The Association for Public Art (aPA) hosts an Annual Meeting that is free to anyone who would like to attend. The evening includes a special presentation featuring a guest speaker and a report of aPA’s annual activities. This event is free thanks to our membership support.
Artist Maren Hassinger, guest speaker at the Association for Public Art’s 2023 Annual Meeting.
Past Speakers:
2024
Rachel Hsu, Artist
Video coming soon! Philadelphia-based artist and Tyler School of Art and Architecture alum Rachel Hsu explored the inspiration and creative journey behind her new installation, The Weight of Our Living, now on view on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway through October 27, 2024.
2023
Maren Hassinger, Artist
Steel Bodies Opening Reception and Annual Meeting
2022
Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director & Chief Curator, Association for Public Art
“Marking 150 Years of Public Art in Philadelphia”
2021
Dr. Arie Hartog, Director, Gerhard Marcks Haus
and Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director, Association for Public Art
“Degenerate Art? Gerhard Marcks: from the Bauhaus and Nazi Germany to Philadelphia”
2019
Peter Murray CBE, Founder & Executive Director, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
“Natural Affinities: Art and Landscape”
2018
Barbara Haskell, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
“Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE”
2017
Martin Puryear, Artist
Recipient of the Association for Public Art’s Medal of Honor
2016
Marc Pally, Artist & Curator
“Adventures in Public ART: The Fleeting, the Eternal and the Bold”
2015
Roxy Paine, Artist
“Roxy Paine in conversation with Tom Eccles”
2014
Jody Pinto, Artist
“Public Art, Public Theater”
2013
Rafael Ferrer, Artist
“Nothing…is what it is.”
2012
Jonathan Lippincott, Author
“Large Scale: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s”
2011
Janet Echelman, Sculptor
“Shaping Public Space”
2010
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, New Media Artist
“Platforms for Participation”
2009
Jill Manton Director of Public Art, San Francisco Art Commission Former Chair, Public Art Network Council, Americans for the Arts
“Site-Specific: Excellence in Public Art”
2008
Edward K. Uhlir, FAIA Executive Director, Millennium Park, Inc.
“Millennium Park – Redefining a City through Public Art”
2007
Mark di Suvero, Artist
“Dedication of Iroquois”
2006
James Turrell, Artist
“To Work in the Light”
2005
Bonnie Burnham, Director, World Monuments Fund
“MONUMENTS: Why they matter and how to save them”
2004
Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director, Fairmount Park Art Association
2003
Siah Armajani, Artist
“Talk”
2002
Alexander S.C. Rower, Director, Calder Foundation
“Alexander Calder and his Family’s Legacy”
2001
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Artists
“The Spirit of the Monument”
2000
Joseph Sax, Attorney and author
“Owning Great Art: Right and Responsibility”
1999
Ellen Dissanayake, Bioanthropologist and author
“Why the Arts Are Necessary”
1998
Lucy Lippard, Author and activist
“On the Beaten Path: Tourism, Public Art, and Place”
1997
Dolores Hayden, Architect, historian, and author
“The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History”
1996
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Artists
“Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin 1971–95, and Works in Progress”
1995
Sandra Percival, Director of the Public Art Development Trust in London
“A View from Europe: Influencing the City Through Public Art”
1994
William Morrish and Catherine Brown, Planners
“The Public Arts: Infrastructure for the New Social Covenant”
1993
Diane Shamash, Former Public Art Manager, Seattle Arts Commission
“Public Art in Seattle: Early Projects and Recent Developments”
1992
Mary Jane Jacob, Independent curator
“A New Public Art for American Cities”
1991
Nancy Rosen, Independent curator and public art advisor
“From Battery Park City to Walt Disney Dream”
1990
Albert Elsen, Art historian and Rodin scholar
“Art in Public Spaces: Daring to Dream”
