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  2026-02-10📍 Chestnut Hill

  TUESDAY NIGHTS AT THE MOVIES | A SOLDIER'S STORY (1984 / 101 MIN)

  Set on a segregated Louisiana Army base during World War II, this tense mystery follows a Black officer (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.) investigating the murder of a fellow soldier. Directed by Norman Jewison, the film weaves social critique and gripping drama to create a powerful examination of institutional racism. Donations suggested.

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  2026-02-12📍 Chestnut Hill

  The Art of Looking

  with Flo Gelo, Medical humanities educator, psychotherapist, writer; Hildy Tow, the Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Curator of Education, Woodmere Art Museum The Art of Looking is a program that will deepen your ability to engage with art. By focusing on one artwork at a time, the program is designed to increase a viewer’s ability to observe, to engage in self-reflection enabling thoughts and feelings to evolve over time, and to promote conversation and multiple viewpoints with other participants. This program invites you to enjoy and develop relationships with works of art that nurture you more deeply. FREE, space limited* *Please know that space for this program is limited due to the configuration of the galleries featuring Syd Carpenter’s work. If this event fills, please contact amonroe@woodmereartmuseum.org to be placed on a waitlist.

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  2026-02-13📍 Chestnut Hill

  ARTZ Connect (Online, via Zoom)

  ARTZ Connect offers online, interactive programs with art for people with dementia and their care partners. Enjoy the program from the comfort of your home with the benefit of being able to look closely at works of art together, and see details that are hard to see in a gallery space. FREE, Pre-registration is required.

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  2026-02-14📍 Chestnut Hill

  Teacher Workshop | Finding Our Souls in the Storytelling Art of Jerry Pinkney

  “One of the things I’m always interested in is to see how does a person visually read a story. One of the intents I’ve always had in my work, and am very curious to see, is what happens after people leave the gallery and what story they have to tell through my storytelling…I always ask that the viewer invest their own story into my image.” - Jerry Pinkney Stories have long been one of the most powerful ways we come to understand ourselves and the world around us. In this workshop, teachers will explore Jerry Pinkney’s retellings of fables and stories through close-looking activities and discussion strategies designed for classroom use. Participants will examine how Pinkney uses imagery to convey values, character, and life lessons, while practicing approaches that help students interpret images, support their ideas with visual evidence, and reflect on both the artist’s perspective and their own experiences. We will focus on Pinkney’s illustrations and retellings of the Aesop fable, The Grasshopper and the Ants, and The Tales of Uncle Remus, as told by Julius Lester. Uncle Remus tales also raise questions about interpretation and the influence of racial attitudes over time. The retellings of Lester and Pinkney reclaim these narratives by centering their African American origins, restoring their complexity, humor, and resilience, to resonate across generations. $20/teacher; Provides 3 Act 48 Credits

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  2026-02-20📍 Chestnut Hill

  Artwork Spotlight: A Closer Look

  Take a closer look at Bo Bartlett’s monumental painting, Madre del Nenê in this engaging Spotlight program designed for curious visitors of all backgrounds. Through guided observation and lively discussion, we’ll explore the artwork’s visual details and themes, exploring the choices the artist made and the questions the work invites us to consider. No prior art knowledge is required. Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to look closely. Born in Georgia, Bo Bartlett is an American realist painter. At nineteen years old, he travelled to Florence, Italy to study under the artist Ben Long. Upon returning to America, he began living in the Philadelphia area, attending art courses at the University of the Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studied under the master painter Nelson Shanks, and took anatomical study classes at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Bartlett’s artwor can be found in the collections of institutions across the country and has exhibited internationally. He has won numerous awards, including the Ursinus College Distinguished Artist Award (2005); several awards for his documentary on Andrew Wyeth, Snow Hill (1996); and the Pew Fellowship in the Arts (1994). FREE with General Admission

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