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The Association for Public Art and the Parkway Council are pleased to share the finalists for our 2026 Art on the Parkway open call. Proposals from Lewis Colburn; Kayla Fell, Jeff Lorenz, Sarah Leaskey, and Netanel Portier (Refugia Design); Jeff Richards; and Kristin Neville Taylor and Saumon Oboudiya have been selected as the leading contenders…

The Association for Public Art (aPA) in partnership with the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, British Columbia, is returning a Na̱ʼwiti House Post (c. 1850) to its ancestral land. The artwork will be on view April 24–May 31, 2026 at Atelier Gallery in Philadelphia with a dedicated exhibition, panel discussion, and film screening before…

Curator Hamza Walker discusses the much-anticipated MONUMENTS exhibition in Los Angeles in this recorded artist talk for the Association for Public Art’s 150th anniversary.

Our 2025 Annual Report offers a comprehensive review of the Association for Public Art’s work over the past year, including a letter from our Executive Director, Charlotte Cohen.

The Association for Public Art and the Parkway Council are thrilled to unveil the finalists for our 2025 Art on the Parkway program. Proposals from Viola Bordon, Emilio Maldonado, Nicolo Gentile, and Julia Wilson have been selected as the leading contenders for a temporary public art installation in Philadelphia’s Maja Park as part of the…

Our 2024 Annual Report offers a comprehensive review of the Association for Public Art’s work over the past year, including a letter from our Executive Director, Charlotte Cohen.

The Association for Public Art is proud to announce that it has received a generous grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to bring Paul Ramirez Jonas’ Let Freedom Ring to Philadelphia in 2026 as part of the city-wide semiquincentennial celebration.

The Association for Public Art and the Parkway Council are thrilled to announce our finalists for the Art on the Parkway juried competition. Proposals from Rachel Hsu; Bumjin Kim and Team (Anna Lim, Nicholas Houser, and Daniel Ortega); and Sarah Peoples have been selected as the leading contenders for a temporary public art installation in…

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The Association for Public Art in partnership with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has engaged artist Xenobia Bailey to create a singular emblematic image, The Radical Black Elite, that will be displayed on street pole banners on Locust Street outside of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Marking Bailey’s first public art installation in Philadelphia, these…