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Jackie Brookner, Veden Taika (The Magic of Water), 2007, earth and plantings. Image courtesy of the artist.
Available Light at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983. Photo by Tom Vinetz. Performers: Lucinda Childs, Nan Friedman, Meg Harper, Janet Kaufman, Priscilla Newell, Steve Bromer, Michael Ing, Erin Matthiessen, Daniel McCusker, Ande Peck, and Garry Reigenborn.
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FringeArts

Arturo O’Farrill in performance. Photo by David Garten.
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PRISM Quartet

Bill Stewart.
James Welling, Olsen House in Snow, 2010. Photo courtesy of James Welling.
Yinka Shonibare MBE, Planets in My Head, Philosophy, 2011. Mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, leather and fiberglass, 16 x 16 x 45 inches. Photo by Darryl W. Moran, courtesy of The Barnes Foundation.
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The Barnes Foundation

Johnson House Historic Site. Image courtesy of Hidden City Philadelphia.
David Lang, Symphony for a Broken Orchestra, 2017, presented by Temple Contemporary. Photo by Karl Seifert.
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Temple Contemporary

Philadelphia Contemporary, still from Love Jawns: A Mixtape podcast film trailer, 2018. Image courtesy of Philadelphia Contemporary.
Esperanza Academy dancers. Photo courtesy of Esperanza Arts Center / Nueva Esperanza.
University City Arts League community arts program. Photo by Daniel Collier.
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The Arts League

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.
Bayt al-Suheymi, interior with wood-turned mashrabiya, Cairo, Egypt.
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Museum for Art in Wood

Pennsbury Manor House and kitchen house. Photo courtesy of Pennsbury Manor (PHMC).
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Pennsbury Society

Girard College Choir. Photo by Adam McGrath.
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Girard College

Black Nativity, Theatre Horizon, 2016. Photo by Matthew J Photography.
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Theatre Horizon

Sharon Hayes, If They Should Ask, 2017, Philadelphia City Hall. Presented as part of Monument Lab in partnership with Mural Arts Philadelphia. Photo by Steve Weinik.
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Monument Lab

Broad Street Ministry dining hall. Photo courtesy of Broad Street Ministry.
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Broad Street Ministry

Mercer Museum. Photo by Kevin Crawford.
Slavs and Tatars, Not Moscow Not Mecca, 2012, installation view at Secession, Vienna. Photo by Otto Ottenschläger.
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. Photo courtesy of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia.
Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, 2021, installation view, The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Constance Mensh, image courtesy of the Mütter Museum.
Schoolyard garden at William Cramp Elementary School, renovated by The Trust for Public Land in 2016. Photo by Jenna Stamm.