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

Rennie Harris Puremovement company, American Street Dancer, 2025. Photo courtesy of Rennie Harris Puremovement. 

Rennie Harris in Residence

Penn Live Arts
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Camas Root as depicted in Edwards's Botanical Register v.18, London, 1832. Image courtesy of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 

Botany of Nations: Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Coming UpBotany of Nations Exhibition
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Susan Kleckner, SPK Self Portrait, 1976-77, mixed media. 

Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner

Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities
Happening NowRaw Material Exhibition
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Pew Fellow Syd Carpenter, 3 Mother Pins on a Vine, 2021; Clay, mixed media, 18" x 37" x 26". Photo courtesy of the artist.

Syd Carpenter: Planting in Place, Time, and Memory

Woodmere Art Museum
Happening NowPlanting in Place, Time, and Memory Exhibition
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A View from Inside: David Tudor at 100

Bowerbird
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Questions of Practice: Discover new perspectives in our hub for the exchange of ideas on evolving cultural practice.

Recent grantee publications. Photo by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

What’s New in Center-funded Books, Albums, and Media

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