ANNUAL REPORT 2016 WELCOME 9 Lunchtime Talks on 10 Saturday Special Tours 20 Family Art JAMs 10 Looking Inward 12 Eyes on Art Tours 7 Fun for the Young 9 exhibitions on 9 exhibitions on 10 exhibitions served 234 Meditative Art Tours served 122 visitors programs served served 148 visitors served 399 visitors children and 169 parents served 57 visitors 72 children and 52 adults The 80th anniversary of The Fralin Museum of Art at the remains on view in our Cornell Entrance Gallery. Jacob Lawrence: Struggle…From the History of the American People offered a unique look at this under studied series of the painter’s University of Virginia provided a remarkable platform that body of work. allowed the Museum to shine throughout 2015–2016. Richard Serra: Prints, generously loaned by the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, With engaging exhibitions and educational community programming drawing rave reviews, showcased the contemporary artist’s lithography, and Two Extraordinary Women: The Lives we are diligently working to bring new and diverse audiences through our doors. Our work and Art of Maria Cosway and Mary Darby Robinson, offered a compelling look at two complex attracts more than 25,000 annual visitors and this report aims to illustrate the impact and remarkable late 18th-century women, one of whom was closely connected to of our efforts through stories, statistics and photographs. Through this year-in-review, Thomas Jefferson. we hope to highlight the generosity of our donors, as well as the dedicated engagement of our volunteers, members and staff. Your hard work and support is making art a vital I extend my sincere thanks to M. Jordan Love, the Museum’s academic curator and experience for our entire University and surrounding communities. We thank you for Rebecca Schoenthal, our curator of exhibitions. These remarkably talented museum your generous efforts that help us achieve our mission. professionals served critical roles as interim co-directors, following Bruce Boucher’s departure for his new post in London. They have my utmost appreciation and admiration Cavaliers Collect, curated by our previous director, Bruce Boucher, was a stunning view for their stewardship during this time frame. into the distinguished private collections of many UVA alumni, parents and friends. This stellar exhibition highlighted our long history, as well as the Museum’s role at the You—our dedicated community of patrons and volunteers—enable the Museum to heart of this great University. Cavaliers engaged collectors and art lovers alike with our bring distinguished arts programming to the University and Charlottesville communities. work and offered a ‘sneak peek’ into an opportunity to expand The Fralin, which would We are your Museum and are most grateful for your support of our work in connecting showcase more of our incredible collection and add vital teaching spaces for our growing others with the power of art in a way that would engender Mr. Jefferson’s pride. arts education programs. Collection: Sol LeWitt and Photography exposed visitors to the artist’s oeuvre and his influence on other photographic artists, through both an exhibition and the Wall Drawing 686, which Matthew McLendon Director and Chief Curator 2 Annual Report | 2016 Annual Report | 2016 3 FINANCIAL OUTLOOK In 2015–2016, the Museum continued to exceed fundraising BUDGETED REVENUES targets and we further refined our budgeting and reporting. lUniversity & Commonwealth (63%) $1,900,000 Private gifts, endowed funds and financial support from the University continue to fuel l Private Gifts & Support (20%) $3,002,000 the Museum’s work in 2017. We are most grateful for the leadership support from The $586,000 total budgeted Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, whose remarkable investment has l revenues Museum Endowments (14%) 2016 enabled us to leverage the quality of both our exhibitions and educational programming $427,000 to new heights. l Grants (2%) The Museum’s operating budget was increased to $3M in 2015-2016, due to the $64,000 implementation of the University’s new financial model, which requires each school l Fees & Other (1%) and unit to manage all elements of its expenses and revenues. $25,000 A significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation enabled the Museum to add a BUDGETED EXPENSES new Curator of the Indigenous Arts of the Americas. Funded through a collaborative l Exhibitions & Programs (44%) grant application between The Fralin and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and spearheaded by UVA’s College of Arts and Sciences, Adriana Greci Green oversees a $1,309,000 growing collection of Native American and Pre-Columbian art and will develop original l Operations (22%) $3,002,000 exhibitions and programming in these areas, to make our collection more accessible $665,000 total budgeted and engage even wider, more diverse audiences. expenses l Museum Utilities & 2016 Facilities Management* (18%) The Fralin Museum of Art anticipates steady growth in staffing and is planning several $555,000 major exhibitions in 2017–2018, which will coincide with the University’s Bicentennial celebration. l Special Events & Fundraising (11%) $329,000 l Marketing (5%) $144,000 *Includes utilities, maintenance and service providers. 4 Annual Report | 2016 Annual Report | 2016 5 CLICK HERE EXHIBITION SUMMARY Cavaliers Collect EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS August 28 – December 20, 2015 Curated by Bruce Boucher, Director EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS Cavaliers Collect provided outstanding selections for The Fralin Museum of Art’s annual Writer’s Eye program, a poetry and prose competition celebrating its 29th year in 2015–2016. The exhibition provided students with an opportunity to engage with widely diverse artworks, as they considered the inspiration they could gain from portraits by Robert Henri and Gerald Brockhurst, a Sally Mann photograph, a Sir Anthony Caro sculpture, Jennifer Bartlett’s At Sand Point 35, and a bronze Tibetan Vairochana Buddha. More than 4,300 students and adults toured the Cavaliers Collect exhibition as part of Writer’s Eye, and it inspired more than half of the 1,821 entries to the competition, and 30 of the 51 winning entries. Writer’s Eye Winner Misshapen Beauty by Eleanor Brown Inspired by Sir Anthony Caro’s Picnic, 2003 1st Place, Poetry, Grades 6–8 Buford Middle School life is unfair, it is full of broken glass, open wounds, and rough edges. every choice chisels away at our heart, rubs away at what makes us human. stripping away innocence, rendering you with nothing but ghastly scars that will always remind you of the splintered and defeated person you have become, your cold demeanor and misshapen beauty. Studio of Sir Anthony van Dyck, Flemish, active in England, 1599–1641. Portrait of King Charles I, c. 1640. Oil on canvas, 42 x 35 1/2 in (106.7 x 90.2 cm). The exhibition was made possible through the generous support of U.S. Trust, The Fralin Museum Volunteer Board, Arts Enhancement Grant Courtesy of Neville and John H. Bryan. from the Office of the Provost and the Vice Provost for the Arts and co-sponsored by the UVA Arts Council: Enriching the Arts on Grounds, WTJU 91.1 FM, albemarle Magazine, and Ivy Publications LLC’s Charlottesville Welcome Book. 6 Annual Report | 2016 Annual Report | 2016 7 EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS (cont.) Cavaliers Collect August 28 – December 20, 2015 Curated by Bruce Boucher, Director ENGAGEMENT EVENTS The Cavaliers Collect exhibition offered a unique opportunity to celebrate and appreciate the quality and breadth of the collections of UVA alumni and friends of the Museum, during The Fralin’s 80th anniversary. On September 11th, President Theresa Sullivan graciously opened her Carr’s Hill home for a private reception, to thank exhibition lenders for participating in this remarkable show. This lovely reception was followed by a private exhibition viewing and social gathering at the Museum. The following morning, U.S. Trust, an exhibition sponsor, invited lenders to a moderated discussion with Senior VP and Director of Doyle Auction House, Reid Dunavant. Panelists included Museum director and exhibition curator, Bruce Boucher, art collector and lender Thompson Dean (Col ’79) and Michael E.S. McCarthy, Managing Director, Trust Fiduciary Executive for the Office of Chief Fiduciary at U.S. Trust. Attendees were treated to a lively discussion on pertinent issues related to high-end collecting, including collecting motivations, the fine art auction market and estate planning. 8 Annual Report | 2016 Annual Report | 2016 9 CLICK HERE EXHIBITION SUMMARY Collection: Sol LeWitt and Photography EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS (cont.) August 14 – December 20, 2015 Curated by William Wylie, Professor, Department of Art EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS Dot by Gabriella Hansen Sol LeWitt and Photography provided Inspired by Sol LeWitt’s WD 686, 1991 1st Place Poetry, Grades 3-5 the context for the implementation of A.R. Ware Elementary School LeWitt’s Wall Drawing 686, created on a wall of the Cornell Entrance Gallery Sun rising high, color on a butterfly, On paper, an explosion of lead from the by five individuals, over a five day ideas in your head. time period. Polka dot on a little girl’s dress, the dark eye of an eagle that leaves me breathless. Led by Professor Wylie, the team worked to fill a A planet, high up in the sky to see, five-foot diameter circle with 25,000 five-inch lines, This little dot, all a mystery. using a number five pencil. The installation provided inspiration for the following Museum programs: Writer’s Eye, Family Art JAMs, Eyes on Art, and Looking Inward. In September, PBS made a short documentary on the Eyes on Art program for people with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Together participants discussed LeWitt’s work and created a collaborative drawing on an 8 x 8-foot piece of paper. CLICK HERE VIDEOWriter’s OFEye WALL Winner DRAWING 686 Sol LeWitt, American, 1928–2007.