crisis. The students work with contemporary technologies— sensors, indicators, sequencers, mapping devices— to learn about different ways to sense, image, and…

Philanimator Call for Work

This is a call for an animation show called Covers on Covers. Here is a film of their last show. Submission deadline is December 2nd.

Advisory Group for Activist Poster Programming

Hey guys, I am pasting an email below. It is for an opportunity to get on to an advisory group for Common Press. Common Press is an awesome letter press on campus. It is for a PAID position that will meet once a month till Feb. If you are interested in printmaking or activism this…

Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper was one of the most prolific painters in the first half of the 20th Century. He deals with ideas of Modern American life, and our relationships with the landscapes that influence it.

Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky was an early Modernist, painting at the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s. He challenged traditional painting ideas of the subject and space.

Art Events of the Week, Dec 8-14

Art: ICA x YOWIE 3rd Annual Bookshop Pop-Up at the ICA, Friday from 6-9 pmWorkshops, Saturday and Sunday 2-4 pm Second Saturday Sketch at the Rodin Museum, Saturday at 10 am Mindfulness at the Museum at the ICA, Friday at 12 pm Film: Inland Sea at 3701 Chestnut St., Monday at 7 pm Other: Viola’s…

Art Opening on Friday

On Friday the 13th Michelle Lopez (who is an amazing Penn faculty member) is having an opening at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The museum is just off campus, and free! The opening runs from 6:30 to 9:00 pm and is a great thing to do on a Friday night. You should come and bring…

Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy is one of my favorite sculptors. He works in nature, with nature. His work is short lived or ephemeral and is usually is documented via photography. This link will take you to his digital catalog, where you can look through some of his early works. The image on this post is a sculpture…