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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

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

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

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Basil Biggs

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)

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

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

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Lunar Retreat

The Bearded Ladies perform at Laurel Hill Picnic, 2023. Pictured: Josh Machiz, Jarbeaux, and Heath Allen. The Bearded Ladies are performing a weekly series to reflect on artistic sustainability through a queer cabaret lens. Photo by Wide Eyed Studios.
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Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle

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

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

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

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