The online exhibition, curated by artist Jesse Krimes, is an expansive examination of mass incarceration and an unflinching depiction of the United States today.
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Five Philadelphia Projects Connect to Community With Temple Contemporary’s Added Velocity Award
APIARY, Black Quantum Futurism, Creative Resilience Collective, Grizzly Grizzly, and the Reentry Think Tank received $15,000 each as part of the regranting initiative.
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Colorful and Loving Murals in Philadelphia Are Inspiring People to Vote
To the Polls 2020 features murals by six Philadelphia-based artists, including a jubilant altar to “our voting rights ancestors.”
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The Originality of Joanna Pousette-Dart
Pousette-Dart embraces the world without representing it.
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ICA Philadelphia Reopens for Fall 2020 With Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal
The first major retrospective of the free jazz icon’s multidisciplinary work is on view from September 26, 2020, until January 24, 2021.
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In Protest of School’s Actions During Black Lives Matter Demonstrations, Students Boycott Annual Show
At the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, more than a dozen students are sitting out their final show and presenting their work at alternative, artist-run spaces instead.
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Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Declines to Voluntarily Recognize Faculty Union
“We trust our faculty as thoughtful scholars and creatives, and I support the faculty’s ability to do thorough research and make a quality decision about what they want for their future,” said David Yager, President and CEO of UArts.
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See Newly Digitized, Public Archives on Recitalist Marian Anderson’s Life and Work
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries launched its publicly accessible archives of renowned contralto and Civil Rights activist Marian Anderson.
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A Celebration of Black, Brown, and Indigenous Stories
The BlackStar Film Festival consistently resists forces that try to define culture in majoritarian terms.
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What Happens After the Mural of a Controversial Figure Is Removed?
For more than 20 years, a monumental mural of former Philadelphia Mayor, Frank Rizzo, existed in the city’s Ninth Street Market. On June 7, 2020, it was officially painted over.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Unionize, With 89% Majority Vote
The PMA Union will become one of the largest unionized museum workforces in the country.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Lays Off 85 Employees
The museum laid off 56 part-time and 29 full-time employees who were furloughed in June.