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Black Nativity, Theatre Horizon, 2016. Photo by Matthew J Photography.
Organization

Theatre Horizon

Scientists from the Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University collecting samples. Photo by John Hutelmyer, ANS.
Grant

Watershed Moment

Linda Earle, 2021 Visiting Scholar. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University.
Collaborator, Contributor

Linda Earle

Linda Earle, 2021 Visiting Scholar. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University.
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Center Visiting Scholar Linda Earle to Explore Black Cultural Production

Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America, 2023, installation view, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Constance Mensh.
Grant

Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America

Suzanne Valadon, Nude Sitting on a Sofa, 1916, oil on canvas, 32” x 23”. Courtesy of the Weisman & Michel Collection, © 2021 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Grant

Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel

Terence Nance, Swimming In Your Skin Again, 2015; video, two-channel projection, water, mirror, plants, sound system; installation view at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Constance Mensh.   
Grant

Swarm: Terence Nance, 2012-2022

David Ludwig. Photo by Pete Checchia.
Pew Fellow

David Ludwig

Charles L. Blockson, curator emeritus with a student from The Royalty Project, May 19, 2018. Photo by Rhonesha Blache.
Organization

Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University

"Design With Nature Now," Ian McHarg on the Mike Douglas show discussing his book, "Design With Nature," 1969. Photo courtesy of The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. 
Organization

University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Organization

Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

Presbyterian Historical Society, Museum Without Walls Calder Statues sign, installed August 2018. Photo courtesy of Presbyterian Historical Society.
Organization

Presbyterian Historical Society

Stenton, the home of William Penn’s Secretary, James Logan, 1730. Photo by Jim Garrison, 2012.
Organization

Stenton

Milford Graves, Beyond Polymath, sculpture detail. Photo courtesy of Ars Nova Workshop.
Grant

Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal

Ken Lum, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Ken Lum

Diane Monroe, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Diane Monroe

Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue, Killjoy’s Kastle, audience members participate in a conversation regarding their tour. Photograph by Tony Coelho.
Grant

Killjoy’s Kastle

Beth Sholom Synagogue exterior, Elkins Park, PA. Photo by Lazlo Regos, courtesy of Beth Sholom Synagogue Preservation Foundation.
Grant

David Hartt: The Histories (Le Mancenillier)

Billie Holiday meets a sergeant and other soldiers at the South Broad Street USO, 1943. Photo by John W. Mosley.
Grant

Black Lives Always Mattered!: Hidden African American Philadelphians in the Twentieth Century

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, studio staff Joy O. Ude and Avery Lawrence print Will Stokes Jr.’s Hidden. Photo by Carlos Avendaño.
Grant

Art in Process

Colored People Time: Banal Presents installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh.
Grant

Colored People Time: Mundane Futures, Quotidian Pasts, and Banal Presents

"Documenting & Interpreting the Philly Jazz Legacy," "A Great Day in Philadelphia: Jazz Rules!," 1995. Photo by Elena Bouvier.
Grant

Documenting & Interpreting the Philly Jazz Legacy

Quentin Morris, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Quentin Morris

Jonathan Olshefski, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Jonathan Olshefski