Join us on Tuesday, May 7 (5:30 – 7:00pm) to learn more about our certificates and courses offered this summer.

Presentations at 5:45pm and 6:30pm provide the opportunity to hear a general overview about the many certificate programs and classes available – then meet faculty and current students, enjoy refreshments and get your questions answered. New students who attend the info session receive a 10% tuition discount off their first summer course.

We provide high quality courses in digital technology, art + design, photography, writing, music + movement,  and more!  If you are thinking about a career change, developing a portfolio, moving up within your company, exploring a new media, or learning an instrument, we have options to suit many types of students.

On a beautiful day in 2011, I took one of my typical strolls in the city, enjoying spring, planning to meet up with friends at the first PIFA street festival. I wasn’t sure what to expect; I assumed this would be much like other street festivals, which I love, but I was extremely impressed at the incredible style and elegance of the PIFA fest – and still loads of fun, too. The highlight were those incredible acrobats playing bells dangling above Broad Street – it was ethereal, athletic, surreal, beautiful, mesmerizing. The 2011 PIFA street fair drew thousands and great crowds are expected to this year’s event on April 27.  I can’t wait to be surprised and delighted yet again.

Join our community of creators!

Even with the cold weather and flakes of snow outside your window, the promise of spring is bursting as we kick off a great spring semester in Continuing Education.

Classes begin the week of February 4th, and we have courses to engage you in music, dance, writing, digital design, drawing, photography and more.  Our certificate programs offer you thoughtfully sequenced courses in our curriculum to provide opportunities to jump-start your career and develop deeper understanding.

Anne Kazak, Digital Photography Certificate Alumna, photo by Steve Belkowitz

A talk with Ken Carbone + Leslie Smolan, moderated by Alina Wheeler

Thursday, January 24, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
The University of the Arts Caplan Theater (211 South Broad Street)
Register Here (Free!)

You’re just starting your career in design. You’re 21, or maybe you’re 41 years old. Do you start your own agency, or do you freelance? Do you hire a finance guy, or are you all creatives? Do you do it alone or with a friend? How do you make sure you have all your bases covered so that you can make groundbreaking work for a roster of top clients? As 25-year-olds, Ken Carbone UArts BFA ’73 (Graphic Design) and Leslie Smolan UArts BFA ’75 (Graphic Design) had just started their own firm and were figuring it all out. Thirty-five years later, the founding partners of the Carbone Smolan Agency boast a portfolio of international clients and big work.

Philly Photo Day 2012 will take place on Friday, October 26 — help capture a day in the life of Philadelphia!

On this day, everyone in the city is invited to take a photograph of whatever you like.

The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) will print and hang every single picture for a unique exhibition. The exhibition opens on December 6th at PPAC. Check out this video to see what local WHYY radio personality Marty Moss-Coane has to say about this year’s event.

Photo by Andrew Weiss for Philly Photo Day 2011

The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) has a contest running this summer, “Check In to a Masterpiece,” as part of the With Art Philadelphia™ campaign. Deadline of September 1 is approaching, so be sure to get busy in seeing art now!

Using Foursquare, people can share their art experiences in a new way—by virtually checking in at 12 works of art in Philadelphia. And, you could win a grand prize including an overnight stay in Philadelphia and museum memberships/tickets.

This November, the InVision Photo Festival will be held for three days (Nov 2 – 4) at the ArtsQuest Steel Stacks in Bethlehem, Pa.

This event features: exhibitions, parties and presentations at the Banana Factory Arts Center and Steel Stacks campus at the base of the Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces.

In addition, there is a juried photo exhibition, with an upcoming deadline of September 3.

This year, InVision will be hosting its first open juried exhibition for all photographers residing in Pennsylvania.

Leading technology firm offers two $2,500 scholarships for adult students

Destiny Solutions, the leading innovator of lifelong learning business solutions, announced that applications are being accepted for the annual Mary Cone Barrie Scholarship.

Named in honor of the late Director of the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto, Dr. Mary Cone Barrie, the scholarship is awarded annually to two non-traditional students.

“A trusted friend and mentor, Mary tirelessly championed the lifelong learner and always supported non-traditional education. Devoted to her students, staff and instructors she went above and beyond to ensure the success of non-traditional education,” said Shaul Kuper, President and CEO of Destiny Solutions. “It is our hope that by helping students succeed with the Mary Cone Barrie Scholarship, her legacy is carried forward.”

Be Honored by Leaders in the Photographic Community … And Win the Workshop of Your Choice!

The portrait. Environmental, studio, candid or posed. Self or pet, color, black-and-white, alternative process or iPhone. No matter what the genre, there’s a power in a well-captured portrait, a sense of breath and life. A portrait can comfort us, unnerve us, cause us to smile, or move us to tears. Whatever the emotional response, portraits possess the capacity to connect us all through shared encounters.