EDUCATION AND LIFE: LOST MURALS OF LEON SITARCHUK
June 22 – September 7, 2008

The Depression-era revival of mural painting for public buildings that today is most closely associated with the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) largely bypassed Philadelphia, where printmaking and posters held greater sway. In the late 1930s, however, one very young artist, a student at Simon Gratz High School, gave Philadelphians a taste of what could be done with murals in a context that wedded art and education. The three wall paintings he produced are no longer with us, having been destroyed in renovations decades ago, when such works were out of favor. The artist's studies, nevertheless, survive and are displayed once again to remind visitors of the treasures Philadelphia needs to save.

Leon Siturchak
Study for “Seafood,” 1936-1940

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IN SEARCH OF MISSING MASTERS:
THE LEWIS TANNER MOORE COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
September 28, 2008 – February 22, 2009

A major exhibition of selected works from the collection of Lewis Tanner Moore, In Search of Missing Masters is the second in its series of exhibitions highlighting distinguished private collections of art from the greater Philadelphia region.  

Lewis Tanner Moore, a descendant of the famed 19th-century African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, began his art collection some three decades ago, with a small number of paintings handed down to him from his father, a prominent Philadelphia attorney.  From the outset, Mr. Moore concentrated on twentieth-century art and on developing personal connections with the artists he was collecting. With a devotee’s zeal, he pursued not just the well-known names but also the unheralded masters whose works and achievements had slipped into obscurity.

Woodmere’s exhibition will be composed of more than one-hundred paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by some four to five dozen artists. Included in the ensemble will be such well-known artists as Henry Ossawa Tanner, Allan Freelon,  Dox Thrash, Selma Burke, Charles White, and Romare Bearden; local figures such as Raymond Steth, Humbert Howard, Louis Sloan, Ellen Powell Tiberino, Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, and Charles Burwell; as well as a number of talented and influential – if not yet well-known – artists whose works will be presented here for the first time in a museum.

James Edwards
Dancer on the Roof, 1988

 

Exhibition Honorary Chairman

Mayor Michael A. Nutter

Presenting Sponsor

The Maguire Foundation

Supporting Sponsors                                     Media Partners

Bank of America Charitable Foundation              6ABC
Beach Creative Communications                       WRTI-FM
Citibank in Chestnut Hill                                   The Philadelphia Tribune
Citizens Bank                                                 900-AM WURD
Comcast Cable of Philadelphia
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Drs. Clarence A. & Jacqueline B. Faulcon
Finkelstein Family
The Glenmede Trust Company
Marguerite & H. F. (Gerry) Lenfest
The Lomax Family Foundation
Dianne & Donald Meyer
Joseph & Virginia Nicholson
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Philadelphia Cultural Fund
The Philadelphia Foundation
Saul Ewing LLP
Joseph & Pamela Yohlin 
 

ZING! FAMILY FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 25, 1-5pm

Story, Song & Art
Schedule of Events:

1-2pm	Story teller and Pennsylvania Commonwealth Speaker  Linda Goss will lead us in chants, games, hand clapping stories, and some of her favorite folktales.
2-2:30pm	Imani Drummers join the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble.
2:45-3pm	Sales.Toe-Knee, the magician, does street magic at its finest.
3-4:30pm	Story teller and Pennsylvania Commonwealth Speaker  Linda Goss will lead us in chants, games, hand clapping stories, and some of her favorite folktales.
3:30-4:30pm	Dance to the tunes of this renowned six-piece band, The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble who perform around Philadelphia, New York, and abroad.

COMMUNITY BANNER PROJECT

Young students from around the region will be working on Woodmere’s summer art project beginning in July 2008. Inspired by renowned quilts made by women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, the banners will be on display on Woodmere’s lawn.

 

WOODMERE ARTS COLLABORATIVE SERIES
Saturday, November 15

African Rhythms

· Jazz virtuoso violinist Diane Monroe
· Zulu Choir from South Africa Thula Sizwe
· Halcyon Trio performing pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano by African American composers Gary Pratt and Trent Johnson

Galleries will be open 7-10pm
Reception: 7:30pm
Concert: 8pm

General Admission: $30, members $20, students $10
Seating is limited. To purchase a ticket, or for more information,
please call 215-247-0476.