Events
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Organization |
Dates |
Location |
The Large Flowerheads in Concert
Presented by Abington Art Center at Abington Art Center July 5, 2012 Grab a blanket and bring your family and friends to enjoy great out-door performances from the Sculpture Park’s Susquehanna Bank stage at Abington Art Center this summer! Join Abington for The Large Flowerheads concert. Concerts at the Manor are co-presented by Abington Art Center and Abington Township Parks & Recreation and sponsored by PECO.
More information is available at abingtonartcenter.org. |
Abington Art Center |
07/05/12 |
Abington Art Center, Jenkintown |
Joseph Holston: Exhibit Walk-Through for Art Students
Presented by African American Museum in Philadelphia at African American Museum in Philadelphia June 9, 2012 Printmaker Joseph Holston is known for his carefully crafted black and white etchings, colorful screenprints, and emotive collagraphs featuring jazz musicians, fishermen, church ladies, boatmen, and more. Join Holston as he discusses his varied techniques and artistic perspective during this very special walkthrough of his exhibition, Limited Editions: Joseph Holston Prints, 1974-2010, A Retrospective for student artists from local colleges and universities. (High school students,... |
African American Museum in Philadelphia |
06/09/12 |
African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Audacious Freedom: African Americans In Philadelphia 1776-1876
Presented by African American Museum of Philadelphia at African American Museum in Philadelphia September 10, 2009 - Ongoing This permanent exhibition details the freedom journey of African Americans in Philadelphia during the nation's first century. Stories of individuals and groups highlight the Underground Railroad, the free black community in Philadelphia, African American soldiers in the Civil War, and early struggles for civil rights. |
African American Museum of Philadelphia |
09/10/09 -
Ongoing |
African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Museum Explorer Mornings
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum July 5-August 3, 2012 Introduce children to art through Museum Explorer Mornings at the Brandywine River Museum. Designed for children ages 3 to 10 accompanied by an adult, the program includes a thematic guided tour followed by a hands-on art project.
Museum Explorer Mornings each have a theme including: Red, White and Blue, Summer Sketchers, Mix and Match Animals, Treasure Tales, and "What's My Line?" |
Brandywine River Museum |
07/05/12 -
08/03/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
Museum Explorer Mornings
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum July 12, 2012 Introduce children to art through Museum Explorer Mornings at the Brandywine River Museum. Designed for children ages 3 to 10 accompanied by an adult, the program includes a thematic guided tour followed by a hands-on art project. Today's topic is “Summer Sketchers.” |
Brandywine River Museum |
07/12/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
Museum Explorer Mornings
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum July 19, 2012 Introduce children to art through Museum Explorer Mornings at the Brandywine River Museum. Designed for children ages 3 to 10 accompanied by an adult, the program includes a thematic guided tour followed by a hands-on art project. Today's topic is “Mix and Match Animals.” |
Brandywine River Museum |
07/19/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
Museum Explorer Mornings
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum July 26, 2012 Introduce children to art through Museum Explorer Mornings at the Brandywine River Museum. Designed for children ages 3 to 10 accompanied by an adult, the program includes a thematic guided tour followed by a hands-on art project. Today's topic is “Treasure Tales.” |
Brandywine River Museum |
07/26/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
Museum Explorer Mornings
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum August 2, 2012 Introduce children to art through Museum Explorer Mornings at the Brandywine River Museum. Designed for children ages 3 to 10 accompanied by an adult, the program includes a thematic guided tour followed by a hands-on art project. Today's topic is “What's My Line?” |
Brandywine River Museum |
08/02/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
Advanced Explorers
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum July 30-August 1, 2012 The three-day Advanced Explorers program has “Brandywine Inside and Out” as its theme. Children ages 9 and older will enjoy guided tours and make art projects inspired by landscape art, the Brandywine Conservancy’s River Trail and native plant gardens. |
Brandywine River Museum |
07/30/12 -
08/01/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
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Kuerner Farm Tours
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Brandywine River Museum |
04/01/12 -
11/18/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
N.C. Wyeth House & Studio Tour
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum April 1-November 18, 2012 Visit the home where N.C. Wyeth and his wife raised five talented children (including great American painter Andrew Wyeth) and his studio, maintained as he left it when he died in 1945. |
Brandywine River Museum |
04/01/12 -
11/18/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
41st Annual Antiques Show
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum May 26-May 28, 2012 Outstanding antiques from across the nation are featured at the Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show. This event, hosted by the Museum Volunteers, presents a variety of American and English furniture, glass, metalware, ceramics, folk art, quilts, Oriental and European porcelain, rugs and other fine collectibles.
Proceeds support the Museum Volunteers’ Art Purchase Fund. |
Brandywine River Museum |
05/26/12 -
05/28/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
Museum Explorer Mornings
Presented by Brandywine River Museum at Brandywine River Museum July 5, 2012 Introduce children to art through Museum Explorer Mornings at the Brandywine River Museum. Designed for children ages 3 to 10 accompanied by an adult, the program includes a thematic guided tour followed by a hands-on art project. Today's topic is “Red, White and Blue.” |
Brandywine River Museum |
07/05/12 |
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford |
Daytime Historic Site Tours
Presented by Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site April 6, 2009 - Ongoing Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. Tours today include the cellblocks, solitary punishment cells, Al Capone's Cell, and Death Row. Admission includes “The Voices of Eastern State” Audio Tour narrated by actor Steve Buscemi.
Want to get tickets for this event and others like it at half-price? |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site |
04/06/09 -
Ongoing |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia |
Hands-On History
Presented by Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site May 23, 2011 - Ongoing New for 2011, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site literally hands visitors the keys to the cellblocks with new Hands-On History interactive experiences. These short demonstrations take place throughout the penitentiary complex, each lasting five minutes or less. An expert Eastern State tour guide leads each activity, although visitors do the bulk of the physical activities themselves. These interactive experiences run throughout the day and change monthly so be sure to check our website... |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site |
05/23/11 -
Ongoing |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia |
Prison Break Weekend
Presented by Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site June 9-June 10, 2012 All New Restored Bocci Court and Living History
Most inmates didn’t literally escape from prison; they found meaning, friendship and recreation, when possible, inside the walls. This weekend, visitors can try their hand at Bocci Ball, a traditional Italian recreation practiced by aging inmates at Eastern State throughout the 20th century. The original courts were built at the base of Eastern State’s massive wall, and are now open, fully restored, for the first time... |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site |
06/09/12 -
06/10/12 |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia |
Bastille Day
Presented by Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site July 14, 2012 It's one of Philadelphia’s most popular summertime events! Eastern State Penitentiary teams with Philadelphia cabaret act The Bearded Ladies and local businesses for a playful reenactment of the Storming of the Bastille (influenced more by Monty Python than the French Revolution), followed by a French-themed street party. Come early and take a tour of Eastern State, or stay late and take a 25-minute evening tour following the reenactment. |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site |
07/14/12 |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia |
Film Screening: Breath
Presented by Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site August 17, 2012 Eerie and emotionally charged meetings between a betrayed woman and a death row prisoner mark the course of South Korean auteur Ki-duk Kim’s 2007 Cannes Film Festival Best Film nominee. Breath stands as a complex meditation on grief, the redemptive human spirit, and the desire for true communication in the fragmentation of modern times. |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site |
08/17/12 |
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia |
Beast of a Feast- A Benefit for Elmwood Park Zoo
Presented by Elmwood Park Zoo at Elmwood Park Zoo June 23, 2012 The Beast of a Feast gala is a fundraiser that directly supports the care and feeding of our animal family at Elmwood Park Zoo. Your feast helps to support the Zoo's beasts!
The event will allow attendees to prowl the zoo at night, enjoy the company of friends at the open bar and sample delicious fare from some of the area's finest restaurants.
All guests must be at least 21 years of age. |
Elmwood Park Zoo |
06/23/12 |
Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown |
Sundays at Historic Sugartown
Presented by Historic Sugartown at Historic Sugartown June 3-July 29, 2012 Travel back in time and experience life in a rural 19th century crossroads village. Visit Historic Sugartown’s General Store, Book Bindery, Quaker Farm House, Bank Barn with antique equipment, School Room, and New Carriage Museum. |
Historic Sugartown |
06/03/12 -
07/29/12 |
Historic Sugartown, Malvern |
Breakfast with Ben
Presented by Independence Visitor Center at Independence Visitor Center May 26-September 1, 2012 You're invited to an interactive breakfast and discussion with one of our nation's most influential founding fathers, Ben Franklin. Adults and children alike are able to chat with Ben Franklin, ask questions about his life and work and even pose for pictures. A delicious breakfast is served to Dr. Franklin's guests.
Breakfast with Ben runs from 9- 10:30 am every Saturday morning, from Memorial Day-Labor Day, and is hosted in the Liberty View Ballroom in the Independence Visitor... |
Independence Visitor Center |
05/26/12 -
09/01/12 |
Independence Visitor Center, Philadelphia |
Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown April 21-August 12, 2012 See the exhibit that left a million people around the world breathless! The first Uffizi tour in the US and the ONLY Northeast appearance of Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery! Art created between the 15th and 17th Centuries. by legendary artists such as Botticelli, Titian, Tintoretto, Parmigianino, Cristofano. Don't leave Philly without seeing Italy! The Biggest exhibit in Bucks County and ONLY at the Michener Art Museum! For more information call or visit our... |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
04/21/12 -
08/12/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Have Gags Will Travel: The Life and Times of a New York Cartoonist
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown March 10-May 31, 2012 The Michener Art Museum will take a close look at that path in Have Gags Will Travel: The Life and Times of a New York Cartoonist, on view in the Pfundt Gallery. This exhibit is sponsored by Mary Lou and Andrew Abruzzese, The Pineville Tavern. From The New Yorker to Boys’ Life, from lurid detective magazines to church quarterlies, the “gag” has become such a staple of American life that we rarely notice the skills that go into making them. Sylvia Getsler... |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
03/10/12 -
05/31/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Special Exhibition Lecture: John G. Johnson: Philadelphia Collector
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown June 19, 2012 The lecture will explore John G. Johnson’s life as a collector. A Philadelphia lawyer, John G. Johnson collected more than 1200 Old Master and Contemporary European paintings which he bequeathed to the city of Philadelphia in 1917. The collection is now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This illustrated lecture is organized in conjunction with the special exhibition, "Offering of the Angels; Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery." The exhibition includes several works by... |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
06/19/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Fashion Design 3 Ages 12-17
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown August 6-August 10, 2012 Students will create original works of costume art and develop an understanding of fashion marketing and retail sales. This class builds on skills developed in Fashion 2 last summer, although Fashion 2 is not a prerequisite for this class. Students who wish to further develop their creative skills in fashion design, and create more complex fashion projects may repeat fashion 3. Students need to provide at least three yards of fabric and matching thread for their completed fashion projects,... |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
08/06/12 -
08/10/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Fashion Design 2 Ages 10-15
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown July 9-July 13, 2012 Students will be introduced to proportional figure drawing, learn to create an illustration of a fashionable outfit, develop sewing patterns, and create unique fashion and accessory designs. Fashion 1 is not a prerequisite for this class. Students need to provide at least three yards of fabric and matching thread for their completed outfit and handbag, to be modeled on the last day of class. |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
07/09/12 -
07/13/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Fashion Design 1 Ages 10-15
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown June 18-June 22, 2012 Learn what it takes to become a fashion illustrator, including the creation of rough sketches, proportional figure drawing, gesture drawing, color theory, textile design, to a fully executed fashion line. Students will also create several unique fashion accessories. Please bring #18 knitting needles and a skein of yarn to the first class. |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
06/18/12 -
06/22/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Comic Book Extravaganza Ages 6-9
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown August 6-August 10, 2012 What’s a splash balloon? A blurb? A gutter? A bubble? A worm’s eye view? In this class, students will have great fun discovering their talents as young comic book artists. They will create a storyboard and develop a comic book based on an original character in an incredible situation. They will learn how drawing with form, shading, perspective and proportion will make their stories come alive. This class is the perfect opportunity for every student who has ever dreamed of telling... |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
08/06/12 -
08/10/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Comic Book Extravaganza Ages 6-9
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown August 6-August 10, 2012 What’s a splash balloon? A blurb? A gutter? A bubble? A worm’s eye view? In this class, students will have great fun discovering their talents as young comic book artists. They will create a storyboard and develop a comic book based on an original character in an incredible situation. They will learn how drawing with form, shading, perspective and proportion will make their stories come alive. This class is the perfect opportunity for every student who has ever dreamed of telling... |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
08/06/12 -
08/10/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
Comic Book Clinic Ages 10-14
Presented by James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown at James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown August 6-August 10, 2012 Let your imagination soar! Develop original comic book characters and tell your own stories in this comic book class for older students. Learn to include mood, setting, expression, and “camera angles” into your work. Guidelines are presented for anatomy, perspective, and storytelling. Students are encouraged to develop original ideas along with a unique cartooning style. |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown |
08/06/12 -
08/10/12 |
James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Doylestown |
