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50th Anniversary of RDA's Percent for Fine Arts Program Recognized
The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority announces that, in recognition of the Redevelopment Authority's and the City's Percent for Art Programs, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown will present to City Council a resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary of both programs on Thursday April 23rd at 10am.
Percent For Fine Arts Program
In 1959, the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (RDA) adopted the first "One Percent for Fine Arts" program in the United States, thus making the commissioning of new works of public art integral to the urban renewal process. For each project built on land acquired from and assembled by the RDA, the selected developer must budget no less than one percent of the total building construction cost toward commissioning original, site-specific works of public art.
For information about works commissioned through the RDA's Fine Arts Program, contact:
Julia Guerrero
Director of the Fine Arts Program
Email: Julia.Guerrero@rda.phila.gov
Tel.: 215.209.8619
Fax: 215.854.6532
One Percent For Fine Arts Program: Calder Banners Rediscovered
For the first time in almost 30 years, four of the eight large dyed cotton and silk banners by Alexander Calder will be on temporary display to the public in the Parkway Central Free Library. Commissioned under the RDA's One Percent for Fine Arts Program, for Centre Square in 1975, the banners were removed during renovation in the early 1980’s and subsequently lost. The efforts of many people have brought these banners back. "We are delighted that this great work of art will again be on display for the public to experience. This is a historic exhibition and the result of a great collaboration between the RDA and the Free Library," says Terry Gillen, Executive Director of the RDA.
RDA Calder Press Release
For more information call Julia Guerrero, Director, Fine Arts Program 215.209.8619
Link to article in Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20090112_Long-lost Calder banners on diplay in_Philadelphia.html
The images below show some of the art. Click on any photo for a larger version.
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Wave Forms
Dennis Oppenheim, 2007
Domus
34th & Chestnut Sts.
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Clothespin
Claes Oldenburg, 1976
Centre Square
15th & Market Sts.
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Starman in the Ancient Garden
Brower Hatcher, 1990
Jefferson Center City Hospital
9th &
Walnut Sts. |
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Neons for Buttonwood
Stephen Antonakos, 1989
Roof Kormen Suites Hotel
20th & Hamilton Sts. |
World Park: Orders & Perspectives Ned Smythe, 1995
Marriott Hotel
12th & Filbert
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Plateau
Andrea Blum,
2006
University of Pennsylvania
near 40th & Walnut Sts.
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Goldilocks
Mink Fay,
2007
Tivoli
20th & Hamilton Sts.
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Open Air Aquarium
Magdalen Abahonowicz,
2003
Dockside
Columbus Blvd.
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Firefly
R. M. Fischer, 1999
PNC Bank
1-95 near International Airport
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To Balance
Larry Kirkland, 2003
Community College of Philadelphia
18th & Callowhill Sts. |
Freedom Corner
James Dupree, 1995
Freedom Square
Germantown Ave. & Wister St.
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Floating World
Ava Blitz, 1997
Science Center
36th & Market Sts. |
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Heliotrope
James Lloyd, 1995
Lobby, Marriott Hotel
12th & Market Sts.
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Wissahickon: Reflections
Diane Burko, 1996
Lobby, Marriott Hotel
12th & Market Sts.
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Striving
Charles Searles, 1995
First District Plaza
38th & Market Sts |
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