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Against the Grain Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design Dear Friends SPRING BULLETIN 2013 views MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN AGAINST THE GRAIN Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design Dear Friends, As I look back upon my 16 years with MAD and prepare to step down as director, I am so proud of all that we have accomplished. I want to thank you, on behalf of all of us at the Mu- seum, for your continued and generous support, for your enthusiasm and energy, and for your dedication and commitment, which has helped us become the dynamic Board of Trustees institution we are today. MAD has grown from hosting LEWIS KRUGER Holly Hotchner under a thousand annual visitors to welcoming more Chairman Nanette L. Laitman Director JEROME A. CHAZEN than 400,000 people a year from all over the globe, who Chairman Emeritus BaRBARA TOBER come to explore the exciting, interdisciplinary nature of contemporary craftsman- Chairman Emerita FRED KLEISNER ship, art, and design through our exhibitions and programs. We are reaching an Treasurer ever-wider and more diverse audience, including a dedicated younger group of LINDA E. JOHNSON Secretary members and visitors. It is a sight to see these varied groups coming together HOLLY HOTCHNER Director at MAD. DIEGO ARRIA CECILY CARSON In our new home, we established a comprehensive education program, serving ap- SIMONA CHAZEN CHARLES S. COHEN proximately 75,000 museum-goers a year, with nearly 400 annual offerings a year MICHELE COHEN from our outstanding programs for K-12 and initiatives like Arts Reach, providing ERIC DOBKIN art instruction for at-risk teens; to our Open Studios initiative, the first of its kind MARCIA DOCTER C. VIRGINIA FIELDS in an American museum; to our variety of public events, including workshops and CAROLEE FRIEDLANDER tours, to performances and screenings, to installations and artist talks. KRIS FUCHS SETH GLIckENHAUS SANDRA B. GROTTA Our special exhibitions have transformed traditional ideas about craft, examining EDWIN B. HaTHAWay new trends and innovations in design and providing new platforms to spotlight LIsa HERBERT MICHAEL JEssELSON the work of underrepresented and emerging artists. We have a range of exciting ANN KAPLAN upcoming programs that continue to build on these areas, from another in our NaNETTE L. LaITmaN ERIC J. LEE series of critically-acclaimed exhibitions organized around materials and process, JEFFREY MANOCHERIAN Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design, opening this month, to ROBERT LEE MORRIS KARIM RasHID an exhibition exploring new trends in digital fabrication and design, Out of Hand: KamBIZ SHAHBAZI Materializing the Postdigital, which opens in November. BaRBARA KARP SHUSTER KLARA SILVERSTEIN ANGELA SUN It has been an extraordinary journey, from West 53rd Street to 2 Columbus Circle, WILLIam S. TaUBmaN from the American Craft Museum to the Museum of Arts and Design, and it has MILES YOUNG been my great pleasure to take this journey with you. As a friend of the Museum Honorary once said to me, the Museum’s work “has made plain that the art of craftsman- Kay BUcksBAUM ship and the craftsmanship of art stand shoulder to shoulder,” and nothing could SUZANNE G. ELSON JANE KORmaN make me prouder. Jack LENOR LaRSEN JEANNE LEVITT NaNcy MARks Thank you again for all your support over these last 16 years—it has been a great AVIva ROBINSON joy to count you as my extended family. I know you will continue to be illumi- ALFRED R. SHANDS, III nated and inspired by MAD’s programs and activities, and with so much on the Ex-Officio horizon, it couldn’t be a more exciting time for MAD, so stay tuned for all that HONORABLE MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG comes next! HONORABLE CHRISTINE C. QUINN HONORABLE With all my best wishes, SCOTT M. STRINGER Holly Hotchner 2 museum of arts and design The Museum of Arts and Design, in addition to major Lappin, and James G. Van Bramer, and the Manhattan financial assistance from its Board of Trustees, receives Delegation of the Council; the Chazen Foundation; The operating funds from many dedicated supporters. Major Glickenhaus Foundation; the Charles and Joan Gross support for the Museum’s exhibitions, educational and Family Foundation; the William and Mildred Lasdon outreach programs, and general operations is provided Foundation; The New York Community Trust; Newman’s by public funds from the National Endowment for the Own Foundation; The Seth Sprague Educational and Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the Charitable Foundation; Patricia Tarr and the 2wice support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New Foundation; the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund; York State Legislature; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation; private Commissioner Kate D. Levin, and the New York City and anonymous donors; and the Museum’s corporate Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the members. MADLAB: ARTS ACCESS was initiated with New York City Council; City Council Speaker Christine funds from the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, with C. Quinn, Councilmembers Gale A. Brewer, Jessica S. additional support from the Keith Haring Foundation. Lappin, and James G. Van Bramer, and the Manhattan MADLAB: ARTS REACH is made possible by Fondation Delegation of the Council; and Manhattan Borough d’Entreprise Hermès and the New York Community 4 – 5 President Scott M. Stringer. Trust. on view, upcoming The Museum’s Friday evening Pay-What-You-Wish KLM Important funds for the Museum’s ongoing operations FRIdays are underwritten by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. are provided by the Museum’s members and Acorn Hill 6 – 7 Foundation, Inc.; AG Foundation; Frances Alexander MAD exhibition sponsors include 1STDIBS; Harvey Allen; Foundation; The Ambrose Monell Foundation; American new acquisitions the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass; Bloomberg Express; the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; LP; Chanel, Inc.; Christie’s; the Consulate General of Adrian and Jessie Archbold Charitable Trust; The Arkin 8 – 10 the Netherlands; Diptyque; the Doris Duke Foundation Family Foundation; Maria and The Honorable Diego E. for Islamic Art; Fiona Druckenmiller; The Este¯e Lauder Arria; Benjamin Moore & Co.; Bloomberg LP; Bloomberg curatorial perspectives Companies Inc.; Harvey Fein; the Ford Foundation; Philanthropies; BNP Paribas; The Brown Foundation; Elliot Friman; Givaudan; Katherine Golas; Guerlain; George Bouri; Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family 11 Hermès Parfums; International Flavors and Fragrances, Foundation; Carnegie Corporation of New York; The Inc.; Ari Kazumi; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; L’Oréal; Carson Family Charitable Trust; The Chazen Foundation; in the studio: projects projects Beverly Mezzei; the Robert Minkoff Foundation; Tomoko Chilewich Sultan LLC; Michele and Martin Cohen; Con Miyokawa; Larry and Madeline Mohr; P & G Prestige; Edison; The Herbert and Junia Doan Foundation; the Saks Fifth Avenue; Lee Siegelson; the Smithsonian Dobkin Family Foundation; Marcia and Alan Docter; 12 – 15 Institution’s Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program; Renaud Dutreil; Elizabeth Arden; The Este¯e Lauder inside MAD Soldiere; the Terra Foundation for American Art; Man- Companies Inc.; The Ferriday Fund Charitable Trust; Kong Tsui; Van Cleef & Arpels; Marsha Williams; the The Honorable C. Virginia Fields; Carolee Friedlander; Windgate Charitable Foundation; Women in Flavor Kris Fuchs; The Glickenhaus Foundation; Sandra and 16 – 17 and Fragrance Commerce Inc.; and the Inner Circle, Louis Grotta; The Irving Harris Foundation; Edwin B. MAD happenings Collectors Circle, and Curators Circle, the Museum’s Hathaway; Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.; William Talbott leadership support groups. MADPROJECTS exhibitions Hillman Foundation; Lois U. and Dirk Jecklin; Linda E. are made possible in part by the Museum’s Design Johnson; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Ann Kaplan and Robert 18 – 19 Council. Fippinger; The J.M. Kaplan Fund; J. Jeffrey Kauffman; F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.; Johnna and Fred Kleisner; MAD members Acquisitions to the Museum’s permanent collection The Jane and Leonard Korman Family Foundation; are made possible in part through the generosity of the Laura and Lewis Kruger; The William and Mildred 20 – 24 Board of Trustees; private and anonymous donors; and Lasdon Foundation; The Levitt Foundation; Lion Brand the Museum’s Collections Committee. The restoration Yarn; the Liz Claiborne Foundation; Maharam Fabric MAD supporters of Robert Arneson’s ALICE HOUSE WALL was made Corporation; Cynthia and Jeffrey Manocherian; Material possible by a generous grant from The Henry Luce ConneXion; Maya Romanoff Corporation; Merchandise Foundation, Inc. Mart Properties, Inc.; Robert Lee Morris; Nelson Air Corp.; Neuberger Berman; Newman’s Own; Northern The CHARLES BRONFMAN InternatIONAL Trust; Ogilvy & Mather; Oldcastle Building Envelope; The CUratorshIP PROGRAM, focusing on contemporary Peco Foundation; Pratt Instiute; The Jack A. and Aviva global developments in art, craft, and design, has been Robinson Family Support Foundation; Joel M. Rosenthal; generously funded by The Andrea and Charles Bronfman The Evelyn Sharp Foundation; Barbara Karp Shuster; The Fund. Franz W. Sichel Foundation; The Ruth and Jerome Siegel Foundation; Klara and Larry Silverstein; Steelcase, Inc.; The Museum’s educational and public programs are Sugar Foods Corporation; Angela Sun; Suzanne Tick, made possible through the generosity of the Leona Inc.; The Taubman Company; Tiffany & Co.; Time Warner, M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Ongoing Inc.; Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation; Miles support is provided by the William
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