WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONWASHINGTON MUSEUM 1 ASSOCIATION Museum Messenger • Spring 2009

MUSEUM MESSENGER Volume 19 / Number 2 • Spring 2009

Heritage Capital Projects Fund Supports Museums (story, page 3)

A reconstructed store building at Fort Nisqually houses an education space, collections storage, and research area.

Support Museums! Go to Museum Day in Olympia • March 3 & 4 Come to Pullman! • WMA Annual Conference at WSU • June 10-12

INSIDE Letter from the WMA President...... 2 Museum Day!...... 4 Heritage Capital Projects Fund...... 3 News & Announcements from the Museum World...... 5 2009 WMA Awards & Conference Scholarships...... 4 Regional News...... 6-9

Masthead images derived from the book “Washington – A Guide to the Evergreen State,” compiled by workers of the Writer’s Program of the Work Projects Administration, and sponsored by the Washington State Historical Society © 1941. WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 2 Museum Messenger • Spring 2009

Editor’s Note: WMA Annual Conference The WMA Museum Messenger is published quarterly by the Washington Museum Association, a 501(c)(3) federally June 10 -12, 2008 recognized non-profit organization consisting of institutions, businesses, Change, Challenges, and Connections and individuals whose mission it is to promote increased professionalism in and communication amongst all museums Washington State University within Washington State. All articles within this issue may be reproduced Pullman,W WashingtonS U and circulated to staff with appropriate credit given to the Washington Museum Association and the contributing author. Le t t e r f r o m t h e WMA Pr e s i d e n t Officers: Dear WMA Members, President: Ellen Terry Program Director, Grants & Exhibits, Humanities Washington This year has begun with funding challenges for many museums in Wash- Vice-President: Janda Volkmer ington State. The WMA hopes to be a resource for you in these tough economic Consultant and Director, Lakewood History Museum times by creating opportunities for the museum community to come together. Secretary: Rebecca J. Engelhardt By sharing ideas, and partnering on projects, both individual institutions and Registrar/Collections Manager, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Washington’s museum network increases capacity and grows stronger. Treasurer: Pamela Kruse-Buckingham Oakland Aviation Museum We hope you will come to Olympia on March 3 and 4 to participate in Mu- seum Day. This is a great chance to connect with your legislative representatives Directors: and museum colleagues. Brenda Abney In addition, please mark your calendars for the WMA Annual Conference Director, Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center June 10 - 12, 2009. This year’s conference will be held in Pullman and the mu- Erin Black Curator, Kittitas County Historical Society, Ellensburg seums of Washington State University are looking forward to hosting museum Angela Neller representatives from around the state. To economize on Curator, Wanapum Heritage Center expenses, and take you back to your college days, attrac- Susan Rohrer tively priced dorm rooms will be available for lodging. Curator of Public Programs, Washington State Historical Society There is still time to submit proposals for conference ses- Kirsten Schober sions so if you have a best practice or an innovative way Executive Director, Kirkman House Museum of solving a problem, please share your expertise. Michael Siebol Curator of Collections, Yakima Valley Museum, Yakima Together we have the knowledge and resolve neces- Susan Tissot sary to make a positive contribution to the quality of life Executive Director, Clark County Historical Society in Washington State. Washington State Heritage Resource Center Best, Representative: Lauren Danner Ellen

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HCPFHeritage PROJECTS Capital Projects Fund Update With 155 Heritage Capital Projects Fund (HCPF) grants to museum, maritime, railroad, tribal, historic preservation, and historic landscape projects around the state, the years since the first applications were submitted a dozen years ago have been busy ones. Visionary heritage leaders have planned, inspired, adapted, collaborated, and succeeded, even during tough times. Grants provided by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor have ranged from a few thousand dollars to a million, and they Reconstruction projects at Fort Nisqually (above and cover) have added up to $31,800,000 in support for the heritage and the new Tulalip Cultural Museum (below) have been preservation and interpretation of Washington State. realized through Heritage Capital Projects Funds. The 122 completed projects provide public benefits each day as governments, non-profits, and tribal organizations carry out their missions and use the projects to do so. In these challenging times, HCPF projects under construction contribute to the economy by providing jobs, breathing new life into older structures (often at an energy savings), and generally contributing to local economies. Since HCPF grants require a 2:1 match (non-state to state), individual, corporate, foundation, and other government funds are at- tracted to these local efforts. The Governor’s capital budget for the 2009-11 bien- nium incorporated the list of thirty nine new projects, recommended for funding by the advisory panel, chaired by Royce Pollard, mayor of the City of Vancouver, and David Nicandri, director of the Washington State Historical Soci- ety, which administers the HCPF program. Both houses of Business Members the state legislature will develop their own versions of the support the businesses that support us: capital budget, but in the past, that process has not resulted Washington State Housing FinanceCommission in deletions from the list. Paragon Research Associates • Spacesaver Northwest Artech Fine Arts Services • Alice Parman, Interpretive Planner Preparations are already beginning for the next round of Chrisworks • Night & Day Studios • Master Models applications, for the July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013 bien- New Members nium. The application will be revised over coming months Washington State Legacy Project • San Juan Historical Museum and released in the fall, after which there will be workshops Virginia R. Van Breemen • Keith Oddis • Amy Hildebrand • Alexis Ainsworth around the state, followed by submission of grant applica- Christina Cadenhead • Raed Y. S. Alghazawi • Jeffrey T. Acquino Antony E. Adler • Katy Ahrens • Marta E. C. Beyer • Sarah K. Bishop tions in May 2010. As in the past, an advisory panel will Elizabeth A. Broughton • Peeda Chitnuyanont • Rosie Clayburn review the applications. Panel members include representa- Laura E. Crisp • Alex M. Curio • Natalia DePaula • Andrea E. Descoteaux Hugg tions of the Washington State Department of Archaeology Melissa A. Dorband • Julie M. Dougherty • Taylor J. Felt • Yeshodara M. Fisher Whitney Ford-Terry • Kathryn E. Fromson • Kathryn A. Gomez and Historic Preservation, State Archives, Eastern Wash- Amber M. Greenleaf • Jaisa A. Halls • Jill G. Hardy • Elizabeth L. Harmon ington State Historical Society, and Washington Museum Kathryn A. Harrison • Jason D. Herrington • Karen L. Hoffman • Megan A. Huff Association as well as other heritage professionals. Michael F. Ide • Meng-fan Lu • Kelsey M Lutz • Jimxuan Ma • Sara M. Martinez Justin A. McCarthy • Erin E. Milbeck • John N. Miniotis • Jennifer M Myers If you have a potential bricks and mortar project that Jessica M. Newkirk • Robert D. Nicholl • Kimberly M. Owens • Shin Yu J. Pai will be expending funds in the 2011-2013 biennium and Andrew R. Phillips • Kylie J. Pine • Kelly C. Porter • Samantha Jo Richert Nicole L. Robert • Elizabeth M. Rosino • Jessica A. Rubenacker • Lynn R Sales would like more information about the Heritage Capital Dean M. Sedar • Brooke N. Shelman • Lace E. Thornberg Projects Fund grant program, contact Garry Schalliol, Katharine E. Van Vorhis • Justine M. Walker • Pema Wangchuk HCPF administrator, Washington State Historical Society Shannon L. Weiss • Crystal R. Welliver • Erin L. Whitney • Lucy Ostrander at [email protected] or 253-798-5879. Cory Samia • Anna Sayre • Patricia Larkin • Flying Heritage Collection WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 4 Museum Messenger • Spring 2009 Jo i n Us Fo r Mu s e u m Da y : Recognizing the Very Best Ma r c h 3r d & 4t h , 2009 in Washington Join the WMA and your colleagues at this years Museum Day Program. Why? Because Museum’s Matter! This event provides an opportunity to WMA Awards for Excellence speak with legislators and representatives about your organization. You Nomination will also have an opportunity to attend a reception and workshop. Join us for an exciting day in Olympia! & Conference Scholarship Workshop, Tuesday March 3rd, from 1 to 4 pm (coffee break at 2:30) Due to the responses from last year, the workshop will be held the after- Application Forms noon prior to the Heritage Caucus. included in this issue Reception, Tuesday March 3rd, from 5 to 7 pm Join your colleagues and representatives for an informal reception and It is that time of year again to reflect on what an opportunity to talk with elected officials about your projects and you did this past year. If your institution museum needs. There will be a buffet with hot appetizers, wine and produced a remarkable publication, exhibit, or beer service. David Nicandri, director of the Washington State Histori- project, I hope that you submit a nomination cal Society will make welcoming remarks. for your work. I also hope that you will fill th out a nomination form if you noticed some- Heritage Caucus, Wednesday, March 4 from 7 to 8 am thing amazing done by another museum or WMA President, Ellen Terry will deliver the feature presentation at the heritage center in Washington. Also, if you Heritage Caucus. Please join us in support of all of the museums, galler- know of an individual that deserves acknowl- ies, and heritage organization within Washington State. edgment, please make sure they are recognized Lobby your Legislator, Wednesday March 4th from 8 to 11 am for their work with a nomination. Visit www.washingtonstatemuseums.org for Museum Day materials, Have you heard of the amazing Washington which will have suggestions on ways to effectively lobby. Museum Association Conference, but could Behind the Scenes Tour of the Temple of Justice with Chief Justice Gerry never go because either you or your museum Alexander, 11 to 12 pm just could not come up with the funds to par- ticipate? There are four scholarships designed This tour will be hosted by one of our most distinguished residents and to help deserving people get to the conference: will provide deeper understanding of the history of the capitol campus Ellen Ferguson Student Scholarship, and its oldest building. The temple was constructed in 1920, eight years Gus Norwood Volunteer Scholarship, before the completion of the Legislative Building. WMA Board Scholarship, and Members Luncheon with guest speaker Chief Justice Alexander, 12 to 1:30 pm Robert Gruhn Working Professional Scholarship. Justice Alexander will join members for lunch and speak informally So don’t delay; send in your scholarship ap- about the effort he is spearheading to preserve the capitol campus plication or award nomination today! To be furnishings and architectural details. Justice Alexander is a long time accepted, they must be postmarked no later supporter of heritage activities regionally and has served as President of than April 4, 2009. Specific details are in- the Board of the Bigelow House Museum, one of the state’s oldest, intact cluded on each form. You can make copies of homes, featuring authentic historic furnishings of the prominent and the forms included in this issue of the Museum educated Bigelow family, and records of Susan B Anthony’s visit in 1871. Messenger, find them on the WMA website, or Special Points: ask me to send you forms — just email me at For directions and parking please visit: [email protected]. http://www.leg.wa.gov/WorkingwithLeg/parking.htm The recipients of the 2009 WMA Conference Information about the Legislature: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature Scholarships and the WMA Awards of Excel- lence will be honored during the conference Museum Day Coordinator, Susan Rohrer at a special awards and scholarship ceremony. State Capital Museum and Outreach Center We hope to see you in Pullman in June! www.washingtonstatemuseums.org [email protected] — Mike Siebol 360-586-0166 WMA Awards and Scholarship Committee Chair WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 5 Museum Messenger • Spring 2009 News and announcements from the Museum World Focus on BCR’s CDP Releases Documentary Collections Care Digital Imaging Production in Workshops Best Practices Washington State Balboa Art Conservation Center BCR’s CDP (Collaborative Digitization Stourwater Pictures is an award-win- is offering a series of new work- Program) has released the updated Digital ning documentary production com- shops for institutions with ma- Imaging Best Practices, Version 2.0, fea- pany that specializes in meticulously terial-based collections. BACC turing new sections on digital cameras, crafted historical films. We’re known will hold the 3-day workshop digital preservation and more. The revised for finding the essential narratives series in Seattle at the University Digital Imaging Best Practices document is buried in the subject matter—and of Washington on April 22–24, based on the Western States Digital Imag- developing absorbing and entertain- 2009. ing Best Practices Guide published in 2003, ing presentations that best honor and Emergency Preparedness Inten- developed by experts and practitioners in reflect those themes. The Bainbridge sive for Material Culture Collec- the field. Island based husband-and-wife team tions is a 3-day series designed for Brenda Bailey-Hainer, BCR president of Lucy Ostrander and Don Sell- museums and historical societies. and CEO, says, “one of the biggest joys of ers together have over 30 years of Workshop participants will learn working in a collaborative environment is production experience as independent how to develop and assemble a seeing the great achievements — like this producers. Our films have won nu- complete emergency plan, form document — that collective efforts bring merous awards, many of which have emergency response teams and about. The biggest reward for this particu- received national broadcast. Over networks, and will receive emer- lar endeavor will be the rich digital content the past several years Stourwater has gency response and hands-on that will result from the many librarians, produced a number of documentary recovery training. This workshop archivists and museum professionals who shorts on Pacific Northwest history is limited in number of seats are will use BCR’s CDP Digital Imaging Best for museums, heritage organizations, available and requires participants Practices as a guide to their work.” non-formal learning centers, class- to complete assignments prior to room and website use. We work with The Digital Imaging Best Practices Work- non-profits to locate funding and the face-to-face meeting. Contact ing Group took leadership for the revision, Kara at [email protected] or at develop proposals. We are passionate spending time researching new and updat- about bringing history alive through 619-236-9702 if you are inter- ed standards, examining new technologies ested in participating! the power of film while engaging au- and evaluating new workflow options. The diences of all ages. For more informa- The BACC will also offer the working group drew on the expertise of its tion about our work please visit our traditional single day workshops members and digitization colleagues to ad- website at www.stourwater.com or with new topics: dress the many changes informing image call Lucy at (206) 617-1354. • April 22, 2009 – Care of Col- digitization during the last five years. lections: Paper and Photo- Sarah Goodwin Thiel, digital services graphic Material librarian, University of Kansas, served WMA Website • April 23, 2009 – Preserving as the working group chair. She notes, Currently, the WMA website features Museum Collections 101 Care “While continuing to address the needs of a slide show of several museums, galler- of Collections: Books a particular audience, beginning practi- ies, and heritage associations around • April 24, 2003 – Preserving tioners and those from institutions with the state. If your organization is not Museum Collections 301 Care limited resources and/or expertise, Version represented on the slide show, please of Collections: Textiles 2.0 is developed to assist practitioners consider emailing pictures to us. Please Spaces are limited, register now! from the cultural heritage section to navi- send a variety of images including, pro- gate the quickly evolving world of image For more information about grams, exhibits, buildings, events, etc. digitization and to efficiently increase and BACC and the workshops, improve access to digital scholarship.” To see the current slide show, please please visit www.bacc.org or visit www.washingtonstatemuseums. contact the Field Service Office To view the entire document, please visit: org. Email images to contact@wash- at 619-236-9702. www.bcr.org/cdp/best/digital-bp.pdf. ingtonstatemuseums.org. WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 6 Museum Messenger • Spring 2009 Regional NEWS

Through their allur- April 26th. For more information visit NORTHWEST ing, conceptually rich www.fryemuseum.org. and skillfully execut- OLYMPIC PENINSULA & ed transformations, Greater Kent Historical Society would SAN JUAN ISLANDS the artists tap into like to invite visitors to the Thunderbird PUGET EASTERN METRO our deep psycho- History Exhibit, which will run through the CENTRAL logical attachment end of April. It Features hockey items and to these objects ephemera—a historic timeline takes you while questioning back to the roots of hockey in Seattle— SOUTHWEST and expanding the 1915; plus get hands-on experience by try- ideas they represent ing on hockey gear and equipment. Open and the value of the Wed-Sat, 12-4pm, admission by donation. objects themselves. For more information please call (253)854- In a time when most 4330, email [email protected] or visit reading is done on a computer screen, this www.kenthistoricalmuseum.org. Seattle, Tacoma exhibition focuses on the sensual physicality & the Puget Sound Region of the printed form. For more information Museum of Flight invites visit www.bellevuearts.org. you to see a special juried Bainbridge Island Historical exhibition at the museum to be open to Museum is proud to present Burke Museum of Natural the public February 27 through June 14, their new long-term exhibit History & Culture is proud 2009. The exhibition will be comprised of An Island Story: A Voyage through to present Coffee: The World approximately 40 photographs, and dis- Bainbridge History. It is located in in Your Cup which will run played in the Museum’s T.A. Wilson Great the museum’s 1908 one-room schoolhouse. through June 7th. The exhibit provides a Gallery. Also look toward summer 2009 for Visitors and school groups learn about our broad overview of the powerful influence another upcoming exhibit, Around the World fascinating history while walking through of coffee on environments, human cultures, Flights. Flying around the world is a dream 1,000 square feet of new materials. Themes and economic worldwide. “Coffee connects shared by many aviators and adventurers. include Native Americans, Explorers, Mill us all” says Burke exhibit coordinator Ruth It takes not only bravery and the right kind Towns, Early Shipbuilding, Steamer Trans- Pelz. “Most consumers don’t think about of aircraft, but also an incredible amount of portation, Farming, WWII, the internment the people and places that bring coffee planning and an ability to solve problems of Japanese Americans, and Schools. As you from the field to the roast to the cup, but literally on the fly. For more information walk through the exhibits, you will hear the this exhibit offers visitors a chance to be visit www.museumofflight.org. sounds of a steamboat underway in Puget more socially and environmentally aware Sound, the grinding saws of a lumber mill, or of what they drink. Coffee really has the Museum of Glass the clang of a school bell. Listen to excerpts power to remind us of our place in the is proud to announce Martin Blank’s Flu- from our oral history collection and learn world.” Featured in this exhibit are color ent Steps which will invite the viewer to how the island has changed. Watch films photographs of farms from South America explore the dynamic facets and planes about the Filipino and Japanese communi- to Africa to the Pacific Islands, live coffee created by Blank’s artistic interpretation ties on the island, as well as the town of plants, four short videos featuring different of water. Fluent Steps will span the entire the Port Blakely. Read a record book of the aspects of the coffee industry and more. length of the 210-foot-long reflecting pool Port Madison mill store, discover what was For more information visit www.washing- and will rise from water level to fifteen feet selling at the Rotary Auction in the 1970’s, ton.edu/burkemuseum/. in height. It will consist of individual islands or look at photographs of days gone by in of glass sculpture that will interact with our island neighborhoods. For more infor- Frye Art Museum is proud one another to portray Blank’s interpreta- mation visit www.bainbridgehistory.org. to announce the exhibition tion of water in its various forms. Transition Transatlantic: American Artists in Germany, Between Planes is an expansive 60-foot Bellevue Arts Museum will feature a which showcases selected works by artists swell that will bisect the open body of the unique group exhibition of artists turning from the Frye Collections. Although each pool, forming a uniquely sculpted space books into sculptural works, The Book Bor- artist worked in his and her own style, between the surface of the water and the rowers: Contemporary Artists Transforming the these American artists painted portraits, fluid glass components suspended above it. Book, which will run from February 24th landscapes, and genre scenes often closely Transitions will taper into Wisps, a field of through June 14, 2009. As the first major linked to developments in German painting hundreds of small glass forms breaching the exhibition of its kind in the Pacific North- at that time, from symbolism and realism to surface like rising mist. An open plane of west, The Book Borrowers highlights works the beginnings of abstraction and Jugendstil. resting water will separate Transitions from from 13 locally, nationally and internationally The exhibition celebrates the contribu- The Cascades, a massive arch of glass that renowned contemporary artists working tions American artists made to these major will envelope the viewer in the mist and with the book as a sculptural medium. Over movements in America and abroad, and surge of falling water. Lastly, Echo, a vibrant 30 new or recent works will be on view. demonstrates the key role they played as and colorful grouping, will languidly flow Each piece is a sacrifice, a destruction of purveyors of artistic ideas across the At- across the surface of the pool, creating an one sacred object to give birth to another. lantic Ocean. The exhibit will run through intimate dance of color, texture and reflec- WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 7 Museum Messenger • Spring 2009 tive light. For more information please visit traditional web site and allows people to White River Valley Museum recently www.museumofglass.org. subscribe and receive either an email or came upon an amazing collection of images data feed when new articles are posted. On of Auburn from its earliest days through Museum of History & Industry is the site you can subscribe using an Atom the 1920s. Photos of muddy streets, long proud to announce that on February 14 or RSS feed, or sign up to receive an email. dresses, horse-drawn milk wagons and they will deliver a valentine to the com- Don’t forget to bookmark the site, www. logging with oxen are all part of the new munity with The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons, trainmuseum.blogspot.com. exhibit Ilalko, Then Slaughter, Now Auburn: an exhibition presenting an overview of the Historic Photographs of Place by Pioneer legendary Hollywood animation studio. All Tacoma Art Arthur Ballard that opened on January the beloved characters will be here: Bugs Museum’s The 9th Northwest Biennial, on 14th and will run through April 12th. See Bunny, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, view through May 25, 2009, features 24 art- Auburn as you have never seen it before! Yosemite Sam, and more. The exhibition ists who were selected from the 543 entries. The exhibit is courtesy of guest curator brings together drawings, paintings, ‘cels,’ Rock Hushka, Director of Curatorial Admin- Kenneth (Greg) Watson and includes film, and related objects used in making the istration and Curator of Contemporary and renderings of future plans for the City of classic cartoons from the 1930s through Northwest Art for Tacoma Art Museum was Auburn. For more information visit www. 1960 and features work by animation giants joined by Alison de Lima Greene, Curator of wrvmuseum.org. such as Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. The Contemporary Art and Special Projects at Washington Post described these anima- the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to juror Olympic Penninsula tors as: “…men who may well qualify as and curate the exhibition. The biennial will & San Juan Islands among the century’s great humorists…” be accompanied by a full-color, 108-page These brash and lively cartoons were origi- exhibition catalogue. Tacoma Art Museum’s Clallam County Historical Society nally produced for screening in theaters but biennial remains the only Northwest project is proud to announce that on October went on to be shown on television where of its size and scope. The museum began its 29, 2008 a new exhibit, Signs of the Time they still delight viewers across the world. biennial tradition in 1991with Collabora- opened in the lower gallery of the Museum This exhibition shows us the incredible tors: Regional Juried Exhibition, juried by the at the Carnegie in Port Angeles. Celebrat- artistic talent, the complex craft and the internationally acclaimed artists Felix Partz ing 60 years since the Historical Society painstaking patience required to create ear- and AA Bronson of General Idea. Under the was formed in 1948 “to preserve, utilize, ly works of animation. For those interested guidance of Tacoma Art Museum’s former and interpret the region’s cultural heritage in contemporary animation techniques, Curator of Modern Art Greg Bell, the mu- for the enjoyment and education of all,” it’s a rich exploration of the history of the seum continued to present thematic bienni- the new exhibit features a number of items industry. The exhibition runs through May als juried by nationally prominent artists. In not previously shown, including a televi- 17.For more information please visit www. 2007, the museum restructured the biennial sion of the 1950s, a Radioptican postcard seattlehistory.org. to focus on artistic achievement and stylistic projector, and the work of eighteen Clallam developments in the Northwest as identified County artists. These represent an exciting Nordic Heritage Museum by nationally prominent curators working array of pastels, oils, charcoal drawings, will welcome the exhibition collaboratively with Hushka. For more infor- watercolors, prints, and one monoprint. Knitting Along the Viking Trail, mation visit www.tacomaartmuseum.org. Our major challenge for 2009 will be rais- featuring work by renowned Swedish knit- ing matching funds for our Lincoln School ting designer Elsebeth Lavold. The artist’s Washington State Histori- Project, the renovation and restoration of inspiration for the exhibited pieces comes cal Museum and the Wash- a building built in 1916 where we plan to from the ornamentation of Viking-age relics, ington State Arts Commis- establish a new museum and resource cen- from small pieces of jewelry to monumen- sion (WSAC) are partnering to present a ter for Clallam County. The success of this tal rock carvings to runic inscriptions. The 10-month long folk arts celebration, which project will depend on the commitment of translation of Viking-age designs to modern includes an exhibit, festival, demonstrations, all of our members, volunteers, and friends knitwear required Lavold to invent new film viewings, and a lecture series.WITH in the community. For more information knitting techniques, resulting in an exhibi- OUR HANDS: World Folk Art Traditions of Wash- visit www.clallamhistoricalsociety.com. tion that celebrates a millennium of Nordic ington will run through August 23rd. The craftsmanship and ingenuity. Lavold’s works exhibit, on view in the Inviting the Spirit gal- Port Angeles Fine Arts Center started reinterpret and adapt Viking craftsman- lery, features artwork from past WSAC folk year with The Salvaged, a solo exhibition by ship, giving new life to this most celebrated art award recipients, as well as explores the Michael Paul Miller, which will run through aspect of Nordic cultural heritage. Knitting history of folk art studies in Washington. A March 15th. It marks the Olympic Peninsula Along the Viking Trail will be on display weekend festival with live demonstrations debut of the Wisconsin native, who arrived through April 5, 2009. For more informa- from more than 20 artists will be held April in Port Angeles in September to assume tion visit www.nordicmuseum.org. 18 and 19 in the Great Hall of Washington the new key faculty position in Peninsula History at the History Museum. Guests are College’s expanding fine arts program. Northwest Railway Museum invited to check out traditional folk arts There Miller has taken on dual roles in would like to announce a new traditions such as Chinese paper cutting the studio and in the lecture hall, balancing way to keep up to date with and Mexican horse hair weaving. At the the practice of art with the history of art. museum events and happenings. A blog has end of both days, Cruz and Cynthia Rangel, Miller’s paintings draw on his academic been set up for the museum to post infor- from the musical group Sueño, will perform. background earning his MFA at the Univer- mation about programs, interpretation, col- Funded by the National Endowment for sity of Wisconsin, and teaching at a number lection care, inside information and other the Arts and KUOW. For more information of Madison area colleges. His monumental exciting news. It is a simpler format than a visit www.wshs.org. canvases are shaped by an acute aware- WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 8 Museum Messenger • Spring 2009 ness of past and contemporary masters. World Kite Museum has success- Flat Hat (1971, University of Washington, Absorbing lessons from modern American fully purchased remodeled, curated and Seattle). The exhibition features smaller-scale Realist painters such as Winslow Homer organized storage in its new 10,350 sq. ft. sculpture in groups that explore the human and Andrew Wyeth, Miller has honed his building. Major exhibits include Meet Me in form in terms of balance, mythology, move- natural facility for capturing people and St. Louis: The First Kite Competition in the U.S., ment, and abstraction. Rarely seen drawings landscapes with convincing naturalism. For where you can rub elbows with competi- and paintings provide more views of Levine’s more information visit www.pafac.org. tors like Alexander Graham Bell. Marconi, process. The Phillip Levine Survey is shown in and Lt. B. Baden Powell. Another is Kites of conjunction with the publication of Phillip Jefferson County Historical Society World War II, where you see how the mili- Levine: Myth, Memory & Image (Published is proud to announce that you can now tary dealt with communication before cell by the University of Washington Press in search the JCHS collection from the com- phones, Internet, etc. A Kite Junket Through partnership with Museum of Northwest fort of your own home to find artifacts, Southeast Asia invites you to stroll through Art, 2009; designed by Phil Kovacevich). This historic photographs, archival records and collections of kites from six countries exhibition will open on March 14th and run reference materials. You can even add your where you discover their differences in through June 14th. For more information own comments to the data base. Once shapes, decoration and use. Until the end visit www.museumofnwart.org. you’ve identified items of interest, you can of January, Fabric and Paper: Guys and Dolls visit the Research Center to view original features kite artists’ depictions of people Western Gallery is proud to present Ken documents and reference materials or to that they’ve appliquéd, painted and shaped Butler: Hybrid Visions, which will run through order reprints of historic photos. For more for flight. The Hall of Fame addresses the March 14th. Ken Butler was born and raised information visit www.jchsmuseum.org. old and modern ways kites are used tech- in Portland, Oregon and is a highly regarded nologically in Kite Have Pull. To learn about mixed media artist, instrument builder, com- Southwest events and classes check the Museum’s web poser and musician whose hybrid musical page www.worldkitemuseum.com. instruments, installations, and performances North Clark Historical Museum is explore the interaction and transformation proud to announce a generous contribu- Washington State Capitol Museum of common objects, sounds, and silence. tion from the Colf Family Foundation. This is proud to announce Sustaining Change Butler has commented: “The initial motiva- will aid in the further development of the on the American Farm: An Artists/Farmer tion for making my hybrids had very little Wise Property, which was purchased for Exchange, which will run through June 15th. to do with the idea of expanding the range museum expansion. With the registry desig- Twelve farmers from Washington, Idaho, of musical instruments. It was much more nation, careful planning must be formulated and Oregon were paired with an artist who about a sculptural investigation and, to this and implemented to compliment the has depicted the farmers’ conservation day, remains more about the visual and existing building and grounds. The museum stewardship practices and commitment poetic character of the instruments. There would like to also announce the good to sustainability. These artworks explore is something about using whatever is at news of the 1910 Amboy United Brethren issues such as environmental impact, social hand, …and assembling them in references Church being listed on the Washington change, and the need to develop greater to head-neck-body shapes that resonates Heritage Register and the National Regis- sensitivity to rural communities. Organized with me.” For more information visit www. ter of Historic Places. For more informa- by Maryhill Museum of Art. Another exhibi- westerngallery.wwu.edu/. tion call 360-247-5800 or email museum@ tion currently open is The Res, People and lewisriver.com. Places, which will run through June 27th. Whatcom Museum of His- Denny Sparr Hurtado, Skokomish Tribe, is tory & Art and Allied Arts of Polson Museum has announced that their a Native American photographer whose Whatcom County present new restoration building project is being photo essays illuminate American Indian life Trespassing, a collaborative exhibition which realized. Over the past several months a as it really is. Hurtado’s photographs show is in the museum’s 1892 Old City Hall new shop has taken shape on the museum’s the people and culture he loves through the building. Parts of the exhibition will also be 18th street property – land that was origi- lens of a Native American artist’s eyes. This shown at the downtown Bellingham Allied nally the Polson’s Orchard. Officially named photographic exhibition documents 20th & Arts Gallery located on Cornwall Street. the Charles A. Laubach Restoration Facility, 21st century American Indians on the res- The exhibition features a selection of pro- the 36’ x 72’ building is a gift from the fam- ervations, at powwows, historic meetings, vocative works by seven Native American, ily of the late Chuck Laubach. The Laubachs working, and in everyday life. Organized by Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian con- wanted to find an appropriate home for the Washington State Historical Society. For temporary fine artists and includes works Chuck’s vintage farm tractor collection more information visit www.wshs.org. that address preconceptions of indigenous and decided that the Polson would be an art and artists, and pushes to the forefront ideal steward for his machinery. In honoring Northwest refreshing perspectives on timely political Chuck’s dedication to the restoration of and social issues. Through a variety of me- old iron, the Laubachs made a $50,000 gift Museum of Northwest Art dia, including installation and video works, to the Polson to build the structure and will present a survey of sculpture, prints, photography, and paintings, the par- have donated eleven tractors, an equipment drawings, and paintings by Phillip ticipating artists challenge the motivations trailer, a 1949 Chevrolet 2-ton flatbed, and Levine. The Seattle-based sculptor was one for war, the on-going struggle for cultural numerous tools and equipment. Addition- of the artists featured in the 2002 book and political sovereignty, environmental ally, several key donations from area busi- and MoNA exhibition Iridescent Light and is degradation, and the commercialization of nesses helped maximize the scope of the known for his large-scale public art, includ- spirituality and religion. This exhibit will run project and enhance the facility. For more ing Woman Dancing (1976, Washington through March 22nd. For more information information visit www.polsonmuseum.org. State Capitol, Olympia) and Dancer with visit www.whatcommuseum.org. WASHINGTON MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 9 Museum Messenger • Spring 2009 Central present “Lee Moorhouse: Photographer from Visual Thinking Strategies, the method in the Inland Northwest, 1898-1915.” On based on her research. For more informa- Franklin County Historical Society is April 26th, join poet Cindy Williams Guti- tion visit www.northwestmuseum.org. proud to announce that Pasco will soon errez and musician Gerardo Calderon for a join Kennewick and Richland as a subject in journey to the spirit of ancient Mexico. The Fort Walla Walla Museum members Arcadia Publishing’s prolific and well-known poetry and music are part of the Inquiring have recently elected four new directors series, Images of America. This effort is being Mind program made possible through Hu- to its board, Chris Wallace Burlingame, lead by FCHS member Susan Faulkner and manities Washington and the Washington Bill Jordan, Allan Renwick, and Pam Ray. the museum is pleased to be a part of her State Legislature. For more information The Board also elected its officers for the effort to capture Pasco’s history. For more visit www.yakimavalleymuseum.org. coming season, noteworthy for the im- information call 509-547-3714. minent beginning of Phase 1 construction Eastern of its Services and Facilities Enhancement Larson Gallery is proud to announce Project. The new officers include President their 36th National Juried Photo Exhibition Columbia River Exhibition of History, Barbara Stubblefield, Vice-President Gale scheduled for April 3rd through May 2nd. Science, and Technology is proud to Kimball, and Margaret Buchan as Secretary. This national juried competition offers announce their Alphabet Homes Neighbor- Christine Wallace Burlingame is a practicing several thousand dollars in prize money hood Walking Tours coming in May. This attorney in Oregon and Washington, with and attracts artists from all over the United series of walking tours goes through the her law office located in Milton-Freewater, States. Call the Gallery for prospectus, or historic Richland neighborhoods known for Oregon. Dr. Bill Jordan is Deputy Superin- visit www.larsongallery.org. Opening recep- their Alphabet or ABC Houses. The tours tendent of Schools for Walla Walla Public tion will be on Friday April 3rd from 5:00 will be guided by host Richard Nordgren. Schools and is the managing partner in – 7:30pm, with awards at 7:00pm. Each two-hour walking tour will cover a the executive search consulting firm of different section of the city and will illus- Principled Leadership. Alan Renwick serves Maryhill Museum of trate the sociological and political thought as the Accounting Department Manager at Art is proud to announce that went into the design of the neighbor- Banner Bank in Walla Walla with supervi- the upcoming exhibition Hudson River hoods. Neighborhoods to be explored will sory responsibility for the Accounts Payable Sojourn, which will open on March 15th include South Richland, the “Gold Coast” (a and Operational Accounting departments. and run through July 8th. The Hudson National Register of Historic Places neigh- Pam Ray has worked as a medical tran- River School, comprising two generations borhood) and Central Richland. For more scriber and worked her way through local of artists inspired and influenced by the information visit www.crehst.org. justice circles from secretary of the Walla awesome beauty of America’s unspoiled Walla County Juvenile Department to wild areas, came to prominence during Moses Lake Museum & Art Center Clerk of the Walla Walla County Superior the 19th and early 20th century. Working is currently exhibiting Columbia Basin Court. Pam has also served as a Walla Walla primarily in the Hudson River Valley, as Disasters, which will run through May 9th. County Commissioner. For more informa- well as in the Catskill, Berkshire and White The Columbia Basin has historically been tion visit www.fortwallawallamuseum.org. Mountains, and in the newly opened West a stage for disaster. Inspired by a generous between 1825 and 1915, the Hudson River donation of research materials by Moses School firmly established the first American Lake resident Dr. Robert H. Ruby, M.D., this Put Your News in exhibit examines events that have shaped landscape painting tradition. Their beauti- Museum Messenger fully composed pastoral paintings are filled the Basin. On Friday, April 24th at 7:00pm with dramatically lit mountains, waterfalls the museum will host “Washington Disas- Regional News and old growth forests, which evoke an ters.” This is a presentation of true stories of tragedy and survival, based on the book Send your news of staff changes, idealized and romantic landscape where grants received, new projects, etc. to: humans and nature co-existed peacefully. Washington Disasters, by authors Rob and Drawn from the collection of Dr. Michel Natalie McNair-Huff. For more information Erin Black Hersen and Mrs. Victoria Hersen, Hudson please call 509-766-9395. [email protected] River School Sojourn showcases 34 works by (509) 925-3778 Hudson River School artists Jasper Francis Northwest Museum of Arts and • Please be sure to include your Cropsey, Asher Brown Durand, William Culture is proud to announce the email address, webpage, and Hart, David Johnson, and Jervis McEntee, exhibit Stories from Within: Selections phone number with each article. among others. For more information visit from the Permanent Collection, which will Include your logo if possible. www.maryhillmuseum.org. open on April 4th and run through Novem- • Send text in Word format. ber 29th. Whether beaded bag or litho- graph, Pueblo painting or Jacob Lawrence • Deadlines are: Yakima Valley Museum is March 15th proud to present Voices from print, these narrative works depict people in settings where stories unfold. Represent- August 15th the Past, a lecture series which presents November 15th lecturers and performers addressing top- ing diverse cultures, various media, and ics of interest to the community. This is a multiple time periods, these works encour- • Submissions must be less than 200 words (1200 characters). cooperative program between the Yakima age long and active looking and inspire Valley Museum, Larson Gallery, and Allied viewers to make meaning based on their If you do not give us your news, we will choose Arts. On March 1st, Steven L. Grafe, Cura- own life experiences. The exhibition draws what, if anything, to mention about your facility! inspiration from the work of Harvard- tor of American Indian Art at the National Please join WMA and support this service. 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