PHILADELPHIA – (April 30, 2015) – Imagine encountering van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” along a bike path, or Claude Monet’s “The Japanese Footbridge” and the “Water Lily Pool, Giverny” in the middle of a park. Philadelphia-area residents will be able to participate in this experience beginning May 1 when the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, launches Inside Out, an initiative that brings high-quality replicas of art into communities. From East Passyunk in South Philadelphia to Haddonfield, New Jersey to Media, Pennsylvania, neighborhoods will receive up to twelve masterpieces. Works are drawn from the museum’s vast collection of American, European, Latin American and South Asian art. Residents can discover and enjoy them in their hometowns daily.
In the Philadelphia region, the project will unfold in two phases. The summer installation begins in May in the Philadelphia neighborhoods of East Passyunk and Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy; Haddonfield, New Jersey; Media, Pennsylvania; and Newtown, Pennsylvania. Inside Out continues with the fall installation beginning in late August in Fishtown and Kensington in Philadelphia; Ambler, Pennsylvania; Wayne, Pennsylvania; and West Chester, Pennsylvania. A free admission zip code weekend is being offered to residents living in Chestnut Hill (19118) and Mt. Airy (19119), East Passyunk (19145, 19146, 19147, 19148), Haddonfield (08033), Media (19063), and Newtown (18940) from July 17 through 19. Communities participating in the second phase will also receive free admission at a designated time during that installation.
Some artworks will be mounted on walls while others will be placed on free-standing posts. Each work will be displayed in a frame representative of the time period in which the work was created. Large-scale reproductions of Mary Cassatt’s “Mother and Child,” Henry Ossawa Tanner’s “The Annunciation” and other collection highlights have been chosen for the project. Other popular favorites include Paul Cézanne’s “Mont Sainte-Victoire,” Diego Rivera’s “Sugar Cane,” and Philadelphia-based artist Moe Brooker’s “Present Futures.” Each work of art will be accompanied by a label with commentary by museum staff explaining what they most admire about the works.
Timothy Rub, the museum’s George D. Widener director and chief executive officer, said: “We are delighted to share our collection in this way. Not only do these beautifully framed reproductions faithfully represent important works in the collection, they will offer chance encounters and bring delight to each community.”
Dennis Scholl, vice president of arts for Knight Foundation said: “It’s one thing to experience a world-class collection in a museum, and entirely another one to come across it in your neighborhood. That element of surprise can be the spark that gets the Philadelphia area talking about and engaging with one of the city’s treasures.”
Participating Communities from May 15–August 9, 2015
Chestnut Hill & Mt. Airy; East Passyunk; Media; Newtown, PA; and Haddonfield, NJ
Participating Communities from August 21–November 15, 2015
Fishtown & Kensington; Ambler, PA; Wayne, PA; and West Chester, PA
Free Zip Code Days
From July 17 through 19, 2015, the Museum will offer free admission to residents living in East Passyunk (19145, 19146, 19147, 19148), Chestnut Hill (19118), Mt. Airy (19119), Haddonfield (08033), Media, (19063), and Newtown (18940). Communities participating in the fall will also receive free admission at a designated time during that installation.
Spring 2015 Installation Schedule
Media (Delaware County, Pennsylvania)
Friday, May 1, 9:00 a.m.
Delaware County Government Center
201 W. Front St., Media, PA 19063
Haddonfield (Camden County, NJ)
Monday, May 4, 9:00 a.m.
Haddonfield Police Department
242 Kings Hwy E., Haddonfield, NJ 08330
Newtown (Bucks County, PA)
Wednesday, May 6, 9:00 a.m.
Newtown Borough Council Chamber
23 N. State St., Newtown, PA 18940
East Passyunk (South Philadelphia)
Sunday, May 10, 9:00 a.m.
TruMark Federal Credit Union
1931 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19148
Chestnut Hill (Northwest Philadelphia)
Wednesday, May 13, 9:00 a.m.
The Philadelphia Print Shop
8441 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118
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Sponsorship:
Inside Out is generously supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Special thanks to H&G Sign Co. and Krain Outdoor Advertising for providing assistance with artwork reproductions, offering access throughout Philadelphia.
About Inside Out
Inside Out was conceived by the Detroit Institute of the Arts as a way to engage the community in its collection, and has been in hundreds of locations over the past five years and engaged thousands of residents. Knight Foundation, which believes that weaving the arts into the fabric of communities inspires the people who live there, is helping to continue the success of the project by funding the program in several cities around the country, including Akron, Ohio, and others to be announced in 2016. Philadelphia is the third city to present this innovative program, thanks to Knight Foundation’s support. To participate in Inside Out, download the application by visiting philamuseum.org/insideout.
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities, and foster the arts. Knight believes that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit knightfoundation.org.
Knight Foundation has supported the Philadelphia Museum of Art for more than four decades, most recently with generous grant for Inside Out and for the 2012 exhibition “Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and Duchamp.”
Works on view
Media (Delaware County, Pennsylvania)
- Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge and the Water Lily Pool, Giverny (1899)
- Henri Rousseau, Carnival Evening (1886)
- Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Annunciation (1898)
- Juan Gris, Man in a Café (1912)
- Marc Chagall, Half-Past Three (The Poet) (1911)
- Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child (1908)
- Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait with Palette (1906)
- Paul Klee, Fish Magic (1925)
- Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (1892 and 1908)
- Unknown (made in Korea), Lotus (19th century; Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910)
- Unknown (made in India; attributed to Nihal Chand), Krishna and Radha (about 1750)
- Vasily Kandinsky, Little Painting with Yellow (Improvisation) (1914)
Haddonfield (Camden County, NJ)
- Constantin Brancusi, The Kiss (1916)
- Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902–4
- Frederic Edwin Church, Pichincha (1867)
- Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger, Marine (about 1652–53)
- Daniel Garber, Tanis (1915)
- Jacob Lawrence, The Libraries Are Appreciated (1943)
- Sir Frederic Leighton, Portrait of a Roman Lady (La Nanna) (1859)
- Joan Miró, Dog Barking at the Moon (1926)
- Claude Monet, Poplars on the Bank of the Epte River (1891)
- Georgia O’Keeffe, Two Calla Lilies on Pink (1928)
- Unknown (made in France), Rondel Depicting Holofernes’s Army Crossing the Euphrates River (1246–48
Newtown (Bucks County, PA)
- Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro) (1819)
- Édouard Manet, Le Bon Bock (1873)
- Edward Hicks, Noah’s Ark (1846)
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance (1890)
- Jean-Antoine Houdon, Bust of Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) (1779)
- Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 (1834–35)
- Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) (1912)
- Sarah Mary Taylor, “Hands” Quilt (Winter 1980)
- Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Master Bunbury (1780–81)
- Winslow Homer, The Life Line (1884)
East Passyunk (South Philadelphia)
- Canaletto, The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day (about 1745)
- Claude Monet, Manne-Porte, Étretat (1885)
- Eduard Charlemont, The Moorish Chief (1878)
- Diego Rivera, Sugar Cane (1931)
- Marsden Hartley, Painting No. 4 (A Black Horse) (1915)
- Paul Gauguin, The Sacred Mountain (Parahi Te Marae) (1892)
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Girl in a Red Ruff (about 1896)
- Robert Rauschenberg, Estate (1963)
- Rubens Peale, From Nature in the Garden (1856)
- William Trost Richards, Newport Coast (1902)
- Willem Claesz. Heda, Still Life with a Ham and a Roemer (about 1631–34)
Chestnut Hill (Northwest Philadelphia)
- Kano Hōgai, Two Dragons [in Clouds] (1885)
- Thomas Eakins, Sailboats Racing on the Delaware (1874)
- Joan Miró, Horse, Pipe, and Red Flower (1920)
- Andrew Newell Wyeth, Groundhog Day (1959)
- Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers (1888 or 1889)
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Mademoiselle Legrand (1875)
- Rebecca Scattergood Savery, Sunburst Quilt (1839
- Moe Brooker, Present Futures (2006
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