Art on Broad

Lifelong Learning

Saturdays are for Art Lovers!

Play and investigate in the galleries, with deep insights shared by guest artists, curators, and outside-the-box thinkers, Saturdays 11 AM-12 PM. 

Deepen your appreciation and discover new ways to engage with art in major exhibitions at the museum.

Art on Broad Events

photo of two women sitting in art gallery sketching on small pads of paper. A tall wood figurative sculpture is on the right side of the frame.
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Sketching Sculpture

graphic with title and date of the program and a photo of a bronze scultpure, Eve, by John Rhoden.
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The Feminine and the Gaze

photo of Misty Sol smiling and handing a piece of paper to someone not seen in the photo. There are three people sitting on stools visible in the background. There are large painted portraits on red walls in the far back.
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Dynamize the Figure

Photograph of one person's hands above a light table, wearing black archival gloves. The right hand is holding a lupe and the left hand is holding a color slide with a red paper border and the word "India" hand written on the paper. Just under the hands are nine more slides with handwritten lables, and with both white and red paper borders.
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PAFA's Archives: Rhoden's Legacy Tour

image of a person sitting a top of a rock on a hill holding a wood and metal kilimba (thumb piano) over their face.
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Kalimbrrd Sonic Tour

photo of four people sitting and two people standing in an art gallery sketching on small pads of paper. A small bronze sculpture is in the background.
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Sketching Sculpture

Composite image with two photographs: Left is an archival black and white photo of John Rhoden standing outside by his large wooden sculptures; second photo is a portrait of Detty Permanasari, an Indonesian traditional dancer. She is posing in the medium of S. Broad St. in Philadelphia.
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Indonesian Connections

an extreme close up of face of the wood sculpture, "Portrait of Richanda"
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Conserving Sculpture w/ Adam Jenkins

Photo of three women sitting in a gallery. The woman closest to the camera has dark hair with a short pony-tail and is wearing a black top. She is holding an open notebook and a pencil, looking up and away from the camera.
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Sketching Sculpture

A graphic image with a black line drawing of a head with a red amorphous shape near the ear. The title "Curavture of the Mind" wrapping around the head in a circle. At the base of are typed words white on black bands: "EMBODIED POETICS" "FINDING JOY IN THE FORM"
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Curvature of the Mind

Photo of Misty Sol, a Black woman wearing a scarf, gesturing with the palms of her hands facing each other, and speaking with a smile.
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Dynamize The Figure w/ Misty Sol

Image: Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885), Anna Maria Smyth, 1821, Oil on canvas, framed: 41 3/4 x 33 x 3 in. (106.045 x 83.82 x 7.62 cm.); 35 15/16 x 27 7/16 in. (91.28125 x 69.69125 cm.), Gift of Mrs. John Frederick Lewis (The John Frederick Lewis Memorial Collection).
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Works by the Peale Family: Creating American Traditions

Image of painting by Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), Red Canna, 1923, Oil on canvas
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Messages and Desires: Evocative Still Life

bio photo of Misty Sol
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Dynamizing the Portrait with Misty Sol

bio photo of Misty Sol
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Dynamizing the Portrait with Misty Sol

Photo of a woman sitting on a bench in a gallery sketching.
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Sketching in the Galleries

 

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