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This Small Business Saturday get to know Peyton Flynn of Cloud 9 Clay.  Peyton's focus with Cloud 9 Clay is to create pieces that draw from her travels and photography while upholding a standard of quality that can be used and cherished for a lifetime. We caught up with Peyton and discussed the inception of Cloud 9 Clay, her creative process, and why she's inspired by other Philly artists. Tell us about your background and how that has developed into your current practice.Growing up, I alw …

We chatted with Liz Baill, Collections Interpreter for Youth and Families, to learn how inspiration from one of our most beloved galleries shaped the content and design of our newly released book, Armor & Animals Hi, Liz! Thanks for chatting with us today. Tell us about your role at the museum. I spent many years teaching and developing museum programs for kids and families and always delighted in disrupting our quiet galleries with play, movement, and laughter while lookin …

We virtually caught up with Ana Thorne to chat about her latest collaboration with PMA and her start as a Philly creative. Hi Ana! Tell us a bit about your background. Were you always creative? I am a Graphic designer and later on I took some courses at Moore College in Philly for fashion and learned how to sew at a small class in Lower Merion High School. Since I was a kid creativity has always been part of my everyday life. My grandma is a crafter and I believe she was the one that pl …

“Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase”  -Marcel Duchamp In the mid-1930s, Marcel Duchamp embarked on a complex project: to create a collection of his most important works as miniature two- and three- dimensional replicas in a display container. This tiny museum became known informally as the Boîte-en-valise or Box in a Valise because of the leather case he designed for the deluxe edition. Duchamp maintained control of every aspect of the …

We asked Dirk Breiding, Associate Curator of Arms and Armor at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, to answer questions about the museum's world class collection.  His newly released book "Arms & Armor: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art"  is available for purchase here. What are the most visited/asked about pieces?  In general, the Museum’s collection is numerically very strong in the area of armor while the majority of our excellent firearms holdi …