UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MUSEUM OF ART ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 The University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) is funded by the General Education Fund of the University of Iowa (UI) through the Office of the Provost and by the generous support of its members and donors. Cover image: Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956) Mural (detail), 1943 Oil and casein on canvas 150 North Riverside Drive Tel: +1 319 335 1727 95 5/8 x 237 3/4 in. (242.9 x 603.9 cm) 100 Old Museum of Art E-mail: [email protected] Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1959.6 Reproduced with permission from Iowa City, IA 52242 Website: uima.uiowa.edu the University of Iowa Copyright ©2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUNTEERS, MUSEUM STAFF 4 THE YEAR IN REVIEW 5 AUDIENCE AND PARTICIPANT TOTALS 10 EXHIBITION, EVENT, AND EDUCATION SPONSORS 11 CURATORIAL 12 EDUCATION 19 UNIVERSITY TEACHING DIVISION 33 REGISTRAR AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT 37 MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES 63 PRESS COLLABORATIONS AND MENTIONS IN REGIONAL MEDIA 65 DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE 71 UIMA 2016–2017 ANNUAL REPORT 3 VOLUNTEERS, MUSEUM STAFF Volunteers MEMBERS COUNCIL Lauren Freese and Elizabeth Spear— Mary Westbrook, Chair; Anna Barker, Curatorial Assistants to K. Edwards ADVISORY BOARD Jamie Boling, Wallace Chappell, Cory Gundlach—Associate Curator of Africa, Ann January, Chair; Barb Christensen, Barb Christensen, Tim Conroy, Jessica Doro, Oceanic and Art of the Americas Sandra (Zoe) Eskin, Budge Gierke, Will Downing, Joy Fiala, Jessica Glick, Pat Hanick—Research Support Myrene Hoover, Elisabeth (Deba) Leach, Beth Hanna, Dawn Harbor, Sanjay Jani, Susan Horan—Associate Director of Development Pat McFarland, Bill Nusser, Anastasia Polydoran, Joshua Koza, John Moyers, Candace Murray, Lexi Janezic—Preparator Nathan Savin, Joyce Summerwill, Beth Tross, Jean Rude, Mark Seabold, Nancy Willis, Jim Leach—Interim Director Buffie Tucker, Rubie Watson, Kineret Zabner Laurie Zaiger Sarah Luko—Registrarial Assistant Yomna Morad—Graphic Design DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Josh Siefken—Assistant Curator of Education Amir Arbisser, Bob Fellows, James Hayes, Museum Staff Vero Rose Smith—Legacies Myrene Hoover, H. Dee Hoover, Pat McFarland, Channing Tackaberry—Senior Living Communities Nathan Savin, Joyce Summerwill, Alan Swanson, Dominique Alhambra—Assistant Registrar Allison Tokarski—Gallery Assistant Buffie Tucker, Nancy Willis, Thais Winkleblack, Kate Baranowski—Gallery Assistant Joyce Tsai—Curator of Art Shirley Wyrick Alex Brannaman—Accountant Katie Tucker—Marketing Assistant Betty Breazeale—Secretary Elizabeth Wallace—Manager of Communications, DOCENTS Harrison Cook—Gallery Assistant Marketing & Membership Linda Behrendt, Elizabeth Clothier, Betsy Fischer, Kim Datchuk—Assistant Curator of Katherine Wilson—Manager of Exhibitions Becky Hall, Susann Hamdorf, Myrene Hoover, Special Projects & Collections Teresa Kelly, Carol Klein, Phyllis Lance, Meghan Dunlay—Gallery Assistant Jude Langhurst, Polly Lepic, Winona Lyons, Kathleen Edwards—Senior Curator Irene Morgan, Kathrine Nixon, Linda Paul, Steve Erickson—Head Preparator Connie Peterson, Marlene Stanford, Megan Farlow—Gallery Assistant Faye Strayer, Sara Wolfson, Gail Zlatnik Dale Fisher—Curator of Education UIMA 2016–2017 ANNUAL REPORT 4 THE YEAR IN REVIEW years,” O’Harrow said. “As a result of incredibly During his six years at the UIMA, O’Harrow hard work by UIMA staff, people around the organized high-profile initiatives, such as the J. world know more about this institution and its Paul Getty Museum/Getty Conservation Institute collection, and its educational and cultural roles conservation and showing of Jackson Pollock’s across the state are gaining importance. My goal 1943 masterpiece, Mural, which attracted over was to make the public aware of this magnificent 304,000 visitors in Los Angeles and another gem here in Iowa, and with the new facility due 83,000 people in Sioux City. The painting, viewed to be completed not long after the museum’s by many as one of the most significant works of fiftieth anniversary in 2019, I am certain art in the United States, was eventually included people will travel far and wide to see what the in a major international touring exhibition entitled: University of Iowa has to offer them. The UIMA Jackson Pollock’s Mural: Energy Made Visible, has a great future.” curated by Dr. David Anfam. It opened in Italy at UIMA Director Sean O'Harrow tours the UIMA@IMU with long-time museum supporter Joan Mannheimer of Des Moines. the Peggy Guggenheim Collection during the O’Harrow arrived in 2010 from the Figge Art Venice Art Biennale in 2015 and subsequently Change in Leadership Museum in Davenport, Iowa, where under his moved to the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin, leadership, the Figge helped care for the UIMA’s Germany, and the Museo Picasso in Malaga, collection following the devastating flood of Spain. Almost half a million people visited the After six years at the helm of the UIMA, Director 2008 in Iowa City. Soon after, O’Harrow moved showings in Europe. Sean O’Harrow left December 31, 2016 to go to lead the recovery efforts at the UIMA, where back to his childhood home of Hawaii where he he helped increase the annual number of visitors Under O’Harrow’s directorship, many is now director of the Honolulu Museum of Art. and participants by over 500 percent. He also significant works of art have been acquired He was instrumental in many accomplishments helped significantly increase support for the by the UIMA, including part of the Arthur that the UIMA made, including being a part of institution during this difficult period. During the M. Sackler Foundation collection of ancient the new facility’s planning and design, and the For Iowa, Forever More university-wide fundraising Chinese and Mesoamerican art, the James and Pollock’s European tour. campaign, the UIMA was the first UI unit to reach Elizabeth Leach collection of American and and exceed its goal for the campaign, raising more German art, the Waswo X. Waswo collection “I feel incredibly privileged to have been given than two and a half times the target number of five of twentieth-century Indian prints. As chair of the chance to lead one of the finest academic million to over thirteen million dollars. the Art in State Buildings Committee, O’Harrow art museums in the country for the past six UIMA 2016–2017 ANNUAL REPORT 5 THE YEAR IN REVIEW also helped the university acquire major pieces of arts and humanities education and of the UI by renowned international artists, including Museum of Art,” said Butler. “I am grateful for Dale Chihuly, Richard Hunt, El Anatsui, and his willingness to serve the university in this UI alumnus Charles Ray. O’Harrow was very capacity during an important time of transition interested in serving Iowans in as many parts of for the UIMA.” the state as possible. As a result, he launched one of the most wide-reaching art- and Leach served thirty years as a representative exhibition-sharing programs in Iowa, Integrated Former Iowa Congressman in Congress, where he chaired the Banking Jim Leach, interim director Outreach With Art (I.O.W.A.), securing five years of the UIMA and Financial Services Committee, the of support for the program from the Matthew Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Bucksbaum family. This initiative partnered Following the resignation of Dr. O’Harrow, the the Congressional-Executive Commission on with numerous art institutions and communities University appointed Jim Leach, former Iowa China. In the 1990s, Leach held four years of across the state, including Sioux City, Mason Congressman and chairman of the National hearings on Nazi theft of money and art during City, Des Moines, Maquoketa, Dubuque, Cedar Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), to serve the Holocaust and served as chairman of the Falls, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport. as the interim director of the UIMA. He began plenary session on Nazi-confiscated art at the his role January 1, 2017, and is serving as interim forty-four nation Washington Conference on Nazi “The University of Iowa is immensely until a permanent director is hired. art displacement held at the State Department grateful to Dr. O’Harrow for his hard work in 1998. Following his time in Congress, Leach and significant contribution to the life of the Leach, former Iowa congressman and chairman was a professor at the Woodrow Wilson School museum and university, and we thank him for of the National Endowment for the Humanities at Princeton University and interim director of helping lay the foundation for the new UIMA (NEH), holds fifteen honorary degrees, is UI chair the Institute of Politics and lecturer at the John facility to be completed in the upcoming in public affairs, and joint visiting professor in the F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard years,” said P. Barry Butler, UI executive vice College of Law and the Department of Political University. He then served four years as chairman president and provost. O’Harrow is a member Science in the College of Liberal Arts and of the NEH, where he oversaw the creation of of the Iowa Arts Council board and the Sciences. While serving as the interim director of the Bridging Cultures initiative, designed to Association of Art Museum Directors. the UIMA, he retains his visiting faculty position promote understanding and mutual respect for in both colleges. “Jim is a passionate champion diverse groups within the U.S. and abroad. Under UIMA 2016–2017 ANNUAL REPORT 6 THE YEAR IN REVIEW his leadership, the NEH also helped launch a National Digital Public Library, a portal to digital collections