Saturday, April 23 @ noon-8pm

Get on board the Laundry Boat and sail through a day of performances, poetry, projections, conversation, music, meals, libations, and lumiere. Inspired by the "Bateau Lavoir," the bohemian enclave of Paris circa 1911, this daylong program will take place on ICA's terrace. Events begin at noon with brunch and end at dusk with cinema and snacks. Highlights include:

NOON · Brunch en plein air

12:30 PM · Laundry Boat tales
Art historians and curators converse about the Bateau Lavoir and recount such storied events as the Rousseau Banquet, held in Picasso's studio, with avant-garde artists, poets, writers, musicians, and Lolo the donkey.

1:00 PM & 3:00 PM · Où est Sheila?
Tour ICA's show of the Paris-based (Nebraska-born) artist Sheila Hicks: miniature weavings, monumental tapestries, architectural fiber sculptures, belly bands, and more.

2:00 PM · Escape into Warhol
Penn student curators recount their adventures uncovering what really happened on the night the Prince of Pop made his museum debut and ICA catapulted him to superstardom.

3:00 PM · In the swim
Children and adults alike are invited to make water-based monoprints and get a little wet.

4:30 PM · From the Seine to the Hudson
Navigate the streams of special guest Matthew Buckingham's work through a conversation between the artist and ICA's Student Board.

DUSK · The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Snack on crêpes and glacé while watching the 2007 film, directed by artist Julian Schnabel, based on the extraordinary French memoir Le scaphandre et le papillon by Jean-Dominique Bauby.


In conjunction with Penn's Year of Water and the city-wide Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

Organized by ICA's Student Board and supported by a grant from the Provost's Office of the University of Pennsylvania.