AAMP Button Drive!
EVENT INFO
Title: Button Drive!
Dates: January 9, 2025 through March 30, 2025
Location: African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Hours and Directions: Museum Hours
Questions? Email: [email protected]
DESCRIPTION
Do you have buttons that need to be put to good use? We invite you to donate your buttons and possibly become part of an exciting new work of art created by Beau McCall aka “The Button Man.” McCall will transform select buttons gathered from the community into an artwork celebrating the rich musical legacy of the Philadelphia International Records label, which put Philly Soul music on the map.
The final artwork will be unveiled and on display at AAMP in 2026.
To donate, drop by the Museum Thursday through Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM and leave your buttons with our front desk staff or in the bins.
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Any and all types of clothing buttons will be accepted. However, we are especially seeking the following types of buttons:
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Beau McCall—enthusiastically proclaimed by American Craft magazine as “The Button Man”—creates wearable and visual art by hand-sewing clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. His artworks, offering commentary on topics such as pop culture and social justice are held in the permanent collection of numerous public institutions including the Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA), Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK), and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York, NY). In 2024, McCall debuted his first-ever retrospective and exhibition catalog titled, Beau McCall: Buttons On! at Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, MA). For more information: BeauMcCall.com
Beau McCall—enthusiastically proclaimed by American Craft magazine as “The Button Man”—creates wearable and visual art by hand-sewing clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. His artworks, offering commentary on topics such as pop culture and social justice are held in the permanent collection of numerous public institutions including the Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA), Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK), and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York, NY). In 2024, McCall debuted his first-ever retrospective and exhibition catalog titled, Beau McCall: Buttons On! at Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, MA). For more information: BeauMcCall.com
