Lectures and Events
Gain new insight into the art and culture of Philadelphia with Woodmere’s engaging lectures and gallery talks. Hear from artists, art historians, professors, curators, and writers who offer new perspectives on the Museum’s collection, exhibitions, and related topics.
Panel Conversation | An Expanding Dialogue: How Do We Indigenize Museums?
Saturday, March 8 | 2:00-3:30 pm
with:
Robert Cozzolino, independent curator, art historian, and critic based in Minneapolis; and the guest curator for Strange Narratives, Resilient Bodies
Clan Mother Shelley DePaul, Keeper of Language and Treaty Signer Liaison, Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Chief Adam Waterbear DePaul, Storykeeper and Director of Education, Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Chief Adam Waterbear DePaul, Storykeeper and Director of Education, Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Curator at the Cafesjian Art Trust and former Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
$10 (FREE for Woodmere Members)
What does it mean to indigenize a museum's collection? Woodmere's current exhibition, Strange Narratives, Resilient Bodies, includes a wide range of artists from the collection and presents multiple explorations of identity and artists' emotional responses to history and daily life. In keeping with the theme of multiple perspectives, the panel will discuss prominent themes in the exhibition and the importance of integrating Indigenous perspectives with regard to American art.
The Art of Looking
Thursday, March 27 | 2 pm
Presented by Flo Gelo, Medical humanities educator, psychotherapist, and Hildy Tow, the Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Curator of Education, Woodmere Art Museum
FREE
The Art of Looking is a program that will deepen your ability to engage with art. By focusing on one artwork at a time, the program is designed to increase a viewer’s ability to observe, to participate in self-reflection, (enabling thoughts and feelings to evolve over time), and to promote conversation and multiple viewpoints with others. This program invites you to develop meaningful connections to works of art that inspire and enrich your experience.
Woodmere Artists and the Barnes Foundation Art Appreciation Classes
Saturday, March 29 | 2:00-3:30 pm
With Kaelin Jewell Ph.D., Senior Instructor, Adult Education, The Barnes Foundation
$10 (FREE for Woodmere Members)
Since 1925, the storied galleries of the Barnes Foundation have been classrooms for generations of artists around the world. This includes many artists represented in Woodmere's collection as well as beloved Barnes's instructors such as Harry Sefarbi and the Pinto brothers (Angelo, Salvatore, and Biagio). Join Barnes senior instructor Kaelin Jewell as she dives into the kinds of lessons Woodmere artists such as Julius Bloch, Peter Paone, Razel Kapustin, (whose works are currently on exhibit in Strange Narratives, Resilient Bodies), and others learned during their time studying Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne, and Renoir at the Barnes.
Kaelin Jewell is a senior instructor in adult education at the Barnes Foundation and has been teaching art history for nearly 15 years. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in photography and art history from the University of Louisville’s Hite Institute of Art and Design and earned her PhD in ancient and medieval art history from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. In addition to her work at the Barnes, Jewell is trained as an archaeologist and has worked on archaeological projects in the American Midwest and on the island of Sicily.