110. William Penn (1886-1892), Alexander Milne Calder
Voices heard in the program:GRETA GREENBERGER was the Tour Guide Director for Philadelphia’s City Hall Tours and Visitor Center for 25 years. She was responsible for conducting tours of City Hall for visitors and school groups.TIMOTHY RUB is the former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is an art historian who specializes in architecture and modern art.Segment Producer: Bruce Wallace
1. LOVE (1976), Robert Indiana
Voices heard in the program:ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018) is the American painter and sculptor who created the iconic LOVE sculpture.ADRIAN DANNATT writes about contemporary art and is the author of Robert Indiana: Hard Edge and Robert Indiana: Wood.Segment Producer: Lu Olkowski
4. Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs (1964), Nathan Rapoport
Voices heard in the program:EDWARD "EDDIE" GASTFRIEND is a Holocaust survivor who arrived in Philadelphia shortly after the war. He was Chairman of the committee that commissioned the "Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs."NINA WOLMARK is sculptor Nathan Rapoport's daughter who lives in Normandy, France. She is also an artist, working in film and animation.JAMES E. YOUNG is professor and chair of the Department of Judiac and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of "At Memory's Edge: After-images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art."Segment Producer: Amanda AronczykMusic on Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs“Zog nit keyn mol!”Written by: Hirsh GlickPerformed by: Martha Rock Birnbaum, mezzo sopranoAlbum: Timeless Jewish Songs (Shirim La’ad)Courtesy: Leyerle Publications
3. Three Discs, One Lacking (1968), Alexander Calder
Voices heard in the program:DONALD LIPSKI is an internationally recognized artist who lives and works in Philadelphia. He has created many award-winning sculptures, art installations, and public art commissions.ELIZABETH HUTTON TURNER is Vice Provost for the Arts at the University of Virginia and former Senior Curator at The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. She serves as an Advisor to the Calder Foundation.Segment Producer: Jonathan Mitchell
2. Three Way Piece Number 1: Points (1964), Henry Moore
Voices heard in the program:MEI-LING HOM is a sculptor and installation artist in Philadelphia. She is known for her explorations of form in space. She works with various tactile materials including bronze, stone, and clay.MICHAEL R. TAYLOR is the former Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Taylor is the author of Henry Moore: A Centennial Salute and curator of the companion exhibition.Segment Producer: Jonathan Mitchell
5. General Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1977), Marian Konieczny
Voices heard in the program:MARIAN KONIECZNY (1930-2017) was the Polish sculptor who created General Tadeusz Kosciuszko.PATRICIA STEWART is an art historian who taught at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.ALEX STOROZYNSKI is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Peasant Prince.Segment Producer: Lu Olkowski
6. Kopernik (1972), Dudley Talcott
Voices heard in the program:DERRICK H. PITTS is Chief Astronomer and Director of the Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute.JOSEPH L. ZAZYCZNY (1935-2020) was a founder and president of the Polish Heritage Society.Segment Producer: Ann Heppermann
7. Jesus Breaking Bread (1976), Walter Erlebacher
Voices heard in the program:MARTHA ERLEBACHER (1937-2013) was a painter and wife of sculptor Walter Erlebacher (1933-1991) who created "Jesus Breaking Bread." Both artists are recognized for their classical representations of the human figure.MONSIGNOR JOHN MILLER (1937-2017) was a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who helped develop the commission for Jesus Breaking Bread in celebration o the 41st International Eucharistic Conference held in Philadelphia in 1976.SISTER MARY SCULLION is a founder of Project H.O.M.E. and works on behalf of the poor and homeless. While a student at St. Joseph's University, she was a planner for the 1976 Eucharistic Congress "Hunger for Bread Day," which inspired the sculpture.Segment Producer: Chana Joffe-WaltMusic on Jesus Breaking Bread courtesy The Archdiocese of Philadelphia
64. AMOR (1998), Robert Indiana (Español)
Voices heard in the program:ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018), heard on archival recording, is the American painter, sculptor, and graphic artist who created AMOR. A leading exponent of Pop Art, Indiana achieved wide recognition for his work, and his famous LOVE image became a universal icon.MARGOT BERG is the former Public Art Director for the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE), which owns AMOR and helped acquire the work for the city’s permanent collection.FATHER DENNIS GILL is Rector and Pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, which is located directly across from AMOR. He is also the Director of the Office for Divine Worship for the Archdiocese.FERNANDO MÉNDEZ is a longtime Philadelphia resident who was born in Bogota, Columbia. A journalist and a teacher, he is Senior Editor at El Sol Latino and a founding member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Mexican Cultural Center.Segment Producer: Anne HoffmanAMOR was acquired through the generosity of the City of Philadelphia, the Morgan Art Foundation, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mrs. Edith R. Dixon, and the Association for Public Art.
63. AMOR (1998), Robert Indiana
Voices heard in the program:ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018), heard on archival recording, is the American painter, sculptor, and graphic artist who created AMOR. A leading exponent of Pop Art, Indiana achieved wide recognition for his work, and his famous LOVE image became a universal icon.MARGOT BERG is the former Public Art Director for the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE), which owns AMOR and helped acquire the work for the city’s permanent collection.FATHER DENNIS GILL is Rector and Pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, which is located directly across from AMOR. He is also the Director of the Office for Divine Worship for the Archdiocese.FERNANDO MÉNDEZ is a longtime Philadelphia resident who was born in Bogota, Columbia. A journalist and a teacher, he is Senior Editor at El Sol Latino and a founding member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Mexican Cultural Center.Segment Producer: Anne HoffmanAMOR was acquired through the generosity of the City of Philadelphia, the Morgan Art Foundation, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mrs. Edith R. Dixon, and the Association for Public Art.
38. Thomas Fitzsimons (1946) and Don Diego de Gardoqui (1977), Giuseppe Donato and Luis A. Sanguino
8. Swann Memorial Fountain (1924), Alexander Stirling Calder
Voices heard in the program:PHOEBE ADAMS is an artist recognized for her cast sculptural forms.BOB MILEWSKI is the Fairmount Park Foreman who oversees fountain maintenance.ROBERT LINCK is a member of the Philadelphia Fountain Society.Segment Producer: Kara Oehler
9. General Galusha Pennypacker Memorial (1934), Albert Laessle
Voices heard in the program:ERIC BERG (1945-2020) was a sculptor who lived in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.ANNA O. MARLEY is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Toledo Museum of Art, and the former Curator of Historical American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.FRANCES H. KENNEDY is editor and principal contributor of The Civil War Battlefield Guide.Segment Producer: Sarah Lilley
10. Shakespeare Memorial (1926), Alexander Stirling Calder
Voices heard in the program:PHILLIP H. WAGNER is Dean of the Shakspere Society of Philadelphia, established in 1852.SARAH GARONZIK is Producing Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Theatre Company.DAMON BONETTI is an actor who performs for the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival.Segment Producer: Kara Oehler
11. Joseph Leidy (1907) and Deinonychus (1987), Samuel Murray and Kent Ullberg
Voices heard in the program:DR. EDWARD B. DAESCHLER is Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and Paleontology at The Academy of Natural Sciences.KENT ULLBERG is an artist and curator of natural history. The sculptor of "Deinonychus," he was born in Sweden and has lived in the United States since 1974.DR. LEONARD WARREN (1925-2019) is the author of the biography "Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything." Dr. Warren was a Professor at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology and at the University of Pennsylvania.Segment Producer: Jonathan Menjivar
12. All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors (1934), J. Otto Schweizer
Voices heard in the program:CHARLES FULLER (1939-2022) was an American playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize in drama for “A Soldier’s Play.”SAMUEL HART JONES, JR. is a great-grandson of the Hon. Samuel Beecher Hart, the African American state legislator and former military man whose efforts brought about the funding and commissioning of the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors.MICHAEL B. ROEPEL is a community planner and President of the Committee to Restore and Relocate the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors.Segment Producer: Jonathan MenjivarMusic on All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors: “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Written by: James Weldon Johnson with music by John Rosamond Johnson Performed by: Reginald R. Robinson Courtesy of Reginald R. Robinson
13. Aero Memorial (1948), Paul Manship
Voices heard in the program:DAVID CONTOSTA is a history professor at Chestnut Hill University and is the author of Philadelphia Family: The Houstons and Woodwards of Chestnut Hill. Henry Howard Houston Woodward was one of the men commemorated by the Aero Memorial.ERIK NATTI is Paul Manship's grandson. A retired teacher, his mother was Pauline Manship, the artist's eldest daughter.REBECCA REYNOLDS is an art historian and former Sharf Sculpture Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is the author of the exhibition catalogue Manship: Paul, John, Margaret - A Retrospective.Segment Producer: Lu Olkowski
39. Francisco de Miranda (1977), Lorenzo Gonzalez
Voices heard in the program:EMILIO BUITRAGO is the President of Casa de Venezuela, an organization dedicated to promoting the culture and traditions of Venezuela in the greater Philadelphia region.KAREN RACINE is Associate Professor of History at University of Guelph in Toronto. Her research centers on the history and culture of the revolutionary independence period throughout Latin America and the Atlantic World.DR. ANGELO RIVERO SANTOS was the Charge d’Affaires of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States of America.Segment Producer: Sarah P. Reynolds
14. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (1927), Hermon Atkins MacNeil
Voices heard in the program:ALAN GREENBERGER is an architect and Fellow at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University. He is a Trustee of the Association for Public Art, Chair of the Philadelphia Art Commission, and former Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and former Commerce Director.ALLEN C. GUELZO is the Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. He is the former Director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College.SARAH MCENEANEY is a narrative painter of daily life. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia College of Art.Segment Producer: Jonathan Mitchell
15. The Thinker (1902-04, cast 1919), Auguste Rodin
Voices heard in the program:MARK DI SUVERO is a renowned sculptor who was deeply influenced by the work of Rodin.JOSEPH J. RISHEL (1940-2020) was the longtime curator of European art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as curator of the Rodin Museum.Segment Producer: Lu Olkowski
16. Iroquois (1983-1999), Mark di Suvero
Voices heard in the program:MARK DI SUVERO is internationally recognized as a key figure in the development of postwar American sculpture.LOWELL MCKEGNEY (1948-2011) was sculptor Mark di Suvero’s installation supervisor and longtime friend.Segment Producer: Lu Olkowski
40. Symbiosis (2011), Roxy Paine
Voices heard in the program:ROXY PAINE is the artist who created Symbiosis.TOD WILLIAMS and BILLIE TSIEN are the architects of the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.Segment Producer: Jenny Lawton
17. The Washington Monument (1897), Rudolph Siemering
Voices heard in the program:ANNA O. MARLEY is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Toledo Museum of Art, and the former Curator of Historical American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.ROBERT HARRIS SPROAT is a member of the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania.Segment Producer: Lu Olkowski
18. Rocky (1980), A. Thomas Schomberg
Voices heard in the program:JAMES "JIMMY" BINNS is a Philadelphia Lawyer and former Pennsylvania Boxing Commissioner.A. THOMAS SCHOMBERG was commissioned to create a statue of Rocky Balboa for the movie Rocky III.Segment Producer: Ann Heppermann
19. The Lion Fighter (1858) and Mounted Amazon Attacked by Panther (1839), Albert Wolff and August Kiss
Voices heard in the program:ANN KUTTNER is professor of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art at the University of Pennsylvania.JUDITH SCHAECTER is a Philadelphia-based artist who works primarily in the museum of stained glass.THAYER TOLLES is Associate Curator of American Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.Segment Producer: Ben Shapiro
65. Maja (1942), Gerhard Marcks
Voices heard in the program:DR. ARIE HARTOG is Director and former Curator of the Gerhard Marcks Haus in Bremen, Germany, which houses a substantial collection of works by artist Gerhard Marcks. His research focus is the history of 20th century sculpture.DR. PAUL B. JASKOT is Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University. His scholarly work focuses on the political history of Nazi art and architecture as well as its postwar cultural impact.PATRICIA C. PHILLIPS is a public art scholar, curator, art critic, and an Association for Public Art trustee. She is the former Chief Academic Officer and Academic Dean of Moore College of Art & Design.Segment Producer: Alex Lewisassociationforpublicart.org/maja
