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Essay Interview Video
Aug. 30 2023
Choreographer Brendan Fernandes on Dance in Museums
Brendan Fernandes
Video
Aug. 24 2023
How Dance Converges with Sculpture in Barnes Foundation Exhibition
James Claiborne, Brendan Fernandes
Video
Jun. 22 2023
Artist Terence Nance on Presenting Film in a Gallery Space
Terence Nance
Video
May. 24 2023
Poet Ross Gay on Sport and the Act of Looking
Ross Gay
Video
Dec. 2 2022
Director Josephine Decker on Translating the Experience of Pregnancy into Performance
Josephine Decker
Video
Writer and Curator Laura Raicovich on “Not Normal” Museum Practices
Laura Raicovich
Video
May. 25 2022
Composer Ari Benjamin Meyers on Authorship, Collaboration, and Rehearsing Philadelphia
Ari Benjamin Meyers
Video
Oct. 28 2021
Webinar Series: Archivists, Curators, and Scholars on Archiving Black Culture
Linda Earle
Video
Sep. 9 2020
Museum Director Robert Hicks & Artist Matt Adams on the Relevance of Pandemic History
Matt Adams, Robert D. Hicks
Video
Aug. 13 2020
Questions of Practice: Set Designer Mimi Lien on a Design-First Theater-Making Process
Mimi Lien
Video
Jul. 29 2020
David Gordon Reads Two Artist Statements from The Sentient Archive
David Gordon
Video
Jul. 29 2020
Balanchine Dancer Allegra Kent Reads "My Discovery of Dance" from The Sentient Archive
Allegra Kent
Video
Apr. 20 2020
Poet & Pew Fellow Sonia Sanchez Discusses Her Creative Life & Legacy with Major Jackson [Full Interview]
Sonia Sanchez, Major Jackson
Video
Feb. 17 2020
Questions of Practice: Opera Director Yuval Sharon on Modern Opera Techniques
Yuval Sharon
Video
Feb. 11 2020
Questions of Practice: Technologist Dr. Suse Anderson on the Cultural Implications of Digital Technology
Dr. Suse Anderson
Video
Feb. 6 2020
Questions of Practice: Curator Adriel Luis on Community Engagement and Technology
Adriel Luis
Video
Dec. 4 2019
Questions of Practice: Art Historian Kristina Van Dyke on How Technology Can Introduce New Perspectives to Ancient Artifacts
Kristina Van Dyke
Video
Oct. 2 2019
Questions of Practice: Artist Yael Bartana on Participating in Politics Through Art
Yael Bartana
Video
Sep. 13 2019
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Nora Chipaumire on a Dancer’s Skin
Nora Chipaumire
Video
Sep. 12 2019
Questions of Practice: Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on Contextualizing Classical Works
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Video
Aug. 19 2019
Questions of Practice: Farm for the City Participants on What Urban Farming Can Do for a Community
Video
Jun. 6 2019
Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Pursuing Aesthetics
Ernesto Pujol
Video
May. 28 2019
Questions of Practice: Theater Artist Taylor Mac on Duration and Ritual in Performance
Taylor Mac
Video
May. 20 2019
Questions of Practice: Bisi Silva on the Contemporary Curatorial Practice in Africa
Bisi Silva
Video
May. 13 2019
Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock on the Social Connotations of Dolls
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Video
May. 3 2019
Questions of Practice: Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on Leadership
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Video
Apr. 29 2019
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Reggie Wilson on the “Cultural Retentions” of Sacred Spaces
Reggie Wilson, Yolanda Wisher
Video
Apr. 22 2019
Questions of Practice: Guitarist Nels Cline on Virtuosity
Nels Cline
Video
Apr. 18 2019
Questions of Practice: Curator Lumi Tan on Cross-Disciplinary Curation at The Kitchen
Lumi Tan
Video
Apr. 8 2019
Questions of Practice: Poet and Performer Tracie Morris on Preserving a “Feeling of Liveness” in a Museum Setting
Tracie Morris
Video
Mar. 25 2019
Questions of Practice: Curator Koyo Kouoh on Politics and Socially Engaged Practice
Koyo Kouoh
Video
Mar. 18 2019
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Maria Hassabi on Dancing in Museum Spaces
Maria Hassabi
Video
Jan. 3 2019
Questions of Practice: Photographer Zanele Muholi on Museum Accessibility
Zanele Muholi
Video
Nov. 9 2018
Photographer Zanele Muholi on What it Means To Be a “Visual Activist”
Zanele Muholi
Video
Sep. 20 2018
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on How “The Museum Is The Body” In Dance
Boris Charmatz
Video
Aug. 30 2018
Questions of Practice: Artist Mariam Ghani on Collaboration in Socially Engaged Art
Mariam Ghani
Video
Aug. 20 2018
Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Dancer taisha paggett on the Relationship Between Art and Politics
taisha paggett
Video
May. 23 2018
Questions of Practice: Guitarist Nels Cline on Creating Lovers (for Philadelphia)
Nels Cline
Video
May. 14 2018
Questions of Practice: Composer David Lang on Classical Music, Education, Composing, and Virtuosity
David Lang
Video
Apr. 2 2018
Questions of Practice: Poet and Performer Tracie Morris on “Serving Her Muse”
Tracie Morris
Video
Mar. 16 2018
Questions of Practice: Actor Dulé Hill on Nat “King” Cole’s “Quiet Revolution”
Dulé Hill
Video
Feb. 12 2018
Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Durational Performance
Ernesto Pujol
Video
Jan. 16 2018
Artist Cai Guo-Qiang on Public Art and Ephemerality
Cai Guo-Qiang
Video
Dec. 7 2017
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Hellmut Gottschild on a Life of Dance, with Tania Isaac
Hellmut Gottschild, Tania Isaac
Video
Nov. 20 2017
Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Jeanne van Heeswijk on the City as Subject
Jeanne van Heeswijk
Video
Oct. 23 2017
Questions of Practice: Francis Kéré on Creating Architecture that “Serves Humanity”
Francis Kéré
Video
Oct. 17 2017
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on Creating a Museum of Dance
Boris Charmatz
Video
Sep. 21 2017
Questions of Practice: Bisi Silva on considering “the Local” and “the Global” in Curatorial Practice
Bisi Silva
Video
Sep. 13 2017
Questions of Practice: Artist Cai Guo-Qiang on Audience Participation in Public Art
Cai Guo-Qiang
Video
Jul. 27 2017
Questions of Practice: Artist Michael Rakowitz on the Live Experience of Radio
Michael Rakowitz
Video
Jul. 24 2017
Questions of Practice: Artist Michael Rakowitz on Threading Disparate Sources into a Cohesive Whole
Michael Rakowitz
Video
Jun. 12 2017
Artist Ann Hamilton on the Relationship between Production & Consumption
Ann Hamilton
Video
Jun. 5 2017
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on “Re-Enchanting” Public Space Through Dance
Boris Charmatz, Simon Dove
Video
May. 30 2017
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellows Sonia Sanchez and Major Jackson on Legacy and the Joys of Teaching
Sonia Sanchez, Major Jackson
Video
May. 26 2017
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Major Jackson Reads Urban Renewal
Major Jackson
Video
May. 26 2017
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Sonia Sanchez Reads 10 Haikus for Max Roach
Sonia Sanchez
Video
May. 16 2017
Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Performer Nora Chipaumire on Art and Advocacy
Nora Chipaumire
Video
Apr. 24 2017
Questions of Practice: Multi-media Artist Mariam Ghani on the Tensions between Private and Public Narratives
Mariam Ghani
Video
Feb. 14 2017
Pew Fellowships in the Arts at 25
Video
Feb. 8 2017
Questions of Practice: Barnes Foundation’s Thom Collins on Unpacking the Museum’s Collection Through Performance
Thom Collins
Video
Jan. 30 2017
Questions of Practice: Curator Ruth Estévez on Why Some Performances Should Remain in the Past
Ruth Estévez
Video
Dec. 14 2016
Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Ann Hamilton on the Social Connotations of Cloth
Ann Hamilton
Video
Dec. 7 2016
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Art and Social Justice
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Video
Nov. 21 2016
Questions of Practice: Artist Hank Willis Thomas on Photography and Framing
Hank Willis Thomas
Video
Nov. 7 2016
Questions of Practice: Curator Lee Tusman on Curating Performance
Lee Tusman
Video
Nov. 2 2016
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Artistic Evolution and Risk
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Video
Oct. 26 2016
Questions of Practice: Choreographers Reggie Wilson and Faustin Linyekula on the Concept of Place
Reggie Wilson, Faustin Linyekula
Video
Oct. 5 2016
Questions of Practice: Artists Martha McDonald and Billy Dufala on Ephemerality
Billy Dufala, Martha McDonald
Video
Jul. 25 2016
Questions of Practice: Composer and Pianist Vijay Iyer on Musical Lineage
Vijay Iyer
Video
Jul. 14 2016
Questions of Practice: Cliveden's Libbie Hawes on Historical Interpretation for Contemporary Audiences
Libbie Hawes
Video
Jun. 6 2016
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Faustin Linyekula on Creating Accessible Art
Faustin Linyekula
Video
Apr. 4 2016
Questions of Practice: Centrala's Michał Zadara and Barbara Wysocka on Classical Works and the Avant-Garde
Centrala
Video
Mar. 28 2016
Questions of Practice: The Village of Arts and Humanities' Aviva Kapust on Local Messages with Global Impact
Aviva Kapust
Video
Mar. 14 2016
Questions of Practice: Cohabitation Strategies on Authorship and Community Engagement
Cohabitation Strategies
Video
Mar. 7 2016
Questions of Practice: Artist Pepón Osorio on the Role of the Arts in Expanding Dialogue Beyond the "Local"
Pepón Osorio
Video
Feb. 8 2016
Questions of Practice: Artist Ken Lum on Creating Art that Emanates from "the Local"
Ken Lum
Video
Dec. 15 2015
Questions of Practice: Cohabitation Strategies on the Role of the Arts in Fostering Social Change
Cohabitation Strategies
Video
Nov. 16 2015
Questions of Practice: Visiting Scholar Kristy Edmunds on Why We Should Look Beyond the Local
Kristy Edmunds
Video
Nov. 9 2015
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Germaine Ingram on the Responsibilities of Creating Socially Engaged Art
Germaine Ingram
Video
Oct. 19 2015
Questions of Practice: Mural Arts' Jane Golden on Seeing Creative Opportunity
Jane Golden
Video
Oct. 9 2015
Questions of Practice: Kemi Ilesanmi of The Laundromat Project on the Role of Artists in Community Development
Kemi Ilesanmi
Video
Oct. 7 2015
Questions of Practice: Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko of the Abbe Museum on Audience Dialogue
Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
Video
May. 20 2015
Questions of Practice: Artist Bob and Roberta Smith on Art as Advocacy
Bob and Roberta Smith
Video
May. 6 2015
Questions of Practice: Claire Tancons, Independent Curator, On Resistance and Artistic Practice
Claire Tancons
Video
May. 4 2015
Questions of Practice with Kristy Edmunds & Claire Tancons: How Do You Establish Trust in a Community?
Kristy Edmunds, Claire Tancons
Video
Jul. 1 2014
Pew Fellow Poetry: Frank Sherlock
Frank Sherlock
Video
Jun. 10 2014
Pew Fellow Poetry: Emily Abendroth
Emily Abendroth
Video
Mar. 18 2014
Questions of Practice: Lisa Yancey, Independent Consultant
Video