Event

Event

Mar 20, 2023
Leeway Foundation Grantee Panel
Have questions about the application process for the Leeway Transformation Award? Join Leeway Foundation for an in-person Transformation Award (LTA) Information Session and Guest Grantee Panel at ICA featuring insights from previous LTA grantees Arielle Julia Brown (ACG ’18, ’20; LTA ’21), Madhusmita Bora (ACG ’09, ’10, ’12; LTA ’20), and Vernon Jordan, III (LTA…
Feb 14, 2023
ICA Benefit 2023
ICA’s Benefit celebrates the meaningful connections ICA offers to art, artists, and audiences. Proceeds provide critical support for ICA’s exhibitions and engagement programs. On Thursday, April 27, 2023, join us for an extraordinary evening honoring Maori Karmael Holmes, founder and Chief Executive and Artistic Officer of BlackStar Projects, and Ken Lum, artist, Marilyn Jordan Taylor…
Feb 10, 2023
Weitzman Spring 2023 Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Every Ocean Hughes
The Institute of Contemporary Art and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania are pleased to present an artist lecture and conversation with Every Ocean Hughes, whose work spans across performance, photography, video, and text and interrogates the limitations placed on life and liveness and its expansive possibilities which can be…
Feb 10, 2023
Weitzman Spring 2023 Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Jade Olivo
The Institute of Contemporary Art and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania are pleased to present an artist lecture and conversation with Jade Olivo whose provocative work utilizes daily objects and motifs from pop culture as a way to reckon with her life experiences and interrogate our existing institutional structures.…
Feb 10, 2023
Weitzman Spring 2023 Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Eric Mack
The Institute of Contemporary Art and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania are pleased to present an artist lecture and conversation with Eric Mack, whose tactile creations are informed by the rhythmic properties of shape, form, and pattern that occur in daily life and how they structure our visual experiences.…
Jan 26, 2023
Terence Nance: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
In Terence Nance’s delightful and explosively creative debut, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty utilizes a mix of live action and animation to tell the story of a relationship between Nance and a lovely young woman as it teeters between the platonic and romantic. Directed by Terence Nance, 2021, U.S., 84 min, English. Registration Please note,…
Jan 26, 2023
In Conversation: Carolyn Lazard & Meg Onli
Join us in conversation with artist, Carolyn Lazard and curator, Meg Onli as they discuss the process behind Long Take, which forefronts accessibility as a methodology, making us question our default aesthetic experiences. Registration Register to attend this free event here. | View program via Zoom here. ASL interpretation and live CART captioning will be…
Jan 25, 2023
Terence Nance Spotlight
In conjunction with the exhibition for filmmaker, writer, actor and musician, Terence Nance, Penn Live Arts will showcase a taste of his fascinating cinematic work in an evening of short films: Blank Canvas (Calvin Klein commercial, 2021) Guisado on Sunset (2020) Jimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky (2017) Swimming in Your Skin Again (2014)…
Jan 25, 2023
In Conversation: Terence Nance & Maori Karmael Holmes
Join us in conversation with artist Terence Nance and curator Maori Karmael Holmes as they discuss Nance’s genre-defying approach to film, video, television, sound and performance. Registration Register to attend this free event here. ASL interpretation will be provided for this program. Please contact Brittany Clottey, ICA Public Engagement Project Manager and Administrative Coordinator, at…
Jan 25, 2023
Spring 2023 Opening Celebration
The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania welcomes you to celebrate the opening of our Spring 2023 exhibition season, comprised of the exhibitions Terence Nance: Swarm and Carolyn Lazard: Long Take. Join us at 6PM for a public reception featuring remarks from the artists and curators as well as refreshments, activities, and…