WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART Annual Report 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART

Contents

3 From the President 4 Report: the Year in Review 6 The Future of Cities with Hartford in Mind 10 The Landscape of Milton Avery’s Connecticut Years 18 Exhibitions & Acquisitions 32 Program Highlights 50 Governance, Philanthropy & Professional Staff 74 Financials From the President

In March 2020, here in Connecticut, we began to witness an almost complete shutdown of businesses of all kinds including the mainstays of our culture, the performing and visual arts institutions. The Wadsworth, too, closed its doors, but we continued to operate and to keep our staff fully engaged. This was only the beginning of quarantining and the ensuing weeks and months of unfathomable uncertainties.

On behalf of the entire board, I want to recognize the museum staff, all of whom remained home and worked Cover: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, “The Beautyful Ones” Series #9, 2018. Acrylic, colored pencil, charcoal, transfers, and collage on paper. The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, 2019.29.1. remotely to keep the museum’s momentum moving © Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Courtesy of the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner. forward. It has been a remarkable feat to witness and I am personally grateful to each and every one of our staff and the dedicated volunteers who may not have been visible but were enormously productive, imaginative, and instrumental to the museum’s eventual reopening over Labor Day weekend.

We are all reflecting upon the lessons learned during the shutdown and are focused on a renewal of efforts to fulfill the Wadsworth’s mission and present exhibitions and programs which can offer a meaningful experience for everyone. Connecting more people to art is our goal and meeting the changing interests of the people in the Greater Hartford community and beyond is the challenge we embrace.

William R. Peelle, Jr. President, Board of Trustees

2 3 Report: the Year in Review

“Best laid plans” is a turn of phrase many have invoked but was on view especially in Savor: A Revolution in Food • Emphasize strategic planning. While volatility, over these past months of crisis and ambiguity, often Culture. To learn that slow food, vegetarianism, and uncertainty, and complexity were buffeting us all, times throwing up their hands in exasperation. Yet farm-to-table were not only markers of our own time the museum would need to summon the energy and it can also be a call to recognize that plans exist not but also themes in 18th century European life was a attention that the long-term future requires of us. only for marking a path forward, but as a catalyst for revelation for many. The more we could see the distant horizon, the better clear thinking about intentions. In reflecting on the informed our immediate and mid-range decision 2019–2020 operating year of the Wadsworth, I find Another exhibition platform blossomed last autumn. The making would be. myself more focused on the latter: what was it we intimate gallery we reclaimed on the second floor of the were trying to accomplish, and how? Inevitably my Avery Memorial for the display of Giorgione’s La Vecchia • Maintain continuity. Whether it was keeping to our thoughts turn to taking measure of how our plans in spring 2019 has proven an ideal spot for fostering regularly scheduled meeting regimen or recognizing helped guide our thinking and doing in completely a series of single object stories around masterpiece the seasonal habits and rhythms of life, we needed unpredictable situations. objects this past year. In rapid succession this series of to stay engaged and productive, in any circumstance. collection icons brought forth an 1890s Charles Worth Most visible in the first half of the past year was our court gown made for Countess Sofie Benckendorff, a • Commit to a full year of recovery. No matter if the work as activator of public conversations through our pair of identical chest-on-chests whose designs by crisis lasted two months (as originally thought) exhibition program. Summer 2019’s featured exhibition, late 18th-century Connecticut furniture joiner Eliphalet or much longer, it was clear that we would need Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall marked Chapin were driven by his understanding of classical a substantial period of time once we reopened to an important anniversary in American society while proportions, and Isamu Noguchi’s experimentations reorient ourselves and listen to our community so recognizing the watershed moment that connected in aluminum—at once Space Age and traditional—that that we can be evermore of service in our work. street photography and the pop aesthetic to the gave birth to his seminal monolith, Sesshu (1958). In Each of these principles has withstood the test of time human rights movement. Our preparations for Be Seen parallel, we were able to host a special presentation of and situation. My most heartfelt thanks to everyone transcended the assembly of important loans as we Rebrandt van Rijn’s Titus in a Monk’s Habit (1660) in our who has worked so hard to keep this museum systematically added to our already rich collection in early Baroque gallery beside the museum’s well-known together and going in the right direction amid truly time for the show. Later in the summer we mounted masterpieces including Caravaggio’s Saint Francis of extraordinary conditions. an installation of renowned Ballets Russes material, Assisi in Ecstasy (c. 1595) and Zurbarán’s Saint Serapion presented Khalil Joseph’s multimedia project BLKNWS (1628). Each of these focused engagements was a fresh Even now, writing at the distance of half-a-year since after it electrified audiences at the 58th Venice Biennale, view on these outstanding accomplishments of human the emergency closure of the offices on March 13th installed a selection of our most distinguished Italian creativity, exceptionally fine and truly innovative objects. (and the museum overall that weekend), many things Old Master drawings, and debuted our homage to the are still unclear, yet we welcome the public anew And then all our routines stopped, abruptly. Lively centennial of the founding of the Bauhaus with works of and address our future planning systematically and galleries filled with the sights and sounds of school art and bespoke furniture from that movement’s leading thoughtfully. There is so much hope and dedication children experiencing the museum fell silent and still, designers. But dwarfing these important projects in both to be found throughout the organization. My greatest a causality of a terrifying global health emergency and its size and ambition was Afrocosmologies: American wish is that we will be able to recognize and do justice its subsequent social, political, and economic crisis. Reflections, a transhistorical exploration of new ideas to the contributions of each one of you who continue about spirituality, identity, and the environment in Early in the COVID-19 pandemic we set four principles to to make this institution an inspiring and transcendent ways that move beyond traditional narratives of Black guide our decision-making as an institution. They were, place for art on Main Street, now and into the future. Christianity. A collaborative effort of the Wadsworth, The Amistad Center, and the Petrucci Family Foundation • Preserve human capital. From the staff to our Thomas J. Loughman, Ph.D. Collection and installed across multiple spaces, this volunteers and supporters, we aimed to keep as Director and CEO impactful exhibition created a dynamic platform for the many members of the Wadsworth community public to engage with not only the 120+ works on view engaged and productive, knowing that the museum but also connect with 17 of the living artists included in would need a functioning core as we returned to the show. A spirit of thinking differently and sparking operation. public interest carried through all our larger projects,

4 5 The Future of Cities with Hartford in Mind

Some months ago, iHeart Radio’s Renee DiNino offered the round-table format as a platform to discuss topics of widespread civic concern. Expert voices from urban planning and development joined Wadsworth Director Tom Loughman to talk about the role of pillar institutions in the future of American cities, particularly at this critical moment.

Moderator RD: Tom, with the Wadsworth being a historical, planning process to celebrate Hartford’s four hundredth everything that Kim just mentioned. That influx started Renee DiNino legendary landmark here in our capital city, you anniversary, which is in just about 15 years. Through before COVID and I think that’s true of a number of cities iHeart Radio DJ and host of obviously are very invested in the growth of not only the that process, we saw that arts and culture was one of nationwide. Because my work involves the relationship Community Access, a show that city, but the entire region. Let’s get this program started. the biggest drivers, one of the things that people love between the institution of the university and the city in provides all kinds of lifestyle most about Hartford. It’s for that reason, that I have a lot which it resides, the goal is to find mutually beneficial information, health tips, family TL: Thank you, Renee. Throughout history, large cities of optimism that Hartford is going to come back after relationships. In the process, institutions are going to events, and public service have accounted for most of our country’s economic this pandemic much stronger than ever. change and I don’t think they’re going to go back to announcements visibility and vitality, as well as been civic hubs. Cities normal. The idea that cities will rebound and things are the places where innovation happens, where RD: Looking back through history, we see these cycles. will be just as they were before is only partially true. I Panelists people connect, where entertainment happens, where We know that at the end of the day, people come back think Sara is right about the idea that people will return, Kim Bishop restaurants, clubs, theaters, and cafes mark the pace to wanting to do very basic things, to socialize, to eat, but the institutions will have to become different than Executive Director of Talent of life. In this current moment, the pandemic and the to enjoy the arts. But I am concerned about COVID-19 they were in the past—the way they address audiences, Attraction & Retention with the multiple crises in our country have caused people to changing some of our urban landscape. Kim, could you the way they think about their finances, and how they MetroHartford Alliance and Program question the future of our cities. I can’t help but think talk about what you’re seeing? present themselves to the public. Director of HYPE (Hartford Young about what that means for the Wadsworth—a permanent Professionals and Entrepreneurs) institution, a thriving institution, headed into its 19th KB: Interestingly enough, what we’re seeing is while RD: Two words are being tossed around right now: pivot decade. You don’t move the art museum; the city moves young people are leaving larger cities, they don’t want and adjust. Tom, that’s what you’re having to do at the Sara C. Bronin, AIA and forms and changes all around it. Thank you for the to leave cities entirely. They still want that urban feel, Wadsworth. What has the impact been? Mexican-American architect and opportunity to talk a little bit about the relationships but they want more opportunity and they do want more law professor, former Chair of between pillar institutions and our urban fabric. space. Hartford in particular is really well positioned to TL: Early on this summer, when the governor called for Hartford’s Planning and Zoning capture a lot of those young professionals. It’s a great the opening of outdoor museums, we took that idea to Commission, and First Lady of the RD: Sara, could you talk about the stress and the place to live, a great place to work, with fantastic suburbs. heart at the Wadsworth, and we tried to figure a way City of Hartford pressures of seeing business come and go in Hartford If you think of Hartford not only in terms of the city, but forward where we could have public impact that was and what it means to legendary institutions like the the region, we have so much to offer young professionals, safely distanced and outdoors. We created this project Thomas J. Loughman, Ph.D. Wadsworth? And then let’s go ahead and throw the layer professionals of all ages really, but specifically these called Sculpture in the City that put interpretation about Director and CEO, Wadsworth of COVID-19 challenges on top of that. young folks who are leaving expensive, crowded cities our buildings, about our historical markers, about the Atheneum Museum of Art and looking for more space and opportunity to grow, not public art that we put on view immediately outside the SB: I have a lot of faith that the trends right now where just personally, but professionally as well. museum. We had to find a different way of connecting people are moving out of cities to try to get more open with people in the physical, and back that up with a space and fresh air will start to reverse as people begin RD: Duke, what are you seeing? Talk about what you digitally-born platform that gave even more access to to crave connection and the places where people mix do and how you coordinate initiatives related to higher allow people’s minds to roam and their imaginations to Wellington “Duke” Reiter, FAIA in creative and interesting ways. The Wadsworth is one education, healthcare, and sustainability within towns. take off. The idea of putting much more energy into the Senior Advisor to the President, example of that here in Hartford, but we have so many digitally born serves the people that live here, that come Office of University Affairs at DR: Phoenix, even though it’s the fifth or sixth largest institutions running the gamut from large to small that I through here, and work here, but also people who will Arizona State University, with a city in the United States, was one of those secondary think will bring people back, not only to Hartford, but to never visit Connecticut. The Wadsworth has to have a focus on university/city integration cities with regard to people moving from expensive San mid-size cities just like it. Right before I stepped down value proposition for that audience too. from the planning commission, we started a city-wide Francisco and looking for a place where they could have

6 7 RD: Sara and Duke, major cultural organizations are that we have, and really expose them in a new and usually architecturally, historically, and indelibly linked creative way, not just for the folks that we have living to their site. What strategies are being tested for keeping here already, but to attract new talent to our region. them in the frame while rebooting our urban landscape? SB: To piggyback on one thing that Kim said about SB: Tom just gave a great example of the Wadsworth activity outdoors, one of the findings in our city plan was essentially turning itself inside out, and other institutions that people wanted to see Hartford as a four-season in Hartford are testing new ways of reaching audiences. city. Whether it’s outdoor dining like we’ve been doing, or Expanding our definition of cultural assets, we have a outdoor events and community gatherings—winter, fall, great public library system here in Hartford and amazing summer, spring—we want to see vibrant activity outside. historic parks. To your point, none of these places are moving. They’re built and embedded into the fabric of RD: Now, this question is for everyone but, Tom, I will the community. So the question is, really: how do you start with you: Not only here in Hartford, in other towns program those spaces, and how do you make sure that and cities in Connecticut and on a national level, there they’re even more accessible than they were before? has been a spike in crime. How does that impact the arts when you’re trying to grow during this time? DR: Institutions like the Wadsworth are not going or politics or law or business, these are all institutions refreshed, and renewed by their interactions with the TL: There’s such pressure on society in this moment anywhere. If it’s not moving, then the question becomes that have imposed challenges on our most vulnerable museum, that’s where our focus is. so the strain and stress that we’re under economically, what can you do around the museum, in the vicinity, in the populations. It’s really a deeply rooted problem that we socially, politically, is really more than a lot of people neighborhood of the museum? That’s what we’re doing have to think of on a systemic level. SB: I’m super optimistic about cities like Hartford in Phoenix, recontextualizing the area around them to can take. I understand that in an environment like that, going forward. I think that especially here with great make it more inviting. We’re inspiring developers to build it’s not unusual to see some acts of desperation, acts of RD: Kim, I do want to talk about bringing people into our institutions like the Wadsworth, we’ve been able to housing near museums and the university so that more opportunity. For our institution, we reopened on Labor capital city. How are you planning to get people excited see ourselves as a more connected city, both on an people are flowing past their front doors. Looking at the Day weekend with a very limited schedule. We went to come back into Hartford? institutional level, but also across neighborhoods, across surroundings and what makes up neighborhoods, who’s from being open for 32 hours a week to 12 hours a the region. Embracing the fact that we are all connected KB: I think it goes back to innovation. It’s about taking there, and how they feel engaged in daily life, with the week. It’s an incredibly narrow funnel to try to create the to each other at all of these different levels will help us a look at where people’s comfort level is and meeting museum, and other attractions are really crucial. kind of impact that we’re so proud of. make the changes that we need, to improve our climate, them where they’re at. We can get creative and make to reduce inequality, to expand social justice, and a lot RD: And may I interject, being a museum where you’re RD: Kim, part of your role is overseeing HYPE (Hartford opportunities for people to get out there and see what more. I’m hopeful that this really tough time right now is counting that foot traffic, you want to make those Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs). What a task you we have to offer. With larger scale outdoor events actually going to make us a lot stronger in the future. have with more and more young people finding that they numbers count, right? we can touch so many more of our businesses and don’t need to be in urban settings to do what they do. And institutions at one time. If you look at the recent Picnic KB: I think collaboration is really the key to success TL: Historically, that’s how we talk about impact. Knowing companies are discovering, they don’t need to lease a big in the Park series, that brought hundreds of people to for us. It’s working with all of these incredible anchor that last year we hosted 13,000 school kids, that we building now that so many are working remotely. How Bushnell Park to try new restaurants and infused some institutions that we have, like the Wadsworth, and raised the money to pay for the buses to get them to has it been for you, trying to ignite that fire to let young life back into some of those small businesses. If we continuing to highlight them, and using them to bring the museum, and this year there wouldn’t be any yellow people know, and people of all ages know, that they still continue things like that, I think we’ll have a lot more people together from our city, from different parts of our school buses, it was really hard for us. But civil discourse need these buildings and places in our downtown area? success in getting people to come out. city, from outside of our city, and focusing on how we is our number one priority. Being a place that fosters civil continue to push Hartford forward. KB: HYPE is a networking group that is 14 years old. discourse is our privilege and our service. RD: We really have just touched the surface of this We’ve been around for a while, and we have over conversation. But would each of you share one lasting DR: I would just say Hartford has assets we wish we had. SB: Some of the things that we’ve been talking about 4,000 members. To be as sustainable as we are and thought or impression about things we can work on, I’m looking at an aerial view of your city right now. When I in Hartford are really deep, restorative, broad moves to continue on with that many members, shows that maybe something you’d like to leave with our audience look at your river, when I look at the parks and all kinds of that would provide opportunities to our young people there’s really an appetite for young professionals to about how to revitalize not only Hartford, but other cities other things, not to mention all the historic architecture, in particular, people who are not statistics, people who be invested civically in their community. I have to give and towns in our state? you have incredible assets upon which to build. And my are real to us and who just need something, whether it’s a shout out to our local businesses and organizations perception would be that a lot of things could be further the youth service corps or a teacher to intervene, to get TL: When I looked at the year ahead of us, 12 months like the Wadsworth for thinking outside of the box. It’s leveraged. I would be extremely optimistic about the them on the right path. We have to think about ourselves starting with the day that we reopened, I knew that a great opportunity to position Hartford as an attractive future of Hartford as people are considering it as an option as a very interconnected community. I know Tom and we needed a whole year to shake things out and find city for professionals. If you look at other markets that to some of the more obvious cities on the East coast. Kim think this way, I hope we’re all thinking about our our way forward. I was really encouraged by the idea people connect with young professionals, like Austin, role in trying to restore the spirits of people whose that we could make this the moment to more radically Excerpts from a panel discussion broadcast on everything’s outside. This is really an opportunity for us lives have really been broken by the systems that we expand our constituency than ever in the history of iHeart Radio. To hear the full unedited program, to take a look at Hartford, look at all of the great assets all actively participate in. Whether it’s arts institutions the museum. For people to feel welcome, comfortable, visit mycommunityaccess.com.

8 9 The Landscape of Milton Avery’s Connecticut Years

By Erin C. Monroe Robert H. Schutz, Jr., Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture

A deeper look at the artist’s longstanding connection to the museum and the city of Hartford throughout his career. Excerpted from the catalogue essay for the upcoming major Milton Avery exhibition which will open at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and travel to the Wadsworth in the spring of 2022.

Forty years after Milton Avery first exhibited publicly in a group show at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, the museum purchased its first painting by the artist. The landscape, Old Orchard, 1953, is an oblique view of mature apple trees. Blending cool blue and lavender with warm peach tones, the lightened palette lends the scene a meditative quality. The poetic mood of this humble landscape reveals Avery’s enduring interest in painting from nature, a practice he began as an art student in Connecticut. He later eloquently acknowledged the personal significance of the museum’s purchase, stating, “Because I lived in Hartford during my formative years I am especially pleased and honored to have one of my paintings—one which I am especially fond of—in the Atheneum collection.” Far from his first acquisition by a major museum, this purchase was of equal significance to those that came later for it commemorated where Avery got his start.

Milton Avery, Old Orchard, 1953. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1954.79. © 2020 Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

10 11 Opposite: Milton Avery, Hartford Woods, c. 1919. Oil on board. Collection of the Milton Avery Trust. © 2020 Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Left: Milton Avery, East Hartford Meadows (Ploughed Fields), 1922. Oil on Upsom board. Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. © 2020 Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Above: Unknown photographer. Recently discovered unpublished photograph of Milton Avery painting a portrait of his niece, 1914. Private Collection, courtesy of the Milton Avery Foundation.

In 1915, Avery exhibited his first painting in The In 1918, Avery transferred to the School of the Art Society Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts: Fifth Annual Exhibition of Hartford (later the Hartford Art School). Within a year, of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, in the Annex Gallery of he received top honors in his portrait and life-drawing the Wadsworth, an exhibition space adjacent to the classes. By the fall of 1919, Avery had exhibited an main building. The academy was devoted to promoting impressive selection of 150 new paintings. The rigor of emerging and established Connecticut artists. Avery’s his work ethic is evident in the quantity of his paintings. painting, Glimpse of Farmington (location unknown) The show was favorably received by his peers, including a appeared alongside works by many of his teachers fellow artist who observed, “Mr. Avery used a brush and a including Flagg, James Goodwin McManus, William canvas to write poetry.” Gedney Bunce, Oscar Anderson, and Albertus Jones. Several women artists were shown as well including Avery’s introduction to Connecticut began when his Although some scholars have deemed the humble Frances Hudson Storrs and Jane Peterson. A review The 1920s were extremely busy for Avery in terms of his family moved to the Hartford area from upstate New beginnings of his school ‘provincial,’ Flagg’s instruction in the Hartford Courant reported the exhibit was “the personal and professional development. His paintings, York in 1895. Milton was thirteen years old and spent and leadership were cosmopolitan in their views and most successful that the Academy has so far shown,” drawings, and watercolors were shown in solo and the next decade working different factory jobs as an experiences. Flagg had previously studied in Paris with attracting visitors from as far away as “New York group exhibitions at the Wadsworth and in the city’s assembler, a latheman, and a mechanic. In 1905, he Louis Jacquesson de la Chevreuse (a pupil of Ingres), City, Boston, and Springfield, Massachusetts.” Avery’s art galleries. Likely, he further explored the range of took his first step toward pursuing an interest in making and he had taught at the National Academy in New Farmington view was probably an impressionistic plein collections and exhibitions on display at the museum. art when he enrolled in a night class at the Connecticut York. Flagg moved his studio permanently to Hartford air oil sketch similar to other compositions from the The collection of Burton Mansfield, a noted Connecticut League of Art Students, located in downtown Hartford in 1887 to pursue a career painting portraits. The city’s period, such as Hartford Woods. lawyer and banker, was on view at the same time as a few blocks from the Wadsworth. The Brooklyn-born residents included prominent individuals drawn to the the Tenth Annual exhibition of the Connecticut Academy These formative years helped him develop an aesthetic painter Charles Noel Flagg had founded the school in area from elsewhere, such as famed authors Mark of Fine Art, in which Avery exhibited Early Fall (location expression of a sense of place and hone direct visual 1888, offering tuition-free classes in his studio. By the Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Adding credence to unknown). Alongside examples of European art by experience as the source for his art. He sketched time Avery was enrolled, there were multiple instructors the League’s solid reputation is a firsthand account by Turner and Millet, Mansfield possessed an impressive downtown, along the Connecticut River, favoring the more and course offerings such as life drawing, antique one of Flagg’s students, the painter James Britton. After list of 37 American paintings, including figurative works rural, undeveloped areas. He searched constantly for cast drawing, architectural and decorative ornament, taking courses with Flagg, Britton studied briefly in New by Homer and Sargent, and landscapes by Hassam, motifs that inspired him and the bulk of his output were and outdoor sketching sessions. Courses were York at the Art Students League. When he returned to Inness, Twachtman, and J. Alden Weir, all of whom had compositions on portable canvasboards. Most of these supplemented by lectures on anatomy, history, English Harford, he claimed the set-up “surpassed” the studios found artistic inspiration in the Connecticut countryside. literature, and French, taught by professors from Trinity in New York, specifically noting how the loft spaces early works were painted with a palette knife, resulting College nearby. Under Flagg’s purview, Avery’s earliest were comparatively large, well-lit, well-ventilated, and in thickly impastoed surfaces with prismatic color as in In 1924, Avery met Sally Michel, a fellow artist, and canvases were portraits dating to around 1914. The “exactly the kind of place artists yearn for.” East Hartford Meadows completed several years later. the following year he moved to New York City with his somber palette and dark backgrounds in his portraits Avery adopted the style of Ernest Lawson, an American Hartford friend Wallace Putnam, to be near her. Although resemble Flagg’s characteristic browns and blacks. painter he admired and who influenced his early works. scholars readily shift their attention to New York when

12 13 Opposite: Milton Avery, Collinsville Hills (detail), c. 1930. Watercolor. Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, Connecticut. Gift of the Reverend Andrew J. Kelly, 1937.1.67. © 2020 Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

considering this time, Avery did maintain his ties with This is potentially the first time in his career that Connecticut. These included—among other visits—his and the label ‘modern’ had been applied to Avery which Sally’s honeymoon in Hartford in 1926, Avery’s painting adds significance to the Connecticut years. They were earning a top prize in the 1929 Connecticut Academy of fundamental to his artistic training but the Hartford Fine Arts exhibition, and their summer stay in the small press also offered him important early critical support rustic town of Collinsville, in 1930. As evidenced by the and confidence to hone a “technique all his own.” profusion of Collinsville sketches, watercolors, and oils, once again the Connecticut countryside inspired a burst In 1934, Avery secured representation from the of activity. Avery also began to work more methodically, prominent New York dealer Valentine Dudensing. sketching in pencil on the spot, then developing a Support from the Valentine Gallery marked a turning composition in watercolor, and finally making finished point in his career, promising Avery greater financial compositions in oil back in the studio. Here, the stylistic stability and the opportunity for broader exposure. He changes in Avery’s 1920s paintings began to crystallize. had his first one-man show at the gallery in 1935. It He shifted away from using the palette knife, his forms seemed Avery was finally breaking into the New York become simplified, and color becomes localized. art world. At the same time, his status in Hartford was also evolving. No longer merely a ‘rising young talent’ he was being discussed as a leading modern artist and efforts were being made by gallerists to keep pace with After his move to New York, it took Avery several years New York. In March 1936, Hartford’s Stavola Gallery to find his footing and secure gallery representation. presented a selection of his latest work, presumably During this time, however, appreciation for his talents a reconfiguration of his two recent solo shows at in the city of Hartford grew steadily. Several art dealers the Valentine Gallery. Marian Murray’s review in The continued to show his work, recognizing his becoming Hartford Daily Times feels almost nostalgic, now that “one of the great names in the modern movement.” In Avery had moved on. Although she recounts Avery’s 1925 the Old Gate Studio showed Avery’s seascapes. Hartford background and his student years with Flagg, The exhibition received extensive praise from the her artistic appreciation for Avery remains fresh, Hartford Courant: modern. Her concluding comments foretell his influence “The exhibition now hanging is certainly one of the on modern painting: “No matter what else one may best which have been offered this season. From [think] there is no doubt that he makes interesting and the first [Avery] realized that a picture to have unusual compositions and that his approach is highly true artistic worth must be something more than imaginative, that his line is beautifully fluent, and that a reproduction of a pretty scene in nature; that is his color is one and amazing.” must also have significant relations of line, color and form… An artist, but recently returned from Paris, remarked that there, of all places, these pictures would be classed as modern…He is a product of Hartford and such a one of whom we should be vastly proud.”

14 15 Chronology of Milton Avery’s Connecticut Years

The following highlights Avery’s personal and professional milestones in Connecticut 1945 Posthumous (1965–Present) interspersed with key moments in the history of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Paints Husband and Wife, which is purchased by his major patron Roy Neuberger, 1969 1885 1929 and later donated to the The Wadsworth reopens after Milton Avery was born in Altamar, New York. Awarded the Atheneum Prize Wadsworth. renovating the Wadsworth and ($200) for Brooklyn Bridge Colt buildings to create additional (unlocated). Right: Husband and Wife, 1945. Oil gallery space. 1888 on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. The Connecticut League of Art Students opens in downtown Hartford Neuberger. 1955.142. © 2020 Milton as one of the first cooperative art schools in the country. Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Right: Mrs. Philip Samponaro of Atheneum’s education department stands in new Austin 1898 1953 Gallery by Milton Avery’s “Husband and Wife.” The Avery family relocates to Wilson Station, Connecticut, near “Atheneum: Hartford’s Pride Reopens,” Special Archives, Wadsworth Atheneum Major retrospective organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art. The issue of The Hartford Times, February 16, 1969. East Hartford. show travels to the Phillips Collection and then to the Wadsworth. Photo credit: Elinar G. Chindmark. Library and In Hartford, the installation includes its new acquisition Old Orchard. Archives, Wadsworth Atheneum 1930 1905–11 Spends the summer with Sally in Milton, Sally, and March return to Hartford for the opening. Milton Avery enrolls in the Connecticut League of Art Students (later Collinsville. See Collinsville Hills in essay. 2005 the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts). The League exhibits in the Exhibits 22 works in group show with 1962 The Wadsworth receives an Avery watercolor, Church by the Sea, Wadsworth’s Annex Gallery, located in a building adjacent to the Aaron Berkman, Russell Cheney, and The influential art critic Hilton Kramer publishes Milton Avery: Paintings, from Cigna. museum, also home to part of the Hartford Public Library and the Clinton O’Callahan, at the Wadsworth. 1930–1960, the first monograph on the artist. The museum presents Hartford Art Society. Continuity and Change, curated by Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr., featuring 45 Today modern painters and sculptors including Milton Avery, Lee Krasner, The Wadsworth reengages with the Avery Family. Milton Avery’s 1915 Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and David Smith, among others. daughter, March, and grandson Sean Cavanaugh, also both artists, Exhibits publicly for the first time in visit the archives to view letters, photographs, and exhibition-related The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts: 1963 materials, tracing Milton’s artistic roots. Plans are underway for Fifth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings 1934 Avery’s health declines. He two forthcoming exhibitions on Avery, a small installation at the and Sculpture. He exhibits annually The Wadsworth’s Avery Memorial completes his last painting. Wadsworth and a major exhibition being organized by the Royal with the group for over ten years. Building, funded by the art collector Academy, London which will travel to the Wadsworth in the spring of Left: Sally Michel Avery, Night Window (Portrait Samuel Putnam Avery III, opens 2022. Both will contribute to a greater awareness of Milton Avery’s of Milton Avery), 1963. Oil on composition board. with the first International Style Gift of Joseph L. Shulman, 1964.278. © 2020 work and legacy. 1917 Auerbach Art Library, Wadsworth architectural interior in the world. Atheneum, Year File Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Employed as a file clerk at New York. Traveler’s Insurance Company, working the night shift in order 1938 1964 to paint during the day. Exhibits Summers in Gaspé Last solo exhibition during paintings and watercolors in two Peninsula, Quebec, Canada, Avery’s lifetime is shown at the separate Connecticut Academy of which inspires a series Auerbach Art Library, Wadsworth Wadsworth. The Avery Family Fine Arts exhibitions. of watercolors including Atheneum, Year File gives Dark Inlet to the museum. Church By the Sea.

1918 Left: Church by the Sea, 1939. Opaque Transfers to the School of the Art Society of Hartford (later Hartford and transparent watercolor on wove paper. Gift of CIGNA. 2005.3.1. © 2020 Art School), housed within the Wadsworth. Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 1923 Exhibits regularly in Hartford art 1944 galleries and continues to exhibit First solo museum show at the Wadsworth, including his at the Phillips Collection, 1923 exhibition with 3 other in Washington, D.C. brings national attention. Avery Milton Avery’s daughter, March (center), and grandson, Sean Cavanaugh (far left), exploring the library contemporary artists archives with Director and CEO Tom Loughman, Cecil Adams, and Erin Monroe, January 2020. paints Mrs. Evangeline Zalstem-Zalessky (holding 1924–26 her little terrier) sitting next Meets Sally Michel, a young painter to his daughter, March, in from Brooklyn. Moves to New York The Green Settee. Given to the City with artist friend Wallace Putnam Wadsworth in 1964. Dark Inlet, 1958. Pastel on paper. Gift of the Avery Family. 1964.12. © 2020 Milton Avery Trust / in order to be closer to her. The Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. The Green Settee, 1943. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and couple marries the following summer Mrs. Alexis Zalstem-Zalessky. 1964.28 and they honeymoon in Hartford. 1965 Avery passes away on January 3 and is buried in the Artists Announcement for group exhibit, March 1923. Cemetery, Woodstock, NY. Auerbach Art Library, Wadsworth Atheneum, Year File

16 17 Exhibitions & Sponsors

Sustaining support for the Wadsworth Atheneum Afrocosmologies: American Reflections provided by Newman’s Own Foundation and the Greater October 19, 2019–January 20, 2020 Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign. Major support provided by Agnes and Billy Peelle, The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall JPMorgan Chase & Co., Petrucci Family Foundation, and Hartford Healthcare. June 22–September 15, 2019 Additional support from Stephen Stroud and Mayra Bonilla and Major support provided by Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Mr. Eric Emilie and Raul de Brigard. Ort, with generous support from the Larsen Fund for Photography, Barbara and Thomas Ward, the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and Isaacson Miller.

Additional support for the Out on View: LGBTQ+ Perspectives on the Collection mobile audio tour by Andrew Lear provided by Connecticut Humanities.

18 19 Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture February 29, 2020–January 3, 2021

Major support provided by Beatrice Koopman, Dorothy Brooks Koopman, and Rena Koopman through the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Design and Decorative Arts Council, the David T. Langrock Foundation, Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Mr. Eric Ort, Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu and Mr. Gerard Lupacchino, Agnes and Billy Peelle, and Bank of America.

Rembrandt’s Titus in a Monk’s Habit February 1, 2020–August 30, 2020

Giorgione’s La Vecchia May 15–August 4, 2019

Organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Cincinnati Art Museum, in collaboration with the Foundation for Italian Art & Culture (FIAC), who has generously funded the painting’s most recent restoration.

Supported by Agnes and Billy Peelle.

Additional support provided by the William O. and Carole P. Bailey Exhibition Fund and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

William Turnbull: Head, Mask, Horse September 19, 2019–March 10, 2020

Cutting Edge: Noguchi’s Aluminum Monolith Sesshu, 1958 January 22–October 25, 2020

The Mathematics of Elegance November 22, 2019–January 12, 2020

Content was made available by Will Neptune and based on his publication, co-authored with Steve Brown “Classical Proportioning in Eighteenth-Century Furniture Design,” American Furniture 2017 (Hanover: Chipstone Foundation). All drawings by Will Neptune and artwork by Wynne Patterson, courtesy of the Chipstone Foundation.

Couture at Court September 14–November 10, 2019

20 21 Installations The Amistad Center for Art & Culture From Expressionism to Surrealism: Highlights of Modern Art from the Freedom & Fragility Collection February 7, 2020–February 28, 2021 June 5–October 20, 2019 Afrocosmologies: Giorgio Vasari, Salvator Rosa, American Reflections Giambattista Tiepolo: Italian Master October 19, 2019–January 20, 2020 Drawings from the Collection Major support provided by Agnes and Billy October 26, 2020–March 1, 2020 Peelle, The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., MATRIX Sport and Leisure: Petrucci Family Foundation, and Hartford Sailing on the Sound Healthcare. The MATRIX program is supported by the Wadsworth Atheneum’s July 20, 2019–March 13, 2020 Additional support from Stephen Stroud and Mayra Bonilla and Emilie and Raul de Contemporary Coalition. The Bauhaus Spirit at the Brigard. Wadsworth Atheneum Tom Burr / MATRIX 182 / July 13, 2019–March 13, 2020 Hinged Figures

June 6–September 8, 2019 Tradition and the Avant-Garde: Generously supported by the Howard Highlights of Ballets Russes Design Fromson Exhibition Fund. September 27, 2019– January 21, 2020 Kahlil Joseph / MATRIX 183 / BLKNWS Design in the American Home, November 9, 2019–March 1, 2020 1650 to 1850 December 22, 2018–Ongoing Sonya Clark / MATRIX 184 February 6, 2020–March 13, 2020 Portraying Independence The Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art July 3–September 16, 2019 is generously supported by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.

22 23 New Acquisitions in FY 2020

American Art Edward Landon American Decorative Arts American, 1911–1984

Jack Tworkov Sailor’s Delight, 1964 Tall case clock, 1775–1794 American, born Poland, 1900–1982 Silkscreen on paper, ed. 16/23 Reuben Ingraham, Plainfield, CT, American, 1743–1811 Study for “Portrait of Mel”, c. 1945 Gift of William R. Peelle Jr., 2019.32.1 John Avery II (Engraver), Plainfield, CT, Pencil on paperboard American, 1732–1794 Gift of The Estate of Jack Tworkov, Maple, with some tiger striping; eight- 2019.33.1 day brass time and strike movement The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, 2019.28.1 Illustrated at left

Mug with Arms of the Colt Family, c. 1860 Unidentified maker Chinese for export Porcelain The Elijah K. and Barbara A. Hubbard Decorative Arts Fund, 2019.22.1

Valet 2000/50 Dressing Cabinet from the DF 2000 series, 1969 Raymond Loewy, American, born France, 1893–1986 Compagnie de l’Ésthétique Industrielle (CEI), French, active 1952–c. 1980, distributor Doubinski Frères, French, active 1960s–1970s, manufacturer Plastic, wood, paint, mirror, and metal Gift of Laura R. Harris, 2019.23.1 Illustrated at right

Salt Spoon, c. 1800 Jacob Sargeant, Mansfield and Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA (1761–1843) Silver Gift of Gary R. Sullivan, 2019.36.1

24 25 Ice Pitcher, c.1884 Contemporary Art Cleve Gray Cleve Gray Meriden Silver Plate Company American, 1918–2004 American, 1918–2004 (founded 1869; purchased by Nan Goldin International Silver Company 1898) Zen Gardens #116, 1983 The Dance of Death, 1946 American, born 1953 Silver plate Arylic on canvas Oil on canvas Gift of Anita Lorenz, in honor of her Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! in the Gift of The Cleve Gray Foundation, Gift of The Cleve Gray Foundation, father and mother Harry and Frieda Bathroom, New York, 1991 2019.27.1 2019.27.4 Lorenz, 2020.2.1 C-print, ed. 15/25 Illustrated above Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Njideka Akunyili Crosby Flagon with six chalices and three Collection, 2019.24.1 Cleve Gray Nigerian, born 1983 patens, c.1875 Illustrated above American, 1918–2004 “The Beautyful Ones” Series #9, 2018 Gorham Manufacturing Company Four Heads of Anton Bruckner, 1987 Acrylic, colored pencil, charcoal, (1831–1981) Providence, Rhode Island Gail Thacker Oil on canvas transfers, and collage on paper Silver American, born 1959 Gift of The Cleve Gray Foundation, The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Gift of Waterford Congregational United 2019.27.2.a–d Potter Smith Fund, 2019.29.1 Church of Christ (2nd Congregational Agosto Machado, 2008 Illustrated on cover Church of New London), 2020.3.1–.10 Polaroid photograph Gift of Louis Wiley, Jr., 2019.25.1 Cleve Gray Alec Soth Flagon, c. 1797–1800 American, 1918–2004 American, born 1969 Ebenezer Chittenden, New Haven, Robert Feintuch Imaginary Landscape in the Sun, 1994 Connecticut (1726–1812) American, born 1953 Mixed media on canvas Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, Silver 2002 Duo, 2011 Gift of The Cleve Gray Foundation, From the Collection of Daniel A. Pollack 2019.27.3 Chromogenic print, ed. 2/15 (1939–2019), 2020.4.1 Polymer emulsion and oil paint on aluminum Gift of Dr. Samuel R. and Martha Peterson, 2019.30.1 Gift of Antonio Homem, 2019.26.1

26 27 Timothy Wehrle Melvin Edwards American, born 1978 American, born 1937

Empty Pizza Box, 2015 Two is One, 2016 Oil on canvas mounted on wood Welded steel, chain Gift of Dr. Samuel R. and Martha Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Peterson, 2019.30.2 Smith Fund, 2020.1.1 Illustrated at left Caro Suerkemper German, born 1964 Ellen Carey American, born 1952 Untitled, 2003 Gouache on paper Pulls with Mixed and Off-Set Pods, 2010 Gift of Dr. Samuel R. Peterson, 2019.31.1 Red/Green/Yellow/Blue Polaroid 20 X 24 Color Positive Prints (4) with Negatives (4), Unique Emily Mae Smith Gift of Joanne and Dan Eudy, 2020.5.1–8 American, born 1979 Illustrated above Printed at Powerhouse Arts Print Workshop

Medusa, 2019 Silkscreen on paper, ed. 82/90 Gift of the artist, 2019.37.1

28 29 Costumes and Textiles

Brooch: A Dog, c. 1830 Unidentified maker, possibly Luigi Moglia, Rome, 1838–1878 Glass micromosaic, onyx, gold mount Gift of Carol Cheney, 2019.34.1

European Art

Jan Brueghel the Elder Flemish, 1568–1625

Mountainous Landscape with Herdsmen Resting by a Path, c. 1595 Oil on copper The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 2019.21.1 Illustrated at right

Jacob Hoefnagel Flemish, 1575–c. 1630

An arrangement of flowers, fruit, insects, and mollusks, 1592 Engraving Given in honor of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton and in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton by Nancy Hallock and Keith Arbour, 2019.38.1

Jacob Hoefnagel Flemish, 1575–c. 1630

An arrangement of flowers, nuts, fruit, insects, and lamprey eel, 1592 Engraving Given in honor of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton and in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton by Nancy Hallock and Keith Arbour, 2019.38.2

European Decorative Arts

Tea Set, 1868–1912 Japanese, perhaps Choshuzan factory, Earthenware Gift of Ed and Carol Sauers, 2019.35.1–.27

30 31 Program Highlights

Public Programs Dance and Performance In a salute to the exhibition Tradition and the Avant-Garde: Highlights of Ballets Russes Design, the new work Art in Motion was performed by Charlotte Hendrickson followed by an onstage discussion with award-winning choreographers Aileen Passloff and Marta Renzi. Artist Adama Delphine Fawundu offered a compelling performance in the galleries in conjunction with Afrocosmologies: American Reflections. The Hartford area has a dynamic dance community and the museum was proud to present performances by CONNetic Dance and New England Ballet Collective.

Film The Wadsworth’s film program continued to present an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary narrative films; shorts; documentaries about art and artists preceded by gallery tours; emerging talent; and international cinema. Offerings included the 22nd Manhattan Shorts Film Festival; works that celebrated special exhibitions and the collection; and the popular showings of food films followed by dinner. Highlights of the year included the Black Film Weekend with appearances by filmmakers Storm Saulter and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, and a sneak preview of the film Harriett in celebration of the exhibition Afrocosmologies; a screening of Marta Renzi’s Her Magnus Opus followed by a dance performance and discussion with Renzi and Aileen Passloff; a Meredith Monk Film Retrospective in collaboration with the University of Hartford; a conversation with film critic J. Hoberman; a showing of Downton Abbey followed by tea in Morgan Great Hall; and the relevant Shaping Social Change series in collaboration with The Amistad Center for Art & Culture and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.

32 33 Gallery Talks, Demonstrations and Virtual Programs Spirit of the Bauhaus Curators and educators, academics and artists offered focus on the Robert Wiesenberger, curator, Clark Art collections and special exhibitions. Institute

Mindfulness in the Museum: MATRIX 182: Tom Burr A New Cosmos Hudson River School MATRIX 183: Kahlil Joseph Marisely Gonzalez, Community and Amanda Votto, The Copper Beech Noguchi’s Sesshu Youth Programs Manager Institute MATRIX 184: Sonya Clark Ballets Russes Patricia Hickson, Curator of Sailing on the Sound Lectures and Conversations Contemporary Art Debbie Gaudet, Curator of Film and Brenda Milkofsky, former Director, On-stage programs provided perspective on the collections and special Theater Connecticut River Museum installations, the MATRIX program, and Afrocosmologies: American Artfully Designed Afrocosmologies: American Reflections Josef and Anni Albers and Reflections, exploring historical, social, and creative contexts. Brandy Culp, Curator of American Decorative Arts Frank Mitchell, Exhibition Curator and Latin America Executive Director, The Amistad Center American Rococo Furniture Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, Curator of Lecture: Revealing the Mysteries Community Conversations: for Art & Culture Education, Yale Center for British Art of La Vecchia The 1619 Project Brandy Culp with Will Neptune, master carver John Paoletti, Professor Emeritus of art In collaboration with Charter Oak Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture Afrocosmologies and African American Art Virtual: Quick Sessions Live history, Wesleyan University Cultural Center, ExecMommyGroup, LLC, Linda Roth, Curator of European Berrisford Boothe, Professor, Lehigh Brandy Culp with Mary Himes The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, Decorative Arts University, and Curator, Petrucci Family Lecture: Samuel and Elizabeth Hart The Mark Twain House and Museum, Vanessa Sigalas, Research Fellow, Foundation Collection Jarvis Colt: Uniting Art and Commerce Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, United Rediscovering Van Gogh European Decorative Arts State of Women, The Thomas J. Dodd Elizabeth Kornhauser, Curator, Oliver Tostmann, Curator of European Stories in Cloth and Color Research Center at UConn, UConn Metropolitan Museum of Art Art, with Allen Kosanovich, Paintings Out on View Hartford, and Africana Studies at UConn Ed Johnetta Miller, artist Conservator Andrew Lear, classicist and historian Artists Panel: Afrocosmologies Italian Works on Paper Lecture: Rembrandt: Observation Thrill of the Chase Moderated by Kimberly Drew, featuring and Introspection Oliver Tostmann Be Seen and LGBTQ+ Health Advocacy John Rousmaniere, historian and sailor artists Radcliffe Bailey, Shinique Smith, Christopher Atkins, Director of the Cindy Dubuque-Gallo, University of and Carl Joe Williams Conserving and Preserving the Past Center for Netherlandish Art, Museum of Connecticut A Passion for Music Fine Arts in Boston Allen Kosanovich, Paintings Conservator Marcus Lawson, Capital Community Leonid Sigal, Concertmaster, Hartford Lecture: Antiquity as Decoration: College Symphony Orchestra Decoding the Motifs on the Blue-and- See and Be Seen White Chinese Jar Lecture: The Murder of Jane McCrea Sheldon Raymore, artist Emily Handlin, Curatorial Fellow, Virtual: Quick Sessions Live Yunchiahn Sena, professor of art history, Paul Staiti, Alumnae Professor of art Contemporary Art Conrad Ventur and Montezland Trinity College history, Mount Holyoke College Anne Butler Rice, Director of Education, Conrad Ventur, artist with Vanessa German, artist, #UNLOAD Co-sponsored with the Design and The Emily Hall Tremaine Lecture Bauhaus at the Wadsworth Decorative Arts Council of the Wadsworth in Contemporary Art Erin Monroe, Curator of American Atheneum Museum of Art and the Art Sitting Pretty in Early America Museum Stroller Talk Paintings and Sculpture History Program of Trinity College Sonya Clark, artist Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s New York Janna Israel, Adult and Academic Programs Manager

34 35 Music These special performances enlivened the galleries, enriching the collections and special exhibitions. The Sunday Serenades Chamber Concert Series, presented in collaboration with the Hartford Symphony, inspired visitors with concerts Color & Texture: Beethoven & Ives and Mozart & the Romantics. More highlights included the summer series Alive! at the Atheneum in Gengras Court; a jazz performance by the Nat Reeves Experience in celebration of the exhibition Afrocosmologies; live operas by Connecticut Lyric Opera; rousing concerts by Connecticut Virtuosi; two thrilling annual shows by the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus; lively Jazz Brunches featuring local artists in the Untitled Bistro; and This Land is Ours by the Mirror Visions Ensemble, featuring music by American composers to highlight the exhibition Afrocosmologies.

Theater A sold out and riveting storytelling evening called Still Life in collaboration with Speak Up! took place in the the Wadsworth’s theater on January 11.

Note that dozens of programs were canceled when the Wadsworth closed its doors in March 2020 during the pandemic. Some were rescheduled to virtual formats for fiscal year 2021.

36 37 Expanding our Digital Doorstep This year the museum extended its reach through its commitment to share more about the collection, exhibitions, and programs digitally. Short videos featuring curators and artists gave followers near and far a taste of the Wadsworth’s special exhibitions, Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s; Bed Furnishings in Early America, An Intimate Look; and Afrocosmologies: American Reflections. When the museum closed its doors due to the pandemic beginning in March 2020 an even greater emphasis was placed on staying connected through a digital assembly of 3D virtual gallery tours, family-friendly art activity packs, collection highlight emails, virtual and recorded programs, and staff- made videos.

38 39 School and Teacher Programs Student Tours Summer Pre-Collegiate Program Docent-guided visits are available to PreK–12 students and are designed Two Hartford high school students from Great Path Academy and Pathways to correlate with state and national curriculum standards. This year 6,245 Academy of Art and Design were awarded scholarships to attend the students toured the museum from 88 schools across all eight counties in summer 2019 Hartford Art School’s Summer High School Visual Arts Portfolio Connecticut and represented 33 cities and towns in the state, in addition to Program and participate in associated museum visits. schools from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. More than 5,130 students were booked for tours that were canceled due to the pandemic. Evening for Educators PreK–12 teachers and administrators joined museum staff for gallery Studio Programs talks, educator-led activities, and hands-on workshops focusing on the Studio programs continued to draw strong attendance this year, serving Afrocosmologies: American Reflections exhibition in the fall. 1,879 students. Specially developed themes stimulate imagination, dynamic discussion, and creative expression in this program that combines a gallery Teacher Workshops and In-Service Training tour with a studio art experience. Studio programs are available during Professional development sessions provide educators with tools to school hours and after school (Community Arts Program). Themes include incorporate the visual arts into their classroom instruction. Half- and full- Animals in Art; Color My World; Be the Curator; Making Myths; Art and day sessions are offered in addition to a Summer STEAM and Election Day Poetry; and STEAM: Sketch Like a Scientist, each structured for specific teacher workshops. Appointment-based workshops were hosted at the grade levels. A new offering, Drawing out the Details, was introduced this museum for Hartford’s CREC Art teachers, Foreign Language teachers from year. Cancellations due to pandemic affected more than 1,940 students. Litchfield and Regional District 6, Bridgeport middle school teachers, and Waterbury Art teachers. Offsite school workshops were hosted at Gideon Museum on the Move: Art and Literacy Outreach Program Wells middle school in Glastonbury and Watkinson school in Hartford. 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Museum on the Move, a six-part program for grade 4 students that explores landscapes from the museum’s collection to develop descriptive writing skills. Four Hartford schools participated in the fall. The spring session, which would have served an additional four Hartford schools, was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Art and Writing This curriculum for grades 3–8 builds students’ narrative, descriptive, and expository writing skills through the investigation of art. Eleven schools participated from Hartford, West Hartford, Durham, and Cheshire.

Hartford Youth Art Renaissance The 47th annual exhibition was hosted digitally by Hartford Public Schools and featured art created by PreK–12 students.

Partnership with Connecticut’s Old State House Students learn about the meaning of objects and architecture illustrating local and state history as they discover their place within this cultural narrative. Visits include hour-long tours at the museum and at Connecticut’s Old State House.

Partnership with the Connecticut Science Center Students discover the connections between art and science in this multisite visit. They explore the elements of art through close looking and discussion in Learning to Look/Artwise (grades K–12) or focus on close observation and innovation in Looking Like a Scientist (grades 6–12).

40 41 Community and Youth Programs Community Days Community Arts Program A special celebration of the vibrant and diverse cultures of the Caribbean The Community Arts Program offers hands-on studio programs to after- took place on the museum’s front lawn on August 1. The festivities school groups from Hartford area organizations. Some groups attending included the joyful sounds of steel drums, reggae, and world music by this year include the Asylum Hill Boys & Girls Club, The Village After School FriendZWorldMusic, performances by the Connecticut International Cultural Program at Wish, West Middle Boys & Girls Club, Renzulli Academy, and Carnival Association, body art by Joy Monroe and Shawnea Chavies, jewelry Hartford Public Library. Cancellations due to the pandemic affected more making, stilt walking, and lots of dancing. Presented in collaboration with the than 195 students. Taste of the Caribbean and Jerk Festival. Second Saturdays for Families The Wadsworth Atheneum and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture offered Second Saturdays for Families continues to inspire families to experience art Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Day, providing free admission all day and together. Through hands-on art projects, family-centered tours, music and extensive programming for over 1,100 visitors of all ages. Juneteenth Family the performing arts, families connect with art and the Wadsworth Atheneum. Day was honored via virtual programming. The museum also participated This year the program took place monthly, July through February, and then in First Night Hartford, a festive program on New Year’s Eve, and hosted a continued virtually in April and May. It has served over 55,000 visitors since celebration of Fiestas Patrias, Peru’s Independence Day, in collaboration with it was conceived in 2009. the Consulate General of Peru in Hartford. Summer Community Studio During the 2019 program, youth from thirteen Hartford area community organizations participated in docent-guided tours and a hands-on studio experience.

42 43 Academic Programs University Tours Docent-guided visits are available to college and university classes and groups, including tours tailored to a specific academic course or topic. This year 1,516 students toured the museum from 21 colleges and universities in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Cancellations due to the pandemic affected more than 450 students.

Encounters In collaboration with Hartford Public Library, the University of Connecticut’s Humanities Institute, and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, the Encounters series encourages informed and informal conversations about issues that affect our lives. A program was held at the museum revolving around Afrocosmologies: American Reflections.

Internship Program Thirteen interns from 5 universities worked approximately 1700 hours in 5 departments, including: Curatorial, Development, Education, Library and Archives, and The Amistad Center. An InterMission program with Miss Porter’s School brought 6 students to work on special projects for 3 weeks in January.

Docent Program Docent Council This past year, 82 docents volunteered more than 8,000 hours to training and providing over 1,000 tours to 10,500 visitors of all ages. Cancellations due to the pandemic affected more than 600 tours for over 7,800 people. Docents attended 10 training sessions relating to exhibitions, collections, and touring strategies led by education and curatorial staff as well as outside guest speakers.

Docent-in-Training class A new class of 21 docents-in-training began September 2019, with instruction in art history and a focus on the Wadsworth’s collections and touring techniques. Continued instruction was moved online in March.

Eileen S. Pollack Docent Education Lecture Rebecca Bedell, Wellesley College

44 45 Access Programs Wadsworth Welcome Free admission for Hartford residents is offered through Wadsworth Welcome. More than 4,600 residents who speak 54 languages have registered for Wadsworth Welcome since its launch in August 2016.

Library ARTpass ARTpasses are available for check-out at 178 town and school libraries, providing free admission for two adults and a discount for films.

Teacher Discovery Passes All educators who book a visit for their students receive a free pass to explore the museum’s collections and exhibitions in preparation for planning curricular connections to classroom activities.

Interpretation In-gallery spaces The Education staff develops in-gallery interactives in conjunction with exhibitions and the collection. This year, participatory spaces were created for Giorgione’s La Vecchia, Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall, The Bauhaus Spirit at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Couture at Court, Afrocosmologies: American Reflections, The Mathematics of Elegance, Cutting Edge: Noguchi’s Aluminum Monolith Sesshu, and Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture.

Mobile Tour The mobile tour allows visitors to access a multimedia tour of collection objects and special exhibitions on a personal device or a free iPod borrowed from the Information Desk. Tours were created for Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall, Afrocosmologies: American Reflections, and Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture.

FRAME Digital Projects The French American Museum Exchange (FRAME) awarded the Wadsworth a grant to fund two digital content creation projects which provide new opportunities for interaction with the collection beyond the museum walls. The Wadsworth’s painting of Adam by the Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius is paired with Eve in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, and the Cabinet of Art and Curiosity is compared to a cabinet in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, both museums in the FRAME member network.

46 47 Partners Program Collaborators Lindaluz Carrilo, artist Sea Tea Improv The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Alvin Carter, drummer The Small Glories Breakfast Lunch & Dinner Tawny Chatmon, artist Storm Saulter, filmmaker Cafeteria Radio Shawnea Chavies, artist Molly Shaughnessy Encarnacion, artist Charter Oak Cultural Center Ify Chiejina, artist Sterling Shaw, artist Coltsville National Historic Park Cheryl Cianci, artist Sin Fronteras, musicians Connecticut Lyric Opera Sonya Clark, artist Shinique Smith, artist Connecticut Science Center Connecticut International Cultural Timbalon & Friends, musicians Carnival Association, dancers Connecticut Virtuosi Valerie Tutson, storyteller CONNetic Dance Connecticut’s Old State House University of Hartford student musicians Mellissa Craig, drummer and dancer Consulate General of Peru in Hartford Conrad Ventur, artist Nancy Doherty, artist The Copper Beech Institute Nekita Waller, musician Adama Delphine Fawundu, artist ExecMommyGroup, LLC Carl Joe Williams, artist Tony De Pietro, performer GLBTQ Archive at Central Connecticut Charles E. Williams, artist State University FriendZWorldMusic Hideki Yamaya, lutist Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Erlin Geffrard, artist Scholars, Educators and Experts Hartford Art School Vanessa German, artist Christopher Atkins, Museum of Fine Hartford Performs HartBeat’s Youth Play Institute Arts, Boston Hartford Public Library Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus Elizabeth Barker, Frick Collection Hartford Public Schools Maren Hassinger, artist Rebecca Bedell, Wellesley College Hartford Symphony Orchestra Charlotte Hendrickson, performer Berrisford Boothe, Petrucci Family Curlee Holton, artist The HARTT School Foundation Collection Martha J. Jarvis, artist Humanities Institute at the Caroline Bruzelius, Duke University University of Connecticut Femi J. Johnson, artist (emerita) Christi Moraga, former teacher Brittney Yancy, Goodwin College SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Speak Up Monica Jorge, photographer Meredith Chilton, formerly of the Jeffrey Munger, curator emeritus, Docent Council of the Wadsworth Funders Taste of Caribbean and Jerk Festival Kahlil Joseph, artist Gardiner Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Atheneum Museum of Art TheaterWorks Andre Keitt, storyteller David Dangremond, educator Joelle Murchison, formerly University of Major funding provided by: Design and Decorative Arts Council of The Mark Twain House & Museum Artis Lane, artist Ivan Day, food historian Connecticut Aetna Foundation, Inc. the Wadsworth Atheneum The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Robert Lotrek Trio Kimberly Drew, author Matthew Opel, University of Connecticut FRAME North America United State of Women Ayisha Miller, artist Cindy Dubuque-Gallo, University of Plant Biodiversity Conservatory The Hartford Film Gifts University of Connecticut, Hartford Ed Johnetta Miller, artist Connecticut John Paoletti, Wesleyan University J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Inc. Mr. Gary Carter and Ms. Elizabeth York University of Hartford Mirror Visions Ensemble Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s New York Lindsay Perkins, culinary educator Lincoln Financial Foundation Anonymous #UNLOAD Joy Monroe, artist Jessica Harris, culinary historian Jed Perl, art critic The Petrucci Family Foundation Cynthia Mackay The Nat Reeves Experience J. Hoberman, film critic Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, Yale Center for Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Hollis Schneider Artists, Filmmakers, Thomas Jayne, designer British Art Foundation for Public Giving Donna and Thomas Swarr Musicians and Performers Nefertiti, artist John Rousmaniere, historian Will Neptune, master carver Japanese Society of Greater Hartford S&S Worldwide ActUp Theater Anthony Roy, educator, Connecticut Museum endowed funds for education: New England Ballet Collective Elizabeth Kornhauser, Metropolitan Travelers Foundation Acute Inflections Museum of Art River Academy Docent Memorial Fund Aileen Passloff, choreographer Wells Fargo Foundation The Alvin Carter Project Xiomarie LaBeija, educator Amy Sailor, guest curator of Freedom Eileen S. Pollack Docent Education Fund Lauren Perrault, artist Artist Collective Robert Landolphi, University of and Fragility Additional support provided by: Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Howardena Pindell, artist Radcliffe Bailey, artist Connecticut Yunchiahn Sena, Trinity College Bradley, Foster and Sargent, Inc. Georgette Auerbach Koopman Director Debra Priestly, artist Bassology Marcus Lawson, Capital Community Juancarlos Soto, educator Charles Nelson Robinson Fund, of Education Endowment Sheldon Raymore, artist Pedro Bermudez, filmmaker College Paul Staiti, Mount Holyoke College Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Nat Reeves Experience Kesha Bruce, artist Andrew Lear, classicist (emeritus) Dana DeLoach Memorial Fund Foundation Fund Marta Renzi, filmmaker and Barbara Bullock, artist Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford Stephen Thal, CRIS Radio Ensworth Charitable Foundation, The Saunders Foundation Charitable choreographer Music Endowment Burr Johnson Trio Brenda Milkofsky, formerly of the Amanda Votto, The Copper Beech Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Fionnuala Ross, artist Institute Syd Carpenter, artist Connecticut River Museum George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, filmmaker Helen Molesworth, curator Robert Wiesenberger, Clark Art Institute Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee

48 49 Governance, Philanthropy & Professional Staff

Officers Board of Trustees Honorary Trustees Executive Committee Audit Committee Board of Electors William R. Peelle, Jr. Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV Coleman H. Casey William R. Peelle, Jr. David G. Jepson, Chair Phoebe Allen Louise Kaufman President President Marta Bentham David W. Dangremond Robert M. J Annon, Jr. Todd Kaufman Henry R. Martin Henry R. Martin Emilie de Brigard Mary G. Dowling Curatorial Committee John A. Berman Karen A. Kelleher* Past President Past President Jeffrey N. Brown Clare C. Edwards Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV, Chair Diane Brainerd Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV Cheryl A. Chase Carole B. French Karen K. Byrne Lee G. Kuckro Vice President Vice President; Halsey Cook, Jr. Mary P. Gibbons Chair, Curatorial Committee John Byrnes Leena K. Langeland Cheryl A. Chase Development Committee Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. Helen B. Gray Jay Cantor Marcia Reid Marsted Vice President Emilie de Brigard Hy Schwartz, Chair Secretary; Hy J. Schwartz Carol L. Covello Arnold C. Greenberg Howard L. Carver Leigh A. Newman Liaison to The Amistad Vice President Mally Cox-Chapman Nancy D. Grover Francine Christiansen Marlene G. Passman Center for Art and Culture Education Committee Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. Alison D. Davis Christopher Larsen Kate M. Coley James Prosek Cheryl A. Chase Michael F. Klein, Chair Treasurer Joseph Gianni James B. Lyon* Linda Alexander-Cowdery Brie Quinby Vice President; Emilie de Brigard Laura Harris Stephen B. Middlebrook Chair, Facilities Committee Mary H. Crary Janet Flagg Rawlins Secretary Facilities Committee David G. Jepson John H. Motley Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. Sheila D’Agostino Marguerite Rose Brion Johnson Claire M. Pryor Treasurer; Cheryl A. Chase, Chair Eric D. Daniels Benjamin Sams Michael F. Klein Susan A. Rottner Chair, Finance Committee Susan Fisher Sonia Shipman Gerard Lupacchino Robert H. Smith, Jr. David G. Jepson Finance Committee Letty Fonteyne Linda Bland Sonnenblick Chair, Governance Committee Merrill F. Mandell Karen Cronin Wheat Frederick C. Copeland, Jr., Claire Galli J. Frank Travis Michael F. Klein Jeffrey G. Marsted Linda Cheverton Wick Chair Lauren R. Greenspoon Jerry Theodorou Chair, Education Committee Henry R. Martin Alden Gordon Sally Wister Hy J. Schwartz Mary Pescatello Melvin Ex Officio Trustees Vice President Governance Committee JoAn K. Hagan* Eric Zachs William R. Peelle, Jr. Carol R. Hall Judy Zinn Jane Britton, President Henry R. Martin, Chair Samuel R. Peterson Women’s Committee Gerald Incandela Eileen S. Pollack Andréa Hawkins Investment Committee Matthew A. Schaefer The Amistad Center Matthew A. Schaefer, Chair Hy J. Schwartz for Art & Culture Jean-Pierre van Rooy Joanne Eudy, President Docent Council Barbara G. Ward Cynthia Bulaong Henry M. Zachs Designee of the Mayor of Hartford

* Deceased

50 51 Philanthropy

$50,000+ Mally and James Cox-Chapman Anonymous Mr. Robert Dance and Estate of Eva Andrews Trust Mr. Robert Loper Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Arnold and Beverly Greenberg Mr. Eric Ort Nancy D. Grover The Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Family Foundation Sandy and Brion Johnson Estate of Karen Kelleher Edward C. Johnson III Alice L. Krall Trust Michael and Cindy Klein Estate of James B. Lyon Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard L. Kohn, Jr. Marcia Reid Marsted and Jeffrey G. Marsted Mr. Christopher Larsen Agnes and Billy Peelle Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin Estate of Charles G. Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and Woodward Trust Dr. Marian F. Kellner Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin $49,999–$25,000 Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Pearson Emily W. Bailey Trust The Petrucci Family The Dangremond Family Foundation Foundation Estate of Sali G. Riege Mr. and Mrs. Raul R. Matthew and Robin Schaefer de Brigard The Carla and Stephen Mrs. John M. Gibbons, Jr. Schwartz Family Dave and Sharon Jepson Foundation, Inc. Pryor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Hy Schwartz Sorenson-Pearson Family $24,999–$10,000 Foundation Anonymous Jones & Wajahat Family Frederick D. Ballou Barbara and Tom Ward Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu and The Zachs Family Mr. Gerard Lupacchino Foundation, Inc. Estate of Harriet Bundy Eric and Jessica Zachs Halsey and Michele Cook Mr. William Zachs and Mr. Martin Adam Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick C. Copeland, Jr.

52 53 $9,999–$5,000 Francine and Stephan Susan and Joseph B. Mrs. Susan Blair and Ms. Catherine R. Daly Mr. Stanley A. Guzek and Stephen B. Middlebrook Michael Steinberg and Christiansen Sappington, MD Mr. Michael Blair Ms. Trish Bowen Felice Heller Ms. Karen Kelleher* Eric and Pat Daniels Mr. and Mrs. James S. Millar Sylvan C. Coleman Mrs. Mary T. Sargent Eleanor W. Blake Mr. and Mrs. James Harders Henry “Skip” Steiner John and Laura Berman Ms. Ethel F. Davis Alvin and Lesley Morgan Foundation Trust Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Seymour Scott and Mary Ayre Boden Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Hess Thompson Mr. Jonathan E. Stone and The Lyman B. Brainerd Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin Carol and Tim Covello Mr. Thomas C. Flanigan Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shipman Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bombara Mrs. Enid Storm Dwyer Sarah Hibbeler Charles and Ellen Morse Sheila and John D’Agostino Mrs. Margaret Storrs Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Bourdeau Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan I. Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Hunt Mr. John H. Motley The Day Family Foundation Smith, Jr. Donna and Thomas Swarr Estate of Robert E. Carroll, Jr. Alisha D. Bourgoyne Edwards Mr. and Mrs. George A. Ingram Eleanor K. and Frederick J. Mr. Jerrold K. Day Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Mullen The Taft School Coleman H. and Jo Jane E. Britton and Mark and Cheri Evans Mr. and Mrs. Douglas John Soyster Champlin Casey Mary Jane Dunn Glenn Van Moffaert Richard E. and Marcia A. Mr. and Mrs. Randall N. Judd Charlie Murrin Debra Gilbert Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Dr. and Mrs. James Collias Clare C. and Jared I. Edwards Dr. Tim Brown and Evans Judi Jurich and Danielle Marlene G. Passman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Theodorou Stevenson Mrs. Karen Brown Laura R. Harris Joanne and Dan Eudy Mr. and Mrs. David R. Fay Jurich JoAnn and Jeffrey Phelon Dennis H. Thornton, Jr. and Scott R. Talkington Thomas and Gail Bruhn Steven B. Regis The William Horvitz Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Fisher Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Fellman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. David Porteus Sharon G. and J. Frank Travis Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. John French, III Ann and Eliot Bryan Anita and Anthony Ferrante Kamerschen Marianne Rapaport Mr. and Mrs. James W. Tilney United Way of Central & Mr. Lee G. Kuckro Peter S. Gersten and Ana N. Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Ms. Vaughan Finn and Mr. and Mrs. Keith L. Dr. Wayne Rawlins and Dr. Oliver Tostmann and Northeastern Connecticut Buckingham, Jr. Knowlton Mrs. Margaret Heiner Merrill and Mark Mandell Lawler Steve Nightingale Ms. Janet Flagg University of Saint Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Budd Mr. Bradford Korder Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Sara and Forbes Maner David and Francie Horvitz First Night Hartford Mrs. Elizabeth R. Rea Family Foundation, Inc. Marie Claire and Kevin Budney Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kosman Trumble The Katharine K. McLane & Sheila Burke Flanagan Ms. Martha S. Rhine Jean-Pierre van Rooy Dr. Clarence L. Trummel D.D.S. Henry R. McLane Charitable Diane Korntheuer and Ms. Cynthia J. Bulaong Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fletcher Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky Thomas Richardson and John H.P. Wheat and Trust Peter Grzybala Karen and John Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Peter LeBlanc John Brancato Ms. Margaret E. Tully Karen Cronin Wheat Mr. Don Florek Eileen and Elliott Pollack Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto Jay E. Cantor Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Levine Mrs. John H. Riege* Mr. Andrew Tzellas Linda Cheverton Wick and Mr. William Friedman and Dr. Leena K. Langeland, Virginia Van Dyk and Estate of Evelyn Bonar Storrs Walter Wick Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cantor Ms. Pamela Diggle Ms. Mary Allen Lindemann Mr. and Mrs. Clinton J. Roberts D.D.S., D.M.D. John Wilcox Ms. Sally Wister and Dr. Angelee Diana Carta and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Lips Drs. Naomi and Lawrence Margaret W. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. H. Alex Vance, Jr. $4,999–$1,500 Mr. Robert D. Parrott Dr. Tris J. Carta Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Gersten Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Rothfield Mrs. Carol LeWitt and Hope Vath The Alexander M. & Mr. Gary L. Carter and Christiana N. Gianopulos and Lombardo Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Anonymous Mr. Bruce Josephy Catherine Maus Wright Ms. Elizabeth York Paul H. Butler Diane and Mike Makris Scherer, Jr. Mrs. Robert O.Y. Warren Allan S. Goodman, Inc. Jane and Roger Loeb Charitable Trust Edward Lee Cave Arthur and Elizabeth Godbout Kate Market Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mrs. Edith Whitman Alvord Family Foundation Mile High United Way Schreiber Mrs. Elaine L. Charendoff Family Foundation Marks Family Foundation Mr. Ernest C. Wignall Mr. Joel B. Alvord Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Parsons Mr. John R. Schroeder, AIA $1,499–$500 Mr. Blair Childs Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Ms. Kathleen Coville Marr Mr. Michael Wilder Mrs. Nora B. Anthony Robert and Margaret Goldenberg Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Schwedel Ms. Sara Marcy Cole Susan B. Matheson and Christine N. W. and The William O. & Carole P. Patricelli Jill Adams and William Knight Mr. Len Comeau Robert and Francine Goldfarb Jerome J. Pollitt Mr. Joseph M. Shortall and Thomas F. Owens, Jr. Bailey Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Mr. and Mrs. Brewster B. Ms. Rona Gollob Ms. Sara L. Benstein Ms. Nancy Williams Adkins Ms. Audrey B. Conrad Bernadette and Dennis Mayer John and Marla Byrnes Perkins Mr. Tyler Smith and Mr. James T. Cowdery and Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Kimberly Maynard Ms. Grace H. Yu Professors Jean Cadogan Mr. and Mrs. William V. Philip Mrs. Elizabeth D. Bailey Ms. Lyn Walker Mrs. Linda Alexander- Goode, Jr. Judy and John Zinn and Alden Gordon Mr. Barry Baskind and Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Mayo Ms. Elenor G. Reid Cowdery Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Grasso Ruth A. Solie Ms. Eileen Fitzgerald Diane McEnroe Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Carver Mrs. Belle K. Ribicoff Mr. Joseph B. Solodow Mrs. J. Noyes Crary Mr. and Mrs. Raymond * Deceased Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jan Beatty and Michael Park Scott A. McIntyre Mr. Douglas H. Robins Mr. John Crosson and Guenter Mrs. Linda B. Sonnenblick Castellani Mr. and Mrs. James Bedard Mr. Earl F. McMahon and Susan and Joel Rottner Ms. Christina Mainelli Mr. and Mrs. Welles R. Mr. Craig J. Stalk and Ms. Susan R. Chandler Marian and David Beers Ms. Dina Plapler Benjamin Sams Kathy Crosson Guilmartin Mrs. Kathleen M. Stalk Carol L. Cheney Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Juan Carlos Ms. Brandy Culp

54 55 Special Contributions

Legacy Society In Memoriam Gifts In Honor Gifts The museum is delighted to recognize the following donors who have provided for the In memory of In memory of Michael Gawlak In memory of James B. Lyon In honor of Cecil Adams Wadsworth Atheneum in their estate plans. Their foresight and generosity will play a Michalina Bordonaro Kathy King Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. John W. Adams and key role in ensuring the institution’s future growth and success. Peter and Kathryn Don Savona Albanesi Sarah K. Young Bordonaro Gary Savona The Cheryl Chase and Stuart Jen Booker Bear Family Foundation Eva Andrews* Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. In memory of In memory of Thomas E. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. In honor of Cecil Adams’ Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Fromson Nordeen Gertrud P. Bourgoyne Golden, Jr. Goode, Jr. birthday Mr. Eric Ort Mr. Victor P. Gagliardi, Jr. Ms. Margaret Ogden Alisha D. Bourgoyne Mr. Justin J. Golden Melissa Persaud Mrs. Elizabeth Autorino Frank Garofolo and Ms. Ann S. Parkhurst Marcia Reid Marsted and In memory of Patrick Burke Jeffrey G. Marsted Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu and Donald Osborne Ms. Frances A. Patti In memory of JoAn Hagan In honor of Katrease and Mrs. Regina Madigan The Nielsen Family Marvin Underwater Mr. Gerard Lupacchino Mrs. John M. Gibbons, Jr. Ms. Susi F. Peterson Judith Barton Susan and Joseph B. Photography Isabel Bernfeld* Ms. Nan L. Glass Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bozzuto In memory of Mary Cleary Sappington, MD Katrease Rogers and Richard and Barbara Booth Mrs. Harry J. Gray Mr. John M. Reynolds and Mr. Charles C. Cleary Karen and John Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Marvin Boynes Dr. Edith H. Borneman Arnold and Beverly Greenberg Mr. Garrett Reynolds Ms. Susan L. Carey Smith, Jr. Ms. Frances J. Brooks Ms. Rachel K. Grody Ms. Cordelia Richards In memory of Elizabeth Doughney Charles Treadway In honor of Michael Klein Mary Jane Crosson Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Bruner Nancy D. Grover Sali G. Riege* Joanne and Dan Eudy Ms. Susanne Cook Robert J. Ayotte In memory of Harriet Bundy* Mrs. Frederick Hamilton Mrs. Virginia Rosen Ms. Susan Ferger Catherine Batson Elizabeth Brad Noel In honor of Brewster and Mrs. Sarah T. Butler Louise C. Harrington* Mr. and Mrs. Kerry W. Rutledge Friday Club Mr. Don O. Noel, Jr. Judith Perkins Robert E. Carroll, Jr.* Laura R. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Oswald P. Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Kathleen Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Bourdeau Scheller Kevin Budney Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Susan Morse Hilles* Nancy E. Hagan In memory of Edd Russo Carver Mrs. Olcott D. Smith Catherine Cormier In honor of Linda and David Ms. Helen S. Kaman* Laura R. Harris Karen and John Byrne Coleman H. and Hal and Patty Sprague Beverly Crosson Roth and their family Karen Kelleher* Ms. Doris H. Hedrick Coleman H. and Jo Champlin Casey Mrs. Marie L. St. John Mr. George P. De George David and Francie Horvitz Mr. Frank Kelly, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Stanislav Jakuba Jo Champlin Casey Ms. Susan R. Chandler Mrs. Iva Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Talcott Stanley Mr. Joseph DeMaio and Family Foundation, Inc. Laura L. McIntyre Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and Francine and Stephan Lillian Kezerian Mr. Phil L. Steele Ms. Cecelia McCulloch Dr. Marian F. Kellner Ms. Virginia Kennedy Christiansen Friday Club Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky Joanne M. Stern* In memory of Dr. Mark Izard Marcia Reid Marsted and In honor of Linda Roth’s Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick C. Alice L. Krall* Ms. Elizabeth Steven Ms. Judith Glass Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Jeffrey G. Marsted birthday Copeland, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Kvam Evelyn Bonar Storrs* Mrs. Louise Healey Gersten Ann B. Mulcahy David and Francie Horvitz Mrs. J. Noyes Crary Mr. Christopher Larsen Melinda Martin Sullivan and Mrs. Dianne J. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. David W. Dangremond In memory of Polly Kallen Smith, Jr. Mrs. Carol LeWitt and Paul R. C. Sullivan Mrs. Gretchen W. LaBau River Oaks Foundation Mr. George David Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mr. Bruce Josephy Doris and DeRoy* Thomas John Maluccio Mr. and Mrs. Raul R. Smith, Jr. In memory of Ruth Schloss Mr. Henry J. Link, P.E. Brinton Thompson Kevin McGann de Brigard Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Phelan James B. Lyon* Mrs. Catherine Tremaine Ms. Joanne Moran In memory of Karen Kelleher Mrs. Ronnie A. Deck Marily MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Walker Ms. Wanda L. Schulman and Clare C. and Jared I. Edwards In memory of Mrs. Alice M. DeLana Melinda “Mindy” Trummel Laura L. McIntyre John H.P. Wheat and Mr. Harold M. Blinderman Mr. Lee G. Kuckro Elizabeth di Mauro* Ms. Nancy Williams Mr. Andrew C. McKirdy Karen Cronin Wheat Douglas Schultheis Carolyn R. Spencer Dr. Mabel C. Donnelly Mrs. Joan Wister* Mrs. Ginger S. Smith Dr. Oliver Tostmann and Stephen B. Middlebrook In memory of Mrs. Paxton Dunn Mrs. Margaret Heiner Mr. Lawrence A. Monte Charles G. Woodward* Mrs. Irene D. Tanner Salvatore Zaffino Mrs. Maggie Eickholt Mrs. Barbara Mooney Henry Zachs Ms. Sally Wister and Diane and David Kopp Mrs. Jean F. Filer Mr. Robert D. Parrott Mr. John H. Motley Mrs. Eleanor E. Zajac Mr. and Mrs. Karl Fleischmann Ms. Janet E. Murnaghan Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Fox Mr. Richard M. Murray * Deceased Mr. and Mrs. John French, III

56 57 Celebrate the Wadsworth September 28, 2019

Presenting Sponsors Agnes and Billy Peelle

Sponsors Artist Designer Anonymous Capital Counsel, LLC Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc. The Hartford The Cheryl Chase and Stuart Isaacson, Miller Bear Family Foundation Sharon and David Jepson & Richard P. Garmany Fund JCJ Architecture JPMorgan Chase & Co. Michael and Cindy Klein Stanley Black & Decker S&S Worldwide, Inc. The Zachs Family Travelers Foundation, Inc. Mally and James Cox-Chapman Conservator Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Arcadia Press Arts Copeland Jr. Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu and Joyce and Andrew J. Mandell Mr. Gerard Lupacchino Drs. Timothy McLaughlin and Hartford Healthcare Marian Kellner Shipman & Goodwin LLP Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin Trinity College Ms. Laura R. Harris Mrs. John M. Gibbons, Jr. Christopher Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard L. Kohn, Jr. Archivist Barbara and Tom Ward Antonacci Family Foundation The Barnes Group Foundation Curator The Lyman B. Brainerd Avangrid Foundation Family Foundation Fund Bank of America Crest Mechanical Services Colonial Consulting, Inc. Gobi Capital LLC The Burton and Phyllis Income Research + Hoffman Foundation Management Tiger Iron Capital Robert and Margaret Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Patricelli Family Foundation Mr. Eric Ort Permian Investment Mr. and Mrs. Raul de Brigard Partners, LP Judith and Brewster Perkins Karen A. Kelleher Susan and Joel Rottner Jed Nussdorf Mayra and Steve Stroud USA Hauling & Recycling Marie Claire and Berkshire Bank Jean-Pierre van Rooy Ernst & Young, LLP Jones & Wajahat Family Whittlesey

58 59 Host Committee Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV LeeLee Duryea Shari Jones Sara Loughman Erin Moses John Motley Agnes Peelle Sam Peterson Stephen Roth Susan Rottner Barbara Ward Karen Cronin Wheat Henry Zachs

60 61 Sponsor Spotlight Avangrid Making a Difference

Support from the Avangrid Foundation has enabled 2021—ensuring that Nathan Hale remains a focal point the Wadsworth to advance major preservation and of the Wadsworth grounds and the Hartford cityscape access initiatives, through investments in state-of- into the future. the-art museum lighting, conservation, and most recently, creation of virtual content to encourage deeper The partnership continues with the most recent grant connections with the museum. Through projects like to support an innovative project to expand digital these, the Wadsworth is able to enhance the care and engagement, at a moment when many are limited presentation of its world-class collection experienced in their ability to visit the museum in-person. The by thousands of visitors each year, and tell stories that investment will allow the Wadsworth to work with reach even more people digitally. award-winning technology firm Culture Connect to Corporate and Foundation Supporters develop digital experiences highlighting two of the museum’s signature galleries: Morgan Great Hall Anonymous Foundation Ensworth Charitable Northwestern Mutual Life In alignment with the Avangrid Foundation’s core Aetna Foundation, Inc. Foundation, Bank of Insurance Company focus on sustainable development, the museum’s first and the Cabinet of Art and Curiosity. The new content America, N.A., Trustee Aldo DeDominicis Foundation Private Art Dealers partnership with the foundation began in 2018 with created for Morgan Great Hall will utilize audio, video, FRAME North America Association Ameriprise Financial a grant to convert nearly 1,400 halogen light bulbs and images to explore the space and provide in-depth GE Foundation Charles Nelson Robinson The William H. & Rosanna T. and fixtures in the main galleries to energy-efficient commentary and contextualization of the works on Fund, Bank of America, Andrulat Charitable Greater Hartford Arts Council N.A., Trustee LED lamps developed specifically for the illumination display, while an updated interactive game for the Foundation The Hartford The Saunders Foundation of museum collections. The Wadsworth worked with Cabinet of Art and Curiosity will allow users to create Beatrice Fox Auerbach Hartford Foundation for renowned lighting consultant George Sexton Associates their own curiosity cabinets either in the gallery or Foundation Fund at the Public Giving SBM Charitable Foundation Hartford Foundation for Hartford Healthcare The Scherer Foundation, Inc. of Washington, DC to realize the project. In addition to remotely. Together, these interactives powered by Public Giving JPMorgan Chase & Co. Shipman & Goodwin LLP reducing energy use and contributing to sustainable AVANGRID, will allow the Wadsworth to better serve its Avangrid Foundation Kohn-Joseloff Foundation The Shulansky collections care, the conversion to LED improved the Connecticut audience while making its renowned spaces Ayco Charitable Foundation Foundation, Inc. Elizabeth M. Landon and appearance of artworks through better color rendering and collections accessible across the world. Bank of America Harriette M. Landon Society of the Cincinnati in and light distribution. Bank of America Charitable Foundation the State of Connecticut The Avangrid Foundation is an independent, nonprofit Foundation The Robert Lehman Terra Foundation for A second grant, awarded in 2019, supported a project organization that funds philanthropic investments American Art Barings Foundation visible to museum visitors and passersby alike: the that primarily impact communities where AVANGRID, Barnes Group Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Travelers conservation of Enoch Smith Woods’s monumental Inc. and its subsidiaries operate. AVANGRID, Inc. is an J. Walton Bissell Locke Lord LLP Trinity College bronze sculpture of Revolutionary War hero Nathan affiliate of Iberdrola, S.A. The AVANGRID operating Foundation, Inc. George A. & Grace L. Long UBS Financial Services Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc. Foundation, Bank of University of Connecticut Hale, displayed on the Main Street lawn of the museum companies include Connecticut Natural Gas, Southern Capital Community College America, N.A., Co-Trustee University of Hartford since 1893. Exposed to the elements for 127 years, the Connecticut Gas and United Illuminating. For more Connecticut Department of The Loomis Chaffee School The Vandeventer Foundation statue had developed green corrosion typical of outdoor information, please visit www.avangridfoundation.org. Economic and Community LPL Financial Kane Wallace Foundation works made with copper alloys, significantly altering the Development The Maisie Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation appearance of the original bronze surface. Conservation Opposite: View of the recently conserved sculpture of Nathan Hale, Connecticut Humanities Manchester Community Harold L. Wyman treatment, performed by Francis Miller of Conserve 1889 by Enoch Smith Woods (American, 1846–1919), Cast by Chicopee Connecticut Public Utilities College Foundation, Inc. ART, corrected discoloration while preventing further Bronze Works. Bronze on granite base. Gift of James J. Goodwin, Regulatory Authority The John G. Martin Foundation 1892.1. Conservation completed October 2020. Major support was deterioration of the metal. The project will conclude with The Gladys Krieble Delmas Miss Porter's School provided by a grant from the Avangrid Foundation with additional Foundation the installation of new lighting for the statue in early support from the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut.

62 63 Special Interest Groups

Special interest group contributions help the Wadsworth Atheneum fund programs and initiatives central to its mission. The museum appreciates the generous donors who founded and/or support these special groups each year.

Auerbach Library Gene Gaddis Brie Quinby Associates Claire S. Galli Bridget Quinn-Carey Pauline Arendt Emily Germain-Lee and Belle Ribicoff Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Se-Jim Lee Pieter Roos Mr. Eric Ort Mary P. Gibbons Marguerite and Bob Rose Randi L. Ashton-Pritting Alden Gordon and Susan and Joel Rottner Jean Cadogan Jeffrey T. Atwood and Sharon W. and Robert H. Stephen Vamvakas Briann Greenfield Smith, Jr. Peter J. and Barbara Bartucca Bob Gregson and Linda B. Sonnenblick F. Peter Swanson Jan Beatty Anne-Paul Swett JoAn K. Hagan* Elizabeth Berns John Teahan Eleanor W. Blake Laura R. Harris Hope W. Vath Costume & Textile Society Linda Espinosa Eileen Kluepfel Renee Samuels Christina Bleyer Margaret M. Hoskins Lawson Ward Emily Estes Sharon Kocay Sonia Shipman Bill Hosley Victoria Albert Edlyn Blitzer Luke Williams Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Karin Fester Monika Krawczyk Robert & Sharon Smith Donna Bozzuto Karen Ann Kelleher Sally Wister Mr. Eric Ort Susan Fisher Leena Langeland Linda B. Sonnenblick Ann Brandwein Dorothy Bosch Keller Henry Zachs Lynne Bassett Muriel Fleischmann Syliva Lazarus Carolyn Spencer Karen and John Byrne Robert Kret Judy Zinn Harriett Belding Terry A. Gaudet Rosalind Leibowitz Therese Squillacote Bonnie and Frederick Elise LaFosse Christine Bogino Sarah Gessner Gwendolyn Love Maureen Tesoro Castellani Leena K. Langeland Contemporary Coalition Barbara Boutot Ruth Ann Graime Cynthia K. Mackay Sharon G. Travis Susan Chandler Marcus Lawson Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Diane Brainerd Beverly Greenberg Coreen A. Majka-Sunde Susan Turner Martha Church Billie M. Levy Mr. Eric Ort Karen Byrne Deborah S. Greenspan Leta W. Marks Hope Vath Ann and Charles F. Gwen and Sherwood C. Lewis Coleman H. and Jo Champlin Casey Cynthia Grogan Kathy Marr Paula Viscogliosi Corcoran, III Miriam Lloyd-Jones Elizabeth Carlson The Cheryl Chase and Stuart Gloria Gworek Sharon L. Martin Barbara Ward Mally Cox-Chapman Richard and Jennifer Lotstein Elizabeth Carter Bear Family Foundation JoAn K. Hagan* Sharon McCormick Rosanne Warmoth Sheila D’Agostino Leta Marks Helena Carvalho Mr. and Mrs. Raul de Brigard Carol Hall Margaret Myers Karen Cronin Wheat Robert Dance and Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin Carol L. Cheney Robert Loper Alva G. Greenberg Laura Harris Nancy Neff Edith Whitman Janice Mathews Hyla Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Raul de Brigard Laura R. Harris Carolyn Harris-Burney Kathy Papathanasis Heide Williams Laura L. McIntyre Tina Collias Sally Dickinson Marcia Reid Marsted and Isabel Compasso Barbara Hess Lorraine Parsons Pamela Wood Timothy McLaughlin Jeffrey G. Marsted Ann and John Drake Carol Covello Ann Howard Genevieve Pfaff Virginia Yohe Brenda Miller Esther Pryor Clare and Jared Edwards Sheila D’Agostino Kelly Jarvis Sofia Podgorski Lorraine and Mark Parsons Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Anita and Anthony Ferrante David W. Dangremond Dianne J. Jones Eileen Pollack * Deceased Jeffrey Partridge Susan and Joel Rottner Nancy Findlay Emilie de Brigard Karen A. Kelleher* Rosalie Roth Billy Peelle Linda Cheverton Wick and Ilene Frank Virginia Kemp Susan Rottner Eileen and Elliott Pollack Walter Wick Marianne Donahue Deb and John Fuller Clare Edwards Susan Kline Maisie Russell

64 65 Design & Decorative Linda Alexander-Cowdery and Mr. and Mrs. Jon Jarvis Alexis and William C. Popik Docent Council Bonnie Castellani Taka Iwashita Lorraine Parsons Arts Council Jamie Cowdery Lois and Douglas John Eileen and Elliott Pollack Carol A. Urick, President Russell Chicoine Judi Jurich Madeline Pesanti Mally and James Simon Abrahms Karen A. Kelleher* Evan Cowles and Brie Quinby Ann Mulcahy, Vice President Carol L. Covello Lillian Kezerian, Emeritus Lisa Rarus Cox-Chapman Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Gale and Bernard Kosto Linda Roth Janet Beatty, Treasurer Tim Curtis Diane Kopp, Emeritus June Rosenblatt Mr. Eric Ort Brandy Culp Kathy Kraczkowsky Susan and Joel Rottner Leta W. Marks, Secretary Sheila D’Agostino Elise LaFosse Virginia S. Smith Sheila and John D’Agostino Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu and Lee Kuckro Jeff Russak Jean Davis Leena K. Langeland Lorelei M. Sowa Mr. Gerard Lupacchino David Dangremond Leena Langeland Matthew and Robin Schaefer Maria Adams Elizabeth Doughney Tracy Lawlor Henrietta Stargardter, Marian and David Beers Mr. and Mrs. Raul de Brigard Emeritus Margaret Lawson Robert and Sharon Smith Linda Alexander-Cowdery Ann Drake, Emeritus Stuart Levy Eleanor Blake Mary G. Dowling Mervyn F. Strauss Rosalind and Alan Leibowitz Tom and Filomena Soyster Phoebe Allen Ramon Espinoza Gwen Lewis, Emeritus Diane F. Brainerd Jared and Clare Edwards Maureen Tesoro, Emeritus Kathleen Marr Donna and Sam Stout Pauline Arendt Joanne Eudy Sihui Liu Beverly Bruckner-Baker Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Ferrante Sara S. Titus Marcia Reid Marsted and Marie Claire and Carolyn Backmender, Emeritus Anita Ferrante, Emeritus Miriam Lloyd-Jones John and Karen Byrne Susan and Robert Fisher Jeffrey G. Marsted Jean-Pierre van Rooy Lauren Toppin Lisa H. Beede Linda Flowers, Emeritus Grace Loeffler John Byrnes Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin Hope Vath Hope W. Vath Nicole Bernabo Deborah Fuller Yolanda Lowell Alden Gordon and Letty Fonteyne Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and Paula and Anthony Viscogliosi Eugenia Villagra, Emeritus Elizabeth Berns, Emeritus Claire S. Galli Marcia Machuga Jean Cadogan Deb and John Fuller Dr. Marian Kellner Dr. Scott Walter and Terry Gaudet Diane S. Macris Lawson Ward Susan Chandler Eleanor W. Blake Claire S. Galli Marge Morrissey Bradley Harper Rosanne Warmoth Edlyn R. Blitzer Carol Genco Elizabeth Malley Arnold Chase Anna N. Lawler and James Northrop Barbara and Tom Ward Augusta Gonzalez Pamela Mays Sally Wister Sara Marcy Cole Peter S. Gersten Donna Bozzuto Lorraine and Mark Parsons John and Karen Wheat Marion Zaffino, Emeritus Jack Brin, Emeritus Joyce Goodwin-Brin, Emeritus Laura L. McIntyre Betsey and Jeff Cooley Aaron and Sandy Gersten Marlene Passman Edith Whitman JoAn K. Hagan* Susan B. Meisler Kim Zimmerman, Emeritus Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick C. John Gibbons Nathan Brody Agnes and Billy Peelle Linda Cheverton Wick and Judy Zinn, Emeritus Copeland, Jr. Cassandra A. Butler Laura R. Harris Kristina Metcalfe Arnold and Beverly Greenberg Dr. Samuel R. and Martha Walter Wick Della Hennelly, Emeritus Christi Moraga Susan Zito Anna and Charles Corcoran Mr. Joseph Solodow and Peterson Henry Zachs and Karen Byrne, Emeritus Margaret Hoskins, Emeritus Lee Oliver, Emeritus Carol and Tim Covello Ms. Laura Harris Michael and Genevieve Pfaff Linda Sonnenblick Susan L. Carey * Deceased Ann Howard Jenny Pitman John and Judy Zinn

66 67 Women’s Committee of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Goodwin Medal Recipients Marlene Adkins Renee Dubin Susan Lareau Eleanor Rohfritch The Goodwin Medal was established as a distinguished Sally Alubicki Mary Jane Dunn Lee Lester Elaine Romeo service award to recognize individuals or entities who Anne Alvord Delores Dworak Diana Letniowska Noriko Rossi have served the Wadsworth Atheneum with extraordinary Cheri Bertus Donna Eliasson Jo-Ann Librio Susan Rottner loyalty, dedication, and service. Susan Bigelow Cynthia Enright Yun Li-Potter June Roy Genevieve Harlow Goodwin, 1983 Susan Blair Melissa Erdman Jane Loeb June Schaffer Katie Blint Karen Eustis Marily MacKinnon Susan Scherer Eleanor Howland Bunce, 1985 Christine Bogine Susan Gaffney Bernadette Mayer Ginny Schneider United Technologies Corporation, 1986 Elissa Breiling Nancy K. Galligan Sue McCandless Sharon Serow Talcott Stanley, 1988 Jane Britton Terry Gaudet Marylou McGonigle Sonny Shipman Dorothy Clark Archibald, 1990 Helene Y. Brown Mary Gibbons Carolyn McGrattan Mary Ann Souza Joan Joseloff Kohn, 1991 Karen Brown Dee Gordon Jackie Morrill Beverly Thomas Burton G. Tremaine, Jr., 1992 Ann L. Bryan Judy Gunning Deborah Key Mundair J.J. Tillinghast Elizabeth Carter Patricia Hadlow Martha Rea Nelson Donna Wadstrup The Women’s Committee of the Wadsworth Atheneum, 1994 Anna Maria Cerza Alice Hagan Margaret Neville Janet. Ward Nancy B. Krieble, 1996 Geri Chamberlain Sherry Harriman Gwen O’Connell Margery Warren Georgette Auerbach Koopman, 1997 Lisa Chapman Susan Hatch Pat O’Connell Liz Welch Nancy D. Grover, 2001 Tia Cintron Anita Herbst Dottie O’Meara Sarah Winter Millard H. Pryor, Jr., 2002 Marlene Clarke Susan Horn Paula Passaretti Jaime Wisneski Lisa Cole Lynn B. Horne Joyace Peoples Joan Wojciehowski Christopher Larsen, 2003 Kate Coley Ann Howard Helen B. Perry Jan Wright Robert H. Smith, Jr., 2006 Tina Collias Karin James JoAnn Phelon Barbara Zakarian Coleman H. Casey, 2008 Sandra E. Conlin Lorilee Jeffeson Ann Louise Price Angham Zakko The Docent Council of the Wadsworth Atheneum, 2009 Kathleen Walsh Deasy Mary King Shirley Randazzo Carol Zapadka David W. Dangremond, 2014 Emilie de Brigard Marjorie Kniola Alyce Rawlins Rose Zbikowski Henry R. Martin, 2018 Pauline Dickstein Kathy Kraczkowsky Janet Flagg Rawlins Penny Dix Nancy La Perla Laura Reynolds Carol Doeg Kathleen Lamy Laurie Robinson

68 69 Professional Staff

Director’s Office Curatorial Theater / Audio Visual Development Services Thomas J. Loughman Linda H. Roth Caroline Maddox Director and CEO Senior Curator and Deborah Gaudet Director of Advancement Charles C. and Eleanor Curator of Film and Theater and Strategy Jennifer K. Bordiere Lamont Cunningham Curator Executive Administrator Richard Bogdan Kyle Abraham The Amistad Center for Art & Culture of European Decorative Arts Audio Visual Technician Development Database Brandy S. Culp Specialist Erik Bowen Board of Trustees Honorary Staff Richard Koopman Curator of Film and Exhibition Angelina Altobellis American Decorative Arts Officers Trustees Dr. R. Eileen Baccus Kimberly Kersey Technician Corporate and Foundation Ms. Eleanor Blake Executive Director Emily Handlin Relations Manager Andréa Hawkins Diane B. Cloud, EdD Anne Dunne Marsted Curatorial Fellow President Aaron Crosson, Sr. Sanford Cloud Jr. Moriah Peoples Theater Attendant Leslie Cunningham Gallery Administrator for Contemporary Art Richard Alleyne Sasha Douglas David Driskell Membership Manager Patricia M. Hickson Immediate Past President Dr. Anjanette Ferris-Senatus Beverly Morgan-Welch Kendra Pheasant Ann Marie Drury Emily Hall Tremaine Curator Conservation John Motley Operations & Administrative Development Events Emilie de Brigard Sarah Lewis of Contemporary Art Support Allen Kosanovich Manager Vice President Joelle Murchison Mrs. Teri Trotter Erin C. Monroe Paintings Conservator Ms. Joyce Willis Margaret Leone Ellen Nurse Yannick Nicome Robert H. Schutz, Jr. In Memoriam Casey Mallinckrodt Events Captain Vice President Elizabeth Normen Associate Curator of The Honorable Shawn T. Objects Conservator Maisie Russell Claire Pryor American Painting and Frank Gordon Quiroga Wooden Events Captain Secretary Vonetta Romeo-Rivers Sculpture Martin John Paula Silas-Guy Ex-Officio Vanessa Sigalas Treasurer Tamara Williams Fellow—European Thomas J. Loughman Decorative Arts JoAnn Price William R. Peelle, Jr. President Emerita Oliver Tostmann Susan Morse Hilles Curator of European Art

70 71 Education Human Resources, Marketing and Facilities, Protective Finance and Operations Communications Services and Information Anne Butler Rice Technology Georgette Auerbach Michael J. Dudich Kim Hugo Koopman Director of Deputy Director— Director of Marketing Willard Coppedge Education Administration Property Services Jessica Kelley Supervisor Lindsey Fyfe Communications Assistant School and Teacher Crayton Barnes Finance Aviva Santopietro Programs Manager Custodial/Maintenance Cindy Martinez Digital Communications Denise Giannino Chief Financial Officer Specialist Ismael Colon Fellow for Adult and Custodial/Maintenance Academic Programs Francis S. Kida Accounts Payable Museum Design, Exhibition Ursula Rivera Marisely Gonzalez Administrator Management and Imaging Custodial/Maintenance Youth and Community Carmen R. Vega Programs Manager Rosa Roman Cecil B. Adams Accounting Manager Director of Museum Services Custodial/Maintenance Jama R. Holchin Education Assistant Charlene Constable Jon Eastman Senior Accountant Senior Preparator Registrar Janna Israel Adult and Academic Mallory Spencer David Borawski Edward G. Russo Programs Manager Accountant Preparator Head Registrar Angela Parker Joe Bun Keo Mary C. Busick Docent and Tour Programs The Museum Shop Preparator Registrar for Loans and Manager Exhibitions Stacey M. Stachow Christopher Roque Carrie Ricciardelli Museum Shop Manager Preparator Paige Culbert Staff Publications Interns Volunteers Resident Teaching Artist Assistant Registrar Kate Riotte Mark Giuliano Oliver Tostmann, “Collecting Modern Art in Hartford: James Alison Baitz Ashley Beals Senior Exhibition Designer Museum Shop Associate Thrall Soby, the Wadsworth Atheneum, and Surrealism,” in: Amilcar Correa Jan Beatty Library and Archives Networking Surrealism in the USA. Agents, Artists, and the Visitor Services Natalia Rodriquez Alison Parman Kate Ebner Eleanor Blake Exhibitions and Publications Market. Julia Drost, Fabrice Flahutez, Anne Helmreich and Susan Carey Museum Shop Assistant Amy Kilkenny Martin Schieder (eds.), passages online no. 3, Paris 2019, Victoria Johnson Dale Brauner Manager Head of Library and Archives Visitor Services Manager Bethany Levesque 77–98. Katie Krocheski Dr. Thomas Bruhn Allen Phillips (through November 2019) Museum Shop Assistant Caroline Evans Jordan Leonardi Karen Byrne Collections Imaging and Linda Roth, “Taxile Doat (1851–1938): Artist and Alchemist,” Aqua Drakes Assistant Librarian and in Karine Tsoumis/Vanessa Sigalas (eds.), A Passion for Jackie Mack Aya Cruz Publications Manager Archivist Head of Visitor Experience & Porcelain: Essays in Honour of Meredith Chilton (Stuttgart: Emily Mackenzie Ann Drake Services (December 2019) Information Technology Arnoldsche, 2020), 138–151. Ana Neme Kate Ebner Noreen J. Farrow Courtney Hebert Vanessa Sigalas, “Precious Beggars: Ivory and Porcelain Information Systems James Oberting Maryann Garza Manager of Groups and Sculpture at the Dresden Court,” in Karine Tsoumis/Vanessa Technician Alyssa Pagan Hagearty Barbara Greenbaum Visitor Services Sigalas (eds.), A Passion for Porcelain: Essays in Honour of Annie Roddy Bob Jeffreys Heidi Adams Meredith Chilton (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2020), 40–55. Susie Sun Amodini Katoch Information Desk Attendant Security Services Remi Tupper Amina Khokhar Juliana Mendoza Stephen Gerich Dayla Whaley Elizabeth Larson Information Desk Attendant Protective Services Supervisor Kyré William-Smith Evelyn MacKenzie Robert O’Brien Jackie Witt Nancy Neff Information Desk Attendant Mikayla Zeitlin David Pontrelli Adriana Pulit Susan Zheng Adriana Pulit Visitor Services Representative Eve Schmitt Davy Vernier

72 73 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets Financial Statements Year ending June 30, 2020 (with comparative totals for the year ending June 30, 2019)

Without With Donor Restrictions Donor Restrictions 2020 Total 2019 Total

Earned Revenue Operating revenues, gains and other support: $636 Contributed income $ 3,461,783 $ 1,400,329 $ 4,862,112 $ 4,028,762 Earned income 1,022,201 - 1,022,201 1,582,272 Investment Draws Investment income used by operations 2,633,633 - 2,633,633 3,098,652 $4,061 Net investment income (loss) from trusts for the museum’s benefit 585,301 (69,454) 515,847 527,113 Net assets released from restriction 4,359,958 (4,359,958) - -

Total revenues, gains and other support 12,062,876 (3,029,083) 9,033,793 9,236,799

Revenue Profile FY20 Actuals Expenses: Total Operating Revenues in thousands Programs: of $8.4m Collections and exhibitions 3,728,196 - 3,728,196 4,239,289 Education 843,342 - 843,342 870,664 Auxiliary, shop & rental activities 924,389 - 924,389 1,058,051 External affairs & membership 674,566 - 674,566 700,171

Total program expenses 6,170,493 - 6,170,493 6,871,744

General and administrative 1,677,145 - 1,677,145 1,779,071

Contributed Income Fundraising 803,069 - 803,069 790,876 $3,784 Special Exhibitions & Total expenses 8,650,707 - 8,650,707 9,441,691 Public Programs General Operating Support $231 $4,255 Staff & Office Change in net assets from operations 3,412,169 (3,029,083) 383,086 (204,892) $778

Non-Operating income (expenses): Galleries & Conservation Depreciation (2,005,178) - (2,005,178) (1,957,703) $386 Acquisition of works of art (1,283,480) - (1,283,480) (814,264) Total value at Interest expense (28,438) - (28,438) (35,246) June 30: $97m Proceeds from sale of collection items - 294 294 52 Total return from long-term investments (2,220,857) (2,003,616) (4,224,473) 937,172

FY20 Investment Draws (5,537,953) (2,003,322) (7,541,275) (1,869,989) Total Draws: $7.2m in thousands Change in net assets (2,125,784) (5,032,405) (7,158,189) (2,074,881)

Net assets at beginning of year 37,916,119 106,812,298 144,728,417 146,803,298

Net assets at end of year $ 35,790,335 $ 101,779,893 $ 137,570,228 $ 144,728,417 Art & Books $1,644

The condensed statement of activities are derived from the Wadsworth Atheneum’s financial statements as of June 30, 2020, which have been audited by CohnReznick, LLP, independent auditors, whose report expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

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