Preservation Plan and Historic Resources Survey

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

2008

$100,000

The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia engaged in a planning process for a major preservation plan and historic resources survey for the city of Philadelphia. Prior to this project, the Preservation Alliance estimated that only 4% of properties in Philadelphia had been evaluated in terms of their historical, architectural, and/or cultural significance. Center support enabled a team of historians to develop historical context statements for the sites' histories and physical developments.

Grants & Grantees

The History Truck W.I.C. Work/Shop

Informed by first-person accounts of the Women, Infants, and Children (W.I.C.) nutritional assistance program, this mobile exhibition and series of public programs will explore the lived experience of welfare and expand the Philadelphia Public History Truck's programmatic focus.

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Publishing As Practice

Three experimental art publishers explore publishing as an incubator for new forms of editorial, curatorial, and artistic practice in a residency program based in Philadelphia’s Ulises bookshop.

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Event

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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Donna Graves

Donna Graves is a historian and cultural planner with over 20 years experience developing public history projects that document and interpret unrecognized histories.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Temple Contemporary

Temple Contemporary's mission is "to creatively re-imagine the social function of art through questions of local relevance and international significance."

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Event

Frankenstein & Dracula: Performance of Stoker’s Dracula

The Rosenbach presents a performance of Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Josh Hitchens of Going Dark Theatre.

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Where We Belong: Artists in the Archive

A multidisciplinary cohort of artists will consider how SAADA's materials can inform new works that grapple with questions of identity and belonging, and create a platform for overlooked histories.

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Stenton

Built in 1730 as a country house by James Logan—secretary to William Penn—Stenton is known for its early Georgian architecture and outstanding collections of 18th- and 19th-century Logan family furnishings and objects.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Elizabeth Armstrong

Elizabeth Armstrong joined the Palm Springs Art Museum in January 2015 as the Chief Executive Officer and Director. She served as a Center exhibitions panelist and LOI panelist in 2012.

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Event

Elephants on the Avenue: Notebook and Collage Art Workshop with Ife Nii Owoo

As part of Historic Germantown’s ongoing project Elephants on the Avenue, visual artist and designer Ife Nii Owoo will lead a notebook and collage art workshop.

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Framing Fraktur

This exhibition of contemporary art by seven artists serves as the complement to another exhibition of the library's outstanding collection of Fraktur: Pennsylvania German folk artworks from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Honors for Musicians Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Diane Monroe, Bobby Zankel; Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck Collaborate on Exhibition and Book; and More

The summer months haven’t slowed down for our Pew Fellows who are busy with exhibitions, publications, murals, performances, and more. Catch up with their newest projects below.

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Center-Funded Projects from Madhusmita Bora, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Orchestra 2001, Penn Museum in The New York Times, NPR, Hyperallergic & More

A number of Center grantees have recently garnered national and regional media attention for their performances and exhibitions.

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Event

Person of the Crowd: Zachary Fabri’s Mourning Stutter

Performance artist Zachary Fabri will present a performance work consisting of a series of walks and performative actions exploring the process of mourning in response to African American murders.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Peter Eleey

Peter Eleey is the chief curator of MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, NY.

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*An Artist Embedded*: "Their Story, Our Story: African American Women and the Fight for Equality"

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania invites the public to learn more about African American women of the early 1800s who worked to end slavery, and to consider how this history illuminates our lives today. This lecture is part of An Artist Embedded, which explores, via a series of public events with visiting artists and scholars, how historical events are related to contemporary issues in the United States.

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Cliveden's Living Kitchens: Mid-Century Modern

Cliveden presents an event exploring the mid-century architecture of the historic site with 1960s-themed food, pop-up shops, board games, and television shows.

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Grants & Grantees

Not Your Typical 18th Century Gentleman

This research project will examine the unknown biography of aristocrat and eminent botanist William Hamilton and his role as a "bachelor gentleman" in 18th-century Philadelphia, with the goal of creating new interpretive programs that will enable visitors to connect to contemporary discourse on family, class, gender, and race.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Bisi Silva

Bisi Silva is an independent curator based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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I is for Institute: Local Context

The Institute of Contemporary Art holds a roundtable discussion on the state of the local cultural ecology with representatives from a range of Philadelphia-area contemporary art organizations.

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