Main Building
We're celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with a lively evening of music and art-making. Arrive early to collect your free limited-edition item featuring artwork by AAPI Heritage Month collaborator artist Cynthia Zhou.
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. | Pop-Up Studio with Cynthia Zhou | Great Stair Hall Balcony, third floor
Explore printmaking techniques with artist Cynthia Zhou while you decorate your own Chinese-inspired kite.
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. | Get Inked! Temporary Tattoo Studio | Great Stair Hall Balcony, third floor
This year we asked local tattoo artist Iza Hu to create a special flash sheet to help us celebrate AAPI Heritage Month. Stop by to say hi and leave with some Wild Wild East custom (temporary) ink.
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. | Food Pop-Up: Baby’s Kusina | Great Stair Hall, second floor
Baby’s Kusina and Market is owned by husband and wife, Tam Dang and Raquel Villanueva Dang. Inspired by the food pop-up concept they created in late 2018 called Tita Emmie’s, Baby’s pays homage to Raquel’s Filipino heritage and her mother Emmie, whose nickname is Tita Baby. Raquel and Tam, both first-generation Asian-Americans, are thrilled to bring more diverse representation to the Philadelphia dining scene and to give Baby’s a home in their Brewerytown neighborhood.
5:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. | Friday Night Lounge: Casual Fifth Taiko Drum Performance | Great Stair Hall, second floor
Casual Fifth is focused on creating innovative work rooted in the fundamentals and history of Japanese Taiko drumming and American modern dance. This year marks their fifth anniversary.
6:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.| Guided Tour: Asian Art Collections | Great Stair Hall, second floor
On this guided tour, visit rare architectural settings and discover intriguing works of art from Asia, including some of the oldest objects in our collection.