SPONSORS Saalfeld Griggs, P.C. $500 - $999 Jan & Les Margosian in Honor Salem Convention Center Cynthia & Steven Addams of Carol Green Platinum | $10,000 & Above Salem Printing & Blueprint, Inc. Craig & Pat Anderson Sue-Del McCulloch BMW of Salem Steve Springer, Only the Best Kay Balke Jeanne Miller Capitol Toyota Sound DJ Matt & Lauren Benjamin Lou Moore ANNUAL REPORT Spirit Mountain Casino The Grand Hotel John & Bobbie Clyde Sean & Monique Ostler Statesman Journal Willamette Valley Vineyards Gail Dettwyler Terry Paugh 2017 Gold | $5,000 - $9,999 Molly Dinsdale Richard & Debra Pine Patron | $500 - $999 George & Nilly Essaides Marilyn Pool in Memory of CenturyLink Warren Bednarz City of Salem Nikki Freepons Shirley Mannocci Columbia Bank Elizabeth Geltz Cecilia Delve Scheuermann ADMINISTRATION Dear Friends, Grove, Mueller & Swank, PC Creekside Golf Club HUT Portland Airport Shuttle Carol & Jim Green Warren & Ardeane Smith Sandra Burnett, Executive Director Green Bike Cab Jacqueline Heavey Robert Stebner Another milestone year! In 2017, the Bush House Museum became its own Maps Credit Union Paula Kanarek & Ross Kaplan Brooke Serres, Accountant Roth’s Fresh Markets & Mark Dolan Ellen Stevens 501c3 nonprofit. Coldwell Banker Commercial Roger Heusser Larry & Susan Stuart Salem Health Mountain West Real Estate Santiam Hospital Maggie Hudson Charles & Phoebe Swank PROGRAM SUPPORT Since the early 1950s, the Bush House Museum has been operated, on Northern Lights Theatre Pub Hope Hughes Pressman Steve & Rachel Thorsett Dia Devine, Office Manager Republic Services behalf of the City of Salem, by the Salem Art Association who administers Silver | $2,500 - $4,999 Kathryn Jacobi-Dysart Ed Whipple Denise Magee, Development Director Bryn Mawr Vineyards Roth’s Vista the Museum and provides financial support. Paul & Donna Kerley Joe & Theresa Wiebe James O’Shea, Marketing Specialist Collier Law Saffron Supply Co. Virginia King Energy Design Salem Gastroenterology David Lichter MEMBERSHIP Brianna Nuttbrock, Marketing Assistant* Fattah Family Dentistry Consultants Bill & Doris Lovato Chloe Lawton, Marketing Assistant* Hoots, Baker & Wiley, PC Salem Pediatric Clinic Benefactor | $1,000 Robert Melton Roger Heusser Kettle Brand Sherman, Sherman, Johnnie Carol Mitchell in Memory of Kraft Custom Construction, Inc. & Hoyt, LLP Paul & Donna Kerley SPECIAL EVENTS Nadine Heusser Bill & Judy Meier Marion County Environmental Stephen G Tandy P.C. Coldwell Harvey & Elizabeth Stephanie Patterson, Events Director Services Banker Sally Wood Mohrenweiser Robert S. & Leslie Coleman Nichole Rose, Events Coordinator Michele Patterson Wandering Aengus Ciderworks Mark & Cindy Mueller Pence NW Construction LLC Windedahl, Rangitsch, Zeigen Betty O’Brien in Memory of BUSH HOUSE MUSEUM Salem Electric Groeneveld & Norton, LLC, CPA’s Dick O’Brien Patron | $500 Sunbelt Rentals Ann G. Lyman Ross Sutherland, Museum Director DONORS Bob & Kate Speckman The Bush House Museum is a heritage site—Salem’s 19th-century time Willamette Week Penny Unverzagt Steve & Christine Tandy Diane Huddleston, Museum Assistant Willamette University $10,000 & Above Davida & Slate Wilson in Linda Teal capsule. It preserves and interprets the heritage of the Bush House and Jean Bottcher Bush’s Pasture Park to illuminate Oregon history and culture associated with Bronze | $1,000 - $2,499 Bob & Marypat Hill Memory of Betty Wiley COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATION Mountain West Investment Robert S. & Leslie Coleman the legacy of Salem’s Bush Family. The Museum offers guided tours to the Affordable Framing Partner | $250 Kathleen Dinges Rice, CAE Director Allied Video Corporation Zeigen public, to schools as an enhancement of the Oregon History curriculum, Charles & Ruth Clarkson Susan Powers, School Programs Coordinator Atrio Health Plans Peter & Leslie Dinsdale and to special interest groups and organizations. The Museum also provides $5,000-9,999 $250 - $499 special events throughout the year including Exploration Day and Holiday Capital Manor Michele Patterson Pete & Kathi Baldwin Rich & Shelly Duncan Cascade Warehouse Rober Bibler & Carol Tom & Teresa Flaherty BUSH BARN ART CENTER Open Museums. CB | Two Architects $2,500-4,999 Hausser Bibler Diana Miller Cheryl & Mark Burnham David Wilson, Gallery Director Doug Aljets Sandra Burnett Mary & Karl Paulson Jennifer Gimzewski, Gallery Coordinator On the other hand, the Salem Art Evans, Batlan, Getchell LLC George Jennings Association is an arts organization and Ryan & Holly Collier Lee Ann Tandy, Gallery Coordinator Falk (EMS) SAA Gallery Guides Larissa & Kristopher Dozier CLAY BALL intrinsically different in its offerings. It Ferder, Casebeer, French & $1,000 - $2,499 Ferder, Casebeer, French LIVE AUCTION presents contemporary art experiences Thompson, LLP William F. Cloran in Memory & Thomson, LLP Dayna & Howard Collins BOARD OF DIRECTORS to the community of the mid-Willamette Garten Services of Marty Cloran Amber & William Garrison Nancy Eng Celia Batlan, President Valley through its core programming: Gilgamesh Brewing Jane Cummins & Phil Fidler Paul Gehlar George Essaides Bruce Rodgers, President Elect (a) five professional art galleries; Guitar Center Leeana & Terry Fletchall Dennis Gould & Quinton Ted Gaty Heltzel Williams, PC Ryan Pasquarella, Treasurer (b) residencies, and various services to Bill Haden Hallett Carol & Jim Green artists; (c) art workshops for all ages; Huggins Insurance Service Gary & Lisa Hardey John & Mary Hawkins Leslie Coleman Zeigen, Secretary Cynthia Herron (d) arts education for thousands of Bliss Sequoia Arthur & Gloria Hill in Amy & Daniel Hill Julie Jeanseau Jane Cummins-Fidler Hoover Elementary students make art during students, many in Title I schools; and Keudell/Morrison Wealth Memory of Marty Cloran Billie Houghton Tom Kunke Chris Fischer Management a field trip to the Bush Barn Art Center (e) the annual Salem Art Fair & Festival. Jon & Kathy Lauer Bonnie & Roger Hull in Shari Lord KC Hancock Legacy Silverton Medical Ann G. Lyman Memory of Rollie Wisbrock Janet Neuburg Susan Hick Center Bill & Judy Meier Ron Jaecks & Kelli Swanson Molly Reeves Following the opening of the Bush Barn Art Center in 1965, the Bush LifeSource Natural Foods Janet Neuburg Jaecks Totem Shriver Richard McCloud, Jr. House Museum has been a discrete entity with most of its own activities Mid-Valley Screen Printing Ryan Pasquarella John & Juana Lake James Southworth Janet Neuburg separate from the Salem Art Association. To emphasize the Museum as O’Neill Pine Company Kathie Stevens Richard & Robin Lieurance Susan Trueblood Stuart Barry Shapiro a cultural facility in its own right and to create the potential for greater Optic 49 Elisabeth Walton Potter Elisabeth A. Lindburg John Van Dreal Bob Speckman financial sustainability, the Museum sought its own independent nonprofit Pioneer Trust Bank Slate Wilson Laura Tesler status. This new status has been long overdue, and we are excited to see Laura Zenthoefer the Museum now grow and flourish as its own presence in the cultural environment of Salem. The Museum has finally come of age! GRANTORS City of Salem TOT Fund | The Collins Foundation | Larry and Jeanette Epping Family Foundation FRIENDS OF BUSH GARDENS Sincerely, Harvest Foundation | James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation | Marion Cultural Development Corporation Gretchen Carnaby, Project Coordinator Oregon Arts Commission - Arts Learning | Oregon Arts Commission - Operating Support Oregon Cultural Trust - Cultural Development | PGE Foundation | SAA Endowment Foundation Sandra Burnett Salem Foundation - Clifford J and Grace M. Taylor Fund | Salem Sunrise Rotary | William S. Walton Charitable Trust *Denotes change in staff SAA Executive Director BUSH HOUSE MUSEUM FUNDRAISING The Bush House Museum, in Bush’s Pasture Park, is EVENTS preserved and interpreted to illuminate the lives and legacy The Salem Art Fair & of Salem’s Bush Family, the early development of Salem, and Festival is SAA’s largest Oregon history and culture. The Museum welcomed over annual fundraiser, 3,250 visitors for guided tours, educational programs and showcasing artists from special events in 2017. A new schedule was also introduced all across the nation and with tours at 1, 2, 3 and 4 pm Thursday-Sunday, April- attracting approximately September, and Friday-Sunday, October-March. SAA operates 36,000 visitors per year. the Bush House Museum on behalf of the City of Salem. Francisco Bautista offers demonstrations Salem Salon featured hundreds of works of art from local artists in his booth at the Art Fair The 2017 Art Fair featured Sonia Allen leads an Artists in the Schools residency at Four Corners Elementary 22 entertainment acts, BUSH BARN ART CENTER Interpretation | Education helped support over 41 local organizations. The event COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATION Over 900 4th graders raised $128,445 in net income to help support the year- In 2017, the Salem Art Association Galleries Program attending Priority or Focus round programs of the Salem Art Association. In 2017, SAA’s Community Arts Education (CAE) program welcomed over 20,000 visitors, and presented 19 art Title 1 schools, in Marion, served the communities of Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties exhibitions at the Bush Barn Art Center. Additionally, work Polk and Yamhill counties, The annual Clay Ball art auction and dinner is SAA’s second in a variety of ways: by approximately 90 regional artists was showcased in the participated in the Arts & largest fundraising event, attracting around 400 attendees Gift Gallery and many participated in SAA’s Rental-Sales History Immersion Project each February. In 2017, Clay Ball: Masterpieces netted • Artists in the Schools (AIS) served more than 6,000 program. Highlights of the 2017 calendar include: (AHIP) field trips. Students $41,858 due to the generosity of artists, sponsors, local children, teachers, artists and community members tour the Museum and Students from Swegle Elementary businesses and art patrons. through teaching artists. Young Artists’ Showcase get hands-on with history enjoy an art activity in the • The High School Art Mentorship Program provided a This beloved community event included artwork from Bush Barn Art Center. Over FINANCIALS year-round experience for 18 students, including one-on- young artists in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. The 75% of these students have not been to a museum or art one mentorships with professional artists, twice monthly exhibition was generously sponsored by the Larry and gallery before. AHIP received a Willamette Heritage Center We are pleased to report that SAA achieved net revenues meetings and a final exhibition. Jeanette Epping Family Fund, Maps Credit Union, and Heritage Education Award. Funders include: Marion County of $58,424 for 2017. As a result of maintaining positive net • The Middle School Creative Writing Workshop provided Salem Sunrise Rotary Club. Development Corporation; Oregon Cultural Trust – Cultural revenues over the last seven years, SAA has completed eight students with six weeks of writing workshops and a Development; PGE Foundation; Salem Art Association; its debt forgiveness program and continues to build final reading event. Susan Trueblood Stuart: Salem Foundation – Clifford J. and Grace M. Taylor Fund; and a reserve fund. In addition, in 2017 SAA completed • CAE offered a week of teen camp and youth classes in “Wind, Water, Spirit” - 66 Years of Painting William S. Walton Charitable Trust. fundraising for the Access Art Project with the last amount June and July. This retrospective exhibition examined Susan Trueblood of $31,633 being raised at a special event. In total, nearly • CAE began a redesign of our AIS Programs to develop 17 Stuart’s career from her student years to her current work, Community Collaborations | Community Activities $1,000,000 was raised to install an elevator in the Bush Art Modules that meet Core Curriculum Standards. focusing on the paintings created after 1990 as she began The Museum collaborates with cultural-heritage Barn Art Center and to renovate the Annex for expanded • CAE began the development of eight Art Boxes for to explore the regional landscape. organizations, social service programs and local businesses. programming. These achievements are made possible by checkout by individual teachers for their classrooms. Bush’s Pasture Park Exploration Day encourages children and the generous and thoughtful support of our members, • CAE worked with Four Corners Elementary School to Contemporary Abstraction families to “Explore History, Explore the Arts and Explore donors, grantors, and sponsors, and through the efforts of integrate art into their curriculum. This exhibition explored Bush’s Pasture Park” through hands-on activities with various our dedicated staff. • The Annex served three distinctive Community Partners. Exploring Your Community Tours has Income Expense an estimated 4,000 artists provided free guided tours of the Museum to those in the approaches to abstraction Salem Art Fair & Festival* $331,823 $203,378 and community members H.O.S.T. Youth Programs, Marion County Reentry Programs through various programs, through Julia Bradshaw’s Bush House Museum $22,285 $92,600 and Oregon Trail Card Program. The Museum is also part of including 21 artists through photography, Ellen Bush Barn Art Center* $81,891 $159,010 George’s sculptures, Travel Salem’s Tri-County Wine Charm Trail. the Artist-in-Residence and Elizabeth Magee’s Community Arts Education $98,022 $170,958 program, 17 workshops and Ellen George installs art for Preservation | Collections Projects Marketing & Development $123,423 $113,073 classes, 11 events, and nine paintings. Contemporary Abstraction The Becoming Oregon: Letters to Asahel Bush II, Oregon Friends of Bush Gardens* $34,898 $28,065 exhibitions. Statesman Editor, 1850-1863 website provides access to General Administration $195,608 $94,075 Curious Worlds Avantika Bawa creates art in the Annex “Curious Worlds” presented 13 artists interpretations 500 original letters written by notable Oregon pioneers Access Art $31,633 to Asahel Bush II (1824-1913). This treasure trove of early of familiar worlds and intriguing alternatives, blurring Totals: $919,583 $861,159 boundaries between reality and imagination. This Oregon documents is accessible by date or author with SAA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION info on the contents of each letter and the author. This *SAF&F, BBAC, & FOBG revenue presented net of direct costs exhibition featured artists from Kentucky, Montana, The Salem Art Association has an endowment currently and Oregon. project was funded in part with grants from the Oregon Income Heritage Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust – Cultural valued at $920,020 and receives a 5% distribution Development. The letters can be viewed online at Clay Ball (10%) annually. The endowment is held under the stewardship James Southworth: Colors of Tuscany & Umbria of the Salem Art Association Endowment Foundation Salem artist James Southworth’s collection of vibrant www.SalemArt.org/programs/bush-house-museum/ Art Fair (36%) becoming-oregon. (SAAEF), which works to increase the Endowment pastel paintings focused on the timeless charm of Italy. Endowment (12%) through legacy, major gifts and events. Salem Salon Friends of Bush Gardens (FOBG) Sales/Admissions (7%) The gardens around the Museum are maintained by FOBG 2017 SAAEF BOARD OF DIRECTORS This exhibition is an exciting, non-juried art exhibition Artists in the Schools (5%) open to both emerging and established artists in Salem volunteers with funding from two annual plant sales. FOBG, Gary Hardey and neighboring communities. Coinciding with the Salem and the City of Salem Parks Department, preserve and Grants (13%) Jon Lauer maintain the 1882 Conservatory, rehabilitate the Civic Rose Art Association’s annual Salem Art Fair & Festival, this was Individuals/Members (11%) Chris Fischer a high exposure opportunity for local artists. Garden, provide six interpretive kiosks in Bush’s Pasture Park, Janet Neuburg and have published a Map & Guide to Bush’s Pasture Park. FOBG (4%) Paul Hawkins