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: “is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?” 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’s 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.
https://risingsunphilly.org/ https://www.aampmuseum.org/ https://www.pafa.org/