PAST EVENTS

Michael Shapiro, “Eleven Museums, Eleven Directors: Conversations on Art and Leadership”

The University of Pennsylvania’s Visual Studies Program, History of Art Department, Fels Institute of Government, and the Penn Museum are proud to present a talk with 

Mid-year Senior Thesis Presentations

Visual studies seniors present their thesis projects mid-year before fellow students, faculty and project advisors. 

Lunchtime seminar with Dexter Sinister: Welcome to tomorrow, today.*

J.G. Ballard once said: "Science fiction might be the best sort of realism. Maybe the only possible one." This is exactly the sort of insight that a writer of speculative stories can offer.

Visual Studies Lecture Series 2015-2016: I'll Be Your Interface*

Dexter Sinister

Homecoming Alumni Reception

Current students and alumni are invited to mix with special invited alumni in a meet and greet, networking event during Homecoming. 

Course and Major Fair

The Course and Majors Fair provides an opportunity for students to explore majors. Visual Studies will have a table present to answer questions and discuss the major. 

Architecture/Fine Arts/Visual Studies Major Dinner

A major dinner for Freshmen and Sophomores where you can talk to representatives and students from the three related majors of Architecture, Fine Arts and Visual Studies. 

Sorting Brains Out: Tasks, Tests, and Trials in the Neuro- and Mind Sciences, 1890-2015

A conference sponsored by the Department of the History and Sociology of Science.

Penn Art & Culture Freshman Welcome Reception

For the third consecutive year, Platt Student Performing Arts House and  Penn Art & Culture will be hosting the Penn Art & Culture Freshman Welcome Reception. The goal of this event is to i

Michael Leja - "Almanacs and the Image Campaign of 1840"

History of Art Colloquium

[image: The Tippecanoe Almanac for the Year 1841 (Philadelphia, 1840)