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

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Art in Process

A discovery project investigates best practices in sharing the process of art-making to create meaningful connections between contemporary art and audiences.

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Love Letter

Quite possibly the largest single-artist mural project in the United States, Steve Powers' Love Letter comprises 50 painted walls running parallel to the elevated train line in West Philadelphia.

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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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Questions of Practice

Contemplating the Museum as Score

In September 2016, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presented the eighth annual Anne d’Harnoncourt Symposium, “Museum as Score.”

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Shofuso and Modernism: Mid-Century Collaboration between Japan and Philadelphia

An exhibition at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden spotlights an intercultural body of design and architecture from four influential mid-century figures: George Nakashima, Junzo Yoshimura, and Antonin and Noémi Raymond.

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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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Rowhouse Workshop: Exhibition

Architect and Pew Fellow Brian Phillips presents an exhibition for Rowhouse Workshop, a project surveying the physical and social histories embedded in Philadelphia’s row houses.

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I is for Institute: RAW Material Company

The ICA presents a conversation with Koyo Kouoh, founding artistic director of RAW Material Company—a center for art, knowledge, and society in Dakar, Senegal.

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Pati Hill: Photocopier at Lyman Allyn Art Museum

Arcadia University Art Gallery’s 2016 Center-funded exhibition, Pati Hill: Photocopier, will travel to Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut.

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Unity Within the Initiative Capsule Exhibition

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Han Bennink and Peter Brötzmann: Drawings, Paintings & Objects

Ars Nova Workshop undertook planning for an exhibition that explores the relationship between Han Bennink and Peter Brötzmann, two important figures in European improvised music.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

James Voorhies

James Voorhies is the John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University where he oversees a contemporary arts program dedicated to the synthesis of art, design, and education.

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I is for Institute: Kunsthalle Lissabon

The ICA will present a film screening of The Mesh and the Circle followed by a conversation with Luís Silva and João Mourão, co-directors of Kunsthalle Lissabon.

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Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay

The work of 22 artists, spanning four generations, was presented in an exhibition that examined clay's appeal and craft.

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Unity at the Initiative

An exhibition, pop-up performances, and workshops underscore the intersections of art, sport, and queer identity in the work of print artist and professional skateboarder Jeffrey Cheung.

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The Contest of the Fruits Exhibition

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Making Place Matter: “Clay & Conversation” Workshop Series

The Clay Studio will host a series of four “Clay & Conversation” workshops, led by artists Roberto Lugo and Jennie Shanker.

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Alien She: Panel Discussion

A panel discussion organized around Alien She, an exhibition examining the lasting impact of the Riot Grrrl movement, currently on view at Vox Populi.

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Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births Exhibition at the Mütter Museum

Maternity Care Coalition presents the first of two Philadelphia exhibitions for Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, an expansive consideration of the arc of human reproduction through the lens of design over the last century.

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Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde

Philadelphia’s significant contributions to visual culture in the 1950s through the 1970s are highlighted and explored in an exhibition, a publication, and performances.

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