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John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries.
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The Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets

1982 protest against the Warren County Landfill in Afton, North Carolina. Photo by Jerome Friar/UNC Libraries,
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The Ongoing Revolution

Ebony G. Patterson, ...called up, 2018, installation in abandoned pool, part of Open Spaces festival in Kansas City. Photo courtesy of The Village of Arts and Humanities.
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Staying Power

Pride and Progress mural, William Way LGBT Community Center. Photo courtesy of William Way LGBT Community Center.
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Remembrance

Broad Street Ministry dining hall. Photo courtesy of Broad Street Ministry.
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Voices from Broad Street Ministry: A Film Storytelling Project

Mercer Museum, Central Court. Photo by Kevin Crawford.
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Plus Ultra: Awakening the Mercer Museum Core

Slavs and Tatars, Not Moscow Not Mecca, 2012, installation view at Secession, Vienna. Photo by Otto Ottenschläger.
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The Contest of the Fruits

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. Photo courtesy of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia.
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Shofuso and Modernism: Mid-Century Collaboration between Japan and Philadelphia

Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, 2021, installation view, The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Constance Mensh, image courtesy of the Mütter Museum.
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Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births

Lanier Playground, renovated by The Trust for Public Land in 2018. Photo by Elyse Leyenberger.
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Heat Response: Creative action for Philly’s rising temperatures

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)