Event

Oct 25, 2018
ICA Gather x No Otro Lado
Join writer, activist, DJ, and teacher Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela for a live performance with producer Josh Hey, Koofreh Umoren on trumpet, and Dan Nosheny on tuba, and celebrate the release of Johnson-Valenzuela’s new album No Otro Lado. A panel discussion moderated by Tufts University professor Anthony Romero will feature poet and Harvard University Radcliffe Fellow Javier…
Oct 25, 2018
Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania Announces the Appointment of Stephanie Garcia as the 2018-2019 Van Doren Fellow
October 25, 2018 The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephanie Garcia as the 2018-2019 Van Doren Fellow. The Van Doren Fellow works within both the ICA and the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania to implement collaborative interdisciplinary…
Oct 25, 2018
Performance: Helga Davis
Join interdisciplinary artist Helga Davis for an intimate evening of performance in conjunction with the exhibition Cauleen Smith: Give it or Leave It. Helga Davis is a vocalist and performance artist with feet planted on the most prestigious international stages and with firm roots in the realities and concerns of her local community whose work…
Oct 24, 2018
VIP Hours– Visiting Infants & Parents
At ICA, infants and parental figures are VIPs! Every first Saturday of each month, from 9am – 11am, our doors are open exclusively to parents, caregivers, and children ranging from infancy to 24 months old. Come be a part of a child-friendly art experience where adults are free to engage with our exhibitions in a…
Oct 19, 2018
Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen
Marking the first major solo exhibition of influential Chilean-born artist Cecilia Vicuña, the multidisciplinary presentation will offer unprecedented insight into the evolution of her practice through a range of landmark works, including sculpture, video, text, performance, and site-specific installations, drawn from the past four decades of her career. A poet, artist, filmmaker, and human rights…
Oct 18, 2018
Coffee & Conversation: The Combahee River Collective and Identity Politics
Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee and join Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Penn MFA candidate, for a conversation inspired by artist Cauleen Smith’s ICA exhibition Give It or Leave It. The discussion will focus on the reference within the exhibition to the black radical feminist group, the Combahee River Collective. Participants will learn about the collective’s history…
Oct 18, 2018
RAIR: On Applying for a Residency at the Dump
ICA is proud to host the PennDesign Undergraduate Fine Arts Lecture entitled, RAIR: On Applying for a Residency at the Dump. RAIR Co-directors Lucia Thomé and Billy Dufala will share the intricacies of creating a residency program at a demolition recycling center, focusing specifically on how past artists-in-residence have utilized the site and materials in…
Oct 16, 2018
ICA Announces Three Major Exhibitions for Its 2019 Winter Season
Emerging and Established Contemporary Artists Pioneer New Discourse Exploring Race, History, and Time in Innovative Three-Part Exhibition Colored People Time Retrospective of Tony Conrad Spanning Six Decades of Seminal Work First Major Solo Exhibition of Cecilia Vicuña This winter, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania will mount three exhibitions that challenge…
Oct 16, 2018
Moveable Bridges: To Future Past
ICA, American Composers Forum (ACF) Philadelphia, and MUSICA PRACTICA / ELETTRONICA VIVA present a talk and workshop by composer and komungo player Jin Hi Kim, and koto player Naoko Kikuchi of the Asian Art Ensemble. Both artists will introduce and demonstrate their instruments in traditional, contemporary classical, and improvised music. This program is presented in…