Exhibition Events in Philly

Thu, Oct 29, 2026 – Sat, Nov 28, 2026 (67 events)

Exploring the Galleries with Executive Director Anne CorsoNew and On View

Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 5:30 PM

No additional event-specific details were found on the source page. Venue: James A. Michener Art Museum When: 2026-10-29 at 17:30 Price: $15 members / $27 non-members Full details: https://www.michenerartmuseum.org/event/exploring-the-galleries-with-executive-director-anne-corsonew-and-on-view-2/

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Members' Hour: Marcel Duchamp

Fri, Oct 30, 2026 · 10:00 AM

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

Members are invited to explore the special exhibition *Marcel Duchamp* during an exclusive Members’ Hour at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Access includes only the galleries devoted to the exhibition; the rest of the building remains open to the public.

Walnut-Locust Station

Color Me Back’s Lovely Day Tour

Through Fri, Oct 30, 2026

South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Color Me Back’s Lovely Day Tour offers a guided look at *Lovely Day*, a mural by Lauren “Cat” West located in the concourse beneath SEPTA’s Walnut Street Station. The mural was created with Color Me Back participants between August 2020 and March 2021 and is being presented to the public after an extended closure.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists

Sat, Oct 31, 2026 · 1:00 PM

118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

A guided in-gallery tour of PAFA’s newly restored Historic Landmark Building, the exhibition explores the diverse stories of American art and identity. Experienced docents examine the international influences and global exchanges that shaped American art, while highlighting artists’ responses to changing social conditions from the 18th century through the present.

The Clay Studio

Operation Mud

Through Sat, Oct 31, 2026

1425 N American Street, Philadelphia, PA

Operation Mud is an exhibition honoring the students, teachers, and guest artists who participated in the first year of The Clay Studio’s Veteran-focused ceramic art workshop. Organized by resident artist and veteran Bradford Davis, the program creates a setting where veterans can support one another, build community, and find peace through ceramic making.

The Delaware Contemporary

We Can Use The Rain

Through Sat, Oct 31, 2026

200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE

We Can Use The Rain is a solo exhibition by fiber artist Larissa Ranbom, presented in The Delaware Contemporary’s ArtSource Gallery. The exhibition follows the changing life of plants across the seasons, from early spring redbuds and summer flowers to autumn milkweed and indoor-grown cacti in winter.

Fabric Workshop and Museum

Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts

Through Sun, Nov 1, 2026

1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

Jesse Krimes: *Elegy Quilts* presents selections from the artist’s ongoing series of textile works examining the personal and emotional effects of incarceration. Drawing on his own experience with the U.S. carceral system, Krimes transforms donated clothing and fabric fragments from currently and formerly incarcerated people into intricately patterned quilts that consider memory, grief, alienation, comfort, belonging, and resilience.

Grounds For Sculpture

Teamwork: A Grounds For Sculpture Staff Exhibition

Through Sun, Nov 1, 2026

Teamwork: A Grounds For Sculpture Staff Exhibition showcases the creative work of the people who make up Grounds For Sculpture. Staff artists from across the organization contribute work shaped by their varied backgrounds, departments, disciplines, materials, and artistic approaches.

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Longwood Gardens

Main Fountain Garden Performances

Through Sun, Nov 1, 2026

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA

Main Fountain Garden Performances bring Longwood Gardens’ central fountain to life through coordinated water movement and music. The display features 1,719 jets that spin, dance, and surge as high as 175 feet, creating a large-scale performance throughout the garden.

New Hope Arts

Pop-Up Exhibition: In This Forest by Michael Palladino

Through Sun, Nov 1, 2026

2 Stockton Ave, 2nd fl, New Hope, PA

“In This Forest” is a solo pop-up exhibition by mixed-media artist Michael Palladino, presented in the Main Gallery at New Hope Arts. Palladino, a New York City–based artist and graduate of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, works across printmaking, sculpture, photography, and woodworking.

Wharton Esherick Museum

Member Sundays in the Studio [Member-Exclusive Event]

Sun, Nov 1, 2026 · 10:00 AM

1520 Horseshoe Trail, Malvern, PA

Member Sundays in the Studio is a members-only morning program at the Wharton Esherick Museum. Friends of Esherick can spend an hour exploring the Studio’s main first-floor gallery at their own pace, speaking with museum staff and docents, and viewing a specially selected object that is rarely seen from the museum’s collections or archives.

Barnes Foundation

Members-Only Online Tour: Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America

Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 2:00 PM

2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

Members are invited to a virtual tour of the Barnes Foundation’s exhibition *Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America*. The program examines 20th-century art and design through the experiences of Japanese and Japanese American artists affected by forced relocation and incarceration during World War II, as well as the wider history of the United States.

Delaware Art Museum

DelArt Day Trip from Sussex: Art & Holiday Shopping

Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 8:30 AM

2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE

Spend a full day at the Delaware Art Museum with a guided exploration of art, lunch, and early holiday shopping. This day trip from Sussex includes transportation from Lewes, two museum tours, time to explore the galleries, and a visit to the newly redesigned DelArt Market.

Delaware Art Museum

Living in the Present: Indigenous / Native Fashion Art Show featuring Kehala Smith and Dayesla Ixtli

Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 6:00 PM

2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE

Featuring: Red Blanket Singers

Living in the Present is an Indigenous and Native fashion presentation honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Month. The evening traces Indigenous artistic traditions across the Americas, connecting the history and cultural identity embedded in regalia, beadwork, quillwork, leatherwork, headpieces, makeup, and contemporary wearable art with the designers creating in the present.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Members' Hour: Marcel Duchamp

Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 10:00 AM

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

Members are invited to explore the special exhibition *Marcel Duchamp* during an exclusive morning access period at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This Members’ Hour takes place in the Dorrance Galleries, where members can view the exhibition before the rest of the building opens to the public.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Wish You Were Here

Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 11:00 AM

118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Wish You Were Here is a PAFA members-only tour exploring how travel, education, and adventure influenced American artists. The tour follows American artists around the world, examining how their experiences abroad shaped new ideas, perspectives, and works of art.

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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists

Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 1:00 PM

118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Explore the diverse stories of American art and identity on a docent-led tour of PAFA’s “A Nation of Artists” exhibition. The tour examines how American artists engaged with social conditions, international exchange, westward expansion, industrial growth, conflict, and innovation, with works spanning from the late 18th century through the modern era.

Glencairn Museum

From Tower to Garden: Glencairn's Symbolism Inside and Out Tour

Through Sun, Nov 8, 2026

This 75-minute guided tour explores the symbolism woven into Glencairn Museum’s architecture and gardens. The experience examines interior and exterior motifs organized around four connected themes—family, school, country, and church—and considers how they shaped life in the home of Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn.

Glencairn Museum

The Sacred Art of Ethiopia

Through Sun, Nov 8, 2026

The Sacred Art of Ethiopia explores the living artistic heritage of one of the world’s oldest Christian civilizations. The exhibition features Ethiopian interpretations of biblical stories, expressed through distinctive visual traditions shaped by the country’s cultural and spiritual history while conveying themes shared by Christians worldwide.

James A. Michener Art Museum

Free Second Sundays

Sun, Nov 8, 2026 · 12:00 PM

138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown, PA

No additional event-specific details were found on the source page. Venue: James A. Michener Art Museum When: 2026-11-08 at 12:00 Price: Free Full details: https://michenerartmuseum.org/event/free-second-sundays/2026-11-08/

Longwood Gardens

Chrysanthemum Bonsai Display

Through Fri, Nov 13, 2026

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA

Chrysanthemum Bonsai Display showcases chrysanthemum bonsai and hardy bonsai in autumn color at Longwood Gardens. The exhibition features miniature landscapes pairing tanuki bonsai chrysanthemums with suiseki viewing stones, inviting quiet contemplation and appreciation of the natural world.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Members' Hour: Marcel Duchamp

Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 10:00 AM

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

Members are invited to spend an exclusive hour exploring the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s special exhibition *Marcel Duchamp*. The program takes place in the Dorrance Galleries and offers member-only access to the galleries included in the exhibition.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists

Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 1:00 PM

118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Explore the “A Nation of Artists” exhibition on a guided in-gallery tour led by an experienced PAFA docent. The tour considers the varied stories of American art and identity, including the international influences and global exchanges that have shaped art made in the United States.

TILT

Eco-Social Realism Open House at TILT

Sat, Nov 14, 2026

1400 North American Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eco-Social Realism Open House at TILT offers a final opportunity to tour *Eco-Social Realism: Historic Mural Activations* at TILT before the exhibition closes. The Open House highlights ecologically themed artwork presented across galleries throughout the Philadelphia region.

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Wayne Art Center

Philadelphia Water Color Society: 126th International Exhibition of Works on Paper

Through Sat, Nov 14, 2026

413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Water Color Society’s 126th International Exhibition of Works on Paper presents a juried selection of contemporary works on paper at Wayne Art Center. The exhibition includes watercolor, soft pastel, charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, gouache, acrylic, and hand-pulled prints, bringing together work by local, national, and international artists.

Woodmere Art Museum

A Taste of Maguire Hall Tour

Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 11:00 AM

9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

A Taste of Maguire Hall Tour offers a docent-led exploration of Woodmere Art Museum’s Frances M. Maguire Hall. Expert guides discuss the works on display while providing additional context about the museum’s exhibitions and history. Visitors should check in at the front desk before the tour.

Asian Arts Initiative

Black + Gold Artists Exchange Pop-Up Exhibition

Fri, Nov 13, 2026 – Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 6:00 PM

1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA

Black + Gold Artists Exchange brings Black American and Asian American artists together to share stories, exchange creative practices, and investigate connections between their communities through art and collaboration. The project considers parallel experiences of systemic oppression and marginalization while exploring intersections between the communities’ histories and lived experiences.

Longwood Gardens

Autumn’s Colors

Through Sun, Nov 15, 2026

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA

Autumn’s Colors transforms Longwood Gardens into a seasonal celebration of fall foliage, harvest displays, chrysanthemums, and changing textures across 83 acres of indoor and outdoor gardens. Visitors can explore pumpkins and gourds, fall-colored bonsai, a landscaped model railway, seasonal stories, live music, and special fountain presentations, with additional illuminated and Halloween-themed experiences on select evenings.

Longwood Gardens

Harvest Displays

Through Sun, Nov 15, 2026

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA

Harvest Displays celebrates autumn at Longwood Gardens with seasonal floral arrangements and festive harvest decorations. Colorful chrysanthemums, late-blooming annuals, pumpkins, gourds, and other accents create photo-friendly displays throughout the Rose Arbor, Peirce-du Pont House Plaza, and Idea Garden.

Longwood Gardens

Chrysanthemum Festival

Through Sun, Nov 15, 2026

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA

Chrysanthemum Festival transforms Longwood Gardens’ historic conservatories into a vivid display of color and imaginative floral design. Thousands of chrysanthemums have been carefully trained into elegant spirals, cascading baskets, floating clouds, towering columns, and other extraordinary forms, including supersized features.

Woodmere Art Museum

Moe Brooker in the City: A Public Art Tour

Mon, Nov 16, 2026 · 9:15 AM

9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

Moe Brooker in the City: A Public Art Tour is a guided bus excursion exploring the Philadelphia public artworks of Moe Brooker. The tour visits the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the William J. Green Federal Building, where Brooker’s mural *The Fruit of the Spirit* is located. Educators at each site will discuss the history of the artwork and invite participants to consider Brooker’s use of color, rhythm, and spiritual ideas.

Montgomery County Community College

Members’ Show

Mon, Nov 2, 2026 – Fri, Nov 20, 2026

The Pottstown Area Artist’s Guild’s annual Members’ Show presents work created by Guild members. The exhibition spans paintings, sculpture, photography, and other imaginative forms, offering a broad view of the artists’ creative work.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Members' Hour: Marcel Duchamp

Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 10:00 AM

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

Members’ Hour: Marcel Duchamp is an exclusive morning access period for museum members to enjoy the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s special exhibition Marcel Duchamp. The event takes place in the Dorrance Galleries, with access limited to galleries included in the exhibition.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Wish You Were Here

Sat, Nov 21, 2026 · 11:00 AM

118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Wish You Were Here is a PAFA members-only tour exploring how travel, education, and adventure shaped the ideas, perspectives, and artwork of American artists. The tour includes a look at Albert Bierstadt’s *Niagara* (1869), an oil-on-paper work laid down on canvas measuring 19 by 27 inches, from the Joseph E. Temple Fund.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists

Sat, Nov 21, 2026 · 1:00 PM

118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

A Nation of Artists: Exhibition Tours is a guided in-gallery tour of PAFA’s newly restored Historic Landmark Building. Led by experienced docents, the tour explores diverse narratives of American art and identity, emphasizing the international exchange that shaped American artistic production and the ways artists responded to changing social conditions.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Members' Hour: Marcel Duchamp

Fri, Nov 27, 2026 · 10:00 AM

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

Members are invited to explore the special exhibition *Marcel Duchamp* during an exclusive Members’ Hour at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The event takes place in the Dorrance Galleries, with access limited to galleries included in the exhibition; the rest of the museum remains open to the public.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Exhibition Tours: A Nation of Artists

Sat, Nov 28, 2026 · 1:00 PM

118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

A guided in-gallery tour of PAFA’s *A Nation of Artists* exhibition explores the varied stories of American art and identity. Experienced docents discuss the international influences and global exchanges that shaped American art, along with works from the 18th century through the present that respond to the social conditions of their time.

The Delaware Contemporary

Tree Watching

Through Sun, Nov 29, 2026

200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE

Tree Watching is a group exhibition guest curated by Maleke Glee. It explores tree watching as a contemplative practice and considers trees as witnesses, keepers of history, and connections to the spiritual realm. The exhibition reflects on trees as living archives of personal and collective experience, while bringing together artists whose work engages with the natural world, land stewardship, medicinal knowledge, foodways, sociopolitical histories, and the cultures rooted in particular landscapes.

The Delaware Contemporary

I Thought I Would _______ By Now

Through Sun, Nov 29, 2026

200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE

Elizabeth Bergeland’s solo exhibition *I Thought I Would _______ By Now* presents paintings that combine figurative realism with surreal and imagined environments. The work explores connection, uncertainty, time, productivity, digital pressure, and the emotional weight of womanhood and motherhood. Recurring imagery, including sunburns, tagged chickens, and reaching hands, becomes a visual language for anxiety, connection, and isolation.

Chester County Art Association

The History of CCAA: From the Archives

Thu, Nov 5, 2026 – Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · 5:00 PM

100 North Bradford Avenue, West Chester, PA

The History of CCAA: From the Archives is a historical exhibition at the Chester County Art Association, drawing on archival materials to explore the organization’s history. The exhibition will be presented in the Huston Gallery.

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Asian Arts Initiative

Avatopology 2.0: 9% Grin, 33% Groove

Through Sat, Dec 5, 2026

1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA

Avatopology 2.0: 9% Grin, 33% Groove is a solo exhibition by Frank WANG Yefeng examining digital characters, online labor, distributed authorship, and the unstable idea of an “original” image. The project began with a blurred photograph of Yefeng and developed through a relay of image translations by 33 digital creators recruited through Fiverr. Each participant received only the preceding contributor’s work and reinterpreted it through their own visual language, producing nine animations and nine avatars through a six-stage process that moves between two- and three-dimensional forms.

Asian Arts Initiative

Rami George: from every river to every sea

Through Sat, Dec 5, 2026

1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA

Rami George’s *from every river to every sea* is a moving-image exhibition that reconsiders mass mobilizations for Palestine in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., from 2023 to 2024. Created amid the artist’s disillusionment with the art world during a period of crisis, the work uses inverted imagery and layered digital manipulation to transform handheld footage of public resistance, flags, and police surveillance into an experiential archive with an intense, unexpected vibrancy.

Montco Cultural Center (Montgomery County Community College)

A House with Cosmic Roots

Through Sat, Dec 5, 2026

340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA

A House with Cosmic Roots is an exhibition of Kate Leibrand’s large-scale fiber installations and pen-and-ink illustrations. Her densely woven, richly arranged works evoke landscapes and organic forms, reflecting her training as a designer and her strong command of color and composition across both fabric and drawing.

Montco Cultural Center (Montgomery County Community College)

Fish, Ink and Paper: The Art of Gyotaku

Through Fri, Dec 11, 2026

340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA

Fish, Ink and Paper: The Art of Gyotaku is an exhibition by Collegeville artist Michael Reimer featuring gyotaku, the Japanese practice of creating prints from fish. Reimer uses fish caught in Montgomery and Berks Counties, preparing them for inking and printing through a combination of traditional gyotaku techniques and methods he has developed himself. The exhibition highlights both the creativity of the artist and the beauty of local wildlife.

Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts (Walter K. Gordon Theater, Stedman Gallery)

Light of the Guiding Star

Through Sat, Dec 12, 2026

314 Linden Street, Camden, NJ

Light of the Guiding Star is an exhibition exploring how magical and supernatural ideas shape the search for a new home. Its participating artists and curator are immigrants living and making art outside their birth countries. Through artistic and spiritual rituals rooted in their pasts, they examine physical and cultural boundaries while pursuing freedom of expression. The exhibition considers ancestry, religion, justice, and politics through the work of a generation of artists born in the 1980s and 1990s.

New Hope Arts

Works in Wood 2026

Sat, Nov 7, 2026 – Sun, Dec 13, 2026

2 Stockton Ave, 2nd fl, New Hope, PA

Works in Wood 2026 is a national juried exhibition celebrating both Bucks County’s woodworking heritage and contemporary wood-based art. The show brings together functional and nonfunctional pieces by artists from the region and across the country, including studio furniture, turned works, constructions, sculpture, and vessels.

Perkins Center for the Arts (Moorestown and Collingswood galleries)

Collingswood: On View: Healing Through Art by Dr. James George

Mon, Nov 9, 2026 – Mon, Dec 14, 2026

395 Kings Highway, Moorestown, NJ

No additional event-specific details were found on the source page. Venue: Perkins Center for the Arts (Moorestown and Collingswood galleries) When: 2026-11-09 Price: Price not available Full details: https://canvas.perkinsarts.org/events/447

Perkins Center for the Arts (Moorestown and Collingswood galleries)

Collingswood: On View: Compassionate Reflection: Artists of the Samaritan Hospice Center

Mon, Nov 9, 2026 – Mon, Dec 14, 2026 · 2:00 PM

395 Kings Highway, Moorestown, NJ

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Perkins Center for the Arts (Moorestown and Collingswood galleries)

Moorestown: On View: Veterans and Active-Duty Military Exhibition

Mon, Nov 16, 2026 – Mon, Dec 14, 2026

395 Kings Highway, Moorestown, NJ

No additional event-specific details were found on the source page. Venue: Perkins Center for the Arts (Moorestown and Collingswood galleries) When: 2026-11-16 Price: Price not available Full details: https://canvas.perkinsarts.org/events/449

Grounds For Sculpture

That’s Worth Celebrating: The Life and Work of the Johnson Family

Through Thu, Dec 31, 2026

That’s Worth Celebrating: The Life and Work of the Johnson Family explores the Johnson family’s passions, commitment to innovation, and belief in the power of community. It also examines how the founder’s vision for The Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture influenced the early development of Grounds For Sculpture.

The Clay Studio

Radical Americana

Through Thu, Dec 31, 2026

1425 N American Street, Philadelphia, PA

Radical Americana is a citywide exhibition initiative led by The Clay Studio for the Semiquincentennial, bringing together exhibitions at Philadelphia-area arts and cultural institutions. The participating artists respond to Philadelphia’s artistic and civic history, including the original 1776 commemoration and later anniversaries in 1876, 1926, and 1976. Their new work considers the nation’s present and future, encourages civic dialogue, celebrates Philadelphia’s diversity, and continues the city’s tradition of creative and community-minded work.

Fabric Workshop and Museum

Wind

Thu, Nov 19, 2026 – Sun, Jan 3, 2027 · 12:00 PM

1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

Wind is a world-premiere installation at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, conceived, written, and designed by Suzanne Bocanegra. Titled *How to Survive*, it combines music, film, visual art, and practical survival guidance in a choral-film installation by The Crossing.

Fabric Workshop and Museum

You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry

Through Sun, Jan 3, 2027

1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry is an expansive exhibition examining how contemporary artists challenge the material, ideological, and narrative conventions of tapestry. Its title comes from a letter by Franz Kafka, in which he imagines his father’s presence woven across a map of the world. Curator Su Wu presents tapestry as a medium in which image and underlying structure cannot be separated, using the works to test boundaries between art and craft, perception and touch, tradition and improvisation.

Fabric Workshop and Museum

Suzanne Bocanegra and The Crossing: How to Survive

Fri, Nov 20, 2026 – Sun, Jan 3, 2027

1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

Featuring: The Crossing

Suzanne Bocanegra and The Crossing’s *How to Survive* is a multimedia installation about living through a period of increasingly severe and familiar environmental disasters. The work places the four-time Grammy Award-winning chamber choir The Crossing at the center of an immersive experience combining choral music, film, sound, costume, and moving images.

Glencairn Museum (Bryn Athyn)

Christmas in the Castle Tour

Fri, Nov 27, 2026 – Sun, Jan 3, 2027 · 12:30 PM

1001 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, PA

Christmas in the Castle Tour at Glencairn Museum revisits the Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family’s Christmas traditions from the 1940s through the 1970s. The guided experience explores the family’s celebrations in their 20th-century castle, including their concert, three-part Nativity display, towering Christmas tree, and Christmas Day meal.

Grounds For Sculpture

Opening the Vault: A Look Inside the GFS Collection

Through Sun, Jan 3, 2027

Opening the Vault: A Look Inside the GFS Collection offers a behind-the-scenes view of Grounds For Sculpture’s holdings, bringing newly acquired works and pieces that have spent years in storage into public view. The exhibition spans a wide range of artistic media, subjects, and perspectives, including work by established American artists and early pieces by artists who apprenticed at the Johnson Atelier before pursuing careers elsewhere.

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The Clay Studio

Small Favors 2026

Through Sun, Jan 3, 2027

1425 N American Street, Philadelphia, PA

Small Favors 2026 is The Clay Studio’s 20th annual miniature exhibition and 20th-anniversary edition. The show presents nearly 800 small artworks by almost 400 artists, with each piece displayed in a four-inch cube. Most works are ceramic, ranging from tiny mugs and functional vessels to intricate sculptures, though artists from outside the ceramic field are also included.

The Clay Studio

Celia Feldberg

Through Sun, Jan 3, 2027

1425 N American Street, Philadelphia, PA

Celia Feldberg’s resident-artist solo exhibition, Getting There, explores movement and the journeys that shape us. The exhibition features earthenware vessels, pottery, drawings, and wall pieces filled with colorful animal imagery and a storybook sensibility. Migratory animals and depictions of transportation connect the physical experience of traveling from one place to another with the emotional process of moving through uncertainty, memory, and change.

The Clay Studio

Soojin Choi

Through Sun, Jan 3, 2027

1425 N American Street, Philadelphia, PA

Soojin Choi presents a solo exhibition as a resident artist at The Clay Studio. Born and raised in South Korea, Choi has worked in the United States since 2010. Her ceramic practice examines the uncertain, unresolved spaces of human emotion, translating interactions among people, physical environments, and feeling into layered works that move between flat and dimensional surfaces.

The Delaware Contemporary

Our Sun Is Rising — Our Sun Is Setting

Through Sun, Jan 3, 2027

200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE

Our Sun Is Rising — Our Sun Is Setting is a group exhibition of artists who live and work in Delaware, presented at The Delaware Contemporary as part of Delaware’s 250th-anniversary observance. Juried by Dr. Morgan Joseph Hamilton and Sara Ganter, the exhibition considers belonging, isolation, disenfranchisement, and the power of the people within the complicated history of the United States.

Longwood Gardens

Garden Railway

Through Sun, Jan 10, 2027

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA

Garden Railway returns as a whimsical, multi-level miniature world combining horticulture, engineering, and family-friendly fun. Large-scale model trains travel through nearly 500 feet of elevated track, passing seasonally changing plantings and miniature recreations of beloved Longwood Gardens features. The display includes steam and diesel locomotives, along with other model trains, trestles, bridges, trees, stepping stones, fencing, and varied foliage.

Longwood Gardens

A Longwood Christmas

Fri, Nov 20, 2026 – Sun, Jan 10, 2027 · 10:00 AM

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA

A Longwood Christmas transforms Longwood Gardens into a cosmic holiday experience inspired by the mystery and majesty of the night sky. The display features hundreds of thousands of lights, stellar installations, luminous seasonal plantings, and dramatic garden scenery, including rotating trees covered in stars and a Music Room reimagined as a gilded astronomer’s observatory.

The Delaware Contemporary

We Were Always Here

Through Sun, Feb 28, 2027

200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE

We Were Always Here is a group exhibition in Gallery 5 at The Delaware Contemporary, bringing together Indigenous artists connected to the Eastern Woodlands. Presented as part of Delaware’s 250th-anniversary observance, the exhibition focuses on Indigenous art, craft, language, regalia, origins, and stories, emphasizing the continuity and enduring presence of the Nanticoke, Lenape, and other Indigenous peoples whose histories are rooted in the region.

The Delaware Contemporary

Waveforms

Through Sun, Feb 28, 2027

200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE

Waveforms is an exhibition by artist Kate Stewart, curated by Erica Loustau. Stewart works across painting, drawing, textiles, collage, sculpture, public murals, and site-specific installations. The exhibition explores recurring visual and conceptual elements connected to Tantric traditions, neural activity during changing states of consciousness, and waveforms in sound studies.

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Grounds For Sculpture

Salvador Jiménez-Flores: Raíces & Resistencias

Through Sun, Aug 1, 2027

Salvador Jiménez-Flores: *Raíces & Resistencias* explores migration, cultural hybridity, identity, and resilience through mural painting, ceramics, and bronze sculpture. Drawing on his experience as a bicultural immigrant from Mexico, Jiménez-Flores combines visual and cultural references from Mexico, the United States, and Mesoamerica with elements of magical realism.

Institute of Contemporary Art (Penn)

Open Video Call 2026

Through Sun, Sep 12, 2027

118 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Open Video Call 2026 is ICA Philadelphia’s relaunch of its ongoing platform for moving-image works by artists from across the Delaware Valley. Originally introduced in the late 1990s and last presented in 2020, the program is now a permanent, twice-yearly initiative. Chosen through an open submission process, the works represent artists at different stages of their careers and are screened on the museum’s mezzanine during the fall and spring exhibition seasons.

Grounds For Sculpture

Shantell Martin: Past, Present, Future

Through Sun, Jul 23, 2028

Shantell Martin: Past, Present, Future explores the many dimensions of time, from the tangible traces of the past and the immediacy of the present to imagined visions of what lies ahead. The exhibition considers how the past shapes current experience, how the present influences the future, and how people move through the continuous, often elusive flow of time.

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