Another great change for Philadel­phia. Neigh­bor and much admired painter Moe Brooker is the new chair. Yip­pie, and con­grat­u­la­tions to Moe.

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Nut­ter names new art commissioners

By Stephan Salisbury

INQUIRER CULTURE WRITER

Mayor Nut­ter has named sev­eral new mem­bers to the city’s Art Com­mis­sion, a panel estab­lished by city char­ter to mon­i­tor the streetscape, pub­lic art, and the area around the Ben­jamin Franklin Parkway.

In the most notable change, painter Moe Brooker, pro­fes­sor at Moore Col­lege of Art and Design and already a com­mis­sion mem­ber, has been named chair­man, replac­ing William Wil­son, a friend of for­mer Mayor John F. Street and head of the land­scape firm Synterra.

Wil­son has stepped down.

Nut­ter also named sev­eral new mem­bers, includ­ing José Almi­nana, a prin­ci­pal of Andro­pogon Asso­ciates Ltd., a land­scape archi­tec­ture firm; Sean Buff­in­g­ton, pres­i­dent of the Uni­ver­sity of the Arts; Karen B. Davis, head of the Arts & Busi­ness Coun­cil of Greater Philadel­phia; and sculp­tor Robert Roesch, chair of the sculp­ture depart­ment at the Penn­syl­va­nia Acad­emy of the Fine Arts.

Other mem­bers of the com­mis­sion are Emmanuel Kelly, of Kelly/Maiello Archi­tects and Plan­ners; Robert N.C. Nix 3d, pres­i­dent of the Fair­mount Park Com­mis­sion; and Patri­cia Alexan­der San­ford, founder of Alexan­der Perry Inc., a design firm.

Nut­ter said his appoint­ments would “bring great per­spec­tive and exper­tise” to the art commission.

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