The GoggleWorks hosts open house events on the Second Sunday of every month. Join community members and visitors from near and far to participate in the creative and dynamic experience of the GoggleWorks. Click here for a list events for the upcoming Second Sunday.
Enjoy live music throughout the day. Other attractions include our woodshop, ceramic studio, hot glass blowing facility and jewelry studio.
Explore all buildings on the GoggleWorks campus and all five floors of the main building which contain 34 artist studios, galleries, arts and cultural organizations and the Urban Myth Café.
| October 12, 2008 |
Time | Room | Event |
| 11am-4pm | First Floor | Arts Partner of the Month: Berks Classical Children's Chorus with the Reading Choral Society |
| 11am-4pm | Ceramics Building | Play with Clay: $5.00 per person |
| 11am-4pm | Building Five | Hot Glass Demonstrations PA Glass Trail Artists: Helen Tegeler, Ben Sharp, and Nathaniel Walker Dubbs |
| 11am-4pm | First Floor | Bravo Cafe's October 2nd Sunday Special: October- "All Things Apple-" Homemade Apple Dumplings, Apple Crisp, and Apple Cider |
| 11am-4pm | 240 | 3rd Anniversary Celebration: October 1st- October 30th Guest Artists: Mrs. Judy Oatman and Mr. Richard Filpo, "Designs by Filpo" Also Exhibiting: Ed Terrell, "The Masks of October" School Districts Exhibiting: Tyson Schoener, Mount Penn, and Cornwall Terrace Elementary |
| 11am-4pm | Cohen Gallery | Charles Sorrells and Susan Ward and the PA Glass Trail Artists |
| 11am-4pm | 2nd and 3rd Floors | GoggleWorks October artists of the month: 2nd Floor: Tara Espinoza Stephanie Rado Taormina 3rd Floor: Steven J White Sandi DeFranco Giannini |
| 11am-4pm | Throughout the building | GoggleWorks Artists will be in their studios to talk with visitors about their artwork, classes and more. |
| 11am-4pm | 504 | The Outsider Folk Art Gallery Features the artwork of Harriet Wiseman through 10/26. Featuring new works, selected by the Philadelphia painter. Wiseman incorporates the decorative patterning of aged leather ledger covers into paintings that emerge from her subconscious, through ruminations on the design and history of her material, as well as her personal history and the history of women. |
| 11am-4pm | Schmidt Gallery | Jonas dos Santos |
| 11am-4pm | 509 | The Polish American Cultural Center will be having an exhibit commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Polish people. |
| 11am-4pm | 238 | Reading Reads: Literary Festival |
| 11am-4pm | First Floor | Store: Art to Go, an Affordable Art Fair featuring original artwork from $15- $150 and Repot Depot, the sale of pre-owned art work |
| 12:30pm, 3pm, and 7pm | Theatre | Bull Frog FilmsPresents: 12:30pm Everything's Cool 1 Show Only! All Seats $5.00 3:00 pm and 7:00pm Frozen River Regular Theatre Prices |
| 12pm-3pm | Ceramics Building | Wheel Throwing Workshops: $25.00 per person. No experience required. Tickets available at the Information Desk. |
| 12pm-3pm | First Floor Gallery | Society Beat will be performing. |
| 12pm-3pm | 322 | Paint Your Own Pumpkin Workshop $10.00 Tickets available at the Information Desk |
| 1pm-3pm | Cohen Gallery | Berks Arts Council: Music Composition Program Recital of Winning Compositions |
| 1pm-4pm | Building Five | Hot Glass: Walk in Workshop Make a glass paperweight or flower with the assistance of one of our hot glass instructors. Closed toed shoes required. Tickets available at Information Desk. |
| 2:30pm-6:30pm | 411 | Berks Classical Children’s Chorus will be holding open rehearsals. |
| 3:00pm-3:15pm | 420 | Jonas dos Santos and community cast members will be performing. The project, Mapping the Community: An Ecological Intervention involves turning recycled products into works of art. Jonas dos Santos has worked with various groups from the community to finalize the installation and performance. The project is funded by Artists & Communities, a highly competitive grant program from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Artists & Communities, a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, is made possible by major funding from The Heinz Endowments, the William Penn Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. |
| Throughout the day | Ceramics Building | Wheel Throwing Demonstrations |
