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In Dialogue With The City

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Free – $10

Rising Sun artists Martha Jackson Jarvis, Dyani White Hawk, and Wilmer Wilson IV, join Monument Lab Director Paul M. Farber in a conversation that introduces strategies of site-specificity in art created in dialogue with the city, its monuments and architecture. Artwork created for a specific site register and make visible new meanings and untold histories of a place. This program offers an opportunity to learn about the rigorous work and imaginings of contemporary artists at the forefront of...

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Liberation Rising: Juneteenth Block Party and Free Museum Day

African American Museum in Philadelphia 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
Free

Culture, history, liberation, and celebration take center stage at the 2023 Juneteenth Block Party with the African American Museum in Philadelphia! Join AAMP as we continue the legacy of Juneteenth and celebrate our 47th anniversary as the first institution by a major city dedicated to the heritage of African Americans. In partnership with Wawa and Welcome America, AAMP will host an all-day, family-friendly outdoor festival with WURD's Tiffany Bacon as...

Art At Noon: Selections from Philadelphia’s LGBT Archives

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Free

In Selections from Philadelphia’s LGBT Archives, Rami George weaves together an extensive collection of images and printed material within the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center. George presented their exhibition Selections from the Archives at the Center this past January/February 2023, featuring snapshots of everyday life and fragmented moments of political action, as well as exploring the history of the Center itself. The exhibition also included an installation...

Breath – The Notes Unplayed

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
$10 – $20

Discover the possibilities of a pause, a breath, and notes unplayed in this extraordinary music and poetry event featuring the internationally acclaimed artists Dan Blacksberg and Tyshawn Sorey, playing together for the first time in 10 years, Salina Kuo, percussionist and composer, and Airea D. Matthews, Philadelphia's Poet Laureate. Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America is an exhibition of new works by 20 artists exploring themes of equality, free...

Black Metropolis Walking Tour at AAMP

African American Museum in Philadelphia 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
$30

Ready for some Summer fun? Lace up your sneakers, pack a bottle of water, grab your notebook, and join AAMP as we host the immersive 1838 Black Metropolis' Philadelphia mile-walking tour. The nonprofit is offering four custom routes with themes complementing our new exhibition, Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America. Part Two of their limited series, Freedom's Feast, will start on South 12th Street in front of abolitionist William...

Rising Sun Chair Arrival at AAMP

African American Museum in Philadelphia 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
$10 – $14

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) are proud to partner with The Mann Center for the Performing Arts to bring you the special performance “YOUBA” in honor of welcoming the “Rising Sun” chair from PAFA to AAMP. The program will feature remarks from our Vice President of Curatorial, Dejay B. Duckett with a performance to follow immediately. "Youba": is a...

History Rising

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Free – $10

Rising Sun artists Sheida Soleimani (PAFA) and Deborah Willis (AAMP), join Peter Barberie, the Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in a conversation that explores how photography can be a tool to re-set historical and political narratives and complicate our experiences of power.

The Black Metropolis Symposium Town Hall: Deconstructing the Issues that Resonate

African American Museum in Philadelphia 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
$10 – $14

The African American Museum in Philadelphia and The Mann Center for the Performing Arts are proud to co-present The Black Metropolis Symposium Town Hall: Deconstructing the Issues that Resonate. This engaging and powerful Town Hall will draw from themes found in Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America, the upcoming premiere of Black Metropolis at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, and some of the most important current events...

Reckoning & Repair: The Art That’s Touched Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Free

In this special Art At Noon, we will meet the team who produced the 12-episode podcast "Reckoning and Repair: The Art That's Touched Philadelphia" created to deepen engagement with questions of reckoning and repair in contemporary US society, and specifically in the practice of making responsive art, exhibiting it, and responding to social calls through collection practices. Each episode is a deep dive into an artistic practice related to the themes of...

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Philly Night Out at AAMP and PAFA

For one night only, college students and recent graduates in the Campus Philly community will get FREE access to BOTH museums to experience the Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America exhibition of new works examining the provocative and timely question: “Is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?” AAMP and PAFA are just a short walk away from one another, giving you the opportunity to experience both parts of the Rising...

Black Metropolis Walking Tour at AAMP

African American Museum in Philadelphia 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
$30

Ready for some Summer fun? Lace up your sneakers, pack a bottle of water, grab your notebook, and join AAMP as we host the immersive 1838 Black Metropolis' Philadelphia mile-walking tour. The nonprofit is offering four custom routes with themes complementing our new exhibition, Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America. Part Three of their limited series, Complicating Citizenship, centers on the challenges and successes of Philadelphia's Free African American...

Art Break at AAMP: Song of Freedom

African American Museum in Philadelphia 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
$10 – $14

Join us at AAMP every third Thursday for one hour at noon for Art Break, a monthly program encouraging visitors to unpack the layered content of a featured exhibition by engaging in informal discussions with curatorial and programming staff and invited guest speakers. See you at Art Break! Date Thursday, July 20, 2023 Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Venue African American Museum in Philadelphia Price Included with General Admission...