Join us to celebrate the rich & vibrant legacy of
University of the Arts
June 4-8, 2025
1:00pm to 7:00pm daily
320 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
For those with ADA-accessibility needs, please use the entrance at 1431 Pine Street.
Presented by Scout
A Community Remembered
We invite alumni, students, faculty, staff, neighbors, and all who were touched by UArts to help create a living memorial—a space to reflect, gather, and celebrate a place that shaped Philly’s cultural life for over a century.
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From June 4–8, this historic site will become a sanctuary for music, poetry, movement, stillness, and story. An altar built from salvaged UArts remnants will honor its legacy. On Sunday, June 8, these offerings will be shared as mementos of our collective history.
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Contribute a memory, a performance, or a gesture—or simply come to witness. Bring your voice or your silence. Bring what you need to say goodbye. Bring what you hope to carry forward.​
Can't make it to Broad Street?
Watch the event unfold on Live Stream at the link below.
Schedule^
1:00pm to 7:00pm daily
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^ Schedule subject to change and will be updated as needed
Wednesday, June 4: Opening & Memory
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Opening Procession + Musical Welcome
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Grounding Ritual with Naila Francis from This Hallowed Wilderness
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Alumni Performances + Community Open Mic
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Alumni Council Remarks
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Altar Activation + Memory Wall
Thursday, June 5: Grief
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Grounding Ritual with Naila Francis from This Hallowed Wilderness
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Alumni Performances + Community Open Mic
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Alumni Council Remarks
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Space for Dialogue, Story Sharing + Remembrance
Friday, June 6: Joy as Resistance
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Grounding Ritual + Reflection with Song Aziza
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Alumni Performances + Community Open Mic
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Alumni Council Remarks
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Memory Wall + Altar Offerings
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Celebrating Joyful Moments + Resistance
Saturday, June 7: Transformation
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Grounding Ritual + Reflection with Song Aziza
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BIGKID Dance: If I Die Before the Revolution
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Just Sole Street Dance Theater Company Performance
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DiasporaDNA: Releasing Grief, Reclaiming Power Story Altar
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Alumni Performances + Community Open Mic
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Affirmations, Shared Visioning + Legacy-Building
Sunday, June 8: Legacy & Closure
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Opening Ritual
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Altar Deconstruction (all day)*
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BIGKID Dance: If I Die Before the Revolution
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Final Sharings + Community Open Mic
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Legacy Writing Table + Altar Offerings
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Closing Reflections, Offerings + Closing Procession
*Take only what you can carry. Please take only what you can carry to ensure all guests leave with a piece of UArts. This is a space of communal care and remembrance.
Acknowledgement
We are deeply grateful to the collaborators who helped shape this program with care and intention:
Monica Montgomery, DiasporaDNA**
JustSole Street Dance Theater Company**
Naila Francis, This Hallowed Wilderness
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To the event production team at Scout: Brogan Austin, Carl Durkow, Cybele Kummer, Everett Abitbol, Hannah Baker**, Kelley Garrard, Lily Goodspeed, Lindsey Scannapieco, Prince De León**, Uwazi Zamani**, Whitney Joslin, Zach Sayles** + so many others—thank you for your time and your thoughtfulness in bringing this project to life.
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**denotes UArts Alumni
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We acknowledge that this offering—however carefully considered—is incomplete. As the development and design team that acquired this building, we recognize the limits of our perspective and the shortcomings of this process. It is not our place to define this loss. We are merely the new custodians of a silence too large to sweep away.
We seek to honor the layered histories embedded in this place and acknowledge the lives of those who came before—while making space for new forms and uses to emerge. Our role is to look ahead. We imagine a future here that is resourceful, alive, and generous—a creative village that honors the past by remaining in motion and continuing to support working artists in new ways. We hope to use what is already here; the infrastructure, the equipment, the spirit of experimentation continues.
​​​What Comes Next
If you would like to be involved in what comes next at this space—whether to move your studio here, shape the vision, or simply to stay connected—please fill out our Interest Form. For leasing inquiries only, please fill out our Leasing Form.​