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Our Questions of Practice research series includes in-depth publications on issues critical to artistic practice that derive from our experience as cultural grantmakers. Explore our web-based and print publications here.

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

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Books & Major Publications

danceworkbook: Belonging and Solo: Roko Kawai

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Philadelphia Assembled Discussions and Workshops

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a series of discussions and workshops addressing social and community issues.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

DataArts

DataArts seeks to strengthen the nonprofit arts and cultural sector's vitality, performance, and public impact by equipping organizations to collect, learn from, and use data effectively.

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News

Now Available: New Center-Funded Publications from Philadelphia Photo Arts Center and Michener Art Museum

Two recently completed Center-supported projects have released extensive publications documenting visual art exhibitions and a community engagement initiative.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Lori Waselchuk

Pew Fellow Lori Waselchuk's photographs of post-Katrina New Orleans and the hospice at Angola Prison in Louisiana bring us into intimate contact with complex subjects.

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Grants & Grantees

Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection

A concert series curated in collaboration with tenor vocalist Nicholas Phan illuminates the evolution of art song and how the form, with its intersection of poetry and music, remains a powerful vehicle for social exchange.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Rick Lowe

Artist and community activist Rick Lowe is the founder of Project Row Houses, a neighborhood-based nonprofit arts and cultural organization in Houston's Northern Third Ward.

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Available Light

Experience this monumental and deeply-realized artistic encounter of dance, light, sound, and architecture on a scale not seen since its premiere 30 years ago.

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Creative Africa Community Conversations

Join the museum staff and community members for a thoughtful conversation regarding various topics raised in the Creative Africa exhibition.

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Aniara: fragments of time and space

Presented by The Crossing, Aniara: fragments of time and space explores our relationship to one another, to Earth, and to the passage of time.

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Pew Fellow Yolanda Wisher's "Love Letter to Philadelphia" As New Poet Laureate

Pew Fellow Yolanda Wisher was appointed the third Philadelphia Poet Laureate by Mayor Jim Kenney on February 5, 2016.

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Cliveden's Living Kitchens: The Food Axis: Cooking, Eating, and 1950s Domestic Architecture

Dr. Elizabeth Cromely leads participants through Cliveden's 1950s-era kitchen and discuss the historical context of 1950s architecture.

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Questions of Practice

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

Curators Carlos Basualdo, Peter Eleey, Helen Molesworth, Hou Hanru, and many more convene in print for this publication on curatorial approaches.

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Letting Go? Media Mentions

The Center's publication, *Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World*, received media attention from a number of publications.

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Commonspace LIVE

Commonspace LIVE features seven days of programming, including four curated performances, an open-mic storytelling competition, and two live auditions for upcoming broadcasts.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows of the Week: An Interview with Media Artists Michael Kuetemeyer & Anula Shetty

Pew Fellows and media artists Michael Kuetemeyer and Anula Shetty on creating community-engaged work, the best advice they ever received, and more.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Nels Cline

Nels Cline is a composer and guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist in the band Wilco.

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Questions of Practice

PMPY: MiJin Hong

Hong, director of academic affairs and program development at the Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University, looks at the opportunities presented by co-authorship through the lens of entrepreneurship.

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Grants & Grantees

Killjoy’s Kastle

A large-scale, interactive performance in the form of a haunted house at Icebox Project Space, created by artists Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue, engages Philadelphia artists and addresses themes of identity, race, gender, and class.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Vijay Palaparty

Vijay Palaparty is a bharatanatyam and kuchipudi dancer and choreographer, whose performance works have traveled throughout the US, Canada, India, and Australia.

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psychylustro: Ride the Rails and Opening Reception

A special opening reception in honor of artist Katharina Grosse and the world premiere of her public artwork for Philadelphia's rail gateway, psychylustro.

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