AAM Painting Being Considered for USPS Stamp
December 24, 2021
Longtime AAM Museum Store manager Sharon Yurkanin is always looking for fresh ways to share the wonders of the Museum’s collection.
People’s Choice: Help Us Select Art for Our Upcoming Exhibition
December 22, 2021
January 3 through 6, 2022, the Allentown Art Museum invites you to participate in a bracket-style online vote to select an object you want to see in the upcoming exhibition Eclectic Collecting: Curiosities from the Vault.
Shop Local, Buy Local at the AAM
December 7, 2021
This holiday season, we encourage you to support your local nonprofit art museum by purchasing a gift membership and by shopping in the Museum Store–filled with locally made wares. This is the Allentown Art Museum’s 2021 gift guide!
Day With(out) Art 2021
December 1, 2021
Founded in 1989, Visual AIDS Day With(out) Art was created, coinciding with World AIDS Day on December 1st, as a call for “mourning and action in response to the AIDS crisis.”
A Look Back: Artist-in-Residence Mallory Zondag
November 24, 2021
Fiber artist Mallory Zondag ends her yearlong-plus residency at the Art Museum on November 28, 2021, with the closing of her installation Cocooned in Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery.
She’s Back! New Exhibit Revolves Around AAM’s Young Woman
November 16, 2021
Rembrandt’s Return: A Complement of Prints opens at the Allentown Art Museum on November 19, 2021, as the counterpoint to the Museum’s spring 2021 Rembrandt Revealed exhibition, which celebrated the reattribution of the AAM’s painting Portrait of a Young Woman (1632) to the seventeenth-century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn.
A Salute to Veterans
November 11, 2021
In honor of Veterans Day, the Allentown Art Museum is highlighting staff members who have served and continue to serve our country.
Japanese Art at the Allentown Art Museum & Beyond
November 5, 2021
Explore the Japanese art on view in the Lehigh Valley during fall 2021 with Allentown Art Museum Associate Curator, Claire McRee, and founding member and chair of Lehigh Valley JAJAJA, Miki Sankary.
5 Tips for Smart Art Collecting
November 2, 2021
Meet Lauren Bradley, the Chair of the Allentown Art Museum’s Cocktails & Collecting 2021 fall fundraiser.
Bring to Life a Felted Monster
October 22, 2021
It’s alive! Create your own felted monster while learning about the scientific properties of fiber art. Learn wet felting and needle felting techniques with teaching artist Mallory Zondag. Supplies Needed: Wool Foam roller Felting block Plastic sheet Foam sheet Bubble wrap Tulle mesh Felting needles Fiber fill stuffing Steps to Make a Monster: