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Orghast Part II, 1971, Shiraz Arts Festival. Photo courtesy of the Archaeology of the Final Decade Archives.
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Beyond Borders

Composer Evan Williams. Photo by Amurica Photo.
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Recomposing the Past: An African American Perspective

Cliveden of the National Trust, kitchen quarter on the second floor of Cliveden, 2021. Photo by Libbie Hawes.
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Transcending Thresholds

Abak, the giant puppet who loves to hug, created by Papermoon Puppet Theatre. Photo courtesy of Papermoon Puppet Theatre.
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Ramayana

Sharon Hayes, If They Should Ask, 2017, Philadelphia City Hall. Presented as part of Monument Lab in partnership with Mural Arts Philadelphia. Photo by Steve Weinik.
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Monument Lab

British soldiers firing on the Continental troops during the 2017 re-enactment of the Battle of Germantown. Photo by Garth Herrick. 
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Considering Re-enactments: The Battle of Germantown in the Light of 21st-Century Gun Violence

Archival image at the Kelly Pool, the Fairmount Water Works, 1962. Photo courtesy of the Fairmount Water Works and Philadelphia Water Department Collection.
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Pool: A Social History of Segregation

Doris Salcedo, Noviembre 6 y 7, 2002, New Palace of Justice, Bogotá, Colombia. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Exploring the ethical dimensions of a project with Doris Salcedo

RAIR, Digging Deeper: Field Studies Made Possible by the Waste Stream, 2017. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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A Site To Be Seen: Concepts for and from the Superfund

1982 protest against the Warren County Landfill in Afton, North Carolina. Photo by Jerome Friar/UNC Libraries,
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The Ongoing Revolution

Ebony G. Patterson, ...called up, 2018, installation in abandoned pool, part of Open Spaces festival in Kansas City. Photo courtesy of The Village of Arts and Humanities.
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Staying Power

Pride and Progress mural, William Way LGBT Community Center. Photo courtesy of William Way LGBT Community Center.
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Remembrance

Broad Street Ministry dining hall. Photo courtesy of Broad Street Ministry.
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Broad Street Ministry

Mercer Museum. Photo by Kevin Crawford.
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Bucks County Historical Society

Slavs and Tatars, Not Moscow Not Mecca, 2012, installation view at Secession, Vienna. Photo by Otto Ottenschläger.
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Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. Photo courtesy of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia.
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Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia

Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, 2021, installation view, The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Constance Mensh, image courtesy of the Mütter Museum.
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Maternity Care Coalition

Schoolyard garden at William Cramp Elementary School, renovated by The Trust for Public Land in 2016. Photo by Jenna Stamm.
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The Trust for Public Land

Broad Street Ministry dining hall. Photo courtesy of Broad Street Ministry.
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Voices from Broad Street Ministry: A Film Storytelling Project

Mercer Museum, Central Court. Photo by Kevin Crawford.
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Plus Ultra: Awakening the Mercer Museum Core

Slavs and Tatars, Not Moscow Not Mecca, 2012, installation view at Secession, Vienna. Photo by Otto Ottenschläger.
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The Contest of the Fruits

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. Photo courtesy of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia.
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Shofuso and Modernism: Mid-Century Collaboration between Japan and Philadelphia

Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, 2021, installation view, The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Constance Mensh, image courtesy of the Mütter Museum.
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Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births

Lanier Playground, renovated by The Trust for Public Land in 2018. Photo by Elyse Leyenberger.
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Heat Response: Creative action for Philly’s rising temperatures