| Philadelphia
Art
The
city contains many art museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts and the Rodin Museum, the largest collection
of work by Auguste Rodin outside of France. The city’s
major art museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is one of
the largest art museums in the United States and features
the steps made popular by the film Rocky.
The city
is home to many art galleries, many of which participate in
the First Friday event. The first Friday of every month galleries
in Old City are open late. Annual events include film festivals
and parades, the most famous being the New Year's Day Mummers
Parade.
Areas
such as South Street and Old City have a vibrant night life.
The Avenue of the Arts in Center City contains many restaurants
and theaters, such as the Kimmel Center for the Performing
Arts, which is home to the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the
Academy of Music, the nation's oldest continually operating
venue, home to the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
has more public art than any other American city. In 1872,
the Fairmount Park Art Association was created, the first
private association in the United States dedicated to integrating
public art and urban planning. In 1959, lobbying by the Artists
Equity Association helped create the Percent for Art ordinance,
the first for a U.S. city. The program, which has funded more
than 200 pieces of public art, is administered by the Philadelphia
Office of Arts and Culture, the city's art agency.
In particular,
Philadelphia has more murals than any other U.S. city, thanks
in part to the 1984 creation of the Department of Recreation's
Mural Arts Program, which seeks to beautify neighborhoods
and provide an outlet for graffiti artists. The program has
funded more than 2,700 murals by professional, staff and volunteer
artists.
Philadelphia
has had a prominent role in music. In the 1970s, Philadelphia
soul influenced the music of that and later eras. On July
13, 1985, Philadelphia hosted the American end of the Live
Aid concert at John F. Kennedy Stadium. The city reprised
this role for the Live 8 concert, bringing some 700,000 people
to the Ben Franklin Parkway on July 2, 2005.
Source
of Article:
Wikipedia.
(2008). Philadelphia. Retrieved May 16, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia#Arts
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