SAVE THE TANNER HOUSE @ PAFA:
A Fundraiser for Community Cultural Organizing & Heritage Preservation
May 25, 2023 | 5-8pm | Hosted at the Rhoden Arts Center
Social Hour Networking Reception from 5 - 6pm
Seated Event in Rhoden Auditorium from 6 - 8pm
The Friends of the Tanner House invite you to a special one-night-only fundraiser event inspired by the legacy of the Tanner Family in North Philadelphia and the promise of arts-centric heritage engagement to make possible more just, equitable, and inclusive neighborhood futures. We are only $25K away from achieving our urgent, immediate goal of recovering the roof of the National Historic Landmark Henry Ossawa Tanner House. We invite your support.
Individual tickets begin sliding scale between $20 - $250, and organizational co-sponsorship at $500.
Purchase your fundraiser tickets here
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Purchase your fundraiser tickets here ⋆
IN-PERSON RAFFLE: Faith Ringgold's "Henry Ossawa Tanner; His Boyhood Dream Comes True"
We are glad to announce PAFA will be providing to the Friends of the Tanner House a signed, serigraph print of Faith Ringgold's "Henry Ossawa Tanner; His Boyhood Dream Comes True" to be raffled off during the fundraiser on Thursday evening. Raffle tickets will ONLY be sold in person at the event. Tickets start at 1 raffle entry for $10, 3 entries for $20, 7 entries for $40, and 10 entries for $50! Selection will be made at the conclusion of the evening, and we'll follow up with the contact information of the winners if they happen to leave early.
Special Invited Guests
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Dr. Rae Alexander-Minter
Tanner Family Descendant, Daughter of Sadie T.M. & Raymond Pace Alexander
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Lewis Tanner Moore Jr.
Tanner Family Descendant, Art Collector
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George A. Morton
Artist & Filmmaker, MASTER OF LIGHT
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Eric Pryor
President & CEO, PAFA
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Dr. Anna O. Marley
Chief of Curatorial Affairs, PAFA; Previous Lead Curator, Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit
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Amber Wiley
Incoming Matt and Erika Nord Director, Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites
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Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler, Ph.D.
The 52nd Pastor of Mother Bethel AME Church
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Nicole Allen White
COO, Welcome America Inc.
Organizational Co-Sponsors (Link to Become One)
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Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
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Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites
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Represent Justice
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
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Wiggins Tours N More
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Global Philadelphia
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Strawberry Mansion CDC
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Mural Arts Philadelphia
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Fairmount Park Conservancy
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Poor Richard's Charitable Trust
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The Rhoden Arts Center is located in the spacious, contemporary Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building which sits directly across from the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Hosted at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where Henry Ossawa Tanner studied from 1879 to 1885.
The current visioning process for rehabilitating the Henry Ossawa Tanner House leverages a culturally responsive interpretive framework that takes inspiration from the distinguished legacy of the Tanner Family in the arts, education, and civic engagement toward historic reuse opportunities that emphasize contemporary community movements within and across these sectors. The Friends believe in nurturing Black heritage in neighborhoods to support community economic development strategies that reject displacement, dispossession, and erasure. We uplift possibilities for the Tanner House that strive to be in right relationship with the growth, development, and maintenance of the rich Black cultural life of North Philadelphia.