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Lembit Beecher, Sophia’s Forest, 2017. Photo by Andrew Bogard.
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Sophia's Forest

Firebird: Reimagined at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Jordan August
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Firebird: Reimagined

Sons of God in performance at the Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland Inaugural Event. Photo by Louise O'Rourke.
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The Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland

Flower Face from COLD EMPTY TERRIBLE, 2014. Photo by Mike Hipple.
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An Investigation of Contingency and the Uses of Data Streams

Funk, God, Jazz, & Medicine: Black Radical Brooklyn, 2014. Brooklyn, NY. Photo courtesy of Creative Time.
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Civic Practice

Kiera Duffy as Bess in Breaking the Waves. Photo by Dominic M. Mercier, courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.
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Breaking the Waves

An overhead view of the PHS Pop Up Garden at the Viaduct Rail Park. Photo by Rob Cardillo.
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Pop Up Garden: An Exploration of the Philadelphia Rail Park

Dulé Hill in Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, presented by People’s Light. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole

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Departure and Discovery: New Directions at the Apex of Creativity

Radio Silence, by Michael Rakowitz and Mural Arts Philadelphia. Photo by Steve Weinik, courtesy of Mural Arts Philadelphia.
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Radio Silence

Photo by Hank Willis Thomas and Wyatt Gallery, courtesy of Philly Block Project.
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Hank Willis Thomas: Philly Block Project

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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Advancement Grant: Curtis Institute of Music

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band in performance in May 2015. Photo by Bill Dicecca.
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The Musical World of Don Quixote

Martha McDonald performs Songs of Memory and Forgetting as part of RAIR: Live at the Dump. Photo by Mike Persico.
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RAIR: Live at the Dump

Pete Brandt. Photo courtesy of Raphael Xavier.
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Raphstravaganza: An Urban Kinetic Experience

Priyadarsini Govind and T. M. Krishna during a rehearsal. Photo by Alaap. Courtesy of Sruti.
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Saayujya (The Merging)

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.
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Chopin Without Piano

The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Frankenstein & Dracula: Gothic Monsters, Modern Science, 2017, installation view. Photo by Kelly & Mass Photography.
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Frankenstein & Dracula: Gothic Monsters, Modern Science

Community collaborators working on Olanre Tejuoso’s Material Memory. Photo by Breanne Furlong.
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SPACES: International Artist Residency Initiative at The Village of Arts and Humanities

The Woodlands grounds during a summer event. Photo by Molly Dixon.
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Not Your Typical 18th Century Gentleman

1812 Productions’ *This is the Week That Is: Political Humor for the Holidays*. Photo by Jacque-Jean Tiziou.
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This Is the Week That Is: Political Humor for the Holidays

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Sweetie Pie

Sara Felder’s Out of Sight. Photo by Robert Corwin.
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Out of Sight: A Blind Comedy about God, Israel, and My Mom

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The Emperor Jones