The Fairmount Park Art Association played a major role in hosting the national Americans for the Arts Conference, which was held in Philadelphia June 19-22, 2008.
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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.
The Fairmount Park Art Association is currently featured on eight digital billboards located in and around the city. The new digital billboards (which replaced existing billboards) show three different artworks photographed during the day and at night – demonstrating that Philadelphia’s public art is “always open.”
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 will install Philadelphia’s newest landmark – “Iroquois” by internationally renowned sculptor Mark di Suvero on June 22, 2007.
A beautiful spring day formed the ideal backdrop for Louise Nevelson’s Atmosphere and Environment XII (1970), which was rededicated on May 8, 2007.
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.
The Philadelphia Public Art Forum Advocacy Committee recently released “Great Art for a Great City, ” a mayoral brief directed at the candidates running for Philadelphia mayor in 2007.