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Jūshin Satō and Takahiko Iimura at Filmmakers Cooperative. Photographer unknown, courtesy of Japan America Society for Greater Philadelphia.
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Community of Images: Japanese Media Artists in the US, 1960s-1970s

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Beyond Glass Cases

Rapper Chill Moody performs with The Philadelphia Orchestra for Darin Atwater’s Black Metropolis.
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Black Metropolis: Improvisations on Paint Factory

Sonya Clark, Reversals rehearsal still, 2019. Photo by Carlos Avendaño.
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Declaration House

Three large sculptures shaped like clay vessels that have adult-sized walk-ways cut through them. The sculptures are covered in colorful designs reminiscent of graffiti.
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We Here

ENGOMA ENTEERA: Classical Music from Uganda performed at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Photo by Adam Lesnick.
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ENGOMA ENTEERA: Classical Music from Uganda

Raja Feather Kelly, Wednesday, 2021, presented by the feath3r theory, New York Live Arts. Photo by Kate Enman.
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The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance

Yannick Nézet-Séguin with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Photo by Chris Kendig.
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Restoration of Works by William Grant Still

Composer Fred Wesley. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Generate Music

Pew Fellow Tiona McClodden, I prayed to the wrong god for you, 2019, six-channel multimedia installation. Image courtesy of artist.
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Black Like That: Our Lives as Living Praxis

Larry W. Cook, Horizons, 2022. Photo by the artist.
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Wherever There is Light

Pew Fellow angel shanel edwards, untitled collage.
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What is West?

Mikael Owunna, Infinite Essence: Uche, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist. Owunna is a collaborating artist on University City Science Center’s Futures Without Guns.
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Futures Without Guns

Vox Populi, Collective Visioning Screenprinting Workshop, 2021. Photo courtesy of Vox Populi.
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Teaching at the End of Times

The Wilma Theater, The Cherry Orchard workshop, 2021. Pictured: Krista Apple (center) with the Wilma HotHouse Company. Photo by Johanna Austin. 
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HILMA: An Opera

WXPN’s Black Opry Residency Showcase featuring (l to r) Grace Givertz, Denitia, Kentucky Gentlemen’s Brandon and Derek Campbell, Tylar Bryant, and Samantha Rise. Photo by Senia Lopez for WXPN.
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Black Opry Residency

Left: Pew Fellow-in-Residence Raven Chacon, photo by Neal Santos. Right: Pew Fellow Jacob Cooper, photo by Ryan Collerd. 
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows Chat: Experimental Composers Raven Chacon and Jacob Cooper on Their Evolving Musical Practices

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TOWN, 2022, Theatre Horizon, Norristown, PA. Photo by John C. Hawthorne.
Questions of Practice

Building a Sense of Belonging through Community-Centered Theater

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

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