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"Design With Nature Now," Ian McHarg on the Mike Douglas show discussing his book, "Design With Nature," 1969. Photo courtesy of The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. 
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Design With Nature Now

Sonia Sanchez. Photo by Erika Vonie.
Front & Center

Celebrating Poet Sonia Sanchez, plus Pew Fellows Earn Guggenheim Fellowships, Peabody Award, and More

Walking with Trane, Urban Bush Women. Photo by Gennia Cui.
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Art and Social Justice

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Walking with Trane, Urban Bush Women. Photo by Gennia Cui.
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Artistic Evolution and Risk

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Painted Bride, Blood Baby: Carpet Womb. Photo by Erin Johnson.
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Blood Baby

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

Garrick Vaughan and Dwayne Alistair Thomas in Hymn, 2023, Inis Nua Theatre Company. Photo by Ashley Smith of Wide Eyed Studios. 
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The Playboy of the Western World: a new adaptation

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

Ernesto Pujol, Speaking in Silence, Hawaii, 2011. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Reciprocal Relationships with Communities

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Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view, New Museum,New York. Photo by Liz Ligon, courtesy of New Museum.  
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Convalescence

The Nichos Project collaborators Calo Rosa, Ximena Violante, and Tanaquil Márquez in South Philly.
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The Nichos Project

We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together artists, work in process, October 2023. Photo by Malick Welli.
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We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together

Larry W. Cook, Untitled.
Front & Center

National Media Spotlight on Philadelphia’s Cultural Scene

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

Museum shop at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Carlos Avendaño.
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FWM Shopworks: new commercial opportunities for artists and organization

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, ARTist ReFramed photo exhibition, 2021. Photo by Sahiti Bonam.
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Multimedia production room to extend programming capacity

Hybrid class demonstration at The Barnes Foundation, Room 2. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Enhanced art education platform for distance learning

A screenshot from the virtual event "Still Processing The Forty-Year-Old Version" featuring Wesley Morris, Jenna Worthham, and Radha Blank during the 2020 Blackstar Film Festival. 
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Online streaming platform for accessible user experiences

Vaporole ammonium chloride inhaler, Myer Solis-Cohen Collection, Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Lisa Geiger, courtesy of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
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Online database to increase collections access

Philadelphia Folklore Project executive director Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe (left) interviews Christina Martinez of South Philly Barbacoa at La Ofrenda, an interactive installation by Cesar Viveros. Photo by Mauricio Bayona, courtesy of the Philadelphia Folklore Project Archives.
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Multimedia storytelling to preserve folklife and cultural heritage

Odili Donald Odita, Walls of Change, 2021; acrylic latex paint on wall, 128’. Commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art with funds contributed by John Alchin and Hal Marryatt. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery. Image courtesy of the artist and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 
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Collaborative digital storytelling and content strategy