Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932), design attributed to Agnes Northrop (American, 1857-1953), Derr Memorial Window, 1919, leaded Favrile glass. Allentown Art Museum: purchase, Leigh Schadt and Edwin Schadt Art Museum Trust Fund and with the generous support of more than 220 donors to the Tiffany Windows Campaign 2017-2025. (2024.8.2)
At the Allentown Art Museum we are celebrating the unveiling of our two Tiffany memorial windows with a full schedule of programs. Join us for one or all! As always, admission to the Museum is free every day we are open, Thursday-Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and there’s free parking in our lot.
Please note: The windows will be off view Thursdays and Fridays, July 3 through July 25, as our Kress Collection is reinstalled in Kress Gallery. The windows will be partially accessible on Saturdays and Sundays—July 5-6, 12-13, and 19-20—and then will be fully accessible again beginning Saturday, July 26.
FOR MEMBERS
Thursday, August 21 • 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Members’ Night Out
This member-only tour led by the AAM’s Abby Simmons, focuses on glass works in the Museum—from our Tiffany windows and Frank Lloyd Wright Library windows to our decorative-arts display and glowing glass by Alteronce Gumby. Tour begins at 4:30 p.m. Then at 5:30 p.m. artist Kim Hogan will lead a free mosaics workshop inspired by our Tiffany windows (see details and sign up below). Don’t forget to shop the Museum Store with your 10% member discount. SIGN UP FOR TOUR HERE
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FOR ADULTS
Mosaic artist Kim Hogan
Thursday, August 21 • 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Third Thursday Art Workshop: Mosaics with Kim Hogan
Using various colors of glass, you’ll create small artworks that can be hung up. Kim will assist participants by cutting their glass and instructing visitors on how to create mosaic art. SIGN UP FOR THE WORKSHOP HERE.
Windows conservator Diane Rousseau
Saturday, August 23 • 1 p.m.
Dynamic Conversation: Diane Rousseau
Join us for a presentation by Diane Rousseau, the conservator charged with restoring our Tiffany windows. Rousseau brings unparalleled expertise to her craft, with an impressive portfolio that includes the conservation of the Hartwell Memorial Window for the Art Institute of Chicago and projects for renowned institutions such as the Worcester Art Museum, the MFA Boston, and the Corning Museum of Glass. At the AAM she will share insights into the challenges and triumphs of preserving our windows for future generations. Free, but it could fill up, RESERVE YOUR SEAT HERE. Preferred seating for Museum members.
Saturday, October 11 • 1 p.m.
Dynamic Conversation: Curating Tiffany
Learn about the artistic, cultural, and historical significance of Tiffany glass from a trio of distinguished curators who will share their expertise about the art of Louis Comfort Tiffany. AAM vice president of curatorial affairs Elaine Mehalakes, who oversaw the acquisition of our magnificent Tiffany windows, will be joined by Dr. Elizabeth McGoey, curator of American art at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Jennifer Thalheimer, director and curator at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, home of the most extensive Tiffany collection in the world. These experts (below) will offer rare insights into the intricate processes of preserving and interpreting Tiffany’s iconic works. RESERVE YOUR SEAT HERE. Preferred seating for Museum members.
FOR FAMILIES
Saturdays & Sundays in July • 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
ArtVentures: Color and Light
Guided art making for all ages. Create your own Tiffany-style window by using cellophane to create an artwork that can be hung on a window. Participants will have drawing templates available that can be traced onto the cellophane and cut out to shape, as well as permanent markers to draw directly onto the cellophane to create more detailed designs. Flashlights will be available for use to imitate sunlight beaming through the artwork, showing an example of what the artwork would look like on a window. LEARN MORE ABOUT ARTVENTURES HERE.
Third Friday in July & First & Third Friday in August • noon-3 p.m.
Field Trip Fridays: Floral Luminaries
Homeschoolers and their families are invited to create a mixed-media luminary inspired by the botanical lamps and windows in the Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass exhibition. With the guidance of a Museum educator, students will press dried flowers between wax paper and add color to their luminaries using oil pastels. Throughout the project, students will explore light, color, and nature. LEARN MORE ABOUT FIELD TRIP FRIDAYS HERE.
Saturdays & Sundays in August • 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
ArtVentures: Tissue-Paper Lanterns
Guided art making for all ages. Participants will design and create a lantern by cutting shapes out of tissue paper for their design before gluing them onto wax paper. When finished gluing, transparency paper will be placed on the back of the wax paper for support and will be stapled together in a tube shape to create the lantern. Place the tea light inside the tube, and the lantern is complete. LEARN MORE ABOUT ARTVENTURES HERE.
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