IN SEARCH OF MISSING MASTERS:
THE LEWIS TANNER MOORE COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
September 28, 2008 – January 4, 2009

A major exhibition of selected works from the collection of Lewis Tanner Moore, In Search of Missing Masters is the second in its series of exhibitions highlighting distinguished private collections of art from the greater Philadelphia region.  

Lewis Tanner Moore, a descendant of the famed 19th-century African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, began his art collection some three decades ago, with a small number of paintings handed down to him from his father, a prominent Philadelphia attorney.  From the outset, Mr. Moore concentrated on twentieth-century art and on developing personal connections with the artists he was collecting. With a devotee’s zeal, he pursued not just the well-known names but also the unheralded masters whose works and achievements had slipped into obscurity.

Woodmere’s exhibition will be composed of more than one-hundred paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by some four to five dozen artists. Included in the ensemble will be such well-known artists as Henry Ossawa Tanner, Allan Freelon,  Dox Thrash, Selma Burke, Charles White, and Romare Bearden; local figures such as Raymond Steth, Humbert Howard, Louis Sloan, Ellen Powell Tiberino, Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, and Charles Burwell; as well as a number of talented and influential – if not yet well-known – artists whose works will be presented here for the first time in a museum.

James Edwards
Dancer on the Roof, 1988

ZING! FAMILY FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008, 1-5pm

Storytelling by Linda Goss, art and mask-making projects with Barbara Bullock, drumming by students from Imani Education Circle Charter School, magic by Toe-Knee, refreshments, and more.

 

COMMUNITY BANNER PROJECT

Young students from around the region will be working on Woodmere’s summer art project beginning in July 2008. Inspired by renowned quilts made by women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, the banners will be on display on Woodmere’s lawn.

 

WOODMERE ARTS COLLABORATIVE SERIES
Saturday, November 15, 8pm

Performances by South African choir THULA SIZWE, jazz violinist DIANE MONROE and the HALCYON TRIO.