Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

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1 Dec 2016

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The Academy of Natural Sciences.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is the oldest natural history museum in North America. Founded in 1812, the museum is known for both its extraordinary collections of natural specimens and its active research faculty. Center support allowed the Academy to upgrade its financial accounting software, giving staff members a more efficient tool for monitoring their internal and external activity.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Astria Suparak

Astria Suparak is an independent curator and former director and curator of Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery.

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Lucy Shelton

Winner of two Walter W. Naumburg Awards, soprano Lucy Shelton enjoys an international career bringing her dramatic vocalism and interpretive skills to repertoire of all periods.

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Anne Ellegood

Anne Ellegood is senior curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

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Grants & Grantees

Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

In its Philadelphia premiere, Taylor Mac’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated performance work journeys through 240 years of US history and popular songs, staged in two 12-hour installments.

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Chuck Treece

Pew Fellow Chuck Treece is known as a seasoned guitarist, bassist, drummer, vocalist, and, in many circles, a skateboarding legend.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Cynthia Oliver on Dancing in Museums

We asked Oliver, a choreographer and dance professor, "Should we dance in museums?"

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News

What’s New and What’s Next: Center-Funded Projects in 2017

The New Year will bring ambitious and innovative Center-funded projects to the Philadelphia region that will inspire audiences and push the boundaries of artistic discovery and expression.

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Raphael Xavier: The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance

Dancer, choreographer, and 2013 Pew Fellow Raphael Xavier takes hip-hop techniques from the street to the stage and tells the autobiographical story defined by sacrifice, passion, and transcendence.

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Three Sisters

Arden Theatre Company premieres a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, the culmination of a two-year exploration into the playwright and his work.

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PRISM Quartet: Color Theory Workshops

PRISM Quartet's Center-funded project Color Theory features a series of performances, lectures, and workshops that investigate the concept of "musical color."

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Jymie Merritt

Recognized as a pioneering jazz bassist and composer who has played with numerous musical luminaries over his 60-year career, Merritt composes work that brings forth collective improvisation within a complex rhythmic and harmonic language.

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Grants & Grantees

Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq

The Wilma Theater developed a new play with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and a full company of actors, charting a Marine's complicated return home from war.

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Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Founded in 1973, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council is a private, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to providing every Pennsylvanian with access to the humanities.

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Grants & Grantees

Revolution Remix: A South Asian American Sound Tour of Historic Philadelphia

New musical compositions by Zain Alam, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Rupa Marya enrich a walking tour that explores historic Philadelphia through the lens of South Asian American history.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Timo Andres

Timo Andres is a Brooklyn-based composer and pianist.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

lê thị diem thúy

lê thị diễm thúy is a Vietnamese-American author, poet, and performance artist whose work explores the role of the body as the site of memory.

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Event

Whitman at 200

As part of a region-wide program of cultural events designed to reassess Walt Whitman and his impact on art and society, University of Pennsylvania Libraries presents Whitman at 200 on the occasion of the pivotal literary figure’s 200th birthday.

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News

Who's at the Center? Schimmel Molesworth

Schimmel and Molesworth, widely celebrated curators, visited the Center to discuss curating and historiography with visual arts and exhibition professionals from the Philadelphia area.

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FF News: Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Marshall Allen, Pew Fellow Poets, and More

This month in Fellows Friday news: Jamaaladeen Tacuma has been named as a 2014 Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow in residence, the 2013 Pew Fellow poets read at San Francisco State University, and much more.

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FF News: Matt Saunders, Bhob Rainey, Alex Da Corte, etc.

This month in Fellows Friday News: Alex Da Corte receives major media attention for his Easternsports collaboration at the ICA, Matt Saunders and Bhob Rainey are praised for set and sound design for The Adults, and much more.

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