Association for Public Art

Make your own collage protest poster inspired by Nicolo Gentile's public artwork Bar None at this Collage Philadelphia-facilitated workshop!The Association for Public Art (aPA) in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Exhibitions presents a hands-on workshop that explores the collage medium as a response and in dialogue with artist Nicolo Gentile’s public artwork Bar None, commissioned for aPA’s 2025 Art on the Parkway program and currently on view at Maja Park at 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway through October 26, 2025. Facilitated by Collage Philadelphia, participants will delve into the art of cutting and reassembling printed historic

Thinking of submitting a proposal to the Association for Public Art's 2026 Art on the Parkway open call?Learn more on February 5th at 6pm for a virtual information session where aPA staff will go over the application process. Webinar attendees can submit specific questions using the "Chat" feature during the webinar to be answered by aPA staff.More info can be found on our website: https://www.associationforpublicart.org/program/open-call-art-on-the-parkwayArt on the Parkway is organized by the Association for Public Art (aPA), in partnership with the Parkway Council and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR).Artworks pictured: Bar None (2025) by Nicolo Gentile, and The Weight of

Learn about art handling and the installation and transportation of a 176-year-old First Nations house post.Hear from the Association for Public Art (aPA)’s Deputy Director, Laura S. Griffith, and Atelier Material Systems Manager, Evan Dawson, as they discuss art handling, storage, and conservation centered around the installation and transportation of a 176-year-old Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Kwagu’ł house post — a heavy, fragile, carved cedar object that requires specialized care.Find out how this aging cedar house post will journey cross-country to Alert Bay, British Columbia, returning to the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw people after being on display at Philadelphia's Bicentennial International Sculpture Garden at Penn's Landing

Make a custom letterpress print with the Association for Public Art and Mural Arts’ Printmaking by the People.No prior experience necessary! Join the Association for Public Art and Mural Arts’ Printmaking by the People for a free letterpress workshop that invites participants to reflect on Paul Ramirez Jonas’s Let Freedom Ring installation at Cherry Street Pier and what freedom means to us in the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.Whether you’re a seasoned printmaker or a first-timer, you’re invited to design and print your very own poster that speaks to your values and voice. Take your poster home or donate

Discover the Delaware River waterfront as a site for innovative public art and an archive of Black histories.Stops on this tour include the Association for Public Art's 250th anniversary-themed Let Freedom Ring installation by Paul Ramírez Jonas at Cherry Street Pier, as well as Indira Allegra's Sail Through This To That at Spruce Street Harbor (part of ArtPhilly), among other temporary and permanent artworks along the waterfront. The tour will be led by the Association for Public Art and feature Sarah Eberle, Vice President of Arts and Programming for the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, and Michiko Quinones, cofounder of 1838