Permanent collection
5 floors with 50+ artworks to explore.
Discover the works from our Permanent Collection, thoughtfully curated and on display in our public spaces. Featuring a range of mediums and artists connected to our community, the collection reflects our commitment to celebrating creativity, preserving artistic legacy, and making art accessible to all.
Visitors are invited to explore these works during regular building hours and experience the depth and diversity of artists who have shaped our story over the years. A full list of works on display is below, and feel free to ask a staff member for a tour flier when you stop by.
List of works
Level 1
1 TJ Erdahl, untitled (Day of the Dead), 2011
2 Shirley Satterfield, Minnie Craig, Lois Craig, Cynthia “Chip” Fisher and quilter Gail Mitchell, Witherspoon-Jackson Community Quilt, 2005 reprint
3 Katharine S. Wood, Paul Robeson, 2007
4 Robin Resch, Taking Pause, 2021
5 Frank A. Van Zant, Witherspoon YMCA
6 Albert De Martin, Reconstruction
7 Paul Muldoon, Art and Society, 2008
8 Paul Robeson and family photograph
9 Witherspoon Y Group Portrait 1945
10 Witherspoon Y Membership Drive 1940s
11 In Front of Y 1940s
12 The “Hawks” Basketball Witherspoon Y
13 Witherspoon Y Champs 1947-48
14 Jack Shapiro, Paul Robeson Bust
15 Raymond F. Waters, Robeson “1166 Quarry”, 2009
16 Robeson Memorabilia
17 Proposed plan for YW-YMCA
18 Proposed plan for YW-YMCA
19 Playing Pool at the Y
20 Princeton High School Canteen at the Y. 1950s
21 TJ Erdahl, Spader the Peanut Man, 2011
22 Rex Goreleigh, Untitled (Migrant Workers), 1978
23 Rex Goreleigh, portrait photograph
24 Father and Son Banquet at the YM/YWCA
25 Princeton High School Canteen at the Y, 1950s
26 Roland Ayers, Paul Robeson, 1971
27 Asphalt and Enclosure mural, by ACP staff and Bloomberg Volunteers, 2023
28 Aaron Fischer, Hope of the Community, 2022
29 Romus Broadway, Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood, 2022
30 Paul Robeson Stamp Print, 2004
31 Elizabeth Catlett, Gossip, 2005
32 Art People Party, May 1, 1971
33 Lonni Sue Johnson, Curtain Calls, 1998-2000
34 Bob Jenkins, Cow
35 Svend Bayer, jug
36 Taylor Sijan, untitled, 2021
37 Eva Royster McEwen 1887-1974
38 Romus Broadway, Witherspoon Photo Collage
39 Kirstan Fitzpatrick, Paul Robeson, 2025
40 Onome Olotu, With Paul Robeson, 2023
Level 1R
1 Sir Jacob Epstein, Portrait Bust of Paul Robeson, 1928
2 Romus Broadway, Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood, 2022
3 Joshua Kirsch, Donor Sculpture, 2008 (Gift of Timothy M. Andrews)
4 Donna Payton, Spooling Around, 2014
5 Aaron Fisher, Robeson, 2018 (Gift of John Bailey)
6 Peter Pincus, Ewer, 2019 (Gift of the Artist)
7 Nathan Jackson, Raven and Fog Woman, 2024
8 Adam Welch, Paul Robeson, 2022
9 Adam Welch, HM WELCH, 2000
Level 2
1 Adam Welch, Mini Krishnan, Melissa Kuscin, Erin Armington, Kyle Burkhardt, Stephanie Nazario, Liza Peck, Anne Reeves and Diana Weymar, Emma Stephens, Maria Evans, Interwoven Stories, 2016-22
2 Illia Barger, Continuum, 2012
3 Ebony Flag, The Future Me, 2020
4 HomeFront, Art and Health Month, 2023
5 Princeton Nursery School, 2011
Level B
1 TJ Erdahl, untitled, 2011
2 Elizabeth Lombardi, Louie, 1998
3 Anita Benarde, ACP Going Up, 2008
Level BR
1 Arts Exchange Quilt, 1998
2 Adam Welch, Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2017 (Fear Easts the Soul), 2020
3 Sun Day, Art People Party, Town Topics, April 5, 1978
4 Sean Carney, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 2016
5 Efrat Kedem, 2012
6 Isabel Somera, 2022 (Gift of Adam Welch)
7 Dave DiMarchi, cul-de-sac, 2023 (Gift of artist)
8 Aaron Fischer, Romus, 2023, (Gift of John Bailey)
