All Events - Frick Event Calendar

Saturday, 04 February, 2012 - CarKids: Hold Your Horses

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500

Listen to the story of the horses that pulled the coaches which carried people around Pittsburgh in the 1800s and early 1900s. What did they eat and where did they sleepĞ What did they wear besides shoesĞ Decorate a shiny horseshoe to take home for good luck. Free program, includes take-home activity.

Saturday, 11 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: Opening/Family Day Celebration

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Stories and songs! Engaging performances! Awesome art! Lemonade and cookies! You’re invited to a family celebration to welcome our special exhibition Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration. Wander through the exhibition where you’ll be charmed by familiar and loveable picture book characters. Or, curl up in our cozy gallery reading nook, where you can choose a page-turner from a fun selection of children’s books.

We’ll have family- friendly presentations throughout the day with dancer Traci Yorke and puppet-maker Joann Kielar, and lots of cool book-related projects at our hands-on art station.

Oh, and one more thing: surprise us and come dressed as your favorite story book character! We’d love to take your picture next to the “wildest thing” in the museum.

Saturday, 11 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

This exhibition provides an appealing survey of drawing styles and techniques from Randolph Caldecott in the 19^th century to Chris Van Allsburg in the 20^th—with many delightful and familiar artists in between including Ernest Shepard, Maurice Sendak, Tomi diPaolo, and Jules Feiffer. The 40 works on paper by famed illustrators are supplemented by 13 books.

Draw Me a Story will be staged with artworks hung slightly lower than usual, step stools available, and reading nooks in the galleries for visitors young and old. The illustrations span 100 years and include detailed watercolors, expressive pen drawings and experimental combinations of media. Viewers will get a sense of how an artist’s vision can tell a story with a single image or bring a familiar story to life in a new way.

Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration is a program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Support for the Pittsburgh presentation is provided by Eat'n Park.

This family-friendly exhibition is complemented by Childhood at Clayton, an adjacent exhibition drawn from the Frick’s permanent collection related to childhood at Clayton—books, toys, games, clothing, and period photographs will focus on the play time, work time and reading interests of the Frick children, Childs and Helen.

Sunday, 12 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Tuesday, 14 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Tuesday, 14 February, 2012 - Valentine's Day Dinner at The Cafe at the Frick

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0500

Treat your special someone to our five-course menu with optional wine pairing. One seating at 7:00 p.m.

$45 per person. Wine pairing $25 extra per person. Does not include taxes and gratuity.

Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Thursday, 16 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Friday, 17 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Saturday, 18 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Sunday, 19 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Tuesday, 21 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Wednesday, 22 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Thursday, 23 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Friday, 24 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Friday, 24 February, 2012 - Friday Features Gallery Talks: Chris Van Allsburg--Illustrations of Mystery

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500

Every Friday during the run of the exhibition Draw Me A Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration, these short gallery talks, led by Frick education and curatorial staff, offer insight into a variety of topics and themes.

Saturday, 25 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Sunday, 26 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Tuesday, 28 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Wednesday, 29 February, 2012 - Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration and Childhood at Clayton

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500