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Devon Gilfillian, collaborator on WXPN's Declarations of Independents, in performance at the Brooklyn Bowl, Philadelphia, September 2023 . Photo by Melissa Simpson.  
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Declarations of Independents: Philly Anthems

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

Dissection, from the Drexel Archives, Women's Medical College of PA. Source material for The Woman Question at People's Light.
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The Woman Question

Pew Fellow Syd Carpenter, 3 Mother Pins on a Vine, 2021; Clay, mixed media, 18" x 37" x 26". Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Syd Carpenter: Planting in Place, Time, and Memory

Philadelphia Fife and Drum. Photo by James Winston.
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A More Perfect Union: Musical Reflections on Six Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

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A Hundred Years On

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Wrestling with Justice: Quakers and Northern Slavery at Stenton

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 guest at The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History's exhibition The First Salute. Photo by Christopher Brown / Shoot From Within Photography. 
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The First Salute: An Untold Story of the American Revolution

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

Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell of Philadelphia International Records. Photo courtesy of Gamble-Huff Music.
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For the Love of Philly

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Basil Biggs

Indira Allegra on the Delaware River, 2023. Photo by Rob Blackson.
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Sail Through This To That 

Consuelo Flores, Monarchs and Migration: Children at the Border of Freedom (left), 2026, screenprint, Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles. Sandra Fernández, We...the Gente, 2014, screenprint, Coronado printstudio, Austin. Both prints are featured in America Today, The Print Center, Philadelphia, 2026. Photo by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
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America Today

Lucinda Childs’ Available Light in performance at the Drexel University Armory as part of the 2015 FringeArts Fringe Festival. Photo © Jacques-Jean Tiziou. Courtesy of FringeArts.
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Available Light

Reconstruction of Lucinda Childs' Dance. Photo by Sally Cohn.
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Lucinda Childs' Dance

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How to Survive

A Photograph of Don Buchla with an assortment of his creations from across his career. Photo courtesy of BuchlaUSA.
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Instruments That Talk Back: Celebrating the Legacy of Don Buchla

Alba Martínez, creator of La Guagua 47: An American Musical, standing on the SEPTA 47 bus. Photo courtesy of Alba Martínez. 
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La Guagua 47: An American Musical

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

An on-set reenactment of William Penn working at a desk, shot at the Colonial Preservation Farmstead at the Ridley Creek State Park on September 25, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Kohl, courtesy of History Making Productions. 
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In Pursuit: Philadelphia and the Making of America 

Artist jackie sumell working in the Solitary Gardens on Andry Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Maiwenn Raoult. sumell will plant and tend a new Solitary Garden as part of the Michener Museum's Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration.
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Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration

Wambui Ippolito, Etherea, 2021, PHS Flower Show, Philadelphia, PA. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is exploring Philadelphia gardening culture through an exhibition, demonstration garden, and a city-wide garden celebration. Image courtesy of the PHS. 
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Unearthing the Stories of Philadelphia Gardening

Tia Fuller, saxophonist, composer, and educator. Photo by Jerris Madison.
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Soundscapes for Tomorrow: Stage One Residencies