Annual Report Fiscal Year 2016 American Folk Art Museum July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2016 AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM JULY 1, 2015–JUNE 30, 2016

The American Folk Art Museum received a grant from the Friends of Heritage Preservation to conserve a work by Thornton Dial. The conservation treatment was carried out by conservators Barbara Appelbaum and Paul Himmelstein, of Appelbaum & Himmelstein, LLC. They have decades of experience working on paintings, textiles, and folk art, including extensive work on the museum’s collection. The Friends of Heritage Preservation is a small, private association of individuals, based in Los Angeles, who seek to promote cultural identity through the preservation of significant endangered artistic and historic works, artifacts, and sites.

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The Man Rode Past His Barn to Another New Day, Thornton Dial Sr. (1928–2016), Bessemer, Alabama, 1994–1995, oil and enamel on canvas with clothing, carpet, rope, wire, and industrial sealing compound, 84 x 120", gift of Jane Fonda, 2001.2.1. Photo by Gamma One.

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2016

WELCOME LETTER 2 Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice

INTRODUCTION 3 Monty Blanchard

DASHBOARD 4

EXHIBITIONS 6

LOANS AND AWARDS 16

PUBLICATIONS 17

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 18

ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS 24

COLLECTIONS AND EDUCATION CENTER 28

MUSEUM CAREER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 29

MEMBERS AND FRIENDS 30

FALL BENEFIT GALA 32

MUSEUM SHOP 33

NEW ACQUISITIONS 34

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 40

DONORS, FOLK ART CIRCLE, AND MEMBERS 42

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 45

STAFF 46

IN MEMORIAM 48

Left: Photo by Christine Wise.

Copyright © 2017 by American Folk Art Museum, New York 1 Dear members and friends, Fiscal year 2016 has been a year of growth and accolades for the museum. We are reaching beyond our New York base with traveling exhibitions in five American cities. Our exhibitions this year received terrific reviews from the critics. Our publications have won awards, curators have been honored, important grants have come in, and education and public programs have expanded exponentially. Let me share some highlights. The Leir Charitable Foundations has awarded us $600,000 to digitize our collection. The museum’s holdings will be made available on the museum’s website for everyone to see, study, and enjoy. The digitization work will be completed over the next three years. A milestone was reached at the Museum Shop. When I hired the Director of Retail and Visitor Services, Stefanie Levinson, I charged her with getting annual sales to the $1 million mark in five years. She did it in two. Another landmark was achieved in exhibitions. The Crystal Bridges Museum of Art asked us to organize their first ever exhibition of folk art. Stacy C. Hollander, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions put together an exhibition of more than 100 works in American Made: Highlights from the American Folk Art Museum. Dr. Valérie Rousseau, Curator, Self-Taught Art and Art Brut, was honored by the Association of Art Museum Curators with a first-place award for excellence forWhen the Curtain Never Comes Down. The New York Times said it was a “top ten exhibition” for 2015. More awards: the museum received two from the American Alliance of Museums. The brochure for Folk Art and American Modernism and the long-awaited publication Red & White Quilts: Infinite Variety were awarded second place in their category for museums with a budget of more than $750,000. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gave us funding for a Museum Career Internship Program, and we have completed its first year. Eight students are involved in this work-and-study program organized with LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities supported our exhibitions this year. We also received a grant from the Friends of Heritage Preservation for conservation done on Thornton Dial’s The Man Rode Past His Barn to Another New Day. I want to thank the Board for both their generosity and generosity of spirit. Their guidance is invaluable, and the teamwork between the Board and staff is key to our success. The Board’s expertise can be seen in every part of our mission: to share the world of folk art with this and coming generations.

Sincerely,

Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice Executive Director 2 Dear friends and supporters, As you can see from our Executive Director’s letter, fiscal year 2016 has been a year of great achievements and successes for the American Folk Art Museum. Under Anne Radice’s distinguished leadership we have continued to “get the art out there” while maintaining the highest standards of curatorial excellence and scholarship, and conducting our financial affairs with prudence and discipline. All of us can share in these successes. Dr. Radice has provided outstanding leadership and management of every aspect of the museum. Our curators have created dynamic and groundbreaking shows; our staff has worked above and beyond the call of duty; and our Board of Trustees has provided the guidance, support, advice, and oversight that has positioned the museum for continued success in the future. We have come a long way. And we have accomplished this together in a way in which we can all be proud. It is time, though, to acknowledge the challenges still before us. Not every year can be as great as the last one. No winning streak goes on forever. We remain a small museum. This means that, however well we fulfill our mission, we compete every day for attention and funding with organizations that have much greater resources, visibility, and wider audiences to tap for support. Everyone associated with the museum is working every day to exceed what we have accomplished so far. Dr. Radice is instilling a culture of “constant improvement” in our staff, and the Board of Trustees recently completed a self-evaluation to identify areas for advancement in the operation of our Board, improving how the Board works to meet its responsibilities in a more effective and inclusive manner. We continue to need financial support. The generosity of Joyce B. Cowin and commitments by other Trustees and friends saw us through our rebuilding phase. We have been blessed by commitments from our supporters, individuals, foundations—such as the Ford Foundation, the Leir Charitable Foundations, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—and the City of New York, which have funded key initiatives and helped us operate with a balanced budget. I ask every reader of this letter to be as generous as you can to help us maintain this record of fiscal responsibility. This is not a time to lower our sights. But there is always a danger of complacency, when things have gone as well for us as they have over the recent past. I must remind us all that our future will require hard work, dedication, and generosity. Thank you all, every day, for all you do to help make the American Folk Art Museum as great as it can possibly be.

Sincerely,

Monty Blanchard President of the Board of Trustees

3 6 21 81 EXHIBITIONS LECTURES, SYMPOSIA, SCHOOL GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS

AND 3 2,321 TRAVELING 945 STUDENTS SERVED ATTENDEES 1 33, 374 70 VISITORS 9 MUSIC PROGRAMS ALZHEIMER’S PROGRAMS 4,228 87 100 ATTENDEES DOCENT-LED TOURS INDIVIDUALS SERVED

1,519 15% ADULTS SERVED INCREASE IN SHOP 16 SALES AVERAGE EVENTS COMPARED TO THE EACH MONTH FOR PREVIOUS YEAR 7 ADULTS FAMILY PROGRAMS 6% INCREASE IN AVERAGE 94 $0 TRANSACTION COST TO VISIT THE ATTENDEES MUSEUM

4 2,133 58,000 1961 MUSEUM MEMBERS FACEBOOK FANS YEAR THE MUSEUM AND INSTAGRAM AND WAS FOUNDED 6% TWITTER FOLLOWERS INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR 45% 312 INCREASE FROM THE NEW ACQUISITIONS PREVIOUS YEAR UP FROM 239,918 UNIQUE WEBSITE 164 VISITORS FROM ALL 19 50 STATES, TRUSTEES THE PREVIOUS YEAR 6 CONTINENTS VIEWED

21 405 887,767 ARTISTS FULL-TIME PAGES EMPLOYEES EXHIBITED, STUDIED, PUBLISHED, AND REVEALED 6 75,000 PART-TIME ONLINE READERS EMPLOYEES OF THE DIGITIZED 6 FOLK ART MAGAZINE EXHIBITION-RELATED (FORMERLY PUBLICATIONS THE CLARION) ON ISSUU.COM

5 EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum are supported in part by Joyce Berger Cowin, the David Davies and Jack Weeden Fund for Exhibitions, the Ford Foundation, the Leir Charitable Foundations, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

“I was surprised by the role of collectors in preserving this art; that it took a few individuals to convince broader audiences to appreciate and preserve it.”

—VISITOR FROM PRINCETON, Photos by Caroline Voagen Nelson. 6 NEW JERSEY Folk Art and American Modernism JULY 18–SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 The exhibition was organized by the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, and cocurated by Elizabeth Stillinger and Ruth Wolfe. The exhibition was organized for the American Folk Art Museum by Stacy C. Hollander, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions.

Additional funding for this exhibition was provided by Becky “Together these works evoke a and Bob Alexander, and Marvin and Donna Schwartz. lifestyle in which folk art served not only as décor but also as a kind of spiritual orientation.” —KEN JOHNSON, New York Times

“I never made the fascinating connection between folk art and modernism before now. The number of female artists in Photos by Caroline Voagen Nelson. this exhibition was refreshing.” 7 —VISITOR FROM BRONX, NEW YORK Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet OCTOBER 13, 2015–JANUARY 10, 2016 The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. Curated by Dr. Valérie Rousseau, Curator, Self-Taught Art and Art Brut.

Additional support for this exhibition was provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation in honor of Sam Farber (1924–2013), a devoted trustee of the American Folk Art Museum and a passionate collector of art brut and art by the self-taught; the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York; the Segal Family Foundation; and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

“Exhibitions such as this one at the American Folk Art Museum are always a revelation. A Photos by Olya Vysotskaya. necessary, wonderful antidote/ counterpoint to what’s on offer at other museums in the city.” 8 —VISITOR FROM GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA “…a fascinating show of outsider art from a collection with which Dubuffet (1901–85) sought to beget a climate change in the artistic cultures of Europe and, not least, the United States… Nearly all of the thirty-seven named artists in the show— especially the formidable Adolf Wölfli, a Swiss psychiatric-hospital patient for thirty-five years, before his death, in 1930— reward particular attention.” New York Times review by Roberta Smith. —PETER SCHJELDAHL, New Yorker

9 Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection JANUARY 21–MAY 8, 2016 The exhibition was cocurated by Stacy C. Hollander, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions, American Folk Art Museum, and Aimee E. Newell, Director of Collections, Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.

The almost two hundred works of art in this exhibition comprise a major gift to the American Folk Art Museum from Kendra and Allan Daniel.

Additional support for this exhibition was provided by Kendra and Allan Daniel. “[A] captivating exhibition… you don’t have to be paranoid to have your curiosity and imagination stirred by this Kendra and Allan Daniel. Photo by Andrew Piccone. exhibition’s uncannily evocative Photos at top by Olya Vysotskaya. materials.” 10 —KEN JOHNSON, New York Times Artist Mark Dion selected this exhibition as his favorite for ARTNews. He writes: “This exhibition highlights the imagination and pictorial and sculptural ingenuity of fraternal societies that inherit the ‘mystery school’ tradition of ritual and elaborate visual language. The galleries look marvel- ous, and the collection, with its semiotic sophistication, leaves viewers puzzling and asking for more.”

“This show, and this museum, liberates imagination.” —VISITOR FROM MEULAN- EN-YVELINES, FRANCE Marie-Henriette Heiniken (Mme. De Xaintrailles), artist unidentified, France, c. 1800, watercolor on paper, 6 1/2 x 5 1/4" (oval), gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel, 2015.1.87. Photo by José Andrés Ramírez. 11 Photo by Christine Wise. A Fever Within: The Art of Ronald Lockett JUNE 20–SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 The exhibition was organized and circulated by the Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is made possible in part by awards from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding is provided by the Department of American Studies Chair’s Discretionary Fund for Southern Studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Additional funding for the presentation at the American Folk Art Museum was provided by Agnes Gund, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. The wall colors were provided by Farrow & Ball. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“I was moved by how honest and sad these works are and how prolific Ronald Lockett was in his too-short lifetime. I’m glad to have learned about this wonderful artist I have never heard of before.” 12 —VISITOR FROM PHILADELPHIA Photo by Olya Vysotskaya. Photo by Olya Vysotskaya. Once Something Has Lived It Can Never Really Die JUNE 21–SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 “The message of Lockett’s art—that black lives matter—is as clear and The exhibition was curated by Dr. Valérie Rousseau, powerful as the works of his peers, Curator, Self-Taught Art and Art Brut, as a complemen- and it’s more timely than ever.” tary presentation to A Fever Within: The Art of Ronald Lockett. In the exhibition, Lockett’s artworks were paired —ANNE DORAN, Time Out New York with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Eskimo effigies, Brazilian wood ex-votos, sculptures by Sandra Sheehy (b. 1965), and drawings by Melvin Way (b. 1954).

“I was surprised by the connection drawn between Lockett’s work and the ex-votos and Inuit art. These historical objects shed fascinating light on Lockett’s oeuvre.” —VISITOR FROM HAPEVILLE, GEORGIA

13 Photo by Christine Wise. Spring Fling: Quilts from the Collection MAY 14–JUNE 5, 2016 An exhibition of quilts from the collection on view while a portion of the gallery underwent repairs.

Golden Wedding Ring Quilt, artist unidentified, United States, 1934–1940, cotton, 81 1/4 x 72 1/2" (framed), gift of Robert Bishop, 1993.4.3. Photo by Gavin Ashworth.

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum Curated by Stacy C. Hollander, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions. The exhibition was organized by the American Folk Art Museum in collaboration with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF ART BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS JULY 2–SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

14 NATIONAL TOUR

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM NEW YORK CITY MAY 13–AUGUST 17, 2014 FIGGE ART MUSEUM Self-Taught Genius: Treasures DAVENPORT, IOWA NOVEMBER 15, 2014–MARCH 15, from the American Folk Art 2015 Museum MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM The exhibition was cocurated by Stacy C. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Hollander, Deputy Director for Curatorial APRIL 18–AUGUST 16, 2015 Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF Exhibitions, and Dr. Valérie Rousseau, AMERICAN ART Curator, Self-Taught Art and Art Brut. FORT WORTH, TEXAS OCTOBER 10, 2015–JANUARY 3, 2016 The exhibition and the national tour of Self-Taught NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA are made possible by generous funding from the Henry FEBRUARY 26–MAY 22, 2016 Luce Foundation, as part of its 75th anniversary initiative. SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI JUNE 19–SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART TAMPA, FLORIDA OCTOBER 1, 2016–JANUARY 16, 2017

Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART Curated by Alexis Carreño, coordinated by Stacy C. Hollander, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and APRIL 10–JUNE 26, 2016 Director of Exhibitions.

Top to bottom: Girl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog, Ammi Phillips (1788–1865), vicinity of Amenia, New York, 1830–1835, oil on canvas, 30 x 25", gift of Ralph Esmerian, 2001.37.1. Photo by John Parnell. / Untitled, Bibhu Mohapatra (b. 1972) silk chiffon, organza, cotton lace, and oil-slick lace. Photo by Mete Ozeren. Left: Photo by Stephen Ironside/Ironside Photography. 15 LOANS AND AWARDS

Loans from Institutions Ackland Art Museum, The Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Jonathan Zorach University of North Carolina at GA Tim Zorach Chapel Hill, NC The Metropolitan Museum of Anonymous lenders Arts Club Records, The Art, NY Newberry Library, IL Tinwood, LLC, GA Institutions Receiving Brooklyn Museum, NY Whitney Museum of American Loans Cavin-Morris Gallery, NY Art, NY Center for Creative Photography, Yale University Art Gallery, CT Amon Carter Museum of University of Arizona, AZ American Art, TX Brooklyn Museum, NY Collection de l’Art Brut, Loans from Individuals Lausanne, Switzerland Crystal Bridges Museum of Bunty Armstrong Colonial Williamsburg American Art, AR Foundation, VA Gordon W. Bailey Fenimore Art Museum, NY Columbus Museum of Art, OH Andrew Castrucci Hancock Shaker Village, MA Fenimore Art Museum, NY Kendra and Allan Daniel Huntsville Museum of Art, AL Hancock Shaker Village, MA Lucy and Mike Danziger Intuit: The Center for Intuitive Harvard Art Museums Archives, Ann and Andrew Dintenfass and Outsider Art, IL Harvard University, MA Beate Echols, Michael Shub, and McNay Art Museum, TX Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, CT Mariposa Unusual Art Gallery New Orleans Museum of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Karin and Jonathan Fielding Art, LA MA Audrey B. Heckler Saint Louis Art Museum, MO Museum of Modern Art, NY Vera and Pepi Jelinek San Diego Museum of Art, CA National Gallery of Art, Jane and Gerald Katcher Washington, DC Paul and Marjorie Laurent Awards New-York Historical Society, NY Eric J. Maffei When the Curtain Never Newark Museum, NJ Jeffrey Myers Comes Down Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA Richard Rosenthal Curated by Dr. Valérie Rousseau Shelburne Museum, VT David Seehausen AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, Smith College Museum of Art, FIRST PLACE Sandra Sheehy MA in the “Exhibition” category by the June and Ron Shelp Association of Art Museum Curators, for institutions with an operating budget under $4 million 16 PUBLICATIONS Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra Folk Art and American and Allan Daniel Modernism Collection Exhibition brochure and checklist. By Stacy C. Hollander and Aimee E. Newell; Essays by Elizabeth Stillinger and Foreword by Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice; Collector’s Ruth Wolfe. New York: American statement by Allan Daniel. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2015. 8 pages. Folk Art Museum, 2016. 240 pages. Received award of excellence from the American Alliance of Museums. A Fever Within: The Art of Ronald Art Brut in America: The Lockett and Once Incursion of Jean Dubuffet Something Has By Dr. Valérie Rousseau; Foreword by Lived It Can Never Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice; With contributions by Jean Dubuffet, Sarah Lombardi, Really Die Kent Minturn, and Jill Shaw. New York: Exhibition brochure and checklist. Essays by American Folk Art Museum, 2015. Bernard L. Herman and Dr. Valérie Rousseau. 248 pages. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2016. Shortlisted for the Alfred H. Barr Jr. 6 pages. Award for publications by the College Art Association. Ronald Lockett, Interviews, 1996 Interviews with Ronald Lockett by David Red & White Quilts: Sheehausen, 1996, edited by Dr. Valérie Rousseau. Infinite Variety New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2016. By Elizabeth V. Warren with Maggi 16 pages. Gordon; Preface by Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice; Foreword by Martha Stewart; Contributions to Outside With contributions by Stacy C. Publications Hollander and Tom Hennes. Principal Stacy C. Hollander with Aimee E. Newell, photography by Gavin Ashworth. “Mystery and Benevolence,” published in the New York: Skira/Rizzoli in association Magazine Antiques, January 2016. with American Folk Art Museum, 2015. Dr. Valérie Rousseau, “Art Brut in the United 352 pages. Received award of excellence from the States: Jean Dubuffet’s infiltration and filters/L’Art American Alliance of Museums. Brut aux États-Unis: Infiltration et Filtres de Jean Dubuffet,” in S. Lombardi (ed.), L’Art Brut. Jean Dubuffet’s Art Brut: the Origins of the Collection, published by Flammarion (Paris), 2016. Dr. Valérie Rousseau, “Once Something Has Lived It Can Never Really Die,” published in the 17 Magazine Antiques, July/August 2016. At the core of the Education Department’s mission is creating meaningful experiences and opportu- nities for visitors at all stages of their lives. We aim to make learning about folk art both fun and intellectually stimulating through a wide range of programming. The department’s overarching goal is to spark curiosity in the minds of individuals across generations, engage diverse audiences, and maintain inclusivity. AFAM’s Education Department uses participatory learning models to best serve populations with different needs in order to make authentic connections with the art on view. Part of our work is to challenge visitors to think creatively, consider new perspectives, and discover self-taught art in all its complexity.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Photo by Christine Wise. 18 Pre-K to Grade 12 School Programs All programs are thematic, interactive, and led by experienced museum educators. Students directly engage with works of art through dynamic discussions and a variety of hands-on gallery activities. School programs focus on curriculum areas including art, English language arts, and social studies, and relate to the New York State Learning Standards and the NYC Curriculum Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. The museum’s inquiry-based tours also support classroom learning in the ways encouraged by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). School programs and partnerships develop skills in evidential reasoning, critical thinking, and expressive and receptive language.

Educational Partnerships In fiscal year 2016, the museum Multi-session collaborations among the developed partnerships with: museum’s Education Department, tristate area schools, and community organizations THE CALHOUN SCHOOL combine exhibition-based programs with HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS specialized classroom visits by museum educators. These multiple-visit partnerships LIGHTHOUSE GUILD FOR THE BLIND provide students with a unique opportunity PRATT INSTITUTE to hone their critical thinking and artmaking THE SCHOOL FOR POLISH LANGUAGE skills, as well as their powers of observation. AND CULTURE All partnerships are customized to meet the school or community organization’s goals TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL and objectives. WEST SIDE COLLABORATIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Teen Leader Program High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors are eligible to apply to become participants in the museum’s yearlong afterschool program, where they earn school credit toward graduation. This teen cohort studies the museum’s collection and current exhibitions, learns about careers in the arts, hears from leading experts in the field, and works collaboratively to develop their research, critical thinking, and public speaking skills. Teen leaders also participate in exchanges with other museum teen councils from around the city. Program graduates are eligible to apply for part-time paid positions as part of the Summer Teen Leaders project.

In fiscal year 2016, the Teen Leader Program accepted ten high school students from the High School of Applied Communications, Talent Unlimited High School, and Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School.

19 Photo by Christine Wise.

Summer Camp Programming During summer months, the museum welcomes “Our group was working on a collaborative camp and youth organizations to explore themes quilt back in the classroom. Our educator related to special exhibitions through interactive was very knowledgeable, in excellent gallery tours with an optional studio component. Campers uncover the stories behind artworks control of the group, and able to elicit and through guided group discussions, music, and guide responses expertly.” movement activities, and work with the museum’s —TEACHER FOR GRADES SIX AND SEVEN AT THE Touch Collection to create a portfolio of drawings. PROFESSIONAL CHILDREN’S SCHOOL

20 Photo by Elena Bernstein. For Educators “The kids were compelled to look closely at the works of art and Exhibition curriculum guides are created for contribute their impressions by the teachers in the United States and abroad to use as way you framed the conversation a classroom resource. These exploration guides provide images, background information on artists, and connected with them.” and a rich variety of lesson plans and activities —SIXTH-GRADE FRENCH TEACHER AT to help teachers incorporate folk art into the ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL classroom. All guides are distributed to thousands of educators and administrators in the five boroughs, and are available for download online free of charge. In fiscal year 2016, the Education Department produced a new exhibition-related curriculum guide, Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection (grades K–12).

Additionally, the below curriculum guides are available: When the Curtain Never Comes Down, grades 6–12 Ralph Fasanella, grades 9–12 Self-Taught Genius, grades K–12 Quilts Exploration Guide, grades K–12 Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions, grades K–12 Folk Art Revealed, grades pre-K–5 and grades 6–12 In the Realms of Henry Darger, grades 9–12

Photo by Christine Wise. 21 Family Programming The Education Department offers regular programming for family and intergenerational audiences. The Families and Folk Art series takes place on the first Saturday of each month. The program introduces children ages 4–12 and their accompanying adults to folk art through interactive, thematic gallery tours followed by a studio session with related workshops.

“Receiving pre-visit classroom materials was wonderful! We just finished our culture unit—the beautiful quilts were a wonderful complement to this unit of study. We are using the drawings and sketches the students made to create a Photos by Christine Wise. ‘quilt’ to hang in our school.” —MIDDLE-SCHOOL TEACHER AT COOKE CENTER 22 GRAMMAR SCHOOL Educational programs are sponsored in part by the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and City Council Member Helen Rosenthal.

“Our students related to many aspects of the artists’ work and lives—the show Art Brut in America was a perfect fit. It was especially helpful to have a hands-on workshop that allowed our non-sighted students to experience texture, form, and shape through touch.” —SARAH VALERI, HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE LIGHTHOUSE GUILD 23 FOR THE BLIND Lectures and Panel Discussions “Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of “Investing in Folk Art: The Remarkable Edith American Art” with Avis Berman, author Halpert and Her Downtown Gallery” with of Rebels on Eighth Street Lindsay Pollock, Editor-in-Chief of Art in America and author of The Girl with the Gallery “Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Holger Cahill, Dorothy Miller, and Edith Halpert” with Wendy Jeffers, “Jean Dubuffet: Art Brut and the Collection de curator and independent scholar l’Art Brut” with Sarah Lombardi, Director of the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland

Videos of an extensive selection of lectures, dialogues, and talks ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS are available online at vimeo.com/folkartmuseum.

24 Special Event: Mystery and Benevolence Bash Period-themed refreshments, entertainment, music, and dancing in the spirit of the nineteenth-century Masonic and Odd Fellows folk art on view during the exhibition Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection.

Photo by Jena Cumbo.

“Behind the Scenes: Reminiscences of Dubuffet and Ossorio” with Jennifer Pinto-Safian, collector and former art brut dealer; Michael Solomon, artist and Alfonso Ossorio’s former assistant; and Hubert Neumann, art collector. Moderated by Dr. Klaus Ottmann, Deputy Director for Curatorial Photo by Elena Bernstein. and Academic Affairs, Phillips Collection. Dialogue and Studio Workshops “Spiritual Technology: Self-Taught Artists Consider Chalkware with Micòl Hernández the Cosmos, the Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture” with Professor Daniel Wojcik, Hooked Rugs with Norma Batastini author of the book Outsider Art Realms: Visionary Theorem Painting with Katerina Lanfranco Worlds, Trauma, and Transformation; Douglas Walla, Embroidery with Blair Wilson Paul Laffoley’s dealer and friend for more than Nontraditional Materials with Katerina Lanfranco twenty-five years and editor ofEssential Paul Papercutting with Pamela Dalton Laffoley: Works from the Boston Visionary Cell; and Make a Miniature Amish Quilt with Diane Rode artist Misha Bittleston Schneck Film Screening, Book Signing, and Make an Amish Patchwork Potholder with Diane Rode Schneck Discussions Red & White Quilts: Infinite Variety book signing with authors Elizabeth V. Warren and Maggi Gordon, and quilt collector Joanna S. Rose Rouge Ciel: An Essay on Art Brut film screening and discussion with director Bruno Decharme As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850–1930 discussion with authors Lynne Adele and Bruce Lee Webb

Left: symposium for Art Brut in America: The Incursion of 25 Jean Dubuffet. Photo by George Hirose. Make a miniature Amish quilt. Photo by Suzanne de Vegh. Symposia “Jean Dubuffet and Beyond: A Certain Idea of Art” “Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd with Dr. Céline Delavaux, writer and independent Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel scholar; Dr. Isabelle Dervaux, Acquavella Curator Collection Symposium” with Kendra and Allan of Modern and Contemporary Drawings, the Daniel; Stacy C. Hollander, Deputy Director Morgan Library & Museum; Dr. Kent Minturn, for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, of Exhibitions, American Folk Art Museum; New York University; Dr. Valérie Rousseau, William D. Moore, Director of the American and Curator, Self-Taught Art and Art Brut, American New England Studies Program, Boston University; Folk Art Museum; Dr. Jill Shaw, Senior Curator Aimee E. Newell, Director of Collections, of Collections, Picker Art Gallery and Research the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Affiliate, Department of Art and Art History, Lexington, Massachusetts; Bruce Lee Webb, Colgate University; Lisa Stone, Curator, Roger collector and author of As Above, So Below: Art of Brown Study Collection, the School of the Art the American Fraternal Society, 1850–1930; and Institute of Chicago. Moderated by Dr. Thomas Timothy Winkle, Curator, Smithsonian Institution’s Crow, Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art and National Museum of American History. Moderated Associate Provost for the Arts, New York University. by Barbara Franco, Director of the Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum.

26 Top: Jean Dubuffet and Beyond: A Certain Idea of Art symposium. Photo by Phil Nee. Bottom: Mystery and Benevolence symposium. Photo by Jena Cumbo. Ongoing Programs Contributions to Outside Programs FOLK ART REFLECTIONS College Art Associations’ Annual Conference, FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH Washington, DC. Stacy C. Hollander organized and 2:30–3:30 PM chaired the panel discussion “Art + History = Folk The museum’s signature program Folk Art Art.” February 2016. Reflections is an interactive program tailored to adults living with Alzheimer’s and other International Committee of College Art Association, dementias and their family members or care Washington, DC. Dr. Valérie Rousseau organized partners. In the museum galleries, the world and cochaired the panel discussion and lecture of folk art is brought to life through meaningful “Exile.” February 2016. conversation. This program is facilitated by trained museum educators and is designed New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana. Stacy C. to create an environment where connections to Hollander and Dr. Valérie Rousseau led VIP and works of art and one another can be nurtured. public tours for Self-Taught Genius. February 2016. In fiscal year 2016, nine Folk Art Reflections programs were offered, serving approximately Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama. Stacy C. 100 participants. Hollander gave a docent lecture, “Folk Couture.” April 2016. JAZZ + WEDNESDAYS WEDNESDAYS, 2–3 PM Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Stacy C. Hollander gave Acclaimed jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests multiple curatorial walk-throughs to different draw a regular and enthusiastic crowd each audiences of “American Made: Treasures from the week playing standards from the American American Folk Art Museum.” June 2016. Songbook.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Stacy C. FREE MUSIC FRIDAYS Hollander FRIDAYS, 5:30–7:30 PM presented “American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum.” Public lecture. Free Music Fridays fills the galleries with folk July 2016. and acoustic music every week. The program is organized and run by Lara Ewen, an accomplished musician with two solo recordings. Musicians who perform on the first Friday of the month are selected by Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, a Brooklyn-based community arts center dedicated to promoting new and traditional roots music from around the world.

Photo by Rachel Rosen. 27 COLLECTIONS AND EDUCATION CENTER

The Collections and Education Center is a new facility in Long Island City, Queens, which houses the museum’s permanent collection, library, archive study center, administrative offices, and 1,800 square feet of gallery space for exhibitions, education, and public programs. The center is an opportunity to provide access to our rare archival resources, educational programs for Queens students, public programs, and exhibitions in addition to those at the museum in Manhattan.

Access to specific collections may be limited and visits are by appointment. Please contact [email protected].

In fiscal year 2016, groups from these institutions visited the Collections and Education Center: • Baruch College • City Quilters • Columbia University • Fashion Institute of Technology • Lincoln Center Education Department • Long Island City Cultural Association, which the museum has joined • New York Public Library • Summit University • Independent researchers

Programs at the Collections and Education Center: SPECIAL COLLECTION AND EDUCATION • “Quilters Take Manhattan,” an event with an HIGHLIGHTS exhibition of quilts • “Drawing Circles,” an artmaking workshop Susan Te Kahurangi King Fellowship with the renowned self-taught artist Recipient: scholar Rae Plaesant Hiroyuki Doi, from Japan (pictured, left) Committed to furthering research on • “Youth Art Connection,” an eight-week Susan Te Kahurangi King (b. 1951, summer program for Queens high school students Te Aroha, New Zealand) and contem- • American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters porary self-taught artists, the from the Department of Education viewed American Folk Art Museum, under the works by Judith Scott and James Castle, supervision of curator Dr. Valérie both of whom were deaf artists Rousseau, created the Susan Te Kahurangi King Fellowship program.

The program is generously funded by Photo by Elena Bernstein. 28 Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Levy Jr. MUSEUM CAREER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The Museum Career Internship Program is a partnership “I learned a lot about museum between the American Folk Art Museum and LaGuardia education and how it can enrich the Community College that was created to foster diversity and lives of others. I got to practice inclusion in the museum field. In 2015 the museum actually speaking to a group about received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to art and engaging in meaningful develop this program over three years. Eight students from LaGuardia Community College are selected annually conversation with that group. to participate in this paid, yearlong internship. I think these experiences will help me in my future career because I now feel confident that I do have an aptitude and I can be successful.” —ALISON, EDUCATION INTERN

“I have [had] no firsthand experience working in an internship. This program is providing this opportunity with a unique approach. They dedicate an early section of the time to teach the interns about the different fields of study. Other internships would have just assigned tasks. This museum invests time and effort in us.” —NICHOLE, INTERN

Top, left to right: Natalie Beall, Education Specialist; interns Renata Gumkowska, Nichole Quinn, Alison Duignan, Burton Ring, Hai Fei Xie, Hanna Ko-Morales, and Danielle Franca (not pictured: Andrea Cornejo). Photos by Christine Wise. 29 MEMBERS AND FRIENDS

Membership supports the museum’s exhibitions, educational programming, and free admission for all visitors.

With benefits including invitations to members’ receptions, discounted public program ticketing, a 10 percent discount at the Museum Shop, complimentary passes to art fairs, and a choice of magazine subscription, membership is the perfect way to enrich your museum experience.

Council for Traditional Folk Art The council’s purpose is to promote the appreciation of traditional folk art through scholarship, research, and other activities focusing on early American paintings, furniture, textiles, sculpture, and decorative arts. The council’s cochairs are museum trustees Karin Fielding and Barbara L. Gordon. This year’s council-sponsored events included the third annual cocktail party and reception in Manchester, New Hampshire, during Antiques Week, and the symposium for Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection.

Mystery and Benevolence symposium. Photo by Jena Cumbo.

30 Council for the Study of Art Brut and the Self-Taught The council is devoted to the study, recognition, and promotion of self-taught art, from the twentieth century to the present. The council’s chair is museum trustee Audrey B. Heckler. This year, the council organized panel discussions during the exhibition Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet and sponsored the presentation of the 2016 filmRonald Lockett by David Seehausen.

Young Folk Inspired and passionate young supporters of AFAM, the Young Folk organize dynamic events, collections tours, gallery walks, and engage with the collection and each other on social media. In 2016, Young Folk celebrated its second year, hosted a holiday party at the home of museum trustee Karin Fielding, and organized an after-party for the Outsider Art Fair.

Top to bottom: Art Brut in America symposium. Photo by George Hirose. / Young Folk. Photo by Christine Wise. / Young Folk holiday 31 party. Photo Scout MacEachron. FALL BENEFIT GALA

A Night to Remember!

HONORING Jerry Lauren The Leir Charitable Foundations, accepted by President Arthur S. Hoffman Laura Parsons

Special thanks to auctioneer John Hays, Deputy Chairman, Christie’s Americas; Nancy Druckman, former Senior Vice President, Sotheby’s, and independent folk art consultant; and Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation.

Above: Honorees Jerry Lauren, Laura Parsons, and Arthur S. Hoffman At right, top to bottom: left: Jerry Lauren; right: Lucy Danziger and Joyce B. Cowin; left: Monty Blanchard, President, Board of Trustees; right: Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation; dancing to the music of the JC Hopkins Biggish Band; Elizabeth V. Warren and Karin Fielding, Trustees of the 32 American Folk Art Museum. Photos by Stephen Smith. MUSEUM SHOP

The American Folk Art Museum Shop features hundreds of different products made by artisans from around the globe. From delightful animals handmade in Charleston, South Carolina, to handmade birds from seedpods collected and handpainted by a family in Zimbabwe, there is a diverse and engaging selection of gift items and books from which to choose. We are always looking for the unique, the whimsical, and the surprising to delight our many visitors.

“The people who work here are all great, friendly, and knowledgeable. Thank you!” —VISITOR FROM VASHON, WASHINGTON

In fiscal year 2016 the American Folk Art Museum brought in over $1,000,000 in sales after three years of double-digit growth. 33 NEW ACQUISITIONS

1. Chest Lid with Masonic 5. Independent Order of Odd Painting, artist unidentified, Fellows Ark of the Covenant, probably New England, artist unidentified, United 1825–1845, paint on pine, States, 1875–1925, paint and 22 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 2 5/8", gift gold leaf on wood, 27 1/2 x of Kendra and Allan Daniel, 44 1/4 x 10 1/2", gift of 2015.1.28. Photo by José Kendra and Allan Daniel, Andrés Ramírez. 2015.1.73. Photo by José Andrés Ramírez. 2. Masonic Sign, attributed to David Morrill (1788–1878), 6. Untitled (double-sided), probably Vermont, 1871, Ionel Talpazan (1955–2015), paint and gold leaf on wood, New York City, August 4, 34 1/4 x 28 x 1 3/4", gift 2004, acrylic, felt pen, and of Kendra and Allan Daniel, colored pencil on paper, 1 2015.1.30. Photo by José 22 x 30", gift of James Andrés Ramírez. Wojcik, 2016.10.1. Photo by Adam Reich. 3. Independent Order of Odd Fellows Sign for 7. Untitled, JJ Cromer Friendly Lodge No. 85, (b. 1967), Pound, Virginia, artist unidentified, probably 2014, mixed media on Pennsylvania, 1843–1870, paper, 8 x 6 1/2", gift of paint and gold leaf on wood, Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 36 5/8 x 28 1/2", gift of 2016.6.1. Photo by Kendra and Allan Daniel, Adam Reich. 2015.1.158. Photo by José Andrés Ramírez. 8. My Own Gulliver in Brobdingnag, Elizabeth 4. Independent Order of Odd Layton (1909–1993),

2 3 Fellows Inner Guard Robe, Kansas, January 1984, the Ward-Stilson Company, 28 x 22", gift of the New London, Ohio, 1875–1925, Lawrence Arts Center, velvet, cotton, and metal, 2015.7.1. Photo by 37 x 23", gift of Kendra Adam Reich. and Allan Daniel, 2015.1.153a. Photo by José Andrés Ramírez.

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7 9. Increase Child Bosworth, 10. Abigail Munro Bosworth, Sheldon Peck (1797–1868), Sheldon Peck (1797–1868), Dundee, Illinois, 1840, oil on Dundee, Illinois, 1840, oil on canvas, 37 1/8 x 34", gift of canvas, 36 3/4 x 34 1/4", the families of Abbie Louise gift of the families of Abbie Bosworth Williams and Louise Bosworth Williams Eleanora Bosworth Black, and Eleanora Bosworth Black, 8 2016.3.1. Photo by Gavin 2016.3.2. Photo by Gavin Ashworth. Ashworth.

9 10 35 14. The Chemistry of Madness, Richard Saholt (1924–2014), Minneapolis, late twentieth/ early twenty-first century, scrapbook with cover and inside pages collaged with written and printed text and images, 12 1/4 x 15 x 2 1/4", gift of Michael Bonesteel, 2016.1.1. Photo by Adam Reich.

15. Portrait of Two Children, Sturtevant J. Hamblin (1817–1884), probably Boston, c. 1845, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 26 1/2", gift of Katy and Caroline Cannon in honor of their parents, Barbara Gordon and Steve Cannon, 2015.5.1. Photo courtesy Barbara L. Gordon Collection. 13 13. Portrait of a Woman, and additional funds from possibly Abigail Dewey, Jonathan and Karin Fielding, James Brown (dates Michael I. and Joan Murtagh unknown), Massachusetts, Frankel, Drs. Suzanne and 1806, oil on canvas, Michael Payne, Joanne 34 1/2 x 29", partial gift of and Fred Siegmund, Nancy Eileen M. Smiles and David A. Kollisch and Jeffrey Schorsch, and museum Pressman, Brett A. Robbins, purchase with major funds and Su-Ellyn Stern and provided by the Eva Feld Andrew McMaster, 2016.12.1. Acquisition Fund and Irwin Photo by Gavin Ashworth. 15 and Elizabeth V. Warren,

11. Untitled, Melvin Way (b. 1954), New York City, 2014, ballpoint pen on paper with Scotch tape, 11 1/2 x 3 1/2", gift from the collection of Harriet G. Finkelstein, 2015.15.1. Photo by Adam Reich.

12. Untitled, HD (artist unidentified), n.p. (found near Pennsylvania), 1935, marble building stone, 22 x 14 x 2", gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2016.6.2. Photo by Adam Reich.

12 18. “Angels Guard My Head” Quilt, artist unidentified, United States, 1894, suiting woolens, 79 x 65", gift of Penny and Allan Katz, 2015.4.1. Photo by Kristine Larsen.

19. Untitled (Baby Stop By, Baby Come My Way) (detail), Melvin Way (b. 1954), New York City, n.d., ballpoint pen and felt pen on paper, 12 x 9", gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2016.6.4. Photo by Adam Reich. 18 20. Pickman’s Mephitic Models, Paul Laffoley (1935–2016), Boston, 2004, oil, acrylic, vinyl 16 press type, India ink, 16. Double-Sided Watercooler, 17. Presidents Quilt, Clara J. photo-collage, velvet marked “Fenton & Hancock”, Martin (1882–1968), Mount drapes, and human St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Clemens, Michigan, 1964, thighbones on linen c. 1850, salt-gazed stoneware wool with cotton canvas canvas, 68 x 52", gift with cobalt decoration, appliqué and cotton flannel of the Estate of Paul 23 1/2 x 15 x 15", gift of Jerry back, 88 x 72", gift of Laffoley, 2016.8.1. Photo and Susan Lauren, 2015.14.2. Marta Amundson, great- courtesy Kent Fine Art. Photo by Kristine Larsen. grandaughter of Clara J. Martin, 2015.2.1. Photo by 19 Kristine Larsen.

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21. The Red Chair, Sunflower Nude, Back, Standing in Front 23 of a Red Chair, Holding a Sunflower (diptych), Charles 23. Engravings by Nannetti Steffen (1927–1995), Chicago, on the Walls of the 1994, colored pencil and Decommissioned Psychiatric graphite on white drawing Hospital in Volterra, Mario paper, 40 x 24", gift of del Curto (b. 1955), Volterra, Christopher Preissing and the Italy, 2007, color photograph Estate of Charles Steffen, on photographic paper, 2016.9.1a. Photo by Adam 32 x 48", gift of Mario del Reich. Curto, 2015.6.2. Photo by Mario del Curto. 22. On a Thread, Christine Sefolosha (b. 1955), 24. Hans Krüsi, Zürich, 1978, Montreux, Switzerland, 2013, Eveline Meeuwse (b. 1958), ink, pigments, and Arabic Zürich, Switzerland, 2015, 25 gum on rice paper, and scanned negative printed 25. Break the Egg Inside the Chine-collé on Arches paper, on Hahnemühle Fine Art Hen, Brent Green (b. 1978), 40 x 49", gift of Audrey B. bamboo paper, 11 x 8 1/4", Cressona, Pennsylvania, Heckler, 2015.10.1. Photo by gift by Eveline Meeuwse, 2014, wood, paint, and Jurate Veceraite. 2015.21.1. cardboard, 20 x 24 x 10", gift of Colleen Keegan and Stephen Reily in honor of the Creative Capital Grantees, 2016.7.1. Photo by Adam Reich.

In 2015, Kendra and Allan Daniel gifted 192 works of art and archives associated with fraternal practice, primarily in the United States. Including banners, regalia, paintings, furniture, quilts, and props used by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Freemasons, and lesser known fraternal organizations, the gift was featured in its entirety in the exhibition Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection and is fully illustrated in the accompanying exhibition catalog. 38 22 NOT SHOWN: Churn with Prancing Lion and and E. T. Williams Jr. in honor Three drawings titled The Red Portrait of Mrs. Elsy Monell, Palm Tree, marked “J. Burger of Charles N. Atkins, American Chair, Sunflower Nude, Back, Aged Forty-Eight Years, Henry Jr.”, Rochester, New York, Folk Art Museum Trustee, Standing in Front of a Red Walton (1804–1865), Ithaca, 1878–1890, eight-gallon 2015.19.1-10. Chair, Holding a Sunflower New York, 1844, watercolor, salt-glazed stoneware with (diptych); Man with a Pipe; and A Modern (Unique) Opera pen, and ink on paper, 13 1/2 x cobalt decoration, 21 1/2 x A Valentine for My Beloved House, Alexander A. 9 1/8", gift of Kendra and Allan 12 1/2 x 12 1/2", gift of Jerry Mother, Charles Steffen Maldonado (1901–1989), Daniel, 2015.1.196. and Susan Lauren, 2015.14.3. (1927–1995), Chicago, between San Francisco, July 16, 1973, 1990 and 1994, pencil, Summer and Winter Weave Rampant Lion Jug, marked oil and pencil on canvasboard, colored pencil, or graphite on Coverlet, Matilda Hurley Case “J. & E. Norton”, Bennington, 16 x 20", gift of The Ames brown wrapped paper or white (1814–1896), Indiana, 1843, Vermont, 1850–1859, Gallery, Berkeley, California, drawing paper, various wool and cotton, 78 x 90" four-gallon salt-glazed 2015.20.1. dimensions, gift of Christopher (without fringe), gift of Melissa stoneware, 16 3/4 x 16 1/2 x Three artworks titled Hans Preissing and the Estate of S. Zack, 2015.3.1. 16 1/2", gift of Jerry and Krüsi, Zürich, 1978, Eveline Charles Steffen, 2016.9.1b-3. Susan Lauren, 2015.14.4. Untitled, Héctor Pascual Gallo Meeuwse (b. 1958), Zürich, Untitled (double-sided), Portieles (b. 1924), Havana, Crock with Standing Buck, Switzerland, 2015, scanned Ionel Talpazan (1955–2015), Cuba, c. 2013, bottle, watch, Deer, and Tree, marked “J. & E. negative printed on New York City, c. 1990, acrylic image cutouts, and mixed Norton”, Bennington, Vermont, Hahnemühle Fine Art bamboo on canvas, 20 x 30", gift media, 8 1/4 x 4 1/2", gift of 1850–1859, six-gallon paper, various dimensions, of James Wojcik, 2016.10.2. Barbara Gordon and Steve salt-glazed stoneware with gift of Eveline Meeuwse, Cannon, 2015.5.2. cobalt decoration, 13 3/4 x 14 x 2015.21.2-4. Untitled, Melvin Way (b. 1954), 14", gift of Jerry and Susan New York City, c. 1998, Eijiro– Miyama on a Rooftop in Fifteen untitled artworks, Lauren, 2015.14.5. ballpoint pen and ink on paper Yokohama, Mario del Curto Richard Saholt (1924–2014), (xerography collage), 11 x 17", (b. 1955), Yokohama, Japan, Two sculptures titled Rome Minneapolis, late twentieth gift of Andrew Castrucci, 2009, color photograph on Tower and Temple, Sylvain century–early twenty-first 2016.11.1. photographic paper, 48 x 32", Corentin (b. 1962), Montpellier, century, collage on cardboard, gift of Mario del Curto, France, 2012 and 2013, wood, various dimensions, gift of Untitled, Melvin Way (b. 1954), 2015.6.1. canvas, wire, yarn, glue, Michael Bonesteel, 2016.1.2-16. New York City, c. 2003, and paint, various dimensions, ballpoint pen on paper with Artemis, Albert Hoffman Phebe Brown (Mrs. Prescott courtesy Cavin-Morris Gallery Scotch tape, 3 1/2 x 4", (1915–1993), Absecon, Brown, Esq.), Deacon Robert and Sylvain Corentin, museum purchase with the New Jersey, 1976, painted Peckham (1785–1877), 2015.16.1-2. generous support of Andrew mahogany relief, 25 1/4 x probably Worcester County, Castrucci, 2016.13.1. 13 1/2 x 3", gift of Andrew Two sculptures titled Totem, Massachusetts, 1839, oil on Edlin, 2015.8.1. Ghyslaine Staëlens (b. 1960), canvas, 30 x 24 3/4", gift Untitled (double-sided), Melvin Sylvain Staëlens (b. 1968), of Leonard and Susan Linden, Way (b. 1954), New York City, Four untitled paintings, Cantal, France, 2015, wood, 2016.2.1. c. 2001, ballpoint pen on paper, Eddy Mumma (1908–1986), metal, cloth, and found 4 1/4 x 3", gift of Edward V. Gainesville, Florida, between Fancy Weave Masonic objects, various dimensions, Blanchard Jr., 2016.14.1. 1978 and 1986, acrylic on Coverlet, artist unidentified, courtesy Cavin-Morris Gallery, canvas, stretched canvas, Pennsylvania or Ohio, c. 1840, Untitled (Flessssh), Melvin Way Ghyslaine Staëlens, and board, or reversed canvas wool and cotton, 84 x 84", (b. 1954), New York City, Sylvain Staëlens, 2015.16.3. mounted on Masonite, various gift of gift of Elizabeth V. and c. 2000, ballpoint pen on dimensions, gift of Josh Animal Cookies. Play and Eat, Irwin H. Warren, 2016.4.1. paper with Scotch tape, Feldstein, 2015.9.1-4. Thornton Dial (1928–2016), 1 1/4 x 2 1/8", gift of Jacqueline Six sculptures titled Porcupine; Bessemer, Alabama, 1992, Loewe Fowler, 2016.15.1. Four untitled paintings, Jimmy Sheep; Cheetah; Tiger; Hare; enamel and plywood nailed on Lee Sudduth (1910–2007), and Black and White Pig, David Untitled (double-sided), Melvin canvas and mounted on Fayette, Alabama, before 1986, Alvarez (1953–2010), Santa Fe, Way (b. 1954), New York City, plywood, 47 1/2 x 60", gift of paint and mud on plywood or a New Mexico, c. 1980s, paint 1999, ballpoint pen on paper David J. Carr, 2015.17.1. thin plywood panel glued on on cottonwood, with straw, with Scotch tape, 2 5/16 x 3 7/8", Masonite, various dimensions, Untitled (Nahum 2.4 The marbles, and plastic, various museum purchase with funds gift of Stephen and Carol First Horseless Chariot), dimensions, gift of Janet provided in part by Jacqueline Gehlbach, 2015.11.1-4. Howard Finster (1916–2001), Windiate Smith, 2016.5.1-6. Loewe Fowler and Edward V. Summerville, Georgia, n.d., Blanchard Jr., 2016.16.1. Seventeen untitled paintings, Untitled (Lancer’s Vin Rose), oil paint on plywood cutouts Philip Weintraub (1922–2000), Jose Lopez (n.d.), New York John Byam’s Papers, John and wood base, 6 1/4 x 13 1/2 x Brooklyn, between 1950 and City, 2015, ink found inside Byam (1929–2013), Oneonta, 3 5/8", gift of David Davies 1970, oil on canvas, various book cover, 11 1/8 x 7 1/4", gift New York, 1971–2012, letters, and Jack Weeden, 2015.18.1. dimensions, gift of Kathy W. of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, notes, and drawings, 1.75 linear Puckett and the Weintraub Five paintings titled Cabaret; 2016.6.3. feet, gift from the Estate Family, 2015.12.1-17. Station X; Ronald and Donald, of John Byam, with the Dionysus: The God of Wine, The Oldest; Crossroads; generosity of Denny Tomkins Nine untitled paintings and Paul Laffoley (1935–2016), Carnival; and five untitled and Neil Rochmis, SC.2016.1. one print, Malcah Zeldis Boston, 1972, hand-carved paintings, Claude Lawrence (b. 1931), New York City, wood sculpture and mixed Wax Portrait of Naphtali (b. 1944), Sag Harbor, New 1975–1980, gouache and print media, 48 x 28 x 24", gift of Daggett, attributed to Reuben York, between 2004 and 2009 on paper, various dimensions, the Estate of Paul Laffoley, Moulthrop (1763–1814), New (and n.d.), acrylic on paper or gift of Flora K. Bloom and 2016.8.2. Haven, Connecticut, c. 1797, canvas, various dimensions, Lisa E. Bloom, 2015.13.1-10. wax, gift of Diana Daggett, gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams SC.2016.2. 39 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

American Folk Art Museum Audited Statement of Financial Position As of June 30, 2016 and 2015

6/30/16 6/30/15

ASSETS

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 277,393 705,038

ACCOUNTS AND GOVERNMENT GRANT RECEIVABLE 163,312 56,837

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS 375,893 343,676

PLEDGES RECEIVABLE, NET 2,790,239 1,387,000

INVESTMENTS 5,231,634 5,237,431

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET 1,066,375 1,154,721

BEQUEST HELD IN PERPETUAL 902,980 984,980 TRUST-PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED

TOTAL ASSETS $10,807,826 $9,869,683

LIABILITIES

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 196,776 184,660

DEFERRED RENT 95,204 83,154

DEFERRED REVENUE 1,285 31,550

ACCRUED SALARIES AND VACATION 59,037 104,184

TOTAL LIABILITIES $352,302 $403,548

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NET ASSETS

UNRESTRICTED 1,762,436 2,487,124

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED 3,829,456 4,233,380

PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED 4,863,632 2,745,631

TOTAL NET ASSETS $10,455,524 $9,466,135

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $10,807,826 $9,869,683

Treasurer’s notes: The audited financials for the year to June 30, 2016, show an encouraging picture. There was a small surplus in the operating budget. A deficit in non-operations is attributable mostly to a challenging investment climate. The balance sheet shows negligible liabilities and assets of nearly $11 million. 40 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. To view the full report, visit folkartmuseum.org/about/policies-and-financials. American Folk Art Museum Statements of Activities For the year ended June 30, 2016

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total 2016 Restricted Restricted OPERATING REVENUE, SUPPORT & OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP $917,180 $14,000 – $931,180 SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS $167,500 $630,000 – $797,500 SPECIAL EVENTS AND BENEFITS, NET OF DIRECT EXPENSE OF $211,283 IN 2016 & $173,548 IN 2015 $563,443 – – $563,443 INVESTMENT ACTIVITY, 5% SPENDING POLICY $292,401 – – $292,401 GOVERNMENT SUPPORT $177,816 – – $177,816 AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES $1,028,731 – – $1,028,731 OTHER INCOME $261,472 $34,120 – $295,592 NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS $1,037,485 ($1,037,485) – –

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE, SUPPORT & OTHER $4,446,028 ($359,365) – $4,086,663

OPERATING EXPENSES PROGRAMS $2,663,025 – – $2,663,025 AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES $751,884 – – $751,884 MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL $603,304 – – $603,304 FUNDRAISING $356,971 – – $356,971

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $4,375,184 – – $4,375,184

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS $70,844 ($359,365) – ($288,521)

NON-OPERATING REVENUE, EXPENSES AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER REVENUE $50,676 – $2,200,000 $2,250,676 PURCHASES OF ARTWORK ($48,000) – – ($48,000) NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS FOR PURCHASES OF ARTWORK $48,000 ($27,000) – $21,000 MOVING EXPENSES AND NON-CAPITAL FACILITY PLANNING ($58,492) – – ($58,492) INVESTMENT ACTIVITY, NET ($349,102) ($17,559) ($81,999) ($448,660) INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO OPERATIONS ($292,401) – – ($292,401) DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION ($146,213) – – ($146,213)

NON-OPERATING REVENUE, EXPENSES AND OTHER ($795,532) ($44,559) $2,118,001 $1,277,910

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS ($724,688) ($403,924) $2,118,001 $989,389

NET ASSETS—BEGINNING OF THE YEAR $2,487,124 $4,233,380 $2,745,631 $9,466,135

NET ASSETS—END OF YEAR $1,762,436 $3,829,456 $4,863,632 $10,455,524

41 DONORS, FOLK ART CIRCLE, AND MEMBERS

GIFTS RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2016 ADVOCATES The Blanche and Irving Laurie JULY 1, 2015–JUNE 30, 2016 ($25,000 and above) Foundation Barbara Bundy Charles N. Atkins In grateful recognition of Christie’s Neil Barsky individuals and organizations Jean and Stephen Cleary Lawrence B. Benenson whose generosity supports the E. Peyton Cochran Jacqueline Fowler mission of the American Folk Louise Hirschfeld Cullman and Maggi and David Gordon Art Museum. The museum is Lewis B. Cullman Audrey B. Heckler grateful to its generous members Peggy and Richard Danziger HISTORY® and supporters at every level. Sheena and David Danziger Allan and Penny Katz Vivian Donnelley Heidi Messer and Tad Martin LEADERSHIP GIFT Eve Dorfzaun National Endowment for the Arts Joyce B. Cowin Margot and John L. Ernst Joanna and Daniel Rose Judith and Anthony Evnin Leslie Seeman and David Becker BENEFACTORS Joan Murtagh Frankel and Michael Paul Washington ($500,000 and above) Frankel Marilyn Friedman and Thomas Block The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation GUARDIANS Friends of Heritage Preservation The David Davies and Jack Weeden Fund ($10,000 and above) for Exhibitions Arlyn and Edward Gardner The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. A G Foundation Patricia G. and Kenneth Golding The Leir Charitable Foundations Becky and Bob Alexander Bonnie Grossman Scott Asen Marlene Hess and James Zirin Hyde and Watson Foundation PATRONS The Bank of New York Mellon Barbara and Thomas C. Israel ($100,000 and above) Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund David Breger J.M. Kaplan Fund Inc. Susan Baerwald/Marcy Carsey: Just Folk CBIZ, Inc. Jaclyn and Gerald Kaminsky The Ford Foundation Andrew Edlin Jane and Gerald Katcher Institute of Museum and Library Services Gallery Systems, Inc. Robert L. Kleinberg New York City Department of Cultural Lesley and John Koegel, Esq. Affairs Joan and Victor Johnson Phyllis L. Kossoff Laura and Richard Parsons Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. Levin Capital Strategies Donna and Marvin Schwartz Frances Sirota Martinson* Brett and Lester Levy The William Randolph Hearst Foundations MetLife Company Pro Helvetia Lorie C. and Charles J. Levy Jr. Kristy and Steve Scott Yvonne Liu INNOVATORS Dolores and Stephen Smith Ray and Judy McCaskey ($50,000 and above) Su-Ellyn Stern and Andrew McMaster Elaine Merians Monty Blanchard and Leslie Tcheyan Richard H. Walker Stacey and Eric Mindich Kendra and Allan Daniel Time Warner Inc. Neuberger Berman, LLC Lucy and Mike Danziger Paul R. Weidner New York City Department of Youth Karin and Jonathan Fielding and Community Development Anonymous Barbara L. Gordon and W. Stephen Cannon Emily Anne Nixon Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Stephanie and Robert M. Olmsted STEWARDS Jerry Lauren Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP ($2,500 and above) New York State Council on the Arts Ronald and Debra Pook Peg Alston and Willis Burton The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Jeffrey Pressman and Nancy Kollisch Loreen Arbus Foundation, Inc. Lisa Quiroz The Art Museum Partnership Rapaport Family Charitable Trust Anne-Imelda Radice Laurie and Bill Benenson Elizabeth V. and Irwin H. Warren Margaret Crotty Riggs and Rory Riggs Susy and Gregg Berman 42 Barbara J. Riley Susan W. and Carl W. Robertson Rebecca and Michael Gamzon George Wein David Rockefeller Barbara* and Peter Goodman Marshall Weinberg Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation Gail Gregg Sharon and Steve Weinberg Peggy and Henry Schleiff Jennifer and Leonard S. Gruenberg Phyllis and Ira Wender Segal Family Foundation Ellen S. and Robert G. Gutenstein Barry Wolf Robert B. Sidner Addie J. Guttag Judy F. Zankel Robert and Susan Manning Silverstein Olga and John V. Guttag Anonymous Charles Snider Nancy and Ray Haradin Jill Stern Thomas Huber BENEFACTOR Rachel and Donald Strauber Gwen and Eckart Kade ($500 and above) Valerie G. and Richard S. Tucker Karen Keane and Stephen Fletcher Cindy Amidon and James D. Meltzer Lisa Y. Tung and Spencer P. Glendon Carol A. Keyser George Anhang Sue Ann Weinberg Jane and Charles Klein Molly F. Ashby and Gerald M. Lodge Barbara and John Wilkerson Catherine M. Klema and David L. Resnick Betsy S. Aubrey and S. Lichtenberg Anonymous Anthony Knerr Patrick Bell and Edwin Hild Barbara and David Krashes Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis and DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Carin Lamm and Peter Gruenberger John Rallis ($1,000 and above) Jill Lazare and Rick Levine Jacklyn Bezos Taryn and Mark Leavitt Robert and Deanna Adler Mrs. George P. Bissell Jr. Katherine Luck Joseph H. Allerhand Lenore and Stephen Blank Marstrand Foundation American Folk Art Society Frances and Leo Bretter Kenneth Martin Marty Anderson Lois P. and Marvin Broder Louise Masarof Judy and John* Angelo Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown George and Kay Meyer Arnhold Foundation, Inc. Miriam Cahn Joyce Meyers Paul Arrouet Brigitte and W. Bliss Carnochan Diane and Peter Nelson Alberta Arthurs Barbara and Tracy Cate Nancy and Morris Offit Didi and David Barrett Howard and Leslie Chatzinoff Grace M. Parr Nan Bases Dupree Cochran Suzanne and Michael Payne Linda F. and Irwin R. Berman Barbara and Arnold Cohen Elizabeth and Robert Perry Gail and Edgar Berner Maureen and Steve Cohen Roberta Rabin Mary F. and Jeffrey Bijur Susan Cole Brett Robbins Barbara and James A. Block Catherine Cook Toni L. Ross The Bonnie Cashin Fund Covidien Pamela Roth and Peter Miller Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Judy and Aaron Daniels Miranda Schiller Virginia M. and Dan W. Boone Nancy and Michael Druckman Ruby T. Senie Marilyn W. Bottjer Jacqueline Dryfoos Jane and Barton Shallat Yolanda and Alvin Brown Deborah and Arnold Dunn Ann G. and Peter L. Sheldon Marianne Cannavo Melissa Egbertson June and Ronald Shelp Barbara and Ben Cohen Barbara and David Elson Josephine Shepoiser Jeffrey N. Cohen and Beth B. Sackler Epson American, Inc. Joanne and Frederick Siegmund Ellie F. and Edgar M. Cullman Jr. Will B. Evans Laura and Richard Slack Georgina Cullman Amy Finkel Abigail Solomon and Jason Teuscher Susan R. Cullman and John J. Kirby Irene* and Richard Gachot Susan and Peter J. Solomon Alex Daniels Jan F. and Steven W. Golann Jean and Eugene Stark Susan and Greg Danilow The Gonda Family Ellen Stein Joan F. DeCoste Phebe and Louis Goodman Bonnie and Thomas W. Strauss Joan Finerman Tracy Goodnow R. David Sudarsky* and Frank Tosto Harriet Finkelstein Ellin and Baron J. Gordon University of North Carolina Susan and Henry Fradkin Sue and Ron Grudziecki Carole Watson and Thomas Keyes Frances J. Frawley Marian Heiskell Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Robert Friedman Amy Herman 43 Paul L. and Marlene A. Herring Harriet P. Robbins Corning Museum of Glass Lisa W. Hess Katherine and Richard Rosenthal Creative Growth Art Center Trevor Illingworth Robert A. Roth Carolyn Crump Thomas Isenberg Riccardo Salmona Lucy and Mike Danziger Vera and Josef Jelinek Cynthia V.A. Schaffner and Robert T. Hiroyuki Doi and Yoshiko Otsuka, Fine Art Paige and Todd M. Johnson Schaffner International, Tokyo Susan Henshaw Jones Jill Scheuer and Keith Pattiz Suzy Kellems Dominik Jane Kallir Sophia Schneider Steven Edwards Judith Krupp Jean and Frederic Sharf Karin and Jonathan Fielding Nadine Levy Susan and Robert Silverstein Galerie Bonheur Robert A. Lewis Steven Simons and Cheryl Rivers Galerie St. Etienne, and the family of Nan Phelps Sharon and Jeffrey Lipton Barbara and Arun Singh Marion Harris Barbara Livenstein Virginia and Linden Smith The Hill Collection, Tim and Pam Hill Patrick M. and Gloria M. Lonergan Stephanie Smither* David Humphrey and Fredericks & Rabia de Lande Long Stephanie and Richard L. Solar Freiser Nancy B. Maddrey Elizabeth A. Stern Allan Katz Patricia and Samuel D. McCullough Ralph and Roberta Terkowitz Kenneth Chen Portraits Margaret G. McLaughlin Mary Ellen Vehlow and Stephen Hessler Law & Order: SVU Nancy Middleton Robert V. Vermillion Lesley Dill Studio Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Darren Walker Luise Ross Gallery Virginia Jean Mitchell Barbara and Alan Weinschel Ricco/Maresca Gallery Gillian Morris Tracy and Marc Whitehead Rob Ryan Nina Munk and Peter Soriano Anonymous Shelley’s Sweet Side Tanya S. and John A. Neuwirth Frankie and Barry Sholem Katharine S. and Donal C. O’Brien FALL BENEFIT 2015 AUCTION DONORS Tanner/Hill Gallery Charlotte Plotnick Noriko Ambe and Castelli Gallery Elizabeth V. and Irwin H. Warren Drew Pluhar and Emily Israel The Ames Gallery William Wegman Allan Recht Charles Atkins Daniel Zeller and Pierogi Ricco/Maresca Gallery Angela Cappetta *deceased Janine Richardson Cavin-Morris Gallery

The Clarion Society Do you have a will or estate plan? Consider the American Folk Art Museum when you are planning your legacy. It’s an easy and meaningful way to support the museum for future generations. Join the Clarion Society by naming the American Folk Art Museum in your will or estate plan. Contact Elizabeth Kingman, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Director for Administration at 212. 595. 9533 ext. 346 or email [email protected] for more information. “Having been associated with the American Folk Art Museum since 1988 as both a member and a volunteer in various capacities, the institution has truly played a large and meaningful role in my life. I have included the museum in my will and joined the Clarion Society so that its premiere place in the folk art field will go forward and thrive for those reaping its rewards in the years to come.”

44 —MARILYN SCHWARTZ BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2015–2016

Edward V. “Monty” Laura Parsons, Charles N. Atkins Lawrence B. Benenson Joyce B. Cowin Blanchard Jr., President Chairman

Allan Daniel Lucy Cullman Danziger Jennifer Deason Karin Fielding Jacqueline Fowler

Barbara L. Gordon David Gordon Audrey B. Heckler Allan Katz Tad Martin

Peter Rapaport Brett Robbins Leslie Seeman Elizabeth V. Warren Paul Washington

Left: Archangel Gabriel Weathervane, artist unidentified, United States, c. 1840, paint on sheet metal, 45 35 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/4", gift of Adele Earnest, 1963.1.1. Photo by John Parnell. STAFF AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2016

Museum staff, fall 2016. Photo by Christine Wise.

Executive Director Collections Marketing, Publishing, and Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice Ann-Marie Reilly, Chief Registrar Public Relations and Director of Exhibition Kate Merlino, Director of Chief Financial Officer and Production Communications and Marketing Deputy Director for Administration Judy Steinberg, Registrar Anne Dellinger, Director of Elizabeth Kingman Publications and Website Mimi Lester, Rapaport Archivist Deputy Director for Curatorial Samantha Fein, Social Media Andreane Balconi, Digital Asset Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director Associate† Manager of Exhibitions Kate Johnson, Graphic Designer Stacy C. Hollander Louise Masarof, Librarian† and Production Manager† Curator, Self-Taught Art Development Visitor Services and Art Brut Karley Klopfenstein, Director of Zachary M. Cochran, Manager of Dr. Valérie Rousseau Institutional Giving, Strategic Visitor Experience Partnerships, and Evaluation Security and Facilities Rebecca Kaplan, Special Events Kenneth Bing, Security and Associate Facilities Sara Pattiz, Development and Bienvenido Medina, Security Membership Associate and Facilities Accounting and Information Museum Shop Technology Stefanie Levinson, Director of Joseph Kisarale, Finance Manager Retail and Visitor Services Richard Ho, Director of Information Katie Kalin, Shop Manager and Technologies Weekend Gallery Manager Tricia Wong, Accountant Susan Simpson, Shop Associate† Education Jason Sampson, Shop Associate† Rachel Rosen, Director of Education Athanasia Tsaboukas, Shop Rachel Heidenry, Coordinator of Associate† Public Programs Karen Hatch, Shop Associate† Natalie Beall, Education Specialist† Katherine Hunold, Shop Associate† Lara Ewen, Free Music Fridays Coordinator† †Part-time staff 46 Photo by Olya Vysotskaya. Photo by Christine Wise.

Docents The museum’s docents participate in rigorous regular training sessions Interns each year in order to provide our visitors with the highest standards of Rebecca Armstrong, Burton Ring, LaGuardia content and presentation in private, guided tours as well as in the Pratt Institute Community College Closer-Look public tour series. AFAM’s docent corps served approximately Gabrielle Banks, Jesse Saunders, Hofstra 1,600 visitors in fiscal year 2016. Rhode Island School of Design University Deborah Ash Arlene Kreisler Linda Simon Andrea Cornejo, Hai Fei Xie, LaGuardia Lenore Blank Monica Murphy Su-Ellyn Stern LaGuardia Community College Community College Dena Bock Selma Rosen Rachel Strauber Alison Duignan, LaGuardia Community College John Hood Betty Ann Schoenfeld Danielle Franca, Carol Keyser Marilyn Schwartz LaGuardia Community College Renata Gumkowska, Volunteers LaGuardia Community College The museum recruits and trains knowledgeable and dedicated volunteers each year. In fiscal year 2016, thirty-six volunteers collectively contributed Wes Henrie, Pratt Institute hundreds of hours assisting with programming, administrative projects, Barbara Kazimierczuk, special events, and maintaining an exceptional standard of visitor City College of New York experience. Hanna Ko-Morales, Eleanor Berman Barbara Neski Christine Murnane LaGuardia Community College Elena Bernstein Rhoda Galub Monica Murphy Riham Majeed, Fairfield University Lenore Blank Roberta Gaynor Krystyna Pitula Monica McTighe, Jennifer Bodenweber Millie Gladstone Charlotte Plotnick Simmons College Hilory Boucher Nancy Greenberg Irene Porges Elizabeth Peralta, Angela Clair Elaine Grohman Nina Rosinek St. Francis College Linda Clark Natasha Gross Marilyn Schwartz Nichole Quinn, LaGuardia Community College Donna Cohen Mallie Gusset Robyn Shepherd Farzana Rahman, Eliza Croen Susann Hogue Carla Sher Borough of Manhattan Community College Sandy Davidson Micheline Kagan Yannah Solomon

Gabrielle Reznick, George Darlynne Devenny Kate Kleber Nancy Taylor Washington University Pamela Edel Shirley Lindenbaum Lisa Wolfe

47 IN MEMORIAM

The American Folk Art Museum mourns the loss of these patrons, artists, collectors, docents, and friends who left us in 2015 and 2016. We would like to extend our sympathies to their families and acknowledge their valuable contributions, accomplishments, and generosity towards our institution and its community.

Koos van den Akker (1939–2015) Arthur S. Hoffman (d. 2016) Nek Chand (1925–2015) Paul Laffoley (1935–2015) Bill Cunningham (1929–2016) William Louis-Dreyfus (1932–2016) Thornton Dial (1928–2016) Phyllis Selnick (1935–2016) Charlotte Frank (1935–2015) Stephanie Smither (1941–2016) Sy Grossman (1933–2015) Ionel Talpazan (1955–2015)

THORNTON DIAL (1928–2016) Thornton Dial will be remembered for his major contribution to twentieth- century American art. His oeuvre, spanning from the 1980s to the present, includes drawings, large-scale paintings, stand-alone sculptures, and assem- blages made from found objects. Born on a rural Alabama plantation in 1928, Dial worked as a machinist for a railroad car manufacturer for much of his life. A celebrated and prolific self-taught artist, he invented a personal artistic vocabulary to create a powerful and expressive body of work that directly addressed some of the most pressing issues of his time, from human rights to natural disasters and current events. Dial’s work has been internationally recognized, acquired, and exhibited by leading art museums since the 1990s.

ARTHUR S. HOFFMAN (d. 2016) Arthur S. Hoffman has been a decades-long supporter of the American Folk Art Museum. Both as President of the Leir Charitable Foundations and from his personal knowledge of art and philanthropy, Arthur was an inspiration to the board and staff of this museum. His generosity and guidance were key elements of our success, and we will miss him dearly.

PHYLLIS SELNICK (1935–2016) Phyllis Selnick was an active member of the American Folk Art Museum community and a devoted docent at the museum since 2001. She will be remembered for her warmth, vivacious personality, and incredible sense of humor. Her last years with the museum were spent as a dedicated Museum Shop volunteer. Phyllis graduated from both Boston and Columbia universi- ties, and worked for many years as a social worker. She then joined the Folk Art Institute program at New York University, and over her lifetime built a world-class collection of folk art paintings with her husband Al. 48 Right: Photo by Olya Vysotskaya.

ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2016 AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM JULY 1, 2015–JUNE 30, 2016