2011–2012 ANNUAL REPORT THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART // JULY 1 · 2011–JUNE 30 · 2012 2011–2012 ANNUAL REPORT THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART // JULY 1 · 2011–JUNE 30 · 2012 CONTENTS

THE YEAR IN REVIEW 5

EXHIBITIONS 9

Ralph D. Cook – Chairman of the Board EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS 17 Gail C. Andrews – The R. Hugh Daniel Director EVENTS 25 Editor – Rebecca Dobrinski Design – James Williams SUPPORT GROUPS 31 Photographer – Sean Pathasema STAFF 36 MISSION To provide an unparalleled cultural and educational experience to a diverse community by collecting, presenting, interpreting, and preserving works of art of the highest quality. FINANCIAL REPORT 39

Birmingham Museum of Art ACQUISITIONS 43 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd. Birmingham, AL 35203 COLLECTION LOANS 52 Phone: 205.254.2565 www.artsbma.org BOARD OF TRUSTEES 54

[COVER] Jar, 16th century, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Estate of William M. Spencer III AFI289.2010 MEMBERSHIP AND SUPPORT 57 THE YEAR IN REVIEW

t is a pleasure to share highlights from our immeasurably by the remarkable bequest of I 2011–12 fiscal year. First, we are delighted long-time trustee, William M. Spencer III. Our to announce that the Museum’s overall collection, along with those at the MFA Boston attendance last year jumped by an astonishing and Metropolitan Museum of Art, is ranked as 24 percent. While attendance is only one metric one of the top three collections of Vietnamese by which we gauge interest and enthusiasm Ceramics in North America. The show and for our programs, it is extremely validating catalogue, published by the University of as we continue to grow and explore new ways Washington Press, received generous national to engage our audience. In turn, we are also and international attention, including a lengthy pleased to report that our current financial and thoughtful review in the Wall Street Journal. status is sound. We have two years of coming in But certainly the most exciting press was when on budget as we have been able to slowly build Apollo, the British fine arts magazine, named more capacity. our 16th-century Vietnamese jar as the ninth As for our curatorial work, this year’s most important museum acquisition in 2011 exhibitions truly reflect the scholarly strengths (cover illustration), placing the Birmingham of our curators as well as the global nature of Museum of Art in the company of esteemed our collection and our commitment to bring institutions including the Louvre, the that great diversity of human expression to Metropolitan, and the British Museum. our public. This spectrum included Indian The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the sculpture, lithographs by Daumier, exquisite Skier Collection followed close on the heels of European jewelry, modern Danish ceramics, Vietnamese Ceramics. The exhibition attracted Alabama quilts, and the exciting Warhol and visitors from across the country, intrigued by the Cars, to name but a few. We capped the year little-known subject of lovers eyes, their beauty, with Future Perfect: The Birmingham Museum of history, and the fact that the Skiers’ collection Art at 60, the handsome installation of many of is the largest in the world. Appreciating the the gifts given or promised in honor of our 60th diminutive size of these objects, we took anniversary. These gifts, offered by so many advantage of modern technology to enhance of our friends and supporters, illustrate their visitors’ engagement with these tiny objects, commitment to seeing this institution continue resulting in the development of the Museum’s to grow and attain the areas of distinction and first app. We equipped our visitors with iPad specialization we all desire and envision. gallery guides, offering a new dimension to We will single out two of this year’s special the visitor experience. The exhibition received exhibitions; both made important contributions an enormous amount of press including The to their respective scholarly fields and both New York Times, Vanity Fair, Elle magazine, garnered outstanding accolades in the press. and Town & Country. Look of Love was hailed First, Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: Vietnamese by Architectural Digest as among the season’s Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art best museum shows. The beautiful companion comprises a collection begun by the then newly- catalog, a small treasure itself, enjoyed best- formed Asian Art Society in the early 1970s. seller (in its category) status on Amazon.com This collection was thoughtfully developed for more than three weeks. We are delighted over the ensuing years and then strengthened to report that the show will live on, traveling

4 5 120,000 VISITORS MUSEUM: 119,231 WEBSITE: 188,658 307,889 100,000 80,000

60,000 PROGRAM ATTENDANCE OUTREACH: 6,834 ONSITE: 14,059 20,893 40,000 24% 20,000 FY 2010–11 FY 2011–12 INCREASE IN MUSEUM ATTENDANCE 2010–2012 0 COLLECTION OBJECTS ACCESSIONED: 1,753 TOTAL: 23,924 25,677 FAMILY PROGRAM ATTENDANCE ADULT PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 7,000 6,000 5,000 MEMBERS AND FRIENDS 4,000 MEMBERSHIPS: 4,775 FACEBOOK FANS: 8,000 TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 2,800 15,575 3,000 2,000 FY 2009–10 FY 2010–11 FY 2011–12 FY 2009–10 FY 2010–11 FY 2011–12 1,000 TOURS 0 SELF-GUIDED: 468 DOCENT-LED: 574 1,042 INCREASE IN FAMILY PROGRAM INCREASE IN ADULT PROGRAM 85% ATTENDENCE 2009–2012 75% ATTENDENCE 2009–2012

to other museums including the University project was made possible by the fundraising today, such as critical thinking, creativity, and Therefore, we are consciously making more of Georgia Museum of Art, the Minneapolis efforts of the Red Mountain Garden Club and a communication. Our education department use of new technologies. We know people learn Institute of Arts, and the Winterthur Museum, generous gift by Mayer Electric. continues to work directly with teachers both the best by doing, and there is an increased Garden and Library. Our annual fundraiser, the Museum Ball, in the Museum and in the classroom. Field trips desire by people today to “do” in addition to Beyond our exhibitions and collection, was an incredibly special evening and we want and associated instruction remain free to area “view.” Thus, we are implementing a variety of we worked to complete several successful to acknowledge the exceptional leadership schools, but transportation costs remain an issue learning strategies: we will be loading even more projects this year. In May, we unveiled Bart’s of Museum Ball co-chairs Penny Page and for schools with tight budgets. Last year, our gallery tours on the iPads; cell phone tours now ArtVenture—our new, beautiful, interactive Katharine Patton. Penny and Katharine created docents stepped up to create a Bus Fund to help incorporate many voices to bring more people family gallery. The gallery now plays an an evening that was perfect in every way, but underserved schools offset some of the travel into conversations about works of art; and we important role at the Museum, serving all ages more importantly, it secured the highest amount costs to and from the Museum. continue to develop and refine our website to from toddlers and crawlers to teens and adults. ever raised in the Museum’s 60-year history. As we look to the year ahead, we are careful attract more visitors. The changing art activities and stations were We are so very grateful to the Ball chairs, Men’s not to lose perspective as the world around These are just a few highlights from a year designed to connect to our collection and help Committee, and all who worked to make this us rapidly changes. Thus we are spending filled with art and the many ways we engage visitors begin to develop their appreciation of event a success. significant time and resources trying to with our visitors and our community. We hope art. Just beyond our new family gallery, another Working in area schools with students and understand our audience, engage that audience, you enjoy this look back at 2011–12. significant project reached fruition in The Red teachers is a major aspect of carrying out our and harness their ideas, feedback, and Mountain Garden Club Memorial Garden—the mission as a museum. As arts education in our participation in a much deeper way than ever trees, pools by Valerie Jaudon, and our collection schools sadly diminishes, we have ramped up before. of sculpture now glow with the brilliant designs our educational programming and are working In the same spirit, we understand that in Gail C. Andrews Ralph D. Cook THE R. HUGH DANIEL DIRECTOR CHAIRMAN of New York lighting designer Charles Stone to fill this void. Museums are well-equipped order to thrive as a traditional institution in and local collaborators, ArchitectureWorks. The to foster the type of learning skills needed an increasingly modern world, we must adapt.

6 7 EXHIBITIONS

AFRICAN ARTISTRY IN IRON AND CLAY A STITCH IN TIME: SOUTHERN QUILTS IN THE MARCH 28, 2010—SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRADITION African cultures value iron and clay for their practical use: tools, weapons, currency, and MAY 15, 2011—SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 vessels; but, more importantly, also for their The art of quilting enjoys a long and rich spiritual potency. This installation explores heritage within African American communities, iron and clay as created for rites of passage, particularly in the Deep South. Drawing from healing rituals, divination, governance, religious the Museum’s permanent collection of American practice, and conflict mediation. quilts—among the largest in the country—this In many parts of Africa, blacksmiths are exhibition explored the African American born to their occupational specialty and marry quilting tradition from vibrant patterns to women from other blacksmith families. The men whimsical pictorials. Among the featured quilts smelt and forge iron while the women specialize were masterworks by Nora Ezell, Yvonne Wells, in ceramics, creating vessels for daily use and Chris Clark, and the Freedom Quilting Bee. ritual objects. They closely guard their special occupational knowledge and many myths and WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL: legends recount the stories of these blacksmiths A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1955 TO THE PRESENT and potters who transformed materials by fire. JUNE 24—SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 THE YEAR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Conceived by the likes of Elvis and the Beatles, AT THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART evolving into the sounds of Madonna and Tupac, SEPTEMBER 2010—SEPTEMBER 2011 the phenomenon that is rock & roll indelibly To herald in the opening of Who Shot Rock & transformed music and society. Catalysts to Roll, the BMA introduced a series of exhibitions this sensational revolution, photographers and lectures that featured photography. These captured and documented these changes. included the exhibits Warhol Portrait Studies; Through many rare and never-before-exhibited In Friendship: Gifts from David and Natalie photographs, Who Shot Rock & Roll honored Sperling; Darkroom: Photography and New Media and celebrated the artists who gave rock & roll in South Africa; and In Focus: Photography by its visual identity. This exhibition explored the Birmingham City School Students, plus lectures creative and collaborative role of photographers on “Neil Printz’s Andy Warhol Paints a Portrait” throughout the history of rock & roll and and The John Morton Lecture in Photography featured nearly 200 works, from iconic album with Carlin Wing. The Year of Photography covers to behind-the-scenes snapshots of rock, culminated in the exhibition Who Shot Rock & pop, and hip-hop legends. Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present. Who Shot Rock & Roll was organized by the Brooklyn Museum with guest curator Gail Buckland. Local presentation was made possible by Protective Life Corporation. Additional

Gold oval pendant surrounded by seed pearls, ca. 1830. Brown right eye with clouds. Skier Collection; THE AUCTION HOUSE. - The Art Lovers. (Drawn by Daumier.), L‘HÔTEL DES VENTES. - L‘Amateur, (Dessin de Daumier.), Published in April 18, 1863, Wood engraving (state 1 of 1); Ewer, Ly–Tran dynasty, 12th–14th century, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. FEATURE EXHIBITIONS: 13 // GALLONS OF PAINT USED FOR EXHIBITIONS: 135 // LINEAR FEET... Spencer III AFI40.2010a-b

8 9 support provided by WorkPlay, the City of the variety of media he explored through his TRADITION TRANSFORMED: ceramics in North America. From Chinese- Birmingham, the Members and Corporate creativity and willingness to take risks with a DANISH CERAMICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY inspired shapes of 2,000 years ago to the most Partners of the BMA, The Birmingham News & variety of materials. Clark’s quilts combined OCTOBER 23, 2011—JANUARY 8, 2012 ornate, overglaze-enamel jar anywhere in the al.com, FOX 6 WBRC, and 103.7 the Q. Friends traditional quilting with vibrant painted images. world, the collection is rich in the various wares The Museum highlighted an exceptional gift of Rock include the Christopher M. Boehm that make up the unique Vietnamese ceramic of more than 40 pieces of 20th century Danish Family, BIG Communications, Red Mountain heritage. Dragons and Lotus Blossoms was the pottery. The collection, given to the BMA Entertainment, and Mr. Charles G. Brown III. DAUMIER: first exhibition in the US to explore the colorful by William Hull and Dr. and Mrs. Frederick ART FOR THE MASSES, history of Vietnamese ceramics. A full-color SELECTED WORKS FROM THE ROWE COLLECTION Baekeland, reflects not only Denmark’s FACES OF INDIA: catalogue accompanied the exhibition with distinctly artistic pottery tradition but one that SCULPTURE FROM THE COLLECTION OCTOBER 9, 2011—JANUARY 1, 2012 essays by three noted experts and published by is relatively new, dating only to the 1880s when OF THE CALLAHAN FAMILY Jean-Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) was one University of Washington Press. a small group of Danish artists began to take an of 19th-century France’s most popular and Dragons and Lotus Blossoms was supported JUNE 12—OCTOBER 2, 2011 interest in ceramics as a medium for expression. influential artists. Although a painter and by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter The BMA proudly presented the first showing Tradition Transformed: Danish Ceramics in the sculptor, he was also a prominent printmaker. Foundation, the National Endowment for the of Indian sculpture from the collection of the Twentieth Century addressed the evolution Daumier produced more than 4,000 lithographs, Arts, and the J. & H. Weldon Foundation. Callahan family. Over 20 sculptures in stone and of the Danish pottery tradition through an many of which were satires depicting the bronze depicted a variety of Hindu and Buddhist exploration of Modernist pieces produced for lighter aspects of French politics, society, and THE LOOK OF LOVE: deities that date from the second through the Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grøndahl, works culture. The BMA hosted an exhibition of 169 EYE MINIATURES FROM THE SKIER COLLECTION 18th centuries, including a rare third century from Copenhagen’s great studio workshop lithographs that treated subjects such as Art, image of Hariti, the Buddhist protector of Saxbo, teapots and tea bowls reflecting the FEBRUARY 7—JUNE 10, 2012 Drinking and Dining, Feminism, Gallic Life, children, and an elegant 16th-century image profound influence of Asian ceramics on the This stunning exhibition explored the Love and Family Life, and the Theater. Daumier of The Dancing Shiva (Shiva Nataraja). The studio potters of Denmark, and creative yet little-known subject of “lover’s eyes,” hand- made these works for illustrations in popular Callahan family collection showed the great traditional vessel forms of the postmodern age. painted miniatures of single human eyes set daily newspapers, thus providing art that diversity of Indian iconography and the The wide range of potters represented in the in jewelry and given as tokens of affection or could be viewed and enjoyed by all. Fourteen brilliance of Indian craftsmen. exhibition included Jais Nielsen, Arne Bang, remembrance. In 1785, when the Prince of Wales prints in the exhibition remain intact in the Faces of India was made possible by Merrill Axel Salto, Ulla Hansen, Malene Müllertz, Bente secretly proposed to Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert original newspapers, while the rest were long Lynch Wealth management. Hansen, Hans Vangsø, and Lis Ehrenreich. with a miniature of his own eye, he inspired an ago cut out to be appreciated as stand-alone Tradition Transformed was supported in part aristocratic fad for exchanging eye portraits CELEBRATE LIFE: works of art. For the 21st-century viewer, these by The American-Scandinavian Foundation. mounted in a wide variety of settings including THE ART OF CHRIS CLARK prints brought to life the quotidian quirks of brooches, rings, lockets, and toothpick cases. SEPTEMBER 30, 2011—MARCH 4, 2012 19th-century Parisians. The poet and art critic DRAGONS AND LOTUS BLOSSOMS: With 96 examples, the collection of Dr. and Charles Baudelaire referred to Daumier as In August 2011, Birmingham lost a remarkable VIETNAMESE CERAMICS FROM THE BIRMINGHAM Mrs. David A. Skier of Birmingham is the “one of the most important men…[not] only artist, teacher, and member of our community MUSEUM OF ART largest in the world. This exhibition offered of caricature, but also of modern art.” While with the passing of Chris Clark (1958-2011). JANUARY 22—APRIL 8, 2012 an unprecedented look at these unusual and his skill as a painter and sculptor may be his intriguing works of art. The Look of Love Clark’s vibrant quilts, furniture, walking sticks, Vietnam created the most sophisticated greatest claim today, in his own time it was the was accompanied by a full-color, hardbound and other painted and assembled objects found ceramics in Southeast Asia. Though they humor, wit, and audacity evident in Art for the catalogue of the same name, edited by Dr. admirers among eager folk art collectors in borrowed from China, Vietnamese potters Masses for which Daumier was most celebrated. Graham C. Boettcher, The William Cary Hulsey Alabama while garnering national attention as explored their own indigenous tastes and Daumier: Art for the Masses was supported Curator of American Art, and published by D well. The Museum paid homage to his talent developed their own production techniques. by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patton and the Lydia Giles Ltd., London. and special gifts in the Celebrate Life exhibition. Through generous gifts and judicious purchases Eustis Rogers Fund. Celebrate Life contained an overview of many dating back to the 1970s, the Museum now has of Clark’s favorite subjects and illustrated one of the finest collections of Vietnamese

...OF TEMPORARY GALLERY WALL CONSTRUCTION: 260 // OBJECTS MOVED BY PREP DEPARTMENT: 6,100 // LIGHT BULBS IN BUILDING: 2,000 // NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE CERAMICS ON VIEW: 221 // NUMBER OF CATALOGUES...

10 11 FUTURE PERFECT: exhibition to examine Andy Warhol’s enduring culture, particularly their close observation families, hunters, fishermen, and an igloo with THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART AT 60 fascination with automotive vehicles as products of Arctic animals, with whom they share the an interior scene. Some sculptures depicted MAY 13—AUGUST 5, 2012 of American consumer society. The exhibition frozen environment. Although contemporary transformational figures, spirits, and shamans. featured more than 40 drawings, paintings, Inuit no longer rely solely on hunting for food, The works, created by both men and women, The final feather in the Museum’s 60th photographs, sculptural models, and related in the recent past land and sea mammals dated primarily from the second half of the 20th anniversary cap was an exhibition of more than archival material spanning the Pop Art icon’s provided not only a main source of food, but century. 150 works that have been purchased or gifted in entire career. As one of the most important and fur and skins for clothing, and sinews and bone Arctic Beauty was drawn from a single, honor of our diamond anniversary. The works, influential artists of the 20th century, Warhol for tools. A wide variety of animals and birds internationally recognized, private collection in spanning all collecting departments and periods, helped to define America. His signature images were represented in the exhibition including Alabama. range from a superb third-century Gandharan are instantly recognizable worldwide. This bears, walrus, seals, muskoxen, wild hares, and head to an intricately carved German ivory exhibition highlighted his early line drawings loons. There were also sculptures of people, hunting horn to a voluminous 18th-century and 1950s commercial work, paintings, and Aubusson rug to a 2010 sculpture by the works on paper from the 1960s through the Alabama-born, internationally recognized artist 1980s that present his signature silkscreen William Christenberry. This panorama of gifts process. Warhol and Cars also included a 1979 underscored the Museum’s strong commitment film of the artist painting and discussing a BMW to collecting broadly and in depth as the state’s M1 as part of the BMW Art Race Car Projects only comprehensive art museum. The exhibition introduced by French racer Herve Poulin. was organized chronologically, which provided Warhol and Cars was organized by the a horizontal view across cultures at any given Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New moment and opened unusual opportunities for Jersey, and curated by MAM Chief Curator dialogue between works that are otherwise Gail Stavitsky. The majority of the work in the generally separated by region. With this exhibition was from the permanent collection exhibition we recognized the fundamental role of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The that gifts play in the ongoing effort to build the exhibition was accompanied by an eponymous finest collection in the Southeast. Since the catalogue also published by MAM. Museum’s inception in 1951, the generosity of Local presentation of Warhol and Cars was our patrons has grown the collection to more provided by PNC Bank and Mrs. Caroline than 24,000 objects in just 60 years. Quality and Ireland supported the exhibition’s educational excellence remain twin criteria as we consider programming. each and every work of art. REINSTALLATIONS So what does the title Future Perfect mean? ARCTIC BEAUTY: Grammatically, the future perfect tense talks INUIT SCULPTURE FROM CANADA TARA DONOVAN REINSTALLATION two weeks piecing together huge sections of about the past in the future—a fitting tribute to cups and attached them to the Café ceiling to this moment in the history of the Museum as we OPENED MAY 20, 2012 SEPTEMBER 2011 create the work’s spectacular, undulating form. reflect on the collection we have built and strive This exhibition presented 87 works of art The Museum removed the Tara Donovan to make it even greater in the future. made by the Inuit people of Canada. Formerly installation (Untitled) during renovations for A CENTURY OF ELEGANCE AND REFINEMENT: known as Eskimo, the Inuit are descended from the opening of Oscar’s Café. This stunning art ENGLISH GALLERY REINSTALLATION WARHOL AND CARS: cultures that have inhabited the Arctic regions installation, a part of the Museum’s permanent AMERICAN ICONS of Canada, the US, Greenland, and Russia for collection, was completely refabricated from NOVEMBER 2011 JUNE 24—SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 over a thousand years. Works in the exhibition tens of thousands of Styrofoam cups. Four The BMA was pleased to present the reflected traditional Inuit ways of life and reinstallation of its permanent collection of Warhol and Cars: American Icons was the first members of the artist’s studio staff spent nearly

...PRODUCED: 3 // NUMBER OF TIMES IPADS WERE CHECKED OUT FOR LOOK OF LOVE: 2,828 // DOWNLOADS OF LOOK OF LOVE APP: 1,469 // NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN STUDENT EXHIBITIONS = 176

12 13 18th-century English art. The gallery, located elements, and new lighting and display arts that are not possible in other subjects anniversary celebration in 2012. To mark this on the second floor adjacent to the 18th- techniques, creating the perfect backdrop to one offered in the curriculum. Thank you for milestone and to honor founder Juliette Gordon century French galleries, was expanded and of the Southeast’s finest collections of English supporting these young artists by visiting the Low, who loved nature and the outdoors, Girl redesigned to include an even greater selection art. Museum during Youth Art Month and helping Scouts of all ages engaged in Girl Scouts Forever from the Museum’s holdings in 18th-century The objects made and used during the 18th keep Alabama arts education a priority. Green. This nationwide, take-action project English painting, ceramics, silver, enamels, and century in England reveal much about the offered a meaningful leadership experience that furniture, providing the visitor with a well- individuals who acquired them. The new gallery FOREVER GREEN GIRL SCOUT EXHIBITION made a huge positive impact on the environment founded picture of the prosperity and opulence offers the visitor a whirlwind tour through 18th- OPENED MAY 20, 2012 and increased the visibility of Girl Scouts that defined English life during this period. The century England and a slice of how people lived The Museum was proud to sponsor an in every community. The Girl Scouts in our gallery was transformed through the use of color during the period and how their possessions exhibition highlighting the “green” artwork of area worked to create “green” artworks using and fabric, moldings and other architectural reflected their passions and ambitions. the Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama. This recycled materials to create their masterpieces. exhibition coincided with the Girl Scouts’ 100th

STUDENT EXHIBITIONS the Authors Graham C. Boettcher is the William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. His publications the Look of Love include contributions to American Sublime: Landscape Painting in the

United States, 1820–1880 (2002); Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Look EYE MINIATURE S FROM THE Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds (2007); and Life, Liberty, and S KIE R COLLECTION the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery (2008). SLOSS FURNACES SUMMER YOUTH Elle Shushan is a leading dealer in American and European portrait his lavishly illustrated volume explores

student artists today and how they translate our miniatures. In addition to private collectors, Shushan works with the enchanting and little-known sub- museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of T ject of "lover’s eyes," hand-painted minia- the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery.

tures of single human eyes set in jewellery APPRENTICESHIP EXHIBITION A foremost authority on miniatures, she has lectured and published Love masterpieces into their own. widely, including articles in The Magazine Antiques, Art + Auction, and given as tokens of a!ection, or cre- and Antiques & Fine Art Magazine. ated to memorialize a deceased loved one. According to popular lore, the phenomenon Jo Manning is the author of My Lady Scandalous (2005), a biography of the royal courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliot. Her novels include caught on in Great Britain when, in 1785, the The Reluctant Guardian, Seducing Mr. Heywood (a Booklist Ten Best Prince of Wales secretly proposed to Mrs. SEPTEMBER 4, 2011—OCTOBER 23, 2011 Romances of the Year selection) and The Sicilian Amulet. Maria Fitzherbert with a miniature of his own eye. This romantic gesture inspired a CHINESE NEW YEAR ART EXHIBITION: Also available from GILES: fad among the aristocracy for exchanging BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART eye portraits mounted in a wide variety of The BMA exhibited the metal sculpture Guide to the Collection settings including brooches, rings, lockets, Forward by Gail Andrews, Director of Birmingham Museum of Art Gold oval pendant surrounded by seed pearls, ca. 1830 Catalogue essays by the curators of Birmingham Museum of Art and toothpick cases. THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON —————————————————————————— This fresh and fascinating book features WEDDED PERFECTION over 96 examples of lover’s eyes, drawn created by area high school students in the Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns Reproduced at actual size Cynthia Amnéus. the from the private collection of Dr. and Mrs. With contributions by Sara Long Butler and Katherine Jellison David A. Skier of Birmingham, Alabama. In association with Cincinnati Art Museum An essay by Elle Shushan sets the histori- Sloss Furnaces Summer Youth Apprenticeship JANUARY 15—FEBRUARY 19, 2012 BEDAZZLED cal scene and examines the role of lover’s 5,000 Years of Jewelry Sabine Albersmeier eyes in the broader context of Georgian and In association with the Walters Art Museum of early Victorian portrait miniatures; Graham Boettcher looks at the language and sym- ISBN 978-1-907804-01-4 EYE Program. No form of art is more suited for Chinese New Year is the most important of the M I N IATURES bolism of these tokens and their jewelled Distributed in the USA and Canada by GILES LOOK settings; and novelist and biographer Jo ACC Distribution FROM 6 West 18th Street Manning o!ers five fictional vignettes THE imagining the circumstances surrounding creation and exhibition in Birmingham than traditional Chinese holidays and is a celebration SKIER the creation of these extraordinary objects. USA SW15 2TN UK COLLECT I ON metal art, and nowhere in Birmingham is it for forgetting all grudges and wishing peace LOVE more appropriate than Sloss Furnaces, where and happiness for everyone. This exhibition for 90 years men made iron. Although the coincides with Birmingham’s Chinese New Year iron and steel industries are no longer the celebration. BMA PUBLICATIONS dominant forces they once were, they remain an important part of the city’s history. They are YOUTH ART MONTH he BMA produces publications to complement DRAGONS AND LOTUS BLOSSOMS also a tremendous resource for the production MARCH 4—MAY 6, 2012 T many of its exhibitions. The following Stevenson, John A. and Donald A. Wood. publications were published by the BMA in of metal sculpture—the artist expression of Visitors discovered the masterpieces created Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: Vietnamese 2011-12. Birmingham’s industrial heritage. by the youth of Alabama and saw firsthand Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art. how the visual arts can impact change in our Seattle, Washington: University of Washington MOUNTAIN BROOK SCHOOLS EXHIBITION DAUMIER: ART FOR THE MASSES communities and young citizens. Each March, Press, 2011. NOVEMBER 6, 2011—JANUARY 8, 2012 the BMA and the art educators of Alabama Rowe, Patrick M. Daumier: Art for the Masses: The BMA was proud to present an exhibition celebrate the creativity and talent of our state’s Selected Works from the Rowe Collection. THE LOOK OF LOVE: highlighting the artistic achievement of the youth in this annual exhibition. The purpose Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Museum of EYE MINIATURES FROM THE SKIER COLLECTION students of the Mountain Brook City School of National Youth Art Month is to emphasize Art, 2011. Boettcher, Graham C., ed. The Look of Love: Eye System. Visitors were able to explore the the value of art education for all students and Miniatures from the Skier Collection. London: D Museum’s collection through the eyes of these to encourage support for quality art education Giles Limited, 2012 students. Each young artist was asked to find programs. The Youth Art Month exhibition inspiration from a work, or group of works, in provides a forum for acknowledging skills that the Museum. Discover what resonates with are fostered through experience in the visual

14 15 EDUCATION & PUBLIC PROGRAMS

hen challenged with the goal of expanding WINDS OF CHANGE: W audiences and increasing participation, the RISING ABOVE THE TORNADO THROUGH ART Education Department focused considerable The BMA is committed to being an active civic resources on targeting and growing the family partner in our community and to appropriately visitor. In 2009–10, the Museum attracted 2,467 respond to issues that affect our City. During family visitors to programs; in 2010-11 family the months of June and July, the Museum visitors increased to 4,543, representing an 85% partnered with the Rotary Club Foundation increase. Bart’s Art Cart was introduced during and Birmingham City Schools to provide art the 2010–2011 year as a regular program offering activities at a day camp for children that were for families to drop in each weekend and make affected by the tornado that devastated Pratt art projects. City on April 27, 2011. The camp was held at This year saw an increase in family South Hampton Elementary School and over visitors to 6,932—effectively quadrupling the 200 campers aged 5-13 participated in Camp attendance since 2009. A large contribution South Hampton. to the growth was the grand opening party Each camper visited the Museum for a special for Bart’s ArtVenture, which brought in 863 tour designed to explore how artists over family visitors. In addition, Bart’s ArtVenture time have used a variety of artistic media and visitors accounted for 15% of overall Museum techniques to respond to the world around them attendance between May 20–June 30, 2012 and to convey emotion and feelings. Campers with an additional 1,514 visitors. A conservative were encouraged to share personal responses estimate calculates that Bart’s ArtVenture to the works of art they saw, and older campers will see 15,000 visitors next year and family also produced written poetic responses. After programs attendance will grow as well. With their tours, three weeks of art instruction families representing between 15–20% of was provided at the camp. Different styles, the BMA’s overall attendance, the Museum techniques, and media were presented to them, continues to look for ways to respond to and and they were encouraged to experiment with accommodate this growing demographic. these new processes to express their experience of and feelings about the tornado. Adult programs participation also Museum Artist-in-Residence Toby Richards reflects on the experience: “In spite of the increased 75% since 2009. devastation, this was such a rewarding project. 2009–2010: 4,146 It is still painful for me to realize that there 2010–2011: 5,814 // 40% increase are children in our community who have never picked up a paintbrush, who don’t know how 2011–2012: 7,127 // 25% increase in one year to use scissors, or who have never even mixed 75% INCREASE SINCE 2009 paint by the age of eight years old. But through the Museum’s mission and its effort to make a difference in our schools and community, this

BAV OPENING DAY ATTENDANCE 863 // BAV YTD ATTENDANCE: 2,377 // ADULT PUBLIC...

16 17 project allowed me to reach out to over 200 Roebuck Elementary, Robinson Elementary, children and share with them that art matters.” South Hampton Elementary, and Whatley Elementary. This year, 436 students and 54 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE ARTS adults from four of these schools participated in

As the beginning of the 2011–12 school year our Initiative with 11 previsits and 42 Museum approached, the BMA introduced a new tours. academic program for the third grade teachers ART IN MEDICINE: and students in the nine Birmingham City A COLLABORATION WITH UAB Schools served by the Straight A Program. Designed to explore the impact of arts- The Education Department partnered with integration on literacy and math in fourth UAB Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine grade achievement, Straight A serves these and Pediatrics Stephen Russell, MD, on a schools over a three-year period. To build on the new program designed to help emerging momentum of the Straight A Program, and to doctors become better communicators and increase preparedness in rising fourth graders, diagnosticians. Beginning in October 2011, a the BMA selected the third grade for this pilot new course, “Art in Medicine: Using Visual Arts were created during the day. Visitors immersed development programs to develop teachers’ program. to Improve Clinical Observation Skills,” was themselves into one of the Museum’s works of knowledge of the arts and empower them to Using the Museum’s Start with Art offered to second year medical students. The art via green screen technology and left with use the arts in their classroom. The Museum program as a model, participating classrooms course, conducted in the Museum galleries, a photo of their new masterpiece. Many an will serve as a critical partner in the effort experience visual arts integration through six explores the relationship between observation abstract painting was generated on the two to help students develop the important 21st comprehensive encounters with the Museum. and diagnosis by exposing students to works of giant digital canvases featuring new software century skills of creativity, critical thinking, A Museum educator visits each classroom three fine art and teaching them the critical skills of and hardware from Ideum. Scavenger hunts, collaboration, confidence, and conversation that times during the academic year with sequential observation. The course is taught by Samantha storytelling, music, and dancing were just a few will be crucial to students achieving success in in-classroom instruction designed to provide Kelly and Suzy Harris from the BMA and the of the ways visitors helped Bart kick off his art- school and beyond. students with skills and knowledge in the General Internal Medicine Faculty at UAB and venture in style. visual arts in accordance with high national, uses close-looking theory to improve skills of Bart’s ArtVenture is designed for visitors with NEH PICTURING AMERICA WORKSHOP state, and local standards. The three Museum description, interpretation, and how to discern children who want to explore art at their own On June 15-16, 2012, 50 teachers from around visits include a curriculum-based tour of the emotional clues based on a given context. By the pace, guided by their own interests. The two the state gathered at the Museum to learn how collection followed by a studio art activity. end of the three-session course, students will family galleries feature more than 15 hands- to incorporate the Picturing America resources In addition, the Museum developed have an improved skill set for clinical diagnosis on learning stations that encourage discovery in their curricula for teaching both US and complementary community-based programs in and, hopefully, an improved appreciation for art and creativity. All activities connect art in the Alabama history. The teacher institute, Field these same nine communities. To truly affect and the Museum. Museum’s collection with visitors’ lives and to Factory: Picturing America and the Changing change, we believe we must educate the whole experiences. Face of the American Landscape, highlighted the HESS/SONAT GALLERIES—NOW BART’S child. By connecting to not only the students, country’s transition from an agricultural to an ARTVENTURE KENNEDY CENTER PARTNERS IN EDUCATION but becoming a part of the students’ lives outside industrial society as reflected in American art, of school, we can situate the Museum as a true The Museum welcomed hundreds of families The Education Department, in partnership including the BMA’s renowned and iconic 1865 partner in education. into the new hands-on gallery at the grand with the Jefferson County School System, was masterpiece, Looking Down Yosemite Valley, The nine schools being served by this opening celebration of Bart’s ArtVenture on selected as one of 12 teams nationwide to attend California by Albert Bierstadt. program are: Avondale Elementary, Central May 19, 2012. Visitors explored the cutting- the Kennedy Center Partners in Education The BMA was one of nine institutions to Park Elementary, Councill Elementary, Glen edge technology and art-making opportunities Institute in April 2012. The Institute provided receive the grant from the National Endowment Iris Elementary, Hemphill Elementary, North available in the galleries. Many works of art an opportunity to create new professional for the Humanities in the third round of

...PROGRAMS: 129 // ADULTS PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC PROGRAMS: 7,127 // FAMILY PUBLIC PROGRAMS ATTENDANCE: 6,932 // FAMILY PUBLIC PROGRAMS: 135 // OUTREACH PROGRAMS: 46 // INDIVIDUALS...

18 19 Picturing America School Collaboration Thursday of each month, January-October. VISUALLY IMPAIRED PROGRAM Masters and Young Artists campers celebrated Projects. The projects, held in eight states Coffee and light refreshments are available. the world of art during Bart’s Birthday Bash. In this monthly program for adults, specially during 2011 and 2012, gave teachers and Tours are led by curators or guest lecturers, and Children explored the many ways one can trained docents present the Museum’s collection librarians the opportunity to observe models attendees are encouraged to ask questions, share celebrate. They designed then demolished by means of verbal descriptions, three- for teaching American art, history, and culture, thoughts and ideas, and actively participate in piñatas each week to celebrate the Museum’s dimensional tactile models based on original explore the value of visual literacy for subjects the learning process. Check the calendar and birthday. They found their rhythm to African works of art, and sculpture. The experience may in the core curriculum, and develop individual our web site for details! drumming and were introduce to Indian dance. be enhanced by related music and/or art-making or team teaching plans. The children also created their own totem pole to provide multi-sensory access to the visual SLOW ART SUNDAYS to celebrate their families and experimented ARTBREAKS arts. Slow food, slow living, slow… art? Unlock the with unique materials to make connections with ArtBreaks are weekly talks about a wide variety secrets of works in the Museum’s collection by TEEN BMA the elements of art. of subjects. Held almost every week of the year, cultivating the art of looking slowly. Our docents A quick turnaround saw one of the studios Teen BMA, the Museum’s teen volunteer group, these special 20-30 minute talks often feature ask and answer questions to help guide your converted into a darkroom for Photography is our program for students who will be entering guest presenters. Attendees often stay for lunch slow art experience and foster conversation. Rocks! for Junior and Senior High School or attending high school. Teen BMA members at Oscar’s Café, and ArtBreak guests get treated Leave the Museum feeling inspired – not tired! campers. Who Shot Rock & Roll had recently meet twice a month after school and volunteer to free dessert at Oscar’s. opened and all of the projects were inspired by SPRING BREAK PROGRAMS for special projects on the weekends. images in the exhibition. Those images provided ART & CONVERSATION the perfect lens by which to take this age group’s Every Spring Break the Museum hosts a variety SUMMER ART CAMP experience with art to another level. New This program is for people who want to learn of programs designed for families. From Bart’s “This was my best day ever!” said John Parker concepts were explored, including composition, more about art in an informative and interactive Art Cart and Books to films and scavenger Ammon, summarizing how he and his peers felt cropping, and value. We even discussed setting. These programs, with the exception hunts, there is something for everyone. about Summer Art Camp 2011. Over 150 Little copyrights. It was important that campers of July and September, are held on the first

...SERVED BY BMA OUTREACH PROGRAMS: 6,834 // SUMMER ART CAMP STUDENTS: 219 // K-12 SCHOOLS SERVED: 402 // COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES SERVED: 6 // TEACHERS SERVED BY MUSEUM WORKSHOPS: 804

20 21 understand photography in its most basic form BETWEEN THE LINES curator worksheets, docent training, ArtBreaks, INTERNSHIP PROGRAM and process, so they made pinhole cameras and and assisting curators. Frady’s tenure as the Last year, the BMA launched a new book The Museum’s updated Internship Program even exposed these cameras in the Sculpture BMA/UAB Curatorial Fellow spanned August program, Between the Lines. Every month, takes applications year-round. Three sessions Garden and developed images of their own. 2011-August 2012. Museum Librarian Tatum Preston recommends are offered each year: spring, summer, and The results from this camp included the most a book related to the Museum’s collection fall. The program provides students with the challenging, most gratifying, and most creative ANDREW W. MELLON FELLOWSHIP or exhibitions. Short videos discussing each opportunity to learn more about the inner projects we have seen from a summer camp. In January, we welcomed Jeffreen Hayes as month’s selection are posted on the Museum’s workings of an art museum as they gain One parent wrote about her child’s our first Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial web site. The first two books featured in the specialized experience in one of our many experience: “It was the highlight of her summer. Fellow for African American Art, who has program were An Object of Beauty by Steve departments. Each intern works a flexible Never before have I seen her so enriched in such already made a significant impact here at the Martin and, in conjunction with the Who Shot schedule of 20 hours per week and attends a short time.” And that is what art should do— Museum. Hayes will also be leading the charge Rock & Roll exhibition, Just Kids by Patti Smith. a bimonthly “Lunch and Learn” program to connect, enrich, engage, and excite! along with curator Ron Platt in developing July: The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger network with fellow interns while learning exhibitions and programs for our busy year August / September – Special Interns’ Edition – She’s a Rebel: The History of about various aspects of the Museum and the M STUDIO CLASSES ahead. In keeping with the City-wide effort Women in Rock and Roll by Gillian Gear and Clapton: The Autobiography art world. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the The BMA schedules art classes for adults, teens, by Eric Clapton many Civil Rights landmarks in Birmingham, kids, and families. In addition, drawing classes October – Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut COMMUNICATIONS/PR LIBRARY the Museum will be dedicating most of its Nathan Godwin are a regular event at First Thursdays. November: Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Margaret Day exhibitions and resources to honoring the Laura Jurotich Stephanie Jacobs Riches Museum by Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino BART’S ART CART / BOOKS movement in which Birmingham played such a Micah Kines December: Portrait of Dr. Gachet: The Story of a Van Gogh Masterpiece, Money, CURATORIAL Dasha Maye large role. Through these exhibitions we hope The Education Department regularly hosts Politics, Collectors, Greed, and Loss by Cynthia Saltzman Jackson Echols Tracy Roller to provide an opportunity for visitors to engage Bart’s Books and Bart’s Art Cart for our younger January: Utz by Bruce Chatwin Zachary Fine Anna Beth Sawyer in important and powerful conversations that Sadé Toyer visitors. Once a month, Bart selects a book February: Paradise of the Blind: A Novel by Duong Thu Huong Carrie Knopf could transform the way we see ourselves and Dario Zarza Miranda Webster related to either an exhibition or the permanent March: My Lady Scandalous: The Amazing Life and Outrageous Times of Grace each other. 2013 will be a year where all of us Rachel Williamson collection and a volunteer storyteller reads to a Dalrymple Elliott, Royal Courtesan by Jo Manning may reflect on our collective past to help us DEVELOPMENT group of children and adults in the appropriate April–June: program on hiatus Sara Bowen PHOTOGRAPHY envision and create a better future. gallery. Every weekend, Teen BMA staffs the Art Anna Kathryn Hall Nancy McColl Cart and helps guests with an art project. Each Angela Scott KRESS INTERPRETIVE FELLOWSHIP Rachel Stricklin REGISTRAR month has a different theme. The Museum received a generous grant from Emily Brown the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in support EDUCATION Sarah Elizabeth Kelly of a year-long Interpretive Fellowship. Nicole Emi Arnold Hillary Floyd Jordan, a graduate student in the Department of FELLOWSHIPS & INTERNSHIPS Haley Ingrum Art History at UAB and recipient of the 2010-11 Haley Rutledge BMA/UAB Fellowship, has been named the Leta Woller STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS centuries and a particular focus on issues of Kress Interpretive Fellow. In this role, Nicole race, class, and gender. Frady worked closely BMA/UAB FELLOWSHIP worked with Dr. Jeannine O’Grody, Chief with the Museum’s curatorial staff to learn The Museum continues its partnership with Curator and Curator of European Art, on the about the inner workings of a museum and help UAB with the appointment of Kelsey Tae Frady comprehensive catalogue of the Museum’s prepare her for a future career as a museum as the second BMA/UAB Curatorial Fellow. Kress Collection of Italian Renaissance curator. Her projects included curating Woven Frady was a second-year graduate student in paintings. Nicole also worked with the Splendor and the Norman Rockwell companion the Department of Art History at UAB with an Museum’s Education Department to develop exhibition The Golden Age, gallery rotations and emphasis on American art of the 19th and 20th and strengthen gallery interpretation of the collection. SCHOOL TOURS: 468 // STUDENTS WHO TOURED: 6,371 // DOCENT TOURS: 574

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DONOR DINNER AMERICAN CERAMICS CIRCLE SYMPOSIUM

On July 20, 2011, the Museum gave thanks to The American Ceramics Circle held its annual some of its most loyal donors with a special symposium at the BMA November 3-6, 2011. appreciation dinner. Our 165 guests gathered Function and Fancy: Ceramics from across the for cocktails, dinner, and an inside look at A Globe highlighted the Museum’s extensive Stitch in Time: Southern Quilts in the African- collection of ceramics from all regions American Tradition. Dr. Graham Boettcher gave and periods. Themes covered ranged from an overview of the exhibition before guests Vietnamese ceramics and Alabama folk pottery toured the beautiful collection of quilts. At to Wedgwood, English and French porcelain, dinner, Director Gail Andrews reported on and Meissen stoneware. Speakers included exciting projects occurring at the Museum and Aileen Dawson from the British Museum; Dr. plans for the year ahead thanks to the generous Martin Eberle from Schloss Friedenstein in support of Museum donors. The dinner honors Gotha, Germany; and Timothy Wilson from the Benefactor, Curators Circle, and Directors Circle Ashmolean Museum at the Univeristy of Oxford members, Wells Society Members, and donors in England, as well as BMA curators Dr. Anne who cumulatively contribute $2,500 or more Forschler-Tarrasch, Dr. Graham Boettcher, and during the year. Dr. Don Wood.

JOHN MORTON LECTURE IN PHOTOGRAPHY MEMBERS’ SHOPPING DAY

Bob Gruen, one of the most well-known and Every year the Museum opens exclusively to respected photographers in rock and roll, visited members on the first Monday in December the BMA on September 8, 2011, to present the for a holiday shopping spree. On December 5, 2011 John Morton Lecture in Photography. From 2011, guests were able to get a jump on their Elvis to Madonna, Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, holiday gift purchases and enjoy a festive day at and John Lennon to Johnny Rotten, Gruen has the Museum with their fellow members. Local captured the music scene for over 40 years. vendors sold handmade and one-of-a-kind items. His photographs have earned him worldwide Museum members received special holiday recognition. Gruen was John Lennon and Yoko discounts in the Museum Store and Oscar’s Ono’s personal photographer and friend after at the Museum. Oscar’s opened especially for they settled in New York in 1971. Members’ Shopping Day and served seasonal Since 2008, the John Morton Lecture in dishes. Photography has presented photographers on the cutting edge of art and culture. Sponsored ANNUAL RUSHTON CONCERT

by Birmingham philanthropist and collector The BMA was pleased to present pianist John Morton, the lecture is always free and Haochen Zhang as the annual Rushton Concert open to the public. on December 6, 2011. Scott Cantrell of the Dallas Morning News observed that the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass

GUESTS AT THE DONOR DINNER: 165 // GUESTS AT THE MUSEUM BALL: 411 // ART ON THE ROCKS...

24 25 Gold Medalist of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn setting of the Museum’s second floor galleries. auction world. International Piano Competition Haochen This sell-out event celebrated the opening In addition to Keno and Krulik, International Zhang “demonstrated a musical maturity almost of Future Perfect: The Birmingham Museum Museum Day visitors explored the BMA through unimaginable in one so young.” of Art at 60—an exhibition of works gifted guided tours. The International Council of The youngest participant in the competition to the Museum. This year’s event was led by Museums (ICOM) established International at 19, Haochen Zhang was previously recognized our extraordinary co-chairs Penny Page and Museum Day in 1977 to encourage public for his prodigious talent as the youngest Katharine Patton and the Men’s Committee awareness of the role of museums in the winner of the 2007 China International Piano co-chairs Jim Priester and Will Legg. Through development of society. International Museum Competition when he was 17 years old. A their leadership and commitment to the Day 2012 was an occasion for visitors to discover sensitive musician and insightful programmer, Museum, this event surpassed last year’s record- and rediscover individual and collective memory Zhang is in demand worldwide for orchestral making fundraising total the highest amount in at the BMA. and recital engagements. He launched his history. first year as a Van Cliburn Gold Medalist with The theme Masterpieces in Our Midst was ART ON THE ROCKS prestigious engagements, including the Aspen brought to life by the creative mastery of Sybil The Museum was rocking out on Friday nights Summer Music Festival and Academy, the Sylvester, who turned Oscar’s Café into a gilded this summer with new activities inspired by the Washington Performing Arts Society, and as frame with the guests as the subject. Guests exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll. Thousands part of Carnegie Hall’s “Ancient Paths, Modern dined on a culinary masterpiece created by came to enjoy artist demonstrations, b-boy Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture.” Frank and Pardis Stitt. Dancing carried on late dancers, spoken word, a fashion show, and He also made a triumphant return to his native into the night with tunes by the band Simply curator led tours. Events also included live China as soloist at the Bejing Music Festival in Irresistible. The evening raised more than music and rock-star inspired food from Museum the winter of 2009. $400,000 in support of education and outreach caterer A Social Affair. YOGA This concert is funded by Mr. and Mrs. efforts. As always, it was the guests who made Thank you to Dale’s Seasoning for presenting The Museum annually hosts special six-week William J. Rushton III. the evening a night to remember; a very special this year’s series of Art on the Rocks. Thanks to yoga classes. At the beginning of the year, “thank you” to everyone who supported the other sponsors: Bromberg’s, Supreme Beverage, a “detox” class was held outside the Asian EIVOR AND ALSTON CALLAHAN LECTURE event through donations and participation. Bacardi, FOX 6, and Birmingham Mountain galleries on the third floor. A Vinyasa flow and Dr. Padma Kaimal of Colgate University gave the Radio for their wonderful support. INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY Chakra meditation class in the garden welcomed 13th annual Eivor and Alston Callahan Lecture spring. Although walk-ins are welcome, these on March 3, 2012. Dr. Kaimal delivered a talk on On May 18, 2012, the BMA welcomed the BMA SPEAKS! classes regularly fill up and bring visitors to the Many Paths to the Devine: Dynamics of Vision in engaging and accomplished Leigh Keno (from This quarterly event, hosted by HBO Def-Poetry Museum who may not otherwise think to visit. a Hindu Temple. She explored what it meant to PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” and FOX’s “Buried Jam artist Sharrif Simmons, features powerful interpret a temple, what a building meant to the Treasure”) to discuss collecting and enjoying performances by local spoken word artists. In MEMBER RECIPROCAL DAY people who built it and to those who first moved antiques in the 21st century. Joining Keno August, the Museum was proud to be a venue Member Reciprocal Day is always an exciting through its spaces, past its sculptures, paintings, during his presentation was Keno Auctions for the 2nd annual Birmingham Arts & Music day of art activities, performances, and tours and the words written on its walls. paintings consultant Betty Krulik. Festival (BAAMfest) that included not only the as Birmingham’s cultural venues join forces The annual lecture is free and open to the Keno’s lifelong immersion in the world of art spoken word series, but panel discussions and and open their doors. As a member of the BMA, public and is supported by the Eivor and Alston and antiques has made him one of the foremost live music throughout the festival weekend. In on July 23 you were entitled to a free day of Callahan Fund. experts in the field. Attendees learned about April, the theme focused on the Museum’s 60th activities throughout metro Birmingham. Each the exciting new finds he has made as founder anniversary. participating organization hosted an activity at a MUSEUM BALL and president of Keno Auctions and his most different organization’s site. The BMA presented dramatic discoveries of extraordinary works The 56th Museum Ball, Masterpieces in Our art activities at the Birmingham History Center during his more than 30 year career in the Midst, was held on May 5, 2012, in the beautiful and the Birmingham Zoo; Red Mountain

ATTENDANCE: 3,646 // WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL OPENING EVENT ATTENDANCE: 1,200 // AVERAGE MONTHLY ATTENDANCE: 9,904 // HIGHEST ATTENDANCE IN ONE MONTH: 16,891 // TOTAL MUSEUM ATTENDANCE: 119,231

26 27 in detail in 2008-09 and in 2010 cleaned and Jewelry Seminar, New York University’s Jewelry restored for the first time in almost 50 years. Appraisers Conference in Tucson, Arizona, The conservation treatment restored important and has been invited to speak on behalf of the aspects of original appearance altered by Society of Jewelry Historians at the Fashion aggressive cleanings of the 1920s and 1940s. Institute of Technology in New York City. Eakins’s imposing masterpiece now looks more Her television appearances include the BBC’s as it did in his day than it has at any time since “The Great Antiques Hunt,” the PBS series the early 1920s. “Antiques Roadshow,” and the Boston-based Tucker, who led the conservation project, series “Chronicle.” spoke on the historical and technical research upon which it was based, and the aims, FAMILY DAYS

challenges, and results of this landmark These family events typically focus on one restoration. particular special exhibition, an area of art The lecture was presented jointly with the featured in the Museum’s permanent collection, UAB Department of Art and Art History. or are combined with a cultural event. The Museum hosts a number of family days every JEWELRY SHOPPING DAY year, and in 2011-12 the themes included: On May 3, 2012, members and guests were in January—Chinese New Year; in March— treated to a special Jewelry Shopping Day in Holi: the Day of Color; in October—Bart’s celebration of The Look of Love exhibition. A Spooktacular; in September—BMA Rocks! wide variety of vendors and artisans were on hand selling one-of-a-kind pieces just in time for UAB COLLEGE NIGHT

Mother’s Day. Every year the Museum and UAB partner on a college night for students and faculty as part JEWELRY AND SILVER APPRAISAL DAY of the programming for the UAB Freshman Gloria Lieberman, Vice President of Skinner Discussion Book, required reading for all college Theatre Company performed a selection from LECTURE BY MARK TUCKER Auctions in Boston and a regularly featured freshmen. The event is held at the Museum and Hairspray at McWane Science Center. Other “CONSERVATION OF AN AMERICAN MASTERPIECE: THE appraiser on “Antiques Roadshow,” along with includes a panel discussion on the book’s topic activities included self-guided tours at Barber GROSS CLINIC BY THOMAS EAKINS,” MARK TUCKER, VICE John Colasaco, jewelry and silver specialist which is moderated by a staff member at the Vintage Motorsports Museum. At the BMA, CHAIR OF CONSERVATION AND SENIOR CONSERVATOR OF at Skinner, served as guest appraisers for the Museum. After the discussion, guests are invited members of other organizations were treated to PAINTINGS, PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART Jewelry and Silver Appraisal Day on February to spend the rest of the evening exploring the free entry to Who Shot Rock & Roll. MARCH 29, 2012 25, 2012. Museum and enjoy dinner by A Social Affair. FIRST THURSDAYS—YOUR NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM In 1875, Thomas Eakins, just 31 years old, Lieberman is one of the world’s renowned The 2011 Freshman Discussion book was completed his monumental painting, Portrait experts on antique jewelry. She founded Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by On the first Thursday of each month, members of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic). An Skinner’s Fine Jewelry Department in 1980 Temple Grandin, who also spoke to the students and guests gather for a special after-hours object of both awestruck admiration and and served as director for 31 years. Her skillful at the Alys Stephens Center. experience. Curator or staff-led tours of the revulsion among critics of the time, the painting marketing and management of the department galleries and exhibitions, drawing classes, and has long since been celebrated as an absolute resulted in the achievement of international feature drinks and tapas at Oscar’s are enjoyed masterpiece, acclaimed by Michael Kimmelman world record prices for estate and heirloom by all who attend. Then guests head down to the of The New York Times in 2002 as “hands down, jewelry, gaining valuable recognition for Steiner Auditorium for an exclusive showing of a the finest 19th-century American painting.” Skinner. film specially selected for First Thursday by the Acquired in 2007 by the Philadelphia A frequent lecturer, Lieberman has Sidewalk Film Festival. First Thursday is a great Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy participated in many educational seminars, way to introduce your friends to the BMA! of the Fine Arts, the painting was examined including the University of Maine’s Antique

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ASIAN ART SOCIETY ceramics were recovered from the ship. The FILM SCREENING // AUGUST 21, 2011 book was an exciting tale of the trying times that The AAS and their invited guests enjoyed a surrounded the expedition. private screening of the acclaimed 2010 film Pink Saris by the award winning director Kim TRAVEL Longinotto. This film kicked off plans for AAS AAS DAY TRIP TO ATLANTA // APRIL 14, 2012 to sponsor a series of classic and contemporary A truly Pan-Asian experience, the AAS members films from Asia in the months ahead. visited the beautiful home of contemporary artists Jon Riis and Richard Mafong to see their MOON VIEWING PARTY // OCTOBER 11, 2011 stunning collection of Asian textiles. Riis and The AAS and prospective members enjoyed a Mafong joined us for lunch at the acclaimed traditional Moon Viewing Party at a private Vietnamese restaurant, Chateau de Saigon. home atop Red Mountain. With a beautiful Members then toured the important exhibition terrace that overlooks the valley, Moon Cakes, Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism taruzake (barrel sake), and other traditional at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory treats, it was an evening enjoyed by everyone University. in attendance. Attendees tried their hands at composing Japanese Haiku about the beauty of COLLECTORS CIRCLE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART the harvest moon. FIRST THURSDAY BOOK READING // OCTOBER 6, 2011 DRAGONS AND LOTUS BLOSSOMS PREVIEW CC members participated in an informal “book JANUARY 22, 2012 club” discussion of Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter, AAS members enjoyed brunch and a preview of the first biography of renowned abstract the exhibition with John Stevenson, co-curator expressionist painter Joan Mitchell (1905-1992). of Dragons and Lotus Blossoms. Publishers Weekly said that author Patricia Albers “constructs a fluid, energetic narrative of AAS BOOK CLUB Mitchell’s complicated life and work, and vividly For their November book club gathering, chronicles the artist’s tortuous journey from her members of the AAS read Natsume Soseki’s wealthy upbringing in Chicago to her defiant critically acclaimed classic I Am a Cat. A student days at Smith College, and as a young satirical novel written in 1905-06, I Am a Cat is painter at the Art Institute of Chicago when ‘the about Japanese society during the Meiji Period wisdom of the day held that women couldn’t (1868-1912), particularly the uneasy mix of really paint.’ ” Western culture and Japanese traditions, and the aping of Western customs. ANNUAL DINNER AND VOTING EVENT // OCTOBER 27, 2011 In March, the AAS book club gathered to At their annual dinner, CC members voted discuss Dragon Sea, a first-hand account of to acquire a work of video art by the Chinese the adventures that surrounded the marine artist Sun Xun for the Museum’s permanent excavation of the 15th/16th-century cargo vessel collection. The video, People’s Republic of Zoo, is discovered off the coast of Hoi An, Vietnam, an animation made from thousands of hand- in the mid-1990s. Over 250,000 Vietnamese drawn images using traditional calligraphy

30 31 EUROPEAN ART SOCIETY Artists on the Grand Tour.” Attendees dined on delicious Italian fare and enjoyed a lecture LUNCH & LEARN WITH THE EAS by Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, The William A MASTERPIECE IN OUR MIDST // SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art, that Curator Jeannine O’Grody shared insight on highlighted works in the permanent collection the BMA’s acquisition of a marble relief by 15th by American sojourners in Italy. The group century Italian sculptor Mino da Fiesole. cast ballots to select a work for the permanent collection from a field of four candidates. The THE KRESS LEGACY AND THE ORIGINS OF THE BMA winner was Summer Hills, Kauterskill Clove FEBRUARY 24, 2012 (1867), an oil painting by Jervis McEntee (1828- Sixty years after the birth of the Birmingham 1891), an important painter of the American Museum of Art, Italian intern Dario Zorza Hudson River School. retraced the main events of one of the most techniques on canvas, silk, and paper. People’s the High Museum for a tour with exhibiting fascinating stories in American collecting. LUNCH & LEARN // MARCH 14, 2012 Republic of Zoo was inspired in part by George artist Radcliffe Bailey, then toured the FoAA members enjoyed a delicious lunch Orwell’s Animal Farm, an allegory that critiqued Wieland WareHOUSE, the Jiha Moon GALLERY TOURS while getting a preview of the fall blockbuster Communist dictator Joseph Stalin and his exhibition, and attended an opening at the DAUMIER: ART FOR THE MASSES // OCTOBER 14, 2011 exhibition, Norman Rockwell’s America, from repressive Great Purge campaign of the late Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. EAS members enjoyed a private tour of the Graham Boettcher: “Who is Norman Rockwell? 1930s. NEW ORLEANS // NOVEMBER 10-13, 2011 Daumier exhibition with collector Pat Rowe. Discovering America’s Favorite Illustrator.” The CC returned to one of America’s most ENGLISH GALLERY REINSTALLATION // NOVEMBER 16, 2011 A DAY WITHOUT ART // DECEMBER 1, 2011 amazing cities for Prospect.2, the second Curators Jeannine O’Grody and Anne TRAVEL Since 1989, December 1 has been “A Day edition of the New Orleans art biennial. Forschler-Tarrasch led EAS members on BOSTON // AUGUST 22-26, 2011 Without Art,” a day when the international arts Prospect.2 brought together the work of a private tour of the recently reinstalled The FoAA enjoyed world-class museums, community pauses to remember and respond 26 local, national, and international artists English gallery. This larger space features private collections, gallery visits, and fine to the AIDS crisis and its impact on cultural working in a range of artistic media. Ron Platt more ceramics and additional works on paper dining in Beantown. Museum visits included life. To commemorate the occasion, Curator of led a tour of the Prospect.2 exhibitions at the were all part of the new look. the new American wing at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Ron Platt gave a city’s participating museums and venues, Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner lecture on the role AIDS has played in the art of as well as a bus tour of the numerous site- ANNUAL DINNER // MAY 31, 2012 Museum, Salem’s Peabody-Essex Museum, our time. Platt’s talk was the featured lecture for specific art project inspired by the distinctive At the EAS 8th Annual Dinner Dr. Arthur and Gloucester’s Cape Ann Museum. December’s First Thursday event. history and culture of New Orleans and Wheelock, Curator of Northern Baroque ATLANTA // OCTOBER 28-30, 2011 conceived specifically for Prospect.2. Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, was the FoAA members enjoyed a weekend of private MEET AND GREET RECEPTION FOR JIHA MOON LOS ANGELES // JANUARY 19-21, 2012 featured guest. Wheelock spoke to the group collection visits and fine dining in Atlanta. APRIL 26, 2012 A group of CC members traveled to Los on the topic of 17th century Dutch portraiture: ATHENS, GA // FEBRUARY 24-26, 2012 CC members gathered for a reception in honor Angeles with Ron Platt and Development “Now to give it the master’s touch: How Frans FoAA members traveled to Athens to visit of artist and Magic City Art Connection juror Director Kate Cleveland. The focus of the Hals made his portraits come alive.” This the Georgia Museum of Art for tours of the Jiha Moon. trip was Pacific Standard Time, for which engaging talk, as lively as Hals’s own brushwork, GMOA’s extensive permanent collection as the region’s institutions came together to was followed by a meal that included beef well as the special exhibitions Dale Nichols: BIRMINGHAM BUS TOUR // MAY 19, 2012 celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene. tenderloin and Dutch chocolate cake. Transcending Regionalism and To Make a Members enjoyed a half-day bus tour of visits Among the numerous highlights of the trip World: George Ault and 1940s America, both to artists’ studios and private collections in and were studio visits with artists Larry Bell organized by the Smithsonian American Art around Birmingham. and Tomory Dodge, and private tours of FRIENDS OF AMERICAN ART exhibitions at the Getty Center, the Museum Museum. The group also visited the recently FOURTH ANNUAL FOAA DINNER // OCTOBER 13, 2011 established Mason-Scharfenstein Museum TRAVEL of Contemporary Art, and the Santa Monica The Friends of American Art gathered for its of Art at Piedmont College to view selections ATLANTA // JULY 15, 2011 Museum. 4th annual acquisition dinner. The theme of the from the museum’s exceptional permanent CC members enjoyed a day trip with stops at festive evening was “A Dream of Italy: American

32 33 COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHY: IDEAS FOR THE BEGINNER AND event, which celebrated the contributions of THE VETERAN // APRIL 29, 2012 African American musicians to the rock and roll Members of the Photography Guild attended a revolution in association with the Museum’s presentation led by Anna Walker Skillman and exhibition, Who Shot Rock & Roll. Courtney Lee of Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta. The honorable Judge Ralph Cook and his Gallery Owner Skillman and Director Lee wife Charlsie were the honorary guests of the discussed aspects of building a photography evening, a nod to Judge Cook’s recent election as collection, covering different kinds of the chairman of the Museum Board of Trustees. photographic prints, and advice on displaying Martha and the Vandellas performed several of and caring for photographs. Jackson and Lee their hit numbers, including “Heat Wave” and brought examples from the gallery’s excellent “Dancing in the Streets,” to a delighted audience collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century CELEBRATE INDIA: A FEAST FOR THE SENSES! inventory of works. Jackson Fine Art has a of about 150 guests. Afterwards, the jazz group American and European painting and SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 2, 2011 strong focus on contemporary work while Just a Few Cats kept the party going with soulful sculpture plus a special exhibition of the work This event featured Gamaga-Shruti, Bhangra, maintaining a blend of 20th century and vintage tunes that had a crowd on the dance floor until of Scott Stephens, a celebrated Alabama print Notinee Indian Dance Group, Natyananda works. the end of the evening. artist and professor of art at the University of Dance School and Company, and The Bollywood Montevallo. Jammers, and the classic Indian films, Sholay ANNUAL VOTING EVENT // MAY 10, 2012 TRAVEL RHODE ISLAND // APRIL 16-20, 2012 and Pather Panchali, all in celebration of Indian At the Photography Guild’s annual voting event, NEW YORK // JULY 13-14, 2011 The Friends enjoyed unique access to culture. members voted to acquire David Goldblatt’s Director Gail Andrews and Curator Dr. museums, historic homes, private collections, 1976 photograph In the Docrat’s House Before Its Emily Hanna attended a private preview and galleries, as well as fine dining and luxury EIVOR AND ALSTON CALLAHAN LECTURE // MARCH 3, 2012 Destruction. Goldblatt has been photographing and opening of the BMA’s exhibition Spiral: accommodations. Among the many stops on This year’s lecture was given by Dr. Padma and documenting life in his native South African Perspectives on an African American Art the itinerary were: The Rhode Island School Kaimal speaking on Many Paths to the Divine: for over 50 years. This quiet and meditative Collective at the Studio Museum in Harlem. of Design (RISD) Museum, the John Brown Dynamics of Vision in a Hindu Temple. image, recently seen in the BMA exhibition Spiral artists Emma Amos, Richard Mayhew, House, the Providence Athenaeum, The Darkroom, shows members of an Indian family and Merton Simpson were in attendance at Breakers, Newport Art Museum, National HOLI CELEBRATION // MARCH 31, 2012 at home in a Johannesburg neighborhood that the crowded and festive opening. The Sankofa Museum of American Illustration, Redwood HOLI: A Celebration of Color! Featuring The was later destroyed per Apartheid policy. group also held a private, curator-led tour of Library Athenaeum, William Vareika Fine Auburn Indian Music Ensemble, Notinee Indian the Museo del Barrio’s Biennial exhibition Arts Ltd., and Roger King Fine Art. Dance Group, Sudha Raghuram, Piyalee (Das) TRAVEL and visited Kenkeleba Gallery, ACA Gallery, Sharma, and the Nanda Sane Dance Group ATLANTA // OCTOBER 13, 2011 Peg Alston Fine Arts, and the studios of Guild members attended Atlanta Celebrates Emma Amos and Joe Overstreet. INDIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY Photography and visited Jackson Fine Art to see MONTGOMERY // JUNE 9, 2012 CONCERTS PHOTOGRAPHY GUILD works by Sally Mann; Jennifer Schwarts Gallery Members traveled to Montgomery for the CLASSICAL INDIAN MUSIC CONCERT MEET BOB GRUEN // SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 for Polaroids and Historic Processes, and exhibition Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Barbara Archer Gallery to for Jerry Siegel. Color at the Montgomery Museum of Fine SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 Members of the Photography Guild enjoyed a Arts and a visit to the Rosa Parks Museum. ICS presented “A Tribute to Legend, Pandit reception with renowned photographer Bob Bhimsen Joshi,” featuring musicians Ritesh Gruen prior to his presentation of the annual SANKOFA SOCIETY: FRIENDS OF AFRICAN & Rajnish Misra, eminent table player Pandit John Morton Lecture in Photography. AMERICAN AND AFRICAN ART Subhen Chatterjee, and harmonium player Sanathan Goswami. HOLIDAY PARTY // DECEMBER 14, 2011 SANKOFA SOIREE // AUGUST 27, 2012 ICS SPRING INDIAN MUSIC CONCERT // MAY 20, 2012 Photography Guild members gathered to The Sankofa Society celebrated their 3rd The spring concert featured Pandit Subhen celebrate at their annual holiday celebration. annual Sankofa Soiree, “The Soul of Rock Chatterjee, Pandit Shri Rupak Kulkarni and & Roll,” in August. Legendary Motown girl Pandit Snehashish Mozumder. group Martha and the Vandellas headlined the

34 35 Michael Tolbert Gerald Hardy Patricia Whitted BMA STAFF Maintenance Repair Worker Security Officer Security Officer Jessie Gordon James Hill Jerry Zene Building Service Worker Security Officer Security Officer he Museum would not exist SPECIAL EVENTS EDUCATION Alberta Henderson Larry Hines Michael Dennis T without the hard work and Monica Bowman Samantha Kelly Building Service Worker Security Officer Guard dedication of the staff. Special Events Manager Curator of Education Darven Jemison Jeffrey Hitt Jennifer Hamilton Building Service Worker Security Officer Guard Suzy Harris CURATORIAL Associate Curator of Education – Schools Bonnie Martin Judy Jett Temika Paige ADMINISTRATION Building Service Worker Security Officer Guard Jeannine O’Grody Kristen Greenwood Gail Andrews Deputy Director / Chief Curator / Curator of Assistant Curator of Education – Adult Programs Phillip Jones Carrita Pepples The R. Hugh Daniel Director Security Officer Guard European Art Kristi McMillan SECURITY Amy Templeton Don Wood Assistant Curator of Education – Visitor Engagement GB Quinney Rebecca Lee Michael Sanders Chief Operations Officer Senior Curator / The Virginia and William M. Toby Richards Director of Security Security Officer Guard Melissa Schoel Spencer III Curator of Asian Art Artist-in-Residence JR Feagins Alethia McDade Betty Selvage Executive Assistant Security Officer Guard Graham Boettcher Lauren Williams Chief of Security Robin Meador-Woodruff The William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art Education Coordinator Regina Kennedy Paul Matthew Perry, Jr. Frederick Williams Special Projects Coordinator Security Officer Guard Anne Forschler-Tarrasch Nikki Francis Training Security Officer The Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert Education Assistant Frederick Campbell Lorenzo Pratt III Curator of Decorative Arts ACCOUNTING Security Officer Security Officer Emily Hanna Johnny McIntosh PREPARATION Othello Giles Gary White Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Americas Chief Financial Officer Security Officer Security Officer Ron Platt Priscilla Tapio Ernest Hudson Head Preparator Senior Accountant The Hugh Kaul Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Rashid Qandil Jennifer Powell Assistant Preparator Accounting Assistant Terry Beckham Exhibitions Designer Mark Griffo STAFF ACTIVITIES Assistant Preparator DEVELOPMENT & MEMBERSHIP Sean Pathasema Director of Photography and Visual Resources KRISTIE TUMM ALLEN Kate Cleveland Tatum Preston REGISTRARS Alumni Interviewer, Yale Alumni Schools Committee of Alabama Director of Development Librarian / Content Manager for Website & New Board Member, Yale Gay And Lesbian Alumni/ae (Yale GALA) Melissa Falkner Mercurio Secretary and Vice President-elect, South Atlantic Chapter of the Museum Rebecca Dobrinski Technology Initiatives Head Registrar Store Association Development Manager for Grants & Proposals Kristi Taft Mary Villadsen REBECCA DOBRINSKI Exhibitions Officer Andrew Farrell Associate Registrar – Collections and Loans Development Associate – Database Management & Susan Powers GRAHAM BOETTCHER Board Member, Oak Hill Cemetery Memorial Association Volunteer Board Eric McNeal Prospect Research Curatorial Assistant Assistant Registrar – Exhibitions Keynote speaker, Grand Opening, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Copyeditor, The Making of Urban America 3rd Edition, Raymond A. Mohl and Mallory Gibson Kelsey Frady Suzanne Stephens Roger Biles, published 2011 Development Officer – Membership BMA/UAB Curatorial Fellow Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia Database Administrator Guest Lecturer, “Using Maps in Historical Research,” Urban Archaeology Brynne MacCann Jeffreen Hayes Invited Speaker, “Paris on the Bayou: The French Artistic Presence of the Lisa Stewart Senior Development Officer Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow course, Jun Ebersole, instructor, University of Alabama at Birmingham Collection Care Specialist Gulf Coast,” The 2011 New Orleans Antique Forum: French at Heart: Nicholas McLaughlin Amanda Schedler Continental Influence in the Gulf South, Historic New Orleans Collection. Development Officer – Visitor Services & Sales Kress Assistant ANDREW FARRELL VOLUNTEERS Technology & Community Engagement Panel, “The Look of Love App,” Andi Nicholson / Carrie Montgomery Development Events Manager COMMUNICATIONS & Rhonda Hethcox Association of Art Museum Curators Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Presenter, “Beyond Gift Entry,” Alabama Museums Association Conference MARKETING Director of Volunteers Author, “Myth and Reality: Elihu Vedder and American Painters in Italy,” in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Myth and Reality: Elihu Vedder and American Painters in Italy (New York: ANNE FORSCHLER-TERRASCH Cate McCusker MAINTENANCE Nathan Poe Director of Marketing & Communications Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, 2012). Editor, WIS Proceedings Network Administrator Wayne Blount James Williams Contributor, “John Lytle Wilson” in “The Visual South: (100 under 100) The Board Member and Grants Chair, Alabama Clay Conference Building Superintendent Creative Director New Superstars of Southern Art,” Oxford American 76 (2012), 71. Board Member, Wedgwood International Seminar MUSEUM STORE Zera White, Jr. Senior Maintenance Repair Worker Author, “The Eyes Have It,” Antiques and Fine Art (12th anniversary issue, Contributing Editor, Ars Ceramica Kristie Tumm Allen 2012), 270-275. Store Buyer / Manager Ben Stubbs Author, “Milkmaids and Mistresses: Wedgwood’s Dairywares in the 18th and Maintenance Repair Worker Trustee, Association of Art Museum Curators 19th Centuries,” in Proceedings of the Wedgwood International Seminar 36 37 held in Chicago, IL (#56), Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, editor, 61-73. KRISTI MCMILLAN BMA IN THE SPOTLIGHT Author, “The Buten Wedgwood Collection: from Long Island to Birmingham, Newsletter Editor, Alliance Française, Chapitre de Grasse Graphic Designer James Williams and Associate In March 2012, the Birmingham Museum Alabama,” in Ars Ceramica 23 [2007], 22-29. Communications Director Cate McCusker of Art was awarded a regional ADDY® Award Author, “Josiah’s Masterpiece: The Portland Vase Copy Number 12 in the JEANNINE O’GRODY developed an inspiring ad campaign for Who from the American Advertising Federation Birmingham Museum of Art,” Proceedings of the Wedgwood International Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955— District 7 for a poster campaign designed for Seminar held in Colonial Williamsburg, VA (#55), Dr. Anne Forschler- Presenter, “Developing Donor Cultivation Confidence,” with Edgar Marx, Jr., Present. In February 2012, the experts in the the promotion of Who Shot Rock & Roll. Creative Tarrasch, editor, 51-59. Association of Art Museum Curators Conference Birmingham advertising community spoke. Director James Williams and Director of Invited speaker, “Wedgwood: A Living Tradition,” Connecticut Ceramics Leadership Birmingham Class of 2011-12 The Birmingham Chapter of the American Marketing and Communications Cate McCusker Study Circle, Greenwich, CT Governance Committee Member, Association of Art Museum Curators Advertising Federation (AAF) awarded them conceived of the campaign and thus accepted Invited speaker, “Collecting Emile Lessore,” Wedgwood International the Silver Addy Award in the category of poster the award on behalf of the Birmingham Museum Seminar, San Antonio, TX TATUM PRESTON campaign, advertising for the arts and sciences. of Art. Invited speaker, “More than Jasper: Wedgwood in the Collection of the Author, “Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers of All Ages” Essay, How to The Silver Addy is awarded to entries that are Birmingham Museum of Art,” Ima Hogg Ceramic Circle, Museum of Fine Thrive as a Solo Librarian, Scarecrow Press, 2011 outstanding and worthy of recognition. Arts, Houston, TX Panel presentation on types of libraries and library careers for Dr. Gordy

Invited speaker, “More than Jasper: Wedgwood in the Collection of Coleman’s Introduction to Library and Information Studies course, 2012, the Birmingham Museum of Art,” American Ceramic Circle Annual University of Alabama Symposium, Birmingham, AL Guest Lecturer, “Shelf Life: The Ins and Outs of Being an Art Librarian” for Invited speaker, “Eine neue Identität für eine alte Statuette: Karl Philipp Jennifer Campbell-Meier’s Special Libraries & Information Centers class, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg oder König George IV. von Grobritannien?,” 2. online via Wimba Classroom, 2011 University of Alabama Internationales Treffen der Freundes des Eisenkunstgusses, Bendorf- Guest Lecturer, “Leadership in Special Libraries” for Professor Sybil Bullock Sayn, Germany and Dr. Elizabeth Aversa’s course Organizational Culture, Leadership and Invited speaker, “Wedgwood. A Living Tradition,” The Wedgwood Society of Careers Across Library Types, 2011, University of Alabama New South Wales Anniversary Seminar, Sydney, Australia Thesis advisor for former intern Mary McManus’s MFA in Book Arts project, Invited speaker, “More than Jasper: Wedgwood in the Collection of the Connected, University of Alabama, 2011-2012 FINANCIAL REPORT Birmingham Museum of Art,” Wedgwood Society of Southern California, Presenter, “Libraries Getting GLAMourous: Sharing Information through the Los Angeles, CA GLAM WikiProject (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums)” with he Birmingham Museum of Art continues to on its mission while being a good steward of its Christen Robichaud at 2012 Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL Tpresent balanced operating results for fiscal funds. KRISTEN GREENWOOD Presenter, “Open Source Integrated Library Systems” with Ann Marie Pipkin year ending June 30, 2012. Like many museums The condensed statement of activities is at 2012 Annual Conference Author, “Recipe for Success: Building a Healthier Museum from the Inside and nonprofit organizations in this volatile derived from the financial statements of the Out,” AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums Blog (to be adapted for economy, the Museum has increased it’s focus Birmingham Museum of Art, which have been TOBY RICHARDS the Recipe for Success Cookbook) on budgeting and financial controls to assure audited by Borland Benefield, Certified Public Course Instructor, Fabric collage art project based on Benny Andrews, its commitment to operating within its means. Accountants. The statement of activities does SUZY HARRIS Dominica, West Indies, August 8, 2011 Through the continued support of the City of not include the value of the museum’s collection. Board Member, Jefferson County Children’s Policy Cooperative Birmingham and the generosity of the Museum’s A complete set of the Museum’s audited Advisory Committee member, Teaching American History Program, LAUREN WILLIAMS Corporate Partners, Museum Trustees, and financial statements is available on request. Birmingham City Schools. Guest Lecturer, “Involving Museums and Schools,” Managing the Art donors, the Birmingham Museum of Art delivers Organization and Museum Education courses, Florida State University SAMANTHA KELLY

Exhibitions Committee Member, Vulcan Park and Museum, Birmingham, AL DON WOOD Board Member and Museum Representative Elect, Alabama Art Education Author, “Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: Vietnamese Ceramics from the Association Birmingham Museum of Art”, Orientations, January/February 2012, vol. Art Judge, Nature Conservancy of Alabama’s Picnic for the Planet, April 43, no. 1 22, 2012.

38 39 2011 2012 REVENUES REVENUES SUPPORT % SUPPORT % City of Birmingham $3,032,794 40% City of Birmingham 3,103,654 37% Individual & Corporate Support 2,764,897 36% Individual & Corporate Support 3,442,569 41% Grants 306,328 4% Grants 220,750 3% In-kind Donations 127,000 2% In-kind Donations 151,047 2% Net Investment Income 183,896 2% Net Investment Income 173,754 2% Membership 568,463 7% Membership 666,157 8% Museum Store Sales 302,708 4% Museum Store Sales 350,762 4% Exhibition and Program Income 65,335 1% Exhibition and Program Income 205,854 2% Facility Rental Income 168,915 2% Facility Rental Income 117,795 1% Other Income 84,435 1% Other Income 45,630 1% TOTAL REVENUES $ 7,604,771 TOTAL REVENUES $ 8,477,972

EXPENSES EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES % PROGRAM SERVICES % Education 560,122 7% Education 671,186 8% Exhibitions 649,141 9% Exhibitions 1,181,922 14% Collection 868,542 11% Collection 1,024,792 12% Special Events 755,062 10% Special Events 863,230 10% Members 337,545 4% Members 213,743 2% Museum Store and Library 345,095 5% Museum Store and Library 344,327 4% SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORT SERVICES Fundraising 378,288 5% Fundraising 257,513 3% Management and General 1,365,909 18% Management and General 1,649,086 19% Museum Security 1,335,437 18% Museum Security 1,375,500 16% Building Maintenance & Utilities 1,012,936 13% Building Maintenance & Utilities 996,559 12% TOTAL EXPENSES $ 7,608,077 TOTAL EXPENSES $ 8,577,858

Net Contribution(Deficit) from Operations (3,306) Net Contribution(Deficit) from Operations (99,886) Contribution to Endowment Trust & 1,010,615 Contribution to Endowment Trust & 1,667,599 Art Fund Inc.(includes Investment Income) Art Fund Inc.(includes Investment Income) Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) 2,820,439 Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) (1,471,128) Collection Purchases (not capitalized) (1,328,373) Collection Purchases (not capitalized) (628,810) CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ 2,499,375 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS ( $ 532,225)

BEGINNING END OF BEGINNING END OF NET ASSETS OF YEAR $ 28,069,060 YEAR $ 30,568,435 NET ASSETS OF YEAR $ 30,568,435 YEAR $ 30,036,210 40 41 ACQUISITIONS

AFRICAN ART Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of DOME, YOSEMITE, 1871, mixed media on Beverly and Stanley Erdreich, AFI77.2011 paper, 6 x 4 7/16, Museum purchase with SLIT DRUM, late 19th-early 20th century, funds provided by the Harold and Regina Simon Yangere or Lobala people, Democratic Republic DOG WITH PUPPY ON BACK, Colima Fund, 2012.2 of the Congo, Central African Republic, wood, culture, Mexico, (200 BC – AD 100), Pre- 20 x 16 1/2 x 85, Partial gift of Ellen and Fred Columbian, 200 BC – AD 100, fired clay and Paintings (3), Alexander J. Drysdale, Elsas to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham slip, 2 x 1 ¼ x 2 ¾, Collection of the Art Fund, United States, (1870—1934), SOUTHERN Museum of Art; Museum purchase, by Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of LANDSCAPES, about 1920, oil wash on board, exchange, 2011.25 Beverly and Stanley Erdreich, AFI78.2011 14 ¾ x 19 5/16, 5 ½ x 19 15/16, and 19 x 29 5/16, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the STANDING MALE FIGURE, about 1900- Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Virginia 1925, Kwaku Dabow, Effutu people, Ghana, AMERICAN ART Van der Veer Hamilton, AFI33.-35.2011 Winneba region, 14 ½ x 4 ¾ x 4, Collection of Painting, Jervis McEntee, United States, the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum (1828—1891), SUMMER HILLS, Work on paper, Frank Hartley Anderson, United of Art; Purchase with funds provided by Martha KAUTERSKILL CLOVE, 1867, oil on canvas States, (1891—1947, active Birmingham, Pezrow, AFI3.2012 laid down on board, 11 5/16 x 8 5/8, Museum Alabama, 1909-1938), LOMBARDY SHADOWS, purchase with funds provided by the Friends of about 1934, woodcut, 20 x 20, Collection of the NATIVE AMERICAN ART American Art, 2011.19 Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of PICTORIAL TEXTILE (MARKET Art; Gift of Stephen J. Goldfarb in honor of Olivia Painting, Stephen Mueller, United States, SCENE), early 21st century, Louise Nez, E. Alison, AFI36.2011 (1947—2011), JACINTO, 2010, acrylic on United States, Diné (Navajo) people, wool and canvas, 60 x 50, Gift of the American Academy dyes, 41 ¼ x 46, Collection of the Art Fund, Painting, Mary Cassatt, United States, of Arts and Letters, New York; Hassam, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of (1844-1926), active in France (1866-1926), Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds, 2011, Marilyn Smith, AFI113.2011 MRS. WILLIAM HARRISON, about 1890, oil 2011.20 on canvas, 30 x 20, Collection of the Art Fund, BUTTON BLANKET, late 19th or early Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Work on paper, Henry Roderick Newman, 20th century, Kwakwaka’wakw (formerly Caroline Ireland, AFI74.2011 United States, (1833—1918), CHAIR OF HIGH called Kwakiutl) people, British Columbia, PRIEST, THEATER OF DIONYSUS, ATHENS, Native American, wool trade cloth, wool Painting, Thomas Moran, United States, born MAY 29, 1893, watercolor on paper, 14 ¾ x blanket, calico, and mother-of-pearl buttons, Bolton, England (1837—1926), VENICE: 12 ¼, Museum purchase with funds provided by 63 x 65, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at GRAND CANAL AT SUNSET, 1906, oil on the Altec Styslinger Foundation, 2011.23.1 the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase in canvas, 13 ½ x 19 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, honor of Museum Board Chairman, Tom Hamby, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest Stereograph, H. C. White & Co., United States, AFI183.2011 of Virginia Bissell Spencer, AFI79.2011 Bennington, Vermont, (1899-1915), CHAIR OF PRIEST OF DIONYSUS, THEATRE OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ART Painting, Jane Stuart, United States, (1812— DIONYSUS, ATHENS, GREECE, Copyright 1888), after Gilbert Stuart, United States, POT WITH ANIMAL FIGURE, Chancay 1901, albumen prints on card mount, Museum (1755—1828), OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, about culture, Peru, (1000—1460), Pre-Columbian, purchase with funds provided by the Altec 1857, oil on canvas, 50 x 40, Collection of the 1000—1460, fired clay and slip, 7 x 5 ¼ Styslinger Foundation, 2011.23.2 Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of diameter, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Art; Purchase with funds provided by Henry Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Beverly and Painting, Georgia S. Engelhard, United States, S. Lynn, Jr., in memory of his nephew, George Stanley Erdreich, AFI76.2011 (1906—1986), CHURCH, about 1930, oil on Gambrill Lynn, Jr., a member of the Society of canvas, 48 x 24, Museum purchase with funds the Cincinnati, AFI81.2011 RATTLE IN FORM OF FIGURE WITH provided by the Harold and Regina Simon Fund, CHILD ON BACK, Atlantic Watershed, Costa 2011.24 Painting, Victor Higgins, United States, Rica, Central Highlands Zone, Pre-Columbian, (1844—1949), ASPEN FOREST, 1917-1918, oil Period IV Group, 100 BC–AD 500, fired clay and Work on paper, Thomas Moran, United States, on canvas, 26 x 26, Collection of the Art Fund, slip, 4 x 2 ½ x 2 3/8, Collection of the Art Fund, born Bolton, England (1837—1926), HALF Georgia S. Engelhard, Church; Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of 42 VESSELS (23 total), various Alabama makers, CHINESE ART OFFERING STAND AND FRUIT, China, glazed stoneware, Collection of the Art Fund, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), about 1875, SAUCEBOAT, China, Qing dynasty (1644- Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of stoneware with overglaze enamel decorations, 1912), Qianlong period (1736-1795), about the Weissman-Sellers Family in honor of Nancy stand 6 ¾ x 10 ¼ x 10 ¼, pomegranate 3 ¾ 1755, porcelain with underglaze-blue cobalt- Stone, AFI114.-136.2011 x 4 ½ x 6, peach 3 ½ x 5 ¼ x 4, pear 4 ¼ x 4, oxide and overglaze enamel decoration, Export Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.6.1a-b-.4 ware, 3 x 8 1/8 x 4 ¼, Museum purchase with VESSELS (29 total), Roseville Pottery, United funds provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, States, operated in Roseville and Zanesville, COVERED JAR, China, Qing dynasty Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors, Ohio (1890-1954), glazed earthenware, (1644-1912), about 1850, glazed porcelain, 3 2011.26 Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the x 1 ¾ diameter, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Guy R. 2012.7a-b COVERED TUREEN, China, Qing dynasty Kreusch, AFI137.-165.2011 (1644-1912), Qianlong period (1736-1795), JARS (2), China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), about 1755, porcelain with underglaze-blue “R-CAN-SAW” REBUS SOUVENIR about 1875, porcelain with overglaze yellow cobalt-oxide and overglaze enamel decoration, SPOONS (2), about 1910, Joseph E. Straker decoration, 2 x 1 ½ diameter each, Bequest of Export ware, 8 ¼ x 13 ½ x 8 7/8, Museum Jr., United States, (born London, England, Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.8.1-.2 purchase with funds provided by the Buddy Taub 1865-1955), Watson Company, United States, Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Attleboro, Massachusetts (1874-1955), sterling SNUFF BOTTLE WITH SPOON, China, Directors, 2011.27a-b silver, 5 3/8 x 1 1/8 x ½ each, Collection of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), about 1875, Jervis McEntee, Summer Hills, Kauterskill Clove; New Yorker or Jazz Bowl, designed by Viktor Schreckengos, manufactured by Cowan Pottery Studio Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of porcelain with overglaze enamels, stone, and SOUP BOWL, China, Qing dynasty (1644- Art; Anonymous gift in memory of Marion Jean ivory, 3 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8, Bequest of Ruby Syx Corbin and Dodie Day, AFI88.2011 Pottery Studio, United States, Rocky River, Ohio, PITCHER, 1906-1920, Waco Pottery, 1912), Qianlong period (1736-1795), about Macdonald, AFI170.-171.2011 Ansley, 2012.9a-b (active 1912—1931), glazed ceramic, 12 x 16 ½ United States, Waco, Kentucky (1906—about 1780, porcelain with underglaze-blue cobalt- Sculpture, Anne Goldthwaite, United States, diameter, Museum purchase with funds provided 1945), glazed earthenware, 4 1/8 x 4 ¾ x oxide and overglaze enamel decoration, Export QUILTS (7 total), 19th and 20th century, SNUFF BOTTLE, China, Qing dynasty (1644- (1869-1944), UNTITLED, about 1929, by the Harold and Regina Simon Fund, 2011.15 3 ¾, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the ware, 2 ¾ x 7 x 5 5/8, Museum purchase with various Alabama makers, textiles, Collection of 1912), about 1875, porcelain with overglaze glazed terracotta on wooden base, 7 x 4 ½ Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Graham funds provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of enamels, 2 ½ x 2 1/8 x 5/8, Bequest of Ruby x 3 ¾, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the VASE, 1932, decoration designed by Walter C. Boettcher, AFI89.2011 Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors, Art; Gift of Caroline Cargo, AFI172.-178.2011 Syx Ansley, 2012.10 Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Patrick Dorwin Teague, United States, (1883—1960), 2011.28 Cather of Shoal Creek, Alabama in honor of his form designed by Frederick Carder, United TULIP VASE, 1940s, Van Briggle Pottery COMBINATION FLOOR LAMP AND PLATES (2), China, Qing dynasty (1644- great-nephew Matthew Cather, AFI169.2011 States, born England,(1863—1963), Company, United States, Colorado Springs, TANKARD, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), TABLE, about 1935, design attributed 1912), about 1875, porcelain with overglaze manufactured by Steuben Division, Corning Colorado (established 1901), mold-formed Qianlong period (1736-1795), about 1765, to Walter von Nessen, United States, born enamels and gilding, 7/8 x 8 diameter each, Works on paper (4), Kurz & Allison, United Glass Works, United States, (operated earthenware with “Ming Blue” glaze, 3 5/8 x porcelain with underglaze-blue cobalt-oxide and Germany (1889—1943), manufacturing Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.11.1-.2 States, Chicago, IL (1880—1903), Civil War 1918—1933), wheel-cut lead glass, 6 1/8 x 3 ¾ diameter, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. overglaze enamel, Export ware, 5 ¼ x 6 x 4 ¼, attributed to Nessen Studio, Inc., United States, scenes, 1888-1891, chromolithographs, 17 3/8 5 ½ diameter, Museum purchase with funds at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Museum purchase with funds provided by the New York, NY, (est. 1927), black lacquered PLATE, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), x 25 1/8 each, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. donated by June Bulow in memory of Jack Graham C. Boettcher, AFI90.2011 Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and wood and chrome-plated steel with a paper Guangxu period (1875-1908), about 1900, at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Mary Bulow, 2011.18 Jill Roach Directors, 2011.29 shade, 51 x 12 x 19 7/8, Collection of the Art porcelain with overglaze enamels, 1 x 6 Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland in memory of Wallace POT, 1952-1964, Van Briggle Pottery Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; diameter, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.12 Boothby, Jr., AFI188.-191.2011 VASE, 1950s, Tuskegee Institute Pottery, Company, United States, Colorado Springs, TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, China, Qing Gift of Michael and Philippa Straus in honor of United States, (established 1937), glazed Colorado (established 1901), finished by Otis dynasty (1644-1912), Qianlong period (1736- Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, AFI1.2012 PLATES (2), China, Qing dynasty (1644- Work on paper, Walter Granville Smith, United earthenware, 10 x 4 diameter, Museum Wills, United States, (1896—1973; active 1795), about 1755, porcelain with underglaze- 1912), Guangxu period (1875-1908), about States, (1870—1938), OPERA NIGHT, NEW purchase, 2011.31 1943-1964),hand-thrown glazed earthenware, blue cobalt-oxide and overglaze enamels, Export HANGING PLANTER, 1950, McCoy Pottery, 1900, porcelain with overglaze enamels, 1 x YORK (recto); JAPANESE WOMAN (verso), 2 ¾ x 3 ¼ diameter, Collection of the Art Fund, ware, tea bowl: 2 x 4 ¾ diameter, saucer: 1 x United States, Roseville, Ohio, (1910—1990), 4 diameter each, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, about 1910, watercolor and gouache on board, COMPOTE, about 1904-1933, designed by Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of 4 7/8 diameter, Museum purchase with funds glazed stoneware, 4 x 6 ¾ diameter, Collection 2012.13.1-.2 16 ½ x 26 ¼, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at Frederick Carder, United States, born England, Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, AFI91.2011 provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Mr. and (1863—1963), Steuben Glass Works, United A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors, 2011.30.1-.2 of Art; Gift of an anonymous donor, AFI14.2012 BOWLS (2), China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Mrs. Elton B. Stephens, Jr. in memory of Alys R. States, Corning, New York, (established 1903), MEDALLION LADLE, 1871-1880, Wood & about 1900, porcelain with overglaze enamels, Stephens and Elton B. Stephens, AFI17.2012 Aurene glass, 7 ½ x 3 ¾ diameter, Collection of Hughes, United States, New York (1845-1899), PAIR OF COVERED VASES, China, FLOWER BOWL, 1950s, McCoy Pottery, 2 1/8 x 4 ¼ diameter each, Bequest of Ruby the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum sterling silver, gold wash, 15 x 5 x 5, Collection Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Guangxu period United States, Roseville, Ohio, (1910—1990), Syx Ansley, 2012.14.1-.2 of Art; Gift of Beverly and Stanley Erdreich in of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum (1875-1908), about 1900, porcelain with AMERICAN DECORATIVE ART glazed earthenware, 4 ½ x 6 ¾ x 5, Collection memory of Beatrice and Herman Blumberg, of Art; Gift of Dr. Bill Mason and Mr. Bob underglaze-blue cobalt-oxide and overglaze NEW YORKER or JAZZ BOWL, about 1930, of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum CUPS (2), China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), AFI75.2011 Scharfenstein, AFI93.2011 enamel decorations, 12 ½ x 8 ¾ diameter each, designed by Viktor Schreckengost, United of Art; Gift of an anonymous donor, AFI15.2012 Guangxu period (1875-1908), about 1900, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.5.1a-b-.2a-b States, (1906—2008), manufactured by Cowan porcelain with overglaze enamels, 1 ½ x 2 5/8

44 45 diameter each, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, BRIDAL PALANQUIN HANGING, China, WITH A POEM: SHEET 44, CHUNAGON 2012.15.1-.2 Qing dynasty (1644-1912), late 19th century, ASATADA, Edo period (1615-1868), about metallic and silk thread on silk with cotton and 1700, ink, color, and gofun on gold sprinkled CUPS (2), China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), silk tassels, 24 ½ x 81, Collection of the Art paper, album leaf, 10 ½ x 8 1/8, Collection of about 1900, porcelain with overglaze enamels, Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art: the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum 1 ½ x 2 5/8 diameter each, Bequest of Ruby Gift of Rhae M., Jr. and Barbara B. Swisher in of Art; Gift of Dorothy and Harold Meyerman, Syx Ansley, 2012.16.1-.2 memory of Hardman N. and Ellen J. Kinnear, AFI6.2012 Medical Missionaries to Fuzhou, China, 1889 to JAR, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), about 1929, AFI86.2011 Work on paper, Sumiyoshi Gukei, Japan, 1880, glazed porcelain, 4 x 3 ¼ diameter, (1631—1705), ONE HUNDRED POETS EACH Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.17 ARCHER’S RING, China, Qing dynasty WITH A POEM: SHEET 25, FUJIWARA NO (1644-1912), Tongzhi period (1862-1874), SADAKATA, Edo period (1615-1868), about JAR, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), about about 1870, nephrite, 1 x 1 3/16 diameter, 1700, ink, color, and gofun on gold sprinkled 1880, glazed porcelain, 4 x 3 ¼ diameter, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the paper, album leaf, 10 ½ x 8 1/8, Collection of Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.18 Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Jim the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum Johnson and Sally Wood Johnson in memory of of Art; Gift of Dorothy and Harold Meyerman, BOWL, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Dr. Ronald Goldberg, AFI4.2012 AFI7.2012 18th century, glazed porcelain, 3 x 4 3/8 diameter, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.19 JAPANESE ART Work on paper, Sumiyoshi Gukei, Japan, (1631—1705), JURO’S COMING-OF-AGE BOWL, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), KIMONO STENCILS, 20 (Katagami), CEREMONY, THE TALE OF THE SOGA about 1880, glazed porcelain, 3 x 4 3/8 Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912), about 1900, BROTHERS (SOGA MONOGATARI), BOOK diameter, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.20 laminated mulberry paper, lacquered with 4.1, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1675, persimmon juice, reinforced with silk thread, ink, color and gold on paper, album leaf, 9 1/8 Robert Carpenter of Bath, England, Murder of King Edward the Martyr at Corfe Castle BOWL, China, Republic Period (1912-1949), 10 ½ x 16 each, Museum purchase with x 6 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the BROTHERS (SOGA MONOGATARI), BOOK gilt and black-painted wood and glass shadow HUNTING HORN, unknown artist, Germany, about 1920, glazed porcelain, 3 1/8 x 7 ¼ funds provided by Helen Hudgens, with funds Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dorothy and 4.11, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1675, box, 18 ¾ x 25 ¾ x 8, Museum purchase with ivory, 35 ¼ long, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. diameter, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.21 provided in memory of Dr. Ronald Goldberg, and Harold Meyerman, AFI8.2012 with funds given by friends in honor of Sylvia ink, color and gold on paper, album leaf, 9 1/8 funds provided by an anonymous donor, 2012.3 at the Birmingham Museum of Art: Gift of Mr. x 6 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the and Mrs. William J. Scott, AFI182.2011a-b VASE, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Goldberg’s birthday, 2012.23-.42 Work on paper, Sumiyoshi Gukei, Japan, Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dorothy and Work on paper, unknown artist, France, STUDY about 1775, glazed porcelain, 10 ½ x 4 ¼ (1631—1705), THE SOGA BROTHERS Harold Meyerman, AFI11.2012 OF A SEATED MALE NUDE, late 18th century, diameter, Bequest of Ruby Syx Ansley, 2012.22 KYOGEN MASK, Japan, Edo period MEET NINOMIYA NO YOSHIZANE, THE EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART red chalk with black and white chalk on paper, (1615-1868), about 1850, wood, 9 x 6 ½ TALE OF THE SOGA BROTHERS (SOGA 16 15/16 x 17 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, COVERED VASE, 1785-1790, Fürstenberg Handscroll, China, signed Qiu Ying, China, x 3, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the MONOGATARI), BOOK 7.7, Edo period KOREAN ART Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift Porcelain Manufactory, Fürstenberg an der (1494-1552), WEAVING SILK IN THE PALACE Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Frank (1615-1868), about 1675, ink, color and gold Paintings (2), Korea, AMIT’A, AND THE FIVE of Edward J. Olszewski in honor of Jeannine Weser (Niedersachsen), Germany (est. 1747), GARDEN, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), 19th Lindauer, AFI37.2011 on paper, album leaf, 9 1/8 x 6 ½, Collection of GUARDIAN GENERALS (O BANG JANG KUN), O’Grody, AFI38.2011 hard-paste porcelain with enamel decoration century, ink and color on silk, 6 ¾ x 231 the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum Joseon period (1392-1910), about 1890, ink and gilding, 11 ¾ x 7 3/8 x 5, Gift of Daisy ½, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the VASE, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912), about of Art; Gift of Dorothy and Harold Meyerman, and color on cloth, 34 x 23 each, Collection of Painting, Alfred Wierusz Kowalski, Poland, Weller Smith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. T. Birmingham Museum of Art: Gift of Rhae M., Jr. 1910, glazed and gilded earthenware, Satsuma AFI9.2012 the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum (1849—1915), COSSACK SOLDIERS, late 19th Weller Smith, 2010.124a-b and Barbara B. Swisher in memory of Hardman ware, 29 ½ x 8 diameter, Collection of the Art of Art; Gift of the Mills-Whelchel Collection, century, oil on board, 8 ¾ x 12 ½, Estate of N. and Ellen J. Kinnear, Medical Missionaries to Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Work on paper, Sumiyoshi Gukei, Japan, AFI39.-40.2011 Virginia B. Spencer, Collection of the Art Fund, SCULPTURE, Greek Slave, July 1866, Fuzhou, China, 1889 to 1929, AFI84.2011 Gift of Dr. Bill Mason and Mr. Bob Scharfenstein, (1631—1705), THE FLOWER VIEWING, THE Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest Minton’s pottery and porcelain factory, England, AFI73.2011 TALE OF THE SOGA BROTHERS (SOGA VASE (MAEBYONG), Korea, Goryeo period of Virginia Bissell Spencer, AFI80.2011 Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent est.1793), After BRIDAL PALANQUIN HANGINGS, China, MONOGATARI), BOOK 7.1, Edo period (918-1392), about 1300, glazed stoneware, a model by Hiram Powers, United States, active Qing dynasty (1644-1912), late 19th century, Work on paper, Japan, OTOME (THE MAIDEN), (1615-1868), about 1675, ink, color and gold Sanggam ware, 12 ¼ x 6 ½ diameter, Collection Work on paper, Félix Bracquemond, France, Florence, Italy, (1805-1873), Powers’ model metallic and silk thread on silk with cotton TALE OF GENJI: CHAPTER 21, Momoyama on paper, album leaf , 9 1/8 x 6 ½, Collection of of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum (1833-1914), LE SERVICE DU VIN OR JEAN made for Summerly’s Art Manufacturers, United and silk tassels, 29 x 81, and two at 45 ¼ period (1573-1615), about 1600, ink, color the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Young Kyo Jeong, AFI181.2011 DES ENTOMMEURES, AFTER FRANCOIS States, (est. 1847), stoneware (Parian), 14 x 4 x 4 ¾, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the and gold on paper, album leaf, 9 9/16 x 9 of Art; Gift of Dorothy and Harold Meyerman, RABELAIS’S “GARGANTUA”, 1868, watercolor ¼ x 3 ¾, Museum purchase, 2011.17 Birmingham Museum of Art: Gift of Rhae M., Jr. 5/16, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the AFI10.2012 EUROPEAN ART Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dorothy and and gouache over graphite, with pen and brown and Barbara B. Swisher in memory of Hardman THE ORANGE VESSEL, March/April Harold Meyerman, AFI5.2012 Sculpture, Robert Carpenter of Bath, England, ink, 8 11/16 x 13 7/8, Collection of the Art N. and Ellen J. Kinnear, Medical Missionaries to Work on paper, Sumiyoshi Gukei, Japan, 2010, Morten Løbner Espersen, Denmark, (1750 or 1751—died after 1817), MURDER Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Fuzhou, China, 1889 to 1929, AFI85.2011a-c (1631—1705), THE DISPUTE WITH MIURA (born 1965), hand-built stoneware, glazed Work on paper, Sumiyoshi Gukei, Japan, OF KING EDWARD THE MARTYR AT CORFE Gift of C. G. Boerner, AFI18.2012 NO YOSHIMURA, THE TALE OF THE SOGA (industrially produced) lead-cadmium, orange- (1631—1705), ONE HUNDRED POETS EACH CASTLE, 1810, carved linden wood in a parcel-

46 47 lacquer glaze on black stoneware, 7 ½ x 9 ¾ WEDGWOOD OBJECTS (125 lots Photograph, Emmet Gowin, United States, diameter, Museum purchase, 2012.1 total), Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at (born 1941), AERATION POND, TOXIC the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, PINE BLUFF, PLATE, 1907-1928, Georg Schmider Wedgwood Collection, gift through the ARKANSAS, 1989, toned gelatin silver print, Vereinigte Zeller Keramische Fabriken, Zell am Wedgwood Society of New York, Gift of Paul and sheet 14 x 11, Museum purchase with funds Harmersbach (Baden), Germany, (est. 1907), Beatrice Buten Magee, AFI603.-726.2011 provided by Dr. and Mrs. David Sperling in honor lead- and tin-glazed earthenware (majolica), 1 of their friends Dr. and Mrs. Jim Lasker, Dr. and 1/8 x 10 diameter, Collection of the Art Fund, WEDGWOOD OBJECTS (27 lots total), Mrs. Jerry Chandler, Mrs. Robert Loeb, Dr. and Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Mrs. Walter Little, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Russell, Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, AFI92.2011 Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Marx, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Apolinsky, Dr. and EVENING GOWN, 1950s, design attributed to Wedgwood Society of New York, Gift of Mrs. Jimmie Harvey, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Emmet Castillo (Antonio Canovas del Castillo del Rey), Alexander Magee, AFI727.-753.2011 O. Templeton, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Erdreich, Spain, (1908—1984), manufactured by Lanvin, Ms. Carole Simpson, and Mr. and Mrs. Steve France, (est. 1909), retailer, Bergdorf Goodman, WEDGWOOD OBJECTS (735 lots Dorsky, 2011.33 United States, New York, NY, (est. 1899), velvet total), Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at and satin, 54 x 13, Collection of the Art Fund, the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Video, Sun Xun, China, (born 1980), PEOPLE’S Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Wedgwood Collection, gift through the REPUBLIC OF ZOO, Video installation with Mrs. William A. Bowron Jr. and Emily Wood Wedgwood Society of New York, Gift of Iris original Beta video in custom case, two viewing Bowron, AFI166.2011 Buten Newman, AFI754.-1488.2011 DVDs, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Collectors Circle for Contemporary Art, RUG, 1775-1800, Aubusson, France, wool, 259 2011.34 MODERN AND Sun Xun, People’s Republic of Zoo; David Goldblatt, In the Docrat’s house before its destruction under the Group Areas Act, Fietas, Pageview ½ x 194 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at CONTEMPORARY ART the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Philippa BENCH (COUTURE BENCHSCAPE), Jan and Frank Bainbridge, AFI180.2011 Photograph, Charles Moore, United States, Marlon Jander, United States, (born 1977), Langley, United States, (born 1948), blown printed 2006, lightjet print, 30 x 24, Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake (1931—2010), ARREST OF MARTIN LUTHER organic cement, 18 x 60 x 24, Gift of Patty glass, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI98.2011 WEDGWOOD KING, JR. , September 3, 1958, gelatin silver McDonald, 2012.4 print (wirephoto), 10 x 8 ½, Museum purchase, Birmingham Museum of Art; Anonymous gift, of Art; Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary AFI41.-72.2011 Art, AFI94.2011 Sculpture, Purvis Young, United States, WEDGWOOD OBJECTS (1041 lots 2010.122 Work on paper, Juanita Rogers, United States, (1943—2010), UNTITLED (TRUCK) , total), Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at (1934—1985), TURNING TIME, 1980-1985, Book of ten prints and poems, Catherine Photograph, Demetrius Oliver, United States, Unknown, wood, metal, plastic, and paint, 7 the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Photograph, Moneta J. Sleet Jr., United States, watercolor and graphite on paper, 8 ½ x 11, Cabaniss, United States, (born 1940), (born 1975), TRACKS, 2003-2005, digital x 9 x 12 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at Wedgwood Collection, gift through the (1926—1996), CORETTA SCOTT KING AND Museum purchase, 2012.43 Wedgwood Society of New York, Gift of the DAUGHTER BEATRICE AT FUNERAL OF Christine Howes, ARCHIPELAGOS OF LIGHT, C-print, 29 ½ x 37 ¼, Collection of the Art the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake 2003, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI99.2011 Buten Museum of Wedgwood, AFI200.- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. , April 9, 1968, Photograph, Arthur Rothstein, United States, Birmingham Museum of Art: Gift of Catherine Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary Art, 1239.2008 vintage wirephoto print, 8 1/2 x 7, Museum (1915—1985), SLASH PINE SEED SOWN Cabaniss, AFI82.2011 AFI95.2011 Collage, Dario Robleto, United States, (born purchase, 2010.123 ON LAND USE PROJECT, MACON COUNTY, 1972), LEECHES IN VINEGAR, 2006, OWL PAPERWEIGHT, 1969-1975, ALABAMA, TUSKEGEE PROJECT, 1937, Photograph, Roger Ballen, United States, active Photograph, Ann Hamilton, United States, (born Fome-cor, mat board, colored paper, ribbon, designed by Ronald Stennett-Willson, England, Painting, Jürgen Tarrasch, Germany, (born gelatin silver print, 7 x 9 5/8, Collection of the South Africa, (born 1950), JUXTAPOSED, 1956), REFLECTION 12:20, 2003, Iris print, and ink, 24 x 24, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. (1915—2009), Wedgwood Glass, England, (est. 1959), From the VINES SERIES, “own Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of 2004, gelatin silver print, sheet 16 ½ x 16, 8 ½ x 11, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake 1969 at King’s Lynn Glass Limited, est. 1966), technique” paint on canvas, 80 x 70, Museum Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI28.2011 King’s Lynn (Norfolk), England, glass, 4 ¼ x 2 purchase with funds provided by Catherine image 14 ¼ x 14 ¼, Collection of the Art Fund, the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI100.2011 Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI96.2011 3/8 diameter, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at Cabaniss, Pauline Ireland, and Mr. and Mrs. Sculptures (2) and drawings (2), Beverly the artist, AFI83.2011 Work on paper, Raymond Pettibon, United the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. and Robin Wade, 2011.22 Erdreich, United States, (born 1939), from the Painting, Mark Flood, United States, (born States, (born 1957), UNTITLED (SUPERMAN Mrs. Ellis F. Rubin in honor of Dr. Anne Forschler- series ”METAPHOR BOXES AND DRAWINGS”, Photograph, Malick Sidibé, Mali, (born 1936), 1957), MANTILLA, 2003, acrylic on canvas, FIGURE) , ink on paper, 11 x 8 ½, Collection of Tarrasch, AFI179.2011 Photograph, David Goldblatt, South Africa, 2007, mixed media, Collection of the Art UNTITLED, about 1970, gelatin silver print, 66 x 48, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum (born 1930), IN THE DOCRAT’S HOUSE Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of image: 5 ¼ x 3 ½, frame: 15 x 12 ½, Collection the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake of Art; Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary WEDGWOOD OBJECTS (203 lots BEFORE ITS DESTRUCTION UNDER THE Art; Anonymous gift in honor of the Special of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI97.2011 Art, AFI101.2011 total), Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at GROUP AREAS ACT, FIETAS, PAGEVIEW, Anniversary of Beverly and Stanley Erdreich, Jr., of Art; Gift of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten JOHANNESBURG, Negative 1976; printed AFI29.-32.2011 Wedgwood Collection, gift through the 2011, gelatin silver print, sheet: 25 ½ x 25 ¼, AFI87.2011 Work on paper, José Bedia, Cuba, lives United Sculpture, Chris Caccamise, United States, States (born 1959), LA MANIPULACIÓN DE (born 1975), MY BRAND IS LADY BIRD, Wedgwood Society of New York, Gift of Max and Museum purchase with funds provided by the FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS, individual Photograph, Hank Willis Thomas, United States, LA SOMBRA, 2002, ink on hand-made paper, 2005, cut and pasted Bristol paper with enamel Gloria Buten, AFI400.-602.2011 Photography Guild, 2011.32 flowers, and goblets (32 lots total), Cam (born 1976), JERMAINE AND LOGAN, 2002; 15 ½ x 24 ¼, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. paint, 3 ½ x 2 ½ x 1 ½, Collection of the Art

48 49 Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Work on paper, Jack Whitten, United States, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Taylor Thorington, Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary Art, Born Bessemer, Alabama, (born 1939), Pauline Ireland in loving memory of her mother, AFI2.2012 AFI102.2011 STUDY FOR LAPSANG AND CHINESE Jeannette Adams Gates, AFI185.2011 SINCERITY #5, 1975, pastel on paper, 19 Painting, Edward Glannon, United States, (1911—1992), WHITE Sculpture, Chris Caccamise, United States, x 25 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at PHOTOGRAPHS (9), Elliott Erwitt, United POINSETTIAS, 1953, oil on untempered masonite panel, 18 x 14, frame: 26 (born 1975), UNTITLED, 2005, cut and pasted the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake States, (born 1928), from the Alchan Edition, ¼ x 22 ¼ x 2 ¼, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum Bristol paper with enamel paint, 11 ¼ x 5 Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI110.2011 gelatin silver prints, 20 x 16 each, Collection of of Art; Gift of the Edward J. Glannon Family, AFI13.2012 ½ x 11 ¼, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake Photograph, Hank Willis Thomas, United States, of Art; Gift of the Ray and Carol Ann Merritt Sculpture with video, Tony Oursler, United States, (born 1957), NIPKO Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI103.2011 (born 1976), CUCCI #2: IT’S TIME FOR Collection, AFI186.2011.1-.9 DISK, 2000, video projection on laminated and painted wood, Collection of JUNGLE FEVER, 2001/2006, 2006, digital the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of James D. Sokol Photograph, Hank Willis Thomas, United C-print, 34 ½ x 27 3/8, Collection of the Art Photograph, Rowland Scherman, United States, and Lydia C. Cheney, AFI16.2012a-e States, (born 1976), IT’S THE REAL THING!, Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; (born 1937), ANDY WARHOL, Negative 1979; 1978/2006, 2006, digital C-print, 27 ¾ x Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary Art, printed 2011, inkjet print, sheet 24 x 30, image GENERAL ACQUISITION SUPPORT 24 ¾, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the AFI111.2011 17 ¾ x 26, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Gail By providing general acquisitions support, the Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI104.2011 Photograph, Hank Willis Thomas, United C. Andrews and Richard B. Marchase in honor following helped make it possible for the BMA to States, (born 1976), SMOKIN’ JOE AIN’T of the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham collect both masterpieces and emerging artists’ works Work on paper, Raymond Saunders, United J’MAMA, from the Unbranded series, digital Museum of Art, AFI187.2011 for generations of Alabamians to enjoy. States, (born 1934), UNTITLED, 1988, pencil, C-print, frame: 32 x 31 ½, Collection of the Art AM Skier Agency, Inc. spray paint and watercolor on paper, 10 7/8 Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; WORKS ON PAPER (4), Catherine Cabaniss, Beaux Arts Krewe x 13 7/8, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary Art, United States, (born 1940), from the Water- Mrs. Dwight Beeson the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake AFI112.2011 Based series, etching, aquatint, spitbite, Amb. And Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr. Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI105.2011 drypoint, and woodcut, Collection of the Art Ms. Lin Emery Work on paper, 1997, Emily Bourne Grigsby, Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dr. and Mrs. David Hogg Photograph, Kerry James Marshall, United United States, (born 1922), MALE FIGURE, red Gift of the artist, AFI192.2011.1-.4 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hunt States, (born 1955), BLACK XMAS, 2003, Conté crayon on paper, 29 x 19, Collection of Neighbors Fund 56 x 44, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Sculpture, Frank Fleming, United States, Mr. and Mrs. Brad A. Osborne the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake Art; Gift of Emily Bourne Grigsby, AFI167.2011 (born 1940), RAT, n. d., bronze, 20 x 15 ½ Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Pigford Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI106.2011 x 17 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at Ms. Marcia E. Rubens Work on paper, Luis Jiménez, United States, the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Ken Wellington Park Garden Club Work on paper, Carroll Dunham, United States, (1940—2006), Published by Segura Publishing Jackson, AFI193.2011 (born 1949), UNTITLED (3/7/05) , 2005, Company, CHOLO AND VAN WITH POPO AND graphite on paper, 11 ¼ x 8 5/8, Collection of IXTA, 1997, lithograph, sheet 30 x 44 1/2, Sculpture, Frank Fleming, United States, the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum image 26 x 36 ½, Collection of the Art Fund, (born 1940), WISE RABBIT, n. d., bronze, 14 of Art; Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift x 10 x 10, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at Art, AFI107.2011 of Susie and Scott Robertson in honor of the the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Ken Museum’s 60th Anniversary, AFI168.2011 Jackson, AFI194.2011 Photograph, David Levinthal, United States, (born 1949), HOMER AND BART, 2003, Painting, Philip Taaffe, United States, (born Photograph, Weegee (Arthur Fellig), United C-print,14 ¾ x 12, Collection of the Art 1955), BLACK VENUS, 1999, mixed media on States, (1899—1968), UNTITLED (TRAVELING Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; canvas, 85 x 113, Collection of the Art Fund, SALESMAN), about 1941, gelatin silver Jack Drake Collection of Contemporary Art, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of print, sheet 14 x 9 ¾, image 13 3/8 x 9 AFI108.2011 Pauline Ireland in loving memory of her mother, 5/16, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Jeannette Adams Gates, AFI184.2011 Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with Painting, Mickalene Thomas, United States, (born funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Elton B. 1971), DO WHAT MAKES YOU SATISFIED Painting, Tim Rollins, United States, (born Stephens, Jr., AFI195.2011 (from the She Works Hard for the Money series), 1955), and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), United 2006, rhinestones, acrylic and enamel on States, South Bronx, New York, (founded Work on paper, Dean Cornwell, United States, wood, 36 x 48, Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. 1982), INVISIBLE MAN (AFTER RALPH (1892—1960), STUDY FOR U.S. PIPE AND at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Jack Drake ELLISON), 1999-2000, acrylic and book pages FOUNDRY CO. ADVERTISEMENT, about 1950, Collection of Contemporary Art, AFI109.2011 on linen, 75 x 75, Collection of the Art Fund, charcoal on paper, 19 ½ x 24, Collection of the

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2 4 Stuart, 1984.321 Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA 8 6 AFIELD IN AMERICA: 400 YEARS OF ANIMAL AND SPORTING ART 1585-1985 09/2011 – 02/2012 BMA ARTWORK OUT ON LOAN McMonnies, 1964.122 JULY 1, 2011–JUNE 30, 2012 Hedges, 1985.278 National Sporting Library & Museum, Middleburg, VA 1 BEFORE THE FALL: ART OF THE AMERICAN TWENTIES BMA COLLECTION LOANS & PUBLICATIONS 10/21/2011-09/09/2012 7 SHARED TREASURE: THE LEGACY OF SAMUEL KRESS O’Keeffe, 1983.28 10/14/2011-01/15/2012 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY Ribera, 1961.123 he BMA’s collection contains many pieces of George Bellows. The German publication Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA T art that are world renowned. The Museum Training Latein Wiederholung Grammatic, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH is regularly contacted to either loan out items printed in May 2011, featured Seven Liberal 8 PROSPECT.2.NEW ORLEANS THE ORIENT EXPRESSED: JAPAN’S INFLUENCE ON WESTERN ART 10/22/2011-01/29/2012 to other museums or to provide images for Arts by Francesco Pesellino and Workshop 2 2/9/2011-1/15/2012 Cave, 2010.80 publications, both print and online. Around Women and Flowers (Die Blumen der Fauen), Table, 1991.804 Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA town, people can find works from the BMA also published in Germany, featured L’Aurore by Tea set, 2000.116.1-.3 collection in City Hall and the Kirklin Clinic. William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Print, 1957.103 (MMA only) 9 EDO POP: THE GRAPHIC IMPACT OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK Many of our significant loans appear in Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students, and Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS 10/30/2011-01/08/2012 catalogues, while other publications use images Circle from the Maida and George Abrams McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX Video, Tabaimo, 2005.73 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN from our collection to enhance their essays and Collection, published by the Bruce Museum and 3 Extended loan to augment permanent collection scholarship. Our Archipenko will appear in an Yale University Press, featured Farmhouse with 2010-current 10 BIRMINGHAM SCENE—PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER, online catalogue raisonné. Benjamin West’s Artist Sketching by Rembrandt van Rijn. The Remington, 1964.121 1934-1949 Erasistratus/Antiochus/Stratonice appeared on Hans-Christian Schink exhibition catalogue, Schreyvogel, 1964.123 11/5/2011-12/31/2011 the cover of the Archives of General Psychiatry. published in both German and English, featured Russell, 1963.259 Anderson (3): 2007.8, .9, .10 The Capture of Major Andre by Asher B. Durand Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California by Gilbert Gaul paintings (6): 1972.457, .458, .460, .461, .465, .466 Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, AL Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA will be featured on an upcoming episode of A Albert Bierstadt. 11 GEORGE BELLOWS Taste of History. Other appearances by pieces of 4 Reciprocal loan 06/10/2012-06/09/2013 the BMA collection can be found in: 2010-current National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The World of William Glackens, published by Sargent, 1962.62 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Odyssey Books, featured The Barricade by Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL Royal Academy, London, England Bellows, 1990.124 52 53 BOARD OF TRUSTEES BMA DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS

Mr. Ralph D. Cook, Chair Mr. Ruffner Page Mrs. Minnie Finley Mr. James D. Sokol, 1st Vice Chair Dr. John W. Poynor Mrs. Linda Freeman he BMA would like to give special thank you to our many Joyce Sanders Dr. Dannetta K. Thornton Owens, Secretary Mr. William Ritter Mrs. Kay Grisham T volunteers and docents who helped make 2011–12 a great Colette Scott Terry Simmons Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr., Treasurer Ms. Isabel Rubio Mrs. Helen Harmon year for visitors, students, and staff. We appreciate the time and Mr. Sanjay Singh Mrs. Langston Hereford Alease Sims attention you give to the Museum. GOVERNING BOARD OF Mrs. Paul G. Smith (Marilyn) Mrs. Kimberly King Nancy Sloan Mrs. Patricia Sprague Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston Regina Smith TRUSTEES 2011–12 DOCENTS Kathryn E. Burdette, Friday Day Co-Chair Mrs. Catherine Styslinger Mrs. Geeta Malik Stacy Smith Nancy Burge (On Leave) Ms. Myla Choy Ms. Yolanda Sullivan Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews LIFE DOCENTS Sharon Smyer Anne Burke, Thursday Day Chair Mr. Russell Jackson Drake Mr. Cleophus Vann Mrs. Judy May Nancy Lee Adamson Sara Snow Anne Burnette Mrs. Beverly Erdreich, 2nd Vice Chair Mrs. Carolyn Wade Mrs. Libbo McCollum Fran Bellows Melinda Sparks Martha Chitwood Dr. George French Mr. Alan K. Zeigler Mrs. Kellie McDowell Carol Hall Carolyn Stadtlander Mary Clem Dr. Ethel H. Hall (deceased) Mrs. Kaye McWane-Rosse Bud Johnson David Stearns Pamela Collins Mr. John O. Hudson, III Mrs. Elizabeth Nettles Pat Sloan Julia Stork, Weekend Day Co-Chair AFFILIATED LEADERSHIP Judy Shaw Cook, Secretary Mr. William C. Hulsey Mrs. Penny Page Connie Urist Amb. William J. Cabaniss, Endowment Chair Mary Helen Crowe Mr. Edgar B. Marx, Jr. Mrs. Katharine Patton SENIOR DOCENTS Diane Van Loan Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr., Art Fund Inc. Chair Kathryn DeCola Mr. Joel B. Piassick Mrs. Lucy Richardson Evelyn Allen Laura Wallace Mrs. Dalton Blankenship, Development Chair Lisa, DeVivo, Past Chair Mr. Charles Simpson Ms. Lori Salter Virginia Chappelle Marlene Wallace Bill Duffey Mrs. Nan Skier Ms. Marianne Schoel Bonnie Church Leslyn Weathers, Docent Parties Chair Sharon Dunson Mr. Michael Straus HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Ms. Shandra J. Smith Barbara Dittman Holly Whatley Jackie Dye Mr. Crawford L. Taylor Mrs. Connie Urist Martha Ann Doyal Christine Wilson Mr. W. Houston Blount Celia Griffin (On Leave) Mr. Larry Thornton Mrs. Ruth Varnell Ann Elliott Caroline Wingate, Weekend Day Chair Mr. Thomas L. Falls Harriet Hackney Mrs. Virginia Volman Fay Hart Rhetta Wright, Co-Chair and Docent Book Club Chair Kay Hanlin, Chair-Elect and Docent Bus Fund Chair CHAIRMEN EMERITI Mrs. Patti Whitt Virginia Hillhouse Member-at-Large NATIONAL MEMBERS Richard Hempstead Mrs. Louise Yoder Betty Morrison Merry Lewis Mr. Thomas N. Carruthers, Jr. Bob Henger Dr. Kurt A. Gitter, New Orleans, LA Emily Omura Mr. Thomas L. Hamby Jan Henger Mr. John Kaul Greene, Chicago, IL Shirley Palmes 2011–12 VOLUNTEERS Mrs. Margaret G. Livingston JUNIOR PATRONS BOARD Joy Hernandez Mr. Preston Haskell, Jacksonville, FL Martha Pezrow Nancy Higgs Arthur Abbs Mr. Donald Logan, New York, NY V. J. Graffeo, President Janet Rooney Mary Hubbard Ruth Ann Abbs ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr. Scott Robertson, Scottsdale, AZ Zoe Gowen, Vice President Nan Skier Sandra Jones, Tuesday Day Co-Chair and Docent Book Terry Adams Mrs. Julie I. Ward, Hailey, ID Elizabeth Goodwyn, Secretary Marilyn Smith Mrs. Phillipa Bainbridge Club Co-Chair Savanna Akins Mr. Jack W. Warner, Tuscaloosa, AL Andrew Case, Treasurer Jim Sokol Mr. William A. Bowron, Jr. Esta Kamplain Michael Allen Will Aycock Jim Stapleton Mrs. Betty Brower Joy Kussner Connie Arnwine Gia Bivens Nancy Wingard Ms. Jane Comer CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Sandra Landau Marsha Asman Brian Boehm Mr. Donald L. Cook Nadine L’Eplattenier-Gibson, Friday Day Chair Farrah Austin Honorable William A. Bell, Sr., Mayor Charles Brammer MENTORS Mr. Ralph D. Cook Jacqueline Marzette Sidney Bagby Mr. Erskine R. Faush, Jr., Chief of Staff Mary Louise Choate Mrs. Cathy Crenshaw Ruth Alsbrooks, Mentor Committee Chair Mr. Jarvis Patton, Chief of Operations Cathye McDonald, Chair Jan Bailey Leila Deep Gloria Anderson Ms. Gayle Cunningham Natalie McGee Rae Baker Ms. April Odom, Director of Communications Ashley Holdridge Mr. H. Corbin Day Susan Coan Mr. Charles Long, Executive Administrative Assistant Pat Millhouse Jessica Bartlett Rebecca Moore Pam Eubanks Mr. Otis W. Dismuke Beth Morris Nancy Bell to the Mayor Kelly Rushin Mrs. Ruth Engel Judith Hayes Hand, Photographer Ms. Maxine Parker, City Council Liaison Jenny Morris Cissy Bennett Elizabeth Sanfelippo Vicki Hicks, Docent Trips Co-Chair Mr. William Featheringill Jane Murphy, Treasurer Debbie Bennett Leslie Schiffman Dorothy Jeffries Mrs. Maye Head Frei Clyde Oyster Brooke Benson MEMBERS BOARD Joseph Schilleci Mr. T. Randolph Gray Patricia Poer, Wednesday Day Chair Elna Jean Bentley Lochrane Smith DOCENTS Mr. Wyatt R. Haskell Mrs. Mimi Arrington, Chair Kathie Ramsey, Docent Trips Co-Chair Maxine Benton Lauren Turriglio Margaret Alexander Ms. Pauline Ireland Ms. Tania Adams Rachel Raybin Elise Bodenheimer Meagan Vucovich Bob Barnes Mr. Donald James Mrs. Gloria Anderson Carl Rossomme, Tuesday Day Chair Joy Bonney Lauren Weil Joyce Bennington Ms. Jennifer McCain Mrs. Susan Boyd Deb Sanders, Wednesday Day Co-Chair Yvonne Brakefield Whitney Yarborough Jeannine Brown Dr. William Mason Mrs. Cyndy Cantley Janet Sanders Bertice Brown Kate Brown Ms. Katherine Blount Pace Mr. Patrick Cather 54 55 June Bulow Richard Haigler Olivia Paige Leah Vaughn Kathy Burdette Jillian Hamilton Alana Palermo Mary Watkins MEMBERSHIP & SUPPORT Margo Burgess Don Hamner Beverly Parks Sue Ann Watkins Mike Burns Kay Hanlin Lauren Parsons Fiona Watts Theresa Burns Firmon Hardenbergh Cheryl Pathasema Alysan Wayman s a museum that prides itself on being free to the public, you for your donations and Victoria Butler Mae Lynn Hardy Sue Patrick Diane Wehby Amembership support and annual gifts are vital to continuing to patience over the past two years! Doris Cannon Fay Hart Herb Patterson Patricia Wehner provide the exciting exhibitions, educational activities, and social Dr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Alexander Kirke Cater Richard Hempstead Sarah Peek Pat Weil events for which the Museum is known. The Museum wishes to Joseph S. Bruno Foundation Daniella Caycedo Rebecca Henderson Viola Peoples Jerome Weinberg The Comer Foundation thank those who have contributed in the past year to further our Gabrielle Chambers David Henry Reema Pereira Holly Whatley Mr. and Mrs. Francis Crockard, Jr. Leisha Chambers Donna Hightower Sara Perry Annie White educational and curatorial mission. Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Crowe Carly Childress Alexis Hill Martha Pezrow Jane Williams Mr. and Mrs. John B. Elliot III Amanda Church Kyndall Hinton Yvette Phillips Helene Wolf ANNUAL FUND Mr. Fred Friedman Hackney Foundation Kate Clark Olivia Hood Ann Marie Pipkin Leo Wright Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich Thank you to everyone who made Jimmie and Emil Hess Fund Cathy Clement Phoebe Howell Paula Pointer Rhetta Wright Mr. Roy Curtis Green, Jr. a gift to the 2011 Annual Fund. Mrs. Jimmie Hess Bess Constantine Margaret Ann Hughes Laura Pratt Deanna Wynn Jay and Melanie Grinney This year’s campaign was a great Richard and Nancy Higgs Fund Judy Cook Jane Humber Susan Putnam Marion Wynn Firmon E. Hardenbergh success with more than $100,000 Hill Crest Foundation Amy Cooper Caroline Japal Kathie Ramsey Delana Young Joan C. Harrison raised. These funds have a direct Mrs. Virginia Hillhouse Betty Copeland Rena Johnson Reed Randolph Patricia Zerkis Joan and Preston Haskell and immediate impact, providing Dr. and Mrs. James Kamplain Bill Copeland Abby Jones Beverly Rausch Steve Zerkis Dr. and Mrs. Basil I. Hirschowitz essential support for exhibitions, Mr. and Mrs. Gerson May Barbara Cox Sandra Jones Darick Ritter Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hulsey programs, and collections care, Robert R. Meyer Foundation Nina Cranor Virginia Jones Janice Roberts Mrs. Ellen Jackson and ensuring the Museum Ms. Terry Simmons Richard Dabney Mary Kathryn Jorgensen Madrene Roberts Dr. and Mrs. James C. Johnson remains a place of exploration Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Urist Mickey Davis Maria Kalaff Art Rocks Mr. D. Paul Jones, Jr. and discovery for everyone in our Vulcan Materials Foundation Candi Debardelaben Priya Karna Carl Rossomme Mr. Michael J. Levine community. For your generous Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust Kathryn Decola Ann Katholi Charles Rountree Jennifer R. McCain contributions and support of the Wells Fargo Foundation Barbara Dittman Barbara Kelly Bob Scharfenstein Lee and Leah McGriff arts, we sincerely thank you! Avni Dosni Carolynne Kent Marianne Schoel Mr. and Mrs. C. Caldwell Marks CORPORATE PARTNERS (GIFTS TOTALING $500 AND ABOVE) Mr. and Mrs. William O. Mooney, Jr. Sharon Dunson Tina Kirk Carol Schulz PROGRAM Jackie Dye Guy Kreusch Amy Shaw Mr. E. R. Agee, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. North, Sr. Wanda Elkourie Amy Laughlin Terry Kay Simmons Rucker and Margaret Agee Fund Dr. Dannetta K. T. Owens Through the Corporate Partners Stephen Epperson Betty Law Stacey Sims Page Hill Allison Charitable Trust Joel and Karen Piassick Program, local businesses can Pam Eubanks Lee Law Sara Sistrunk Ruby S. & John P. Ansley Fund Susan and Dowd Ritter have an even greater impact on the Natalie Evans Jeanne Lawson Nancy Sloan Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ausbeck Winthrop A. Short culture of our city and the region. Tatiana Fears Diane Liu Anna Smith Mrs. Anne C. Blair Charles and Kate Simpson In addition, it allows the Museum Jean Finochio Wendi Lu Kermitt Southern Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blair Ross D. Siragusa to provide corporate members with Bina Fleck Catherine Elizabeth Luke Pat Southern Mr. Nicholas O. Bouler III Jim and Mary Sullivan greater hospitality and networking Andrew Forsyth Alheshia Mardis Janice Spivey Mr. and Mrs. William Brooke Ms. Pauline Tutwiler opportunities, plus additional ac- Nicole Gallups Marsha Markus Jim Stapleton Dr. and Mrs. Peter Bunting Samuel E. Upchurch, Jr. Charitable Foundation cess for employees and executives. Chris Garner Jacqueline Matte Jade Stewart Daisy and Herbert Cheung Angie S. Webb As the Museum strives to build Jim Garner Mary Mattson Catherine Stoddard Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cook J and H Weldon Foundation, Inc. sustainable sources of operating Pat Geldzahler Ken Mau Mary Lou Taber Mr. and Mrs. H. Corbin Day Ms. Jane F. Williams funds, we rely on our Corporate Griff Goad Meylin Mau Alice Taplet Jim and Marilyn Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Worthen Partners to take a leadership role Mickie Goad Regina McFadden Carol Taylor Mr. Douglas Eckert in that support. This program is Susan Goertz Henry Miller Bob Terry Dr. John D. Elmore BART’S ARTVENTURE one of the major annual requests Frederick Goodgame Pat Millhouse Joseph Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Engel to our community and enables our The following donors have made Becky Goodwin Cathy Moncrief Ellen Tucker Stanley and Beverly Erdreich staff to plan, forecast, and build Bart’s ArtVenture a reality, and Jim Gordy Corene Moore Alexandra Turnage Mr. and Mrs. Steven Fazio an overall stronger organization— a destination our members with Teresa Greene Amanda Navarro Morgan Tyra Mr. Frank Fleming making us more accountable to you children truly appreciate. Thank Michelle Griffo Mary Jo Nicastro Connie Urist Shelia Gunter Sidney Nomberg Wallace Vandergrift NUMBER OF CORPORATE PARTNERS: 49 // NUMBER OF HOLIDAY CARDS MAILED: 613 Shannon Haddock Bob Odle Ruth Varnell

56 57 and our community. Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Mr. and Dr. Terry W. Sanders the BMA hosts annually. Robert R. Meyer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cobb Your support reflects a commit- Christie’s Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation Edlis Neeson Foundation Mr. Allen Collier Dr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Alexander ment to help us contribute to the Dunn Investment Company Dr. and Mrs. David H. Sibley Publix Super Markets Charities Mr. P. Collins American-Scandinavian Foundation quality of life for your employees Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sparks Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cox Balch & Bingham LLP and thousands of your neighbors. L. Paul Kassouf & Co., P.C. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Still Steiner Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alan Creighton The Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation And we thank you! Lawler Foundry Corporation Ms. Catherine M. Stokes Stephens Foundation Dr. and Mrs. James H. Crenshaw The Comer Foundation Levy’s Fine Jewelry, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. David L. Tharpe Samuel E. Upchurch, Jr. Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cunningham III FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Crowe Lightfoot Franklin and White LLC Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Upchurch, Jr. Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Gerald V. Dake Alabama Power Company Mr. and Mrs. John B. Elliott III Marx Brothers, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Urist J and H Weldon Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Darden Regions Bank Hackney Foundation Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prince Whatley II Wells Fargo Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Denaburg Hess Foundation National Cement Company Ms. Patricia White Tom and Joan Williams Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Drake SUSTAINER’S CIRCLE Mrs. Emil Hess O’Neal Steel Mr. Fred Duran Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Jimmie and Emil Hess Fund Pizitz Management Group Elitzer Family Fund Harbert Management Corporation ENDOWMENT Hill Crest Foundation GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Richgood Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Elsas Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C. Endowed support is critical to Mrs. Caroline Ireland One of the most important types Sloss Real Estate Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Erdreich, Jr. Protective Life Corporation providing the financial stability Mr. and Mrs. Creighton E. Johnson of support for arts organizations The Stewart Perry Company, Inc. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Vulcan Materials Company necessary to ensure that we Dr. and Mrs. James Kamplain is for general operating. This Synovus Trust Company First United Methodist Church are able to host programs and Mr. and Mrs. Gerson May support assists the Museum with Williams Blackstock Architects Mr. Frank Fleming CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE exhibitions that engage, entertain, Museum Education Council the everyday expenses of doing Mr. and Mrs. John M. Geer AT&T Birmingham and enlighten visitors of all ages National Endowment for the Arts business, plus helps with all other Mrs. Johnie Gieger Balch & Bingham LLP EDUCATION AND PROGRAM and backgrounds. Your support The PNC Financial Services Group types of programming the public Mr. Christopher Glaub Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP SUPPORT helps us fulfill our mission Mr. and Mrs. F. Don Siegal has come to expect from the BMA. Mrs. Vann Goodner, Jr. Jemison Investments and continue to be an essential Ms. Terry K. Simmons The BMA’s education programs Accenture Leadership Team Mike and Gillian Goodrich Charitable Foundation Medical Properties Trust, Inc. resource for our community. Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier are extremely important in the Judge and Mrs. John H. Alsbrooks, Jr. Mrs. Peggy Goodwin White Arnold & Dowd P.C. Mrs. Marilyn S. Smith current educational climate. Mrs. Ann Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Leldon H. Amick Mr. Harold Guckes Vulcan Materials Company Arts programs are often the Estate of Mr. Henry C. Goodrich Argus Literary Club Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hamby DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Wedgwood Society of Southern California first budget cuts made by school Lorol Bowron Rediker Rucker Foundation Dr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Alexander Jane Hill Head Foundation Altec Industries, Inc. Wells Fargo Foundation systems, leaving museums and Pleiad Foundation Mrs. Sidney R. Bagby Mr. Peter Holby CitationAir Tom and Joan Williams Charitable Foundation other arts organizations to fill Mr. and Mrs. R. Waid Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bainbridge, Jr. Mrs. Helen S. Hudgens Colonial Properties Trust in the educational gaps. Thank Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spencer III Mr. and Mrs. John Beauchamp Dr. and Mrs. James Kamplain Merrill Lynch you for making it possible for the Stephens Foundation FOUNDATION SUPPORT Mr. Jay R. Bender and Dr. Dominique Linchet Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Katholi New Capital Partners BMA to “fill in the gaps” in central Lucille R. Thompson Birmingham Business Alliance Ms. Carolynne B. Kent Oscar’s at the Museum Grants from foundations support Alabama. Thompson Tractor, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Bissell Mr. and Mrs. Sam Knowlton, Jr. Sterne Agee a wide variety of initiatives at Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Worthen Ms. Florence Blair Mr. and Mrs. Christ Kyle Thompson Tractor, Inc. BBVA Compass the BMA, including exhibitions, BMA Docent Council Mr. Alan K. Zeigler renovations, conservation, and Ms. Katherine Blount Ms. Nadine L’Eplattenier Mr. Steve Boone CURATOR’S CIRCLE Mrs. Pam Collins programming, to name a few. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Livingston, Jr. B.L. Harbert International Mr. and Mrs. Scott Collins EXHIBITION SUPPORT Foundation support is integral to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Crockard, Jr. the Museum’s operations. Mr. and Mrs. F. Dixon Brooke, Jr. Mr. James G. Londe and Mr. Ronald Miller Brasfield & Gorrie LLC Traveling, temporary, and Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham Mr. and Mrs. Percy W. Brower, Jr. Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr. First Commercial Bank permanent exhibitions are what American-Scandinavian Foundation Arthur and Emma Grefenkamp Trust Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Browne Ms. Catherine E. McDonald Integrated Medical Systems make up the majority of museum The Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation Honda Manufacturing of Alabama Mrs. June E. Bulow Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. McNeeley Interconn Resources, Inc. programming, and the BMA The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Dr. and Mrs. James Kamplain Amb. and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Leon V. McVay Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP is no exception. Support from The Comer Foundation Ms. Nadine L’Eplattenier Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Hobart McWhorter, Jr. KPS Group, Inc. Foundations and Individuals make Daniel Foundation of Alabama Dr. Bill Mason and Mr. Bob Scharfenstein Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Calvin Mrs. Barbara B. Mandy it possible for the Museum staff Mike and Gillian Goodrich Charitable Foundation Miller Transportation Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Campbell Mr. and Mrs. C. Caldwell Marks BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE to bring exciting exhibitions from Hackney Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Naughton Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Mrs. Patricia Millhouse Borland Benefield throughout the world to the people Jane Hill Head Foundation Dr. Clyde W. Oyster Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cassell Dr. and Mrs. Norton T. Montague Brookmont Realty Group of Birmingham and the Southeast. Hess Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Clark, Jr. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Cameras Brookwood We appreciate the support we Hill Crest Foundation William and LaVona Rushton Charitable Fund Mr. Joseph Clem Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Morgan, Jr. Clark, James, Hanlin & Hunt LLC receive for the many exhibitions Kennedy Center

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58 59 Edlis Neeson Foundation Mr. Alan K. Zeigler Mr. David B. Hezlep Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rushton III Mr. Farrell E. Robinson Starnes Davis Floire Oak Mountain High School Mrs. James S. Holbrook, Jr. Servis1st Bank Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Shaia Mr. Herbert Stockham Oak Street Garden Shop GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Mrs. Virginia Ellen Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Vandevelde IV Mr. and Mrs. Murray W. Smith Drs. Parvez and Farah Sultan Mr. and Mrs. Cleo C. Parker, Jr. Mrs. Thomas E. Jernigan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. South III Dr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Urist Dr. and Mrs. George Petznick The support of government is Mrs. D. Bradford Kidd SPONSORS Mr. Larry D. Thornton, Sr. The Honorable and Mrs. J. Scott Vowell Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Powell vital to arts education, including Mrs. Jonathan L. Kimerling BBVA Compass Dr. and Mrs. Albert J. Tully, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James O. Walker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer S. Poynor III the operation of the Museum. Mrs. James C. Lasker Dr. and Mrs. James H. Crenshaw Welch Hornsby Mr. and Mrs. H. Pennington Whiteside, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Printz The following organizations, Mrs. Michael D. Luce Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher Dr. Janie Williams and Mr. John M. Williams Mr. and Mrs. John W. Williams Mr. Peter E. Printz departments, and municipalities Mrs. J. Michael McDowell Mrs. Helen S. Hudgens Mr. and Mrs. M. Brent Yarborough Mr. and Mrs. Pete Pritchard provide much-needed financial Mrs. W. Dean Nix Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hulsey PATRONS Contributors Joyce Ratliff support to the BMA’s initiatives. Mrs. James L. Priester Ms. Pauline Ireland Mrs. Frank M. Bainbridge Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Alexander Mr. and Mrs. E. Mabry Rogers Alabama Tourism Department Mrs. Deakins F. Rushton Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Kimerling Balch & Bingham LLP Mrs. W.H. Blount Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosseau Alabama State Council on the Arts Mr. Charles H. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael McDowell Mr. and Mrs. Michael Balliet Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Boulware III Rotaract Club of Birmingham Birmingham Racing Commission Mrs. Sergio Stagno Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Piassick Dr. and Mrs. Jon J. Blankenship Mr. and Mrs. Pratt Brown Mr. and Mrs. Allen D. Rushton City of Birmingham Mrs. Lee J. Styslinger III Mr. and Mrs. James L. Priester Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Boehm Capital Strategies Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Sehon City of Hoover Mrs. James O. Walker, Jr. Vulcan Value Partners Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Briggs Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Cobbs Mrs. Anne C. Silberman City of Mountain Brook Mrs. John W. Williams Mrs. Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. Mrs. John Cowin Florence E. Simpson Fund City of Vestavia Hills MEN’S COMMITTEE Mr. Charles G. Brown III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Cox, Jr. Mrs. Martha Singer Midfield City Board of Education MASTERPIECE Mr. and Mrs. William B. Anthony Mr. Patrick Cather Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Curran Mr. and Mrs. John L. Slaughter National Endowment for the Arts Harbert Management Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Bromberg Ms. Lydia Cheney and Mr. James D. Sokol Mrs. Forsyth S. Donald Ms. Leonette W. Slay and Mr. Michael O’Donnell Thomas E. Jernigan Foundation Dr. and Mrs. James E. Bryant Mrs. Francis H. Crockard, Jr. Mrs. Joan M. Edmonds Sloss Real Estate Company MUSEUM BALL McWane, Inc. Burr & Forman LLP Ms. Terri Denard and Mr. Steven L. Reider Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goodrich Ms. Ann Morris Smith O’Neal Industries Ms. Barbara L. Burton Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Drew Ms. Brenda Hackney Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Smith In addition to being one of the The Family of Elizabeth O’Neal White Shannon Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bussian Ms. Joan M. Edmonds Dr. Griffith R. Harsh and Mr. Craig K. Harsh Ms. Louise P. Smith city’s premier social events, the Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Patton Amb. and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Elsas Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Hendry Mrs. Peter G. Smith proceeds generated from this event Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Carruthers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Erdreich,Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Hobbs IV Mr. James D. Sokol and Ms. Lydia Cheney are essential to supporting arts SUSTAINERS Mr. and Mrs. John W. Chambliss Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Frei Ms. Sarah B. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Sprague education and providing learning Alabama Power Company Mr. and Mrs. Donald Comer III Ms. Betty A. Goldstein and Mr. Leo Kayser, Jr. Ms. Dorothy W. Jeffries Steiner Foundation opportunities for all ages through Altec Industries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Reaves M. Crabtree Mr. and Mrs. James L. Goyer III Dr. and Mrs. Dewey H. Jones III Mr. and Mrs. John S. Steiner programs, outreach events, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Crockard III Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt R. Haskell Mrs. Susan H. Justice Stephens Foundation classes. We appreciate the support Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Drake Mr. and Mrs. Stanton B. Ingram, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James Kamplain Mr. and Mrs. Bart Stephens of those who donate to and attend Mr. and Mrs. William W. Brooke Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Drennen Mrs. Virginia Ellen Jackson Mr. Jack H. Kreuger Mr. Jeffery I. and Dr. Linda J. Stone the annual Museum Ball. Colonial Properties Trust Drummond Company Drs. David and Rupa Kitchens Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Long, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Streit MASTERPIECE BALL CHAIRS Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Darby Mr. and Mrs. Marvin R. Engel Ms. Kelly Rushin and Mr. Jim Lewis Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Matheson Evelyn and Gene Stutts Advised Fund Mrs. G. Ruffner Page, Jr. EBSCO Industries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S.W. Given Mrs. Betty W. Loeb Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. McGahey Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sullivan Mrs. Donald W. Patton Energen Mr. and Mrs. Hubert W. Goings Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Lucas Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Crawford L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Featheringill Mr. and Mrs. M. Miller Gorrie Mr. George G. Lynn Mr. John H. Morrow Ms. Felton Temple MEN’S COMMITTEE CHAIRS Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hamby Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr. Motion Industries Third Thursday Art Focus Group Mr. William A. Legg, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Hanson III Dr. Bill Mason and Mr. Bob Scharfenstein Mr. and Mrs. Steven Phillips Mr. and Mrs. George C. Thompson Mr. James L. Priester Jemison Investment Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Harrison Patty McDonald and Dr. Julius E. Linn Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pritchard Dr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Urist Mr. and Mrs. William A. Legg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Hazelrig Ms. Helen C. Mills and Dr. Walter G. Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Clay Ragsdale Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Velve MASTERPIECE BALL COMMITTEE Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC Mr. David B. Hezlep Mr. and Mrs. James Proctor Mrs. Elberta Reid Dr. Jutta von Buchholtz Mrs. M. Stanford Blanton Ms. Allison Nichols and Mr. Bill Mudd Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Hillhouse Mr. and Mrs. Howard Neiswender Ms. Dorothy J. Tayloe Mr. and Mrs. Terry Weathers Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Bromberg Protective Life Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. King Mr. and Mrs. William W.B. Rhett Mr. and Mrs. C. Logan Taylor III Ms. Angie S. Webb Mrs. Thomas A. Broughton III Red Diamond, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. James C. Lasker Royal Club Bruce and Lee Ann Webster Ms. Barbara L. Burton Sterne Agee Mr. and Mrs. James A. Livingston, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. R. Waid Shelton, Jr. STAFF APPRECIATION Ms. Joan S. Wexler Dr. and Mrs. James H. Crenshaw University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. and Mrs. Farrell O. Mendelsohn Dr. and Mrs. David H. Sibley LUNCHEON Mr. W.B. White Mrs. J. Patrick Darby Mr. and Mrs. John D. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Simpson The staff of the Birmingham Ms. Jane F. Williams Mrs. Richard H. Drennen BENEFACTORS Dr. Clyde W. Oyster Mr. and Mrs. Sanjay Singh Museum of Art would like to Mr. and Mrs. George Wolfe Mrs. Mark L. Drew. Mitchell Industries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Pigford Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier thank those supporters who made Mr. and Mrs. Scott Woods Mrs. William W. Featheringill Northwestern Mutual of Alabama Dr. and Mrs. John W. Poynor Mr. and Mrs. David M. Smith the Staff Appreciation Luncheon Mr. M.T. Wynn Mr. John B. Grenier Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Rosse Mr. and Mrs. Harlan I. Prater IV Mr. Hatton C.V. Smith possible.

60 61 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Arrington Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Cargo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hamby Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Bissell Mr. Jim Stroud Mr. and Mrs. James L. North, Sr. BMA Docent Council Dr. Arthur Clements Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Harbert Dr. and Mrs. Jon J. Blankenship Mr. and Mrs. James A. Thompson Dr. Clyde W. Oyster Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bainbridge, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John Durr Elmore Mrs. Joan C. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Boehm Dr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Urist Ms. Virginia C. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Percy W. Brower, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Erdreich, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hillhouse, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boulware III Mrs. Frieda R. White Mr. and Mrs. G. Gray Plosser, Jr. Mrs. Anne W. Burnette Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hulsey Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bowron, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Worthen Mrs. Paula P. Pointer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Carruthers, Jr. Mrs. Sylvia Goldberg Ms. Pauline Ireland Mrs. Susan Boyd Mrs. Barbara Powell Mr. Patrick Cather Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Hanson II Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. James Mr. and Mrs. Percy W. Brower, Jr. PATRON MEMBERS Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Procter Ms. Myla Calhoun Choy Dr. Firmon E. Hardenbergh Dr. Erica L. Liebelt Ms. Karin Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Mark Aldridge Mrs. Mel Robinson Mr. H.C. Day Mrs. Emil Hess Dr. Julius E. Linn Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Booker Mr. and Mrs. Bruce F. Rogers Ms. Leila Deep Mr. and Mrs. Stanton B. Ingram, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. C. Caldwell Marks Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Carruthers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas O. Bouler III Mr. Amasa G. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Erdreich, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Lapidus Dr. Bill Mason and Mr. Bob Scharfenstein Mr. Patrick Cather Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Brockman Mrs. Peter G. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Frei Mr. and Mrs. William B. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Rosse Mr. Eligah Dane Clark and Mrs. Irene P. Little Dr. and Mrs. James E. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. David Stearns Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Goodwyn Ms. Joan W. Lightfoot Mr. Philip A. Morris Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Coleman Mrs. June E. Bulow Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stewart, Jr. Mr. Vincent John Graffeo Mr. and Mrs. C. Caldwell Marks Mr. and Mrs. Ross Siragusa, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Collat, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Bynum Mrs. Beth Thorne Stukes Ms. Marianne Griffin and Mr. Michael Roy Dr. Bill Mason and Mr. Bob Scharfenstein Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Cook Amb. and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Albert J. Tully, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hanlin Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Sklenar Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Caldwell III Mr. and Mrs. Temple Tutwiler III Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hulsey Mr. Philip A. Morris Mrs. Marilyn S. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Francis Crockard, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Chandler Ms. Marion F. Walker Ms. Pauline Ireland Prof. Edward J. Olszewski Mr. and Mrs. William A. Terry Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Davis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cobb Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ward Mr. and Mrs. James A. Livingston, Jr. Dr. Dannetta K. T. Owens Mr. and Mrs. Robin A. Wade, Jr. Mr. Robert D. Eckinger and Ms. Maibeth Porter Dr. and Mrs. H. Cecil Coghlan Mrs. Jane Webb Ms. Jennifer R. McCain Ms. Marianne Schoel Mr. Alan K. Zeigler Mr. and Mrs. James S. M. French Mr. and Mrs. John N. Corey Ms. Geraldine Woodson Ms. Catherine E. McDonald Mrs. Sandra S. Simpson Mr. James B. Gordy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Curtin Mr. and Mrs. John N. Wrinkle Mr. Edgar B. Marx, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn S. Smith CURATORS’ CIRCLE Ms. Catherine Haggard Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Darden Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Piassick Mrs. Peter G. Smith Dr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt R. Haskell Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Davis, Sr. FELLOW MEMBERS Ms. Kelly Rushin and Mr. Jim Lewis Dr. and Mrs. Jack W. Trigg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. A. Jack Allison Betty Healey Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dixon The Honorable and Mrs. William Acker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Alexander de Haven Vare Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bagby Mr. and Dr. John D. Johns Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Doody Mrs. Colleen Adams Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson Dr. and Mrs. J. Claude Bennett Mr. and Mrs. James Milton Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Larry Drummond Dr. Rocklin D. Alling Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Sprague Dr. Donald A. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Alan Engel Dr. and Mrs. James Kamplain Mrs. Helene S. Elkus Dr. and Mrs. Gary W. Archer Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Styslinger, Jr. Mrs. Foster Etheredge Mr. and Mrs. William B. Keller Ms. Rachel S. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Arnold Ms. Meagan E. Vucovich MEMBERSHIP Mr. and Mrs. R. Glenn Eubanks Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Levine Mr. Scott W. Ford and Mr. Christopher J. Campanotta Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Arrington Mr. and Mrs. Robin A. Wade, Jr. Mr. Charles E. Foshee Mr. and Mrs. James A. Livingston, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Fowler, Jr. Mrs. Beverly Baker Where would the BMA be Mrs. Lauren S. Weil Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Frei Ms. Jennifer R. McCain Mr. and Mrs. Tracy R. Hall Dr. Eugene V. Ball without the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Wootten Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gillespy Patty McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Harley Dr. Joseph B. Beaird, Jr. our members? The Museum has Workamapro Mr. Guy R. Kreusch Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael McDowell Mr. and Mrs. Meredyth R. Hazzard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mavanee R. Bear thousands of members and many Mr. and Mrs. M. Brent Yarborough Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. McPhillips Mr. and Ms. Ronald C. Helveston Ms. Joyce Benington of them have chosen to provide Mr. Alan K. Zeigler Mr. Edgar B. Marx, Jr. Ms. Alison Nichols and Mr. Bill Mudd Mr. and Mrs. James V. Henagan Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Berthon additional support through our Ms. Jean B. Morris Dr. Jeannine O’Grody and Dr. John Chatham Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hendry Ms. Jean S. Bissell upper level membership programs. Dr. and Mrs. John W. Poynor Ms. Martha Pezrow Mr. J.P. Horishny Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blair WELLS SOCIETY MEMBERS We thank you for supporting us Mr. James D. Sokol and Ms. Lydia Cheney Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Powell Mrs. Fay B. Ireland Ms. Irene S. Blalock and Mr. Richard Shoemaker with your membership. The BMA extends sincere thanks Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Sprague Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ratliff III April Jackson and Lane McNaron Mrs. Mary M. Bledsoe to members of the Wells Society, CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. C. Logan Taylor III Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr. Mr. Dick Jemison Mr. and Mrs. Chris Boles who have included the Museum in Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Hanson II The Honorable and Mrs. J. Scott Vowell Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rives Dr. and Mrs. Kent T. Keyser Dr. James R. Bonner and Dr. Coralie S. Hains their estate plans. Wells Society Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Piassick Mr. Farrell E. Robinson Sol Kimerling Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bradford members help to ensure that the Mr. Arnold L. Steiner BENEFACTOR MEMBERS Ms. Marianne Schoel Mr. Cam Langley and Ms. Janice Kluge Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Brown Museum will continue to collect, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford L. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Abroms Mr. and Mrs. Scott Selman Mr. and Mrs. Benny M. LaRussa, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Burdette preserve, and exhibit works of art Mrs. Jeanne B. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Simpson Dr. Charles A. McCallum Ms. Sharon C. Burdette and provide educational programs DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Mrs. Sidney R. Bagby Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. South III Mr. and Mrs. Travis McGowin III Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll and services to future generations. Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bainbridge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Winfield M. Baird Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Stein Mr. and Mrs. John Markus Ms. Myla Calhoun Choy Ms. Terry P. Adams Dr. and Mrs. Peter D. Bunting Dr. and Mrs. Alton W. Baker Mr. and Mrs. John S. Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Gerson May Mrs. Annie M. Clayton and Ms. Janis Cordell Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bainbridge, Jr. Ms. Jane S. Comer and Mr. Charles Lantz Mr. David R. Baker and Ms. Lois A. Gaeta Mrs. Mary S. Steiner Mrs. Patricia Millhouse Mr. and Mrs. L. Holt Cloud Dr. Loretta G. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Michael Balliet Mr. and Mrs. Elton B. Stephens, Jr. Ms. Margaret Monaghan Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cobb Dr. and Mrs. Peter D. Bunting Mr. H. C. Day Mr. Julian W. Banton and Dr. Carol Z. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stitt III Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Morgan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Cosby Amb. and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Featheringill Drs. Omar and Retna Billano Mr. and Mrs. Michael Straus Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Morris Janet and Stephen Cox Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher 62 63 Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Jones Mrs. Jean S. Shanks Mr. B. Austin Cunningham Mr. Leo Kayser, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. R. Waid Shelton, Jr. Mrs. Druscilla A. Defalque Mr. and Mrs. James F. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Roland T. Short, Jr. Drs. Michael and Leisa Devenny Ms. Betty Law Mrs. Richard E. Simmons, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William E. Dismukes Mr. and Mrs. Alex Leath Mr. Henry E. Simpson Dr. and Mrs. William H. Dodson Mrs. Elaine Lee Mr. and Mrs. B. Hanson Slaughter Mr. Dan E. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Lewis Ms. Leonette W. Slay and Mr. Michael O’Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Dreher Mrs. Terri D. Lyon Dr. Kenneth Sloan and Dr. Christine A. Curcio Dr. and Mrs. Jiri Dubovsky Mrs. James H. McCary Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop W. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. McColl Mr. and Mrs. Murray W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Eckert Ms. Kathryn McDonald and Mr. Barr Linton Mrs. and Mr. Carleton R. Sokol Ms. Allyson L. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. McGahey Mr. and Mrs. Jim C. Stapleton Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elkourie Mr. Jay E. McKinney and Mr. Charles R. Strahan Mr. and Mrs. M. Jefferson Starling III Mrs. Henrietta Emack Mr. and Mrs. Emmett E. McLean Mr. and Mrs. W. Stancil Starnes Mr. and Mrs. Marvin R. Engel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McLeod Mr. and Mrs. Michael Steiner Mrs. Trudy R. Evans Mr. and Mrs. John J. McMahon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Styslinger Mr. and Mrs. David M. Fields Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sweeney, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Fisher III Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews V Mr. and Mrs. William F. Swoger Mr. John Robert Fleenor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Danny O. Meadows Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sylvester Dr. and Mrs. James G. Floyd Dr. Suzanne M. Michalek Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Freeland Mr. Thomas M. Moody Mrs. Leah M. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Frohsin Mr. and Mrs. Brad Morton Ms. Dallas A. Teague Snider and Mr. Tad Snider Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Gainer Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Nolen III Mr. and Mrs. Robert Terry Mr. Richard K. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Larry Norris Dr. and Mrs. David L. Tharpe Dr. and Mrs. Warren C. Gewant Mr. and Mrs. John T. Oliver III Dr. and Mrs. Jerry N. Thompson Mr. John W. Gibson and Ms. Mary Jane Wells Ms. Ann F. Omura Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Tilt Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Goings, Jr. Ms. Lori Oswald and Mr. Hans Paul Dr. and Mrs. Jack W. Trigg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Braxton Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin Ozment Mr. and Mrs. Ingram D. Tynes Mr. William T. Graves Dr. Martin Palmer Dr. and Mr. Amy Van Elkan Mr. and Mrs. Nick Greenwood Dr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Pappas Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Vandevelde Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Greer Mr. and Mrs. Y. C. Parris Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Vevle Mr. Beau Grenier Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pathasema Mr. Peter Walsh and Ms. Linda Vernon Mrs. Betty R. Grisham Jackson and Suzanne Payne Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Ware Mr. John Hagefstration Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Pearce Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hair Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Pless Mr. and Mrs. Lee Weathers Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Hanson III Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Porter Dr. and Mrs. Bob Wendorf Mr. and Mrs. Robin Harbin Mr. and Mrs. Judson E. Prater Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prince Whatley II Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Hare, Jr. Mrs. Angela F. Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. George F. Wheelock III Dr. Mary Hawn and Mr. Eben Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Pringle Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Heustis P. Whiteside, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hereford Dr. and Mrs. Henry Randolph Mr. and Mrs. Alton C. Whitt, Jr. Mr. Samuel D. Herring Mr. and Mrs. William Ranieri Ms. Jane F. Williams Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hicks Joyce Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Williams Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hightower Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Roberts Ms. Caroline Wingate Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hooper Dr. and Mrs. Adam D. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. J. David Woodruff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Hughey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N. Rooney, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Yeilding Mr. and Mrs. Ansley A. Hunt Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Rostand Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Yoder Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ireland II Drs. Paul and Merle Salter Mr. Lee H. Zell Dr. and Mrs. Jerry W. 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