Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast Insight Pt. 1: Rising Sun: Artists in An Uncertain America

Insight Pt. 1: Rising Sun: Artists in An Uncertain America

Published: April 7, 2023, 9:03 p.m.

b'Rising Sun: Artists in An Uncertain America is a new collaborative exhibition hosted at both the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibition is a collection of artists responses to the question: \\u201cis the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?\\u201d which is inspired on the one hand by Benjamin Franklin during the creation of the Constitution, and on the other hand by James Weldon Johnson\\u2019s Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as the Black National Anthem. To tell us more I speak to Dejay B. Duckett, Vice President of Curatorial Services, African American Museum in Philadelphia and Dr. Anna Marley (she/her/hers), Chief of Curatorial Affairs, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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