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A Center Guide to the Semiquincentennial

Sounds of Democracy, New Perspectives on History, and Contemporary Voices Reflecting on America 250

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Our Grantmaking: Learn about imaginative programs, events, and artistic work from the organizations and artists our grants support.

Paul Ramírez Jonas, Let Freedom Ring, 2022, Washington, DC. The Association for Public Art is installing the public artwork in Independence National Historical Park. Photo courtesy of the Association for Public Art.

Let Freedom Ring

Association for Public Art
Happening NowLet Freedom Ring installation
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A Hundred Years On

Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Coming UpA Hundred Years On: A New Oratorio About the 1876 Centennial Exposition
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V. Cybil Charlier, What happens to a dream deferred, 2020, screenprint, 18” x 12”, printed and published by Coronado Printstudio, Austin, TX. Image courtesy of The Print Center.

America Today

The Print Center
Happening NowAmerica Today exhibition
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St. Eustatius, United States Department of the Navy. Image courtesy of The Weitzman.

The First Salute: An Untold Story of the American Revolution

Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
Happening NowThe First Salute exhibition
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Questions of Practice: Discover new perspectives in our hub for the exchange of ideas on evolving cultural practice.

Shavon Norris, 2024 Pew Fellow. Photo by David Evan McDowell.

Pew Fellow and Movement Artist Shavon Norris on “Positive Obsession” and the Stories Our Bodies Tell 
Interview Creative Process Practice & Process

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