The Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show celebrates its 50th anniversary November 6–8, 2026, with 195 juried artists across 13 craft disciplines, including a Philadelphia sister-brother slow-fashion duo and a solar-powered woodturner.
Philadelphia native Todd Anthony brings his sold-out one-man production RED to the Independence Seaport Museum for two nights only — July 10 and 11. Written and performed by Todd Anthony, directed by Crystal Lee Brown, the play traces the transformation of Malcolm Little into Malcolm X.
The 17th Annual Jazz on the Ave returns to Cecil B. Moore Avenue in North Philadelphia on August 15, 2026 — free admission, noon to 8:30pm, Vertical Current headlining, Patty Jackson and Dyana Williams hosting.
The 37th Manayunk Arts Festival 2026 takes over Main Street June 27–28 — free, 300 artists, the Carrera Paint My Ride Tour, 30 Emerging Artists on Grape Street, and a cover artist whose painting sold to a close friend of Jamie Wyeth.
Danny Simmons Jr., the abstract expressionist painter who left New York to build Rush Arts Philadelphia in Logan and paint four murals across Germantown and North Philadelphia, died June 15, 2026. He was 72. A tribute to the artist who chose this city on purpose — and gave it everything he had.
Morgan Overton’s solo exhibition America: 500 opens at NoName Gallery in Chestnut Hill on July 3, asking what the country looks like 250 years from now.
The Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show returns to Center City Philadelphia June 5–7, 2026 — 145 juried artists, nearly a century of history, and free admission for everyone.
ArtPhilly’s inaugural What Now: 2026 festival runs May 27–July 2 across five Philadelphia neighborhoods — 34 original commissions, 12 disciplines, and one genuinely open question addressed by the city’s own artists.
Art for the Cash Poor 2026 brings 120+ local artists to the Crane Arts Building in South Kensington on June 13 — original work priced at $250 or under, free to attend, with 100% of sales going directly to the artists.
PAFA brings two Pay-What-You-Wish programs to the Rhoden Arts Center in June 2026 — a Bo Bartlett artist talk on June 3 and a Juneteenth screening of The Nine O’Clock Whistle with Dr. Willa Cofield on June 20.
