Programs: Calendar May 2013

ArtSee Activities

Fabulous Families are fun! Create a family portrait bag, a mousterpiece diorama, and a family tree.

May 19, 2013
1–3 pm 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Free

Program tickets are available at the admission desk. Collection Gallery admission is not included.

ArtSee Authors: Jane Breskin Zalben, Mousterpiece

Zalben, author/artist of over 50 books, will give a talk, read, answer questions, and sign books. In partnership with the Central Library Children’s Department.

May 19, 2013
3–4 pm: reading and Q&A
4–5 pm: book sale and signing
2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Free, reservations required

Collection admission not included

Reserve your tickets online or by calling 215.278.7200

arttime storytime

ARTime Storytime: The Magical Garden of Claude Monet

By Laurence Anholt
Julie visits Claude Monet’s garden. After the reading and dancing, make your own garden. Best for ages 2–5.

May 23, 2013
10:30–11 am & 11:30 am–noon 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Free

Space is limited, reserve your free tickets online. Please select a time: 10:30 am or 11:30 am.

Collection Gallery admission is not included.

61 North

XPN Welcomes: 61 North

A high-energy blues-rock band with a Southern vibe and charismatic funk-pop sounds.

May 24, 2013
6–8 pm 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Free with admission. Tickets allowing entry into building, special exhibition and performances in the Court are available on-site the day of visit. $10; free for members

For tickets: 215.278.7200

Merion
members only

Guided Tour of the Barnes Arboretum

Dr. and Mrs. Barnes spent decades developing their lovely, eleven- acre private estate into a living laboratory of rare plant specimens collected from all over the world.  Intended for use by students of the Barnes Arboretum School, begun in 1941, today it is home to over twenty state champion trees along with collections of roses, lilacs, peonies, ferns, and other ornamental species.  As an intact example of early 20th century landscape design, the Barnes Arboretum also provides a perspective into the unique personalities and pedagogical philosophies of its founders.

May 28, 2013
11 am–noon 300 N. Latch's Lane, Merion $12

Reservations required: online or call 215.278.7200

arttime storytime

ARTime Storytime: The Magical Garden of Claude Monet

By Laurence Anholt
Julie visits Claude Monet’s garden. After the reading and dancing, make your own garden. Best for ages 2–5.

May 30, 2013
10:30–11 am & 11:30 am–noon 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Free

Space is limited, reserve your free tickets online. Please select a time: 10:30 am or 11:30 am.

Collection Gallery admission is not included.


Sculpture for a Large Wall: Art and Architecture

Gund Family Chief Curator Judith Dolkart talks with James Meyer, National Gallery of Art curator, and David B. Brownlee, Penn’s Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor, about this piece’s role in Philadelphia’s urban landscape.

May 31,2013
1–2 pm 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway $15; members $12

Includes admission to Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture on the Wall. Does not include Collection Gallery access.

Reserve your tickets online or by calling 215.278.7200

rotimi

Rotimi & de Afrophonik Crew

Rotimi is an accomplished musicologist and songwriter who plays the trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophone, keyboards, and African drums in world music that blends jazz and folk.

May 31, 2013
6–8 pm 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Free with admission. Tickets allowing entry into building, special exhibition and performances in the Court are available on-site the day of visit. $10; free for members

For tickets: 215.278.7200