Questions of Practice
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Art and Social Justice
News
What’s New and What’s Next: Center-Funded Projects in 2017
Questions of Practice
Questions of Practice: Artist Hank Willis Thomas on Photography and Framing
Questions of Practice
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Sound Designer & Composer Christopher Colucci
News
Center Executive Director Paula Marincola Featured in Philadelphia Magazine’s “Biggest Ideas of 2016”

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…investing in arts and heritage projects that showcase Philadelphia’s cultural vitality and enhance public life.

Latest Interview

Questions of Practice: Phoenix Art Museum’s Amada Cruz on Engaging Bilingual Communities in Museums
Amada Cruz on how her Hispanic heritage informs her approach to audience engagement in bilingual communities.

Questions of Practice

Essays, interviews, and articles from Jérôme Bel, Kristy Edmunds, Ralph Lemon, Wendy Perron, Faustin Linyekula, Romeo Castellucci, and many more.

Buzzworthy

Launching Soon: In Terms of Performance, New Online Keywords Anthology
A web-based keywords anthology designed to provoke discovery and generate shared literacies across disciplines, In Terms of Performance features essays and interviews from more than 50 prominent artists, curators, presenters, and scholars.

Featured Grants

Events
Opening Reception for SPACES International Artist in Residence Exhibition
Events
A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach: Epiphanytide
Events
Ann Hamilton: habitus
Events
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie
Events
Reopening of South Asian Galleries

On view through Jan. 22

Creative Africa Exhibition Series at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Five exhibitions highlighting art and design from the African continent, from contemporary photography, fashion, and architecture to centuries-old sculpture.

Quotable

“I began [my artistic practice] by being interested in the ‘un-balleted’ body…that had very specific training and articulation, but then could shed [them].”—Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Questions of Practice

Artists Martha McDonald and Billy Dufala on Ephemerality

The Big Numbers

1,710
Number of Grants in the Center’s History


1,414
Project & Advancement Grants


323
Pew Fellowships