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Summer EXTRAS

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Sports 

Talks

Summer Hours 2002

Summer Programs 2002

Youth Sports

Morris Arboretum Moonlight & Roses

Moonlight & Roses in the Arboretum's rose garden . (See  Special Events ).

Summer Magic: University Museum

Museum's Summer Magic features Women's Sekere Ensemble (above) as well as Egyptian Dance with Habiba (below). See Children's Activities.

 

The State of the Art Quilt: at Arthur Ross Gallery
see Exhibits

Amy Orr
American Dream
45" x 38"



Amy Orr
Alphabet Quilt
detail


Leslie Pontz
Opus #1 in Nine Measures
49" x 48"

Cindy Friedman
I Saw a Shadow Touch a Shadow's Hand
80" x 70"


Cindy Friedman
Dance of the Soul
27.5" x 27.5"



Leslie Pontz
Study #5
12.75" x 16.75"



Deborah Schwartzman
Autumnm Sugar
52"w x 50"l


Lonnie Rossi
Too Close to Home
59.5"w x 64.5"l

Deborah Schwartzman
Elizabethan Blue
38"w x 54.75"l


Lonnie Rossi
It's 12:01 and We're Still Here
58"w x 46.5"l

Lonnie Rossi
My Mind's in a Tangle!
44.5"w x 49"l

POSTERS POSTERS POSTERS: at Arthur Ross Gallery
see Exhibits

Photographic Explorations:
A Century of Images in
Archaeology and Anthropology 

see Exhibits

Photo: George F. Dales, 1969
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George F. Dales surveyed the Seistan region (pictured above) of southwestern Afghanistan in search of evidence of contact between the Indus and Mesopotamian civilizations.

see Exhibits

Photo: Jane Goodale, 1954

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The Tiwi are an Australian Aboriginal group living on
Melville Island. Jane Goodale, then a graduate student in Penn's
Anthropology Department, spent most of 1954 living among them.

see Exhibits

Photo: James B. Pritchard, 1958.

James B. Pritchard excavated the site of Gibeon in modern-day
Jordan, a site mentioned a number of times in the Bible. Pictured here is
the spectacular pool of Gibeon.

see Exhibits

Photo by John Henry Haynes, 1899

Workers carry away baskets full of dirt in a stark, surreal landscape
at Nippur in Iraq, 1899.

see Exhibits

ICA Presents: Charles Ledray, Sculpture 1989-2002
 Through July 14.

see Exhibits

At left: Charles LeDray, Come Together, 1995-1996, fabric, thread, embroidery floss, metal, 43.5 x 26 x 6.5 inches, Collection: San Francisco Museum of Art, couresy Sperone Westwater.

 

 

Below: Charles LeDray
Milk and Honey (detail), 1994-1996
2000 hand-thrown porcelain vessels
collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

see Exhibits

 

Space 1026: Scratch off the Serial; Through July 14.

see Exhibits

Space 1026, Scratch Off the Serial, Ink, pencil, digital manipulation. 9 x 12 inches. courtesy of Space 1026.

 

You go first :

Wall painting by Arturo Herrera

at ICA

see Exhibits

 

At right: interiror view of ICA corridor.

Below: view of corrider from outside ICA.

Off the Wall: Current Work by Robinson Fredenthal
Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives

see Exhibits

 


see Exhibits

MUSEUM’S MONGOLIAN TREASURES

see Exhibits

 

 

  

MUSEUM’S MONGOLIAN TREASURES

Above, from left to right:

Halh woman's hand-embroidered leather boots;

Classic saddle for everyday use;

a Halh married woman's summer deel and long vest from the early 20th century;

Halh man's summer deel and vest, early 20th century;

part of a married Halh woman's headdress from the early 20th century.

see Exhibits

 

The Collector's Eye: Nineteenth-Century Prints from the Arthur Ross Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Through June 9, 2002

Arthur Ross Gallery see Exhibits



Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Souvenier of Italy, 1866
Etching, State II/V
11 1/8" x 8 3/4"
Arthur Ross Foundation
Arthur Ross Gallery see Exhibits


Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
The Absinthe Drinker, 1860,
printed c. 1910 - 1912
Etching and aquatint on laid Japan paper, state IV/V, 11 3/8 x 6 1/3"
Arthur Ross Foundation
Arthur Ross Gallery see Exhibits

Recent Paintings by T.L. Solien
 at Esther Klein galery through June 29

 

Solein's Ashes of a Flower Girl

see Exhibits

Morris Arboretum: Closely Observed,
Photos by Andrea Baldeck

see Exhibits

see Exhibits

Morris Arboretum: David Rogers' Big Bugs Lands
Through June 30

Ant Sculpture
25' long x 12' wide x 10' high
Weight: 700 lbs. each
Body: bent willow on armature
Eyes: Carved red cedar
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Assassin bug Sculpture
7' long x 7' wide x 3' high
Weight: 200 lbs.
Body & legs: Carved black walnut
Eyes & sword: Carved red cedar
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Grasshopper Sculpture
11' long x 4.5' wide x 4' high
Weight: 200 lbs.
Carved black locust
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Praying mantis Sculpture
18' long x 20' wide x 2' diameter
Weight: 1200 lbs.
Carved black locust
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Dragonfly Sculpture
17' long x 17' wide x 1' diameter
Weight: 150 lbs.
Carved red cedar
Wings: willow on armature
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Spider with web Sculpture
Spider 3' long x 4' wide x 1' high
Carved red cedar
Weight: 60 lbs.
Web: 15' long x 15' wide
Weight: 50 lbs.
Willow on armature
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Honeybee with hive Sculpture
Bee: 24" l x 16" w x 7" h
Weight: 50 lbs.
Black walnut
Hive: 10' diameter x 2.5' high
Willow on armature
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

 


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This Summer calendar is a pull-out for posting. Almanac carries an Update with additions, changes and cancellations if received by Monday noon prior to the week of publication. Members of the University may send notices for the Update or September At Penn calendar.

Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 35, May 28, 2002

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
May 28, 2002
Volume 48 Number 35
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

The Law School awards teaching awards, including some new ones.
Two SAS faculty members will be appointed Annenberg Professors.
As the weather warms up outside, the cooling season energy conservation measures are planned for inside campus buildings.
A search committee is formed for the School of Social Work Dean position.
The Alumni Reunion Gifts will provide funds for scholarships and campus enhancements.
It is almost time for the annual Faculty and Staff Appreciation Picnic.
This call is for you….is your entry in the Telephone Directory correct? How to update records if they are incorrect and out-of-date.
City Year, an AmeriCorps program, will have its annual convention at Penn in early June, with a day of service that the Penn community is invited to participate in along with the 1,000 young people from across the U.S.
New Border Security Legislation, Changes in Student Visa Processing and Bioterrorism Legislation are some of the topics in the The Government Affairs Update.
Penn Perspective is a perfect place to ponder this complex place.
Detecting pain in infants and children; understanding a matriarchy; treating severe depression and preparing troops to train with simulated situations.