Philosophical Hall Museum of the American Philosophical Society in Philosophical Hall

Reviews

"A Sewer Runs Through It"
Bruce Schimmel, the "Loose Cannon" columnist for the Philadelphia City Paper, visits the installation of Drawing Dock Creek, and the "appealing and appaling" story of the waterway that "gave birth to Philadelphia." (7 May 2008)
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White lines draw "late, great Dock Creek"
Philly Skyline blogger R. Bradley Maule talks to Winifred Lutz about her latest UNEXPECTED art installation, Drawing Dock Creek. Maule's lengthy post is accompanied by photographs and many links to related material.
(24 April 2008)
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"A River Ran Through It"
On his ArtsWatch blog, Philadelphia Inquirer art and music critic Peter Dobrin writes about Drawing Dock Creek, one of the art installations interpreting themes from the APS Museum exhibition UNDAUNTED. (21 April 2008)
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APS Museum "On the Money"
Philadelphia Weekly art critic Roberta Fallon on her UNEXPECTED "meta-expedition," and the APS Museum's integration of historical exhibitions with contemporary art. (9 April 2008)
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Undaunted & Unexpected
Art Matters writer Linda Dormont photo of Celestial Garden orbreviews the UNDAUNTED exhibition and the UNEXPECTED series of art installations (including Winifred Lutz's Celestial Garden / invisible sky, pictured). She writes, "Benjamin Franklin would have been delighted to know that the American Philosophical Society, an insitution he founded with other enlightened Philadelphians in 1743, has extended its mission to include contemporary art."
(1 March 2008)
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We Were There
Philadelphia artist, writer and pub-owner Scoats describes his "extremely cool" experience on a You Are Here expedition for uwishunu.com ("you wish you knew"), a guide to the Philadelphia scene written by "in-the-know" locals. (20 November 2007)
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Here We Are
still from YouTube video Phil(art)delphia blogger participates in a
You Are Here expedition. The write-up includes a six-minute video. (14 November 2007)
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Physical and Artistic Explorations

Philadelphia Inquirer critic Edith Newhall shows how the "Philosophical Society connects the historical and the modern." There is also a
short video of the first You Are Here performance. (9 November 2007)
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Interviews with APS Museum Curator and Ruth Patrick

WHYY Morning Edition host Brenda Jorett interviews UNDAUNTED curator Sue Ann Prince in the 13 July 2007 Arts & Culture segment. WHYY also includes a link to Jorett's 2003 interview with ecologist (and UNDAUNTED explorer) Dr. Ruth Patrick.
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Philosophical Society Salutes Intrepid Explorers
Science writer Erika Gebel examines the themes of the newly opened UNDAUNTED exhibition in the Philadelphia Inquirer. (9 July 2007)
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