Chosen from more than 250 submissions from across the U.S., the awards were given by Americans for the Arts to “the most exemplary, innovative, permanent or temporary public art works created or debuted in the previous year.”
Unique to this restoration was the installation of several re-fabricated elements, including the reins for Meade’s horse, “Baldy.”
Creative Philadelphia’s long-awaited conservation and rededication of Rafael Ferrer’s El Gran Teatro de la Luna, originally commissioned by the Association for Public Art, was held on May 14th in Fairhill Square.
Drexel University student Jeana Mobley writes about how Museum Without Walls: AUDIO – the aPA’s outdoor sculpture audio program – is “reengaging people with Philadelphia’s sculpture in exciting new ways.”
The Fairmount Park Art Association has been awarded a $199,720 implementation grant from the Heritage Philadelphia Program of The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage to produce Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO, a unique interactive audio program.
With the support of the William Penn Foundation, the Fairmount Park Art Association has been working with the internationally acclaimed artist Tom Otterness on the design of a major new public art project.
The Fairmount Park Art Association was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from Representative Ronald Waters for “Labor in the Park,” a community public art project for Elmwood Park at 71st and Buist Streets in Southwest Philadelphia.
The Fairmount Park Art Association is a 2008 recipient of an Interpretation/Planning grant from the Heritage Philadelphia Program (HPP), funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of the Arts.
On a beautiful clear day in June, two flat-bed trucks loaded with 17.5 tons of painted red steel waited until morning rush hour eased before crossing Eakins Oval to deliver their cargo to the grassy plot opposite the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Fairmount Park Art Association (now Association for Public Art) worked with conservators at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to provide comprehensive conservation treatment for “Atmosphere and Environment XII” by Louise Nevelson.