Moore College of Art and Design

October 1, 2009
Fashion Faux Paw was the theme of Moore’s 14th Jumpstart Fashion Show, held on September 30, 2009 at the College. Traditionally the first fashion show of the new school year, junior and senior fashion design students had to devise, design and showcase a garment based on a theme in one month’s time.

September 18, 2009
Moore is pleased to host its inaugural Graduate Symposia: Cohousing: Building Sustainable and Intentional Communities, a free day-long program on October 10, 2009. The symposia, sponsored by the Interior Design Graduate Program at Moore, includes discussion and discovery about the history, theories and practice of creating and living in cohousing.

September 9, 2009
There’s some colorful new artwork greeting passersby in Northern Liberties.
A mural created by Frank Hyder, Professor, Fine Arts and four students in his Mural Painting class now covers the walls of Bell Floor Covering Company on North 2nd Street.  

August 17, 2009
Philadelphia Inquirer editor Cathy Rubin will speak at Moore's Convocation on Thursday, August 27. Rubin has been a journalist for 16 years, and is currently editor of the Inquirer's Style & Soul section, as well as “I” magazine.

August 7, 2009
Moore has been nominated for a Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre for its collaboration with The Wilma Theater for Scorched: an exhibition.

July 15, 2009
The June 12 weekend section of The Philadelphia Inquirer featured an article, “Landmark Show at Moore,” about the 5 Into 1 exhibition, highlighting the work of two Moore students as well as the curatorial efforts of Jennifer Willett

July 2, 2009
Several hundred people attended the June 26 opening reception of Bicycle: people + ideas in motion, sponsored by The Galleries at Moore. Bicycle: people + ideas in motion celebrates Philadelphia’s passion and commitment to the bicycle with a series of changing exhibitions, programs and events that explore the bicycle both as functional object and as a canvas for good causes, personal expression, civic mindedness and political beliefs.

July 1, 2009
Moore is pleased to announce that Arthur R. Block, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for the Comcast Corporation, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Managers of the College.

June 15, 2009

The July issue of Town and Country magazine introduces readers to The Art Shop at Moore. The issue devoted to Philanthropy, highlights the Shop's unique mission to offer students and alumnae a retail venue while helping to "give back" a percentage to the College.

June 5, 2009
The Wood Turning Center is proud to announce the 2009 International Turning Exchange (ITE) Resident Fellows. 2009 marks the fourteenth year the Center has sponsored this residency program.

May 18, 2009
Moore's Spring Fashion Show 2009 brought “Bryant Park” elegance to a tent on Aviator Park on Saturday night, May 16.

May 21, 2009
The Wilma Theater welcomes a distinguished group of speakers on Monday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. for The Metamorphoses of Sigmund: Freud and His Afterlives, a panel discussion in conjunction with the East Coast premiere of Hysteria, by Terry Johnson. Directed by Jiri Zizka, the production brings the theater's 30th anniversary season to a close and runs May 13 through June 14, 2009.

May 16, 2009
The inaugural class of graduate students at Moore will be on campus Tuesday May 19, as orientation begins for the new masters of fine arts degree program in Interior Design. In addition to the MFA in Interior Design, Moore is launching two other graduate degrees for men and women beginning this summer. They include an MFA in studio Arts and an MA in Art Education with an emphasis in special populations.

May 12, 2009
"Bryant Park" comes to Aviator Park on the Ben Franklin Parkway with Moore's Spring Fashion Show on Saturday, May 16, at 8 pm.

April 10, 2009
Moore College of Art & Design is pleased to announce Joan Countryman and Alexa Hampton will be the Commencement Speakers at the college’s 160th Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, May 17, at 11 am in Aviator Park, across from the college.

April 9, 2009
On Friday evening, April 3, students and faculty gathered in the Stewart Auditorium of Moore College of Art & Design for Honors Convocation 2009.

April 1, 2009
Moe A. Brooker will be awarded the Medal of Achievement by the Philadelphia Art Alliance at the 29th Annual Wetherill Ball, one of the oldest and most prestigious award ceremonies and galas in Philadelphia.

March 27, 2009
Moore College of Art & Design Receives Fred and Naomi Hazell Art Award To Fund Scholarships

March 9, 2009
As the nation’s first and only women’s art college, Moore College of Art & Design marks its 160th Anniversary and a unique place in women’s history, as it commemorates March, Women’s History month with a special broadcast, a series of free exhibits and events, as well as collaborations featuring and celebrating women artists.

March 9, 2009
An interactive installation by fine arts students from Moore College of Art & Design opens this week as part of The Wilma Theater’s East Coast premiere of Scorched, the highly-acclaimed play by Wajdi Mouawad.

Jan 22, 2009
Michael Olszewski:Recent Work opens January 22, 2009 at the List Gallery at Swarthmore College. The exhibition featuring fiber constructions and watercolors by the artist runs January 22 to February 25, 2009.Olszewski, a professor of textile design at Moore College of Art & Design, received a PEW Fellowship in the Arts in 2003. He is in numerous distinguished collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of American Art, and The Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition includes recent fiber constructions and watercolors.

Oct 31 2008
Building on its historic legacy as the nation’s first and only women’s college for the visual arts, Moore College of Art & Design is pleased to announce the launch of three coeducational graduate programs in summer 2009: a master of fine arts in studio art, master of fine arts in interior design and master of arts in art education with an emphasis in special populations.

Oct 31 2008
Dona Lantz, Dean of Academic Affairs at Moore College of Art & Design, is
pleased to announce several recent appointments to Moore’s new coed Graduate
Programs.

Oct 31 2008
Moore College of Art & Design will host the Philadelphia premiere of the award-winning documentary film on painter, alumna, Alice Neel (1900-1984) at 6 pm on November 12, in Stewart Auditorium. The film and conversation with the director Andrew Neel, the grandson of Alice Neel is FREE and open to the public.

Oct 30, 2008
In honor of the 160th Anniversary of Moore College of Art & Design, alumnae are celebrating on a large scale. This summer, fourteen alumnae were commissioned to decorate twelve six-foot boots to mark the pathways and accomplishments made by School's gutsy graduates over 16 decades. The boots are as varied as the artists and designers who created them. Representing seven different disciplines and generations, the artists' boots are on view city-wide through May 2009. The indoor sculptures can be seen in such places as City Hall, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Free Library and The Four Seasons Hotel.

Oct 4 2008
Italian art-inspired designs drew standing-room-only crowds at this year's Jumpstart Fashion Show, Via Passerella.

Sep 24, 2008
Moore College of Art & Design presented world-renowned fashion designer Mary McFadden with its 2008 Visionary Woman Award at a ceremony on September 24, 2008. The award ceremony coincided with an exhibition showcasing McFadden's designs and personal textile collection. Mary McFadden: Goddesses, on view August 28 through December 6, 2008 in The Galleries at Moore will travel to the National Museum for Women in the Arts in the spring of 2009. As part of the ongoing festivities planned for the College's 160th Anniversary, McFadden will return as a guest critic for the 2009 Spring Fashion Show. 

Aug 29 2008
On August 28, more than 300 members of the Moore community welcomed the Class of 2012 at Convocation 2008.

Aug 12, 2008
This fall, Frank Hyder, professor Basics and Fine Arts at Moore, will have two solo exhibitions: New Rhythm at the Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC, September 2 - 27th, and New World, at The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, NYC, Setember - October 2008.

Jul 15, 2008
Alumna Jane Walentas '66 was featured on CBS Sunday Morning on July 13 in a segment titled "Carousels Make a Comeback."

Jul 14, 2008
This summer, viewers tuned into CW Philly 57 for their fill of fashion, summer fun and a look at the designs of Moore's recent graduates.

Jun 18, 2008

Jill Furst, Professor, Art History, Holly Bittner, Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts and Richard Harrington, Assistant Professor and Visiting Artist in Illustration are participating in Artist and Poet: Image and Word at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. The exhibition runs June 20 through July 13, 2008. An opening reception is scheduled for June 22, 2 - 5 pm.

Jun 18, 2008
Jill Furst, Professor, Art History, Holly Bittner, Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts, and Richard Harrington, Assistant Professor and Visiting Artist in Illustration are participating in Artist and Poet: Image and Word at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. The exhibition opens June 20 and runs through July 13, 2008. An opening reception is scheduled for June 22, 2 - 5pm.

Jun 11, 2008
Survey Shows Greater Philadelphia is the Place to be for College Grads

Jun 08, 2008
Anne Seidman, Graphic Design Professor and Illustration department faculty at Moore, has been awarded a prestigious 2008 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. She is one of twelve Philadelphia-area artists to receive the fellowship.

Jun 02, 2008
Fine Arts: 2D and Fine Arts: 3D Chair and Professor, Paul Hubbard, has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (RSBS). Hubbard was originally elected to the RSBS in 2005 as an associate member.

December 14, 2009
Twelve works by Moore students and alumnae from the juried exhibition Art in City Hall: Fairmount Park's Colonial Elite, will be on display later this month at the Fairmount Park Welcome Center in Love Park.