Two hundred and fifty years ago, a nation was born in Philadelphia. Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios (HAHS) and Art Horizons invite you to experience its art, its makers, and its richness firsthand. Join HAHS Director Valerie Balint and scholar Dr. Wanda Corn for a week of guided visits to world-class museums, artist homes and studios, and private collections in Philadelphia, Bucks County, and the Brandywine Valley. The Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program (HAHS) is a coalition of 93 sites across 32 states, and this journey brings some of its most iconic destinations together in one extraordinary itinerary: N.C. Wyeth’s home and studio, Andrew Wyeth’s first studio, Wharton Esherick’s uniquely crafted home and museum, and Henry Mercer’s maverick Fonthill Castle. Private tours of new exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Barnes Collection, plus the newly opened Calder Gardens and the home of master craftsman George Nakashima, round out the trip. In a year marking the founding of the country, we’ll also stroll through Colonial Philadelphia and see where history was made. This is a rare chance to understand key ideas in American art through the experience of place itself.