African American Museum in Philadelphia

Want to view some art over your lunch break? Why not join AAMP for Art Break? Every third Thursday for one hour at noon, the museum hosts Art Break, a monthly program encouraging visitors to unpack the layered content of a featured exhibition by engaging in informal discussions with curatorial and programming staff and invited guest speakers. Morgan Lloyd, our Programming Coordinator and Lead Guide, will lead this month’s discussion...

Join the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) for the last Rising Sun Artist and Curator talk of the year featuring Renée Stout, whose arresting works like “Le Busou was evoked to Quell the Beast”, “Hoodoo Assassins” and “Sketchbook with Foreboding” are three arresting works prominently on display at AAMP.   Renée Stout will present her work and then be joined in conversation with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Dr....

Back By Popular demand for one final tour of the season, Join AAMP and the 1838 Black Metropolis for a modified version of their one mile long 101-Black History walking tour. The nonprofit has generated another tour with themes complementing our new exhibition, Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America. The title of the walking tour emerged from the Pennsylvania Abolition Societies’ 1838 Black Census, reveals a thriving metropolis of...

Join the African American Museum in Philadelphia as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Bring your family for an intergenerational cross-cultural story time, performance, and dance class alongside Indigenous organizations We Are The Seeds and Native Nations Dance Theatre, Inc. Native Nations Dance Theater, Inc   The only professional Native American Indian Dance Company in Philadelphia that creates/produces performances and has traveled to parts of the world including: North America,...

Meet us in our Jack T. Franklin Auditorium for a very special installment of our Rising Sun Artist/Curator series, Multiple Suns Part II where AAMP hosts special guests from across the country, Rising Sun Artists Shiva Ahmadi and La Vaughn Belle. Date Friday, November 17, 2023 Time 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Venue African American Museum in Philadelphia Price $10 General Admission Free for AAMP Members and PAFA Members! Register Now

By way of the United States Virgin Islands, this month, Art Break welcomes another special guest, Rising Sun Artist, La Vaughn Belle, in conversation with Rising Sun Fellow, Michael K. Wilson. The two will discuss their work and intersections surrounding the road to Rising Sun, as well as the impetus for the collaboration and the final artwork on view at AAMP; a thought-provoking and layered installation in Gallery 3 of...

Join us at the African American Museum in Philadelphia for a very special evening with renowned artist Alison Saar, in conversation with AAMP’s Vice President of Curatorial Affairs, Dejay B. Duckett as they explore Alison’s past, future and present work including her current full room installation for Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America at PAFA, Hygiea. About the Work: “Saar’s Hygiea, titled after the ancient Greek goddess of health,...

Join the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) as we commemorate the release of the Rising Sun: Artist in an Uncertain America Catalogue. Co-curators Dejay Duckett, AAMP, and Judith Tannenbaum, PAFA will discuss the newly released catalogue and exhibition. This conversation will be moderated by TK Smith a Philadelphia-based curator, writer, and cultural historian. The exhibition will be available to view...