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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

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

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

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

Pavi Jaisankar speaks at a SAADA Community Forum at the Asian Arts Initiative in front of a photograph of Dr. Anandibai Joshee, the first South Asian woman in the world to earn a degree in medicine, 2013. Photo by Vivek G. Bharathan.
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South Asian American Digital Archive

Film series director Andrew Ferrett and key crew preparing to film copy of the Declaration of Independence printed in 1776 at American Philosophical Society; May 12, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Kohl, courtesy of History Making Productions. 
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History Making Productions

Love Letter by Steve Powers, produced by Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Photo by Adam Wallacavage.
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Mural Arts Philadelphia

The exterior of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. Photo courtesy of The Weitzman.  
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

We Are the Seeds' 2021 arts and culture festival at Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia, where they shared Lenape culture through dance, song, and storytelling. Pictured: Red Blanket Singers highlighting Chief Urie Ridgeway’s family. Photo by Max McDonald.
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We Are the Seeds

The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, including its largest agricultural artifact, the 1826 Seipt Family Barn. Photo by L. Allen Viehmeyer. 
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Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center

Interior view, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, moasic by Isaiah Zagar, chandeliers by Warren Muller. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia's Magic Gardens.
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Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Vijay Iyer performs at The Clef Club in 2025. Photo by Tim Koen.
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Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts 

A prototype The Magic Flute, a unique user interface created by Don Buchla in 1965. Photo by MMT/EMEAPP. 
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Museum of Music Technology / EMEAPP

Installation view, A Certain Slant of Light. Pearlstein Gallery. 2025. Photo by Jaime Alvarez. 
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Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University

Spruce Street Harbor Park, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation.
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Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

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 Pearl Chamber Orchestra

From left: Sherin Guirguis, Mashrabeya, plywood, 2009. Kianja Strobert, Color Line, sculpture, 2010. Photo courtesy of Vox Populi.
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Vox Populi

Performances, Exhibitions, & Events
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The Print Center

Barbara Kasten: Stages, 2015, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh. Courtesy of ICA.
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Institute of Contemporary Art

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

The cast of Three Sisters around the table during a reading held in Providence in April, 2013. Photo courtesy of the Arden Theatre Company.
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Arden Theatre Company

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