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Former University Of The Arts Community Comes Together For Holiday Reunion: "It Is A Reminder Of What We Lost"
Charis Duke, a former faculty member in the musical theater department, described the closure as a shared trauma.
December 16, 2025
Inside the Bok Building in South Philadelphia on Monday night, several dozen artists gathered for a meaningful reunion.
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Former faculty, students and alumni of the University of the Arts came together for a holiday party hosted by the University of the Arts Alumni Council — a chance to reconnect after the school's sudden closure in June 2024 scattered its tight-knit artistic community.
For many, the gathering marked the first time they had seen one another since UArts shut down with little warning, ending more than a century of arts education in Philadelphia.
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