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In-Person In Conversation with Colette Fu at The Rosenbach
Now through Thu, December 16, 2021
6:00 P.M.
The Rosenbach
The Rosenbach invites you to a conversation with photographer, book artist, and paper engineer based in Philadelphia, Colette Fu, who makes pop-up books from her photographs. Turn the pages of Fu’s methods and inspiration through a dialog with this unique paper artist. Before the…
Rediscovered Public Art: Alexander Calder, Sheila Hicks, Gerhard Marcks
Now through Fri, December 31, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
This display looks at two works of art that have been recently returned to public display in Philadelphia and the three artists behind them. Two of the eight textile banners designed by Alexander Calder and made by Sheila Hicks through Philadelphia’s Percent for Art program in 1976 are on…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…
Under the Sea
Now through Fri, February 25, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Although the world ocean covers more than seventy percent of Earth, over eighty percent of it remains unexplored. Due to its sheer size, the ocean impacts numerous aspects of our lives from the climate to our food supply. Humankind has also impacted the ocean; of the known 226,000 marine…
Under the Sea
Now through Fri, February 25, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Although the world ocean covers more than seventy percent of Earth, over eighty percent of it remains unexplored. Due to its sheer size, the ocean impacts numerous aspects of our lives from the climate to our food supply. Humankind has also impacted the ocean; of the known 226,000 marine…
Under the Sea
Now through Fri, February 25, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Although the world ocean covers more than seventy percent of Earth, over eighty percent of it remains unexplored. Due to its sheer size, the ocean impacts numerous aspects of our lives from the climate to our food supply. Humankind has also impacted the ocean; of the known 226,000 marine…