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Athena Scott's painting titled A Prayer (for the children)
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Composite of two images: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910), The Freedman, 1863, bronze, and Letitia Huckaby (b. 1972), "Ms. Jocelyn", 2022, Pigment print on fabric with embroidery.
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An Emancipation Conversation

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Graphic for the Rising Sun Artists & Curators Series, with four bio photos the panelists
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Artists In Dialogue With The City

Portrait of the Rami George in the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center. Photo by Ryan Collerd, courtesy of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
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Selections from Philadelphia’s LGBT Archives

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BFA student Jeshima Lee DeVine responds to Rising Sun exhibition and museum programs

Saya Woolfalk projection

New York Times | What Would Ben Franklin Say? Artists Weigh the Dream of Democracy

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Collaborative Exhibition “Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America” Debuts Art From 20 Artists at Two Philadelphia Museums

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