Schedule of Events

In Container, consumer product packaging provides Joyner with a primary source of materials, forms, and subject matter. She often begins her inquiries by shredding discarded single-use objects, such as cardboard boxes, to create malleable pulp. She then presses the pulp into plastic objects such as egg cartons, trash cans, and produce baskets, which become found molds. The front room of the gallery features composite structures that incorporate multiple castings from a single mold. The resulting stacked sculptures recall the type of organization found in supermarkets, offices, or other quotidian spaces. Despite her playful interest in mimesis, Joyner’s sculptures are not replicas. She represents durable, mass-produced materials with imperfect, hand-processed matter. Her pulp trash can is porous trash. Her jug is not symmetrical or functional but warped and wryly studded with remnants of an Eggland’s Best® label.

Come experience some of the libraries’ hidden treasures and explore food history. Swarthmore Special Collections will be displaying materials from the archives related to food and culture. Topics will range from recipes from the War Resistance League to a “Quaker Cookie Face-Off.” Come explore some of the rare and historic materials from our internationally recognized collections. Chat with our archivists and librarian, and grab a cookie to go.

Join the Scott Arboretum for an Autumn Highlights tour of the gardens. Tour will begin at the Wister Center.

Join a guided tour of the vibrant green roof installation at David Kemp Hall. Learn how these roofs are constructed and how they reduce stormwater runoff and promote great environmental stewardship of our natural resources. This tour has an age requirement of 18+ and a limited capacity.

A panel of Swarthmore seniors will share how they have embraced the Liberal Arts education through experiential learning in internships, leadership roles, activities on campus and more. They will share their career exploration paths in college and how this has helped them plan for their futures. They'll highlight the resources they used across campus and how to use self-awareness, exploration, trying things out and reflection to carve out their full potential.

Join a guided tour of the vibrant green roof installation at David Kemp Hall. Learn how these roofs are constructed and how they reduce stormwater runoff and promote great environmental stewardship of our natural resources. This tour has an age requirement of 18+ and a limited capacity.

On Simchat Torah, which begins this Saturday night, some Jewish people dance with a Torah scroll, our tradition's most ancient and sacred ritual object. In this program we'll look inside Swarthmore's very own scroll, learning about how Torah scrolls are written and exploring some of the notable features of the text.

The Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 2012 to commemorate exceptional performances by individuals and teams associated with Swarthmore Athletics. Join us as we recognize the 2022 inductees for their athletic accomplishments and contributions to their community and society. Dinner and formal program will begin at 6:00 p.m. This is a paid event and pre-registration is required.

All are welcome at our catered, kosher Shabbat dinner. You do not need to have attended the earlier Shabbat service. Kehilah is LGBTQ+-affirming. Pre-registration required. Details about dietary restrictions will be requested in a follow-up email.

The Garnet Weekend allotment of tickets for the ‘Hip Hop is 50!’ event are sold out. Remaining tickets for the general public will be available on September 29th at https://www.swarthmore.edu/cooper-series.

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Hip Hop turns 50 years this year, with major celebrations around the world. On Friday October 6 (7 PM to 10 PM), Swarthmore College and the Cooper Foundation invite you to spend an evening with Hip Hop legends, scholars, and cultural preservation activists Chuck D, KRS-One, and Wise Intelligent, as well as the acclaimed dance troupe Urban Artistry.

From its Jamaican-infused roots, Hip Hop has become a unique African American art form with global reach and influence, moving beyond music and dance to encompass social, political, cultural, and even religious elements. It has influenced generations of music, dance, and visual art, as well as fashion, television, and movies. Over time, certain elements of its fashion and lifestyle were stigmatized and its aesthetics commercialized, but the true soul and roots remain intact. Hip Hop has served as a voice for the voiceless, a protest against oppression and marginalization, and a way of life that deserves not only respect and celebration but study and reflection.

Chuck D co-founded the group Public Enemy and played with the supergroup Prophets of Rage, won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

KRS-One has been honored by VH-1 and won BET Hip Hop’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Urban Music Awards’ Living Legend Award, and his book ‘The Gospel of Hip-Hop” has been widely studied.

Wise Intelligent is a member of the Poor Righteous Teachers and President of the Rap Snacks Foundation, as well as a scholar who has written the influential book ⅗ an MC: the Manufacturing of a Dumbed-Down Rapper.

These Hip Hop legends will appear with dance troupe Urban Artistry, world famous for its International Cultural Diplomacy initiatives and its cultural preservation advocacy.

This is a paid event; pre-registration is required. Students may use their meal plans. 

Parents, family, and alumni are invited to hear from the President Valerie Smith, Provost and Dean of the Faculty Tomoko Sakomura, and Vice President of Student Affairs Stephanie Ives, as they provide updates on the College and answer questions about campus life.

Join for an alum-oriented, informal game of Ultimate. Families, students, and players of all ability levels are welcome. 

This is a paid event; pre-registration is required. Students are welcome to use their meal plans. 

In Container, consumer product packaging provides Joyner with a primary source of materials, forms, and subject matter. She often begins her inquiries by shredding discarded single-use objects, such as cardboard boxes, to create malleable pulp. She then presses the pulp into plastic objects such as egg cartons, trash cans, and produce baskets, which become found molds. The front room of the gallery features composite structures that incorporate multiple castings from a single mold. The resulting stacked sculptures recall the type of organization found in supermarkets, offices, or other quotidian spaces. Despite her playful interest in mimesis, Joyner’s sculptures are not replicas. She represents durable, mass-produced materials with imperfect, hand-processed matter. Her pulp trash can is porous trash. Her jug is not symmetrical or functional but warped and wryly studded with remnants of an Eggland’s Best® label.

Swarthmore MakerSpace located in Whittier Hall is a physical and visual nexus for the MakerSpace Ecosystem and the Swarthmore Innovation Collaborative’s work.  The space is an open and communal facility with resources for making, including tools for digital, mechanical, and manual fabrication.  It is a testing ground for creative innovation, whether a student explores Japanese joinery in a studio course, or a group of students collaborate to build a solar-powered speaker, the space generates more interdisciplinary interaction on campus, particularly between Engineering and Art, but also from such departments as Theater, Computer Science, Biology, and Physics. In addition to curricular uses, we experience significant interest from individual students, faculty projects and community partnerships working on projects, as well as in attending regular workshops and training opportunities that are offered in the space.

This Hatha yoga class will concentrate on breathing and mindful movements, increasing strength and flexibility. Offering modifications for postures, this class will be accessible to all levels of practice. Each practice will include poses, breathing, finishing with a restorative and calming end, and guided meditation. Wear clothes that you can move in. All equipment is provided. 

This annual event brings to campus distinguished individuals whose careers are marked by leadership and public service in business, government, education, entertainment, medicine, and other similar professions. We are thrilled to welcome Rosamund Zander '64 as this year's speaker.

Bring the whole family to celebrate Swarthmore Athletics and cheer on the Garnet. Enjoy lawn games along with snacks and beverages. This is a paid event; pre-registration is required.

Join SBAN and the Black Cultural Center community for refreshments and a conversation between alumni and current Black students as they discuss careers choices and pathways, as well as insights and lessons learned about life after Swarthmore 

Enjoy solving puzzles and riddles? Want to bond as a family or friends and learn to work together as a team? Check out our nautical-themed escape room for a chance to unlock the treasure chest and see what's inside.

• For groups of 2-10. Individuals will be placed with other groups as space allows. 
• Players launch every 15 minutes starting at 2 pm. 
• Family appropriate for ages 10 and up. 

Sophie Gray-Gaillard '20 and Olivia Passarelli’s class centers on highly physical partnering and floorwork. With emphasis on sequencing in and out of the floor, this master class will incorporate strength building and alignment practices as well as elements of safe weight sharing. Culminating in phrase work from one of five two’s newest pieces, dancers will be challenged to discover their artistic autonomy within five two’s movement vocabulary.

Join award-winning theater director and Swarthmore alum Nell Bang-Jensen '11 for an exploration of how theater-making can be rooted in community and real life stories. Nell's interests in radical models for community engagement, social practice, devising, and new play development guide much of her work as a theater maker and as Artistic Director of Theater Horizon. In this one-and-a-half-hour workshop, Nell will introduce the group to her practice, and guide us through some methods of making art with specific communities and people's lived experiences.

Pilates is a progressive system of exercises designed to stretch, strengthen, and balance the mind and body. Benefits include increased core strength, better posture, and balance skills, more physical and mental energy, and improved sports performance. Wear clothes that you can move in. All equipment is provided.

Come test your knowledge about sustainability and learn more about Swarthmore’s Zero Waste Initiatives.  Win prizes and bragging rights!

We warmly invite you to visit Swarthmore College's Historic Radio Station for our Garnet Weekend Event!  Our open house will run on Saturday, October 7th from 3 pm - 5 pm.  We are located on the 4th Floor of Parrish Hall.

Kakilambe, is a Neo-traditional mask dance and rhythm from the Baga people of Guinea, West Africa. Kakilambe commemorate a good harvest and is also utilized to restore balance in the community. Kakilambe became popular overseas in the 1970s when the dance was rearranged and selected as a featured dance for the international touring company, Les Ballets Africains during the National African Dance Movement, the Civil Rights Movement and the African Independence Movement.

As a teaching artist, Kakilambe is a great dance and rhythm for all levels of learners. Additionally, the concepts of planting a seed, and later harvesting the product provides the learner with an opportunity to think about collective work and responsibility, forward thinking and roles we serve as community makes. The drums used for Kakilambe are the Djembe / Djundjun family of drums, 12th century drums from the Mande/Mekenke people of the Mali Empire.

Learn about the campus arboretum, enjoy refreshments, and explore the facilities.

Please join President Valerie Smith as she recognizes the positive impact our community of parents, alumni, and volunteers can have on the future of Swarthmore. This is a paid event; pre-registration is required.

Young alums ('09-'23) are invited to gather around the bonfire at Crum Woods to mingle over s'mores, cozy fall refreshments, and meet members of the Young Alumni Ambassador Program (YAAP), a committee that creates events and resources that serve the Swarthmore young alumni community.

The Swarthmore LGBTQ+ Alum Network hosts a screening of this award-winning documentary about Ball culture in 1980’s New York City and the African-American, Latinx, gay, and transgender communities involved in it. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

Join us for a screening of the film, followed by conversation and connections in the Science Center Cafe facilitated by Twan Claiborne ‘07. All welcome.

In Container, consumer product packaging provides Joyner with a primary source of materials, forms, and subject matter. She often begins her inquiries by shredding discarded single-use objects, such as cardboard boxes, to create malleable pulp. She then presses the pulp into plastic objects such as egg cartons, trash cans, and produce baskets, which become found molds. The front room of the gallery features composite structures that incorporate multiple castings from a single mold. The resulting stacked sculptures recall the type of organization found in supermarkets, offices, or other quotidian spaces. Despite her playful interest in mimesis, Joyner’s sculptures are not replicas. She represents durable, mass-produced materials with imperfect, hand-processed matter. Her pulp trash can is porous trash. Her jug is not symmetrical or functional but warped and wryly studded with remnants of an Eggland’s Best® label.