Center City East

Ars Nova Workshop presents the Chad Taylor Quartet performingThe Avant-Garde, the 1966 album that brought together Don Cherry and John Coltrane. DJ, producer and writer John Morrison will join Taylor for a pre-concert discussion. Released in 1966 on Atlantic Records,The Avant-Gardewas a sign of profound respect from one jazz pioneer to another. On the landmark session, John Coltrane plays the music of Ornette Coleman, accompanied by the members of Coleman’s groundbreaking quartet: bassist Charlie Haden, drummer Ed Blackwell, and Don Cherry, who received co-billing and whose composition “Cherryco” opens the album. Chad Taylor will explore the music of that classic album with his quartet featuring trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson of Steve Coleman’s Five Elements along with Philadelphians Bryan Rogers (tenor saxophone) and Matt Engle (bass). Organized in conjunction withThe Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry.

Join us for an exclusive member hour ofThreaded Currents.FWM and PAFA Members are invited to a special morning preview, enjoying early access to the exhibition and PAFA’s galleries before the museum opens to the public. Exhibition curators Sarah Lewis and Greg Martino will be onsite to engage with members. Threaded Currentsbrings together the work of recent apprentices from The Fabric Workshop and Museum who are also alumni or current students of thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). This exhibition explores the dynamic crosscurrents between traditional fine arts training and contemporary, experimental materials-based practices fostered at FWM.

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

A Flower Show special!Inspired bythejoyful, loose, and painterly printsof PAFA-trained textile designer June Groff,createyour ownseasonalscarf usingmonoprintingtechniques. Withan array ofearthyand technicolorinksavailable, apply yourpersonal floralpaletteacross two color layersto create a trulyone-of-a-kind wearable. Organized in conjunction withtheexhibitionThreaded Currents, on view at PAFA January 22–April 12, 2026.

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

After experiencing the Philadelphia Flower Show, join us at FWM for floral treats and to screenprint your own botanical bandana! Leave with the perfect accessory for a day in the garden.

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

After experiencing the Philadelphia Flower Show, join us at FWM for floral treats and to screenprint your own botanical bandana! Leave with the perfect accessory for a day in the garden.

The Midlife Mixtape Tour

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

Breathe in the blooms at the world's very first flower show, right here in Philadelphia! What began as a gathering of green thumbs blossomed into a global tradition of horticultural wow.

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

with Caleb Hawley

Rooted: Origins of American Gardening — immersive garden exhibits and stunning floral displays celebrating the stories, cultural traditions, and horticultural inspiration that connect us to plants and each other.

Celebrate the partnership between The Fabric Workshop and Museum and Ars Nova Workshop with a joint members’ toast and tour ofThe Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry. In this largest-ever US presentation of the life’s work of the Swedish artist and designer, the exhibition explore’s Moki’s radical vision through tapestries, paintings and drawings, concert posters, clothing and costumes, sculpture, music, video, and archival materials. Available to FWM and ANW members, the tour will be led by exhibition curator Mark Christman, Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Ars Nova Workshop. A light reception will follow.

Inspiredbycolorfulshifts innaturedisplayedthroughouttheseasons, learn to print alargeformatrepeatingpatternusing the painterly process ofmonoprinting.This is a rare opportunity to learn how topin fabric,measurefora repeatprint, apply ink, andprint using our largesilkscreens on our 19-yard print tables. Each participant will leave withayard ofcustom fabric! Organized in conjunction withtheexhibitionThreaded Currents, on view at PAFA January 22–April 12, 2026.

Celebrate the partnership between The Fabric Workshop and Museum and Ars Nova Workshop with a joint members’ toast and tour ofThe Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry. In this largest-ever US presentation of the life’s work of the Swedish artist and designer, the exhibition explore’s Moki’s radical vision through tapestries, paintings and drawings, concert posters, clothing and costumes, sculpture, music, video, and archival materials. Available to FWM and ANW members, the tour will be led by exhibition curator Mark Christman, Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Ars Nova Workshop. A light reception will follow.

Celebrate the Spring Equinox at FWM!Artist-in-ResidenceLisaAlvarado’sworkinspires us to question how the passing of time might feel different to us if we measured our days through the movement of the earth, the whorls of a shell, or theraysof light through a window. Usingthescreenprintingprocess,create a gradient that memorializes the shifts in color and light from sunrise to sunset and print your own accordion–fold journal. Then join us in the galleries for a poetry reading fromAlexis AlmeidaandJericho Jennifer Nelson,curated by poetBridget Talone.

Discover South Africa’s rising wines in a five-course dinner with perfect pairings and guided tasting.