Each program in Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO is told from variety of perspectives and viewpoints. Nearly 100 unique voices are featured, including artists, educators, civic leaders, scientists, writers, curators, historians, and family members of those responsible for commissioning or creating the artwork. A list of all of the voices featured in the program follows:
Aero Memorial (1948) by Paul Manship:
David Contosta is the author of Philadelphia Family: The Houstons and Woodwards of Chestnut Hill.
Erik Natti is a retired teacher and Paul Manship’s grandson.
Rebecca Reynolds is an art historian and author of Manship: Paul, John, Margaret – A Retrospective.
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors (1934) by J. Otto Schweizer:
Charles Fuller is a playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize in drama for “A Soldier’s Play.”
Samuel Hart Jones, Jr. is a great-grandson of the Hon. Samuel Beecher Hart, whose efforts resulted in the All Wars Memorial.
Michael B. Roepel is President of the Committee to Restore and Relocate the All Wars Memorial.
Charioteer of Delphi (5th Century B.C.; cast 1977):
Ann Kuttner is professor of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art at the University of Pennsylvania.
Penelope Lagakos is the daughter of Judge Gregory Lagakos who facilitated the donation of the Charioteer.
Shane Stratton is a sculptor who teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (1927) by Hermon Atkins MacNeil:
Alan Greenberger is an architect and the Director of the Philadelphia Planning Commission.
Allen C. Guelzo is the Director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania.
Sarah McEneaney is a painter who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Cowboy (1908) by Frederic Remington:
Ann Greene is the author of Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America.
Ed LaVarnway is the Director of the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, New York.
Jody Pinto is an artist who is internationally recognized for her site-specific public art works.
James A. Garfield Monument (1895) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens:
Frank Bender is an artist and the leading forensic sculptor in the country.
John Dryfhout is the former superintendent of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire.
Nancy Tomes wrote about the death of President Garfield in The Gospel of Germs.
General Ulysses S. Grant (1887) by Daniel Chester French and Edward C. Potter:
Dennis Montagna directs the National Park Service’s Monument Research and Preservation Program.
Richard Torchia is an artist, curator, and Director of the Arcadia University Gallery in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
William S. McFeely is a historian who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Grant: A Biography.
Iroquois (2007) by Mark di Suvero:
Mark di Suvero is internationally recognized as a key figure in the development of postwar American sculpture.
Lowell McKegney is sculptor Mark di Suvero’s installation supervisor and longtime friend.
Jesus Breaking Bread (1976) by Walter Erlebacher:
Martha Erlebacher is a painter and wife of the late sculptor Walter Erlebacher (1933-1991).
Monsignor John Miller is a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Sister Mary Scullion is a founder of Project H.O.M.E. and works on behalf of the poor and homeless.
Joan of Arc (1890) by Emmanuel Frémiet:
Suzanne Lindsay is an art historian who specializes in 19th century French sculpture.
Diana Regan is President of the Alliance Française de Philadelphia.
Judith Shea is an artist whose work explores issues related to monumentality.
Thorfinn Karlsefni (1915-1918) by Einar Jonsson:
Suzanne Sheehan Becker is a leadership and fundraising consultant .
Juliana Gottskalksdottir is Director of the Einar Jonsson Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Thor Heyerdahl, Jr. is Director of the Kon Tiki Museum, Norway and son of explorer Thor Heyerdahl, Sr.
John B. Kelly (1965) by Harry Rosin:
Linda Bantel is an art historian and former Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum.
Clete Graham has served as Commodore of Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia.
John B. Kelly III is a rower, a member of the Vesper Boat Club, and the grandson of John B. Kelly.
Kopernik (1972) by Dudley Talcott:
Derrick H. Pitts is Chief Astronomer and Director of the Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute.
Joseph L. Zazyczny is the former President of the Polish Heritage Society.
General Tadeusz Kosciusko (1979) by Marian Konieczny:
Marian Konieczny lives in Krakow, Poland and is the sculptor of General Tadeusz Kosciusko.
Patricia Stewart is an art historian who teaches at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Alex Storozynski is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Peasant Prince.
Joseph Leidy (1907) by Samuel Murray & Deinonychus (1987) by Kent Ullberg
Dr. Edward B. Daeschler is a paleontologist and Acting President at The Academy of Natural Sciences.
Kent Ullberg is a sculptor and curator of natural history who created Deinonychus.
Dr. Leonard Warren is the author of the biography Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything.
Abraham Lincoln (1871) by Randolph Rogers
Kirk Savage wrote Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in 19th Century America.
Harold Holzer was the co-chairman of the United States Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
Millard F. Rogers, Jr. is the author of Randolph Rogers: American Sculptor in Rome.
LOVE (1976) by Robert Indiana:
Robert Indiana is an American painter and sculptor who created the iconic LOVE sculpture.
Adrian Dannatt is the author of Robert Indiana: Hard Edge and Robert Indiana: Wood.
Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs (1964) by Nathan Rapoport
Edward “Eddie” Gastfriend is a Holocaust survivor and chaired the monument committee.
Nina Wolmark is sculptor Nathan Rapoport’s daughter who lives in Normandy, France.
James E. Young is author of At Memory’s Edge: After-images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art.
The Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther (original 1843, cast 1929) by Auguste Kiss and The Lion Fighter (original 1858, cast 1892) by Albert Wolff:
Ann Kuttner is professor of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art at the University of Pennsylvania.
Judith Schaecter is a Philadelphia-based artist who works primarily in the medium of stained glass.
Thayer Tolles is Associate Curator of American Sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
General Galusha Pennypacker Memorial (1934) by Albert Laessle with initial concept by Charles Grafly
Eric Berg is a sculptor who lives in Philadelphia and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Anna O. Marley is Curator of Historical American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Frances H. Kennedy is editor and principal contributor of The Civil War Battlefield Guide.
The Pilgrim (1904) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens:
Joe Conforti is author of Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Twentieth Century.
Erika Doss writes about public art, including the forthcoming Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America.
Gregory Schwarz is Chief Interpreter at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire.
Playing Angels (1950) by Carl Milles:
John A. Bower, Jr., FAIA is Emeritus Principal architect at BLT Architects.
Maria Wiberg is the Educational Director at the Millesgarden in Stockholm, Sweden.
Rocky (1980) by A. Thomas Schomberg:
James “Jimmy” Binns is a Philadelphia lawyer and former Pennsylvania Boxing Commissioner.
Thomas Schomberg was commissioned to create a statue of Rocky Balboa for the movie “Rocky III.” (www.schombergstudios.com)
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial Sculpture Garden (Three Terraces):
Penny Balkin Bach is Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association.
Kathleen A. Foster is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Michael R. Taylor is Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Michael W. Zuckerman is professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. (South Terrace)
Shakespeare Memorial (1926) Alexander Sterling Calder:
Phillip H. Wagner is Dean of the Shakspere Society of Philadelphia, established in 1852.
Sara Garonzik is Producing Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Theatre Company.
Damon Bonetti is an actor who performs for the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival.
Sleeping Woman (1991) by Stephen Berg and Tom Chimes:
Stephen Berg is founder of “The American Poetry Review” and the American Poetry Center.
Tom Chimes (1921-2009) collaborated with longtime friend and poet Stephen Berg to create Sleeping Woman.
Elizabeth Scanlon is a poet and an editor of The American Poetry Review.
Stone Age in America (1887) by John J. Boyle:
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds is an artist and professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
Kate Brockman is a sculptor who teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Dr. Evan Turner is former Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Swann Memorial Fountain (1924) Alexander Stirling Calder, sculptor and Wilson Eyre, Jr. architect:
Phoebe Adams is an artist recognized for her cast sculptural forms.
Bob Milewski is the Fairmount Park Foreman who oversees fountain maintenance.
Robert Linck is a member of the Philadelphia Fountain Society.
The Thinker (1902-04) by Auguste Rodin:
Mark di Suvero is a renowned sculptor who was deeply influenced by the work of Rodin.
Joseph J. Rishel is Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Senior Curator of the Rodin Museum.
Three Discs One Lacking (1968) by Alexander “Sandy” Calder:
Donald Lipski is an internationally recognized artist who lives and works in Philadelphia.
Elizabeth Hutton Turner is an art historian who serves as an Advisor to the Calder Foundation.
Three-Way Piece Number 1: Points (1964) by Henry Moore
Mei-Ling Hom is a sculptor and installation artist in Philadelphia.
Michael R. Taylor is Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Washington Monument (1897) by Rudolf Siemering:
Anna O. Marley is Curator of Historical American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Robert Harris Sproat is a member of the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania.
The Wedges (1970) by Robert Morris:
Robert Morris is an American sculptor, conceptual artist, and writer, and an exponent of Minimalist Art.
Nena Tsouti-Schillinger is an art historian and the author of the book Robert Morris and Angst.