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Calendar of Events Calendar the November/December 2010 hrysler of events CTHE MAGAZINE OF THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART p 4 Exhibitions • p 6 News • p 8 Daily Calendar • p 11 Public Programs • p 15 Member Programs G ENERAL INFORMATION COVER Contact Us The Museum Shop Group and School Tours Stevens & Williams Open during Museum hours Stourbridge, England Chrysler Museum of Art (757) 333-6269 Covered Jar in the 245 W. Olney Road (757) 333-6297 www.chrysler.org/programs.asp Chinese Taste Norfolk, VA 23510 with Rock Crystal Phone: (757) 664-6200 Cuisine & Company Board of Trustees Engraving, ca. 1884 Fax: (757) 664-6201 at The Chrysler Café 2010–2011 Engraved by Joseph E-mail: [email protected] Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Shirley C. Baldwin Keller (English, Website: www.chrysler.org 1880–1925) Thursdays–Saturdays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Carolyn K. Barry Blown, cut, and Sundays, 12–3 p.m. Robert M. Boyd Museum Hours engraved glass (757) 333-6291 Nancy W. Branch Museum purchase Wednesday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Macon F. Brock, Jr., Chairman Thursday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Historic Houses Robert W. Carter Sunday, 12–5 p.m. Free Admission Andrew S. Fine The Museum galleries are closed each The Moses Myers House Elizabeth Fraim Monday and Tuesday, as well as on 323 E. Freemason St. (at Bank St.), Norfolk David R. Goode, Vice Chairman major holidays. The Norfolk History Museum at the Cyrus W. Grandy V Marc Jacobson Admission Willoughby-Baylor House 601 E. Freemason Street, Norfolk Maurice A. Jones General admission to the Chrysler Museum Linda H. Kaufman, Secretary of Art and its world-class permanent Open Fridays-Sundays from 12–4 p.m., Sandra W. Lewis collection is free. Voluntary contributions and for scheduled guided tours. Henry D. Light are happily accepted and are tax-deductible. (757) 333-1087 Edward L. Lilly Modest admission charges will be announced Oriana M. McKinnon in advance of each visiting exhibition. Department Directory Patterson N. McKinnon Office of the Director 333-6234 Peter M. Meredith, Jr. Museum Members and children 5 and Curatorial 965-2033 Charles W. (Wick) Moorman younger will be admitted free to Development/Communication 333-6282 all exhibitions. Susan Nordlinger Education 333-6269 Richard D. Roberts Exhibitions 333-6281 Accessibility Thomas L. Stokes, Jr. Finance & Administration 333-6224 Josephine L. Turner Free parking is available in two visitor Historic Houses 333-1087 Richard Waitzer lots or on nearby side streets. Library 965-2035 Lelia Graham Webb The Chrysler is wheelchair accessible via Registration 965-2030 Lewis W. Webb III the ramp at the side entrance closest to RSVPs 333-6253 Wayne F. Wilbanks the visitor parking lots. Security 333-6237 Special Events 333-6233 Complimentary wheelchairs and baby The Chrysler Museum of Art is partially Visitor Services 965-2039 strollers are available near all entrances. supported by grants from the City of Gallery Hosts are available to assist Norfolk, the National Endowment for the Facility Rental patrons with special needs. Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, (757) 333-6233 the Business Consortium for Arts Support, Jean Outland Chrysler www.chrysler.org/rentals.asp and The Edwin S. Webster Foundation. Library [email protected] Open Wednesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday evening hours are also Membership available by appointment only. (757) 333-6298 (757) 965-2035 www.chrysler.org/membership.asp [email protected] I visited the Chrysler today with my two“ young boys for the first time. I want to compliment the Museum for making our visit so enjoyable. Every staff member This publication is was pleasant and helpful, even when the questions came from an 8-year-old. produced by the The activities for the children were engaging and really made the visit more fun Department of Development for all of us. Your collection was diverse and interesting, and even the building and Communication, was a work of art. Thank you for a unique and enriching experience that I hope Cheryl Little, Editor. to repeat in the future with my family. I also intend to pass the word along Unless otherwise noted, all Museum images to other families I know. are by Ed Pollard, Museum Photographer. Cathy Summers, in an e-mail“ to Director Bill Hennessey D IRECTOR’S NOTE CoMPlIMENTS: When Actions Speak Louder Than Words Part of every museum director’s job is to act as his institution’s complaint office, suggestion box, and help desk. When a visitor has a strong reaction to something about the Chrysler, I often get a call. Sometimes those calls are critical; in spite of our best efforts, we managed somehow to disappoint or to offend a guest. But much much more often, happily, a visitor had a simply wonderful experience and wants to make sure we know it. Guests call me to express surprise and delight at the breadth and depth of our collection or to praise a particularly beautifully installed special exhibition. Or they want to commend a rewarding educational program or a staff member who went out of his or her way to welcome them or answer their questions. These calls make even my dullest days a delight. As much as we like to hear directly from visitors about what pleases them, some of the nicest compliments we receive are unspoken. Here’s one of my favorites. On a beautiful sunny Thursday morning last spring a group of young people arrived at the Museum. There were four of them, each about 14 years old. For the next two hours they toured the entire Museum. They walked and chatted, tried out our in-gallery drawing stations, took pictures of each other, and sat in front of several paintings to explore and discuss intently what they saw. Our gallery hosts noted their high spirits, good behavior, and the obvious pleasure they took in what they were seeing and experiencing. They were, in other words, doing just what we hope everyone who comes to the Museum will do—learning and enjoying themselves. Now it is true that some of our staff were puzzled about how four teenagers might find themselves on their own in the Museum in the middle of a school day, but they let the thought pass. Only later did we learn the awful truth—our visitors were (gasp!) truants. Now I’m not altogether sure how the kids’ parents or their school responded to their art excursion, but I admit that I’m tickled. One of the things we focus on daily at the Chrysler is how to make our collection, exhibitions, and programs interesting and relevant to young visitors. And here was a group of kids who, like Ferris Bueller, decided to take a beautiful spring day off—and out of all the things they could have chosen to do with their holiday, they decided to come to the Chrysler. I can’t imagine a nicer compliment. Maybe next time we should invite the kids to bring their parents or principal along. William J. Hennessey Director Follow the Chrysler Museum of Art on 1 Cheers TO QUeen vICtorIa! BrItIsh Glass froM the Chrysler ColleCtIon On view through March 6, 2011 in the Waitzer Community Gallery he reign of Queen Victoria from 1837–1901 was a golden age of industrial and commercial expansion in Britain. The Great TExhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, held in 1851 in London’s Hyde Park, was intended to show off the advancement and superiority of British manufactured goods to the world. Since the design of glass, both hand crafted and mass produced, was English Epergne with Flower Stand, ca. 1890 regarded as an essential part of the Mold-blown, applied, and tooled glass; metal mounts decorative vocabulary, the British were Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. eager to gain worldwide pre-eminence. The British glass industry grew in both scope and reputation during the 19th century due to a number of factors: the abolition of taxes, technological advancements in glassmaking, the advent of international expositions, and a growing consumer market for finished goods. Together, these forces created an explosion in the manufacturing and creative output of British glass. Cheers to Queen Victoria! British Glass from the Chrysler Collection features 50 objects drawn from the Museum’s rich holdings Thomas Webb & Sons Stourbridge, England Vase (detail), late 19th century, and Hibiscus Vase (detail), ca. 1890–1900 Gifts of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. English Decanter with Stopper, ca. 1880 Blown glass Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. learn More aBoUt vICtorIan Glass • The Museum’s ongoing second-floor exhibition, Cameo Performances: Masterpieces of Cameo Glass from the Chrysler’s Collection, features some of the finest examples of their kind from the late 1800s. • Join Kelly Conway, Curator of Glass, on Wednesday, November 17 at 7 p.m. for an entertaining presentation highlighting Victorian glass and social customs. This special exhibition lecture is free. in glass. The exhibition explores some Frederick Carder, William Fritsche, and Stevens and of the technical aspects of glassmaking, Joseph Keller (whose work is featured Williams Stourbridge, as well as the social customs of on the cover of this issue). England the period. Focusing primarily on Basket, ca. 1890 As you explore the exhibition, imagine tableware and decorative objects for Blown, applied, yourself at one of the important the middle-class Victorian home, tooled, and 19th-century international fairs. Which machine-threaded Cheers to Queen Victoria! features an epergne would you choose for your glass eclectic visual assortment—exuberant Gift of Walter P. dining table? Which lighting device vases decorated with glass fruits and Chrysler, Jr.
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