poetry communities conference

Last year KWH hosted a conference on "Poetry Communities." Most of the talks presented at that gathering are now available at Jacket2 magazine.

Graham Nash at the Writers House!

Yes, Graham Nash visited the Writers House for the annual Blutt Singer-songwriter Symposium. He was interviewed by Anthony DeCurtis, took questions for the audience and then surprised and delighted us by playing two songs: "Back Home," a pre-elegy for Levon Helm; and "Teach Your Children," which he dedicated to Anthony's daughter Francesca who was sitting in the first row.

gallery opening on September 24

Brodsky Gallery Opening

Erin Murray/Recent Work
6:00 PM, Tuesday, September 24

The first Brodsky Gallery show of the academic year features recent drawings by Philadelphia artist Erin Murray. Join us for a brief artist's talk, followed by a reception and time to view and enjoy the art.

Erin Murray was born in Philadelphia in 1979 and currently lives and works in that city. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2001. Her work draws on the built environment to empathically explore themes of humanity. Recent solo exhibitions have been at Nancy Margolis Gallery in New York, the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, and The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, DE. Her work has been included in recent group exhibitions at Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia and Salon Zurcher in New York. In 2012 she was awarded the West Collects acquisition prize and joined the artist's collective Vox Populi. You can find her work published in New American Paintings, Tabletop Zine, and Dirty Laundry Magazine.

The Brodsky Gallery is an art gallery integrated with the ground floor of the Writers House. Up to six exhibitions take place during the academic year from September through May. Openings feature a reception for the artist and an accompanying program; examples include panel discussions, poetry readings, film screenings, and technique demonstrations by the artist. Through exhibiting a diverse array of art media and cross-disciplinary programming, the Brodsky Gallery at KWH seeks to engage Penn students and the broader Philadelphia community with the interrelationships between literary and visual arts. Thanks to the generosity of Michael and Heidi Brodsky, whose support makes our gallery space possible, the Brodsky Gallery is a permanent project of Kelly Writers House.