The American Academy in Rome Prize

The annual Rome Prize is awarded to thirty emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Deadline for applications is November 1, 2010 with an extended deadline of  November 15, 2010 for an additional fee.

BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez: A Tribute in Word, Music and Dance

BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez (LTA ’05): A Tribute in Word, Music and Dance will be hosted by by Lorene Cary, Founder, Art Sanctuary on  Sunday, November 14, 2010 from 6:00PM to 8:30PM at The Baptist Temple at Temple University located at 1837 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia 19122. Celebrated artists, including Danny Glover, Ruby Dee, Talib Kweli, [...]

Tremain Smith Hosts Live Art Demonstration During POST

Tremain Smith (WOO ’00) hosts a demonstration of her encaustic process and exhibits her current work during Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST). Saturday and Sunday, October 2-3 from 12:00PM to 6:00PM at her West Philadelphia studio.

Sneak a Peak at Laureen Griffin’s Studio During P.O.S.T.

Join Laureen Griffin (LTA ’07, ACG ’05) at her Germantown studio on October 2 – 3 during Philadelphia Open Studio Tours from 12:00PM to 6:00PM. Laureen will be giving demonstrations on her dye printing processes at 2:00PM on Saturday and Sunday.

CFEVA Seeks Artists for the Career Development Program Fellowship

For the Career Development Program Fellowship, the Center For Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) seeks talented visual artists who live within a 100-mile radius of Philadelphia and are committed to a professional career in the arts. To be eligible, applicants must not have commercial gallery representation and may not be full-time students. Artists selected for the [...]

Asian Arts Initiative and Courtyard Dancers Present Celluloid E-Motions

Celluloid E-Motions is an interactive evening of dance theater that blurs the boundaries between classical and commercial, traditional and contemporary. Created and choreographed by local artist Pallabi Chakravorty (ACG ’06, ’10) to commemorate the 10th anniversary of her company Courtyard Dancers, Celluloid E-Motions draws from Indian dance, Urdu poetry, and Hindi film lyrics. The event [...]

Elements Organization presents the Second Annual LGBTQ Womyn of Color Conference

Elements Organization presents the Second Annual LGBTQ Womyn of  Color Conference: Crossroads & Crosswinds: Connecting Across Race and Space. This conference is an honest, fearless, and soul-quenching journey through the complex intersections of culture and identity within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gendered, and questioning/queer community. The conference uses the main-themes -  Relationships, Sexuality/Sexual Practices, Spirituality/Wellness, [...]

Dance Theater Workshop Presents Jamie Merwin’s olive Dance Theatre in Swift Solos

Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, in partnership with Hip-Hop Theater Festival, present  Jamie Merwin’s (WOO ’03) olive Dance Theatre in Swift Solos. Swift Solos is an evening-length series of vignettes based on the choreographic legacy of seminal Breakin’ innovator Ken Swift.

Printed Matter’s 2010 New York Art Book Fair Call for Submissions

Printed Matter presents the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, November 5 to 7, 2010 at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. Free and open to the public, the Fair hosts over 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and publishers from twenty countries, offering the best in contemporary art book publishing. There is an [...]

New Frontiers in Music | Music and Identity: The Risks and Rewards of Boundary-Crossing at The Curtis Center

The Curtis Center Institute of Music presents, Music and Identity: The Risks and Rewards of Boundary-Crossing, two dynamic panel discussions featuring live musical performances. The panel produced by the Philadelphia Music Project, will take place on Friday, October 1, 2010, at the Curtis Institute of Music from 10:00AM to 3:30PM.