by KYW's Lauren Lipton
So what do you usually do on your lunch hour? Errands? Eat a sandwich at your desk?
How about the "Art at Lunch" program, which happens every Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts?
"People come, eat their lunch with us, and learn a little something about art."
That's PAFA's Monica Zimmerman. She says one of the upcoming programs is the evolution of Philadelphia artist Barkley Hendricks:
"He's very well known for painting large scale, pretty much true to life. If you stand in front of one of his portraits, it's almost the same size as you. Large-scale portraits of very cool, very hip, very fashionable African-Americans from Philadelphia."
As in the case of Hendricks, the Wednesdays often coincide with shows going on at the Academy, at Broad and Cherry Streets in center city.
"We were lucky enough to secure a loan of three very important Hudson River School paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the iconic piece is this work that people refer to as 'The Oxbow,' which was painted by Thomas Cole."
The Oxbow? (detail at right)
"The official name is 'View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, After a Thunderstorm,' colloquially known as 'The Oxbow.' If you are into American landscape paintings, this is as good as it gets."
The program is free. Buy your lunch at the Academy's cafe or bring your own.
That's Positively Philadelphia!
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