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Melanie Julian, Dane Eissler, Eric Kramer, Kristin Quinn, Ed Swidey, and Stephanie Leeann perform in EgoPo Classic Theater's Seagull, Latvian Society, February 2017. Photo by Dave Sarrafian.
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Building EgoPo’s Future: Strategic Planning for a Permanent Home Theater

El Anatsui, When I last wrote to you...II, 1986, aquatint on paper, 19 1/2" x 15 1/8." Edition of 8. Collection of El Anatsui, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
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El Anatsui: Prints and Play

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, A Feast of Carols. Photo by Torello Productions. 
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Philadelphia Choral Collective

SAADA's staff at the Archives Month Philly event at the Free Library's Parkway Central Branch. Photo courtesy of SAADA. 
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Beyond Boundaries: Expanding SAADA's Business Model for America's Immigrant Communities

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra as they perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 on April 10, 2025. Photo by Allie Ippolito. 
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The Party

Moki Cherry, Title Unknown (Dragon), 1975; textile appliqué tapestry (silk, cotton, mixed fabrics). Photo courtesy of: Anders Sune Berg, Galleri Nicolai Wallner.
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The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry

A white woman in a pink flight attendant's dress and hat holding an unzipped suitcase sits in front of a wall of vintage suitcases
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Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle

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Lunar Retreat

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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Botany of Nations: Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery

Teaching at the End of Times (2023), an exhibition by Vox Populi presented at Atelier Gallery, featuring a mobile learning unit and public workshops exploring collective teaching and creative exchange. Photo by Constance Mensh. 
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An Endless Meeting: Collective Process, Artistic Labor, and the Politics of Working Together

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Exodus | Pilgrimage, 2019, Orlando, FL. Photo by Nancy Rosado.
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Vámonos pa'l monte (Let's go to the mountains)

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Business model development for long-term sustainability

The 1728 John Bartram House at Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philadelphia. Photo by Steve Weinik for Mural Arts' Art@Bartram's project.
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A Storied Landscape: New Public Interpretation at America's Oldest Surviving Botanic Garden

Mark Loughney , Pyrrhic Defeat: A Visual Study of Mass Incarceration, 2025, Eastern State, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo by Bob Watts, courtesy of Eastern State. 
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ReVision: Art and Justice at Eastern State

Leonard Pearlstein Gallery's 2025 project grant will feature the work of installation artist Tabitha Nikolai, pictured here at the Liquid Dungeon Byproduct group exhibition, Holding Contemporary, Portland, OR, October 2020. Photo by Mario Gallucci.
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Escape->Control->Play

Jeri Lynne Johnson conducts Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, July 25, 2025. Photo courtesy of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.  
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Black Women Composers Initiative