September Twilight in the Gardens

Event Description

$25/ Adults
$20/ Students & Seniors
$16/ PMG Members
BYOB

Tickets available starting September 12

Spend a magical evening at Twilight in the Gardens! In our mosaicked courtyard you can catch an otherworldly live performance by multi-instrumentalists Keegan Tawa and Max Feeman. At the craft tables Auqilla Abdulqhani will teach us a unique fiber arts craft, featuring a special tool called a punch needle. With this tool we will “punch” holes through fabric, creating small loops with the yarn or thread, making a design, pattern, or drawing. Create your own patch, coaster, or a small piece of wall art! Bring along some drinks, snacks and friends to enjoy our sparkly museum after hours!

Attendees can also enjoy self-guided tours of our rarely-seen mosaicked basement, and can view our current exhibition, Reframed Realities: Works by Anthony Smith Jr.

SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE:
7:00 – 10:00 PM – Create punch patches with Auqilla Abdulqhani
7:00 – 10:00 PM – Self-Guided Tours of PMG’s mosaicked basement
8:00 – 9:00 PM – Live Performance by Keegan Tawa and Max Feeman

ABOUT THE MUSICIAN:
Keegan Tawa is a Saxophonist, Duduk player, composer, and engineer from Philadelphia. His unique fusion of engineering and composition gives his music a characteristically futuristic sound. Tawa is a super collaborator, seeking constantly to intersect the skills, backgrounds, and cultures of artists from around the world. His background in Jazz, vocation as an engineer, and passion for storytelling give him a rare and unmistakable approach to composition and sound.

Tawa’s newest record, “Tessellation,” is a global collaboration of 25 artists from Turkey, Iran, Tunisia, Israel, India, China, and the United States. Tessellation is a Jazz album deeply inspired by Pan-Arabic and Persian approaches to melody, featuring a wide array of traditional instrumentation deployed alongside modern, cutting-edge electronics.

Max Feeman is a guitarist, saz player, and driving force behind Philly eastern progressive psych trio, Qway. Max has collaborated with hip hop artists, ambient soundscape soundtracks, and has led multiple bands in the Philadelphia area and continues to collaborate with artists utilizing his unique approach to guitar and saz. 

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Auqilla Abdulqhani, or “Q” for short is a born and raised Philadelphia based artist. Self-taught, her work consists of mixed media elements, explored through fiber arts, acrylic painting, and using scrap materials, A big focus in her work is sustainability, the fact that yarn can be tied, knotted, undone, and reused in a variety of different ways. Maybe you can use your patch to repair a pair of jeans, or embellish a jacket you don’t wear anymore, and now you’ll wear it again giving it new life!