Interested in Performing This Summer?

Erie, PA, April 18, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The Erie Art Museum offers their front steps to performing buskers/strolling entertainers this summer as a part of the Erie Art Museum’s Mid-Day Art Break beginning Wednesday, June 4, 2008.

The Erie Art Museum is open for free on Wednesdays and Mid-Day Art Break tours, guided by Museum staff are at 12 or 12:30 or visitors can walk around the galleries on their own.

Grab a convenient lunch and shop at the Erie Farmers’ Market in nearby Perry Square; enjoy lunch on the steps before or after time spent in the Museum.

Performers will be scheduled weekly and can perform between 12-1 p.m. (although you don’t need to perform the full hour) on the Museum steps for tips. If you’re interested call Tammy Roche 459-5477 or email tammy@erieartmuseum.org.

Mid-Day Art Break is supported by Classy 100, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hamot Medical Center, Erie Insurance Group and the Erie Farmers’ Market.

About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings, including an outstanding 1839 Greek Revival Bank. It maintains an ambitious program of 15 to 18 changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well as traditional media.

The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.

The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 24-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz festival.

The Erie Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free for members, free on Wednesdays, $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $2 for children under 12.

For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, visit online at http://www.erieartmuseum.org/ or call (814) 459-5477.

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