Roster of Artists
For fees and/or to schedule performances with artists from this list, please contact Art-Reach at 215-568-2115 or complete and submit an In-Facility Request Form.
To arrange for an experience, please contact Art-Reach one month in advance. Please be prepared to provide at least 3 possible dates for the performance and the approximate number of audience participants.
*click on the names below for full program descriptions
Wood Turning Center
The Wood Turning Center, a Philadelphia-based not-for-profit international arts institution, museum, gallery and resource center, supports and develops the field of lathe-turned and wood art. Through education, acquisition of collections, preservation and promotion, the Center encourages existing and future artists worldwide and cultivates a public appreciation of the art of woodturning.
Founded in 1986, the WoodTurning Center has become an internationally recognized source of information and assistance to woodturning artists, hobbyists, galleries, museums, collectors and educators. The Center has the largest known physical and virtual archive and collection of turned objects, and invites the public to explore the art and craft of woodturning.
The following program options are available on site at the Wood Turning Center:
| Program I | A power point presentation about the Wood Turning Center that introduces the museum and its history, covers information about new exhibits, explains how the work is created and includes examples of turned wood that will be passed around. Program Details: Duration:45 Minutes Size: This program can accommodate up to 50 people.
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| Program II | A power point presentation about the Wood Turning Center that introduces the museum and its history, covers information about new exhibits, explains how the work is created, includes examples of turned wood that will be passed around and concludes with a live wood turning demonstration. Program Details: Duration:1 hour Size: This program can accommodate up to 50 people.
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| Program III | A unique experience where the Wood Turning Center gives a short talk about the museum’s history, explains how work is created, includes examples of turned wood that will be passed around and concludes with the main event; a hands on wood turning experience. Each participant will receive one-to-one attention and instruction to turn wood on the lathe and create their own working pen to keep. Due to the nature of the activity, and for safety reasons, participants must have a high level of dexterity in their hands to participate in the hands on portion of this experience. Program Details: Duration:1-2 Hours depending on group size Size: This program can accommodate up to 6 people per hour, with a maximum size of 12 for a 2 hour experience.
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topZoo On Wheels
Presented by the Philadelphia Zoo
Traveling naturalists bring animals and bio-facts for an educational and exciting encounter with wildlife. These interactive programs are suitable for a small group or an auditorium of up to 100 people. Zoo on Wheels explores various characteristics, habits, and adaptations of animals that are brought from the zoo to the desired location. The animals in the Zoo on Wheels collection include birds, reptiles and small mammals.
Zoo On Wheels may be scheduled Monday through Thursday. All requests must include the number of people participating, parking information and written approval that live animals are allowed at the requesting location. A deposit is also required to schedule this program.
Hands-On Circus Arts Workshop
Presented by Philadelphia School of Circus Arts
Recognition of the circus arts is growing throughout the world. And now Philadelphia has a premier circus- arts teaching institution. Here’s a chance for your clients to personally experience the daring skills of the circus. Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is the region’s only training facility for circus arts, with 300 students (half of which are adults), 17 teachers and a professional performance troupe. It is one of only four such schools in the U.S., with a fully developed circus arts curriculum. PSCA was recently the sole recipient of the “THE BEST KIDS CLASSES” award from Philadelphia Magazine. And the studio is itself a reward – a beautifully renovated former bowling alley in Germantown with huge picture windows overlooking gardens.
Here’s a chance for the people you serve to personally experience the daring skills of the circus, expand their boundaries, build confidence, feel success, and engage in satisfying team-work. Participants of all levels, ages, and abilities are welcome to climb ropes, hang upside-down from trapezes, walk the tightwire, juggle and build acrobatic people-pyramids. Circus artist-teachers will carefully guide small groups each step of the way. Your artful melding of a theatrical form with physical expression will be fun and memorable. Who needs gravity when you have the circus arts school?
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