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Shawn Theodore, Church of Broken Pieces, African American Museum in Philadelphia. Photo by M.Edlow.
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AAMP Residency for Art and Social Change

Shahzia Sikander, Parallax, 2013, 3 channel HD video animation with 5.1 surround sound, Fondazione MAXXI, Rome, Italy. Photo courtesy of Asian Arts Initiative.
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(ex)CHANGE: History Place Presence

Bowerbird, Sound Machines: Kagel's Zwei Mann Orchester, 2018. Pictured: Ashley Tini. Photo by Bob Sweeney.
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Sound Machines: Kagel's Zwei Mann Orchester

Roberto Lugo, 2019 Pew Fellow. Photo by Jewel Leah, courtesy of Wexler Gallery.
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Discovery Grant: Planning for Making Place Matter

Digital composite of Eastern State Penitentiary’s Hidden Lives, Illuminated, 2017. Photo courtesy of Greenhouse Media.
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Hidden Lives Illuminated

Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor, The Franklin Institute, installation view. Photo courtesy of The Franklin Institute.
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Enhancing Views of History: Terracotta Warriors and Augmented Reality

Photograph ca. 1991 depicting the Estampas Colombianas dance company, from the Estampas Colombianas photographs (PG380). Photo courtesy of Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Audience Embedded

The Liberian Women's Chorus for Change in concert. Painted Bride Theater, Philadelphia, June 2014. Photo by Anna Mulé.
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Liberian Women's Chorus for Change

Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge Neighborhood Convening, June 29, 2015. 632 Jackson Street. Photo by Steve Weinik. Courtesy of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
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Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge

Artist unknown, Krishna and Radha, c. 1750, opaque watercolor and gold on cotton. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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South Asian Art: Experimentation, Interpretation, and Evaluation

Ancestral Correspondence, Lonnie Graham, film still.
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The Great Migration: A City Transformed (1916-1930)

Members of Reconstruction, Inc. at their 2013 annual meeting.
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History and Reconstruction

Installation view of Temple Contemporary's reFORM exhibition, 2015. Photo by Constance Mensh.
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reFORM

Rafael Ferrer, Fuegian House with Harpy Eagle, leaves, ice, tarp, branches, paint, Whitney Museum of American Art south moat, New York. Installation during Ferrer’' one-person exhibit, December 9, 1971 to January 9, 1972. Brochure by Marcia Tucker.
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Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde

The Zoo’s mongoose lemurs, Clara and Toby, explore a Zoo360 trail. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Zoo.
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Advancement Grant: Philadelphia Zoo

Opera Philadelphia presents Verdi’s La Traviata. The Marchese (Jarrett Ott, seated) and Flora (Katherine Pracht) at Flora’s ball in Act II. Photo by Kelly & Massa.
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Advancement Grant: Opera Philadelphia (2014)

Clarinetist Anthony McGill and the Brentano Quartet perform during an open rehearsal. Photo by Langdon Photography. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.
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Advancement Grant: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Nouvelle Histoire collection, 2011, by Vlisco. Photograph by Carmen Kemmink.
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Advancement Grant: Philadelphia Museum of Art

The historic worship space known as the West Room is little changed after more than two centuries of continuous use. Photo by Brian Kutner.
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An Exploration of Interpretive Approaches to the Arch Street Meeting House

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies, 2017. Photo by Jeff Fusco, courtesy of Association for Public Art.
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Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies

Dancers A. Kelly White-Burrell and Steffanie White-Burchette in performance. Photo by Kerville Jackson.
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El Viaje (The Journey)

Julius Eastman composing. Photo by Donald Burkhardt. Courtesy of Bowerbird.
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In Search of Eastman