June 19, 2025
Quilter? Crafter? Crocheter? Curious? Everyone’s invited to the Allentown Art Museum to enjoy the following free programs and events related to the exhibition Cutting Edge: Inventive Nineteenth-century Quilts from the Collection of Arlan and Pat Christ, opening on Saturday, August 9, 2025. We offer free admission every day we are open. Hours are Thursday-Sunday, 11 […]
June 18, 2025
The AAM is celebrating Pride Month by highlighting works created by LGBTQ+ artists. The creative practices of queer artists reflect personal struggles while representing new perspectives and inclusivity. To celebrate Pride this June, check out the following artworks during your next trip to the AAM! TREXLER GALLERY Keith Haring was an openly gay artist active […]
June 18, 2025
On theme with the Museum’s current exhibitions of Tiffany glass is a carefully curated selection of Tiffany merchandise available for purchase in our lobby Store or online. AAM Museum Store manager, Sharon Yurkanin, has created a display of the most tasteful, collectible, inspirational—and gorgeous—Tiffany-glass souvenirs available, from lamps for your living room to gift-worthy bookmarks, […]
June 18, 2025
Art Ways Family Gallery is not the only interactive space here at the Museum. We also maintain two response walls, where visitors can share their insights about and reactions to the art. The response wall outside Scheller Gallery features portraits from the exhibition New Conversations: Renaissance and Baroque Art at the Allentown Art Museum, posing […]
June 12, 2025
RSVP NOW Project My Label is a participatory art installation taking place at the Allentown Art Museum on Saturday, June 28, from noon until 3 p.m. Visitors are invited to interact with a life-size fabric doll created by artist Marco Caridad—a symbolic representation of the queer artist’s body. Through writing, drawing, and pinning personal reflections directly […]
June 9, 2025
Come see more than ninety captivating works by members of the Lehigh Valley Photography Club in the group’s eighth annual FOCUS exhibition, on view in Museum’s Community Gallery through Sunday, June 29. These images capture a diverse range of photography and were judged in one of the following eight categories: Abstract, Botanical, Landscape, Man-made, People, Open, Street, Wildlife. Admission is free, and the […]
May 29, 2025
Interactúa profundamente con la película de Ana Mendieta, Fundamendo de Palo Monte: Serie Silueta (Gunpowder Works), a traves de “Flujo de Galería”, un taller gratuito donde te invitamos a explorar la idea del hogar y la pertenencia, así como tu relación con la tierra. Verás la película con otras personas y luego te guiaremos a […]
May 27, 2025
From May 8 to May 22, 2025, the Art Museum’s Community Gallery came alive with color, imagination, and expression during the Allen Arts Academy Student Exhibition. Featuring artwork from dozens of talented students at William Allen High School, the exhibition presented the results of months of dedication, practice, and passion. Visitors were treated to a […]
May 13, 2025
The Allentown Art Museum is one of eighty cultural organizations chosen to receive a grant for community-based visual arts programs that otherwise would be in jeopardy of being cancelled due to financial uncertainties. The AAM’s Art Can program had initially been selected to receive funding through the now suspended NEA Challenge America grant initiative. Art […]
May 6, 2025
LEER EN ESPAÑOL Engage with Ana Mendieta’s film Fundamendo de Palo Monte: Silueta Series (Gunpowder Works) in a deeper way during “Gallery Flow,” a free workshop where you are invited to explore the idea of home and belonging, and your relationship to the earth. You will view the film with others and then be led through […]