"Steel Bodies" (2022) by Maren Hassinger | associationforpublicart.org/steelbodies

On view in Philadelphia JUNE 12 - NOVEMBER 12, 2023, presented by the Association for Public Art. "Steel Bodies" was originally presented and commissioned by Socrates Sculpture Park, New York with support from the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation. Artworks courtesy of the artist and Susan Inglett Gallery.

Voices heard in the program:

MAREN HASSINGER is the artist who created "Steel Bodies." Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Baltimore Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, NYC; the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, among others. She is also an educator and is the Director Emeritus of the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute’s College of Art in Baltimore, where she served as the school’s Director for over twenty years.

JESS WILCOX is the former Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Socrates Sculpture Park. From 2011-2015 she worked at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, organizing public programs and public artworks including Agitprop!, an exhibition of historical and contemporary political art. Wilcox has a BA from Barnard College and a Master’s degree from Bard CCS.

DEJAY B. DUCKETT is the Vice President of Curatorial Services at African American Museum in Philadelphia. She was Associate Curator at The University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery for 15 years. She has a B.A. in Art History from Spelman College and an M.A. in Museum Studies from Seton Hall University.

Segment Producer: Alex Lewis, rowhomeproductions.com

Museum Without Walls: AUDIO is the Association for Public Art's award-winning interpretive audio program for Philadelphia’s outdoor sculptures. The program is presented in partnership with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, and has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, the William Penn Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.