Monument Lab Meet-and-Greet at the Art Alliance 

WHAT
An informal get-together with artists Sharon Hayes and Alexander Rosenberg, whose projects shed new light on Rittenhouse Square, one of Philadelphia’s vital public spaces. Free and open to the public.

WHEN
Sunday, October 15
2–4 p.m.

WHERE
Philadelphia Art Alliance
251 South 18th Street

Monument Lab Live #2: Hidden Histories and Missing Monuments 

WHAT
TED-style talks from Paper Monuments (NOLA), Vashti DuBois (Executive Director, The Colored Girls Museum, Philadelphia), Jarrett Drake (digital archivist, Cambridge, MA), Venissa Santí (Cuban–American vocalist, Philadelphia), and Monument Lab artists Kaitlin Pomerantz and Marisa Williamson. $5 / Free for PAFA Members.

WHEN
Wednesday, October 18
6–8 p.m.

WHERE
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118-128 North Broad Street

Saturday Spotlight: Rittenhouse Square 

WHAT
Music, food, and short talks from artists Sharon Hayes and Alexander Rosenberg, whose projects look at what is missing. Free and open to the public.

WHEN
Saturday, October 21
1–4 p.m.

WHERE
Rittenhouse Square
18th and Walnut Streets

And a sneak peek if you’re planning ahead: we’ve got another one-night-only event coming up at Marconi Plaza on October 28!

Lead Monument Lab partners include the City of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Parks & Recreation; Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy; Historic Philadelphia; Independence National Historic Park; Penn Institute for Urban Research; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Price Lab for Digital Humanities; and the University of Pennsylvania.

Major support for Monument Lab projects staged in Philadelphia’s five squares has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

An expanded artist roster and projects at five neighborhood sites have been made possible by a significant grant from the William Penn Foundation.

Lead corporate sponsor is Bank of America.

Additional support has been provided by Susanna Lachs & Dean Adler, William & Debbie Becker, CLAWS Foundation, Comcast NBCUniversal, Davis Charitable Foundation, Hummingbird Foundation, J2 Design, National Endowment for the Arts, Nick & Dee Adams Charitable Fund, Parkway Corporation, PECO, Relief Communications LLC, Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse Square, Stacey Spector & Ira Brind, Tiffany Tavarez, Tuttleman Family Foundation, Joe & Renee Zuritsky, and 432 Kickstarter backers. Support for Monument Lab‘s final publication provided by the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation.

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