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Camas Root as depicted in Edwards's Botanical Register v.18, London, 1832. Image courtesy of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 
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The Botany of Nations: Re-collecting the Lewis and Clark Herbarium with Indigenous Perspectives

Artist El Anatsui signing prints made with Brandywine Workshop and Archives staff and affiliated master printer Alexis Nutini. Brandywine’s PrintLab supports eight artists in a creative residency to explore emerging printmaking techniques and technologies. Photo by Gustavo Garcia.
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PrintLab

Michelle Lopez, Ballast & Barricades solo exhibition, installation view, 2019–20, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Lopez is creating new works for Moore College of Art & Design’s Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium. Photo by Constance Mensh, courtesy of the artist. 
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Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium

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

Barbara Earl Thomas, A Joyful Noise, 2022, paper cut with hand-printed color. Photo by Spike Mafford / Zocalo Studios, courtesy of Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, and the artist. 
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Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body

A display of wax models showing various eye conditions used to train physicians at the Mütter Museum. Photo by Constance Mensh.
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Postmortem: Mütter Museum

Mikael Owunna, Infinite Essence: Uche, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist. Owunna is a collaborating artist on University City Science Center’s Futures Without Guns.
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Futures Without Guns

Composer Fred Wesley. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Generate Music

Abak, the giant puppet who loves to hug, created by Papermoon Puppet Theatre. Photo courtesy of Papermoon Puppet Theatre.
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Ramayana

The Wilma Theater, The Cherry Orchard workshop, 2021. Pictured: Krista Apple (center) with the Wilma HotHouse Company. Photo by Johanna Austin. 
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HILMA: An Opera

Raja Feather Kelly, Wednesday, 2021, presented by the feath3r theory, New York Live Arts. Photo by Kate Enman.
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The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance

Orchestra 2001 at Cherry Street Pier. Photo by Bill DiCecca.
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ENGOMA ENTEERA: Classical Music from Uganda

Carmen Arteaga demonstrates the intricate bobbin lace-making technique called mundillo, or “little world.” Guatemalan and Puerto Rican designers are leading textile workshops for Taller Puertorriqueño’s Tramando. Photo by Xavier Garcia, courtesy of Taller Puertorriqueño.
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Tramando

A hot mid-morning lunch in school, Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina, 1939. Science History Institute’s Lunchtime examines the history and contemporary implications of the US School Lunch Program. Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray

Atwater Kent Collection material on display at the Philadelphia History Museum, c. 2018. Drexel University’s Reshaping Historical Narratives through the Atwater Kent Collection presents overlooked artifacts and narratives from the collection. Photo courtesy of Drexel University.
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Reshaping Historical Narratives through the Atwater Kent Collection

Jūshin Satō and Takahiko Iimura at Filmmakers Cooperative. Photographer unknown, courtesy of Japan America Society for Greater Philadelphia.
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Community of Images: Japanese Media Artists in the US, 1960s-1970s

She Summers in Vienna, 2022. Music by Emily Bate and John Jarboe. Photo credit: Christopher Ash., courtesy of The Bearded Ladies Cabaret. The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents a new installation of the work.
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The Rose Garden

Soprano Kiera Duffy in Breaking the Waves, 2016, composed by Missy Mazzoli and produced by Opera Philadelphia. Photo by Dominic M. Mercier.
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The Listeners

"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

Painted Bride, Blood Baby: Carpet Womb. Photo by Erin Johnson.
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Blood Baby

Garrick Vaughan and Dwayne Alistair Thomas in Hymn, 2023, Inis Nua Theatre Company. Photo by Ashley Smith of Wide Eyed Studios. 
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The Playboy of the Western World: a new adaptation

Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view, New Museum,New York. Photo by Liz Ligon, courtesy of New Museum.  
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Convalescence

The Nichos Project collaborators Calo Rosa, Ximena Violante, and Tanaquil Márquez in South Philly.
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The Nichos Project

We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together artists, work in process, October 2023. Photo by Malick Welli.
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We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together