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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Frankenstein & Dracula: Gothic Monsters, Modern Science

The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia presents Frankenstein & Dracula, an exhibition highlighting two seminal Gothic works that probe the intersection of scientific literature and social anxieties.

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Redrawing History: Indigenous Perspectives on Colonial America

An exhibition and a newly commissioned graphic novel by Native American artists—illustrator Weshoyot Alvitre and writer Lee Francis—re-contextualize 18th-century historic events from the perspective of indigenous communities.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Rob Blackson

Rob Blackson has been the director of exhibitions at Temple Contemporary at Temple University's Tyler School of Art since 2011.

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Pati Hill: Photocopier

This groundbreaking exhibition presented the early artwork of the late Pati Hill, an American writer who pioneered the use of the photocopier as an artistic tool in the 1970s.

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Shofuso and Modernism Documentary Premiere

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Jeanne van Heeswijk

Jeanne van Heeswijk is a Dutch visual artist whose work centers on the complex relationship between public space and urban renewal.

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Person of the Crowd Symposium: Flânerie and the Politics of Public Space

The Barnes Foundation presents a day-long symposium on the history of flânerie and the contemporary race and gender politics enmeshed in the act of walking.

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Dream Dance: Walking Tour

Lightbox Film Center chief curator Jesse Pires leads a walking tour of Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller.

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Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic, Movement III - The Triple Deities Installation

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Mural Arts Presents Katharina Grosse: psychylustro

Berlin-based visual artist Katharina Grosse will transform one of Philadelphia's major transportation thoroughfares with a series of seven bright, bold installations.

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Paul Schimmel

Paul Schimmel was the chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) from 1990 to 2012 and has organized over 50 exhibitions in his career.

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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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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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Catherine Wood

Catherine Wood is curator of international art and performance at Tate Modern.

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Yael Bartana: And Europe Will be Stunned

Israeli filmmaker and installation artist Yael Bartana reimagines historical narratives in her immersive installation And Europe Will Be Stunned, presented by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Community-Based Preservation Planning

Bartram's Garden developed a preservation plan that guides the organization in making community-driven decisions about the site's future.

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Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia

The Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP) is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring mutual curiosity, understanding, and collaboration between Japan and 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

Inside Please Touch Museum: Q&A with President and CEO Patricia Wellenbach

Patricia Wellenbach, President and CEO of the Please Touch Museum, discusses the Museum’s new exhibition on Muslim culture and how children’s museums are uniquely equipped to foster dialogue between kids and adults on complex subjects.

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(ex)CHANGE: History Place Presence Artist Installations

Asian Arts Initiative's (ex)Change: History Place Presence project has comissioned six Asian American artists to create site-specific artworks.

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