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Allegra Kent, 2018, frame from reading for The Sentient Archive. Video by Dave Tavani.
Questions of Practice

Balanchine Dancer Allegra Kent Reads "My Discovery of Dance" from The Sentient Archive

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David Gordon Reads Two Artist Statements from The Sentient Archive

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Pig Iron Theatre Company, Superterranean, 2019. Pictured: Rolls André, Isaac Calvin, Pew Fellow Dito van Reigersberg, and Chelsea Murphy. Photo by Johanna Austin.
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Mimi Lien

Pig Iron Theatre Company, Superterranean, 2019. Pictured: Rolls André, Isaac Calvin, Pew Fellow Dito van Reigersberg, and Chelsea Murphy. Photo by Johanna Austin.
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Questions of Practice: Set Designer Mimi Lien on a Design-First Theater-Making Process

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Robert D. Hicks, PhD. Photo by Constance Mensh, courtesy of the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
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Robert D. Hicks

Matt Adams.
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Matt Adams

Spit Spreads Death parade, presented as part of Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 in Philadelphia, The College of Physicians/Mütter Museum. Photo by Leo Manning.
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Museum Director Robert Hicks & Artist Matt Adams on the Relevance of Pandemic History

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Allegra Kent, 2018, frame from reading for The Sentient Archive. Video by Dave Tavani.
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Allegra Kent

David Gordon, 2018, frame from reading for The Sentient Archive. Video by Dave Tavani.
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David Gordon

Gregory Maqoma, Exit/Exist, 2012. Photo by John Hogg, courtesy of Vuyani Dance Theatre.
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Gregory Maqoma

Gregory Maqoma, Exit/Exist, 2012. Photo by John Hogg, courtesy of Vuyani Dance Theatre.
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Excerpt from The Sentient Archive: Choreographer Gregory Maqoma on Expressing Cultural Identity

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Modupúe | Ibaye: The Philadelphia Yoruba Performance Project media archive exhibition, presented by Intercultural Journeys, 2019. Photo by Johanna Austin.
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Executive Director Paula Marincola Discusses the Center’s Grant-making Approach with Whitewall

Pew Fellow Jesse Harrod, Hatch, 2019; paracord, metal, wood, found structure; 40’ x 20’ x 10’; site-specific installation; the Bowtie, Los Angeles, CA. Photo by Gina Clyne, courtesy of Clockshop.
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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.5 Million for Philadelphia Artists, Organizations

Lisa Marie Patzer, 2019 Pew Fellow. Photo by Andrew Biordi.
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Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Visual Artist Lisa Marie Patzer

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Wilmer Wilson IV, performance detail from Channel, 2017. Photo by Allison McDaniel, courtesy of the artist.
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International Artist Residencies Awarded to Pew Fellows Andrea Clearfield, David Scott Kessler, and Wilmer Wilson IV

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Henriette Huldisch

sharon maidenberg
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sharon maidenberg

Daniel Fuller
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Daniel Fuller