Swarthmore College hosts a culminating exhibition for Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary, a project connecting the arts to historic and contemporary stories of refuge. Over the past year, the project brought together book artists and members of Philadelphia's Iraqi and Syrian refugee communities to create artists' books that amplify personal narratives of displacement, immigration, and sanctuary.
Resettled Syrians and Iraqis, now living in Philadelphia, developed printing, binding, and artistic techniques through a series of project workshops where they wrote, designed, edited, and published their own books.
Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer whose videos, performances, and web-based projects have been presented at sites such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and in two Whitney Biennials.
The Clay Studio will host a series of four "Clay & Conversation" workshops, led by artists Roberto Lugo and Jennie Shanker.
Contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang describes the role of audience participation in his large-scale public art installation for Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.