Ken Lum

Ken Lum, new director of undergraduate Fine Arts at Penn and important language-y artist, visited KWH recently for a lunchtime program moderated by Al Filreis. For more about the event and about Ken, click here.

This video is an excerpt from "pitch night" for our "Entrepreneurial Jounalism" class taught by Sam Apple. These two student presentations proposed new applications to address current trends and problems in long-form nonfiction writing and publishing. You can watch the complete video - with all the student pitches - here. This program was sponsored by our Creative Ventures program.

Jena Osman

Jena Osman reading from "Corporate Relations" during the Osman/Patti McCarthy double reading, 2/23/2013, hosted by the "Whenever We Feel Like It Series," curated by Michelle Taransky.

James Surowiecki at Weber Symposium

 

James Surowiecki visited KWH for the annual Weber Symposium, which features a discussion with a writer about finance and economics. Both audio and video recordings of this event are now available, linked to the event entry in the Writers House web calendar.

our house in 1908

3805 Locust Walk in 1908!

10 new paid RealArts summer internships

I am very pleased to announce the 2013 Real Arts@PENN internships - the fifth summer of this innovative project. This program is intended to support creative Penn undergraduates doing art in the realm of practice. This year, RealArts is sponsoring ten paid ten internships:

Viacom Creative Services
Rolling Stone Magazine
Brooklyn Films
Philadelphia Magazine
Original Film
David Stern and Stuart Gibbs, Writers
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Shore Fire Media
The Jewish Museum

Yes, RealArts will pay you a stipend to work in such venues. This summer's stipends will be $4000.

We're happy to emphasize that RealArts internships and programs are open to students in all four undergraduate schools.

Why are we doing this? What other projects will we sponsor? How do you apply? When is the deadline? Go here:

www.writing.upenn.edu/realarts

Maria Popova in the NY Times

Former Penn Creative Writing student and Writers House regular Maria Popova was recently featured in an article in the New York Times. Her blog is called "Brain Pickings."
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