Topic: Barnes Foundation
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Art Is Caregiving
For 10 years, ARTZ Philadelphia has enabled people with dementia and their loved ones to experience, and connect over, our city’s rich arts community
By Erinda Sheno![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Valerie_Gay_Barnes_book_Jane_Golden_border-791x400.jpg)
Art Is Social Justice
In an excerpt from a new book commemorating the Barnes Foundation’s 100th anniversary, Mural Arts’ Jane Golden and the Barnes’s Valerie Gay argue for art as a tool for social justice
By Martha Lucy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art_SupBZuwPmitaY6xqIVAUwWt18q0ABlZBh_rgb_l-1-1-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Attention High School Students — Get Your Free Art Here
The executive director of Art-Reach touts STAMP, the under-used citywide program that gives all 62,000 Philadelphia high school students free admission to 20 of the city’s top museums and attractions
By John Orr![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Artist-Bash-Vagina-Chorus_211004_181511-1-791x400.jpg)
The Citizen Recommends: Vaginas In Concert
Artist Althea Rao’s collaborative “Vagina Chorus” seeks to open minds and change attitudes about women’s bodies. Catch it Friday at the Barnes.
By Sarah Jordan![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Gwendolyn-DuBois-Shaw-791x400.jpg)
The Citizen Recommends Podcast: “30 Americans”
Penn professor Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, curator of the groundbreaking exhibit at The Barnes, talks about the importance of art to tell everyone’s story
By Jessica Blatt Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/albert-barnes-flaneur-exhibit-791x400.jpg)
I Went to the Barnes and Got Schooled
How my visit to The Barnes Foundation’s new exhibit changed what I thought I knew about its founder
By Sarah Jordan![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/thom-collins-barnes-foundation-791x400.jpg)
Meet the Disruptor: Thom Collins
One year on the job, the Barnes’ director has turned museum going into a communal experience
By Lauren McCutcheon