This year is the 150th anniversary of the Association for Public Art and the longtime executive director has been there for nearly a third of that time, helping to transform the city's outdoor spaces into a museum without walls.
For the last 42 years, Penny Balkin Bach has been helping artists bring their visions to life for all to enjoy across the city of Philadelphia.
While serving as the very first executive director for what is now called the Association for Public Art, she has had artworks, like Symbiosis, installed. The Association for Public Art, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary, was originally called the Fairmount Park Art Association. Bach says it was renamed in 2012 to better express the overall goals of the organization. She says its mission is to "commission, acquire, preserve, interpret and promote public art in Philadelphia.""I grew up in West Philadelphia, very close to Fairmount Park," she said.She has had permanent artworks installed by various artists.
"And this was a temporary project along the parkway with 27 pedicabs that people could ride," she explained."The artworks really put life into the spaces," she said. She says conservation is also an important part of their work and Philadelphia has been a leader in that movement.She says iconic works in Rittenhouse Square Park, like Billy, need to be taken care of so they can be there for the next generation. Bach says she feels privileged to have seen the evolution of public art in the city over the last four decades.
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