ICA will close at 5PM on Wednesday, November 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen Friday, November 29 for our regular hours.
Event

Event

Nov 18, 2019
ICA Gather x Here We Stand
Here We Stand is an evening of readings and reflections paying tribute to the resilience and cultural richness of the black community in West Philadelphia. The title comes from Paul Robeson’s autobiographical book, Here I Stand, where the artist and activist provides a candid account of his political views and engages the reader in considering…
Nov 18, 2019
Scribe Video Center DHPY Screening
Celebrate new works from Scribe Video Center’s 2019 Documentary History Project for Youth (DHPY), an annual after-school, weekend and summertime digital media production workshop for middle and high school students. Each year, youth participants create short documentary films as a way to explore some aspect of the social, political and cultural history of Philadelphia. This…
Nov 18, 2019
Screening and Conversation: Jean Carlomusto
In conjunction with STILL BEGINNING: The 30th Annual Day With(out) Art, ICA Philadelphia is proud to host a screening and conversation with Jean Carlomusto, a filmmaker, activist, and interactive media artist whose work conducts unorthodox investigations of LGBT history and HIV/AIDS. Carlomusto’s work has been exhibited internationally in festivals and museums, and she is the…
Nov 8, 2019
Monument Lab – Book Launch and Party
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia, a living handbook for vital perspectives on public art and history. Hear from co-editors Paul M. Farber and Ken Lum along with several Monument Lab artists and book contributors, about their work on their renowned 2017 citywide exhibition with Mural Arts…
Nov 7, 2019
STILL BEGINNING: The 30th Annual Day With(out) Art
ICA is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for the thirtieth annual Day With(out) Art by presenting STILL BEGINNING, a program of seven newly commissioned videos responding to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic by Shanti Avirgan, Nguyen Tan Hoang, Carl George, Viva Ruiz, Iman Shervington, Jack Waters/Victor F.M. Torres, and Derrick Woods-Morrow. The seven short videos…
Nov 7, 2019
Screening: Ja’Tovia Gary and Sophia Nahli Allison with Maori Karmael Holmes
In conjunction with Colored People Time: Banal Presents, this screening presents the work of two experimental Black female filmmakers whose films attend to the multidimensional lives of Black women. *Following the screening, Sophia Nahli Allison will join curator and cultural producer Maori Karmael Holmes in conversation. In her analysis of 19th century notions of black…
Oct 29, 2019
Coffee and Conversation: fierce pussy’s Collective Praxis
Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee and join Rebecca Naegele, Penn MFA candidate for a conversation on fierce pussy’s collective praxis alongside the exhibition arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy amplified. The discussion will consider how the four artists in the exhibition have…
Oct 25, 2019
Pennsight Drop-In Tour led by Cloe Cho
Looking to engage with contemporary art on a more personal level? Attend a drop-in tour with a Pennsight docent! Using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) as a guide, visitors will have the opportunity to create personal connections with 3 artworks through participating in open-ended dialogues in the galleries. During these conversations, visitors are encouraged to look…
Oct 22, 2019
Weitzman School of Design Lecture: Irena Haiduk
Join us at ICA for a lecture by artist Irena Haiduk, entitled “Studio Feelings.” For more information on the artist, visit: yugoexport.com or irenahaiduk.com Programming at ICA has been made possible in part by the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and Visual Arts and the Lise Spiegel Wilks and Jeffrey Wilks…
Oct 17, 2019
Coffee and Conversation: aeons, and/of absence
Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee and join Em Rea, MFA/MSW dual degree candidate at Weitzman School of Design and School of Social Policy & Practice, for a conversation inspired by the ICA exhibition arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy amplified. How do…