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SUMMARY:Intro to Ceramic Sculpture
DESCRIPTION:Students will create one of a kind ceramic sculptures that can be functional or decorative.\nIn this sculptural hand building class\, we will harness the power of our imaginations. Students will learn foundational handbuilding skills\, sculptural techniques\, and a variety of surface treatments & decorations. Students will create one of a kind ceramic sculptures that can be functional or decorative. Projects may include sculptural vessels\, animal sculpture and figure sculpture. Students are welcome and encouraged to bring their own project ideas to class. This class is appropriate for a range of skill levels\, from beginner to advanced. Whether you are looking to establish fundamental techniques or explore the bounds of your creativity and imagination\, this class is for you! \nClass will run Tuesday nights January 20th – February 24th 6pm – 9pm \n—— \nPlease note that this workshop takes place in the Utility Works basement\, which is only accessible via stairs. The class requires participants to be able to sit and/or stand for at least three hours and use their hands for two hours. You must be able to lift 25lbs. There are two gender-neutral bathrooms available for students\, including one that is ADA accessible. If you have specific accessibility needs or questions\, please contact us in advance so we can discuss potential accommodations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/intro-to-ceramic-sculpture/2026-10-13/
LOCATION:Utility Works – Art Studios & Maker Space\, 32 East Baltimore Avenue\, Lansdowne\, PA\, 19050\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists' Workshop Series,Arts & Culture,Classes & Workshops,Classes and Workshops
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SUMMARY:Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts
DESCRIPTION:This new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum features selections from Jesse Krimes’s “Elegy Quilt” series (2020–present)\, a body of work that renders the personal effects of the U.S. carceral system through portraits of domestic spaces. Using donated textiles and American quilting traditions\, Krimes creates intricately patterned quilts that meditate on memory\, loss\, alienation\, comfort\, and resilience.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/jesse-krimes-elegy-quilts/2026-10-14/
LOCATION:The Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Bodies and Souls
DESCRIPTION:“My concern is with humanity. I want to confront the viewer with life and with what we are doing to each other. I hope to awaken in the viewer a sense of compassion . . . without compassion there is nothing.”\n—Luis Cruz Azaceta \nBodies and Souls examines the liberatory power of figurative art. Though often treated as conservative in the second half of the 20th century\, artists used representational and realist methods to assert presence for those omitted from dominant narratives or harmfully depicted by those outside their communities. Realism and representation remain powerful means to show embodied human experience\, encompassing gender\, sexuality\, interpersonal relationships\, psychological states\, and connections to home. \nThese methods can help us imagine the world we want to live in. Representational art has been critical for artists who want to make themselves and their communities visible on their own terms. It provides the agency to see and be seen\, to show relationships\, pleasure\, and autonomy. Representing ourselves is a powerful means of celebrating our full humanity. \nThis is the throughline of an eclectic collection formed by Philadelphians Robert and Frances Coulborn Kohler. Bodies and Souls celebrates their devotion to artists and immense generosity towards PAFA. Featuring over 120 works given and promised to the museum\, the exhibition will examine prominent themes in the collection\, integrating artists who are often seen independently or as part of regional communities. \nBodies and Souls is presented concurrently with an exhibition of the same title featuring the Kohlers’ personal collection at Woodmere\, Charles Knox Smith Hall\, 9201 Germantown Ave. Bodies & Souls – Woodmere. \nFeatured Artwork: Rafael Ferrer (born 1933) El Bolero\, 1983–84. Oil on canvas; 60 × 72 in. © Rafael Ferrer\, courtesy of the artist \nThe exhibition will include works by Robert Arneson\, Luis Cruz Azaceta\, Joan Brown\, Roy DeForest\, Rafael Ferrer\, Viola Frey\, Gregory Gillespie\, Juan Gonzalez\, Red Grooms\, Anne Minich\, Gladys Nilsson\, Ed Paschke\, Christina Ramberg\, Winfred Rembert\, Tabitha Vevers\, John Wilde\, Didier William\, Karl Wirsum\, and many others.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/bodies-and-souls/2026-10-15/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kati Gegenheimer: We've Only Just Begun
DESCRIPTION:Rooted in painting but extending into architecture and social space\, the exhibition positions love not as a private or sentimental subject\, but as a serious aesthetic\, political\, and communal structure. \nTo reinaugurate the newly renovated Morris Gallery\, PAFA presents Kati Gegenheimer: We’ve Only Just Begun\, an immersive monographic exhibition exploring love–familial\, romantic\, or brotherly–at this moment of profound social division. Anchored by a symbol-laden painted musical score of the titular line from the Carpenters’ 1970 song\, the exhibition presents works surveying how love is a necessary choice to be cultivated\, measured\, sustained\, or dismissed\, over time. \nRooted in painting but extending into architecture and social space\, the exhibition positions love not as a private or sentimental subject\, but as a serious aesthetic\, political\, and communal structure. Gegenheimer’s markmaking\, symbolism\, and vibrant use of color reclaim emblems of care and tenderness (hearts\, love notes\, hinges\, calendars\, keyholes\, to-do lists)\, and ponder how love is practiced over time rather than experienced in a singular instance. In an era driven by speed\, extraction\, and instant gratification\, the exhibition insists on return and continuity. \nGegenheimer’s paintings are devoted expressions of love\, luck\, and time\, drawing inspiration from art history\, architecture\, popular culture\, and craft. Her works embrace the decorative and diaristic\, each an altar to a fleeting moment. Reliant on color\, tempo\, and composition\, each of her paintings is a sign\, symbol\, and record all at once.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/kati-gegenheimer-weve-only-just-begun/2026-10-15/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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SUMMARY:FRED WILSON: THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom
DESCRIPTION:THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom is a suite of twenty-two photogravures commissioned in 2004 by the Brodsky Center at PAFA and completed in 2009. They are on view for the first time at PAFA in the Works on Paper Gallery of the Historic Landmark Building\, for one year\, in conjunction with the exhibition A Nation of Artists. \nAs an artist living and working in New York City\, I had to support myself one way or another. Working simultaneously in the educational department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the American Museum of Natural History\, and the American Crafts Museum made me wonder about how the environment in which cultural production is placed affects the way the viewer feels about the artwork and the artist who made these things. \n—Fred Wilson \nThe prints reproduce floor outlines from visitor orientation maps of eighteen major art\, cultural\, and natural history museums in North America and Europe. The succession of diagrammatic images\, precisely etched in off-white and black inks\, encourage viewers to revisit memories of time spent in museums and recapture the sense of adventure sparked by picking up a map. \nAs one of the most influential American artists of this century\, Fred Wilson has set in motion a profound transformation prompting museums to reconsider how they engage viewers’ learning experiences through art and artifacts. Two hundred and fifty years after Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) established the American museum at the nation’s birth as the destination for educational advancement—commemorated in his painting The Artist in His Museum (1822)\, on view in the rotunda—Wilson examines the consequential role museums have played since. \nWilson’s conceptual inquiry challenges museums as neutral repositories of knowledge. His groundbreaking 1992 installation at the Maryland Historical Society\, Mining the Museum\, exhumed omitted histories of colonized and enslaved people and shifted attention to the authority embedded in institutional architecture\, furniture\, labels\, and registration systems through his creative retooling of the display apparatus. His subsequent work in glass\, sculpture\, painting\, drawing\, and print addresses the cross-continental history central to the Black experience\, including themes of race\, diaspora\, liberation\, and mourning.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/fred-wilson-the-master-plan-or-in-between-the-big-bang-and-modern-art-is-the-restroom/2026-10-15/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Cliveden House Tour Season
DESCRIPTION:2026 House Tour Season begins Friday\, May 1st\nThe 2026 house tour season begins Friday\, May 1\, 2026! Tours are available Thursdays through Sundays\, 12pm to 4pm\, beginning on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is an hour-long experience\, led by a Cliveden Interpreter. Tours begin in the Cliveden Barn (located at 98 E. Cliveden Street\, 19119) followed by the grounds\, first and second floor of the House\, and our new exhibit\, Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation\, debuting in 2026. \nTours can be scheduled in advance through our website or in person during tour days. Please contact our office at 215-848-1777 if you require accommodation as tours include first and second floor of the house. To learn more about tours\, admission\, and for directions\, visithttps://cliveden.org/tours/. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation \nThe North American continent became the site of war beginning in the 1750s and continued throughout the next three decades. The construction of Cliveden occurred during this violent time. A growing household of over twenty people at Cliveden reshaped their identities and looked to retain or procure their liberty at a time when discussions of freedom and independence were in everyone’s thoughts. This exhibit explores their experiences and struggles as a new nation formed. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation is made possible by the generous support of The Mill Spring Foundation\, The Haley Foundation\, the Richard Dietrich III Foundation\, The Chester County History Center\, The Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University\, The Ivy Lodge Collection\, The Germantown Historical Society\, The Library of Congress\, William Faris\, Ian Hughes\, and John P. Wood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet In Touch!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n1-215-848-1777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\ninfo@cliveden.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\n\n\nCliveden invites and gathers the community\, educates students\, teachers and public visitors and in a safe space\, convenes vital conversations about history\, race\, culture\, class\, gender\, civics and current events. We preserve this special place for community use and for future generations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/2026-cliveden-house-tour-season/2026-10-15/
LOCATION:Cliveden\, 6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Cliveden House Tour Season
DESCRIPTION:2026 House Tour Season begins Friday\, May 1st\nThe 2026 house tour season begins Friday\, May 1\, 2026! Tours are available Thursdays through Sundays\, 12pm to 4pm\, beginning on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is an hour-long experience\, led by a Cliveden Interpreter. Tours begin in the Cliveden Barn (located at 98 E. Cliveden Street\, 19119) followed by the grounds\, first and second floor of the House\, and our new exhibit\, Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation\, debuting in 2026. \nTours can be scheduled in advance through our website or in person during tour days. Please contact our office at 215-848-1777 if you require accommodation as tours include first and second floor of the house. To learn more about tours\, admission\, and for directions\, visithttps://cliveden.org/tours/. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation \nThe North American continent became the site of war beginning in the 1750s and continued throughout the next three decades. The construction of Cliveden occurred during this violent time. A growing household of over twenty people at Cliveden reshaped their identities and looked to retain or procure their liberty at a time when discussions of freedom and independence were in everyone’s thoughts. This exhibit explores their experiences and struggles as a new nation formed. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation is made possible by the generous support of The Mill Spring Foundation\, The Haley Foundation\, the Richard Dietrich III Foundation\, The Chester County History Center\, The Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University\, The Ivy Lodge Collection\, The Germantown Historical Society\, The Library of Congress\, William Faris\, Ian Hughes\, and John P. Wood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet In Touch!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n1-215-848-1777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\ninfo@cliveden.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\n\n\nCliveden invites and gathers the community\, educates students\, teachers and public visitors and in a safe space\, convenes vital conversations about history\, race\, culture\, class\, gender\, civics and current events. We preserve this special place for community use and for future generations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/2026-cliveden-house-tour-season/2026-10-16/
LOCATION:Cliveden\, 6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts
DESCRIPTION:This new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum features selections from Jesse Krimes’s “Elegy Quilt” series (2020–present)\, a body of work that renders the personal effects of the U.S. carceral system through portraits of domestic spaces. Using donated textiles and American quilting traditions\, Krimes creates intricately patterned quilts that meditate on memory\, loss\, alienation\, comfort\, and resilience.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/jesse-krimes-elegy-quilts/2026-10-16/
LOCATION:The Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:FRED WILSON: THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom
DESCRIPTION:THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom is a suite of twenty-two photogravures commissioned in 2004 by the Brodsky Center at PAFA and completed in 2009. They are on view for the first time at PAFA in the Works on Paper Gallery of the Historic Landmark Building\, for one year\, in conjunction with the exhibition A Nation of Artists. \nAs an artist living and working in New York City\, I had to support myself one way or another. Working simultaneously in the educational department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the American Museum of Natural History\, and the American Crafts Museum made me wonder about how the environment in which cultural production is placed affects the way the viewer feels about the artwork and the artist who made these things. \n—Fred Wilson \nThe prints reproduce floor outlines from visitor orientation maps of eighteen major art\, cultural\, and natural history museums in North America and Europe. The succession of diagrammatic images\, precisely etched in off-white and black inks\, encourage viewers to revisit memories of time spent in museums and recapture the sense of adventure sparked by picking up a map. \nAs one of the most influential American artists of this century\, Fred Wilson has set in motion a profound transformation prompting museums to reconsider how they engage viewers’ learning experiences through art and artifacts. Two hundred and fifty years after Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) established the American museum at the nation’s birth as the destination for educational advancement—commemorated in his painting The Artist in His Museum (1822)\, on view in the rotunda—Wilson examines the consequential role museums have played since. \nWilson’s conceptual inquiry challenges museums as neutral repositories of knowledge. His groundbreaking 1992 installation at the Maryland Historical Society\, Mining the Museum\, exhumed omitted histories of colonized and enslaved people and shifted attention to the authority embedded in institutional architecture\, furniture\, labels\, and registration systems through his creative retooling of the display apparatus. His subsequent work in glass\, sculpture\, painting\, drawing\, and print addresses the cross-continental history central to the Black experience\, including themes of race\, diaspora\, liberation\, and mourning.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/fred-wilson-the-master-plan-or-in-between-the-big-bang-and-modern-art-is-the-restroom/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Cliveden House Tour Season
DESCRIPTION:2026 House Tour Season begins Friday\, May 1st\nThe 2026 house tour season begins Friday\, May 1\, 2026! Tours are available Thursdays through Sundays\, 12pm to 4pm\, beginning on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is an hour-long experience\, led by a Cliveden Interpreter. Tours begin in the Cliveden Barn (located at 98 E. Cliveden Street\, 19119) followed by the grounds\, first and second floor of the House\, and our new exhibit\, Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation\, debuting in 2026. \nTours can be scheduled in advance through our website or in person during tour days. Please contact our office at 215-848-1777 if you require accommodation as tours include first and second floor of the house. To learn more about tours\, admission\, and for directions\, visithttps://cliveden.org/tours/. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation \nThe North American continent became the site of war beginning in the 1750s and continued throughout the next three decades. The construction of Cliveden occurred during this violent time. A growing household of over twenty people at Cliveden reshaped their identities and looked to retain or procure their liberty at a time when discussions of freedom and independence were in everyone’s thoughts. This exhibit explores their experiences and struggles as a new nation formed. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation is made possible by the generous support of The Mill Spring Foundation\, The Haley Foundation\, the Richard Dietrich III Foundation\, The Chester County History Center\, The Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University\, The Ivy Lodge Collection\, The Germantown Historical Society\, The Library of Congress\, William Faris\, Ian Hughes\, and John P. Wood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet In Touch!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n1-215-848-1777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\ninfo@cliveden.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\n\n\nCliveden invites and gathers the community\, educates students\, teachers and public visitors and in a safe space\, convenes vital conversations about history\, race\, culture\, class\, gender\, civics and current events. We preserve this special place for community use and for future generations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/2026-cliveden-house-tour-season/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Cliveden\, 6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists
DESCRIPTION:The Nation of Artists tour explores the diverse narratives of American art and identity throughout the newly restored Historic Landmark Building. Led by experienced docents\, the tour examines the internationalism and global exchange of American art while also highlighting works from the 18th century to the modern day which feature American artists responding to the social conditions of their time. \nOrganized in conjunction with America’s 250th anniversary\, A Nation of Artists examines how artistic production in the United States has been shaped by creativity\, exchange\, expansion\, conflict\, and innovation. At PAFA\, works made from the late 18th century to today will be arranged thematically to explore scenes of westward expansion\, the rise of industry\, and international exchange. \nInstalled throughout PAFA’s recently restored Historic Landmark Building\, the exhibition will chart America’s history from 1700 to the present day thorough more than 1\,000 paintings\, photographs\, sculptures\, decorative arts\, and more. Across PAFA and the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, more than 120 rarely seen works from the Middleton Family Collection—one of the nation’s most significant private holdings of American art—will be on public view for the first time. \nTickets Include:\nAll day museum admission\n20% off food & drinks at the PAFA Museum Store
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/exhibition-tours-a-nation-of-artists/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists
DESCRIPTION:The Nation of Artists tour explores the diverse narratives of American art and identity throughout the newly restored Historic Landmark Building. Led by experienced docents\, the tour examines the internationalism and global exchange of American art while also highlighting works from the 18th century to the modern day which feature American artists responding to the social conditions of their time. \nOrganized in conjunction with America’s 250th anniversary\, A Nation of Artists examines how artistic production in the United States has been shaped by creativity\, exchange\, expansion\, conflict\, and innovation. At PAFA\, works made from the late 18th century to today will be arranged thematically to explore scenes of westward expansion\, the rise of industry\, and international exchange. \nInstalled throughout PAFA’s recently restored Historic Landmark Building\, the exhibition will chart America’s history from 1700 to the present day thorough more than 1\,000 paintings\, photographs\, sculptures\, decorative arts\, and more. Across PAFA and the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, more than 120 rarely seen works from the Middleton Family Collection—one of the nation’s most significant private holdings of American art—will be on public view for the first time. \nTickets Include: \nAll day museum admission\n20% off food & drinks at the Aloft Hotel across the street\n15% off at the PAFA Museum Store
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/exhibition-tours-a-nation-of-artists-2/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts":MAILTO:info@pafa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260407T190629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T190629Z
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SUMMARY:Bodies and Souls
DESCRIPTION:“My concern is with humanity. I want to confront the viewer with life and with what we are doing to each other. I hope to awaken in the viewer a sense of compassion . . . without compassion there is nothing.”\n—Luis Cruz Azaceta \nBodies and Souls examines the liberatory power of figurative art. Though often treated as conservative in the second half of the 20th century\, artists used representational and realist methods to assert presence for those omitted from dominant narratives or harmfully depicted by those outside their communities. Realism and representation remain powerful means to show embodied human experience\, encompassing gender\, sexuality\, interpersonal relationships\, psychological states\, and connections to home. \nThese methods can help us imagine the world we want to live in. Representational art has been critical for artists who want to make themselves and their communities visible on their own terms. It provides the agency to see and be seen\, to show relationships\, pleasure\, and autonomy. Representing ourselves is a powerful means of celebrating our full humanity. \nThis is the throughline of an eclectic collection formed by Philadelphians Robert and Frances Coulborn Kohler. Bodies and Souls celebrates their devotion to artists and immense generosity towards PAFA. Featuring over 120 works given and promised to the museum\, the exhibition will examine prominent themes in the collection\, integrating artists who are often seen independently or as part of regional communities. \nBodies and Souls is presented concurrently with an exhibition of the same title featuring the Kohlers’ personal collection at Woodmere\, Charles Knox Smith Hall\, 9201 Germantown Ave. Bodies & Souls – Woodmere. \nFeatured Artwork: Rafael Ferrer (born 1933) El Bolero\, 1983–84. Oil on canvas; 60 × 72 in. © Rafael Ferrer\, courtesy of the artist \nThe exhibition will include works by Robert Arneson\, Luis Cruz Azaceta\, Joan Brown\, Roy DeForest\, Rafael Ferrer\, Viola Frey\, Gregory Gillespie\, Juan Gonzalez\, Red Grooms\, Anne Minich\, Gladys Nilsson\, Ed Paschke\, Christina Ramberg\, Winfred Rembert\, Tabitha Vevers\, John Wilde\, Didier William\, Karl Wirsum\, and many others.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/bodies-and-souls/2026-10-18/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts":MAILTO:info@pafa.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T160000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260512T184412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T184412Z
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SUMMARY:2026 Cliveden House Tour Season
DESCRIPTION:2026 House Tour Season begins Friday\, May 1st\nThe 2026 house tour season begins Friday\, May 1\, 2026! Tours are available Thursdays through Sundays\, 12pm to 4pm\, beginning on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is an hour-long experience\, led by a Cliveden Interpreter. Tours begin in the Cliveden Barn (located at 98 E. Cliveden Street\, 19119) followed by the grounds\, first and second floor of the House\, and our new exhibit\, Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation\, debuting in 2026. \nTours can be scheduled in advance through our website or in person during tour days. Please contact our office at 215-848-1777 if you require accommodation as tours include first and second floor of the house. To learn more about tours\, admission\, and for directions\, visithttps://cliveden.org/tours/. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation \nThe North American continent became the site of war beginning in the 1750s and continued throughout the next three decades. The construction of Cliveden occurred during this violent time. A growing household of over twenty people at Cliveden reshaped their identities and looked to retain or procure their liberty at a time when discussions of freedom and independence were in everyone’s thoughts. This exhibit explores their experiences and struggles as a new nation formed. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation is made possible by the generous support of The Mill Spring Foundation\, The Haley Foundation\, the Richard Dietrich III Foundation\, The Chester County History Center\, The Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University\, The Ivy Lodge Collection\, The Germantown Historical Society\, The Library of Congress\, William Faris\, Ian Hughes\, and John P. Wood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet In Touch!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n1-215-848-1777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\ninfo@cliveden.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\n\n\nCliveden invites and gathers the community\, educates students\, teachers and public visitors and in a safe space\, convenes vital conversations about history\, race\, culture\, class\, gender\, civics and current events. We preserve this special place for community use and for future generations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/2026-cliveden-house-tour-season/2026-10-18/
LOCATION:Cliveden\, 6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260428T182613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T205034Z
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SUMMARY:Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts
DESCRIPTION:This new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum features selections from Jesse Krimes’s “Elegy Quilt” series (2020–present)\, a body of work that renders the personal effects of the U.S. carceral system through portraits of domestic spaces. Using donated textiles and American quilting traditions\, Krimes creates intricately patterned quilts that meditate on memory\, loss\, alienation\, comfort\, and resilience.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/jesse-krimes-elegy-quilts/2026-10-18/
LOCATION:The Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Fabric Workshop and Museum":MAILTO:kristina@fabricworkshopandmuseum.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T080000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20251226T200807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T231748Z
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SUMMARY:Morning Wellness Walks at Awbury
DESCRIPTION:Awbury’s 56-acre landscape tucked away in Germantown is a serene escape from the fast pace of the city of Philadelphia. Join us on our Wellness Walks and immerse yourself in nature as we take a moderately paced stroll through gardens\, woodlands\, roam around the farm\, and our ponds and meadows. \nJoin us Mondays & Thursdays from 7:00 am – 8:00 am at The Farm at Awbury for our Wellness Walks led by wellness coordinator Megan Do Nascimento! Questions? Contact our Wellness Walk coordinate Megan Do Nascimento at wellness@awbury.org.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/morning-wellness-walks-at-awbury/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:The Farm at Awbury Arboretum\, 6336 Ardleigh Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19138\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260407T190629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T190629Z
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SUMMARY:Bodies and Souls
DESCRIPTION:“My concern is with humanity. I want to confront the viewer with life and with what we are doing to each other. I hope to awaken in the viewer a sense of compassion . . . without compassion there is nothing.”\n—Luis Cruz Azaceta \nBodies and Souls examines the liberatory power of figurative art. Though often treated as conservative in the second half of the 20th century\, artists used representational and realist methods to assert presence for those omitted from dominant narratives or harmfully depicted by those outside their communities. Realism and representation remain powerful means to show embodied human experience\, encompassing gender\, sexuality\, interpersonal relationships\, psychological states\, and connections to home. \nThese methods can help us imagine the world we want to live in. Representational art has been critical for artists who want to make themselves and their communities visible on their own terms. It provides the agency to see and be seen\, to show relationships\, pleasure\, and autonomy. Representing ourselves is a powerful means of celebrating our full humanity. \nThis is the throughline of an eclectic collection formed by Philadelphians Robert and Frances Coulborn Kohler. Bodies and Souls celebrates their devotion to artists and immense generosity towards PAFA. Featuring over 120 works given and promised to the museum\, the exhibition will examine prominent themes in the collection\, integrating artists who are often seen independently or as part of regional communities. \nBodies and Souls is presented concurrently with an exhibition of the same title featuring the Kohlers’ personal collection at Woodmere\, Charles Knox Smith Hall\, 9201 Germantown Ave. Bodies & Souls – Woodmere. \nFeatured Artwork: Rafael Ferrer (born 1933) El Bolero\, 1983–84. Oil on canvas; 60 × 72 in. © Rafael Ferrer\, courtesy of the artist \nThe exhibition will include works by Robert Arneson\, Luis Cruz Azaceta\, Joan Brown\, Roy DeForest\, Rafael Ferrer\, Viola Frey\, Gregory Gillespie\, Juan Gonzalez\, Red Grooms\, Anne Minich\, Gladys Nilsson\, Ed Paschke\, Christina Ramberg\, Winfred Rembert\, Tabitha Vevers\, John Wilde\, Didier William\, Karl Wirsum\, and many others.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/bodies-and-souls/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts":MAILTO:info@pafa.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260407T190822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T124311Z
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SUMMARY:Kati Gegenheimer: We've Only Just Begun
DESCRIPTION:Rooted in painting but extending into architecture and social space\, the exhibition positions love not as a private or sentimental subject\, but as a serious aesthetic\, political\, and communal structure. \nTo reinaugurate the newly renovated Morris Gallery\, PAFA presents Kati Gegenheimer: We’ve Only Just Begun\, an immersive monographic exhibition exploring love–familial\, romantic\, or brotherly–at this moment of profound social division. Anchored by a symbol-laden painted musical score of the titular line from the Carpenters’ 1970 song\, the exhibition presents works surveying how love is a necessary choice to be cultivated\, measured\, sustained\, or dismissed\, over time. \nRooted in painting but extending into architecture and social space\, the exhibition positions love not as a private or sentimental subject\, but as a serious aesthetic\, political\, and communal structure. Gegenheimer’s markmaking\, symbolism\, and vibrant use of color reclaim emblems of care and tenderness (hearts\, love notes\, hinges\, calendars\, keyholes\, to-do lists)\, and ponder how love is practiced over time rather than experienced in a singular instance. In an era driven by speed\, extraction\, and instant gratification\, the exhibition insists on return and continuity. \nGegenheimer’s paintings are devoted expressions of love\, luck\, and time\, drawing inspiration from art history\, architecture\, popular culture\, and craft. Her works embrace the decorative and diaristic\, each an altar to a fleeting moment. Reliant on color\, tempo\, and composition\, each of her paintings is a sign\, symbol\, and record all at once.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/kati-gegenheimer-weve-only-just-begun/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts":MAILTO:info@pafa.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T210000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20251227T160858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251227T160858Z
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SUMMARY:Intro to Ceramic Sculpture
DESCRIPTION:Students will create one of a kind ceramic sculptures that can be functional or decorative.\nIn this sculptural hand building class\, we will harness the power of our imaginations. Students will learn foundational handbuilding skills\, sculptural techniques\, and a variety of surface treatments & decorations. Students will create one of a kind ceramic sculptures that can be functional or decorative. Projects may include sculptural vessels\, animal sculpture and figure sculpture. Students are welcome and encouraged to bring their own project ideas to class. This class is appropriate for a range of skill levels\, from beginner to advanced. Whether you are looking to establish fundamental techniques or explore the bounds of your creativity and imagination\, this class is for you! \nClass will run Tuesday nights January 20th – February 24th 6pm – 9pm \n—— \nPlease note that this workshop takes place in the Utility Works basement\, which is only accessible via stairs. The class requires participants to be able to sit and/or stand for at least three hours and use their hands for two hours. You must be able to lift 25lbs. There are two gender-neutral bathrooms available for students\, including one that is ADA accessible. If you have specific accessibility needs or questions\, please contact us in advance so we can discuss potential accommodations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/intro-to-ceramic-sculpture/2026-10-20/
LOCATION:Utility Works – Art Studios & Maker Space\, 32 East Baltimore Avenue\, Lansdowne\, PA\, 19050\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists' Workshop Series,Arts & Culture,Classes & Workshops,Classes and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260428T182613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T205034Z
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SUMMARY:Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts
DESCRIPTION:This new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum features selections from Jesse Krimes’s “Elegy Quilt” series (2020–present)\, a body of work that renders the personal effects of the U.S. carceral system through portraits of domestic spaces. Using donated textiles and American quilting traditions\, Krimes creates intricately patterned quilts that meditate on memory\, loss\, alienation\, comfort\, and resilience.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/jesse-krimes-elegy-quilts/2026-10-21/
LOCATION:The Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Fabric Workshop and Museum":MAILTO:kristina@fabricworkshopandmuseum.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T210000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260304T220454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T220454Z
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SUMMARY:INTENSIVE SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:SIFTMedia Collective presents a 4 week Intensive Screenwriting Workshop with Stephanie Malson – this Workshop is designed to support filmmakers\, whether starting with an initial concept or refining a short or feature-length screenplay. Through deep analysis and communal feedback\, you’ll see your idea or draft develop into a screenplay.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/intensive-screenwriting-workshop/2026-10-21/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Classes & Workshops,Clean-ups,Film,Food & Drink
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ORGANIZER;CN="SIFTMedia 215":MAILTO:siftmedia215@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260407T190629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T190629Z
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SUMMARY:Bodies and Souls
DESCRIPTION:“My concern is with humanity. I want to confront the viewer with life and with what we are doing to each other. I hope to awaken in the viewer a sense of compassion . . . without compassion there is nothing.”\n—Luis Cruz Azaceta \nBodies and Souls examines the liberatory power of figurative art. Though often treated as conservative in the second half of the 20th century\, artists used representational and realist methods to assert presence for those omitted from dominant narratives or harmfully depicted by those outside their communities. Realism and representation remain powerful means to show embodied human experience\, encompassing gender\, sexuality\, interpersonal relationships\, psychological states\, and connections to home. \nThese methods can help us imagine the world we want to live in. Representational art has been critical for artists who want to make themselves and their communities visible on their own terms. It provides the agency to see and be seen\, to show relationships\, pleasure\, and autonomy. Representing ourselves is a powerful means of celebrating our full humanity. \nThis is the throughline of an eclectic collection formed by Philadelphians Robert and Frances Coulborn Kohler. Bodies and Souls celebrates their devotion to artists and immense generosity towards PAFA. Featuring over 120 works given and promised to the museum\, the exhibition will examine prominent themes in the collection\, integrating artists who are often seen independently or as part of regional communities. \nBodies and Souls is presented concurrently with an exhibition of the same title featuring the Kohlers’ personal collection at Woodmere\, Charles Knox Smith Hall\, 9201 Germantown Ave. Bodies & Souls – Woodmere. \nFeatured Artwork: Rafael Ferrer (born 1933) El Bolero\, 1983–84. Oil on canvas; 60 × 72 in. © Rafael Ferrer\, courtesy of the artist \nThe exhibition will include works by Robert Arneson\, Luis Cruz Azaceta\, Joan Brown\, Roy DeForest\, Rafael Ferrer\, Viola Frey\, Gregory Gillespie\, Juan Gonzalez\, Red Grooms\, Anne Minich\, Gladys Nilsson\, Ed Paschke\, Christina Ramberg\, Winfred Rembert\, Tabitha Vevers\, John Wilde\, Didier William\, Karl Wirsum\, and many others.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/bodies-and-souls/2026-10-22/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts":MAILTO:info@pafa.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260407T190822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T124311Z
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SUMMARY:Kati Gegenheimer: We've Only Just Begun
DESCRIPTION:Rooted in painting but extending into architecture and social space\, the exhibition positions love not as a private or sentimental subject\, but as a serious aesthetic\, political\, and communal structure. \nTo reinaugurate the newly renovated Morris Gallery\, PAFA presents Kati Gegenheimer: We’ve Only Just Begun\, an immersive monographic exhibition exploring love–familial\, romantic\, or brotherly–at this moment of profound social division. Anchored by a symbol-laden painted musical score of the titular line from the Carpenters’ 1970 song\, the exhibition presents works surveying how love is a necessary choice to be cultivated\, measured\, sustained\, or dismissed\, over time. \nRooted in painting but extending into architecture and social space\, the exhibition positions love not as a private or sentimental subject\, but as a serious aesthetic\, political\, and communal structure. Gegenheimer’s markmaking\, symbolism\, and vibrant use of color reclaim emblems of care and tenderness (hearts\, love notes\, hinges\, calendars\, keyholes\, to-do lists)\, and ponder how love is practiced over time rather than experienced in a singular instance. In an era driven by speed\, extraction\, and instant gratification\, the exhibition insists on return and continuity. \nGegenheimer’s paintings are devoted expressions of love\, luck\, and time\, drawing inspiration from art history\, architecture\, popular culture\, and craft. Her works embrace the decorative and diaristic\, each an altar to a fleeting moment. Reliant on color\, tempo\, and composition\, each of her paintings is a sign\, symbol\, and record all at once.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/kati-gegenheimer-weve-only-just-begun/2026-10-22/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts":MAILTO:info@pafa.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260409T021546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T183529Z
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SUMMARY:FRED WILSON: THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom
DESCRIPTION:THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom is a suite of twenty-two photogravures commissioned in 2004 by the Brodsky Center at PAFA and completed in 2009. They are on view for the first time at PAFA in the Works on Paper Gallery of the Historic Landmark Building\, for one year\, in conjunction with the exhibition A Nation of Artists. \nAs an artist living and working in New York City\, I had to support myself one way or another. Working simultaneously in the educational department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the American Museum of Natural History\, and the American Crafts Museum made me wonder about how the environment in which cultural production is placed affects the way the viewer feels about the artwork and the artist who made these things. \n—Fred Wilson \nThe prints reproduce floor outlines from visitor orientation maps of eighteen major art\, cultural\, and natural history museums in North America and Europe. The succession of diagrammatic images\, precisely etched in off-white and black inks\, encourage viewers to revisit memories of time spent in museums and recapture the sense of adventure sparked by picking up a map. \nAs one of the most influential American artists of this century\, Fred Wilson has set in motion a profound transformation prompting museums to reconsider how they engage viewers’ learning experiences through art and artifacts. Two hundred and fifty years after Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) established the American museum at the nation’s birth as the destination for educational advancement—commemorated in his painting The Artist in His Museum (1822)\, on view in the rotunda—Wilson examines the consequential role museums have played since. \nWilson’s conceptual inquiry challenges museums as neutral repositories of knowledge. His groundbreaking 1992 installation at the Maryland Historical Society\, Mining the Museum\, exhumed omitted histories of colonized and enslaved people and shifted attention to the authority embedded in institutional architecture\, furniture\, labels\, and registration systems through his creative retooling of the display apparatus. His subsequent work in glass\, sculpture\, painting\, drawing\, and print addresses the cross-continental history central to the Black experience\, including themes of race\, diaspora\, liberation\, and mourning.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/fred-wilson-the-master-plan-or-in-between-the-big-bang-and-modern-art-is-the-restroom/2026-10-22/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts":MAILTO:info@pafa.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T160000
DTSTAMP:20260515T072810
CREATED:20260512T184412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T184412Z
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SUMMARY:2026 Cliveden House Tour Season
DESCRIPTION:2026 House Tour Season begins Friday\, May 1st\nThe 2026 house tour season begins Friday\, May 1\, 2026! Tours are available Thursdays through Sundays\, 12pm to 4pm\, beginning on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is an hour-long experience\, led by a Cliveden Interpreter. Tours begin in the Cliveden Barn (located at 98 E. Cliveden Street\, 19119) followed by the grounds\, first and second floor of the House\, and our new exhibit\, Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation\, debuting in 2026. \nTours can be scheduled in advance through our website or in person during tour days. Please contact our office at 215-848-1777 if you require accommodation as tours include first and second floor of the house. To learn more about tours\, admission\, and for directions\, visithttps://cliveden.org/tours/. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation \nThe North American continent became the site of war beginning in the 1750s and continued throughout the next three decades. The construction of Cliveden occurred during this violent time. A growing household of over twenty people at Cliveden reshaped their identities and looked to retain or procure their liberty at a time when discussions of freedom and independence were in everyone’s thoughts. This exhibit explores their experiences and struggles as a new nation formed. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation is made possible by the generous support of The Mill Spring Foundation\, The Haley Foundation\, the Richard Dietrich III Foundation\, The Chester County History Center\, The Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University\, The Ivy Lodge Collection\, The Germantown Historical Society\, The Library of Congress\, William Faris\, Ian Hughes\, and John P. Wood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet In Touch!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n1-215-848-1777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\ninfo@cliveden.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\n\n\nCliveden invites and gathers the community\, educates students\, teachers and public visitors and in a safe space\, convenes vital conversations about history\, race\, culture\, class\, gender\, civics and current events. We preserve this special place for community use and for future generations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/2026-cliveden-house-tour-season/2026-10-22/
LOCATION:Cliveden\, 6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Cliveden House Tour Season
DESCRIPTION:2026 House Tour Season begins Friday\, May 1st\nThe 2026 house tour season begins Friday\, May 1\, 2026! Tours are available Thursdays through Sundays\, 12pm to 4pm\, beginning on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is an hour-long experience\, led by a Cliveden Interpreter. Tours begin in the Cliveden Barn (located at 98 E. Cliveden Street\, 19119) followed by the grounds\, first and second floor of the House\, and our new exhibit\, Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation\, debuting in 2026. \nTours can be scheduled in advance through our website or in person during tour days. Please contact our office at 215-848-1777 if you require accommodation as tours include first and second floor of the house. To learn more about tours\, admission\, and for directions\, visithttps://cliveden.org/tours/. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation \nThe North American continent became the site of war beginning in the 1750s and continued throughout the next three decades. The construction of Cliveden occurred during this violent time. A growing household of over twenty people at Cliveden reshaped their identities and looked to retain or procure their liberty at a time when discussions of freedom and independence were in everyone’s thoughts. This exhibit explores their experiences and struggles as a new nation formed. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation is made possible by the generous support of The Mill Spring Foundation\, The Haley Foundation\, the Richard Dietrich III Foundation\, The Chester County History Center\, The Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University\, The Ivy Lodge Collection\, The Germantown Historical Society\, The Library of Congress\, William Faris\, Ian Hughes\, and John P. Wood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet In Touch!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n1-215-848-1777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\ninfo@cliveden.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\n\n\nCliveden invites and gathers the community\, educates students\, teachers and public visitors and in a safe space\, convenes vital conversations about history\, race\, culture\, class\, gender\, civics and current events. We preserve this special place for community use and for future generations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/2026-cliveden-house-tour-season/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Cliveden\, 6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts
DESCRIPTION:This new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum features selections from Jesse Krimes’s “Elegy Quilt” series (2020–present)\, a body of work that renders the personal effects of the U.S. carceral system through portraits of domestic spaces. Using donated textiles and American quilting traditions\, Krimes creates intricately patterned quilts that meditate on memory\, loss\, alienation\, comfort\, and resilience.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/jesse-krimes-elegy-quilts/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:The Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival
DESCRIPTION:Sip\, Sample\, and Shop! Indulge your senses at the Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival. The premier gathering for coffee lovers\, chocolate enthusiasts\, and local craft supporters. Join us at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center for a weekend showcasing a curated selection of craft chocolate and specialty coffee available for you to sample and savor. Explore over 150 vendors\, meet our festival mascots Chunk and Bean\, engage in interactive seminars and demos\, and enjoy a family-friendly atmosphere designed for the ultimate “treat yourself” weekend. \nSaturday 9am-10am VIP HOUR\nSaturday 10am-5pm General Admission and VIP\nSunday 10am-4pm General Admission and VIP
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/pennsylvania-chocolate-and-coffee-festival-2/
LOCATION:Greater Philadelphia Expo Center\, 100 Station Ave\, Oaks\, 19456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coffee Hours,Event,Events,Family Fun,Festival,General Events
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SUMMARY:FRED WILSON: THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom
DESCRIPTION:THE MASTER PLAN or In Between the Big Bang and Modern Art Is the Restroom is a suite of twenty-two photogravures commissioned in 2004 by the Brodsky Center at PAFA and completed in 2009. They are on view for the first time at PAFA in the Works on Paper Gallery of the Historic Landmark Building\, for one year\, in conjunction with the exhibition A Nation of Artists. \nAs an artist living and working in New York City\, I had to support myself one way or another. Working simultaneously in the educational department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the American Museum of Natural History\, and the American Crafts Museum made me wonder about how the environment in which cultural production is placed affects the way the viewer feels about the artwork and the artist who made these things. \n—Fred Wilson \nThe prints reproduce floor outlines from visitor orientation maps of eighteen major art\, cultural\, and natural history museums in North America and Europe. The succession of diagrammatic images\, precisely etched in off-white and black inks\, encourage viewers to revisit memories of time spent in museums and recapture the sense of adventure sparked by picking up a map. \nAs one of the most influential American artists of this century\, Fred Wilson has set in motion a profound transformation prompting museums to reconsider how they engage viewers’ learning experiences through art and artifacts. Two hundred and fifty years after Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) established the American museum at the nation’s birth as the destination for educational advancement—commemorated in his painting The Artist in His Museum (1822)\, on view in the rotunda—Wilson examines the consequential role museums have played since. \nWilson’s conceptual inquiry challenges museums as neutral repositories of knowledge. His groundbreaking 1992 installation at the Maryland Historical Society\, Mining the Museum\, exhumed omitted histories of colonized and enslaved people and shifted attention to the authority embedded in institutional architecture\, furniture\, labels\, and registration systems through his creative retooling of the display apparatus. His subsequent work in glass\, sculpture\, painting\, drawing\, and print addresses the cross-continental history central to the Black experience\, including themes of race\, diaspora\, liberation\, and mourning.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/fred-wilson-the-master-plan-or-in-between-the-big-bang-and-modern-art-is-the-restroom/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts\, 118-128 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Cliveden House Tour Season
DESCRIPTION:2026 House Tour Season begins Friday\, May 1st\nThe 2026 house tour season begins Friday\, May 1\, 2026! Tours are available Thursdays through Sundays\, 12pm to 4pm\, beginning on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is an hour-long experience\, led by a Cliveden Interpreter. Tours begin in the Cliveden Barn (located at 98 E. Cliveden Street\, 19119) followed by the grounds\, first and second floor of the House\, and our new exhibit\, Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation\, debuting in 2026. \nTours can be scheduled in advance through our website or in person during tour days. Please contact our office at 215-848-1777 if you require accommodation as tours include first and second floor of the house. To learn more about tours\, admission\, and for directions\, visithttps://cliveden.org/tours/. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation \nThe North American continent became the site of war beginning in the 1750s and continued throughout the next three decades. The construction of Cliveden occurred during this violent time. A growing household of over twenty people at Cliveden reshaped their identities and looked to retain or procure their liberty at a time when discussions of freedom and independence were in everyone’s thoughts. This exhibit explores their experiences and struggles as a new nation formed. \nProcuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation is made possible by the generous support of The Mill Spring Foundation\, The Haley Foundation\, the Richard Dietrich III Foundation\, The Chester County History Center\, The Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University\, The Ivy Lodge Collection\, The Germantown Historical Society\, The Library of Congress\, William Faris\, Ian Hughes\, and John P. Wood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet In Touch!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n1-215-848-1777 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\nAboretum open to the public whenever gates are open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\ninfo@cliveden.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\n\n\nCliveden invites and gathers the community\, educates students\, teachers and public visitors and in a safe space\, convenes vital conversations about history\, race\, culture\, class\, gender\, civics and current events. We preserve this special place for community use and for future generations.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/2026-cliveden-house-tour-season/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Cliveden\, 6401 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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