Spiegel Fund Events and Programs

The Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and Visual Arts has been created to support an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to education that will enhance collaboration at the University of Pennsylvania among its academic departments and cultural institutions.

Spiegel Fund Events are designed to raise the level of conversation among Penn's students and faculty about art- particularly are that crosses disciplinary and cultural boundaries. The Spiegel Fund is administered by the University's Provost's Office.

Penn First Wednesday

Penn students rendezvous at ICA's Lounge 118 on First Wednesdays for coffee-infused conversation, avant-garde film or popular music related to the exhibitions.

Courses

The Spiegel Gift is funding several seminars dealing with contemporary art.

Spiegel Lecture Series 2005: Show Me the Money

In the course of Brian Tolle's research on Benjamin Franklin, currency emerged as a central themeTo inform the development of their own currency, students from Penn's English "Writing Through Art" course invited several prominent speakers to lecture on a variety of monetary issues such as value, trade, and illegal economies.

Spiegel Symposium 2005: Resistance

The first annual Spiegel Symposium explored themes of "resistance" in the culture and politics of the period, from Vietnam protest to punk and the furthest reaches of contemporary art, music and literature.


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