Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America has been extended by popular demand! Learn More
Join us for a small group tour. Each day at 1 PM, experience powerful and beautiful works by the 11 artists exhibiting at PAFA: Shiva Ahmadi, Tiffany Chung, Lenka Clayton, Petah Coyne, Eamon Ore-Giron, Alison Saar, Rose B. Simpson, Sheida Soleimani, Dyani White Hawk, Wilmer Wilson IV, and Saya Woolfalk.
Join Rising Sun artists Mark Thomas Gibson (AAMP) and Eamon Ore-Giron (PAFA) as they discuss the complex ways people experience democracy in the diaspora. Moderated by Rising Sun Curatorial Fellow, Michael K. Wilson, the artists will talk about the themes and inspirations of their commissioned works in Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America. The evening will begin with an introduction by Dejay Duckett, Rising Sun Curator and Vice President of Curatorial Services at AAMP. Doors open...
Join us for a small group tour. Experience powerful and beautiful works by the 11 artists exhibiting at PAFA: Shiva Ahmadi, Tiffany Chung, Lenka Clayton, Petah Coyne, Eamon Ore-Giron, Alison Saar, Rose B. Simpson, Sheida Soleimani, Dyani White Hawk, Wilmer Wilson IV, and Saya Woolfalk.
Join us for a discussion on “Hidden Histories of African American Women in Philadelphia from the 1700s to the present.” We will have a public reception and roundtable highlighting and celebrating the work of teachers and students as we consider what it means to continue “Building a More Perfect Union.” Participants are encouraged to explore Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America to contextualize their understanding of the themes to be...
As we consider the current challenges of democracy in America, public artists in Philadelphia continue to make visible the experience of and response to systemic racism and white supremacy. Join multidisciplinary artist Theodore A. Harris, the anonymous art collective Mz. Icar, and poet Lamont B. Steptoe in a conversation moderated by Dr. Mey-Yen Moriuchi to examine how the public art landscape has changed over time. Each artist on this multigenerational panel brings a unique perspective...
Open Mic & Jam Session Disruption of the Rising Sun is a multiple-part poetry series where citizens, writers, musicians, and lyricists take center stage for our OPEN MIC, with featured performances by respected artists whose work aligns with the pervasive themes found in “Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America”. The series will take place at both AAMP and PAFA and will be hosted by multiple award-winning creative, LYRISPECT. This...
University of Pennsylvania students worked over one semester to present work made in response to prompts from Saya Woolfalk’s class “We Emerge at the Sunset of your Ideology” at the Center For Experimental Ethnography. The class took students, a mix of art majors and others, through the process of creating a public-facing artwork made in response to the ideas explored in Saya Woolfalk’s commissioned multimedia work for the exhibition Rising Sun:...
Demetrius Oliver (AAMP) and Saya Woolfalk (PAFA) will consider the relationship between art and knowledge, and the role of the cosmos in their artworks created for Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America. The title of the panel is inspired by the Sun Ra album of the same name. Tiffany E. Barber, scholar, curator and writer, will moderate the conversation that will question how (or if) art can be a vehicle for...
Join AAMP every third Thursday at noon for Art Break. Art Break is a monthly program that encourages visitors to learn more about the content of our exhibitions by engaging in informal discussions with our curatorial staff and guest speakers. Program Coordinator, Morgan Lloyd, and Director of Programming, Nina “Lyrispect” Ball, will introduce our latest exhibition Rising Sun: Artists in An Uncertain America! Date Thursday, April 20, 2023 Time 12:00...
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