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Cliveden’s historic 1959 kitchen. Photo courtesy of Cliveden of the National Trust.
Urban Space Jockeys by Amber Art & Design. Photo by Paul Gargagliano of Hazel Photo, Courtesy of Daniel Tucker.
Levée des conflits, Boris Charmatz, Drexel University Armory, 2016. Photo by JJ Tiziou.
The Rivers Restoration Project, installation view, 2017. Courtesy of the Fairmount Water Works.
Historic Germantown’s Second Saturday Festival. Photo by Jill Saul.
A group of activists held the first organized civil rights demonstrations in front of Independence Hall and Liberty Bell in Philadelphia on July 4, 1965. Photo © Mattachine Society.
Raúl de Nieves and gage of the boone, XPRM/E/N/TAL, 2016, performance, video and environmental installations, MoMA P.S.1, New York. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk, courtesy of the artists.
Charles Sheeler (1883-1965), Bobbe Arnst, Vanity Fair, July 1, 1928. © Condé Nast.
Jungwoong Kim’s SaltSoul. Photo by Carlos Avendaño.
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Holding It Down, Harlem Stage. Photo by Mark Millman Photography. Courtesy of Kimmel Center, Inc.
Photo by Max Lakner.
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Lembit Beecher, Sophia’s Forest, 2017. Photo by Andrew Bogard.
Firebird: Reimagined at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Jordan August
Sons of God in performance at the Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland Inaugural Event. Photo by Louise O'Rourke.
Flower Face from COLD EMPTY TERRIBLE, 2014. Photo by Mike Hipple.
Funk, God, Jazz, & Medicine: Black Radical Brooklyn, 2014. Brooklyn, NY. Photo courtesy of Creative Time.
Kiera Duffy as Bess in Breaking the Waves. Photo by Dominic M. Mercier, courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.
An overhead view of the PHS Pop Up Garden at the Viaduct Rail Park. Photo by Rob Cardillo.
Dulé Hill in Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, presented by People’s Light. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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Radio Silence, by Michael Rakowitz and Mural Arts Philadelphia. Photo by Steve Weinik, courtesy of Mural Arts Philadelphia.
Photo by Hank Willis Thomas and Wyatt Gallery, courtesy of Philly Block Project.
Curtis Symphony Orchestra on stage in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 2014. Photo by David DeBalko.
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band in performance in May 2015. Photo by Bill Dicecca.