CURRENTS: Taji Ra'oof Nahl - Special Artist Performance
2026-06-06 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130
Join us in this Special Artist Performance of CURRENTS!
In CURRENTS, imaginative site-specific artworks will immerse visitors in the voices of the river and the history and ecology of the Water Works and its environs. Trickling harmonic notes will accompany ephemeral video projections while haunting multi-media installations will connect colonial times to both the real present and an imagined future 250 years ahead.

Taji Ra’oof Nahl is a conceptual artist working across sculpture, film, sound, and collective study. He is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts. He is the architect of the TR7 Ecosystem—an evolving platform that organizes installations, moving image, performance, and collaboration into a unified cultural infrastructure. His work operates through Field Trips, Video Almanacs, live scoring sessions, and staged productions that examine overlooked histories and the movement of knowledge through civic space.
CURRENTS is curated by Philadelphia Sculptors, and is a FWW, PHL250 and Global Philadelphia World Heritage Month event.
Philadelphia Sculptors works to promote contemporary sculpture and expand public awareness of the role and value of sculpture through exhibitions, public forums, and educational outreach.
Co-Curators: Elaine Crivelli, Leslie Kaufman, and Marsha Moss.

Said in Stone: Statuary Art at Fairmount Water Works
2026-06-10 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-06-24 16:00 - 17:30 | Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130
Join us for Said in Stone: Statuary Art at Fairmount Water Works, a tour focusing on the “form” that complements the “function” of our National Historic Landmark.
Along with the history, learn about the artistic expression of this site through the architecture, fountains, sculpture, landscape design and the Schuylkill River School of Painting. The beauty of the form brought attention to the critical function of the Fairmount Water Works.

Curator-Led Tour of WE THE PEOPLE Fine Art Exhibition
2026-06-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-27 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-18 13:00 - 14:00 and 2 more dates | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
ART EXHIBIT TOURS
WE THE PEOPLE: 4th ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT AT FWWIC
We welcome visitors to register in advance for personal and engaging tours with Thom Duffy, Curator. Visitors will also be greeted by contributing artists. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from artists who are featured in this special exhibition !
Register HERE.

FLOOD, BEGIN AGAIN Dance Performance by Naked Stark
2026-09-26 13:00 - 15:00 | PA
FLOOD, BEGIN AGAIN Dance Performance by Naked Stark
The Naked Stark is a partner in movement at Fairmount Water Works. Join us to watch their full-length immersive performance FLOOD, BEGIN AGAIN premiering in the former Kelly Pool. Six dancers propel, cascade, and ebb through the textural landscapes of concrete, river, fabric, and lighting that flood the pool and offer uncomfortable, humorous, and risky possibilities.
Co-created and performed by The Naked Stark artistic collaborators, Amalia Colón-Nava, Chloe Marie, Harlee Trautman, Katherine Kiefer Stark, Marcie Mamura, and Meredith Stapleton
Original live music by Andy Thierauf and lighting installation and design by Harbour Edney

Photos by Channing Billups
