In Case You Missed It: Summer 2020

Though we were all hunkered down, UArts and UArtists continued to make news this summer, from a new partnership with Jefferson and a new dean of the Brind School of Theater Arts, to alumni fellowships and faculty winners. 

Here are some stories you might have missed. 

University of the Arts and Thomas Jefferson University announced that they will be partnering on new course offerings for undergraduate students this fall. Read more. 

Kym Moore, an innovative and imaginative leader, theater-maker and scholar who continues to demonstrate the interconnected power of creative disciplines to impact and shape our reality, joined University of the Arts as dean of the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts. Learn more. 

Film Program Director Mike Attie’s short documentary, Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa, won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Films at the AFI DOCS Film Festival. Learn more. 

Two UArts alumni, Devon Harrison BFA ’19 (Animation and Glass) and Breyanna Maples BFA ’18 (Dance), received the first-ever Philadelphia Fellowship for Black Artists, which was launched this year by Mural Arts Philadelphia. Read more. 

There are UArts alumni behind the bingeable TV shows, movies and video games that kept us occupied during quarantine. Here are just a few.

UArts talked with alumni band ILL Doots as they prepared for a virtual concert to celebrate their new album, The Mess. Read the story. 

Nick Bockrath BFA ’10 (Instrumental Performance) of Cage the Elephant on Today with Brittany Howard, the lead singer of Alabama Shakes. Watch his performance. 

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