Register for this free virtual talk with artist Nancy Baker Cahill on October 13th for the 2020 DesignPhiladelphia Festival.

Over the years, the Association has advocated for good civic design, the commissioning and placement of permanent and temporary public art along the Parkway, and the presentation of innovative public programming.

Artist and curator Marc Pally – the founding Artist Director of the Glow arts festival in Santa Monica – will be the guest speaker at the aPA’s 144th Annual Meeting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 25, 2016.

Philadelphians may be surprised learn that the Millesgården in Stockholm, Sweden has the exact same Playing Angels as the ones we have on Kelly Drive along the Schuylkill River.

The artist is one of 15 elected to be National Academicians at the National Academy of Design, the leading society for visual artists and architects. Ferrer lived and worked in Philadelphia for many years and has been commissioned by the Association for Public Art.

After a debut in Philadelphia and a stop in Baltimore, the Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies pedicabs covered in glowing lanterns are parading through South Florida’s first art and light exhibit, Illuminate Coral Gables.

The Association for Public Art will present Big Bling, a temporary monumental work by acclaimed sculptor Martin Puryear. Commissioned by the Madison Square Park Conservancy, the sculpture will first be exhibited in Madison Square Park, New York, from May 16, 2016 – January 8, 2017.

It is with tremendous sorrow that the Association for Public Art recognizes the passing of the wonderful Daniel W. Dietrich II (1941-2015).

Join us for our 141st Annual Meeting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with guest speaker, Rafael Ferrer.

In June 2010, the Fairmount Park Art Association will launch “Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO,” a multi-platform, interactive audio experience for Philadelphia’s collection of public art and outdoor sculpture.