Past Events
VLST Conversation: Abelardo Morell and Kaja Silverman
Pavilion, Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library
Sachs Lecture: Abelardo Morell
Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), 118 S 36th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Visual Studies Workshop: Informational Images and the Legacy of Humanism
113 Jaffe Building
Informational Images and the Legacy of Humanism Interdisciplinary Workshop Visual Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, Jaffe History of Art Building, Room 113 February 23, 2019 After a long period of neglect, scholarship on what have been variously called informational…
Detroit's Rivera: The Labor of Public Art
Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street
Film Screening of the Julio Ramos Film (2017) followed by a conversation with Anna-Indych López
Mid-Year Senior Project Presentations
Solomon Labs, A3 (basement)
Visual Studies seniors present their senior projects mid-way through the year before other students, faculty and their advisors. Time Slot Student (Adviser/Adviser) 10-10:30 James Kelemen (Tim Corrigan, Ian Verstegen) 10:30-11 Sarah Thomas (Gabe Martinez, Rachel Stonecipher) 11…
VLST Lecture Series: Susanna Berger, "On the Method of Bartisch's Ophthalmodouleia
Cohen 402
Although historians of art and science have largely overlooked the eye surgeon Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia, das ist Augendienst (Ophthalmodouleia, that is, the treatment of the eyes,1583), the work’s elaborate woodcuts as well as its author’s exceptional involvement in…
Majors and More Dinner
Rooftop Lounge, Rodin House
Join representatives from the College (Tanya Jung), History of Art (Gwendolyn Shaw), Fine Arts (Matt Neff) and Visual Studies (Ian Verstegen) for dinner. Learn more about each major in the relaxed environment of the rooftop lounge of Rodin House.
Beginning of the Year Reception
Philosophy Lounge, Cohen Hall, 4th floor
Join Visual Studies faculty and students for the beginning of the year reception.
