The aPA’s Penny Balkin Bach is quoted in a recent article from “Nonprofit Quarterly’s Newswire” that promotes the role public art plays in community revitalization.

The Association for Public Art’s Executive Director Penny Balkin Bach and Trustee Susan Weiler are quoted in recent post on the ASLA’s “Dirt” blog.

The installation of the new granite base for the bronze abstract sculpture Rock Form (Porthcurno) (1964) by Barbara Hepworth was completed today.

The Association for Public Art interviews Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, artist of “OPEN AIR,” an interactive public art installation for Philadelphia.

Combining public art with mobile technology, Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer will present the world premiere of “OPEN AIR,” September 20 – October 14, 2012.

Using a free mobile app developed by Lozano-Hemmer’s studio, participants’ voices and GPS positions will control 24 powerful robotic searchlights placed along a half-mile section of the Parkway – creating giant three-dimensional “light sculptures.

“Public art can create community attachment, if we overcome perceived barriers and open pathways for engagement,” aPA Executive Director Penny Balkin Bach explains.

Check out the recent coverage of our name change from the Fairmount Park Art Association to the Association for Public Art.

The Association for Public Art was awarded a $250,000 inaugural Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for “Open Air” by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, our co-presenter of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Open Air,” interviews the artist about his interactive public art installation for Philadelphia.