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Nathalie Joachim, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Erin Patrice O'Brien.
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Nathalie Joachim

Rebecca Kanach, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ashley Smith of Wide Eye Studios.
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Rebecca Kanach

Kendrah Butler-Waters, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ted Waters, III. 
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Kendrah Butler-Waters

John E. Dowell Jr., 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Devin Fitchwell.
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John E. Dowell Jr.

PRISM Quartet. Photo by Office of Development. 
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Roots and Branches

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Birthplace of Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, c. 1690. Photo courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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Poquessing Creek Trail of History: The Land, The People, The Stories

Tommie Waheed Evans. Photo by Lois Greenfield.
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Philadanco

Yannick Nézet-Séguin with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Photo by Chris Kendig.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra

Pew Fellow Samantha Rise at the Black Opry Residency Showcase
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WXPN, University of Pennsylvania

Artist Guadalupe Maravilla. Photo courtesy of RAIR.

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TERRA: Bodies & Territories is a work of experimental dance theater by Silvana Cardell, set in a forest with a multi-generational ensemble of women and femme dancers ranging in age from 7-70.

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

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A Hundred Years On

Rennie Harris Puremovement company, American Street Dancer, 2025. Photo courtesy of Rennie Harris Puremovement. 
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Rennie Harris in Residence

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A View from Inside: David Tudor at 100

A Photograph of Don Buchla with an assortment of his creations from across his career. Photo courtesy of BuchlaUSA.
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Instruments That Talk Back: Celebrating the Legacy of Don Buchla

Paul Ramírez Jonas, Let Freedom Ring, 2022, Washington, DC. The Association for Public Art is installing the public artwork in Independence National Historical Park. Photo courtesy of the Association for Public Art.
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Let Freedom Ring

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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Tramando

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Lunar Retreat

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Darin Atwater's Black Metropolis, July 19, 2023, Philadelphia, PA. Photo courtesy of the Mann Center.

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Palisades High School students during their second round debate. Photo by Conrad Erb, courtesy of the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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Conflicts in Chemistry: The Case of Plastics

US performs at The Bearded Ladies’ Late Night Snacks. Photo by Johanna Austin

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