STAMP Hours
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. -6:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday 12-5 p.m
Holiday Closures:
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Day
Presidents’ Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
+ Early closure (3p.m.) on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
About the Fabric Workshop and Museum
The Fabric Workshop and Museum is a unique contemporary art museum and collaborative art studio with a visionary purpose: to stimulate experimentation among leading contemporary artists and to share the collaborative creative process with the public. Providing studio facilities, equipment, and expert technicians, FWM invites artists to experiment with fabric as well as a wide range of innovative materials and media. From its founding in 1977, FWM also serves as an education center for Philadelphia’s youth who, as printing apprentices, learn technical and vocational skills along with approaches to creative expression.
The FWM is distinguished as the only institution in the United States devoted to creating work in new materials and new media in collaboration with artists from diverse disciplines including sculpture, installation, video, performance, painting, ceramics, and architecture. Research, construction, and fabrication occur on-site in studios that are open to the public by appointment, providing visitors with the opportunity to see artwork from conception to completion. FWM seeks to bring this spirit of artistic investigation and discovery to the wider public and to local students in particular, to ensure and broaden their access to art, and to advance the role of art as a catalyst for innovation and social connection. FWM offers an unparalleled experience to artists, students, and the general public.
FWM handles admission in the museum shop (first door on right after entrance), so be sure to stop by. Visitors are generally accompanied by gallery staff throughout the visit, though they are encouraged to spend as much time as they wish in each gallery.
Be sure to keep up with FWM on Facebook and Twitter !
CLICK HERE to read about STAMP Teen Council member Teyin’s first visit to FWM!
Location
1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Getting There
We are closest to trolley and train lines at 13th and Market St.
Accessibility
FWM is wheelchair accessible.
Photography
Photography rules depend on the exhibition. Visitors are informed about photography rules upon arrival.