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Emily Abendroth, 2013 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Emily Abendroth

Interview
Illustration of Fred Sanford with China and Jette, by Otabenga Jones and Associates. Originally published in Letting Go: Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World, published by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in 2011, eds. Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski.
Questions of Practice

From the Archives: "Sanford and Sun" by Otabenga Jones and Associates

Kinan Abou-Afach, 2013 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Kinan Abou-afach

Interview
Toshi Makihara, 2013 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Toshi Makihara

Interview
Israel Galván of Nuevo Flamenco: The Galván Legacy, the centerpiece of Pasión y Arte's 2014 Flamenco Festival, performing La Curva. Photo by Felix Vazquez.
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Flamenco Master Israel Galván on Reinvigorating Tradition

Interview
Sueyeun Juliette Lee, 2013 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow Poetry: Sueyeun Juliette Lee

Interview
After Temple Contemporary's Funeral for a Home community procession, guests were invited to a sit-down reception for 300 on Melon Street. Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera America.
Questions of Practice

Funeral for a Home: Excerpts from a Conversation with Robert Blackson

Interview
Kristy Edmunds. Courtesy of UCLA Live.
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice with Kristy Edmunds: Why Do You Do What You Do?

Interview
Deron Albright, 2012 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Deron Albright

Interview
The Liberian Women's Chorus for Change in concert. Painted Bride Theater, Philadelphia, June 2014. Photo by Anna Mulé.
Grant

Liberian Women's Chorus for Change

Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge Neighborhood Convening, June 29, 2015. 632 Jackson Street. Photo by Steve Weinik. Courtesy of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
Grant

Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge

Artist unknown, Krishna and Radha, c. 1750, opaque watercolor and gold on cotton. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Grant

South Asian Art: Experimentation, Interpretation, and Evaluation

Ancestral Correspondence, Lonnie Graham, film still.
Grant

The Great Migration: A City Transformed (1916-1930)

Members of Reconstruction, Inc. at their 2013 annual meeting.
Grant

History and Reconstruction

Installation view of Temple Contemporary's reFORM exhibition, 2015. Photo by Constance Mensh.
Grant

reFORM

Rafael Ferrer, Fuegian House with Harpy Eagle, leaves, ice, tarp, branches, paint, Whitney Museum of American Art south moat, New York. Installation during Ferrer’' one-person exhibit, December 9, 1971 to January 9, 1972. Brochure by Marcia Tucker.
Grant

Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde

The Zoo’s mongoose lemurs, Clara and Toby, explore a Zoo360 trail. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Zoo.
Grant

Advancement Grant: Philadelphia Zoo

Opera Philadelphia presents Verdi’s La Traviata. The Marchese (Jarrett Ott, seated) and Flora (Katherine Pracht) at Flora’s ball in Act II. Photo by Kelly & Massa.
Grant

Advancement Grant: Opera Philadelphia (2014)

Clarinetist Anthony McGill and the Brentano Quartet perform during an open rehearsal. Photo by Langdon Photography. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.
Grant

Advancement Grant: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Nouvelle Histoire collection, 2011, by Vlisco. Photograph by Carmen Kemmink.
Grant

Advancement Grant: Philadelphia Museum of Art

The historic worship space known as the West Room is little changed after more than two centuries of continuous use. Photo by Brian Kutner.
Grant

An Exploration of Interpretive Approaches to the Arch Street Meeting House

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies, 2017. Photo by Jeff Fusco, courtesy of Association for Public Art.
Grant

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies

Dancers A. Kelly White-Burrell and Steffanie White-Burchette in performance. Photo by Kerville Jackson.
Grant

El Viaje (The Journey)