With a commitment to contemporary craft and design that is broad and inclusive—allowing equally for investigations of material culture as well as for conceptual art—the Philadelphia Art Alliance (PAA) is carving out its own space in the museum landscape. Center support helped the PAA bring to town Beijing-based artists Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen for The Way of Chopsticks, and the Miss Rockaway Armada, a geographically dispersed collective that organizes flotillas, parades and performances.
