PAFA Hosts Free Family Arts Festival on Lenfest Plaza

Sunday, October 5, 12-5 p.m.
Presented by PNC Arts Alive

PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2014) – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) celebrates the arts with a free Family Arts Festival on Lenfest Plaza on Sunday, October 5, from noon to 5 p.m., presented by PNC Arts Alive. The festival will be held rain or shine.

The family-friendly afternoon will feature free admission to the Museum, performances by Story Up!, Joe and Lara Show, and Zoom Dance. Children will have an opportunity to explore live model drawing featuring Benjamin Franklin and Jim the Horse. A 16-foot Farm Explorer truck from Greener Partners will offer a living, hands-on mobile farm. Families will also enjoy local, organic ice cream by Weckerly’s, and refreshments from a variety of food trucks. Click here to see the full performance schedule.

“The Family Arts Festival will be a joyful mix of hands-on activities and art-making for people of all ages to enjoy both outside on Lenfest Plaza and inside the Museum, which will offer free admission. We are grateful to PNC for making this festival possible,” says Harry Philbrick, Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum.

The Family Arts Festival kicks off the 2014/15 season of free Family Arts Academy workshops, held on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. inside PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building. Thanks to the support of PNC Arts Alive, these workshops are free all season.

The 2014/15 season of Family Arts Academy features dozens of art-making workshops that invite children and their families to create and celebrate art together, while making new friends. Each workshop focuses on a different theme, ranging from African mask-making, terrariums, and animal prints, to seasonal pop-up cards, wearable art, and accordion book-folding.

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ABOUT PAFA
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is America's first School of Fine Arts and Museum. A recipient of the 2005 National Medal of Arts presented by the President of the United States, PAFA is a recognized leader in Fine Arts education. Nearly every major American artist has taught, studied, or exhibited at PAFA. The institution's world-class collection of American art continues to grow and provides what only a few other art institutions in the world offer: the rare combination of an outstanding Museum and an extraordinary faculty known for its commitment to students and for the stature and quality of its artistic work.

ABOUT PNC ARTS ALIVE
PNC Arts Alive is a multi-year, multi-million dollar initiative of the PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.  The goal of PNC Arts Alive is to help area residents gain access to the arts and to help arts organizations expand and engage audiences.