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Events and Projects

Slought organizes programs locally in Philadelphia, around the world, and online.

Free and open to everyone, these programs serve as an inclusive meeting ground for artists, neighborhood residents, students, academics, activists, and others. Join us for an upcoming program and share them to engage others.

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Current Events
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Apr 10, 2023
Payahuunadü: The Land of Flowing Water

A film screening of Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust and conversation about Japanese American Incarceration and Indigenous Dispossession

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Apr 14, 2023
Unsovereign Elements

A project exploring geology and poetics in art from the Caribbean and its diaspora

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May 24, 2023
George Crumb: Scores at an Exhibition

A concert with Orchestra 2001 featuring works by composer George Crumb and the artworks that inspired his music

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Featured Projects
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Ongoing Projects
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Community MicroFund
Community MicroFund

A series of modest funds established by Slought to support the urgent needs of individuals, families and small organizations

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Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative
Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative

An initiative elevating stories and histories of the struggle for justice in Philadelphia and beyond

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The Penn Medicine Listening Lab
The Penn Medicine Listening Lab

A storytelling initiative that embraces the power of listening as a form of care

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John Cage | How to Get Started
John Cage | How to Get Started

A permanent installation that features a rarely heard performance by John Cage, and will evolve over time through participation from the public

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Health Ecologies Lab
Health Ecologies Lab

A lab focusing on the impact of social systems on the health of individuals and communities

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Mediatheque
Mediatheque

A screening room for programming about media arts, activism, and mediated experience

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Magazine

Engage with social issues and ideas that reflect our organizational values

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Local
Feb 25, 2021
Announcing the Public Trust

In a moment of immense precarity for democracy itself, we have formed the Public Trust

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Global
Oct 27, 2020
On the eve of the election

Just one week before the election, democracy, public health, and the promise of justice hang in the balance.

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Dec 14, 2020
Sustaining Community

By expressing privately experienced grief in public, individuals and communities come together to begin the process of healing.

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