Fleisher Art Memorial
The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial is best known as the country’s oldest and largest free and low-tuition visual arts program for adults and children. Founded as the Graphic Arts Sketch Club in 1898, Fleisher has been a vital educational resource that includes instruction in the visual arts, exhibitions, concerts, and interpretation of its historic buildings and permanent collection. The Fleisher Art Memorial has been administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1945.
Gallery Hours at Fleisher
Monday–Friday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m
Additional hours when school is in session:
Monday–Thursday, 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m
Gallery TalkAbouts
Contemplate and converse about the work in the Challenge exhibitions as artist/teacher Mary Murphy moderates these informal and informed discussions that offer a chance to learn, exchange, and express different opinions. All are invited to attend these free events.
- Neapolitan Presepio Display
Through January 15, 2008
The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial celebrates the yuletide season with the fourth annual installation of a traditional Italian presepio. Fleisher's presepio is made up of more than a hundred pieces collected by the late Elizabeth Anne Evans and was donated to the Memorial in her memory by her sisters, Marcia Evans and Suzanne Hoyle-Rhodes. Elizabeth Evans spent more than thirty years collecting these amazing late 19th- and early 20th-century figurines during her annual visits to Italy.
Press Release
- Challenge 3: Steven Dufala and Billy Blaise Dufala, Laura M. Haight, and Jury Smith
January 11, 2008 – February 9, 2008
The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial presents the third exhibition in the 30th season of the four-part Wind Challenge Exhibitions at Fleisher — the Delaware Valley’s premier juried artist exhibition program. This season’s twelve Challenge artists were selected from a field of nearly 300 applicants to exhibit in one of four three-person exhibitions. Challenge 3 features collaborative works by Steven Dufala and Billy Blaise Dufala, an installation by Laura M. Haight, and ceramic sculptures by Jury Smith.
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- Friends of “705” Print Exhibition
January 26 – April 26, 2008
Fleisher’s printmaking teaching faculty and their accomplished students exhibit their work in Fleisher’s Center for Works on Paper, located at 705 Christian Street.
- Challenge 4: Judy Gelles, Erica Zoe Loustau, and Shelley Spector
February 15 – March 15, 2008
The final exhibition in the 30th season of the four-part Wind Challenge Exhibitions at Fleisher features photographs by Judy Gelles, an installation by Erica Zoe Loustau, and sculpture by Shelley Spector.
- 110th Annual Student Members’ Exhibition: Part I
March 21 – April 5, 2008
The Annual Adult Student Members Exhibition is the culmination of the 110th year of fine art instruction at South Philadelphia's Fleisher Art Memorial. This year's exhibition will consist of two parts – designed and developed by students and their instructors – exemplifying the teaching and learning philosophy of the Fleisher Art Memorial.
- 110th Annual Student Members’ Exhibition: Part II
April 11 – April 26, 2008
The culmination of the 110th year of fine art instruction at South Philadelphia's Fleisher Art Memorial, this year's exhibition will consist of two parts – designed and developed by students and their instructors – exemplifying the teaching and learning philosophy of Fleisher.
