Public Art on the Parkway: American Perspectives (October)

Join us for a public art tour of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, co-led by the Association for Public Art and Lea Stephenson, curator at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA).

This tour is presented as part of A Nation of Artists, the joint exhibition of PAFA and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and is also part of the Association for Public Art’s Public Art Decoded tour series. The 1.3-mile route highlights works by American artists along the stretch between the two institutions, exploring the range of styles and historical influences that shaped this iconic corridor of sculpture and public art.

MEETING POINT: Please meet at the Claes Oldenburg Paint Torch (giant paintbrush sculpture) in front of PAFA at the corner of Cherry and Broad Streets, across from the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The tour will end at the Roxy Paine Symbiosis sculpture near the Philadelphia Museum of Art at 24th Street and Pennyslvania Avenue.

Headsets will be provided.

“Public Art Decoded” tours are free and open to the public and are funded in part through the Powering the Arts initiative, with support from PECO, Team Pennsylvania, and PA Creative Industries.