About Sam Maitin

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Samuel (Calman) Maitin
  • Biography

    Sam Maitin: Life Dates
    1928-2004

    Sam Maitin's (1928–2004) involvements in the city's cultural life were so deep he was known as Philadelphia's Mayor of the Arts in his lifetime. He served on Woodmere's board of trustees and supported countless other organizations across the city, volunteering time and generously contributing designs for posters, invitations, emblems, mosaics, murals, and even building facades.

    After graduating from Simon Gratz High School, Maitin won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art* (now the University of the Arts). A painter, printmaker, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer, political activist, and beloved teacher, Maitin headed the Visual Graphics Com...

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