September 8, 2022
The Allentown Art Museum is offering the following internships for the fall of 2022: School and Family Programs Intern This individual will help design, develop, and implement fall and spring family programs including drop-in artmaking classes, leading ArtVentures activities, and more. A key project will be assisting in the development of the next season of […]
August 30, 2022
The Museum’s upstairs Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery has always been a safe and engaging place for parents and children to explore design concepts and the visual arts together, most popularly during staff-guided ArtVentures creative time on Free Sundays. Now, with the start of Free Admission for All, Forever, Art Ways and the adjacent Crayola […]
August 22, 2022
By Max Weintraub, President and CEO, Allentown Art Museum (as it appeared in the Morning Call, August 14, 2022) Beginning August 27, 2022, the Allentown Art Museum will no longer charge admission. Thanks to a transformative legacy gift from the Century Fund and the extraordinary generosity of Lehigh Valley Health Network as well as City […]
August 5, 2022
Thanks to a generous legacy gift from the Century Fund and lead support from Lehigh Valley Health Network and City Center Allentown and J.B. and Kathleen Reilly, the Museum is instituting Free Admission for All, Forever, beginning Saturday, August 27, 2022! To celebrate, the Museum is throwing a party, with free fun activities for all […]
August 5, 2022
The Allentown Art Museum is pleased to announce that thanks to a generous legacy gift from the Century Fund and lead support from Lehigh Valley Health Network and City Center Allentown and J.B. and Kathleen Reilly, the Museum is instituting Free Admission for All, Forever, beginning Saturday, August 27, 2022. “Becoming an admission-free Museum is […]
July 19, 2022
In anticipation of the opening of our New American Galleries at the end of August, we invite our community to explore the themes of heritage, tradition, and culture—the focus of our historic rehang—through artmaking. Curious creators of all ages are invited to take part in one of our free Summer Artist Workshops, happening on upcoming Saturdays […]
June 28, 2022
While many artists rely on their eyes and hands to guide them in the creation of an artwork, Lehigh Valley–based sculptor Scott Sherk depends on his ears. Sherk uses sound as a medium to bring into focus the world around him, and now visitors to the Allentown Art Museum can experience that world too, and […]
May 17, 2022
The Allentown Art Museum’s upstairs Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery has always been a safe and engaging place where children can explore art making, creativity, design concepts, and critical-looking and -thinking skills. Studies show that these formative experiences with art can expand a child’s world and grow her and his confidence and abilities. As we welcomed […]
May 5, 2022
Work will begin this summer on critical facility updates to the Allentown Art Museum thanks to a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, secured by Senate Appropriations Chairman Pat Browne (R-16 District). The Museum received a $400,000 grant from the Keystone Communities Program to address important building upgrades and infrastructure needs, including a new HVAC […]
May 3, 2022
Beginning on July 18, 2022, the Museum’s colorful and crowd-pleasing Wall Drawing #793A by conceptual artist Sol LeWitt will be deinstalled from Trexler Hall in preparation for the opening of the New American Galleries. LeWitt’s Wall Drawing has been the backdrop to so many memorable Museum events and activities since the fall of 2018. It […]