Centers & spaces

As the University of Pennsylvania’s home for the performing arts, Penn Live Arts connects diverse audiences with visionary artists and innovative ideas, engaging both the University and the greater Philadelphia community in transformative artistic experiences.

The Arthur Ross Gallery reaches across disciplines to engage faculty, students, artists, and the public in its multicultural exhibitions. Its outstanding programs and elementary outreach, Engaging Minds through Art, serve the University, Philadelphia and the region.

ICA is a launchpad for contemporary art and ideas, and a place of possibility. Creating transformative experiences with art across disciplines and encouraging bold experimentation, deep connection, and boundless curiosity among artists and audiences alike.

Kelly Writers House links writers and readers from across the country and around the world. Through its many programs and projects, the Writers House promotes the full range of contemporary literature, addressing writing both as a practice and as an object of study.

Home to over a million artifacts, the Penn Museum has been uncovering our shared humanity across continents and millennia since 1887. In bridging archaeology with anthropology, they chart a course for finding one’s own place in the arc of human history.

Committing to the learning and development of Penn’s 70+ student performing arts groups through trainings, workshops, masterclasses, and career mentorship.

When it opens in early 2027, the Platt Center will include the Edward W. Kane Theatre, a 326-seat performance space with a full fly tower and orchestra pit; a 125-seat studio theatre with flexible performance and rehearsal capabilities; five rehearsal studios; a student lounge, as well as performance support spaces. The building will target LEED silver certification and serve as an exemplar of sustainable theatre design.