Thursday, November 4th
6 to 9:00 p.m.

Exhibition on View:
Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits & Self-Portraits
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building

Beginning this fall, PAFA is opening its doors at night to invite members and the public inside for evenings of fun, flavor and friendship. Guests will be invited to mingle in the galleries, enjoy signature cocktails and delicious food, revel in good music, explore the galleries on their own or with guides, and experience Para’s art treasures under the provocative blanket of night.

This first event will showcase all of PAFA’s “choicest bits” during its program premier, proving the naked awesomeness of what a museum can be when it reveals itself fully to visitors. Taking place within the galleries of the museum’s recently-opened exhibition Narcissus in the Studio, composed entirely of artist’s self-portraits and portraits of each other, the evening will feature a Naked at Night Scavenger Hunt, signature cocktails sponsored by Capital Wine and Spirits, a Full Frontal Nudity Gallery Talk, and a one night only art project organized by the artist collective Space 1026. A musical performance by the West Philly Orchestra will strip audiences of their perceptions of what an “orchestra” really is, with a bold, unflinching sound rooted in Eastern European folk music traditions, but dressed in the sounds of twenty-first century Philadelphia, voices nourished by our jazz heritage, tinged with punk rock, soul, and cheesesteaks.

http://pafa.givezooks.com/events/pafa-after-dark