The Association for Public Art, working with New York’s Madison Square Park Conservancy in a first-time collaboration, brought internationally acclaimed artist Martin Puryear’s Big Bling to Philadelphia as a temporary installation on Kelly Drive.
Inspired by Philadelphia’s rich tradition of democracy and respect for free speech, “OPEN AIR” transformed Philadelphia’s night sky with 24 powerful robotic searchlights that were directed by participants’ voices and GPS locations.
A centerpiece for the Parkway 100 celebration, Jennifer Steinkamp’s Winter Fountains illuminated the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with the artist’s dream-like digital animations.
The internationally renowned artist Cai Guo-Qiang draws on memories of the traditional lantern festivals of his childhood for his latest site-specific project.
Inspired by the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the Association for Public Art has mapped out a selection of political public art in Philadelphia.
The Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial committee sought to commission a work that would represent those American pioneers who journeyed west in search of new land to settle.
Opposite The Ploughman in the Central Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, John Flannagan’s The Miner commemorates the thousands of Americans who traveled west in search of wealth.
A bronze group in the Central Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial symbolizing “the welcoming of the oppressed from all lands.”
Celebrating Philadelphia’s pivotal and unique role in the American labor movement, the artwork transforms Elmwood Park into a community gathering space and an “outdoor history lesson.”
The writer who helps to shape the imagination of the country is represented in José de Creeft’s sculpture of a draped poet clutching his writings to his breast.