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Sandra Eula Lee, Seeds in a Wild Garden. Drexel's Pearlstein Gallery Offers Spring Exhibitions Centered on the Healing Properties of Art and Creative Works
Mar 20, 2024
The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery of Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will present two spring exhibitions that draw on nature, its calming properties and the creation of art as a form of medicine. “Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain” and “50 Years of Creative Arts Therapies” will go on display Tuesday, April 2 through Saturday, May 25 with an opening reception taking place on Thursday, April 11 from 5-7:30 p.m.
Sublime conjugation II, from the collection of Dr. David Nalin The First Exhibition of Contemporary Nepali Artists in the U.S. Debuts in Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery
Jan 10, 2024
Forty-one paintings by 13 contemporary Nepali artists will be on display alongside 42 early photographs from late 19th- and early 20th-century Nepal. This is the first exhibition of contemporary Nepali artists in the United States.
Souvenir Rope. Drexel Awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Grant to Help Atwater Kent Collection Uncover Philadelphia’s Diverse Historical Narratives
Sep 15, 2023
Drexel University announced today that it has been awarded a $360,500 grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center), that will be used to help the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel elevate diverse voices from across Philadelphia through immersive community storytelling and a podcast series that will reintroduce the diverse histories and experiences of Philadelphians.
Benjamin Ridgway Evans Broad & Master Streets ‘Seeing Philadelphia,’ a Selection From the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University Goes on Display
Jun 23, 2023
With its inaugural exhibition of the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University this summer, Seeing Philadelphia, Drexel will offer the public its first in-person glimpse of materials from the Collection since becoming its steward.
Army Ant Extreme Temperature Tolerance of Army Ants Could Inform How Animal Populations Will Respond to Changing Climates
Jun 9, 2023
Drexel University researchers sampled a variety of army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) colonies to test how their habitat distribution affected the ants’ tolerances of extreme low and high temperatures.
woman fashion designer Urban Outfitters and Drexel Launch Innovative Fashion Design Apprenticeship Program
Jan 31, 2023
Made to Measure: The URBN x Drexel Apprenticeship Program consists of a customized curriculum combining fashion design coursework at Drexel with mentorship and on-the-job training at URBN. URBN and Drexel are covering the cost of tuition and room and board with the goal of making careers in fashion design more accessible.
writers Drexel Receives Inaugural Mellon Foundation Grant in Support of Humanities Approach to Social Justice
Jan 25, 2023
The Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture and humanities. The $500,000 grant will provide funding for UnMapping: A Project of Radical Textual Geographies. The project aims to bring the literary and broader humanities imagination to bear on urgent issues of social justice in the West Philadelphia community and beyond.
cabin steps Drexel’s First Faculty and Staff Exhibition Opening in Pearlstein Gallery
Jan 4, 2023
Present Tense: Drexel Art Now will focus on the personal studio work of 18 members of Westphal College’s faculty and staff. Forty artworks in total will be on display.
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Sandra Eula Lee, Seeds in a Wild Garden. Drexel's Pearlstein Gallery Offers Spring Exhibitions Centered on the Healing Properties of Art and Creative Works
Mar 20 2024
The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery of Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will present two spring exhibitions that draw on nature, its calming properties and the creation of art as a form of medicine. “Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain” and “50 Years of Creative Arts Therapies” will go on display Tuesday, April 2 through Saturday, May 25 with an opening reception taking place on Thursday, April 11 from 5-7:30 p.m.
Sublime conjugation II, from the collection of Dr. David Nalin The First Exhibition of Contemporary Nepali Artists in the U.S. Debuts in Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery
Jan 10 2024
Forty-one paintings by 13 contemporary Nepali artists will be on display alongside 42 early photographs from late 19th- and early 20th-century Nepal. This is the first exhibition of contemporary Nepali artists in the United States.
Day Dress Chasing the Dragon: China in the Western Imagination on Display at Drexel’s Fox Historic Costume Collection
Oct 17 2023
The Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection of Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is presenting an exhibition highlighting the influence of Chinese design throughout fashion history, including Western interpretations and imitations, known as “chinoiserie.” The exhibition Chasing the Dragon: China in the Western Imagination, running from October through December 2023, will open a conversation around cultural appropriation in historic fashion. The exhibit not only highlights the impact of stereotypes in fashion and arts, but also centers diverse voices from the Drexel community to highlight Asian American perspectives on reclamation.
Drexel Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant for Arts-Centered Model for Intergenerational Co-Housing
Oct 3 2023
Second Story Collective, a collaborative venture of Drexel’s Writers Room, announced today that its Placekeeping project has received a $1 million Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) Stage 2 Award from the National Science Foundation—in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Souvenir Rope. Drexel Awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Grant to Help Atwater Kent Collection Uncover Philadelphia’s Diverse Historical Narratives
Sep 15 2023
Drexel University announced today that it has been awarded a $360,500 grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center), that will be used to help the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel elevate diverse voices from across Philadelphia through immersive community storytelling and a podcast series that will reintroduce the diverse histories and experiences of Philadelphians.
Mick Jagger and Tina Turner performing at Live Aid ‘ELECTRIFIED: 50 Years of Electric Factory,’ Philadelphia’s Storied Music Scene Goes on Display at Drexel University 
Sep 7 2023
Original posters, photographs and concert apparel help set the stage for Electrified: 50 Years of Electric Factory, an exhibit at Drexel University highlighting iconic images and objects from events at Philadelphia’s well-known music venue, Electric Factory, and the shows that Electric Factory Concerts mounted, which helped shape generations of music tastes and today’s concert experience.
Benjamin Ridgway Evans Broad & Master Streets ‘Seeing Philadelphia,’ a Selection From the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University Goes on Display
Jun 23 2023
With its inaugural exhibition of the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University this summer, Seeing Philadelphia, Drexel will offer the public its first in-person glimpse of materials from the Collection since becoming its steward.
Army Ant Extreme Temperature Tolerance of Army Ants Could Inform How Animal Populations Will Respond to Changing Climates
Jun 9 2023
Drexel University researchers sampled a variety of army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) colonies to test how their habitat distribution affected the ants’ tolerances of extreme low and high temperatures.
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