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Odean Pope, Coltrane Celebration, 2017. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Sounds of the Circle

Saundra Gilliard Davis. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Contemporary.
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100 People Listening: a shared decade

University of the Arts School of Dance, Nora Chipaumire, "#PUNK" performance shot. Pictured: Nora Chipaumire and Shamar Watt. Photo by Ian Douglas.
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The School for Temporary Liveness

The Wilma Theater, "Adapt!," written and directed by Blanka Zizka. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
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There

"Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller," Ed Emshwiller circa 1970s, photo courtesy of Lightbox Film Center at International House Philadelphia.
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Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller

"Design With Nature Now," Ian McHarg on the Mike Douglas show discussing his book, "Design With Nature," 1969. Photo courtesy of The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. 
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Design With Nature Now

"Old City Arts History Project," poster for Old City Arts, fall 1978. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Dance Projects.
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Old City Arts History Project

Presbyterian Historical Society, Museum Without Walls Calder Statues sign, installed August 2018. Photo courtesy of Presbyterian Historical Society.
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Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers: Archives-Based Learning

South Asian American Digital Archive, Pavi Jaisankar speaks at a SAADA Community Forum at the Asian Arts Initiative in front of a photograph of Dr. Anandibai Joshee, the first South Asian woman to earn a degree in Western medicine, 2013. Photo by Vivek G. Bharathan.
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Revolution Remix: A South Asian American Sound Tour of Historic Philadelphia

Stenton, the home of William Penn’s Secretary, James Logan, 1730. Photo by Jim Garrison, 2012.
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Inequality in Bronze: Monumental Plantation Legacies

Jo Davidson, "Walt Whitman," 1957, bronze on granite base statue. Photo by Alec Rogers for the Association for Public Art, 2016.
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Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy

"Chronicling Resistance, Enabling Resistance," Nancy Michael Shulkaitis Papers, documents of resistance to Federal declarations and efforts to stop the Tocks Island Dam, Lehigh University SC MS 0238. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries.  
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Chronicling Resistance, Enabling Resistance

The White Lama, Theos Casmir Hamati Bernard and Lama, Tibet, 1937. Photo by Gegen Dorje Tharchin.
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The White Lama

In Motion, In Place: Trisha Brown Dance Company in Fairmount Park. Photo by Vikki Sloviter.
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In Motion, In Place: Trisha Brown Dance Company in Fairmount Park

Kulu Mele, "Celebrating Senegal," dancer/drummer Edward Smallwood performs a dance about the Balanta people. Photo by Jaci Downs.
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Ogun & the People

Tiona Nekkia McClodden, CLUB, 2018, installation image at Performance Space, New York. Photo by Maria Baranova.
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Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic, Movement III - The Triple Deities

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Violin Woman, African Dreams

World premiere of Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group’s "...they stood shaking while others began to shout," 2018. Pictured: Hadar Ahuvia and Gabriela Silva. Photo by Ian Douglas.
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Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Brooklyn Rider, photo by Sarah Small.
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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection

Arturo O’Farrill in performance. Photo by David Garten.
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Mending Wall

Rafael Ferrer, Fuegian House with Harpy Eagle, 1971, leaves, ice, tarp, branches, paint, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Photo by Marcia Tucker.
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Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde

Bury Our Weapons, Not Our Bodies!, Yael Bartana. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Yael Bartana: And Europe Will be Stunned

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, The Women's Mobile Museum, 2018, installation view, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.
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The Women's Mobile Museum with Zanele Muholi

Please Touch Museum, American to Zanzibar, musical instruments popular in Muslim cultures. Photo courtesy of Please Touch Museum.
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America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far