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< Above: Ai Weiwei, Zodiac Heads/ Circle MCASD presents first survey exhibition of Have lunch with us. Loading Dock Celebrate Summer Solstice at MCASD of Animals: Gold, 2010, gold-plated Mexican-American artist John Valadez, P. 3 Lunches launches downtown in June, P . 11 , P. 13 bronze. Courtesy of a Private Collection. Photo: Pablo Mason. Art in the Twenty-First Century Comes to Art Auction is back. place your bids Build-it-yourself paper spool system, La Jolla in April, P. 6 may 30, P. 13 now available at the X Store, P. 15 EXHIBITIONS LA JOLLA

John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From Pastels and from the 1990s and 2000s will the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and also be included in the exhibition. These works, which depart His Family Foundation > ON VIEW THROUGH 5/13/12 from his earlier strict adherence to deadpan representa- > LA JOLLA tion towards a more Baroque compositional structure, are John Baldessari is an internationally celebrated artist, yet marked by a need to push the boundaries of structure and southern is and has always been his home. He began style. Memory, desire, intuition, and humor blend in these his art making in his birthplace, National City, located between masterfully accomplished works on canvas and paper, which San Diego and the U.S./Mexico border. In 1960, MCASD, then are thrust by their very excess into a territory that materi- the La Jolla Art Center, gave Baldessari his first exhibition. alizes a personal iconography beyond the limits of cultural His relationship with the Museum has continued, including identity. In his later works, Valadez aims to make familiar the the 1997 one-person show National City. Once again MCASD is unfamiliar—whether dreams and fantasies, or the cultural honored to welcome Baldessari back to the Museum, this time identity of others. with an expansive survey of his entire body of printmaking. Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011 is orga- baldessari took on printmaking in the 1970s and has nized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. continued unabated. With laconic wit and visual restraint, Support for the exhibition is made possible by the National he alters and crops photographic images to build a beguiling Prospect 2012 > 4/21/12 THROUGH 5/30/12 > LA JOLLA Endowment for the Arts and the County of San Diego visual vocabulary. This current retrospective of Baldessari’s Each year, MCASD’s curatorial staff organizes an exhibition Community Enhancement Fund. Additional funding is provided prints, including more than 100 works made between 1973 of artwork to be considered for acquisition by members of by the Cochrane Exhibition Fund. Related programs are sup- and 2010 in media as diverse as lithography, etching, photo- Contemporary Collectors and International Collectors, the ported by The James Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Fund. gravure, aquatint, photo intaglio, embossing, silkscreen, and Museum’s premier support groups. In advance of being Institutional support for MCASD is provided, in part, by the City beyond, presents a beautiful and cacophonous example of the selected by ballot at the annual Selection Dinner, the works of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. adventures in seeing and thinking he can conjure. Drawn from are displayed in the galleries along with contextual pieces the impressively rich and deep holdings of contemporary from the permanent collection. Selected Works on Paper > 6/10/12 THROUGH 9/2/12 prints assembled by collector, business man, and philanthro- This year includes works by Spencer Finch, , > LA JOLLA pist Jordan Schnitzer, this exhibition represents the largest Cathy Opie, and Sam Durant. This presentation of works on paper from the MCASD collec- offering of Baldessari’s graphic oeuvre ever assembled. tion includes two prints made by Richard Diebenkorn in 1970, John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to not long after the artist moved his studio to Santa Monica’s Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation 2011 > 6/10/12 THROUGH 9/2/12 > LA JOLLA Ocean Park neighborhood and returned to abstraction after is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego John Valadez is widely considered the most significant art- years of working in a figurative style. These insistently and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. Funding is made ist to have developed a realist pictorial language recording abstract works nonetheless retain the influence of the land- possible thanks to The ResMed Foundation and proceeds from the Chicano experience in during the ‘70s, ‘80s, scape, viewed through the window of the artist’s studio or MCASD’s 2010 Art Auction. Related programs are supported and ‘90s. His work has come to define the iconography of from the window of an airplane. In 1970 Diebenkorn was by grants from the James Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Chicano identity of the period, situating it within the chang- invited by the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department Fund, and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement ing dynamics of the city rather than nostalgically attempting of the Interior to document water reclamation projects Fund. Institutional support for MCASD is provided, in part, by to reconstruct a mythical and distant past. His style is derived in Colorado and Arizona, where he viewed rivers and river the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. from street photography as he records the life of his commu- valleys from a helicopter—a project that he acknowledged nity and of other inhabitants of downtown Los Angeles. Yet, inflected his work at the time. SPENCER FINCH: ROME (PANTHEON, NOON, JUNE 14, his interest in the documentary photographic tradition is also the Diebenkorn prints serve as points of departure for 2011) > ON VIEW THROUGH 5/30/12 > LA JOLLA closely related to the use of this genre by experimental L.A. this selection of works that oscillate between abstraction At once grand and subtle, Spencer Finch’s light-based artists who, since the 1960s when portable cameras became and figuration, with both tendencies finding visual correlates installations bridge an actual locale with a recalled memory. ubiquitous, have directed their lenses toward artistic ends. in the landscape. The exhibition features drawings, photo- Rather than depict a scene’s physical contours, Finch evokes Valadez turned the ordinary snapshot into a source for graphs, paintings on paper, and prints—many of which have the moment and mood of a place by controlling the quality his portrayal of a large, diverse cast of urban inhabitants rarely been on view—by an array of artists. of light, color, or other sensory information. In this way, he drawn from his everyday life. Born in Los Angeles in 1951, translates one physical experience into an analogous aes- Valadez began as a muralist, in which he presented themes thetic incident. of invisible borders and histories binding together Spanish, Using the Museum’s Robert Venturi-designed sky Mexican, and American culture. Valadez’s intense and light, Finch evokes ancient Rome in seaside La Jolla with colorful artworks express the Chicano experience in a con- a reference to architecture of the Italian Pantheon. Within temporary representational style infused with elements of MCASD’s Axline Court, Finch recalls the circular oculus of the magical realism. His virtuoso pastel drawings present intense Pantheon’s expansive dome by fashioning a massive scrim- contrasts: the formal and narrative interpretations resemble covered lens to filter the light through Venturi’s sky light. unlikely photographs that offer social commentary on every- This translucent disc counters not only Venturi’s exuberant day urban life. architecture, but translates the California sunshine into the Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011 is the first quality of light found at the Roman landmark. In addition to survey exhibition of this important Mexican-American artist this architecturally-scaled work, Finch is planning a second and muralist, who has had profound influence on the Chicano project which will address the Museum’s two contrasting art movement in the . This exhibition spans 35 locations in La Jolla and San Diego. years of Valadez’s photographs, paintings, pastels, and other Born in 1962, Finch earned a B.A. from Hamilton College works on paper. Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to in Comparative Literature and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from 2011 presents, for the first time, the development ofV aladez’s the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989. He has exhibited studio works: from his early use of documentary and street widely since the mid-1990s, including one-person shows at photography to the influence of European Baroque and MASS MoCA and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Rococo and sculpture, and finally, to his more recent Spencer Finch: Rome (Pantheon, Noon, June 14, 2011) is amalgamation of photography-based imagery with a spatial organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and and temporal structure pointing towards Surrealism. The is sponsored by MCASD’s International Collectors. Related exhibition explores the specific documentary implications of programs are supported by The James Irvine Foundation Valadez’s paintings, pastels, and drawings of the late 1970s Arts Innovation Fund. Institutional support for MCASD is pro- and early 1980s, and their later evolution into cityscapes vided, in part, by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts imbued with his desire to depict the nitty-gritty of urban life and Culture. in L.A. and its ethnic underclass.

< This Page: Spencer Finch, Rome (Pantheon, Noon, June 14, 2011), 2011, scrim, aluminum, color effect filter. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Pablo Mason.

< Opposite: John Baldessari, God Nose, editon of 25, 2008, cas t aluminum with hand-painting, 36 x 37 in. (91.4 x 94cm), Collec ton of Jordan D. Schnitzer.

2 3 EXHIBITIONS DOWNTOWN

Ai Weiwei: Zodiac Heads/Circle of Animals: Gold > visual language of ghost stories as figures recur and images ON VIEW THROUGH 7/29/12 > DOWNTOWN, JACOBS BUILDING appear and disappear. Indeed, Mazu’s spectral figure traverses MCASD is honored to present the U.S. museum debut of Ai time and space, serving as a guide through the interlocking Weiwei’s topical and sumptuous Circle of Animals/Zodiac strands of the work. Similarly, a ghostly protagonist, played Heads: Gold. This installation on view in the Strauss Gallery is by Zhao Tao, leads viewers through the world of Shanghai comprised of twelve animal heads, each depicting a segment cinema, including a restaging by Julien of scenes from the of the ancient Chinese zodiac. The Museum’s curatorial team classic Chinese film The Goddess (1934), and finally back to first saw the gold zodiac heads in Beijing in November 2010, the streets of old and modern Shanghai. In Ten Thousand and MCASD is the first U.S. museum to present the series. Waves, Julien deftly deploys the visual and aural textures of The MCASD exhibition is the start of a traveling tour that film to elicit a visceral response from viewers, submerging includes domestic and international venues. them in a world of his own making. The recent works by artist and activist Ai Weiwei refer- Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves is organized by the ence a European version of the Chinese zodiac designed by Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and is made pos- Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures, sible thanks to a generous gift from Maryanne and Irwin with their international connections, were built for an elabo- Pfister. Additional support for this exhibition is provided by rate water-clock at the imperial summer home of the Linda Pace Foundation. Related programs are supported Emperor Qianlong, just outside of Beijing. In 1860 during the by grants from The James Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Second Opium War, the imperial gardens were ransacked, dis- Fund, and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement placing the twelve zodiac heads. To this date only seven have Fund. Institutional support for MCASD is provided, in part, by been recovered. Continuing his work of re-interpreting cul- the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. tural objects from his own fantasy and historical knowledge, Ai revisions all twelve zodiac heads. His work comments on Iconic: Gifts From the Kondon-Giesberger the tension between what is “fake,” what is a “copy,” and Collection > ON VIEW THROUGH 8/12/12 > DOWNTOWN, what may constitute the better of the two. 1001 KETTNER BLVD. The same zodiac figures featured in MCASD’s exhibi- In an effort to showcase key masterworks from its his- tion are also used in a larger scale bronze installation that torical collection, MCASD presents Iconic: Gifts from the has traveled to several locations since it was unveiled in Kondon-Giesberger Collection. This focused exhibition par- Manhattan’s Pulitzer Foundation last May. Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves > ON VIEW ticularly considers the impulse toward reductive abstraction Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold is orga- THROUGH 12/1/12 > DOWNTOWN, JACOBS BUILDING as expressed by artists from the late 1950s into the 1970s. nized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and AW British artist Isaac Julien is equally acclaimed for his arrest- MCASD’s collection of 4,200 objects is noted for its Asia, New York. ing films and his vibrant gallery installations. With rich strength in minimalism, including works by artists such as The exhibition is made possible by a generous lead gift imagery that soars between the cold northwest coast of Donald Judd and Agnes Martin. Both of these artists, whose from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, and supporting gifts from Faye England, the buzzing rush hour of Shanghai, and the lush distilled compositions emphasize the essential components Hunter Russell, Valerie and Harry Cooper, and Sheryl and landscape of bamboo forest and stony mountains, Ten of art—line, canvas, form—will be featured. Harvey White. Additional funding is provided by Melissa and Thousand Waves represents a dynamic form of filmic sto- Iconic will also debut new additions to the Museum’s Michael Bartell, Olivia and Peter Farrell, Iris and Matt Strauss, rytelling as the multiple tales unfold across nine screens. holdings acquired through a generous gift of the Estate of and Karen and Don Cohn. Filmed in the dramatic landscape of the Guangxi province, Vance E. Kondon and Elisabeth Giesberger. Kondon, a former Related programs are supported by grants from The the celebrated Shanghai Film Studios, and various contempo- board member of MCASD, was active in San Diego’s art com- James Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Fund, and the rary sites around Shanghai, Ten Thousand Waves combines munity in the 1970s, when minimalism was in its heyday. County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund. fact, fiction, and film essay genres against a background of works from the Vance E. Kondon and Elisabeth Institutional support for MCASD is provided, in part, by Chinese history, legend, and landscape to create a meditation Giesberger estate include Robert Ryman’s white-on-white the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. on global human migrations. canvas, Century (1975), and Brice Marden’s subtle multi- the original inspiration for Ten Thousand Waves was paneled canvas Green Study (1982). Other works on view Doug Wheeler: DW 68 VEN MCASD 11 & James the Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, in which 23 Chinese include new acquisitions by Robert Mangold, Mark Tobey, Ben Turrell: Wedgework V > ON VIEW THROUGH 8/12/12 cockle-pickers died in the rising tide. Julien commissioned Akkerman, Ad Dekkers, and Richard Serra. When presented > DOWNTOWN, JACOBS BUILDING AND 1001 KETTNER BLVD. the poet Wang Ping to come to England and write a poem alongside other selections from the Museum’s permanent Last September, Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface in response to this event. The resulting poem, Small Boats, collection, including works by Jo Baer, Christo, and Mary took over MCASD, inhabiting all gallery spaces at both loca- is recited in the work. In the successive years, conversations Corse, the grouping eloquently represents a fertile period for tions and claiming a spot in history as the Museum’s biggest with academics, curators, and artists helped Julien uncover a abstraction and helps demonstrate the Museum’s deep hold- exhibition to date. This expansive survey explored ground- symbolic body of material through which he explores modern ings of this important period on American art. breaking work produced by artists in the ‘60s and ‘70s who and traditional Chinese values and superstitions. Julien ref- Iconic is presented at the Museum’s downtown campus later became known as pioneers of the Light and Space erences the Tale of Yishan and the goddess Mazu, a protector in the Colette and Ivor Royston Gallery on the second floor of movement. The exhibition closed in La Jolla in January and of sailors and fishermen who comes from theF ujian Province, the 1001 Kettner building, a spacious and sky-lit gallery that downtown in March, but two large-scale light environments like the Morecambe Bay workers. The fable recounts a story showcases objects to excellent effect. will remain on view downtown through August 2012. Doug of 16th-century fishermen lost at sea until the goddess, Iconic: Gifts from the Kondon-Giesberger Collection is Wheeler’s DW 68 VEN MCASD 11 is on view in the Jacobs played by Maggie Cheung, leads them to safety. Julien draws organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Building, and ’s Wedgework V is on view at 1001 on the poignant connection between this legend and the 21st- Select works highlighted in the exhibition were received as a Kettner Boulevard. century tragedy of the migrant workers. gift of the Estate of Vance E. Kondon and Elisabeth Giesberger. the film references ideas of death, spiritual displace- Related programs are supported by grants from The James ment, and the Chinese connection with “ghosts” or “lost Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Fund and the County of souls.” Linking the Shanghai of the past with the Shanghai San Diego Community Enhancement Fund. Institutional sup- of the present, Julien symbolizes China’s transition towards port for MCASD is provided, in part, by the City of San Diego modernity, aspiration, and affluence. Julien employs the Commission for Arts and Culture.

< This page: Isaac Julien, Green Screen Goddess (Detail), 2010, Endura Ultra photograph, 71 x 95 inches, Courtesy of the artist, Metro Pictures, New York and Victoria Miro Gallery, London.

> Opposite page: Robert Mangold, Square Within Rectangle, 1974, acrylic on canvas. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Gift of the Estate of Vance E. Kondon and Elisabeth Giesberger. © 2012 Robert Mangold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

4 5 LECTURES AND EVENTS APR/MAY/JUNE/JULY

All events take place at MCASD La Jolla Lectures and events Munless o therwise noted with T (DT) W TH F SA SU Perspectives: Off the Screen > Tuesday, April 10 > 7 PM > Downtown > Free to Members and SDSU Students; $10 General Admission; $5 Students Join MCASD’s Chief Curator Kathryn Kanjo and Yingjin Zhang, Ph.D. Professor of Chinese, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies as they discuss the aesthetic and political dimen- 1 sions of filmmaking as it relates to the work ofI saac Julian. This program falls on a Free Third Thursday; tour the exhibition for free from 5–7 PM. Avant Garde all mcasd l Open Studios VisiT Educator Reception: Art21 Pre-Screening Social > Thursday, April 12 > 4 PM (UCSD) 5:30– 6:45 PM > La Jolla > Free to Educators 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Join MCASD’s education staff for an exclusive educator social hour before the 7 PM San o cati o ns cl Diego premiere of Art21 Season Six in Sherwood Auditorium. Enjoy light refreshments on the Perspectives 7 PM (DT) Educators Art21 Screening Patrons’ Reception 12 PM Brunch Terrace and chat with Art21’s Jonathan Munar about ways to bring Art21 into your classroom. 5:30 PM 10 AM (DT)

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Film Screenings: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season Six > Thursday, sed 7 PM April 12 and Saturday, April 14 > La Jolla > Free Inner Directions Inner Directions Inner Directions MCASD, in partnership with Art21, presents a sneak preview in advance of the premiere of the Symposium 3 PM Symposium 8 AM Symposium 8 AM sixth season of Art in the Twenty-First Century, the only prime time national television series focused exclusively on contemporary art. The first episode will be screened on Thursday, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 April 12 in Sherwood Auditorium. The following Saturday afternoon, the Museum will screen all four episodes that together make up Season Six. These events are free and open to the Collectors Xcerpts 4 PM Ekal Vidayla Concert Selection 8 PM public. The season premieres nationally on PBS April 13. Over the last decade, Art21 has estab- Dinner lished itself as the preeminent chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody 23 24 256:30 PM 26 27 28 29 Award-winning biennial television series, Art in the Twenty-First Century.

La Jolla Music Society Family ArtLab PUBLIC SCREENINGS 8 PM 2 PM Episode 1: Change > Thursday, April 12 > 7–8 PM 30 1 2 3 4 5 AXLINE LeCTURE 6 7 PM (SDMA) This episode features artists who bear witness, through their work, to transformation—cul- tural, material, and aesthetic—and actively engage communities as collaborators and subjects. TAC Presents Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui, and are featured. 6 PM (DT)

La Jolla Music Saturday, April 14 > 12–4 PM 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Society 8 PM On Saturday, the Museum will screen episode 1: Change, followed by the next three episodes (see details below), which together make up the entire season. Orchestra NovA 7:30 PM Perspectives 7 PM (DT)

Episode 2: Boundaries > This episode presents artists who synthesize disparate aesthetic traditions, present taboo subject matter, discover innovative uses of media, and explore the 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 shape-shifting potential of the human figure. David Altmejd, assume vivid astro focus, Lynda Benglis, and Tabaimo are featured. Xcerpts 4 PM

Episode 3: History > In this episode, artists play with historical events, explore and expose Art Auction Preview 6 PM commonly held assumptions about historic ‘truth’, and create narratives based on personal 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 experiences. Marina Abramovi´c, Glenn Ligon, and Mary Reid Kelley are featured. Art Auction Episode 4: Balance > Through sculpture, paintings, and installations, the artists in this 6:30 PM hour grapple with equilibrium and disequilibrium as they create highly structured works that challenge conventional notions of perception and representation. Rackstraw Downes, Robert 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Mangold, and Sarah Sze are featured. LOADING DOCK LUNCHES John Valadez 11:30 AM (DT) Opening Xcerpts: Baldessari’s Text Paintings and Artist Books > Thursday, April 26 6 PM Supporters’ > 4–5 PM > La Jolla > Free to Members; Free to Non-Members with museum Reception 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 PM Members’ 10 admission Opening Join us as we discuss Baldessari’s text painting Terms Most Useful in Describing Creative Introductions Works of Art and artist book Brown and Green and Other Parables. Take a closer look at 2 PM Baldessari’s work currently on view. Xcerpts is a reading and discussion group that takes place in thoughtLAB—a space for creativity, curiosity, and dialogue. To obtain a copy of the excerpt, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 e-mail education@ mcasd.org Summer Perspectives Solstice 7 PM Family ArtLab: Printmania Remix > Saturday, May 5 > 2–4 PM > La Jolla > $10 Soiree 7 PM for Members and Military Families; $25 for non-member families* 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Take part in a Look/Explore tour and let our Gallery Educators lead you and your family in lively conversation about the exhibition John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective from the Xcerpts 4 PM Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation. Following your gallery explora- tion, join us for a printing workshop highlighting John Baldessari’s work and process. This program is recommended for families with children ages 5 and older. Tickets are sold on a 25 26 27 28 29 3 0 1 first-come, first-served basis; capacity is limited to 60 participants. *Price includes Museum admission and program fee for two adults and up to three youth.

For more information go to 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 www.mcasd.org

LOADING DOCK LUNCHES Family 11:30 AM (DT) ArtLab 9 10 11 12 13 14 152 P M 16 17 18 19 On Topic 7 PM 20 21 22

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< This page, top to bottom: Artists Amy Sanchez and Misael Diaz enjoy the opening of John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From C ollections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foun- 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 dation. Photo: Doug Gates. / Production still from Art in the Twenty-First Century, Seas on Six, episode three “History,” 2012 Segment: Mary Reid Kelley. / Installation image of John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective from the C ollections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. LJMS > ljms.org or 858 459 3728 Photo: Pablo Mason. Orchestra Nova > orchestranova.org Inner Directions Symposium: innerdirections.org/gathering 6 30 31 The San Diego Museum of Art: www.sdmart.org John Valadez, Pool Party (Detail), 1987, pastel on paper, 107 X 69 in. Courtesy of the Cheech and Patti Marin Collection, Los Angeles. © John Valadez. Thanks to Our donors! It is through the generous support of MCASD’s Members and donors that thousands of San Diegans and visitors alike enjoy our world-class Museum in downtown San Diego and La Jolla. At the $1,500 LECTURES AND EVENTS level and above, current donors are listed quarterly for the period of one year. At the $300–$1,499 level, current donors are listed once, in the quarter following the date of the gift to MCASD

21ST CENTURY MCASD ANNUAL $1,500–$4,999 Corporate, Foundation, In-Kind Support LECTURES AND EVENTS CAMPAIGN DONORS FUND DONORS Liz and Richard Bartell and Government Donors Rusti Bartell $25,000 and above Rita Bassi FOUNDERS INDIVIDUAL DONORS $100,000 and Above 91X Teen Art Council Presents > Saturday, May 12 > 6–9 PM > Downtown Joan and Jeremy Berg City of San Diego Commission The Art of Photography Show $3,000,000 AND ABOVE $100,000 and Above Robert W. Blanchard MCASD’s Teen Art Council is a group of teens from across San Diego County that meets for Arts and Culture KPBS JOAN AND IRWIN JACOBS Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Aldis J. Browne weekly to plan, develop, and implement a spectrum of programs for teens at the Museum. The Getty Foundation La Jolla Light DAVID C. COPLEY David C. Copley Ralph and Gail Bryan CAROLYN P. FARRIS Olivia and Peter Farrell The James Irvine Foundation The Sofia Hotel The 2011–2012 Teen Art Council is busy planning an exciting event for San Diego high school Mrs. Lee Clark and Jerry Pikolysky D.D.S. Westfield Horton Plaza CATELLUS, A PROLOGIS COMPANY Carolyn P. Farris Diane Clarke and Dan Moore students at the Museum’s downtown location on May 12. Visit www.mcasd.org soon for details Pauline Foster $50,000–$99,999 Elaine and Dave Darwin $10,000–$24,999 about the event. DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS Drs. Stacy and Paul Jacobs Cindy Engles County of San Diego $1,000,000–$2,999,999 Maryanne and Irwin Pfister The Gerald T. and Inez Grant Parker The FrameMaker Susanna and Michael Flaster San Diego CityBeat THE Faye Hunter Russell Rocio and Michael Flynn foundation Perspectives: A Minimalist Accord > Thursday, May 17, 2012 > 7–8:30 PM > Downtown SUE K. AND DR. CHARLES C. 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GRIBIN Holly McGrath and David Bruce The Linda Pace Foundation Festivities Catering at San Diego State University, whose studies of Minimalist Music lend a unique perspective to Carmela and Miguel Koenig Giuseppe Restaurants and Fine Catering STEPHEN WARREN MILES AND The Mark & Hilarie Moore Family Trust Annika and Gordon Kovton the work featured in the exhibition Iconic. MARILYN ROSS MILES FOUNDATION Iris and Matthew Strauss $10,000–$24,999 Hyatt Regency La Jolla Jeanne and Bill Larson Neiman Marcus KATHERINE AND MANSFIELD MILLS Dr. and Mrs. James E. Lasry California Bank & Trust MARYANNE AND IRWIN PFISTER $25,000–$49,999 Christie’s New York Peartrees Catering, Inc Xcerpts: Dissecting the words of Brice Marden > Thursday, May 24, 2012 > Ken Little Ranch & Coast Magazine DR. AND MRS. KURT E. SHULER Anonymous G.S. Levine Insurance Services 4–5 PM > Downtown > Free with Museum admission Liz and Chris McCullah Roppongi Restaurant and Sushi Bar IRIS AND MATTHEW STRAUSS Frank and Linnea Arrington La Jolla IVF Edward J. G. Mracek Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza Xcerpts is a reading and discussion group that takes place in thoughtLAB—a space for creativ- Melissa Garfield Bartell and LLWW Foundation Lawrence Paull and Marcy Bolotin Paull San Diego Magazine PATRONS Michael Bartell Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust ity, curiosity, and dialogue. Join us as we discuss selections taken from Oral history interview Rose Marie and Charlie Pipitone Stone Brewing Company $500,000–$999,999 Mary and James Berglund Nordstrom with Brice Marden, 1972 Oct. 3, , Smithsonian Institution, and an Viviana and Charles Polinsky Tapenade COLETTE CARSON ROYSTON AND Barbara Bloom Fund Pfizer Foundation Conrad Prebys and Debbie Turner The French Gourmet interview between Marden and artist Michael Duffy included in exhibition catalogue “Plane DR. IVOR ROYSTON Matt and Nancy Browar Matching Gifts Program Dr. J. Harley Quint TK&A Custom Catering Image: A Brice Marden Retrospective,” New York: , 2006. Also take a DRS. STACY AND PAUL JACOBS Donald and Karen Cohn Lorna Rosenberg The ResMed Foundation THE KRESGE FOUNDATION Lisette and Michael Farrell Dr. and Mrs. Kurt E. Shuler Van Cleef & Arpels closer look at Marden’s work included in the exhibition Iconic. To obtain copies of the excerpts, BETLACH FAMILY FOUNDATION Joan and Irwin Jacobs Anne and Ronald Simon e-mail [email protected]. HELEN K. COPLEY Gail and George Knox Mr. and Mrs. Warren Steinhauser $5,000–$9,999 JAMES S. COPLEY FOUNDATION Mary Keough Lyman Jose M. Tasende Bank of America ROBERT AND LOUISE HARPER Elizabeth and Mason Phelps Sylvia and Aaron Wechter KPMG LLP Loading Dock Lunches > Friday, June 8 > 11:30 AM–1:30 PM > Downtown NATIONAL ENDOWMENT Colette Carson and Dr. Ivor Royston Mary Ann Weisberg and Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty Feed your hunger for art! This summer, MCASD launches a new experiment by pairing lunch for THE HUMANITIES The Sheryl and Harvey White Foundation Price Family Charitable Fund bryce Perry Foundation with conversations about contemporary culture. Buy lunch from MIHO Gastrotruck and dine ELIZABETH AND MASON PHELPS Judith and Jack White South Coast Plaza $10,000–$24,999 Lorna York Tasende Gallery in our loading dock for a true behind-the-scenes experience. BENEFACTORS Barbara and Charles Arledge Emma & Leo Zuckerman Charles and Tanya Brandes $600–$1,499 $250,000–$499,999 Introductions: John Valadez > Monday, June 11 > 2 PM > La Jolla > Free to IN MEMORY OF IRENE R. JELLINEK Wendy and Bill Brody $600–$1,499 Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS Linda Chester and Dr. Kenneth Rind Michael Albo Giuseppe Restaurants & Fine Catering Members; Free to Non-Members with Museum Admission ROBIN AND GERALD PARSKY Nancy and Robert Coates Susan and Eric Fuller Ledcor Construction Inc. As we celebrate the opening of Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011, take part Dr. Charles G.Cochrane and QUALCOMM David and Katherine Overskei Timken Museum of Art in a gallery walkthrough with an MCASD Curator who will offer insider knowledge about the SHERYL AND HARVEY WHITE Monica H. Cochrane Tamara Strauss Willis Allen Real Estate Kathryn S. Colachis installation and process relating to the artist and the exhibition. Introductions welcomes visi- CONTRIBUTORS Renée Comeau and Terry Gulden $300–$599 $300–$599 tors to join in conversation with our curators and ask questions about the exhibition, artists’ Isabel and Agustín Coppel $100,000–$249,999 Betty Amber The Cynthia and George Mitchell processes, or particular works of art. BARBARA AND CHARLES ARLEDGE Karen Fox Candace Anderson foundation LINNEA AND FRANK ARRINGTON Audrey S. Geisel/Dr. Seuss Fund Mr. and Mrs. John E. Barbey, Jr. BARBARA BLOOM FUND Margaret Jackson and Neil Hadfield Chris S. Bertics and Lynda Kay Chandler Perspectives: Mexican American Art Today > Thursday, June 21 > 7–8:30 PM > Sheri and Dr. Stuart Jamieson NANCY AND MATT BROWAR Robert W. Blanchard La Jolla > Free to Members, UCSD Students and SWC Students; $10 General DIANE AND CHRISTOPHER CALKINS Jeanne Jones and Don Breitenberg Lacey and Blayney Colmore Admission; $5 Students DR. CHARLES G. AND Leon and Sofia Kassel Patti and Coop Cooprider MONICA H. COCHRANE Lynda and Richard Kerr Juan C. de la Torre Join us for an enlightening discussion with artists Perry Vasquez and Marcos Ramirez ERRE, Sharon and Sami Ladeki COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 3RD DISTRICT Wallace C. and Linda Dieckmann and Misael Diaz and Amy Sanchez of Cognate Collective, as they discuss their practice, the SUPERVISOR PAM SLATER-PRICE Arthur and Sandra Levinson Sarah and Earl Feldman challenges and ambiguities of belonging to a region, and their work in the global context. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 4TH DISTRICT Garna G. Muller Beverly and Richard Fink SUPERVISOR RON ROBERTS Scott H. Peters and Lynn E. Gorguze Kathryn Goetz Fritz and Nora Sargent DANAH H. FAYMAN Lewis and Patricia Judd Xcerpts > Thursday, June 28 > 4–5 PM > MCASD La Jolla > Free to Members; DAVID GUSS FAMILY Jordon D. Schnitzer Christie Lees and Thomas Kee Free to Non-Members with Museum Admission JUDITH C. HARRIS AND Suzan and Gad Shaanan Lori L. Lebruska and Scott E. Franklin ROBERT SINGER, M.D. Joyce and Ted Strauss Robin J. Lipman Join us as we discuss Rita Gonzalez’s essay “Phantom Sites: The Official, the Unofficial, and The John M. and Sally B. Thornton THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION Hon. M. Margaret McKeown and the Orificial” from the book Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, and take ARTHUR AND SANDRA LEVINSON foundation peter Cowhey a closer look at works included in Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011. To obtain MARY KEOUGH LYMAN Faye Wilson Betty Meador JOSEPHINE R. MACCONNELL Margery Mico copies of the excerpts, e-mail [email protected]. PATSY AND DAVID MARINO $5,000–$9,999 Erin Pierro AMELIA AND KENNETH MORRIS Anonymous Brian and Paula Powers Loading Dock Lunches > Friday, July 13 > 11:30 AM–1:30 PM > Downtown THE PARKER FOUNDATION Shannon Bartlett Paul and Barbara Quinn FRITZ AND NORA SARGENT Viveca Bissonnette and Jeff Hollander G & J Reynolds Feed your hunger for art! This is the second event in our summer series, which pairs lunch with SELTZER CAPLAN MCMAHON VITEK Diane and Christopher Calkins Lauren Turek Russell and Steven Russell conversations about art and contemporary culture. Buy lunch from MIHO Gastrotruck and dine IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY Maru and Andrew Dumke Ursula Sasso in our loading dock for a true behind-the-scenes experience. MITCHELL SHAPIRO Dan and Phyllis Epstein Alex Scoma and Natalie Royston Scoma JOYCE AND TED STRAUSS Elaine and Murray Galinson Mr. Ronald Stevenson JOHN M. AND SALLY B. Abeer and George Hage Ron Wakefield Family ArtLab: On the Wall > SUNDAY, July 15 > 2–4 PM > La Jolla > $10 for THORNTON FOUNDATION Debby and Hal Jacobs Judge and Mrs. Howard B. Wiener Members and Military Families; $25 for Non-member families* UBS Vekeno Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zatkin GILDA AND VICTOR VILAPLANA Leanne Hull MacDougall Beatriz Zayas Take part in a Look/Explore tour and let our Gallery Educators lead you and your family in JO AND HOWARD WEINER Stephen Warren Miles and Marilyn Ross lively conversation about the exhibition Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011. Miles Foundation Rebecca Moores Following your gallery exploration you’ll enjoy a collective mural workshop highlighting John Catherine and Bob Palmer Valadez’s work and process. Robin and Gerald Parsky *Price includes Museum admission and program fee for two adults and up to three youth. Sheila Potiker Timothy Radke John G. Rebelo Jr. and On Topic: A Conversation with John Valadez > Thursday, July 19 > 7–8:30 PM > Sarah B. Marsh-Rebelo La Jolla > Free to Members, UC Students and Faculty; $10 for non-members; Victoria and Tom Reed Cele and Justin Renaudin $5 for students James K. Robbins An ongoing program at MCASD, On Topic utilizes featured artists’ work as a launch pad to Miriam Rosas explore broad topics in contemporary art, providing an informal course taught by the artists Elene and Herbert Solomon Steven M. Strauss and Lise Wilson themselves. Join John Valadez in a conversation about his practice and work featured in Santa Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Swortwood Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011. Dr. Marie Tartar and Dr. Steve Eilenberg Nancy B. Tieken Erika and Dr. Fred Torri Xcerpts: Exploring Recent Interviews with John Valadez > Thursday, Jo and Howard Weiner July 26 > 4–5 PM > La Jolla > Free to MemberS; Free to Non-Members with Dr. Emad and Mrs. May Zawaideh Museum Admission Helene and Allan Ziman Join us as we explore recent interviews with John Valadez for the KCET Departures online series.

We’ve made every effort to be accurate. This list is current as of 3/9/12. Please call > This page, top to bottom: 2012 Teen Art Council Members. / John Valadez, Car Show (DETAIL), 2001, 858 454 3541 x172 if you should find an oil on canvas, 76 x 96 1/4 x 4 in. Museum Purchase with funds provided by an Anonymous Donor. error or if you have other inquiries about © John Valadez / Participants create artwork at John Baldessari-inspired Printmania Workshop Membership. at MCASD La Jolla.

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Member Q&A: Biennial Art Auction: Preview Event > Thursday, May 24 > 6 PM > La Jolla Ron & Anne Simon Join us for a preview of the pieces that will be up for bid at this year’s Art Auction. This special VIP preview reception will offer the opportunity to discuss the works with MCASD curators. Occupations: Director of two public companies and Museum Gallery Educator The preview is open to Gold Circle ticket purchasers. Visit www.mcasd.org for tickets. Residence: La Jolla Biennial Art Auction > Wednesday, May 30 > 6:30 PM > La Jolla Q: What do you enjoy about contemporary art? This year’s Art Auction has something for everyone. Guests will experience a live auction We have come to be passionate about contemporary art—in part, because it makes you think with auctioneer Lydia Fenet of Christie’s New York. In addition to bidding on contemporary about what the artist is thinking and feeling as he or she produces the work of art—but also works of art in the live auction, participants can also place their bid in the silent auction, because many of the pieces are beautiful, interesting, emotional, or challenging – or all of which will be followed by an animated closing. Bid on works by artists such as Ed Ruscha, these at once. Ai Weiwei, Mara de Luca, and many more. Funds raised will support MCASD’s acquisitions, exhibitions, and education programs. Works selected by our curators will be on view the week Q: What has been one of your favorite exhibitions at MCASD? prior to the Art Auction, during normal gallery hours. Visit www.mcasd.org for tickets and a I have loved many of the exhibitions — the latest, Phenomenal, which was done in conjunction list of artworks available for purchase. with many other museums, has been particularly enjoyable to me. I really enjoyed taking people for tours through both the La Jolla and downtown galleries. Members’ Opening: Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011 > Saturday, June 9 > 6 PM Supporters’ Reception; 7 PM Members’ Opening > La Jolla Q: What is the most rewarding part of membership? Join us in celebrating the opening of Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez 1976 to 2011, the As a member, I have had the opportunity to meet artists, collectors, other docents and gallery first survey exhibition for this important Mexican-American artist and muralist, who has educators, and museum staff—all of whom are deeply interested in the art and the activities had profound influence on the Chicano art movement in the United States. The exhibition of the Museum. This has been a very enjoyable and important part of our lives. will span 35 years of Valadez’s photographs, paintings, pastels, and other works on paper. Members at the Supporter level and above are invited to join us at 6 PM for a reception with Q: Why do you think it’s important to support the arts in San Diego? hosted cocktails and hors d’ouvres. To upgrade your membership or to RSVP please call The arts are an important part of life and culture. They inspire us, cause us to think in new 858 454 3541 x143, or e-mail [email protected]. and different ways, and are an important part of a “complete” existence. In San Diego, as in every other big city in the country, there is a huge interest in the arts but limited funding Contemporary Collectors art Tour: Santa FE > April 27–May 1 since most of the funding has to come from private sources.Therefore, it behooves all of us This spring, MCASD’s Contemporary Collectors will be invited to travel with Hugh M. Davies, to support the arts with our money and our presence, as much as possible. the David C. Copley Director and CEO, for an insider’s look at the exciting art developments in Santa Fe. The trip will include a visit to Site Santa Fe and a special tour of Jeanne and Q: Beyond MCASD, what is another one of your favorite San Diego spots? Mickey Klein’s personal collection, which extends indoors and out and includes work by We have been attending San Diego Opera and Old Globe since the early 1970s and get a lot of Andy Goldsworthy, Olafur Eliasson, Agnes Martin, and Kiki Smith. Not to be missed, visitors pleasure from doing so. We also love the concerts of Orchestra Nova, San Diego Symphony, will also experience their custom-designed James Turrell Sky Space. For more informa- La Jolla Music Society and Mainly Mozart, as well as dance programs. San Diego offers so tion about MCASD travel programs, please contact Heather Cook at 858 454 3541 x165, or much to see and enjoy, and it is difficult to find the time and opportunity to do all the things e-mail [email protected]. we would like to do. 2ND ANNUAL SUMMER SOLSTICE SOIREE > Wednesday, June 20 > 7 PM > La Jolla Celebrate the start of summer with Avant Garde as we present the 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Soiree! This year we will experience a true solstice gathering as we move the event from our Downtown location to the outdoor terrace in La Jolla. Take in the picturesque sun- MEMBER EVENTS set, enjoy an evening of great food and delicious drinks from local restaurant partners, and bid on contemporary design goods in our silent auction! Tickets and auction proceeds will Avant Garde Open Studio Visit > Saturday, April 7 > 4 PM benefit MCASD.T ickets go on sale in May 2012. Check www.mcasd.org for more information. Avant Garde Members are invited to access the working studios of emerging artists with a visit to the UCSD Open Studios program. This behind-the-scenes tour will provide a remarkable opportunity to observe the artistic process of current MFA students, and coincides with UCSD’s MUSEUM NEWS annual Visual Arts Ph.D. Conference as well as a curated gallery show. Following the tour, the group will enjoy cocktails at a nearby restaurant. For more information about joining Avant Love Letters Garde or to RSVP, please contact 858 454 3541 x150 or e-mail [email protected]. In February we asked you to share on Facebook what you love about being a Member. After a week of receiving daily admirations, we have to say we’re glad we asked! You had some won- Patrons’ Brunch > Sunday, April 15 > 10 AM–12 PM > Downtown derful reasons for loving us, and we wanted to share a few of them here. At MCASD, we are MCASD Patron level Members and above are invited to join us for brunch and a curator-led tour more than fond of our Members, and we’re happy to see that the feeling is mutual. of Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves, Ai Wiewei’s Zodiac Heads/Circle of Animals: Gold, and Iconic. Associate Curator Jill Dawsey will share insights into these three dynamic exhibitions, Walking in the door and getting turned on to something fresh and new! with tours scheduled at 10:30 and 11:30 AM. RSVP to 858 454 3541 x143, or e-mail kdeuparo@ —Cydney DeBenedetto mcasd.org. The BEST Pacific Standard Time exhibition, hands down! 27th Annual Collectors Selection Dinner > Wednesday, April 25 > 6:30 PM > —Elzo Rillo La Jolla As an artist living and working in San Diego I deeply appreciate MCASD’s commitment to local This evening is the highlight of the year for our International and Contemporary Collectors, and regional artists, past and present. MCASD also does a wonderful job of framing this local who will be presented with a group of artworks chosen by Hugh Davies and MCASD curators. focus within a broader art world context. Following cocktails, dinner, and a presentation of the selections, Collectors will vote on which —Bruce Busby works will be purchased for the Museum’s permanent collection. RSVP to 858 454 3541 x143 or e-mail [email protected]. MCASD would like to recognize and thank Northern Trust, the I love the mind-expanding exhibitions. Nowhere else, as far as I know, in San Diego can I go exclusive sponsor of the 27th Annual Selection Dinner, for its valued support. and marvel at next level artistic creation. As a member, thank you MCASD!! —Ben Koonse Axline Lecture: Philippe de Montebello > Saturday, May 5 > 7 PM > The I love that every time I go I’m reminded of the value of artists in our everyday lives. I love that San Diego Museum of Art’s James S. Copley Auditorium > $10 Members; $15 I’m made to feel welcome, not intimidated, by the entire experience. I always leave feeling Non-Members inspired, challenged and motivated to look at the world differently. MCASD and The San Diego Museum of Art will present the 12th Annual Axline Lecture featuring —Lissa Anoroc Philippe de Montebello, one of the museum world’s most influential and articulate champions of integrity, authority, education, and public access. Philippe de Montebello served as direc- Recent Acquisitions tor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 32 years and has been awarded both the National We’re happy to announce that we recently acquired two new works for the permanent col- Medal of the Humanities and the National Medal of the Arts by the White House. The Lecture lection: Doug Wheeler’s DW 68 VEN MCASD 11 and Jean Lowe’s Beer Stack. Doug Wheeler’s will take place at SDMA’s James S. Copley Auditorium. Tickets available at www. smart. org. immersive light environment DW 68 VEN MCASD 11 was first realized in his Venice Beach beginning April 27, 2012. studio in 1968 and recently recreated for Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface. The work, a critical highlight of the exhibition, remains on view at MCASD Downtown through August 2012. The Museum also acquired Beer Stack, a recent sculpture by San Diego-based artist Jean Lowe, whose work plays with the dichotomies of high and low. Lowe’s art refer- ences ways in which class and consumption are reflected in both high culture and popular < This page, top to bottom: Ron & Anne Simon / MCASD’s Collector Circle Members enjoy the 2011 media. Her work has been included in several exhibitions at MCASD, and this acquisition Selection Dinner. / Ai Weiwei, Owl House #1B, 2010, por celain, 16.5 x 12 x 8.5 inches . Courtesy of complements other objects by the artist that are in the Museum’s permanent collection. Haines Gallery, San Francisco. For more information go to > Opposite, top to bottom: MCASD’s logo for February’s “Share the Love” campaign. / Doug www.mcasd.org Wheeler, DW 68 VEN MCASD 11, 2011, white UV ne on light, Museum purchase, Elizabeth W. Russell Foundation and Louise R. and Robert S. Harper Funds. Photo: Doug Gates. / Jean Lowe, Beer Stack, 2011, enamel on cardboard, papier-mâché. Museum Purchase.

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Opening Weekend for Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves Grant News The STORE MCASD is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a generous $25,000 grant from The Linda Pace Foundation in support of exhibition and programming costs related to Spool > Build-it-yourself modular system made from paper spools upcycled from the Los Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves, currently on view at MCASD Downtown. The Linda Angeles apparel industry, and connectors of chipboard that can be assembled into a variety Pace Foundation fosters the creation, presentation, and understanding of innovative of freestanding structures such as screens, table bases, or partitions. Produced by Grain expression through contemporary art. MCASD also received $21,658 in support of Design Studio, Spool is sold in kits of 240 spools and 520 connectors, which can build a a project by local artist Margaret Noble under the San Diego Foundation’s Creative structure about 55 x 40 x 7 inches. Each spool has a random graphic pattern that indicates Catalyst Fund Fellows program. Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis will be presented in which type of fiber they once held. the Jacobs Building downtown this summer and will draw upon the artist’s experience Regular price: $199 / Member price: $179.10 as a child and teenager coming of age in City Heights. This will be the first museum exhibition for Margaret Noble. This grant was made possible by the Carl William Henry The Bluejay Arrow Necklace > This 30–inch sterling silver chain has an oxidized Pollier Fund; the Creative Catalyst Fund; and the Colonel Frank C. Wood Memorial Fund bronze shaft and sterling silver arrowhead. Each feather is trimmed and set into the shaft of of The San Diego Foundation, in Partnership with the James Irvine Foundation. In its the arrow by hand, so each necklace is unique. The arrow is 4.5 inches long, tip to feather, first gift to the Museum, the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation gave $500, which and is designed and crafted in NYC by Digby&Iona. will be used to support educational programming. Regular price: $150 / Member price: $135

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Opening Weekend for John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From MCASD International Collectors Visit Istanbul and Venice with The David C. the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation Copley Director and CEO Hugh M. Davies and Chief Curator KathrYN KanJO MCASD Board of Trustees 2011–2012 David C. Copley, President / Barbara Arledge / Melissa Garfield Bartell / Dr. Mary F. Berglund / Barbara Bloom / Charles Brandes / Wendy H. Brody / Nancy Browar / Ronald L. Busick / Dr. Charles G. Cochrane / Valerie Cooper / David C. Copley / Isabel Coppel / Dr. Peter C. Farrell / Carolyn P. Farris / Pauline Foster / David Guss / Margaret A. Jackson / Dr. Paul Jacobs / Leon Kassel / Vekeno Kennedy / Gail Knox / Sami Ladeki / Holly McGrath / Marilyn Miles / Scott Peters / Maryanne C. Pfister / MasonP helps / Colette Carson Royston / Nora D. Sargent / Gad Shaanan / Joyce Strauss / Matthew C. Strauss / Sheryl White / Brent V. Woods

Honorary Trustee, Sue K. Edwards

Dr. Hugh M. Davies, The David C. Copley Director and CEO

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Summer is Almost Here! Summer is heating up at MCASD. This summer, the Museum will partner with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library to present three programs—two for youth ages 7–12 and one for adults. Also, get hands-on during our July 14th Family ArtLab Workshop, join Outside the Lens for a bootcamp workshop for ages 14–19 in our galleries, or grab one of our new Sculpture Garden Guides at the La Jolla front desk and begin your self-guided exploration. Please visit www. mcasd.org for details about summer programs and information about how to register.

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