Room to Bloom Celebrating 60 Years
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MINT MUSEUM AUXILIARY ROOM TO BLOOM CELEBRATING 60 YEARS MINT MUSEUM UPTOWN at Levine Center for the Arts | 500 South Tryon Street | Charlotte, NC 28202 MINT MUSEUM RANDOLPH | 2730 Randolph Road | Charlotte, NC 28207 704.337.2000 | mintmuseum.org mintmuseumauxiliary.org DEDICATED TO THE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE LED, SERVED AND GIVEN TO THE AUXILIARY FOR THE PAST SIX DECADES. WE CONTINUE TO BE INSPIRED BY THEIR MODERN THINKING, INSIGHTFUL SERVICE AND TIRELESS LEADERSHIP. LETTER FROM for making an THE CO-CHAIRS Dynamic, innovative, visionary and modern are only a few of the words that describe Room to Bloom 2013. On behalf of the Mint Museum Auxiliary, we invite you to join us! This year marks many milestones, including the sixtieth anniversary of impact. the Room to Bloom Celebration (formerly the Home & Garden Tour), and creates a one-of-a-kind opportunity to recognize generations of Auxiliary leadership and to celebrate more than $12 million in donations including funds and acquisitions. Under the careful eye of Auxiliary leadership, we are moving in a modern direction with a series of fresh, engaging and experiential programs that include the unveiling of two significant Auxiliary acquisitions. Funds raised this spring will support a year-long art program targeting a Project L.I.F.T. school that serves students in an economically challenged Charlotte community. It will also finance a grade level of Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Inspiring. Thought Provoking. PNC is proud to sponsor Room to students touring the museum’s blockbuster exhibition, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Bloom. Because we appreciate all that goes into your work. Fairs 1851-1939, opening in September 2013. Your patronage is vitally important as it not only allows the Auxiliary to fund these critical educational initiatives, but also to sponsor ongoing educational programs for the community and Stop by your local PNC Bank Branch, or Call 888-PNC-BANK pnc.com acquisitions on behalf of The Mint Museum. We express our warmest thanks to our sponsors, patrons, party hosts, committee members and Auxiliary volunteers who share not only their resources, but also their incredible talent and passion to help move forward the Auxiliary and its important mission. Thank you for helping the Auxiliary bloom in 2013! Room to Bloom Room to Bloom Mint Museum ©2013 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. All rights reserved. PNC Bank, National Association. Member FDIC Celebration Chair Celebration Chair Auxiliary President 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS HISTORY Auxiliary and Leaders 6-11 HAPPENINGS Events and Parties 13-23 HIGHLIGHTS Acquisitions, Patrons and Sponsors 24-39 HIGH BIDS Silent Auction 40-53 MARY MCDONALD EXCLUSIVELY FOR HOW TO Reservations 55 www.fschumacher.com 800-523-1200 FABRICS WALLCOVERINGS TRIMMINGS FURNISHINGS CONTRACT/CUSTOM 5 SCH_2013-02_MM-ad-mint-04.indd 1 2/11/13 5:19 PM In 1936, The Mint Museum opened as North Carolina’s first art museum, In the 1970s, the collection continued to grow with several In the 1990s, the Auxiliary also purchased paintings by THE Mint although it had no collection. A year later, four paintings comprised its significant acquisitions. The oldest piece in the Chinese William Charles Anthony Frerichs, Jerome Thompson, arts holdings. Over the next two decades, the collection grew slowly Collection, Storage Jar, dates to 2200 BC. Also purchased and funded the museum purchases several works of MUSEUM and was entirely dependent on local donations. during this decade were works by Elliot Dangerfield, Spanish Colonial Art. AUXiliary: Benjamin West, Richard Anuskiewicz, Thomas Sully, In 1956, the Mint Museum Auxiliary was founded by Mrs. H.T. Cosby and Richard Champion, Benjamin Luks, Maurice Prendergast, To usher in the 21st century, the Auxiliary acquired works a group of interested friends to provide financial support to and to broaden Ernest Lawson and William James Glackens. by Arthur Bowen Davies, Augusta Savage, Laura Coombs public support of The Mint Museum. The first major project sponsored by the Hills, Blanche Lazzell and an extraordinary collection of $12,000,000 Auxiliary was the Home Tour which had been started by Mrs. Harold C. Dwelle The 1980s provided a time of tremendous growth for both American ceramics. as a benefit for the museum in 1953. With the founding of the Auxiliary, the museum and the Auxiliary. In 1985, the Auxiliary created IN DONATIONS a long roster of members have since contributed thousands of volunteer EMMA, the Endowment for Mint Museum Acquisitions. The 2010 marked the opening of the Mint Museum Uptown. To INCLUDING 3,800 hours to generate funds to support The Mint Museum through educational purpose of the endowment is to acquire works of art that commemorate the occasion, the Auxiliary commissioned WORKS OF ART offerings and acquisitions for the museum’s permanent collection. support the Collections Plan of The Mint Museum that also its first work ever as part of the Ten-Ten-Ten Project. appeal to the demographic and sensibilities of the Auxiliary Inspired by the women of the Auxiliary, Ted Noten In addition to the Home Tour (now known as the Room to Bloom membership. These funds are managed by the Foundation created Slow: Eleven Women and 400 Daisies. Noten Celebration), the Auxiliary has supported various fundraisers which for the Carolinas. Significant acquisitions purchased in the was named Dutch Artist of the Year in 2012. In 2011, the have included the Mint Museum Shop (1957-1998), the Mint Museum 1980s include works by Charles Burchfield, George Wesley Auxiliary hosted Oscar de la Renta for a memorable and Antiques Show (1967-2004), the Mint to Be Yours Tag Sale (2007-2010) Bellows, Harvey K. Littleton, Frances Cotes and the Auman extraordinary fashion show. Mr. de la Renta donated a ball and the Fall EnrichMINT Forum started in 2011. The Room to Bloom Collection of North Carolina Pottery. gown in honor of the Auxiliary. In addition to these works, Celebration, the Auxiliary’s largest annual fundraiser, will have its 60th the Auxiliary also purchased works by Dario Robleto and Anniversary in 2013. The Auxiliary began the Fashion Collection in 1972 which Albert Elbaz of Lanvin. now numbers over 10,000 items. In the 1990s, the Of the 35,000 items in The Mint Museum’s collection, the Auxiliary has donated Auxiliary helped the Fashion Collection reach a new level The Auxiliary has grown from a small group of 60 women to over 3,800. These works of art touch every department of the museum: by funding the museum purchases of exquisite examples over 600 members spanning several generations. To date, American Art, Art of the Ancient Americas, Craft+Design, Decorative Arts, European Art, Fashion, and Modern & Contemporary Art. of historical costume and haute couture from Jacques the Auxiliary has donated over twelve million dollars to Doucet, Christian Dior, Madame Gres, the House of The Mint Museum including funds and acquisitions. The The rich journey began in 1960 with the Auxiliary’s first acquisition In the Glen by American painter John LaFarge. Other Chanel, Pierre Balmain, Hubert de Givenchy, Gianni six decade partnership between The Mint Museum and highlights from the 1960s include works by the English painter Frederick Richard Lee and American painters, William Versace, Pierre Cardin, Arnold Scaasi, Carolina Herrera, the Mint Museum Auxiliary has been rich, strong, and McDougal Hart and William Samuel Horton. and Oscar de la Renta. beneficial to both the museum and the city of Charlotte. 6 7 SIX Decades OF Leadership and SerVICE Mrs. John B. Harrison Mrs. Albert C. Littlejohn Mrs. William P. Philips, Jr. Mrs. Richard Sims Mrs. Hughes H. Hayes Mrs. Robert S. Lillen Mrs. Robert Pingry Mrs. Phillip D. Small Please consider making a contribution to Endowment for Mint Museum Acquisitions (EMMA) in honor of one or more of these visionary voluneers who have led the Auxiliary as Past Presidents and Event Chairs Mrs. Ben D. Heath III Mrs. Robert W. Long, Jr.* Mrs. Brooke Pitts Mrs. Gibson L. Smith, Jr. * over the past sixty years. Donations can be made on the reservations form at the back of the brochure. Mrs. W. Andrews Heath, Jr.* Mrs. Mimi Lucas Mrs. Rodney C. Pitts Mrs. W. Robert Story * Donations have been received in the spring of 2013 in honor of these volunteers in conjunction with this sixtieth Mrs. Ben G. Heilman Mrs. Lex Marsh Mrs. William W. Plyer Mrs. David Straut anniversary celebration. Mrs. Willis I. Henderson, Jr. Mrs. Robert E. Mason Mrs. Joe Polite* Mrs. John Switzer* Mrs. Eugene C. Hicks III Mrs. Neill McBryde Mrs. John Pollard Mrs. James W. Thompson Mrs. Weston Andress Mrs. Don T. Carmichael Mrs. John Culbertson* Mrs. Ted A. Gardner Mrs. Dorothy D. Hodges Mrs. Hamilton W. McKay Mrs. C. Lowry Pressley Mrs. Peter K. Thompson Mrs. Blair W. Ashcraft* Mrs. Chalmers R. Carr Mrs. Walter Daniel Mrs. E. Reed Gaskin Mrs. Luther Hodges, Jr. Mrs. John McMaster Mrs. Norris Preyer Mrs. Lee A. Thornburg Mrs. William Edward Austin, Jr.* Mrs. David Carroll Mrs. Robert I. Dalton, Jr. Mrs. David M. Gessner Mrs. Graham Holding Mrs. Carl L. McPhail* Mrs. William Pritchard Mrs. Paul N. Tolmie* Mrs. James G. Babb* Mrs. Joseph J. Carruth Mrs. Alan T. Dickson* Mrs. Wallace Gibbs Mrs. Walter Hook Mrs. W.D. Melton, Jr. Mrs. John W. Purdie Mrs. Charles L. Truesdell Mrs. George C. Barrett Mrs. George Carver Mrs. Douglas A. Donald Mrs. William Goodwyn Mrs. Cornelia Hoover Mrs. Ralfe Mesrobian Mrs. Starke Radcliffe Mrs. J.P. Tull Mrs. Walter B. Beaver Mrs. Lloyd C. Caudle Mrs. William Donovan Mrs. C. Paisley Gordon* Mrs. Frank Horne* Mrs. Aaron E. Michel Mrs. David Redding Mrs. William K. Van Allen* Mrs. Paul B. Bell* Mrs. Wynn Charlebois* Mrs.