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University of the Arts (Philadelphia)

University of the Arts (UArts) was a private arts university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its campus made up part of the Avenue of the Arts cultural district in Center City, Philadelphia. On May 31, 2024, university administrators suddenly announced that the university would close on June 7, 2024, although its precarious financial situation had been known for some time.[3] It was accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.[4]

Type

Private art university

1870, 1876, 1985

$54.1 million (2020)[1]

77 full time, 282 part time

1,313 (fall 2022)[2]

1,170

143

Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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United States

39°56′46″N 75°9′57″W / 39.94611°N 75.16583°W / 39.94611; -75.16583

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www.uarts.edu

The university included two colleges and two divisions: the College of Art, Media & Design; the College of Performing Arts; the Division of Liberal Arts; and the Division of Continuing Studies. The School of Music was accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.[5]

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Polyphone Festival[edit]

The annual Polyphone Festival of New and Emerging Music, launched in 2016, focused on the emerging musical. Composers, librettists, directors, choreographers and music directors were invited to the campus to work with students on developing musicals.[22]

Academics[edit]

The University of the Arts' approximately 1,500 students were enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs in six schools: Art, Design, Film, Dance, Music, and the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts. In addition, the university offered a PhD in Creativity. The Division of Continuing Studies offers courses through its Continuing Education, Pre-College, Summer Music Studies, and Professional Institute for Educators programs.[17][18] The university was accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

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(1917–2008), geometric abstract painter and early Op Artist, 1996 recipient of the College Art Association Distinguished Teaching of Art Award for her three decades of teaching at Philadelphia College of Art[37]

Edna Andrade

(1930–1940), photographer, designer, art director

Alexey Brodovitch

(born 1931), aviation artist

Gil Cohen

(1925–2022), American ceramist, professor from 1957 until 1990[38]

William Daley

(born 1963), Grammy Award-winning producer and musician

Aaron Levinson

(born 1947), author and feminist social critic

Camille Paglia

(1915–1987), classical music composer

Vincent Persichetti

(1962–2021), jazz drummer

Ralph Peterson

(1927–2008), professor from 1980 to 2008, tap dancer, recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts as a "Living National Treasure"

LaVaughn Robinson

(1948–2013), ceramist

Lizbeth Stewart

(1884–1940), master blacksmith

Samuel Yellin

Arts education

(archived on June 3, 2024)

Official website

(HABS) No. PA-1526, "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 320 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 5 photos, 1 photo caption page

Historic American Buildings Survey

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