Events

The Karen Smith Experience will perform in the Great Stair Hall, offering an afternoon of live music and artistic engagement in one of the Museum’s most iconic gathering spaces. Karen Smith is a percussionist who captures “the rhythm of a place and the cadences of people” in performances with a wide range of artists. Play […]

Visitors are invited to explore connections between visual art and jazz through guided tours highlighting works throughout the Museum’s galleries. Pop Up Studio: Jazz-Age Compositions | 5:00–8:00 p.m. | Great Stair Hall Balcony Make a collage out of shapes and forms taken from Jazz-Age works in our collection. See if you can fit them together like a puzzle or mix them up […]

Poet and performer Yolanda Wisher joins the AfroEaters for an evening performance that blends spoken word, music, and cultural storytelling. Celebrate the cultural significance of jazz and the 100th anniversary of saxophonist, composer, and bandleader John Coltrane’s birth. Enjoy a night of live music from Yolanda Wisher & The Afroeaters, artmaking that takes inspiration from the improvisational nature of jazz, gallery talks […]

The Found Objects Band will present a live performance in the Great Stair Hall, bringing their distinctive sound and creative approach to music-making to Museum audiences. The Found Objects is an acoustic jazz band based in the Philadelphia area. Their name comes from their approach to songwriting and arranging, taking things that already exist in […]