Now in its 40th year, our conservation program is one of the longest continuously operating programs of its kind in the country. Here’s a look at some of the work we did this season, including the deinstallation of Mark di Suvero’s iconic red-orange “Iroquois” sculpture for major restoration.
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News
Over Thirty Sculptures Receive Conservation Maintenance, Including One Dramatic Steam Treatment
Posted: May 5, 2016
Each spring, the Association for Public Art provides annual maintenance for over 30 outdoor sculptures in Philadelphia through our landmark Outdoor Sculpture Conservation Program.
Offering Night, Macro, Phone, and Composition Photography workshops led by Philadelphia-based photographers and Instagrammers this September.
Press Release
Association For Public Art Hosts ”Sculpture Zoo in Rittenhouse Square”
Posted: July 13, 2015
On Saturday, August 8th from 10am to 1pm. All are invited to enjoy free, fun-filled interactive activities that will enliven the Square’s public artworks. Discover live animals on location: a small reptile near “Lion Crushing a Serpent,” a goat next to “Billy,” and a bird nearby “Duck Girl.”
Artwork
Lioness Carrying to Her Young a Wild Boar
(1886)by Auguste Cain (1822 - 1894)
Philadelphia Zoo, Big Cats Fall; zoo admission (fee) required to view this sculpture“The Lioness” was exhibited in the French Salon of 1886 before its acquisition by the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art).
Throughout the month of May, be on the lookout for the Association for Public Art’s conservation team conducting annual maintenance on 31 Philadelphia public artworks.
Philadelphia’s Walt Whitman sculpture by artist Jo Davidson gets special treatment just in time for poet’s 200th birthday. WHYY interviewed our conservation team about the process (VIDEO).
Artwork
Religious Liberty
(1876)by Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844 - 1917)
Near National Museum of American Jewish History, 55 North 5th Street“Religious Liberty” was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1876, in Fairmount Park and later relocated by the B’nai B’rith in 1984 to a site near the National Museum of American Jewish History and the Liberty Bell.
With the support of the William Penn Foundation, the Fairmount Park Art Association has been working with the internationally acclaimed artist Tom Otterness on the design of a major new public art project.
Artwork
Alexander von Humboldt
(1871)by Friedrich Johann Heinrich Drake (1805 - 1882)
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Black Road, West Fairmount ParkCharles Darwin called Alexander von Humboldt “the greatest scientific traveler who ever lived.” This memorial was among the very first statues erected in Fairmount Park.