WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART Annual Report 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART

Contents

2 Report from the President and the Director & CEO 5 American Art and Museums: Then and Now 12 Conversations with a Neighbor 16 Exhibitions & Acquisitions 26 Program Highlights 42 Governance, Philanthropy & Professional Staff 64 Financials

Cover: Ten (10) Teaspoons, 1821–32; 1833–34, John B. Jones, Silver, Gift of Dr. Douglas Lewis in honor of Dr. Thomas J. Loughman, Director of the Wadsworth Atheneum, 2017.16.1 – .10 Report from the Taking measure of the visual arts throughout they generated new conversations about the public’s renovation in the middle of the block. In the coming Connecticut, we see many indications of the current relationship to and role in shaping the art of our time. years the Atheneum’s collaboration with the university President & Director health of the entire cultural ecosystem. There is a will blossom programmatically and physically as we palpable energy around our art museums and galleries, Fueling much of the activity at the Atheneum has work together as new neighbors. On the pedestrian and a genuine sense of progress can be seen in the been the combination of the hard work of a confident plaza immediately south of the Atheneum’s Morgan vibrant programs and initiatives at institutions large and dedicated staff team and the support of a high- Memorial a major restoration of Alexander Calder’s and small. More than ever before, the role of the functioning board of trustees. Several new faces came majestic stabile Stegosaurus (1973) was carried out Wadsworth Atheneum emerges as a major community to work with us this year; two major appointments are by its steward, the Burr Mall Trust. Conservation on our anchor serving the city, state, and beyond, based upon Grant Smith, Director of Development, who started in own collections and spaces ranged from a restoration its enviable collection drawn from around the world, and October of 2016 and Brandy Culp, Richard Koopman of the pavement of the lobby outside the Aetna Theater— increasingly its pertinent, thought provoking, special Curator of American Decorative Arts, who began her revealing a 3rd century AD mosaic from Antioch inset exhibitions. In the pages that follow, we invite you to work in February of 2017. Each placement was the in the 1930s terrazzo floor for the first time in 25 consider how the museum is making its impact on the outcome of national searches and both have become years—the cleaning of a number of Old Master paintings cultural landscape of the region and at large within a woven into our team. At the same time three of our in anticipation of new installations and loans, and the worldwide conversation about art. longest tenured colleagues transitioned into retirement— technical survey of several pictures—by Van Gogh and Henry R. Martin Thomas J. Loughman, Ph.D. Alan Barton, whose 41 years culminated in leading Caravaggio, among others—as part of collaborative our facilities and information technology systems as investigations with colleagues in Europe. There have been several milestones this past year—some well as our security needs; Gene Gaddis, who came to of which were quite public and others less so—to report us as an intern to look into our old business records Less visible modernizations include the procurement on in this publication. Overall attendance was steady, with and stayed for nearly four decades as our historian (funded by the Koopman Foundation) of state-of- near historic highs for participation by school children and archivist; and John Teahan, whose four decades the-art imaging technology to continue the digital through our education program, renewed fascination with working in and then at the helm of the Atheneum’s photography of the collection, the implementation of an several of our special exhibitions, and a wide variety of Auerbach research library saw a four-fold increase in LED-based gallery lighting program (funded through events and special programs. Notably, Utamaro and Lure the number of volumes in its care. While others from our the Neighborhood Assistance Act and the highlight of of Japan—our first major look at Japanese art in decades, board and staff team have moved on to new pursuits, our Splendor IX fundraiser last autumn) throughout the reminded us of Connecticut’s place in the 1853 opening these retirements stand out for particular mention. To Avery Memorial building, a new staff-wide management of relations between our two nations and thrilled us with all, we offer our greatest thanks for your steadfast training program for supervisors, and the further the reunion of two masterpiece paintings. It received commitment to the institution. development of installation plans centered around the critical acclaim in the national press and was the past American Art collections. We also built a component of year’s most visited show at the Atheneum. Wadsworth The past year also witnessed a series of fundamental Google’s recently-launched “We Wear Culture” based on Welcome, the innovative community access program revitalizations, ranging from physical improvements 2016’s popular exhibition Gothic to Goth: Romantic-era providing free admission to Hartford residents with the to the buildings and neighborhood and works of art Fashion and its Legacy, and the National Endowment for slogan, “it belongs to you,” launched in late August of conserved, to less visible innovations. Final elements the Humanities launched a long-term tour of a didactic 2016. The program grew so quickly that in June of this to the renewal of the cityscape surrounding the version of our 2015 show Coney Island: Visions of an year we celebrated reaching the symbolic milestone museum—the masterplan known as iQuilt—came American Dreamland as part of their NEH On the Road of 1,842 constituents enrolled. Contemporary women to fruition, among them the completion of Travelers program. That these all happen amid a dynamic period artists featured in the MATRIX program challenged the Plaza, the re-routing of Gold Street, and a recast of of exhibitions, regional and global collaborations, new boundaries of artistic techniques (from Dulce Chacon’s the experience of Prospect Street. The University acquisitions, and educational programs enumerated first solo show in the United States of traditional ink of Connecticut has successfully moved its Hartford throughout this report is heartening. wash drawings of “newsreel” media footage to Mika campus to the neighborhood, with both the new Robert Tajima’s harnessing of predictive language from a Twitter A. M. Stern Associates building on the site of the former Plans for the year ahead continue many of these feed turning the gallery into “a social mood room”) as Hartford Times Building and another large building themes; continued reinvigoration of our exhibition

2 3 program is one of particularly high focus for the entire team. Major projects for the coming year speak directly to the relevance of Connecticut stories. For instance, our state as a place of philanthropic daring undergirds this autumn’s Morgan: Mind of the Collector as it commemorates the centenary of Hartford-born industrialist J. Pierpont Morgan’s massive bequest to the Atheneum and New York institutions particularly. Gorey’s Worlds (opening February 2018), while inspired by American artist and writer Edward Gorey’s collecting and work, finds its roots in a connection to the performing arts scene generated and perpetuated here in the city. Next summer’s Frederic Church: a Painter’s Pilgrimage reconnects us to a story of entrepreneurship—Church traveled to the Mediterranean in the first wave of American tourists traveling by steamship, a deed paralleled by literary titan Mark Twain—by a great Connecticut artist. Indeed, Church was one whose early career was funded and aided by Daniel Wadsworth American Art and Museums: Then and Now himself and whose apogee as America’s best-known painter was achieved in the heyday of Elizabeth Colt’s BY JAMES K. BALLINGER industrial empire. These projects, plus the continued commitment to expanding the public conversation about The Wadsworth Atheneum asked James K. Ballinger, director emeritus of the Phoenix Art Museum, to reflect on art, are at the heart of our work. the history of American art within American museums. His influential career has overlapped with the evolution Looking forward to welcoming you on your next visit to of American art as a museum specialization, beginning in 1974 with a curatorial position in American art at the Atheneum, and with great thanks for all you do to the Phoenix Art Museum. That appointment led to forty years of leadership at the rapidly growing institution ensure the healthy future of our community, establishing programs, cultivating new audiences, and adapting to the challenges of a youthful city experiencing an extraordinary increase in population. These reflections trace the fascinating evolution of American art within museums from a traditional beginning to promising contemporary moments.

Henry R. Martin Thomas J. Loughman, Ph.D. These are exciting times for art museums in America. As audiences. Like many fields, transformations driven by President, Board of Trustees Director & C.E.O. cities are attracting new businesses, infill populations, technologies offer myriad possibilities for connection. and universities, demographics are quickly morphing. Within museums, efforts to diversify staffing have led Contemporary art practices of all kinds seem to shift to such new professional roles as social media experts, often and fluidly. What can constitute a work of art is digital programmers, creative officers, and recently for constantly challenged, with artists utilizing electronic, one museum, a neuroscientist! scientific, and reclaimed materials. Many artists operate in areas previously thought to be social science, while Fifty years ago a visit to an American art museum to others incorporate components previously seen as view American art was very different. Most institutions popular culture. In turn, art museums must address operated reactively, like a library of visual art these layers of change to remain relevant to their welcoming viewers to a cerebral experience of viewing

4 5 established master works. Little interpretive material their spectacular collection. They reduced the number exhibitions with better balance. Just as presentations was offered other than limited docent tours and brief of objects on view and clarified a broader number of of American art have evolved dramatically since the labels. Museums were seen as bastions for elites with themes, and thus created a much more successful middle of the twentieth century, American museums an “insider” language. Directors and curators were experience that also includes great works previously have seen significant institutional expansion, beginning often authoritarian voices backed by years of training kept in storage. in the 1950s with the postwar economic recovery, in art history, which itself was a staid study of styles continuing through the creation of the National organized chronologically around European artistic It might be fair to say today that the revisionist rupture Endowment for the Arts in 1965, and reflecting the development from the Renaissance and Baroque to in the study of American art, while perhaps overzealous, rapid growth of Sunbelt cities like Phoenix, Houston, and such modern movements as Cubism and Surrealism. led to a very rich study of American art and design, Atlanta. Expansions of American art collections, often Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art were contemporary better reflecting the complexities of the artist and centered on regional art and artists, have paralleled art then. The history of American art, a fledgling study, craftsperson in our history. Instead of throwing out this organizational growth. Examples include the Amon was addressed by few university programs. Rather, the original, nationalist canon, we are now adding Carter Museum of American Art, in Fort Worth, Texas; the history of American art was seen as part of the to it by examining America’s creative achievements the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the Norman fabric of American studies programs, which were relative to the rich variety in American life. It is this Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts; the newly established following World War II. American multidimensional view of American art that is now Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the art history began to evolve during the late 1960s. Most finding its way into collection presentations and special Clifford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado; the Ogden publications and exhibitions from that time tended both academia and American museums. Again, in to be nationalistic, establishing the foundations of Washington, DC, the National Museum of American movements and the national canon. Examining most Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) American art collections today, including the Wadsworth mounted The West as America, Reinterpreting Images Atheneum, this format is still at the core of presentation. of the Frontier, 1820–1920. Its concept was to explain Thorough collections typically include a colonial gallery, art of the American West during the period as being followed by the Federal style, then the Hudson River created primarily to favor western expansion (Manifest School, and so on. This first generation of historians of Destiny), apologize for the conquest of Native American American art peaked about the time of the American tribes, and reexamine the traditional view of the cowboy Bicentennial (1976), resulting in a bounty of publications culture celebrated by George Catlin, Frederic Remington, and exhibitions across the country. An example is the and other artists. The curatorial messaging was seen as traveling exhibition organized by the Corcoran Gallery overly strident, leading some members of congress to of Art in Washington, DC, America 1976: A Bicentennial call for closing the exhibition. Exhibition, which was sponsored by the US Department Ten years later the Brooklyn Museum created similar of the Interior and primarily featured contemporary controversy with the reinstallation of its American realist painters such as Philip Pearlstein and Willard collection under the theme of “American Identities,” Midgette. The project was meant to be a vehicle to reflecting then current ideas about social history and extend the reach of the museum’s great nineteenth- geopolitical issues. The galleries were tightly focused century American collection, and it came to be seen as on social categories and stacked with too many cross- a conservative explanation of art in America that did not cultural objects with just one interpretation. Viewers offer insight to the true social fabric of the nation. found themselves frustrated to understand what In the 1990s, revisionist art historians looked through the museum was attempting to present. Brooklyn’s new lenses and examined American art and decorative experiment led others to try the same approach—and arts in relation to issues including class, gender, to my experience, all with little success. In the past and race, which created some controversy within year, the Brooklyn Museum has again reinterpreted

6 7 Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana; of Modern Art, New York. The traditional foundations the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, of museum collections, painting and sculpture, have Wyoming. Meanwhile, larger museums such as the not stood still: many painters today produce publicly Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Philadelphia Museum engaging murals, while others combine oil and acrylic of Art, and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have with various digital imaging processes. Meanwhile the greatly increased their dedication to American art, and technology of 3-D printing is no doubt transforming the the civic museums of Kansas City and Dallas launched work of many sculptors. significant departments dedicated to American art. In addition, a number of museums have recently received During the past fifteen years or so, another significant large American art collections including Colby College shift has occurred as attention has been given over Museum of Art in Maine, and just this year, the Virginia almost entirely to contemporary art, whether it be global Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia. or American artists. This current trend has created challenges for museums dedicated to earlier American A jewel in the crown of all of this activity is the Crystal art and museums with great concentration of American Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, art and design, such as the Wadsworth Atheneum. Arkansas, founded by Alice Walton in 2005 and opened Contemporary art is global, with demand forcing in 2011. Walton’s philanthropic largesse has pushed curators of the era to deal with twenty-first-century this museum to the forefront in collections, programs, developments exclusively. Before confronting what is to library holdings, and audience engagement within an be done in the future, we should examine a few factors art museum dedicated to art of the nation. Particularly that moved pre-World War II American art and culture noteworthy at Crystal Bridges is a dedication to lower on our audience’s priority list. meet their regional audience needs and to go beyond “textbook” artists by displaying and collecting the work With the new millennium, rapid and explosive of less well-known artists as evidenced by their State of developments in technology have pushed businesses the Art (2014), which demonstrated true diversity. and individuals to focus on change, indirectly, lessening emphasis on past events. The variety of objects that American art museums have displayed and collected has also gone through This momentum, in turn, pushed the natural swing of a significant evolution. Audience interest prior to the cultural attitudes away from a continuing line of historical 1970s was typically focused on Eurocentric oil painting evolution. The last time there was such a focus toward and sculpture. Collecting began to change, beginning what is new was following World War II, when the rapidly in the 1960s with the interest in photography (which expanding economy developed around new homes, cars, was not yet universally considered to be a high art and other consumer products resulting in what we now form at the time) and, a decade later, with video and call “mid-century modern” and a prosperity that was to film—a development evidenced by the newly planned last to the late seventies. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, whose Another major shift going back to the 1950s and 60s, collection ranges from N.C. Wyeth to Star Wars. The the art criticism of Clement Greenberg and Harold area of decorative arts has expanded to include Rosenberg and their dominant promotion of Abstract examples of design, both in household objects and Expressionism led a new breed of curators and directors product design from radios to toys, automobiles, and to revamp their institutions, which was evidenced by even trains. And recently, video game design has been broad deaccessioning of earlier unpopular styles like exhibited and added to the collection of the Museum the Baroque, Rococo, and Neo-Classicism to make

8 9 way for the contemporary art of the time. This pushed activities for potential visitors, creating competition Despite the progress, changes, and challenges of the Just as staff at the Brooklyn Museum challenged American Scene and Social Realist artists away from for their time. Younger audiences are “cutting the cord” last half-century that the appreciation of American art themselves to refresh collection installations embracing any attention, along with many first generation abstract for television viewing, they seek experiential vacations, has encountered, we are in an exciting moment, and a new orthodoxy, the same will be true for many and non-objective artists. It was over twenty years their philanthropy is centered around global social technology has become an affordable, sustainable tool art museums over the next decade. Embracing the before “rediscovery” of many of these artists occurred ills and crowd sourced funding, and their free time is for communication and engagement. Young audiences elements of surprise, innovation, and curiosity will for new generations. There is a similar sensibility now often spent at restaurants, festivals, and events. The are better understood, and are therefore more reachable. enhance museum experiences. Tomorrow’s audiences as the art world press is almost myopic in covering perception of a static, contemplative art museum American art has broadened, embracing a diversity of will be conditioned by the computer as connector, by contemporary art and the sizzling blue chip artist market. celebrating past cultures does not instantly resonate. objects, materials, and styles, placing photography, folk group experience, and collaboration will be the norm in Recent research has shown that art museum audience The young viewer’s perception often shifts while at art, commercial art and design, fashion, and more within their lives. Most likely, innovation in artificial intelligence participation is primarily sustained by those people fifty- a museum, but institutions have limited time and American cultural discussions. Studies show that the (AI) technology will come into play (as evidenced by this five years of age and older. As a result, as art museums resources to deliver this message. millennial generation values collaboration, and centers year’s Whitney Biennial, which featured a controversial work to attract younger, diverse audiences, there seems of research and higher learning offer a wealth of new AI work of art). As this science enters more realms of to be a belief that young equals contemporary. Arts As society has become less hierarchical, segmented visions from the humanities, sciences, and technology American life, it will no doubt be utilized in educational budgets in K–12 schools have been significantly reduced, by social media, and decentralized for community for how to engage audiences. engagement. In 2017 a number of neuroscience books and university majors in liberal arts and humanities news and information, museums without large budgets examining boredom were published, as was Mario are steadily decreasing. However, other studies have have struggled to keep potential new audiences Museum staff-as-collaborators must continue to act Livio’s Why?: What Makes Us Curious, subjects for shown a curiosity in the past among these same informed regarding new and changing programs. as visitor advocates by bringing a variety of dedicated museums to avoid and embrace respectively. Given all of demographics, while at the same time words like “boring” New young audiences are more likely to investigate voices and talents forward rather than reinforcing these exciting options to create desire in the community and “relevance” surface to describe institutions. Art a visit to a museum on Facebook or Yelp than they the traditional bounds of interpretive authority. The to visit our art museums, one can see why welcoming museums have attempted to turn back this tide primarily are to read an article by an arts journalist in print greatest challenge required in museums early in curious visitors to newly created installations in the through technology and interactive phone tours, computer media. Simultaneously, most small- and midsized city the twenty-first century is to actively cede some coming years will be so rewarding. tablets, and exhibitions with video inclusions.. Yet, no truly newspapers have eliminated arts and cultural staff. authority away from the former singular curatorial successful model has emerged. Further, it is well documented that younger audiences vision to broader engagement of colleagues across want flexibility, which means spontaneous, last-second departments. The next step is to engage community Generational shifts create other significant challenges decisions and a lack of interest in acquiring an annual voices perhaps through programs such as the for art museums and the celebration of earlier membership or seasonal subscription. innovative Wadsworth Welcome, which extends free American arts. America today offers so many tantalizing museum admission for Hartford residents.

10 11 Conversations with a Neighbor NATHALIE BONDIL, DIRECTOR GENERAL AND CHIEF CURATOR

Great things are happening at our colleague institutions across the continent. Among the many notable stories of innovation is the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts). Led by the dynamic Nathalie Bondil, the museum has produced amazing exhibits in recent years, from Cuba Art and History from 1868 to Today to Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, including music with Warhol Live and haute couture with The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk.

Dr. Bondil graciously agreed to this interview, revealing her perspective and the museum’s experience as a thriving place for art within Montreal and beyond.

How has the museum’s variety of exhibitions and Because of my experience in film and my education programs resonated with audiences in Montreal? in art history, I am still very much involved in the MMFA’s artistic and curatorial direction. This directorial The humanist approach of the Montreal Museum of Fine style is more European than American—I oversee Arts (MMFA) has resonated strongly with our audience the museum’s strategic vision and programming of more than one million visitors each year. The MMFA exhibitions. My role is to imagine and develop concepts can be seen as a “pocket” Met in the sense that we are with the team. Exhibitions are like plays, with each a generalist institution with an encyclopedic collection. gallery having its unique character--they are stories What role have partnerships played in building and It is essential to take a collaborative rather than This plurality, indeed universalism, of our collections you walk through. creating exhibitions and developing audiences during a competitive approach to mount an ambitious and exhibition programming is a main asset when your career? project. An exhibition will be more impactful, more implementing my humanist framework. The word One of the keys to our success is the ongoing impressive, and less costly if it is presented in more “encyclopedic,” of course, means all-encompassing. interaction between innovative design, creative When planning exhibitions, I always ask myself what than one venue. Content is enhanced, expertise is exhibition layout, a bold multidisciplinary approach, will in fact be on view and what will draw people here multiplied, stakeholders are reassured and, in the end, This approach embraces collections and exhibitions with abundant educational content, and attention to detail when they have a surfeit of cultural offerings to choose multiple audiences benefit. Since each exhibition is a 360-degree-view and expertise from various fields of (not to mention financial investment). We have great from, accessible even from the comfort of home! The an exploration existing in time and space and utilizing knowledge: I am committed to developing a variety of respect for our audiences, and I don’t believe in ready- museum can be seen as a school for the senses, where resources, it pays to be bold and not squander these offerings, from world cultures to fashion design, from made formulas. Since research is essential for the we connect with our emotional selves. I place as much opportunities. the old masters to new forms of expression. Diversity scholarly aspects of our projects, the curatorial work of importance on the intellectual as on the experiential, on is central to this approach—a multidisciplinary focus the museum is supported by high-level professionals knowledge as on emotion, on the mind as on the heart: The Wadsworth Atheneum and the Montreal Museum on academic imperatives, a desire to innovate, and in all areas—publishing, exhibition design, travelling all must be present, without compromise. of Fine Arts are both members of the French American engagement with social values. The museum needs to exhibitions, communications, etc.—to ensure a Museum Exchange (FRAME). What have you found to be This raises two key questions: which works do we exhibit, be relevant to audiences in our city and beyond, and consistent level of quality in all areas. most valuable about this professional community? great exhibition content is critical. You can’t make a silk and why exhibit them now? Demand for sophisticated purse out of a sow’s ear, as the saying goes! An exhibition is like an orchestral score performed by new exhibitions is higher than any one institution’s ability Beyond the obvious loans of works and exchange many virtuosi. Working on the concept, articulation, to supply in the current context of competitive growth in of exhibitions, FRAME is an important network for The MMFA hosts a variety of smaller and larger formalization, and installation of these narratives is the museum field. And when coupled with the need to be sharing ideas on best practices when it comes to the exhibitions across multiple buildings; how do you expertise that we all share. Like Victor Hugo, I believe financially efficient, collaborative projects become both social impact of museums, governance methods, and pull together diverse teams to orchestrate these that “form is essence brought to the surface.” prudent and advantageous. innovative programs (art therapy and inclusion, for complex projects? instance). Directors, curators, and educators have the

12 13 opportunity to share ideas and work side by side in a Do you have any observations for your American uniquely collaborative environment. museum neighbors?

The diversity of our territories on either side of the Rethinking the relevance of the institution every year Atlantic fuels our conversations, with our differing codes is essential, since we are only as good as our last of conduct, our individual educational backgrounds, our performance. Should a fine arts museum question, administrative frameworks and our funding sources. In discuss, and engage in the important local and global the trans-Atlantic relationship between Europe and North issues of its day? Are these questions often left to America, Montreal is well positioned: a bilingual city science, civilization, and contemporary art museums? that is English- and French-speaking, as well as North Rather than being merely a strongbox holding a capital American—it fosters the hybridization of visions. FRAME of artworks—assets in the informal exchange market helps us find solutions for current intergenerational and that regulates the exhibitions economy—a museum intercommunity challenges associated with the role should pursue broader values, and not only in the of culture in our society: social harmony; instability of context of specific exhibitions. funding; and complexity of the digital world. Democratizing culture harks back to the North American We need to rethink the role of art as a force for social tradition of accessibility, itself rooted in the powerful cohesion and individual well-being. Where the twentieth and long-standing British tradition of reaching out to century focused on our primitive instincts—in both the the public. This tradition is well established in North arts and psychology—I believe this century will focus America, where culture is often the result of grassroots on the experiential being in the virtual world. I am movements that readily foster the emergence of such convinced that in the twenty-first century, culture will be programs. The Americans have always stressed the to health what sports were in the twentieth century. educational necessity of their mission and of turning to new audiences. A century later, their museums have The arts media landscape has changed rapidly since made great strides. the millennium. What modes of mass communication have you found to be successful in attracting critical voices to the work of the museum?

We are no longer in the era of top-down mass media. Rather, we have a vast network of multidirectional and multiplatform communications, driven by diverse communicators with no shortage of ideas. I favor targeted communications efforts and an exhaustive focus on niches, which is more demanding on a daily basis but in the end more effective; I steer clear of ready- made thinking. There is nothing better than word of mouth—now enhanced by social media—for convincing people to visit our museums. Quality of content, creativity of product, authenticity, and engagement shape the institutional brand and generate confidence. This is why MMFA will surpass 120,000 memberships this year, representing a growth of 480% since 2010.

14 Exhibitions & Sponsors

Gothic to Goth: The Thrill of the Chase: Hand-Painted Pop! Romantic Era Fashion & Its Legacy The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs Art and Appropriation, March 5–July 10, 2016 at the J. Paul Getty Museum 1961 to Now

Major support provided by The Coby Foundation, Ltd., the Costume September 10–December 11, 2016 April 29–August 13, 2017 & Textile Society of the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Stockman Organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Supported in part by Jeffrey G. Marsted Family Foundation. and Marcia Reid Marsted. Major support provided by The Saunders Foundation. Additional support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Howard and Bush Foundation Publication Fund, Arethusa Additional support provided by The David T. Langrock Foundation, Simply Splendid: al tavolo, Susan O’Connor, the Cheney Family Fund at the Hartford The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Nancy D. Grover, the William Rediscovering Foundation for Public Giving, Mary D. Doering, Marguerite Rose/ O. and Carole P. Bailey Exhibition Fund, the Howard Fromson Panache on New Park, Georgia and James Barnhill, Thomas Exhibition Fund, the Larsen Photography Fund, and Jeffrey G. American Design Gworek, Titi Halle, Karen B. Alexander, Linda Eaton, Lesley Marsted and Marcia Reid Marsted. May 13–August 13, 2017 Korzennik, Deborah Kraak, Edward Maeder, and Sally Queen. Educational programming support provided by the Joseph and Educational programming support provided by The Edward C. and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Fund at the Wadsworth Ann T. Roberts Foundation. Atheneum Museum of Art.

The Human Touch: Utamaro and the Lure of Japan Selections from the RBC Wealth January 7–March 26, 2017 Management Art Collection Major support provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter June 25–September 25, 2016 Foundation, the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, Mrs. Barbara G. Ward and Dr. Thomas P. Ward, and the Japan Foundation, Major support provided by RBC Wealth Management. New York. Additional support provided by the Morris Joseloff Exhibition Fund Educational programming support provided by the Joseph and Support for the Wadsworth Atheneum is and by Jeffrey G. Marsted and Marcia Reid Marsted. Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Fund at the Wadsworth provided in part by the Greater Hartford Atheneum Museum of Art. Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign.

16 17 Collection Installations & Sponsors

Miniature World in White Gold: Meissen Porcelain by Johann Joachim Kaendler January 16, 2016–January 16, 2017

The End of Innocence: Childhood Additional Installations & Sponsors Traveling Exhibitions Torments in the Contemporary Art Collection SHE: Images of Female Power Hartford Youth Art Renaissance Coney Island: Visions of an from the Collection (HYAR) American Dreamland, 1861–2008 February 6–August 14, 2016 MATRIX August 20, 2016–April 2, 2017 April 29–May 28, 2017 McNay Art Museum Supported in part by Jeffrey G. Marsted and The MATRIX program is generously supported in part by Jeffrey G. Marsted San Antonio, Texas Marcia Reid Marsted. Made possible through the on-going and Marcia Reid Marsted and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art’s partnership between the Wadsworth May 11–September 11, 2016 Contemporary Coalition. Atheneum Museum of Art and Hartford Sam Wagstaff as Curator Tour generously funded by the National Public Schools. Endowment for the Humanities: Celebrating September 17, 2016–January 8, 2017 Vanessa German/MATRIX 174: Valeska Soares/MATRIX 176: Unfold 50 Years of Excellence, the Henry Luce Foundation, and The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Supported in part by Jeffrey G. Marsted and i come to do a violence to the lie February 2–May 7, 2017 Marcia Reid Marsted. Exhibitions, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc. June 9–September 4, 2016 Major support provided by the National The Amistad Center operations are supported by the Department of Economic Additional support provided by Francis H. Endowment for the Arts and the Robert John Trumbull: and Community Development, the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Visualizing American Independence Williams and Keris A. Salmon, Pavel Zoubok, Lehman Foundation, Inc. and the Ostrow family. Campaign, Comcast NBC Connecticut, the Institute of Museum and Library November 5, 2016–July 23, 2017 Special support provided by Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil, and by Consul Services, and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Dulce Chacón/MATRIX 175: General of Brazil Fernando de Mello Barreto Keith Sonnier: Fallen Angels and Deputy Consul General Maria Helena Educational programs are funded by Eversource and The Edward C. and Three Neons / Three Decades October 7, 2016–January 8, 2017 Pinheiro Penna. Ann T. Roberts Foundation. January 28–October 8, 2017 Major support provided by the Mexican Mika Tajima/MATRIX 177: After Life Supported in part by Jeffrey G. Marsted and Agency for International Development 40 Acres: 30 for 30: Art, Agency, Legacy June 1–September 3, 2017 Marcia Reid Marsted. Cooperation with the Consulate General The Promise of a Black Pastoral Sponsored by The Hartford and the of Mexico in New York and the Mexican Major support provided by the National February 13, 2016–February 26, 2017 Aetna Foundation. Sèvres’ Vase de l’Adour: Cultural Institute of New York. Endowment for the Arts. A Closer Look Sponsored by The J. Walton Bissell Additional support provided by the Additional support provided by 11R, Foundation and The Edward C. and February 18, 2017–Spring 2018 Morris Joseloff Exhibition Fund. New York. Ann T. Roberts Foundation.

18 19 Acquisitions

Department of American Art

Alexander Calder American, 1898–1976

Untitled [Dear Chick…], 1936 Watercolor, black pen and ink, with collage elements on paper Gift of David Etnier Austin, 2016.11.1

Victor de Grailly French, 1804–1889

View of Anthony’s Nose on the Hudson River, c. 1845 Oil on canvas Gift of Patricia S. & Thomas J. Anathan, 2017.3.1

Albert Bloch American, 1882–1961

Cityscape, April, 1911 Oil on canvas The Dorothy Clark Archibald & Thomas L. Archibald Fund, and the American Paintings Purchase Fund, 2017.7.1

Department of American Decorative Arts

Designed by Marcel Breuer American, born Hungary, 1902–1981

Table model No. B18, 1929 Chrome-plated tubular steel, glass, and rubber Gift of Michael Ganz, M.D., 2017.4.1a,b

Ten (10) Teaspoons, 1821–32; 1833–34 John B. Jones American, 1782–1854 Silver Gift of Dr. Douglas Lewis in honor of Dr. Thomas J. Loughman, Director of the Wadsworth Atheneum, 2017.16.1 - .10

Left: Albert Bloch, City Scape, 1911, Oil on canvas, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Dorothy Clark Archibald & Thomas L. Archibald Fund, and the American Paintings Purchase Fund, 2017.7.1

21 Opposite left: Alexander Calder, Untitled [Dear Chick…], 1936, Watercolor, black pen and ink, with collage elements on paper, Gift of David Etnier Austin, 2016.11.1 Opposite right: Vanessa German, black on white swan, 2016, Mixed media, The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, and purchased through the gift of Linda Cheverton Wick, 2016.10.1 Top right: Robert Mapplethorpe, Jack Walls, 1982, Gelatin silver print; edition AP ½, Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Collection, 2016.14.1 Below right: Michael McMillen, Receiver, 2014/2016, Mixed media constructions, re-engineered chair, vintage military electronics, “Tides” video (running time: 3 minutes, 10 seconds), The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, 2017.8.1

Department of Contemporary Art

Vanessa German Roland Fischer Dulce Chacón Miriam Laufer American, born 1976 German, born 1958 Mexican, born 1976 American, born Poland, 1918–1980

black on white swan, 2016 Untitled 39 (Nuns and Monks), 1985 Six Untitled drawings from the series Black and White, 1968 Mixed media Type C print, mounted to Diasec; edition “Hindenburg,” 2014 Oil on canvas with collage elements The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy 1/3 Ink on paper Gift of Susan Bee and Abigail Laufer, Potter Smith Fund, and purchased Gift of Nancy D. Grover, 2016.13.1 Purchased through the gift of Robinson 2017.6.1 through the gift of Linda Cheverton Wick, A. and Nancy D. Grover, 2017.1.1 - .6 2016.10.1 Robert Mapplethorpe Michael McMillen American, 1946–1989 Jason Salavon American, born 1946 Mark Dion American, born 1970 American, born 1961 Jack Walls, 1982 Receiver, 2014/2016 Gelatin silver print; edition AP ½ Portrait (Rembrandt), 2010 Mixed media constructions, re- Trilobite, 2016 Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Digital c-print, ed. 6/7 engineered chair, vintage military Screenprint on paper; ed. 21/30 Collection, 2016.14.1 Purchased With Funds Provided by electronics, “Tides” video (running time: Gift of the artist, 2016.12.1 The Mark & Hilarie Moore Family Trust, 3 minutes, 10 seconds) 2017.2.1 The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Mark Morrisroe Harpoons, 2016 Potter Smith Fund, 2017.8.1 Screenprint on paper; ed. 20/20 American, 1959–1989 Stiletto (Frank Schreiner) Gift of the artist, 2016.12.2 Figure Study, 1985 German, born 1959 The Ichthyologist, 2016 Chromogenic print on paper Consumer’s Rest, designed in 1983; in Screenprint on paper; ed. TP 3 Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art production since 1984 Gift of the artist, 2016.12.3 Collection, 2016.15.1 Varnished steel and plastic Young Demonologists, 2016 Self Portrait at Home with Diane Arbus, Gift of Anthony and Paula Viscogliosi, 1985 Screenprint on paper; ed. 15/30 2017.5.1 Gelatin silver print; ed. 1/5 Gift of the artist, 2016.12.4 Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Collection, 2016.15.2

22 23 Department of Costume & Textiles

Hand screen, 1842 Various makers and designers Perfume bottle with original bag, 1980s B.W. Thayer & Co. Glass, with remains of perfume; silk Twelve (12) Wedding Dresses American, Boston, active 1840s–50s Gift of Susan E. O’Connor, 2017.13.2.1a,b Lithograph on card stock, with wood Twenty-two (22) Accessories associated & 2017.13.2.2 handle with the Wedding Dresses Gift of Cathy & John Bates, 2017.10.1 Thirty-eight (38) Hats and Hat Boxes Mink coat, c. 1985–90 Gift of the American Textile History Mink skins, silk, plastic buckle ornament Wedding dress and matching jacket, Museum, 2017.11.1 – .72 Gift of Susan E. O’Connor, 2017.13.3 1883 American Mary McFadden Ocelot mantle, 1930s Silk and cotton, buttons of mother-of- American, born 1938 Brown Thomson, Hartford pearl and steel Eight (8) Dresses and Ensembles, 1980s Ocelot fur Gift of Cathy & John Bates, 2017.10.2a,b Gift of Lisa Taylor, 2017.14.1 & 2017.10.3 Silk, metallic thread, beads, rhinestones, and sequins Gift of Jeffrey Mayer in honor of Carolyn Woman’s dress and matching shawl, Wedding dress, shoes, 1924 & Ellsworth Mayer, 2017.12.1-.8 shoes, belt, and purse, 1970 American Teal Traina [Shoes: Label “Cammeyer / New York”] Helene Hayes American, 1917–2002 Silk and faux pearls Australian, worked in Paris, 1936–2001 Wool and synthetic fibers, plastic zipper Gift of Cathy & John Bates, 2017.10.4 & with metal slide 2017.10.5a,b Hat, 1980s Gift of Carol Maturo Ward, 2017.15.1.1 -.3 Wool Gift of Susan E. O’Connor, 2017.13.1

Department of European Decorative Arts

Bottle Cooler with its Pair of Flasks and Opposite: Mary McFadden, Dresses and Covers, c. 1695 Ensembles, 1980s, silk, metallic thread, Dutch, Delft beads, rhinestones, and sequins, gift of Jeffrey Mayer in honor of Carolyn & The Metal Pot factory (De Metaale Pot) Ellsworth Mayer, 2017.12.1, .5, .7, .8 Lambertus van Eenhoorn (owner 1691–1721) Above: Bottle Cooler with its Pair of Flasks and Covers, c. 1695, Dutch, Delft, The Metal The European Decorative Arts Purchase Pot factory (De Metaale Pot), Lambertus Fund, 2017.9.1 van Eenhoorn (owner 1691–1721), The European Decorative Arts Purchase Fund, Two Cups and Two Saucers 2017.9.1 Coalport porcelain works Right: Helene Hayes, Australian, worked in English, Coalport, Shropshire Paris, 1936–2001, Hat, 1980s, Wool, Gift of Gift of Henry R. Martin, 2017.17.1 - .4 Susan E. O’Connor, 2017.13.1

24 25 Opposite: Artist Mika Tajima gives a gallery talk in her MATRIX 177 exhibition, After Life.

Gallery Talks and Tours Curators and educators, local scholars, exhibiting artists, and our Keith Sonnier: Three Neons/Three Decades Docents offered a broad scope of perspectives on the collections Keith Sonnier, artist and special exhibitions. Barbara Bertozzi Castelli, donor Walking Talk: Gothic Revival John Trumbull: Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine Architecture in Hartford Visualizing American Independence Curator of Contemporary Art Jared Edwards, principal architect at Erin Monroe, Robert H. Schutz, Jr., Smith Edwards McCoy Architects Associate Curator of American Paintings Vase de l’Adour and Sculpture Linda Roth, Senior Curator and Charles Women Behind the Lens C. and Eleanor Lamont Cunningham Eileen Doyle, Marsted Curatorial Fellow Poetry Reading Curator of European Decorative Arts Benjamin Grossberg, poet and Director Nutting and Stickley: of Creative Writing at University of 30 for 30 Two American Revivals Hartford Frank Mitchell, Executive Director of The Angela Parker, Docent and Tour Amistad Center for Art & Culture Programs Manager Artist Talk Norma Minkowitz/ SHE Walking Tour: Revolutionary Hartford The Medium is the Message: Co-organized and presented with Program Highlights Materials in the Medieval World Artist Talk Connecticut’s Old State House Johanna Miller, School and Teacher Programs Specialist Valeska Soares / MATRIX 176 Adult Programs Painting Patriotism, Healing Wounds: The Art of John Trumbull Lectures and Conversations Men in the Cities The Restoration of Saint Serapion Walt Woodward, Connecticut State Programs invigorated the collections and major exhibitions The Wagstaff DOCENT MEMORIAL LECTURE Ellen Carey, artist and Associate Ulrich Birkmaier, Chief Conservator Historian Collection of Photographs, Utamaro and the Lure of Japan, and John Trumbull: A Revolution in Color Professor at University of Hartford Jane Kamensky, Professor of History and SHE: Images of Female Power Visualizing American Independence, exploring art through historical and Artist Talk Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Artist Talk from the Permanent Collection sociocultural lenses. Schlesinger Library at Harvard University Dulce Chacón/MATRIX 175 Anne Butler Rice, Georgette Auerbach Mika Tajima/ MATRIX 177 Koopman Director of Education Eighteenth-Century Prints & The Photographic Object John Trumbull’s American Revolution The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs Simply Splendid: Porcelain in Dialogue Rediscovering American Design Mark Osterman, Photographic Process Paul Staiti, Professor of Art History at Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine Printmaking in the Age of Utamaro Vanessa Sigalas, former Dangremond Historian at George Eastman Museum Mt. Holyoke College Curator of Contemporary Art Keiji Shinohara, Artist in Residence at Brandy Culp Research Fellow for European Art and Wesleyan University Decorative Arts, and curator of the Utamaro’s Snow, Moon, and Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait Photography’s Sudden Adventures exhibition Miniature World in White Gold: Flowers in Context as a Lute Player Meissen Porcelain by Johann Joachim Anthony W. Lee, Idella Plimpton Kendall Julie Davis, Associate Professor of Art Oliver Tostmann, Susan Morse Hilles Kaendler Presented in collaboration with Professor of Art History at Mount History at the University of Pennsylvania Curator of European Art Concerts The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Holyoke College The concert program expanded to include new ensembles in the galleries With Hammer and Tongs: The Curiosities in the Cabinet: Conversation: Utamaro and the Lure of Japan taking inspiration from the collections and special exhibitions. The Four The Hammerslough Collection Museums in an Age of Wonder Wagstaff’s Eye for Photography Oliver Tostmann, Susan Morse Hilles Nations Chamber Ensemble performed the first in a series of three concerts Jeannine Falino, guest curator Paula Findlen, Professor of History at Paul Martineau, Associate Curator of Curator of European Art Stanford University to be held through 2018. The Sunday Serenades Chamber Concert Series, Photographs and Exhibition Curator, J. presented in collaboration with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, offered Paul Getty Museum Light, Heat and Water Japanese Tea Ceremony in the Ancient Régime Mozart and Man Ray in conjunction with the Wagstaff photography exhibition, Denise Bethel, former Chairman of Stephen Morell, landscape architect Stéphane Castelluccio, Director of Photographs, Sotheby’s Snow, Moon, and Flowers to complement Utamaro and the Lure of Japan, and Le Centre National de la Recherche Amistad at 30: Songs and Spirituals to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Gerald Incandela, artist Scientifique in Paris Amistad Center for Art & Culture. Local ensemble CONCORA performed the moderated by James Meyer, Deputy Co-sponsored with the Decorative Arts Director and Chief Curator at Dia Art Council and Trinity College premier of a commissioned choral work by Connecticut composer Ellen Foundation Gilson Voth, and a program inspired by the museum’s permanent collection.

26 27 Community and Youth Programs Artist Residency Vanessa German / MATRIX 174 In connection with her MATRIX installation, Vanessa German conducted a two-part residency in partnership with the Wadsworth Atheneum and local community organizations. The artist worked with Hartford schools in May 2016 and youth-serving non-profits in July 2016. Ms. German engaged students, teachers, and community participants in performance activities, writing, and art- making workshops.

Community Days The Wadsworth Atheneum and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture offered three Community Days, providing free admission all day and extensive programming for visitors of all ages: Envisionfest Community Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Day and Juneteenth Family Day. The museum also participated in First Night Hartford, a festive program on New Year’s Eve.

Community Arts Program The Community Arts Program engages local youth in after-school programs throughout Hartford. The program encourages the 21st century skills of communication, critical thinking, and creativity through docent-guided tours and hands-on art-making.

Second Saturdays for Families Second Saturdays for Families continues to inspire families to experience art together. Through hands- on art projects, family-centered tours, music, and the performing arts, families connect with art and the Wadsworth Atheneum. The program takes place every month and has served over 40,000 visitors since it was conceived in 2009.

Summer Community Studio Youth from fourteen Hartford community organizations including True Colors, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Boys & Girls Club at Asylum Hill, Hispanic Health Council/Mi Casa, and YOUMedia Hartford participated in free docent- Juneteenth Family Day performance in collaboration with The Amistad Center guided tours and a hands-on studio experience that for Art & Culture focused on visibility and identity in contemporary art.

28 29 School and Teacher Programs Student Tours Museum on the Move: Docent-guided visits are available to PreK-12 students Art and Literacy Outreach Program and are designed to correlate with state and national This six-part program for grade 4 students explored curriculum standards. This year 12,707 students landscapes from the museum’s permanent collection to toured the museum from 118 schools across all eight develop descriptive writing skills. Participating schools counties in Connecticut and represented 46 cities included six Hartford Public Schools as well as CREC and towns in the state, in addition to schools from Museum Academy. Massachusetts and New York. Art and Writing Studio Programs This curriculum for grades 3–5 builds students’ narrative, New studio programs drew record attendance this year, descriptive, and expository writing skills through the serving 2,396 students. Specially developed themes investigation of figurative artworks. Twelve schools stimulate imagination, dynamic discussion, and creative participated from Hartford, Manchester, Waterbury and expression in this program that combines a gallery Taftville. tour with a studio art experience. Studio programs are available during school hours and after school Hartford Youth Art Renaissance (Community Arts Program). Themes include Animals The 44th annual exhibition featured art created by PreK- in Art; Colors, Shapes, and Textures; Be the Curator; 12 students in Hartford Public Schools. The museum Making Myths; Art and Poetry; Studio Photography; and hosts the exhibition and awards ceremony. STEAM: Sketch Like a Scientist, each structured for specific grade levels. Top: Drawing in the galleries during ENVISIONFEST Community Day Top: Making Myths Studio Program activity for school groups Bottom: Performance by Motoko Dworkin during Martin Luther Bottom: Second Saturdays for Families art activity King, Jr. Community Day

30 31 Election Day Teacher Workshop: Teaching Empathy and Social Justice Through Art

Partnership with Connecticut’s Old State House Students embrace the meaning found in 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 Connecticut’s Old State House.

Partnership with the Connecticut Science Center In conjunction with the Connecticut Science Center exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion, the museum offered a multisite visit, allowing students the opportunity to tour both institutions on the same day. Two tour themes were offered: Connecticut Innovators, Leonardo’s da Vinci’s Engineering, and the Art of Science and The Renaissance: Art and Engineering During the Time of Leonardo da Vinci.

Summer Pre-Collegiate Program Two Hartford high school students, from Great Path Academy and Pathways Academy of Technology and Design, were awarded scholarships to attend the Hartford Art School’s Summer High School Visual Arts Portfolio Program and participate in associated museum visits.

Evening for Educators PreK-12 teachers and administrators join museum staff and docents for presentations, tours of featured exhibitions and collection areas, and hands-on activities illuminating cross-curricular links.

Teacher Workshops and In-Service Training Professional development sessions provide educators with tools to incorporate the visual arts into their classroom instruction. Half- and full-day sessions are offered at the museum and offsite, in addition to Election Day and Summer STEAM teacher workshops.

Right: Election Day teacher workshop

32 Docents provided tours for over 12,000 PreK-12 students in FY17

University Programs University Tours Docent-guided visits are available to college and university classes and groups, including curriculum- structured tours tailored to a specific academic course or topic. This year 1,953 students toured the museum from 28 colleges and universities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, and New Hampshire.

Encounters In collaboration with the Hartford Public Library and the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, the new Encounters series focuses on encouraging informed and informal conversations about issues that affect our lives. Programs took place at the museum and at the Hartford Public Library and included Encountering the Declaration Docent Program Access Programs Interpretation of Independence, Encountering the Constitution, and The Education staff develops interpretive spaces in Encountering the Bill of Rights. Docent Council Wadsworth Welcome Free admission for Hartford residents is offered through conjunction with exhibitions and the collection. This year, Internship Program Ninety-two docents volunteered more than 9,000 hours Experimentation Galleries were created for The Wagstaff to training, providing 1,714 tours, docent business, and Wadsworth Welcome. More than 2000 residents who 25 interns from 16 universities worked approximately Collection of Photographs, Utamaro and the Lure of Japan, other activities. They engaged 18,922 visitors of all ages speak 33 languages have registered for Wadsworth 3,140 hours in 8 departments, including: Archives, and Hand-Painted Pop! The Connections Gallery featured on guided encounters with the museum’s exhibitions Welcome since its launch in August 2016. Curatorial, Education, Museum Design, Registrar, SHE: Images of Female Power in the Collection. and collections. Docents attended 17 training sessions Development, Auerbach Art Library, and Visitor Services. Library ARTpass relating to exhibitions, collections, and touring strategies Mobile Tour led by education and curatorial staff as well as outside ARTpasses are available at 178 town and school The mobile tour allows visitors to access a multimedia guest speakers. libraries, providing free admission for two adults and two teens and a discount for films. tour of permanent collection objects and special exhibitions on their own device at tap.thewadsworth. Docent-in-Training class Free Family Passes org or on a free iPod from the Information Desk. Tours All past candidate docents graduated to become full were created for John Trumbull: Visualizing American All students who participate in a docent-guided visit docents, and a new class of 13 Docents-in-Training Independence, Utamaro and the Lure of Japan and Keith receive a pass to return to the museum to be a tour began meeting in January 2017. They are receiving Sonnier: Three Neons/Three Decades. The Wagstaff guide for their families. instruction in art history with a focus on the museum’s Collection of Photographs featured content produced by collections and touring techniques. They will continue in Teacher Discovery Passes the Getty Institute. class through November 2017 and then begin mentoring with a current docent. All educators who book a visit for their students receive a free pass to explore the museum’s collections and Eileen S. Pollack Docent Education Lecture exhibitions in preparation for planning curricular William Merritt Chase connections to classroom activities. Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

34 35 Professional development workshop for teachers with Johanna Miller

Partners

Program Collaborators Charter Oak Cultural Center Tnmot Aztro Performance Art and Dance Erica Hirshler, Museum of Fine Arts, Rebecca Taber-Conover, Connecticut Old Bradley, Foster and Sargent, Inc. Student Brass Band Installation LLC Boston State House The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Charles Nelson Robinson Foundation Gonzalo Cortes Dan Tressler William Hosley, independent scholar Nicolas Villagra, Connecticut Science Billings Forge Community Works Decorative Arts Council Center Nick Cutroneo Stephanie Wheeler Jane Kamensky, Professor of History, Capitol Region Education Council Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Harvard University Chung-Lan Wang, Visiting Assistant Tammy Denease Charitable Trust Connecticut’s Old State House Scholars, Educators, and Experts Professor of Fine Arts, Trinity College Brendan Kane, Associate Director, Nancy Doherty George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Connecticut Science Center Jacqueline Marx Atkins, textile historian University of Connecticut Humanities Sally Whipple, Connecticut Old State Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee Motoko Dworkin Lauren DeNisco, Fairfield Public Library Denise Bethel, former Chairman of Institute House Greater Hartford Arts Council The Four Nations Chamber Ensemble Photographs, Sotheby’s First Night Hartford Dorothy Keller, Professor of Fine Arts, Walt Woodward, Connecticut State Hartford Consortium for Higher Funky Dawgz Brass Band Stéphane Castelluccio, Director of University of Saint Joseph Historian Hartford Art School Education Le Centre National de la Recherche Tadashi Kobayashi, Director, Okada Lindsey Fyfe Funders Hartford History Center Scientifique, Paris Museum of Art SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Vanessa German Major funding provided by: Hartford Public Library The Children’s Museum of West Hartford Anthony W. Lee, Idella Plimpton Kendall Women’s Committee of the Grace Academy Choir Aetna Foundation Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford Public Schools Brian Cofrancesco, Connecticut’s Professor of Art History, Mount Holyoke Hartt School Community Division Old State House College Anonymous Hartford Stage Museum endowed funds for education: Kody Hildebrand Julie Davis, Associate Professor of Art Betsy Marr, BART Charter Public School, The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Hartford Symphony Orchestra Massachusetts Docent Memorial Fund Gerald Incandela History, University of Pennsylvania Foundation Mandell Jewish Community Center Paul Martineau, Associate Curator of Eileen S. Pollack Docent Education Fund Sankofa Kuumba Cultural Arts Jared Edwards, Smith Edwards McCoy Ensworth Charitable Foundation My Sister’s Place Architects Photographs and Exhibition Curator, J. The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Consortium Paul Getty Museum The Hartford Real Art Ways Martin Esty, Hartford Consortium Georgette Auerbach Koopman Director Jennifer Lazaroff James Meyer, Deputy Director and Chief Hartford Foundation for Public Giving True Colors for Higher Education of Education Endowment Keyla Mejia Curator, Dia Art Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation University of Connecticut Jeannine Falino, guest curator The Joseph and Robert Cornell Cynthia Melendez Montoya Brenda Miller, The Hartford History Humanities Institute National Endowment for the Humanities Memorial Foundation Fund Paula Findlen, Professor of History, Center at the Hartford Public Library Norma Minkowitz Stanford University Newman’s Own Foundation The Saunders Foundation Charitable Artists, Musicians, and Performers Stephen Morell, landscape architect Music Endowment Nathan Hale Ancient Fifes and Drums Jeffrey Forgeng, Curator of Arms and S&S Worldwide Art Connection Studio Mark Osterman, Photographic Process Chris Roque Armor, Worcester Art Museum Historian at George Eastman Museum Tinty Foundation The Artists Collective General Operating Support for the Daniel Salazar Jr. Andrew Fotta, Connecticut Science Ann Sievers, Director and Curator of the Travelers Foundation Wadsworth Atheneum is provided in part Bated Breath Theatre Center by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s Valeska Soares Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph United Health Foundation Donald Boudreaux Joy Gifford, Level Up Village United Arts Campaign and the Connecticut Sonia Plumb Dance Company Vanessa Sigalas, former Dangremond Wells Fargo Foundation Department of Economic and Community Benjamin Grossberg, poet and Director of Dulce Chacón Research Fellow Development Office of the Arts, which Keith Sonnier Creative Writing, University of Hartford CONCORA Choral Ensemble Paul Staiti, Professor of Art History, Additional support provided by: also receives support from the National Malcolm Stanley Sue Bowen-Harris, Hartford Consortium Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Connecticut Slam Poetry Team Mount Holyoke College Anonymous Mika Tajima for Higher Education Art History Program at Trinity College

36 37 Film and Theater Programs Films The Aetna Theater film program continued to offer an eclectic mix of cinema and special events, including feature films; shorts; documentaries related to exhibitions and the permanent collection; outdoor showings of classic films preceded by dinner and live music in Gengras Court; independent and foreign cinema; and film festival weekends. Introductions by film scholars or special guests, and post-film discussions led by Curator of Film & Theater Deborah Gaudet, enhanced audience experiences. Highlights this year included an evening with filmmaker Whit Stillman; the 19th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival; two series in collaboration with The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, and The Mark Twain House and Museum: “Making Black Lives Matter” and “Shaping Social Change”; the Closing Night Film and Reception of the Connecticut LGBT Film Festival; the 6th Annual Italian Film Weekend; the 4th Annual Interfaith Film Series — “Faith in Times of Conflict” — in collaboration with CCIU; a showing of Born to be Blue in collaboration with The Hartford Jazz Society; and “Food and Film” events, which feature a “food film,” such as Tampopo followed by dinner in The Museum Café.

Music The highlights of the year were a full house evening Dance featuring the documentary BANG! The Bert Berns Story, followed by a concert with soul singer Betty Harris During the Holiday season, the Aetna Theater hosted and a sold out performance of traditional Irish, old CONNetic Dance, which presented its annual The time, and bluegrass music performed by We Banjo 3. Nutcracker Suite and Spicy. In February, dancEnlight Monthly Sunday Jazz Brunches held in The Museum created a kabuki-inspired dance, which was inspired by Café — several of which were sold out – featured local Utamaro and the Lure of Japan. musicians and vocalists. Blues guitarist and singer Kal David along with Lauri Bono & the Real Deal with the Art After Dark Real Deal Horns graced the Aetna Theater. The Hartford Our reimagined evening program was held in December, Opera Theater was back with Aaron Copeland’s The February, April and June. The event — which draws Tender Land. The Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus filled the hundreds of participants — features live music, tours theater with performances in December and May. and talks, art activities, and film screenings.

38 39 Grand Patrons Table Hosts Duffield Ashmead IV & Susan & Frederick Eric Ort Copeland, Jr. Mary & David Dangremond Carol L. Covello & The Emilie & Raul de Brigard Honorable Alfred V. Covello Sara & Thomas J. Loughman Dr. James and Mally The Mandell-Braunstein Cox-Chapman Family Laura Harris Sharon & Henry R. Martin Sharon & David Jepson Agnes & William Peelle, Jr. Gerry Lupacchino & Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. & Lynn Beaulieu Ms. Esther Pryor James Lyon Northeast Electric—Michele Patrons & Halsey Cook Karan & Geoffrey Emerick Marcia Reid Marsted & Anita & Anthony Ferrante Jeffrey Marsted Mrs. John M. Gibbons, Jr. Jay Morton & Michael Phillips Beverly & Arnold Greenberg Eileen & Elliott Pollack Nancy Grover John M. & Garrett J. Karen A. Kelleher Reynolds Peter Little Susan & Joel Rottner Marcia Reid Marsted & Sharon & Robert Smith Jeffrey Marsted Barbara & Thomas Ward Eileen & Elliott Pollack Karen Cronin Wheat & John & Garrett Reynolds John H. P. Wheat Belle K. Ribicoff Art Display Special Effects Robin & Matthew Schaefer Underwriters Mary & Paul Fox Elsee & Thomas McEachin Marie-Claire & Grand Patron Underwriters Jean-Pierre van Rooy Agnes & William Peelle, Jr. Art Framing Staff/Volunteer Dinners Henry M. Zachs & Linda Sonnenblick Marie-Claire & Erica & David Jean-Pierre van Rooy Roggeveen Byrne Laura Harris Art Shipping Marie-Claire & SPLENDOR IX Cindy & Michael Klein Jean-Pierre van Rooy Karen Cronin Wheat & October 1, 2016 Auctioneer Underwriter John H. P. Wheat Thank you for your support! Splendor IX raised a significant portion Marie-Claire & Jean-Pierre van Rooy Transit Services of the museum’s operating funds, and it’s all thanks to you! Marie-Claire & Dinner Entertainment Jean-Pierre van Rooy John & Garrett Reynolds 2016 Sponsors Gala Underwriting Invitation Printing Carol L. Covello & The Presenting Sponsor Founding Sponsor Corporate Sponsors Offical Media Sponsor Honorable Alfred V. Covello Remy & Hy Schwartz Crest Mechanical Services Photography Marie-Claire and Jean-Pierre van Rooy Drs. Marian Kellner & Shipman & Goodwin LLP Corporate Table Sponsors Timothy McLaughlin Simsbury Bank THE CHERYL CHASE & Program Book Design Stanley Black & Decker STUART BEAR FAMILY FOUNDATION Marie-Claire & Sally Wister & Dial Parrott Jean-Pierre van Rooy Women’s Committee of the Wadsworth Atheneum THE ZACHS FAMILY WOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF FOUNDATION, INC. THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM Program Book Printing Janet & Christopher Larsen

40 41 Governance, Philanthropy & Professional Staff

Governance The museum is grateful to those who serve as part of its governance structure. These passionate individuals are dedicated to the realization of the Wadsworth’s vision, serving as ambassadors and supporting the museum intellectually and philanthropically.

Officers Board of Trustees Honorary Trustees Executive Committee Audit Committee Board of Electors Henry R. Martin Duffield Ashmead IV Coleman H. Casey Henry R. Martin David G. Jepson, Chair Phoebe Allen Leena K. Langeland President Marta Bentham Mary G. Dowling President Linda Alexander Gerard Lupacchino David W. Dangremond Jeffrey N. Brown Clare C. Edwards David W. Dangremond Austin House Committee John Alves Marcia Reid Marsted Past President Past President; Chair Susan R. Chandler Carole B. French Susan R. Chandler, Chair Robert M. Annon Jr. Leigh A. Newman Duffield Ashmead IV Emeritus, Curatorial Cheryl A. Chase Mary P. Gibbons John A. Berman Marlene Passman Vice President Committee Francine Christiansen Helen B. Gray Eleanor Blake Genevieve Pfaff Cheryl A. Chase Duffield Ashmead IV Curatorial Committee Halsey Cook Arnold C. Greenberg Diane Brainerd Brie Quinby Vice President Vice President; Chair, Duffield Ashmead IV, Chair Curatorial Committee Karen K. Byrne Janet Flagg Rawlins Susan A. Rottner Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. Nancy D. Grover Vice President Carol L. Covello Joan J. Kohn Cheryl A. Chase Jay E. Cantor Kelvin Roldan Vice President; Chair, Development Committee Hy J. Schwartz Mally Cox-Chapman Christopher Larsen Howard L. Carver Sonia Shipman Facilities Committee William R. Peelle, Jr., Chair Vice President, Secretary David W. Dangremond James B. Lyon Bonnie Castellani Linda Bland Sonnenblick Emilie de Brigard Karen Cronin Wheat Emilie de Brigard Conrad L. Mallett* Kate M. Coley Thomas Soyster Liaison to The Amistad Center Vice President Education Committee Tina Collias Keith Stevenson Laura R. Harris Stephen B. Middlebrook for Art and Culture Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. Michele Cook Nancy M. Stuart David G. Jepson John H. Motley Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. Michael F. Klein, Chair Thomas A. McEachin+ Medina Jett Claire M. Pryor Thomas A. McEachin+ Mary H. Crary Jerry Theodorou (11/2015–3/2017) (11/2015–3/2017) Sheila D’Agostino Charles Tingley Treasurer Brion Johnson Robert H. Smith, Jr. Facilities Committee Treasurer; Chair, Finance Michael F. Klein Linda Cheverton Wick Eric D. Daniels J. Frank Travis Committee Cheryl A. Chase, Chair Jeffrey G. Marsted Jeanna Doherty Sharon G. Travis Susan A. Rottner Henry R. Martin Renee Dubin Eugenia Villagra Ex Officio Trustees Vice President; Chair, Film and Theater Committee Thomas A. McEachin+ Governance Committee Robert Firger Krystian von Speidel Susan Blair Jay Morton, Co-Chair Timothy McLaughlin President, Women’s Matthew A. Schaefer Susan Fisher Judith Wawro Timothy McLaughlin, Co-Chair Yvette Meléndez+ Committee Member-At-Large; Chair, Letty Fonteyne Eric M. Zachs William R. Peelle, Jr. Richard Alleyne Investment Committee Claire Galli Judy Zinn Finance Committee Samuel R. Peterson Medina Jett+ Hy J. Schwartz Robyn Gengras (11/2015–01/2017) Vice President; Secretary Eileen S. Pollack Frederick C. Copeland, Jr., Alden Gordon +Left during fiscal year President, The Amistad Karen Cronin Wheat Chair Alva G. Greenberg *deceased Esther A. Pryor Center for Art & Culture Vice President Thomas A. McEachin+, Chair John M. Reynolds+ Lauren Greenspoon Sally Wister (11/2015–3/2017) Susan A. Rottner President, Docent Council Judith B. Greiman Matthew A. Schaefer Jay Morton JoAn K. Hagan Governance Committee Hy J. Schwartz Governor Malloy’s Designee Carol R. Hall Filomena M. Soyster Cynthia Bulaong Susan A. Rottner, Chair Louise K. Kaufman Jean-Pierre van Rooy Eileen S. Pollack+ Karen A. Kelleher (11/2015–4/2017) Barbara G. Ward Investment Committee Tai Soo Kim Designee of the Mayor of Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky Karen Cronin Wheat Hartford Matthew A. Schaefer, Chair Henry M. Zachs Lee G. Kuckro

42 43 Okada Museum of Art Demers A/V $4,999–$1,500 Ms. Elizabeth A. di Mauro Mrs. Mary P. Gibbons Dr. Harry M. Day Charitable James Lippincott Goodwin Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin Level Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Pearson Foundation Ms. Mary Jane Dunn Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Aetna Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Dan R. Eudy Edwards Peterson Mr. Joel B. Alvord Farmington Frame Company 11R Gallery Mr. John M. Reynolds and Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Dr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Mr. Garrett Reynolds Harold L. Wyman Annon, Jr. Ferrante Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Belle K. Ribicoff Mrs. Nora B. Anthony Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Fisher Mr. William W. Horvitz Mr. and Mrs. Joel J. Rottner Mr. and Mrs. David Aveni Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mr. and Mrs. Hy Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Robert The Barnes Group Foundation Fleischmann Kamerschen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Bator Mrs. Letty Fonteyne Mr. Kenneth Anderson and Soyster Mr. and Mrs. John A. Berman Mr. John French and Ms. Karen Kelleher The Tinty Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Mrs. Carole Bailey French Landmark Partners Inc. United Health Foundation Ms. Eleanor W. Blake The Fuller Family Elizabeth M. Landon and University of Connecticut Charitable Fund Harriette M. Landon Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc. Mrs. Claire S. Galli University of Hartford Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. Brittan Gawlicki Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Mrs. Erica Roggeveen Byrne van Rooy Mandell and Mr. David Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Gersten Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Mr. and Mrs. John O. Byrne Viscogliosi Peter S. Gersten and Marsted Mr. and Mrs. John F. Byrnes Mrs. Barbara G. Ward and Ana N. Lawler Philanthropy The Katharine K. McLane Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cantor Dr. Thomas P. Ward Mrs. Harry B. Gray and Henry R. McLane Mr. and Mrs. David E. A. Wells Fargo Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Arnold C. Charitable Trust Carson $50,000+ Estate of Frazer B. Wilde Jr. National Endowment E. Rhodes and Leona B. Greenberg Daniel Wadsworth Level Trust for the Arts Carpenter Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bernard A. Mr. David Casarella $9,999–$5,000 Pelletier Mrs. JoAn K. Hagan Aetna Inc. Estate of Charles G. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roth The Edward C. and Ann T. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Samuel Putnam Avery, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pfaff Gregory and Margaret Woodward Trust Shipman & Goodwin LLP Roberts Foundation, Inc. Castellani Amelia Peabody Charitable Level Hedberg The Zachs Family The George A. and Grace L. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott B. Pollack Mr. Carl T. Chadburn and Fund Mr. and Mrs. David Horvitz Foundation, Inc. Long Foundation Wadsworth Anonymous Samuel H. Kress Foundation Mrs. Yvette Melendez The Andrew J. and Joyce D. $24,999–$10,000 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Ms. Laura R. Harris Bank of New York Mellon SBM Charitable Foundation Mrs. Elaine L. Charendoff Mandell Family Foundation Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Howard $49,999–$25,000 Level Japan-United States Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Mr. David Chase Anonymous Foundation Dr. Douglas Hyland and J. Pierpont Morgan Level Friendship Commission Brainerd Schaefer The Cheryl Chase and Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mr. Blair Childs Dr. Tita Hyland Mr. and Mrs. David Jepson The Burton & Phyllis Mrs. Linda B. Sonnenblick Bear Family Foundation Estate of Eva Andrews Trust Anathan The CIGNA Foundation Dr. Mark W. Izard and Hoffman Foundation, Inc. Stanley Black & Decker Mr. and Mrs. David W. Anonymous Foundation Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Brion Johnson Clarence B. & Joan F. Ms. Denise Robinson Professors Jean Cadogan Dr. Oliver Tostmann and Dangremond Duffield Ashmead IV and Ms. Susan Bee Mr. and Mrs. Michael Klein Coleman Charitable The Japan Foundation and Alden Gordon Mrs. Margaret Heiner Foundation Dowling & Partners Eric Ort Jeffrey N. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Jarvis Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Mr. J. Frank Travis and Mrs. Securities, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Raul R. Virginia Gascon Larsen Ms. Sara Marcy Cole Carver Sharon M. Rizikow Travis Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kaufman Fidelity Foundation de Brigard Estate of Harriet Bundy Ledvance LLC/Sylvania Dr. and Mrs. James Collias Mr. and Mrs. Coleman H. TRUMPF, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Tai Soo Kim Greater Hartford Arts Council Vincent Dowling Family Mr. Gerard M. Lupacchino Connecticut Airport Authority Ms. Susan R. Chandler Casey Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto Hartford Foundation for Foundation and Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu Mrs. and Mr. Janis Turner Connecticut Humanities Mr. Halsey Cook and Chesterfield Glass Art LLC UBS Financial Services Mr. Lee G. Kuckro Public Giving The Edgemer Foundation, Inc. Ms. Michele Cook Mr. James B. Lyon Consigli Construction Co. Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephan L. Dr. Leena K. Langeland Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mrs. Nancy D. Grover Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and Westport Capital Partners Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Christiansen Mr. James T. Cowdery and Investment Manager LLC Mrs. Margaret Lawson Peelle, Jr. The Hartford Financial Copeland, Jr. Dr. Marian F. Kellner Mrs. Linda Alexander- Connecticut Department of Esther Pryor Services Group, Inc. Mr. Mark Moore and Linda Cheverton Wick and Cowdery LAZ Parking Ltd. The Honorable Alfred V. Economic and Community Mrs. Hilarie F. Moore Walter Wick Mr. and Mrs. Alan I. Leibowitz Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. and Kohn-Joseloff Foundation Covello and Mrs. Carol Development Mrs. Mary H. Crary the Pryor Foundation Covello Mr. Jay Morton and Mr. Pavel Zoubok and Mrs. Carol LeWitt and Lincoln Financial Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mr. Michael Phillips Mr. Paul Bagdio Mr. Bruce Josephy Travelers Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin Dr. James and Mally D’Agostino Dadlez Cox-Chapman Newman’s Own Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Loeb

44 45 Dr. and Mrs. Tom Loughman Mr. and Mrs. John H. P. Wheat Dr. Marlene Clarke Ms. Lauren R. Greenspoon Mr. and Mrs. Michael Macris Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitman Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Welles R. Mrs. Leta W. Marks Ms. Sally Wister and Mrs. Kate M. Coley Guilmartin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mr. Robert D. Parrott Connecticut Convention Mr. Stanley A. Guzek and McEachin The Alexander M. and Center Ms. Trish Bowen Mr. and Mrs. David McHale Catherine Maus Wright Dr. and Mrs. Martin Cooper Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Charitable Trust Gworek Ms. Kathryn Metcalfe Mr. Michael Coppola Mr. and Mrs. John Zinn Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Mr. Sal Modifica Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Cote Hamblett Mr. Edward E. Murphy Cowdery & Murphy, LLC Ms. Bonita Karen Hansen NoRA Cupcake Company $1,499–$500 Ms. Catherine Daly Mr. and Mrs. Jim Harriman NorthEast Electric Mr. Simon E. Abrahms Mr. and Mrs. Alan Darling The Hartford Steam Boiler Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Parsons David and Francie Horvitz Inspection & Insurance Co. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patricelli Mr. and Mrs. W. Ross Hatch Adkins Ms. Patricia Day Mr. and Mrs. Brewster B. Healthy Source Catering Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Adkins Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Deasy Hermann Family Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Leonard D. Mr. and Mrs. William V. Philip Mrs. Alice M. DeLana Foundation Albert Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. John Detweiler Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Hess Aldo DeDominicis Ms. Brie Quinby and Mr. and Mrs. Barry Dickstein Dr. and Mrs. David A. Hill Mr. Evan Cowles Foundation Ms. Elena A. Dieck Hitchcock Printing Mr. Gerald Lemega and Mr. and Mrs. Sean Mr. and Mrs. Vincent M. Mrs. Arlee J. Smith Robinson & Cole LLP Mr. and Mrs. Philip Allen Mr. and Mrs. John L. Dolan Mrs. Nancy Lemega-Watt McLaughlin Prestileo Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Smith Mr. John F. Alves and Mr. Kevin R. Hoben Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Salner Ms. Barbara Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Mrs. Judi Meacham Pullman & Comley, LLC Mr. Rodolfo Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Holden, Jr. Mr. Tyler Smith and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Ms. Marianne S. Donahue Leonberger Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Mr. and Ms. Nicholas Ms. Lyn Walker Mr. Barry Baskind and Ms. Taka Iwashita Sappington Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Levine Middlebrook Randazzo Ms. Eileen Fitzgerald The Doris & Simon Konover Mr. and Mrs. David Jackson Sotheby’s Mrs. Mary T. Sargent Family Foundation Mr. Neal B. Freuden and Mr. and Mrs. James S. Millar Mrs. Emily W. Rankin Bemis Associates, LLC Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mrs. Jane Spitzer Ms. Jeannette B. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Douglas Ms. Andrea F. Levy Mitchell Auto Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Reichelt Ms. Marta Bentham and Jacobs, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Schermerhorn Mr. Jonathan Lewis Ms. Sally Levering Mrs. Dolores P. Dworak Mr. Henry P. Johnson Moniuszko Choir Mr. and Mrs. Ian C. Rickard Springman Mr. Clifford Schorer Mr. Peter Little Mr. and Mrs. Larry Berg Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kelmar Ms. Shirley Musumeci Mr. and Mrs. John H. Riege Mr. Craig J. Stalk and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Edwards Adlyn and Ted Loewenthal Ms. Enid Myers Mr. and Mrs. Ezra H. Ripple IV Mrs. Kathleen M. Stalk Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Mrs. Mary L. King Bertagna Ms. Ruth L. Ellison Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Ms. Margaret Myers Mr. Douglas H. Robins Henry “Skip” Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Kingswood-Oxford School Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey T. Lombardo Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Schwedel Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bisgaard Ms. Robin Kipnis Mrs. Heather Nadeau and Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson Emerick The Loomis Chaffee School Mr. Edwin Nadeau, III Storrs Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Seymour Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bombara Mr. and Mrs. David M. Klein Ms. June M. Rosenblatt Mr. and Ms. Mark A. Evans Dr. and Mrs. Frank J. Luczak Mr. Stanley Newman and Dr. Jeanne P. Strathearn and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shipman Mr. and Ms. John Bordeaux Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kluger RT Specialty, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dr. Brian Rosenthal Mr. Michael C. Strathearn Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dr. and Mrs. Walter Borden KPMG Mrs. Peter Russell Finnegan Lundigan Ms. Elizabeth Normen and Mr. Mervyn F. Strauss Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Brodnicki Mr. James J. Ryan Mr. Lawrence R. Fish Mrs. Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky Mr. and Mrs. James C. Malley Mr. Paul H. Eddy Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rybka Dr. William T. Fisher and Mrs. Alice K. Kugelman Governor and Mrs. Dannel Mrs. Dorothy D. O’Meara and Swibold Stevenson Buckingham, Jr. Ms. Lynn T. Gordon LaDeDah! P. Malloy Mr. B. M. O’Meara Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. The Taft School Mr. John Stiefel and Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Budd Scherer, Jr. Mrs. Barbara L. Flynn Mr. John C. LaFalce, Jr. and Mr. Frank K. Marandino Ms. Barbara Overton and Mrs. Beverly W. Thomas Ms. Kyleigh Makowski Mrs. Cassandra A. Butler Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mr. and Mrs. John R. Forro Mr. Allen Freshler Ms. Kathleen Coville Marr Ms. Janet McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Stout Dr. and Mrs. Philip Schreiber Dr. Michael Gingold and Mr. David Lang and Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Martin Mr. Michael J. Pariano Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Taylor Cardamone Dr. Nancy M. Stuart Mr. David G. Shapiro and Ms. Karen Howe Mr. Adam Masin Mrs. Marlene Passman Mr. and Mrs. William B Ms. Leontine M. Thomson Dr. Angelee Diana Carta and Dr. Tanyss Ludescher Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goldfarb Mrs. Saraellen M. Langmann Ms. Lisa Perrone and Thomson Dr. Tris J. Carta Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Mayer Mr. Joseph M. Shortall and University of Saint Joseph Cato Laurencin Mr. Anthony De Bonee Mr. and Mrs. James W. Tilney Goodwin College McCarter & English LLP Ms. Sara L. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. H. Alex Vance, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Gossner Ms. Marta Jo Lawrence The Phoenix Companies, Inc. Mrs. Sara S. Titus Mr. Edward L. Cave Ms. Sharon McCormick Mrs. Ruth K. Shulansky Ms. Hope W. Vath Mr. and Mrs. Peter LeBlanc Popcorn Movie Poster Darko Tresnjak and Ms. Ann Grasso Ms. Laura L. McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Simoni Mr. and Mrs. David Wadstrup Ms. Carol L. Cheney Company, LLC Joshua Pearson Mr. Stephen Grathwohl Mrs. Elizabeth Leete

46 47 UConn Foundation Henry and Sharon Martin Shipman & Goodwin LLP UNICO National, Timothy McLaughlin and Travelers Hartford Chapter Marian Kellner Walker Group United Way of Central & Moniuszko Choir Woodland Moving and Northeastern Connecticut NIXS Hartford Warehouse Mr. Ira Unschuld NoRA Cupcake Company Ms. Carol A. Urick Bernard and Nancy Pelletier Institutional Members Mr. and Mrs. Marc Van Vooren Popcorn Movie Poster American School for Mr. and Mrs. John H. Company, LLC the Deaf Vanderbilt Zachariah Ramos Avon Old Farms School Dr. and Mrs. Victor G. Villagra Republic at the Linden Capital Community College Mr. Lawson Ward Jean Rioux Connecticut Academy Mrs. Margery C. Warren S&S Worldwide, Inc. For The Arts Watkinson School Connecticut Lyric Opera Mr. and Mrs. Ned Whalen Corporate Members First Church of Christ Mr. John A. Wilcox in Hartford Aetna, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hartford Seminary Arthur Murray Wojciehowski Kingswood-Oxford School Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wood The Loomis Chaffee School Barnes Group Foundation Ms. Roberta Woronow and Manchester Community Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc. Mr. Theodore Kaplan College Christie’s Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Miss Porter’s School Wortman Cowdery & Murphy, LLC Polish Cultural Club of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Wright Data-Mail, Inc. Greater Hartford Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zakarian Discover RE Insurance The Taft School Mr. and Mrs. David Zwiener Dowling & Partners Trinity College Securities, LLC University of Connecticut The Hartford Financial Gifts in Kind University of Hartford Services Group, Inc. Aetna Inc. University of Saint Joseph Hartford Steam Boiler John Alves and Rodolfo Inspection & Insurance Watkinson School Ramirez Company Burns Rep Group KPMG Chrysalis Design Services Landmark Partners Inc. Connecticut Convention Lincoln Financial Group Center Locke Lord LLP Demers A/V McCarter & English LLP Farmington Frame Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Stanley Guzek and Trish NoRA Cupcake Company Bowen Northern Trust Healthy Source Catering The Phoenix Companies, Inc. Hitchcock Printing Pierre and Tana Insomnia Cookies Matisse Foundation Japan Society of Greater Robinson & Cole LLP Hartford RT Specialty, Inc. Ledvance LLC/Sylvania

48 Premier Members

Society of Daniel Wadsworth Benefactor Patron Mrs. Carol LeWitt and Mr. $14,999–$10,000 $4,999–$2,500 Bruce Josephy J. Pierpont Morgan Society Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Loeb $50,000 and above Mr. Joel B. Alvord Professors Jean Cadogan Mr. and Mrs. John A. Berman Mr. James B. Lyon Ms. Cheryl A. Chase and and Alden Gordon Mr. and Mrs. David McHale Mr. Stuart D. Bear Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Brainerd Ms. Marjorie E. Morrissey Mr. and Mrs. David W. Carver Dangremond Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. Brittan Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Coleman H. Mrs. Erica Roggeveen Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pfaff The Andrew J. and Joyce D. Casey Mandell Family Foundation and Mr. David Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Elliott B. Pollack Ms. Susan Chandler Ms. Esther Pryor Mr. and Mrs. John O. Byrne Mrs. Belle K. Ribicoff Mr. and Mrs. Stephan L. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Byrnes Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. and Christiansen Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. the Pryor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David E. A. Sappington Mr. Halsey Cook and Carson Ms. Michele Cook Mrs. Mary T. Sargent Chick Austin Circle Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dr. James and Mally Mr. and Mrs. Matthew $49,000–$25,000 Castellani Cox-Chapman Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Raul R. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold L. Chase Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Fox Ms. Jeannette B. de Brigard Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cohen Schermerhorn Mrs. Mary P. Gibbons Mrs. Joan Kohn Dr. and Mrs. James Collias Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mr. and Mrs. Arnold C. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Schwartz Atheneum Associates Mr. James T. Cowdery and Mrs. Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky Mrs. Emily W. Rankin Greenberg The Honorable Alfred V. Peelle, Jr. Covello and Mrs. Carol L. Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Mrs. Linda Alexander- Dr. Leena K. Langeland Dr. Wayne S. Rawlins and Mrs. Nancy D. Grover Mr. Simon E. Abrahms Covello Schwedel Cowdery Ms. Janet Flagg Rawlins Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Mr. and Mrs. Peter LeBlanc Ms. Laura R. Harris Ms. Elizabeth A. di Mauro Mrs. Mary H. Crary Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Seymour Adkins Mrs. Elizabeth Leete David and Betsy Sams Director’s Council Mr. and Mrs. Brion Johnson Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shipman Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Alan I. Leibowitz Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Mr. and Mrs. Robert $24,999–$15,000 D’Agostino Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ms. Ruth L. Ellison Scherer, Jr. Kamerschen Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Adlyn and Ted Loewenthal Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV and Ms. Marianne S. Donahue Smith Jr Dr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Mrs. Ruth K. Shulansky Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ms. Eleanor W. Blake Mrs. Nancy MacColl Mr. Eric Ort Mrs. Mary G. Dowling Mr. Tyler Smith and Ferrante Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Smith Larsen Ms. Beverly A. Buckner-Baker Mr. and Mrs. Michael Macris Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Mrs. Michael Economos Ms. Lyn Walker Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mr. Henry Steiner Mr. Gerard M. Lupacchino and Mr. Shepard W. Baker Mrs. Leta W. Marks Copeland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Fleischmann and Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Budd Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Storrs Mr. and Mrs. David Jepson Soyster Mrs. Barbara L. Flynn Ms. Kathleen Coville Marr Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Fisher Mr. Jay Cantor Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Stout Mr. and Mrs. Michael Klein Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fuller Mrs. Antonie Murray Martin* Marsted Mrs. Letty Fonteyne Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cantor Mr. Ira Unschuld Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Mr. Roy A. McAlpine and Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and Mr. and Mrs. John French, III Mr. and Mrs. Austin Carey, Jr. Ms. Emily Estes Mr. and Mrs. H. Alex Vance, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mr. John Stiefel and Gersten Dr. Marian F. Kellner Mrs. Claire S. Galli Ms. Hope W. Vath McEachin Ms. Kyleigh Makowski Mr. Edward L. Cave Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goldfarb Mr. Earl F. McMahon and Mr. and Mrs. Hans Miller Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Ms. Dina Plapler Mrs. Margery C. Warren Dr. and Mrs. Sam Peterson Dr. Oliver Tostmann and Mr. Carl T. Chadburn and Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Pearson Howard Mrs. Margaret Heiner Mrs. Yvette Melendez Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Mrs. Judith S. Wawro Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre Gworek Mr. and Mr. John M. Reynolds Mr. Kenneth Anderson and Middlebrook van Rooy Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mr. John M. Chapman and Mrs. JoAn K. Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitman Mr. and Mrs. Joel J. Rottner Ms. Karen Kelleher Viscogliosi Ms. Lorri Marquez Mr. Nicholas F. Miller The Zachs Family Dr. Robert Hermann and Ms. Sally Wister and Mr. and Mrs. Tai Soo Kim Foundation Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Hy Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. John H. P. Wheat Mr. Blair Childs Mrs. Darlene V. Hermann Mrs. Marlene Passman Mr. Robert D. Parrott Ms. Diane W. Korntheuer and Mrs. Linda B. Sonnenblick Linda Cheverton Wick and Ms. Sara Marcy Cole Dr. Robert C. Hobbs and Mr. and Mrs. William V. Philip Mr. and Mrs. John Zinn Mr. Peter Grzybala Mr. J. Frank Travis and Walter Wick Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Cooley Mrs. Jean M. Crutchfield Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pierce Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto Mrs. Sharon G. Travis Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Zachs Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Dr. Mark W. Izard and Ms. Brie Quinby and Mrs. Barbara G. Ward and Mr. Lee G. Kuckro Corcoran, III Ms. Denise Robinson Mr. Evan Cowles Dr. Thomas P. Ward Mrs. Margaret Lawson

50 51 Special Contributions

Legacy Society Trust and Estate Gifts In Memory of Brooks Dorn In Memory of Joan McKeever In Honor Gifts In Honor of Alan Barton’s In Honor of Michael Klein The museum is delighted to recognize the following Estate of Eva Andrews Trust Joseph and Ruthanne Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. In Honor of Duff Ashmead and Retirement Ms. Susanne Cook donors who have provided for the Wadsworth Atheneum Estate of Nancy C. Braender Benkovitz Covello Eric Ort’s wedding Susan R. Chandler Dr. and Mrs. John Bierly Ms. Mary S. Ashmead In Honor of Anne Butler Rice in their estate plans. Their foresight and generosity Estate of Harriet Bundy In Memory of David M. Parrish In Honor of Dr. Constantinos Dr. and Mrs. James C. Boyle Coleman H. and Jo Mr. James Ebert and will play a key role in ensuring the institution’s future The Paula L. Schiller Trust Mr. David Holston Constantinou Rev. Allison Read Attorney Lawrence S. Brick Champlin Casey growth and success. Estate of Charles G. Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Pearlson Woodward Trust Mr. and Mrs. William Conrad In Memory of Judith Pinney Ms. Susan R. Chandler In Honor of Linda Roth’s Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cooper Ms. Edith B. Schatz Mrs. Cheryl A. Chase and In Honor of Dr. Frank Birthday Anonymous Mr. Gerard M. Lupacchino Mr. Stuart D. Bear Detterbeck Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mr. and Mrs. David Horvitz Duffield Ashmead IV and and Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu In Memoriam Gifts Del Priore In Memory of Dr. Robert S. Mrs. Alice M. DeLana Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Pearlson Eric Ort James B. Lyon++ In Memory of Tracy Atkinson Rosson In Honor of David and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dorr Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Isabel M. Bernfeld* Marily MacKinnon and Mrs. Mary P. Gibbons Ms. Judith A. Pitt Edwards In Honor of Vincent Dowling, Jr. Linda Roth Charles Gorrondona++ Mr. and Mrs. Craig Douglas Richard and Barbara Booth Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ells Mr. Michael J. Pariano Mr. and Mrs. David Horvitz In Memory of Michalina Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. In Memory of Daniel M. Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Laura L. McIntyre Ms. Virginia Kennedy Bordonaro Feinglass Waterman Mr. and Ms. Gary Fountain In Honor of Gene Gaddis’s Carver Andrew and Bonnie McKirdy Mr. Peter A. Bordonaro and Ms. Marion Fontanella Dr. Abigail Adams and Mrs. Nancy D. Grover Retirement In Honor of John Teahan’s Coleman H. and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Ms. Kathryn O. Bordonaro Mr. Chris Corcoran Mrs. Joan Horgan Susan R. Chandler Retirement Jo Champlin Casey++ Middlebrook++ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Goss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mr. and Mrs. Dean Amadon Mrs. Saraellen M. Langmann Mrs. Elise LaFosse Susan R. Chandler Barbara Mooney+ In Memory of Ruth Virginia In Honor of Dr. Kathleen Gutcheon Mr. John Luipold and Mr. and Ms. Robert Levy Mary H. Crary++ Mr. Richard M. Murray Brooks Cadogan Kennedy In Honor of Oliver Tostmann Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hewes Ms. Felicia Toni Mr. Gerard Lupacchino and Mr. George David Ms. Ann S. Parkhurst Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roth Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Pearlson Mrs. Belle K. Ribicoff Mr. and Mrs. Myles N. Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu Emilie and Raul de Brigard Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.++ In Memory of Christopher Cox Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Mrs. Ronnie A. Deck* John M. Reynolds and Mrs. Sandra B. Wood Forand Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nicksa Jr. Garrett Reynolds Mrs. Alice M. DeLana++ and Mr. Bernie Forand Kurlantzick Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ort Henry and Patty Sprague Muriel and Karl Ms. Miriam Lappen Mr. Charles H. Owens Fleischmann++ Mrs. Marie St. John++ In Memory of Frances Davin Ms. Nancy LaRoche Mrs. Belle K. Ribicoff Frank Garofolo and Mr. and Mrs. Talcott Stanley Ms. Tina S. Pesola Ms. Margaret F. O’Keefe Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roth Donald Osborne Melinda Martin Sullivan and In Memory of Dana Engstrom Mrs. Linda S. Pepin Mr. Robert Ruggiero Nancy D. Grover++ Dr. Paul R. C. Sullivan++ DeLoach Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Mr. Christopher Shyer and Mrs. Frederick Hamilton* John H. P. Wheat and Dan and Gayle Bator Sullivan Mr. David S. Ehrich III Ms. Helen S. Kaman* Karen C. Wheat++ J. Michael Bator Family Ms. Jean Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ms. Lillian N. Kezerian++ Ms. Joan H. Wister* Peter Bator Family Mr. Tyler Smith and Smith, Jr. Christopher and Walter Bator, Jr. Family Ms. Lyn Walker Ms. Julie Toulmin Janet Larsen++ ++charter member Anabella DeLoach Ms. Jean T. Walker Ms. Susan Walker Mr. Henry J. Link *deceased Francis Malnati Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert West John H. P. Wheat and Karen C. Wheat Tom Mauro Family Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas R. Wildman Ms. Roberta Woronow and Robert Sumislaski Family Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Luke Mr. Theodore Kaplan Williams Mr. and Mrs. John Zinn

52 53 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 Margaret M. Hoskins Contemporary Coalition Costume & Textile Society Associates Carol Lee and Brooks Joslin Duffield Ashmead IV and Victoria Albert Duffield Ashmead IV and Katherine D. Kane and Eric Ort Duffield Ashmead IV Eric Ort John R. Kelsey Richard and Diane Brainerd Lynne Bassett Jeffrey T. Atwood Karen Kelleher Jo and Coleman H. Casey Harriett Cragin Belding Barbara and Peter Bartucca Elise LaFosse Susan R. Chandler Barbara J. Boutot Gwendolyn Love Decorative Arts Council Clare C. and Jared I. Edwards Eleanor W. Blake Janet M. Larsen Cheryl A. Chase Stuart D. Diane Brainerd Cynthia Mackay Anita and Anthony Ferrante Donna Bozzuto Billie M. Levy Bear Simon Abrahms Karen Byrne Lorri Marquez Susan and Robert L. Fisher Nathan Brody Gwen and Sherwood C. Lewis Mary and David W. Duffield Ashmead IV and Helena Carvalho Kathleen Coville Marr Eric Ort Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Karen and John Byrne Lisa F. Lindquist Dangremond Karen L. Chase Sharon McCormick Eleanor W. Blake Letty Fonteyne Jean Cadogan and Miriam Lloyd-Jones Emilie and Raul R. de Brigard Sandra M. Chase Jill A. Mitchell-Gettinger Richard and Diane Brainerd Deborah and John W. Fuller Alden Gordon James B. Lyon Alva G. Greenberg Carol L. Cheney Margaret Myers Beverly A. Buckner-Baker Claire S. Galli Anne and Frederick Laverne H. Mahoney Castellani Laura R. Harris Christine Cherrone Katherine Papathanasis and Shepard W. Baker Sandra and Aaron Gersten Laura L. McIntyre Charles F. Corcoron, III Carol LeWitt and Bruce Isabel Compasso Lorraine M. Parsons Karen and John Byrne Ana N. Lawler and Timothy McLaughlin Mally Cox-Chapman Josephy Carol Covello Lorraine Petricone Jean Cadogan and Alden Peter S. Gersten Lorraine Parsons Gordon Sheila D’Agostino Joyce and Andrew J. Mandell Emilie de Brigard Genevieve Pfaff Mary P. Gibbons William R. Peelle, Jr. Susan R. Chandler David W. Dangremond Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Marianne Donahue Joanne Pierce Beverly and Arnold C. Samuel Peterson Sandra M. and Arnold L. Greenberg Ann Drake Esther Pryor Maureen Egan Eileen S. Pollack Eileen S. and Elliott B. Chase Lauren R. Greenspoon Clare and Jared Edwards Susan and Joel Rottner Clare C. Edwards Karen Purviance Pollack Hyla and James Cohen Margaret Heiner and Oliver Susan Fisher Nancy D. Grover Ruth L. Ellison Alyce T. Rawlins John M. Reynolds Tostmann Muriel Fleischmann Sara Marcy Cole JoAn K. Hagan Anita and Anthony Ferrante Marguerite and Robert Rose Marguerite Rose Linda and Walter Wick Theresa A. Forsdick Betsey and Jeffrey Cooley Laura R. Harris Claire S. Galli Susan and Joel Rottner Rosalie Roth Terry Gaudet Susan and Frederick Mark W. Izard and Mrs. Mary P. Gibbons Sharon W. and Robert H. Maisie Russell Copeland, Jr. Cynthia Grogan Denise Robinson Eunice Groark Smith, Jr. Diane Sandler Charles and Anna Corcoran Gloria Gworek Kelly and Jonathan Jarvis Claudia and Walter Gwardyak Linda B. Sonnenblick Melanie Shani Carol L. and Alfred V. Covello Carolyn Harris Karen Kelleher and JoAn K. Hagan Melinda Trummel Arlene E. Shea Linda Alexander-Cowdery Kenneth Anderson Laura R. Harris Laura R. Harris Hope W. Vath Sonia Shipman and James T. Cowdery Gale and Bernard Kosto Helen T. Hodgman Patricia and Gilbert Hatch Lawson Ward Sharon W. Smith Dr. James and Mally Lee G. Kuckro Ann D. Howard Cox-Chapman Patricia Hickson and Sally Wister Linda B. Sonnenblick Leena K. Langeland Timothy Barry Karen Kelleher Sheila and John D’Agostino Judy Zinn Coreen A. Majke Sunde Janet and Christopher Eileen Kluepfel Susan M.Turner Mary and David W. Larsen Sharon Kocay Dangremond Hope W. Vath Rosalind and Alan Leibowitz Harold Kritzman Emilie and Raul R. Paula Viscogliosi Gerard Lupacchino and de Brigard Jan Kritzman Barbara G. Ward Lynn C. Beaulieu Elizabeth A. di Mauro Leena K. Langeland Rosanne Warmoth Kathleen Coville Marr Marianne Donahue Sylvia Lazarus Karen C. Wheat Jeffrey G. Marsted and Mary Dowling Rosalind W. Leibowitz Judy Zinn Marcia Reid Marsted Pamela Lockard Vincent J. Dowling, Jr. Sharon and Henry R. Martin

54 55 Roy A. McAlpine and Docent Council Claire S. Galli Mervyn F. Strauss Emily Estes Maria Adams Terry Gaudet Maureen Tesoro Timothy McLaughlin and Linda Alexander-Cowdery Carol Genco Sara S. Titus Marian F. Kellner Phoebe Allen JoAn K. Hagan Lauren Toppin Lorraine and Mark Parsons Pauline Arendt Laura R. Harris Lisette Turner+ Mrs. Marlene Passman Carolyn Backmender Della Hennelly Carol A. Urick Martha and Samuel R. Taka Iwashita Hope W. Vath Peterson Judith Barton Judi Jurich Sandra Voice Genevieve and Michael Pfaff Janet Beatty Diane Kopp Lawson Ward Joanne and Michael Pierce Lisa H. Beede Elise LaFosse Rosanne Warmoth Eileen S. and Elliott B. Elizabeth Berns Pollack Carolann H. Birbara, Honorary Marcia Lahens, Honorary Anna Wilkocki+ Brie Quinby and Evan Cowles Eleanor W. Blake Leena K. Langeland Sally Wister John and Garrett Reynolds Edlyn R. Blitzer Tracy Lawlor Marion Zaffino Linda H. and David M. Roth Donna Bozzuto Andrea F. Levy, Honorary Ashley Zimmer+ Robert and Sharon Smith Jack Brin and Stuart Levy Judy Zinn Linda B. Sonnenblick Joyce Goodwin-Brin Gwen Lewis Susan Zito Filomena and Thomas W. Nathan Brody Sihui Liu Soyster Cassandra A. Butler Miriam Lloyd-Jones Donna and Samuel Stout Karen Byrne Grace Loeffler Marie-Claire and J.P. Susan L. Carey Yolanda Lowell van Rooy Bonnie Castellani Diane S. Macris Hope W. Vath Russell Chicoine Elizabeth Malley Barbara G. and Thomas P. Marlene Clarke Leta W. Marks Ward Carol L. Covello Laura L. McIntyre Karen C. and John H.P. Wheat Alicia Cuervo, Honorary Susan B. Meisler Edie and Bob Whitman Tim Curtis Kristina Metcalfe Linda Cheverton Wick and Sheila D’Agostino Ann Mulcahy Walter Wick Jean Davis Martha-Rea Nelson+ Judy and John Zinn Patricia Day Lee Oliver Sue DeJuan Lorraine Parsons Elizabeth Doughney Madeline Pesanti Ann Drake Anne Rankin+ Ann Marie Drury Lisa Rarus Mary Jane Dunn Marguerite Rose Ruth L. Ellison, Honorary June Rosenblatt Ramon Espinoza Virginia S. Smith Joanne Eudy Lorelei M. Sowa Deborah Fuller Henrietta Stargardter

57 Women’s Committee of Geraldine Chamberlain Fern Drutman Alice A. Hagan Nancy La Perla Patricia O’Connell Senora Riddick Margery C. Warren the Wadsworth Atheneum Lisa Chapman Dolores Dworak Sherry Harriman Kathleen Lamy Dorothy O’Meara Eleanor Rohfritch Judith Wawro Museum of Art Francine Christiansen Melissa Erdman Susan Hatch Rosalie Lester Valerie Orefice Elaine Romeo Melissa Wildfong Marlene Adkins Nancy A. Clark Karen Eustis Anita Herbst Jo-Ann Librio Katherine Papathanasis Noriko Rossi Dona Wilson Sally Alubicki Marlene Clarke Susan Fellingham Adlyn Hickey Jane Loeb Ann Parkhurst Susan A. Rottner Sarah and Raymond Winter Anne S. Alvord Lisa Cole Irene Gaffney Susan Horn Bernadette Mayer Paula G. Passaretti June Roy Jaime Wisneski Millicent E. Benner Kate Coley Nancy Galligan Lynn Horne Carolyn McGrattan Joyace Peoples Sharon Serow Joan Wojciehowski Cheryl Bertus Tina Collias Terry Gaudet Cindy Houlihan Francesca McIntyre Helen B. Perry Sonia Shipman Janet Wright Susan W. Bigelow Isabel Compasso Audrey Gervais Ann D. Howard Elizabeth Montgelas JoAnn Phelon Mary Ann Souza Barbara Zakarian Susan Blair Sandra Conlin Sarah Gessner Karin James Jacqueline Morrill Ann Louise Price Sally Summa Angham Zakko Elissa Breiling Kathleen Deasy Tracy Gibbons Bonita Jones Deborah Key Mundair Shirley Randazzo J.J. Tillinghast Sinton Mrs. Carol Zapadka Jane Britton Pauline Dickstein Linda Gooden Mary L. King Enid Myers Alyce T. Rawlins Jean Vogel Rosemarie Zbikowski Helene Brown Constance Dix Dee Gordon Marjorie Kniola Martha-Rea Nelson Janet Flagg Rawlins Donna Wadstrup Ann Bryan Carol Doeg Judith K. Gunning Joyce Kopper Margaret Neville Carol Reid Barbara G. Ward +left the museum during Elizabeth Carter Judy W. Drake Patricia Hadlow Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky Patricia A. O’Brien Anna Rice Janet L. Ward the year Anna Maria Cerza

58 59 Professional Staff

Director’s Office Curatorial Theater / Audio Visual Registrar Services Thomas J. Loughman, Robin Jaffee Frank Edward G. Russo Director and CEO Chief Curator and Krieble Anne Dunne Head Registrar Curator of American Painting Theater Services Jennifer Bordiere, Executive Mary C. Busick and Sculpture+ Administrator Dana Scott Registrar for Loans and Linda H. Roth Theater Services Exhibitions Interim Chief Curator, T. Brent Stroud Paige Culbert Senior Curator and Charles Theater Services Assistant Registrar C. and Eleanor Lamont Cunningham Curator of Susan Sullivan European Decorative Arts Theater Services Archives Brandy S. Culp Torrie Torres Eugene R. Gaddis Richard Koopman Curator of Theater Services William G. DeLana Archivist American Decorative Arts Erik Bowen and Curator of the Austin Eileen Doyle Audio Visual Technician House+ Marsted Curatorial Fellow for Andrew Pond Ann Brandwein Contemporary Art Audio Visual Technician Assistant Archivist+ Eugene R. Gaddis William G. DeLana Archivist Library and Curator of the Austin Museum Design House+ Cecil B. Adams John Teahan Librarian and Curator of Protection Services Visitor Services Development Communications Deborah Gaudet Director, Museum Services Special Book Collections Curator of Film and Theater Brandon Brownlee Stephen Gerich Mary-Ellen Callahan Grant Smith Amanda Young Senior Supervisor Visitor Services Assistant Director of Development Chief Communications & Patricia M. Hickson Preparator+ Marketing Officer+ Emily Hall Tremaine Curator David Borawski Properties Gina Calliva Jan Beatty of Contemporary Art Preparator Alan C. Barton Education Visitor Services Attendant+ Grants Manager+ Taryn Bunger Acting Marketing and PR Marci L. King Andrew Clifford Director of Facilities+ Susan L. Carey Carolyn Brown Anne Butler Rice Manager Curatorial Administrator Preparator+ Rodney Higgins Georgette Auerbach Visitor Services Manager Membership Coordinator+ Erin C. Monroe Jon Eastman Interim Director of Facilities Koopman Director of Megan Edmondson Christine Freiburger Education Finance Robert H. Schutz, Jr., Preparator Crayton Barnes Visitor Services Attendant Donor Relations Manager Associate Curator of Mark Giuliano Property Services Lauren T. Cross Courtney L. Hebert Nicholas M. Mandella Cindy Martinez American Paintings and Senior Exhibition Designer Community and Youth Visitor Services Supervisor Development Events Chief Financial Officer Sculpture Ismael Colon Programs Manager Associate Ashley Kosa Properties Services Jaclyn Jones Oliver Tostmann Preparator Jama R. Holchin Julie Portfolio Finance Assistant Susan Morse Hilles Curator Willard Coppedge Education Assistant Grants Manager of European Art Adria L. Patterson Properties Services John Halpern Janna Israel Accountant+ Exhibitions Manager Jessica Maldonado Beryl Simpson Adult and Academic Properties Services Development Associate Francis S. Kida Conservation Allen Phillips Programs Manager Accounts Payable Collections Imaging and Curtis L. Smallman Karen Simpson Ulrich Birkmaier Johanna Miller Administrator Publications Manager Properties Services Development Events Chief Conservator School and Teacher Manager+ Richard A. Kozlowski Christopher Roque Carmen R. Vega Programs Specialist Allen Kosanovich Senior Accounting Analyst Preparator Properties Services Kimberly Smith Associate Paintings Angela Parker Membership Coordinator Rosa Roman Conservator Steve Winot Docent and Tour Programs Rena Winton Accounting Manager Chief Preparator Manager Nicholas Shifrin Information Systems Events Captain+ Conservation Technician Carrie Ricciardelli Noreen J. Farrow Lauren Wyanski Resident Teaching Artist Information Systems Events Captain Technician

60 61 The Museum Shop Thomas Bruhn Sobia Khokhar Terri Vigue Stacey M. Stachow Ilda Bruko Kristina Kurker Lawson Ward Museum Shop Manager Sara Bruko Maryann Kurth-Garza Mary Lou Wall Jaclyn Cane Jayda Bryant Jean Kurth-Zubretsky Patti Walsh Sales Assistant (Seasonal) Adam Buffington Lena Lac Laurie Wasserstein Kate Riotte Chris Bulfinch Elise Lafosse Tania Pichardo Weiss Sales Associate Karen Byrne Elizabeth Larson Franziska Winterling Jessica J. Whipple David Casarella Dayna Latino Hannah Wu Sales Assistant Anthony Casarella Annmarie Lewis Natalia Zagula Rahuljeet Chadha Brittany Lewis Gail Zemantic Human Resources Fay Chen CoCo Lewis Kathye Cipes Melissa Liu Christine A. Engel Staff Publications Alexandra Clark Alex Long Chief Human Resources Lynne Zacek Bassett, Officer Victoria Clarke Soham Madnani “Battle on the Homefront: Emily Claytor Trea Mannello The Hartford Soldiers’ Aid Thad Coloumbe Kate May Association.” Beyond the Interns Emmanuel Cruz Patrick McGuire Battlefield: New England Elizabeth Barbeau and the Civil War. The Franchesca de la Cruz Kyaw San Min Chandler Caso Dublin Seminar for New Raena Davis Jennifer Murphy-Smith England Folklife Annual Megan Edmundson Emily Devoe Anthony Newman Proceedings 2011. Historic Collette Grimes Jessica Duong Antoinette Nance Deerfield, 2017. Nate Johnson Megan Edmondson Aida Nunez “Diplomatic Dress: The The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Aamani Kottamasu Court Ensembles of James Lisa Espinosa Victoria Park Lina Lack and Elizabeth Monroe.” Board of Trustees Honorary Staff Emily Estes Elizabeth Patino White House History. Vol. no. Brittany Lewis Dr. R. Eileen Baccus Frank Mitchell Maddie Farrar Consuelo Pedro 44, 2017. Officers Emma Linstone Eleanor Blake Executive Director & Curator Lily Farrow Elena-Marie Pedro Sharifa Lookman Erin Monroe, "John Trumbull: Richard Alleyne Sanford Cloud, Jr. Stacey Queen Elizabeth Smith Fries Christine Phillips President Naomi Perry Visualizing American David Driskell Education Associate Marlena Garza Thanh Son Phung Independence," in José JoAnn Price Dr. Conrad L. Mallett* Stacy Pringle Mia Garza David Pontrelli Manuel Guerrero Acosta, President Emerita Curatorial and Beverly Morgan-Welch Volunteer List Jody Ann Gooden Sharon Powers Ed., Memory Regained, Administrative Assistant Traces of History in the Emilie de Brigard John H. Motley Trinity College Volunteers Charles Gordon Chinmay Rayarikar Vice President United States, Galar: Ziur The Honorable Denise L. Viviane Grady Marguerite Rose *deceased United HealthCare Navarra S. A., 2017. Ellen Nurse Nappier Volunteers Beth Grigorian Liam Ricciadelli Vice President Teri Trotter Cynde Grogan Paul Ricciardelli Oliver Tostmann, “Aniello The Hartford Volunteers Martin John Joyce C. Willis Tess Gutowski P. Mason Ricciardelli Falcone, Cavalry Battle,” in CREC Greater Hartford Caravaggios Erben. Barock Treasurer Gloria Gworek Ana Romano Academy of the Arts in Neapel, ed. by P. Forster, Medina Jett Ex-Officio Margo Lynn Hablutzel Cynthia Ryan E. Oy-Marra, H. Damm, Secretary Henry R. Martin Debbie Miller Harris Diane Salm exhibition catalogue Cassia Armstrong Tom Loughman (Wiesbaden, 2016): 362­–63. Yousuf Aslam Patrick Hayes Joan Samuels Trustees “Michelangelo Merisi da Joe Barber Meijing He Lana Sato Caravaggio, St. Francis Dane Dudley James Hilton Caitlin Southwick Marina Babushkin in Ecstasy,” in Dentro Dr. Anjanette Ferris-Senatus Josh Spiro Beth Barbeau Elisabeth Houle Caravaggio, ed. by R. Vodret, Carol S. Garlick Roza Tammer James Bartalotta Ann Hurder exhibition catalogue (Milan, Joelle A. Murchison Julia Toto 2017). Eloise Bennett Robert Jeffreys Elizabeth J. Normen Ha Tran Sofia Bliek Carol Jin Claire Pryor Colin Tress Eric Brazalovich Jackie John Dr. Janelle Ricketts Davey Vernier Carolyn Brown Christine Joyner Maisie Russell Camisha Vilme Emily Brown Amina Khokhar +Left the staff during fiscal year Vanessa Williams

62 63 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Financial Statements

Traveling Exhibition Profit $50 Enterprise Activity Condensed Statement of Activities $887

————————— Unrestricted ————————— Temporarily Permanently Endowment Draws Operating Non-Operating Total Restricted Restricted 2017 Total 2016 Total $4,112 Revenues, gains and other support: Investment income used by operations $ 2,815,002 $ 89 $ 2,815,091 $ 104 $ - $ 2,815,195 $ 2,277,925 Contributions 1,835,746 11,914 1,847,660 1,765,536 2,500 3,615,696 3,629,393 Membership, dues and activities 311,682 - 311,682 - - 311,682 357,114 Revenue Profile FY17 Actuals Net investment income (loss) Total Operating Revenues from funds held in trust by others 184,315 - 184,315 42,815 369,595 596,725 (21,029) in thousands of $8.5 m Net assets released from restriction 2,072,819 3,386,591 5,459,410 (5,328,052) (131,358) - - Admissions 301,213 - 301,213 - - 301,213 316,071 Exhibition fees and other 412,311 293,279 705,590 - - 705,590 608,248 Auxiliary activities 589,710 - 589,710 - - 589,710 520,127

Total revenues 8,522,798 3,691,873 12,214,671 (3,519,597) 240,737 8,935,811 7,687,849

Contributed Income Expenses: $3,473 Programs Collections and exhibitions 3,949,252 1,413,341 5,362,593 - - 5,362,593 5,622,428 Special Exhibitions & Art acquistion - 467,341 467,341 - - 467,341 1,304,703 Public Programs Education 828,447 119,108 947,555 - - 947,555 1,000,684 $167 External affairs and fundraising 1,256,724 22,140 1,278,864 - - 1,278,864 1,047,471 Staff & Office $509 General and administrative 1,523,634 170,670 1,694,304 - - 1,694,304 1,840,855 Auxiliary activities 964,741 414,888 1,379,629 - - 1,379,629 1,297,808 General Operating $2,511 Total expenses 8,522,798 2,607,488 11,130,286 - - 11,130,286 12,113,949 Collection Acquisitions (Art & Books) Total value at Change in net assets before investment return - 1,084,385 1,084,385 (3,519,597) 240,737 (2,194,475) (4,426,100) $588 June 30: $99m Total return from long-term investments - (1,475,154) (1,475,154) 9,972,431 - 8,497,277 (4,452,899) FY17 Unrestricted & Restricted Change in net assets $ - $ (390,769) (390,769) 6,452,834 240,737 6,302,802 (8,878,999) Endowment Draws Total Draws of $5.0 m in thousands Net assets at beginning of year 42,921,709 48,494,944 36,762,309 128,178,962 137,057,961

Net assets at end of year $ 42,530,940 $ 54,947,778 $ 37,003,778 $ 134,481,764 $128,178,962 Effective Draw Rate of 5.0%

Galleries & Conservation $1,020 The condensed statement of financial position and condensed statement of activities are derived from the Wadsworth Atheneum's financial statements as of June 30, 2017, which have been audited by CohnReznick, LLP, independent auditors, whose report expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

64 65 Design: WondriskaRusso Associates Photography: Allen Phillips Diana Guay Dixon The Defining Photo LLC Printing: Kirkwood Printing 600 Main Street Hartford CT, 06103 thewadsworth.org