WoodmereArtMuseum 9201 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19118 Museum Store Woodmere Art Museum’s Holiday Store is open November 12 through December 31, 2016. Don’t miss the opportunity to shop for unique and handmade gifts of every variety! Free Parking | Gift Wrapping Woodmere Art Museum receives arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Support is also provided by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, MUSIC, AND EVENTS MUSEUM CALENDAR MUSEUM CALENDAR Woodmere Fall/Winter 2016–17 Fall/Winter ArtMuseum FREE on Sundays EXHIBITIONS Arthur B. Carles and His Expanding Circle: An Exhibition in Honor of Frances M. Maguire August 20, 2016–March 19, 2017 Lecture: The Unbroken Circle: The Expressive Colors of Philadelphia Painters Saturday, November 12, 1:00 p.m. Lecturer: Bill Scott, artist Open house: Saturday, November 12, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Arthur B. Carles and His Expanding Circle tells the story of Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952) and his influence on the development of modernism and abstract painting in Philadelphia. Best known for his daring use of color and the verve of his personality, Carles was an influential instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) who embraced the modern age and introduced his students to the work and ideas of European avant-garde. This exhibition offers a rich account of Carles and the generations of artists inspired by him—distinguished students of his circle who became leading modernist voices in Harry Bertoia: In conjunction with the outdoor installation, Philadelphia, such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Free Interpretations this exhibition features a number of Brodhead, and Jane Piper. We will also focus monoprints made by the artist. Bertoia’s on the artists of the next generation they August 20–November 6, 2016 prints functioned as studies for his sculptures inspired, including Jan Baltzell and Bill Scott. Lecture: as well as independent explorations of the These artists, in turn, continue to serve as Harry Bertoia’s Monotypes and Plant Forms: organic forms and shapes he invented. They mentors to the emerging abstract painters of A Daughter’s Reflections illuminate the artist’s intentions, his ideas today. Saturday, October 8, 1:00 p.m. about the interplay of sculptural elements, The exhibition is offered as a tribute to Lecturer: Celia Bertoia, director, and his commitment to a language of Woodmere’s long-time trustee, Frances M. Harry Bertoia Foundation abstraction inspired by the natural world. Maguire, a painter and sculptor who works Open house: Best known for his furniture designs and sound in the tradition of the Carles legacy and Saturday, October 8, 2:00–4:00 p.m. sculptures of the 1960s and 1970s, Bertoia continues to be one of the great champions of nonetheless worked in various mediums Harry Bertoia: Free Interpretations the arts of our city. throughout his career, including jewelry celebrates the relocation of the artist’s design and printmaking. Several of his jewelry 1967 sculpture Free Interpretation of Plant designs will be on sale in the Museum Store. Forms to Woodmere’s grounds. For over a decade the lyrical sculpture and fountain, commissioned by the City of Philadelphia and originally installed at the Civic Center in West Philadelphia, has been in storage. Now, in coordination with Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Free Interpretation of Plant Forms becomes an exciting addition to Woodmere’s landscape and regains its rightful place Clockwise from top left: Construction of Free Interpretation of Plant Forms at Bertoia’s workshop in Bally, Pennsylvania, 1966. Photograph Courtesy of the HarryBertoia Foundation. Photograph by Richard Schultz; Abstract Bouquet, 1939, by among the city’s public art. Arthur B. Carles (Woodmere Art Museum: Partial museum purchase and partial gift of Frederica and Howard Wagman, 2011) Photograph by Rick Echelmeyer; Free Interpretation of Plant Forms in a storage facility in North Philadelphia, 2016. Photograph by Darryl Moran. 1 EXHIBITIONS Tricks ’n’ Treats September 24–October 30, 2016 The Halloween collection of artist Peter Paone fascinates visitors once again with its variety of vintage decorations and mementos. This assortment of novel “tricks and treats” illustrates the origins and charms of the best of Halloween designs. A Million Faces: John W. Mosley (1907–1969) was one of the ’Twas the Night before The Photography of most important photojournalists of twentieth- Christmas John W. Mosley century Philadelphia, capturing the vitality and daily activities of the black community from November 19, 2016–January 8, 2017 In partnership with the Charles L. Blockson World War II through the height of the civil Selections from the collections of Woodmere Afro-American Collection rights movement. Filled with “a million faces” and the Germantown Historical Society September 24, 2016–January 16, 2017 of families, weddings, picnics, musicians, bring to life the classic poem A Visit from celebrities, athletes, and church events, as well St. Nicholas, commonly known as The Night Open house: as segregated beaches, civil rights protests, before Christmas. Written by Clement Clark Saturday, September 24, 2:00–4:00 p.m. and political leaders, Mosley’s photos offer a Moore in 1822, the poem was published in Lectures: rare window onto life in Philadelphia from the newspapers, almanacs, and magazines and Black Philadelphia and the Spirit of Unity: early 1940s through 1969. remains a favorite for holiday celebrations. Art and Culture A self-taught photographer, Mosley Surrounded by nineteenth-century children’s 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 15, worked seven days a week, carrying toys; holiday trimmings; a sculpture of Diane D. Turner, PhD, curator, Lecturer: his heavy cameras and equipment on Belsnickel, a Christmas figure from German Charles L. Blockson Afro-American public transportation. He was the staff folklore; and an extraordinary dollhouse Collection, Temple University photographer for the Pyramid Club for many replica of a Germantown row home, visitors A Literary Lens into the Photography years, and his work was published in black are transported back in time with this festive of John W. Mosley newspapers up and down the East Coast. exhibition organized for all generations of “wondering eyes.” Monday, October 17, 1:30 p.m. This exhibition explores the evolution of his Lecturer: Crystal Lucky, PhD, associate practice and the ways in which he adapted The Bedroom, date unknown, by Everett Shinn professor, Department of English, the language of modernist photography (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Sydney Borow, Villanova University to the photojournalist’s craft, thereby 1992) Photograph by Rick Echelmeyer` developing a unique voice and a complex point of view as an artist. Above: Civil Rights Demonstrators, 1965, by John W. Mosley (John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro- American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia); on cover: Marian Anderson and Grace Kelly at the 1963 Crystal Ball, hosted by the Philadelphia Fashion Group at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1963, by John W. Mosley (John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia) 2 FAMILY HAPPENINGS CHILDREN’S EXHIBITIONS Helen Millard Children’s Gallery Photograph by Darryl Moran 2016 Straw Maze Art and Storytelling Ages 4–11, with adult Ages 3–5, with adult Sundays, October 2, November 6, December Fridays, September 9, 16, and 23, 2016, 4, 2016, and January 8, 2017, 11:00 a.m.–noon 6:00–8:00 p.m. FREE Saturdays, September 10–October 29, 2016, Introduce your preschoolers to the enjoyment 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. of art through stories and art making. Sundays, September 11–October 30, 2016, Children explore color, pattern, shape, form, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. stories, poetry, and more—all while viewing Monday, October 10, 2016, works of art from Woodmere’s collection. 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Accompanying adult required. Opening reception: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Festival Images of Peace and Love Friday, September 9, 6:00–8:00 p.m. All ages September 3–October 23, 2016 $8 per child ($6 members); $20 ($18 Monday, January 16, 2017, noon–4:00 p.m. Reception: members) for families of three or more; FREE Sunday, September 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m. multiple weekend passes available. Children must be accompanied by a parent or Philly Children’s March This exhibition displays the creative and guardian. Entrance to the Museum is free to Children and their families are invited to draw inventive work of students participating parents and guardians whose children have inspiration from Dr. King’s themes, words, in the PeaceLove Foundation program “A tickets to the Straw Maze. and activism to write letters to Philadelphia’s Better You.” This unique program teaches Mayor Jim Kenney. life skills to middle and high school students Play, climb, and explore the 2016 Straw Maze. Art Making and Storytelling in Philadelphia, encouraging youth and the Made from massive straw bales, this year’s Listen to stories about Dr. King, Rosa community to use art as a healing tool. maze is situated in a new location, behind Woodmere’s studio building. It is designed Parks, Ruby Bridges, Harriet Tubman, and by Peter Everett Brown and Barbara Ann many others who fought for freedom Sprague of BrownSprague LLC. and civil rights; and create an art project commemorating these American heroes. Saturday Art Making Denise Valentine, Storyteller/Performer All ages 3:00 p.m. Saturdays, September 10, 17, 24, Denise Valentine pays tribute to the messages October 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2016, of Dr. King and performs traditional folktales 12:30–2:30 p.m.