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ollectors hoice XV 1 C C Magic Carpet: Welcome from the A Magical Adventure Interim Director Prekindergarten Hello Friends, children in the We are in store for an exciting “Magic Carpet” summer at the MFA and look forward program decorated to your joining us in the cool comfort cupcakes on of our galleries. The Museum offers Tuesday, May 24, exciting exhibitions and a host of activities in the coming at the Museum, months. Whether you take part in a special program or celebrating another see the exhibitions, anticipate something for people of all year of enrichment. ages to enjoy. They were joined by parents and While there are many things to see and do at the Museum, teachers. These very what has become evident to me, since moving here last young artists from October, is that our members are the life-blood of the the Happy Workers institution. Support groups offer you opportunities to Children’s Center become even more engaged with the Museum. Collectors in St. Petersburg Circle members join together to help grow the collection enjoy storytelling and recently chose the painting featured on the cover, around works in the Richard Miller’s (circa 1903). Woman Sitting at a Table collection, as well as The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society is also vital to the hands-on art projects Photo by Anna Glenn Museum and the community. The group recently made and field trips, during another substantial gift and contributed a record 12,000 the school year. volunteer hours to the Museum last season. We are fortunate to have such dedicated and active members who The MFA partners with the Morean Arts Center, the Chihuly give so generously of their time and resources to assist the Collection, and the Morean Center for Clay to encourage MFA. creativity, vocabulary development, and an exploration of the community. Ceramic artist Valerie Scott Knaust initiated this We are appreciative of each and every member and are program at the MFA more than 20 years ago and has been the grateful for your interest in advancing the arts. In this lead instructor throughout its history. Mosaic, we recognize two members in particular, Hazel Hough and Ellen Stavros. They recently finished their terms as trustees and for years have given their talent, knowledge, energy, and support to the MFA.

Since becoming the Hazel and William Hough Chief Board of Trustees 2016 Curator, I have been fortunate to meet and to get to know Mr. Troy Holland so many people who call the MFA “my museum.” The Executive Committee Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey, Mr. Joseph C. Jimenez heartfelt care people have for the MFA, the flagship arts Chairman The Hon. Richard museum in St. Pete, is evident. Mrs. Cathy Collins, Vice Kriseman, Mayor of the Because of you, our members, I am particularly proud Chairman City of St. Petersburg, to now serve as Interim Director, following the recent Mr. Wayne (Skipp) Fraser, ex officio, nonvoting retirement of Dr. Kent Lydecker. From all involved with CPA, Treasurer Mr. Darryl A. LeClair the MFA, we thank Kent and his wife Toni for all they Mr. R. Clark Mason, Ms. Fay Mackey have done for the Museum and will continue to do as Secretary Mrs. Mary Alice active participants in the vibrant arts culture of our city. Mrs. Glenn Mosby McClendon Mr. Fred S. Razook Jr. Mrs. Patti Novack Dr. Jerry N. Smith, Hazel I look forward to seeing you in your museum. Mr. James Reichert and William Hough Dr. Dimity Carlson, Sincerely, Chief Curator and President, The Margaret Interim Executive Director, ex officio, Acheson Stuart Society nonvoting Honorary Trustees, nonvoting Trustees Mrs. Erin Smith Aebel Mrs. Isabel Bishop, Mr. Roy Binger Honorary Memorial Ms. Laura Militzer Bryant Trustee On the cover: Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Mr. James R. Gillespie, JD, Esq. Richard Edward (Emil) Miller (American, 1875-1943) Woman Sitting at a Table (detail), circa 1903 LLM Mrs. Hazel C. Hough Oil on canvas Mr. Robert L. Hilton Mrs. Carol A. Upham Museum Purchase with funds donated by the Collectors Circle

2 Hazel Hough Named Honorary Trustee; Ellen Stavros Recognized for Exceptional Service

Hazel Hough and Ellen Stavros have completed two consecutive class of 1972, which she credits with changing her life. “The three-year terms (2010-2016) on the Board. Their example will docent class whetted my enthusiasm and has taken me to great inspire others. So will the legacy of their families. places,” she said in a 2007 Mosaic profile. “Previously I was more involved in music.” For many years, she actively conducted tours “We cannot thank these two trustees and their families and is now Docent Emerita. enough,” said Mark T. Mahaffey, Chairman of the Board. “They have been leaders here and throughout the Tampa Bay area. Mrs. Hough was previously a trustee from 1980-1986 and again The Museum of Fine Arts and the community would not be from 1987-1993 and during her first term, persuaded the Board where they are today without them. Their generosity and many to establish the Education Committee. She then became one of volunteer hours have greatly enhanced the quality of life for us the longest serving chairs of that committee and has also been a and for future generations.” respected voice on the Accessions Committee.

In recognition of her many contributions, A strong advocate for art education, Mrs. Hough and the Hazel Hough has been named a lifetime docents expanded school tours and established the “Eye to Honorary Trustee. The Hazel Hough Eye” program, making presentations in the classroom. She Wing, which opened in March 2008, is was instrumental in adding the art supervisor of the Pinellas named in her honor. She has always been County Schools to the Education Committee, a tradition which quick to downplay her accomplishments, continues to this day. She was similarly influential in convincing however, and to recognize others first. the Board in 1991 to hire the first full-time Curator of Education, Rebecca Russell, who held an MA in art history and had a Mrs. Hough became involved in the MFA lasting impact on the MFA and the community. through her commitment to education and contemporary art. She was impressed that William Pachner’s View of My Birthplace (1958) was included in the Inaugural Exhibition of 1965. She and husband William R. Hough, who has also been a Museum trustee, became lifelong admirers of the artist’s work and gave Mr. Pachner’s Windows #14 (1981) last year in honor of the Museum’s 50th anniversary. They were Honorary Chairs of that celebration.

Through their many gifts, the Houghs have strengthened and diversified the collection, with a focus on contemporary and cutting-edge art. A number are on view, including Hung Liu’s tapestry, Fu (Happiness), 2005, also given in honor of the 50th anniversary; three inventive ceramic objects, Jun Kaneko’s Dango (1999), Kimiyo Mishima’s Bâbekyûyô-Mokutan (2005), and Tony Marsh’s untitled work from the Radiance and Abundance series (2004-2005); and the luminous glass piece Zanfirico Apple (1997) by Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace.

Now on display in the Helen and Dick Minck Gallery of New Media are two more significant gifts. On the opening of the Wing, Mrs. Hough gave the MFA its first example of video art in honor of her husband: Peter Sarkisian’s Extruded Video Engine II William Pachner (American, born Czechoslovakia, 1915) (2007). The Houghs later provided the funds to acquire Michael Window #14, 1981 Acrylic on canvas Bell-Smith’s Waves Clock (2012). Gift of Hazel and William R. Hough in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary The couple made another extraordinary donation in 2012. They established the Hazel and William Hough Curatorial Endowment Fund, which endowed the position of Chief Curator Mr. and Mrs. Hough have been two of the area’s leading and made it possible to hire the Museum’s first Curator of philanthropists and civic leaders. The Houghs have been Contemporary Art, Katherine Pill. major supporters of American Stage, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and the Canterbury School of Florida. At Canterbury, Earlier in the MFA’s history, they stepped forward to help prekindergarten to fourth-grade students study on the Hough the Museum acquire the central works in the Sculpture Campus. The Hough Concert Hall of The Palladium at St. Garden, Antoine-Louis Barye’s War and Peace (both 1854, cast Petersburg College also recognizes their generosity. posthumously around 1876). They gave funds in 1976 to purchase Peace and encouraged others to donate to complete the pair. Mrs. Hough has been President of The Arts Center (now the Morean Arts Center) and has served on the boards of American One of the early docents, Mrs. Hough is a graduate of the Stage, the University of South Florida Foundation, and the

3 Palladium, among many others. She has been a member of the Campus Advisory Board of USF St. Petersburg and the Arts Advisory Council of the City of St. Petersburg.

A native Floridian, Mrs. Hough grew up in Fort Myers and entered the Florida State College for Women, which became part of Florida State University. She was introduced to art and the humanities on her way to a BA in journalism. Her travels with CURRENT | UPCOMING | EXHIBITIONS her husband and her independent study have expanded her early interests. The MFA has been one of the chief beneficiaries. Shana Moulton: Like the Houghs, members of the Stavros family seemingly have philanthropy and community service in their DNA. One Journeys Out of the Body of the Museum’s galleries is named in honor of Gus and Frances Stavros, which now displays nineteenth-century European and Hazel Hough Wing American art. Mr. and Mrs. Stavros were major benefactors of the Through Sunday, October 9 Museum expansion completed in 1989, the construction of the Hazel Hough Wing, and the renovation and transformation of the galleries in 2013. Mr. Stavros was a trustee from 1991‑1994.

Daughter Ellen Stavros has carried on the family tradition at the MFA. From 2012‑2014, she was Secretary of the Board and a member of the Executive Committee and is continuing on the Education Committee as Co-Chair with Patti Novack. She has also served on the Committee of Office of Trusteeship, which nominates new members to the Board.

For six years, Ms. Stavros was Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Florida House on Capitol Hill. In that role, she was a key contact with Florida business, educational, Shana Moulton (left) will be joined by vocalist Daisy Press for and civic leaders in Washington, D.C. The Florida House is the Whispering Pines 10, an innovative opera/performance piece, state’s “embassy” in the capitol – a unique resource – and is a on Thursday, October 6, at 7 p.m. in the Marly Room. nonprofit, receiving no state funding. Ms. Stavros increased private support to restore this exceptional institution to the black Shana Moulton explores our obsession with self-help fads and and to add more educational initiatives. She worked closely with wellness therapies, as well as consumer culture as a whole. the Florida congressional delegation throughout her tenure. She primarily uses video, with her alter ego Cynthia, who never speaks, as the protagonist. The MFA is featuring all nine Ms. Stavros has also served as the Office Manager for installments of her Whispering Pines series, as well as other Congressman Mike Bilirakis in Washington and supervised videos, sculpture, and an opera/performance piece. Though his schedule. She has been a special events coordinator and an Ms. Moulton has received many solo exhibitions in galleries and employee relations specialist and taught social studies in the has been selected for a wealth of group shows, this is her first Pinellas County Schools. She has been an MFA docent, Vice solo museum project in the United States. President of the Ruth Eckerd Hall Pact Professionals, a member of the Junior League of Clearwater/Dunedin, and a board Shana Moulton: Journeys Out of the Body is one of the most member of the Florida House and Brookwood Florida. inventive exhibitions ever presented/staged at the MFA. Inspired primarily by soap operas, Whispering Pines will unfold, Gus Stavros and Ellen Stavros are current members of the Board appropriately, on television sets. A life-size anatomical theater in of Directors of the Pinellas Education Foundation. Mr. Stavros the central gallery of the Hazel Hough Wing displays the 2008 founded this foundation in 1986, which has raised more than video Repetitive Stress Injuries. Ms. Moulton has also created a $110 million to support teachers and students in the Pinellas site-specific video for this exhibition and is premiering another, County Schools and which annually awards the Frances Stavros All Angles are Angels. Career Education Scholarships. On Thursday, October 6, at 7 p.m., Whispering Pines 10, a one-act Ms. Stavros holds her BA and MA from the University of South live-performance video opera, will be presented in the Marly Florida, Tampa, which has benefited enormously from the Room. Backed by Nick Hallett’s libretto and score, Ms. Moulton guidance of the Stavros family. The Gus A. Stavros Center for will bring Cynthia to life in a contemporary take on the “mad Free Enterprise and Economic Education at USF will continue to scene.” Daisy Press will be the vocalist. impact lives for many years to come. Whispering Pines, her best known video series, takes its name from the California mobile home park, chiefly comprised of seniors, where she grew up. With very few children around, she turned to her elderly neighbors for companionship and was 4 respected critic and poet John Yau has written that “Mernet Larsen's paintings do not resemble anyone else's. They are a complete world and, in that regard, belong to the tradition that includes Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte ... They adhere to their own logic and follow their own rules.”

In 2000, she entered a phase of her career deemed Geometric Figuration. She brings a contemporary perspective to fifteenth- century Italian painting in which figures are placed within highly detailed architectural spaces. Perspective is complex, even challenged. The narratives are not easily read.

Ms. Larsen has written that “I try to evoke a sense of permanence, solidity, weight: time stopped, essences of ordinary events made tangible. As if I were leaving this life and had to take with me only a few very concrete images, filtered through Shana Moulton (American, born 1976) Still from Whispering Pines wry detachment.” Video ©Shana Moulton From 1967-2003, Ms. Larsen taught at the University of South Florida, Tampa and is now Professor Emeritus. She has had fascinated with the knickknacks lining their shelves. Her videos more than 25 solo exhibitions in museums and galleries, and are full of such objects, carefully arranged for the camera, which her paintings have been included in group shows at White Cube she views as part of the cast. She also explored the large woods in London; the National Museum of Women in the Arts in next door, which fuels Cynthia’s fantasies and dreams. Washington, D.C.; the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York; and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. The Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg gave her a For myself and Cynthia, what I’d really like to do outdoors 10-year retrospective in 2010. is leave my body behind and fly over the landscape. — Shana Moulton

Television was another major influence. A soap opera fan, she was also drawn to the cult classic, Twin Peaks, created by Mark Frost and David Lynch of Blue Velvet fame. Only on the air for two seasons, Twin Peaks uncovered the darker side of small-town life and had supernatural elements and quirky humor. The artist notes that the serial format of Whispering Pines and its production quality are inspired by both soap operas and home movies.

Cynthia can be funny, as she deals with her hypochondria and follows yet another fad. At the same time, her anxiety is ever present. Her costumes embedded with medical devices, especially a dress with a hemorrhoid pillow, are over-the-top. That dress is part of the exhibition.

Born in 1976, Ms. Moulton earned her BA in art and anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and her MFA at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She has Mernet Larsen (American, born 1940) shown her work and performed around the world, including Icon (2004) in China, and her videos have been selected for leading Acrylic, tracing paper, and oil on canvas Gift of Michael Graham experimental film festivals. Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill invited Ms. Moulton to bring her fantastic and fantastical work to the MFA. Her work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum Vantage Points: Paintings of Art, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The MFA, St. Petersburg is proud to have four impressive paintings by by Mernet Larsen Ms. Larsen due to the generosity of Eric Lang Peterson and Lee Malone Gallery Michael Graham. Saturday, July 2-Sunday, October 30 She holds her BFA from the University of Florida and her MFA from Indiana University Bloomington and is the recipient of Mernet Larsen (born in 1940) works in an abstract, yet narrative numerous grants and awards. She is represented by the James style, and her technical accomplishment and unique sense of Cohan Gallery in New York. perspective have earned her increasing critical attention. The 5 Harold Edgerton: From the Heart: What the Eye Can’t See Folk Art on Paper FINAL DAYS, through Sunday, July 31 Works on Paper Gallery Saturday, August 6-Sunday, November 13 Sponsored by Martha and Jim Sweeny

This imaginative, idiosyncratic work defies categorization. It has been called folk, outsider, visionary, and the more accepted term, contemporary self-taught art. Many works look completely at home with those by twentieth-century and contemporary masters with more formal training. Some scholars have suggested that we simply call this work “art” and avoid any other label.

Bill Traylor’s journey is especially poignant. An illiterate freed slave in Alabama, he began to draw in 1939 at 83. Traylor (1854-1949) was encouraged by a young trained artist, Charles Shannon, who helped him buy materials and who started preserving his work.

Traylor’s spare drawings grew out of a lifetime of memories and reveal a gifted use of space and geometric forms. He is now one of our most respected self-taught artists, and his work is part of such collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From the Heart includes a rare drawing of an owl by Traylor.

Harold Edgerton (American, 1903–1990) Milk Drop Coronet (1957) Dye transfer print If God gives you the talent to make something that Gift of Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin ©2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum. will celebrate mankind, your work will stand, do you hear me? It will testify to the goodness of life after you’re done gone, yes. — Dilmus Hall

Because many self-taught artists live in rural settings, both Flash/Splash Workshop real and imaginary animals frequently appear, as in Nellie at the MFA Mae Rowe’s paintings and drawings. So, too, do explorations Presented in conjunction with the Morean Arts Center of religion and spirituality, as in the work of Roger Rice and Saturday, July 30, 1-4 p.m. Dilmus Hall (1900-1987). Scholars have traced some elements $65 for members of the Friends of Photography or the Morean to African spiritual traditions and imagery. Again, this Arts Center; $95 for others. Limited tickets are available by connects with currents in mainstream modern art. Think of calling the Morean at 727.822.7872. how Pablo Picasso was inspired by African masks, originally crafted for rituals. Bring your camera for a hands-on workshop inspired by the Harold Edgerton exhibition and devoted to high-speed The magnificent work of Thornton Dial Sr. (1928-2016) was photography. At one station, you can capture a “Milk Drop” selected for the 2000 Whitney Biennial and has been featured splash, and, at the second, colorful objects dropped into a large in solo shows at some of our leading museums. Michael container of water. At the third, you can take stroboscopic Kimmelman wrote in the New York Times that “ ... his energy images of movement by ROGUEdance, sponsored by the and fluent line, abstracted in maelstroms of color, easily call St. Petersburg Dance Alliance. Beth Reynolds, Director of to mind Pollock and de Kooning.” His large-scale drawing in Photography at the Morean, and award-winning dance the exhibition suggests a life force or creative spirit infusing photographer Tom Kramer are the instructors. everything.

SAVE THE DATE! The MFA’s significant collection of Southern self-taught art Pick-a-Pic, Friday, October 21, 6-8:30 p.m.: Vote on a began with the 2007 exhibition, Compelling Visions: Florida photograph for the collection. Join the Friends of Photography. Collects Folk Art. This ambitious project was initiated by Director Make new friends. Emeritus Dr. John Schloder and organized by former Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Dr. Jennifer Hardin. She chose

6 examples from seven private collections, and such collectors as Donna and Thomas Brumfield Jr., George Lowe (himself Our America: an artist represented in this new exhibition), and Martha and Jim Sweeney later donated art that formed the core of these The Latino Presence holdings. in American Art Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Opening Thursday, October 27 Local Sponsors:

This vibrant exhibition features 92 works by 72 leading Latino artists. They range from the 1950s to the present day and celebrate the rich, ever developing story of Latino art and culture in the United States.

Bill Traylor (American, 1854-1949) Owl (1947) Charcoal, tempera, and pencil on cardboard Gift of Martha and Jim Sweeny

Contemporary self-taught art has increasingly been collected and shown by major museums. The American Folk Art Museum in New York, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. have played critical roles in bringing this art to a wider audience.

In 2014, the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in Atlanta donated prized work by self-taught Southern artists, including a number represented in the MFA collection, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is part of the vast collection of art historian William Arnett, who established the foundation. Sheena Wagstaff, the Leonard A. Lauder Chair of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan, compared the gift, in importance, to Mr. Lauder’s previous donation of Cubist art. An exhibition and scholarly catalogue are planned later this year.

From the Heart: Folk Art on Paper invites visitors into realms never to be forgotten. Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Roberto Chavez (American, born 1932) Pill brings a fresh perspective to a genre which is now El Tamalito del Hoyo (1959) recognized as a compelling contribution to American art and Oil on Masonite culture. Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum Purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment ©1959, Roberto Chavez

7 The Art of the Classical Guitar Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Field Trip: St. Petersburg Collecting Locally The MFA expresses deep gratitude to the following Thursday, August 11, 7 p.m. people and organizations that made this exceptional Downtown St. Petersburg exhibition possible:

Address will be provided once registered. Lenders: Robb and Susan Hough. Free for members of The Contemporaries. Exhibition Sponsors: The Hough Family Foundation; $10 for non-members. The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society; State of Florida, Limited capacity. Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the City of St. Petersburg. To reserve your spot, please go to www.Facebook. com/TheContemporariesMFA. Media Sponsors: Tampa Bay Times and WUSF.

The Contemporaries encourages the collection of Additional Support: Big 3 Studios, St. Petersburg and contemporary art and support for local galleries and Guitar Salon International. artists. On the group’s second field trip of the year, members and guests will visit the home of Simone Musicians: Mark Switzer, Marc Teicholz, Taso and Rep DeLoach to see their art collection. Comanescu, Jack Sanders, Peter Fletcher, and Sir Ángel Romero.

Photographers: Felix Salazar and Devinn Campbell.

Robert Stackhouse (American, born 1942) Blue 5606 (2006) Offset lithograph Collection of Simone and Rep DeLoach

The DeLoaches have acquired many works by current and former area artists. They include: Kevin Brady, Neverne Covington, Coralette Damme, Brandon Dunlap, Thomas U. Gessler, Craig Kaths, Roby Macdougall, Chad Mize, Babs Reingold, Herb Snitzer, Bob Stackhouse, and Susan Süpper. Several artists represented in the collection will be on hand to discuss the artist-collector relationship.

The educational meets the social at The Contemporaries’ events.

Please join today!

8 Robinson, and Childe Hassam. Dr. Smith will highlight Richard Edward Miller’s Woman Sitting at a Table (about 1903), a recent acquisition made possible with funds from the Collectors Circle. A number of the works in the gallery were purchased with donations from this key support group.

Dr. Smith was formerly Curator of American and European Art to 1950 and Art of the American West at the Phoenix LECTURES | TALKS | SPECIAL EVENTS Art Museum. He holds his BA and MA from Arizona State University and his PhD from the University of Kansas, all in art Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and visit www. history. mfastpete.org for updates on public programs. Support for educational programs comes from the State of Florida, Lecture by Gifted Artist Mernet Larsen Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Thursday, September 15, 6:30 p.m. Council on Arts and Culture; The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society; Duke Energy; the City of St. Petersburg Office Mernet Larsen is one of Cultural Affairs; and Westminster Communities of of the area’s most St. Petersburg. Programs are subject to change without notice. accomplished artists. She will discuss her LECTURES & GALLERY TALKS paintings on view in the Lee Malone Gallery, as Free with MFA admission well as others that have marked her development and remarkable career. Gallery Talk on From the Heart: Folk Art on Paper by Curator of Contemporary From 1967-2003, Art Katherine Pill Ms. Larsen taught at the Sunday, August 7, 3 p.m. University of South Florida, Tampa, where she influenced many Through the generosity of donors, the MFA promising artists, and is now Professor Emeritus. She received has established a fascinating collection of the Jerry Krivanik Distinguished Teacher Award from USF and work by contemporary self-taught artists. has been a visiting professor at Yale University. Katherine Pill focuses on individual pieces, while also connecting them to broader Ms. Larsen has had more than 25 solo exhibitions in museums currents in contemporary art. and galleries, and her paintings have been included in group shows at White Cube in London and the National Museum of The MFA’s first Curator of Contemporary Art, Ms. Pill has Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., among many other already organized a number of cutting-edge exhibitions, venues. In 2012, at the age of 72, she had her first solo gallery show in New York. including Shana Moulton: Journeys Out of the Body, the artist’s first solo museum show in the United States. She curatedMarks Distinguished art critic Roberta Smith wrote in the New York Made: Prints by American Women Artists from the 1960s to the Times that “her efforts are extremely viable participants in an Present, a major exhibition of more than 90 works, and wrote an essay for the handsome catalogue. extensive, possibly global conversation about how to portray modern, three-dimensional life on two-dimensional surfaces.” She selected Carrie Schneider: Reading Women to complement that show and Christian Marclay: Telephones and Sound Holes. Her work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of Mr. Marclay’s Telephones (1995) has since been added to the American Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum collection. Color Acting: Abstraction Since 1950 was her first of Art, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. She holds her project at the MFA. BFA from the University of Florida and her MFA from Indiana University Bloomington. She is represented by the James Cohan Ms. Pill holds her BA with a double-major in art history (with Gallery in New York. honors) and English literature from McGill University in Montreal. She then completed a three-year dual MA in art Mernet Larsen, the first monograph on her work, is available history, theory, and criticism and arts administration and policy in the Museum Store. It features striking reproductions and an from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. essay, “Mernet Larsen’s Achievement,” by award-winning art critic and poet John Yau, Professor of Critical Studies at Rutgers University. Gallery Talk on Works in the Barbara Godfrey Smith Gallery by Dr. Jerry N. Smith, Hazel and William Hough Chief Coffee Talks with Nan Colton Curator and Interim Executive Director Thursday, September 1, 6 p.m. Sponsored by:

The Smith Gallery features many of the Museum’s American treasures from the . nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Second Wednesday of the Month Free with Museum admission. They encompass classic Florida scenes by Thomas Moran and George Inness, a still life by John Frederick Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give Peto, and other paintings by John Henry Twachtman, Theodore voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever 9 popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton creates scripts inspired by special exhibitions and the collection. These 30-minute presentations introduce great artists and other historical figures, as well as the times in which they lived. Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m., Ms. Colton’s performance at 10:30, and a general docent tour at 11:15. Feast on culinary masterpieces in a one-hour demonstration designed July 13: Thoroughly Modern Missy Meet Missy, a popular magazine and by local chefs of St. Petersburg’s burgeoning food scene. Each newspaper columnist of the 1930s, as program features tastings, a signature drink, and concludes with she covers the social activities, travels, a musical performance in the Museum’s Marly Room. and gatherings of the “Who’s Who” of her day. August 10: Blossom to Bare Bones WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 Delve into the world of Georgia O’Keeffe JEFFREY HILEMAN, Executive Chef at FarmTable before she paints the rich and colorful Kitchen and LOCALE Market. landscapes of her beloved New Mexico. Special performance by T.C. Carr and Bolts of Blue. 6-8:30 p.m. September 14: 1960s Designs & Signs Rediscover the 1960s with the fictitious aspiring costume designer Sue Anne Nan Colton as Puckett. Georgia O’Keeffe WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 MATTHEW RAINEY, Executive Chef at Rococo Steak. Free with MFA admission, which Special performance by Joe Braccio. is only $5 after 5 p.m. on Thursday. 6-8:30 p.m. Complimentary snacks. This summer series spotlights the Program Sponsor Cost per demonstration: $35 MFA Members; $45 Non-members. themes of Shana Moulton: Journeys To purchase tickets visit www.mfastpete.org/rsvp or call Out of the Body and is co-hosted with 727.896.2667, ext. 210. Space is limited. For more details and The Filmme Guild. Panel discussions, event updates, visit us on Facebook. moderated by Founder and Creative Director Allie Gemmill, will follow each film. Wednesday, July 27 Managing Partner & Pastry DON’T FORGET! Chef at Slate Door Brew, Kelly Debor. Thursday, July 21, 6 p.m. Safe (1995), directed by Todd Haynes. Oscar-winner Julianne Moore gives a breakthrough performance It was the ultimate act of devotion and Genesis' most subversive as Carol White, a Los Angeles performance to date. He changed genders in a triumphant act of housewife in the late 1980s who artistic self-expression. Genesis called this project, “Creating the suffers from a debilitating illness. Pandrogyne,” an attempt to deconstruct two individual identities After doctors cannot provide a through the creation of an indivisible third. clear diagnosis, she begins to believe that she has extreme Marie Losier crafts a labyrinthine mise-en-scène of interviews, environmental allergies. home movies, and performance footage. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye documents a truly new brand of Romantic This profoundly unsettling work functions on multiple levels: as a consciousness, conveying beauty, dignity, and devotion from a prescient commentary on self-help culture, as a metaphor for the perspective never before seen on film. AIDS crisis, as a drama about class and social estrangement, and as a horror film about what you cannot see. Safe was named the Save the Date! best film of the 1990s in a Village Voice poll of more than 50 critics. Hot Gatherings, Cool Conversations: A DMG Visiting Glass Artist Series returns for a new season on Sunday, October 9. Thursday, August 18, 6 p.m. Daisies (1966), directed by Véra Watch for the schedule in the next Mosaic. Chytilová. This absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash Second Thursday of the young women. Believing the world to be “spoiled,” they embark Month, 6:30 p.m. on a series of pranks in which nothing – food, clothes, men, Free with Museum admission, war – is taken seriously. Daisies is an aesthetically and politically which is only $5 after 5 p.m. on adventurous film, widely considered one of the great works of Thursday feminist cinema. Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local Thursday, September 29, 6 p.m. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady organization that supports the Jaye (2011), directed by Marie Losier. literary community, for a book In 2000, British performance artist club connecting the visual and and musician Genesis began a literary arts. Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s series of sex reassignment surgeries collection or special exhibitions. in order to more closely resemble his love Lady Jaye (née Jacqueline July 14: The photography exhibition, Harold Edgerton: What Breyer), who remained his wife and the Eye Can’t See, has turned our minds to science and the sci-fi artistic partner for nearly 15 years. classic, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

10 August 11: Virginia Woolf’s Second and Fourth Saturday of the Orlando continues to be ever Month, 10:30-11:30 a.m. contemporary. Orlando begins Adults and families are welcome. Children the novel as an Elizabethan era must be accompanied by an adult. nobleman and awakes three $5 per person centuries later as a modern woman Presented by Sally and Katherine of the 1920s. As you follow the Robinson of the Drum Connection journey of this fanciful character, compare works in the collection Explore the many cultures represented in with the descriptions of society and gender roles in the novel. the MFA collection by experiencing them September 8: Robert K. Wittman’s Priceless: How I Went to a rhythmic beat. Feel the momentum Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures is a riveting grow while you drum and use other account of his quest to protect some of the world’s greatest art percussion instruments to bring art alive. and artifacts. No experience is necessary. Just come and have fun. Youth & Family First and Third Saturday of the Arts Alive Month, 10 a.m. As the community museum, the MFA will once again Ages three and older open its doors to the public for the citywide Arts Alive $5 per person (includes admission day on Saturday, September 24, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. to the entire Museum). Please Everyone will be admitted free. The MFA Café will serve bring a towel or yoga mat. lunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and the Museum Store, as always, will have a wide range of unique, artistic gifts Kidding Around Yoga uses the for sale. yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories, and more. The class is designed for kids, but entire families are welcome. Practicing yoga with children creates a special bond. Call for Volunteers Special Dates for the Summer The Public Programs Department needs volunteers to Friday, July 8 and 22, help with student tours and community outreach. For August 5 and 19, and more information or to sign up, please contact Curator September 9 and 23, 11 a.m. of Public Programs Anna Glenn, [email protected] ASL-accessible program or 727.896.2667, ext. 233. For parents/guardians and their

children up to six-years-old should be able to address a large group $5 per family • Timekeepers of students and help the “social studies” docents move through all six galleries every 15 minutes. Discover art and learn a new language as a family. Gain an They need to have a flexible schedule and be able to introduction to ASL (American Sign Language) vocabulary stand for at least two-and-a-half hours at a time. This while touring the galleries. Classes are designed and presented position requires a commitment of one day a week, by certified ASL instructor and interpreter Carol Downing. Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Available September-May. MFA: Make and Take Saturday • Supply Managers will work in the afternoon, First and Third Saturday of the Month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. sharpen pencils, and place worksheets on clipboards. Free with Museum admission. No registration is necessary. Between 60 and 130 clipboards are used per tour. For ages five and older, but entire families are encouraged to Volunteers work individually and it typically takes participate. an hour to complete these assignments. Available September-May. Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection • Social Studies Docents connect ancient art in and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. the collection to the sixth-grade social studies curriculum. Tours focus on six pre-assigned objects. July 2 and 16: Get ready for school early by decorating your own Flexibility with scheduling is a must, and the docents pencil-pouch. spend at least two-and-a-half hours in the galleries August 6 and 20: The heroes in our collection will inspire at a time. This position is one day a week, Tuesday- you to make a modern-day superhero cape using a T-shirt and Friday from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Available September- imagination. May. Orientation and interactive instruction will : Find works in the galleries that are September 3 and 17 take place in August and September. If you are made from unexpected materials. Then make your own using interested, please notify Curator of Public anything from small toys to moss. Programs Anna Glenn by Friday, August 5.

11 Docent Training Information Sessions Thursday, September 22, 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 23, 10 a.m.

The docents play a critical role at the MFA. They engage visitors as tour guides and educators in the galleries and the community and introduce many children and even some adults to art and museums for the first time.

The docent-training program begins on Friday, October 14, and lasts 11 months. No prior art history knowledge is expected or required. Attendance is mandatory, but there will be opportunities to make up missed classwork. Some of the most talented art students in the Pinellas County The course is only open to those who wish to become Schools and their teachers were honored at the Visual Metaphor MFA docents. Classes will be held on Friday mornings, reception on Wednesday, April 6. They included (left to right): but accommodation can be made for those with prior Nicole Giovagnoli, Kayla Halsor, Roxanne McGlashan, Shaney Patrick, Blaine Barden, Elessia Hernandez, Marty Loftus, commitments that day. All potential docents must be Indigo Naar, Ryan Van Middlesworth, and Ted Locascio. Museum members.

Please RSVP by Friday, September 16, for one of the sessions by calling receptionists Eileen Bartelt or Steve Hack at 727.896.2667, ext. 210.

Presented by the MFA and Local Buds Artisan Collective Sunday, April 24 Sponsored by Kane’s Furniture, Green Bench Brewing Co., Local Buds Artisan Collective, and Keep St. Petersburg Local City of St. Petersburg co-sponsored event Photos by Rich Montalbano/RiMO PHOTO

Nearly 2,000 people – a record – unleashed their creative spirit on the north lawn. Curator of Public Programs Anna Glenn coordinated this major event. Home Shopping Network, MFA docents and staff, and members of the Education Committee volunteered their time and talent.

12 Annual Fund Thank You Why Give? The MFA is grateful to the following donors who contributed to the Annual Fund between February 20 and May 20: The MFA Annual Fund is essential to museum operations and provides support where it is needed the most. Forty-two percent of the annual budget AmazonSmile Foundation Anne and Dr. Franklin comes from contributions. Each gift is important. Margaret and Dr. Edward Massari Your support Amley Janet McBride allows us to fill the Anonymous (nine) Ginny and Terry McCarthy galleries with school Dr. Angela and Robert Baisley Mary Alice McClendon children, families, Deborah and George Baxter Joan and Harry McCreary Jr. and individuals Elisabeth Blair Nathalie W. McCulloch who are discovering Leslie and William Blount Dr. Peter L. McNamara 5,000 years of world Catherine Bostian Nancy Mentch culture under one Mary Alice Braukman Marian Moore roof. Many are Thomas Brenner Glenn and Dav Mosby visiting a museum LaRee K. Brock Anne and Dr. Robert Nelson for the first time Roy Lewis Bubb Barbara and Michael or exploring their Community Foundation of Noonberg creativity in projects Tampa Bay Robin O’Dell like Painting in the Hillary Carlson Cone Meta Osborn Trust Park. Janet and Jon Cook Susan and Dr. Gary Osher Daryl DeBerry Bonnie Otis As British art Paul A. Devereaux Yvonne and Dr. Peter Pav historian Neil Marina and Ric Dillon Isabelle Peterson MacGregor said, “A collection that embraces the Paula and John Disa Paula Pickett whole world allows you to consider the whole Carol and Justus Doenecke Margaret and Eugene world.” Your investment ensures that the Museum Chitranee and Dr. Robert L. Ponessa will continue to provide innovative educational Drapkin Louise and Andy Reeves initiatives and exhibitions, art conservation, gallery security, scholarly lectures, library resources, Sandra Edmonson Patricia and John Reppert garden upkeep, docent training, accessible Niela and Dr. Richard Eliason Margaret Ridge collections, and more. Tina Fisher Susan Robertson The Hon. Marion L. Fleming Heidemarie E. Robinson Why give? To embrace the world. and The Rev. Peter W. Sylvia Rosenfield Fleming Jr. Carol and J. C. Russell To have the greatest impact with your donation or if Marie Frances Shirley Salomon you have questions, please call Director of Development Sue Froid Anja Sarvarinne Daryl DeBerry at 727.896.2667, ext. 250. Louise and Dr. John Margaret Scott Garrigues Jr. Joyce and Dr. Harold Seder Michele Kidwell-Gilbert and Jeffery Shibley Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert Sydni Ann Shollenberger Emily and Jim Gillespie Vickie Hamilton-Smith and Laurel Greene Dr. Jerry N. Smith Dr. Ilda L. Hall Ellen Stavros Helene and John Hardick Colleen Travers Give Day Tampa Bay is a 24-hour online Margaret Harris Sandra Travnicek event designed by the Community Susan and Dr. Mack Hicks Lothar Uhl Foundation of Tampa Bay to increase Roberta and Paul Holland Krista Whipple philanthropy and raise awareness of the Elly and John Hopkins Eleanor and Jay Whiteside many ways local nonprofits benefit the Claudia and Dr. Lyman Kathy and Kent Whittemore community. Hussey Mari Wright The MFA was one of more than 500 IBM International Foundation Elizabeth Zimmer nonprofits to participate on Tuesday, May 3. Dr. Calvin Johnson At the conclusion of the event, donors Douglas A. Land designated $4,625 to the MFA. To learn more, Judith Kay Leonard visit www.GiveDayTampaBay.org. Thank you, Beth Lind Tampa Bay! Monica and Clark Mason

13 musicians have been heard widely on both Popular Performer: Broadway, featuring television and radio and have released a piano arrangements of beloved show Music in number of critically acclaimed CDs. Their tunes, in 2008. the most recent, postcards in e, spotlights Marly works by Shostakovich and Dvořák. He holds his BFA from The Juilliard Escape the heat with cool summer School, where he studied with Abbey concerts. Tickets are first-come, first- Several contemporary composers have Simon, and his MFA and doctorate from served, cost $20 for adults and $10 for written works for the Trio. In 1998, they the Manhattan School of Music, where students 22 and younger with current ID, returned to Carnegie Hall for a sold-out his teachers were Byron Janis and Marc and can be purchased online by going performance of a new piece by Terry Silverman. Dr. Johnson teaches piano to www.mfastpete.org/rsvp/. Admission Winter-Owens and played the complete privately and at the United Nations to the entire Museum is included in the piano trios of C. Curtis-Smith in a gala International School in New York. ticket price. Come early and have brunch concert at the 2010 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. August 21 in the MFA Café. Rachel Kudo, piano Marly Music Society members pay In residence at Western Michigan Brandon Ridenour, trumpet only $15 per concert. Please consider University, the Merling Trio takes its joining the group to support the series. name from the Danish violin maker Paul You must be a Museum member to Merling. Ms. Knific’s violin, crafted by join. A reception will honor Marly Vincenzo Postiglione in Naples, Italy, Music Society members following dates from 1898, and Mr. Uchimura’s cello Dr. Christopher Johnson’s performance was made by Enrico Marchetti in Turin, on July 31. Italy, in 1899.

The Music Committee, chaired by Bassist Tom Knific will join the Trio for a performance of Schubert’s Piano Quintet Dr. Richard Eliason, plans the series. Rachel Kudo has been hailed for her in A Major (the “Trout Quintet”). He Vicki Sofranko is the staff coordinator. “stunning virtuosity” and “miracle has performed as principal bassist with Concerts are sponsored in part by the of flawless technique and expressive orchestras and chamber ensembles in the Friends of Joe Sprain in his memory; the versatility.” She made her orchestral United States and Europe and is Director Estate of Mrs. Elvira Wolfe de Weil; the debut with the Chicago and Fort of Jazz Studies at Western Michigan Tampa Bay Times; WUSF; and the State Worth Symphonies at 16 and has since University. of Florida, Department of State, Division concertized around the globe. Highlights of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida July 31 include recitals at the Salle Cortot in Paris, Council on Arts and Culture. For more Christopher Johnson, piano Chopin’s birth house in Želazowa Wola in information, please call 727.896.2667 or Poland and the Royal Castle in Warsaw, visit the website. The concerts continue at Dr. Christopher the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Tel 2 p.m. on these Sundays: Johnson returns Aviv Museum of Art in Israel. July 17 “home” for this special Marly Music Ms. Kudo was the only American finalist Merling Trio and Friends concert. Though in the 15th International Frédéric Chopin The Merling born in New Jersey, Piano Competition in Warsaw. She also Trio – violinist he completed early won prizes in the U.S. National and Renata studies in Pinellas Dublin International Chopin Piano Artman County with Angela Competitions and received the 2007 Knific, Baptiste, who coached Chopin Prize from The Juilliard School, cellist Bruce him on his first competitions. He has as well as the 2009 Arthur Rubinstein Uchimura, more than fulfilled his early promise. He Prize. and pianist was the first pianist to win the Yamaha Susan Young Performing Artist Award, one of In addition, Ms. Kudo was the Wiersma many prizes. consecutive winner of two Gina Bachauer Uchimura International Piano Competitions, was – is one of He had his critically acclaimed recital named a Gilmore Young Artist, and was our premier debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall invited twice to participate in Carnegie chamber in 1997, followed by eight concerts with Hall’s Professional Training Workshops, music the One World Symphony. Since then, culminating in performances at that ensembles. The Cleveland Plain Dealer he has soloed with a host of ensembles, prestigious venue. She has since studied wrote that “the players shaped a grand including the Rochester Philharmonic at Juilliard with Joseph Kalichstein, at the interpretation, fluent in rhythm and and the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Mannes College of Music with Richard rich in romantic feeling,” and London’s Jersey. Standing ovations have become Goode, and at Stony Brook University Musical Opinion declared that the artists standard in his career. with Gilbert Kalish. “made a powerful impression, with unabashed romanticism and finesse.” Dr. Johnson played the Horowitz/Sousa A virtuoso trumpeter, pianist, and Stars and Stripes Forever at the 2001 composer/arranger, Brandon Ridenour The Trio tours extensively, both in the Presidential All-Star Gala at the Lincoln joined the Canadian Brass at 16 and for United States and abroad, and made Memorial for President George W. Bush, seven years played around the world and a New York debut in Carnegie’s Weill which was broadcast internationally. recorded 10 albums with this important Recital Hall in 1993. These gifted Alfred Music Publishing released his book ensemble. He has been a soloist with

14 the National the San Francisco Symphony. Symphony, the He holds his Bachelor of Music Los Angeles from Northwestern University, Philharmonic, where he studied with the great and the brass players of the Chicago Indianapolis Symphony, and has been a fellow and Edmonton at Tanglewood. Symphonies and has played Kenneth Brown, Assistant Sunrise Sale with the New Principal Trumpet, became a York Philharmonic and the Royal member of The Florida Orchestra St. Petersburg’s Biggest Pajama Party Scottish National Orchestra, in 1996. He has also performed among many others. He recently with the Grand Rapids, the South Produced by the appeared with Sting and James Bend, the West Coast, and the Taylor in a performance of Penny American Wind symphonies. He Lane at Carnegie Hall. freelances throughout the Tampa Bay area and holds his Bachelor of Mr. Ridenour is the winner of the Music from the University of South 2006 International Trumpet Guild Florida. solo competition and a recipient of the Morton Gould ASCAP Young Andrew Karr, Assistant Principal Thursday, July 21, 6:43 a.m. onward Composer Award. He has recorded Horn, has played with The Florida three solo CDs. His latest, Fantasies Orchestra since 2008. He has Specials up to 75% off and Fairy Tales, features his also been Principal Horn of the own arrangements for trumpet Shanghai Philharmonic and the Check out the Store selection and piano. He has increasingly Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony. in front of the Museum. presented recitals with wife Rachel He has served as acting principal Visit the main DBA tent on the north Kudo. He holds his degree from horn of the Sarasota Orchestra lawn Juilliard. and a member of the New World with information, maps – and cake! August 28 Symphony in Miami. He has performed as a soloist or principal *** The Florida Orchestra horn in more than 20 countries Brass Quintet on four continents and has even Deck the Halls Early worked with music students in Iraq and Afghanistan. He holds 20% off all new holiday cards his music degree from the Curtis in September. Institute of Music. Avoid the rush. Dwight Decker, Principal Trombone, is a founding member Find artistic gifts in the Store of The Florida Orchestra Brass for family and friends. Quintet and has played with the Orchestra since 1973. He has also been principal trombone with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and at the Shenandoah Music Festival. He received his Bachelor of Music This quintet has won over from Wheaton College in Illinois, audiences for more than 35 where he, too, studied with years. These talented musicians brass players from the Chicago – trumpets Robert Smith and Symphony. Kenneth Brown, horn Andrew Karr, trombone Dwight Decker, William Michelsen, Principal and tuba William Mickelsen – are Tuba, has been with The Florida veteran members of The Florida Orchestra since 1979 and was one Orchestra and have enriched our of the early members of the Brass cultural life in countless ways. Quintet. He earned his Bachelor of Music from the University of Robert Smith joined The Florida North Colorado and his Master of Orchestra in 1984 and has been Music from Yale University. He has Principal Trumpet since 1994. performed with many ensembles He has been a featured soloist during his career and has taught numerous times and has been throughout the area. guest principal with the Dallas, Houston, New Zealand, and Make this season unforgettable. Singapore Symphonies and guest associate principal with

15 The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society 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. Dr. Dimity Carlson is the President and Maggi McQueen is the President-Elect. A Stellar Year and a New Beginning

The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society had another The 2016-2017 officers of The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society are banner year. At the final (left to right): Treasurer Jean Catanese, Corresponding Secretary meeting of the season on Jane Beam, Recording Secretary Ruth Kent, Vice President Thursday, May 19, in the Loretta Stitt, President-Elect Maggi McQueen, and President Dr. Dimity Carlson. Not pictured is Parliamentarian Parsla Mason Marly Room, Carol Russell presented a $188,000 check Sarasota. Tamara Allen will be the sponsorship liaison for the to the Museum. Mrs. Russell year. thanked the officers, event and committee chairs, provisionals, Gail Razook and Carol Treichel are the overall chairs of Art and many members for in Bloom 2017, and Jan Stoffels will bring her artistic eye to working tirelessly to make this Photos by Bridget Bryson the installation of the floral designs. Anje Bogott and Linda moment possible. Members At the final meeting of the season, Jantschek are chairing “Flowers After Hours” and Carolyn President Carol Russell presented The and provisionals set a record by Stuart Society’s donation to Dr. Jerry N. Kopco and Carolyn Reynolds the luncheon. Glenn Mosby is the donating nearly 12,000 hours Smith, Hazel and William Hough Chief reservations chair for both events. to the MFA in 2015-2016. Curator and Interim Executive Director. The dynamic schedule features: SMartLY DRESSED (November 3) and Wine Weekend St. Pete (February 10-12 and 18, 2017), as Even at this meeting, The Stuart well as a wide variety of Affaires d’Art throughout the season. Society looked to the future. Art in Bloom is set for March 30-April 3, 2017. “Flowers After Mrs. Russell passed the gavel Hours” will be held at the MFA on Thursday, March 30, and the rd to Dr. Dimity Carlson, the 53 Luncheon at the Vinoy is set for Friday, March 31. president. Provisionals became members and event chairs requested support. Tickets were already being sold for the SMartLY DRESSED Fashion Show on Thursday, November 3, Dr. Dimity Carlson (left), the at the Vinoy. This incredible Flowers After Hours new Stuart Society President, organization of volunteers never Thursday, April 7, MFA received the gavel from former President Carol Russell. takes a summer vacation. and Art in Bloom Luncheon In addition to Dr. Carlson, the new officers are: President-Elect Friday, April 8 Maggi McQueen, Vice President Loretta Stitt, Recording Secretary Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Ruth Kent, Corresponding Secretary Jane Beam, Treasurer Jean Resort & Golf Club Catanese, and Parliamentarian Parsla Mason. The standing Presenting Sponsor: Dillard’s committee chairs follow: Carol Piper (Ways and Means), Dr. Juli Presenting Sponsor Angela Rouson (left) with floral installation Shamas (Digital), Joann Barger (Nominating), Lisa Johni Sponsors: chair Karen Banfield. (Program), Becky Ramsey (2016-2017 Provisionals), Andi Barlow Brown & Brown Insurance (2017-2018 Provisionals), Fay Mackey (Publicity), Dr. Susan Taylor Publix Super Markets Charities (Editor of The Scene), and Lorraine Danna (Membership). Media Sponsor: Tampa Bay Times The service committee chairs follow: Jacqueline Ley Brown Photos by Rich Montalbano/RiMO (Meeting Day Greeters), Donna Blazevic (Name Badges), Joyce PHOTO, Caryn Rightmyer, and Haskell Millman (Meeting Day Coffee), Andi Barlow (Holiday Diana Whittle Decorations), and Toni Riche (Historian/Scrapbook). The ad hoc committee chairs are: Mercedes Lavalla (Event Décor), Candy (Left to right) Deann Coop, Diana committee chairs are: Mercedes Lavalla (Event Décor), Candy Whittle, and Sue Knipe. Mrs. Coop and Scherer Sharp (Organizational Automation Team), and Eric Lang Mrs. Knipe chaired Flowers After Hours Peterson (Proofreading). and Mrs. Whittle handled marketing.

The event and project chairs are: Nata Cibran and Dr. Virginia Ward (SMartLY DRESSED) with reservations chair Pam Hatton, Beth and John England (Wine Weekend St. Pete/”Wine and Chocol’art”), Liz Heinkel with reservations chair Chris Hilton (Affaires d’Art), and Libby Salamone (the Brick Project). (Left to right) Art in Bloom Provisionals Montserrat Cerf and Rita Peters will chair the Luncheon Chairs Rhonda Provisionals Montserrat Cerf and Rita Peters will chair the Sanderford, Marian Yon SMartLY DRESSED Dress Rehearsal at Saks Fifth Avenue in Maguire, and Linda Dow.

16 (Left to right) Maria and Alexandre Renoir, Stuart Society President Carol Russell, Dr. Jerry N. Smith Art in Bloom 2016 (Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator and Interim Executive Director), and Kimberly Schlegel Floral Designers Whitman. Mr. Renoir, the great- The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society and the MFA grandson of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, express deep appreciation to the following floral was the special guest at Flowers designers for donating their time and talent: After Hours, and Mrs. Whitman was the Luncheon speaker. Beautiful Flowers, Janet Folsom; Braun’s Fine Flowers, Tiffany Braun; Dana Dineen Floral Design, Dana Dineen; Delma’s, The Flower Booth, Stephanie Anderson and Richard Rigg; Fox Run Florist, Linda Dennison and Kyle Piccard; Gulfport Florist, Anette Bartha; Redman Steele Floral Design Studio, Bryan Redman; The Flower Centre of St. Petersburg, Bruce Wilson and Joshua McWilliams; Seated Diane Jones and Wonderland Floral Art and Gift Loft, Cassie Osterloth. (left) and Jeanne Keiyo Houlton; Greg Alderson, Jill Anderson, Jan Ankerberg, Kathy standing Curatorial Blazowski, Betty Call, Patricia Carey, Gail Carlson, Administrator Robin O’Dell (left), Dr. Richard Bansho Carrasco, Ipek Ceyhan, Marion who assisted Crane, Charles Edward, Parke Finold, Laurel Fooks, Bet with the floral Groshong, Janice Hamlin, Priscilla Hobby, Jeanne Keiyo installation, and Houlton, Tim Huff, Aimee Jackson, Barb Jacobson, and Jan Stoffels, overall KC Jeronimo. chair of Art in Bloom 2016. Joanne Keohane, Barbara Kirkconnell, Carol Lucia, Mary Maloof, Karen McKenna, Betty Jean Miller, Pia Nilsson, (Left to right) Cheryl Monique Noujaim, Signe Oberhofer, Ruth Wedgwood Howard, Whitney Philipon, Bea Rahter, Joyce Scalzo, Janet Stoffels, Cindy Wells Shouppe, and Lynn Denson. Stovall, Patricia Strawn, Susan Thorpe, Elizabeth Walters-Alison, Gretchen Ward Warren, Carolyn Wise, Jeri Woods, and Dale Wybrow.

(Left to right) Mary Wyatt Allen, Tim Coop of Hancock Bank, and past Stuart Society president Betty Jean Miller.

Bruce Wilson and Joshua McWilliams of The Flower Centre of St. Petersburg created this Sharon Gardner (left) with Stuart inventive design in response to (Left to right) Trustee Troy Holland, past Society Treasurer and now Theo Wujcik’s Canto II (1997). Stuart Society president Judy Stanton, President-Elect Maggi McQueen. and her daughter Judy Stanton Holland.

(Left to right) Martha Mann (Left to right) Kally Harvard, Mary Jane Buttner, Deann Coop, and Cartier, Lynn Cox, and Mary Evertz. trustee and past Stuart Society president Glenn Mosby. Guest artist Babs Reingold (left) with two of her Hair Doodles and floral designer Gretchen Ward Warren greeted visitors during “Conversations with the Designers” on Sunday, April 10. 17 Thank You The MFA is grateful to the following donors who provided funds for the acquisition of Christian Marclay’s Telephones (1995):

William and Ann Edwards The Gobioff Foundation Jeff Lovelady and Jennifer Petrini Lovelady Matt and Laura Bryant Rep and Simone DeLoach Hassan Shamseddine and Joshua Beardslee SakS FiFth avenue Euro Cycles of St. Petersburg Audrie Rañon salutes Jacqueline Williams and Todd Wilson The MargareT acheson Pamela and Brigitta Segberg Keating Robin O’Dell sTuarT socieTy. Steven Kenny Vik and Patty Sriram NOVEMBER 3, 2016 Anonymous Palm Court Ballroom The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club St. Petersburg, Florida

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Christian Marclay (American, born 1955) You are invited to make your reservations & other Smartly Dressed Still from Telephones (1995) purchases online - stuartsociety.donorshops.com/smartly-dressed.php Video ©Christian Marclay sarasota, 120 University town Center Dr. 941.364.5300 Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

Mr. Marclay represented the United States in the 54th 152983_THE_MUSEUM_OF_FINE_ARTS_5.5X8.5_JL.indd 1 10/1/15 2:30 PM Venice Biennale and won the Golden Lion for his 24-hour montage, The Clock (2011). Newsweek has named him one of the 10 most important artists working today. Telephones is the first work by Christian Marclay to enter the MFA The Plaza of Honor collection. at the Bayshore entrance to the Hazel Hough Wing

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Forms are available at the Welcome Desk. For more information, please contact chair Libby Salamone, The Contemporaries celebrated the art of Christian Marclay on [email protected]. Friday, April 1. Enjoying the event were (left to right): Joseph M. Murphy; Dr. Jerry N. Smith, Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator and Interim Executive Director; Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill; Simone Bennett DeLoach, President of The Contemporaries; guest speaker Jade Dellinger, Director of the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery; D. “Rep” DeLoach III; and Paul R. Cavonis. Mr. Murphy, Mr. DeLoach, and Mr. Cavonis are attorneys with DeLoach + Hofstra, P.A., the event sponsor, and Mrs. DeLoach is the law firm’s Director of Marketing.

18 New Trustees The Holland Family has deep ties to the MFA. Museum Founder Memorials & Tributes Margaret Acheson Stuart turned to the law firm of Holland & In memory of Nathaniel The Rabe Family Holland to advise her on establishing the MFA, to negotiate with Upham Allen Jr. Rudolf Swoboda the City of St. Petersburg for the waterfront land, and to encourage Eric Lang Peterson Sally Van Allen civic support. In memory of Tom DeVoe In memory of Barbara Olsen H. W. (Jack) Holland played a critical role and was one of the first Fay Mackey Dr. John E. Schloder trustees. Mr. and Mrs. Holland also donated the pair of eighteenth- In memory of Curtis P. Glenn In memory of Dr. Chester century pier glass mirrors, which have hung in The Junior League David Connelly Robinson Great Hall from the beginning. These monumental, ornate mirrors Heidemarie Robinson are believed to have been designed for Blenheim Palace, the In memory of Charles birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, and are signature artworks of Henderson In memory of Sheldon the MFA collection. Dr. John E. Schloder Rothman In memory of John Jason Krivy Helen Hameroff Their son W. Langston Holland, also an Fay Mackey In honor of Neil Savage attorney, continued the family tradition Dr. John E. Schloder and Iris and Stan Salzer by serving on the Board from 1974-1987. Terence Leet In honor of Betty and Ed Now attorney Troy W. Holland, the son of Langston and Carol Holland, has returned to In memory of Dorothy Shamas Gustafson Lang David Connelly the Board, having previously been a trustee Margaret and Bill Benjamin from 1998-2004 and 2006-2011. In memory of Peter Sherman In honor of Kent Lydecker David Connelly In addition, Troy’s wife Judy is a member of Helene and John Hardick Pamela and Victor Japour The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society and Dr. John E. Schloder Eric Lang Peterson has co-chaired “Flowers After Hours” for Art in Bloom. Her mother In memory of Joane H. Miller Dr. John E. Schloder Judy Stanton is a past president of The Stuart Society and during Anje and Tim Bogott In honor of Mary L. Shuh her year, was a member of the Board. Susan and Marvin Carlson David Connelly Barbara and Frederic McCoy Mr. Holland is currently a partner with the St. Petersburg law firm of In honor of Donald J. Sweet Tinker McKee Janice McKay Goodis Thompson & Miller. He was previously a partner with Harris Donna Holland Nagelsen Barrett Mann and Dew, P.A., and began his career as an Assistant and Jim Malone State Attorney in the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County.

Mr. Holland’s volunteer service extends to the entire community. He was a board member of All Children’s Hospital Foundation Columbia University in New York and UNLV. He is a supporter of for many years and is now on the board of Johns Hopkins All the minority scholarship program at the University of California, Children’s Hospital. He has also served on the board of the Berkeley. Canterbury School of Florida, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, the Suncoasters, and Great Explorations: The Hands-On Museum, James W. Reichert brings extensive holding the position of treasurer. He earned his BA in economics business and financial experience to the from Duke University and his JD from the University of Florida. Board, beginning his career with Xerox Corporation. As Managing Director and Vice President of The Edwards Group, Joseph C. For more than 25 years, Mr. Reichert Jimenez is involved in several of the area’s was with Mortgage Guaranty Insurance important projects. Among them are the Corporation. Based in Milwaukee, MGIC transformation of The Club at Treasure is the nation’s largest and oldest private Island, the transfer of management of The mortgage insurance company. He was Mahaffey Theater to Big 3 Entertainment, Executive Vice President, Operations. and the reinvention of BayWalk downtown During that time, he was a Midwest regional board member of as Sundial. All are under the Bill Edwards Fannie Mae and held a number of state and national offices in the Group umbrella. Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mr. Jimenez moved to St. Petersburg in 2010 to join The Edwards In 1997, Mr. Reichert became Chief Operating Officer of First Group. He is a third-generation hotelier and a senior executive American Real Estate Information Services, Inc., a division of First of more than 30 years for several of the world’s most prestigious American Financial Corporation headquartered in St. Petersburg. resorts. They include: Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and Atlantic This company provides credit reporting, appraisals, flood City, the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Connecticut, and the Atlantic compliance, mortgage servicing software, and more. City Hilton. Now retired, Mr. Reichert serves on the MFA’s Development Community service has been part of his career. He has been a Committee and the board of Racing for Kids. He is also on the member of the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Alzheimer’s board of the Manitowish Waters Lakes Association, Vice President Foundation in Las Vegas and has contributed his time and talent of the North Lakeland Discovery Center, and immediate past to the Hispanic Alliance of Atlantic County, The Trocki Hebrew president of the Manitowish Waters Alliance, all in northern Academy of South Jersey, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the South Wisconsin. He is one of the owners of The Arlington Bank in Jersey Federal Credit Union. He has served on the board of the Columbus, Ohio. Pinellas Arts Alliance. Mr. Reichert studied at Ohio University and the University of Mr. Jimenez attended Wilbur Wright College in Chicago and Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where he received his BA in political science. received certifications in finance and gaming/hospitality from

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