Art Works 2023 Recipients
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Colette Fu
Individual Artist
Colette Fu is a Chinese-American photographer, educator, and installation artist who creates fully immersive pop-up books.
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Monument Lab
Organization
Monument Lab is a public art and history studio with a goal to transform monuments, monument-making, and the narratives they represent.
Walé Oyéjidé
Individual Artist
Walé Oyejide is a filmmaker, writer, and designer. He works to combat bias with creative storytelling.
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Norris Square Neighborhood Project
Organization
NSNP unites and inspires youth and families through shared cultural wisdom, creativity, and environmental spaces of Norris Square Neighborhood.
Eugenio Salas
Individual Artist
Eugenio Salas is an immigrant, queer, Latine, self-taught artist whose work combines culinary art, collaboration, community, and activism.
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Olney Culture Lab of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia
Organization
Olney Culture Lab celebrates the cultural assets and diversity of the greater Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia.
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Andrea “Philly” Walls
Individual Artist
Andrea “Philly” Walls is a conceptually grounded artist, poet, photographer, and curator informed and inspired by the writers and visual artists of the
Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movement.
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Recycled Artist in Residency (RAIR)
Organization
RAIR challenges the perception of waste culture by providing a unique platform for artists at the intersection of art and industry.
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Taller Puertorriqueño
Organization
Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. (Taller) is a community-based cultural organization whose primary purpose is to preserve, develop, and promote Puerto Rican
arts and culture.
Selection Committee
Our selection committee includes: Michael Forman (Co-Founder, Forman Arts Initiative), Jaime Frankfurt (Art Advisor), Katie Lee ( Penn Medicine Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art), Alba Martinez (Executive Director, La Guagua 47 Community Arts Project), Eric Pryor (President and CEO, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts), Jennifer Rice (Co-Founder, Forman Arts Initiative), Ginger Rudolph (Founder and Editor of HAHA Magazine), and Anula Shetty (Artist).
