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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

"Reconstruction and the Fourteenth Amendment Project," extract from the reconstructed Constitution of the state of Louisiana, portraits of the distinguished members of the Convention & Assembly,1868. Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center.
Grant

Reconstruction and the Fourteenth Amendment Project

Michelle Angela Ortiz, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Michelle Angela Ortiz

Maryanne Amacher’s Intelligent Life cover,  circa 1982. Photo courtesy of Bowerbird.
Grant

Maryanne Amacher: Perceptual Geographies

Ursula Rucker, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Sven Frenzel. 
Pew Fellow

Ursula Rucker

Leah Stein, Hoist. Pictured: dancers Jungwoong Kim, Michele Tantoco, and David Konyk. Photo by Michael Bartmann.
Pew Fellow

Leah Stein

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, "Ravel: Landscape or Portrait?." Photo by Paul B. Goode.
Grant

Deep Blue Sea

Zaye Tete, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Zaye Tete

Pig Iron Theatre Company, Love Unpunished, set designed by Mimi Lien. Photo courtesy of Pig Iron Theatre Company.
Grant

Superterranean

Alex Torra, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Alex Torra

Odean Pope, Coltrane Celebration, 2017. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Grant

Sounds of the Circle

Syd Zolf, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

Syd Zolf