Art Association Receives HPP Implementation Grant
April 6, 2009
The Fairmount Park Art Association has been awarded a $199,720 implementation grant from the Heritage Philadelphia Program of The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage to produce Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO, a unique interactive audio program.
The grant will support the creation of unique audio programs for 35 sculptures along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Kelly Drive. Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO will be accessible for free by cell phone, audio download, or as streaming audio on the fpaa.org website– visitors and residents of Philadelphia will be able to discover the unique story, civic effort, and creative expression behind each artwork. The program is expected to launch in summer 2010.
To view a list of all 2009 Heritage Philadelphia Program grantees, click here.
Click play below to listen to a preview of the audio program for Mark di Suvero’s Iroquois.
Above: An evaluator interviews a listener about the audio program for Henry Moore's Three-Way Piece Number 1:Points (1964).