Tours & Workshops

Workshops and Tours are currently not available.

Taller offers guided neighborhood tours, gallery tours, and hands-on art workshops to school, university, and community groups on-site at our El Corazón Cultural Center. These programs emphasize the vibrant and living traditions of Latinx and Puerto Rican art and Taller’s history and the role it plays in its community. Tours and workshops are offered in both English and Spanish.

Tour Packages

PACKAGE 1

Introduction to Taller and gallery tour.

An introduction to Taller’s history and mission, a guided tour of the current gallery exhibitions, and a presentation about the area’s Puerto Rican/Latino community.

  • Maximum Participants: 40
  • Duration: approximately 45 min.
  • Cost: $5 per person

PACKAGE 2

Gallery and neighborhood tour of Fairhill

Introduction to Taller’s history and mission, a guided tour of the current gallery exhibition(s), and a presentation about the area’s Puerto Rican/Latinx community, including a guided walking tour of the neighborhood and its murals.

  • Maximum Participants: 40
  • Duration: approximately 90 min.
  • Cost: $9 per person

PACKAGE 3

Gallery and tour of Fairhill, and workshop

An introduction to Taller’s history and mission, a guided tour of the current gallery exhibitions and the Latino Fairhill neighborhood. In the Fairhill introduce you to the area’s Puerto Rican/Latino community and the murals, and discuss Latino history in Philadelphia and the United States. Choose a basic workshop in Puerto Rican Vejigante (Carnival) mask making (ages 12 and younger), jewelry making (teens and adults), Latin dance (teens and adults). Or a deluxe workshop for screen printing (teens and adults) or relief linoleum printing (teens and adults).

  • Maximum Participants: 30
  • Duration: approximately 2 hours.
  • Cost: $17 per person

Workshops

We offer basic and deluxe workshops for groups of people of various ages to participate in learning a new art practice. Taught by experienced Taller staff our guests will be guided through an engaging and fun class.

Basic Workshops

VEJIGANTE MASK-MAKING:

Participants will decorate their own custom paper vejigante mask.

  • Duration: approximately 2 to 2 and a half hours
  • Cost: $8 per student
  • Maximum participants: 30 
  • Age Range: Ideal for ages 12 and younger
Jewelry Making:

Participants will create their own custom jewelry to wear.

  • Duration: approximately 2 to 2 and a half hours
  • Cost: $8 per student
  • Maximum participants: 30
  • Age Range: Ideal for teens & adults

    LATIN DANCE:

    Participants will learn some latin dance moves they can use to light up the dance floor.

    • Duration: approximately 2 to 2 and a half hours
    • Cost: $8 per student
    • Maximum participants: 40 
    • Age Range: Ideal for teens & adults

    Deluxe Workshops

    Tote Bag Screen printing:

    Participants will learn the basics of screen printing from how to expose a screen, preparing a screen to print, and printing their custom design on a tote bag.

    • Preparation: Participants must  provide simple  one-color designs within specific parameters prior to workshop date.
    • Duration: approximately 3 to 3 and a half hours.
    • Cost: $15 per person
    • Maximum Participants: 12
    • Age Range: Ideal for teens and adults
    Relief Linoleum Printing:

    Participants will learn the basics of relief printing from familiarizing themselves with carving techniques, creating their own original print design, transferring their design on to their block, preparing  to print, and finally printing an edition of custom prints.

    • Duration: approximately 3 to 3 and a half hours.
    • Cost: $15 per person
    • Maximum Participants: 15
    • Age Range: Ideal for teens and adults

    REQUEST a Tour or Workshop

    To request a visit, complete the inquiry form below. Once the form is submitted, we will reach out to coordinate given the provided dates and our calendar. Once a date is decided we will send an invoice requesting a nonrefundable fee to hold your reservation. We will apply the cost to the final bill. Once the tour minimums are covered, we only charge for those that are in attendance.

    Phone

    215.426.3311

    Address

    2600 N. 5TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19133

    Email

    info@tallerpr.org