Art Aesthetics: Observations and Insights for Art Enthusiasts

Wednesdays, April, 21, 28, May 5, 12; 12:30-2:30 p.m.

4 sessions: $85 members ($120 nonmembers) 

Get out and explore today's vibrant and diverse art scene with Instructor MaryAnn Katowitz. Students will examine issues of aesthetics, criticism and contemporary art and design. We will look at issues such as perception, meaning, and representation through a variety of art forms, via lectures, guided discussions, as well as gallery and museum trips. This course is designed to stimulate thought and raise questions about the multi-dimensional experiences visual arts provide and its instrumental place in the world.

 

Gallery & Museum excursions include:
1. PMA: Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris2. ICA, U of Penn: Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (Of a Crazy World)3. SEI Investments Company, Oaks, Pennsylvania, West Collection Tour

Registration deadline: April 14.  Call the Education Department at 215-247-0948

Philadelphia Museum of Art: Picasso

Here is a great video of Curator Michael Taylor discussing Cubism.




Visit this link for more PMA videos about Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris - now through April 25, 2010

Sound Bite

Bonnie Brown presents:

Walter Elmer Schofield

Thursday, March 4, 2 p.m.

This month's Sound Bite is on Walter Elmer Schofield. Woodmere's Permanent Collection is the focus of these 20-minute gallery conversations led by Woodmere curators and docents. Each illuminating discussion highlights selected artworks or artists.   Free

Woodmere Art History

The End of Painting 

$110 non-member ($75 members)

 

Fridays, March 5, 12, 19, 26 

2-3:30 p.m.

Lecturer: Pamela Birmingham,

The Robert L. Mc Neil, Jr. Curator of Education 

In the wake of Abstract Expressionism, a number of painters developed strategies that both extended the life of painting while at the same time pointed to its possible demise. This class will look at a number of those artists including: Jasper Johns and his paintings of flags and targets; Robert Rauschenberg who fused Duchamp's readymades with notions of abstraction; and Frank Stella who created paintings with programmatic arrangements of lines that radiated outward to determine the overall shape of the canvas. 

Art History Course Registration Form:

http://woodmereartmuseum.org/form2.html

 

Please contact the Education Department at

215-247-0948 for more information.

For a complete list of programs, please visit
http://www.woodmereartmuseum.org/education1.html

Woodmere Art Museum Director Steps Down

WOODMERE ART MUSEUM DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES HE 

WILL STEP DOWN AT END OF YEAR

One of Longest-Serving Museum Directors in Region Helped Transform Museum From Volunteer 

Art Center To Fine Art Museum Featuring Works by Philadelphia Artists

Michael Schantz Leaves Museum Poised To Expand, With New Wing Designed by 

Architects Venturi, Scott Brown Associates.

Philadelphia, PA (September 1, 2009) --- After 28 years of distinguished service, Dr. Michael W. Schantz, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Woodmere Art Museum, has announced he will step down from his position, effective December 31, 2009.

The Board of Trustees will begin a search for his successor.

Under Dr. Schantz’s leadership – one of the longest of any museum director in the region – the Woodmere Art Museum transformed itself from a largely volunteer-run art center into a professionally managed, vital, community-based fine art museum. During Dr. Schantz’s tenure, Woodmere emerged as the region’s only museum dedicated exclusively to Philadelphia artists.

“Michael has done a fabulous job for Woodmere, and, in many ways, Woodmere is Michael Schantz,” said Board president Dianne Meyer. “We will miss him.”

“Having spent nearly three decades at the Woodmere, the decision to step down was not one made lightly,” Dr. Schantz said. “But with the groundwork laid and the Museum poised to begin an important new chapter, this is an opportune time to pass the reins to the Museum’s next leader. The Museum is in capable hands with the stewardship of the Board and the professionalism of the employees.”

Call for Entries in Philadelphia

There are many talented artists that work and visit Woodmere Art Museum. We would like to extend information about art shows and Call for Entries that are in and around the Philadelphia area. Click on the links for more information.

The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial:
2010-2011
Wind Challenge Exhibitions at Fleisher:
Call for Entries
Deadline for entries: 5:00 PM on March 1, 2010

The Plastic Club:
Black and White
This exhibition is open to all artists. All media including photography. No film or video. Each artist may submit two pieces.
247 South Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 545‐9324 or plasticclub@att.net

 

*If you have more Call for Entries information, email us and we will add it to our blog!*

The End of Painting

Yves Klein, seen in the photograph, is pushing the boundaries of art by painting with fire, with a fireman and hose at the ready. Join Pamela Birmingham in this fun look at the changing role of painting in the twentieth century.   Fridays in March.