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“Tourist For One Hour” Explores MWW: AUDIO
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
The Daily Pennsylvanian’s Samantha Sharf uses Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO to explore the sculpture in her adopted city before she graduates from Penn:
Samantha Sharf | A tourist for one hour
Elements of Style | You don’t need much time or money to learn from Philadelphia
I am having an affair with the City of Philadelphia.
Over the last four years, I have found that when homework, boys or real life cause me angst I can always count on Philly to put a smile on my face. But with graduation quickly approaching, it occurred to me that Philly will …
“Last Tango in Philly” – Phawker Previews Site Seeing
April 2, 2012
April 2, 2012
Phawker previews An Evening of Tango at Swann Memorial Fountain:
EARLY WORD: Last Tango In Philly
This coming Thursday, a crowd of people will dance the tango around Swann Memorial Fountain at Race and 18th Streets. Authorities will not stop it. This bacchanalia is no flash mob. Rather, it will commemorate the day when water will once again flow through Logan Square’s fountain. Anyone will be able to join the instructors, performers, musicians and party-goers with impunity to recreate an historic, massive “municipal dance” that was held to mark the opening of the …
Site Seeing Featured on Uwishunu
March 30, 2012
March 30, 2012
Fairmount Park Art Association Launches “Site Seeing,” A Month-Long Celebration Of Public Art, Kicking Off April 5
With spring in full swing, now’s the perfect time to get outside and explore the city’s vast collection of outdoor sculpture and public art.
And that’s just what the Fairmount Park Art Association’s latest effort, “Site Seeing,” is all about.
Kicking off April 5, the month-long celebration features a series of four free programs, aimed at engaging residents and tourists with public art in new and unexpected ways. With programs ranging from bike tours to outdoor tango parties and a …
Site Seeing Featured in PW’s Spring Art Preview
March 20, 2012
March 20, 2012
“Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art this Spring” is featured in Philadelphia Weekly’s Spring Art Preview:
Fairmount Park Art Association
You’ve heard of staycations. Here’s an itinerary for you: Visit 51 public art sculptures in Philadelphia. Would it sweeten the deal if I told you that flashlight mobs, tango, bike rides and giant balloons were also involved? If so, then the Fairmount Part Art Association has your number. Throughout the month of April, Site Seeing—aimed at acquainting Philadelphians with our impressive public art patrimony—invites participants to venture out on various family friendly art excursions …
PlanPhilly Takes a “New Look” at Outdoor Sculpture
March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012
PlanPhilly’s JoAnn Greco recently talked with the Art Association’s Executive Director, Penny Balkin Bach, and Fairmount Park’s Rob Armstrong about the Art Association’s upcoming “Site Seeing” campaign.
Presented by the Fairmount Park Art Association in partnership with the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, “Site Seeing: Redisover Public Art this Spring!” is a series of four free programs taking place throughout the month of April that aims to engage city residents and tourists with public art in new and unexpected ways. More info can be found here.
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FPAA Named a Top Place to See Art Enhance Nature
October 28, 2011
October 28, 2011
USA Today has named the Fairmount Park Art Association as one of the 10 great places to see art enhance nature.
Fairmount Park Art Association Receives AASLH of Merit
September 16, 2011
September 16, 2011
The Fairmount Park Art Association’s Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO program received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) at its annual conference in Richmond, VA.
FPAA Awarded NEH Grant for Phase Two of MWW: AUDIO
May 12, 2011
May 2011
The Fairmount Park Art Association is proud to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a grant of $170,000 to the Art Association for Phase Two of Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO as part of their America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations Implementation grant program. The funding will enable us to add 30 more stops to the existing 35 stop program, including additional sites along the Parkway and West Fairmount Park — almost doubling the current scope of this award-winning program. More information about the NEH and a list of all awarded grants can be found here.
FPAA Receives PNC Arts Alive Award at Arts Magnifique!
April 29, 2011
April 29, 2011
At the Arts & Business Council Luncheon 2011, Arts Magnifique!, the Fairmount Park Art Association received the PNC Arts Alive Award for Arts Innovation in Honor of Peggy Amsterdam for our Museum Without Walls: AUDIO program. Over 1200 people from the region’s arts and cultural and business communities were in attendance at the event.
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On the Street with Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO
April 11, 2011
ARTSblog (4/11/2011)
Posted by Penny Balkin Bach
Public art can be one of a city’s most overlooked and under-appreciated cultural assets; but it’s also an ideal introductory cultural experience because it’s accessible “on the street,” visible at any time, free to all, and diverse in content – no tickets, no barriers, no time limits.