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“Tourist For One Hour” Explores MWW: AUDIO

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 …

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“Last Tango in Philly” – Phawker Previews Site Seeing

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 …

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Site Seeing Featured on Uwishunu

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 …

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Site Seeing Featured in PW’s Spring Art Preview

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 …

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PlanPhilly Takes a “New Look” at Outdoor Sculpture

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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Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art this Spring!



Throughout the month of April, the Art Association presents Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art this Spring!, a month-long celebration of public art that invites Philadelphians and visitors to rediscover the city’s outdoor sculpture.

This series of four free programs aims to engage city residents and tourists with public art in new and unexpected ways:

An Evening of Tango at the Swann Memorial Fountain invites audiences to re-imagine a historic tango dance party and celebrate the return of spring at Logan Circle’s Swann Memorial Fountain.

Next, public art gets a lift with a Public Art Pathway made up of giant balloons directing …

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FPAA Named a Top Place to See Art Enhance Nature

October 28, 2011

USA Today has named the Fairmount Park Art Association as one of the 10 great places to see art enhance nature.

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Join us for an “Evening Amongst the Art”



Join us for a new kind of date night! The Art Association invites you to spend an evening amid our city’s public art. Tuck in for a catered picnic dinner, warm your hands over a locally-brewed cup of coffee, and be “reintroduced” to Philadelphia’s exceptional collection of public art.

 

The event, catered by Capriccio at Cafe Cret, highlights the Art Association’s Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO program, which invites passersby to stop, look, listen and experience public art in a new light. Experience the Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO website, audio slideshows, and mobile app that tours some …

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Fairmount Park Art Association Receives AASLH of Merit

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.

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FPAA Awarded NEH Grant for Phase Two of MWW: AUDIO

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.