Arts at Penn

Making the Arts at Penn visible and accessible to all

Student engaging in virtual reality in the Arthur Ross Gallery

Image 1. Art of Art Collecting Paideia class held at the Arthur Ross Gallery.
Image 2. Collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem, Mavis Pusey archive.
Image 3. Lobby, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), University of Pennsylvania.

Academics & Scholarship

Students engage deeply with artistic practice and inquiry, as disciplines intersect to generate bold ideas.

Academics & Scholarship

Connect. Collaborate. Create.

The arts spark curiosity and conversation, interaction and innovation – across our campus and our community.

“The arts teach us what it means to be human and afford us spaces to engage the most pressing issues of our time.”

Timothy Rommen

Vice Provost for the Arts

Collage from exhibition 'What World' by Azsaneé Truss

‘What World’ collage Azsaneé Truss

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Lynn Smith Dolby, Director Penn Art Collection

Dec 6, 2024

Caretaker of 9,000 works of art

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Portrait of Psychology and Design Student Jessica Mach at Charles Addams Hall.

Jun 1, 2025

Fine art and design using artificial intelligence

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Rui Rui , Penn Art Collection

Nov 11, 2025

Monumental sculpture celebrated on Penn’s campus

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Shaker Seed Boxes, ICA Exhibition

Feb 21, 2026

The Shakers’ Utopian World Sees a Surge of Modern Interest

Institute for Contemporary Art
Alex Watrous, Waterhouse Pottery

Jan 16, 2026

Sizing up Pennsylvania’s creative workforce

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(Top row) Jackie Einstein Astrof, Calvin Bland, and Denis Elton Cochran-Fikes; (middle row) James H. Greene, Susan T. Marx, and Jodi L. Miller; (bottom row) Ian A. Seltzer, Liz Theoharis, and Herman Beavers.

Nov 6, 2025

Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

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Tools lined up on a pegboard at the Precision Machining Laboratory in Towne Hall.

Jan 21, 2026

People and Places at Penn: Makerspaces

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Jordyn Harris

May 13, 2025

Performer, biomedical engineer, and soon-to-be graduate

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Meryl Krieger mentors high school students as part of her volunteering with the Philadelphia nonprofit Project 440.

Nov 7, 2025

Teaching creative Philadelphia youth career and entrepreneurship skills

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Who, What, Why - Portrait of Bea Hammam at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Jan 15, 2026

Who, What, Why: Third-year gets a taste of the film biz

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Sosena Solomon, a lecturer in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences

Dec 8, 2025

Two 2025 project grants and a fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

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Tim Rommen, Vice Provost for the Arts

Jan 1, 2025

Timothy Rommen appointed Vice Provost for the Arts at Penn

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Explore the arts ecosystem

Through creative, interpretive, and integrative practices and methods, we challenge ourselves to discover new insights, develop innovations, and foster inclusive places of belonging.

Penn Museum

From groundbreaking excavations to ongoing innovation.

Collar, Native North America Gallery

Penn Art Collection

The Penn Art Collection includes over 8,000 artworks acquired during the past 250 years.

Rui Rui , Penn Art Collection

Platt Student Performing Arts House

Advising and training students pursuing their extracurricular passions for the performing arts.

Platt Student Performing Arts House

Institute for Contemporary Art

ICA is a launchpad for contemporary art and ideas, and a place of possibility.

Penn Student Clubs

Clubs engaged in social, political, artistic, and multicultural activities that put learning into practice.

Penn Student Clubs

Penn Live Arts

Leading innovative experiences and a vital resource for the performing arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

Martha Graham Dance Company

Arthur Ross Gallery

The Arthur Ross Gallery reaches across disciplines to engage faculty, students, artists, and the public.

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation

Ensuring that the Arts at Penn are valued and embraced as a creative catalyst, driving innovation, inspiration, and action.

Sam Maitin

Kelly Writers House

Serves as a center for writers of all kinds from Penn and the Philadelphia region.

Kelly Writers House Arts Cafe

Academic departments

Encompassing the full range of creative practices and the academic disciplines that interpret their histories, meanings, and methods.

2023 CDI Cohort members including, from left to right: Ricardo O. Howell (Academic Affairs), Corine Labridy (FIGS), and Lisa Ann Britton (FIGS) in conversation