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.

Art of Looking

Occurs monthly; Last Wenesday each month

2 pm (Online via Zoom)

Free; Pre-registration required

Facilitators: Flo Gelo, Associate Professor, Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine, Drexel University; Hildy Tow, Robert McNeil, Jr. Curator of Education, Woodmere Art Museum

This virtual program will deepen your ability to make experiences with art more meaningful. By focusing for an extended time on one artwork, the program engages your sensory perceptions and enables thoughts and impressions to evolve. Explore your thoughts and feelings in a fun environment that promotes dialogue with other participants. Click here to register for May 26th.

The Devil's In the Details: What the Dress of the Teackle Sisters Reveal

Lecturer: Jade Papa, Curator of the Textile and Costume Collection, The Design Center and Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson University

Rembrandt Peale's portrait of Henrietta Teackle and Thomas Sully's portrait of Esther Maria Fisher Teackle, are on exhibit in Woodmere's historic galleries. Painted in 1805 and 1810 respectively, they reveal stylish women who, to use a modern fashion phrase, are “on trend” regarding their dress, accessories, and hairstyles. Their chic looks epitomize the era’s styles which drew heavily on classical Greek and Roman art and architecture. This talk will focus on the painted details to illuminate the fashions of the period while also revealing the broader significance of their dress.

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Closing Reception (virtual): Group '55 and Midcentury Abstraction in Philadelphia

Presenters: Bill Valerio, Woodmere Director & CEO; Patricia Stark Feinstein, Curator of the Samuel L. Feinstein Trust; Barbara Wolanin, PhD, Curator of the Group ‘55 exhibition; Kassem Amoudi, Artist

Join Woodmere in celebrating the art and artists of the Group ‘55 exhibition through an online closing reception. The online program will feature a new film on the exhibition, along with a conversation between Bill Valerio; Patricia Stark Feinstein; Barbara Wolanin, PhD; and Kassem Amoudi. Group ‘55 and Midcentury Abstraction in Philadelphia is on view through Sunday, May 9.

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Meet the Artist: Tom Judd

Sunday, May 23

1-3 pm (in Person)

FREE

Tom Judd will be at Woodmere for a socially distanced opportunity to meet the artist in the galleries! Through preparatory studies and in-process photographs of the installation, History in Motion: Tom Judd's Subway Mural offers museum visitors a glimpse into the artistic process, planning, and creation of Judd's new Portal to Discovery mural at SEPTA's 5th Street/Independence Hall Station. Reserve tickets.

Opening Reception (Virtual): Impressionism: A View From Philadelphia

Wednesday, May 26

7 pm (online via zoom)

FREE; Registration required

Presenter: William Valerio, Woodmere Director & CEO

While Pennsylvania Impressionism is generally associated with Bucks County, many of its leading practitioners were students of Robert Vonnoh at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and they remained part of our city’s art scene. Impressionism: A View from Philadelphia, which opens Saturday, May 22, will offer a Philadelphia-centric perspective on American Impressionism through works from the Museum’s collection. Join Bill Valerio for an online program welcoming Woodmere’s newest exhibition that includes a number of recent acquisitions!

This event will be held online via Zoom, and registration is required. Participants will receive event information via email upon registration. Click here to register.