Barnes Foundation

Join us for an unconventional conversation about creativity, gender, and race, where we bring together intriguing speakers and you bring the questions! Tonight’s discussion features Philadelphia Parks & Recreation commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell in dialogue with performance artist Sherman Fleming....

While complaints about the Barnes moving from Merion have mostly calmed down, the Barnes Foundation is continuing to make news! This time, their new(ish) Philly home received a great GREEN honor today: LEED Platinum. The Barnes is the 1st art & educational institution to achieve the LEED platinum status from USGBC (US Green Building Council). They also have a piece of the Big Apple (literally.) How did they accomplish such a task?