This is Lenapehoking: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
in partnership with the Morris Arboretum
Thursday, November 3 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Lecturer: Adam Waterbear DePaul, Tribal Council Member; Storykeeper of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Drum Performance: The Itchy Dog Singers and Chuck GentleMoon DeMund, Chief of Ceremonies of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.
At: Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118 | 215-247-0476
Members: $20 | Non-members: $25
Please note: Woodmere members who are not also Arboretum members can use the code ‘WOODMERE’ to receive the member price.
The Morris Arboretum and Woodmere Art Museum share a location in Northwest Philadelphia on the traditional land of the Lenape people. In recognition of this history of our land and in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, Adam DePaul, storykeeper of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, will share stories of the Lenape and their relationship to the land–past, present, and looking into the future.
The evening will begin with a tribal drum performance led by Chief of Ceremonies Chuck GentleMoon DeMund and the Itchy Dog Singers, a group within the Lenape Nation.
Both the Morris Arboretum and Woodmere share a strong interest in the history of our shared landscape, our institutions' role as stewards of the land, and a desire to acknowledge the past as we plan for the future.
Director's Talk: George Biddle
in conjunction with George Biddle: The Art of American Social Conscience
Saturday, November 5 | 2 pm
At: Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118 | 215-247-0476
FREE
Woodmere’s director, Bill Valerio, describes his passion for the art of George Biddle.
Public Art Tour: Hélène Sardeau's Sculpture and the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial
in conjunction with George Biddle: The Art of American Social Conscience
Sunday, November 6 | 11 am
With Bill Valerio, Director of Woodmere Art Museum and Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director & Chief Curator of the Association for Public Art
At: The Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, located on Kelly Drive along the Schuylkill River, south of the Girard Avenue Bridge
FREE
Parking is limited. We suggest carpooling if possible. Woodmere will provide limited transportation via Uber to and from the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial for the tour. Registration is required for transportation. See email below.
11 am tour, meet at Woodmere by 10:00 am
To register, please contact Amanda Monroe at amonroe@woodmereartmuseum.org
Bill Valerio and Penny Bach will guide you on a special tour of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial on Kelly Drive and the sculpture of Hélène Sardeau, the accomplished artist and wife of George Biddle.
Hélène Sardeau's powerful sculpture, The Slave (1940) is a limestone rending of an enslaved African American and one of seventeen figures that compose the prominent sculptural ensemble that are part of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. The sculptures were commissioned over a thirty year period to express major ideas and spiritual forces "emblematic of the history of America."
The Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial is located on Kelly Drive between Boathouse Row and the Girard Avenue bridge.
For more information about the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, please
click here.
Gallery Talk: George Biddle's Drawings of the Nuremberg Trials
in conjunction with George Biddle: The Art of American Social Conscience
Wednesday, November 9 | 7 pm
Webinar Online via Zoom
FREE
Registration is required: Click here to register and receive the Zoom link for the webinar.
Join Woodmere’s director, Bill Valerio and Rabbi Shoshanah Tornberg, Old York Road Temple Beth 'Am, for a gallery talk about George Biddle's work as an artist correspondent for Look magazine and his drawings of the Nuremberg Trials. They will discuss these drawings in the context of the time and how they resonate today.
