Annual Report
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July 1, 2009–June 30, 2010 AnnuAl RepoRt 1 Contents 3 Board of Trustees 4 Trustee Committees 7 Message from the Director 10 Message from the President and Chairman 14 Renovation and Expansion 20 Collections 77 Exhibitions 91 Performing Arts, Music, and Film 100 Philanthropy and Community Support 159 Education and Public Programs 177 Staff List 184 Financial Report 185 Treasurer D HFOR C BRI D Cover: Trusses for the Right: The large atrium roof are lifted bronze Marcus D HFOR into place in the spring Aurelius is installed C of 2010 as the galleries of BRI D ancient art take COVER PHOTO: DAVI PHOTO: COVER 2 DAVI shape Board of Trustees Officers Standing Trustees Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Reverend Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Honorary Trustees Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Virginia N. Barbato James A. Ratner William R. Robertson Joyce G. Ames President Frederick E. Bidwell Dr. Eugene T. W. Sanders Elliott L. Schlang June Salle Antoine Michael J. Horvitz April Miller Boise David M. Schneider Michael Sherwin Dr. Harvey Buchanan Chairman Charles P. Bolton Mark Schwartz Richard T. Watson Penelope Buchanan* Sarah S. Cutler Sarah S. Cutler Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton Helen Collis Vice President Life Trustees Terrance C. Z. Egger Maxeen Flower* Ellen Stirn Mavec Ex Officio Elisabeth H. Alexander Vice President Richard H. Fearon Mrs. Robert I. Gale Jr. Marianne Bernadotte, Quentin Alexander James A. Ratner Helen Forbes-Fields Mrs. John T. Hildt Womens Council Leigh Carter Vice President Robert W. Gillespie Ward Kelley Jr. Deborah Gribbon, James H. Dempsey Jr.* Janet G. Ashe Agnes Gund Interim Director Malcolm E. Kenney Treasurer Jon A. Lindseth Michael J. Horvitz (beginning on 9/21/2009) Carolyn Lampl Edward W. Bauer Morton M. Mandel Cynthia Ames Huffman Timothy Rub, Director Charlotte Rosenthal Assistant Treasurer (ending on 9/21/2009) Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Charles S. Hyle Kramer Stephen J. Knerly Jr. Donna S. Reid Secretary Susan Kaesgen Trustees Emeriti Eleanor Bonnie McCoy Edwin M. Roth Roberto A. Prcela Nancy F. Keithley James T. Bartlett John C. Morley Frances P. Taft Assistant Secretary R. Steven Kestner James S. Berkman Elizabeth Mulcahy Mrs. Edward A. Kilroy Jr. William P. Madar George Gund III Lucia S. Nash Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.* Milton Maltz Adrienne Lash Jones Jane Nord Alton W. Whitehouse Ellen Stirn Mavec Robert M. Kaye James S. Reid Norman W. Zaworski D S. Sterling McMillan III Peter B. Lewis Barbara S. Robinson HFOR Laura Alvin Siegal C Scott C. Mueller Alex Machaskee BRI D Cara Stirn Stephen E. Myers DAVI Frederick R. Nance Dr. Evan Hopkins Turner Anne Hollis Perkins Iris Wolstein *deceased 3 tRustee Committees Standing Committees Scott C. Mueller Finance Audit Stephen E. Myers Charles S. Hyle David M. Schneider Executive Mark Schwartz Chair Chair Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Richard H. Fearon Frederick E. Bidwell Chair Alfred M. Rankin Jr. ex officio Vice Chair Robert W. Gillespie Michael J. Horvitz Virginia N. Barbato Vice Chair Stephen E. Myers Compensation April Miller Boise Virginia N. Barbato Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Michael J. Horvitz ex officio Sarah S. Cutler Chair Nancy F. Keithley Richard H. Fearon Michael J. Horvitz Director Search William P. Madar Helen Forbes Fields Charles S. Hyle R. Steven Kestner Milton Maltz Charles S. Hyle Chair Committee on Scott C. Mueller Sarah S. Cutler Nancy F. Keithley Trustees James A. Ratner Agnes Gund R. Steven Kestner Sarah S. Cutler Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Michael J. Horvitz Ellen Stirn Mavec Chair ex officio James A. Ratner Charles P. Bolton Nancy F. Keithley Vice Chair Investment Ellen Stirn Mavec Collections Helen Forbes Fields Michael J. Horvitz Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Nancy F. Keithley Robert W. Gillespie Chair James A. Ratner Chair R. Steven Kestner Richard H. Fearon Charles P. Bolton Robert W. Gillespie Special Legal Vice Chair Ellen Stirn Mavec S. Sterling McMillan III Michael J. Horvitz Virginia N. Barbato Scott C. Mueller Chair James A. Ratner Marianne Bernadotte Michael J. Horvitz Deborah Gribbon ex officio David M. Schneider Frederick Bidwell Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Helen Forbes Fields ex officio ex officio EY nl Michael J. Horvitz Elliott L. Schlang Susan Kaesgen Advisor to the committee ORY M. DO G Ellen Stirn Mavec GRE 4 Advisory Committees Charlotte Rosenthal African American Kramer Helen Forbes Fields Accessions Karen Krause Chair Nancy F. Keithley Jon A. Lindseth June Sallee Antoine Chair Ellen Stirn Mavec Emma Benning Charles P. Bolton Vice Chair Tamar Maltz Alfred Bright Elisabeth H. Alexander Scott Mueller Margot Copeland Quentin Alexander Stephen E. Myers Gisselle Green Virginia N. Barbato Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Bert Laurelle G. Holt Marianne Bernadotte Donna S. Reid Bracey Lewis Frederick E. Bidwell Edwin M. Roth Franklin Martin Leigh Carter Elliott L. Schlang Rev. Martin McMickle Helen Collis Mark Schwartz A. Grace Lee Mims George Gund III Dr. Eugene T. W. Steve Minter Sanders Helen Forbes Fields Greg Reese Frances P. Taft Joan Fountain Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Nancy West ex officio Kenneth Hegyes Iris Wolstein Mrs. John T. Hildt Building Oversight Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.* Karen Hinkle Michael J. Horvitz Neil Viny Michael J. Horvitz Chair Dr. Norman Zaworski Marguerite Humphrey James A. Ratner Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Vice Chair Robert H. Jackson ex officio Frederick E. Bidwell Susan Kaesgen Scott C. Mueller Robert M. Kaye Donna S. Reid Mrs. Edward A. Kilroy Jr. *deceased Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Dr. Robert Kiwi ex officio EY nl Educator Seema Rao ORY M. DO talks with visitors in G the Byzantine gallery GRE 5 Development Susan W. MacDonald Legislative Affairs Ellen Stirn Mavec Nancy-Clay Marsteller Michael J. Horvitz Chair S. Sterling McMillan III Chair R. Steven Kestner Dr. Eugene T. W. Robert W. Gillespie Vice Chair Sanders Jon A. Lindseth Marianne Bernadotte Frances P. Taft Milton Maltz Frederick E. Bidwell Dr. Mark Tebeau Barbara S. Robinson Sarah S. Cutler Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton David M. Schneider Robert W. Gillespie James Zull Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Michael J. Horvitz Alfred M. Rankin Jr. ex officio William P. Madar ex officio Library Scott C. Mueller Marketing Stephen E. Myers David M. Schneider Mark Schwartz Chair Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Chair Joanne Eustis TI ex officio S Dennis Barrie Malcolm E. Kenney RIE Ag D Frederick E. Bidwell Mary Ann Liljedahl AR Education W O Virginia N. Barbato Larry Bloomenkrantz Jon A. Lindseth H Chair Scott Chaikin Dr. Richard Rubin Susan Kaesgen Elizabeth T. Fowler Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Vice Chair David M. Geyer ex officio Hedy Adler John Norman Marianne Bernadotte W. Allen Shapard Leigh Carter Sarah S. Cutler Dr. Brendan Foreman Dr. Carol S. Franklin Dr. Karen Clark Keyes 6 From the diReCtoR One year ago Debbie Gribbon was the museum’s interim director. While her years of experience at the Getty Museum and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum were invaluable, her steady good humor and wisdom were just as important to the wonderful success of her interim directorship. Her leadership during a key year in the museum’s history was marked by many accomplishments. We are all greatly in her debt for her brief but decisive service to the museum. Looking forward, the coming years will be absolutely transformative for the museum. The expansion and renovation project is moving toward completion in 2013, and the potential of these physical changes should be realized as the museum approaches its 100th anniversary in 2016. All of this comes at an exciting time for the city of Cleveland EY D nl HFOR C RI B ORY M. DO D G AVI D GRE 7 and the broader northeast Ohio region. Despite periods of economic difficulty, the region is focusing on coming together to make the most of its natural advantages of location, its enviable cultural and intellectual assets, and the quality and determination of its people. With the museum’s ambitious renovation and expansion project well on the way to completion, it is time to concentrate on ways to bring its remarkable collection to life—from helping visitors EY find joy and meaning to inspiring the scholarship nl that deepens art historical understanding and forms ORY M. DO G the basis of new exhibitions, acquisitions, and GRE publications. Whatever else the museum may do, it ideal for this museum because the architecture all starts with the art object. focuses the visitor experience not just on the When I talk about the importance of the building itself, but also on the works of art. This art object, I do not mean only the work and is what it means when we say the museum is all its installation and presentation, but also the about the object. The opportunity to appreciate broader visitor experience. Because the collection a work of art in a gallery grounds us in reality. In embodies such richness and the museum’s doors that way a museum is a rare kind of civic space. It are open to everyone, concepts of variety and gathers all these different kinds of people in order plurality and even ideas of free speech are part of to share a contemplative, moving experience. that experience. As the objects teach us to value Contemplative and moving does not mean diversity, to respect beauty, they teach us how to lacking in energy, however. Here you walk feel and how to appreciate new things. through the galleries and there’s a palpable sense The potential of the museum to bring people of excitement and pride, an atmosphere of change together with great works of art in this physical and hope for the future. The museum’s prestige space translates into a benefit for the local and reputation should have an influence on the community in a number of ways.