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Books & Major Publications

In Terms of Performance, A Keywords Anthology

Books & Major Publications

The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory

Books & Major Publications

danceworkbook: A Steady Pulse: Restaging Lucinda Childs, 1963–78

Books & Major Publications

What Makes a Great Exhibition?

Books & Major Publications

Pigeons on the Grass, Alas: Contemporary Curators Talk About the Field

Books & Major Publications

Curating Now: Imaginative Practice/Public Responsibility

Books & Major Publications

Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation

Books & Major Publications

Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World

Books & Major Publications

danceworkbook: Susan Foster! Susan Foster! Three Performed Lectures

Programs at the Center

Shelf Life

Books & Major Publications

danceworkbook: Belonging and Solo: Roko Kawai

Grants & Grantees

The Greenhouse Projects

The American Philosophical Society Museum launched five large-scale and inventive public engagement projects, all associated with its exhibition on French natural history.

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Reviving Bach’s Cantatas for Today’s Audiences: Choral Arts Philadelphia’s Concert Program Continues February 15

Choral Arts Philadelphia's project 1734–1735: A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach continues February 15 with renditions of Cantatas 14 and 147.

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Barbara Kasten: Stages

Barbara Kasten: Stages is the first major survey of the work of artist Barbara Kasten.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Jamal Cyrus

Jamal Cyrus is a multidisciplinary artist based in Houston working in performance and visual arts.

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Partners for Sacred Places: Playing and Preserving December Concert

In conjunction with its Center-supported project Playing and Preserving, Partners for Sacred Places presents a free community concert inspired by the importance of the pipe organ as a center of community and musical life.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Alexandra Tatarsky

Tatarsky blends performance art, comedy, physical theater, and clown practices to probe the construction of meaning, self, and community. Playing with perceptions of language and narrative structure, their live performances are highly responsive to venue and audience, often breaking the fourth wall and embracing humor to reveal vulnerability and humanity.

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Chester Made Cultural Exploration Zone: Community History Talk & Workshop with Laura Barraclough

Pennsylvania Humanities Council presents a community history talk and workshop led by Yale University’s Laura Barraclough.

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Association for Public Art’s Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies in The New York Times, Forbes, and More

Fireflies, the Association for Public Art’s large-scale, interactive installation created by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, has received extensive media coverage since its debut on September 14

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Grants & Grantees

Community pavilion and roof deck expansion

The Clay Studio will modify a roof deck and street-level community pavilion at its new 32,500-square-foot Kensington facility to create more year-round usable space.

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Mendelssohn Club Presents Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe

Retrace mining lore back to the anthracite fields of central Pennsylvania through this new, folk-classical hybrid choral work by composer Julia Wolfe.

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Questions of Practice

An Introduction to Restaging & Reconstruction

As interest in contemporary performance art grows, reconstruction and restaging have become critical methods in understanding the almost-lost moments of seminal early performances.

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Adjacencies, Petra, Supreme Connections

Bowerbird presents Adjacencies, Petra, Supreme Connections, featuring two of Maryanne Amacher's rare compositions including live instruments.

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art Looks to a Decade of Zoe Strauss

The Philadelphia Museum of Art looked back on a decade of the work of Zoe Strauss with a mid-career retrospective and the Billboard Project, which showcased Strauss' work all over Philadelphia.

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The Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland: Inaugural Event

Composer Mike Bullock presents the inauguration of the Philadelphia Embassy of the international art project, The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV).

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Grants & Grantees

3x3: Movement Voices for a Bharatanatyam Dancer

Viji Rao developed three distinctive works to expand her artistic roots in South Indian dance, based on incarnations of the Hindu goddess Devi.

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Cross-cultural programming to deepen community connections

Through a restructuring of its approach to its cultural festivals, such as the popular annual Cherry Blossom Festival, the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia will evaluate and reaffirm its commitment to “mutual curiosity, understanding, and collaboration.”

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Pearl Street Block Party

The third annual Pearl Street Block Party celebrates Chinatown North's rich cultural diversity and artistic community with performances, music, interactive activities, and more.

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Nursery Manager and New Public Programs

Bartram's Garden's new nursery propagates and promotes native plants, including some first discovered by the Bartram family, the founders of the 45-acre National Historic Landmark.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Phoenix Art Museum's Amada Cruz on Engaging Bilingual Communities in Museums

Amada Cruz on how her Hispanic heritage informs her approach to audience engagement in bilingual communities.

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America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far

This exhibition combines art, technology, performance, and interactive programming to introduce young children and their families to local and global Muslim communities and culture.

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