"We aim to mine the zaniest and most obscure songs from the early 20th century and record them for a new audience to underscore both the absurdity and importance of popular music in American history."
Friday July 29, $15, All Ages, BYO
Doors at 7pm, showtime 8pm
For more info, contact us at 610-761-9799.
Well, you may know that we make hand-painted signs, but did you know that we make hand-painted signs with hand-painted portraits painted on them? Here at Modern Art everything is possible (on a hand-painted sign).
These are some new additions that will soon grace the walls of The Common Wheel's pump house.
Summer is here and it is damn fine! Today inside the doors of Modern Art we are working on some new signs for The Common Wheel. Can an artist ask for anything better to call work? Well of course she can, but why? Get out outside today and revel in your short-sleeved self.
Painters, sculptors, poets, jugglers, anyone looking for a little time and space to create – this evening is for you. Bring your supplies and bring your booze. Libby & Jo will be on hand to offer helpful tips and tricks on art-making for those looking for some input on their projects.
Tuesday, June 14th / 7 – 9pm / $10 suggested donation
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FRIDAY, JUNE 24 $5-10, All Ages, BYO Presented by Series 42
Music comes second nature to these ladies. Donna Volles has spent years laying the bass groove for Lavacave. Songwriter Liz Fulmer, a regular on the local music scene, makes her Lancaster debut on drums. Singer/guitarist Kelly Buchanan has toured nationally with her powerhouse vocals and critically acclaimed songs – songs that have been covered by the likes of Sara Bareilles, Fountains of Wayne, Nada Surf and others.
The Dolls are finding new horizons in this lineup! Old songs, penned by Buchanan and Fulmer, are being reinvented and new songs are being added to the group’s riot grrrl grit-pop arsenal as well.
For more info, check out our event page here.
Friday, June 3rd / 6 - 8pm THE SPACE MACHINE FOUND ON THE MOON IS IN AN ELEVATOR at Tellus 360
Ever wondered, "What is UP with that Space Machine thing that [Modern Art] does!!?!" Now is your chance to find out - first hand! The Space Machine has landed in the elevator of Tellus 360 (a.k.a. The Tellevator) and Libby and Jo will be there to guide you through the intergalactic vending experiance. Don't forget to bring a quarter with you! Read more about the Space Machine Found on the Moon here.
Come and enjoy the alluring sounds of Health Club, a very loud band of professors, doctors and a guidance counselor cloaked in mystery and intrigue. You will have fun.
FRIDAY, MAY 20th, 2016 HEALTH CLUB at Modern Art (529 W. Chestnut St. Lancaster 17603)
Doors at 7pm, show starts at 8pm $5 at the door, all ages, BYOB
Painters, sculptors, poets, jugglers, anyone looking for a little time and space to create – this evening is for you. Bring your supplies and bring your booze. Libby & Jo will be on hand to offer helpful tips and tricks on art-making for those looking for some input on their projects.
Tuesday, May 17th / 7 - 9pm / $10 suggested donation
Space is limited! Please RSVP to weirdo@itsmodernart.com to let us know if you are coming.
6-9 pm After party, $20, all proceeds benefit The Common Wheel. (buy tix here.)
Check out the Cycle de Mayo event page here.
Our favorite community bike center and frequent collaborator, The Common Wheel has set up office in Modern Art and it's time to celebrate! (Well, it WILL BE time to celebrate in May.)
Cory McAbee's Small Star Seminar
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Doors at 7pm, Show starts at 8pm
$10, tickets available at the door (first come, first served)
Visit our facebook event here.
The Small Star Seminar is a genre-twisting performance like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Part concert, part self-help, part comedy, part avant-guard art, part movie, part musical theater: a singing motivational speaker urges people to give up their goals, stop reaching for the stars and to start looking for the stars within their own minds. The performance features optimistic songs about quitting, accepting one’s own limitations, the power of sitting quietly.
Throughout the performance, writer, director and actor Cory McAbee will address the theory of “Deep Astronomy” and answer questions from the audience.
This project has been featured and developed in part through the Sundance Film Festival, NY Film Festival, Lincoln Center Film Society, Reykjavik Film International Festival, 36th Stage Songs Review and Marfa Film Festival. All performances are being documented for use in an upcoming feature film, written and directed by Cory McAbee. Audience participation is welcome.
Cory McAbee is best known as writer, director, songwriter and composer for the award-winning feature films, The American Astronaut (nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, 2001) Stingray Sam (2009), Crazy and Thief (2012) and as singer/songwriter for the internationally acclaimed musical group The Billy Nayer Show.
For more info, you should definitely visit http://corymcabee.net/. But if you like being surprised, just come on out. Trust us on this.
We were dazzled by the Brooklyn Duo, Charming Disaster last night. As part of our Tiny Modern Concert Series with Series 42, they sang songs about circuses and ghosts, played a kazoo and graced us with their artistic spirit. Lancaster was the start of their multi-city tour. Thanks, Charming Disaster, and enjoy the rest of your tour!For more Tiny Modern Concert dates, check out our calendar.
We love when people fill our little studio space, especially when the people are good people. Fortunately, at our Tiny Modern Concerts, this is usually the case. Ton-Taun was no exception. This band is huge, kick-ass, fun and oozing with talent. Thanks for all who came out on Friday night and come back or just come on Wednesday, April 6th for the alluring sounds of Charming Disaster.
COME ONE! COME ALL!
Creative Thinking Studio
Tuesday, March 22nd / 7-9pm
$10 BYOB
Painters, sculptors, poets, jugglers, anyone looking for a little time and space to create - this evening is for you. Bring your supplies and bring your booze. Libby & Jo will be on hand to offer helpful tips and tricks on art-making for those looking for some input on their projects.
Space is limited! Please RSVP to weirdo@itsmodernart.com to let us know if you are coming.
One of the many services that we offer, here, at Modern Art is custom signery. That is a word that I just made up. It means sign making. Sure, we design our fair share of signs that get printed elsewhere. But our hears lie with the old fashioned hand-painted ones. We make all sorts of them. Some say things, just to say things. People also hire us to make signs that say things with more designation.
(especially when delivered on a platter by a gorilla.) Enjoy this parade of truths, and brave truth-getters, from our Truth or Drawer project.
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We are very excited and luck to have the supremely talented Brothers DiSanto (Nick and Leo) joining us on the Tiny Modern Stage. Friday, February 12, 2016.
Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm. $5-10 at the door.
Friday, January 8, 2016: RICHIE AND ROSIE
at Modern Art (529 W. Chestnut St. Lancaster 17603)
Doors at 7pm, show starts at 8pm $15 at the door, all ages, BYOB
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/147482132276832/
Note: Don't miss this show! (you'll be sad if you do).
Perfect for a geography buff or someone nostalgic for their home state these make a wonderful addition to your or anyone else's tree. Come on by and check them out or buy them online from our store in the internets.
Have you stopped in Office Pete lately? It's Modern Art's very own gift shop where you can find things like mugs, paintings, t-shirts, cards and trophies (+more!)
Alongside our Tiny Modern Concert this Sunday, December 13, we are turning our former sublet into Office Pete: A Modern Art Gift Shop. We'll have paintings, signs, t-Shirts, stickers, lovely Lovebirds, and anything else we can fit. (It was a sad day when our friend and solar-energy advocate Peter Olmsted -- Office Pete-- flew the Modern Art coop for a new job in Albany. We miss him, but someone's got to help save the earth, and he's really good at it.)
Modern Art is an art and design studio based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Through slightly disarming, curious, and unconventional surprises, we use creativity and design thinking to provide an entry point into change making. We investigate how this can strengthen and propel a community’s sense of social awareness and responsibility.
529 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, PA / (610) 761-9799 / Studio is open on Open Studio evening, by appointment and by chance!