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A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference
Will Atkins, Vicky Aquino, and students affix flower stickers to the new AAPI mural

Vicky Aquino, associate director and the artist behind the mural, at its launch. This project was supported by the entire PAACH team and key members of University Life, including Associate Vice Provost Will Atkins (left).

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A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference

A new mural in the ARCH building lobby represents and celebrates the diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders  

Kristina Linnea García

Art of the South Asian diaspora
Four women stand in front of a stage

From left to right, Aisha Khan, Arooj Aftab, Shahzia Sikander, and Fariha Khan at “The Artists’ Talk.”

(Image: Ana Glassman)

Art of the South Asian diaspora

An event spearheaded by the Asian American Studies Program combined scholarship and artistic practice to showcase art of the South Asian diaspora as a contemporary American tradition.

Kristina Linnea García

The joys of ‘liberated yet respectful observation’ in Seoul
A painted wall in front of a traditional Korean building.

Image: Cookie Lucifer

The joys of ‘liberated yet respectful observation’ in Seoul

Students in the Weitzman School spent two weeks with visiting artists, curators, and language instructors in Seoul, developing working vocabularies of Korean culture for a well-researched visual portfolio.

From the Weitzman School of Design

By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants
Distorted visions of people in a grid-like mirror

Untitled, 1974-1977, gelatin sliver print. Tamir Williams, a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and Sachs Program student grantee, will curate an exhibition titled A Space to Appear, A Space to Tarry, which will present works from the photographic series “Black Nightclubs on Chicago’s South Side” (1975-1977) by Penn alumnus Michael Abramson. The exhibition and supplemental programming is anticipated in the summer and fall 2023, and will be presented at a Penn-affiliated gallery and at a collective art space in Philadelphia.

(Image: Michael Abramson)

  • By the Numbers

    • By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants

    This week, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced its latest round of spring grants for students, and Penn Today offers a by-the-numbers look at the Program’s investment in students to date.
    A real art project at Quinta Brunson’s former school in West Philly mirrors the ‘Abbott Elementary’ Mural Arts episode

    A real art project at Quinta Brunson’s former school in West Philly mirrors the ‘Abbott Elementary’ Mural Arts episode

    Thanks to the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Shira Walinsky of the Weitzman School of Design designed and created a mural at West Philly’s Andrew Hamilton Elementary with help from volunteers and Penn students.