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SPRING 2019 fiamagazine Board of Trustees 1 Thomas J. Mitchell From the Executive Director CONTENTS President Elizabeth S. Murphy First Vice-President FIA Volunteers Make a Difference executive director 1 education 27–31 Mark Lippincott Second Vice-President exhibitions 2–8 art school 32–33 Kathryn C. Boles As the FIA has grown, so has the need for our auxiliary groups (Friends of Modern Art Secretary extra help to plan and deliver the wide and Founders Society); our docents; and the art on loan 9–10 founders travel 34 Martha Sanford Treasurer variety of high-quality events and programs. many volunteers who serve on committees acquisitions 11 contributions 35–37 Dean Yeotis Volunteers are an invaluable asset, lending and work on special projects for their Immediate Past President assistance to the planning and execution invaluable service. Eleanor Brownell films 12–14 membership 38–40 Ann K. Chan of FIA programs and services, including If you are not already volunteering at the James Draper exhibitions, films, studio experiences, FIA but would like to, you can choose to assist calendars 15, 17, 21 museum shop 41 Founders Society President Mona Hardas lectures, special events, book discussions, with one or more of the many projects that news & programs 16–26 Carol Hurand family activities, and diversity initiatives. FIA serve our audiences. As an FIA volunteer, Raymond J. Kelly III Jimmy King volunteers work with the public, staff, and you will be rewarded in many ways: the Alan Klein each other to provide the help necessary camaraderie of other volunteers, appreciation Jamile Lawand Office Hours Admission Eureka McCormick William H. Moeller Docent on a gallery tour. Mon–Fri, 9a–5p Adults $10.00* Jay Nelson 12 & under FREE Karl Olmsted Gallery Hours Students w/ ID $8.00* Dr. Brenda Rogers-Grays Mon–Fri, 12p–5p; Sat, 10a–5p; Senior citizens 62+, $8.00* Michael Rucks Sun, 1p–5p Ira A. Rutherford Closed on major holidays active military, & veteran Mary Coe Ryan Patricia Spangler FIA Theater Hours Theresa Stephens-Lock Tiffany Stolzenfeld Fri & Sat, 7:30p; Sun, 2p Lynne A. Taft-Draper FOMA President Museum Shop & Jan Werschky Art School Gallery * Free to FIA members and Shannon Easter White 810.234.1695 Genesee County residents FCCC Board Representative Mon–Sat, 10a–5p; Sun, 1p–5p Steve Heddy The Palette Café Honorary Trustee Website Beer Tasting Event volunteer. 810.249.0593 Elizabeth Neithercut flintarts.org Mon–Fri, 9a–5p; Sat, 10a–5p; Sun, 1p–5p Address Administration to deliver the Institute’s essential services. from our expanding audi- The Museum Shop, Art School 1120 E. Kearsley St. Flint, MI 48503 John B. Henry Through their efforts, the FIA has become ences, and fundraising Gallery, and The Palette Café are Executive Director a space where visitors can connect art with successes. Michael A. Melenbrink open late for select special events. Telephone Director of Finance & social interaction—offering something for For more information on becoming an FIA 810.234.1695 Administration everyone. volunteer, please come by the Visitor Services Kathryn K. Sharbaugh Fax Director of Development Over the past 12 months, 444 volunteers desk, visit the FIA’s website, flintarts.org, 810.234.1692 Tracee J. Glab contributed 6,780 hours valued at $167,400. or call the main number, 810.234.1695, to Curator of Collections & Exhibitions Some worked with the FIA for the first time, indicate your availability and areas of interest. Monique M. Desormeau while others added to their many years of We will get back with you right away. Curator of Education service. Their dedication, enthusiasm, and fia Donovan Entrekin This magazine, made possible through a generous donation by Lynne Hurand, Director of the Art School skills add so much to the performance and is published four times per year for mailing to FIA members, museums, and Sarah Mullane personality of the museum and Art School. libraries around the country. Director of Member & Guest Relations These talents also help the FIA meet the community’s expectations and fulfill our The FIA is a non-profit, equal FIA Exhibitions and Programs are mission “to advance the understanding and opportunity employer, and made possible in part with the provides programs and appreciation of art for all.” support of the Michigan cover image services without regard to Council for Arts and To recognize the many ways volunteers race, color, religion, national origin, age, Cultural Affairs, a partner Luba people improve their communities, the week of April sex or handicap. Democratic Republic of Congo agency of the National Kifwebe Mask, n.d. 7–13, 2019 has been designated National Operating support for the FIA is Endowment for the Arts. Wood Volunteer Week. The celebration was created 13 inches provided in part by the Charles in 1974 by President Richard Nixon and has Stewart Mott Collection of Dr. Robert Horn Foundation and honored volunteers every year since. During the Genessee this special time, I would like to acknowledge John B. Henry, County Millage. and thank our 30-member Board of Trustees; Executive Director 2 CLOSING SOON ON VIEW 3 Cathy Richardson The Drama of Vanessa American, born 1949 Homage to Margaret Mee, 2018 Glass 7 7 1 Japanese Prints German 2 /8 × 2 /8 × 1 /4 inches Gift of the artist, 2018.205 through 4.14.19 Miracles and Glory Graphics Gallery Abound This exhibition features colorful, early 20th-century through woodblock prints from Japanese artist Tsukioka 4.20.19 Kōgyo. Although he depicted many subjects, Henry Gallery Kōgyo is most well-known for his numerous scenes from Noh theater, one of the oldest existing Miracles and Glory Abound forms of theater still practiced today. His artworks explores the power of stories provide a glimpse into the rich stories, elegant through Vanessa German’s actors, and subdued ambiance of Noh plays. assembled sculptures. The exhibition Artwork from two of Kōgyo’s most important draws from both the visual and series, Pictures of Noh Plays (Nōgaku zue) and One emotional concepts of the iconic Hundred Noh Plays (Nōgaku hyakuban) are on view painting, Washington Crossing the in The Drama of Japanese Prints. Delaware (currently on view in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art) Small Worlds by Emanuel Leutze. German uses through 10.27.19 what she terms “power figures” to imitate Leutze’s composition Ann K. Walch-Chan Gallery and create a conversation about On May 17, 2019, the Paperweight Collectors EXHIBITIONS public memory and the rewriting EXHIBITIONS of history through the lens of Association (PCA) will visit the FIA as part of their privilege. After closing at the biannual conference, happening this year in Dearborn, FIA, Miracles and Glory Abound Michigan. The PCA is a non-profit organization dedicated travels to Figge Art Museum to appreciating and collecting glass paperweights. in Davenport, Iowa, and Bates Their mission is to promote education by increasing College Museum of Art in knowledge about paperweights, their creators, and the Lewiston, Maine. astounding glass medium from which they are created. A fully illustrated catalogue FIA Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Tracee Glab accompanies the exhibition will be the keynote speaker during the conference. Small with essays from performance During their time at the FIA, they will tour the Worlds artist Holly Bass, art theorist exhibition and view demonstrations in the FIA Hilary Robinson, and Hot Shop and Flameworking Studio. abstract expressionist During the planning stages of the conference, painter Danny contemporary paperweight artist Cathy Richardson Simmons. The visited the FIA to see its facilities. This trip inspired her catalogue is available to donate one of her paperweights to the museum. Her Homage to Margaret Mee in the FIA Museum paperweight, , was inspired by Shop for $19.95. the botanical artist of the same name. Mee was a British environmentalist artist whose work is now part of the London’s Royal Botanical Gardens collection. Graphics Gallery Exhibition is sponsored by Richardson created this paperweight by lampworking Tsukioka Kōgyo is sponsored by Vanessa German the botanical creatures on the inside, and using intaglio Japanese, 1869–1927 American, born 1976 for the accents. Intaglio is a form of design/decoration Rashomon, 1922 We Go This Way; Let Us Dance, 2018 Woodblock print y gala Mixed-media assemblage where the picture is below the surface of the glass. This 7 1 14 /8 × 10 /8 inches 97 x 39 x 42 inches effect may be achieved by cutting away the glass to form Collection of Sheldon communit Courtesy of the artist and Pavel and Heather Siegel Zoubok, Fine Art, NY the shape of the design, or by pressing the molten glass Photo: Heather Mull into a mold. 4 ON VIEW BRAY LECTURE 5 Engaging African Art African Art Making and Use and Highlights from the Horn Collection Western Collectors: The Complicated Life and History of African Art through 5.26.19 3.2.19 • 2:00p–3:00p Hodge Gallery FIA Theater Engaging African Art is an exhibition of works collected by New York psychiatrist Robert Horn over Nii O. Quarcoopome, Ph.D. Bray Lectures are made possible by the Viola E. Bray five decades. According to Horn, he was first exposed Co-Chief Curator and Curator of African Charitable Trust. to African art in the mid-1950s, after stumbling upon Art, Detroit Institute of Arts the Museum of Primitive Art in New York City. This Media Sponsor Within the last century, works of museum, founded by Nelson Rockefeller in 1954, was incredible craftsmanship attributed to closed in 1976, and its