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LOI Panelist, Panelist

Paul Ha

Rick Lowe speaks at the third World Summit on Arts and Culture. Photo courtesy of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies.
Panelist, Visitor

Rick Lowe

Eungie Joo.
Contributor, Panelist

Eungie Joo

Kenneth Goldsmith, The 1703 Weather Diary of Thomas Appletree, 2012. Photo by Colin Davison, courtesy of the AV Festival.
Contributor, Panelist

Kenneth Goldsmith

George Lewis. Photo by Oskar Henn.
Panelist, Visitor

George E. Lewis

Panelist

Mark Russell

Philip Bither. Photo by Gene Pittman.
Contributor, Panelist

Philip Bither

LOI Panelist, Panelist

Ronen Givony

Panelist

Thomas Allen Harris

Devon Gilfillian, collaborator on WXPN's Declarations of Independents, in performance at the Brooklyn Bowl, Philadelphia, September 2023 . Photo by Melissa Simpson.  
Grant

Declarations of Independents: Philly Anthems

Odean Pope, Coltrane Celebration, 2017. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Grant

RECESS

Dissection, from the Drexel Archives, Women's Medical College of PA. Source material for The Woman Question at People's Light.
Grant

The Woman Question

Pew Fellow Syd Carpenter, 3 Mother Pins on a Vine, 2021; Clay, mixed media, 18" x 37" x 26". Photo courtesy of the artist.
Grant

Syd Carpenter: Planting in Place, Time, and Memory

Philadelphia Fife and Drum. Photo by James Winston.
Grant

A More Perfect Union: Musical Reflections on Six Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

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Grant

A Hundred Years On

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Grant

Wrestling with Justice: Quakers and Northern Slavery at Stenton

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. 
Grant

Tramando

The First Salute: An Untold Story of the American Revolution at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, 2026. Photo by Christopher Brown  / Shoot From Within Photography. 
Questions of Practice

Curating A Milestone: Inside Three Philly Institutions Embracing Complexity for America 250

Interview
A guest at The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History's exhibition The First Salute. Photo by Christopher Brown / Shoot From Within Photography. 
Grant

The First Salute: An Untold Story of the American Revolution

Rennie Harris Puremovement company in Losing My Religion, 2026, Penn Live Arts. Photo by Mark Garvin. 
Questions of Practice

Choreographer Rennie Harris on the “Pliable Structure” of Street Dance

Video
action is primary, Meg Foley, 2016. Photo by Tasha Doremus.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellowships in the Arts at 25

Video
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries.
Grant

The Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets

Photo of Rennie Harris wearing a black sports coat, graphic Nike t-shirt, and Phillie's baseball cap.
Contributor, Grantee, Pew Fellow

Rennie Harris