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In preparation for the Knight-funded public art project Open Air by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, the Art Association’s Project Manger and Development/Communications Manager recently had the opportunity to travel to Montréal and view Lozano-Hemmer’s installation, “Articulated Intersect,” commissioned as part of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal’s Triennale Québécoise 2011.

It is with deep sadness that we recognize the passing of David N. Pincus — art patron, humanitarian, philanthropist and Fairmount Park Art Association Trustee for 40 years.

The Fairmount Park Art Association’s Executive Director, Penny Balkin Bach, has been recognized by Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett as one of nine women honored as this year’s Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania.

The Fairmount Park Art Association is one of twelve local arts and cultural organizations to receive a 2011 grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has recently adopted a state budget that cuts funding for PCA (the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts) by 70%! If this bill becomes law, arts organizations throughout Philadelphia and the state will lose millions of dollars of crucial funding.