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Arthur Ross Gallery

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Serving as a rich cultural resource for students, scholars and the community, the Arthur Ross Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania presents global art and artifacts through gallery exhibitions, scholarship and educational outreach.

08/27/2026

What did daily life look like in revolutionary Philadelphia? Opening to the public on August 28, "At Liberty: Life in the City of Brotherly Love During the Early Republic" shares rarely seen everyday views of the city during the revolutionary era. Bringing together paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and video from the Penn Art Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Winterthur, and Pennsylvania Hospital, "At Liberty" gives equal presence to notable figures and everyday Philadelphians as America marks its 250th anniversary.

"At Liberty" is curated by Dr. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Inaugural Faculty Director of the Arthur Ross Gallery and the James and Nan Farquhar Professor of the History of Art.

Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library
August 28 to December 13, 2026
Opening celebration: Wednesday, September 9, 5 to 7 pm
Free and open to the public

05/21/2026

A massive thank you to everyone who joined us at the Arthur Ross Gallery for Alumni Weekend!

From our online program “Building Creativity” a online tour and conversation between Sharon Hayes and Emily Zimmerman to the gallery hop featuring “Allison Zuckerman: Remixed and Reclaimed” with Dr. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and Saturday’s in-person tour of “Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Art MFA Thesis Exhibition” your presence, curiosity, and energy made every moment special.

To our Penn community near and far: we are so grateful you came home to share your alumni experience with us. Here’s to the art that connects us! 🔴🔵

05/19/2026

Join us for an evening of live performances, sound, and moving image on Friday, May 22 from 4-6 pm as the artists of Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition activate and amplify their work.

The evening begins in the Gordon Gallery at 4 pm, with performances and activations by Sol Kim, Dylan Li, and Jingyi Ling. The program continues at 4:45 pm at the Arthur Ross Gallery with a listening session by Cacie Rosario
Jackson, an organ performance by Ambika Trasi, and a screening of Noa Mori Machover’s film, “After Market,”
created in conjunction with works in “Under Scores.”

Please stay after the performances for a reception at the Arthur Ross Gallery, a chance to connect with the artists and celebrate their work. Drinks and light fare will be provided!

05/13/2026

11:00 am - 12:00 pm this Saturday, May 16

On campus for Alumni Weekend or Commencement? Join us for an in-person guided tour of Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, led by exhibition curator Emily Zimmerman of the Arthur Ross Gallery.

This special program offers a rare, behind-the-scenes perspective on the work of artists emerging from the Master of Fine Arts program at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

Installed across two campus venues, the exhibition features new work by eight graduating MFA students: Ana González, Cacie Rosario Jackson, Sol Kim, Dylan Li, Jingyi Ling, Noa Mori Machover, Shay Myerson, and Ambika Trasi.

The tour will begin at the Arthur Ross Gallery in the Fisher Fine Arts Library building, and will proceed to the Gordon Gallery in Weitzman Hall.

Registration in bio and in comments.

Photos by Eric Sucar

05/12/2026

12:00-1:00 pm this Friday, May 15

Join us for an online discussion and tour of Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, led by Sharon Hayes, Chair of Fine Arts, Weitzman School of Design, and exhibition curator Emily Zimmerman, Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs at the Arthur Ross Gallery.

The MFA Thesis Exhibition features the work of eight graduating student artists: Ana González, Cacie Rosario Jackson, Sol Kim, Dylan Li, Jingyi Ling, Noa Mori Machover, Shay Myerson, and Ambika Trasi. The exhibition is on view through May 31 in two campus venues, the Arthur Ross Gallery the Gordon Gallery.

In this guided walkthrough, Hayes and Zimmerman will discuss the creative research that shapes the MFA experience at Penn. The program will offer an in-depth look at the exhibited works alongside a behind-the-scenes perspective of the students at work in their studios, with videos created by students in the Spiegel-Wilks Curatorial Seminar, taught by Zimmerman.

Presented in conjunction with Penn's Alumni Weekend.

Registration link in our bio and in comments.

05/07/2026

More than 300 people filled two campus galleries during the opening of “Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman MFA Thesis Exhibition” featuring new work created by eight graduating students, the culmination of two years of study for a Master of Fine Arts degree.

The exhibition is a collaboration between the Department of Fine Arts at the Weitzman School of Design and the Arthur Ross Gallery to present the work of artists Ana González, Cacie Rosario Jackson, Sol Kim, Dylan Li, Jingyi Ling, Noa Mori Machover, Shay Myerson, and Ambika Trasi. The exhibition was curated by Emily Zimmerman, Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs at the Arthur Ross Gallery.

For the first time the annual exhibition, on view through May 31, is in two campus venues: the Arthur Ross Gallery at the Fisher Fine Arts Library building and the Gordon Gallery at Weitzman Hall.

Read all about it in our “Gallery Seen” blog post, link in bio and comments.

Photos by Eric Sucar

04/27/2026

Philadelphia-based artist Cacie Rosario Jackson translates electronic circuitry into works of art that connect Black culture, memory, music, and community with the built environment.

In completing her second year in the Master of Fine Arts program () at Penn’s Weitzman School of Design (), Jackson researched the Chitlin Circuit, a network of Black music venues in the U.S. that operated primarily between the 1930s and 1970s. This body of work features found diagrams of electronic circuits that she re-interprets and burns into wood with a soldering iron.

Set to graduate in May, she is one of eight second-year MFA candidates who will have their work on view in "Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition" May 1-31 in the Arthur Ross Gallery, and the Gordon Gallery in the newly renovated Weitzman Hall. The exhibition is curated by Emily Zimmerman, Arthur Ross Gallery Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs.

Please join us for the opening celebration this Thursday, April 30, from 5-8 p.m. Event link in bio above!

And please read all about Jackson, her research, her artmaking, and her journey at Penn in a story on our websites, link in bios and in comments.

Photos of Jackson by Eric Sucar

Artwork photos courtesy of the artist

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04/22/2026

Meet the artists of Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition: Ana González, Cacie Rosario Jackson, Sol Kim, Dylan Li, Jingyi Ling, Noa Mori Machover, Shay Myerson, and Ambika Trasi. Swipe through for a sneak peak of some of the work. →

Each of the eight artists conducts research through rigorous formal inquiry in painting, sculpture, video, installation, and interdisciplinary practices. Each artist brings about thoughtful new formal conversations between materials, histories, and the systems that condition our lives.

Join us on Thursday, April 30th for the opening reception!

04/17/2026

Mark your calendars! “Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition” featuring new work by eight artists including Ana González, Cacie Rosario Jackson, Sol Kim, Dylan Li, Jingyi Ling, Noa Mori Machover, Shay Myerson, and Ambika Trasi.

Join us for the opening celebration on Thursday, April 30, from 5–8 pm across two exhibition venues, the Arthur Ross Gallery and the new Gordon Gallery .

Together the artists examine complex yet elusive systems that condition daily life: from the formal and informal economies of platinum to AI rating and reflecting our humanity back to us. The work is rigorous, thoughtful, and ambitious. We can’t wait for you to experience it! the exhibition is on view from May 1-30, 2026.

“Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Art MFA Thesis Exhibition” is curated by Emily Zimmerman, Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs at the Arthur Ross Gallery.

04/06/2026

Go behind the scenes with the Arthur Ross Gallery’s Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs, Emily Zimmerman in the latest "Gallery Seen" blog post, featuring her recent conversation on the "philly has heART" podcast. In this engaging interview, Zimmerman reflects on her curatorial approach, her commitment to student-centered learning, and the importance of experimentation within the gallery as a space for ideas to take shape.

Emily, pictured with podcast host Robert Marsch, also offers a preview of Under Scores: 2026 Weitzman Fine Arts MFA Exhibition, which she is curating, on view May 1 through 31.

Link to the 30-minute podcast in the "Gallery Seen" post in our bio and in the comments.

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220 S 34th Street (In The Fisher Fine Arts Library)
Philadelphia, PA
19104

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

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Website

http://www.Arthurrossgallery.org/

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