Miss Rockaway Armada Flotilla Journey and Performances on the Schuylkill River

20 Aug 2011
18:30:00 - 20:30:00

Walnut Street Dock, Schuykill Banks

Saturday, August 20, 2011

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Mississippi River Flotilla

Miss Rockaway Armada Flotilla Journey and Performances on the Schuylkill River

Saturday, August 20, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 21, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Location: Walnut Street Dock, Schuykill Banks, Philadelphia, PA

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Exhibitions

Grants & Grantees

Urban Equilibrium—Planning for New Environmental Art

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education embarked on a comprehensive re-envisioning of its art program to align it more fully with its overall goals.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Camae Ayewa Receives Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant, Melissa Ho Mounts Exhibition at Smithsonian, Tayarisha Poe Screens Film at Sundance

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Projects On Tour: Pati Hill Exhibition, Thaddeus Phillips, Silvana Cardell Bring Work to New Venues

Following successful premieres in the Philadelphia region, several Center-supported performances and exhibitions are traveling to venues around the world.

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Reopening of South Asian Galleries

The Philadelphia Museum of Art reopens its eight South Asian art galleries, featuring nearly 3,000 works spanning over 2,500 years.

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Organize Your Own: "Falling In" with Writer Dan S. Wang

Writer Dan S. Wang leads a workshop based on "Falling In: American Counterculture for Chinese Nationals," as part of Daniel Tucker's Center-funded project, Organize Your Own.

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The Women’s Mobile Museum: A Traveling Photography Exhibition

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center takes The Women’s Mobile Museum on the road, reimagining a museum as a collaborative, mobile exhibition space.

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Grants & Grantees

Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presented the first full-scale exhibition of the artist's work in more than 30 years.

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habitus: Gallery Talk with Dr. Linda Eaton

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents a gallery talk by textile scholar Dr. Linda Eaton, the John L. & Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles at the Winterthur Museum.

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Frankenstein & Dracula: Screening of Nosferatu, a symphony of horror, Accompanied by Live Organ

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Pop Cinema

The International House presented Pop Cinema, curated by William Kaizen, the first exhibition to offer its subject as a distinct film genre.

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Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers: Archives-Based Learning

Collaborative research projects introduce Community College of Philadelphia students to rare historical materials, leading to exhibitions that examine the notion of accessibility and representation in archives.

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Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie

With the city as its subject, this gallery exhibition, along with newly commissioned installations in unexpected Philadelphia locations, and citizen-created photos and videos, will capture urban life in novel ways.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Curator Lumi Tan on Cross-Disciplinary Curation at The Kitchen

The Kitchen’s Lumi Tan discusses the curatorial opportunities within a cross-disciplinary space.

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Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form Lectures and Gallery Talks

The Michener Art Museum presents a series of lectures and gallery talks exploring the connections between Sheeler’s experimentations in fashion and the industrial paintings and photographs that established his career.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Pablo Helguera

Since 2007, Helguera, a visual and performance artist, has served as director of adult and academic programs in the department of education at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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The Barnes Foundation: Shonibare in Context

Princeton University Associate Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu discusses Shonibare's work within the context of contemporary and historical African art.

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The Women’s Mobile Museum with Zanele Muholi: Exhibition at PAFA

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center brings The Women’s Mobile Museum to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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Yinka Shonibare MBE: Magic Ladders

This is Nigerian-born, London-based Yinka Shonibare's first major Philadelphia exhibition since his artist residency at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in 2004.

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Endless Shout: Mouth of Darkness by Travis

The ICA presents Mouth of Darkness, a performance by musician Travis, organized by Endless Shout collaborator The Otolith Group.

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Opening Reception for Prisons Today

An opening reception for Prisons Today, an interactive exhibition that sheds light on the current state of incarceration in America.

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