Join us for a weekend of activities as we celebrate the openings of three new exhibitions. The fun begins on Friday, November 10, from 6-8 p.m. with a member-only preview and reception complete with hors d’oeuvres and music by SATORI. Not a member? Become one today!
The public opening takes place on Saturday and Sunday, November 11 and 12.
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On Saturday, November 11, the focus is on
Nostalgia for My Island: Puerto Rican Painting from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (1786–1962)
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11 a.m.-1 p.m.: live remote broadcast by La Mega Radio DJs on Fifth Street, outside the Museum
11:30 p.m.: Spanish-language tour of Nostalgia for My Island
11:30-3 p.m.: family art making in Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery
12:30-3 p.m.: live music, inside the Museum
1:30 p.m.: English-language tour of Nostalgia for My Island
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On Sunday, November 12, the focus is on
Angela Fraleigh: Threaded with moonlight
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noon: gallery talk by Angela Fraleigh, free but please RSVP HERE
2 p.m.: English-language tour of Threaded with Moonlight
11:30-3 p.m.: family art making in Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery
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The exhibitions:
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Angela Fraleigh: Threaded with moonlight
The bones of us hunger for nothing, 2015, Oil and silver metal leaf on linen. 90″ x 66in. © Angela Fraleigh, photo by Ken Ek.
Threaded with moonlight is Fraleigh’s newest body of work, inspired by the Allentown Art Museum’s rich textile holdings and the long history of textiles as a medium associated with female labor.
Nostalgia for My Island: Puerto Rican Painting from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (1786–1962)
Waldemar Morales (1931-2010), Landscape, View of San Germán / Paisaje, vista de San Germán, 1957, oil on canvas/óleo sobre lienzo, Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Nostalgia for My Island explores Puerto Rican art through twenty exceptional works from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP), on view for the first time on the East Coast.
The Making of Gustave Baumann’s El Velorio (The Wake)
Gustave Baumann (American, 1881-1971), El Velorio (The Wake) (detail), 1927, woodcut. Purchase: Gift of Paul K. Kania, 2019. (2019.15)
This exhibition features from the Museum’s collection the sketches of the artist’s initial idea, his carved wood blocks, and the related color proofs showing process.