FWM Open House

International Museum Day

May 18, 2024
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

A photograph of a colorful gallery installation with a central structure. At the center, a studio artist works on a scoreboard, displaying green and blue leaves around its perimeter. The larger structure features red, pink, and orange fabric on its roof and walls.
Project Technician Allen West (at left) works on the scoreboard for Group Hug, which will keep tally of visitors’ performance. Nearby, Franco Andrés adds a textured finish to the floor of the bahay kubo. Risa Puno, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Group Hug, 2024. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

This International Museum Day, The Fabric Workshop and Museum bares all!

Explore immersive, interactive, and deeply personal exhibitions on view, then go behind-the-scenes to learn how our Studio brings the experimental visions of Artists-in-Residence to life. Stop by our Print Studio to screenprint your very own artwork for a truly unconventional museum experience.

Event Information

May 18, 2024
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

 

Included with free general admission. Plan your visit today.

Free Tickets

Art + Artists

Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy
Studio talks at 12:30 and 2:30 pm
First Floor Gallery

John Jarboe: The Rose Garden
Studio talks at 1:30 and 3:30 pm
The Green Room, Second Floor

FWM Studio + Shopworks
Studio talks at 12:30 and 2:30 pm
Fifth Floor Studio

Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours
Tours at 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15, and 4:15 pm
Seventh Floor Archive

Risa Puno: Group Hug
Studio talks at 1:30 and 3:30 pm
Eighth Floor Gallery

Print / Making

Tufting Demo
Workshops at 1:30 pm and 3:15 pm
Fifth Floor Studio

Hankies to Roses: Printing + Folding
Workshop at 12:00 pm
Sixth Floor Print Studio

Printing with Large Screens
Workshops at 1:00 and 4:00 pm
Sixth Floor Print Studio

30-Minute Cut + Sew Demo
Demos at 2:00 and 2:30 pm
Sixth Floor Print Studio

Decorative Iron-on Patch Block Printing
Workshop at 3:00 pm
Sixth Floor Print Studio

Kids Corner

Book Reading: Once Upon the Sun & Sea: Indigenous Stories and Folk Tales from the Philippines
12:00 and 1:00 pm
First Floor

Book Reading: Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
2:00 and 3:00 pm
First Floor

Kids Corner Workshop
Activities include butterfly weaving, flower pin making, yarn weaving, and collage portraits.
12:00–5:00 pm (with breaks for book readings)
First Floor