Erie Art Museum Calendar of Events
Updated July 3, 2013
• July 7, 2012 through TBD
Still Life: An installation by Suzanne Proulx
McCain Gallery
Suzanne Proulx’s sculptures explore time and the relationship between built and natural environments. Collecting ordinary and often mundane objects is part of her process and she transforms them into art rich with meaning.
• November 2012 through 2013
Pueblo Pottery
Little Things Gallery
Initially, Pueblo pottery was solely made for utilitarian purposes, with little consideration for artistry. The shape of early vessels reflected their use—gathering water, storing grains and liquids, and preserving seeds for the next planting
• December 2012 through 2013
South Asian Collections
Ground Floor Gallery
Museum staff have worked in partnership with the local Bhutanese community to create this installation of works from the Museum’s collection, including Tibetan thangka paintings and bronze and stone sculptures from India.
• April 20, 2012 – July 7, 2013
90th Spring Show
In the Main Gallery
2013 marks the 90th year of the Erie Art Museum’s Annual Spring Show. Painter Alexis Rockman served as Juror of Selection and awards.
• Opening May 10th through July 13, 2013
IMAGEination: Images of the World Around Us
Photographic Arts Society of NWPA Ronald E. Holstein Gallery
IMAGEination, from the Photographic Arts Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania (PASNWP), presents beautiful images from around the world, locations far—such as China, Iceland and Africa—and near, including Erie County.
• May 17 through July 13, 2013
Patron Saints and Other Paintings by Jaqueline Welch
Bacon Gallery
Fueled by her passion for dog rescue and interest in religious artwork, Jacqueline Welch’s paintings portray dogs as patron saints
• Mid-July through August InnovationErie: Design Competition Hagen Family Gallery
Now in its fifth year, InnovationErie showcases
design ideas from semi-finalists in this annual competition of Erie-area inventors. The public is invited to visit the exhibit and vote for the Best in Show.
• July 8-July 12, 2013 from 9:30-3pm
Teacher Week
Teachers experience the inner workings of the Erie Art Museum working directly with staff members on projects vital to the Museum’s mission.
• July 9, 2013
Art in Action
$5 per child, free for Museum members.
Every Tuesday the Museum offers an energizing and creative program for kids and teens. Each week kids play wacky games and create art projects that relate to a featured exhibit.
• July 10, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm. Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. This week features Señor Jones with Latin jazz music.
• July 10, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm and the film begins at 7pm Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This week’s film is Cloud Atlas (2012).
• Closes July 13, 2013
IMAGEination: Images of the World Around Us
Photographic Arts Society of Northwestern PA Ronald E. Holstein Gallery
IMAGEination, from the Photographic Arts Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania (PASNWP), presents beautiful images from around the world, locations far—such as China, Iceland and Africa—and near, including Erie County.
• July 13 through October 13, 2013
Works by Victor Skrebneski
Main Gallery
Chicago-based photographer Victor Skrebneski shares some of his best and favorite photographs from over six decades of photography, including many recognizable images. Meet the artist July 13, 6-8pm at a public opening at the Museum.
• July 14, 2013, 2-4 p.m.
Second Sundays
Every second Sunday of the month offers opportunities for families to explore art, play, and learn together–all at no charge! Admission is free for everyone every second Sunday, and donations are always accepted. This month, bring your families to explore Jacqueline Welch’s paintings of lovable rescue dogs. Join the artist and tour her playful and exquisite Patron Saints and Other Paintings while we hunt for different landscapes, personalities, embossments and found objects in her work. After discussing what makes each character special, visitors will reflect on their own qualities and carve a unique copper badge to take home. This event will be held on the Museum’s patio, so feel free to bring your furry family members as well! The event is FREE and designed for all ages.
• July 16, 2013
Art in Action
$5 per child, free for Museum members.
Every Tuesday the Museum offers an energizing and creative program for kids and teens. Each week kids play wacky games and create art projects that relate to a featured exhibit.
• July 17, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. This week Eric Brewer & Friends jam infused with jazz and classic rock.
• July 17, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm and the film begins at 7pm Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This week’s film is Tripple Divide (2013). Filmmakers Joshua B. Pribanic and Melissa A. Troutman will be in attendance and there will be a VIP pre-party and Q&A panel.
• July 19 through November 23, 2013
Cumbrian Blue(s): A Solo Exhibition of Recent
Works by Paul Scott
Ronald E. Holstein Gallery
Inspired by traditional blue and white china, English artist Paul Scott uses decalcomania on his ceramic works to comment on environmental issues and to blur the boundaries between fine art, craft and design.
• July 19, 2013 from 7-10pm
Gallery Night
Tour the EAM and independent galleries after-hours and explore our city’s vibrant arts scene. Each gallery offers its own exhibition, entertainment, refreshments and vibe. . Free & open to the public. Visit erieartmuseum.org for participating galleries.
• July 23, 2013
Art in Action
$5 per child, free for Museum members.
Every Tuesday the Museum offers an energizing and creative program for kids and teens. Each week kids play wacky games and create art projects that relate to a featured exhibit.
• July 24, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm. Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. This week’s guest is Erie Philharmonic, Get Your Phil at Noon!
• July 24, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm and the film begins at 7pm. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This week’s showing will be To The Wonder (2013).
• July 30, 2013
Art in Action
$5 per child, free for Museum members.
Every Tuesday the Museum offers an energizing and creative program for kids and teens. Each week kids play wacky games and create art projects that relate to a featured exhibit.
• July 31, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm. Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. This week’s guest is Zack Orr performing ambient future folk!
• July 31, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm and the film begins at 7pm. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This week’s showing will be Kill List (2013).
• August 3 & 4, 2013
21st Annual Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival
Frontier Park- Free, Rain or Shine
The largest blues and jazz festival in the region, featuring regional and international superstars in a family -friendly, outdoor environment. Performances from 12-10pm both days.
• August 6, 2013
Art in Action
$5 per child, free for Museum members.
Every Tuesday the Museum offers an energizing and creative program for kids and teens. Each week kids play wacky games and create art projects that relate to a featured exhibit.
• August 7, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm. Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. The Breeze Band will be playing classic R&B, soul, and blues.
• August 7, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm and the film begins at 7pm. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This week’s showing will be The Third Man (1949).
• August 11, 2013, 1-5pm
Second Sundays
Every second Sunday of the month offers opportunities for families to explore art, play, and learn together–all at no charge! Admission is free for everyone every second Sunday, and donations are always accepted.
• Last session-August 13, 2013
Art in Action
$5 per child, free for Museum members.
Every Tuesday the Museum offers an energizing and creative program for kids and teens. Each week kids play wacky games and create art projects that relate to a featured exhibit.
• August 14, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm. Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. This week’s guests are members of Gannon University’s Erie Chamber Orchestra performing music from the Silent Film Era!
• August 14, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm. and the film begins at 7pm. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This week’s showing will be The Deflowering of Eva Van End (2013).
• August 21, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm. Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. This week Sam Hyman will entertain with classic pop & blues.
• August 21, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm and the film begins at 7pm. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This week’s showing will be The Hunt (2013).
• August 28, 2013
Mid-Day Art Break
EAM 5th Street Patio
Bring your colleagues and cronies and stop down to the Museum’s 5th street patio every Wednesday, June through August from noon to 1pm. Pick up lunch at the Wave Café, take a free gallery tour and check out the live music featuring talented local musicians. This is the final Midday Artbreak with the Erie Philharmonic closing the season, to get your last Phil at Noon.
• August 28, 2013
Film at the Erie Art Museum
FILM at the Erie Art Museum is back for the second year! Doors open at 6pm and the film begins at 7pm. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. This is the last showing of the season and the film has yet to be announced.
• September 8, 2013
Second Sundays
Every second Sunday of the month offers opportunities for families to explore art, play, and learn together–all at no charge! Admission is free for everyone every second Sunday, and donations are always accepted.
• closes September 15, 2013
Patron Saints and Other Paintings by Jacqueline Welch
Bacon Gallery
Painter Jacqueline Welch’s lushly painted Patron Saints portray dogs who represent a human idiosyncrasy or the hero figure of a miraculous event, and advocate for street, shelter and racetrack dogs’ right to be life-long companions.
• September 20, 2013-February 2014
Arthur Rothstein
Bacon Gallery
During a career that spanned five decades, Arthur Rothstein provoked, entertained and informed people with his descriptive images, ranging from a hometown baseball game to the drama of war, from struggling rural farmers to US Presidents.
• September 27, 2013 from 7-10pm
Gallery Night
Tour the EAM and independent galleries after-hours and explore our city’s vibrant arts scene. Each gallery offers its own exhibition, entertainment, refreshments and vibe. Free & open to the public. Visit erieartmuseum.org for participating galleries.
• October 1, 2013 through January, 2014
Lisa Austin and Lori Korsmo
Hagen Family Gallery and the Katwinkle Gallery
These concurrent, related exhibitions feature a large selection Korsmo’s unique drawings and petite relief sculptures, complemented by Austin’s work that combines aspects of her early site-specific installations and her more recent social sculpture work.
• October 11, 2013 at 8pm
The Bengsons in concert
EAM Multipurpose Room
Presented by the EAM & Mercyhurst Institute of Arts & Culture. Tickets available through MIAC.
• October 13 from 1 – 5pm
Second Sundays
On the Second Sunday of each month from 1 – 5pm, free admission and a guided tour paired with a creative, art-making activity.
• October 19 through January 12, 2014
Romantics to Moderns: British Watercolors from the BNY Mellon Collection
Main Gallery
These rarely seen watercolors from the BNY Mellon Collection span over two centuries, and include outstanding works by British artists including Turner, Constable, Gainsborough, Rowlandson as well as many highly accomplished but less well known artists.
• November 10, 2013
Second Sundays
Every second Sunday of the month offers opportunities for families to explore art, play, and learn together–all at no charge! Admission is free for everyone every second Sunday, and donations are always accepted.
• December 6, 2013 from 7-10pm
Gallery Night – Holiday Edition
Shop local art and tour the EAM and independent galleries after-hours and explore our city’s vibrant arts scene. Each gallery offers its own exhibition, entertainment, refreshments and vibe. Free & open to the public. Visit erieartmuseum.org for participating galleries.
• December 8, 2013
Second Sundays
Every second Sunday of the month offers opportunities for families to explore art, play, and learn together–all at no charge! Admission is free for everyone every second Sunday, and donations are always accepted.
Hours & Information
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11am- 5pm, Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday, 11am -5pm, & Sunday 1-5pm Closed Mondays.
The Wave Café at the Erie Art Museum
Tuesday- Thursday 10am-4pm Friday 10am- 8:30pm.
Saturday 10am-4pm.
Closed Sundays & Mondays
Admission is free for members & children under 5, free on Wednesdays, and $7 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students with ID.
Membership
$20 Students, $25 Seniors (55+), $45 Individuals,
$75 Family. Add $10 to any of the above levels for a GREEN membership.
Guided group tours for adults or students are available for all major exhibits & Erie Art Museum Frame Shop, 423 State Street. For information, contact the Erie Art Museum at (814) 459-5477 or visit www.erieartmuseum.org.
