April-June 2017 a NOTE from the DIRECTOR

ADVEN TURES IN ART & HISTO RY

April-June 2017 A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Friends,

Spring at The MATT means exhibition If you’re feeling inspired by the Peanuts gang, openings! This May we are thrilled to host I invite you to get your art on by checking out Heartbreak in Peanuts on loan from the Charles the new Studio Art Workshops (pg. 13) M. Shultz Museum and Research Center. I our Director of Education, Heather performed the role of Charlie Brown in my Whitehouse has planned. For everyone from high school’s spring musical so this comic budding artist to experienced pro, these legend has a special place in my heart. In workshops provide an opportunity to create fact, this weekly cartoon spans multiple artwork while having fun and honing skills. generations of fans and offers our visitors an opportunity to reconnect with the beloved Waterbury is what inspires me! You Peanuts characters from their childhood, and may have noticed I end my letters with will offer young children an introduction to #IBelieveInWaterbury. We have launched a these great American icons. call to artists (pg. 7) to invite them to share what inspires them about the Brass City. This exhibition also resonates with The September 2017 exhibit and collateral Waterbury's history. Did you know that The programming will feature works submitted Eastern Color Printing Company, which was by artists from across the State working owned by the Republican-American, produced in all media—including visual arts, sound what is considered by many to be the first art, spoken word, theatre, dance, music American comic book!! Famous Funnies, No. 1, composition, installation, performance art and 1934, featuring the adventures of Mutt and intervention. We want artists to visit the City Jeff, Donald Dare, Buck Rogers and others, and then share with our audiences works that began the comic book industry that continues capture what is uplifting and inspiring about to engage us today. Waterbury.

I invite you to spend some time @ The MATT this Spring and be inspired! Whether you stop by on Mother’s Day with your family to check out our Community Day celebration (pg. 15), experience with friends one of our many wellness programs in the galleries (pg. 10), or spend Father’s Day exploring Yankees or Red Sox: America’s Greatest Rivalry and participating in our special programs (pg. 17), there is truly something for everyone!

I hope to see you often.

With deep appreciation, – Bob Burns, Director #IBelieveInWaterbury

COVER IMAGE: JANET FISH, TEAPOT WITH APPLE, 2007 GIFT OF CLAUDIA DEMONTE AND ED MCGOWIN IMAGE COURTESY OF BLEACHER + EVERARD PHOTOGRAPHY @THE MATT 3 @THE MATT EXHIBITIONS

Love is everywhere in Peanuts—Charlie Brown loves the Little Red-Haired Girl, Lucy adores Schroeder, Sally pursues Linus—but sadly these sentiments are rarely returned. Experience the joys and sorrows of unrequited love Peanuts-style in the traveling exhibition, Heartbreak in Peanuts. Join the Peanuts characters as they continually return to their hopeless quests for love, undaunted by defeat. The exhibition presents 50 high quality digital reproductions of original Peanuts comic strips which focus on narratives of lost love. Heartbreak in Peanuts is organized and toured by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, Santa Rosa, California.

RECEPTION Mattatuck Museum exhibition supported in part by: Sunday, May 21, 1:00-3:00 p.m. RELATED PROGRAM STORY TIME (p. 15) Wednesday, June 28, 10:00 a.m. HIGHLIGHTS TOUR Sunday, March 26, 12:00–1:00 p.m. Join us for a docent-led overview tour of several of the special exhibitions on display in the Museum this Spring. Stay for the opening reception beginning at 1:00 p.m.

BLACK & WHITE Photographs from the Collection of Kevin McNamara & Craig Nowak ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 16, 2017

This exhibition draws from the contemporary collection of Kevin McNamara and Craig Nowak. It features photographs by masters of 20th and 21st century American photography including John Dugdale, Sally Mann, and Jock Sturges, among others. Like many contemporary photographers, the artists in this exhibition make imaginative use of the camera’s power to document reality. Their pictures pose questions about identity, self- representation, history and truth.

RECEPTION Sunday, March 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m. RELATED PROGRAMS AFTERNOON WITH THE COLLECTORS (p. 11) Sunday, April 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m. ART OF COLLECTING (p. 11) Tuesday, May 23, 5:30 p.m.

TOM BARIL (B. 1952), TWO ROSES (DETAIL), 2002 GELATIN SILVER PRINT FROM WET-PLATE GLASS NEGATIVE MATTATUCK MUSEUM; GIFT OF KEVIN MCNAMARA AND CRAIG NOWAK IN HONOR OF NANCY RUSTICO FIRST LOOK/NEW TO THE COLLECTION ON VIEW THROUGH MAY 14, 2017

The collection is the heart of a museum. It’s here that the idea for the next big exhibition might be sparked and where a museum shapes its identity. Since the arrival of Director Bob Burns in 2012, he and Curator Dr. Cynthia Roznoy, have not only increased the exhibition program to more than twenty changing exhibits each year, they have reinstalled the Museum’s collections galleries and significantly grown the Museum’s permanent collection through gifts and acquisitions. Working with the Collections Committee, the team set a course of action in collections management.

First Look includes gifts, promised gifts and Museum purchases over the past five years and highlights works by Richard Bosman, Frank DuMond, Janet Fish, Jasper Johns, Dina Melicov and Tom Yost, among others.

RECEPTION RELATED PROGRAM Sunday, March 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m. ART OF COLLECTING (p. 11) Tuesday, May 9, 5:30 p.m.

FROM LEFT: CURATOR DR. CYNTHIA ROZNOY, COLLECTIONS MANAGER SUZIE FATEH, AND DIRECTOR BOB BURNS EVALUATE A RECENT ACQUISITION TO THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION

LUMINOUS GARDEN Beth Galston ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 16, 2017

Sculptor and conceptual artist Beth Galston creates site-specific installations that are informed by many sources, including science, architecture, engineering, and nature. The immersive environment of Luminous Garden (Aerial) is an ephemeral light piece made of tiny yellow LEDs set in cast resin acorn caps.

Supported in part through a gift from David & Mara Sfara to underwrite exhibits in The Lab.

RECEPTION Sunday, March 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m. RELATED PROGRAM AFTERNOON WITH THE ARTIST (p. 11) Sunday, April 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

BETH GALSTON, LUMINOUS GARDEN (AERIAL) (DETAIL), 2009/2017 IMAGE CREDIT: (TOP) JOE DIMAGGIO'S 56 GAME HITTING STREAK, THE RIFKIN COLLECTION (BOTTOM)100 YEARS OF FENWAY PARK, COLLECTION OF NEIL SCHERER

YANKEES OR RED SOX America’s Greatest Rivalry MARCH 26 - DECEMBER 3, 2017

Like most sports rivalries, picking a side in the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry is almost entirely geographic – and Connecticut is at the epicenter, more or less being split in two. Guest curated by sports lover Neil Scherer, this exhibition had its inception in the 2004 American League Champion Series. This was the infamous year that the Yankees won the first three games, leading everyone to believe the Yankees would sweep, only to leave America stunned as the Red Sox rebounded to win the remaining four games and their first World Series title in 86 years. Scherer was at the deciding seventh game. In this exhibition Sherer tells this and other exciting stories about each team.

Supported in part by MacDermid Performance Solutions.

RECEPTION Sunday, March 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m. COMMUNITY FREE DAY: FAMILY ACTIVITY (p. 15) RELATED PROGRAMS Sunday, April 9, 1:00 p.m. FATHER'S DAY (p. 17) Sunday, June 18, 1:00–3:00 p.m. CALL TO ARTISTS #IBELIEVEINWATERBURY Announcing a call to artists for an exhibition to be presented September 10 – December 3, 2017. Curated by Bob Burns, Director, Mattatuck Museum; Judith 7 @THE MATT McElhone, Director, Five Points Gallery; and Will K. Wilkins, Director, Real Art Ways, Hartford.

All styles and media are encouraged. EXHIBITIONS Focusing on the City of Waterbury, artists are challenged to identify the unique aspects of the city and her people that resonate for them. We are asking artists to share their inspiration with us in works that demonstrate the beauty, joy, prosperity, and growing momentum of Waterbury. FEDERICO URIBE, QUEDAMOS EN PAZ #3 (DETAIL), 2015 Artist submissions due by Tuesday, August 1. For more information visit mattmuseum.org. QUEDAMOS EN PAZ #3 Federico Uribe PROJECT Q&A FOR ARTISTS MARCH 26 – JULY 16, 2017 Tuesday, April 18, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 11, 12:30 p.m. Artists are invited to join us for a casual Colombian-born, Miami-based artist Q&A with light refreshments and music. Federico Uribe trained as a painter, but in Looking for a little insight? Talk with 1996 he abandoned paint brushes to make museum staff and members of the art with the objects of everyday life. In the community who have a deep passion for At Peace series he creates sculptures from Waterbury and find out what the city ammunition, his work informed both by his means to them. homeland Colombia, where violence is part of daily life, and the epidemic of gun crime in the United States where he has lived for 15 years. This large scale work depicts a peaceful garden where sun shines, flowers bloom, and animals play.

RECEPTION Sunday, March 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m. RELATED PROGRAM COMMUNITY FREE DAY: FAMILY ACTIVITY (p. 15) Sunday, June 11, 1:00 p.m. ON THE JOB FOR VICTORY World War I Posters CONTINUES THROUGH APRIL 23, 2017

Waterbury responded to the April 6, 1917 call to take up arms against Germany by sending 5,000 men and women to various branches of the services. But the “War to End All Wars” did not begin as a popular cause. To turn public opinion around, the government mobilized artists to create pictorial publicity for all aspects of the war effort. Organized by guest Curator Katharine Anthony, this selection of approximately twenty-five posters from the Museum collection gives glimpses of the war front, illustrates participation at home, reveals the new roles of women, demonstrates new technologies, and shows the breadth of military service.

RECEPTION Sunday, March 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

WESTERN CT MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK CREATIVE ARTS Personal Expressions of Recovery and Wellness APRIL 26 - MAY 19, 2017

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Artists in recovery from the Danbury, Torrington, and Waterbury areas share “Personal Expressions of Recovery and Wellness” through their drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, tapestries, writing and music. The healing value of this art is priceless.

RECEPTION Friday, April 28, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

ART RAGEOUS: A CANVAS OF MANY COLORS 2nd Annual Waterbury Public School Student Art Showcase WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 - SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2017

This exhibition features Waterbury Public Schools finest K-12 students. Artwork was hand-selected by their mentoring teacher, and will be on view with the hopes of energizing and inspiring the community!

RECEPTION Wednesday, May 24, 5:00 p.m. MONTEIRO FAMILY COMMUNITY GALLERY MONTEIRO FAMILY

CONGRESSIONAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION RECEPTION SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1:00-3:00 P.M.

Join Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty in honoring high school students from the state’s fifth district. Winners will be announced on this day. The top prize winner will be invited to join Congresswoman Esty in Washington, DC at the national awards ceremony

LOBBY honoring winners from across the country. Light refreshments will be served. APRIL 26-MAY 19,2017 Personal Expressions ofRecoveryandWellness WESTERN CTMENTAL HEALTH NETWORKCREATIVE ARTS 5 4 APRIL or toregister for programs andevents contact x130. usat(203)753-0381 Visit mattmuseum.org for programs. anextended ofpublic list For more information CALENDAR 14 13 11 10 10 10 9 9 5 5 3 3 2 2 MAY 30 29 28 27 26 25 25 25-26 20 19 18 18 13 12 11 11 9

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CALENDARCALENDAR @THE MATT 9 WELLNESS @THE MATT 10 June 6,13,20,27 May 2,9,16,23,30 April 4,11,18,25 Tuesdays, 5:30p.m. IN THEGALLERIES OPEN LEVELFLOWYOGA WELLNESS @THEMATT own orplay drums oneofours. funfor everyone. is Drumming your Bring playing rhythms from around theworld. ortwo,drum dance, while laughandlearn @ The MATT. Everyone gets toplay a oneofthegalleries in merriment musical Norton for afew ofparticipatory hours begins. Healing Join and Sound Craig Wide ignitewhen smiles you adrum beat BRASS Members: $3 Members: $8,Non-members: $12 Friday, May 5,1:00–2:30 p.m. WITH CRAIGNORTON HANDS-ON DRUMMING clothes. All levels welcome. breathing techniques. Wear comfortable soreness. energy through Find andstamina and mobility, andreduce stiffness, and improve your balance, increase flexibility Joeinstructor Atkins. Tai Chiwillhelp Move andgroove certified withour tomusic BRASS Members: $3 Members: $8,Non-members: $12 June 7,14,21,28 May 3,10,17,24,31 April 5,12,19,26 Wednesdays, 10:00a.m. TAI CHI@THEMATT vary. your own Bring mat. collection.American art Instructors may theidyllicamid environment Early ofour levelwith anopen flowing yoga class set andastrengthened mind body acalm Find BRASS Members: $3 Members: $8,Non-members: $12 available for purchase. Autographed copies will be ofthebook account of thestill-unsolved heist. Stephen Kurkjian, haswrittenagripping on thecasefor Now 25years later, reporter theprincipal worth ofartwork. dollars’ halfbillion off withanestimated upthetwotie nightwatchmen andmake Stewart Gardner Museumaftermidnight, officers trick their intotheIsabella way Two asBostonPolice mendisguised Non-members: $10 Museum &BRASS Members: Free Friday, May 5,2:00p.m. BY STEPHENKURKJIAN MASTER THIEVES MEET THEAUTHOR HISTORY @THEMATT part bythe Connecticut Community Foundation. ConnecticutAlzheimer’s Association, Chapterissupported in This collaboration with the Alzheimer Resource Centerand awareness ofAlzheimer’s/dementia. and ofexploration, inspiration a morning ofAlzheimer’s disease.diagnosis Join usfor key speaker Bob Savage, who lives withthe featuring andthehumanspirit musicians byBe inspired storytellers, poets, artists, Public totheGeneral Open Program: 10:00a.m.–12:00 p.m. Coffee Reception: 9:30–10:00a.m. Thursday, April 20 HELLO LIGHT SPECIAL ALZHEIMER'SPROGRAM [email protected] or(203)623-5407. RSVPincluded. toCarolyn DeRocco at care-givers.their lunch Complimentary developed for withDementiaand people activity andart tour gallery engaging Visitors are an invited in toparticipate Free withregistration. May 18andJune 15 3 GALLERY TOUR&LUNCH MEMORIES @THEMATT rd Thursdays, 10:00a.m.–1:00 p.m. The BostonGlobe

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STUDIO @ THE MATT ALL LEVEL ART BUFFET WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST INEZ FAILLACE Thursday, April 27, 1:00–3:00 p.m. Members: $10, Non-members: $25 BRASS Members: $7 Murder Artists of every level are invited to stimulate the creative side of the brain in this hands Mystery on Art Buffet workshop with collage artist Inez Faillace. Using your own imagination, Vol. 3 with inspiration from Inez, you will not only create an amazing collage, but have a lot of fun doing it!

BIG, BOLD & COLORFUL: ACRYLIC PAINTING WITH ARTIST CHRISTIAN CÉSARI 4 Week Session Wednesdays, 1:00–3:00 p.m. May 3, 10, 17, 24 Members: $60, Non-members: $75 BRASS Members: $35 Guided by extraordinary painter Christian Césari, beginners and advanced students MATT BY NIGHT alike will learn to paint big, bold and colorful MURDER MYSTERY, VOL. 3 works in this 4-week acrylic painting Thursday, June 8, 6:00 p.m. session. Advanced Tickets: $20, Day of/At Door: $25 Must be 21+. Materials not included. Please bring Whether you are a young professional or assorted brushes, basic bold acrylic paint student, art lover or history buff, night owl or colors, paper towels, and 30 x 40 stretched socialite, you are invited to another MATT by canvas. Bring a landscape image to paint Night adventure! from. For more information email [email protected]. Travel back in time to attend an exhibition opening in the 1950s. Join us as we bend the FOUNDATION WORKSHOP: rules of history and investigate a peculiar COLORED PENCILS crime. Period costumes encouraged, and fun WITH ARTIST RITA PARADIS guaranteed! After the big reveal, stick around Thursday, June 1, 1:00–3:00 p.m. with your friends and enjoy the galleries. Members: $45, Non-members: $60 Your admission fee includes food, wine BRASS Members: $ 35 and beer. Specialty Explore value exercises and basic layering cocktail available techniques in this two-hour workshop. for purchase. Artist Rita Paradis will get you started on a project which you will finish at home. All materials included and pencils will be CONTRIBUTING yours to take home. No prior drawing SPONSOR experience necessary. FUND RAISING N Tune-In on Social Media for more fun! 5TH ANNUAL GIVE LOCAL GREATER WATERBURY U AND LITCHFIELD HILLS Tuesday, April 25, 7:00 a.m. to Wednesday, April 26, 7:00 p.m. Give Local is a 36-hour online community giving event. Every dollar donated during F the campaign will be stretched with bonus funds provided by the Connecticut Community Foundation and generous Give Local sponsors. We can also win cash prizes during the event! TO MAKE YOUR DONATION: Visit givelocalccf.org, call Molly at (203) 753-0381 x138 or stop by our Donation Station at the Museum! SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Tuesday, April 25, 9:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Summer Fling Opening Early and Closing Late (Donation Station open all day) CITY OF STARS 5:30–6:30 p.m. - FREE Yoga in the Gallery Friday, June 2, 6:30 p.m. till late New-Comer: $100 Wednesday, April 26, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (Discount for first time attendees) Opening Early Tickets: $125, Patron Tickets: $175 (Donation Station open all day) Join us for an evening of star-studded summer fun including dinner and dancing in the galleries, signature cocktails, wine raffle and auction.

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SPRING BREAK FAMILY DAYS Tuesday, April 11 & Thursday, April 13 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Single Day: $5 per child 2-Day Pass: $8 per child Let's get ARTSY! Come celebrate spring by delving into art activities inspired by The SAVE THE DATE MATT's collection and special exhibitions. Children of all ages will enjoy interactive FOR SUMMER tours and programs guided by a Museum BEHIND THE SCENES: Educator. TEEN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (Teens 13-18) TEENS @ THE MATT Monday, July 24 – Friday, August 4 THEATER WORKSHOP 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 29, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Members: $90, Non-members: $100 Members: $50, Non-members: $60 Full and partial scholarships available. Pre-registration is required by April 26. High school students get the run down Teenagers (ages 13-18) get involved in the on what it takes to create an exhibition! world of theater with the Bated Breath Learn about selecting works, designing Theatre Company! This unique and researching a show, and work with one-day workshop is inspired by the life our curatorial staff to create a month long of Waterbury philanthropist, Carrie Welton. exhibition that will be on view in the Teens will work to improve their acting, Museum's Monteiro Family Community directing and stage presence. Gallery. For more information, contact Full and partial scholarships available. [email protected]. THE ART OF HEALTH CELEBRATION Saturday, May 20, 1:00–3:00 p.m. SUMMER YOUTH ART Free (Children 4 -13) The Museum and United We STAND Youth Per Session Fees: Chapter of Waterbury are teaming up for Members: $90, Non-members: $100 a lively celebration of music, dance and ALL SESSIONS: 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Registration opens on April 1. spoken word for Mental Health Awareness Investigate the world of art in these fun Month. This program is open to all children and creative week-long sessions. Kids will and families. explore the Museum's galleries and work side-by-side with teaching artists using a variety of materials to express what art means to them! All supplies provided. CARTOONING 101 Monday, July 17 – Friday, July 21 ILLUSTRATION FUNDAMENTALS Monday, July 24 – Friday, July 28 ADVENTURES IN ANIMATION Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4 America’s GreatestRivalry In conjunctionwith Educator! activities projects andart with aMuseum @ The MATT inspired withbaseball any cancome adult have special aball anddads,Children uncles, or grandpas Adults: $7 $10,Seniors: Members &Children (16&under): Free Sunday, June 18,1:00–3:00 p.m. FATHER’S DAY @THEMATT and theEastEnd. Overlook, TownNorth Hillside, End, Plot, Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods through ofthecity’shistory stories performance showcases Waterbury’s Waterbury’sstarring youth. This unique experience theatrical an engaging performance of are families invited andtheir Children tothe Free Saturday, June 10,12:00 p.m. OUR CITY, OURNEIGHBORHOODS SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS,INC. statewide event cultureandtourism.org. visit For the more about tourism. information of thestate'sdiverse and history world ofart, House Day Open Connecticut ashowcase is Free Saturday, June 10, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. CT OPENHOUSEDAY for the Arts. OfficeDevelopment, of the Arts, and theNationalEndowment the Connecticut Department Economic of andCommunity Culture Collaborative, Waterbury Region, inpartnership with This program issupported byagrant from the Arts and classics, music. andpopular jazz,classical, preforming aneclectic blend ofmovie by Wolcottjoined HighSchoolstudents presents(CAA) aconcert of25accordionists The Accordion Connecticut Association Free Sunday, May 21,3:00p.m. ACCORDION CONCERT CAA &WOLCOTTHIGHSCHOOL and MacDermid Performance Solutions. Foundation, Lauren andMarkBooth, IonBankFoundation, Family programs supported inpart bythe American Savings Our City, OurNeighborhoods Yankees orRed Sox: , by checking aFamily out Pack ownexhibitions pace attheir andspecial andhistory art collectionspermanent of explore theMuseum’s are invited toengage and Families withyoung children FAMILY PACKS children ages 2-15. areand games for designed Museum’s galleries. Activities andexploregames the materials,art play educational with canexperiment artists play together. andlearn Young invitesCAMPsite to families and interactive the learning, With oncreativity anemphasis (Children’s Maker Art Place)! Welcome toThe CAMPsite CAMP DURINGgames. projectsmedia art andboard activities aswell as mixed drawing, andpuzzle-solving writing, pack contents include Theat theVisitor desk. Services packs are available request upon (free-of-charge). Easy-to-carry YOUR VISIT site! (NEW)

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