MARCH APRIL MAY 2019 Muskegon Museum of Art 2 Board of Trustees Muskegon 296 W. Webster Ave. CONTENTS Museum of Art Foundation Muskegon, MI 49440 From the Director 3 Frank Bednarek, Chair Tel. 231.720.2570 Carol Folkert, Vice Chair www.muskegonartmuseum.org Exhibitions 4 Claudia Berry, Secretary The Journal is a quarterly John Pridnia, Treasurer publication of the Collections Highlight 11 Nancy Crandall Muskegon Museum of Art Gayle R. Davis, Ph.D. Vol. 35, Issue 3 Special Events 12 Charles Johnson, III Brian Lang Hours Friends of Art 13 SUN noon – 5 pm Michael Olthoff MON CLOSED Eric Ringelberg Workshop 14 TUES 10 am – 5 pm Gil Segovia WED 10 am – 5 pm Kimberly Van Kampen THURS 10 am – 8 pm Brown Bag Films 15 Jonathan Wilson FRI 10 am – 5 pm SAT 10 am – 5 pm Super Saturdays 16 Museum of Art Staff Admission Calendar 17 Kirk Hallman $10 Adult | $8 Senior 65+ Executive Director $6 Student 17 & up with I.D. Volunteers 18 Catherine Mott Free through age 16 Assistant Director Free for MMA Members Support 19 Val Anderson Membership Assistant Free Admission Thursday Nights Membership Form 22 Lee Brown 4:00 – 8:00 pm Preparator Underwritten by Marguerite Curran The Meijer Foundation Communications/Public Relations Manager MMA Weekly E-News! Cathleen Dubault Send your e-mail address to Events House Manager [email protected] to sign up. Ann Healey Museum Store Manager Kelli Hepler Program support is provided by Executive Assistant the Michigan Council for Arts Courtney Jackson and Cultural Affairs, an affiliate Curator of Education of the National Endowment Shawnee Larabee for the Arts, and the Michigan Accounting Manager Humanities Council, an affiliate Art Martin of the National Endowment for Snowbirds: Please notify the office of Director of Collections & the Humanities. upcoming temporary address changes if you Exhibitions/Senior Curator want to receive our mailings while you are out James Milostan Collections Manager of town. Or just let us know if you’d like us to Tami Pierce stop mailing to you while you’re away. Email Head Custodian [email protected] or call 231.720.2571. Thank you.

The Muskegon Museum of Art is fully accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

Patricia Polacco Bird’s eye view of sketching (detail) Illustration from The Art of Miss Chew From The Director

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Kirk Hallman Photo by Frederic Reinecke

“Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.” - Pablo Picasso

“Museums should be places where you raise questions, not just show stuff.” - William Thorsell

Over the past century we have certainly filled the Muskegon Museum of Art with amazing and inspiring artworks (including a few Picassos—thanks Pablo). In fact, of over 5,000 pieces in the permanent collection, we can only show about 125 artworks at one time.

But Mr. Thorsell’s quote above really hits the mark on how we, as a community art museum, present the artwork. As inspiring as artwork can be on its own against a wall—enjoyed in a quiet moment—it also serves as a vehicle for community engagement, programming and education as well as entertainment. We like to think we help build the community around the artwork. And our programming palette provides many opportunities for a wide variety of stories to tell. We do not raise the questions, our visitors and community do.

And our palette is going to run very bright in the coming months. It will be another big spring and summer at the MMA.

On May 2, we are proud to present the inaugural Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists. An exciting partnership between Steven Alan Bennett and Elaine Melotti Schmidt, Ed.D., The Pittsburg Foundation and the MMA, The Bennett Prize has been several years in the making. In addition to opening the exhibition that evening, we will be presenting a $50,000 prize to one of the 10 finalists.

And just a week later we will be opening our big summer show, Replay: The Exhibition, which combines art made out of those iconic plastic bricks and pop culture. Also in May we will premier Lights, Camera, Rock n’ Roll: The Music Photography of Paul Jenrdrasiak showcasing incredible famous images from West Michigan concerts over the decades. Odds are that you were in the audience at one of these shows.

All this, including our MMA’s Annual Expressions Student Art Exhibition and more are detailed in your spring MMA Journal.

We hope to see you soon!

Kirk Hallman Executive Director through SONS & Ad Man March 10

Sunday, March 10 –Free Community Day 4 12:00 – 5:00 pm 3:00 pm screening of Black Man Film

March 10 brings the close to our winter exhibitions SONS: Seeing the Modern African American Male and Ad Man: Joseph Grey II. While these important shows, which celebrate the lives and accomplishments of black men, will be ending, their impact will continue through a published book and film. The exhibitions, film, and book represent the MMA’s ongoing commitment to the communities it serves, a dedication to providing a platform for engaging our guests in open dialogue in a safe and welcoming environment.

Black Man, a documentary film by Jon Wesley Covington, was produced in partnership with the MMA from interviews with black men from the Greater Muskegon Area.

EXHIBITIONS Ad Man: Joseph Grey II is the first retrospective exhibition of the art of Joseph Grey II, the first black man to work professionally in the world of New York advertising agencies.

FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAM Comedy Night with Hen Sapp Thursday, March 7 5:30 – 7:30 pm Hen Sapp has been an entertainer for as long as he can remember, always looking to give classmates, friends, and family a good laugh. His reputation as a comedian spread throughout the states. Sapp has performed SONS Presenting underwriter SONS Co-Sponsor at venues such as the Stellar Awards Pre-Show in Nashville, TN and Laughfest in Grand Rapids alongside popular comedians Additional Support Ad Man is like BettyWhite, Kevin Hart, and underwritten by Roy Woods Jr. Bring the kids to this clean comedy show for a great night out. The Doctor’s in! Free and open to the public.

Media Sponsor Michigan Artist Project Support provided by Series Media Sponsor 2018-2019 statewide touring exhibition program. features eleven works fromtheDetroitInstitute of Arts American Spectacle:PaintingsfromtheManoogianCollection childhood, frombullying, to learningdifficulties, to teachers difference inherlife. Eachbook addressesapiece of Patricia’s of herbooksthatcelebrate andhonoreducators thatmadea generations of readers. This exhibition highlightsaselection and illustrated booksthathave capturedtheimaginations of Patricia Polacco iswell known for herbeautifully written Manoogian Collection 1855, oiloncanvas Decoration Day 1854-1923 Hirschberg,Carl American, Mixed Media JunkyardIllustration for Wonders Smelling Sticks, Patricia Polacco through April 28 through May 12

Richard andJaneManoogianFoundation. isprovided byGenerous support the Bridges+ Art Terra FoundationInitiative. ofDetroit Institute the of aspart Arts formed byinstitutional partnership the created throughamulti-year, multi- in aseriesof exhibitions American art Richard ManoogianCollection. This isone Lamson Henry. Bridgman,Arthur andEdward George Loring Brown, Frederic Moran,include Thomas life andculture. Exhibited artists revealing scenes of American the uniquenessof thelandor of America, eitherby celebrating All areintended to convey asense and stilllife by American artists. genre scenes, historical events, including aspirationallandscapes, a variety of subject matter, paintings offer the viewer The late nineteenth-century Arts andmadepossiblebyArts theJaneand Organized by theDetroitInstitute of Theodore andJoanOperhallGallery Paintings fromtheManoogian Collection American Spectacle: Alcoa Foundation/ErnestandMarjorieCooper Gallery Illustrations by Patricia Polacco A +for Educators: play inachild’s life. good educators can that importance reminder of the stories isastriking This collection of difficult to confront. issues thatcanbe exposing themes or and sometimesraw, books arehonest be her very best. Her that pushedherto

Underwritten by Free andopento thepublic. Cash barandlightrefreshments. one lieabouteachpainting. It’s upto YOU to guess the lie! will lead visitors aroundtheexhibition telling two truthsand Beginning promptly at6:00pminOperhallGallery, MMA staff creative spinonthefun-filledparty game: Two Truths andaLie! Come experience theAmerican Spectacleexhibition witha Thursday,11, April Crash Course: Two Truths andaSpectacular Lie Cost: $50/$45MMA members. Call 231.720.2580to register. Saturday, March23, 11:00am Workshop with Skeeter Parkhouse 19th Century Style Floral Arrangements Thomas Moran. Edwin Church, JamesMcNeill Whistler, Winslow Homer, and Gallery of JohnJames Art: Audubon, William MerrittChase, Docu–series focuses onsix fromtheNational American artists Thursdays, March28, April 11, April 25, 12:15pm of Art: AmericanGallerySeries National Art Thursday, March14, 12:15pm The HudsonRiver School: Artistic Pioneers Brown BagFilms PROGRAMS public. Refreshments willbe provided. Polacco’s booksinthemuseumstore! Free andopento the and illustrator, Patricia Polacco, attheMMA!Pick uponeof Don’t miss your chance to meet thefamous Michiganauthor Lecture by Patricia Polacco 7:00pm Reception 5:30 – 7:00pm Book Signing1:00 – 3:00pm Thursday,25 April Patricia Polacco the Artist Meet MMA docent, andafamily film. Super Saturday activity, features adrop-inart tours withan Like Patricia Polacco, we’ve allhad someamazingteachers. 10:00 am – 3:00pm Saturday,13 April Free Family FunDay Saturday: TeachersSuper PROGRAMS 5:30 pm Folkert FamilyFolkert Foundation Underwritten by

EXHIBITIONS 5 through April 21 In Pieces: The Art of Vintage Puzzles Michael and Kay Olthoff/Thelma and Paul Wiener Gallery

Jigsaw puzzles are an international pastime Underwritten by 6 tailored to a myriad range of interests and skill levels. In Pieces: The Art of Vintage Puzzles looks back to the late 19th and early 20th century heyday of the puzzle, as manufacturers across Europe and the United States brought their Frank & Susan Bednarek in honor products to market—as toys for children and of André Aerne adults, teaching aides, advertisements, and Thelma & Paul Wiener Fund for promotional gimmicks. This collection presents The Arts of the Community an intriguing look into the past, an opportunity Foundation for Muskegon County to see history not through the major events of the day, but through the visual objects that Generous Support for this project is provided by informed peoples’ everyday experience and Vintage jigsaw puzzles from the André understanding of their contemporary world. Aerne collection

EXHIBITIONS Super Saturday: Puzzles Puzzles featuring Free Family Fun Day artworks from the Saturday, March 9 MMA collection 10:00 am – 3:00 pm are now available Enjoy In Pieces: The Art of Vintage Puzzles and American Spectacle: for purchase in Paintings from the Manoogian Collection of American Art, a family film and a 19th century inspired puzzle art activity. the MMA Store!

37th Annual Muskegon March 14 County Student Art Exhibition through April 7 L. C. and Margaret Walker Gallery B

Expressions, the annual Muskegon County Student Receptions student art exhibition, is a collaboration between the Muskegon Area Intermediate Visit the exhibition and attend student School District and the MMA that showcases receptions to celebrate and support our the artistic talents of Muskegon County K-12 county’s young student artists and their students. Artworks in a variety of media, creative vision. Refreshments will be served selected by art specialists from each of the and event admission is free and open to the public, charter, and private schools in the public. county, will be in the show. Middle/High Schools Underwritten by Wednesday, March 20, 5:30-7:00 pm Elementary Schools Thursday, March 21, 5:30-7:00 pm

SPRING BREAK FUN! the museum! Enjoy storytime in the A+ for Educators: The Illustrations of Patricia Pajama Party at the MMA! Polacco exhibition gallery, creative snack making and craft in the classroom, a Thursday, April 4 hot cocoa station, and family film in the 6:00 – 8:00 pm auditorium! Bring your favorite stuffed Calling all Springbreakers! Join us in your animal and friend for a pajama party here jammies (slippers optional) for some fun at at the MMA! Free and open to the public. Exclusive Local Underwriter mention recipients accompanies theshow. the works of theten finalistsand ten additionalhonorable will tour nationally. A full-color cataloguewithimagesof on May 2, 2019. After openingattheMMA, Rising Voices The $50,000Prize winnerwillbeannounced attheopening relevant andengaging. representational paintingsthatareculturally andcritically arts, butalsoinspireanew to make generationof artists Bennett Prize thatitwillnotonly elevate women inthe visual It isthehopeof boththefounders andtheorganizers of The issues facingnotonly women, butsociety asawhole. to tell stories thataddressbothtimelessandcontemporary conceptually expressive qualities, for theability of theirartists only for theirtechnical excellence, butfor theiremotive and across theUnited States. Their paintingswere selected not were chosenfromafield tenof 647 artists entrantsfrom presenting a vibrant array of subjects andthemes. These The exhibition features 30works by theten finalists, the genre. years to apainter whosework demonstrates excellence in realism by women over painters andprovides two support The BennettPrize seeks to encourage thepursuitof figurative woman painter whoseprincipalfocus isfigurative painting. award, the$50,000Bennett Prize isgiven biennially to a and exhibition for The BennettPrize. A stipend/grant-in-aid Museum of ishonoredto presenttheinauguralaward Art Schmidt, Ed.D., and The PittsburghFoundation, theMuskegon In collaboration withSteven Alan Bennett, ElaineMelotti May 2through September 8 Theodore andJoanOperhallGallery Michael andKay Olthoff/Thelma andPaul Wiener Gallery Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists 2016, oiloncanvas Portrait of theCollectors, Katie O’Hagan

announced. The event isfree andopento thepublic. finalist andprize selection before the top awardrecipient is Martin, andMaria Tomasula willoffer comments aboutthe the Prize andannounce thefinalists. Jurors Andrea Kowch, Art Bennett andElaineMelottiSchmidt, Ed.D., willspeak about the public reception. Prize fundersandcollectors Steven Alan prize willbeannounced at7:00pm, ataprogramfollowing figurative realistpainters. Thewinner of the$50,000 top ever BennettPrize nationalcompetition recognizing women Join theorganizers, jurors, andtop ten finalists of thefirst– 7:00 pmPrize Announcement 5:30 pmReception Thursday, May 2 Realists Rising Voices: Prize for The Bennett Women Figurative Opening Event &Prize Announcement • • Film admissionisfree. at12:15pmintheauditorium.Films start Brown BagFilms • • • 7:00 pm, doorsopenat6:30pm Presented by theFriendsof Art CelebratingContemporary Women Artists Lecture Series ArtSmarts PROGRAMS

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EXHIBITIONS 7 EXHIBITIONS 8 Stefanie Jackson Aneka Ingold Jennifer R. A. Campbell Dorielle Caimi May 2through September 8 Theodore andJoanOperhallGallery Michael andKay Olthoff/Thelma andPaul Wiener Gallery Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists Carrie Pearce, Peoria, IL Jenny Morgan, Brooklyn, NY Rebecca Leveille, Amherst, MA Daniela Kovačić Muzio Stefanie Jackson, Athens, GA Aneka Ingold, Tampa, FL Mary Henderson, Philadelphia, PA Kira NamGreene, Brooklyn, NY Jennifer Campbell, Washington D.C. Dorielle Caimi, SantaFe, NM Top TenFinalists Rebecca Leveille Daniela Kovačić Muzio , Evanston, IL Kira NamGreene Mary Henderson Jenny Morgan Carrie Pearce culture. Eleven large-scaleLEGO and celebration of American Pop andGeek sculptors, thisexhibition isanexamination by The Collective, ateam of collaborative Exhibition. Featuringplastic brick sculptures MuskegonReplay: Museumof in The Art brick artists The Collective returnto the Sculptures by awardwinningLEGO Free for MMA Members $15 adult/$5throughage16 Special Admission show for theentirefamily. creations willaccompany thiswonderful An areafor kidsof allagesto buildtheirown Pollot, andKarlo Henry Velazquez. Amour, The Collective, Greg Guillemin, Dave Padlo, Jared Yamahata, YoMeryl, NathanielSt. Gutierrez, DinaBelenko, MichaelLoeb, John Isabelle Bergot, Gannon, Curtis Oscar include:DonMorris,Exhibiting artists multiple imagesaroundthegallery. and Pac-Man races acrossthesurface of still-life, DonaldDuck dineswithDarth Vader, Pikachu peers outfromaclassic Dutch floral filled sky of amodifiedthrift store painting, the MilleniumFalcon dropsinto theduck- takes onpopularcharacters. Forthe viewer, and simultaneously enjoy slightly twisted the delightof recognition andnostalgia myths, and visitors areinvited to sharein shared culture. These figuresareourmodern and comic heroesand villains shapeour how iconic cartoon, video game, movie, media pieces into themix, theshow explores Adding painting, photography, andmixed an oversized soft serve ice creamcone. with astarfish for awing(Tide Fighter),and in carbonite, aRubik’s Cube, a Tie Fighter animated including depictionsof Alice fromDisney’s sculptures comprise thecore of theshow, heroes andLEGO a celebration of popculture, complete withsuper Have funattheopeningof Replay:Exhibition, The 5:30 – 8:00pm Thursday, May 9 Opening Reception open to the public. May 9through Alicein Wonderland, August 18 ® brick buildingarea!Free and Goofy frozen L. C. and Margaret Walker Galleries A &B Replay:Exhibition The ® brick ®

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Paul Jendrasiak Photography by at theKohler Center,Arts Sheboygan, WI (2017). Bellingham, WA (2016);and Nek Chand: The World In A Garden Bellingham, WA(2015); most recently: Crossover: Cruce de Vias atthe Western Gallery, Washington University, andcurates museumexhibitions, teaches withinthe and History at Art Art Western Department the CommissionArts for the City of Bellingham, lectures and Independent Curator inthePacific Northwest, sheserves on Center inSheboygan, Wisconsin. Now livingandworking asan for theJohnMichaelKohler Arts national andinternational artists contemporary exhibitions featuring has curated morethanfifteen Wisconsin. Since 2008, Chaloupka in SantaFe, Chicago, andMadison, including permanentinstallations and created several public works, Madison. Shehasexhibited widely, from theUniversity of Wisconsin- University andanMFA inSculpture BFAfrom Western Washington Amy Chaloupka. Shereceived her This year’s and curator juror is artist The Juror Alice Cooper

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Underwritten by Louis Comfort Tiffany to DaleChihuly. as well asshowcasing majorglassworks from Hughie Lee-Smith andHenry Ossawa Tanner; of thepastcentury,American artists suchas including somethemostimportant African Bonnard, Hawthorne, Sisley, Cranach, andmore; museums—Hopper, Degas, Whistler, Curry, Turner, you might otherwisefindinbig-cityartists art Best Kind features masterworks by legendary museums throughoutthecountry. Picturesof the renowned collections amongsmall of art a reputationashometo oneof themost Over thepastcentury, theMMA hasbuilt Bettye Clark Cannon Gallery Treasures fromthePermanent Collection Pictures of theBestKind fine example. figurative works, of whichDriobeandherHandmaidensisa became bestknown for hisethereal, Symbolistinspired to New York andstudyingatthe StudentsLeague.Art Davies Design andthe Institute of ChicagobeforeArt moving back his early style. DaviesstudiedattheChicago Academy of Tonalist works of George Inness, aninfluence thatinformed aspired to beanartist. Hewas particularly attracted to the Davies wasborninUtica, New York, andata young age most noted andfinancially successful painters of hisday. of theseminal1913 Armory Show. Hewasalsooneof the Macbeth Gallery andworking asoneof theprimary organizers in theearly 20thcentury, of showing aspart The Eightat Bowen DavieswasamajorfigureinArthur American Art New Acquisition

Macbeth Gallery in1908. piece isdated shortly before theshowing of The Eightat curious blendingof traditionalandmoderninfluences. This Driobe andherHandmaidensisexemplary of Davies’ career, a The subject matter, boldcolors, andclassicalfiguration of our holdings. Glackens, George Luks, andEverett Shinnunrepresented in Prendergast. The additionof Daviesleaves only William Lawson, printsby JohnSloan, andawatercolor by Maurice Eight, we currently holdpaintingsby Robert HenriandErnest Davies wasamajorfigureduringthistimeperiod. Of The of thecore strengthsof theMMA permanentcollection, and Late 19th to early 20thcentury American paintingsareone movements of Impressionism, Fauvism, andCubism. as Marcel DuchampandHenriMatissse, andtheavant-garde Pach. The show introduced American audiences such to artists of the1913 Armory Show, alongside Walt Kuhn and Walter Sculptors, Davieswasaleadingforce behindtheorganization As President of the Association of American Painters and 2018.21 and theMary J. Stevens Estate, by exchange and Alyce Erickson, BernardandHelenDeVries, Dr. Frederick D. Levin andMr. I. RichardLevin, Vin Museum purchase, through the gifts of Knoll, Inc., Oil oncanvas, circa1902-06 Driobe andherHandmaidens Bowen Davies(American,Arthur 1862-1928) Gallery Photo

COLLECTIONS HIGHLIGHT 11 On Tap and Uncorked Beer, wine, and food event at Muskegon Museum of Art Friday, April 12 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Tickets: $30 MMA members/$35 Advance/$40 at Door 12 Purchase at MMA Museum Store or call 231.720.2580.

Tickets are on sale for the Muskegon Museum Presenting Underwriter of Art’s sixth annual On Tap and Uncorked Michigan beer, wine, and food tasting event. On Tap and Uncorked among several galleries of the Museum. Each event ticket combines tastings includes five four-ounce beer or wine tasting samples of beer and wine and food. Additional tasting tickets will be available for crafted by Michigan beverage artisans and food pairings by purchase at the event. Ticket sales will support Museum area restaurants, creating one multi-sensory tasting event programs and exhibitions.

107th Anniversary Gala Saturday, June 8

SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL Join us for the kick-off party of the summer at the MMA's annual Anniversary Gala. Bright colors and heroes of pop culture will inspire this year's event. You won't want to miss it! Invitations will be mailed to members in the spring.

Honorary Chair KIMBERLY VAN KAMPEN

Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert Concert Generous support for this project is provided by Saturday, April 27 7:00 pm

Tickets: $15 MMA members/$20 Advance/$25 at Door Purchase at MMA Museum Store or call 231.720.2580.

Join us for a performance by acclaimed folk musicians Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert. Kieran Kane has been referred to as “the godfather of Americana music” for good reason. His seminal work in The O’Kanes and Kane Welch Kaplin, as well as co-founding the independent label Dead Reckoning Records, laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Photo by Molly Secours Americana music.

Rayna Gellert turned to Appalachian old-time music at a They joined forces again for Rayna’s 2017 release, Workin’s Too young age, becoming a prodigious fiddler, and leading a new Hard (StorySound Records). Their first duo album, The Ledges, revival of American stringband music through her work with was released in February on Dead Reckoning Records. Musical the acclaimed roots band Uncle Earl. kindred-spiritedness is evident in their restrained and roots- oriented approach songs and arrangements. Kieran and Rayna met at San Francisco’s celebrated Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, which led to co-writing songs for The doors open at 6:30 pm. Cash bar prior to the concert and Kieran’s recent album, Unguarded Moments (Dead Reckoning). at intermission. works of art. Itnow boastsacollection of 17,000 works of The GVSU GalleryArt wasformed in1998 with700existing Wednesday,17, April Speaker: Henry Matthews The First20 Years – 1998-2018 Grand Valley State University Gallery: Art Midwest andCanada. Michigan andisrepresented inprivate collections inthe Her award-winningartwork hasexhibited throughout West whileteaching pianoandflute privately.passion asanartist and private schoolsfor over 30 years. Shenow pursuesher music teacher whotaught vocal music inMichiganpublic their worlds. Kate Bourdonisanartist, MMA docent, and Discover themindsof synesthetes andhow they experience Bernstein, Duke Ellington, andBilly Joel, to nameafew. Wassily Kandinsky andPaul Klee, andthemusic of Leonard or taste felt asshapes. Synesthesiaaffected theartwork of become crossedorjoined. Soundmay be “seen” ascolors, a neurologicalphenomenoninwhichthesensory pathways Synesthesia, andmusicians, acommon traitamongartists is Wednesday, March20, 10:30am Speaker: Katherine Bourdon The BlendedSensesof Synethesia D MajorisSky Blue: public. Paid admissionisrequired for gallery entrance. Friends of morningprogramsarefree andopento the Art Morning Programs Frederik MeijerGardens&SculpturePark. and amemberof theSculpture Advisory Committee atthe Eberle, Ph.D. isaprofessor atKendall College of &Design Art broadened anddeeply enrichedby women artists. Suzanne She willdiscusshow andwhy contemporary hasbeen art Speaker: SuzanneEberle Wednesday, May 8, 7:00pm ContemporaryWomen Artists May 1. 231.720.2580. Pleaseremitchecks for advance paymentby Registration forms areavailableintheMMA Store. Call Per lecture atthedoor:$15 member) Series: $45perperson/$30person(Friendsof Art 7:00 pm, doorsopenat6:30pm Wednesdays, May 8, 15, 22 CelebratingContemporary Women Artists Lecture Series ArtSmarts 10:30 am

thematic components. critique of theworks intheshow, discussingtheir visual and insights into thejuryingprocess. Hewillalsoprovide a The BennettPrize for Women Figurative Realists, including discuss theorganizationof theexhibition Rising Voices: Martin,Art MMA Director of Collections andExhibitions, will Martin Speaker: Art Wednesday, May 22, 7:00pm The Bennett Prize secretary of USAA. as executive vice president, chieflegal officer, and corporate leading legal departments. HeretiredinSeptember 2015 Bennett hasbeen anattorney hisentireprofessional life, in realistpaintingsof women by women artists. Steven Alan Elaine MelottiSchmidt, Ed.D., collectors areart whospecialize into thegoalsof founding thePrize. Bennettandhiswife, Bennett Prize, willdiscusshiscollecting andprovide insight Steven Allen Bennett, collector avidart andfounder of The Speakers: Steven Allen Bennett &ElaineMelotti Schmidt, Ed.D. Wednesday, May 15, 7:00pm Bennett CollectionThe and illustrated morethanfifteen children’s books. have appearedinnational magazines. Shehasalsoauthored and corporations aroundthecountry andherillustrations 1987. Her award-winningwork isrepresented ininstitutions where shedesignedandcreated greeting cardsfrom1981to educator. career began atthe Hallmark Herart Company, their creative gifts. Lori McElrathEslickandart isanartist creative momentsandhopesto encourage othersto pursue mindfulness, really. Lori willshareinsightsinto someof her of haswhilecreating:theart moments thatanartist When lookingatart, toyou those can be transported Wednesday, May 15, 10:30am Speaker: Lori Eslick andtheJourney Art exhibition andeducation program. collectioncreate apermanentart complemented by arich Director of the MMA from1994to 1998. HejoinedGVSU to Curator of theMuskegon Museumof andserved as Art to themissionof theuniversity. Henry Matthews isaformer programming. Learn how the GalleryArt connects itswork of thecollection; organize exhibitions; andpresentrelated and histeam managethegrowth, care, andinterpretation Henry Matthews, Director of GalleriesandCollections atGVSU, campuses. GVSUalsohassix changingexhibition venues. art, whicharedispersedthroughout130buildingsonsix

FRIENDS OF ART 13 Edward Edmondson, Jr., American, 19th Century Style Floral 1830-1884 Arrangements Mixed Flower Bouquet circa 1865, oil on canvas Workshop with Skeeter Parkhouse Purchased in honor of the Saturday, March 23 100th Anniversary of the 11:00 am Muskegon Museum of Art, Cost: $50/$45 MMA members. through the Van Kampen Curatorial Fund and the Call 231.720.2580 to register. proceeds from a gift from 14 Join Skeeter as he takes inspiration Wally Findlay Galleries in from nineteenth-century style floral life celebration of their paintings and instructs participants on Centennial Anniversary and in how to make their own 3D version with honor of William Wadsworth Findlay real flowers.

Matting and Framing Workshop Saturday April 27 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Instructor: Keith Downie WORKSHOP Cost: $20/$15 MMA member There are no rules in art and no firm rules in framing. However, there are picture framing materials, techniques, and design principles that will provide a contemporary ­museum- style presentation while being safe for your artwork and easy on your budget. The class is limited to 12 participants. To register: Call 231.720.2571 at least one week before the session. Topics will include: • Identifying “archival” matting and glazing materials Artist and master framer, Keith Downie will focus primarily on • Essential mat cutting tools framing artwork on paper, including photographs, during this • Cutting and assembling window mats 90-minute workshop. Bring one small paper piece or photo to • Hinging and mounting artworks on paper mat in the workshop (maximum 12 x16 inch size). • Mat colors and frame style considerations • Where to buy materials (local, catalogue, and online) • Maximizing “a la carte” services from frame shops

Looking for a unique and memorable setting for your corporate event? Our beautiful, art-filled facility allows for a wide-range of casual or elegant Corporate Event catering options, and we have a full service bar. In addition, our state-of-the Facility Rentals art technology allows you to make presentations, show powerpoints, videos, or play movies. For information on available dates, reasonable prices and what is included, please contact us at 231.720.2571.

• Fifteen specialty LED spotlights for the galleries: $3,300. • Commercial Ice Maker: $1,500 Wish List • Dishwasher: $2,000 • Portable Artist Easels that are lightweight yet durable: $500 The MMA is in need of a few • Archival Print Boxes: 10 for $198.50 or 20 for $397 items that you could donate • Pair of glazing suction cups for lifting large vitrines: $150 or help underwrite: • Fletcher wall cutter for foam board and glass at a 60-inch capacity: $3,500 • High-end saber saw (Festool): $390 • Milwaukee circular saw: $130 Brown Bag Films Join us for free lunchtime films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. Brown Bag Films complement MMA exhibitions and the permanent collection. Audiorium doors open at noon. Films start at 12:15 pm. Free film admission, coffee, and cookies. Paid admission is required to enter the galleries.

15 The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers Artist and Mother Thursday, March 14 Thursday, May 9 (74 mins.) In the vicinity of New York’s Hudson River Valley, (56 mins.) In this episode of ArtBound, we explore the profiles the Adirondack Mountains, Catskill Mountains, and the White of four California artists who make motherhood a part of their Mountains of New Hampshire, a group of American painters art: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Andrea Chung, Rebecca Campbell, led by British born artist Thomas Cole forged an artistic vision and Tanya Aguiñiga. There’s a persisting assumption in of the American wilderness. They would bring nineteenth- contemporary art circles that you can’t be both a good artist century America to life on canvas through imagination, and a good mother. These artists are working to shatter this interpretation, color, and conviction, and they would craft an cliché, juggling demands of career and family and finding idealistic, identifiable narrative of an ever–changing nation. inspiring ways to explore the maternal in their art.

National Gallery of Art: American Art Series Conversation with Françoise Gilot This series about American artists from the National Gallery Thursday, May 23 of Art presents six nineteenth-century artists who are staples (56 mins.) Acclaimed artist, critic, and author Françoise Gilot in art history. The biographical commentary and content discusses her life and career in this 1998 interview with provides a guide to each of the artists’ artistic progress and Charlie Rose. individual achievements.

Thursday, March 28 John James Audubon: The Birds of America (29 mins.) An American Impressionist: William Merritt Chase at Shinnecock (26 mins.) BROWN BAG FILMS BAG BROWN Thursday, April 11 The Landscapes of Edwin Church (29 mins.) James McNeill Whistler: The Lyrics of Art (29 mins.)

Thursday, April 25 Winslow Homer: The Nature of the Artist (29 mins.) Thomas “Yellowstone” Moran (12 mins.)

Generous support for this project is provided by Françoise Gilot, French, born 1921 The Emerald Table 1978, oil on canvas Gift of Paloma Picasso 1993.266

Thomas Moran, American, 1837-1926 The Great Cave, Pictured Rocks, Lake Superior, Michigan 1873, oil on canvas, Manoogian Collection (See in American Spectacle, through April 28.) Super Saturdays Free Family Fun Days Super Saturday admission and activities are free! 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Underwritten by Generous support for this project is provided by 16

Super Saturday: Puzzles Free Family Fun Day Saturday, March 9 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Puzzles galore! Bring the kids to explore In Pieces: The Art of Vintage Puzzles and American Spectacle. 10:00 am & 1:00 pm Family Film 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Guided Look Vintage puzzle from Explore the galleries with an MMA Docent. the André 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Make & Take Aerne Create your own 19th century inspired puzzle in collection our classroom!

Super Saturday: Teachers Free Family Fun Day Saturday, April 13 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Like Patricia Polacco, we’ve all had

SUPER SATURDAYS some amazing teachers! Let’s celebrate them! 10:00 am & 1:00 pm Family Film 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Guided Look Have a docent walk you through Polacco’s A+ for Educators exhibition! 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Make & Take Paint a rock paper weight for your Patricia Polacco favorite teacher! Illustration for The Art of Miss Chew Mixed Media

Super Saturday: Flowers Free Family Fun Day Saturday, May 11 10:00 am – 3:00 pm April showers bring May FLOWERS! 10:00 am & 1:00 pm Family Film 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Guided Look Explore the galleries with an MMA Docent. 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Make & Take Hand craft a bouquet of flowers!

William J., Forsyth, American, 1854-1935 Untitled (Floral Still Life) Not dated Gouache, watercolor, & conté crayon Gift of André Aerne in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Muskegon Museum of Art 2017.1 2019 Spring Calendar

Thursday, March 28 Sunday, April 21 Saturday, May 11 12:15 pm Final Day 10:00 am – 3:00 pm MARCH In Pieces: The Art of Vintage Brown Bag Films Super Saturday: Flowers 17 Thursday, March 7 National Gallery of Art: Puzzles Free Family Fun Day 5:30 – 7:30 pm American Art Series Comedy Night with Thursday, April 25 Sunday, May 12 Hen Sapp Thursday, March 28 12:15 pm Final Day Final Day Brown Bag Films A+ for Educators: Illustrations Saturday, March 9 Art Talks Back Poetry Contest National Gallery of Art: by Patricia Polacco 10:00 am – 3:00 pm American Art Series Super Saturday: Puzzles Wednesday, May 15 Free Family Fun Day Thursday, April 25 10:30 am Meet the Artist Friends of Art Program Sunday, March 10 APRIL Patricia Polacco Thursday, April 4 Art and the Journey Free Community Day 1:00 – 3:00 pm Book Signing Speaker: Lori Eslick 6:00 to 8:00 pm 5:30 – 7:00 pm Reception SONS: Seeing the Modern Pajama Party at the MMA! African American Male 7:00 pm Lecture by Patricia Wednesday, May 15 Ad Man: Joseph Grey II Polacco Friends of Art Program Sunday, April 7 CALENDAR 3:00 pm Black Man film Final Day ArtSmarts Lecture Series: Saturday, April 27 Celebrating Contemporary Expressions 2019: 37th 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Thursday, March 14 Annual Muskegon County Women Artists 12:15 pm Student Art Exhibition Framing & Matting The Bennett Collection Brown Bag Film Workshop Part 2 of 3–part series The Hudson River School: Thursday, April 11 With Keith Downie Artistic Pioneers 12:15 pm Wednesday, May 22 Brown Bag Films Saturday, April 27 Friends of Art Program Thursday, March 14 National Gallery of Art: 7:00 pm ArtSmarts Lecture Series: First Day American Art Series Concert Celebrating Contemporary Expressions 2019: 37th Kieran Kane & Rayna Women Artists Annual Muskegon County Thursday, April 11 Gellert The Bennett Prize Student Art Exhibition 5:30 pm Part 3 of 3–part series Crash Course: Two Truths Wednesday, March 20 and a Spectacular Lie Thursday, May 23 10:30 am MAY 12:15 pm Friends of Art Program Friday, April 12 Brown Bag Film 6:00 – 9:00 pm Thursday, May 2 D Major is Sky Blue: The 5:30 pm – Reception Conversation with Françoise Blended Senses of Synethesia On Tap & Uncorked Gilot Michigan Beer, Wine & Food 7:00 pm – Announcement Wednesday, March 20 Tasting Event Opening Event & Prize Thursday, May 23 5:30 – 7:00 pm Announcement 5:30 pm – Reception Saturday, April 13 Rising Voices: The Bennett 7:00 pm – Artist Lecture Middle/High School 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Prize for Women Figurative Opening Reception Reception Super Saturday: Teachers Realists Expressions 2019: 37th Free Family Fun Day Lights, Camera, Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Music Photography of Annual Muskegon County Wednesday, May 8 Paul Jendrasiak Student Art Exhibition Wednesday, April 17 Friends of Art Program 10:30 am ArtSmarts Lecture Series: Thursday, March 21 Friends of Art Program 5:30 – 7:00 pm Celebrating Contemporary Grand Valley State University Women Artists Elementary School Art Gallery: The First 20 Contemporary Women Artists JUNE Reception Years – 1998–2018 Part 1 of 3–part series Saturday, June 8 Expressions 2019: 37th Speaker: Henry Matthews 107th Anniversary Gala Annual Muskegon County Thursday, May 9 Save the Date! Student Art Exhibition Thursday, April 18 12:15 pm 6:00 pm Saturday, Brown Bag Film March 23 Poetry Reading & Award Artist and Mother 11:00 am Ceremony 19th Century Style Floral Art Talks Back Thursday, May 9 Arrangements 5:30 – 8:00 pm Workshop with Opening Reception Skeeter Parkhouse REPLAY: The Exhibition Thank you for sharing your time and talents!

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Jane Rohlck and docent Don Rohlck at 2018 Gala

Art Talks Back Lesa Jordan Audrey Bates Lori Johnson Tom Schillaci Marketing Committee Committee Pamela Kearney Mert Bays Lesa Jordan Sue Schuiteman Allison Dile Jerry Lang Margaret Kivinski Mildred Bays Della Karel Dudley Straubel Kevin Kyser Angela Maloy Betty Korbecki Stu Becker Harry Karel Bernie Thomas LaShelle Mikesell Paula Doctor Tricia Lamiman Cathy Berntson Pamela Kearney Wayne Thuma Tom Schaub Pamela Kearney Karen Larnard Dawn Berry Clarine Kersting Betty Tindall Research Mitzi Luttrell Kate Bourdon Margaret Kivinski Sherri VanderWier Michael Wade Arts & Crafts Sue Ellen McCreary Jan Brainard Barbara Klingenmaier Betty VandeWater Education Support A.J. Meyer Jim Brainard Tricia Lamiman Sue Vannette SONS Committee Karen Larnard Jean Miller Elaine Brothers Alison Lang Patricia Wade TJ Chappell Chelsea Zielinski Kim Montgomery Debra Brown Karen Larnard Susan Walters Jon Covington Ronace Zielinski Barbara Mullally Hendrickson Mitzi Luttrell Linda Wibalda Christopher Dean Sharon Ottens Sondra Burnham Pat Mars Ron Wibalda Ed Garner Clerical Lois Reinders Al Burton Caroline Mayberry Arlene Wickland Eric Hood Denise Babcock Laurie Robillard Barb Butzow Marilyn McCann Marguerite Winter Justin Jennings Sarah Hermanson Don Rohlck Kelsey Byrd Sue Ellen McCreary Dianne Wright Bernard Loudermill Caroline Mayberry Charlene Romanosky Melissa Carden Al Mell Liz Wright William Muhammed Suzanne Selim Marilyn Ruck Beth Carrozza Karen Mell Barb Yonkman Marvin Nash Karen Shields Linda Caughey A.J. Meyer Chelsea Zielinski Dale Nesbary Development Jan Sieplinga Charlotte Chessman Jean Miller Ronace Zielinski Kelly Richards Committee Heidi Stofferahn Norma Cirner Kim Montgomery J Arthur Sanders Amy Heisser Bernie Thomas Sandy Corrello Bill Musgrave Festival of Trees Andrew Sims Sheila Reinecke Susan Tufts Ida Dennie Joyce Muston Committee Rodney Walker

VOLUNTEER NOTES VOLUNTEER Betty VandeWater Larry Diederichson Dolores Olsen Sondra Burnham James Waters Docents Patricia Wade Marilyn Diederichson Ole Olsen Jodi Clock Jonathan Wilson Margo Atwell Debra Walters Anne Erickson Shannon Osborn Sarah Hermanson Cathy Berntson Susan Walters Bette Erickson Sharon Ottens Lori Johnson Special Events Jayne Blyth Jerry Westgate Corrinne Erickson- Bob Page Shawn Lazarock Lesa Jordan Kate Bourdon Arlene Wickland Strand Mary Ann Page Caroline Mayberry Michael Wade Al Burton Marguerite Winter Laurie Gilbert Diane Reeths Cindi Mitchell Arlene Wickland Beth Carrozza Barb Wood Kathy Gilleece Laurie Robillard Deb Moon Charlotte Chessman Mary Ann Golin Don Rohlck Skeeter Parkhouse Super Saturdays Anne Erickson Exhibition Support Andrea Greenfield Charlene Romanosky Larry Schillaci Charlotte Chessman Corrinne Erickson- Laurel Geis Barbara Greenwood Jackie Rone Regina Sjoberg Karen Larnard Strand Karen Larnard Toni Gurn Marilyn Ruck Sherri Vanderwier Susan Tufts Margaret Fochtman Judy Hayner Marilyn Ryan Chelsea Zielinski Carol Folkert Festival of Trees Kennadi Hepler Bill Schaeffer Intern Ruth Fountain Cynthia Abraham Sarah Hermanson Peg Schaeffer Kelsey Byrd Upstairs Greeter William Fritz Doug Amstutz Karen Hill Donna Schillaci Connie Halloran Mary Ann Golin Gayle Amstutz Steve Hill Jan Schillaci Ora Hines Debra Brown Janet Anderson Ora Hines Larry Schillaci Lesa Jordan Hendrickson Margo Atwell Jackie Hodges Leanne Schillaci Caroline Mayberry Shannon Osborn

Docent Trish Lamiman at Lesa Jordan and Arlene 2018 Festival of Trees Wickland serving punch Gifts October 1 – December 31, 2018 Major Underwriters

In Memory of Mary S. Individual Gifts Michael & Lisa Mize Platinum Partners Richardson Alan & Anna Alpert Boyd & Brenda Mueller Jon & Jane Blyth Ted & Francine Anton Hester Newton Mary M. Appelt Garry & Charlotte Olson In Memory of Vivian Rude & Stephen & Martha Bartlett Henry & Sharon Ottens 19 Lila Manhart Kay Bernard Robert & Mary Ann Page James & Elizabeth Broadrup Gordon Boardman Steve & Molly Parker Lieberman Matthew & Judy Bosma James & Leslie Petersen Craig & Sharon Brandes A. James & Deborah Potter In Memory of Paul Valliere Dr. Fred & Denis & Barbara Potuznik Connie Valliere and Victoria & Pete & Sherry Brown Steve Replogle Donald Hare Dan & Michele Buckley Frank & Tammy Reuwer Verlin & Stacie Bush Don & Jane Rohlck Corporate & Foundation Gifts Manuel & Barbara Butzow John & Billie Jo Schilbe A. Andre’ Aerne Revocable Ashley Campbell Robert & Marcia Schneeberger Living Trust Rob & Laura Carpenter Ed & Pat Schroeder Babbitt’s Sports Center Lee & Darlene Collet Mike & Debbie Schubert Clock Life Story Funeral Homes Tony & Sue Cortese David & Suzanne Selim SUPPORT Core Realty Partners Gail Dragga F. Remington & Ginny Sprague DTE Energy Foundation Herb & Karen Driver Ellen Sprouls Folkert Family Foundation Robert & Cathleen Dubault Al Steinman Gard Dog Storage Darcy J. Dye Joan Stewart Graphics House Mary E. Dykema Ron & Lynn Stroup Harbor Steel Jackie Engel Bonnie Stuk Hooker DeJong, Inc. Floyd & Caron Farmer Don & Jane Tjarksen Huntington National Bank Chuck Fisher Jane Toot Hurst Mechanical Roberta Fleischmann Peter Turner Lorin Industries, Inc. Patricia Flynn Kathi Tyler MasterTag Megan Fox Connie Valliere & Victoria & Mercy Health—Trinity Health Evelyn Geile Donald Hare MMA Docents David & Judy Gingras Walter & Elsa Verderber MMA Friends of Art Susan Grubb James & Cindy Vresics Nichols Paper & Supple Judith Hayner Michael & Patricia Wade Northern Trust Matthew & Amy Heisser Vilas & Shanti Wagle The Meijer Foundation Patrick J. O’Leary Foundation- Justin & Katie Henderson Kenneth & Kay Walcott Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Kelli Hepler & Michael Karp Gary Walker PayPal Giving Fund Charles & Sarah Hermanson Ken & Marge Winter Port City Construction & John & Linda Hilt Cathy Workman Development Susan Horsfall Anonymous Professional Med Team Inc. Steve & Deb Jackson Quality Tool & Stamping Jon & Anne Jellema Company, Inc. Juanita R. Joiner Quilted Memories, Inc. Rhonda Jones Raymond James & Associates Brian & Julie King Shoreline Insurance Agency, Inc. Roger & Jeanne Knop VanDyk Mortgage Corporation Scott & Donna Lachniet Verplank Donor Advised Fund Brian & Jamie Lang Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation Don & Cathy Larsen Webb Chemical Service James & Elizabeth Broadrup Corporation Lieberman Women’s Division Chamber of Richard & Cynthia Lindrup Commerce Deborah Margules Margaret A. Wright Estate John & Jessie Martin Don Martines & Margaret O’Toole Donald R. Matthews Marian Michalski Folkert Family Foundation Jack H. Miller Cindi Mitchell Patrick J. O’Leary Second Century Legacy Society Major Underwriters $25,000+ Bequest or Gift

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