The Museum is again hosting a free-to-the-public day of the Allentown Film Festival, this year on Sunday, April 26, beginning at noon with two screenings. The first series of shorts explores that timeless question “What Is Art?” The second block includes short films in Spanish with English subtitles. The screenings will be in the Museum’s auditorium.
Admission to the screenings is FREE, but seating is limited so please register below to save your seat. Post-screening panel discussions with filmmakers and cast members are planned for both blocks of films.
“What Is Art?”
Hushed Museums
Behind the Art (6 min): Exploring Patricia Shistle’s expressive art and the life that shapes it.
Single Use (2 min): Plastic‑laden tides turn silent as humanity’s waste cycles through life.
Clack Mountain Clay (5 min): Quinn Maher discusses working with clay from Clack Mountain in Kentucky.
Hushed Museums – Director’s Cut (2 min): Please don’t touch the art, it may just touch you back…
Heritage Bride
Heritage Bride (2 min): Uncovering the beauty and history of Asir’s traditional women’s attire.
The Lost Coordinates (5 min): A film exploring modern life’s disconnection from nature and the cosmos.
Yearn
Yearn (4 min): An earthquake lets two statues finally unite in a rule‑breaking romance.
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Spanish-language with English subtitles
The Dance of Darkness
The Dance of Darkness (6 min): Amid an artistic crisis, Saul’s Butoh dance journey reveals art’s real soul.
Is That You? (4 min): A lost photo of a stunning girl sends his day—and heart—spiraling.
The Message (8 min): Luis reveals alien truths on TV—until a “ship” lands mid broadcast.