Planning to bring a group? Customize your own experience. We offer insightful guided tours of our exhibitions and studios as well as hands-on workshops led by museum educators. Artist box viewings reveal the stories behind our Studio’s collaborations with artists over the past 49 years. However you do it, we’re here to make your group’s visit surprising and memorable.
| Tour category | General | Education | Member* | 65+ |
| Exhibition Tour | $10 | $5 | $5 | $5 |
| Exhibition + Studio Tour | $15 | $10 | $10 | $5 |
| Exhibition Tour + Hands-On Workshop | $20 | $15** | $15 | $10 |
| Artist Box Viewing | $15 | $10 | $10 | $5 |
| Make + Do Workshop | $85 | $50 | $85 | $85 |
Rates are per person.
*Member rate applies to each FWM member. General public rates apply to the rest of the group.
**Title 1 schools and social service organizations get a special rate for exhibition tour + hands-on workshops of $5 per person for up to 30 participants. FWM also has a limited number of free experiences available for Title 1 schools. Tour bookings are available on a first come, first served basis. If you would like to schedule a tour or workshop but feel a visit would be cost prohibitive for your group, please contact Katie Parry, Public Education Program Manager.
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Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Photo credit: Gustavo Garcia, Colíbri Workshop. Courtesy of Mural Arts Philadelphia.
Members from the FWM Education team will guide your group through our current exhibitions, sharing stories about the collaborative process, materials and techniques, the artist’s practice, and themes present in the artist’s work.
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Participants learning about FWM Print Studio practices. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
There is always a wide range of creative activity happening daily at FWM. In this behind-the-scenes tour, visit our print production studio and learn how we expose screens and mix pigments for fabric printing. We’ll guide you through our history of collaborating with artists and our ethos of experimentation. Tour groups can also peruse our archive of fabric swatches which contain patterns designed and printed by Apprentices and Artists-in-Residence since 1977.
These immersive workshops engage the minds and bodies of artists at all levels. Participants begin with an interactive tour of the exhibition, followed by a hands-on workshop in the studio designed to connect to the process, materials, or concepts expressed in the works on view.
Sample prepared by FWM Education. Photo credit: Kristina Price.
Friendship stars have been sewn into quilts for centuries to symbolize the bonds of friendship, love, and community. Make your own friendship star print using screenprinting techniques, then embellish the design with mixed media to commemorate the friendships in your own life.
Sample prepared by FWM Education. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
Your life plays a role in shaping the story of your country. What stories from your own life need to be told? What stories do you want to hear from your neighbor? Use the screenprinting process to imprint your personal history, feelings, and ideas into your American story.
Sample prepared by FWM Education. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
At FWM, we often ponder questions about color:
How do colors relate to one another? How can color allow us to express our feelings and ideas? Can all colors be beautiful?
Beginning with a color that challenges the conventional sense of beauty, create a two-layer, paper-cut design that realizes the color’s potential for artistic expression. With the second layer, explore contrast and harmony through creating an unexpected color relationship.
Sample prepared by FWM Education. Photo credit. Carlos Avendaño.
How can the screenprinting process help us explore identity? Use a variety of mono printing techniques to explore how to represent qualities of your ever-changing and all-feeling self through mark, color, shape, and pattern.
Sample prepared by FWM Education. Photo credit. Carlos Avendaño.
Explore the many shades of green as a herald for the spring and summer months with these verdant prints! Create your own positive and negative seasonal design using paper cut stencils and monoprinting techniques.
Participants learning about color print tests from FWM staff. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
Get a rare glimpse into our collection of process materials from over 400 artists’ residencies at FWM. Artist boxes capture a specific period of an artist’s career and often reflect the historical moment in which the artist was working. Through material tests, sketches, notes, models, and samples, artist boxes tell the story of the challenges and discoveries that arise from these compelling collaborations.
Jonathan Lyndon Chase, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Bending $ag Boxers, 2021 (process image). Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
Over the years, Artists-in-Residence have collaborated with FWM to create special editions in a range of media, creating a trove of objects and wearables for art lovers and collectors. Explore artist boxes that showcase the process of designing and producing artist editions, highlighting the work of artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Jiha Moon, Samara Golden, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Edgar Heap of Birds, and Kiki Smith. All participants receive a 10% discount in the FWM Store!
Ready to expand your craft and deepen your skillset? Make + Do Workshops introduce participants to printing, garment-making, hand-sewing, and more! Workshops must be scheduled Wednesday–Friday between the hours of 10:00–6:00 pm. Participants must register at least two weeks in advance. These workshops are intended for groups of 6 or more.
A tour group printing a custom collaborative yardage. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
Through the creative process, a dream can become something real. For almost 50 years, FWM has helped artists transform their dreams into screenprinted patterns. In celebration of our upcoming anniversary, we invite your group to create a collaborative, large-scale, repeat pattern commemorating your shared dreams for the future. Perfect for friends, family, teams, and classes, this project will leave each participant with one yard of custom screenprinted fabric.
Before your visit, we encourage groups to learn about the history of The Fabric Workshop and Museum, our Artists-in-Residence Program, and current exhibitions on view. Engage your group in a conversation about contemporary art museums and museum etiquette.
Questions? Contact Katie Parry, Public Education Program Manager