We commission, preserve,
interpret & promote
public art in Philadelphia
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What We Do
The Association for Public Art (aPA) seeks to respond to the conditions of our time with new commissions, while interpreting and preserving public art for future generations
Featured artwork
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors (1934)
by J. Otto Schweizer (1863 - 1955)
The Honorable Samuel Beecher Hart, a Pennsylvania legislator and captain of the Gray Invincibles, proposed a memorial to the state’s African American military men who had served the United States in wartime.
Featured artwork
Liberty Bell (2020)
by Nancy Baker Cahill (1970 - )
Nancy Baker Cahill's #LibertyBellAR project is available in Philly, Boston, DC, Charleston, Selma, and the Rockaway… https://t.co/Ikll5VfugA
Featured Story
The Disturbing and Inspiring History of the All Wars Memorial
A monument to the “unselfish devotion to duty” of African American military men was a rare objective in early 20th century America; the artist began his work, but the struggle to realize the memorial had just begun.
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