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African-American Art in Philly Untitled (Boxer), 1963, Charles Searles Floral Still Life, 1977, Charles Jay Woodmere Art Museum: Woodmere Art Museum: Museum purchase, 2014 Museum purchase, 2012 YOUR GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN Special Exhibits & Permanent ART IN PHILLY Collections Make 2015 A Masterful One visitphilly.com/blackart Self-Portrait (II), 1944, Horace Pippin #visitphilly Courtesy: Brandywine River Museum of Art Complications by Danny Simmons, photo by Guenter Knop re you a fan of African- FEBRUARY 5-MARCH 21, 2015 AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART Did you know that the Pennsylvania American art? If your an- As We See It: Selected Works from the Academy of the Fine Arts is the nation’s first fine arts school and museum and the swer is yes, then you’re in Petrucci Family Foundation Collection, ANYTIME OF YEAR A The African American Museum in first in the world to exhibit works by an the right city. In 2015, Philadelphia Philadelphia African-American artist? While at this his- museums will mount seven major Masterpieces by such luminaries as Edward toric treasure, you can see major works by Nick Cave, Kehinde Wiley, Whitfield Lovell, exhibitions featuring some of the Bannister, Henry Ossawa Tanner and Eliza- beth Catlett and works by school children Mickalene Thomas, Jacob Lawrence, most celebrated African-American who have been influenced by them Horace Pippin and others. artists, further adding to the city’s APRIL 24-JUNE 7, 2015 reputation as one of the world’s For more than 42 years, the Brandywine Selected Works from the Danny Simmons Workshop has been a national force in great art centers. But really, Collection, The African American Museum the development and understanding of anytime of year is a great time to in Philadelphia American printmaking as a fine-art form. see African-American (and even Exploring the artistic side of Danny Simmons, Here you can buy your favorite prints and best known as a writer, producer and Tony win- lithographs from artists-in-residence past African) art in Philadelphia thanks ner for his Broadway version of Def Poetry Jam and present, including Sam Gilliam, Jacob to the museums’ astounding and Landau, Jules Olitski, Betye Sarr and Moe APRIL 25-JULY 19, 2015 inspiring permanent collections. Brooker. Horace Pippin: The Way I See It, Brandywine River Museum of Art Located in historic Chestnut Hill, Wood- The first major exhibition of the artist’s works mere Art Museum celebrates the work in the country in more than two decades SPECIAL of Philadelphia artists, including the city’s MAY 1-JULY 31, 2015 many great African-American talents. Think EXHIBITIONS Charles Jay, Humbert Howard, Charles Barkley L. Hendricks: Oh, Snap!, Searles, Sterling Shaw, Ron Tarver, Claude Art Sanctuary Clark, James Brantley, Dox Thrash, Moe Showing off a series of photographs by the famed painter that explore black culture and Brooker and many, many more. The African American inner-city life Museum in Philadelphia SEPTEMBER 26, 2015- Sure, you can check out special exhibi- JANUARY 24, 2016 tions at The African American Museum in th African-American Artists of 20 -Century Philadelphia, but the museum also houses Philadelphia, Woodmere Art Museum and frequently displays a large collection Telling the stories of some of Philadelphia’s of paintings, photographs, prints, drawings, most celebrated African-American artists sculptures and mixed-media works that such as James Brantley, Claude Clark and chronicle and dramatically tell the story of Ellen Powell Tiberino the black Diaspora. Smoking My Pipe NOVEMBER 13, 2015- Prominent African-American architect JANUARY 10-APRIL 5, 2015 APRIL 3, 2016 Julian Abele designed the east façade of the Represent: 200 Years of African Ameri- Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia Museum of Art, but you can can Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art see works by other African-Americans in- Showcasing the museum’s significant col- Works from four decades of the artist’s Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts side the building as well. Put these three on lection of African-American art, including career, from the 1930s through the 1970s your not-to-be-missed list: Miss T by Barkley works by Henry Ossawa Tanner, Horace Smoking My Pipe, 1934, by Samuel Joseph Brown, Hendricks, Storage Jar by David Drake and ® Pippin, Martin Puryear and Carrie Mae Jr. (Public Works of Art Project, on long-term loan to Photos by M. Kennedy & B. Krist for VISIT PHILADELPHIA Weems the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the Fine Arts Mr. Prejudice by Horace Pippin. Collection, U.S. General Services Administration) PERMANENT WHERE TO FIND COLLECTIONS OF AFRICAN ART ALL OF THIS ARTISTIC AWESOMENESS Dr. Albert Barnes’ interest in African art dates back to the early 1920s, when he The African American Museum Brandywine Workshop acquired traditional African masks and in Philadelphia 728 S. Broad Street, (215) 546-3675, sculptures from the Dan and possibly 701 Arch Street, (215) 574-0380, brandywineworkshop.org Kulango societies of Côte d’Ivoire, as well aampmuseum.org as from Guinea and northeast Liberia. Penn Museum You can admire these treasured works Art Sanctuary 3260 South Street, (215) 898-4000, th penn.museum at the Barnes Foundation, home to a 628 S. 16 Street, (215) 232-4485, artsanctuary.org remarkable collection of paintings from the masters of modern art. The African art Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Barnes Foundation 118 N. Broad Street, (215) 972-7600, here is displayed in remarkable ensembles 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, pafa.org that show how the likes of Picasso and (866) 849-7056, barnesfoundation.org Modigliani were influenced by the stylistic Philadelphia Museum of Art and symbolic forms in African art. Bonus: Brandywine River Museum of Art 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, The Barnes also holds important works by U.S. Route 1 by Creek Road (formerly (215) 763-8100, philamuseum.org American artists such as Horace Pippin. Route 100), Chadds Ford, (610) 388-2700, brandywine.org Woodmere Art Museum 9201 Germantown Avenue, (215) 247-0476, woodmereartmuseum.org HOW TO SEPTA GET AROUND Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority runs bus, subway and trolley ser- WALK vice throughout the region. The Airport Rail Center City is a walker’s delight thanks to Line connects to Center City. There are two founder William Penn’s grid system, featuring subway lines: The Market-Frankford Line Face Mask neatly organized squares and parallel streets. (call it “the El” if you want to sound like a Center City stretches 25 blocks from the local) runs east to west, and the Broad Street Delaware River to the Schuylkill River. Tree- Line runs north to south. septa.org The Penn Museum, short for University of named streets run east to west; numbered Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and streets run north to south. What would be Anthropology, boasts an extensive collection PHLASH DOWNTOWN LOOP 14th Street is called Broad Street. of African art and artifacts such as masks, Servicing more than 20 key attractions in sculptures, instruments, famed Benin bronz- Center City, this purple bus runs from May es, embroidered garments and jewelry. You TAXIS, UBER & LYFT through December, with daily service May can also marvel at a wide range of other ma- Flag down taxis at any transportation hub, at through Labor Day. Pay $2 per ride or $5 for terials from throughout the continent, which the Independence Visitor Center and on the a day pass. phillyphlash.com are on permanent display in the African and street, or reserve a private car through the Ancient Egyptian galleries. Uber or Lyft apps. uber.com, lyft.com For more information on Philly attractions, restaurants, events and more, go to Photo: © 2012 The Barnes Foundation visitphilly.com and uwishunu.com Seated Couple.
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