Past Events
Senior Project Final Presentations
Duhring Wing, 5th Floor
Friday, April 18, 2025 - 12:00pm to 3:30pm Friday (April 18) at noon the Visual Studies Program will host its Senior Project Final Presentations. 12 noon Laura Jannetta (Advisors: Zab Johnson and lan Verstegen) 12:30. Nadia McGrath (Advisors: Ann Kuttner and Zehra Husain) 1:00…
Major Dinner and More
Harnwell College House
Harnwell College House will be hosting the Visual Studies Majors & More Dinner in collaboration with the College. Majors & more dinners provide an opportunity for students to meet with faculty, staff, and other upperclass students in a small, relaxed dinner setting to explore…
Professor Dinner at King's Court English College House
Perspectives in Humanities
Perspectives in Humanities of Kings Court English College House invites you to a Professor Dinner with Hammam Aldouri and lan Verstegen.
Alumni Workshop with Morgan Jones and Allison Tsai
Rodin College House, Rooftop Lounge
Join us in the Rooftop Lounge of Rodin College House for an alumni workshop! Two Visual Studies alums, Morgan Jones (class of 22, now at Procter & Gamble) and Allison Tsai (class of 23, now at Arup) will discuss their careers since graduating from Penn, in marketing and UX design…
Mid-Year Visual Studies Senior Project Presentations
Jaffe Building, Room 113
Presentations by Laura Jannetta, Olivia Kim, Dayzia Terry, Nadia McGrath, Diana Mota, and Nora Youn
Visual Studies Senior Exhibition
Fisher Fine Arts Gallery
A spotlight of the work of Visual Studies senior Tessa Kong.
Stories from the User Lab
Inclusivity and Sustainability in Design
Huntsman Hall, Room 250
Prof. Sinico will be in conversation with Zab Johnson of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative discussing “Stories from the User Lab: Inclusivity and Sustainability in Design” These are great events for this interested in the intersection of psychological research and design.
Expressive Qualities for Design
How Things Tell us How to Use Them
Annenberg School, Room 111
A lecture by Prof. Michele Sinico of the IUAV (Venice) about the intersection of expression and affordance with the design of products. Michele Sinico received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Padua. He has been a visiting professor at the Center for…
The Rothko Chapel:
At the Intersection of Art, Spirituality and Human Rights
Van Pelt Library, Class of 1955 Conference Room
Join us for a conversation between Visual Studies 2140 (Art as Intercultural Dialogue) faculty Claudia Tordini and Fanchon Silberstein and Christopher Rothko.
2023-2024 Visual Studies Lecture
Art, Activism and Politics
Meyerson Hall, Room B3
Marlene McCarty is an multidisciplinary artist who makes work ranging from mass-printed analog graphic media, performances, mural-sized ballpoint pen drawings, and site-specific installations. She was a member of the AIDS collective Gran Fury and co-founded the trans-disciplinary…
