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Albert Barnes & Black Philadelphia

Code: AA41013

Dates: April 3-10, 2025

Meets: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Sessions: 2

Location: Creutzburg Center 102

Course Fee: $42.00

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Explore the profound impact of black culture on the life and art collection of Albert C. Barnes. Delve into the historical context of Black Philadelphian communities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Examine how the music of Black Americans, as experienced by the young Barnes, shaped his aesthetic sensibilities and informed his extraordinary collection of painting and sculpture. By understanding this connection, gain a deeper appreciation for Barnes's unique vision and his enduring legacy.
Fee: $42.00
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Creutzburg Center 102

260 Gulph Creek Road
(in Harford Park)
Radnor, PA 19087
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Mary Ann Meyers

Mary Ann Meyers, PhD, Former Lecturer, American Religious History, University of Pennsylvania and Haverford College The Senior Fellow and a Trustee of the John Templeton Foundation, Mary Ann Meyers served for more than a decade as Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania where she also taught the history of religion in America. She had previously taught at Haverford College and subsequently served as President of The Annenberg Foundation. A magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Meyers earned a Ph.D. in American civilization at Penn. She is the author of Art, Education, and African American Culture: Albert Barnes and the Science of Philanthropy and A New World Jerusalem: The Swedenborgian Experience in Community Culture. With Gerald O'Collins, she edited Light from Light: Scientists and Theologians in Dialogue.

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