August For Members
See It This Month Dorrance Galleries Modern : American Art 1910 1950 Through September 3 Levy Gallery Larry Fink: The Boxing Photographs August 11, 2018 January 1, 2019 Modern artists inspired by jazz music began using new methods like abstraction to visualize sound. Artists like Stuart Davis and Charles Demuth used bright patterns, zigzags, colors, and lines to suggest the energy and rhythms of jazz. This month, explore the exhibition and enjoy a series of inspired jazz performances at Friday Nights. As a member, you always receive free admission, and can bring guests for just $10 each. Larry Fink s powerful, unsentimental photographs reveal the heart of close-knit communities. Here, he takes us inside what he calls the deep fraternity of the boxing gym, its intimacy and its grit, captured in more than seventy-five luminous gelatin-silver prints. Featured in the series are Philadelphia s own Blue Horizon one of the great American boxing arenas and the local fighters who ve had their dreams realized, or dashed, within its hallowed walls. Great Stair Hall Balcony Art Splash Through September 3 Tuesday Sunday, 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Wednesdays till 7:00 p.m. Explore the shapes and colors, sights and sounds of Modern and play in our own mini metropolis. Kids and their grown-ups can experience the exhibition through tours, art making, and imaginative play. Bonus Offer Receive 50% off walk-up admission at Legoland Discovery Center at Plymouth Meeting Mall. Just show your membership card when you arrive. presented by For more information on the exhibitions and programs listed here, including generous donors, please visit philamuseum.org.
August In the Galleries Bruce Nauman Gallery 171 Art Splash is open Tuesdays Sundays, 10:00 5:00 (Wednesdays till 7:00) 1 Wednesday 2 Thursday 5:00 Members 7:00 Meetup Parks on Tap 6:00 Associate 8:00 Members Date with a Curator: Kristina Haugland ($2,500+) 6:30 Members History of Beer Chat Parks on Tap 3 Friday 8:45 Farid Barron 4 Saturday 2:00 Members Program Book Club 2:00 Mount Pleasant 5 Sunday Pay What You Wish 10:00 Art Splash 5:00 First Sunday 2:00 Mount Pleasant 7 Tuesday 2:00 Members Program Book Club 6:00 Focus Members 8:00 Behind the Scenes 8 Wednesday 11:00 Art Splash Stroller Tour 10 Friday 8:45 Drew Nugent Trio 11 Saturday 12 Sunday 4:00 New Member 6:00 Ice Cream Social 14 Tuesday 15 Wednesday 6:00 Art Splash Stroller Tour 6:15 Members-Only 16 Thursday 5:00 Members Outing Art of Baseball 17 Friday 8:45 The Ladybugs 18 Saturday 19 Sunday 21 Tuesday 23 Thursday 11:00 Museum Circle Members Art in Focus ($1,000+) 24 Friday 8:45 Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble 26 Sunday 28 Tuesday 29 Wednesday 31 Friday 5:00 Final Friday 8:45 Work Your Angles Hours Main Building 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays until 8:45. Closed Mondays. Perelman Building 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays. Rodin Museum 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Through August 19: open till 8:00 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Cedar Grove Open through December. Thursday Sunday: guided public tours at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. First Sunday of each month: tours 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Mount Pleasant Closed for maintenance. We re Here to Help memberservices@philamuseum.org 215-684-7840 For more information or to make a reservation, contact us at 215-235-7469 or visit philamuseum.org. Member programs are in red. Fee charged (member discounts offered for some events) Members event By reservation only
Just for You For a complete list of upcoming member programs, please visit philamuseum.org/membership or see the summer What s On guide. Final Fridays Work Your Angles Friday, August 31, 5:00 8:45 p.m. At this month s Final Friday offered in conjunction with the exhibition Face to Face: Portraits of Artists we ll explore the intersection between how we see ourselves, how we want to be seen, and how others see us. Face to Face features a stunning selection of rare photographs from the Museum s collection that show how photographers helped craft the public personas of their creative subjects. Members-Only Tours There s always more to see let us show you around. With one special theme to focus on, our Museum guides will give each tour their own spin. Take the tour multiple times to experience each of their unique perspectives. This month, visit a medieval cloister, a sixteenthcentury Indian Temple Hall, country estates of eighteenth-century England and France, and a Japanese teahouse, all in one hour on A Walk tour. Also now is your last chance to delve deeper into Modern with an exhibition tour. These tours are free for members and start in Lenfest Hall (West Entrance). See left for dates and times. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Looking for More Tours? We offer up to six guided tours each day, with no reservations required. Members-only tours are highlighted in this calendar. To see the public tour topics and times, check the calendar page on our website on the first of each month. Members Programs Space is limited; book your spot in advance. New Member Ice Cream Social Sunday, August 12, 4:00 6:00 p.m. It s sweet to be a member. Mingle with Museum staff and other new members in the Rodin Museum s Hamilton Gardens, with ice cream from Franklin Fountain. Members free, guests $10. Members Outing: Art of Baseball Thursday, August 16, 5:00 p.m. Take a private tour of the artwork in Citizens Bank Park with Phillies-commissioned artist Max Mason. Then watch our home team play the New York Mets. More details when you book your spot. Members $60, guests $70. Art in Focus Thursday, August 23, 11:00 a.m. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our Photography Studio s efforts to advance the future of imaging and create a visual documentation of the Museum s rich history. For Sponsors and above ($1,000+); free reservation required. Historic Houses Parks on Tap: Mount Pleasant Wednesday Friday, August 1 3, 5:00 8:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, August 4 & 5, 2:00 8:00 p.m. The city s traveling pop-up beer garden visits East Fairmount Park. Enjoy artisan demonstrations inside a colonial masterpiece. Event is free; food and beverages available for purchase. No reservations required. Members Meetup Thursday, August 2, 5:00 7:00 p.m. History of Beer Chat: 6:30 p.m. Special Program The Museum Workout Begins Wednesday, September 12 Check online for dates and times Take part in art and experience the Museum like never before: jog along with Monica Bill Barnes & Company on these early morning and afterhours aerobic tours. Tickets go on sale August 1. Members $24 (public $35, students $15). Don t delay; space is limited and we expect these tours to fill up fast. Presented in partnership with FringeArts as part of the 2018 Fringe Festival. August Dining Perk Free guacamole with the purchase of a burrito in the Museum Café. Cover: Mario Montez (MM#21), (detail), 2010, by Conrad Ventur (Purchased with funds contributed by Louis Wiley, Jr., 2017-65-1) Conrad Ventur. This page: Clown Torture: I m Sorry and No, No, No, 1987, by Bruce Nauman (On loan from the Pinault Collection). Temple Hall around 1560, India (Gift of Susan Pepper Gibson, Mary Gibson Henry, and Henry C. Gibson in memory of Adeline Pepper Gibson, 1919-714). The Artful Dodger, (1940, by Alfred Bendiner (Gift of Mrs. Alfred Bendiner, 1965-202- 16) The Bendiner Foundation, Ms. Rachel Chasin, Administrator; reproduced by permission. Georgia O Keeffe, 1944, by Arnold Newman (Gift of R. Sturgis and Marion B. F. Ingersoll, 1945-72-51). On the reverse: Something on the Eight Ball (detail), 1953 54, by Stuart Davis (Purchased with the Adele Haas Turner and Beatrice Pastorius Turner Memorial Fund, 1954-30-1) Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photograph by Elizabeth Leitzell. Castlehill, Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 1993, by Larry Fink (Promised gift of the Tony Podesta Collection, Washington DC) Larry Fink. Follow us and join the conversation. @philamuseum 0718-11732
August 2018 Dated material. Please do not delay. PO Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646 See how photographers crafted the public personas of their creative subjects in Face to Face.