http://www.icaphila.org/events/ Calendar of events at ICA Philadelphia. en-US Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.zerodefectdesign.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Patrick Rosenkranz, comix historian and the author of the comprehensive tome Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963–1975, talks about R. Crumb’s work and the trangressive movement that it helped define. FREE to members & Penn students, $5 general admission A booksigning will be held at 1pm at Robin's Bookstore (108 S.13th Street). For more information call 215.735.9600 or visit Robin's Bookstore. A Spiegel Fund event. ]]> The young video artist and sculptor, recently returned from the American Academy in Rome, will discuss her ICA installation, built of locally available materials, as well as her earlier work, which pushes the boundaries of both canonical and recent feminist art and performance. ]]> Ruth Erickson examines Douglas Blau’s brilliant, relentless distillation of picture-making over the centuries. ]]> Wednesday, October 15, 2008 4-6pm or Saturday, October 18, 2008, 9am-11am Join educators from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art and the Fabric Workshop to learn more about a special museum visit program that has been developed to help 4th grade students practice the literacy skills they are learning at school while they explore works of art. Participants will receive special Art Speaks! materials for their classroom. Philadelphia Public School 4th grade classroom and art teachers only. FREE, registration required. Limit 50 teachers per session. Location: Van Pelt Auditorium at The Philadelphia Museum of Art For more information, please contact (215) 684-7585 or e-mail educate@philamuseum.org.]]> Guaranteed, this year’s installment of ICA’s annual lecture won’t answer the big question! Instead, senior curator Ingrid Schaffner will show the wide variety of ways in which artists today are asking us to think about what is contemporary. Get insights into ICA’s upcoming exhibitions by getting a sense of the issues and images that inform the larger context. ]]>