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“Philadelphia’s Penn Museum features world-renowned collections of middle-eastern, African, and Central American art. But for years most of its docents were...white. Solution: Global guides, the museum’s program to train immigrants and refugees from Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, and other culturally rich places to lead visitors and draw connections between their lives and artifacts from their native lands.”
O Magazine
April 2020
*The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston is utilizing its Watershed space to provide food to local families as part of a partnership with East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, East Boston Social Centers, and other organizations.
*Over 400 artists and creative leaders in the United Kingdom have signed a letter demanding government support of the country’s cultural sector amid the global health crisis. Signatories of the letter—which warns that the U.K. could become “a cultural wasteland” without emergency funding—include Anish Kapoor, Jeremy Deller, and Rufus Wainwright.