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Nels Cline. Photo by Nathan West. Courtesy of Ars Nova Workshop.
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Guitarist Nels Cline on Creating Lovers (for Philadelphia)

Video
Nels Cline. Photo by Nathan West. Courtesy of Ars Nova Workshop
Contributor

Nels Cline

Cries and Whispers, directed by Ivo van Hove. Pictured is Chris Nietveld. De Singel, Antwerp, March 16, 2009. Photograph © Jan Versweyveld.
Newsroom

Center’s Latest Book, The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory, Now in Print

Wilmer Wilson IV, 2017 Pew Fellow. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Visual Artist Wilmer Wilson IV

Interview
Riddles of the Sphinx, 1977, film still, directed Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. Photo courtesy of British Film Institute.
Questions of Practice

Women, Art, and Technology: Kelsey Halliday Johnson and Amy Beste in Conversation

Interview
Amy Beste. Photo courtesy Joe Mazza, Brave Lux.
Contributor

Amy Beste

Paula Marincola. Photo by Julia Lehman.
Newsroom

Center Executive Director Paula Marincola Receives Honorary Degree from Drexel

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

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2018 Grants for Philadelphia Artists, Organizations

David Hartt, 2018 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Pew Fellow

David Hartt

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

Timothy Belknap

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