OPENING RECEPTION
Let Freedom Ring by Paul Ramírez Jonas
Thursday, June 4 • 6:30–8 PM
Location: Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
Join the Association for Public Art for the public opening of Paul Ramírez Jonas’ monumental interactive sculpture, Let Freedom Ring at Cherry Street Pier.
Meet the artist and be among the first to experience this timely project. Enjoy food, drinks, swag, and a special performance by Play On Philly musicians.
SOUND INSTALLATION
Toll the Bell at Let Freedom Ring
Friday, June 5 • 1 PM
Location: Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
Toll the Bell is a city-wide sound installation bringing greater awareness to the gun violence epidemic affecting our city and the nation.
In the wake of historic surges in gun-related crime, community-based violence prevention initiatives are making a notable impact. Since 2021, Philadelphia has seen a 45% reduction in gun violence victims, yet the crisis persists, and further action is needed.
On June 5, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, a prolonged period of bell ringing and other sound-making will take place at multiple locations across the city and beyond.
A collaboration with Penn’s Office of the Chaplain, Interfaith Philadelphia, and many faith-based organizations and partners, the sound installation will be paired with an interfaith vigil service and a community walk of reflection.
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP
With Printmaking by the People – Mural Arts
Friday, June 5 • 5–8 PM
Location: Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
Head to this pop-up workshop to make a quick letterpress print inspired by Paul Ramírez Jonas’s Let Freedom Ring installation and the inscriptions on the interactive bell. Embellish your custom prints with drawings, writings, stamps, and stickers.
PUBLIC ART DECODED WALKING TOUR
Art & Histories Along the Delaware: A Riverfront Walking Tour
Saturday, June 13 • 11 AM
Location: Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
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.
Featuring Sarah Eberle, Creative Director of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, and Michiko Quinones, cofounder of 1838 Black Metropolis.
Headsets are provided for all participants. Once you register, you will receive instructions on where to meet for this tour.
Please reach out to apa@associationforpublicart.org if you have questions.
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OPENING
Art on the Parkway Opening Celebration
Summer 2026 (Date and Location TBD)
Join us to celebrate the opening of Franklin Thread by Jeff Richards, the selected 2026 Art on the Parkway commission. Now in its third year, the program invites Greater Philadelphia-area artists, designers, and creatives to propose temporary public art installations for Maja Park on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Franklin Thread will be on view this summer as part of The Oval and Parkway to Park Festival.
LET FREEDOM RING: FAMILY DAY OF ACTIVITIES
Honoring the March on Washington
Saturday, August 29 • 10 AM – 5 PM
Location: National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
Enjoy a Saturday of free family activities at the National Constitution Center honoring the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington.
Presented as part of the Association for Public Art’s Let Freedom Ring installation by Paul Ramírez Jonas at nearby Cherry Street Pier, the program features art-making workshops, craft projects, gallery activities, musical performances by Play On Philly students and Marian Anderson Historical Society Scholar Singers, and a special talk exploring the history of patriotic songs like “My Country ’Tis of Thee.”
PUBLIC ART DECODED WALKING TOUR
Discovering the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial
Saturday, September 12 • 11 AM
Location: Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
Explore the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial with the Association for Public Art and Dejay Duckett, Arts Administrator, Curator, and Collections and Exhibitions Specialist.
Learn the story behind this enigmatic site nestled between the Schuylkill River and Kelly Drive and the iconography behind the 17+ sculptures.
Headsets are provided for all participants. You will receive instructions on where to meet for this tour once you register.
Please reach out to apa@associationforpublicart.org if you have questions.