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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.
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University City Science Center

Barbara Earl Thomas, A Joyful Noise, 2022, paper cut with hand-printed color. Photo by Spike Mafford / Zocalo Studios, courtesy of Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, and the artist. 
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Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania

Artist El Anatsui signing prints made with Brandywine Workshop and Archives staff and affiliated master printer Alexis Nutini. Brandywine’s PrintLab supports eight artists in a creative residency to explore emerging printmaking techniques and technologies. Photo by Gustavo Garcia.
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Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Atwater Kent Collection material on display at the Philadelphia History Museum, c. 2018. Drexel University’s Reshaping Historical Narratives through the Atwater Kent Collection presents overlooked artifacts and narratives from the collection. Photo courtesy of Drexel University.
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Drexel University

Enrique Bostelmann, Autoretrato: Mi Ceguera (My Blindness), 2000.
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The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art

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