Take a Mid-Day Art Break & “Make”
Enjoy your lunch hour at the Erie Art Museum
Erie, PA, May 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Take a Mid-Day Art Break at the Erie Art Museum, 411 State Street, from noon to 1p.m. beginning June 10th for guided tours, live music, and a “make and take” art activity.
Bring a friend or a co-worker to the Erie Art Museum during your lunch hour to explore the exhibitions on Wednesdays for Free all summer long. Tours are guided by Museum staff and are offered at 12 and 12:30pm- or you can explore the Museum on your own. Live, local music also begins at noon on the steps of the Museum.
The Mid-Day Art Break is a unique opportunity to explore the Museum, listen to live music, do a free art activity and enjoy lunch on the steps.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings, including an outstanding 1839 Greek Revival Bank. It maintains an ambitious program of 15 to 18 changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well at traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 24-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz Festival.
The Erie Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free for members, free on Wednesdays, $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $2 for children under 12.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, visit online at http://www.erieartmuseum.org/ or call (814) 459-5477.
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Bring a friend or a co-worker to the Erie Art Museum during your lunch hour to explore the exhibitions on Wednesdays for Free all summer long. Tours are guided by Museum staff and are offered at 12 and 12:30pm- or you can explore the Museum on your own. Live, local music also begins at noon on the steps of the Museum.
The Mid-Day Art Break is a unique opportunity to explore the Museum, listen to live music, do a free art activity and enjoy lunch on the steps.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings, including an outstanding 1839 Greek Revival Bank. It maintains an ambitious program of 15 to 18 changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well at traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 24-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz Festival.
The Erie Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free for members, free on Wednesdays, $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $2 for children under 12.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, visit online at http://www.erieartmuseum.org/ or call (814) 459-5477.
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Tammy Roche
814-459-5477
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Tammy Roche
814-459-5477
erieartmuseum.org
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