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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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University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Paul Evans, Sculpted Bronze Sideboard, 1970, bronze, private collection. Courtesy of the James A. Michener Art Museum.
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James A. Michener Art Museum

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Pearl S. Buck International

The Wagner Free Institute of Science.
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Wagner Free Institute of Science

Jared Delany. Photo by Kate Reing.
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Inis Nua Theatre Company

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Group Motion Multi-Media Dance Theater

Kulu Mele, "Celebrating Senegal," dancer/drummer Edward Smallwood performs a dance about the Balanta people. Photo by Jaci Downs.
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Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble

Banners for Framing Fraktur at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Courtesy of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
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Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation

Chopin Without Piano, produced by Centrala, Warsaw, conceived and written by Michał Zadara and Barbara Wysocka, directed by Michał Zadara. Chopin performed by Barbara Wysocka. Photo by Natalia Kabanow. Courtesy of Swarthmore College.
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Swarthmore College

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, directed by Blanka Zizka, The Wilma Theater, 2012. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
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The Wilma Theater

Mark Tribe, The Liberation of Our People: Angela Davis, 1969/2008, Port Huron Project, 5-minute video based on a 10-minute speech.
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David Dempewolf / Yuka Yokoyama (a.k.a. Marginal Utility)

The Academy of Natural Sciences.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

The Greenhouse Projects installation at the American Philosophical Society Museum, designed by architect and 2010 Pew Fellow Jenny Sabin. Photo courtesy of the American Philosophical Society Museum.
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American Philosophical Society Museum

Restoration of two of the last remaining structures from Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition in Fairmount Park. Image courtesy of Shofuso, The Friends of the Japanese House and Garden.
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Shofuso, Friends of the Japanese House and Garden

Cal Scott and Kevin Burke.
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Philadelphia Ceili Group

Mother and Twins monument by Henry Dmochowski Saunders, 1857. In Laurel Hill Cemetery's south section, overlooking Philadelphia's Schuylkill River.
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Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery

Still from Through the Weeping Glass, copyright © 2011 Quay Brothers.
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The College of Physicians/Mütter Museum

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Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series

Capturing the spring landscape on canvas at the Morris Arboretum. Courtesy of the Morris Arboretum.
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Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble in concert with The Crossing choir and soloist Dalal Abu Amneh, 2015. Photo by Chip Colson.
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Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

The Raga Samay Festival. Photo by JJ Tiziou.
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Crossroads Music

Big George Brock lying down on the stage playing harmonica at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Photo courtesy of WXPN.
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WXPN, University of Pennsylvania

Science Leadership Academy students debate during the opening round of Conflicts in Chemistry: The Case of Plastics. Photo by Conrad Erb, courtesy of the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation

Actor Lee Ann Etzold and aspiring actor Erin McNulty after reading a of A Fierce Kind of Love. Photo by Christy Beck.
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Institute on Disabilities at Temple University