Annual Report
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July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008 AnnuAl RepoRt 1 Contents 3 Board of Trustees 4 Trustee Committees 7 Message from the Director 12 Message from the Co-Chairmen 14 Message from the President 16 Renovation and Expansion 24 Collections 55 Exhibitions 60 Performing Arts, Music, and Film 65 Community Support 116 Education and Public Programs Cover: Banners get right to the point. After more than 131 Staff List three years, visitors can 137 Financial Report once again enjoy part of the permanent collection. 138 Treasurer Right: Tibetan Man’s Robe, Chuba; 17th century; China, Qing dynasty; satin weave T with supplementary weft Prober patterning; silk, gilt-metal . J en thread, and peacock- V E feathered thread; 184 x : ST O T 129 cm; Norman O. Stone O PH and Ella A. Stone Memorial er V O Fund 2007.216. C 2 Board of Trustees Officers Standing Trustees Stephen E. Myers Trustees Emeriti Honorary Trustees Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Virginia N. Barbato Frederick R. Nance Peter B. Lewis Joyce G. Ames President James T. Bartlett Anne Hollis Perkins William R. Robertson Mrs. Noah L. Butkin+ James T. Bartlett James S. Berkman Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Elliott L. Schlang Mrs. Ellen Wade Chinn+ Chair Charles P. Bolton James A. Ratner Michael Sherwin Helen Collis Michael J. Horvitz Chair Sarah S. Cutler Donna S. Reid Eugene Stevens Mrs. John Flower Richard Fearon Dr. Eugene T. W. Sanders Mrs. Robert I. Gale Jr. Sarah S. Cutler Life Trustees Vice President Helen Forbes-Fields David M. Schneider Robert D. Gries Elisabeth H. Alexander Ellen Stirn Mavec Robert W. Gillespie Mark Schwartz Agnes Gund Quentin Alexander Vice President George Gund III Jerry Sue Thornton Mrs. John Hildt Leigh Carter James A. Ratner Michael J. Horvitz Richard T. Watson Ward Kelley Vice President James H. Dempsey Jr. Charles S. Hyle Sherman E. Lee+ Janet G. Ashe Ex Officio Mrs. Edward A. Kilroy Jr. Adrienne Lash Jones Eleanor Bonnie McCoy Treasurer Timothy Rub, Jon A. Lindseth Susan Kaesgen John C. Morley Edward Bauer Director Morton L. Mandel Assistant Treasurer Robert M. Kaye Mary Schiller Myers+ Kate Stenson, Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Stephen J. Knerly Jr. Nancy F. Keithley Womens Council Lucia Nash Edwin M. Roth Secretary R. Steven Kestner Jane Nord Frances P. Taft Roberto A. Prcela Alex Machaskee Leon M. Plevin+ Assistant Secretary Paul J. Vignos, M.D. William P. Madar James S. Reid of the Board Alton W. Whitehouse Milton Maltz Barbara S. Robinson Dr. Norman Zaworski Ellen Stirn Mavec Laura Siegal S. Sterling McMillan III Cara Smith Stirn Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Evan Hopkins Turner Iris Wolstein A suite of five monumental canvases by Charles Meynier +deceased since June impresses visitors in the new 30, 2008 Cutler Gallery. ford H ric 3 A. B id V A D tRustee Committees Standing Committees Collections Committee on Trustees Investment Nancy F. Keithley Sarah S. Cutler Michael J. Horvitz Audit Chair Co-Chair Chair David M. Schneider Charles P. Bolton Charles P. Bolton James T. Bartlett Chair Vice Chair Co-Chair Vice Chair Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Virginia N. Barbato Helen Forbes-Fields Robert W. Gillespie Richard T. Watson James T. Bartlett Robert W. Gillespie S. Sterling McMillan III Executive Helen Forbes-Fields Charles S. Hyle Anne Hollis Perkins Alfred M. Rankin Jr. George Gund III R. Steven Kestner James A. Ratner Chair Robert M. Kaye Ellen Stirn Mavec David M. Schneider James T. Bartlett Ellen Stirn Mavec James T. Bartlett Elliott L. Schlang, Vice Chair Stephen E. Myers ex officio adviser Michael J. Horvitz Donna S. Reid Michael J. Horvitz Alfred M. Rankin Jr., Vice Chair ex officio ex officio Mark Schwartz Virginia N. Barbato Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Compensation Sarah S. Cutler ex officio ex officio Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Helen Forbes-Fields Finance Chair Nancy F. Keithley Charles S. Hyle James T. Bartlett R. Steven Kestner Vice Chair Michael J. Horvitz Ellen Stirn Mavec Virginia N. Barbato James A. Ratner James T. Bartlett Robert M. Kaye Nancy F. Keithley William P. Madar Alfred M. Rankin Jr. ex officio Final touches of caulk and paint complete the Y transformation of the former onle garden court into the Reid Gallery, featuring Baroque Y M. D 4 art. regor G Advisory Committees Jon A. Lindseth African American Accessions Tamar Maltz Community Task Force Nancy F. Keithley Ellen Stirn Mavec June Antoine Chair Stephen E. Myers Dr. Emma Bowman Benning Charles P. Bolton Henry Ott-Hansen Vice Chair Caprice Bragg Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Elisabeth H. Alexander Alfred L. Bright Donna S. Reid Quentin Alexander Margo James Copeland Charles B. Rosenblatt Virginia N. Barbato Jennifer Coleman Edwin M. Roth James T. Bartlett Fluker Elliott L. Schlang Mrs. Noah L. Butkin Helen Forbes-Fields Mark Schwartz Helen Forbes-Fields Dr. Giesele Greene Eugene Stevens George Gund III Bert Laurelle Holt Frances P. Taft Mrs. John Hildt Bracy Lewis Paul J. Vignos, M.D. Marguerite B. Franklin Martin Humphrey John Williams Lolita McDavid, M.D. Robert H. Jackson Iris Wolstein Rev. Marvin McMickle Susan Kaesgen Martha Young Stanley Miller Robert M. Kaye Dr. Norman Zaworski A. Grace Lee Mims Mrs. Edward A. Kilroy Jr. Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Steven A. Minter ex officio Dr. Robert Kiwi Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Karen L. Krause Gregory Reese Rev. Paul Sadler Kimberly St. Johns Stevenson Andrew Venable Jr. Alfred M. Rankin Jr. A visiting family enjoys a ex officio members preview of the reopened 1916 building. ller 5 T A. MU ober R Cleveland Museum of Education Legislative Affairs Marketing Art Building Oversight Virginia N. Barbato Robert W. Gillespie Mark Schwartz Michael J. Horvitz Chair Chair Chair Chair Susan Kaesgen Alex Machaskee Dennis Barrie James A. Ratner Vice Chair Vice Chair Frederick E. Bidwell Vice Chair Hedy Adler James T. Bartlett Lauren Rich Fine James T. Bartlett Jeanette Grasselli Michael J. Horvitz Elizabeth T. Fowler Donna S. Reid Brown Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. David Geyer Alfred M. Rankin Jr. James S. Berkman David M. Schneider W. Allen Shapard ex officio Leigh Carter Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Alfred M. Rankin Jr. Campaign Cabinet Sr. Maureen Doyle ex officio ex officio Adrienne Lash Jones, Ellen Stirn Mavec Library Chair Ph.D. Karen Clark Keyes Stephen E. Myers R. Steven Kestner Chair Vice Chair Susan W. MacDonald Leigh Carter James T. Bartlett Nancy-Clay Marsteller, Joanne D. Eustis, Ph.D. Sarah S. Cutler Ph.D. Malcolm E. Kenney Robert W. Gillespie S. Sterling McMillan III Mary Ann Liljedahl Michael J. Horvitz Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Jon A. Lindseth Charles S. Hyle Frances P. Taft Dr. Mark Tebeau Nancy-Clay Marsteller, Alex Machaskee Ph.D. Susan H. Turben William P. Madar Richard E. Rubin, Ph.D. Paul J. Vignos, M.D. Leon M. Plevin+ Paul J. Vignos, M.D. Donna S. Reid Sally Wertheim Alfred M. Rankin Jr. CMA textile conservator Alfred M. Rankin Jr. David M. Schneider ex officio Robin Hanson and contract ex officio Alfred M. Rankin Jr. textile conservator ex officio Kathleen MacKay work on a large carpet. ford H ric A. B 6 id V A D From the diReCtoR Fiscal year 2007–8 ended just one day after the During the grand newly reinstalled galleries on the main floor of reopening weekend in June, visitors enjoyed the museum’s venerable 1916 building opened on the Art Cart, a hands- Sunday, June 29, 2008. Thus, viewing the entire on experience in the 12 months through the lens of that celebratory Armor Court. weekend is appropriate. Indeed, at times all the varied activities during the period covered by this report seemed focused on helping us get to and then across this important threshold. In retrospect, such concentration was to be expected, given all that had gone into the preparations for this event, which was arguably one of the most important in Y the history of this institution. onle Y M. D Major exhibitions set the stage for what was to come in the museum’s renovation and expansion regor G project. Arms and Armor from Imperial Austria Timothy Rub presents brought highlights of one of the world’s great his report to the armor collections to Cleveland, presaging the community at the first Members Annual return of our own beloved Armor Court just a Meeting in October few months later. Earlier in the year, in the middle 2007. of an extended tour that delighted visitors (more than one million in all in cities as varied as Beijing and Seoul, Vancouver and Salt Lake City), works Y from our superb holdings of Impressionist art onle came home for the Cleveland venue of the show Y M. D Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cleveland regor G Museum of Art. 7 Sherman E. Lee The museum welcomed many visitors 1918–2008 throughout the year to a broad range of educational offerings, from docent-led tours and studio art classes to the Chalk Festival and Parade the Circle, which once again enjoyed sunny skies and drew a crowd of more than 60,000. Further, we made many new friends in the community with award- winning distance learning programs, which bring the collection into classrooms throughout the region and beyond, and through the VIVA! and Gala Around Town series, which continued to attract a large and enthusiastic following. The film program covered everything from special previews of forthcoming feature films to One of the legendary museum directors masterworks from the earliest days of cinema. In in American history, Sherman E. Lee died many ways, this was a period during which, after more than three years of intensive renovation on July 9, 2008, at the age of 90.