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Fairmount Park Horticultural Center. Photo courtesy of Fairmount Park Conservancy.
Organization

Fairmount Park Conservancy

In Motion, In Place: Trisha Brown Dance Company in Fairmount Park. Photo by Vikki Sloviter.
Grant

In Motion, In Place: Trisha Brown Dance Company in Fairmount Park

Kulu Mele, "Celebrating Senegal," dancer/drummer Edward Smallwood performs a dance about the Balanta people. Photo by Jaci Downs.
Grant

Ogun & the People

Tiona Nekkia McClodden, CLUB, 2018, installation image at Performance Space, New York. Photo by Maria Baranova.
Grant

Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic, Movement III - The Triple Deities

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Grant

Violin Woman, African Dreams

World premiere of Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group’s "...they stood shaking while others began to shout," 2018. Pictured: Hadar Ahuvia and Gabriela Silva. Photo by Ian Douglas.
Grant

Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Brooklyn Rider, photo by Sarah Small.
Grant

Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection

DIGSAU Architects digital rendering of The Roof Deck at The Clay Studio's new building, opening in November 2021.
Grant

Community pavilion and roof deck expansion

Linda Earle, 2021 Visiting Scholar. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University.
Questions of Practice

Reflections on the Black Cultural Archive Project

Essay
Cauleen Smith, still from Sojourner, 2018; Digital video, color, sound; 22:41 minutes, Edition one of five and four artist's proofs. Image courtesy of the artist and Corbett vs. Dempsey. 
Questions of Practice

Danger and Discovery: Cauleen Smith and Linda Earle on Potential in Archives

Interview
Cauleen Smith, still from Sojourner, 2018; Digital video, color, sound; 22:41 minutes, Edition one of five and four artist's proofs. Image courtesy of the artist and Corbett vs. Dempsey. 
Contributor

Cauleen Smith

Zach Blackwood. Photo by Neema Kashi.
Newsroom

Introducing the Center’s Newest Staff Members

Pew Fellows Emily Bate, Tom Quinn, and Eva Wu.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows Chat: Emily Bate, Tom Quinn, and Eva Wu on Artistic Practice

Interview
Pew Fellows Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, and Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela.
Questions of Practice

A Poetry Month Pew Fellows Chat with Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, & Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela

Interview
Anuradha Mathur. Photo by Alka Mathur.
Newsroom

In Memoriam: Anuradha Mathur, Landscape Architect and Pew Fellow

Pew Fellows Shatara Michelle Ford, Karyn Olivier, and Brett Ashley Robinson. Photos by Ryan Collerd.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows Chat: Shatara Michelle Ford, Karyn Olivier, and Brett Ashley Robinson on the Art and Audiences That Matter to Them

Interview
Pew Fellows Rami George and Didier William. Photos by Ryan Collerd.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows Chat: Visual Artists Rami George and Didier William on Personal Histories in Art-Making

Interview
Lead artist and composer Ari Benjamin Myers conducts “Duet” in Love Park, Rehearsing Philadelphia, Curtis Institute of Music and Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, 2022. Photo by Conrad Erb.
Questions of Practice

Composer Ari Benjamin Meyers on Authorship, Collaboration, and Rehearsing Philadelphia

Video
Laura Raicovich. Photo by Michael Angelo.
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Laura Raicovich