Exhibitions: real and virtual

Current Exhibitions

Our galleries showcase local folk and traditional arts - vernacular and alternative expression. We are open September - June on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 - 6 and by appointment. FREE. Tours also available by appointment (donations encouraged): 215.726.1106

Cultural Exchange: African Cultural Art Form, Frito Bastien, and Isaac Maefield
This new exhibition honors four local Black men who have devoted their lives to community betterment. Folk arts have been resources for them and sources of value. Cultural Exchange recognizes the significance of their labors, takes inspiration from their 40+ years of diligent and dedicated service, and honors their efforts to shape a future for others (especially others who have been written off, or sacrificed as collateral damage). PFP inaugurates our new Philadelphia Folklore Project "Folk Arts and Social Change" residency series (and our 25th year), with an exhibition that values and draws attention to grassroots collective vision and practice: to work where freedom, equity, and accountability to community are abiding concerns. Open through December 17.

Continuing Exhibit

If These Walls Could Talk: William and Miriam Crawford's Dining Room
Bill and Miriam Crawford's actual dining room are four walls collaged with 40 years of social change memorabilia. Like other folk arts, these lovingly tended walls of memory and struggle trace community and convey folk history. An artistic creation in its own right, this assemblage evokes the homes and workplaces of many activists. The dining room walls chronicle four decades of a family's political life, recording the Crawfords' involvement in the Communist party, the civil rights, Black Power, and anti-war movements, the "Stop Rizzo" campaign, and Bill's own campaign for city controller. Like an elaborate, oversized scrapbook, the walls seamlessly mix radical political memorabilia with favorite images of African American literary and musical figures, popular culture, cartoons, and photographs of old friends. Each piece has a story. (Read more)