Public Art Decoded: Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: Icons & Myths

Explore the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial with aPA and curator/professor Brittany Webb. Learn the story behind this enigmatic site nestled between the Schuylkill River and Kelly Drive, and the iconography behind the 17 plus sculptures.

Brittany Webb is the inaugural Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth-Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection. In this role, Webb oversees the Museum’s collections, exhibitions, and programs of 20th century art and provides instruction for the School of Fine Arts at PAFA. Prior to joining PAFA, Webb was a curator at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Dr. Webb holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Temple University and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California.