Visitors to the Philadelphia Museum of Art this spring will be presented with a wide variety of programs, including performances, films, family activities, lectures, workshops and special courses. Throughout the season, the adult and children’s programs will highlight such special exhibitions as the much-anticipated Cézanne and Beyond (February 26 - May 17, 2009), debut a new series of “Art Conversations,” and continue to expand its film program, which now includes the monthly Film at Perelman series.

• SPECIAL EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
  
  
  LECTURE SERIES
  
  Cézanne, Still Going
  The Museum and the Barnes Foundation co-present this stimulating series of evening lectures, each offering a distinctive approach to the artists included in Cézanne and Beyond.
  

  Seeing Through Cézanne, Friday, March 13, 6 p.m.
  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Van Pelt Auditorium
  Lecturer: Nancy Locke, Associate Professor of Art History, Pennsylvania State University

  Déjà vu All Over Again: Cézanne, Barnes, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Friday, March 20, 7 p.m.
  The Barnes Foundation, Main Gallery (open at 6 p.m.)
  Lecturer: Joseph Rishel, The Philadelphia Museum of Art Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting before 1900, and Senior Curator of the John G. Johnson Collection and the Rodin Museum

  Cézanne’s Expressionism, Friday, March 27, 6 p.m.
  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Van Pelt Auditorium
  Lecturer: André Dombrowski, Assistant Professor of 19th-Century Art, University of Pennsylvania

  Looking into Cézanne, Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m.
  The Barnes Foundation, Main Gallery (open at 6 p.m.)
  Lecturer: John House, Walter H. Annenberg Professor, The Courtauld Institute of Art; and Samuel H. Kress Professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, 2008-2009

  Perception and the Picture Plane: Cézanne’s Continuing Influence on Contemporary Painting, Friday, April 17, 6 p.m.
  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Van Pelt Auditorium
  Lecturer: Roberta Bernstein, Professor of Art History, University of Albany, Statue University of New York

  Written in Water, Carved in Stone: On the Progeny of Cézanne’s Bathers, Friday, April 24, 7 p.m.
  The Barnes Foundation, Main Gallery (open at 6 p.m.)
  Lecturer: John Elderfield, Chief Curator Emeritus of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York

  
  
  

  Lectures at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are $15 each ($12 members, $8 students). Price does not include Museum admission. Call 215-235-SHOW (7469). Lectures at the Barnes Foundation are $35 each ($25 Barnes Society members). Price includes gallery admission and parking. Advance reservations and payment required. Call 610-667-0290, ext. 2255 or e-mail members@barnesfoundation.org.

  
  
  ART HISTORY COURSE: Still Compelling: Dialogues with Cézanne
  Thursdays February 5, 12, 19 and 26, 1:30-2:30 p.m. or Saturdays February 7 and 28, 1:30-3:45 p.m.
  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Van Pelt Auditorium
  $100 ($80 members)

  This course explores the central themes Cézanne employed — including repetition, landscape, still life and the fragmentation of form — and reveals how these ideas relate to art of our time.
  Lecturer: Matthew Palczynski, Staff Lecturer for Western Art

  
  
  CONCERT
  
  America’s Dream Chamber Artists
  Sunday, March 15, 2:30 p.m.
  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Van Pelt Auditorium
  $20 ($16 members)

  This groundbreaking group of young musicians is dedicated to re-energizing the chamber music experience for all audiences. Inspired by Cézanne and Beyond, these talented artists will bring their vitality and passion to an exploration of late 19th-century French music and its influence on early modern composers through pieces by Ravel, Fauré, Kodály and Bax.

  
  



• FILM
  

  The Museum welcomes movie lovers for special screenings of films and documentaries.

  Film @ Perelman, second Sunday of each month, 2 p.m.
  Perelman Media Room, ground floor
  $7 ($5 for members and students with valid ID.)
  

  Visitors may treat themselves to lunch in the Perelman café, then take in some film. The new series explores the intersections between life and art through films by and about artists, many selected from the Museum of Modern Art’s archives.

  • February 8
  In and Out of Africa (1993, 59 min.)
  
  • March 8
  Christo’s Valley Curtain (1974, 28 min.)
  Louise Bourgeois (1987, 28 min.)
  
  • April 12
  A Model for Matisse (2003, 67 min.)
  
  • May 10
  NO SCREENING SCHEDULED
  • June 14
  Painted Earth: The Art of the Mimbres Indians (1989, 15 min.)
  Barbara Hepworth at the Tate, (1968, 12 min.)
  Jasper Johns: Take an Object (1990, 30 min.)
  
  Film for All
  Van Pelt Auditorium (main building)
  Tickets required. Free after Museum admission.
  

  This ongoing program focuses on important artists, movements, themes or historical events highlighted in the world of film.

  Battleship Potemkin (1925, 75 min.), Sunday, January 25, 2 p.m. The story of the 1905 mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin, directed by Sergei Eisenstein.
  
  Basquiat (1996, 108 min.), Sunday, March 1, 11 a.m. (screening only) and 2 p.m. (lecture and screening)
  Lecturer: Matthew Palczynski, Staff Lecturer for Western Art

  In celebration of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s "One Book, One Philadelphia," the Museum partners with One Film to present the film based on this year’s literary selection. Basquiat tells the story of Haitain artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s rapid rise to fame in the New York art scene in the 1980s.

  A Frank Gehry Film Festival, Sunday, March 29, 1 – 5 p.m.
  

  An afternoon-long event in conjunction with Frank O. Gehry: Design Process and the Lewis House (on view through April 5, 2009) includes screenings of A Constructive Madness, narrated by Jeremy Irons, and Sketches of Frank Gehry, directed by Sydney Pollack. Film appearances by Charlie Rose, Richard Serra and Marge Simpson round out the afternoon.

  
  



• FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
  

  The Museum invites families and children to participate in programs designed specifically with young visitors in mind, including performances, gallery tours and projects to help families enjoy art together.

  All family events are free after Museum admission, which is “pay what you wish” on Sundays.
  
  Asian New Year Party: The Year of the Cow, Sunday, January 18

  Families will travel back to ancient China with the Philadelphia Dance Theatre as it performs The Emperor and the Kite, a ballet based on a Chinese fable. The celebration includes a demonstration of traditional Chinese calligraphy, create Asian masks, fans, and other crafts, and draw in the galleries of Asian art.

  10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Make-and-Take Workshop
  11 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Calligraphy Demonstration
  11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.: Philadelphia Dance Theatre performances
  12 – 2:30 p.m.: Drawing Together
  
  Textile Extravaganza, Sunday, February 15

  This celebration of textiles includes a performance of The Emperor’s New Clothes by Grey Seal Puppets, demonstrations of a variety of textile-related art, and options to create textile art and sketch in the galleries.

  This event is co-sponsored by The Kehillah of Center City, a project of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and in partnership with One Book, One Jewish Community.
  
  10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Make-and-Take Workshop
  11 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Textile Demonstrations
  11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.: Grey Seal Puppets performances
  12 – 2:30 p.m.: Drawing Together
  
  Celebrate Norooz, Sunday, March 8

  A celebration of the festival of new life observed by Persians, Tajiks, Afghans, Uzbeks, Kurds, and Azerbaijanis, featuring performances by the Silk Road Dance Company, a Sofreh Haft Sîn ceremonial table loaded with New Year goodies and an artistic demonstration by world-renowned Persian painter Nasser Ovissi and woodworker Mustapha Shayegan.

  10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Make-and-Take Workshop
  10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Sofreh Haft Sîn and Parsee Navroz Presentations
  11 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Artist Demonstrations
  11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:45 p.m.: Silk Road Dance Company Performances
  12 – 2:30 p.m.: Drawing Together
  
  Experience Colonial Life at Mount Pleasant, Sunday, April 26

  This journey back in time includes stories of seafaring by Captain Macpherson, artistan craft demonstrations and a guided tour of Fairmount Park’s beautifully restored historic house, Mount Pleasant.
  There will be continuous bus service between the Museum and Mount Pleasant from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

  
  11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Artist Demonstrations
  11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Make-and-Take Workshop
  11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Drawing Together
  11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Guided Tours
  11 a.m., 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.: Storytelling with Captain Macpherson
  
  The Museum also offers art classes and audio tours for children, as well as several ongoing weekly programs, including:
  
  Drawing Together (all ages): All family members are welcome to try their hand in the Museum galleries with help from an artist who provides drawing materials and lots of encouragement. 12 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  
  Early Bird Read and Look (ages 3-5): Preschoolers and parents enjoy picture books and craft projects in Museum galleries. 10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
  
  Tours for Tots (ages 3-5): Movement, play, and hands-on activities make up this fun tour designed especially for preschoolers and their parents. 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
  
  Family Gallery Tour (ages 6–10): Children and their parents explore themes and discover works of art in the galleries. 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
  
  Medieval Art Stops (all ages): Staff members demonstrate ancient techniques and share fun facts about panel painting, armor, and more. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  



• CONVERSATIONS, LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA
  
  Distinguished lecturers from the Museum staff and the local, national and international academic communities help visitors explore topics related to the Museum’s collections and current exhibitions.
  
  Kathy Hiesinger on Frank Gehry, Friday, January 23, 6:30 p.m.
  Van Pelt Auditorium
  Free after Museum admission. Ticket required.
  

  Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger, curator of European Decorative Arts after 1700, discusses Gehry’s seminal residential commission for Peter Lewis in Lyndhurst, Ohio, and its influence on his subsequent projects.
  The Perelman Building will be open until 6 p.m. so participants may view the corresponding exhibition, Frank O. Gehry: Design Process and the Lewis House, before the lecture.

  
  
  Tim Hyde and Assistant Curator Adelina Vlas, Friday, March 20, 6 p.m. Seminar Room
  Free after Museum admission. Ticket required.
  

  Artist Tim Hyde, whose video and photography work appears in the Museum’s Live Cinema exhibition (Film and Video Gallery 179), talks with Adelina Vlas, the assistant curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

  
  
  The 14th-Annual Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art, Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  Van Pelt Auditorium
  Free after Museum admission. Ticket required.

  The Philadelphia Museum of Art hosts nine local colleges and universities in the 14th-annual symposium. One art history graduate student from each university will present a paper on current research. Distinguished art historian David Roxburgh, The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History at Harvard University, will respond to the papers and moderate a discussion at the conclusion of the program.

  
  
  Collab Spring 2009 Lecture, Sunday, April 5, 2 p.m.
  Perelman Media Room
  $10, including post-lecture tea in Perelman Café (free for students and Collab members).

  Legendary outdoor furniture designer Richard Schultz delivers a lecture in celebration of the exhibition Richard Schultz: Five Decades of Design, on view on the Perelman Café terrace through May.

  
  



• CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES
  
  For almost 50 years, the Museum has collaborated with distinguished musicians for concerts and performances inspired by the Museum collections and exhibitions, uniting the visual and performing arts.
  
  The Philadelphia Orchestra Connection

  Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra explore the link between visual arts and music. These concerts include commentary by the musicians related to the permanent collections or a special exhibition.

  Van Pelt Auditorium
  $20 ($16 members)
  Made possible through the generosity of Mrs. Louis C. Madeira IV
  
  Wister Quartet, Sunday, January 18, 2:30 p.m.
  Jeffrey Khaner, Sunday, April 19, 2:30 p.m.
  
  
  
  Music in the Galleries with The Curtis Institute of Music

  The Museum continues its association with accomplished musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music. Duos and chamber ensembles present informal concerts in designated Museum galleries one Saturday each month at 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3 p.m.

  Free after Museum admission Sponsored by Cooke & Bieler
  
  Solo Piano, January 10 in the Great Stair Hall
  String Duo, February 7 in Gallery 279
  String Trio, March 14 in Gallery 206
  String Trio, April 4 in Gallery 155
  String Trio, May 9 in the Perelman Building Skylit Galleria
  



• SPOTLIGHT TALKS
  
  Museum educators and graduate students from Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania offer 45-minute gallery talks focusing on the Museum’s rich resources. This program offers stimulating discussion and an in-depth look at masterpieces.

  Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.
  Departs from the Diego Rivera mural Liberation of the Peon near the Balcony Shop
  Free after Museum admission.
  
  Chest-on-Chest
  January 8 and 9
  
  Library of the Curtis and Nellie Lee Bok House (Gulph Mill), Radnor, Pennsylvania
  January 15 and 16
  
  “Jugend” Poster
  January 22 and 23
  
  Face Vessels
  January 29 and 30
  
  The Annunciation
  February 5 and 6
  
  Campesinos (Peasants)
  February 12 and 13
  
  Sketch for the right mural of “The Heavenly Host”
  February 19 and 20
  
  Triptych showing scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Barbara and the Life of Christ
  February 26 and 27
  
  Curator’s Choice
  March 5 and 6
  
  Desk
  March 12 and 13
  
  Making a Train
  March 19 and 20
  
  “Ecce Homo,”
  March 26 and 27
  
  Bust of Sir Walter Scott
  April 2 and 3
  



• WORKSHOPS, COURSES AND BOOK DISCUSSIONS
  
  The Museum offers a wide array of workshops and courses — a great way to meet new people, broaden horizons and gain further insight into favorite subjects.
  
  WORKSHOPS
  Tea Tastes, Sunday, February 1, 1 – 4 p.m.
  Seminar Room
  $50 ($40 members); enrollment limited

  This workshop includes a talk on The Book of Tea, a demonstration of the tea ceremony in Sunkaraku, and a visit to the Museum’s Japanese teahouse. The afternoon concludes with a cup of tea and close-up look at tea bowls and implements from the Museum’s collection. Participants should bring their copy of The Book of Tea.
  Instructors: Frank Chance, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania; Kiyoko Heineken, Senior Bibliographic Specialist of East Asian Library, Princeton University; Felice Fischer, The Luther W. Brady Curator of Japanese Art and Curator of East Asian Art

  
  How to Care for Your Stuff: Caring for Prints and Drawings, Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. – noon
  Perelman Media Room $25 ($20 members)

  The second in a new series of workshops about cherishing the things we own, this session with two Museum conservators of works on paper will reveal the difference between various types of prints and drawing media as well as simple, practical ideas for storage, handling and display. Following the talk and demonstration, participants may visit the special exhibition Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian.
  Instructors: Nancy Ash, Senior Conservator of Works on Paper, and Scott Homolka, Associate Conservator of Works of Art on Paper

  
  
  BOOK DISCUSSION
  Great Books and Cider, Sundays, February 22, March 8 and 22, 2 – 4:30 p.m.
  Mount Pleasant, Fairmount Park
  $25 per discussion ($20 members)

  These guided afternoon discussions will individually focus on Voltaire’s Candide, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Patrick O’Brien’s Master and Commander. Each session concludes with hot cider.
  Discussion leaders: Justina Barrett, Museum Educator for American Art, and members of the Philadelphia Great Books Council

  
  
  COURSES
  City Records: Photography and the American City, Thursdays, February 5, 12, 19 and 26, 10 – 11 a.m. or Saturdays, February 7 and 28, 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
  Van Pelt Auditorium
  $100 ($80 members)
  Presented by the Center for American Art

  Participants will examine photography’s place in the mid-century American landscape, and the camera’s role in reframing the American city.
  Lecturer: Stephanie Schwartz, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Bryn Mawr College

  
  Masterpieces from the John G. Johnson Collection, Thursdays March 5, 12, 19 and 26, 10 – 11 a.m. or Saturdays, March 7 and 21, 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
  Van Pelt Auditorium
  $100 ($80 members)

  An exploration of Philadelphia art collector John G. Johnson — who, in the 1930s, bequeathed 1,217 paintings to the Museum — as well as three key Renaissance works from his collection: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Donor and Angels, Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata and panels from the Santa Maria Maggiore Altarpiece.
  Lecturer: Elizabeth A. Anderson, independent art historian

  
  Four Architects Who Changed the World of Architecture, Thursdays, March 5, 12, 19 and 26, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. or Saturdays, March 7 and 21, 1:30 – 3:45 p.m.
  Van Pelt Auditorium
  $100 ($80 members)

  The works of Philip Johnson, I.M. Pei, Robert Venturi and Frank Gehry — all of whom received the prestigious Pritzker Architecture prize — are examined in this course, which traces the development of architecture and these architects’ place in a modern world.
  Lecturer: Matthew Palczynski, Staff Lecturer for Western Art

  
  Spinning the Wheel of Dharma: Buddhist Art in South Asia, Thursdays, April 2, 9, 16 and 23, 10 – 11 a.m. or Saturdays, April 18 and 25, 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
  Van Pelt Auditorium
  $100 ($80 members)

  Participants will explore the origin, development and transformations of Buddhist art in South Asia.
  Lecturer: Pia Brancaccio, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, Drexel University

  
  An Introduction to the History of Fashion: The Evolving Ideal, Thursdays, April 2, 9, 16 and 23, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. or Saturdays, April 18 and 25, 1:30 – 3:45 p.m.
  Van Pelt Auditorium
  $100 ($80 members)

  An overview of the aesthetic and social contexts behind the evolving ideals of gender, beauty and status, with an emphasis on fashion as a powerful force for change.
  Lecturer: Kristina Haugland, Associate Curator of Costume and Textiles

  
  Art Conversations, Fridays, May 1, 8, 15 and 22, 6 – 7:15 p.m. (May 1 class will be 6 – 8:30 p.m.)
  Seminar Room
  $60 ($48 members)

  Led by Museum educators Barbara Bassett, Marla Shoemaker, James Stein, and Mary Teeling, participants in this new series will have an opportunity for close study and informal discussions in the galleries.

  
  



• MUSEUM TOURS
  
  
  Visitors can choose from a number of guided and self-guided tour options when exploring the Museum’s collection.
  
  Guided Tours

  The Museum offers several guided tours every day, which are free after paid general admission. All tours last approximately one hour and start at the West Entrance Information Desk unless otherwise noted.

  
  Self-Guided Tours

  The Museum offers several self-guided audio tours for visitors to enjoy the collections at their own pace. A $5 rental charge includes equipment and six audio tours. Additional tours may also be available throughout the year as part of selected Museum exhibitions. Tours include Museum Highlights, Arms and Amor, Modern and Contemporary Art, and the American Art Kids Tour.

  
  Cell Phone Tours

  Artwork included in the self-guided audio tours is also available via cell phone by calling (215) 525-1673.

  
  Podcasts

  The Museum offers self-guided audio tours as well as lectures and exhibition minutes for free download via podcast at www.philamuseum.org/podcast.

  
  Accessible Tours

  The Museum offers accessible tours for people with disabilities. Tours are led by specially trained Museum Guides or sign language interpreters, and must be arranged at least three weeks in advance by calling (215) 684-7602.

  
  



• FAIRMOUNT PARK HOUSES
  
  
  The Museum oversees two of Fairmount Park’s historic 18th- and early 19th-century historic houses, which originally served as rural retreats for prominent wealthy families. Mount Pleasant and Cedar Grove illuminate the styles, furnishings and domestic lives of early Americans, and regularly offer events and celebrations. Houses are open Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for drop-in visits as well as scheduled group and school tours. (Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and $2 for children ages 6-12. Museum members free except during holiday tours.) Visit www.fairmountparkhouses.org for visitor information.