Workshops

Several times a year, workshops are offered to individuals or groups of people with cognitive and communication impairments. Each workshop includes a one-hour tour in the Museum's galleries and a two-hour studio class. Experience is not required.

Recent projects have included multicolor block prints (using ball point pens to "carve into" balsa wood blocks), self-portraits in acrylic paint on 10 x 14–inch canvas board, and chairs designed and constructed from two pieces of 8 x 10–inch card stock. Each project is designed to be successful for the wide range of the participants' abilities. Everyone can take their artwork home with them when they leave. Participants’ artwork is periodically exhibited in the Museum’s Education Corridor.

Schedule

Classes start at 10:30 am in the Education Studios, and end at 1:30 pm. If you wish, there can be a half-hour break for lunch. Food is available in the Museum Café, or may be brought.

Cost:
$10.00 per person
Personal Attendants are admitted free

Please see our Personal Attendant Guidelines

Registration

All programs require registration. To reserve your space, call the program coordinator by phone at (215) 684-7602 or TTY at (215) 684-7600 or email . Due to the popularity of this program, classes are limited and different groups may share the same class.

Sponsors

Accessible Programs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are generously supported by Morton Charlestein. The Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust, and the Boscia Family Foundation.

For more information, please contact Accessible Programs by phone at (215) 684-7602 or TTY (215) 684-7600, by fax at (215) 684-7395, or by e-mail at .