Calendar
Exhibitions
Molecules That Matter
September 8, 2007 through April 13, 2008
Molecules That Matter showcases ten organic molecules that profoundly altered our world in the twentieth century. Organized by the Tang Museum in partnership with the Chemical Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia, it examines how our capacity to understand and reshape matter at the atomic and molecular levels has led... See more
Molecules That Matter showcases ten organic molecules that profoundly altered our world in the twentieth century. Organized by the Tang Museum in partnership with the Chemical Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia, it examines how our capacity to understand and reshape matter at the atomic and molecular levels has led... See more
Opener 13: Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia
February 9, 2008 through June 15, 2008
Joseph Grigely creates works that explore the failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and communication. An artist who has been deaf since childhood, Grigely first became known in the early 1990s for a series of works called Conversations with the Hearing. Displayed as small table-top tableaux, intimate... See more
Joseph Grigely creates works that explore the failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and communication. An artist who has been deaf since childhood, Grigely first became known in the early 1990s for a series of works called Conversations with the Hearing. Displayed as small table-top tableaux, intimate... See more
Smack
February 9, 2008 through April 20, 2008
Sounds are made: a glass drops to the floor, muscles push air from one's body to create the voice, feet thud on the pavement. Whether jarring or soothing, dissonant or melodic, sound results from action. The artists in Smack use distinct actions, like scratching, stomping, or dragging, to explore specific sounds.... See more
Sounds are made: a glass drops to the floor, muscles push air from one's body to create the voice, feet thud on the pavement. Whether jarring or soothing, dissonant or melodic, sound results from action. The artists in Smack use distinct actions, like scratching, stomping, or dragging, to explore specific sounds.... See more
Dialogue
Dunkerley Dialogue
March 20, 2008
Begins at 7:00pm
Playwright Drew Sachs discusses the challenges of writing I Am Not Breakfast, a play that follows the experiences of a young teacher’s aid at a school for the deaf. Thursday, March 20, 7:00 PM The Dunkerley Dialogues are made possible by a generous gift from Michele Dunkerley, '80 See more
Begins at 7:00pm
Playwright Drew Sachs discusses the challenges of writing I Am Not Breakfast, a play that follows the experiences of a young teacher’s aid at a school for the deaf. Thursday, March 20, 7:00 PM The Dunkerley Dialogues are made possible by a generous gift from Michele Dunkerley, '80 See more
Family Events
Family Saturdays
February 16, 2008 through April 26, 2008
2:00pm to 3:30pm
In keeping with the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery’s mission to foster interdisciplinary thinking and studying, to invite active and collaborative learning and to awaken the community to the richness and diversity of the human experience through the medium of art, we offer a series of family and adult programs.... See more
2:00pm to 3:30pm
In keeping with the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery’s mission to foster interdisciplinary thinking and studying, to invite active and collaborative learning and to awaken the community to the richness and diversity of the human experience through the medium of art, we offer a series of family and adult programs.... See more
Curator's Tours
Curator's Tour: Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia
March 4, 2008
Begins at 12:00pm
With Ian Berry, Malloy Curator, Tang Museum Tuesday, March 4, Noon See more
Begins at 12:00pm
With Ian Berry, Malloy Curator, Tang Museum Tuesday, March 4, Noon See more