Annual Report 2013
ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 In reading through this DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE report, please note at the left of each page, the individuals and companies who have made possible a successful year at the Harn Museum of Art. This year the Harn took on the most ambitious exhibition in the museum’s history, Kongo across the Waters, an international loan show organized in partnership with the Royal Museum for Acquisition Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium. After opening at the Harn in fall 2013 the exhibition traveled Endowments Kathleen M. Axline to three other museums, drawing record crowds at the Harn and each of the subsequent Acquisition Endowment venues—the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, the Princeton University Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art. In keeping with the Harn’s commitment to support Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson the University of Florida’s goal of internationalization, other exhibitions this year expanded Acquisition Fund the exploration of global cultures. Life is a Highway: Prints from Japan’s Tokaido Road, a highly innovative and engaging exhibition, drew on the Harn’s collection of Japanese prints, Melvin and Lorna Rubin Fund which includes three complete sets of wood cuts illustrating landscapes and the adventures of travelers along one of Japan’s legendary highways. Highlighting treasures from the Harn’s David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment Indian art collection, the exhibition String of Pearls: Traditional Painting also included some key loans of Indian jewelry from Winter Haven collectors William and Norma Roth and spotlighted Phil and Barbara two gorgeous gem-studded pieces of historic Indian jewelry donated to the museum by long- Emmer Art Acquisition Endowment time patron and friend Vam York, whose husband Dr.
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