WHENEVER WEDNESDAY
SET PIECES SCREENINGS: NASHVILLE

February 2 @ 6:30pm
International House, 3701 Chestnut Street

Fathom connections between the imagery and structure of Virgil Marti's installation at ICA and some of his favorite films. This evening's feature film is Nashville (dir. Robert Altman, U.S., 1975, 159 minutes). With an introduction by artist/guest curator Virgil Marti and a conversation to follow. BBQ, cornbread and Goo Goo pies will be served!

WHENEVER WEDNESDAY
ICA FREE FOR ALL

February 9 @ 6:30pm

Celebrate the shortest winter month and the fact that ICA is free, all year round, all the time! Featuring The Artist as Curator, a lecture by ICA Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner, music by Philadelphia band Blues Control, a DIY Valentine project and pierogi pandemonium! This semiannual event is hosted by ICA's Student Board.


WHENEVER WEDNESDAY
WEAVING AS METAPHOR LECTURE SERIES

February 16 @ 6:30pm

Explore the idea of weaving in the cultural landscape through a series of programs inspired by the work of Sheila Hicks. Four dynamic Philadelphia-area scholars will draw out these ideas in their own fields—architecture, economics, science, and religion—unraveling the ways weaving threads through so much of the contemporary and the ancient world. The series commences with Architecture: A lecture with Jenny Sabin, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Director, Sabin+Jones Labstudio.


PENNDESIGN FINE ARTS LECTURE SERIES @ ICA: MIKA ROTTENBERG

Thursday, February 17 @ 6pm

Hear renowned artists speak about their work as this popular series of public lectures continues.

Mika Rottenberg was born in Buenos Aires in 1976, and holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (2000) and an MFA from Columbia University (2004). She lives and works in New York. Rottenberg's immersive video installations address issues of gender and labor through outrageous narratives centered around real women (not actors or models) and their bodies.

WHENEVER WEDNESDAY
TRAVELOGUE—PARIS, FRANCE: PIERRE LEGUILLON

February 23 @ 6:30pm

Take several "staycations" and visit faraway art centers through the eyes of those who know them best—all without leaving Philadelphia. Travelogue continues its year-long series of lectures by curators, writers, and artists from Paris, Santiago, and Beirut.

Pierre Leguillon is an artist, critic and curator whose various projects include operating a franchise of "La promesse de l'ecran" ("The Promise of the Screen") out of CAPC Bordeaux.