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Science History Institute, Downstream, 2022, installation view, Hach Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Photo courtesy of the Science History Institute.
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Science History Institute

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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Taller Puertorriqueño

Egungun procession, 2014. Photographer: Toni Shapiro-Phim.
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Journey Arts

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies, 2017. Photo by Jeff Fusco, courtesy of Association for Public Art.
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Association for Public Art

Opera Philadelphia presents Verdi’s La Traviata. The Marchese (Jarrett Ott, seated) and Flora (Katherine Pracht) at Flora’s ball in Act II. Photo by Kelly & Massa.
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Opera Philadelphia

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool installation at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Jackie Brookner, Veden Taika (The Magic of Water), 2007, earth and plantings. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow's Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX. 
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BalletX

James Welling, Olsen House in Snow, 2010. Photo courtesy of James Welling.
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Brandywine Museum of Art

Slavs and Tatars, Not Moscow Not Mecca, 2012, installation view at Secession, Vienna. Photo by Otto Ottenschläger.
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Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities

US performs at The Bearded Ladies’ Late Night Snacks. Photo by Johanna Austin
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The Bearded Ladies Cabaret

Museum of the American Revolution. Photo by Justin Mayer/JPG Photography.
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Museum of the American Revolution

Deshler-Morris, Germantown White House. Courtesy of Historic Germantown.
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Historic Germantown

Woodmere Art Museum (Exterior View). Photo by Darryl W. Moran Photography, courtesy of Woodmere Art Museum.  
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Woodmere Art Museum

University City Arts League community arts program. Photo by Daniel Collier.
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The Arts League

Mendelssohn Club at Trinity. Photo by John L. Shipman.
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Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia

Joshua Roman and Anna Deavere Smith. Photo by Diana Walker.
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ArtPhilly

Orchestra 2001 at Cherry Street Pier. Photo by Bill DiCecca.
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Orchestra 2001

Digital composite of Eastern State Penitentiary’s Hidden Lives, Illuminated, 2017. Photo courtesy of Greenhouse Media.
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

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