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.

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RAIR Movie Nights in the Yard: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

RAIR will screen the post-apocalyptic action adventure movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome at its outdoor recycling facility in Northeast Philadelphia.

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News

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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Cliveden's Living Kitchens: The Cup That Cheers

As part of Cliveden's Living Kitchens, Cliveden presents a series of "Kitchen Conversations"—moderated discussions with scholars, community members, and activists about issues surrounding race, history, and memory.

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Grants & Grantees

Chester Made Cultural Exploration Zone

This multi-part project animates Chester's downtown cultural corridor by engaging the local community, along with experts in public history, placemaking, and tactical urbanism, in a series of events and programs interpreting the city's underground history.

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Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia Opening and Dedication

The opening of Monument Lab and the dedication of the late Terry Adkins' Monument Lab Sculpture in the City Hall Courtyard.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

PennDesign, University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania School of Design (PennDesign) prepares students to address complex sociocultural and environmental issues through thoughtful inquiry, creative expression, and innovation.

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Making/Breaking the Binary: Women, Art & Technology (1968-85) Opening Reception

Curator Kelsey-Halliday Johnson holds an opening reception for her exhibition Making/Breaking the Binary: Women, Art & Technology (1968-85).

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Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge

Boston-based guest curator Lucia Sanroman has invited Cohabitation Strategies, an innovative European urban design and performance group, to work with Mural Arts on a community-driven project.

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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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Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form

The Michener Art Museum presents an exhibition of painter and photographer Charles Sheeler's little-known fashion photography created for Condé Nast between 1926 and 1931.

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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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Liberian Women's Chorus for Change Presents a Forum on Peacebuilding and Traditional Arts

Philadelphia Folklore Project and the Liberian Women's Chorus for Change present a discussion with Dr. Cynthia Cohen, director of Brandeis University's Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts, on the place of traditional and folk arts practice in reconciliation, anti-violence, and peacebuilding work in Philadelphia and beyond.

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Farm for the City: Community Workshops

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Paula Marincola

Paula Marincola was named the first executive director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in June 2008. She leads the organization in developing and implementing its strategic agenda as both grantmaker and hub for knowledge-sharing.

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Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde Exhibitions

Exhibitions at four Philadelphia locations highlight Philadelphia’s significant contributions to visual, literary, and musical culture between 1956 and 1976.

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Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form Performances

The Michener Art Museum presents a series music performances and dance workshops that capture the spirit of the 1920s.

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Partners for Sacred Places

Partners for Sacred Places, founded in 1989, works to build the civic value of historic sacred places and the capacity of congregations to better serve their communities as anchor institutions, helping to shape vibrant, creative communities.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Sarah Workneh

Sarah Workneh is co-director of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, where she directs the organization’s core educational program and works with Skowhegan alumni to produce off-site programs.

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Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia

This project will pose the question: What does a 21st-century urban monument look like? The centerpiece of this exploration will be a temporary monument designed by the late, award-winning artist Terry Adkins.

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Gray Area 3: First Hawthorne Hall Community Meeting

Gray Area will host two community meetings to share ideas about Hawthorne Hall, the neighborhood landmark that straddles Mantua and Powelton Village on Lancaster Avenue.

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