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Other Planes Of There

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

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...

Art 21 Screening and Dream House Tour with The Fabric Workshop

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

In this public screening event, follow some of the country’s most innovative artists as they go big and bold, responding to the challenge of our current moment with new paintings, sculptures, films, and performances that inspire and heal. “Everyday Icons,” the first episode of the latest season of PBS’s acclaimed documentary series Art in the Twenty-First Century, will feature Rose B. Simpson—whose work is on view both at Pennsylvania Academy...

Art At Noon: An Emancipation Conversation

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

Join curator Maggie Adler and artist Letitia Huckaby for a discussion of the exhibition Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. On view during the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the exhibition contemplates what freedom looks like for Black Americans today and the legacy of the Civil War in 2023 and beyond. Highlighting the perspectives of contemporary Black artists, Emancipation features commissioned and recent...

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...

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...