July, August, September 2013

MFA Transformed: A Landmark Renewed Director’s Welcome

Dear Friends,

This summer you can visit our national parks – at the MFA. Curatorial Assistant Sabrina Hughes has organized the stunning Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Spaces: Photographs of our National Parks. This exhibition features some of the best images in our collection by the likes of Ansel Adams and ’s own Clyde Butcher and Jerry Uelsmann.

Color Acting: Abstraction since 1950 is just as impressive. As the title suggests, this exhibition is bursting with color. Katherine Pill, our new Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, has taken a fresh look at our collection and has borrowed Stuart Society President Charlotte Kendall (left) presents the historic check several cutting-edge, contemporary works. This to President of the Board Howard Mills and Curator of Public Programs Anna show will change the way you perceive and Glenn at the final general meeting of the season on May 16. This impressive experience color. contribution will support exhibitions and educational programs.

We also have a wealth of summer programs – our Marly Music concerts, our Dinner and Jazz Series, Coffee Talks with the ever popular Nan Colton, New Summer Admission Fees and UNCHartED: Random Acts of Culture on Thursday night, including “The Great Outdoors” The Museum of Fine Arts is opening its doors – wide – on July 18. Bring the entire family for the fly-fishing this summer. Admission is now $10 for everyone through demonstrations, campfire stories, music, and more. September 30, 2013. Groups of 10 or more adults pay only $8 each and groups of 10 or more students, $4 per person. As you probably know, we are in the midst of renovating and transforming our galleries, The On Thursday nights, when the Museum presents Great Hall, and the Marly Room in the original “UNCHartED: Random Acts of Culture,” college students building. At the end, we will reinstall our with current I.D. pay $5 or can buy one admission, get one extraordinary collection. The art – and our interior free. – will shine.

We could not present so many exciting exhibitions and educational programs without the support of you, our members. You have already received a letter asking you to contribute to Annual Giving, and many of you have already responded – generously. Thank you so much. If you have not yet donated, please consider sending your gift today. We need your help.

I look forward to seeing you at the Museum.

Sincerely,

Kent Lydecker Director

On the cover: Magical light will illuminate The Great Hall by the end of the renovation project. Entire families enjoyed Painting in the Park on April 28 on the north lawn. Singers Museum Photographs: Thomas U. Gessler and Bridget Bryson from Opera Tampa performed. Amley and Amley Orthodontics was the sponsor. All Museum educational programs are supported in part by The Stuart Society.

2 3 • The Marly Room, added in 1974, has a window at the back of the stage that will be restored, giving this elegant lecture and concert hall a new personality, but one that harks back to the original architecture. • The ancient Antioch mosaic will be installed on a wall, receiving the attention it deserves.

The goal is to open up the Museum to its spectacular setting and to spotlight the collection like never before. The MFA’s treasures The MFA is renovating the galleries housing our distinguished will be reinstalled in fresh, imaginative ways. More African and collection. We are replacing tired and worn carpeting and ceramic art, to name just two areas, will come out of storage. The wall-coverings. In select galleries, solid-wood floors will shine. spaces and lighting will enliven the art.

Get Involved Make a Difference Please join us as we transform the original building. There are many giving levels for individuals, corporations, and foundations. As the gifted American artist Robert Henri wrote: “Art when really understood is the province of every human being.” Please contact Associate Director for Advancement Don Howe for more information: [email protected] or 727.896.2667, ext. 231. All queries will be held in the strictest confidence.

Design Advisor

The ancient Antioch mosaic, weighting approximately 1,000 pounds, had to be moved The Museum has reached out to one of the most respected to renovate the galleries. It is now safely resting below the Marly Room stage. designers in the field to guide this project. Jeffrey Daly, now leading his own firm, was the former Chief Exhibition Designer and Senior Design Advisor to the Director at the Metropolitan Lighting will be enhanced and made more energy-efficient. Museum of Art in New York for more than 28 years. The interior of the original building, designed by John Volk and Associates, will be revitalized. Museum Founder Margaret Mr. Daly worked closely with the Acheson Stuart (1896-1980) played a major role in designing “a legendary Philippe de Montebello museum for St. Petersburg.” The galleries in The and led the famed renovation and in New York were her inspiration. Striking details, hidden for installation design of the Greek many years, will once again emerge. Just a few follow: and Roman galleries. Architectural Record wrote that “the Met’s new • The Great Hall Greek and Roman Galleries by has a skylight. Jeffrey Daly, sun-flooded and Magical light majestic, merit a high place among will enter this recent museum successes.” He did space, providing similar honors for the galleries of a link to The Egyptian art, twentieth-century Mary Alice works, and Southeast Asian and McClendon Chinese objects, and collaborated Conservatory. with curators on more than 1,000 • Scrims will be exhibitions. His designs for Diana removed on Vreeland’s major costume shows received rave reviews, and the windows he produced the installation design for Jacqueline Kennedy: The facing Beach White House Years. Drive, revealing artistic In addition, Mr. Daly has led consultations and projects for grillwork. , the New York mayor’s residence, and the Filtered light Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, also in will enter that city; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the Gibbes Museum the galleries of Art in Charleston, South Carolina; and the Miho Museum in and strategic Kyoto, Japan, where he consulted with the great architect I.M. lighting at Pei. He was involved in the premiere installation of The Andy night will The windows facing Beach Drive will once again let in filtered Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and is the annual designer for encourage light and reveal beautiful grillwork. Generous supporter Arlene Fillinger Rothman, who has underwritten the restoration of New York’s Winter Antiques Show. pedestrians to the windows, is pictured with Facilities Manager J.P. Fatseas. look inside. 3 CURRENT | UPCOMING | EXHIBITIONS Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Spaces: Photographs of our National Parks Through Sunday, October 6

At once seemingly untouched and ripe for development, the American landscape has always fueled the imagination of artists. In the face of rapid industrialization, President Theodore Roosevelt Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) (1858–1919) and naturalist John Muir (1838–1914) led Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, the urgent call to protect America’s bounty. (about 1940, printed about 1970) Gelatin silver print Museum Purchase with funds provided by National Endowment for the Arts and Fine Arts Council of Florida grants I want to show people that there is a unity between all Photo used with permission of The Trustees of The Ansel undisturbed natural places, whether the peak of a renowned Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All Rights Reserved. mountain range or a steam-bed in an urban watershed. Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Spaces, organized by Curatorial — Clyde Butcher Assistant Sabrina Hughes, primarily features images depicting national and state parks and landmarks. The earliest date from not only inspired conservation, but also the 1860s, including albumen prints by Carleton Watkins, popularized new tourist sites, aligning nature with American Timothy H. O’Sullivan, and William H. Jackson and an values. Many photographers like Ansel Adams, who is ambrotype of Niagara Falls by Platt D. Babbitt. These images represented by four of his most stunning and famous were created to elicit and satisfy the curiosity of the public and photographs, have been very influential in defending our for government and commercial topographical surveys. For environment. the first time, spectacular Western sites were seen by a wide audience largely unable to travel to these destinations.

Iconic vistas by Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter urged viewers to heed the call of conservation. Aaron Siskind and Brett Weston abstracted elements of the landscape, narrowing the focus and offering a modernist perspective. Jerry Uelsmann, who established the photography program at the University of Florida, and John Pfahl impose their own style rather than recreate popular views. Florida meets the West in Uelsmann’s richly imaginative Flamingos Visit Yosemite (1985).

Floridian Clyde Butcher’s two large-scale photographs in the exhibition spotlight the state’s wild beauty – a beauty always under pressure from developers. His magnificent Ochopee #2 (1985) is of the greater Everglades, which has inspired some of his best and best-known work.

The exhibition spans a century and also reveals how key donors have built the Museum’s important photography collection. They include Carol A. Upham, Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin, and more recently, Ludmila Platt D. Babbitt (American, 1822-1872) and Bruce Dandrew. Their passion for the art form has Niagara Falls (about 1860) transformed the Museum’s entire collection. Ambrotype Gift of Bonita L. Cobb in honor of Dr. Jennifer Hardin 4 5 Like Davis and Albers, Israeli artist Yaacov Agam (born in 1928) Color Acting: was represented in the famous Op Art exhibition The Responsive Eye (1965) at the in New York, which Abstraction Since 1950 examined modes of visual perception. Agam’s two prints in Saturday, July 6-Sunday, September 22 Color Acting reveal his vibrant palette and playful sense of pattern. Painting is color acting. The act is to change character and behavior, mood and tempo. — Josef Albers

Painter, teacher, and color theorist Josef Albers (1888-1976) wrote that “color is the most relative medium in art,” as there are endless factors that change the way we experience it. Color is never seen as it “really is.”

This exhibition examines what Albers has called the “discrepancy between physical fact and psychic effect” in the experience of color. Technically, we see color via photoreceptors in our retinas. But that does not encompass the psychological effects of color or its inherent optical illusions.

Jessica Eaton (Canadian, born 1977) cfaal 279 (2012) Archival pigment print Courtesy of M+B Gallery

The two contemporary photographers with works in the exhibition – Jessica Eaton (born 1977) and Jessica Labatte (born 1981) – engage explicitly with the theories of Albers. Eaton’s cfaal 279 (2012) depicts multicolored nested cubes that recall Albers’s Homage to the Square series. But her work has a hazy glow and an imprecision to the geometry, indicating her own intricate approach. Josef Albers (American, born Germany, 1888-1976) I-Sj (1973) Silkscreen on paper Labatte’s Cross Processed series refers to Albers’s legacy as a color Gift of Linda H. Brink theorist and teacher. Cutting up Color Aid papers (a teaching ©2013 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ tool popularized by Albers) into variously sized triangles, she Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York creates small, abstract compositions using harmonious color techniques. After photographing these compositions, she “cross- processes” the film, resulting in unexpected color combinations. She subverts conventional color theory and achieves surprisingly Drawn primarily from the MFA collection, Color Acting beautiful results. presents both formal and more expressionistic explorations of color. Many works encourage a sense of viewer participation. Color Acting also features work by Richard Anuskiewicz, Ilya Gene Davis (1920-1985) urges the audience to “enter the Bolotowsky, Leon Berkowitz, Norman Bluhm, Martin Canin, painting through the door of a single color, and then you can Robyn Denny, Helen Frankenthaler, Stanley William Hayter, understand what my painting is all about.” His work also has a Hans Hinterreiter, Fredric Karoly, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, musical dimension. The vertical lines in his large canvases can Joan Mitchell, Ludwig Sander, and Frank Stella. Katherine Pill, be seen almost as piano strings, and there is a rhythm to his Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, has organized the exhibition oeuvre. – her first at the MFA.

5 Mixing Metaphors: The Aesthetic, the Corporate, Foundation, Social, and the Political Government, and in African American Art, Individual Sponsors Works from the Bank The Museum is grateful to the following organizations and individuals for supporting exhibitions, educational of America Collection programs, and operations: Provided by Bank of America’s Art in our Communities Program President’s Circle ($100,000 and above) The Stuart Society of the Museum of Fine Arts State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture Opening Saturday, October 5 Benefactors ($50,000-$99,999) Tampa Bay Times*

Patrons ($25,000-$49,999) Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club*

Sponsors ($15,000-$24,999) Bank of America Ceviche Tapas Bar and Restaurant Arlene Fillinger Rothman Fifth Third Private Bank** Wells, Houser & Schatzel, P.A.*

Partners ($10,000-$14,999) City of St. Petersburg Tampa Bay Lightning

Sustainers ($5,000-$9,999) Destiny Transportation* Franklin Templeton Great Bay Distributors* Northern Trust Polywogs RBC Wealth Management Sterling Research Group, Inc.* Carrie Mae Weems’ compelling photograph May Flowers (2002) is featured in this important exhibition of more than 90 works by 36 artists. This is the Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg largest exhibition of African American art ever presented at the MFA. The image is courtesy of the artist and the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. Associates ($2,500-$4,999) Dr. Edward and Mrs. Margaret Amley Cowles Charitable Trust Hype Group, LLC Board of Trustees 2013 Jabil Circuit Inc. Executive Committee Mr. Clark Mason NAC Design & Distributing Solutions Mr. Howard Mills, J.D., Mrs. Glenn Mosby Mrs. Mary L. Shuh U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth President Mr. Cary P. Putrino, J.D. Management Mr. Marshall Rousseau, Mr. Frank J. (Sandy) Rief III, Esq. President-Elect Mr. Robert B. Stewart Contributors ($1,000-$2,499) Ms. Ellen Stavros, Secretary Mrs. Jean Giles Wittner Mr. Harold E. Wells Jr., Amley & Amley Orthodontics Mr. Anthony Zinge, J.D. The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation Treasurer Mrs. Margaret Amley, Mr. Roy Binger Olympia Catering & Events* President, The Stuart Society Mr. Robert Churuti Dr. Kent Lydecker, Director Ms. Mary Alice McClendon Please contact Director of Development Brooke Mr. William H. Stover Honorary Trustees Manetti at 727.896.2667, ext. 250, or via email, Trustees Mrs. Isabel Bishop, Honorary [email protected], to learn more about the Mr. Gary Damkoehler Memorial Trustee benefits of becoming a Museum sponsor. Mrs. Royce G. Haiman Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Esq. Mr. Charles Henderson Mrs. Hazel C. Hough *In-Kind Donation Mr. Jackie Joyner Jr. Mrs. Nomina Cox Horton **Partial In-Kind Contribution Dr. William D. Law Jr. Mr. Peter Sherman Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey Mrs. Carol A. Upham

6 7 Store Spotlight

Games, puzzles, art activities, and books will keep your children engaged during the summer. The Store LECTURES | TALKS | SPECIAL EVENTS has some of the most imaginative Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and visit our website for gifts for children updates on educational programs. Support is provided in part by in the Tampa Bay The Stuart Society, the MFA Education Committee, Westminster area. A Coloring Communities of St. Petersburg, an anonymous donor, and the City Book: Drawings by of St. Petersburg. Andy Warhol is ideal for young children Lectures and Gallery Talks and budding artists. These drawings FREE with Museum admission were created for fashion advertising. Assistant Curator of Art after 1950 Think tanned Katherine Pill on Color Acting: snakes, alligators, and lizards. Think leather goods. Abstraction Since 1950 Remember Andy’s drawings and prints of shoes? Sunday, July 14, 3 p.m.

These drawings are fanciful, not scary. As Warhol himself Ms. Pill introduces her first exhibition at suggests, “You will want to frame these or perhaps send the MFA. She is committed to making them to someone you want to make happy.” This coloring contemporary art accessible to and book will definitely make children – and adults – smile. enjoyable for everyone and has taken an active role as an educator and writer. She holds a dual MA in art history, theory, and criticism and arts administration and policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Panel Discussion with artists Jessica Eaton and Jessica Labatte, chaired by Ms. Pill Final Day of Color Acting, Sunday, September 22, 3 p.m.

Both artists, represented in Color Acting, discuss their work, the larger implications of the exhibition, and the influence of Josef Albers. Ms. Eaton has shown her work around the globe and has created public art installations, including Flash Forward Festival 2010: Cubes for Albers and LeWitt in Boston. She received the Photography Jury Grand Prize at the 2012 International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères, France and her work has

The Store’s choice selection of books includes photography collections by Florida’s own Clyde Butcher and Carlton Ward Jr. Butcher’s Apalachicola River: An American Treasure is gorgeous and serene, and Ward, an eighth-generation Floridian from a pioneering ranching family, documents Florida Cowboys: Keepers of the Last Frontier. Most Floridians will be surprised by the state’s cowboy culture, captured brilliantly in Ward’s images. Watch for announcements of book-signings in the coming weeks and go to the second floor to see two of Butcher’s large-scale photographs.

The Store is open throughout the Museum’s summer renovation. If you have not seen the Store lately, you have not seen the Store, where you can find diverse works by Students from the “Journeys in Journalism” project involve Director local artists – from Duncan McClellan’s glass art to Sarah Kent Lydecker and Director of Development Brooke Manetti Thee Campagna’s CyberCraft Robots. And don’t miss the in one of their assignments. The students produce their own annual Beach Drive Sunrise Sale on July 18. news magazines. The Museum displayed some of the students’ photography at the “Through Our Eyes” reception on May 2.

7 FREE sample of Margaret Ann’s Gourmet Cookies. This snack is available for Art Bite guests only. Artist and educator Valerie Scott Knaust introduces students August 12: Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, on and parents to the Volumes (1972) by Richard Anuskiewicz. MFA collection in September 9: Mary Szaroleta, Associate Curator of Public the “Magic Carpet” Programs, on Platt Babbitt’s Niagara Falls (about 1860), an program. This year-long initiative historical perspective. also helps pre-K and October 14: Director Kent Lydecker on a selection from Mixing kindergarten students Metaphors. develop linguistic skills. Students lead their parents on a tour at the end.

been reviewed in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the British Journal of Photography, among many other publications.

Ms. Labatte has had solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Humble Arts Foundation in New York. Visitors enjoy the poetry reading in the Membership Garden on May 9. She has been represented in a wealth of group exhibitions, including The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography at the A Colorful Party Chelsea Art Museum in New York. She has been a “Critic’s Thursday, July 11, 6-9 p.m. Pick” in Artforum. Ms. Labatte holds both her BFA and MFA Members Free, Guests $10 each from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. See Color Acting and enjoy delectable bites by Ceviche Tapas Bar & Coffee Talks with Nan Colton Restaurant. Cash bar will be available. DC9V + Bradley Kokay will present an improvisational, mixed-media performance, exploring Sponsored in part by: the relationship of color to sound. Complimentary valet parking on Beach Drive. RSVP: [email protected] or 727.896.2667, ext. 210.

Second Wednesday of the month. Free with Museum admission.

The Museum’s popular performing artist-in-residence continues her entertaining presentations. Ms. Colton, a crowd favorite, writes her own scripts, inspired by special exhibitions, the Museum collection, and themes and people related to both. Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m., Ms. Colton’s performance at 10:30, and a general docent tour at 11:15.

July 10: “Summer Shorts – A Seasonal Tale,” held in the HOT GATHERINGS Bayview Room on the second floor. COOL CONVERSATIONS August 14: “Georgia O’Keeffe in Yosemite: It takes time to see” A DMG Visiting Glass Artist Series September 11: “Frida Kahlo – I Paint My Own Reality” October 9: “Mixed Metaphors – Memories of Growing Up in Sponsored by The Duncan McClellan Glass Project South Africa” Sunday, September 15, 2 p.m.: Hyungsung Cho and David Monday Art Bites Thai Mr. Cho has taught and exhibited widely in Korea, Japan, and the Second Monday of the month, 1 p.m. and has received numerous grants, scholarships, and Free with Museum admission. awards. He earned his MFA in studio glass from Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, his MA in glass design from Kookmin Sample treasures from the collection in these 30-minute talks. University in Seoul, Korea, and his BFA in environmental design Then stay for the 2 p.m. docent tour to explore more of the MFA’s and plastic arts from Namseoul University in Chon-an, Korea. stellar collection. On your way out, visit the MFA Store for a

8 9 Mr. Thai emigrated from Vietnam in 1985, is now an instructor of glassblowing at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, and has shown Youth & Family his work in both Canada and the U.S. He graduated from the Crafts and Design Glass Program at Sheridan College in Canada. First and third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. Sunday, October 13, 2 p.m.: Susan Rankin and Rob Stern Ages three and older. $5 per person Ms. Rankin, an instructor at the Haliburton School of the Arts in Bring a towel or yoga mat. Ontario, draws her forms in charcoal first and has been inspired by classical forms, select decorative arts, and the history of Kidding Around Yoga utilizes the glass itself. She is represented in the collections of the Corning yoga poses or asanas creatively Museum of Glass, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and tucked into: partner yoga, games Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, among others. and activities, original music, stories, and more. The class Mr. Stern’s aesthetic resides where humans and nature interact, is designed for children, but between random organic patterns and angular hewn planes. families are welcome. Practicing His work pushes the traditional boundaries of the medium. He yoga with everyone in the family creates a special bond. has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Miami, and San Jose State University. He conducts regular workshops at the Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey and at the MFA: Make and Take Saturday famous Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, where he is a teaching assistant. Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free with Museum admission. No registration necessary. For ages five and older.

Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. Entire families are welcome.

July 20: Gyotaku – Create your own fish print. August 17: Back-to-School Backpacks – Design your own back-to-school bag. September 21: Art Shades.

Family Tours

Saturdays, 11 a.m.

Bring the family for a docent tour that will open up exciting new worlds. Participants receive a postcard reproduction of a work from the collection to take home.

Team “Picasso” was the winner of the Museum’s first trivia night, part of UNCHartED’s Use Your Noodle evening. They are (left to right) Averill Summer, Juliana Gonzalez, and Robert Summer. Special thanks go to Alesia Restaurant for providing the delectable bites.

Gather with movers, makers, and forward thinkers to get an offbeat art fix or to pick up a creative craft. A wine/beer cash bar and delectable bites add to this fun Thursday night out. UNCHartED is included in regular Museum admission. College students with valid ID receive two-for-one admission.

Random Act 7.18.13: The Great Outdoors – Celebrate the national parks exhibition with saltwater fly-fishing demonstrations by Bill Jackson’s Shop for Adventure, S’more Cupcake demonstrations (6-7 p.m.), campfire stories (7-8 p.m.), music, and more.

Random Act 7.25.13: Watercolors – Looking for a fun night out with friends or your significant other? Paint with watercolors in the Museum. An instructor will be on hand. Ayanna Steele of Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School won the 2013 Artistic Discovery Best of Show. She is congratulated For more UNCHartED events and updates, please visit our by (left to right): Susan Castleman, the Visual Arts Supervisor for the Pinellas County Schools; Shirley Miaoulis of Congressman C.W. Bill website. Random Acts are subject to change. Young’s office; Ayanna’s mother Shauntae Steele; and Director Kent Lydecker. Ayanna’s work will be displayed for a year in the U.S. Capitol.

9 Music in the Marly

The Marly Music Series continues with Fellowship. As a result, he two exciting concerts in August. Tickets received private classes from are first-come, first-served and cost Mr. Segovia until the maestro’s $20 for adults and $10 for students 22 death in 1987. and younger with current ID. Museum admission is included. Mr. Burgess has performed around the globe and has Marly Music Society members pay only been a soloist with the $15 per concert. Please consider joining American Chamber Orchestra the group to support the series. You must at the Kennedy Center be a Museum member to join. A special in Washington, D.C., the reception for Marly Music Society members St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, only will be held after pianist Adam and the Philharmonia Virtuosi Neiman’s performance on August 25. of New York. With the Virtuosi, he recorded Rodrigo’s Concierto de A two-time winner of The Juilliard The Music Committee, chaired by Aranjuez on the CBS Masterworks label. School’s Gina Bachauer International Dr. Richard Eliason and co-chaired by Piano Competition, he received the Demi Rahall, plans the series. Vicki He began studying guitar at the Estudio Rubinstein Award upon his graduation Sofranko is the staff coordinator. Concerts de Arte Guitarrístico in Mexico City with in 1999. That same year, he was honored are sponsored in part by the Estate of the renowned Argentine guitarist Manuel with the Avery Fisher Career Grant. Mrs. Elvira Wolfe de Weil, and the Tampa López Ramos and earned his BA in music Bay Times is the media sponsor. For more from the University of Washington. He A composer, as well as a performer, information, please call 727.896.2667 or was also awarded a Diploma di Merito Mr. Neiman will play his Nocturne visit the website, www.fine-arts.org. The on a full scholarship from the Accademia (2010) and his Étude-Caprice (2011) at concerts are at 2 p.m. on these Sundays: Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. At the the Museum. He describes the former as Museum, he will play eight works, all by “dark, brooding, and pensive” and the Brazilian composers. latter as “a wild, fantastical, diabolical August 18 ride with non-stop motion.” He will David Burgess, guitar August 25 also perform Beethoven’s 33 Variations One of the world’s outstanding guitarists, on a Theme of Diabelli, Op. 120, and David Burgess has won top honors Adam Neiman, piano Ginastera’s First Piano Sonata, Op. 22. in many international competitions Adam Neiman began receiving standing and received the first Andrés Segovia ovations as a teenager. In 1995, he Sixth Annual became the youngest artist ever to win the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the Dinner & Jazz following year added the Young Concert Series Artists International Auditions to his long Sponsored by list of accomplishments.

Since then, Mr. Neiman has been a soloist with many major orchestras, including Friday evenings from July 26-August 30 at the Chicago, the St. Louis, San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. Houston, and the National Symphony. His Museum Members and guests, $5 solo recitals have garnered critical praise Nonmembers, $10 internationally. The New York Times has Includes MFA admission written that “his technique is imposing… MFA Café will be open for dinner. For he balanced sheer power with a high reservations, please call 727.896.2667, ext. 258, sense of drama.” or 727.822.1032. His live performance of the Brahms July 26: Dan McMillion and the High Rhapsodies (Op. 79) at the Gilmore Octane Quintet International Keyboard Festival on NPR’s A star of the Seabreeze jazz label, Dan Performance Today was nominated for a McMillion leads these musicians who Grammy. He was a featured artist in the always live up to the name “High Octane.” PBS documentaries In the Key of G and His Jazz Orchestra recorded the Grammy- Playing for Real, which also aired on Bravo nominated CD Got the Spirit in Tampa. and Ovation. 10 11 August 2: IMPROMPTU New Trustee With roots in gypsy jazz, this popular ensemble plays music ranging from bebop to bossa nova. St. Petersburg native Clark Mason brings extensive financial and August 9: New York Guitar Cats investment experience, as well as Another audience favorite, the Guitar Cats favor contemporary knowledge of the community and jazz and modern harmonies, with bebop, blues, and rock added art, to the Board. He will serve on the for good measure. Museum’s Development Committee.

August 16: Cannonball/Coltrane Tribute Quintet Mr. Mason joined William R. Hough & This group pays a swinging tribute to two of the greatest jazz Co. in 1996, where he served as a Vice saxophonists ever – Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane. President, establishing and managing relationships with private clients. August 23: Sasha Tuck In 2004, William R. Hough & Co. was acquired by The Royal This versatile vocalist, Bank of Canada (RBC). For RBC Wealth Management, he has composer, and arranger has continued to consult with and manage assets for both private performed at more than 100 clients and institutions. He began his career in 1993 as a Vice venues and festivals, including President with Bankers Insurance Corporation in St. Petersburg. the Morton H. Myerson In addition to his business experience, Mr. Mason has been Symphony Center in Dallas. an avid art collector and involved with arts organizations She has been influenced by throughout his career. greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday and holds a master’s degree in jazz studies from the University of North Texas. Community involvement has been a priority for Mr. Mason. He has served on the boards of the St. Petersburg College August 30: Stolen Idols Foundation and the Suncoast Children’s Dream Fund. He holds The tropical mood jazz of Stolen Idols will take you to gorgeous his BA in history from the University of South Florida, Tampa. beaches, South Sea islands, and Far East gardens – all in one night. You will never forget the journey.

In memory of Macie Bush, In memory of E.B. Porter mother of Glenn Mosby Ms. Gloria Lewallen David Connelly Maggi McQueen In memory of Paul Rousseau, brother of Marshall Rousseau In memory of Martha Chive David Connelly Dr. John E. Schloder and Marshall Rousseau Terence Leet In honor of Mel and Betty In memory of Fran Davis Sembler’s 60th wedding Joane Miller anniversary Dr. Sidney and Dotty In memory of Nancy Ellis Feinberg Dr. John E. Schloder Bruce and Mary Ann Marger

In memory of Donna Fraleigh In memory of Lynn Strickland Dr. John E. Schloder Dr. Jack and Mrs. Marilyn Frieman In honor of Dr. Gordon J. Charles and Frances Parsons Gilbert’s birthday Bruce and Mary Ann Marger In memory of Herb Ira and Beverly Mitlin Tempelmann, husband of Sheila Tempelmann In memory of Flora Kennoy Jacqueline Ley and Dr. John E. Schloder Dr. William J. Brown David Connelly Students from Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf dress as the In honor of Toni Lydecker Louise and John Garrigues artists they discovered in their visits to the MFA and the Salvador SPYC Ladies Beach Club at Irwin and Patti Novack Dalí Museum. In the year-long “Strokes of Genius” program, the students enhance their understanding of American Sign Language Pass-A-Grille Mary Shuh and Common Core standards through art. Do you recognize David and Carole Stein Jimmy Ernst, Martin Canin, George Bellows, or Paul Seide? In memory of Frank North Rep and Simone DeLoach

11 The event and project chairs are: Carol Fisher and Elise Minkoff (SMartLY Dressed Fashion Show); Dimity Carlson, with Patricia Rossignol and John William Barger III as the contributing chairs (Wine Weekend); Kathy Whittemore and Jane Schaumberg (Affaires d’Art); and Lorraine Danna (the Brick Project). The The Stuart Society made history at the final meeting of the season 2013-2014 provisionals have selected the SMartLY Dressed Dress on May 16. President Charlotte Kendall presented a $500,000 check Rehearsal as their project. Natavidad (Nata) Cibran and Audrie – the largest ever – to President of the Board Howard Mills and Rañon are the chairs. Curator of Public Programs Anna Glenn to support educational programs and exhibitions. The two presidents and others Dale Wybrow and Elizabeth Walters-Alison are the coordinating recognized the dedication of officers, event and committee chairs, chairs of Art in Bloom 2014, and Betty Shamas will oversee the provisionals, and many members for working tirelessly to make this installation of the floral designs. Becky Wells, Gail Pyhel, and moment possible. Whitney Shouppe are chairing “Flowers After Hours,” the preview party, and Glenn Mosby and Martha Buttner, the luncheon. The Even at this reservations chairs include: Chris Hilton (Affaires d’Art), Joann meeting The Barger (SMartLY Dressed), Gail Phares (Wine Weekend), and Stuart Society Nancy Dunn (Art in Bloom Luncheon and “Flowers After Hours”). was looking ahead. Mrs. The stellar schedule features SMartLY Dressed (November 8, 2013) Kendall passed and Wine Weekend (February 7-9, 2014), as well as a wide variety of the gavel to Affaires d’Art throughout the season. Art in Bloom is set for March Margaret 7-11. The Luncheon will begin the spring celebration on Friday, Amley, the March 7, and “Flowers After Hours” will be held on Saturday, 50th president. March 8. Provisionals became active members and The Stuart Society Provisionals event chairs The Stuart Society and the Museum welcome these requested accomplished provisionals, an encouraging sign for the future. support. Tickets were already Stuart Society President Charlotte Kendall (left) passes 2012-2013 Stephanie Massari Dyer the gavel to Margaret Amley, the 50th president. being sold for New Stuart Society Shari Ellis the SMartLY Active Members Rebecca Nannen Hearn Dressed Fashion Show on November 8. The Stuart Society never Jane Baldwin Lynda Jollay takes a summer vacation. Judy Bistany Pam Levitt Mary Lee Hanley Toni Lydecker Ginny McCarthy Dawn MacLaren Karen McCollum Monica Mason Cary Thomas Rahall Carol Nelson Kathy Whittemore Mary Jo Nelson Denise Williams Mary R. Rainey Becky Ramsey 2013-2014 Audrie Cuddy Rañon Shannon Borton Susan Reiter Elizabeth Bradley Carolyn Hensley Reynolds Sidney Chaney Maria (Toni) Riche Jackie Chapman Rachael Russell Natavidad (Nata) Cibran Stephanie S. Sanders Deann Coop Evelyn (Eve) Sawicki Linda Dow Carolyn K. Warren Pascale Durand

The new Stuart Society officers are (left to right): Parliamentarian Elise Minkoff, Corresponding Secretary Sue Froid, Recording Secretary Jane Beam, Vice President Maggi McQueen, President-Elect Gail Phares, and The Plaza of Honor President Margaret Amley. Not pictured is Treasurer Ginger Grimes. at the Bayshore entrance to the Hazel Hough Wing Order an Engraved Brick, the Perfect Memorial or Tribute. In addition to Mrs. Amley, the new officers are: President-Elect Gail Phares, Vice President Maggi McQueen, Recording Secretary • Commemorate an engagement, wedding, anniversary, Jane Beam, Corresponding Secretary Sue Froid, Treasurer Ginger milestone birthday, or graduation. Grimes, and Parliamentarian Elise Minkoff. The standing • Memorialize a relative or special friends. committee chairs follow: Glenn Mosby (Ways and Means), • Honor family, teachers, volunteers, or donors. Chris Hilton (Volunteer Activities), Carol Piper and Lynn Cox • Show support for the MFA. (Provisionals 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 respectively), Susan Lahey (The Scene), Carol Russell (Programs), Mary Evertz (Publicity), and Lorraine Danna is the chair. For more information, write to Parsla Mason (Nominating). [email protected].

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13 New Members Hiatt, Joseph Fiedler, Ben Warren, Madelaine March 4-May 31 Hoeper, William and Kathy Finklea, Evelyn Wenzer, Jean Frank Fogue, Corbette Wernet, Margaret Hood, Charlie and Katie Franz, Andrew Wisniewska, Sophia Director’s Circle Horrigan, Thomas and Susan French, Diane Wood, Martin Edwards, Bill and Joanne Hug, Kevin and Jennifer Giddens, Mary Hough, William R. and Hazel Jensen, Kenny and Maggie Gordon, Donna James, Tom and Mary Scholar Jew, Jeffrey and James Stiener Greenwell, Jennifer Adleman, Henry Mahaffey, Mark T. and Kaur, Sukhmeet Gulickson, Rosemary Marianne Berghoff, Linda Kowalski, Diane Hamsness, Steven Dillon, Pamela Krueger, Dvora Harrell, Corbitt Elsasser, Leslie Founder Lee, Andrew and Brooke Harsh, Abbie Fernandez, Megan Custer, William and Lori Leigh, Harold Harten, Patricia Finegold, Arthur McClellan, Troy and Jann Hawley, Victoria Gayle-Evans, Guda Sustainer McCormick, Jim and Mary Hearn, Rebecca Holland, Rosslyn Jones, Peter and Marylee McCoy, Frederic and Caroline Hyzy, Gregory Hudson, John Montecalvo, Marco and Tracy Jeffrey, Cordell Joseph, Neil Benefactor Strnisha Johnston, Gayle Keller, Victoria Morrison, Gary Kirk, Barbara Kopytoff, Larissa Donovan, George Motomedi, Frand and Mary Jo Korn, Naomi Holden, Reid and Shona Leisch, Heather McLaughlin Kusior, Linda Malizia, Kathleen Nasrallah, Rachel Laksumange, Bhagda Morris, Melissa Friend Nate, Adam and Nikki Lazur, Gay Nearing, Drew Hamilton, Amy and Katherine Nichols, Judy Linton, Heather Ochshorn, Kathleen Klavans, Scott and Julie Palhete, Anthony Dennis Mancini, Kathy O’Conner, Adrian Werner, Joseph and Suzanne Rabidoux, Maurice and Margi Marzialy, David Overbey, Mary Reynolds, Michael and Meier, Angela Priscoe, Patricia Family Carolyn Monzingo, Jessica Rosenthal, Gail Robinson, Paul Murette, Michael Ammann, Philip Sanders, Susan Roth, Richard and Marjorie Neal, Sunny Barney, Carissa Schmidt, David Sanborn, Michael and Alyse Nelson, Mary Jo Bauzys, Suzanne Sewell, Hope Schottler, Kevin and Joanna Oakland, Melanie Bisset, Matthew Smith, Jeanne Schumer, Harry and Ann Byrd Page, Christine Blair, Jim Snyderwine, Elizabeth Scoggins, Ron Paris, Christy Bonanno, Joshua and Amanda Trucks, C. Elise Scott, Rodney and Gloria Pembrook, Alice Bond, William Simner, Marvin Pirkle, Marilyn Broadwell, Christina Smoak, Bill and Darla Preuss, Amanda Bryant, Julia Ann Stites, David Pulice, Don Buchert, Gerald and Clara Taylor, Lisa Ripoli, Candace Calandra, Dennis and Jean Tylman, Skip and Victoria Roberts, Lisa Carella, Joseph and Van Buskirk, Karen Sanders, Alessandra Chiesa Watson, Victor and Kathryn Stephanie Clarke, Kathleen and Jayson Wells, Roger and Sandra Sembler, Brent Wilson Williams, E.L. and Lynn Sennott, Linn Corp, James and Nancy Silverman, Jill Couey, Steven Simmons, Kelly Detmer, Michael and Jewel Individual Shamas, Julie Diffee, Erica and Daniel Antunucci, Marlena Stull, Audrey Forrester Armstrong, Suzanne Taylor-Clark, Eggers, Yvonne Barton, Marilynn Luciana Fares, Ramy Bollari, Evelyn Teal, Jeffrey Gammage, Robert and Trudy Carey, Mary Tendrup, Alison Gardner, Brent and Kim Carey, Patricia Tierney, Patricia Gassbarro, Lou Chezek, Denise Townsend, Robin Roberts, Director of Business Development for Gentzel, Eric and Ginger Chirico, Maria Shawn Ceviche Tapas Bar and Restaurant, presents a $16,000 Guiberson, Ann Coop, Deann Upshaw, Abagail check to Associate Director for Advancement Don Howe. Hazen, Marguerite and Edmonson, Sandra Ceviche held a fundraiser for the Museum on May 16. Warren, Carolyn Simone Soliel Ellis, Shari 14 Member Profile: David Hoffman MFA Docent Social studies teacher for 30 years and then researcher and director of web publishing for the Anti-Defamation League Collectors Circle Elects New President

Seymour Gordon, one of the most respected and beloved figures in the Museum’s history, has been elected President of the Mary Alice McClendon looks at the Collectors Circle. He proclamation announcing April 19 is a past President of as Mary Alice McClendon Day with St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster. Q: When did you join the the Board of Trustees Museum and why? and was named an A: My wife and I became Honorary Trustee in members shortly after we 2011 when he stepped down. Northern Trust and open to the public. The moved to the area in 2006. group also conducts study trips to other We joined because the museums, galleries, auction houses, art fairs, MFA is a terrific museum. Mr. Gordon was first elected to the Board in and private collections, sponsored this year It has a fine collection, 1994 to provide legal advice and later served interesting programs, and as Vice President (1998-2008), working closely by RBC Wealth Management. At Collectors special exhibitions and with then President Carol A. Upham. He Choice, a spring gala, members vote on a work is a very human-scaled was President from 2008-2011 and was then to enter the collection. place. We also believe in named an Honorary Trustee. He continues to supporting the arts. attend nearly all Board meetings. “I want to extend an invitation to all Museum members to join,” Mr. Gordon said. “You do Q: Who are your favorite In addition, Mr. Gordon and his wife Susan not need to be an art collector. Education is a “top three” artists? completed the year-long art history class and central part of our mission. We are all seeking A: I don’t have a top three. I docent training and have conducted tours to learn more about art and to do what we can have very eclectic tastes. since 2007. “I knew a lot about the Museum’s to strengthen our collection. We especially As a docent, I take tour business affairs, but through the docent welcome your participation and ideas as we groups through the course, Susan and I came to appreciate the approach the Museum’s 50th anniversary.” collection and everywhere collection even more,” Mr. Gordon said. “It I look, I find something has also been rewarding to meet more of our that I love. Glass Conservatory Named in visitors and to hear their reactions to the art Honor of Mary Alice McClendon in the galleries.” Q: What do you like best about the MFA? Donor, trustee, and past Collectors Circle Mr. Gordon is only the fourth president in the A: As I said, it is very President Mary Alice McClendon received history of the Collectors Circle. Demi Rahall the surprise announcement from her son Bill human-scaled. But it’s was the founding president (1995-2005), not only the art. The at Collectors Choice XII on April 19 that the MFA staff is wonderfully followed by Mary Alice McClendon (2005- Conservatory was being named in her honor. friendly and accessible. 2010) and Barbara McCoy (2010-2013). Mrs. McClendon is one of the most generous donors in the Museum’s history. Q: What do you enjoy most The Collectors Circle has provided funds to in the MFA Café? acquire many significant artworks. Perhaps The Conservatory, at 6,180 square feet, the most important is Childe Hassam’s The A: If pinned down, I would connects the original building and the Hazel “Home, Sweet Home” Cottage, East Hampton, Hough Wing and has opened up the MFA to its say the croque madame, th but the Café also makes a L.I. (1916) to celebrate the Museum’s 40 magical setting on the bay. It is now the Mary th dynamite hamburger. anniversary and the Collectors Circle’s 10 . Alice McClendon Conservatory of the Museum Others have included Randall Davey’s Portrait of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. Mrs. McClendon, Q: What is one thing that of Paul Robeson (about 1920-1925), Fletcher a member of the Executive Committee of the would surprise people Martin’s The Undefeated (about 1948), and Board of Trustees, and her late husband Doyle, about you? Stiletto Fusion (2007) by innovative glass artist a past trustee, provided substantial gifts for A: In 1996 I wrote one of Michael Glancy. Individual members have the construction of the Wing. Another link the earliest monographs also donated funds to acquire works that have between the past and the future – the bridge about how extremists use filled gaps in the collection. on the second floor – is named for past Board the internet. President Carol A. Upham, a major figure in the The Collectors Circle presents an life of the Museum. impressive lecture series, sponsored by 15 And the Winners are

Members of the Collectors twentieth century. Jeannie Ford’s Circle selected prints of poppies book was published in 1906. All and an early twentieth-century will be part of The Poppy in Art, book of flower studies at 1740-1940: Reality and Dreams, Collectors Choice XII on April which Hazel and William Hough 19. This year three groupings, Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin is instead of individual works, organizing for the Museum’s 50th were presented. Photographs, anniversary in 2015. This major prints, and a ceramic bowl exhibition was inspired by the centering on New Mexico and Museum’s brilliant Poppy (1927) three contemporary works were by Georgia O’Keeffe and will also presented, in addition to the feature works by Monet, Redon, (Left to right) Lauren Constantino and her husband poppies. Hassam, and Prendergast and Bill McClendon, Bill‘s mother Mary Alice McClendon, decorative art objects by Gallé, and Lauren’s mother Debbie Constantino. The prints of poppies range from Tiffany, and Lalique, among the eighteenth to the turn of the others.

“Mary Alice McClendon fell in love with this exceptional museum at first sight,” said MFA Director Kent Lydecker. “As a leader and an inspiration, she continues to have a major impact on the life of the MFA. The Board of Trustees and I now have the distinct pleasure to recognize her many contributions with this naming.”

Mrs. McClendon individually and with her late husband has given many important artworks to the collection. They include the MFA’s first work by Andrew Wyeth, Wisteria (1981), a watercolor, and Léon Bonnat’s Precious Moments (1880) and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre’s Portrait of Julia Foster Ward (1880), both large-scale paintings.

The McClendons also contributed extensively, along with others, to allow the Museum to acquire its first painting by Childe Hassam, The “Home, Sweet Home” Cottage, East Hampton, L.I. (1916). Mrs. McClendon gave a Japanese Meiji- period vase in honor of now Director Emeritus Dr. John Schloder upon his retirement.

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, born Belgium, 1759-1840) Mrs. McClendon has gifted additional decorative Poppy (about 1835) art objects from around the globe to the Hand-colored stipple engraving on paper Museum. They include a virtuoso cameo glass Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Collectors Circle Lily Vase (about 1890) by Thomas Webb & Sons (British); a gilt bronze lamp/sculpture, Le Jeu de l’Echarpe (The Scarf Dancer), about 1900, by Agathon Léonard (French); and a polychrome plaster relief, The Orchid (Portrait of Mary Shephard Greene), about 1892, by Herbert Adams Collectors Circle Corporate (American). and Foundation Sponsors The collection has always been Mrs. McClendon’s priority. She holds a BFA in sculpture from the Astral Extracts University of Oklahoma and her MFA from Fifth Third Private Bank George Washington University. She has brought Helen Torres Foundation her education and creative spirit to bear on Northern Trust her role as a collector and as a member of the RBC Wealth Management Museum’s Accessions Committee. She also serves on the Marly Music Committee.

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Special Gifts in honor of Mary Alice McClendon Lauren Constantino and Bill McClendon Hazel and William R. Hough Cynthia Astrack Hillary Carlson Cone Mardi Johnson Monika and Fred MacFawn Barbara and Fred McCoy (Left to right) Trustee Hazel Hough, Marion Ballard, and Mary B. and Dr. Richard E. Perry William R. Hough at Collectors Choice XII. Demi and Sam Rahall Marshall Rousseau Dr. John Schloder and Terence Leet Paulee Springer Carol A. Upham Lynell and Robert Bell Jacqueline Ley and Dr. William Brown Bonita Cobb Susan and Seymour Gordon Helen Hameroff William Knight Zewadski Simone and Rep DeLoach

Waves Clock To Capture Attention in the Conservatory

Michael Bell-Smith’s Waves Clock (2012) will be projected on a screen in the glass Conservatory. Generated by a unique software program, the work depicts bright blue waves crashing Lynell Bell meets Neptune (Walter Bowen) towards shore, with a generic white analog clock, keeping real at Collectors Choice. The theme was “The time, meandering slowly across the scene. Wonderful World of Under the Sea.”

These images each address the cycle of time, both natural and mechanical, but are visually disjointed to an almost comical degree. It is difficult to focus on either one without being distracted by the other – a fitting reflection on our media-saturated times. This innovative work was part of the contemporary group at Collectors Choice. Trustee Hazel and (Left to right) New Collectors Circle President Seymour and Susan Gordon, Associate Director for Advancement Don Howe, and new Stuart Society President Margaret and William R. Hough once again stepped forward with funds to Dr. Edward Amley. Both Mr. Gordon and Dr. Amley are past MFA Board presidents. acquire Waves Clock.

17 MFA Board Elects Officers

New and reelected officers were announced Collaboration in the at the Annual Membership Meeting on May Arts at Eckerd College. 6. They follow: Mr. Rousseau came Howard L. Mills, the new President, has to St. Petersburg served the last two years as President-Elect. in 1973 as Senior Mr. Mills has impressive financial and Vice President for administrative experience, as well as a great Robinson’s of Florida, interest in art. He and his wife Bernadette a fashion department are collectors of African American and store. He directed contemporary art. the advertising, public relations, Since 2006, Mr. Mills has been Corporate special events, and Credit Manager and In-House Counsel visual merchandising for Tampa Armature Works, a dynamic division and partnered “electric power solution” company with with many arts four subsidiaries and 15 sales locations and community throughout Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, organizations. The Louisiana, and Alabama. From 1997-2004, store sponsored the he was Director of Financial Administration Scholastic Art Awards, The new Board officers are (left to right): Secretary Ellen Stavros, President Howard Mills, President-Elect Marshall Rousseau, and Treasurer Harold (Hal) Wells Jr. for the Columbia University Medical School’s for example, which affiliation at Harlem Hospital. In that nurtured young artists, capacity, he coordinated $70 million annual including Christopher audits and monitored a $70 million contract Still. He began working at Robinson’s nine Ms. Stavros has served on the boards of the with . He also balanced a $70 months before the first store opened and Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf, million operations budget and oversaw an $8 left 13 years later when there were 10 stores Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay, and the million faculty practice plan. from Orlando to Naples. Florida House. She holds both her BA and MA from the University of South Florida, Prior to 1997, he was Budget Director and Through his board membership, Tampa, which has also benefited from the Deputy Budget Director of Harlem Hospital. Mr. Rousseau has had an impact on nearly generosity and guidance of the Stavros As Budget Director, he was responsible for a every major arts organization in the area. family. $250 million operating budget. He reviewed He has been Vice President of the Dalí board all cost reports for Medicaid and Medicare and a board member of the Ringling, Ruth Harold E. (Hal) Wells Jr., who is returning compliance and chaired the Patient Focused Eckerd Hall, the Tampa Museum of Art, as Treasurer, also comes from a family that Care Initiative of the Departments of the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, has been involved with the MFA for many Surgery and Medicine. He has also worked and the Palladium Theatre, among others. years. His mother Ann has been active in for the New York City Finance Department, He holds his AB in English, with a minor The Stuart Society and is still a member. the New York State Labor Department, and in philosophy, from Valparaiso University His wife Becky has been a Stuart Society the U.S. Census Bureau as the Assistant in Indiana, which has named him a provisional and reservations chair and Director of the Brooklyn Region. Distinguished Alumnus. is one of three chairs of “Flowers After Hours,” the preview party for Art in Bloom Mr. Mills is a 2007 graduate of the The Stavros family seemingly has 2014. Leadership Tampa program, sponsored by philanthropy and community service in the Tampa Chamber of Commerce, and their DNA. One of the Museum’s galleries is Mr. Wells has enjoyed a highly successful continues to function as an alumnus. He is named in honor of Gus and Frances Stavros career in business and banking. He was Vice a U.S. Army veteran, reaching the rank of and family. Their daughter Ellen Stavros President, Commercial Lending/Private First Lieutenant. He holds his BS in business has been reelected Secretary. Banking, at Synovus Bank in St. Petersburg. magna cum laude from Medgar Evers College During his tenure, the department became in Brooklyn, New York and his J.D. from the For six years, Ms. Stavros was Executive the second fastest-growing private banking Rutgers University School of Law, where Director and Chief Operating Officer of the team in Synovus Financial Corporation, at he was awarded a Distinguished Grade in Florida House on Capitol Hill. In that role, one point garnering $180 million in assets Administrative Law. she served as a key contact with Florida over a 14-month period. business, educational, and civic leaders in Marshall Rousseau, one of the area’s most Washington, D.C. The Florida House, a For 12 years, Mr. Wells was the President/ accomplished arts administrators, has been nonprofit, serves all Floridians and is the Owner of Precision Metal Parts, also in elected President-Elect. He was Director of state’s “embassy” in the U.S. capital. In that St. Petersburg. Under his leadership, sales the Salvador Dalí Museum from 1991-2002 role, Ms. Stavros greatly increased private increased from $1.7 to $6.1 million and and is now Director Emeritus. He renovated support to restore this unique institution employees from 18 to 55. Precision Metal the Dalí to show more art, transformed to the black and to enhance educational received awards for quality and delivery the store, and initiated a lending program initiatives. She worked closely with the from General Motors, Dana Corporation, to bring works from museums around the Florida congressional delegation throughout and Sun Hydraulics. world to the area. He dramatically increased her tenure. the Dalí’s special exhibitions, attendance, He has also been Senior Vice President and store sales. Previously, Ms. Stavros served as Office of Commercial Lending for United Bank Manager for Congressman Mike Bilirakis and Trust and for 10 years was President/ Mr. Rousseau has also been President of The in Washington. She has also been a special Owner of Star Distribution Systems in Florida Orchestra and recently, was Interim events coordinator and a social studies Tampa and Lakeland. Mr. Wells established Director of The John and Mable Ringling teacher in the Pinellas County schools. She this start-up company, which became the Museum of Art in Sarasota. He was has been an MFA docent, Vice President of largest public warehousing operation in influential in the search for a new director. the Ruth Eckerd Hall Pact Professionals, and the Southeast. Sales grew to $10 million. He is an adjunct professor of museum very involved with the Pinellas Education Mr. Wells holds his BA from the University studies and Director of Community Foundation. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 18 DATES to Remember

Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Saturday/20 Sunday/18 Sunday/22 Spaces: Photographs of our Kidding Around Yoga, Music in the Marly: David Color Acting Panel National Parks 10-11 a.m. Burgess, guitar, 2 p.m. Discussion with artists Through October 6 MFA: Make and Take: Jessica Eaton and Jessica Gyotaku – Create your own Friday/23 Labatte, chaired by Katherine Color Acting: Abstraction Since fish print, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner and Jazz: Sasha Pill, Assistant Curator of Art 1950 Tuck, 6:30 p.m. after 1950, 3 p.m. July 6-September 22 Thursday/25 Color Acting closes. UNCHartED: Random Acts Sunday/25 Mixing Metaphors: The of Culture – Watercolors, Music in the Marly: Adam Thursday/26 Aesthetic, the Social, and the 5-8 p.m. Neiman, piano, 2 p.m. Stuart Society General Political in African American Meeting, 10 a.m. Art, Works from the Bank of Friday/26 Friday/30 America Collection Dinner and Jazz Series: Dinner and Jazz: Stolen OCTOBER Provided by Bank of Dan McMillion and the High Idols, 6:30 p.m. America’s Art in our Octane Quintet, 6:30 p.m. Friday/4 Communities Program Members’ Opening for October 5, 2013-January 5, SEPTEMBER Mixing Metaphors, 6-8 p.m. 2014 AUGUST Saturday/7 Friday/2 Kidding Around Yoga, Saturday/5 Family Tours, Saturdays, Dinner and Jazz: 10-11 a.m. Kidding Around Yoga, 11 a.m. IMPROMPTU, 6:30 p.m. 10-11 a.m. Sunday/8 Mixing Metaphors opens to JULY Saturday/3 Concert: O Som Do Jazz, the public. Kidding Around Yoga, 2 p.m. Thursday/4 10-11 a.m. Sunday/6 Annual Fourth of July Pleasure Grounds and Celebration, 6 p.m. Monday/9 Friday/9 Art Bite: Associate Curator Restoring Spaces closes. Dinner and Jazz: New York of Public Programs Mary Saturday/6 Guitar Cats, 6:30 p.m. Szaroleta on Platt Babbitt’s Wednesday/9 Kidding Around Yoga, Niagara Falls (about 1860), an Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s 10-11 a.m. Monday/12 historical perspective, 1 p.m. “Mixed Metaphors – Color Acting: Abstraction Since Art Bite: Katherine Pill, Stuart Society Board Memories of Growing Up 1950 opens. Assistant Curator of Art Meeting, 2 p.m. in South Africa,” tour, and after 1950, on Richard refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday/10 Anuskiewicz’s Volumes Wednesday/11 Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s (1972), 1 p.m. Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s Sunday/13 “Summer Shorts – A Seasonal “Frida Kahlo – I Paint My Hot Gatherings, Cool Tale,” tour, and refreshments, Wednesday/14 Own Reality,” tour, and Conversations: A DMG 10-11:30 a.m. Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m. Visiting Glass Artist Series “Georgia O’Keeffe in Susan Rankin and Rob Stern, Yosemite: It takes time to 2 p.m. Thursday/11 Sunday/15 see,” tour, and refreshments, A Colorful Party, 6-9 p.m. Hot Gatherings, Cool 10-11:30 a.m. Conversations: A DMG Monday/14 Sunday/14 Visiting Glass Artist Series Art Bite: Director Kent Gallery Talk: Katherine Pill, Friday/16 Hyungsung Cho and David Lydecker on a work from Assistant Curator of Art after Dinner and Jazz: Thai, 2 p.m. Mixing Metaphors, 1 p.m. 1950, on Color Acting, 3 p.m. Cannonball/Coltrane Tribute Quintet, 6:30 p.m. Saturday/21 Saturday/19 Thursday/18 Kidding Around Yoga, Kidding Around Yoga, The Annual Beach Drive Saturday/17 10-11 a.m. 10-11 a.m. Sunrise Sale Kidding Around Yoga, MFA: Make and Take – Art MFA: Make and Take, UNCHartED: Random 10-11 a.m. Shades, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Acts of Culture – The Great MFA: Make and Take – Outdoors, 5-8 p.m. Back-to-School Backpacks, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Clyde Butcher (American born 1942), Ochopee #2 (1985), Color cibachrome print, Gift of Carol A. Upham