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Group Motion Multi-Media Dance Theater

Kulu Mele, "Celebrating Senegal," dancer/drummer Edward Smallwood performs a dance about the Balanta people. Photo by Jaci Downs.
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Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble

Banners for Framing Fraktur at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Courtesy of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
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Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation

Chopin Without Piano, produced by Centrala, Warsaw, conceived and written by Michał Zadara and Barbara Wysocka, directed by Michał Zadara. Chopin performed by Barbara Wysocka. Photo by Natalia Kabanow. Courtesy of Swarthmore College.
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Swarthmore College

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, directed by Blanka Zizka, The Wilma Theater, 2012. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
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Wilma Theater

The Academy of Natural Sciences.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Still from Through the Weeping Glass, copyright © 2011 Quay Brothers.
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The College of Physicians/Mütter Museum

Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble in concert with The Crossing choir and soloist Dalal Abu Amneh, 2015. Photo by Chip Colson.
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Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

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

Actor Lee Ann Etzold and aspiring actor Erin McNulty after reading a of A Fierce Kind of Love. Photo by Christy Beck.
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Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

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

Available Light at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983. Photo by Tom Vinetz. Performers: Lucinda Childs, Nan Friedman, Meg Harper, Janet Kaufman, Priscilla Newell, Steve Bromer, Michael Ing, Erin Matthiessen, Daniel McCusker, Ande Peck, and Garry Reigenborn.
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FringeArts

Arturo O’Farrill in performance. Photo by David Garten.
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PRISM Quartet

Bill Stewart.
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William Way LGBT Community Center

James Welling, Olsen House in Snow, 2010. Photo courtesy of James Welling.
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Brandywine Museum of Art

Yinka Shonibare MBE, Planets in My Head, Philosophy, 2011. Mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, leather and fiberglass, 16 x 16 x 45 inches. Photo by Darryl W. Moran, courtesy of The Barnes Foundation.
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The Barnes Foundation

David Lang, Symphony for a Broken Orchestra, 2017, presented by Temple Contemporary. Photo by Karl Seifert.
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Temple Contemporary

Pablo de Ocampo.
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Pablo de Ocampo

Paul Rucker. Photo by Wendy Johnson.
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Paul Rucker

Night render of The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Performing Arts at the World Trade Center © LUXIGON.
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