Arcadia Exhibitions

The Spring / Summer 2020 issue of Arcadia Magazine features the article "Pati Hill: Pioneer, A Groundbreaking Collection Comes to Arcadia" by Lini S. Kadaba.

Graphic Design major Mya Brown ’21 found inspiration for her capstone project from her brother’s fatal battle with Hydrocephalus, which is an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cavities of the brain. This spring, she worked with the Hydrocephalus Association (HA) to redevelop their website and marketing materials in order to bring awareness about the disease.

Art History major Kat Bleiweiss ’21 has worked to uncover the history behind the original purchase of Arcadia University’s Grey Towers Castle and the surrounding property. Her fascination with the Castle’s history began as a first-year student and grew with her first visit to the archives in Landman Library during her sophomore year. Bleiweiss has collaborated with Matt Borgen, exhibitions coordinator at Arcadia University, for two years to uncover the history of the campus.

Join Arcadia Exhibitions at 12:00PM on Friday, February 26 for a virtual studio visit with artist Polly Apfelbaum, who is creating new work during a residency at Arcadia University with the assistance of Gregg Moore, professor of Art & Design, and Rachel Geisinger '19, production assistant. This webinar was recorded and is available to watch online.

A project grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage will support the presentation of Sun & Sea (Marina), a contemporary Lithuanian opera performance by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, and Lina Lapelytė...

In a podcast with Pine|Copper|Lime, independent scholar, curator, and writer Christina Weyl discusses her upcoming exhibition at Arcadia University, prompted by the Feminist Art Coalition.

Zina Davis, the first official director of the Beaver College Art Gallery (which became the Arcadia University Art Gallery, now Arcadia Exhibitions) died on Aug. 18, 2020 at her home in New York City after a long illness. She was born on Oct. 6, 1943 in Providence, Rhode Island.

The exhibition “Pati Hill: Something other than either” was recently featured by Vogue Germany. Titled “Model, Artist, and Way Ahead of Her Time: Who Was Pati Hill?", the article surveys the life of a writer and pioneer of xerography who started her career as a successful model in the 1940s.

Pati Hill’s Letters to Jill: a catalogue and some notes on copying (1979) has been reprinted in an addition of 1,000 on the occasion of “Something other than either” at Kunstverein München, the first solo European exhibition of her work since her death in 2014 at the age of 93.

The 33rd annual Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) juried exhibition, “Touch the Future,” will be held in Arcadia’s Harrison and Rosedale galleries from Sunday, March 1 through Friday, March 27. The exhibition will feature submissions from 26 high schools in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

“Spencer Finch: As Lightning on Landscape” was reviewed by The Broad Street Review Art Critic Pamela J. Forsythe on Oct. 7. On display at the Spruance Gallery until Dec. 15, the exhibition showcases works of the New York-based artist...

Arcadia Exhibitions received a grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage that will support "For the Love of Una Hale" a multifaceted project by the award-winning visual artist Polly Apfelbaum, who has accepted a residency with the University’s Ceramics program.

Broad Street Review art critic Pamela J. Forsythe lauded Jennifer Manzella, adjunct professor of Art and Design, for her ability to find beauty in unlikely places in an Aug. 12 review. Manzella’s exhibition, “City Blocks,” includes copper etchings that reflect the cityscape of Philadelphia and explore...

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Philadelphia announced that Laurie Churchman, designer of the catalogue for “Pati Hill: Photocopier—A Survey of Prints and Books (1974-83)”, was one of 27 awardees at the Philadelphia Design Awards on June 3.

On June 3, Arcadia Exhibitions celebrated the opening of the exhibition, “Spencer Finch: As Lightning on a Landscape,” with a discussion between panelists Richard Torchia, director of Arcadia Exhibitions; Judith Tannenbaum, artistic director of the Whitman at 200; and Finch...

Arcadia’s “Writers Making Books” exhibit—a collection of literature designs inspired by Walt Whitman’s methodology of physically producing his poetry—was featured in an Artblog podcast on March 29. On display in...