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All events are held at ICA and are free of charge, unless otherwise noted.

Whenever Wednesday: Lecture: Maira Kalman
wed feb 10 @ 6:30pm



Hear the illustrator, author, and designer speak about how she sees the world, both inside and outside of the studio. AND CELEBRATE ABE! Eat cake in honor of Lincoln's birthday (two days early) and Kalman's contribution to the Rosenbach Museum's 21st-Century Abe.Books available for sale courtesy of Joseph Fox Bookshop.

Please stay tuned for any program changes. In the event of inclement weather, a notice will be posted here.

Whenever Wednesday: Dance with Camera Cinema Program
wed feb 17 @ 7pm



With iconic dance films, ranging from Busby Berkeley's Hollywood musicals to Maya Deren's avant-garde films, the screenings in this cinema program exemplify the ways dance has compelled visual artists to record bodies moving in time and space.

Screenings: Martha Graham: A Dancer's World (Peter Glushanok, 1957) / Hilary Harris, Nine Variations on a Dance Theme, 1966 / Yvonne Rainer, Hand Movie, 1966 / Amy Greenfield, Transport, 1971 / James Byrne and Victoria Marks, Inside Eyes, 1987 / Blood Wedding (Carlos Saura, 1981, 72 Minutes)

Poet, essayist and video/filmmaker Amy Greenfield will be present at this evening's screening.

Screenings will take place at International House, 3701 Chestnut Street. $8 general public; $5 ICA and International House members

Whenever Wednesday: Screening: Kinetic Cinema
wed feb 24 @ 6:30pm

Kinetic Cinema, curated by Carmella Vassor-Johnson and organized by Anna Brady Nuse, is a New York-based screening series that explores the intersection of dance and the moving image.

Community Events: Joan Acocella on Vaslav Nijinsky
wed mar 3 @ 5:00 pm

New Yorker dance critic Joan Acocella examines the history of the "mad genius" formula as it relates to the great dancer/choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky.

A program of The Penn Humanities Forum on Connections.

Lecture: Ingrid Schaffner on Maira Kalman
wed mar 3 @ 6:30pm

Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner expounds on the exhibition- its organization and the work in it.

Screening: Motion Pictures '10
thu mar 4 @ 6pm

Philadelphia Dance Projects 8th Annual Mini-fest of Dance on Film and Video curated by Gretjen Clausing and Terry Fox

6PM Kate Watson-Wallace presents her new dance video online project, "Everywhere," on a shared program with Shorts

7:30 PM "Beyond the Mainstream," the PBS Dance in America series from 1980 featuring Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Trisha Brown, David Gordon, Kei Takei, and Laura Dean.

Screenings held at International House, 3701 Chestnut Street; $8 general public; $5 ICA and International House Members, and Dance Pass cardholders

Whenever Wednesday: Dance with Camera Cinema Program
wed mar 17 @ 7pm



With iconic dance films, ranging from Busby Berkeley's Hollywood musicals to Maya Deren's avant-garde films, the screenings in this cinema program exemplify the ways dance has compelled visual artists to record bodies moving in time and space.

Screening: Sidney Peterson and Hy Hirsh, Clinic of Stumble, 1947 / Ed Emshwiller, Thanatopsis, 1962 / Norman McLaren, Pas de Deux, 1968 / Frank Moore and Jim Self, Beehive, 1985 / The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948, 133 minutes).

Read about "The Red Shoes" now newly restored in the recent article "A Tragic Ballerina Dances Again, Her Shoes Now Redder Than Ever" from The New York Times (November 5, 2009).

Screenings will take place at International House, 3701 Chestnut Street. $8 general public; $5 ICA and International House members

Community Events: Jane Golden at the Penn Bookstore
wed mar 24 @ 5:30pm

The Penn Bookstore welcomes famed city muralist Jane Golden, Executive Director of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and lecturer in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. She will be discussing the new title More Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell, a comprehensive anthology depicting the murals of Philadelphia and the great stories behind them.
For more information go to www.upenn.edu/bookstore.
(3601 Walnut Street-University Sq.)

Whenever Wednesday: Michael Bierut + Chee Pearlman on M&Co
wed mar 31 @ 6:30pm



Conversation: Join M&Co experts Michael Bierut, Partner at Pentagram, and Chee Pearlman, design consultant and journalist, for a lecture on Maira Kalman's work and the influential design firm M&Co.

Location: Penn's School of Design, Meyerson B1

This program is co-sponsored by ICA and Penn's School of Design.

First Saturday Tour
sat apr 3 @ 1pm

Penn History of Art PhD Candidate Carolyn Trench on ICA’s winter 2010 exhibitions.

Whenever Wednesday: Sarah McEneaney’s Very Good Wednesday
wed apr 7 @ 6:30pm

Join artist Sarah McEneaney for an ecumenical celebration in the spirit of the Spring Solstice, Passover, Easter, Good Friday, Beltane, and more. Guests are invited to wear their favorite hats; come accompanied by (well-behaved) dogs—also in hats; bring to the table some favorite comfort food—sweet or savory; and recite or recollect a favorite story, poem, or recollection. Prizes will be awarded for best hats. With this cabaret commences Milton (see below).

Milton
thu apr 8

Thursday, April 8 through Sunday, April 11, drop by Milton. As envisioned by Maira Kalman, Milton is a space for music, poetry, ironing (maybe)-- whatever the proprietor of the day imagines. At ICA, look for a program of poetic and ephemeral events throughout the week, curated by English165 students at Penn.

Whenever Wednesday: Jewish Culture in Maira Kalman's Work
wed apr 14 @ 6:30pm

Join Penn professors Marion Kant and Liliane Weissberg, and writer Denise Grollmus, for a conversation on the expressions of Jewish culture that abound in Maira Kalman’s work, moderated by Christine Poggi, Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania. As an illustrator, author, and designer, Kalman (b. 1949 Tel Aviv, lives New York) illuminates contemporary life through her personal narrative. Her work is filled with fond family anecdotes, nostalgia for foods (such as pickles, herring, and honeycake), reverence for historical figures from early twentieth century Europe and America (such as Walter Benjamin and George Gershwin), and celebrations of her communities in Israel and New York.

This program is co-sponsored by ICA and Penn’s Jewish Studies Program.


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