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2,000+ Join Rally in Solidarity With Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers
The union’s third rally since April brought together national and local labor leaders to demand that management meets at the bargaining table in good faith.
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Sean Scully's Abstract Paintings Have Stories to Tell
Minimalism sought to empty out narrative pictorial content. Scully's goal has been to put it back.
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Philadelphia Faces Criticism for Commissioning a Harriet Tubman Statue From a White Artist
“Nana Harriet risked life and limb to be free so that no one White person would benefit off her person. And now we have someone white benefiting off of her,” said artist Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza.
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University of the Arts Offers a Streamlined Master of Arts Program in Museum Studies
Students concentrate in either Education or Audience Engagement, and connect learning to practice during internships at iconic Philadelphia museums and beyond.
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Grassroots and Indigenous Environmental Leaders Convene for Land Circle Activation in Philadelphia
Organizers, artists, and land practitioners are holding public events at Iglesias Garden in a hub space supported by the Climate Justice Initiative, a project of Mural Arts Philadelphia.
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Apply for the MFA Program in Book Arts & Printmaking at University of the Arts
This rigorous, studio-based program in Philadelphia focuses on building unique studio practices that synthesize the disciplines of printmaking, book arts, and papermaking.
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Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Announces New Artist-in-Residence Program
10 artists from various disciplines will have the opportunity to utilize newly renovated studios and exhibition spaces, plus workshops and labs across UArts’s campus.
Opinion
Decades After Philadelphia’s MOVE Bombing, Penn Museum Still Keeps Secrets on the Remains of 12-Year-Old Girl
"Delisha’s mother, Janet Africa, deserves to know where her child’s sacred remains are."
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The Print Center Announces A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures With Carmen Winant
On view in Philadelphia through July 16, the project considers the intersections of image making, domestic violence, and the feminist movement.
Opinion
What Public Art Can Reach Vs. What It Can Grasp
Despite the project’s apparent success, its artists ultimately understood that murals are not material resources, even though creating beauty in underserved neighborhoods holds space for people to feel seen.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Rally for "Fair Contract" as Negotiations Stall
The workers called on the museum to agree to fair wages, affordable health benefits, and job protections for employees.
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1774 Phillis Wheatley Letter Admonishing Slavery Joins Museum Collection
The letter foregrounds the contradiction between the ideals invoked at the founding of the United States and the realities of slavery.