The University of the Arts in Philadelphia announces sudden closure

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@fuffoon 3 ай бұрын

The nice things are going away. Faster and faster.

@yvonneplant9434 3 ай бұрын

Because we simply have too many stupid and uneducated people in the country who think sports are more important than the arts. Sigh.

@abdulazizalzut8963 3 ай бұрын

Closing? Where will gays go now to waste their days? Don't worry Ev Dowling there is a career waiting for you at Starbucks

@streetwork5069 3 ай бұрын

New York developer bought it. New Condos.

@fatvegan4621 3 ай бұрын

No parking.

@wendywilson-fall3230 3 ай бұрын

SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG with the current corporate model for our educational system

@geak5994 3 ай бұрын

This is a gov’t run organization, unionized. Corporate was pushed out many years ago.

@luckymanham302 3 ай бұрын

It’s the leftist effect. They ruin everything they touch, and eat their own. It’s hilarious to see

@tyronevincent1368 2 ай бұрын

It was wrong back in the nineties.

@BBOY4403 3 ай бұрын

This is PATHETIC!!!!

@SOSSTSE 3 ай бұрын

Sad. We want our schools to stay opened.

@jonnyfendi2003 3 ай бұрын

Well then go there. Enrollment is dropping. Let me guess u want taxpayers to keep this school open when no one is attending??

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

@@jonnyfendi2003L

@abdulazizalzut8963 3 ай бұрын

you can't learn finger painting and dying your hair blue on your own?

@potheadzndrama215 3 ай бұрын

Wow. Art was always my favorite in school & throughout life. To this day I love to paint, craft, build, photography, pottery, etc. In today’s world everything is becoming “internet” & our young kids don’t have the imaginations we once had. I can remember getting those big Santa clause coloring books for Christmas with the big box of crayola crayons w the pencil sharpener on the back of the box. It was one of my favorite things to do. We need to hold back video games as baby sitters to our children & immerse them into using their imaginations. Give them Legos & Lincoln logs, construction paper & paint, scissors, & glue, coloring books & crayons, a Polaroid camera, clay & playdough, etc. idk. I’m just rambling now. Just so sad to see this dwindling away. I now have adult coloring books & use nice colored pencils. Guess art will always hold a special place in my heart

@timewilltell7409 3 ай бұрын

Everything you said makes sense to me. There is nothing like art, building, and craftsmanship as they put our minds to productive use while nourishing our spirits.

@yvonneplant9434 3 ай бұрын

@@timewilltell7409It's also about understanding and supporting western civilization.

@potheadzndrama215 3 ай бұрын

@@timewilltell7409 absolutely! Amen. They introduce technology into our kids lives so early now. We put tablets in our children’s hands as young as 2-3yrs old. They learn how to use a computer starting in kindergarten. I do understand they need to know these things because the way the world is today but, imo it’s also robbing their childhood of hands on learning. I’m just disappointed in knowing one day this will all be a thing of the past 😢

@my2cents945 3 ай бұрын

If they lost their accreditation in this climate that place must be really bad.

@maxalberts2003 3 ай бұрын

I understand that their coffers were "suddenly" empty. The school's president resigned today.

@FreddySherman 3 ай бұрын

Very sad, my dad went there in the 1950s when it was the Philadelphia college of art

@yrevra2407 3 ай бұрын

This is so heartbreaking, artists are Vital to a healthy society, more then the world realizes. 😢😢😢 Those poor students.

@starchild909 3 ай бұрын

I just finished my first year here. Im heartbroken by the news and I can't even mourn because i now have to figure out what to do next.

@MrCakesFFS 3 ай бұрын

Ditch the degree, Go spend 100k on becoming an airline pilot instead. You'll earn 200k+ per year and have a good life. You can practice your arts and creativity in your spare time because you'll be able to afford to do it, and you'll have plenty of days off between flights. Or continue down the liberal arts path and be forced to work two soul sucking retail jobs to pay back your loan when you inevitably don't become a world class actor / musician / artist.

@patriciaszabo8015 3 ай бұрын

@@MrCakesFFSAirline pilot only work when you young. Probably better find a other major.

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

@@MrCakesFFS I’m an artist that makes near 6 figures. If you mix creativity with tech, you can do anything. Glad I ignored ignorant people like you.

@MrCakesFFS 3 ай бұрын

@@tomcoop9750 Happy for you, if you can inspire people to do it the right way then that's a good thing. I'm not saying necessarily that people with art degrees can't get good jobs, I'm just saying there are too many graduates and not enough of those "good jobs" to go around, simple supply and demand. Oh, and you don't actually need a college degree to be an artist in whatever form, why spend the money when a portfolio of actual work would be far better. Go to college for something that needs it, medicine, law, stem, otherwise it's basically just a luxury life experience that you pay for for the rest of your life.

@AMWZPN 2 ай бұрын

My heart breaks over this news. I had gotten a scholarship after being recently accepted. It was one of my dream schools, now I have to change my plans AGAIN to figure out how to extend my education.

@yvonneplant9434 3 ай бұрын

This is unbelievable!!! Omg. This is devastating for the PHL area. 😢 PAFA closed the school portion this year. 😢

@christinaryat8265 3 ай бұрын

The problem is they aren’t evolving with the times. The non musicians and non artists that run it, aren’t listening to the faculty, who are trying to get them to create the next level evolutions of how classes need to be taught and with new tech. It’s sad. As faculty we are all crushed.

@Pizaz0 3 ай бұрын

Yeah and the fact the board had pocketed millions of dollars instead of investing it into the school

@AddilynneLastname 3 ай бұрын

@@Pizaz0this

@wendywilson-fall3230 3 ай бұрын

Among all the more horrible things, our stance on education is embarrassing

@robertdebrus3732 3 ай бұрын

The future is uncertain and the end is always near

@frankrizzo7454 3 ай бұрын

Two faculty per student? If they only had a business professor to explain reality to them.

@ItsDanny91 3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same. I don’t like layoffs but people should have been let go when enrollment dropped that low

@paulameninato8948 3 ай бұрын

A lot of universities will hire adjuncts instead of full-time professors because it’s cheaper. They don’t need to pay benefits that way and can fire more easily.

@jamesjackson6563 3 ай бұрын

The news reporter looked miserable asf. At 0:46 😂😂😂 damn philly is rough

@Marvin-rh9ru 3 ай бұрын

We're in a newer era. Stop having ppl come in to these facilities and save on bills.

@winningwithoutracing7811 3 ай бұрын

90% of American universities should be shuttered. Imagine if the US tested university applicants for aptitude as they do elsewhere in the world. I suspect that at least 3/4 of all students wouldn't qualify for university admission.

@ShannonsBibleStudy 3 ай бұрын

All colleges have admission standards. Some are more stringent than others. I think it's great that the US offers opportunities for higher education for those with the drive and desire.

@SalimSivaad 3 ай бұрын

I guess you’ve never heard of the SAT or ACT?

@geak5994 3 ай бұрын

@@SalimSivaad Not all schools require SAT or ACT. And different schools has different requirements. If you have the money, you can buy a degree in protesting or race relations or leisure studies or gender studies or … I got my engineering degree in 1990.

@foreversilver4208 3 ай бұрын

So they just took the money and ran?

@maxalberts2003 3 ай бұрын

That is exactly what I think happened. And nobody's talking yet. And the school's president resigned today. That school has sticky fingerprints all over it.

@Mel81818 3 ай бұрын

Our society can’t function this way

@aci25v 3 ай бұрын

Such a sad news.

@WALTERBROADDUS 3 ай бұрын

🤦🏽‍♂️ I suddenly have a flashback to one of those, "Bud Light Real Men of Genius" commercials. "Mr fancy coffee shop Pourer." What do you do with a Masters degree in art history degree?🎨👩‍🎓 YOU GET A NOSE RING AND pour coffee for a living?☕😏 "WHY IS CALLED A LATTE?" Maybe Because it costs a lot and takes a lot of time to make.

@alexknight7917 3 ай бұрын

And it’s everyone else’s responsibility to pay for their student loans now.

@WALTERBROADDUS 3 ай бұрын

@@alexknight7917 Sad, yet true. I still remember having tax refunds docked for years over loans.

@kodeh7931 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 it’s still sad tho.

@WALTERBROADDUS 3 ай бұрын

@@kodeh7931 and I suppose they all have to move out by Friday.... that's not easy either.

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

This school taught coding courses and web development- which is STEM. You don’t know what your talking about. It’s not all art history majors. Keep your stereotypes to yourself.

@phillyking 3 ай бұрын

Just like the Art Institute of Philly. Gone. shame.

@zahirecoates 3 ай бұрын

This city gets uglier & uglier everyday. Like damn they going to do this out the blue at least let the people get their money back

@matthewwilson2088 3 ай бұрын

I went through this at the Atlanta Collrge of Art ..it’s no fun

@345mrse 3 ай бұрын

Columbia Art College is laying off heavily in Chicago.

@matthewwilson2088 3 ай бұрын

@@345mrse I went to grad school in Portland also, my school had to merge with another or get shut down

@tyronevincent1368 2 ай бұрын

5 universities closed in one year. Will this trend spill over to públic and private ones?

@bcask61 3 ай бұрын

With the huge and growing demand in American business for art history majors, this is quite a shock.

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

what? i've never heard of any such job being in demand

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

This school teaches coding, art, acting, and music

@stephenmorton8017 3 ай бұрын

You have to go to art school to realize that sarcasm does not play well in the comment section.

@bcask61 3 ай бұрын

@@tomcoop9750 not anymore.

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

@@stephenmorton8017 proper sarcasm online requires a /s or a elooooongated word in it, you can't just expect it to be known with all the lunatics online actually saying nonsense

@fredreed2001 3 ай бұрын

I blame this on Philly shame on you for allowing this to happen. Philly schools are closing down at an alarming rate and it’s because of lack of management. This arts school wouldn’t be closing if they had better management and knew how to manage their finances properly.

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

it isn't a loss, art schools just aren't useful

@Putin_Playbook_12345 3 ай бұрын

Can you name a gov’t / union run organization that is doing well?

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

@@007kingifrit as a successful graphic designer and web developer, you are ignorant.

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

@@tomcoop9750 lol did you just use an anecdote to try and disprove a trend? so uneducated, meet my stereotypes

@yrevra2407 3 ай бұрын

Creative types, artists, musicians create an important ripple effect for many companies, it is foolish to dismiss this utter tragedy plus the City will be hurt by this. Many college students on weekends visit South Street, the market they breathe life into the cities shops, restaurants, who will eat and shop at those places now out of tourist season?! I agree that city should have done more to help the school but I also think someone in the school higher board did wrong by hiding or lying about the trouble facing the school! 150 year institution failing is a tragedy. Utter tragedy for all.

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

Considering graphic design, UX, and web development roles are projected to grow, we need creatives more than ever. People who think art majors are all weaving baskets don’t know anything about the field -Sincerely a successful designer, animator, and web developer

@jaydiltz 3 ай бұрын

Could this be a domino effect? 👀

3 ай бұрын

this is terrible new condos probably

@TDDMS 3 ай бұрын

The thing that destroyed UARTS began in 2009. That year was they began accepting students not on talent or those that had the potential to grow, but instead they began accepting students who fit certain demographic qualifiers. Hence, DEI and AA were went full bore ahead. The other thing that destroyed UARTS, it was always dysfunctional. But in the ensuing decades, that dysfunction was given a dose of nose-candy and steroids. The university became such a cesspit that they were conducting monthly HIV/AIDS tests.

@MichelleBattersby-dw3yy 3 ай бұрын

Lol I was an employee there, I left that year!! The bullshit was rife

@TDDMS 2 ай бұрын

@@MichelleBattersby-dw3yy Oh do tell. Any salacious stories about UARTS?

@345mrse 3 ай бұрын

Now where can I go to discover that I’m gay?

@J4sse 3 ай бұрын

Palestine

@345mrse 3 ай бұрын

@@J4sse I don’t like flying.

@tsaia0407 3 ай бұрын

That’s so sad! Please change your thumbnail. You used a photo of CAPAbwhich is part of the Philadelphia school system.

@kodeh7931 3 ай бұрын

I feel bad for everyone involved. But unfortunately this is how it’s going to be moving forward in just about every aspect and career field now with the advent of AI. don’t make fun of them now cos even your own future is shaky.

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

Ai isn’t replacing most creatives. It’s a tool- especially in coding and UX design.

@kodeh7931 3 ай бұрын

@@tomcoop9750 okay. You, be there.

@theintrovertedaspie9095 2 ай бұрын

@@tomcoop9750For now. But in the future it could and probably would replace creative jobs. Theres already been lay offs happening recently.

@josephduplaga1881 3 ай бұрын

No wonder 700 faculty members and you only have 1100.Studenthat sounds disastrous

@PainandMotivation 3 ай бұрын

One of those Big 5 universities should buy UA.

@geak5994 3 ай бұрын

Why?

@PainandMotivation 3 ай бұрын

@@geak5994 So UA does not close down. And the workers and students can continue to go there.

@Putin_Playbook_12345 3 ай бұрын

@@PainandMotivation If there is more supply than demand, the school serves no purpose. It’s like buying 8 track or cassette tapes. There’s a small nitch need, but …. Sad for students and even more so for employees, but what is the purpose?

@PainandMotivation 3 ай бұрын

@@Putin_Playbook_12345 I am not talking about cassette tapes. There will always be a purpose when buying land. People will probably be laid off inter alia.

@Putin_Playbook_12345 3 ай бұрын

@@PainandMotivation When there is a greater supply than demand, the value decreases. There will always be a small demand for artist (or cassette tapes) but only a small demand. What is inter alia?

@josephduplaga1881 3 ай бұрын

It probably. Would close long before now, but because of government assistance. And the pandemic that extended a coupleed 700 faculty members. And you only have 1100 students, so you need 70 persend, as many faculty members as students. Sounds ridiculous

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

that's good maybe we can turn it into something useful now, like a parking lot, or a cat cafe

@josephduplaga1881 3 ай бұрын

They'll have to get their Degrees in lesbian dance theory somewhere else

@yrevra2407 3 ай бұрын

How dare you be so hateful, im a straight woman graduated from that school with a degree in Illustration. Does your young daughter enjoy ballet? Do you enjoy listening to jazz or any music!? Do you the paintings!? Do you enjoy traditional animations with your kids or the carpet woven on your floor, as my elective I took a fibers class to weave a carpet by hand takes without a machine days to complete of blood, sweat, and tears!! What is happening to these hard working kids, is a tragedy! Put you derogatory comments aside! THIS ISNT ABOUT GENDER THIS IS ABOUT THE LOSS OF A FUTURE!! THIS IS ABOUT A 150 YEAR ESTABLISHMENT COLLAPSING!! It's alarming!! It's a negative impact on the city, those college students feed, and support the local businesses! Who is going to visit South Street and shop around Center City now? When the students, the bread and butter for many establishments vanish!!? And your focus is where?! Outrageous!

@JetBenefitsC 3 ай бұрын

@@yrevra2407”Do you the paintings”

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

Small brained stereotypes

@stephenmorton8017 3 ай бұрын

How do they expect to survive without a football program?

@sherrytrobinson1546 3 ай бұрын

Not trying to stop, just closing. Go to surrounding areas of school 🏫 that would still be open. Continue your education, it’s nothing you can do boy. Go home and sit down, have glass of wine 🍷 with your boyfriend 😊

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

you sound like you need more school, and not art school

@sherrytrobinson1546 3 ай бұрын

@@007kingifrit lol, hook up with your boyfriend

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

@@sherrytrobinson1546 "Go to surrounding areas of school that would still be open" this isn't a sentence, what is your skin color?

@sherrytrobinson1546 3 ай бұрын

@@007kingifrit We not in school, whitey

@johnmccormick3147 3 ай бұрын

So long Dirty Franks!

@aaronschmidt9753 3 ай бұрын

There's always gardening.

@spb7883 3 ай бұрын

Camile Paglia teaches there.

@maxalberts2003 3 ай бұрын

I believe the verb is here used appropriately in its past tense: Camille Paglia taught there.

@spb7883 3 ай бұрын

@@maxalberts2003 touché

@Farcehole 3 ай бұрын

Saw the Temptations show at UofArts over the winter. It wasn’t great. That’s the problem, these productions aren’t up to snuff. Hackneyed acting, unbalanced harmonizing, mediocre choreography, even the set design seemed a bit amateurish. It’s not the audience’s fault if the students don’t work hard enough to create timeless productions. 🤷

@ShannonsBibleStudy 3 ай бұрын

They are amateurs. If you wanted to see a professional production you could have paid for it. I'm sure Philadelphia offers that.

@carlydagilis6099 3 ай бұрын

So in fact you saw “Ain’t Too Proud - Life and Times of the Temptations” at the Kimmel Center (now Ensemble Arts). That was a professional Broadway touring company. Anything at UArts is “amateur” because we are… students at… a school.

@Farcehole 3 ай бұрын

@@carlydagilis6099 You’re correct, it was the off broadway professional show at the Academy, not U of Arts. But the fact still stands, it wasn’t good. Probably because students spend more time protesting failed causes than studying for their career.

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

@@Farcehole you are making a lot of assumptions because of your prejudices. You are embarrassing yourself.

@GuitarsCarsandBikes 3 ай бұрын

Turn it into a jail. That’s all those people know.

@luckymanham302 3 ай бұрын

Da Brovas ain’t beez tryna learn stuff deez daze. Cmon man

@kempatsu2205 3 ай бұрын

art is great but STEM is better

@ShannonsBibleStudy 3 ай бұрын

Everyone is not interested in STEM, trades or being a housewife.

@007kingifrit 3 ай бұрын

arty is a hobby not a career

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

Art fields like UX design, animation, and web development are STEM fields. This school taught coding courses which helped me land a UX design role. Don’t speak if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

@tomcoop9750 3 ай бұрын

@@007kingifrit I made art my career. Not everyone wants to be miserable like you 😊

@kempatsu2205 3 ай бұрын

@@tomcoop9750 I appreciate that, I didn't know that was taught there, I presumed it was just drawing only. However, telling me to "not speak" even though I just learned something new is a real classy way of imparting knowledge. Did you learn to be a douche there too?