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These printable activity pages offer kids an introduction to Philadelphia’s “Museum Without Walls” with mazes, connect the dots, drawing prompts and more.

The Association for Public Art’s Penny Balkin Bach was invited to speak on the topic of monuments as part of Penn Museum’s Great Lectures: Great Monuments year-long online series.

The Association for Public Art was awarded a $250,000 inaugural Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for “Open Air” by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

Register for one of the Association for Public Art’s upcoming bike or walking tours in partnership with the Bicycle Coalition and Feet First Philly.

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies can be experienced from many different vantage points, with great locations along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to enjoy the glowing pedicabs as they glide by.

Check out some of the many fantastic events happening on and around the Parkway during Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies.

Something of a public art movement has taken hold in this country in the 40 years since Penny Balkin Bach joined the Association for Public Art (aPA) in 1980. Bach has played a major role in the maturation of the field. Most critically, early on she posed questions about public art and community that today echo ever louder as issues surrounding public monuments spill over into the mainstream.