JoAnn Greco for “PlanPhilly” explores the growing popularity of audio tours in urban environments, including the Fairmount Park Art Association’s Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO program.
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Art’s 1% slice of the pie: Paint a smile on Julia Guerrero, the face of public art
Posted: January 5, 2010
The Philadelphia Daily News interviews Julia Guerrero, who oversees Philadelphia’s One Percent for Art program.
“Joan of Arc,” which the Fairmount Park Art Association was “instrumental” in bringing to Philadelphia, receives a brand new coat of 23.5-karat gold.
The Fairmount Park Art Association’s public art project “Common Ground” is currently featured at the Shops at Liberty Place as part of a display presented by the the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy completes a year-long study entitled “Philadelphia Public Art: The Full Spectrum,” conducted by Penn Praxis.
The Labor Monument: Philadelphia’s Tribute to the American Worker by artist John Kindness was featured in the Labor Day edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Philadelphia’s Percent for Art program, the Fairmount Park Art Association’s director Penny Balkin Bach is interviewed.
Artists John Stone and Lonnie Graham recently completed work on the “Common Room” and “Community Archive” for Project H.O.M.E. at 23rd and Berks Streets in North Philadelphia.
The Fairmount Park Art Association, in partnership with the Fairmount Park Commission, is in the process of planning an outdoor sculpture audio program for public art located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and in Fairmount Park.