Annual Report, 2009

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Annual Report, 2009

Table of contents Letter from the Chair of the Board of Trustees 3

Letter from the Pritzker Director 7

Curatorial Report 10 Exhibitions 13 Acquisitions 14

Performance Report 18 Performances 20

Education Report 22

Support 24

Financial Information 40

Events 42

Board of Trustees 46

Sta¤ 47

Letter from the Chair of the Board of Trustees

More than two decades have passed since I first became involved with the MCA Chicago. I joined the sta= as associate director in 1988, served as a consultant to the museum in the 1990s, and then became a trustee. Every step of the way I have been inspired by the intelligence, daring, and focus exemplified by the institution and its programs, by its sta= and volunteers. But today I write from a new vantage point: chair of the board. From this perspective I have a clear view of one of the most exciting moments in the MCA’s distinguished history. Innovation is really in the air. Of course, ingenuity and bold new ideas have always been central to our work. But today we find ourselves envisioning and creating a new model for what a museum of contemporary art can and should be.

Hard times can be a catalyst for clarifying priorities and articulating value. De- spite one of the most challenging economic climates since the Great Depression, optimism is driving this museum—a clear determination to be an engaging

letter from the chair of the board of trustees 3 center of artistic activity and inquiry, a place to witness, participate in, and better understand the creative process.

MCA exhibitions and performances in 2009 were dazzling in their fulfillment of this promise—from the stunning works of Je¤ Koons to the sensory environ- ments of Olafur Eliasson, from the provocative Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes to the renowned Chicago Chamber Musicians. With these and other important events and programs, we set new attendance records and garnered critical ac- claim, showing that the quality and draw of our programming can transcend the economic climate.

Further proving the MCA’s relevance and dynamism, we received significant financial support not just from longtime donors but from new supporters as well. Throughout the year the MCA sta¤ displayed grace under pressure, consistently finding ways to do more amid the reality of less available funding.

This first year of my tenure I drew inspiration from my predecessor, Helen Zell, one of the most dedicated members of any cultural arts community. Her extraordinary stewardship of the museum’s fiscal health enabled me to step in with- out trepidation. In fact, I could not have been more fortunate to take the reins when I did, as the board had brought in our brilliant and dynamic new leader, Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn.

Extraordinary leadership is an MCA hallmark, from Madeleine and our tal- ented sta¤ to the board and our many committed volunteers. This year we welcomed five new trustees—Marc Brooks, Eric Lefkofsky, Sylvia Neil, Michael J. O’Connor, and Kathy Taslitz—who feel the momentum of Madeleine’s vision and who bring additional perspective and expertise to our ranks.

4 letter from the chair of the board of trustees Sadly, we said heartfelt goodbyes to three trustees who passed away: Eddie Anixter, Muriel Kallis Newman, and Marshall Holleb. One of our founders, Marshall helped secure the museum’s first location on Ontario Street and later led the way through complex but ultimately successful negotiations for the current site. Marshall was a kindred spirit for all of us who love the arts, and he possessed the very qualities we hold dear as an institution—integrity, wit, and compassion.

Due to decades of hard work by amazing people and a palpable new energy and enthusiasm, a place defined by the vanguard has become a reliable source of excellence here in the city of Chicago and throughout the international art community. I would like to extend my appreciation to everyone who is part of the MCA—sta¤, volunteers, museum members, donors, and trustees—who always hear the call and lend their unwavering support to our endeavor.

Mary Ittelson Chair of the Board of Trustees

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Letter from the Pritzker Director

It is very gratifying to write my second letter for the MCA Chicago’s annual report, this one marking my first full fiscal year as Pritzker Director. More than a year into my tenure and a decade into the 21st century, I am proud to see the MCA becoming ever-more invigorated and invigorating—an engaging center for current and experiential art where the creative process is continually explored.

In early 2009 our retrospective of works by Je¤ Koons was named one of the top ten exhibitions of the decade by the Washington Post, and we closed out the fiscal year with Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, the best-attended exhibition in MCA history. Wildly di¤erent in content, both shows reinforced our commitment to artists who take risks, defy convention, and demonstrate high regard for the viewer—Koons, through his belief that any response to his work is legitimate and true, and Eliasson, through sensory experiences that require viewer partici- pation. Over the course of the year visitors to the MCA also saw exhibitions of works by Jenny Holzer, Theaster Gates, and Joseph Grigely, as well as new works by emerging Chicago artists in the UBS 12 ∑ 12: New Artists/New Work exhibition series—a nurturing partnership with global financial firm UBS. As a host institution to the traveling exhibition Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe,

letter from the pritzker director 7 we helped connect Fuller’s innovations of the 20th century to the leading con- cerns of the 21st, a testament to his incredible prescience as a thinker and agent of social change. Despite a challenging economy, and thanks to our generous community of supporters, we were also able to add important works to the MCA Collection, including Eliasson’s Convex/concave (1995/2000).

Live performances on the MCA Stage also provoked immediate and lingering e¤ects. Frankly, there is no theater in Chicago more varied and voluminous than ours, and in 2009, audiences flocked to Heddy Maalem’s explosive interpretation of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), featuring dancers from West Africa; GATZ, a seven-hour theatrical experience of F. Scott Fitzger- ald’s The Great Gatsby; and the visually spectacular work of Blair Thomas and Company, to name but a few of our dynamic o¤erings.

In 2009 we partnered with Critical Inquiry and the University of Chicago’s Open Practice Committee/Department of Visual A¤airs to sponsor the symposium Disruptions: The Political in Art Now, bringing together influential theorists, artists, curators, and educators to explore the intersection of art and politics in the first decade of the 21st century. And because we work with living artists and the art of the moment, we o¤ered artist talks, on-site art-making, Family Days, and myriad other programs and events designed to help visitors investigate the art of our time in real time. I’m also proud to report that in the face of a global recession we continued to put the MCA audience first, maintain- ing free museum admission on Tuesdays, full hours of admission, and a varied menu of free programs.

The MCA has always stood for the principle that current creative activity o¤ers critical insight into the times in which we live, but we also believe that benefiting from what artists are doing entails consideration and dialogue. Today the web enables us to connect contemporary art-making with anyone, anywhere, who wants to learn more about what artists are doing (and why) and also what the

8 letter from the pritzker director MCA is up to (and when). As 2009 folded into 2010, we ceased thinking about the internet in terms of having a “web presence”—a static and quickly outdated mode of thinking—and began integrating technology into everything we do to enable people to stay current—and thoughtful—through contemporary art.

Helping us to make everything happen, from the development of new, fruitful partnerships and the implementation of big ideas to fresh paint and cleaner limestone, was our ever-dedicated Board of Trustees. I’m delighted to report that Mary Ittelson has joined our new leadership team as Chair of the Board of Trustees. Mary’s relationship to the MCA is deep and ongoing, from her work as Associate Director in the late 1980s through her involvement as a consultant and then a trustee, to her role today. She knows the art world and the MCA well, and her regard for both is so clear and true, that I am fortunate to have her as my partner.

An artist creates, and in the instant the viewer sees, the creative process does not close a loop; but rather breaks open into a new process of interpretation, consideration, and appreciation.

Enticing a citizenry of artists and art appreciators, a new work of art evolves through every experience it engenders, into new thoughts, new actions, and new ways of being in the world. In this sense the MCA is a center for the new that will become the lasting, and a place for both immersion and interaction. While the artworks and performances on view may fluctuate in materials, mood, and meaning, we consistently present them as catalysts for better understanding each other, our times, and ourselves. But alongside this steadfast commitment, exciting changes are coming to the MCA. I thank our wonderful trustees and sta¤ for their intelligence, energy, and dedication as we make our vision real.

Madeleine Grynsztejn Pritzker Director

letter from the pritzker director 9 Curatorial Report

In keeping with our renewed emphasis on the living artist, the MCA’s exhibition program in fiscal year 2009 featured ambitious and successive solo presentations of some of the most important artists working today. These exhibitions, among the best-attended Dominic Molon Curator and Acting Curatorial in our history, ranged from career-spanning surveys Department Head to daring and experimental projects that challenged the boundaries of artistic practice. This balance between presentations of artists whose work has become an integral part of postwar art history and those creating the art history of the future remains central to the MCA’s international reputation as one of the most respected and perennially relevant contemporary art museums.

Complementing our rigorous and visionary exhibition program has been an in- creasingly dynamic focus on building the MCA Collection. Thanks to the inspired generosity of both long-standing and recently welcomed supporters of the museum, a number of outstanding works have been added as gifts, while other superlative acquisitions have further strengthened one of the most significant and compelling museum collections of contemporary art in the world.

10 curatorial Exhibition program Late fall brought the opening of Joseph Grigely St. Cecilia, which featured work from the nearly 15-year career of this internationally The summer season began with the opening recognized artist who currently lives and of the eagerly awaited retrospective Je¤ Koons, works in Chicago. Representing the various a comprehensive presentation of one of the media with which he works, including video, most well-known and intriguing artists of the sound, sculpture, and works on paper, it 20th century. The largest and most expansive explored the poignancy and humor of mis- exhibition of Koons’s work in a US museum communication. The exhibition demonstrated to date, it reflected the MCA’s history of Grigely’s overarching intent to make works presenting the artist’s first US survey 20 years that create a situation in which hearing peo- ago in 1988, before he began his often con- ple experience linguistic misunderstandings troversial series of works in porcelain. The from a similar point of view as a deaf artist worked closely with the MCA to create a person, through familiar touchstones such carefully selected survey focusing on his most as television shows, Christmas carols, iconic sculptural works that instantly became and Post-it notes. one of the museum’s most popular shows in its 42-year history. Not surprisingly, exhibitions at the MCA of the architects and designers that have had Our major fall exhibition, Jenny Holzer: an indelible impact and influence on postwar PROTECT PROTECT, similarly presented culture have been enthusiastically received. works by one of the most celebrated and Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe definitive artists of the 1980s, yet Holzer’s was no exception. The first major US work is characterized by a more politically exhibition of Fuller’s work in 35 years, and a direct and confrontational urgency. Co-organ testament to his fascinating mix of utopian ized with the Fondation Beyeler of Basel, vision and organic pragmatism, the exhibition Switzerland, and traveling to the Whitney featured a combination of models, sketches, Museum of American Art, New York, and the and other artifacts—many on view for the Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art, Gateshead, first time—representing six decades of this United Kingdom, the exhibition featured a visionary architect and thinker’s integrated rigorously selected presentation of her work approach to housing, transportation, commu- from the mid-1990s that focuses on the nication, and cartography. circulation of information and disinformation in an era of global conflict.

curatorial 11 Another major exhibition focusing on a vi- MCA Collection sionary artist—albeit one working in our own time—was Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, Various rigorous and substantive presen- which opened in May 2009. The most com- tations featured works drawn from the prehensive exhibition of this internationally collection, including Everything’s Here, which recognized Danish-Icelandic artist in a US provided context for the Je¤ Koons exhibition museum to date, it featured works in various by presenting works by the many Chicago- media from throughout his career, dazzling based artists who inspired him; USA Today, audiences with multisensory installations that which focused on politically engaged art in prompted a sense of temporal, civic, and relationship to last year’s presidential election; physical self-awareness. Take your time and Artists in Depth, an ongoing series of became the best-attended exhibition in the presentations emphasizing our concentrated MCA’s history, welcoming 107,848 visitors. holdings of work by particular artists. Additionally, Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates’s project Temple Exercises involved a Through gifts and purchases, we also made multidimensional installation and perfor- numerous acquisitions of spectacular works mances across the city. We are so very proud by artists such as Mark Bradford, Louise that Gates will participate in the 2010 Bourgeois, Manon de Boer, Sam Durant, Whitney Biennial. Olafur Eliasson, Joseph Grigely, and Doris Salcedo—the first works by these artists The MCA also continued to present its to enter the collection. Other works acquired acclaimed UBS 12 ∑ 12: New Artists/New Work for the collection this past fiscal year helped series, featuring exciting new projects by to develop our already strong holdings of Chicago-based artists such as Ti¤any works by artists such as Lothar Baumgarten, Holmes, Industry of the Ordinary, and Liam Gillick, Leon Golub, Sharon Lockhart, Harold Mendez, among others. and Thomas Ru¤.

12 curatorial exhibitions Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT October 25, 2008–February 1, 2009

Utopia Station and Peace Salon Joseph Grigely St. Cecilia July 4–27, 2008 November 22, 2008–February 22, 2009

Je¤ Koons USA Today May 31–September 21, 2008 November 8, 2008–May 3, 2009

Everything’s Here Theaster Gates: Temple Exercises June 14–October 26, 2008 January 6–February 1, 2009

UBS 12 ∑ 12: New Artists/New Work Don Baum: In Memoriam Howard Henry Chen December 20, 2008–March 2009 August 2–31, 2008 Selections from the MCA Collection Von Kommanivanh February 17–March 15, 2009 September 6–28, 2008 All-City Art Exhibition Industry of the Ordinary April 3–24, 2009 October 4–November 2, 2008 Artists in Depth: William Kentridge Harold Mendez May 10, 2008–May 31, 2009 November 8–30, 2008 Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe Tan Wee Lit March 14–July 5, 2009 December 6–28, 2008

Curtis Mann February 7–March 1, 2009

Paul Preissner March 7–29, 2009

Ti¤any Holmes April 4–26, 2009

Armita Raafat May 2–31, 2009

Edra Soto June 6–28, 2009

curatorial 13 AcQUISITIONS Manon de Boer (Dutch, b. 1966) Attica, 2008 16 mm black-and-white film with mono sound Milton Avery (American, 1885–1965) Edition 2 of 5 aside from 2 artist’s proofs The Owl, date unknown Restricted gift of Verge: The Emerging Artists Oil on canvas Advisory Group of the MCA and Bernice and 29 1/4 ∑ 24 1/2 in. (74.3 ∑ 62.2 cm) Kenneth Newberger Fund, 2008.26 Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection, 2008.32 Sam Durant (American, b. 1961) Partially Buried 1960s/70s Dystopia Revealed Lothar Baumgarten (German, b. 1944) (Mick Jagger at Altamont) & Utopia Reflected Double Center Frog, Susquehanna Wall drawing (Wavy Gravy at Woodstock), 1998 from the Carbon series, 1989/90 Mirrors, dirt, amplified audio system, Wall drawing (acrylic paint on wall) and audio cd Dimensions variable Two parts, each: 20 ∑ 84 ∑ 40 in. Gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow, 2008.31 (50.8 ∑ 213.4 ∑ 101.6 cm) Partial and promised gift of Rena Conti William Baziotes (American, 1912–63) and Ivan Moskowitz, 2008.37 The Sleepwalker, 1949 Oil on canvas Olafur Eliasson (Danish-Icelandic, b. 1967) 40 ∑ 22 1/8 in. (101.6 ∑ 56.2 cm) Convex/concave, 1995–2000 Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection, Reflecting mirror foil on frame and 2008.33 pneumatic pump system Edition 2 of 3 Mark Bradford (American, b. 1961) Mirror: 63 in. diameter (160 cm) Thriller, 2009 Gift of the Howard and Donna Stone Mixed-media collage on canvas Collection in honor of Madeleine Grynsztejn, 101 ∑ 142 in. (256.5 ∑ 360.7 cm) 2008.18.a–b Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by exchange, 2009.3 Olafur Eliasson (Danish-Icelandic, b. 1967) Eye see you, 2006 Louise Bourgeois (American, b. France Stainless steel, aluminum, color-e¤ect filter, 1911–2010) bulb, and cable The She-Fox, 1985 90 1/2 ∑ 47 1/4 ∑ 43 1/3 in. (230 ∑ 120 ∑ 110 cm) Black marble and steel Edition 4 of 30 aside from artist’s proof 56 1/2 ∑ 20 1/2 ∑ 30 1/4 in. (143.5 ∑ 52 ∑ 76.8 cm) Gift of Rosina Lee Yue & Bert A. Lies, JR. MD Gift of Camille Oliver-Ho¤mann, 2008.22 in honor of Stefan Edlis and H. Gael Neeson, 2009.5

14 curatorial Liam Gillick (British, b. 1964) Thomas Hirshhorn (Swiss, b. 1957) Untitled (Poll hear them 2), 1998 Serie B (50), 2000–01 Aluminum and colored see-through fabric Marker, ink, and magazine pages on paper Dimensions variable in taped plastic sleeves Gift of Rena Conti and Ivan Moskowitz, 20 parts, each: approx. 12 ∑ 17 in. 2008.35 (30 ∑ 43 cm) Gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow, 2008.30.a–t Liam Gillick (British, b. 1964) Untitled (“The What If? Scenario” Carsten Höller (Belgian, b. 1961) Discussion Platform), 1996 Plant Suicide, 1994 Aluminum poles and colored Plant, electrical outlet, wires, and Plexiglas squares pulley system 72 ∑ 60 ∑ 60 in. (177.8 ∑ 152.4 ∑ 152.4 cm) Dimensions variable Gift of Rena Conti and Ivan Moskowitz, Partial and promised gift of Rena Conti 2008.36 and Ivan Moskowitz, 2008.38

Leon Golub (American, 1922–2004) Thomas Houseago (British, b. 1972) The Dying Gaul, circa 1955 Untitled, 2008 Conté crayon on paper Plaster, hemp, and iron rebar Framed dimensions: 30 ∑ 43 in. 52 ∑ 110 ∑ 39 in. (132.1 ∑ 279.4 ∑ 99.1 cm) (76.2 ∑ 109.2 cm) Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by exchange Gift of Marshall and Doris Holleb, 2008.24 and restricted gift of the Collectors’ Forum, 2009.7.a–c Joseph Grigely (American, b. 1956) What Did I Say, 2008 Alex Katz (American, b. 1964) Ink and graphite on paper, and pins Brown Hat Jessica, 2002 30 ∑ 113 in. (76.2 ∑ 287 cm) Graphite on paper

Purchased with a gift from the Stenn Family Sheet: 15 ∑ 22 1/2 in. (38.1 ∑ 57.2 cm); to the Edlis/Neeson Art Acquisition Fund Framed: 21 x 28 x 1 in. (53.3 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm) in honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, Gift of Paul L. and Dedrea Gray in memory 2008.21 of Joseph Shapiro on the occasion of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2009.1 Angelina Gualdoni (American, b. 1975) Praca dos Tres Poderes (Night), 2005 Judy Ledgerwood Acrylic and oil on canvas Thick ‘n’ Thin, 2003

48 3/16 ∑ 60 1/8 in. (122.4 ∑ 152.72 cm) Oil on canvas Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson, 36 ∑ 30 in. (91.4 ∑ 76.2 cm) 2008.29 Gift of the Susan and Lewis Manilow Collection of Chicago Artists, 2009.2

curatorial 15 Sharon Lockhart (American, b. 1964) Ben Shahn (American, b. Lithuania Goshogaoka Girls Basketball Team Group 1898–1969) # 1: Yuka Koishihara and Eri Kobayashi; Democracies Fear New Peace O¤ensive Yuka Ishigami; Chinatsu Narui and Hitomi (Spring, 1940), 1940

Shibazaki; Kumiko Shirai, 1997 Sight: 14 1/4 ∑ 21 3/8 in. (36.2 ∑ 54.3 cm.) Chromogenic development prints Gift of the Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection, Edition 1 of 8 2008.34

Four parts, each: 32 5/16 ∑ 27 3/8 in. (81.3 ∑ 68.6 cm) Dannielle Tegeder (American, b. 1971) Gift of Bucciero Family, 2008.23.a–d Untitled 1, 2007 Mixed media Sharon Lockhart (American, b. 1964) 14 ∑ 17 in. (35.6 ∑ 43.2 cm) View from Hollis Frampton’s House in Eaton, Gift of the artist and Tony Wight Gallery, New York, 2001 2009.6.1 Chromogenic development print 20 ∑ 16 in. (50.8 ∑ 40.6 cm) Dannielle Tegeder (American, b. 1971) Edition 58 of 100 aside from 10 artist’s proofs Untitled 2, 2007 Gift of Nancy and Robert Mollers, 2008.19 Mixed media 14 ∑ 17 in. (35.6 ∑ 43.2 cm) Adam McEwen (British, b. 1965) Gift of the artist and Tony Wight Gallery, Untitled (A-line), 2002 2009.6.2 Chromogenic development print 84 ∑ 50 in. (213 ∑ 127 cm) Dannielle Tegeder (American, b. 1971) Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson, Untitled 3, 2007 2008.28 Mixed media 14 ∑ 17 in. (35.6 ∑ 43.2 cm) Thomas Ru¤ (German, b. 1958) Gift of the artist and Tony Wight Gallery, Zycles 3065, 2008 2009.6.3 Ink-jet on canvas Edition 1 of 3 Dannielle Tegeder (American, b. 1971) 104 ∑ 92 in (264.2 ∑ 233.7 cm) Untitled 4, 2007 Gift of Marilyn and Larry Fields, 2009.4 Mixed media 14 ∑ 17 in (35.6 ∑ 43.2 cm) Doris Salcedo (Colombian, b. 1958) Gift of the artist and Tony Wight Gallery, Untitled, 2008 2009.6.4 Wood and concrete

85 5/8 ∑ 95 ∑ 40 in. (220 ∑ 242 ∑ 120 cm) Gift of Katharine S. Schamberg by exchange, 2008.20

16 curatorial Dannielle Tegeder (American, b. 1971) Illinois: missing people/police identification numbers (2007), 2007 Mixed media 14 ∑ 17 in. (35.6 ∑ 43.2 cm) Gift of the artist and Tony Wight Gallery, 2009.6.5

Dannielle Tegeder (American, b. 1971) Illinois: 7 people, 1 site, 1986 (2007), 2007 Mixed media 14 ∑ 17 in. (35.6 ∑ 43.2 cm) Gift of the artist and Tony Wight Gallery, 2009.6.6

Chris Vasell (American, b. 1974) Untitled (cave), 2004 Acrylic on canvas 80 ∑ 60 in. (203.2 ∑ 152.4 cm) Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson, 2008.25

Chris Vasell (American, b. 1974) Cepahlic Isolation, 2005 Acrylic on canvas 82 ∑ 68 in. (208 ∑ 172 cm) Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson, 2008.27

curatorial 17 Performance Report

During fiscal year 2009, the MCA produced an ambitious performing arts season that profiled innovative artists and drew diverse audiences. Based on a multi- disciplinary approach, MCA Stage features significant artists working in dance, theater, music, and cross- Peter Taub Director of Performance disciplinary forms. The active 2009 season consisted Programs of 17 primary projects and festivals featuring international, national, and Chicago-based artists, with more than 80 performances and approximately 40 Artists Up Close discussions and workshops.

Various platforms were utilized to realize and International Contemporary Ensemble the MCA’s extensive commitment to Chicago (ICE) in their MCA debut, with a stunning artists. Chicago Dancemakers Forum, a portrait concert of works by composer Iannis program that supports local choreographers Xenakis. through grants, workshops, and mentor- Our programs introduced influential interna- ships, is led by the MCA in consortium with tional artists to Chicago audiences, including two other dance presenters and is the single French-Algerian choreographer Heddy largest source of support for new dance de- Maalem and his transfixing interpretation velopment in Chicago. The MCA provided of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring ). developmental support for a new puppet- Japanese writer-director Toshiko Okada and theater work by Blair Thomas & Company, his experimental theater company, chelfitsch, leading to a successful two-week run of per- performed a distinctive work about a lost formances on the MCA Stage. And in spring generation of urban youth; Teatro de Ciertos 2009, we presented three top Chicago-based Habitantes from Mexico City performed their music ensembles in consecutive months: fantastical baroque opera about the history of Contempo, in a double bill with legendary the castrati; and powerhouse Canadian chore- Brazilian singer Leny Andrade; Chicago ographer Marie Chouinard stunned audiences Chamber Musicians, with the US premiere with the erotic intensity and visual invention of Rolf Wallin’s chamber opera Strange News; of Orpheus and Eurydice.

18 performance The season was particularly strong for con- we initiated meaningful encounters among temporary theater artists, with international artists and audiences, encouraging conversa- companies balanced by leading US artists. tions and deeper immersion through related Monologuist Mike Daisey made his Chicago exhibitions, workshops, and discussions. By debut with the riotous and revealing If You placing artists and their creative processes in See Something Say Something. New York’s the foreground, the MCA promotes deeper Elevator Repair Service swept away audiences understanding of artists and art-making for with GATZ, their unforgettable marathon our diverse constituents. re-creation of The Great Gatsby, co-commissioned by the MCA.

Building on our long-standing practice of working in partnership with other cultural agencies, the MCA joined Court Theatre in the presentation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic The Wild Duck, in a new translation directed by Charles Newell and staged using the full architectural potential of the MCA Stage. We also launched a new strategic partnership with Empty Bottle Presents . . . to host two sold-out concerts by the alt-rock group The Books. The summer’s Chicago Dancing Festival, produced by Chicago Dancing Company with the MCA, was held in August 2008 and drew 12,000 people to free dance events in Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion and Harris Theater for Music and Dance, and on the MCA Stage. This celebra- tion of American concert dance featured Chicago’s Jo¤rey Ballet, Muntu Dance “Theatre, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, as well as Martha Graham Dance Company, Limón Dance Company, Ronald K. Brown/ Evidence, and American Ballet Theatre, among others. Throughout the entire season,

performance 19 performances Dean & Britta 13 Most Beautiful . . . Songs from Andy Warhol’s ‘Screen Tests’ Chicago Dancing Festival March 7, 2009 August 18–20, 2008

Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes World Music Festival: Chicago Monsters and Prodigies: The History September 19–25, 2008 of the Castrati

March 20–22, 2009 Mike Daisey

If You See Something Say Something Marc Bamuthi Joseph October 10–12, 2008 the break/s: a mixtape for the stage

March 26–28, 2009 Compagnie Heddy Maalem

Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Contempo with Leny Andrade October 17–19, 2008 and special guests

April 4, 2009 Silk Road Theatre Project

Gilgamesh Compagnie Marie Chouinard November 1, 2008 Orpheus and Eurydice

April 17–19, 2009 Elevator Repair Service

Gatz The Books November 14–16, 2008 May 3, 2009

Blair Thomas & Company Chicago Chamber Musicians The Ox-herder’s Tale Strange News and Black Angels November 19–30, 2008 May 8, 2009

JASC Tsukasa Taiko Windy City Rhythms Goes Global: Taiko Legacy 5 Barbatuques, Jason Samuels Smith, and December 13–14, 2008 BAM!

May 29–31, 2009 Court Theatre

The Wild Duck International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) January 15–February 15, 2009 Xenakis

June 4, 2009 chelfitsch

Five Days in March February 20–22, 2009

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Education Report

For the MCA Education Department, fiscal year 2009 was incredibly dynamic—just as it was for the museum as a whole. Our programs focused on o=ering visitors diverse ways to engage with the art of our time and the creative process—facilitating Erika V. Hanner Beatrice C. Mayer interactions between living artists and museum Director of Education visitors and providing diverse activities designed to foster substantive dialogue about art, ideas, and contemporary life.

The year began amid the fantastic Je¤ Koons backgrounds. The work ahead of us in the exhibition, which included a sold-out lecture coming year is to maintain this level of by the artist, and continued with intense success and to continue to work on o¤ering preparation for the exhibition Jenny Holzer: high-quality experiences that deepen the PROTECT PROTECT, for which the public understanding of and increase engagement programs arm of the education department with a wide variety of contemporary artwork. planned a rigorous two-day symposium on Spring brought the debut of the Idea art and democracy. In partnership with the Lounge in the Mayer Education Center. This University of Chicago, we brought together welcoming, interactive space functions artists and scholars from around the world on several levels: as a place to find additional including a keynote address by renowned resources and tools relating to major French philosopher Jacques Rancière. exhibitions; as a much-needed warming-up Family Days continue to be the primary way of our first-floor entrance area; and as we welcome the next generation of MCA an opportunity for visitors to slow down, to patrons, and attendance levels hit an all-time reflect on and relish their experience in high with an average of 465 people at each the exhibitions on view. of our eight monthly events. Not only did we Other enhancements to the visitor experience draw large crowds, but our research confirms include the addition of a cell-phone tour that our visitors came from all around the option, complementing our iPod audio tours. city and suburbs, and from diverse economic

22 education Visitors now have several ways to access the The fiscal year came to a close with a personal tours by the artists and curators leadership transition in the key support group we create in audio form for each major for the education department—the Education exhibition: in the comfort of their own homes Committee. Drawing its membership by streaming it from our website, anywhere from the MCA Board of Trustees as well as and anytime by downloading it onto their own from the community’s thought leaders on iPods from our website; on-site by renting (or, education, this group meets several times a for members, borrowing at no charge) one of year to advise and support the MCA sta¤ in our MCA iPods from the visitor services desk; our work to engage people of all ages and at or on their own cell phones in the galleries by all stages of knowledge about contemporary accessing the content via our cell phone tour art and art education. The committee serves provider, Guide By Cell. as a sounding board for education sta¤, providing perspective about programming, We launched our reenvisioned philosophy planning, and development. After several for our teacher programs along with our years of dynamic leadership, MCA Trustee hallmark new o¤ering, Educator Salons. Our Abe Tomás Hughes II stepped down, and we “Contemporary Art, Contemporary Educators” welcomed Sylvia Neil, also an MCA Trustee, initiative aims to help teachers: as the new chair of the committee. Thanks • Infuse the spirit of inquiry and to both Abe and Sylvia for their inspired innovation inherent in contemporary leadership. art into their curriculum. • Form professional learning communities for the purpose of meeting peers and sharing information. • Inspire students to reflect on their life experiences in order to better understand the world around them.

Free monthly Educator Salons provide a forum for exploring pedagogical hot topics such as The 21st Century Learning Environment: Fresh Ideas, New Contexts and Teacher Dispositions: The process and practice of teacher leadership.

education 23 Support

It is with great appreciation that the Museum Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund* of Contemporary Art, Chicago, thanks all the Laurie and Alan Reinstein supporters of our Education program for our Reyes Holdings, LLC previous fiscal year. Susan and Richard Rieser Warner A. Rosenthal Helen Brach Foundation Cordelia Ryan and John Emel Greg Cameron The Estate of Rosa and Norma Silverman Nora Daley Conroy and Sean Conroy The Siragusa Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Canmann* Penelope and Robert Steiner Crown Family Philanthropies Dorie Sternberg* Tracy Dillard Target, Inc. Charles and Lois Edwards Kathy Taslitz* Efroymson Family Fund Zell Family Foundation* Lois and Steve Eisen and Anonymous (4) The Eisen Family Foundation* Marilyn and Larry Fields* Gale and Ric Fischer It is with great appreciation that the Museum Terri and Stephen Geifman of Contemporary Art, Chicago, thanks all the Nicholas and Nancy Giampietro* supporters of our Exhibition program for our Ethel and Bill Gofen previous fiscal year. Helyn Goldenberg* Karen and Bill Goodyear The Acorn Foundation Dana Westreich Hirt American Airlines Ruth Horwich* Neil G. Bluhm Cynthia Hunt and Philip Rudolph* The Stephanie and Peter Brant Foundation Illinois Arts Council Donald and Bridgitte Bren Mary Ittelson and Rick Tuttle* The Eli Broad Foundation Kla¤ Family Foundation Cheim & Read Lewis S. and Anne Neri Kostiner The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Kraft Foods The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Marilyn and Ivan Kushen Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson* Karen and Daniel Lee Lois and Steve Eisen and Debra Weese-Mayer and Robert N. Mayer* The Eisen Family Foundation* MCA North Side Aªliates Lillian Florshein Foundation for Fine Arts Janis Kanter and Thomas McCormick Gagosian Gallery Judy Neiman Gallery Semoi Terry and Cynthia Perucca* Mr. and Mrs. David Ganek The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Geo¤rey Goldberg and Lynne Remington Maria V. Pinto Andrea and James A. Gordon*

24 support Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies It is with great appreciation that the Museum * denotes trustees in the Fine Arts of Contemporary Art, Chicago, thanks all the GREC Architects supporters of our Performance program for our Anne and Kenneth Griªn* previous fiscal year. Mr. and Mrs. King Harris* Brian Herbstritt Katherine A. Abelson and Robert J. Cornell Lietta and Dakis Joannou Janet Alberti and Fred Schneider Mary Ittelson and Rick Tuttle* The Baila Foundation Helmut and Deborah Jahn Donald and Brigitte Bren Mrs. Jay W. Jordan II* Greg Cameron Anne and Burton Kaplan* Robert Cli¤ord and Joan E. Cli¤ord Kovler Famly Foundation* Pamela Crutchfield Lannan Foundation Shawn M. Donnelley and Richard A. Lenon* Christopher M. Kelly The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Gale and Ric Fischer Multifamily Portfolio LP LP David Herro and Jay Franke National Endowment for the Arts Bill and Vicki Hood* Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel* Ruth Horwich* Judith E. Neisser* Anne and John Kern* The Orbit Fund Elizabeth A. Liebman Sandra and Michael Perlow Maecenas Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert* Susan Manning and Doug Doetsch Barbara Ruben Nancy Lauter McDougal and Cari and Michael Sacks* Alfred L. McDougal* Sonnabend Gallery Herbert R. and Paula Molner Spruth Magers Sarai Ho¤man and Stephan Pratt Irving Stenn, Jr. Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Donna and Howard Stone* Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund* Studio Gang Architects Mr. and Mrs. John Seder Sara F. Szold* Patricia F. Sternberg Kathy Taslitz* Ellen Stone-Belic Terra Foundation for American Art Richard F. Tomlinson II Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry Pooja and Peter Vukosavich/Studio V Design Lynn and Allen M. Turner* The Weasel Fund UBS Leah and Ralph Wanger The Andy Warhol Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art for the Visual Arts Affiliate Board Members Yvon-Lambert Paris Zell Family Foundation* North Shore Aªliates Annette Blumberg, President Anonymous Carol Adelman, Vice President Miriam Lyon, Secretary Carol Adelman, Treasurer

support 25 North Side Aªliates Phyllis and Bill Neiman Judith R. Freeman, President Sandra and Michael Perlow Melissa Kahn, Vice President Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Vera C. Panchak, Secretary Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Judith Kaufman, Treasurer Claire and Gordon Prussian Susan and Richard Rieser West Suburban Aªliates Inez and Ray Saunders Ileen Rubinstein, Chair Ken Saunders Marilyn J. Hollman, Secretary Shirley and Roy Schnackenberg Donna and Jim Shanley Southside Aªliates Jill and David Stein Rita J. Curry, Chair Bea Steponate and Penelope Steiner Dorothy Fletcher, Cochair Rena and Dan Sternberg Josephine Fulton, Secretary Andree and Ron Stone Ruth Sharpe, Secretary Sara Szold* Irene Howard, Treasurer Kay Torshen

Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art Collectors Forum Women’s Board

Peter Broido, President Rena Sternberg, President Marilyn Fields, Vice President Marjorie Binder Marcia Fraerman, Recording Secretary Eileen and Peter Broido Mary Borden, Treasurer Dirk Denison Brad Erens Karen Berkowitz Erika Erich Marlene Breslow-Blitstein* Toni and Joel Fenchel Mary Borden Suzette and Tim Flood Megan Dorfman Patti Gilford Kimberly du Buclet Gary Heiferman and Paul Buenvenida Stacey Empson Carol and Joel Honigberg Susan Felker John Jelinek Marilyn Fields* Kay and Malcolm Kamin Gale Warshauer Fischer Anne and Burt Kaplan* Julie Hanahan Foley Dick and Sylvia Kaufman Marcia Fraerman Anne Koch Terri Geifman Merrillyn Kosier and James Kinoshita Nickol Robinson Hackett Karen and Daniel Lee Barbara Hanig Renee Logan Avril Kla¤ Jeanne Malkin and Ana Tannebaum Suzanne Lovell Bonnie Marx Missy Jacobus MacLeod Aviva and James Matanky Linda Meyer Linda and Jerry Meyer Dana Ragiel

26 support Eliza M. Hoogland Reynolds Beverly M. Meyer * denotes trustees Susie Rieser Judith Neisser* Yumi Shilowitz Ross Betsy Rosdenfield Paula Scholl Carol Selle Cheryl Seder Margie Staples Marcy Simon Ann Stepan Beth Bronner Singer Bea Steponate Elisa K. Spain Dorie Sternberg* Rena Sternberg Donna Stone* Kristin Binder Stevens Dana Shepard Treister Kathleen Wright Helen Zell* Danielle Dunand Zimmerman*

Sustaining Women’s Board Members Museum of Contemporary Art Bobbye Cochran Verge: The Emerging Artists Suzette Flood Advisory Group Laura De Ferrari Front Karen Goodyear Je¤erson Goddard, Chair Margot Grieg Burt Aaron Nancy S. Gutfreund Jennifer Armetta Barbara Hanig Marlene Breslow-Blitstein* Jacqueline Harris Hochberg Jim Cahn Marilyn Kushen Curt Conklin Janis Kanter McCormick Jay Dandy Yoko Kusama Mosher Don Davis Laurie Reinstein Dirk Denison Alice Young Sabl Michael Graham Janet Blutter Schi¤ Todd Harding Patty Sternberg Brian Herbstritt Dana Westreich Hirt Honorary Women’s Board Members Glenn Holland Meta S. Berger Michelle Holland Robin Loewenberg Berger Wyatt Ja¤e Lindy Bergman Michael Je¤erson Edie Cloonan Brandi Lipton Leslie Douglass Beth Loeb Diane Drabkin Brad Smith* Marilyn Fields* Patty Sternberg Suzette Flood Lorelei Stewart Helyn D. Goldenberg Kay Torshen Rhona Ho¤man Hamza Walker Ruth Horwich Lisa Warshauer Sally Meyers Kovler* Pat Kubicek

support 27 Individual support Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal* Kate Neisser and Stephen Burns* $100,000 and above Edna K. Papazian Edythe and Eli Broad Terry and Cynthia Perucca* Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson* Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund* Andrea and James A. Gordon* The Rabin Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. King Harris* Barbara Ruben* Anne and Burton Kaplan* Donna and Howard Stone* Elizabeth A. Liebman Marjorie and Louis Susman* Multifamily Portfolio LP LP Danielle D. Zimmerman and Cari and Michael Sacks* Martin E. Zimmerman* Zell Family Foundation* Anonymous $50,000–99,999 Neil G. Bluhm $15,000–24,999 The Stephanie and Peter Brant Foundation Jennifer Aubrey* Anne and Kenneth Griªn* Gilda and Henry Buchbinder Mary Ittelson and Rick Tuttle* Paul and Linda Gotskind Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Jordan II* Richard and Mary L. Gray Kovler Family Foundation* Helmut and Deborah Jahn Mrs. Robert B. Mayer* Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Donald Kaul* Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel* Ronald and Felicia Levin Family Fund* Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert* Robert N. Mayer and Debra Weese-Mayer* The Estate of Rosa and Norman Silverman Judith E. Neisser* Sara Szold* Claire and Gordon Prussian Kathy and Steven Taslitz* Jerome and Marion Stone* Lynn and Allen M. Turner* $25,000–49,999 Marilynn B. Alsdorf* $10,000–14,999 Lindy Bergman* Katherine A. Abelson and Robert J. Cornell Steven and Karen Berkowitz* Sara Albrecht* Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein* Pamela Crutchfield Carol and Douglas Cohen* The Davee Foundation Lois and Steve Eisen and Laura De Ferrari and Marshall B. Front* The Eisen Family Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. David Ganek Marilyn and Larry Fields* Nicholas and Nancy Giampietro* Jack and Sandra Guthman* Brian Herbstritt David Herro and Jay Franke Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund Anne and William Hokin* Barbara Kulkis Mrs. Ruth Horwich* Marilyn and Ivan Kushen Lietta and Dakis Joannou Robert M. and Diane v.S. Levy Liz and Eric Lefkofsky* Martin Nesbitt and Dr. Anita Blanchard* Richard A. Lenon* Irving Stenn, Jr. Dorie Sternberg*

28 support Leah and Ralph Wanger Elissa Efroymson and Adnaan Hamid * denotes trustees The Weasel Fund Bob Friedman The Estate of Bess Winakor Jill Garling and Tom Wilson John and Carol Winzeler Philip Garoon and Family Alfred G. Goldstein Anonymous Dana Westreich Hirt Michelle and Glenn Holland $5,000–9,999 Bill and Vicki Hood* Julie and Roger Baskes Holly Hunt Suzette Bross Bulley Jaquith Family Foundation Greg Cameron Heidi Hall-Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Canmann* Anne and John Kern Jill and Bob Delaney, Jr. Lisa Key and Kevin Lint Frances R. Dittmer* Anne D. Koch Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Fradkin* Susan Manning and Doug Doetsch Helyn Goldenberg* Janina Marks Madeleine Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro James and Aviva Matanky Cynthia Hunt and Philip Rudolph Janis Kanter and Thomas McCormick Richard and Sylvia Kaufman Christine and Tom Moldauer Kla¤ Family Foundation Laura Sule Paulson Rita and Jim Knox Sandra and Michael Perlow Paul Lehman and Ronna Stamm Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Renee Logan Deborah and Stephen Quazzo MCA North Shore Aªliates Mr. Maya Romano¤ McBreen Family Mr. and Mrs. Burton X. Rosenberg The Orbit Fund Tina and Buzz Ruttenberg Heather and Anthony Podesta Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Foundation Maya Polsky Margot and Harold Schi¤ Diana and Bruce Rauner Rose L. Shure Desiree Rogers Kay and Craig Tuber Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Margie and Bill Staples $1,500–2,499 Penelope and Robert Steiner Marlene and Buzz Baumgarten Ellen Stone-Belic Robin Loewenberg Berger and Richard F. Tomlinson II Louis A. Berger Kay Torshen Foundation Mrs. Martin R. Binder Vivi-Ann and Harold R. Blankstein $ 2,500–4,999 George Bucciero Janet Alberti and Fred Schneider Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum Meta S. and Ronald Berger Family Foundation Paul Buenvenida and Gary N. Heiferman Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Broido Cleve E. Carney Alexandra and William Cole The Chase Group Doris and Howard Conant Bobbye Cochran and Todd Main Shawn M. Donnelley and Anne and Art Collins Christopher M. Kelly

support 29 Mr. and Mrs. Curt A. Conklin Paul Leinwand and Maria Cicarelli Nora Daley Conroy and Sean Conroy Meryl S. and Gary I. Levenstein Alexander and Camille Cook Fay and Daniel Levin Randee and Gerry Curciarello Beth Loeb Dirk Denison Suzanne Lovell, Inc. Megan and Jordan Dorfman Deborah Lovely Stacey Empson and Eric Ruderman, M.D. Diana Lowenstein Sidney and Sondra Berman Epstein Missy and Calum Macleod John Faier Sheryl and Michael Markman Ann and Henry Feinberg Bonnie Marx Susan and Steven Felker Dick and Donna Meckley Toni and Joel Fenchel Monique Meloche and Evan Boris Josephine L. Ferguson Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson Robert and Sylvie Fitzpatrick Beverly M. Meyer Suzette and Timothy P. Flood Linda and Jerome H. Meyer Marcia and Thomas Fraerman Marquis D. Miller and Pamela Mr. and Mrs. John E. Freund Buchanan Miller Martin Friedman and Peggy L. Gail Missner Casey-Friedman Bill and Phyllis Neiman James and Amy Geier Maria V. Pinto Terri and Stephen Geifman Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker The Gilford-Atkins Families Foundation Ms. Christine H. Poggianti and Paul Gray and Dedrea Armour Gray Mr. Lawrence I. Schulman Margot and George Greig Laurie and Alan Reinstein Nickol and Darrel Hackett Susan and Richard Rieser Harbor Ventures, Inc. Carol Rosofsky and Robert B. Lifton Dr. and Mrs. Richard Heller III Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ross Rhona Hoffman Biff Ruttenberg Foundation Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt Esther Saks Doris B. Holleb Jane Saks Joel and Carol Honigberg Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Mark Hoplamazian and Rachel Kohler Ken and Gina Saunders Carol and Michael Hurvitz Raymond and Inez Saunders Michael I. Jacobs, M.D. Paula Scholl and Byron Roche John J. Jelinek Patricia and David Schulte Foundation Justine Jentes and Dan Kuruna Betty and Richard Seid Mr. and Mrs. Lael Johnson Donna E. Shanley Courtney A. Jones Janet and Larry Shiff Jordana Joseph Marcy and Marc S. Simon Kay and Malcolm Kamin Beth and Alan Singer Frank and Nancy Karger Caryn and Jerry Skurnick Merrillyn J. Kosier and James F. Kinoshita Jean W. Solomon Karen and Daniel Lee Elisa K. Spain Jonathan Lehman Jill and David Stein

30 support Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sternberg Herbert R. and Paula Molner * denotes trustees Ms. Patricia F. Sternberg Laurence M. Saviers Kristin and Stan Stevens Pooja and Peter Vukosavich/Studio V Design Jessica and John Supera Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Jill and John Svoboda Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. James H. Swartchild, Jr. Marilynn and Carl Thoma $500–999 Regan and Rhonda Thomas Doris and Harvey Adelstein Dr. and Mrs. Michael Roy Treister Harold S. and Roberta Barron Sharon and Peter Walton Greg Bauske Jon Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Behr Imy and Howard Wax Melvin R. Berlin and Randy L. Berlin Anne and Warren Weisberg James Blinder and Mary Wilson Richard Weisenseel George W. Blossom, III Mark and Judy Weitzman George K. Bovis Ruth Winter Susan D. Bowey Susan and Robert Wislow Alan R. Brodie Tom and Kathleen Wright Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Chandler Betty L. Cleeland $1,000–1,499 Edie and James Cloonan The Baila Foundation Patricia Cox Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Billings Terri and Alfred D’Ancona John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Tracy Dillard John D. Cartland* Helen Dunbeck and Rev. John Zimmermann Robert Cli¤ord and Joan E. Cli¤ord George Dunea and Sally Dunea Mr. and Mrs. Mac Cohn Rebecca Clarkson and Joshua Ehart Roy G. and Jayne M. Davis Georgeanna Fischetti and Robert Kritz Nancie and Bruce Dunn Henry S. and Rhoda Frank Katherine and Theodore Eckert Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Frey Linda M. Fuller Geraldine Gedroic Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Je¤erson Godard and Jeroen Nelemans Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Ethel and Bill Gofen Geo¤rey Goldberg and Lynne Remington Karen and Bill Goodyear Elizabeth S. Guenzel Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Green Cornelia Hallinan Sarah and Joel Handelman Dr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Hirschmann Mrs. Henry G. Hart, Jr. Jon D. Johnson and Steven Smith Gayle Herman and Morton Herman Herta Hess Kahn Dana Hokin and Robert Garvey John P. Keller and Judy Keller Craig T. Ingram Sheila and Bill Lambert Kate T. Kestnbaum Mitzi and Harvey Lewis Judy and Jim Klutznick Barry and Terri Lind Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Kully Maecenas Brigitte Larsen and Mark Felser Tola Porter and John McGrath Benita Levy

support 31 Jeanne Randall Malkin $ 250–499 Michelle McCarthy Donna Abadinsky Maggie and Michael Meiners Joan and Henry X Arenberg William Mollihan Ara Lucia Ashburne Dawn Clark Netsch Allison Bacon Susan and Edward Oppenheimer Ms. Rhonda Bacus S. James Perlow and Sandra Jo Allen Janice and Richard Bail Clarisse Perrette and Larry Freed Maggie Grover and Edward Bailey Jan Petry Douglas G. Baird and Julie Gray Judith and Byron Pollock Patricia R. Bayerlein Mrs. Cindy Pritzker Susan Beagley and Robert Benedict Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Pritzker Esther and John Benjamin Neil Ross and Lynn Hauser Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Berger Karen and Frank Schneider Susan Berman and Ray Cahnman Terry Schwartz Julie and Larry Bernstein Denise Selz Sean Berringer Richard and Barbara Silverman Heiji Choy Black Mrs. William Simon, Jr. Shaun and Andrew Block James Slate Leslie Bodenstein and Jason J. Pickleman Reverend Stan J. Sloan Laura and Robert Boyd III Robin and David Small Susan Brannigan Ellen Soren Lawrence R. Brink, AIA Nikki W. Stein and Frederic Stein Alice Brunner Matthew Steinmetz Leah R. Bruno Bea Gray Steponate Janet V. Burch and Joel R. Guillory Phillip and Leslie Stern Estelle Burke Sarah and Steve Stratton John William Butler and Ana J. Tannebaum John M. VanderLinden Susan and Gilbert Tauck Deborah and Mark Ca¤ray Gregory and Cynthia Taylor Paul R. Campagna and Donald D. Edgar Jane Taylor and Carole A. Carter and Ken Carter Vicente Berrocal Uribeechevarria Heewon and Norman Cerk Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry Mrs. Thomas C. Clark Peter and Lilian Vardy Mark Cuellar John Vinci Leo P. Cunningham and Marcia Jensen Mrs. Roy I. Warshawsky Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Custer Bill and Frona Weaver Liese Dallbauman and Randall Snurr Denis Weil Claudia Daly and William Donnell Deborah and Bartholomew Weldon Joy and Robert H. Daskal Nathan Zivin Lisette and Richard Davison Dr. Robert L. Deiss and Mrs. Joan C. Deiss Anonymous Inge de la Camp Julia Devos and Keith Striegl Wendy Gross and William De Woskin

32 support Elvy Draft Lisa Koch and Michael Kornick * denotes trustees Raymond H. Drymalski Joan and Steven Kraus Deanna Dunagan and Sandy Shinner George R. Kravis II Sue Jacob and Tom Durica Whitney Kretsinger and James Kretsinger Charles and Lois Edwards Edward J. Kuhlmann Natasha and Zach Egan Katherine Kurtz Sharon and Peter Exley Catherine and William Ladany Deborah and Steve Exo Dr. Bradley G. Langer and Julie Bernatz Suzanne Faber and Richard Fizdale Sophia Lee Janet Fisher Ruth W. Lekan Geo¤rey Flick Julie Lenoch and Josef J. Lenoch Judith R. Freeman Bonita and Robert Levin Nancy and David Frej Deborah and Raymond Lipkin Miriam Hansen and Michael Geyer Mr. and Mrs. James Loewenberg Frederick Gibson Melynda Lopin Thea Goodman and Eric Oliver Audrey and Bob Lubin Sue and Melvin Gray Laura Luckman Kelber and Daniel Kelber Stella and Burt Green Drs. Cole and Margaret Lundquist Evelyn and Nate Grossman Gail and Joe Mancini Dr. and Mrs. John Gustaitis Mr. Ralph Mandell Robert Habermann Bridget McDonough and Robert Markey Mirja Spooner Ha¤ner and Ted Ha¤ner Barbara and John Massey Sol and Celia Hammerman Foundation Paula and Roy May Judith L. and R. C. Hanlon Eleanor M. McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Hanna Eamonn McGrath and Anne Molloy Sharon and Donald Harris Lyn McKeaney Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Kennon P. McKee and Howard McKee Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Heinecken Robert Mink and Keith England Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Heineman Nancie and Stuart D. Mishlove Sandra Helton and Norman Edelson Maureen Mobarak Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst John and Betty Moore Julie and William W. Hobert Marcia J. Moore Ann Hoenig Henry R. Munoz Janet Connor Holabird Timothy Murray and Eve Murray John and Lucia Hollister Kim C. Nagle and Rebecca A. Nagle Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Horwood James L. Nagle Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Jensen Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Newman James D. Jones Dr. Arthur Nielsen and Sheila Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. Ken Julian Richard Niles and Lenore Pereira Dr. and Mrs. Alan Kanter Sharon and Lee Oberlander Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck David Parker Harriet and Ernest Karmin Nicholas Pavlidis and Tina Kourasis Karen and Jay Key Charles and Melanie Payne Paul Klein and Amy Crum Cathy and Jim Pelts

support 33 Donald Penn and Rebecca Ditch Linda Searl and Joseph Valerio Nancy and John L. Piasecki I. B. and Tom Weil Emanuele Plaschka and Gerhard Plaschka The Abra Wilkin Fund Diane Ponder Clifton J. Wilkow and Robert T. Kinslow Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley David W. Williams and Eric Ceputis Terezia Rabai and William Anspach Mr. and Mrs. John Willis Linda and Ronald Rashkow Raymond W. Wise Jerry Reich Jane Woldenberg Merle Reskin Stephen M. and Regina Wentzel Wolfe Robert Rice and Tom Rutherford Ann Ziegler Claudia Richman and Mark Richman Karen Zupko Marjorie Robinson Anonymous (7) Myron Rogers and Joann Ricci Sandra and James Rosenberg $150–249 Warner A. Rosenthal Alice and Robert Abt Marsha and Robert Rosner Rebeca Adams Mrs. Donald I. Roth Carol and Larry Adelman Bonnie and Michael C. Rothman Judith and Fred Adler Dr. and Mrs. Myron E. Rubnitz James N. Alexander and Anita and John Russell Cleopatra B. Alexander Cordelia Ryan and John Emel Christopher Alix Cara Schillinger James Allan Keith Schlanger Julia and Larry Antonatos Judith and Aaron M. Schmidt Nancy Aque Bronwyn Poole and Peter Schmitz Donald L. Arenson and Marcia Arenson Michael E. Schnur and Jack M. Bulmash Art Horizons International, Inc. Kristine R. Sexton Raª Arzoumanian and Jeannette P. Sichtermann Nika Maurie Arzoumanian Susan Kavanaugh and Morlen Sinoway Laurence Ashkin and Doris Ashkin Junie L. and Dorothy L. Sinson Dr. and Mrs. Alan Axelrod Merrill Smith Peggy Bagley and Douglas Goldhammer David and Emily Solo¤ Mr. and Mrs. Merle H. Banta Sondra and Charles Sonneborn Jill Barancik and Michael O'Briant Krista Schwartz and John D. Stancik, Jr. William R. Barnes Henry Donnan Steele and Stacey Turner Judy Wise and Sheldon Baskin Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Belgrad Jodi and Jill Steinberg David Belken and Deborah Belkin Mr. and Mrs. William Steineke Donna and Mike Bell Lisbeth C. Sti¤el Daniel J. Bender Marianne and John Strokirk Elaine and Michael Bennett Eileen and Michael Tanner Daniel Berger and Matthew Piechowski John Tipton and Stephanie Tipton Tracy and Paul Berger Jay Tremblay and Jan Koors Jean and John Bergho¤ Adam Tumas, Jr. Richard and Susan Berns

34 support Elliot Bigelow Tessa Dratt * denotes trustees Lee Blackwell Margaret Stone Drewyer Tammy and Ulysses B. Blakeley Samuel C. Dudley, Jr. Greg Bloch Willard L. Dumas III Laura Botwinick Edye Kamensky and Victor Dye Jean Albano Broday and Albert Broday Barbara Beug Dyson Arlene and Keith Bronstein Alice H. Eagly and Robert V. Eagly Mr. and Mrs. Arnold F. Brookst David Easterbrook and Richard Bough Annie R. Brown Steven B. Edelstein Douglas R. Brown and Robert G. Edison and Joyce Edison Margaret Scanlan Brown Susan K. Epstein and David Epstein Marjorie Brownstein Harlene Erlich and Lawrence Erlich Victoria Buchanan and Payman Sattar Marjorie N. Ettlinger and Richard Ettlinger Leslie Buchbinder-Figa Dr. Caswell and Mrs. Arlene Evans Susan Burland and George Plumb Terry and Sam Evans Steven and Victoria Espy Burns Robert A. Faltynek and Connie R. Faltynek Charles Butler and Gwendolyn Butler Joel Feinberg and Marilyn Feinberg Meg Callahan Lane Fenrich Marion A. Cameron Sharon Ferrill Julie and Shane Campbell William Ferry and Audrey E. Ferry Joseph Cesarik and Helen Cesarik Elaine Fishman Henry T. Chandler, Jr. Virginia Fitzgerald Henry Charles and Catherine Charles Mary Gail Fitzpatrick and Daniel Fitzpatrick Sara Jean Childers and Antonio Chaviano David L. Fleener William Christiansen and Pia Jala Charlotte Flinn and Robert D. Flinn Jan Cicero and Frank Cicero, Jr. Robert Flynn and Irene Flynn Linda Burns Coleman and Neil S. Coleman Paul Fong Gregory Cooper Bruce Fox Arnold G. Coran and Susan W. Coran Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler Sophie Simone Cortina Arthur Frank, MD Carole Cousin and Steve Wallman Daniel Frank and Tina Brown Igor Dacosta and James Rondeau Mrs. Zollie S. Frank Charlotte and Lawrence Damron Barbara and Stephen Fredman Michael S. Dannhauser Susan and Paul Freehling Kassie Davis Michelle Hartnett and Eric Frey Emilie De Angelis and Bert Davenport Cameron Friedlander and Mark Roe DeLancey Jennifer Friedlander Robert J. Deme and Della Deme Jay Fritsche and Kay Fritsche Larry N. Deutsch and William F. Parker Bryna and Edward P. Gamson Kimberly Dibona Noah Garber and Suzanne Rollier Lou Di Cerbo and Harriet Gryszkiewicz Francisco J. Garcini and Grisel Lozano Garcini John DiGilio and Mitchell Marr Gary A. Garrett and Susan Garrett Michael Donahue and Alexandra Moede Judy and Mickey Gaynor Sally Doubet-King and Randall Doubet-King Matt Geesman

support 35 Peter Gehring and Allie Goldberg Gregory D. Hoskins and James K. Dennen Jami A. and John C. Gekas Laura Lee Howe Mr. and Mrs. Louis Genesen Anne Hunt Gaylord A. and William D. Gieseke Allyson Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gilboy Dr. Scott J. Hunter Jerry Gilio Barbara Huyler Lyle Gillman Cecilia Inzaghi Maureen Glassberg Gregory Isbell and Tracy McPherson Lee W. Glazer and Je¤ Glazer Richard D. Ja¤e and Evelyn Ja¤e Peter George Glick and Elizabeth Evans Sandra Jaggi David Gloede Charles Jahn and Mie Kongo Mark I. Golden and Laura Moehlman Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak Glenn and Lynn Goldman Mr. Peter Je¤erson Jonathon D. Goldman, MD Cindy Langenfel and Harry Johns Norman Goldring and Cynthia Goldring Ralph Johnson and Kathleen Nagle Ms. Susan Goldschmidt Kenneth Johnston and Joseph A. Gonzalez Ramona Schwartz-Johnston Leo Gordon and Linda Gordon Jetta N. Jones Shelly Gorson and Alan Salpeter Christine Juhn Raymond Grady Melissa Kahn Kathleen Green and Rex L. Chisholm Sandra Kamin Kenneth L. Green IV Peter Kane Judy and Bill Greªn Kate Kennard and Betsy Kennard Paige Greve and Chris Basoukeas Amelia Kennedy and Benjamin Kennedy Sami Grisafe William Kjeldsen Elaine T. Hirsch and Donald Grossman Karen Klutznick Lynn Brachman Gryll and Steven Gryll Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Koglin Gail Guggenheim Jessop Kozink and Renee Pilarski Chester S. Handelman and Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kreisman Phyllis J. Handelman Marla Krupman and Daniel Bernstein Todd A. Harding and David W. Lassiter Brian Kuhlmann and Joslyn Beta Lawrence Kathy and Stephen Harrison Neal Kulick and Kathleen Kulick Marguerite E. Hartl Michelle Anne Booth and Lance Larson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Haynes Patricia Lasley and Jennifer A. Jones James Heneghan Jim Laukes Lela Hersh Martha Lavey Stephen Hersh and Anita Tanay Hersh Tom Leahy Jack Hlava and Benita Terry J. W. Lenox and Christy Lenox Andrew Hoesley Maria Leone Rob Ho¤ and Sue Ho¤ Mr. and Mrs. John G. Levi Wayne Russell Ho¤man and Andrea Porter Carolyn S. Levin Eileen Holderbaum and Sarah Holderbaum Olga and Mark Levitin Susan Holley Adam F. Lewis Kilton Hopkins Jo and Todd Lief

36 support Earl and Elaine Li¤ Juan G. Moreno * denotes trustees Katja Linnig and Jonathan Hoeg Sofia Moreno Ariel Litvin Andrea Moseley Nikki Lively and Steven Shay Piaree and Richard Moser William and Judith Locke Charles H. Mottier Charles W. and Mary M. Lofgren Brett Mullenbrock Jean London D. Muschler and A. Becker William T. Long Dr. Toshio Narahashi and Avram and Karen Lothan Ms. Kyoko Narahashi Angela C. Lustig and Dale Taylor Isobel Neal Elliot and Miriam Lyon Adele and Seymour Neems Felicia Lyon Judy Neiman Susan Olsen and Barry Madden Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Je¤rey Maisels and Carol Maisels Bennett Neuman and Richard Cohn Dmitriy O. Makarov Sara Neely Newman and Steven B. Newman Mindy Malkin and Barry Malkin Peter Nicholson and Tim Jones Yelvington Andrea Manka Edward Nieminen and Gayla Nieminen John Marek and Diane Marek John T. Nolan Naomi Margolis Lynda Thoman and William Novshek Mr. and Mrs. Allen Marrinson Fernando A. Ojea and Barry Johnson Martha Marsh and Joseph Marsh Roberta R. Oli¤ Daniel L. Martin Roberta and Melvin Olshansky Ernie Martin and Bill Capel Anne and John Oppenheimer Patricia A. Martin and David Schmidgall Richard Orsan Carol Mason Tsue A. Ostermann and Gerald A. Ostermann William and Shari Massey Beau R. Ott Lisa Massura and Andy Massura Vera C. Panchak Jane and Bryan Mathie Grayce Papp Shawn Mathis Ranjana Patnaik and John R. Perry Paula Mazurukiewicz Marlena Peleo-Lazar Susan Mazzoni Eric Peterson and Elizabeth Asbjornson Richard McGuire Locey D. Pfeifer and William R. Craig Warren McKenna and Ashley McKenna Susan Piser-Bank and Michael Sandy Bank Cindy Melk and Florian Depenthal Michael Polsky Allan and Linda Mellis Thomas M. Pool and Nadine Pool Jillian Melrose Deborah Pope Joan B. Mercuri Gail Margolis and Andrew Poznanski Jean Meyers and Robert Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Duane Quaini Charles L. Michod and Susan A. Michod Scott Qualls and Sherry Qualls Mr. and Mrs. David Midgley Frank A. Quinn and Neil D. Ybanez Michael Minieka Roger Ramsay Julie and Scott Moller Anna Rappaport and Peter Plumley Darrell Moore Mark Rattin Joan E. Moore Renee and Je¤rey Rehkemper

support 37 James T. Reid and Karen Reid John Sirek and Colleen Loughlin Dr. Mark S. Reiter and Dr. Kathleen A. Ward George Sladoje and Susan Sladoje Guy Revesz and Marilyn A. Revesz Diane Ragains Slawin Richard Rezac and Julia Fish Charles Smith Jake Richter and Linda Richter Dale Smith and Suzanne Ho¤man Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rieger Kimberly J. Soenen Nancy Rodin Cody Sokolski and Marci Dodds Susan W. Rogaliner and Amy B. Rogaliner John H. Stassen and Sara Stassen Anne Rorimer Leslie Johnson-Stay and Robert E. Stay Morton Rosen and Leora Rosen Zerla M. Stayman Brent J. Rosenbower Mary Steinberg and Mort Kessler D. D. Roskin Donald Stevens and Anne Stevens Linda and Burton Ruder Nancy Leigh Stone Ginger and David Russ Brian Sutherby Jeanne Sainati and Perry Sainati Mara Tapp and Michael Silverstein Kathleen and Franklin Saksena Susan Shimmin and David Tekler Larry Salustro and Emma Salustro Ron Tevonian Dale Sanders and Laure DeBow Kevin Thayer Robert Scadron and Gail Scadron Ian Thomas and Hester Struben Kelly Schaefer and Mary O¤erman Richard W. Tinberg and Elaine Tinberg Robert G. Schaefer, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Edward Traisman Ryan Scherner and Trisha Girdwood Benjye Troob Ava K. Schieber and Nathan L. Schieber Gloria Tulloch Judith Feigon Schi¤man and David Schi¤man Mr. and Mrs. David Unger Merle Schiller and Ronald Schiller Ethel Untermyer Helen F. Schmierer Mrs. Murray J. Vale Robert E. Schrade Elizabeth Vandyke Emily Schroeder and Matthew Willis Mr. Michael Van Meter and Ms. Judy Hillman Steve Schroeder and Nina Schroeder Raymond Vasiukevicius Theodore G. Schroeder Marilyn and Michael Vender Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Schwartz David Vesole, MD Susan and Charles Schwartz Marilyn Fatt Vitale and David Vitale Dorie W. Schwertz Jacqueline Vossler Paul Seeman and Kelly Seeman Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wanninger Bennye Seide and Je¤ Brown Lisa Warshauer Rachel and Neal Seltzer Susan and Theodore Weber Ronald Semerdjian and Nancy Semerdjian Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wechter Joe Shanahan Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Weiss Brian Shannon Leslie Weiss and Steve Eaddy Sheila Shochet and Mel Shochet Marco Weiss and Joan Weiss C. Felix Shuman Kristen and Barclay Welch Adele and John L. Simmons Lee Wesley and Victoria Granacki Edwin and Beverly Simon Mr. Roy Wesley and Mr. Mark Weber Linda and Michael L. Simon Dan and Julie Wheeler

38 support Jean Wheeler * denotes trustees Clyde Whitaker Jason White Leslie R. Wilson Elizabeth Winchester and O’Donnell Winchester Lee Winkler Stanley Wojcicki and Esther Wojcicki Jane Christino and Joseph Wolnski Patrick Wong Rick Wood and Lynda Wood Mikhaila Woodall Laura A. Woods Virginia Yeck Richard Yoast and Kathy Yoast Donald Young Cheryl Yuen and Thomas Chin Arnold Yusim and Beverly Yusim Nina and Milton Zale Dan Ziembo and Nancy Cook Jane Zirin Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Zitin Tania and Jason Zubkis Karen and Richard Zuckerman

Anonymous (7)

support 39 Foundation and The Peter G. and Elizabeth Torosian Foundation government $2,500–4,999 Consulate General of Brazil $100,000 and above Chicago Park District $1,000–2,499 The Andy Warhol Foundation Milton H. Callner Foundation Trust for the Visual Arts

$50,000–99,999 Corporate The Chicago Community Trust Illinois Arts Council $100,000 and above The John D. and Catherine T. American Airlines MacArthur Foundation Target, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts Polk Bros. Foundation $50,000–99,999 Terra Foundation for American Art Kraft Foods Macy’s $25,000–49,999 Sonnabend Gallery Efroymson Family Fund UBS Julius Frankel Foundation Lloyd A. Fry Foundation $25,000–49,999 Lannan Foundation Nobilo Wines The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust

$10,000–24,999 $10,000–24,999 Bank of America Helen Brach Foundation Bloomberg John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Cheim & Read Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Discover Financial Services Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Ovation TV Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Fine Arts Reyes Holdings, LLC Hugh M. Hefner Foundation Spruth Magers Illinois Bureau of Tourism Terlato Wines International The Mayer & Morris Kaplan UGL Unicco Family Foundation Yves Lambert The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Anonymous $5,000–9,999 Chicago Department of Cultural A¤airs $5,000–9,999 The Irving Harris Foundation Arnold AG Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund Baxter International Inc. New Prospect Foundation Illinois Tool Works Inc. The Siragusa Foundation Room & Board

40 support $2,500–4,999 Museum of Advent Systems, Inc. Blackman Kallick, LLP Contemporary Art Christie’s Gifts of Art GREC Architects Contributors Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects Mesirow Financial It is with great appreciation that the Museum Mission Press, Inc. of Contemporary Art, Chicago, thanks these Shure Incorporated supporters for their gifts of art or funds to help Siegel Moses & Schoenstadt, P.C. purchase art. Studio Gang Architects Terry Dowd Inc. Bucciero Family Wright Collectors Forum of the MCA Rena Conti and Ivan Moskowitz $2,499 and below The Edlis/Neeson Art Acquisition Fund* American Dental Association Marilyn and Larry Fields* Amsted Industries Foundation Paul L. and Dedrea Gray Argo Teas, Inc. Camille Oliver Ho¤mann Constellation Energy Marshall and Doris Holleb* Faust Associates Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection Food for Thought Catering Susan and Lewis Manilow* gravitytank, inc. Nancy and Robert Mollers InterPark Stenn Family Kirkland & Ellis LLP Howard and Donna Stone* Lowitz and Sons, Inc. Dannielle Tegeder and Tony Wight Gallery James Martin Associates, Inc. Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson Masterpiece International, Ltd. Verge: The Emerging Artists National City Bank Advisory Group of the MCA Northern Trust Rosina Lee Yue and Bert A. Lies, Jr. Orange Skin Randolph School Sahara Enterprises, Inc.

support 41 financial information

Operating Revenures $17.5 million

50% contributions

17% investment income 33% for operations earned revenues

1% 3% other program fees 2% membership 1% marketing 4% 15% admissions store

Operating Expenses $17.5 million 3% rentals 2% 2% food service 9% parking facilities 9% 48% marketing & pr program expenses 8% fundraising 16% general & administrative

42 financial information Contributions $8.8 million

$10,000,000

$9,000,000 8% $8,000,000

$7,000,000 23%

$6,000,000 8%

$5,000,000 9%

$4,000,000

$3,000,000 52%

$2,000,000 fundraising, net government $1,000,000 foundation Corporate $0 individual

Endowment Fiscal Years 2003–09

$80,000,000

$70,000,000 2007 2008 $60,000,000 2006

$50,000,000 2005 2009 2004

$40,000,000 2003

$30,000,000

$20,000,000

$10,000,000

financial information 43 events

44 events far left Projection by Jenny Holzer on the MCA fa- cade, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT left Helmut Jahn at the Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe exhibition preview event below left Olafur Eliasson with Jack Chase and Sam Lefkofsky at the Take your time: Olafur Eliasson Circle Donors Preview below right Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Kerry James Marshall

far left MCA Audience Development and Diversity Committee event featuring Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Kerry James Marshall middle middle Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn, Mayor Richard M. Daley, and MCA Trustee Cari Sacks at the MCA’s DRY ICE benefit left Guests at the Take your time: Olafur Eliasson Circle Donors Preview with One-way colour tunnel (2007) above left MCA Trustees Eric Lefkofsky and Sandy Koltun with MCA Board Chair Mary Ittelson above right Guests at the MCA’s DRY ICE benefit right MCA Trustee Allen Turner and his wife, Lynne Turner, with Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn at the Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT Circle Opening Event

46 events far left Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynstejn with Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson at the Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT Circle Opening Event left Jenny Holzer’s For Chicago installation (2008), commissioned for the Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT exhibition below Board Chair Mary Ittelson with MCA Trustees Helen Zell and Sally Meyers Kovler, musician Rufus Wainwright, MCA Trustees Anne Kaplan, Marlene Breslow-Blitstein, and Carol Prins at the MCA’s DRY ICE benefit

above MCA Trustee Marty Nesbitt and guests

events 47 board of trustees Terry E. Perucca Carol Prins Edward W. Rabin, Jr. Mary Ittelson, Chair Barbara Ruben King Harris, Vice Chair Cari Sacks Stefan Edlis, Secretary C. Bradford Smith Steven L. Fradkin, Treasurer Kai Sotorp Daryl Gerber Stokols Trustees Donna A. Stone Sara Albrecht Marjorie Susman Michael Alper Sara Szold Jennifer Aubrey Kathy Taslitz Steven P. Berkowitz Helen Zell* Gerhard Bette Martin E. Zimmerman Marlene Breslow-Blitstein Marc Brooks Life Trustees Suzette Bross Bulley Marilynn B. Alsdorf Michael Canmann Roger W. Barrett Carol Cohen Lindy Bergman Lois Eisen John D. Cartland* Larry Fields Frances Dittmer Marshall Front Helyn D. Goldenberg* Nicholas Giampietro Mrs. Ruth Horwich James A. Gordon John C. Kern Kenneth C. Griªn Sally Meyers Kovler* Madeleine Grynsztejn** Richard A. Lenon Jack Guthman Lewis Manilow* William J. Hokin Mrs. Robert B. Mayer William Hood Mrs. Marjorie I. Mitchell Abe Tomás Hughes II Judith Neisser Cynthia Hunt Penny Pritzker* Gretchen Jordan Dorie Sternberg Anne Kaplan Jerome H. Stone Don Kaul Allen M. Turner* Sanfred Koltun Eric Lefkofsky Ron Levin Presidents of Support Groups** Robert N. Mayer Peter Broido, Collectors Forum Nancy A. Lauter McDougal Rena Sternberg, Women’s Board Sylvia Neil Tania Zubkus, Volunteer Guides Kate Neisser *Past Chair Martin Nesbitt **Ex-oªcio Michael J. O’Connor

48 board of trustees staff Amy Lukas Coordinator of Rights and Reproductions

Accounting Jude Palmese Sharon Hawkins Senior Associate Registrar, Collections Accounting Manager Curatorial Peggy Papaioannou Michael Green Controller Curatorial Assistant Mary Richardson Gwendolyn Infusino Accounts Receivable Accountant Curatorial Administrative Assistant Sarah Wade Céline Marie Kopp Accounting Coordinator Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow Peter Walton Kate Kraczon Chief Financial Oªcer Curatorial Administrative Assistant Lee Warzecka Dominic Molon Accounts Payable/Payroll Manager Curator

Administration Elizabeth A. T. Smith LaToya Curry James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator and Administrative Assistant Deputy Director for Programs

Helen L. Dunbeck Tricia Van Eck Director of Administration Associate Curator

Emily Eirich Lynne Warren Human Resources Specialist Curator

Susan Kie¤er Julie Rodrigues Widholm Human Resources Manager Pamela Alper Associate Curator

Jared Sheldon Design and Publications Sta¤ Receptionist/ Sarah Kramer Telecommunications Coordinator Editorial Assistant

Collections and Exhibitions Jonathan Krohn Jennifer Dra¤en Designer Director of Collection and Scott Reinhard Exhibition Services Senior Designer Meridith Gray Alfredo Ruiz Senior Associate Registrar, Exhibitions Designer Amy Louvier Associate Registrar, Exhibitions

staff 49 Development Madeleine Grynsztejn Kaitlin Allen Pritzker Director Assistant Director of Individual Giving Janet Wolski and Board Secretary Assistant to the Director Bridget Eastman Coordinator of Individual Giving Education Eliza Dangler Kevin Eisenmann Coordinator of School Programs Manager of Corporate Relations Dominique Enriquez Julie P. Havel Manager of Teacher Programs Director of Institutional Advancement Erika V. Hanner Lisa M. Key Beatrice C. Mayer Director of Education Director of Development James Hodges Jonathan Kinkley Coordinator of School Programs Manager of Foundation and Government Relations Kristen Kaniewski Coordinator of Public Programs Marla Krupman Director of Individual Giving Marissa Reyes Polk Bros. Associate Director of Education Jonathan Lehman Grants Coordinator Maricelle Robles Coordinator of Family and Youth Programs Andrea Miller Special and Rental Events Assistant Jacqueline Terrassa Assistant Director of Public Programs Laurie Poindexter Development Services and Database Administrator Facilities Management Duncan R. Anderson Robert Sherer Building Operations Manager Manager of Individual Giving Don Meckley Allison Ward Director of Production and Facilities Development Assistant Dennis O’Shea Manager of Technical Production Directors’ Office Janet Alberti Nathaniel Ward Deputy Director and Chief Assistant Building Operations Manager Operating Oªcer

Shannon Cleary Information technology Assistant to the Deputy Director Mark Ciarleglio and Board Secretary Information Technology Specialist

50 staff Kamila Farshchi Performance Programs Director of Information Technology Yolanda Cesta Cursach John Koper Associate Director of Performance Programs Senior Information Technology Specialist Surinder Martignetti David Whitely Performance Programs Coordinator Information Technology Specialist Richard Norwood Production Coordinator Marketing Nicole M. Davis Peter Taub Marketing Assistant Director of Performance Programs

Chaz Olajide Preparators Manager of External Marketing Erica Erdmann Alexis Nido-Russo Senior Preparator, Exhibitions Marketing Coordinator Stephen Hokanson Angelique Power Senior Preparator, Shop Manager Director of Marketing Brad Martin Truly Render Senior Preparator, Exhibitions Marketing Assistant Scott M. Short Michelle Zis Senior Preparator, Exhibitions Marketing Assistant G. R. Smith Senior Preparator, Exhibitions Media Relations Erin Baldwin Security Media Relations Manager Kinola Ames Karla Loring Systems Operator Supervisor Director of Media Relations Henry Evans Je¤rey Nishihira Security Coordinator Web Designer Henry Garcia Sarah Wambold Systems Operator Supervisor Media Relations Coordinator Judy Gooden Systems Operator Supervisor Membership Nicole Barnes Ruthie Greer Membership Assistant Systems Operator Supervisor

Travis Trott David McElroy Membership Coordinator Gallery Oªcer

staff 51 Willie Reives Mara Koppel Senior Dock Oªcer Sales Associate

Epimeneo Tadeo Mark Millmore Systems Operator Supervisor Director of Retail

Diana Ruiz Torres David Robinson Security Coordinator Sales Associate

Eddie Sallie Ellen Sax Director of Security Services Assistant Manager of Retail Operations

Earnest Sterling Maxine Weintraub Senior Floor Captain and Jewelry and Accessories Buyer Warehouse Security Oªcer Robert Wodzinski Igor Vygovsky Shipping and Receiving Processor Systems Operator Scott Wold Robert Wisniewski Shipping and Receiving Processor Security Manager Heather Zienert Retail Merchandiser and Buyer’s Assistant Special Events Gina Crowley Steve Zirbel Director of Special Events and Rentals Manager of Online Sales and Integrated Marketing Kristi N. Widgery Associate Director of Rental Events Visitor Services Matti Allison Store Box Oªce Manager Chris Conti Print and Media Buyer Amy Corle Director of Visitor Services and Manager of Antoinette Dillon Internal Marketing Sales Associate Charles Evans Jennifer Fastwolf Box Oªce Coordinator Sales Associate Molly Laemle Bruce A. Greene Box Oªce Coordinator Retail Operations Coordinator Phongtorn Phongluantum John Gustafson Assistant Box Oªce Manager Senior Sales Associate and Assistant Buyer—Print and Media

Callista K. Kolias Manager of Retail Operations

52 staff