worcester art mausecumc meagsazisne fall 2012 | volume 1 issue 1 A work in progress… Art museums, like all other institutions, have to be considered works in progress. They must continue to evolve during their lifetimes in order to remain vibrant and relevant. Each generation provides new perspectives and seeks adaptation to their definitions of the fundamental needs of access, inclusion, openness and connection. When these are recognized, embraced and provided, art museums can properly fulfill their role as cultural anchors in the communities in which they serve.

At the Worcester Art Museum, we are exploring the immense potential of your future enjoyment of this cultural gem. Thinking afresh about the Museum is all the more enticing because we have a phenomenal collection, a dedicated constituency, and we Matthias Waschek, Director of the Worcester Art Museum and Malcolm Rogers, are located in a city that is reinventing itself. To serve you better, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, open the Salisbury doors. we also have to address challenges that we currently face and turn these into opportunities for positive growth: stay tuned! In addition, we are working strategically to raise our profile regionally The front doors are open— and to further stabilize our finances. Both are connected: It is by raising our visibility that we attract further income, and it is with Thank you! The membership-based campaign, “Open the Salisbury diversified income streams that we can broaden our impact. Doors,” not only exceeded its original goal of $60,000 needed Some of the short-term activities have already had results: the to re-open the Salisbury Doors, but it has gone well “over the “Open the Salisbury Doors” campaign allowed us to ignite top” by raising $100,600 to date in cash and pledges. In fact, considerable momentum; and offering free admission for July and gifts that range from $10 to thousands of dollars are still August attracted more than twice as many visitors to our Museum coming in! A very special thank-you is extended to Barrett during the same months in previous years. This fall, we are jump- Morgan, who provided the lead gift to open the doors. This starting our exhibition activities with the haunting images of a Worcester Art Museum special initiative has also succeeded in generating very Board of Trustees generation— Kennedy to Kent State . positive recognition and public relations for the Museum. In Clifford J. Schorer, Board President gratitude for the generous support for this project, the Museum We look forward to your visit, welcome to YOUR Museum. Catherine M. Colinvaux, Board Vice President Dr. Phyllis Pollack, Board Vice President has offered free admission to the public for the entire months of Joseph J. Bafaro Jr., Board Treasurer July and August 2012. Herbert S. Alexander Photo: Norm Eggert Dr. Julia D. Andrieni Matthias Waschek Marie A. Angelini Lisa M. Bernat Director Sara Buckingham Suzanne R. Campbell-Lambert Henry J. Ciborowski John B. Dirlam Susan M. Foley Dr. Gabriele M. Goszcz Patricia S. Lotuff Katharine M. Michie Charles H. Moser Moira Moynihan-Manoog

2 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG Michael D. Sleeper WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG 3 Kennedy to Kent State: Images of a Generation

September 29, 2012 - February 3, 2013

The Worcester Art Museum presents an exhibition of some of the most powerful American photographs of the 1960, the images KENNEDY TO through which the country shared that dynamic period and by which it is remembered. All from the museum’s permanent collection, these photographs were collected by Howard G. Davis, KENT STATE III to recall and reflect upon his memories of the era that had formed his personality. The images date from 1958 to 1975, and IMAGES OF A GENERATION include the presidency and assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the American space program and its mission to the moon, the antiwar movement and counterculture.

The exhibition is largely comprised of file photographs, vintage prints used in news media production and design. These were printed by the publishers, and used in editing meetings, for layout, and even as ‘camera art’ in newspaper and magazine production. In the 1990s, when news publishing corporations began to digitize imaging and reproduction functions and build electronic libraries, these objects were discarded or released onto the market. Some of the photographs are pristine, while others carry photo lab spotting and touch-ups, editor’s notes in grease pencil, or the scars of newsroom haste. Other prints are second generation enlargements or wire photos printed along with publication captions. Many of the prints were stamped or inscribed on the back with a record of each use, and in this way they reveal their own history, and carry powerful qualities as artifacts.

Please note: Exhibition opening party / Saturday, September 29, 8-11 pm / the galleries will not be open to the public until Sunday, September 30, 11am

Fully-illustrated exhibition catalog available in The Museum Shop.

Bernie Boston, American, 1933-2008, Flower Power (detail), October 22, 1967, Gelatin silver print, Gift of Howard G. Davis, III A.K.A. David Davis, 2011.135

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ORG 7 Artist Talk: David Hume Kennerly Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11, 2pm Family Day: Everything 60s Free admission for Veterans today, 11am-5pm Chamber Music Series Sunday, October 21, 11am-2:30pm WPI Campus (Olin 107) and Worcester Art Museum Sunday, October 14 Free with Museum admission; Free American Century Music, Scott Parkman, children 17 and under FREE David Hume Kennerly will speak about his Pulitzer KENNEDY TO Artistic Director Prize-winning photograph on display in Kennedy to Prelude: Casals: The Song of the Birds Explore the Worcester Art Museum and the Kent State, placing the show in direct personal and for Cello 1960s in this exciting day for kids and their historical context. Kennerly won the 1972 Pulitzer Program: families! Enjoy art-making activities, KENT STATE performances, a special gallery scavenger Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of Sessions Six Pieces for Cello photographs taken of the Vietnam War and other Diamond String Quartet No. 7 hunt, and more. subjects. Following Nixon's resignation, Kennerly Reich Violin Phase IMAGES OF A GENERATION Photography after Photography was named Chief White House Photographer Kirchner Quartet No. 3 for Strings Wednesday, October 24, 6-7:30pm during the Ford administration. Sponsored by and Electronic Tape Members $15 / nonmembers $30 MassHumanities. This concert will include the opportunity to (pre-registration required) enjoy a tour of Kennedy to Kennedy to Songs of the Protest Movement This class will explore how we define a Thursday, December 20, 6pm, Café Kent State with curator David Acton. photograph when photographs no longer exist Held in conjunction with AFTER HOURS Program celebrates American classical solely in relation to a celluloid negative. In Free with Museum admission music of the 1960’s. Post concert today's digital world, how do we approach, or reception. Time and locations to be even trust, a photograph when it is so easy to Dr. Robert J.S. Ross (Clark University) will lead this Programs determined. Program subject to change. manipulate without the viewer's knowledge? discussion, as he plays music from the American For reservations and more information, Art of a Generation Looking primarily at photography from the 80s Civil Rights Movement (1955-68). He will present please visit the website after September 1. Thursdays, September 27 thru October 18, 7-9pm and 90s, we will survey the outer limits of what comments about origins, historical context, and Sponsored by a gift from Nydia and Members $70 / nonmembers $95 (pre-registration required) we can (and cannot) call photography. Then we notes on the meaning of the songs. Dr. Ross’s Charles Moser. can turn back to 'traditional photography' as presentation will be held in a 60s-style coffee Kennedy to Kent State provides the context for the contrasting styles of seen in Kennedy to Kent State: Images of a house setting. Held in conjunction with WAM’s American painting that developed in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. From the Generation and determine how these AFTER HOURS program. Sponsored by Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning to the photographs may or may not be approached MassHumanities. Photorealism of Audrey Flack and Richard Estes, we will study thirty years of differently in light of the new media we engage painting that are also illustrated by the Color Field painting of Mark Rothko, Interior Design in the 1960s with today. the Pop Art of Andy Warhol, and the Op Art of Bridget Riley. During the final Sunday, January 6, 2pm, Conference Room class, we'll explore relevant works in the Museum. Feminist Art History Free Thursdays, November 8 to December 6, 7-9pm Symposium: Photography, Media, and Society: the 60s and Beyond Dr. Kristina Wilson (Clark University) will examine Members $70 / nonmembers $95 the rise and popularity of modern design in Saturday, October 13, 8am-5:30pm Motown and the Civil Rights (pre-registration required) American suburban homes from the 1950s through WPI Campus (Olin 107) and the Worcester Art Museum Movement the 1960s. The landscape of suburbia, popularly Free Thursday, October 18, 5:30pm, Café Examine strategies used by feminist artists Held in Conjunction with AFTER during the 60s and 70s. Learn how these known in these decades as the ultimate landscape This major symposium will explore how photography has contributed to the HOURS approaches have been adopted and rejected of conformity, was a surprising epicenter of the collective memory of the country and has influenced American identity and Free with Museum admission by the dominant culture. We'll begin by defining blossoming acceptance of modern design: iconic thought. This day-long event will examine how consumption of visual images feminism and its inclusiveness of difference, chairs, tables, and bookcases by Charles & Ray Motown was the music that inspired a Eames, Eero Saarinen, and George Nelson filled has changed – and how that change has influenced our collective breaking boundaries of race, gender, ethnicity, generation, a trendsetting sound whose the shelter magazines of the period and (to a consciousness. Topics of discussion include: why and how people remember nationality, sexuality and class. Then, we'll take artists broke down racial, gender and slightly lesser extent) the homes of the American images across time and cultures; how images have been transmitted to the a look at specific artists from the Feminist Art societal barriers. This engaging Movement and conclude with their influence on suburbs. Sponsored by MassHumanities. public and what has evolved and changed to deliver messages differently multimedia presentation traces the contemporary artists and visual culture. Weekly (newspaper, television, and magazines, to websites and blogs); how “images,” development of, and interconnections Chamber Music Series readings and dialogue will be included. Sunday, January 13 even imagined, have a lasting resonance in our culture; and how media between, the escalating popularity of Sponsored by MassHumanities. moments can affect our culture. Free and open to the public through generous the Motown Sound; The Sound of Worcester Chamber Music Society The White House and Beyond. sponsorship from MassHumanities and WPI. Young America, and the Civil Rights An Intergenerational Conversation with Movement in the 1960s. From his US Veterans Program includes works performed at the Kennedy perspective as a pop music historian, Saturday, November 10, 2pm White House and with the help of archival video and Free admission for Veterans today, 10am-5pm Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, music clips, Tom Ingrassia will take you Join us for a conversation with veterans from Op. 69 on a musical journey back to a turbulent Operation Vet 2 Vet and the Worcester’s Ben Johnston String Quartet No. 4 “Amazing time in American history, when we were Mission Direct Vet. Event will be followed by Grace” younger, crazier, and in love—and when a walk-through of Kennedy to Kent State. Copland Threnody I & II we were all swinging and swaying to the Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op. 29 Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong Plants the Flag on the Moon, July 20, 1969, sound that reigned supreme! Chromogenic Print, E.25.12.00 Sponsored by a gift from Nydia and Charles Moser.

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10 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG 11 Jill Slosburg-Ackerman – In Rome: The Pine Grove. And. Natura naturans; natura naturata. November 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013 Contemporary Gallery

Jill Slosburg-Ackerman’s drawing project, In Rome, was initiated while she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2009. Roman pine cones inspired her initial observational drawings and led her to draw other forms, in particular, the patterned stone floors she encountered in medieval Roman churches. As she explored connections between these two representative forms of nature and civilization, Slosburg-Ackerman’s project evolved in ways that expose the fluidity of boundaries between two- and three-dimensional experience, organic and geometric structure, intimate and architectural scale, sculpture and furniture.

Occupying floor and wall, the installation is composed of hundreds of elements – drawings, photographs, paintings, sculptures, video, furniture, hand-carved frames – grouped into visual “episodes.” The prominent roles of the pine frames are dual: emphasizing the exquisitely drawn details within their borders and acting as intermediaries between adjacent elements. With basic materials, Slosburg- Ackerman has created an unusually immersive and participatory perceptual experience, one which invites both detailed and leisurely exploration.

Cambridge-based, Slosburg-Ackerman (b. 1948 in Omaha) trained as a jeweler and 20th Century American Drawings a sculptor, earning a BFA and MFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University. She is Professor of Art at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. On view through December 2, 2012 Prints, Drawings & Photography (PDP) Gallery This exhibition is supported by the Don and Mary Melville Contemporary Art Fund.

View stunning drawings from the Museum’s collection of works on paper, Exhibition Opening & Artist Reception: Jill Slosburg-Ackerman Thursday, November 1, 5:30-8pm featuring works highlighting the movements of Realism, Regionalist Art, Free Abstract Expressionism, and Post-Modernism.

Arshile Gorky, Untitled, about 1938, Pen Jill Slosburg-Ackerman, In Rome: The Pine Grove. And. Natura and India ink, Eliza S. Paine Fund, 1999.15 naturans; natura naturata. (detail), 2009-2012, mixed media installation, dimensions variable. Photo credit: Ashley McDowell.

WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG 13 Spotlight on Exporting China: Maki Haku Porcelains with a Story Through January 2013 Through February 2013 Asian Galleries Chinese Decorative Arts Gallery The Japanese artist Maki Haku became Due to long history of association between famous for his deeply embossed prints China and its ceramic production, the word of abstracted and playfully arranged “china” in English is a popular synonym for Chinese characters. In this print, “porcelain.” First developed around 600 A.D., entitled 76-11 (Wind-D ), the Chinese Chinese porcelain came to have a major pictographic character for “Wind” forms impact on the daily life and artistic tastes in a striking design. It also evokes the many areas of the world. Produced at huge Buddhist symbolism of pure breezes of porcelain factories at Longquan, Dehua and virtue that restore the spirit by sweeping Jingdezhen as well as in coastal towns, away clouds of delusion. Chinese porcelains were first exported via the Silk Road in Central Asia and then several Maki printed his works on dampened, maritime trade routes. Over the following multilayered sheets of Japanese paper centuries porcelains such as white-, quingbai, using a plywood-block with carved-out celadon, benjarong, huashi and blue and white areas built up in relief with cement paste porcelain wares, in the shape of vases, dishes, and textured with various tools. The bowls, boxes, jars or entire tea- or dinner paper was then pressed onto the block services, found markets in Korea, Japan, by hand using a steel roller or an etching Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Europe press. Using stencils and metal rollers and the United States. The objects on display water-based and oil-based colors were are a sampling of mostly utilitarian export then applied onto the block, or directly porcelains, treasured from generation to onto the embossed paper. Maki finally generation in various cultures, some valued for added a red seal, and one or two hand- their glazes and others for their over- and/or applied “splashes” of color in what he underglaze decoration. called “special shapes.”

Dish with Foliated Rim and Molded and Incised Floral Designs , early 14th to late 15th century, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), South China, Longquan in Zhejiang province, Longquan ware (sou thern celadon), Maki Haku (Japanese, 1924-2000), 76-11 (Wind – D) , 1976, porcelaneous ware with lime glaze tinted with traces of iron and ed. 40/151, wood and cement block relief print on paper; gift titanium. Gift of Nancy and Robert Charles, 2011.282 of The Wise Collection, Joanne and Douglas Wise, 2011.386

14 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG Born “in a humble dwelling at the bottom of a valley,” the print artist Imamura Yoshio still lives in the Japanese Alps of Nagano Prefecture. Memories of wandering amidst fields, woods, streams and mountains and of gazing at the stars at night inspire him. Moved by the evocative beauty of wild flowers and vines, dilapidated village huts and heavenly constellations, Imamura records his insights into the transience of life as well as his Looking at the Stars: reverence for the enduring spirit that merges both history and evolution. Imamura’s haunting works, which combine an Prints by Imamura Yoshio exploration of subtle textures, colors, patterns and shifts in nature as well as geometric shapes and mysterious signs, are created December 5, 2012 - May 2013 using mixed media (etching, engraving, woodblock, aquatint, Japanese Gallery chine collé, collagraph, gold, silver, copper and black leaf). Imamura Yoshio, Japanese, b. 1948, Arabesque Planet (detail), 2005, ed. 11/25, mixed media on paper, Sarah C. Garver Fund, 2011.363 Roy Lichtenstein, Sweet Dreams Baby , Offset lithograph on cream wove paper, Gift of the Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation in memory of Kate Butler Peterson, 2011.486

Georges Rouault, Who doesn’t Put On a Face? (Qui ne se grime pas?), 1922, Plate 8 from New Acquisition the series Miserere, Aquatint, spit bite, roulette and drypoint, Museum Purchase, 1958.59 The American painter and printmaker Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) was a leader in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. These artists found their style and subjects in the “popular” commercial art and design ubiquitous in modern life. While colleagues derived their imagery from billboards, typography, or printed advertising, Lichtenstein looked to the comic strips he had known as a boy. His paintings and prints look like excerpted comic cells with their black outlines, primary colors, ben-day tonalities, and exaggerated action. By his implied selection and editing of visual and narrative fragments the artist Georges Rouault achieved wry social parody. December 22, 2012 - March 14, 2013

18 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG Prints, Drawings & Photography (PDP) Gallery WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG 19 From France to America The remains of Saint John Le Bas-Nueil were privately owned in 1927, when the Museum purchased the Chapter House. It was disassembled stone by stone, each one marked to indicate its original placement in the structure. Thousands of blocks were packed into hundreds of cases and shipped to Worcester. Here in the Museum’s new addition, adjacent to the Renaissance Court, the Chapter House was methodically reconstructed. Completed in From the Conservation Department 1933 it became the first medieval edifice rebuilt in an American museum.

A Closer Look at the Chapter House Materials and Construction Chapter House, 1150-90 The Chapter House is entirely made of stone, held together with mortar. from the Priory of Saint John Le Bas-Nueil, Limestone was used for the structure, while the two central interior columns Poitou-Charentes, France were made from sandstone. The interior side walls are not original to the Limestone building. Traces of black, red and yellow paint were found on the stone, Museum purchase, 1927.46 suggesting that during the Middle Ages the inside walls were painted in different colors. Like painting and sculpture, architecture can express ideas and emotions. This space reveals how medieval architects This room was originally part of a larger architectural complex. The entrance achieved a sense of serenity and spirituality in a monastic doorway once led in from the cloister, an open court at the heart of the meeting room. It was once part of the Benedictine Priory of monastery. The thick heavy walls and semicircular arches of the Chapter Saint John Le Bas-Nueil, which was located near the town of House are characteristic of Romanesque style architecture. The interior Poitiers in west central France. A Chapter House is a meeting ceiling, however, with its ribbed vaulting, heralds the beginning of a new room for members of a religious community, or chapter. Here style. In the Gothic architectural style, these ribs came to support pointed they assembled each morning after Mass to conduct daily arches. Gothic arches were progressively stretched to support higher business. The monks sat on benches around the walls facing ceilings. Over centuries to come they became so attenuated that the each other. The Chapter House was a place for conversation, structure seemed to defy the weight of the stone. while the rest of the priory was governed by a rule of silence. Decoration Saint John Le Bas-Nueil continued as an active religious In the fifteenth century, the monks of Saint John Le Bas-Nueil replaced community until its deconsecration during the French the original central window of their Chapter House with a fireplace. In the Revolution. Afterwards the Priory fell into disrepair, and this Museum, a fifteenth-century French sculptural relief depicting the Virgin room was used as stables and for farm storage. and Child was incorporated into the space over the fireplace. A modern composite of English medieval glass, acquired from various sources, was also added. However, in the twelfth century it is likely that the windows were covered by simple wooden shutters. At that time the room was illuminated by candles. Today, modern lighting evokes a comparable atmosphere. The newest addition to the Chapter House are the benches and chairs, built especially for the room by artist-designers Yvonne Fehling and Jennie Peiz in 2012. continued

20 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG 21 Conservation From 2010 to 2012 the Worcester Art Museum conservation For further reading: laboratory evaluated, treated, and conserved the Chapter Wolfgang Braunfels, Monasteries of Western Europe: The House, using the most advanced scientific methods. Architecture of the Orders , New York, Thames and Hudson, 1993 Help us launch Conservators carefully studied the entire structure and Christopher Brooke, The Age of the Cloister: The Story of Monastic diagnosed its problems, using such analytical techniques as Life in the Middle Ages , Mahwah, NJ, Hidden Spring, 2002 x-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy, and Julie Kerr, Life in the Medieval Cloister , London/ New York, your museum petrography. With detailed knowledge of the building’s Continuum, 2009 condition they devised a methodical treatment plan. Decades Virginia C. Raguin, “The Worcester Chapter House and Medieval Engaging our of Museum visitors had touched the stone surfaces leaving oil Monasticism,” Worcester Art Museum Bulletin, New Series, Vol.5, into the future. and dirt from their skin. Conservators used a scientifically- February 1976, pp.1-16 community with formulated gel to dissolve the dirt and oil on the stone surfaces, and then removed both with moist cotton pads. With 51 centuries of a laser they cleaned the lower walls where over the years floor coatings and waxes had gotten onto the stone. Orange human creativity. iron stains, caused by a water leak, were removed with a Please Don’t Touch special cleaning solution. We may think of stone as a strong material, but it is Old plaster repairs covered some areas of the building’s susceptible and impermanent. Touching its surface with your surface. Conservators removed these using a chisel and hands can leave body oil and dirt that accumulate over time, Image from the exhibition mallet, and also filled-in graffiti scratched into the walls. They turning the stone dark and shiny. The conservators purposely found that some stones had become decayed and weakened left one stone block dirty—on the window ledge to your left— Give to the Annual Fund today. from high salt deposits in their structure. Using water-soaked so you can see the results of touching the artwork. Use the enclosed envelope, visit www.worcesterart.org or poultices they were able to draw out these damaging salts. Thank you for helping us to preserve the Chapter House! KENNEDYTO Conservators also stabilized brittle and deteriorating stone call 508.793.4325. blocks by applying dilute adhesive with a brush, or injecting it into the stone with a syringe. KENT STATE IMAGES OF A GENERATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

22 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG $ denotes additional fee Calendar RR Registration Required: online or by calling 508.793.4330 All dates and times are correct at time of publication. RSVP online or by calling 508.793.4323 ARH Class Art History Class or lecture Visit www.worcesterart.org for up-to-date event information. Birthdays listed are artists represented in the collection

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es nsored by TJX Compani turdays, 10am-noon, spo 3 Wedne ay First Free Sa sday Yout 1 Saturd h Classes Fall Session begins 4 Thursday nday Jean-F 2 Su rançois Millet’s Birthday (1814 5 Friday ) 5 Wednesday 6 Saturda day y First 6 Thurs ) Free Saturday wrence’s Birthday (1917 s, 10am-noon, thday (1860) / Jacob La sponsored by T Grandma Moses’ Bir Z JX Companie 7 Friday McClain, noon ip Tour: E ight s nists with Docent Angela ter) Japanese Wate s Part 2—The Impressio l (Institute Park, Worces 7 rfalls with Doc Tour: Americans in Pari pen Road Music Festiva Sunday ent Angela McC Saturday Zip ding St., Worcester) & O Public Tour, lain, noon 8 utreach: Canal Fest (Har 1pm Offsite O 10 Wednesday , 1pm day Public Tour 9 Sun 11 Thursday ay 12 Wednesd 12 Friday m es Open House, 5:30-7p sday Adult Class 13 Thur 13 Saturday Symposium : P hotography ay Sympos , Media, and So 14 Frid ium Sponsored ciety: the 60s a nt Gyda Robinson, noon Zip T by MassHuma nd Beyond, 8am reake Portraits with Doce rcester) our: T he Italian nities and WPI -5:30pm (at W Zip Tour: The F ffle (Shrewsbury St., Wo Renaissance PI) RR 15 Saturday wsbury St. College Shu 14 Sun Style w ith Doce Offsite Outreach: Shre day P nt Jane Pasto ublic Tour, 1pm re, noon Adu lt Class: Introdu Public Tour, 1pm e., Worcester) ction to the Ch 16 Sunday T on the Street (Park Av ildren’s Picture Offsite Outreach: stAR P Book, 10am $ ublic Tour, 2pm RR Jane Pastore, 2pm Cha : Wars & Art with Docent mber Music Se y Tour of the Month ries: American 19 Wednesda Concert Spons Century Music ored by a gift fr with Scott Par m 17 om Nydia and kman, Artistic D AFTER HOURS, 5:30-8p Wednesday Charles Moser irector, $ RR 20 Thursday Tour of the M onth: A Piece o Childe Ha f My Heart with ssam’s Birthda Worcester are 1 Friday y (1859) a college theat 2 18 Thursday re students, 2p ent David Snell, noon AFTER m : Outside WAM with Doc HOURS, 5:30 aturday Zip Tour ent Jane Pastore, 2pm Off -8pm Presenta 22 S nth: Wars & Art with Doc site Outreach: tion: M otown a Tour of the Mo Senior Spectac nd the Civil Rig 19 F ular (Worceste hts Movement riday r) with Tom Ingra ssia, 5:30pm C Public Tour, 1pm kusai’s Birthday (1760) afé 23 Sunday y (1900) / Katsushika Ho 20 ouise Nevelson’s Birthda Saturday L 24 Hour Co y Hills, Wellesley MA) mic Challenge ns alist Society of Wellesle Tour of , 9am lasses Fall Session begi enter (Unitarian Univers the Month: A P onday Adult C ston Lifetime Learning C iece of My Hea 24 M ture at the Wellesley We 21 Sunda rt w ith Worces Outreach: Lec y 24 ter area colleg Hour Comic Ch e theatre stude allenge ends 9 nts, 2pm Family Day: E v am erything 60s, 1 26 Wednesday No public to 1am-2:30pm, M ct. 18, 7pm $ RR ur today useum-wide ration, Thursdays thru O Adult Cl RH Class: Art of a Gene cton, 5:30-7pm ass: I ntroductio 27 Thursday A tion, with Curator David A n to your Digita ate: Images of a Genera 24 Wedne l Camera, 1pm w of Kennedy to Kent St sday Adu $ RR y Members Only: Previe lt Class: P hoto riday Salisbur VP graphy after Ph 28 F eneration, 8-11pm $ RS 25 Th otography, 6pm ent State: Images of a G ursday $ RR ning Party: Kennedy to K , noon Pablo Picasso’ y Exhibition Ope ith Docent Jane Maguire s Birthday (188 29 Saturda aux and Mrs. Merriman w 26 1) Zip Tour: Cecelia Be Library, Worcester) Friday estival (Worcester Public Offsite Outreach: Moon F neration, 11am 27 Sa nt State: Images of a Ge turday e public: Kennedy to Ke ARH Class: A r Exhibition opens to th t of a Generatio 30 Sunday 28 n, Thursdays t blic Tour, 1pm Sunday hru October 18 Pu Adult Class , $ RR : I ntroduction to Public To your Digital Ca ur, 1pm mera, 1 pm $ R Roy R Lichtenstein’s B irthday (1923) 30 Tuesday Alfred Sisle y’s Birthday (18 31 39) Wednesday

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1 Saturday Museum Shop open every day through Dec. 30 1 Thursday Exhibition Opening & Artist Reception: Jill Slosburg-Ackerman , 5:30pm First Free Saturdays, 10am-noon, sponsored by TJX Companies Zip Tour: The Italians in Art with Docent Jane Pastore, noon 2 Friday Adult Class: Holiday Greeting Card Workshop, 1pm $ RR

3 Saturday First Free Saturdays, 10am-noon, sponsored by TJX Companies 2 Sunday Last Chance: 2 0th Century American Drawings closes Adult Class: The Digital Print, Technique and Critique, 1pm $ RR 4 Sunday Public Tour, 1pm Public Tour, 1pm Adult Class: Photographing Beyond the Auto Mode , 1pm $ RR Holiday Concert 2pm, Renaissance Court

6 Tuesday Election Day—Don’t forget to VOTE 3 Monday Gilbert Stuart’s Birthday (1755)

7 Wednesday 4 Tuesday Wassily Kandinsky’s Birthday (1866)

8 Thursday ARH Class: Feminist Art History, Thursdays thru Dec. 6, $ RR 5 Wednesday Exhibition opens: Looking at the Stars: Prints by Imamura Yoshio, Japanese Gallery

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10 Saturday Free admission for Veterans, 10am-5pm 7 Friday Zip Tour: A Game of Tric-Trac with Docent Gyda Robinson, noon Discussion: An Intergenerational Conversation with US Veterans, 2pm 8 Saturday Zip Tour: Frozen Moat in Winter with Docent Ginny Powell-Brasier, noon Family Workshop: Gingerbread Houses, 1pm, $ RR 11 Sunday Veterans Day / Free admission for Veterans Artist Talk: David Hume Kennerly, 2pm, Free (WPI Campus, Olin 107) 9 Sunday Public Tour, 1pm Adult Class: Photographing Beyond the Auto Mode, 1pm $ RR Adult Class: The Digital Print, Technique and Critique, 1pm $ RR Public Tour, 1pm Holiday Concert: Salisbury Singers, Michelle Graveline, Director, 2pm, Renaissance Court

14 Wednesday Tour of the Month: The 12 Steps with Docent Ginny Powell-Brasier, 2pm 12 Wednesday Tour of the Month: Music & Art with Docent Jane Maguire, 2pm Claude Monet’s Birthday (1840) 13 Thursday 15 Thursday Museum open until 8pm AFTER HOURS, 5:30-8pm / Live Music: Big Eyed Rabbit with Duncan Arsenault and John Short 14 Friday WAM Literary Prize Ceremony, Conference Room 15 Saturday Zip Tour: Frozen Moat in Winter with Docent Ginny Powell-Brasier, noon A Piece of My Heart Tours , galleries Tour of the Month: Music & Art with Docent Jane Maguire, 2pm Georgia O’Keeffe’s Birthday (1887) 16 Sunday Public Tour, 1pm 16 Friday Holiday Concert: Merrimack Valley Ringers, Karen E. Leonard, Director, 2pm, Renaissance Court 17 Saturday Zip Tour: Buddhas with Docent David Snell, noon 19 Wednesday Tour of the Month: The 12 Steps with Docent Ginny Powell-Brasier, 2pm 20 Thursday Museum open until 8pm 18 Sunday Adult Class: The Digital Print, Technique and Critique, 1pm $ RR AFTER HOURS, 5:30-8pm Public Tour, 1pm Coffee House & Lecture: Songs of the Protest Movement with Clark Professor Dr. Robert J.S. Ross, 6pm, Café 21 Wednesday René Magritte’s Birthday (1898) 21 Friday 22 Thursday Thanksgiving Day, Museum closed 22 Saturday Exhibition opens: George Rouault, Prints, Drawings & Photography gallery 49th Anniversary of JFK assasination Zip Tour: Vanitas Symbols in Art with Docent Merle Brandzel, noon 23 Friday Holidays at WAM begins thru December 31 23 Sunday Public Tour, 1pm WAM Holiday Photo-Op, 11am-4pm by appointment only, $ RR Holiday Concert, 2pm, Renaissance Court José Clemente’s Birthday (1883) 25 Tuesday Christmas Day, Museum closed 24 Saturday Museum Shop open every day through Dec. 30 Louise Bourgeois’ Birthday (1911) 25 Sunday Public Tour, 1pm 26 Wednesday Holiday Concert: WPI Vocal Performance Lab , John Delorey, Director, 2pm, Renaissance Court 27 Thursday December Youth Workshops 28 Wednesday 28 Friday December Youth Workshops 29 Thursday 29 Saturday Zip Tour: Depictions of the Virgin Mary with Docent Jane Pastore, noon 30 Friday 30 Sunday Public Tour, 1pm

31 Monday Happy New Year! First Night Worcester / www.firstnightworcester.org Henri Matisse’ Birthday (1869)

26 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG 27 Schedule of events Friday, November 23 WAM Holiday Photo Op / 11am-4pm (pre-selected time slots), $50 Start a new family tradition by getting your family holiday photo taken alongside a Holidays at WAM work of art in our galleries. A professional photographer from WAM will work with you to get the perfect shot. Sign up soon as the photo appointments are limited. November 23– December 31, 2012 $50 includes sitting fee and electronic image emailed to your home. Sorry, no pets Live Concerts, Family Activities, Tours & More! allowed. Photo packages are available through the photographer. Call Christine at 508.793.4334. Registration required. The Worcester Art Museum evokes the spirit of the season during this special Sunday, November 25 Holiday Concert: WPI Vocal Performance Lab, John Delorey, Director, 2pm time of year. Join us and enjoy festive live concerts in the Renaissance Court, Renaissance Court, Free with Museum admission. special seasonal children's programming, decorations inside and outside the Saturday, December 1 Holiday Zip Tour: The Italians in Art with Docent Jane Pastore, 12-12:30pm, Museum, and expanded Shop and Café hours. Free with Museum admission. Greeting Card Workshop for Adults , 1-4pm, $30 Members / $45 nonmembers, Generously sponsored by People’s United Bank. Space limited and preregistration required. Call Christine at 508.793.4334 to register. Make your own unique handmade cards for family and friends using a variety of different materials. Leave the workshop with so many ideas to continue to Holiday Scavenger Hunt create greeting cards for all occasions. During gallery hours, kids can pick up a fun Scavenger Sunday, December 2 Holiday Concert: 2pm, Renaissance Court, Free with Museum admission. Hunt activity at Visitor Services Desks. Our younger guests will have the opportunity to find artworks in the Saturday, December 8 Holiday Zip Tour: Frozen Moat in Winter , with Docent Ginny Powell-Brasier, galleries that include images of gift giving. When they are 12-12:30pm. Free with Museum admission. finished, kids can return to the desk for a prize! Gingerbread House workshop for Families, 1-3pm, $25 (Maximum 3 people per house) Gallery Hours Decorate your own gingerbread house using a variety of different candy and food Wednesday-Friday, 11am-5pm materials. Space limited and preregistration required. Call Christine at 3rd Thursday of every month, 11am-8pm 508.793.4334 to register. Saturday, 10am-5pm, Sunday, 11am-5pm Sunday, December 9 Holiday Concert: Salisbury Singers, Michelle Graveline, Director, 2pm, (Closed Mondays, Tuesdays) Renaissance Court, Free with Museum admission. The Museum Shop Wednesday, December 12 December Tour of the Month: Music & Art, 2pm Open every day November 23 –December 30 Docent Jane Maguire continues to explore this popular topic, as she ties pieces of music to works in the WAM collection in historical, cultural, and emotional ways. The Museum Café This tour will also be offered on Saturday, December 15, 2pm. Open Wednesday through Saturday, 11:30am-2pm & Free with Museum admission. Holiday Concert Sundays. Saturday, December 15 Holiday Zip Tour: Frozen Moat in Winter, with Docent Ginny Powell-Brasier, All Concerts will take place on Sundays at 2pm in the 12-12:30pm. Free with Museum admission. Renaissance Court and are free with Museum admission. December Tour of the Month: Music & Art , 2pm No reservations required. Docent Jane Maguire continues to explore this popular topic, as she ties pieces of music to works in the WAM collection in historical, cultural, and emotional ways. Complimentary Gift Wrapping on purchases made in The This tour will also be offered on Saturday, December 15, 2pm. Museum Shop, provided by the Members' Council, 3- Free with Museum admission. 4pm, after each of the concerts. Sunday, December 16 Holiday Concert: Merrimack Valley Ringers, Karen E. Leonard, Director, 2pm, Zip Tours are fast-paced docent-led gallery talks designed Renaissance Court, Free with Museum admission. to offer a short but in-depth view of a single work or artist. Holiday Zip Tour: Vanitas Symbols in the Dutch Gallery with Docent Merle Brandzel, Celebrate the season with these holiday themed tours. Saturday, December 22 12-12:30pm, Free with Museum admission Free with Museum admission. Sunday, December 23 Holiday Concert: 2pm, Renaissance Court. Free with Museum admission. Visit www.worcesterart.org for more holiday events, Holiday Zip Tour: Depictions of the Virgin Mary with Docent Jane Pastore, including Strolling Victorian Carolers and more! Saturday, December 29 12-12:30pm, Free with Museum admission Monday, December 31 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Participate in all of the great First Night Worcester events that are happening around the city and in the Museum. Visit www.firstnightworcester.org for more information. Strolling Victorian Carolers Photo: Norm Eggert

28 WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG 29 A Night of Celebration and Recognition w The Salisbury Society Gala Evening was held on Friday, June 1st. Salisbury Members Q&A ith our Librarians were treated to a talk by Katja Zigerlig, a leading art appraiser and insurance consultant. The highlight of the program at Tuckerman Hall, however, was the presentation of the Salisbury Award to Warner and Mary Fletcher . Director Matthias Waschek recounted What are your favorite books in the library? entwined serpent generally represents medicine. The images are still referenced today by anyone Debby: One of my favorite books is a beautiful the many ways the Fletchers have been financial and volunteer supporters of the who wants to understand the meanings Salisbury Award Winners little book called Riddle Poems by Emily Museum—in particular Warner’s 5 years as Treasurer and 18 years on the Board of Dickinson. represented in old European paintings. Since the Trustees and Mary’s 9 years as a skillful and talented arranger for Flora in Winter . In 1992 Helen E. Stoddard Here is an example of one of the riddles: book is still useful, we purchased a facsimile version that anyone can use. keeping with the humorous side of the Fletchers, the presentation ended with an A Route of Evanescence 1993 Barbara Allen Booth Can you tell us about any interesting visitors Chr With a revolving wheel- istin eclectic video montage of friends and family describing Mary’s and Warner’s love of e C to the Library? rame layt 1994 Chapin Riley A Resonance of Emerald- ock Af on the Worcester community and the Worcester Art Museum. rah Sm A Rush of Cochineal- Christine: In May 2010, a group of librarians from Debo 1995 C. Jean and Myles McDonough And every Blossom on the Bush Azerbaijan visited Worcester and I gave them a All then crossed the street to the Renaissance Court to celebrate the Fletchers’ Adjusts its tumbled Head- tour and introduction to the WAM library. Since I Deborah Smock Aframe , Head Librarian well-deserved honor and enjoy the camaraderie of others who value and support art 1996 Donald R. Melville The Mail from Tunis, probably, do not speak Azerbaijani, the group was Debby earned a BA in Sociology and Fine Art and culture. 1999 I. Robert and Aviva Freelander An Easy Morning’s Ride. accompanied by a professional interpreter from from Ohio Wesleyan University, a Master’s Visit the library to find out the answer! California. The stop at the WAM library was part Degree in Library Science from the University of Mary and Warner join the distinguished list of Salisbury Award winners who have 2001 James N. Heald 2nd of a trip organized by the ICW-International Pittsburgh, and a Certificate in Museum Studies I also love all the Catalogs Raisonné about artists Center of Worcester. from Tufts University in Medford, MA. Before shown outstanding service and philanthropy to the Museum. 2003 John M. Nelson in the Museum’s collection. The typical catalogue becoming head of the Museum Library, Deborah How do we acquire all of the exhibition raisonné is a book (often multi volume) giving a was the Associate Librarian at the Museum in 2008 Nancy Murray Morgan catalogs that are available in the library? comprehensive catalogue of artworks by an artist. charge of reference, slide acquisitions and The essential elements of a catalogue raisonné Debby: Whenever the Museum publishes a 2011 John and Marianne Jeppson cataloging. Before she became the Art Museum are that it purports to be an exhaustive list of catalog, the library sends a copy to all of our Librarian, Deborah was the corporate librarian for 2012 Warner and Mary Fletcher works for a specified artist. The catalogs are a exchange partners all over the world. Exchange a technology company, IDG in Framingham, MA, wonderful way to acquaint yourself with the body partners are other art museum libraries that also and later an account manager for the same of work of your favorite artist and are heavily used send us all of their catalogs so we provide each company. Previous to acquiring her master’s by our curators and art appraisers. other with important catalogs without having to degree in library science, Deborah was a social purchase anything. Once when we opened up a Christine: Interaction of Color by Josef Albers. worker with court committed youth in both This is a three-part book; whose illustrations are box from a Museum in Germany we found a giant Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. When I first moved to studies composed of color-printed paper and set of heavy keys that must have been keys to the Worcester in 1980 and visited the Worcester Art mounted colored paper, some with cutouts. Museum! We immediately sent those back! Museum and saw the library there, I knew that was where I wanted to work. Do you have a favorite artwork in the Have you ever had any unusual requests at the reference desk? Museum? Christine Clayton, Assistant Librarian Christine: One of the more unusual requests I Debby: My favorite artwork is the abstraction by Christine worked in technical services at Harvard Wassily Kandinsky. received was from a young man, who asked me to print out an image of a painting of the Virgin University libraries before she joined the WAM Christine: Lyre (1967) by Kenneth Noland, Mary from the museum’s permanent collection. team. A native of Germany, she came to the who happened to be a student of Josef Albers. After looking carefully at the printout, he thanked United States on a DAAD scholarship to study This huge stripe painting hangs right behind me and said that he could definitely use this English in the graduate school of Northwestern the reference desk, and I enjoy looking at it every image in his tattooing business. University, before receiving her MA in English day! literature and language from the Westfälische What is the most rewarding part of your job? Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. She is What was the most exciting thing to happen Working with students who are writing multilingual (German, Dutch, French) and worked in the Library? Debby: papers about objects in the Museum and don’t as a professional, accredited translator for Debby & Christine: Watching the curators, know where or how to start is very rewarding for a international corporations and educational conservators, and preparators install the Kenneth librarian. We assist students from all the institutions. Noland painting above the reference desk. It was Worcester colleges, and many of them have Christine received a MLIS from Simmons College amazing to watch the staff unroll, stretch, vacuum never been in the Museum before, let alone a and hang this very large painting, which had been in 2003. At the WAM library, she is responsible for specialized art library. Once a woman I was cataloging a wide variety of materials. She is also in storage for decades. They made it look so easy helping left a message saying she got an A on her …and it fit perfectly! in charge of the rare books collection. Since she paper thanks to us. started working at the Worcester Art Museum, she What is the oldest book in the library? Thank you Volunteers! has greatly reduced a decades-old cataloging Debby: From my research, the oldest book we We wouldn’t be able to run our library without the backlog of books and hard-to-find pamphlets, have was printed in 1698 in Amsterdam titled help of our volunteers, some of whom have been increasing access to the library’s holdings. In Iconologie ou la Science des Emblemes Devises , here for years. They are absolutely indispensable addition to her cataloging duties she provides by Cesar Ripa. It is essentially a two volume set of for the everyday operation of the library. library instruction and reference services to staff, commonly used images in artwork at the time to researchers, students, and museum visitors. convey different meanings or symbolism. For example, a person holding a stick with an

WWW . WORCESTERART . ORG Salisbury Society Dr. Gabriele Goszcz and Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Lotuff George C. Rand, Jr. Crawford David Lucht and Susannah Baker Arthur and Debra Remillard The Salisbury Society was founded in 1992 to honor Museum Members who John and Geri Graham Ingrid Jeppson Mach and Dany Pelletier Martin S. Richman and Joanne R. provide support at the highest levels. Those who contribute $1,250 and greater Maureen and Bob Gray Robert and Minh Mailloux DeMoura are recognized as Salisbury Society Members. In the tradition of the Museum’s Drs. Ivan and Noreen Green Tom and Nadine Manning Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Rose salisbury founders, the generous commitment of Salisbury Members provides the Joel P. Greene and Ann T. Lisi Moira and Charlie Manoog Peter and Anne Schneider cornerstone of support for the Worcester Art Museum. socie ty David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Mr. and Mrs. Christian McCarthy Clifford J. Schorer We are most grateful to the following 2012 Salisbury Members whose Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Patricia Halpin C. Jean and Myles* McDonough Kim and Eric Schultz demonstrated commitment provides the foundation to incorporate the best of the Barry and Chris Hanshaw Neil and Lisa McDonough Richard Sergel and Susan Baggett Museum’s past – great works of art, art education, and access “for the benefit of Patricia J. Harmon and David Tongel J. William Mees Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Shasta S all” – with the future of new technology, community engagement, and Dr. N. Alan Harris and Dr. Diane Lebel Dr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Meltzer Jeanice Sherman and Dwight Johnson collaboration. Their gifts help create a vibrant present and a sound future for the Drs. Lynn and Lura Harrison Don and Mary Melville Robert M. and Shirley S. Siff Museum and for the community. Thank you! Mr. and Mrs. James N. Heald 2nd Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Michie Vivian B. Sigel George Hecker Thomas S. Michie Dr. Jang and Carol Singh Frank Herron and Sandy Urie Mrs. David J. Milliken Michael and Carol Sleeper Herb and Maura Alexander George and Tammy Butler David DiPasquale and Candace Okuno Jock Herron and Julia Moore Dr. Satya and Mrs. Supriya Mitra John J. and Kristina M. Spillane Dr. Julia D. Andrieni and Dr. Robert A. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Caforio Maria and John Dirlam Prentiss and Polly Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Andres Jaime Molina Mark Spuria and Joseph Murphy * Phillips Thomas W. Caldwell Tom and Joan Dolan Dr. and Mrs. James E. Hogan A. Mitra Morgan and Phillip Moremen Peter and Katy Sullivan Marie and Mike Angelini William R. Carrick Mr. and Mrs. James C. Donnelly, Jr. James E. Hogan III Barrett and Mahroo Morgan Mr. and Mrs.* William F. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Bafaro, Jr. Robert and Nancy Charles Antonella and Roger Doucette Margaret Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan Anne C. Tardanico Mr. and Mrs. James H. Barnhill Henry J. and Elaine* M. Ciborowski Dr. and Mrs. John A. Duggan Mrs. Louis C. Iandoli Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Morgan George and Sheila Tetler Jack and Susan Bassick Alexandra Cleworth and Gary Staab Michael E. Eramo and Helen S. Carey Prof. Louis J. Iandoli Philip and Gale Morgan Sumner B. and Martha S. Tilton Dr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Bayon Christo and Mary T. Cocaine Cathleen Esleeck Frances and Howard Jacobson Nydia and Charles Moser George and Lynne Tonna Elaine W. Beals Catherine M. Colinvaux and Phillip D. Birgit Faber-Morse Mrs. Tay Ann Jay James and Patricia Moynihan Herb and Jean Varnum Ellen Berezin and Lewis Shepard Zamore Paul and Judith Falcigno John and Marianne Jeppson Frederic and Victoria Mulligan Matthias Waschek and Steve Taviner Edward Berman and Kathleen M. Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Collins Barbara E. Fargo Jesuit Community at Holy Cross and Kristin Waters McDonough Paula H. Connolly Linda and John Nelson Andrew and Robin Feldman Thomas Worcester Barbara and George Bernardin Robert and Charlene Nemeth Roger and Elise Wellington Tracy A. Craig and Dr. James J. Convery Marianne E. Felice, M.D. and John M. John F. and Rayna Keenan James A. Welu Eleanor C. Bernat Jeanne Y. Curtis* Giles III Mary and Joseph Oakley Margaret Keith Mark and Barb Wetzel Lisa M. Bernat and Abram Rosenfeld Mary S. Cushman Yda and Allen Filiberti Mr. and Mrs. Bernard G. Palitz Maureen and William Kelleher Barbara Wheaton Allen and Sarah Berry Mary Cotter-Lemoine and David Lemoine Mrs. John E. Flagg Martha R. and Arthur M. Pappas, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. B. Anthony King Peter and Shirley Williams Richard and Sande Bishop Mr. and Mrs. David F. Dalton Allen W. Fletcher Dr. James S. Pease and Dr. Janice C. Joan Peterson Klimann Hitzhusen Joanne and Douglas Wise Randolph and Edla Ann Bloom Dix and Sarah Davis Mary and Warner Fletcher David and Barbara Krashes Deborah Penta Emily and Kenneth* Wolf Bollus Lynch, LLP Howard G. Davis III Patricia A. Fletcher Tracy and Morey Kraus Marlene and David Persky Susan and David Woodbury Karin Branscombe Phil and Laurel Davis Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Freedman Agnes E. Kull* John and Patricia Peterson John Worcester Karl L. Briel Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. N. de Végvár Kathleen H. Gadbois Saundra B. Lane Mr. and Mrs. William O. Pettit, Jr. Dr. Edward C. Yasuna Frederick C. Brose and Janice E. Seymour Richard and Margery Dearborn Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Lane, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. N. William Pioppi Ann Brown and Dominic Nompleggi Marjorie M. Deitz* Dr. Wayne and Laura Glazier Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lazarus Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher *Deceased Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham III Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Maureen L. Glowik Rafael Lazo The Plourde Family Charitable Trust Dawn and John Budd Paul A. DiGeronimo and Katharine A. Roberta Goldman Claude M. Lee, III Douglas P. Butler Marino Drs. Phyllis Pollack and Peter Metz Stephen and Valerie Loring Candace and Richard Race

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Business Partners In Memoriam Together we make a difference for Worcester In 2012 we were saddened to lose a number of friends who left their mark on the Worcester Art Museum and the community through their philanthropy and The museum reflects the strength of Worcester’s past and the possibility for its commitment. future. If you are interested in investing in community, WAM will never disappoint. Giving back to her community was always a high priority for Elaine Ciborowski, who, —J. Christopher Collins, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Unum US like her husband Henry, a Museum Trustee, did so through generous financial support and volunteer service. Elaine and Henry contributed to many of the community’s Sponsors $5,000 and up Donors $2,500 social, cultural and educational organizations. Their commitment to the Worcester Art Museum has resulted in numerous gifts over the years, setting a wonderful example Elaine Ciborowski Bank of America J.J. Bafaro, Inc. for future generations. Cutler Associates C.C. Lowell Cutler Capital Management Christie's A patron devoted to education, Jeanne Curtis was a long-standing docent at the Fallon Community Health Plan Fletcher Tilton P.C. FLEXcon Company, Inc. Foley Industrial Engines Worcester Art Museum where she witnessed firsthand the impact of the Museum’s Imperial Distributors, Inc. Miles Press, Inc. extensive education program. She enjoyed the opportunity both to learn about the Interstate Specialty Products, Inc. RDW Group, Inc. Museum’s world-renowned collection and to share it with others, especially youngsters People's United Bank Saint-Gobain from throughout the community. Over the years Jeanne supported many Museum The TJX Foundation, Inc. Waters Corporation Unum initiatives including the effort to establish an active program of contemporary art. Worcester Business Journal Worcester Mag Myles McDonough shared his business success with the communities in which Jeanne Curtis (second from left) he lived and worked. Like many of the area’s major industrialists, Myles’s personal achievements enabled him to contribute significantly to the Museum’s success. Members $1,000 Friends $500 He and his wife, Jean, became associated with the Worcester Art Museum in the Bartholomew & Company, Inc. Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co., P.C. 1960s. Myles served on the Members’ Council while Jean became a docent and BenefitsLab - Health Insurance Solutions American Alarm Herbert E. Berg Florist, Inc. The Bean Counter Coffee Bar & Bakery eventually one of the Museum’s board members. In 1987 the McDonoughs Berry Financial Consulting Group Bowditch and Dewey, LLP endowed the Mayan Court, which was named in their honor. More recently they of Wells Fargo Advisors Burr Insurance were the major donors behind the new Conference Room. In 1995 Myles and Jean Central One Federal Credit Union Central Massachusetts Podiatry were given the Museum’s highest honor, the Salisbury Award. The Museum is Columbia Tech Checkerboard Ltd. Commcreative Coghlin Electrical Contractors fortunate that the McDonough’s involvement with the Museum has been a family Davis Publications, Inc. Crown Hill Restoration Inc. affair, continuing into the next generation. Fidelity Bank Curry Printing Fiduciary Investment Advisors Percy's of Worcester, Inc. The Museum’s oldest Trustee Emeritus, Richard Prouty, recently passed away at Myles McDonough Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, P.C. Skinner, Inc. age 99. Dick and his wife, Ann, were long-time supporters of the Worcester Art Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates, Inc. Sotheby's Museum and many other non-profit organizations. A Trustee for 22 years, Dick served Legacy Financial Advisors, Inc. Struck Catering Mercier Electric Company, Inc. Sullivan, Garrity & Donnelly on several board committees, including many years on the Facilities and Technology Russell Morin Fine Catering Insurance Agency, Inc. Committee. He and his wife gave regularly and generously to the Museum’s annual J.S. Mortimer, Inc. The Protector Group fund and contributed to the success of several capital campaigns. In 1989, Dick MSW Financial Partners donated three family portrait miniatures to the Museum, including one of his mother, Pepper's Fine Foods Catering As of August 2012 Perfect Focus Eyecare the noted author and poet Olive Higgins Prouty. Target Corporation UniBank We are grateful to these very thoughtful and generous individuals whose altruistic Webster Five spirit helped chart the course of the Worcester Art Museum. Their legacy will live on, Thomas J. Woods Insurance Agency, Inc. and impact generations to come. Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP Richard Prouty For more information on becoming a Business Partner, please contact Karmen Bogdesic at 508.793.4326 or at [email protected] www.worcesterart.org

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