There's no better time than Alumni Weekend to experience Penn's rich and varied arts offerings. Join in the Penn Gallery Hop, take in a performance at the Annenberg Center, or visit exhibits at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center or the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and see for yourself the vital role that arts and culture are playing in energizing life at Penn.
Arthur Ross Gallery
The Early Modern Painter-Etcher
(included in Penn Gallery Hop)
Hours: Friday-Monday, 10 AM-5 PM
Phone: 215-898-2083 (general information)
Web: www.upenn.edu/ARG
Institute of Contemporary Art
· Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne
· Candida Höfer: Architecture of Absence
· Soft Sites
· Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss
(all 4 exhibits included in Penn Gallery Hop)
Hours: Wednesday-Friday, Noon-8 PM;
Saturday and Sunday, 11 AM-5 PM
Phone: 215-898-5911/7108
Web: www.icaphila.org
Addams Hall Gallery
Senior Graduation Show
(included in Penn Gallery Hop)
Hours: Friday and Saturday, 10 AM-5 PM;
Sunday, Noon-4 PM
Phone: 215-573-5134
Web: www.design.upenn.edu
Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives
Masterworks from the Collections of the Architectural Archives
Featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary My Architect, the Architectural Archives houses more than 400 collections from the 18th century to the present, including the world-renowned Louis I. Kahn Collection, which provided material for Nathaniel Kahn's celebrated film about his father, Louis I. Kahn, BArch'24.
Hours: Friday and Saturday, 10 AM-5 PM;
Sunday, Noon-4 PM
Phone: 215-898-8323
University Of Pennsylvania Library
· The Library is Burning:
Text, Image, Object, 1963-2005
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Kamin Gallery, 1st Floor
A retrospective of Osvaldo Romberg's
work as an artist of the book.
· Educating the Youth of Pennsylvania:
Franklin and Worlds of Colonial Learning
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Rosenwald Gallery, 6th Floor
An exhibition of books, manuscripts,
and contemporary artifacts.
University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology And Anthropology
Merle Smith Gallery, 1st Floor
 Connecting Cultures: Kids Across the World
Award-winning photojournalist Joan S. Klatchko has spent the last 15 years traveling from Cambodia to Australia, from the Galapagos Islands to Uganda, in a photographic journey, not just to document cultural differences, but to explore the similarities that connect kids, cultures, and countries across the world. This new exhibition of her photographs, plus edited video from some of her travels, features images of children and their families and friends organized by universal themes including play, education, healthcare, protection, and family.
Hours: Friday and Saturday, 10 AM-4:30 PM;
Sunday, 1-5 PM
Phone: 215-898-4000 (general information)
Web: www.museum.upenn.edu
Alumni are admitted free to the Museum during Alumni Weekend with an Alumni PennCard.
The Museum is free for everyone on Sunday.
Penn Presents
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
· Children of Uganda
Friday, May 12, 8 PM
· Bill Charlap Trio
Saturday, May 13, 8 PM
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