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Will Steacy and Layla Perea photographed each other in November, 2015, for the Philly Block Project. Steacy is one of the collaborating artists for the Philly Block Project and Perea is a South Kensington resident. Photo by Jordan Baumgarten/Philly Block Project, 2015.
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Questions of Practice: Phoenix Art Museum's Amada Cruz on Engaging Bilingual Communities in Museums

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Walking with Trane, Urban Bush Women. Photo by Gennia Cui.
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Questions of Practice: Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Art and Social Justice

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Christopher Colucci, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Sound Designer & Composer Christopher Colucci

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Nels Cline in performance at Royce Hall, Los Angeles. Photo by Phinn Sriployrung.
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Ars Nova Workshop

The Crossing performs Ted Hearne's Sound from the Bench at National Sawdust. Photo by Jill Steinberg.
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The Crossing

Curtis Symphony Orchestra on stage in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 2014. Photo by David DeBalko.
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Curtis Institute of Music

A still from Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, directed by Paul Mazursky, 1969, 35mm, 105 min.
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Lightbox Film Center at International House Philadelphia

Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, “Decade 12 (1886-1896).” Photo by Teddy Wolff.
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Mendelssohn Club at Trinity. Photo by John L. Shipman.
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Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia

Orchestra 2001 at Cherry Street Pier. Photo by Bill DiCecca.
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Orchestra 2001

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Nick Phan, tenor. Photo by Henry Dombey.
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. Photo by Katrin Talbot.
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band

Tempesta di Mare.
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Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra

Pictured, from left to right: Theaster Gates, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Traci Tolmaire, Tommy Shepherd. Photo by Bethanie Hines.
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Penn Live Arts

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

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in the Perelman Theater, Kimmel Cultural Campus. Photo by Conrad Erb.
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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

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Choral Arts Philadelphia

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Ravel: Landscape or Portrait?. Photo by Paul B. Goode.
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Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Susan Lankin-Watts in concert. Photo by James Wasserman.
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Philadelphia Folklore Project

Priyadarsini Govind and T. M. Krishna during a rehearsal. Photo by Alaap. Courtesy of Sruti.
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Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society

Digital composite of Eastern State Penitentiary’s Hidden Lives, Illuminated, 2017. Photo courtesy of Greenhouse Media.
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Barbara Kasten: Stages, 2015, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh. Courtesy of ICA.
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Institute of Contemporary Art

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool installation at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts