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 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.

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.

This standing figure along with The Quaker by artist Harry Rosin was intended to represent major spiritual forces in the settling of the seaboard of the United States.

Political intelligence and military might, twin necessities of the new republic, are the subject of Erwin Frey’s two figures: The Statesman and The Revolutionary Soldier.

This standing figure along with The Puritan by artist Harry Rosin was intended to represent major spiritual forces in the settling of the seaboard of the United States.

To accompany Maurice Sterne’s Welcoming to Freedom in the Ellen Phillips Memorial‘s Central Terrace, the Samuel Memorial committee chose to commission a figure of an unshackled slave.

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.

Military might and political intelligence, twin necessities of the new republic, are the subject of Erwin Frey’s two figures: The Revolutionary Soldier and The Statesman.

“The Preacher,” with his hands cupped near his chin as he speaks, is an emblem of the religious figures who have “guided our ways.”