Strike Solidarity Letter
We, the undersigned—artists, museum members and patrons, cultural workers, public servants, union members, and concerned citizens—support the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) Union in their historic strike. We urge the Board of Trustees and management of the museum to immediately come to the bargaining table with an offer that addresses workers’ concerns.
PMA workers create the experiences that make the museum special for visitors and provide vital care for the world-renowned collection. They deserve living wages and affordable healthcare, along with respect and protection in their workplace. Likewise, Philadelphia deserves a civic institution where working people are empowered to create an inclusive, equitable, inspiring place to engage with the arts.
We are dismayed that museum management has failed to agree to a fair contract during two years of negotiations. They have instead:
engaged Morgan Lewis, an expensive ”union-avoidance” law firm;
misrepresented negotiations to non-union PMA staff, city officials, and the public; and
used “scab” labor while workers are on strike.
The actions of the PMA Union have the power to set a new, equitable standard for how arts and cultural workers are treated in our city and across the industry. The actions of PMA management continue to undermine the museum’s reputation and financial footing, endanger its collection, and damage relationships with artists and other cultural institutions far into the future.
We are in solidarity with the PMA Union and call on museum management to immediately cease union-busting actions and return to negotiations ready to offer workers the fair contract they deserve!
These names and affiliations are self-reported. If you have a correction or update on how you or your organization is listed, please contact us at solidarity@pmaunion.com. Thank you for your patience.
Jessalyn Aaland, artist
Kate Abercrombie, PMA member
Colby Accola, former PMA employee and former PMA member
Tracey Abman
Rachel B. Abrams, artist
Rahel Aima
Nick Alpers, PMA member
Kelly Altrichter, Kalt Historic Preservation, LLC, and PMA member
Grace Ambrose, Zoe Strauss Studio Manager and former PMA intern
Arielle Amiri
Cara Anderson, former PMA employee
Carla K. Anderson, PhD
Kayla Andersen
Susan Kay Anderson, former PMA employee and member
Monica Andrews, museum professional
Caitlin Atkinson, museum patron
Filna Avocado, museum educator, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Alana B., artist, former PMA employee, and museum professional
Shira Backer, museum professional
Jody Baer-Simon, PMA member
Valerie Bai
Penny Baker
Colby Ball, former PMA employee
Kate Barbour, PMA member
Amanda Bazemore
Rebecca Bell
Anna Benjamin, artist and former PMA employee
Amanda Berardi, museum professional
Kristin Bergen, former PMA member
Emily Berger
Daniella Berman
Gregory Biché, former PMA employee
Melanie Bilenker, PMA member and collection artist
Heather Birmingham
Caitlin Black, former PMA employee
Dan Blacksberg, museum and PMA collaborator
Ethan Blackwood
Rachel Blake
Susannah Blair, Postdoctoral Fellow, Morgan Library & Museum
Erica Blanton, artist and Sister of Order of the Eastern Star
Wen Bloom
G. Paul Blundell
Murphy Boccher, former PMA employee
Anna Bockrath, former PMA employee
Diane Bockrath, museum professional
Elena Bowen
Deirdre Boyle
Mary Pat Boyle, PMA member
Donniell Bradley, AFGE
Junior Brainard, Faculty and Staff Federation of CCP
Sophia Brocenos, museum professional
Kathleen Brown, former PMA employee
Shirley Brown, PMA Weekday Guide
Charlotte Bruce
Ethan Buckman
Morgan Burgess, museum professional
Harry Burke
Meghan Burnett, Democratic Committee Person, Philadelphia Ward 15-12 and PMA member
Stephanie Bursese
Emily Button Kambic, cultural heritage professional
Erin Byrne, museum professional
Mara Caelin, Beinecke Library
Amy Campbell, former PMA member
Kelly Carpenter, Imaging, Visual Resources, and Digital Assets Manager at Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Ellie Caruso, Local 752
Mary Cason, former PMA employee
Daniela Cassetta, former PMA employee
Morgan Caswell, Docent manager, Mütter Museum @ CPP
Ruth Catlow, Furtherfield
Taylor Cawley
Pablo Cerdera, former PMA employee
Rainah Chambliss, AFT 2026
Maggie Chan, museum professional
Brittny Chapman
Tung Chau
Connie Choi
Jessica Churchman, PMA member
Cecilia Cirn
Shannan Clark
Emma Cleveland
Zoe Cohen, former PMA employee
Nikki Columbus
Jessica Conant
Kathleen Conlon, PMA member
Chelsea Connelly, Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, Yale University
Samantha Connors, Co-Executive Director, DVAA
Alyssa Constad, The Carpenters' Company of the City & County of Philadelphia
Lorenzo Conte, museum professional
Juanita Cortes Otalora, PMA member
Kristie Couser, museum professional
Emily Cox, Ph.D. Student, History of Art, Yale University
Cameron Crawford
Megan Creamer, conservator
Taryn Cregon, PMA member
Emily Crockett
Liam Cronin
Sarah Cugini
Kristin Cummings
Theresa Cunningham, former PMA employee
Pat Curtin
Max Daley
Jenny Dally
Adriane N. Dalton, Editor-in-Chief, Metalsmith Magazine
Kelly Davis
Sydney Camisa Deas, former PMA member
Kendall DeBoer, Curatorial Assistant, MFA Boston
Kelsey DeCerchio, former PMA member and intern
Jean DelFerro, former PMA member
V. Geraldine DeLuca, PMA member
Colleen DeMenna
Erin Dempsey, museum professional
Natalia de Orellana, former PMA employee
Thomas DeStefanis, PMA member
Lauren Drapala, former PMA employee
Bailey Dodds, Development Associate, Fleisher Art Memorial
Michele Doheny
Michelle Donnelly, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University
Jennifer Donsky, Free Library, DC 47 member
Donte, PMA collection artist
Rachel Dooley, former PMA employee
Kristina Dugan
Anna Dumont, Ph.D. Candidate, Northwestern University
Erin Duncan-O’Neill, arts professor
Sarah Dwider, PhD Student, Northwestern University
Steven Dykes, Union steamfitter Local Union 420
Emma Edmonson
Noelle Egan, Part-Time Faculty Co-Chair, AFT2026, Community College of Philadelphia
Layla Ehsan, art educator
Ryan Eisenman, PhD Candidate, History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Stephen F. Eisenman, Professor of Art History, Northwestern University
Zeynep Ercan, Rowan University, PMA member
Emily Esten, PMA member and former Director of Communications at the National EMP Network
Samantha Eusebio, former PMA employee
Quinn Everts
Sam Ewing, former PMA employee
James Fairburn, artist, PMA member and donor, and member of the museum’s Fiske Kimball Society
Leah Falk
Aaron Fanning
Catherine Farley
Hal Fean
Nicole Federico, museum patron
Selma Feliciano, museum patron
Lydia Fernandez
Francesca Ferrari, Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Fine Arts
Tessa Ferreyros, museum professional
Cecilia Figliuolo, former PMA employee
Roksana Filipowska, former PMA employee
Hanna Finchler
Julia Flores, Graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania
Adam Franchino
Crys Fung, former PMA employee
Maxwell Furigay, PMA member
Andy Gabrysiak, independent exhibitions designer and preparator
Christopher Gage
Gabrielle Gallo, former PMA member
Bailey Gamberg, museum professional
GNA Garcia
Lauren Gardner, PMA member
Ernestine Garnett-Banas, museum patron
Maria Garth, museum professional
Nwenna Gates
Jessica Gath, artist, PMA member, and Majority Inspector of Ward 39-30
Alexis Geibler
Jennifer Geiger
Adrienne Gendron
Amy Gibbs
Aimee Gilmore, artist and former PMA member
Will Gleckner, PMA member
L Autumn Gnadinger, Editor for Ruckus
Tanya Goldman
Ben Goldstein
Breighton Golphin, Philly Trans March
Romina Gomez
Kate Goodman, Free Library worker and member of AFSCME DC 47 Local 2187
E Gorczynski
Steven Gottfried
Chris Graham, Curator of Exhibitions
Tyler Green
Anna Greenwald, AAM member
Diana Greenwold, Lunder Curator of American Art
Eric Griffin
Liz Griffin
Steven Jay Gross
Will Gross, Democratic Committee Person, 2nd Ward Democrats
Alison Gulczynski
Denise Gunter
Rachel Ha, former PMA employee
Rachel Haidu
Emily Hainline
Melody Hainline
Russell Hainline
T.R. Hainline
Phoebe Hallowell, former PMA employee
James Hansen
Liv Harding
Jackson Hart, former museum professional
Laura Havlish, former PMA employee
Allyson Healy, art historian and museum professional
Sam Heapa, former PMA employee and former PMA member
Austin Heitzman, former PMA employee
Abigail J Hermann, former PMA member
Rae Herman
Jess Herzog
Megan Heuer, museum professional
Sharon Hildebrand, former PMA employee
Ethan Hill
Andy Hines
Sal Hirsch
Josie Hodson
Todd Hoffman
Janet Holloway, PMA member and Weekday Guide
Laura M. Holzman, museum studies professor and former PMA employee
Brittany Horne, museum professional
Danny and Suzi Hosein, PMA members
Kayla Hoskinson, Free Library worker
Margaret Huang, former PMA employee
Jamie Hughes, former PMA employee
Amy Hussey, former PMA employee
Tobias Huttner
Carly Ichniowski, PMA member
Jon Ippolito, Professor of New Media and director of Digital Curation, University of Maine
Patty Jackson, radio announcer
Teyona Jackson, former PMA employee
Meg Jackson Fox, museum professional
Katharine Javian
Amoren Jimenez
Julia Joffe, former PMA employee
Emily Jones
Lav Jones, former PMA employee
Mia Kang, Interim Director, Museo del Westside and PMA member
Maira Karan
Renee Kasprzak, PMA member
Jennifer Kates, PMA member
Sarah Katz
Aaron Katzeman
Hannah Kauffman, former PMA employee
Zoë Kauffman
Cameron Kelsall, journalist
Emma Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy
Tessa Kennamer, Education Coordinator, Fleisher Art Memorial and former PMA employee
Hannah Kent
Jacob Laliberte Kerner
Patricia Khan
Tamar Kharatishivili
Carmen Malis King
Jean Kingan
Kent Kingan, PMA member
Kristy Kingan, former PMA employee
Marissa Klein-Kundrath, museum professional
Julie Kleinot, PMA member
Katy Kopnitsky, Philadelphian
Jean Korey, PMA member and former PMA employee
Pierie Korostoff, former museum professional
Rebecca Kraut
Mekala Krishnan, former PMA employee
Francesca Lally
Amy Lam, artist and cultural worker
Justine Landau, Associate Professor, Sorbonne Nouvelle
Nora Landes, CUNY Art History and former New Museum Union member
Sarita Langford, museum patron
Loon Laughlin
Natalia Lauricella
Christopher Law, Philadelphia Zoo facility worker
Peri Law, PMA teaching artist
Maia LeClair, Minnesota Historical Society Union, AFSCME Local 3173
Joe Leduc, Head Registrar, RISD Museum
Brian T. Leahy
Nancy Leeman, retired PMA employee
TJ Leigh, museum patron
Emily Jean Leischner, museum professional and former PMA employee
Thomas Leischner, former museum professional
Timothy Leonard
Sophia Lerdahl
Gustave Lester
Alexandra Letvin, former PMA employee
Gavi Levy Haskell, former museum professional
Susan Liedke, contract teaching artist
Ian Lockey
Katie Low, Moore College of Art Galleries
Maddie Luebbert
Rosie Shoemaker Lynch
Alex C. Maccaro, Nassau County Museum of Art
Zoe Macdonald
Kyla Mace
Sam Malandra-Myers, art student and museum patron
Dan Malinowski, Part-time Lecturer, Rutgers-Newark
Juliet Mallouk
Liam Maher, Art history doctoral student, Temple University
Sarah Mallory
Egina Manachova
Olivia Mann, museum professional
Brit Manor
Estelle Markel-Joyet
Robin Markle
Sydney Marshall, museum professional
Gabriela Martinez
Kyla Massey
Elaine Maulucci, museum patron
Logan Mazullo
Danielle McAdams, museum professional
Kevin McCann
Charlotte McCracken, PMA member
Baily McCulloch
Renee McDade, former PMA employee
Haley McDevitt, PMA member
Sophie McGilloway
Jennifer McGough
Thomas McGovern, IATSE 478
Claire McGuire, cultural heritage professional
Heather McMordie, former PMA employee
Jordan Mead, Alter Course Coffee
Liz Medoff, artist and AICWU member
Devon Meves, former PMA employee
Nicoline Meyer, former museum professional
Michelle Millar Fisher, Curator, MFA Boston and former PMA employee
Dave Miller, artist and designer
Coco Mindemann, former museum professional
Alison Miner, former PMA employee
Nathalie Miraval, Yale Graduate Student
Quinn Mitchell
Carolyn Moatz
Marina Molarsky-Beck
Noelani Montas
Dr. Lyra Monteiro, museum professional
Ellen Moody, museum professional
Allison Moore, museum professional
Stefanie Moore
Ryan Morgan, PMA member
Allison Mosley, museum professional
Sophie Mueller
Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad
Timothy Mulcahy
Jay Muhlin, artist and former PMA employee
Seth Murchison
Kristina Murray, museum professional
Madeline Muth
Kate Nesin, independent curator
Kristen Neville Taylor, artist
Alexandra Nichols, museum professional
Rachel Nicholson
Gabrielle Niu, former PMA employee
Danielle Niu
Kirsten Nowicki, former PMA employee
Hil O’Connell
Katherine Ottati
Jack Ouligan
Alia Palumbo, museum professional
Jere Paolini, museum patron and former member
Isabel Paolini-Holzman
Joelle Paul, former museum professional
Carrie Pearce, former PMA employee
Chloe Pelletier
Alejandro Perez-Nieto, Fleisher Art Memorial
Gillian Petrarca
Stephon Petro, Committee person, Democratic First Ward and Chief of Staff to State Rep Elizabeth Fiedler, 184th legislative district
Janice Pfeiffer
Mary Pickering, Professor of History, San Jose State University
Jenna Pinchbeck, museum patron
Eriola Pira, Curator and Director of Programs, Vera List Center
Ethel Poindexter, former museum professional
Elizabeth Polcha
Lewis Pollis
Amanda Potter, former PMA employee
Lisa Powley, former PMA member
Michaela Prell
Mikaela Prestowitz, PMA member
Julian Prados Franks
Katie Prichard, museum professional
Chris Prottas, former PMA member
Nicole Pulichene, art historian
Gregor Quack
Emma Quaytman, Coordinator of Interpretation and Research, Whitney Museum
Rachel Quist
Marijana Rayl, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kayla Reaves
Amber Reeves
Meredith Reiss, former museum professional
Sarah Reynolds, museum professional
Rachel Rice
Rebekah Rickards, , artist
Derek Rigby
Amanda Tobin Ripley
Alissa Roach, former PMA employee
Stewart Roberts
Stuart Roberts, PMA member
Marley Robertson
Araeia Robinson
James WJ Robinson, Rutgers University
Edna Robles
Kait Roelofs, Art Institute of Chicao Workers United
Amanda Roessler
Sid Rodríguez, former PMA employee
Emily Rodriguez-Sanchirico
Alexander Roederer
Jose Romero, PMA member
Catherine Rooney
Christian Rose
Kerry Rose, former PMA employee
Julia Rowen Barton, former PMA employee
Colin Ruggero, Faculty and Staff Federation at the Community College of Philadelphia
Louise Sacks, PMA member
Eryk Salvaggio
Nora Salzman, former PMA employee
Margaret Sanford, former museum professional
Jake Saunders, Ramp Local
Jennifer Scarborough, museum professional
Kathryn Schaeffer, AFSCME Local 590
Regina Schlitz, photographer and museum patron
Robert Schmidt, PMA member
Rafael Schneider, artist and museum patron
Abby Schreiber
Weston Schreiber
Delaney Schurer
Kayley Schwab, Philadelphian
Rachael Schwabe
Esta Schwartz
Suzanne L. Seesman, PMA member and art worker
Pooja Sen
Cybil Seneker
Lee Sessions, Associate Curator, El Museo del Barrio, New York
Mimosa Shah
Jay Sharma
Camille-Mary Sharp
Eiren Shea
Lisa Shea, museum professional
Ali Shealy
Isabella Shey Robbins, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University
Dan Sidorick, former PMA member
Molly Silbernagel, former PMA employee
Leslie Silva, former PMA member
Elizabeth Simmons, museum professional and former PMA employee
Stella Singleton, Owner, Needles & Bolts
Michelle Smiley
Matney Smith
Molly Smyrl
Caitlin Sofield
Sam Sorensen
Daniel Spaulding, Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chloe Spring
Katherine Sprissler-Klein, former PMA employee
Virginia St Claire, Master of Divinity and PMA member
Emily Steinlight
Josh Stern
Nathaniel Stern
Kathryn Stewart, mental health counselor and museum patron
Lisa Stockebrand, former PMA employee
Maddie Stratton
Greta Sweeney, museum professional
Martine Syms, collection artist
Dr Michael Szpakowski, artist and writer
Katherine T., former PMA member
Liana Tai
Juan Tang Hon, Visitor Services Manager, Fleisher Art Memorial
Maddie Taterka
Anna Taylor, Atelier FAS, former PMA member
Rebecca Tennenbaum, Fleisher Art Memorial
Antoinette Thomas
Jon Thomson
Sam Thuman
Alexander Till, museum professional
Kevin Tomasura, fomer PMA employee
Ellie Tomlinson, artist
Diana Ray Tope
Emma Turner-Trujillo, The Field Museum of Natural History
William Udell, Sculpture and Special Projects Manager, University of Pennsylvania
Greg (“Fritz”) Umbach, City University of New York and former PMA member
Sara Underwood
Emily Urban, adjunct professor and former PMA employee
Ellen Valentine
Gina Vandetty, former PMA member
Madison van Houten
Marya E. Van’t Hul, Curator, Jackson Homestead and Museum
Brian Vilnrotter
Matthew T. Vitagliano, PMA member
Sarah B. Vogelman, former PMA employee
Jen Wachtel, archivist
Aleeza Wachs, Certified Nurse Midwife
Celine Wachsmuth
Anna Walker, arts professional
Jacob Walker, CEO - Rivet Technologies and former PMA member
Peter Walker, former PMA member
Eliza Walmsley, former PMA employee
Lynn Walsh, museum professiona
Shane Walter
Rebecca Wang
Terence Washington, Free Library of Philadelphia
William Warden
Melinda Wedde
Rachie Weisberg
Madeline Weisburg, museum professional
Nora West, PMA member
Mallory Weston
Gabrielle Wetzel
Rosalie Wetzel, arts management professional
Maribeth Wetzel-Scott
Hilary Whitham Sánchez, Assistant Professor of Art History, Purchase College SUNY and former PMA fellow
Peter Whitney
Lori Wienke, UUP member
Karly Wildenhaus
Hugh Wilikofsky, former patron
Corinne Williams, former PMA employee
Dr. Bridgett Williams-Searle
Zinnia Willits, Executive Director of Southeastern Museums Conference
Colleen Wilson, former museum professional
Kate Wilson, former PMA collaborator
Andrew Wojtek, former PMA employee
Isabel Yannatos
Hannah Yohalem, contributor to the catalogue for the PMA exhibition Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror
Kay Yoon
Hamed Yousefi, Northwestern University
Matthew A Zembo
Emily Zilber, museum professional
Gregory Zinman, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ivo Zivkovic, former PMA employee
Rebecca Zorach, art historian