Henry Art Gallery Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report Annual Report to Our Community
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HENRY ART GALLERY FISCAL YEAR 2016 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORT TO OUR COMMUNITY The founding principle of the programs. Pablo Helguera’s Librería Ann Hamilton, Danny Lyon, Shirin Henry—that the arts are a Donceles addressed the lack of Neshat, Gregor Schneider, and vital component of a thriving outlets that serve the growing Rikrit Tiravanija strengthened community—guides us in all that Spanish-speaking communities in our permanent collection. The we do. Located on the Seattle the United States with an itinerant Eleanor Henry Reed Collection campus of the University of Spanish-language second-hand Study Center hosted eighty-nine Washington, the Henry serves bookstore, which operates outside classes and 1,300 visitors in FY16, as the region’s sole art museum the market economy and relies providing collection access to the devoted to contemporary art. on gifts. Keller Easterling’s Gift public and to thirty-seven academic Inviting artists to consider the City raised questions about the departments and organizations Henry as a laboratory for taking impact of downtown corporate across the UW campus. risks and developing new work has campuses in the urbanization of We are grateful to the Henry been a distinguishing hallmark of America’s cities. Chris E. Vargas’s members and friends who support the museum since our opening in Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, our mission. All of our initiatives 1927. presented archival materials and would not be possible without In fiscal year 2016 (July 1, works by contemporary artists that the extraordinary commitment 2015–June 30, 2016), a focus on narrate the history of transgender to the Henry by its members, the creation of new work, as well communities in the Northwest. patrons, advisory council, and as a balanced offering of work by We launched the Henry Teen board of trustees. Equally vital to established and emerging artists, Art Collective, engaging seventeen our success is the broad base of resulted in a rich exhibitions teens from nine regional high support from artists; UW students, program that presented varied schools in a three-month pilot faculty, and staff; funders; and the perspectives and viewpoints. program, working closely with public. Exhibitions included works by Henry staff to develop a deeper For nearly ninety years, the sixty-four artists from thirteen understanding of museum Henry has championed artistic countries including China, Czech practice and contemporary art and innovation and showcased the Republic, France, Germany, Iran, creativity. We also inaugurated finest art of its time. Over the Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, South the Monsen Photography Lecture, past year, the Henry’s exhibitions, Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and an annual presentation that will acquisitions, and community the United Kingdom. This year’s bring key makers and thinkers in engagement have proved true UW MFA/MDes thesis exhibition photographic art to the UW to to our mission to advance featured the work of fourteen explore and extend knowledge contemporary art, artists, and graduating students. More than about the art and art history of ideas. Today, the museum’s 46,000 people visited the museum. photography. leadership and staff join me in The Henry fostered dialogue Over 185 new acquisitions, committing to build upon the and debate in exhibitions and including works by Tara Donovan, Henry’s strengths as we connect our community to the global pulse through the art and ideas of today. May all of us be inspired by the transformative power of art! Sylvia Wolf, John S. Behnke Director Images: Above: Michelle Handelman: Irma Vep, Last Breath [installation view]. 2015. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: RJ Sánchez | Solstream Studios. Right: Pablo Helguera: Librería Donceles, [installation view]. 2015. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo credit: Mark Woods Photography. BOARD OF TRUSTEES FISCAL YEAR 2016 (JULY 1, 2015 – JUNE 30, 2016) CHAIR TREASURER Seth Grizzle Becky Roberts Edie Adams Lisa Simonson John Hoedemaker Troy Scheer Steve Hoedemaker Anne Traver PRESIDENT SECRETARY Jean Bender Jarvis William True (Chair Emeritus) Peter Farr Adam Glant Isaac Layman Robert E. Wade Annie Livingston Amy White VICE PRESIDENT TRUSTEES Richard Manderbach Lily Wyckoff Matthew Carvalho Heidi Beck Cat Martin Cathy D. Casteel Jim McDonald Ellen Garvens Kirsten Ring Murray FINANCIALS FISCAL YEAR 2016 (JULY 1, 2015 – JUNE 30, 2016) Earned Income Administration 12% Contributions 12% & Grants 32% Donated Development In-Kind Facility 10% Support 28% Special Events 4% Program Services 78% Support from the University of Washington 24% INCOME EXPENSES CONTRIBUTED INCOME Program Services 3,736,877 Contributions & Grants 1,508,456 Administration 595,953 Special Events, net 162,093 Development 469,357 Support from the University of Washington 1,154,519 Donated In-Kind Facility Support 1,332,891 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 4,802,187 Total Contributed Income 4,157,959 Change in Net Operating Assets (61,034) EARNED INCOME Financed by planned use of reserves Investment Income 499,166 Other Earned Income 84,028 Total Earned Income 583,194 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME 4,741,153 Image: Paul McCarthy. WS, White Snow Dopey Dream Double. 2015. Black walnut. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Installation view Paul McCarthy: White Snow, Wood Sculptures. 2016. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo credit: Mark Woods. DONORS FISCAL YEAR 2016 (JULY 1, 2015 – JUNE 30, 2016) Paula and Doug Riggert John Hoedemaker Donald and Patricia Fels Catherine and Thurston Roach Steve Hoedemaker and Thomas Swenson Alyx Fier and Sally Ketcham The Henry thanks the following HENRY ART GALLERY PATRONS Alan Veigel and Laura Parma-Veigel Jonathan and Elizabeth Roberts Hoedemaker Pfeiffer Nan and Bill Garrison individuals, foundations, corporations, Judith and James Wagonfeld John C. Robinson and Maya Sonenberg Jean Bender Jarvis and Scot Jarvis Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and public funders for their gifts of art Artist’s Circle H.S. Wright III and Katherine Janeway Catherine and Stephan Roche JP Morgan Chase Mimi Gardner Gates and contributions to the Henry Gallery Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Ann P. Wyckoff Josie and Sam Roskin Sam and Sylvia Ketcham Bill and Lindy Gaylord Association between July 1, 2015 and June Lyn and Jerry Grinstein Cathy A. Sarkowsky Will and Beth Ketcham Adam Glant 30, 2016. Annie Livingston and David Bowermaster Briel and H. John Schmitz Annie Livingston and David Bowermaster Jodi Green and Mike Halperin Roberts Family Foundation CONTEMPORARIES Julie and Jeff Schoenfeld Michael and Barbara Malone Lyn and Jerry Grinstein Jon Shirley Natalie Siderius Cat and Cliff Martin Racha and Wassef Haroun ANNUAL GIVING Anonymous (2) Jon and Diane Silver Alison and Glen Milliman Adam Hartzell Chairman’s Circle Chap and Eve Alvord Joanne B. Simpson Moss Adams Private Client Services Louise Hine PRODUCING PARTNERS Edie Adams Jerry and Rita Anches Mary Sloane and Andrew Wallerstein Roger F. Nyhus John Hoedemaker Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Heidi Beck Lucius and Phoebe Andrew Crista St. John Olson Kundig Architects JJ Jacobi ArtsFund Jeffrey and Susan Brotman Emelissa Baluyot Alex Sutton and Karen Easterbrook Prairie Foundation Sam and Sylvia Ketcham The Boeing Company Matthew Carvalho and Tim Pfeiffer David Bates and Julie Anderson George and Kim Suyama Jennifer Hintz Roberts and Christopher Stewart Landefeld and Margaret Breen Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation Cathy and Michael Casteel Tom Bayley Debbie Trinh Roberts Lead Pencil Studio Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Peter and Tonya Farr Barbara Henry Bender David Tseklenis and Carol Kipling Robert and Kathryn Strong Marge Levy and Larry Lancaster Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts John Hoedemaker Judith and Arnold Bendich Maggie Walker Bryan Syrdal and Julie Blackwell Syrdal Don and Carla Lewis Steve Hoedemaker and Thomas Swenson Carol I. Bennett Judith A. Whetzel William and Ruth True Annie Livingston Jean Bender Jarvis and Scot Jarvis Rodger Benson and Scott Erickson William and Allison Wolf Amy White and Lacey All James and Christina Lockwood SUSTAINING PARTNERS Jim and Maggie McDonald Greg Bishop Lily Wyckoff Sylvia Wolf and Duane Schuler Robert S. Macfarlane Jr. and Janet Kirsten Murray and Tim Griffith Anne and Jeffrey Blackburn Laura Zeck Charlie and Barbara Wright Macfarlane 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax Mrs. Jacqueline Sorensen Pinch Erin and Don Blakeney Nina Zingale and Jerry Meyer Merrill Wright Richard and Kim Manderbach ArtsFund/Ackerley Excellence Fund Eleanor and Charles Pollnow Bonhams & Butterfields Beverly McKoin Martin ArtsFund/Peter F. Donnelly Merit Fund Troy Scheer and Beatriz Carnevali Scheer Claire Brandt Marshal McReal ArtsFund/Ned & Kayla Skinner Arts Lisa Simonson and Harold Hollingsworth Sharon and Craig Campbell MONSEN ENDOWED LECTURE IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS Susan Meiselas Enrichment Fund David and Catherine Eaton Skinner Lorrie A. Cardoso ON PHOTOGRAPHY Alison and Glen Milliman Microsoft Corporation Paul Sturm and Flora Ling Mark Chow Antica Farmacista Susan and Furman Moseley U.S. Bancorp Foundation Anne Traver and Henry Aronson Alix Compton and Aran Church Phoebe Andrew Big Gin Kirsten Murray and Tim Griffith Washington Art Consortium William and Ruth True The Derschang Group Gordon Brodfuehrer Big Time Brewing Company Norcliffe Foundation Washington Women’s Foundation Virginia Bloedel Wright Linda Derschang Paul B. Brown and Margaret A. Watson Butler Valet, Inc. Linda Nordstrom