April, May, June 2014

New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment featuring The Raymond James Financial Collection 1 MFA’s Andrew Wyeth Watercolor Director’s Welcome Travels to National Gallery of Art

Dear Friends, Wisteria (1981), the MFA’s prized watercolor by Andrew Wyeth, has The Museum doesn’t take been selected for the exhibition, Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In, a spring break or summer which will be on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, vacation, so I hope you will D.C., from May 4-November 30, 2014. Comprised of approximately 45 spend your free time with us. choice works, this is the first exhibition to explore Wyeth’s use of the You can travel to New Mexico, window in his art and honors the recent gift of his painting Wind from China, and around the world the Sea to the National Gallery. by simply walking through our doors and enjoying our special exhibitions and collection.

New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment featuring The Raymond James Financial Collection is magical. With more than 100 works, it is one of the most diverse exhibitions we have ever presented – from pre-Hispanic pottery to twenty-first century paintings and sculpture. You will not want to miss the contemporary jewelry Mary James has graciously lent to the exhibition.

We are profoundly grateful to Mary and Tom James, Raymond James Financial, and the other generous collectors for sharing some of their favorite works with the community. I also want to thank Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin and the entire curatorial staff for their dedication and creativity. This has been an enormous undertaking.

My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, which opens Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009) Friday, June 6, is going to be unforgettable. We are Wisteria (1981) all curious about a civilization that is playing an Watercolor on paper ever more critical role on the world stage, and the Gift of Mary Alice and Doyle McClendon work by China’s young artists is breathtaking.

This landmark exhibition is a joint project with the Tampa Museum of Art. Different works will be Earl Powell III, Director of the National Gallery, noted that in presented at each venue and combining our spaces Wisteria, “the landscape view replicated in the grid formed by the allows us to present a greater number, including windowpanes is an especially intriguing element echoing our theme of large-scale installations and the latest video art. We simultaneously looking in and out.” Completed in 1947, Wind from the encourage visitors to cross the bay and enjoy what Sea was Wyeth’s first fully realized composition on the subject. Over both museums have to offer. the next 60 years, he created more than 250 works experimenting with the window and its perspective. Our public programs reach people of all ages and the entire family. You will find something new Watercolor is an unforgiving medium, one that Andrew Wyeth loved to explore – and create – at the Museum. Come and mastered. His watercolors are some of the most striking and for “UNCHartED: Random Acts of Culture” on accomplished ever created, and the Museum’s is a prime example, Thursday nights, refresh your spirit in the galleries, produced at the full maturity of his career. and savor the peaceful water-view from our terrace. The first work by Andrew Wyeth to enter the collection, Wisteria was You – our members – help make everything a gift of current trustee Mary Alice McClendon and the late Doyle possible at the Museum. Thank you for your loyalty McClendon, who also served as a trustee. It will be reproduced in the and friendship. Please consider a gift membership catalogue accompanying the exhibition. for a family member or friend, just in time for the summer. The MFA will present Jamie Wyeth’s Portraits of Rudolf Nureyev: Images of the Dancer from the Brandywine River Museum of Art in the fall. Jamie We look forward to seeing you at your Museum of is Andrew’s son, who has earned his own distinctive place in the Fine Arts. Treat yourself – to art. history of American art.

Sincerely, On the cover: Dan Namingha (American, tribal affiliation Hopi-Tewa, born 1950) Symbolism #6 (2010) Kent Lydecker Acrylic on canvas Courtesy of Tom and Mary James The Raymond James Financial Collection MFA Photographs: Thomas U. Gessler

2 CURRENT | UPCOMING | EXHIBITIONS New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment featuring The Raymond James Financial Collection Through Sunday, May 11

New Mexico has played a substantial role in the history of American art. The landscape, Native American artistic and ceremonial traditions, Mexican and Hispanic influences, and the transplanted artists who have responded to its call have made Angie Yazzie (American, tribal affiliation, Taos Pueblo, born 1965) it a cultural force. This stunning exhibition of 104 works brings Large Water Jar, Traditional Shape (2002) its artistic achievements alive – from pre-Hispanic pottery to Micaceous clay Gift of Hazel and William Hough vibrant twenty-first century paintings and sculpture. Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin curated this Two Grey Hills rug, similar to the MFA’s impressive example extensive overview. nearby.

Tom and Mary James were immediately attracted to the art of Large-scale works by Tony Abeyta and Dan Namingha combine New Mexico and the Southwest. The Raymond James Financial the landscape with abstract elements and spiritual symbols, Collection is now one of the largest private art collections in while the sculpture ranges from Abeyta’s and Tammy Garcia’s Florida. Many of the artists represented in the exhibition are totems to Allan Houser’s dynamic Abstract Crown Dancer Native Americans. (1991). A moving alabaster sculpture, The Long Walk (2004) by Rick Nez, himself a Navajo, recalls the forced, tragic relocation William Acheff’s Passing Time (1977), a New Mexico still life, of the Navajo in 1864. Exquisite pieces of jewelry from Mary captures many of the currents in the exhibition. A famous James’ private collection are by such noted contemporary Native Edward S. Curtis photograph of Native Americans, a pot from American artists as Jesse Monongya, Lee Yazzie, and Vernon Taos Pueblo, and decorative maíz or corn are gathered against a Haskie. These choice works from The Raymond James Financial Collection are combined with those from the Museum and other private collections.

Ceramics are a high point. Works from The Drapkin Collection reveal how ancient traditions continue to inspire artists today. The exuberant monos (monkey) figures (1997) were so named by the Spanish. But Pueblo artist and fashion designer Virgil Ortiz reclaims the traditional Cochiti forms and makes them look simultaneously ancient and contemporary. Angie Yazzie’s large water jar (2002) and the two black-on- black platters by María Martínez are masterful. The small jar by her great grandson Marvin shows him carrying on the family tradition.

Photography is also strong, encompassing Todd Webb’s photographs of O’Keeffe’s famous home and the landscape around Abiquiu; Ansel Adams’ classic Moonrise, Hernandez (1941); images by William Clift and Patrick Nagatani; historic portraits of Native Americans; and two of ceramist María Martínez. One pictures her holding Rick Dillingham’s Teapot Gas Can, on view nearby.

New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment offers a stimulating dialogue between the past and present. The wide range of media, the variety of artistic visions, and Virgil Ortiz (American, tribal affiliation, Cochiti Pueblo, born 1969) Monos Figures, Circus Performer and Opera Singer (both 1997) the vital colors and forms create a magical space in the Ceramics Museum. Collection of Ron and Pat Mason 3 New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment OFriday,pening January R 17 eception Approximately 500 people attended the opening, one of the largest ever at the Museum. Trustee Clark and Monica Mason President of the Board Howard Mills (left) with Mary and Tom James

MFA Director Kent Lydecker and Emily Kapes, Art Collection Curator of Raymond James Financial (Left to right) MFA Curatorial Assistant Sabrina Hughes, Michelle Jennings, MFA Coordinator of Curatorial Affairs Bridget Bryson, Dr. Susan Beaven, Jane Beam, and Betty Shamas

New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment Lenders to the Exhibition

The Museum expresses profound gratitude to the following collectors for making this exhibition possible:

Tom and Mary James and The Raymond James (Left to right) Kelly and Matthew Mosby with his parents, trustee Glenn and Dav Mosby Financial Collection Lynell and Robert Bell Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin Susan and Seymour Gordon Hazel and William Hough Kathryn Boeckman Howd Pat and Ron Mason Mindy and Dr. Michael Solomon Anonymous Lender * The three Todd Webb photographs were purchased by the Museum with funds provided by Director Emeritus John E. Schloder in honor of Carol A. Upham, past President of the Board and major donor to the MFA and the collection.

(Left to right) Elise Minkoff, Chris and trustee Robert Hilton, and Carol and trustee Robert Stewart 4 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Princeton University Art Aaron Siskind’s Museum celebrated his enormous contributions and importance.

Harlem Document Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin, leading lights of the Gift of Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin MFA’s photography collection, supported the publication of the Through Sunday, July 20 original 1981 book at the time of the Smithsonian exhibition. Siskind, in fact, presented a Friends of Photography program at An American master, Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) is known for the Museum in the 1980s and visited the Drapkins on several both his early documentary and later abstract photographs. A New occasions. For the 1991 edition, he wrote a personal dedication: Yorker, he was drawn to life in Harlem in the 1930s: people on the “To Bob Drapkin – who made this reissue possible with streets and in churches, rented rooms, juke joints, and clubs. They gratitude.” The Drapkins gave the 35 Harlem photographs to the convey struggle and poverty, but also hope and transcendence. Museum, inspiring a similar dedication. “To the Drapkins, who His lifelong fascination with architecture and surfaces emerges in made this exhibition and so much of our photography collection images of tenements and storefronts. His Harlem Document now possible – with deep gratitude.” stands as one of his signature achievements. His humanity and empathy are everywhere evident. My Generation: Young Chinese Artists

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This pioneering exhibition looks at the new generation of artists who have emerged in mainland China since 2000, a period marked by increased openness to the West and compelling experimentation. The Chinese art scene has exploded with a wealth of galleries and auction houses and 1,200 new museums. Installations, video, photographs, paintings, and mixed-media works by 27 artists will be on view.

All the artists were born after 1976 and the end of the Cultural Revolution. Almost all are products of the One-Child Policy and have grown up in a country with a high-powered market economy. The curator, New York-based art critic Barbara Pollack, interviewed more than 100 young artists from every region of China in preparing the exhibition.

Ms. Pollack has divided My Generation into four overriding themes: politics, the environment, intimate relationships, and family. The MFA will display works that explore the first The Smithsonian American Art Museum presented Harlem: two concepts. They encompass large-scale paintings by Cui Photographs by Aaron Siskind, 1932-1940, in a 1990-1991 Jie showcasing Beijing’s sprawling urbanization; humorously exhibition shortly before the artist’s death. Gordon Parks, the illustrious African American photographer, filmmaker, author, and composer, wrote the eloquent foreword to the book accompanying the show. Parks, who grew up in Harlem, observed: “To just about everyone who has worked in the vital processes of its survival, whose life has been textured by its tradition, Harlem is a place that won’t give up…Good music, prayer and laughter are still in the air – and so are the songs of the fish peddler and watermelon man.”

Siskind’s work has been recognized as a precursor to Abstract Expressionism. Elaine de Kooning called him “a painter’s photographer.” The major exhibition, Siskind in the Collection (1989), at the Museum of Xu Zhen (Chinese, born Shanghai, 1977) Modern Art cast him as one of the leading Produced by MadeIn figures in the development of photography Fearless (2012) as an art form. Centennial shows at the Mixed media on canvas Courtesy of Long March Space, Beijing 5 surreal photographs by Liu Di conveying a feeling of desolation; and a newly created installation by Sun Xun. Primarily using Views of the Panama animation and drawing, he creates fantastical worlds, complete with their own set of rules and laws. Canal by Ernest Hallen Works on Paper Gallery, Second Floor Censorship remains a complicated question in China. Ms. Pollack points out in the catalogue that “sexuality and Saturday, July 26-Sunday, November 9 depictions of nudity are forbidden according to censorship regulations, but galleries have easily circumvented these rules. Ernest “Red” Hallen documented the construction of the Museums are more strictly controlled.” Artists are examining Panama Canal and the evolution of the surrounding areas from gender issues and gay identity, but they face intense family 1907 to 1937, producing more than 16,000 photographs. Drawn pressure to marry and have children. Gays and lesbians are only from a gift of 150 prints, this exhibition, in the centennial year beginning to step out of the closet. of the Canal’s completion, will showcase both its early history and the range of Hallen’s work. All the images were generously Ms. Pollack writes “that China, going back to the Silk Road, donated by Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin from The has always been the site of cross-cultural influences, both Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection. appropriating and disseminating imagery and techniques to enrich its own aesthetic development. As such, the influx of everything from McDonald’s to Warhol, instantly synthesized by Chinese artists, is as genuinely Chinese as any Imperial ceramic or scroll painting.”

Not only does this exhibition present a new perspective on contemporary Chinese art, it also marks a groundbreaking collaboration between the MFA and the Tampa Museum of Art. My Generation establishes a cultural corridor across the bay, allowing more work and larger installations to be shown.

The striking catalogue, like the exhibition, will enhance understanding of art and a country that are largely a mystery to many Americans. It will feature essays by Ms. Pollack and Li Zhenhua, a Beijing-based multimedia artist and curator; a foreword by Tampa Museum of Art Executive Director Todd D. Smith and MFA Director Kent Lydecker; reproductions of all the works in the show; and artist biographies. Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, is coordinating the project at the MFA. My Generation will travel to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art later this year. A free application about the Ernest “Red” Hallen (American, 1875-1947) Operation of Gatun Locks. S.S. Allianca leaving upper-west exhibition for iPhone, iPad, and other devices will be available. chamber and entering Gatun Lake (June 8, 1914). Gelatin silver print Gift of Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin from The Collection Conversations Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection Lee Malone Gallery

This new series invites viewers to investigate aesthetic, conceptual, and cultural juxtapositions between works from the collection that might not otherwise be exhibited together. The current installation examines Western representations of children, as well as childhood objects, from the eighteenth century to the present. Diverse works by Ruth Bernhard, Suzanne Camp Crosby, Harold Edgerton, Winslow Homer, Polixeni Papapetrou, and Robert Vickery were selected by Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950.

Suzanne Camp Crosby (American, born 1948) Where Do Babies Come From #2 from the Cabbage Patch Series (1986) Ilfochrome print Gift of William Knight Zewadski

6 research for Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until May 4. Her scholarly article, “Imag(in)ing Paris for Posterity,” will appear in a forthcoming issue of Future Anterior, Columbia University’s architecture journal.

My Generation Lecture Series Professor and Artist Kirk Ke Wang on China’s Cultural Revolution An Introduction to My Generation: Young Chinese Artists | | LECTURES TALKS SPECIAL EVENTS Thursday, May 22, 6:30 p.m. Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and visit our website Professor of Visual Arts at Eckerd for updates on educational programs.Support is provided in part College, Kirk Ke Wang is a painter, by The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society, the MFA Education sculptor, photographer, mixed- Committee, Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg, Kane’s media artist, and educational Furniture, an anonymous donor, and the City of St. Petersburg. software developer. He was born in Shanghai, China, and at 16, entered LECTURES & GALLERY TALKS Nanjing Normal University, where he completed his BFA and MFA and Wayne W. and Frances Knight Parrish began his teaching career. In 1984, Lecture by James Ballinger, The Sybil he won the bronze medal at the Sixth Harrington Director and Chief Curator National Exhibition of Fine Art, one of of the Phoenix Art Museum China’s major art competitions. Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m. In the early 1990s, Wang taught at the Ringling College of Art Distinguished director and scholar and Design in Sarasota and joined the Eckerd College faculty James Ballinger will look at “The Ever- in 1993. He has shown his artworks internationally and is Evolving Art of the American West.” He represented in museum and private collections in the U.S. and joined the Phoenix Art Museum in 1974 Asia, including in the National Gallery in Beijing. He has studios as Curator of Collections, Curator of American Art, and Chief in Tampa, New York City, and Shanghai. Curator and became Director in 1982. He is among the nation’s longest-serving museum directors, has been president of the Conversation with Guest Curator Barbara Pollack and Association of Art Museum Directors, and was appointed by Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, on My President George W. Bush to the National Council on the Arts. Generation He has organized more than 40 exhibitions and led two capital Sunday, June 8, 3 p.m., opening weekend of the exhibition campaigns that expanded the museum from 72,000 to 285,000 square feet. Insightful art critic and curator Barbara Pollack is one of Mr. Ballinger’s book Frederic Remington (1989) is considered one of the foremost authorities on the most important ever written about the artist. He holds his BA in contemporary Chinese art and American history and an MA in art history from the University of is the author of The Wild, Wild Kansas. The Parrish Lecture honors the couple who donated many East: An American Art Critic’s of the MFA’s most significant pre-Columbian objects. Adventures in China. She has written the lead essay in the Gallery Talk on Aaron Siskind’s catalogue for My Generation Harlem Document by Curatorial and has been a featured Assistant Sabrina Hughes speaker at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of New Sunday, May 18, 3 p.m. Champions in China, also known as Summer Davos.

Ms. Hughes has curated several In the late 1990s, Ms. Pollack published pioneering articles popular photography exhibitions at the on contemporary Chinese art in ARTnews, Art & Auction, and Museum, including Pleasure Grounds the Village Voice. She has continued her exploration of this and Restoring Spaces – Photographs fascinating art and burgeoning market in the New York Times, of our National Parks and Picturing the Washington Post, Art in America, and Vanity Fair, among a New Society: Photographs from the others. She is a regular contributor to the Chinese-language Soviet Union 1920s-1980s. She was version of the New York Times and to Modern Weekly, China’s the co-curator of Forever in a Moment: influential lifestyle magazine. She has written monographs and Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt and Sitter and Subject in articles on numerous Chinese artists. Several of her essays were Nineteenth-Century Photography. selected for the China Art Book.

She has taught courses in the history of photography, as well Based on her extensive research, Ms. Pollack has received grants as many other subjects, at the Art Institute of Tampa and the from the Asian Cultural Foundation and Creative Capital/ University of South Florida, Tampa, where she received her BA Warhol Foundation, the latter for arts writing. She is an adjunct in humanities and her MA in art history. She received the USF professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and lectures Outstanding Thesis Award in 2009-2010. As an intern at the widely in the U.S. and abroad. National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., she conducted

7 Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, has compiled select artist biographies for the My Generation catalogue. She is Coffee Talks with Nan Colton the first curator in the history of the Museum to specialize in works created after 1950 to the present day. Her position was Sponsored by: made possible by The Hazel and William Hough Curatorial Endowment Fund, established in 2012. Second Wednesday of the month. Ms. Pill has curated Color Acting: Abstraction Since 1950 at the Free with Museum admission. MFA and has recommended contemporary works to enter the collection. She completed a three-year dual MA in art history, The Museum’s popular performing theory, and criticism and arts administration and policy at artist-in-residence continues her the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While there, she entertaining presentations. Ms. Colton, served as Communications Director and then Administrative a Museum favorite, writes her own Director of the two Student Union Galleries, which presented six scripts, inspired by special exhibitions, exhibitions each semester. She has also been Assistant Curator the Museum collection, and themes and Curatorial Fellow at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary and people related to both. Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m., Art in Kansas City. Ms. Colton’s performance at 10:30, and a general docent tour at 11:15. SAVE THE DATE: Dr. Judith Shapiro of American University on “China’s Environmental Challenges,” Thursday, April 9: In “Aesop’s Fables – Unforgettable Tales,” Ms. Colton September 11, at 6:30 p.m. plays an archeologist who is “digging up the dirt” on the Museum’s collection. May 14: Ms. Colton portrays the French Impressionist who produced more than 350 artworks in 20 years in “Berthe Morisot – A Woman Ahead of her Time.” June 11: In the “Han-terbury Tales,” Ms. Colton shares a story of a merchant’s wife and her experience along the spice route during the Han Dynasty.

HOT GATHERINGS COOL CONVERSATIONS A DMG Visiting Glass Artist Series

Sponsored by The DMG School Project

Sunday, April 13, at 3 p.m.: Deanna Clayton and Alexis Silk Ms. Clayton has been working with glass for more than 20 years. She explored the medium in the glass programs at Kent State University in Ohio under Henry Halem and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she earned her BFA in art history. While still a student, she started her own glass studio with her husband Keith Clayton. They now live in Wisconsin.

Ms. Silk experiments with molten glass and metal to create her striking figurative objects. They are sculpted freehand while the glass is hot on the end of a blowpipe or punty rod, and many are large-scale. They can be close to half her weight and require a team of six assistants to handle the glass while she sculpts it. Both artists have shown their work in the U.S. and abroad and are represented in noted public and private collections. THE BEER Sunday, May 11, at 3 p.m.: Richard Logan Mr. Logan has pursued a varied career, producing paintings, photography, and mixed-media works. His paintings captured the attention of such legendary figures as Jasper Johns and CELEBRATEPROJECT THE CRAFT – ENJOY THE BREW Romare Bearden while he lived in the Caribbean. When he MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG moved to Tampa in the early 90s, he turned to photography and later branched into mixed-media. His work has been shown and collected internationally.

8 Beer Project Mosaic ad.indd 1 3/6/14 2:24 PM of Ai Weiwei, Cheryl Pope, and Shary Annual Fourth of Boyle. Her talk will encompass the reuse and transformation of utilitarian porcelain, July Celebration modern experimentation with traditional Beginning at 6 p.m. Chinese forms and decoration, and $38 Museum members, $45 appropriation of the porcelain figurine. nonmembers

Enjoy a gourmet barbecue buffet, live music, Katherine Pill extraordinary art, and the downtown fireworks from the best seat in town. A beer/wine cash bar will be available. Please make your reservations early by calling 727.822.1032, as this event always sells out. The Rape of Europa Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m., with an introduction by MFA Director Kent Lydecker Art Bites Thursday, April 10, 6 p.m., film only

Second Monday of the month, 1 p.m. Described as equal parts history, thriller, and cautionary tale, the Free with Museum admission. film offers a provocative account of the theft of Europe’s cultural masterpieces by the Nazis during World War II. It also chronicles Sample treasures from the collection in these 30-minute talks. the recovery of many of these artworks by curators, historians, Then stay for the 2 p.m. docent tour to explore more of the MFA’s and journalists and their return to the Jewish families, who once stellar collection. On your way out, visit the Museum Store for a owned them, or to their heirs. FREE edible sample of Margaret Ann’s Gourmet Cookies. This bite-size snack is available for Art Bite guests only. Babies Thursday, June 19, 6 p.m., with an introduction by Katherine Pill, April 14: Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Assistant Curator of Art after 1950 Hardin on Georgia O’Keeffe’s Grey Hills Painted Red, New Mexico Sunday, June 22, 2 p.m., film only (1930). May 12: Curatorial Assistant Sabrina Hughes on Suzanne Camp Experience the universal celebration of the magic and innocence Crosby’s Where Do Babies Come From #2 from the Cabbage Patch of babies in this film complementing Representations of Childhood Series (1986). in the Lee Malone Gallery. June 9: MFA Director Kent Lydecker on a work in My Generation: Young Chinese Artists.

Gather with movers, makers, and forward thinkers on the third Thursday of the month for an offbeat art-fix or to learn a creative craft. Enjoy a random dose of the unexpected, a cash bar, and delectable bites.

SERGIO CARIELLO JIMMY PALMIOTTI The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and more – are all around us and in the Museum. FODA expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $20 in addition to Museum membership. JOHN ALLISON TREVOR DENHAM AMANDA CONNER FODA programs are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. during season. Non-FODA members can attend for $5, plus MFA admission. Carolyn Nygren is the volunteer coordinator. Upcoming events follow:

Random ActGraphic Novel4.17.14 header.indd, 1Graphic Novels: The Business3/6/14 2:55 PMof Art, April 8: Jeffrey Burchard, owner of Burchard Galleries in 6:30-8 p.m. Join professionals Sergio Cariello, Jimmy Palmiotti, St. Petersburg, will help participants select and prepare for Amanda Conner, and newcomers John Allison and Trevor auctions, including where to conduct research and find key Denham as they examine the evolution of comics and graphic databases. Burchard Galleries specializes in art, antiques, and novels as an art form. complete estates and holds many world records for objects at Random Act 5.15.14, Edible Art Trivia Night, Check in auction. Mr. Burchard has conducted the bidding for The Stuart before 7 p.m. with your team in the Mary Alice McClendon Society’s highly successful Wine Auctions. Conservatory. A PhD in art history is not required. Team up with up to five friends to test your knowledge of art-related trivia from May 13: Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, pop culture, current events, and the MFA collection. Delectable will explore contemporary approaches to porcelain in the works bites and cash bar will be available and prizes awarded.

9 Youth & Family Seventh Annualblack Painting in the Park Sunday, April 27, 1-4 p.m. white First and third Saturday of the Sponsored by: month, 10 a.m.

Pantone: 320 Ages three and older CMYK: 100/0/31/6 $5 per person (includes Unleash your inner Monet. Outside. admission to entire Museum) Inspiration abounds at this FREE annual “art happening.” Please bring a towel or yoga mat. Explore unique methods of painting with hands- Kidding Around Yoga is a on activities for everyone, hit. This system utilizes the including giant-box yoga poses or asanas tucked painting, kite-flying, into partner yoga, games and tricycle mural, and more. activities, original music, stories, Supplies are included and and more. The class is specifically designed for kids, but the instructors are on hand to entire family is welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the help. Capture unforgettable family and especially with children creates a special bond. moments – in paint – with your children. MFA: Make and Take Saturday Science, Art, and Math Camp@The MFA First and Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Presented by St. Petersburg College and the MFA Free with MFA admission. No registration is necessary. June 16-20 and 23-27 For ages five and older, but entire families are encouraged to 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Drop off children as early as 8 a.m. with no participate. additional charge.) For grades three through seven. Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection One-Time Application Fee: $50 and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. $150 per student. Discounts for siblings and Museum Members. Register for both weeks and receive an additional discount. April 5 and 19: Celebrate spring with a nature crown. May 3 and 17: Explore the collection and create a piece of art- These one-week sessions combine science, art, and math for inspired jewelry. learning, fun, and creativity. All instructors are state-certified June 7 and 21: Build It – Summer Castle. teachers. For more information or to register, please call 727.341.3000. NEW: Drumming@The MFA! High School Student Exhibition: Visual Metaphor Through Sunday, April 27 Second and Fourth Saturdays of the month, 10-11 a.m. For ages three and older. Children must be accompanied by an This show features work by many of the most talented students adult. in the Pinellas County Schools, selected by their teachers and $5 per person encompassing a wide range of media. A reception for the students and their parents and teachers will be held on Tuesday, April 22, Explore the many cultures represented in the Museum collection from 6-8 p.m., with awards presented at 6:30. Visual Metaphor is by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel your musical a partnership between the MFA and the Pinellas County Schools and artistic momentum grow while you drum out rhythms and and is sponsored in part by The DMG School Project. use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No prior experience is necessary. Just come and have fun. Board of Trustees 2014 Family Tours Executive Committee Ms. Fay Mackey Mr. Howard Mills, J.D., Mr. Clark Mason Saturdays, 11 a.m. President Mrs. Mary Alice McClendon Bring the family for a docent tour that will open up new worlds Mr. Marshall Rousseau, Mrs. Glenn Mosby for your children – and you. Participants receive a postcard President-Elect Mr. Cary P. Putrino, J.D. reproduction of a work in the collection to take home. Ms. Ellen Stavros, Secretary Mr. Robert B. Stewart Mr. Harold E. Wells Jr., Treasurer Mr. Anthony Zinge, J.D. New Parent Gallery Conversations Mr. Robert Churuti Mrs. Margaret Amley, President, Third Fridays of the month, 10 a.m. Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey The Margaret Acheson Stuart ASL-accessible Mr. William H. Stover Society For parents/guardians and their children up to six-years-old. Trustees Dr. Kent Lydecker, Director $5 per family Mr. Roy Binger Honorary Trustees Mrs. Cathy Collins Mrs. Isabel Bishop, Honorary Discover art and learn a new language as a family. Gain an Mr. Gary Damkoehler Memorial Trustee introduction to ASL (American Sign Language) vocabulary while Mrs. Royce Haiman Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Esq. touring the galleries. The classes are designed and presented by Mr. Robert L. Hilton Mr. Charles Henderson certified ASL instructor and interpreter Carol Downing. Mrs. Hazel C. Hough Mrs. Nomina Cox Horton Mr. Jackie Joyner Jr. Mr. Peter Sherman Dr. William D. Law Jr. Mrs. Carol A. Upham

10 A frequent guest concertmaster with U.S. and Canadian orchestras, Ms. dePasquale was recently the acting associate Music concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony. She has also in the Marly performed at many leading music festivals, including The Marly Music Series returns Scott Cantrell, the music critic Aspen and Caramoor. with another exciting summer for the Dallas Morning News, Strings are a family affair for series. Tickets are first-come, wrote that “Claire Huangci the dePasquales. Her father first-served, cost $20 for adults cast a spell right from the Robert was the longtime and $10 for students 22 and start, with a gentle, caressing associate principal second younger with current ID, touch in the first movement of violin of the Philadelphia and can be purchased online Beethoven’s A major sonata.” Orchestra, and three uncles by going to www.fine-arts. Ms. Huangci has been a soloist and two cousins played in the Britten’s Peter Grimes. She sang org. Admission to the entire with many of the world’s violin, viola, and cello sections. Evvy in the U.S. premiere of Museum is included in the foremost ensembles, including She studied with the famed Tod Machover’s Death and the ticket price. the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis Powers with the American Berlin Symphony, the Munich Marly Music Society members Institute in Philadelphia and Repertory Theater and the Chamber Orchestra, the pay only $15 per concert. pursued graduate studies at Chicago Opera Theater. That Indianapolis Symphony, and Please consider joining the Indiana University. innovative work featured group to support the series. the Moscow Radio Orchestra. Pianist Angelin Chang, a singers as robots and a cyborg. You must be a Museum She has performed in Carnegie Grammy Award-winner, will be An ardent champion of new member to join. Hall, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Salle Cortot in Paris, and the accompanist. She performs music, Ms. Albrink made The Music Committee, chaired Oji Hall in Tokyo, among other frequently with Ms. dePasquale, her Carnegie Hall debut in by Dr. Richard Eliason and co- venues. Her solo recording The dePasquale String Quartet, 2006 in the world premiere chaired by Demi Rahall, plans debut of works by Tchaikovsky and members of both the of Clarice Assad’s Confessions the series. Vicki Sofranko is and Prokofiev was released Cleveland and Philadelphia and returned three years later the staff coordinator. Concerts by Berlin Classics in 2013. Orchestras. She was the first to sing John Adams’ Grand are sponsored in part by the A laureate of the Queen American to receive first prizes Pianola Music. She holds her Estate of Mrs. Elvira Wolfe Elizabeth Competition, in both piano and chamber BFA in musical theater from de Weil, and the Tampa Bay Ms. Huangci studied at the music in the same year from the University of Michigan Times is the media sponsor. Curtis Institute of Music. the Conservatoire National and her MM and professional For more information, please Supérieur de Musique de Paris, diploma from the Manhattan call 727.896.2667 or visit the France. She holds her DMA School of Music. website, www.fine-arts.org. from the Peabody Institute of Ms. Albrink will be The first concerts are at 2 p.m. The Johns Hopkins University accompanied by Sharon on these Sundays: and is Professor of Piano and Lavery, who has served as Coordinator of Keyboard pianist and assistant chorus June 1 Studies at Cleveland State master at the New York City University. Claire Huangci, Opera and as a collaborative piano June 29 pianist with the Colorado Quartet, the Da Capo Chamber Emily Albrink, Ensemble, and the American soprano Symphony Orchestra, among many others. She currently When Ms. Albrink appeared in teaches at the Louisville June 15 Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Classical Academy, where Ellen dePasquale, with the Washington National she conducts two choral violin Opera, the Washington Post ensembles. She holds her wrote that her “pert, pearl- bachelor’s in piano and voice performance from the Oberlin A local favorite, Ms. dePasquale toned Susanna may have been the liveliest, most affectionately Conservatory of Music in is a past concertmaster of the Ohio and her doctorate in Florida Orchestra and during detailed performance of the evening.” She has been hailed collaborative piano from The her tenure, was also active in Juilliard School. chamber music groups and by the New York Times as performed at the Museum. She “delightful and vocally strong left Florida to become associate and versatile.” Future Sunday concerts Ms. Huangci began her concertmaster of the great Ms. Albrink has collaborated follow: international career at nine and Cleveland Orchestra. She was with such distinguished has been earning accolades July 20: Cellist Scott appointed by the legendary conductors and composers ever since. She is regarded as Kluksdahl, accompanied by Christoph von Dohnanyi as James Levine, Plácido one of the premiere Chopin pianist Noreen Polera. and held the chair for eight Domingo, Robert Spano, interpreters of her generation. August 3: Jason Vieaux, guitar, years. She made numerous Marin Alsop, Jake Heggie, She won first prize at the and Gary Schocker, flute. solo appearances with the and John Musto. She has a 2009 International Chopin August 24: Pianist Eric Himy. ensemble, was a member wealth of roles to her credit in Competition in Darmstadt, November 16: Jazz Arts Trio: of the Cleveland Orchestra such operas as Bizet’s Carmen, Germany, and first and special Fred Moyer, piano, Peter Piano Trio, and taught at the Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte and The prizes at the 2010 International Fraenkel, drums, and Peter Cleveland Institute of Music. Magic Flute, and Benjamin Chopin Competition in Miami. Tillotson, base. 11 Let the Party Begin Sponsor and VIP Dinner Friday, February 7, MFA For the latest information, please visit www.thestuartsociety.org. Like us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/thestuartsociety, or send us a tweet, twitter.com/stuartsociety. Wine Weekend St. Pete 2014 February 7-9

The area’s premier wine event enjoyed another banner year. Wine, art, and museum lovers gathered in force for a series of stellar events. Dimity Carlson was the chair, and Margaret Amley is President of (Left to right) Iris Salzer, Mary Jane Park of the Tampa Bay The Margaret Acheson Times, trustee Fay Mackey, Mary Evertz, and Lynn Cox Stuart Society.

The celebration actually Wine Weekend Chair Dimity Carlson began a week early with and MFA Director Kent Lydecker “The Grape Escape” on Saturday, February 1. Couples gathered at the stunning home of Barbara and Col. Fred McCoy and were whisked away by limousines to diverse locations for fine wine and gourmet dinners.

The stellar weekend events included “Let the Party Begin,” Tom and Mary James Dr. Mariano and Natavidad a sponsor and VIP black-tie dinner at the MFA, on Friday, (Nata) Cibran February 7. The featured vintners were special guests, and Tyson Grant, Executive Chef at Parkshore Grill, prepared the dinner. The Gala Dinner and Wine Auction, resembling the Wine Academy Awards, followed at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort and Golf Club on Saturday, February 8. Bidding was lively in both the silent and live auctions, and the Vinoy’s Executive Chef Mark Heimann created the dinner. The weekend concluded Sunday, February 9, at the Museum with both a Jazz Brunch and the first duPont Registry Concours d’Elegance, displaying classic cars.

The Stuart Society and the Museum express their deep gratitude to Mrs. Carlson and her committee and to these sponsors:

Platinum: duPont Registry and Raymond James Gold: Bert Smith Porsche

Silver: Brown & Brown Insurance, Mustard Seed Advisors Jean Anne Reed (left) and Sidney Chaney of Raymond James & Associates, and Marianne and Mark T. Mahaffey

Bronze: Beth Rutberg and John-Edward Alley; Margaret and Dr. Edward Amley; Bank of Tampa, Pinellas Division; Andrea and Russ Barlow; Donna Blazevic; Ruth and Don Campagna; Dimity and Mark Carlson; Sidney and Fred Chaney; Jacqueline and Hayward Chapman; Lynn and David Cox; Coastal Properties Group/Christies International Real Estate; and Beth and John England.

Also Joyce and Walter Larson; Dr. and Mrs. John P. McDonough III, Geriatric Psychological Specialists; Glenn and Dav Mosby; RCH Capital LLC – Gail and Fred Razook; Fran and Bud Risser; Eve and Felix Sawicki; Smith & Associates Real Estate; Kathleen and William Stover; Saint Petersburg Pediatrics and the Cibran Family; Susan M. Taylor; Carol and Tom Treichel; and Kathy and Dr. Edward and Stuart Society President Margaret Amley (left) Kent Whittemore. with Teil and guest vintner Nicholas Allen of Carte Blanche Wine

12 Gala Dinner and Wine Auction Vinoy Renaissance Resort and Golf Club Saturday, February 8

Wine Weekend Chair Dimity Carlson welcomes the crowd.

Guest vintner Nicholas Allen of Carte Blanche Wine explains the wines he donated.

Leading the exciting auction were (left to right) Tom duPont, Jeffrey Burchard of Burchard Galleries, and Elizabeth Flower.

President of the Board Howard Mills with Past Board President Dr. Edward Amley and Stuart Society President Margaret Amley

Bidding was lively throughout the evening.

Elizabeth Flower responds to another bid.

Bud Risser introduces the 12 bottles of 1995 Château Margaux in the original wooden case, which he donated to the auction.

An enthusiastic crowd filled the Grand Ballroom. Maggie Newman’s 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Touring Car was awarded Best in Class and Carol Russell and her daughter Best in Show at the Rachael, both Stuart Society firstduPont Registry members, enjoyed both the Concours Jazz Brunch and the duPont d’Elegance at the Registry Concours d’Elegance. MFA on Sunday, Mrs. Russell’s mother, Sarah February 9. Sharon Longquist, is also a member, and Michael Cobb’s reflecting three generations 1965 Porsche 365 of service to the Museum. was named People’s Choice.

13 Art inBloom March 6-11

Art in Bloom 2014 was glorious – and popular. Sixty floral designers, including 14 Stuart Society members, created stunning Tom Sansone and “Flowers After arrangements in response to works in the “Flowers After Hours” chairs Becky Hours” emcee Cathy Unruh. collection and in New Mexico and the Arts of Wells (left) and Gail Pyhel. Not Enchantment. Floral artist Chris Giftos not only pictured is Whitney Shouppe. lectured at the sold-out luncheon at the Vinoy on Friday, March 7, but also devised an impressive design for The Great Hall, just as he did at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for more than 33 years. He was honored at the patron party at Glenn Mosby’s home on Thursday, March 6.

“Flowers After Hours,” the preview party on Saturday, March 8, at the Museum was elegant and entertaining. Cathy Unruh of WEDU was the emcee. Tiffany Braun of Braun’s Fine Flowers Chris Giftos and Richard Rigg of Delma’s Flower Booth participated in creates his impressive floral the Iron Florist Artistic Interpretation, and Dr. Adam Estevez design for The worked on a painting throughout the evening. Junior League Great Hall. The Museum was packed for “Conversations with the Designers” on Sunday, March 9. Noted artist Mernet Larsen was the special guest. She was joined by respected art collector and appraiser Eric Lang Peterson, who invented a design in response to her painting Mall (1987), which he donated to the collection. Art in Bloom attendance records were set on Saturday and Sunday, with more than 1,000 visitors each day.

Dale Wybrow and Elizabeth Walters-Alison were the overall co-chairs and Betty Shamas coordinated the exhibition of floral designs. Martha Buttner and Glenn Mosby chaired the luncheon and Gail Pyhel, Whitney Shouppe, and Becky Wells, the preview party.

The Stuart Society and the Museum express profound gratitude to the Art in Bloom chairs, their committee, and these sponsors for making the installation and surrounding events possible:

Presenting Sponsors: Hancock Bank and Nordstrom Event Sponsors: Ferman and Publix Super Markets Charities Media Sponsor: Tampa Bay Times

(Left to right) Stuart Society President Margaret Amley, Dale Wybrow, MFA Director Kent Lydecker, and Elizabeth Walters-Alison. Mrs. Wybrow and Mrs. Walters- Alison were the overall Art in Bloom chairs.

(Left to right) Sue Froid, Judy Stanton Holland, and Susan Cook Lahey.

(Left to right) MFA trustee Glenn Mosby, Master Floral Designer and speaker Chris Giftos, and Martha Buttner at the Art in Bloom Luncheon. Mrs. Mosby and Ms. Buttner were the chairs. 14 Nick Albanese (left) and Charles Edward with the latter’s floral design inspired by Robert Calvo’s Politics of Place (1984), given to the MFA by Eric Lang Peterson. Mr. Edward’s arrangement was “the fans’ favorite.”

Eric Lang Peterson and Mernet Larsen with her work Mall (1987), which he donated to the collection. Mr. Peterson created the floral design, and both talked with visitors during “Conversations with the Designers.”

Desmond Clark (left) and Thaddeus Root with Mary B. Perry’s design for Roy Lichtenstein’s Roads Collar (1989).

Cassie and Tom Osterloth with her design for Tony Abeyta’s Thunder Valley (2009).

The Plaza of Honor at the Bayshore entrance to the Hazel Hough Wing Order an Engraved Brick, the Perfect Memorial or Tribute. • Commemorate an engagement, wedding, anniversary, milestone birthday, or graduation. • Memorialize relatives or special friends. • Honor family, teachers, volunteers, or donors. • Show support for the MFA. (Left to right) Linda Baer, Joan Elmore, Jane Beam, and Forms are available at the Welcome Desk. Lorraine floral installation chair Betty Shamas with Patricia Eckert’s interpretation of Black Watch (1974) by Gene Davis. Danna is the chair. For more information, please contact [email protected].

15 EROTICA New Staff An Evening with Venus Robin O’Dell returns to the Museum Thursday, February 13 in a newly created position, Manager of Presented by the Museum Store and the Public Programs Photographic Collections. With more Department in partnership with Spathose, Conservatory than 16,000 images, the MFA has one of Displays by ConceptBait the largest photography collections in the Southeast. The generous gifts from The Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection have greatly enhanced an already respected collection.

Ms. O’Dell will be primarily responsible for cataloguing the entire photography collection, overseeing its storage, and making recommendations for conservation. This is especially critical for The Dandrew-Drapkin Collection, which she will research, evaluate, and organize. She also will make the Museum’s photography collection better known throughout the country and help develop plans for a new comprehensive database for the complete MFA collection. She will work closely with Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin, who has played a historic role in the development of the photography collection, and Registrar Louise Reeves.

Ms. O’Dell’s graduate study and professional experience Bonita Cobb (left), a past president of The make her the ideal person for this role. She left the MFA after Margaret Acheson Stuart Society, and trustee Mary Alice McClendon, a past president of the seven years to pursue an MA in photographic preservation Collectors Circle, admire one of the models. and collections management in the joint program offered by Ryerson University in Toronto and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester. During her study, she served as library assistant at the George A capacity crowd, from Eastman House, assistant to the archivist at the Keith Haring grandmothers to recent Foundation, and exhibition intern with the Roman Vishniac college graduates, Archive at the International Center of Photography in New York attended this third City. She also published a scholarly article on Brassaï for Image annual Erotica event. Magazine. There were impressive body-painted models, During her previous MFA tenure, Ms. O’Dell was a highly Roman centurions, and valued member of the curatorial department. She assisted with an exceptional lecture by more than 50 exhibitions and curated four, including Changing the star of the evening, Identities: The Len Prince Photographs of Jessie Mann and On Dr. Robert Steven Bianchi, Chief Curator of the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art/Geneva. A MFA Director Kent Lydecker (left) with major antiquities scholar, guest lecturer Dr. Robert Steven Bianchi Museum Store Dr. Bianchi introduced Members’ Jewelry Sale erotic imagery in ancient Roman art to a standing-room-only audience spanning all ages. Thursday, May 1-Sunday, May 4

Members receive an extra 10 percent off on all jewelry in the Store. Total discount is 20 percent. Jenniferann Pounds is protected by two muscular centurions. 16 the Road: Photographs Across America. She wrote and edited object labels, wall text, and catalogue content; conducted gallery talks; and organized programs for the Thank You Friends of Photography. For a year, she was Guest Curator at the St. Petersburg The MFA is grateful to the following donors and corporate partners who made Museum of History, organizing Webb’s City, annual gifts or pledges between November 22, 2013 and February 21, 2014: A Community Remembers and America’s Pastime/St. Petersburg’s Passion. $50,000 and above $500 to $999 Duke Energy Florida Deborah and Jim Long A talented actress, Ms. O’Dell holds a BA The Bill Edwards Group, LLC Harry and Joan McCreary in theater cum laude from the University Fran and Bud Risser of South Florida and recently appeared in $25,000 to $49,999 David and Teddi Robbins Richard Manley’s A Question of Words at the Bill and Joanne Edwards Burrage and Mary Lou Warner Studio@620, where she is a past President William R. and Hazel Hough of the Board. She has also been a student Tom and Mary James Up to $499 in the “managing collections” certificate James and Martha Sweeny Dr. Edward and Margaret Amley program at New York University. Ronald and Dale Anderson $10,000 to $24,999 Janet Augenbraun Teresa Roann Wilkins, Member Services Bank of America Enita Berkheiser Manager, comes to the MFA after serving as BB&T Sharon and Charles Clarkson the Assistant Curator and graduate assistant Franklin Templeton Elizabeth Coerver in the Department Peter and Mary Lee Jones Louise C. Conley of the Arts of Africa, Beth Morean Rene Clark and Richard Davis Oceania, and the Pinellas Community Foundation Summer Dicus-Boydstun Americas at the Indiana University Smith & Associates Realtors, Inc. Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin Art Museum. She has Snell Isle Development Company LLC Patricia H. Eckert also been Exhibits Gus A. and Frances L. Stavros Allen Loyd and Phillippa Francq Coordinator at the William and Eileen Freda Seminole Tribe of $5,000 to $9,999 John and Louise Garrigues Florida’s Ah-Tah- Kathleen and Robert Brooks Emily and Dr. Fred Gurtman Thi-Ki Museum in Sally McConnell Morrison Torrey and David Hirschman Clewiston. Spada Graphix Don and Sarah Howe Demi and Sam G. Rahall Victor and Jean Hurst Ms. Wilkins, who was pursuing her Calvin Johnson doctorate in non-Western art history at $1,000 to $4,999 Judith Jourdan Indiana University, had diverse experiences Philip Benjamin Barbara B. Knapper at the museum. They ranged from curating Ruth and Donald Campagna Dr. Thomas C. and Margarita Laughlin exhibitions to cataloguing objects, from Hillary Carlson Cone Harold Leigh marketing to planning openings. In her John DuBois James M. and Nina Light exhibitions, she focused on art from The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation Parsla and Dr. John W. Mason Cameroon; African ceramics, baskets, and Barbara Genthner-Moritz Patricia and Robert Miller textiles; and contemporary Zulu ceramics, Dr. Gordon Gilbert Joyce Millman among other objects. She also participated Seymour and Susan Gordon Phyllis Mindel in fund-raising activities, trained volunteers, Michael Graham Sarah Nisenson and designed and maintained donor Dr. Kevin Greenidge Anna Prince databases. She is a past MFA volunteer. Judy S. and Troy W. Holland Marilyn A. Ruga W. Langston and Carol Holland Neil and Susan Savage A frequent lecturer during her graduate Dr. Ilda Hall Littell William and Isabel Schoenberg studies, Ms. Wilkins has presented papers Fay Mackey Linn Sennott at the College Art Association Annual Dr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Massari Arthur and Peg Silvergleid Conference and the Hawaii International Sonya Miller Thomas and Donna Southard Conference on Arts and Humanities. Mary B. and Dr. Richard E. Perry Robert and Carol Stewart She has been the Executive Assistant Eric Lang Peterson John Warren Stewig to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Christopher and Kelly Still Administration, Finance, and Operations at the University of Hawaii at Manoa,- where Claire Rives Darren and Winifred Stowe she earned her MA in Pacific art history. In Jean E. Rocchi Dorothy Wilkerson Templet addition, she has taught social studies in the T. Marshall Rousseau Daniel and Ann Vickstrom Pinellas County Schools. Dr. John E. Schloder Mary Booker Wall Betty Shamas and Jane Beam Shari Watson-Wardrum Ms. Wilkins has been selected for numerous Mary L. Shuh Joan Waterbury honor societies, including Phi Kappa Phi, Drs. Edwin and Dorothy Sved Jane and Sterling Weems Mortar Board, and Golden Key. She holds Westminster Communities of Kathleen Wilson her BA magna cum laude in non-Western art St. Petersburg Margaret and Emory Wood history from the University of South Florida, Mary Wheeler Marylee and Donald Zink where she was a Presidential Scholar.

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17 Circle Level Catanese, George and Jean Lykoudis, Dimitrios and Individual Perkins, Paula Members Chapman-Forbes, Linley Kirsten Bengtson Avis, Pamela Preston, Judith Chinnis, Rusty Lyon, Tessa-Storme and Bajgier, Shirley Proctor, Anita Cohen, Albert and Rosalie Willy Zessoules Ballesta, Ana Reed, Jean Anne Director’s Circle Coleman, Jeff and Margarita Lyons, Lisa Ballew, Pamela Rivenbark, Cathy Edwards, Bill and Joanne Conlin, Brian and Liza Mahar, Dennis and Helga Bean, Geri Salzman, John Hough, William R. and Conrad Mangat, Gagan and Mona Beckham, Elaine Sandow, Iris Hazel Connor, Clay Manings, Joel and Vanessa Bernestein, Mildred Schell, Joan James, Tom and Mary Cowley, Matt and Sheila March, Terri Bertelstein, Gayle Schwartz, Larry Mahaffey, Mark T. and Cutting, Skip and Theresa Mark, Richard Bono, Steven Shank, Sister Lillian Marianne Damashek, Richard and Jane McLemore, Laura Bottger, Connie Sink, Alex Vinik, Jeff and Penny Thomas Mike, Adela and Seraphime Boyle, JoAnn Siviter, Ann Wittner, Jean Giles Darlington, Jim and Theresa Miller, Kimberly and William Brown, Karen Smith, Wilhelmina Davidson, Gerry and Allen Mitchell, Steve and Traer Bruns, Frances Spear, Evelyn Founder’s Circle Davis, Michael and Linda Muhlhausen, Benjaporn and Caldwell, Lynette Steinbarger, Amanda Dillon, Ric and Marina Dericks, Tom and Tiffin Chris Canfield, Allison Stike, Dolores Edwards, Bill and Anne Desapio, Antonia and Gerard Nichols, Katie Chandler, Louise Strickland, Bonnie Jones, Peter and Marylee Dias, Scott Ordes, Cynthia Claes, Frieda Sullivan, Thomas Dowling, Anne and Derek Osborn, Donald and Rita Conroyd, Alicia Terra, Rosemarie Benefactor Hess Otts, Natalie and Ray Constantine, Robert Thompson, Geneva Godbold, Bo and Betsy* Edhner, Jefferson Palazzolo, Valerie Cope, Dorothy Thompson, Sylena Merrick, Thomas and Elaine Ehrnman, James and Pona Parry, Mark Crandall, Gloria Trudeau, KT Murphy* Piekarski Pierce, Richard and Sandra Cushman, Stefan Van Paemel, Margaret Weymouth, Yann and Eibert, Monica Price, Traer and Steve Cutts, William Vaseliades, Cathy Susana* Eichinger-Dias, Lauren Pridgeon, Bryan and Debbie Daugherty, Kris Waters, Rev. Joseph Van Law, William Engert, Babette Pyle, Linda Davies, Debra Weisgarber, Kimberly Forbes, William Reeves, Louise and Davis, Nancy Wine, Sheryl *Upgraded membership Frankel, Alan and Miriam Charles A. DeRussy, Betty between November 26 and Franzblau, Alix and Ron Richards, Lula and Ed Evans, Grace Scholar February 24 Sherman Robinson, Ellis Farley, Andrea Carmack, Austin Gaines, Casey and Virginia Robitaille, Asia and Devra Fennell, Paul Cotter, Kathryn Ward Salamone, Libby and Ron New General Fernald, Barbara Doyle, Frances Glenn, Alex and Robin Samuelson, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Edna Fox, Cynthia Members Guarino, Michael Savitsky, Georgine and Fletcher, Jackie Fraley, Anne Marie November 26-February 24 Hackenwerth, Jason and Lawrence Fletcher, Mary Genualdi, Martha Michelle Saye, Allen and Karen Forsyth, Hugh Lanton, Audrey Friend Harnett, Karen and Allen Schlichting, H.J. and Fry, Cynthia Lykins, Lorrie Gerber, Alexandra Harris, Tanya Gabrielle Garrels, Cynthia Marks, Suzanne Griesinger, Alan and Julie Herndon, Carol and Robert Seixas, Greg and Melissa Geraghty, Phyllis McGuire, Wallace Paulson Sewell, Doris Giddens, Mary Murphy, Yvonne Hughes, Jean and Roy Smith, Paula and Roger Granese, Meredith Peacock, Brandon Family Ignico, Grace Azevedo Allen, Lee and Susan Greif, Kathy Riddle-Dvorak, Barbara Ingegneri, Anthony and Fay Smith, Clark and Anne Allums, Bruce and Erica Grundset, Norma Routh, Cassidy Johni, Scott and Lisa Stalker, Karen Alston, John and Susan Hargrove, Kathleen Ruderman, Laurie Killeen, Christine Steinke, Richard and Barbara Appleton-Jones, Peter and Harrington, Ruth Schultz, Jeffrey Kochler, Beth and Peggy Van Stephens, Terie Anne Harvard, Augusta Sirotkin, Yana Gorder Still, Christopher and Kelly Asselin, Roger and Margaret Helm, Adrien Stevens, Donna Korb, Donald and Tracy Stoetzel, Robert and Marcia Baker, Susan Hoffmann, Janet Stovall, Rosie Kramer, Anne and James Stonecipher, Debra Banfield, Karen Holderman, Margaret Walker, Andrew Clifford Sumner, Dawn Barbieri, Luiz Horowitz, Edward Warren, Gretchen LaCamera, Frank and Sutton, Stephen and Alice Baxter, Patrick and James Kalinowski, Sharon Frances Taylor, Bernard and Brooke McDonald Keegan, Sharon Laramee, Christine Thomas, Allen and Pam Biandudi, Tamora Koelsch, Sharon LeClair, Melissa Truden, Nick Bierfelt, Elizabeth and David Long, Donna Lehtola, Beth and Karl Turtle, Jesse and Mila Brown Lutz, Marian Rabeneck Webb-Zemlan, Cheryle Brady, Quinn and Frank Martin, Rebecca Linder, Larry and Sandy Wegner, Walter and Winona Chandler McDowell, Kenneth Linton, John and Laura Wilkins, Teresa Braun, Graal and Doris McGrath, Virginia Lohbauer, Paul and Virginia Winter, Dennis Campbell, Devinn Mooney, Maureen Roberts Withers, Sharon Capstick, Emmett and Nelson, Brooke Lowerre-Barbieri, Susan Zemlan, Frank Joanne Nobbe, Daniel Lutz, Doris and Herbert Carey, Sean and Kevin Hohl Perconti, Dorothy 18 Member Profile: Director’s Dialogue Sheila Tempelmann January 28 When did you join the MFA and why? Director Kent Lydecker shared his thoughts for “Our Vision, Our Future” at this luncheon sponsored by In 1995, I was living and BB&T for the Legacy Society, Director’s Circle, and volunteering in St. Petersburg Founder’s Circle, as well as upper-level members and and read that the MFA was going donors in 2013. Associate Director for Advancement to conduct a training course for Don Howe welcomed the 90 guests with BB&T West new docents. Since membership Florida Team Director Tom Beames and Regional was a prerequisite, I joined the Director Karyn Talarico. Dr. Lydecker discussed Museum. I had been a guide at Stan Hywet, a Tudor four key areas for the MFA’s future: celebrating our Revival Manor House in Akron, Ohio, and later a guide collection, connecting with community, spotlighting at a historical site in Perrysburg, Ohio, so I interviewed at photography, and communicating through technology. the MFA and was accepted. My docent class graduated in 1996. A video and comments by Linda Whitley, Social Studies Supervisor for the Pinellas County Schools, What do you like best about the MFA? highlighted the impact of an innovative partnership The people I have the opportunity to meet as a docent, as with the MFA. By the end of the school year, nearly well as the dedicated staff and fellow volunteers I consider 7,000 sixth-grade students will visit the Museum and friends because of our shared interest in art. The MFA learn about ancient civilizations from objects in the has become a second home to me, a place where I feel collection. For many, this represents their first visit to a comfortable, and I am honored to be associated with it. museum.

Who first introduced you to art? I have been drawing images of people and copying from pictures since I was 10 or younger, but my formal introduction took place in high school. My sister and a few friends from my neighborhood were fortunate to take an art class every day in a new school where we had transferred. Our teacher Miss Cooper taught us perspective, watercolor, drawing, and painting and encouraged her most talented students to apply to art schools.

Who are your three favorite artists? This is difficult to answer, as I’ve been exposed to such wonderful artists over the years. If I have to narrow it down to three, I would include Renoir, Monet, and Whistler among my favorites.

Glenn Mosby receives the Director’s Impact Award for 2013 from Director Kent Lydecker. She was Annual Membership Meeting awarded glass art by Duncan McClellan. All MFA members are encouraged to attend the annual membership meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, May 5, in the Marly Room. President of the Board Howard Mills and Education is a priority for trustee Glenn Mosby, who Director Kent Lydecker will report on the past year and received the Director’s Impact Award for her many on future exhibitions and programs. John Houser of contributions in 2013. A docent, she is also a member of Wells, Houser & Schatzel will summarize the audited the MFA’s Education Committee and the Committee on financial statement, and the officers of the Executive Office of Trusteeship. She was awarded a work of glass Committee will be introduced. A reception will follow art by Duncan McClellan. in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory. A past President of The Margaret Acheson Stuart The Museum of Fine Arts Bylaws (revised 2008) state: Society, Mrs. Mosby is currently Ways and Means Chair “Nominations for Trustees may be made by a written and co-chaired the recent Art in Bloom Luncheon with petition from the general membership representing at Martha Buttner. She co-chaired the reception with least one percent (1%) of the Museum members. Such Elise Minkoff in September recognizing donors to the petitions must reach the Secretary at least 21 days prior building renovation campaign and is a member of the to the Annual Meeting. Any member may sign only one Legacy Society. The MFA is grateful to the more than 300 petition.” For more information, please contact Ellen supporters who made the MFA a philanthropic priority Stavros, Secretary of the Board, at historybuffva@aol. for 2013, in whose honor the event was held, as well as to com. luncheon sponsor BB&T.

19 Several of his past exhibitions relate directly to the MFA’s new one: Impressions of the Riviera: Monet, Renoir, Matisse and their Contemporaries; Raoul Dufy; and Monet to Matisse: The Origins of Modernism. Dr. Wayne is one of nine advisory board members of the Musée Rodin in Paris, has lectured around the world, and is widely published. He holds his PhD from Stanford University and his BA with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley, both in art history, and his MA in modern art from the Lecture Series Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. FREE and Open to the Public

Sponsored by: This impressive series features some of the world’s foremost art historians, curators, artists, and collectors. A cocktail hour for Collectors Circle members only, also sponsored by Northern Trust, will be held one hour before the lecture. Seymour Gordon is President of the Collectors Circle.

Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.: This lecture provides an opportunity to meet Dr. Kenneth Wayne, the guest curator for the MFA’s impressive 50th anniversary exhibition in 2015. That show will spotlight art created on the French coasts by Monet, Matisse, Raoul and Jean Dufy, and Renoir, among others, and will complement the Museum’s own (Left to right) Lothar Uhl, Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin, Dr. Robert Cohon, Susan and Collectors Circle President Seymour superlative collection of French art. Gordon, and Stephanie Goforth of sponsor Northern Trust admired the Statue of Aphrodite before the Collectors Circle lecture on March 14. On this visit, Dr. Wayne will take “A Dr. Cohon, Curator of Ancient Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fresh Look at the Art and Life of Amedeo Modigliani (1884- Art in Kansas City, focused on “Fakes, Frauds, and Scholars.” 1920).” While Curator of Modern Art at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, he organized Modigliani & the Artists of Study Trips Montparnasse. This was the first major U.S. show on the artist Sponsored by: in more than 40 years and traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The Toronto Globe and Mail named it one of the top 12 exhibitions in the world in 2002-2003 and Jed Perl of The New Republic called it “an unforgettable museum-going experience.” The Collectors Circle visits other museums, galleries, art fairs, Now an independent curator and consultant, Dr. Wayne has served and private collections and homes throughout the year and is as the Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Senior Consulting planning several spring excursions. Members usually receive Curator for The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City and Chief private tours and also enjoy lunch or dinner at some of the finest Curator of the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York. restaurants. Transportation by luxury coach is often provided for He has also been the Joan Whitney Payson Curator at the Portland nearby venues. Please watch for announcements. Museum of Art in Maine, where he specialized in nineteenth to mid-twentieth-century European art.

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• The Collectors Circle was established in 1995 to expand and strengthen the Museum’s collection and to enhance understanding and enjoyment of art. The $500 membership fee goes to the Collectors Circle Acquisitions Fund. • Over the years, the Collectors Circle and its members have supported the purchase of 31 artworks for the Museum. • At the annual Collectors Choice gala in the spring, the Director and Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator present three artworks they would like to add to the collection. Members in attendance select the winner. • The Collectors Circle offers lectures, open to the public, by distinguished curators, scholars, artists, and collectors. A reception is held for members before each lecture. • Members can also participate in rewarding study trips each year to other museums, galleries, art fairs, and private collections. (Left to right) Josh Kollman of sponsor Northern Trust, Padmini Durr, • The Collectors Circle will celebrate its 20th anniversary and Dr. Joan Cummins of the Brooklyn Museum, Kimberley Payne of Northern the Museum’s 50th in 2015 by acquiring a major work for the Trust, and William Knight Zewadski gathered in front of the Jain Shrine before the Collectors Circle lecture on December 13. Dr. Cummins collection. If you join now, you can be part of the excitement – discussed “Temporary Bodies: Religious Sculpture of India.” and the choice. 20 Impact of Annual Giving 2014

The Museum is deeply grateful for your continued support. Contributions to Annual Giving will support more than 200 programs, exhibitions, lectures, and events in 2014. Here are just a few ways your gift makes a huge difference at the MFA and in The Fantastic Far East the community. Friday, April 25 7-10 p.m. • $1500 purchases supplies for “Painting in the Park.” • $750 sponsors a hands-on activity for children in the Explore More Gallery. • $500 underwrites reduced admission for a school group. • $250 covers an American Sign Language interpreter for lectures and special events. • $100 purchases books for the library.

To make a fully tax-deductible gift, contact the Advancement Office at 727.896.2667. Gifts of $1500 or more will be recognized in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory. For more information, contact Director of Development Daryl DeBerry at extension 250 or [email protected].

Standing Horse Sixth-grade students visit the Museum to explore China, Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) the ancient world from the collection. Earthenware with traces of pigment Gift of Dr. David and Enid Owens

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Astral Extracts Northern Trust Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, gourmet seated dinner, Fifth Third Private Bank RBC Wealth Management select wines, and more Helen Torres Foundation

MFA Director Kent Lydecker and Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin will present three artworks for possible Museum acquisition. Collectors Circle members in attendance will select their favorite. Helen Torres will announce the winner.

Black-Tie Welcomed In Honor of Kathy Beyer on In Honor of Seymour Gordon, Valet Parking available at the Beach Drive entrance her important birthday Esq., a hero among us $200 per person Open to the Public Dr. John E. Schloder and Dr. John E. Schloder and Terence Leet Terence Leet Please send check, made payable to the Collectors Circle, or credit card information, including security code, to In Memory of Dr. Eddy Burns In Honor of Royce G. Haiman co-chair Mary Alice McClendon, 555 Fifth Avenue N.E., Dr. John E. Schloder Ann H. Shelton #1232, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. You can also email reservations to Ms. McClendon, [email protected]. In Memory of John Damm In Memory of Sheldon Hillary Carlson Cone is her co-chair. Dr. John E. Schloder Rothman Helen Hameroff and Frantz All proceeds support the Collectors Circle Acquisitions In Memory of Florence Fayer Christensen Fund to purchase works for the collection. Janet and Mark Willen

21 New Trustees City Star and the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times).

Cathy Collins brings both business During the final two years of his newspaper career, Mr. Hilton acumen and a passion for art to the completed his MBA at Wichita State University, where he Board. She founded and was the Chief graduated at the top of his class with a 4.0 average. His Executive Officer of Meridien Research, graduate study increased his interest in financial markets, which conducts a wide range of clinical which led to his positions at Raymond James. He holds his BA trials for new medications. These in government from Florida State University and has earned experimental drugs are designed to treat Wealth Management Specialist and Retirement Plan Consultant cardiac problems to diabetes, anxiety to certifications. Alzheimer’s. Mr. Hilton has given back to all of the cities where he has lived. Mrs. Collins recently sold her company and has formed Locally, he has served on the boards of the Pier Aquarium and Hummingbird IRB, an Institutional Review Board that oversees the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast and is a current board the protection of people in clinical trials. She has gathered member of the St. Petersburg College Foundation and Ready for leading figures in the medical field to become part of her Life, which helps those in transition from foster care. He also company. They range from a past president of the American serves on the Florida Orchestra’s Investment Committee. In Cancer Society to a major oncologist/researcher at the Dana- 2010, the Tampa Bay Council of the Arts recognized him for the Farber Cancer Institute. The academic affiliations of the board “best individual contribution to the arts.” members encompass Harvard University, Tufts University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among others. He is married to Chris Chapman Hilton, who was President of The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society in 2009-2010 and continues Mrs. Collins’s academic background and professional experience to be one of the organization’s most committed volunteers. She revolve around medicine and management. She holds her currently serves on The Stuart Society board and is Volunteer BS from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and her MS Activities Chair. She is also a past co-chair of the Wine Auction. from The Catholic University of America, both in nursing. Her The Hiltons have been two of the Museum’s most loyal friends master’s study focused on cardiovascular issues and treatment, and generous supporters. They have three adult sons. as well as management. She is currently participating in the three-year Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Fay Mackey has deep family ties to the MFA, as well as a Business School. remarkable understanding of its history and collection. She is the great-niece of Her other leadership positions in the field of clinical trials have Museum Founder Margaret Acheson included CEO of Insearch.net, Vice President of Operations Stuart and the daughter of longtime for Protocare Trials, and Vice President of Site Operations for President of the Board Charles W. Clinical Studies, Ltd. Previously, she held nursing positions in Mackey. In fact, Ms. Mackey attended clinical and educational settings. the Museum’s very first opening and volunteered as a teenager in the Mrs. Collins is an avid collector of contemporary art, which Shop. She and the MFA truly grew up complements the Museum’s increased attention to this area. together. She has also participated in numerous triathlons and most recently ran the New York Marathon. She has been very active Ms. Mackey holds her B.A. in history in the community, serving as the Vice Chair of the Pinellas from Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where Education Foundation, a board member of freeFall Theatre, and she also studied art history. During her sophomore year, an advisory board member of the Bank of Tampa, St. Petersburg she completed an internship at the Museum, working in all branch. She and her husband, surgeon Dr. Paul Steven Collins, departments, and after graduation, was a volunteer at the noted have three adult children. They all attended Shorecrest Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, also in Winston- Preparatory School, where Mrs. Collins served as Board Chair. Salem. On the financial side, Ms. Mackey held responsible positions with Florida Federal Savings and Loan for 10 years, Known for his dedication, collegiality, where she worked extensively with retirement accounts. and leadership, Robert L. Hilton returns to the Board and will once again A former trustee, Ms. Mackey has served on the Membership chair the Development Committee. He Committee, is the co-chair with Susan Taylor of the Education is Managing Director and Senior Vice Committee, and is a member of the Accessions Committee. President, Investments for Mustard Seed She has consulted with staff on the care and beautification of Advisors of Raymond James. He joined the grounds and has been a faithful member of The Margaret Raymond James in 2002 and founded Acheson Stuart Society. She has co-chaired a fashion show with the highly successful Mustard Seed Dimity Carlson and was the decorations co-chair for the most Advisors with Joe Blanton in 2007. An recent Wine Weekend. estate planning specialist, Mr. Hilton has more than 36 years of experience in Ms. Mackey has also carried on a family tradition of leadership business, financial management, investing, and marketing. and service at The Cathedral Church of St. Peter in downtown St. Petersburg. She just completed a three-year term on the Mr. Hilton began his career in the newspaper industry. For the Chapter, the vestry or board of an Episcopal cathedral; chairs Wichita Eagle and Beacon, he served as the Consumer Marketing formation (education); and is a member of the stewardship and Manager and the Circulation Marketing Manager. He was the outreach committees, as well as the Altar Guild. Circulation Director and then the Vice President, Marketing for the Boca Raton News. He held similar positions with the Kansas

22 to Remember DATES Monday/June 9 New Mexico and the Arts of Thursday/17 Tuesday/13 Monday Art Bite: MFA Director Enchantment featuring the Raymond Porch Party, 5:30-7 p.m. Friends of Decorative Arts: Kent Lydecker on a work in My Generation, 1 p.m. James Financial Collection UNCHartED: Random Acts of Katherine Pill, Assistant Through Sunday, May 11 Culture, “Graphic Novel: The Curator of Art after 1950, on Business of Art,” 6:30-8 p.m. contemporary approaches to Wednesday/11 Aaron Siskind’s Harlem Document porcelain, 2 p.m. Through Sunday, July 20 Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s “Han-terbury Tales,” tour, and Friday/18 High School Student Exhibition: refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m. New Parent Gallery Wednesday/14 Visual Metaphor Conversations, 10 a.m. Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Through Sunday, April 27 “Berthe Morrisot – A Woman Thursday/12 Ahead of her Time,” tour, and Beer Crafts! Demonstration Collection Conversations Saturday/19 refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m. and Book-Signing with Shawn Representations of Childhood Kidding Around Yoga, Gascoyne-Bowman, 6-8 p.m. My Generation: Young Chinese 10-11 a.m. Artists MFA: Make and Take Thursday/15 Porch Party, 5:30-7 p.m. Saturday, June 7 – Sunday, Saturday, Celebrate spring with Friday/13 September 28 a nature crown, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. UNCHartED: Random Acts of The Beer Project Launch Party at Culture, Edible Art Trivia Night, Green Bench Brewing Co., 7 p.m. Views of the Panama Canal by 7 p.m. Ernest Hallen Friday/25 Saturday, July 26-Sunday, Collectors Choice XIII, Saturday/14 November 9 presented by the Collectors Friday/16 New: Drumming@The MFA, New Parent Gallery 10-11 a.m. Family Tours, Saturdays, 11 a.m. Circle, 7-10 p.m. Conversations, 10 a.m. The Beer Project, Public Tasting and Awards, noon-3 p.m. Saturday/26 APRIL New: Drumming@The MFA, Saturday/17 10-11 a.m. Kidding Around Yoga, Sunday/15 10-11 a.m. Thursday/3 Music in the Marly: Violinist MFA: Make and Take Ellen dePasquale, accompanied Collectors Circle Lecture: Sunday/27 Saturday, Create art-inspired by pianist Angelin Chang, 2 p.m. Independent curator Dr. Kenneth Seventh Annual Painting in jewelry, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wayne on Amedeo Modigliani, the Park, 1-4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. High School Student Exhibition: Monday/16 Visual Metaphor closes. Sunday/18 Science, Art, and Math Camp@ Saturday/5 Gallery Talk: Curatorial Assistant The MFA, through Friday, June Kidding Around Yoga, Sabrina Hughes on Aaron Siskind’s 20, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 10-11 a.m. MAY Harlem Document, 3 p.m. MFA: Make and Take Thursday/19 Saturday, Celebrate spring with Thursday/1 Thursday/22 Cinema@The MFA: Babies, with a nature crown, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Members’ Jewelry Sale in the My Generation Lecture Series: an introduction by Assistant Museum Store, through Sunday, Professor and artist Kirk Ke Wang Curator Katherine Pill, 6 p.m. May 4 on China’s cultural revolution, Sunday/6 6:30 p.m. Cinema@The MFA: The Rape Friday/20 of Europa with an introduction Saturday/3 New Parent Gallery by MFA Director Kent Lydecker, Kidding Around Yoga, Saturday/24 Conversations, 10 a.m. 2 p.m. 10-11 a.m. New: Drumming@The MFA, MFA: Make and Take 10-11 a.m. Saturday/21 Tuesday/8 Saturday, Create art-inspired Kidding Around Yoga, Friends of Decorative Arts: jewelry, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 10-11 a.m. Jeffrey Burchard on preparing for JUNE MFA: Make and Take art auctions, 2 p.m. Sunday/4 Saturday, Build It – Summer Wayne W. and Frances Knight Sunday/1 Castle, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Music in the Marly: Pianist Parrish Lecture: James Ballinger Wednesday/9 Claire Huangci, 2 p.m. Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s of the Phoenix Art Museum on Sunday/22 “Aesop’s Fables,” tour, and “The Ever-Evolving Art of the Cinema@The MFA: Babies, 2 p.m. refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m. American West,” 3 p.m. Thursday/5 My Generation, Members’ Opening, 6-8 p.m. Monday/23 Thursday/10 Monday/5 Science, Art, and Math Camp@ Cinema@The MFA: The Rape of Annual Membership Meeting, The MFA, through Friday, June Europa, 6 p.m. 4 p.m. Saturday/7 27, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. My Generation: Young Chinese Artists opens Saturday/12 Saturday/10 Saturday/28 New: Drumming@The MFA, New: Drumming@The MFA, Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m. New: Drumming@The MFA, 10-11 a.m. 10-11 a.m. 10-11 a.m. MFA: Make and Take Saturday, Build It – Summer Sunday/11 Sunday/13 Castle, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday/29 Hot Gatherings, Cool Hot Gatherings, Cool Music in the Marly: Soprano Conversations: Glass artists Conversations: Artist Richard Emily Albrink, accompanied by Deanna Clayton and Alexis Silk, Logan, 3 p.m. Sunday/8 pianist Sharon Lavery, 2 p.m. 3 p.m. New Mexico and the Arts of Conversation with Guest Enchantment closes. Curator Barbara Pollack and Katherine Pill, Assistant Monday/14 Curator of Art after 1950, on My JULY Monday Art Bite: Hazel and Monday/12 Generation, 3 p.m. William Hough Chief Curator Monday Art Bite: Curatorial Friday/4 Jennifer Hardin on Georgia Assistant Sabrina Hughes on Annual Fourth of July O’Keeffe’s Grey Hills Painted Red, Suzanne Camp Crosby’s Where Celebration, 6 p.m. New Mexico (1930), 1 p.m. Do Babies Come From #2 (1986), 1 p.m.

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My Generation: Young Chinese Artists

Lu Yang (Chinese, born Shanghai, 1984), Wrathful King Kong Core (2011), HD video, color, Courtesy of Beijing Commune 24