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