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FRIENDS of The Trout Gallery dickinson college carlisle, pennsylvania 2007–2008 Letter from the Director Bulletin he 2007–2008 sea- son represents yet another important The Friends of T year for The Trout Gallery THE TROUT GALLERY Vol. 4, 2007–2008 in virtually all aspects of its operations including the The Bulletin is published annually by Outreach Program, exhibi- the Friends of The Trout Gallery tions, collections develop- Editor, Stephanie Keifer ment, and facilities. After delivering count- THE TROUT GALLERY Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 less educational programs 717–245–1344 fax 717–254–8929 without a dedicated class- Visitor at opening of A Kiowa’s Odyssey www.dickinson.edu/trout room, the museum’s [email protected] Outreach Program began DIRECTOR its 24th season offering Phillip Earenfight classes in the newly opened Mumper-Stuart Education Center. Through the creation of this ideal teaching space, the outreach staff expands the nature and scope of its programs to REGISTRAR EXHIBITIONS PREPARATOR members of the Dickinson College and central Pennsylvania community. The Trout James Bowman Gallery is most thankful for the generous donation that made this new programming space possible. OUTREACH PROGRAM CURATOR OF EDUCATION To inaugurate the new educational classroom, The Trout Gallery opened its exhibition Wendy Pires series with A Kiowa’s Odyssey: A Sketchbook from Fort Marion. Similar to Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe before it, this exhibition, curated and OUTREACH PROGRAM PUBLICITY COORDINATOR organized by The Trout Gallery, brings to light innovative scholarship through an impor- Dottie Reed tant exhibition catalogue, a national tour, and an interactive educational Web site. The project also brings together local institutions as part of a multi-site exhibition and pro- SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Stephanie Keifer gramming cycle among Carlisle’s three museums. The Trout Gallery continues to build its collections, particularly through the acquisi- GALLERY ATTENDANTS tion of more than 200 vintage World War II posters, through the generous gift of Robert Rosalie Lehman Catherine Sacco and Francisca Kan. The museum’s ethnographic holdings were also enhanced with the Satsuki Swisher addition of a remarkable series of carved wooden house posts from an ancestral lodge in New Guinea, the gift of long-time Friend of The Trout Gallery and supporters, Karina and BULLETIN DESIGN David Rilling ’62. Kimberley Nichols Pat Pohlman As The Trout Gallery continues to mount major exhibitions and acquire key works for its collections, it also continues to improve its exhibition facilities by replacing all of the PHOTOGRAPHER museum’s lighting in the lower gallery. This completes the third in a series of four such A. Pierce Bounds ’71 Andrew Bale upgrades which will enhance the viewer’s experience while providing the most conserva- tion-sensitive lighting possible. PRINTING Such advances position The Trout Gallery as a leader among its peer institutions and Triangle Printing York, Pennsylvania prepares the way for another wave of major strides as it approaches its 25th Anniversary in 2008–2009. The Trout Gallery promises another year of exciting and important exhibitions and © The Trout Gallery, 2008 related events. If you have not already joined the Friends of The Trout Gallery, I invite you Cover: Etahdleuh Doanmoe, The Arrival in to become a member and share more fully in the museum’s continued and ever increasing Jacksonville, Florida (detail), 1877, colored success. pencil on paper, from A Kiowa’s Odyssey, Richard Henry Pratt Papers, Yale Sincerely, Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Phillip Earenfight THE Exhibitions 2007–2008 A Kiowa’s Odyssey: A Sketchbook EXHIBITION from Fort Marion ITINERARY The exhibition will travel to sites associated September 7–January 23 with the lives of Etahdleuh Doanmoe and Richard Henry Pratt. After opening in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, home to the Carlisle n September 7, The Trout Gallery opened its doors to the much antici- Indian School, which was founded by Pratt pated A Kiowa’s Odyssey: A Sketchbook from Fort Marion. This major and where Etahdleuh spent considerable touring exhibition reunites parts of a sketchbook that were made in time, the exhibition travels to Jacksonville, O Florida, which is near Fort Marion and was 1877 by Etahdleuh Doanmoe, a Kiowa who was among the 72 Indians captured one of the principal transfer points along during the Red River Wars and incarcerated for three years at Fort Marion in the the journey to the coast. The third venue coastal town of St. Augustine, Florida. The sketchbook contains drawings that will be in Canyon, Texas, where Etahdleuh and his fellow Kiowa camped during the chronicle the Indians’ surrender at Fort Sill (Indian Territory), their traumatic winter of 1875 prior to their arrest and journey by train to Fort Marion, and their time at the fort, where, under the direc- transfer to Fort Sill, nearby. The exhibition tion of Lt. Richard Henry Pratt, Etahdleuh and his fellow captives were “educated” closes at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, home of the Richard Henry and “civilized” according to Western models. Pratt’s efforts at Fort Marion became Pratt Papers. the basis for his work at the Carlisle Indian School, which he founded in 1879. This exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Beinecke Rare Book and The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens Manuscript Library, Yale University. Jacksonville, Florida January 22–March 16, 2008 Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas March 29–May 25, 2008 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University New Haven, Connecticut 2008/2009 Visitors at the exhibition Pullman’s Photograph and Portrait Gallery, Etahdleuh Doanmoe, 1888, Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Album cover to A Kiowa’s Odyssey, The Trout Gallery, 190.7.11.1 TROUT GALLERY 3 Exhibitions 2007–2008 A Kiowa’s Odyssey Catalogue and Educational DVD / Web Site he exhibition catalogue features a complete reconstruction of Etahdleuh’s original sketchbook as well as essays and catalogue Tentries which interpret the drawings within their historical con- text. The essays are written by Janet Catherine Berlo, Brad Lookingbill, George Miles, and Phillip Earenfight, who is also the volume’s editor. Copies may be obtained through The Trout Gallery, the Dickinson College Bookstore, or the University of Washington Press. $45 (includes shipping and handling) ISBN 9–780295–987279 This multi-media program features a fully interactive reconstruction of Etahdleuh’s original sketchbook which allows the viewer to page through the drawings and trace the artist’s arrest at Fort Sill, his travel across the country to Fort Marion, and his time there. The program also includes essays that describe the events, places, and people associated with this event in U.S.-Indian relations. This richly illustrated program is designed for educational use at the high school and college level. The program is available free online or in disk form at www.kiowasodyssey.com. EXHIBITION SYMPOSIUM ROSS FRANK Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies On October 20, The Trout Gallery hosted a panel of leading scholars University of San Diego to present new scholarship regarding the history and imagery of the The Plains Indian Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project Plains Indians at Fort Marion and the Carlisle Indian School. The papers from this symposium will be edited and published by The Trout CANDACE GREENE Gallery. Ethnologist, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution JANET CATHERINE BERLO Being Indian at Fort Marion: Three Drawings Interpreted by Florene White Professor of Art History and Visual and Cultural Studies Horse Taylor, Jim Anquoe, Candace Greene University of Rochester From St. Augustine to Yokohama: Visual Chronicles of the BRAD D. LOOKINGBILL Euro-American as Other Associate Professor of History, Columbia College The Plains Indian War Prisoners in America’s Gilded Age PHILLIP EARENFIGHT Director, The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College JOYCE SZABO Photography and Ledger Drawing at Fort Marion Professor of Art History, University of New Mexico Etahdleuh and Zotom: “‘Telling Stories the Kiowa Way’” JACQUELINE FEAR-SEGAL Senior Lecturer, American History, University of East Anglia LINDA WITMER Moderator Director, Cumberland County Historical Society Changing Images: The Art and Artists of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School 4 Exhibitions 2007–2008 Todd Arsenault: The Massed Effect November 2–January 26 odd Arsenault’s recent work explores the reorganization of information through the merger of digital technology and Ttraditional painting with the ultimate goal of making obser- vational images from digital sketches. Arsenault uses the computer as a starting point for a creative process that alternates between pixel and brush. He makes digital sketches from imagery gleaned from photographs, books, magazines, video, and the Internet which he reorganizes into painted compositions that are recognizable, though fractured and transitional. It Took Twelve Hours, 2006, oil on canvas America en plein air: Impressions by Henry Ryan MacGinnis January 25–April 12 enry Ryan MacGinnis (1875–1962) was born and raised in Indiana and began his career painting sun-filled land- Hscapes en plein air with Hoosier Group artists T. C. Steele and John Ottis Adams. In his late twenties, MacGinnis traveled abroad for several years, studying