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Association for Public Art

LC control no.no2017077020
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingAssociation for Public Art
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Variant(s)aPA
See alsoPredecessor: Fairmount Park Art Association
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Beginning date2012
LocatedPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Field of activityPublic art
Found inBuchanan, Tracy. Intent, context, content, 2014: abstract (Association for Public Art)
Association for Public Art website, viewed May 18, 2017: name change (In May 2012, the Board and membership of the Fairmount Park Art Association voted to change the name of the organization to the Association for Public Art.); about (The Association for Public Art (aPA, formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) was established in 1872 and is the nation's first private, nonprofit civic organization dedicated to creating a "museum without walls" by integrating public art and urban design. The Association for Public Art carries out its multiple objectives to commission, preserve, interpret, and promote public art in Philadelphia through exemplary and innovative programs and advocacy efforts.)