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Tour the exhibition "Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection with John Ollman and Philadelphia artist Tristin Lowe. Ollman is the owner of the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, one of the world's premier sources for self-taught art. Lowe is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice pushes low-brow, low-tech methods and materials toward unexpected ends. Together they will discuss Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz's collection of outsider art, how it was formed, and why Ollman pursued the artwork that Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collected. Great and Mighty Things is on view in the Dorrance Galleries through June 9.

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Curators, conservators, or educators present an insider’s guide to the Museum’s collection.

• Mother Power - A Goddess from Nepal
  
  • Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m.
    With Darielle Mason, The Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art.
• From Blade to Page: Etched Arms, Armor, and Prints of the Renaissance
  
  • Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m.
    With James When, Margaret R. Mainwaring Curatorial Fellow in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.
• In Pursuit of Beauty: Two Medici Portraits
  
  • Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m.
    With Nora Lambert, Dorothy J. del Bueno Curatorial Fellow.

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Captivating performer Tom Reese is known for his warm tone, melodic lines, and whimsical riffs. In addition to the soprano and alto flutes, he plays the Irish pennywhistle, the recorder, the Chinese shakuhachi flute, bamboo flutes, Peruvian pan pipes, the fife, antique ocarinas, and the Native American Lakota flute.

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Daniel Heyman and Cindi Ettinger of C. R. Ettinger Studio will discuss their collaborative process. They will show examples of etched plates, proof prints, and other printmaking materials as well as recent experiments printing on plaster. They will then move to the Berman Gallery to discuss their favorite etchings in the exhibition Starting from Scratch: The Art of Etching from Dürer to Dine. The conversation will be facilitated by James Wehn, Margaret R. Mainwaring Curatorial Fellow in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs and cocurator of Starting from Scratch, on view through August 11, 2013. The event is made possible by the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Explore 3 artworks in 33 minutes! Triple Play is part conversation, part gallery talk – all informal and fun.

• Let There Be Light
  
  • Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
    With Jenni Drozdek, Museum Educator, Public Programs.
• Bottoms Up! Beer in Art
  
  • Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
    With Justina Barrett, Museum Educator for American Art.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art educators and graduate students from Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania bring objects from the permanent collection to life during a 45-minute conversation in one of the Museum’s two hundred galleries.

• The Ballet Class, c. 1880, by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
  
  • Thursday, June 13, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
  • Friday, June 14, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
  • Saturday, June 15, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
• Still Life with a Ham and a Roemer, c. 1631-34, by Willem Claesz. Heda
  
  • Thursday, July 18, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
  • Friday, July 19, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
  • Saturday, July 20, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.

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The coolest sketching event in town returns! Last time they brought Game of Thrones to the arms and armor galleries. Tonight it’s all about Agent 007. Bond girls will grace the galleries for a night of live figure drawing and music. No drawing experience is necessary. Use our drawing supplies or bring your own. Dry materials only please.