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Artists N Muralikrishnan (Keyboard), Shruthi Rajasekar (Tambura), Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Voice & Chitravina), V V S Murari (Violin), Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Kanjira & Konnakkol), Ravi Balasubramanian (Ghatam), Prasant Radhakrishnan (Saxophone) & Nirmala Rajasekar (Vina) during rehearsals for Tradition – An Evolving Continuum. Photo by Nan Melville.
James Ijames, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Luis Felipe Ortega, “Los Cuerpos Dóciles (macetones),” from the series “The docile bodies,” 1995-97, chromogenic photograph. Courtesy of The Galleries at Moore. 
The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA) presents the world premiere of Agua Furiosa from CONTRA-TIEMPO Urban Latin Dance Theater in January 2016. Photo by Tyrone Domingo. Courtesy of CAP UCLA.
Bhob Rainey, 2013 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Susan Lankin-Watts, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble in concert with The Crossing choir and soloist Dalal Abu Amneh, 2015. Photo by Chip Colson.
Yolanda Wisher, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Chris Madak, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Stefan Sagmeister's The Happy Show, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2012. Image courtesy of the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
New Paradise Laboratories’ (NPL) Chance Workshops, exploring contingency with Bhob Rainey, Whit MacLaughlin, NPL ensemble, Tassos Stevens, guest artist Elie Ayache, and John Collins. Photo by Plate 3 Photography.
The Laundromat Project's annual Field Day celebrates neighborhood culture. Photo by Emilee Ramsier.
David Scott Kessler, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Mifflin Square Alliance Festival in September 2015, part of Mural Art Program’s Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge. Photo by Steve Weinik.
The crowd gathers at the late Terry Adkins' temporary monument in City Hall Courtyard, on the opening day of Monument Lab. Photo by Lisa Boughter.
Lauren Mabry, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Chopin Without Piano at FringeArts, produced by Centrala, Warsaw, conceived and written by Michał Zadara and Barbara Wysocka, directed by Michał Zadara. Chopin performed by Barbara Wysocka. Photo by JJ Tiziou. Courtesy of Swarthmore College.
Micah Danges, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble in concert with The Crossing choir and soloist Dalal Abu Amneh, 2015. Photo by Chip Colson.
Merián Soto, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd. 
Installation view of Temple Contemporary's reFORM exhibition, 2015. Photo by Tim Gibbon.
Shantell and Kathy. Photo by JJ Tiziou, courtesy of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.
Benjamin Volta, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.