Join us for the free public reception and ceremonial lighting of Jennifer Steinkamp’s Winter Fountains, a centerpiece of the Parkway 100 celebration.
Events
Enjoy a free public art bike ride through West Fairmount Park and along Kelly Drive. The tour will highlight Martin Puryear’s Pavilion in the Trees (1993) and his newly-installed Big Bling (2016).
A free event on Kelly Drive to welcome Martin Puryear’s largest temporary public sculpture to date. The artist will be receiving the Association for Public Art’s historic Medal of Honor.
Robert Indiana’s AMOR (1998) sculpture has been moved to its permanent home at Sister Cities Park on 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and will be formally dedicated at a ceremony on Friday, December 2nd.
See the city’s sculpture through a new lens! Participate in a month-long series of public art photography workshops led by Philadelphia-based photographers for participants of all levels.
The Association for Public Art’s “Museum Without Walls Public Art Bike Tours” are back! Enjoy a free public art bike tour that explores Philadelphia’s outdoor sculpture in Fairmount Park.
Artist and curator Marc Pally – the founding Artist Director of the Glow arts festival in Santa Monica – will be the guest speaker at the aPA’s 144th Annual Meeting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 25, 2016.
A photo contest and crowdsourcing social media project presented by the Association for Public Art in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rodin Museum.
Public art comes to life in Rittenhouse Square with live animal sculpture-making workshops and demonstrations.
Internationally acclaimed artist Roxy Paine discussed his work and his sculpture Symbiosis with Tom Eccles, Executive Director of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and former Director of the Public Art Fund in New York City.