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Annual Report 2017 Board of Trustees Mission 2017 Staff List ANNUAL REPORT 2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MISSION 2017 STAFF LIST Officers The mission of the Newport Art Museum is to Norah Diedrich Carl Helmetag Sandra Craig champion a provocative diversity of creative Executive Director Board Chair Treasurer voices and experiences within an historic Francine Weiss Senior Curator Elizabeth Ann Kahane Rebecca Rex Newport setting, thus sparking reflection, First Vice President Secretary inspiration, discovery, and connection to our Leslie Grosvenor self, our community, and our world. Director of Institutional Advancement John Grosvenor Cristin Searles Bilodeau Vice President Director of Visitor Services and Community Engagement Trustees VISION Joan Abrams Frederick Mattis Merrill Allen Anne Baker Ronald Onorato The Newport Art Museum will be a widely Director of Marketing Gregory Derderian Molly de Ramel recognized destination for artists, scholars, Peter Dickison Robert Dilworth Curt Richardson students, innovators, arts enthusiasts, and MuSE Coordinator & Preparator Steven Richter Laura Gorham cultural travellers from around the world. Mary Jennings Victoria Rios Leslie Chazan Lani Liuzza Marie Samuels As Newport’s arts campus, the Art Museum Staff Accountant Kristin MacMannis Kate Voute Wright will be the nexus of artistic, intellectual, social, and culturally diverse life in the region. Molly Sabin Curatorial Associate Trustees for Life Anne S. Damon Callie Clarke Ellicott Wright Education Associate Hillary Fortin Honorary Past Board Registrar President for Life Richard Grosvenor Joanne Rodino Jimmy Gubelmann Development Associate ABOVE Patrick Grimes Past President Emeritus Peter Hussey, Shingles in Style, Preparator 2016, Watercolor Roderick O’Hanley Museum Experience Staff: COVER Samantha Alarie David Barnes, September 18, Jack Clarke 2011, Oil on aluminum, Purchased Debra Marble through the Newport Art Museum Lee Moloney Acquisition Fund, 2013.007.001 Kay Smyth FROM THE PRESIDENT OF I am happy to report that the Museum is in the best shape, in every Over the past few years, we have re-imagined and re-invigorated our arts THE YEAR IN REVIEW THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES respect, it has ever been in recent memory. programming. The result: a museum that is more open to new ideas and Norah Diedrich ways of working. Our visitors, who have become increasingly diverse, Sandra Craig The Museum has flourished in large part thanks to the capable leadership Executive Director appreciate an opportunity to be inspired by a broader range of artistic of our Executive Director, Norah Diedrich. Under Norah’s guidance, and voices, have their assumptions challenged and perhaps discover something with the unfailing support of her wonderful team, the Museum continues unexpected about themselves and others. Fortunately, we have a permanent to provide innovative programing responsive to the community’s needs collection of significant works of art, which provides a valuable historical and aligned with the Museum’s Mission. Implementation of the first stages context to the exhibits of emerging artists. of the Museum’s inspired strategic plan is well underway. This art-inspired vitality has not gone unnoticed. One recent note on a Applying the metrics of the highest American Alliance of Museum donation card read, “We have seen much positive change at the Museum standards, Norah and her staff consistently exceed excellence. The lately and are happy to support it.” “I love and applaud your new approach unprecedented success and positive momentum the Museum is enjoying to getting kids into the museum FREE!!! Great way to build a foundation of is reflected in the national acclaim and the wide, enthusiastic regard the support for years to come,” remarked a Second Saturday program attendee. Museum has earned from the community we serve. Motivation for such positive feedback can be found in our Museum’s 2017 We also are blessed with talented, diverse and highly engaged trustees. Annual Report, which I am pleased to share with you here. Through governance policies that aspire to the highest and best practices, Board leadership is committed to supporting our core Values and As I write this message, we are preparing for our 2018 Annual Meeting of strategically stewarding our precious resources: our historic buildings, the Membership, the 105th such convening. The Board Leadership torch campus, collections and personnel. will pass from Sandra Craig, the Board President I have had the distinct honor to work alongside since my arrival and who I thank for enabling and Thanks to Norah’s and the Board’s vision, our new, exciting Mission is to supporting the success of the Museum throughout and before my tenure, “champion a provocative diversity of creative voices and experiences.” to Steven Richter. I am particularly proud of the Board’s dedication to robust organizational Steve is a past Trustee of our Museum and has an intense passion for the resilience, central to which is preserving the Endowment. I am immensely role art museums play in our society. Having lived and worked in Asia for the gratified that the Board is committed not only to assuring financial past decade he will bring an exciting international perspective to our institution. sustainability, but also, by allocating resources to our amazing programs, to providing for future growth and innovation. I sincerely thank all of our participating artists, teachers, members, supporters, visitors, volunteers, trustees, and our extraordinary team of museum I step down as Board chair with full confidence in Norah’s most capable professionals for making our progress over the past year possible and for abilities, and in my successor, Steve Richter. I know he will take up the joining us as we look forward to the year ahead. mantle and execute his mandate to lead with flair and fervor, and will Without a doubt, museums are joint ventures. Our continued success diligently work to preserve and guide the museum to the next step in its depends upon everyone’s participation and enthusiasm. remarkable, and exciting evolution. Sincere thanks to all, CURATORIAL REPORT Curatorial was fortunate to have many talented and hard working staff in Recent Acquisitions of the Caleb Cole: EXHIBITION SCHEDULE Newport Art Museum Forget Me Not 2017. The department included Senior Curator Francine Weiss, part-time Francine Weiss Griswold Hallway Griswold Hallway 2017 Senior Curator Curatorial Assistant Molly Sabin, and part-time Preparators Peter Dickison January 11 - May 7, 2017 May 27 - July 30, 2017 and Patrick Grimes. In 2017, the department also welcomed part-time Kate Blacklock: Larry Fink: Registrar Hillary Fortin. Looking Closely at What is Somewhere There’s Music Not There Cushing Building, Morris Gallery Ilgenfritz Gallery June 9 - September 10, 2017 During 2017, the Collections Committee met quarterly (September, April, January 14 - May 7, 2017 July, and December) and approved 23 acquisitions of art for the Henry Horenstein: permanent collection. Jay Lacouture: Honky Tonk: Portraits of Looking Forward, Looking Back Country Music Wright Gallery Cushing Building, Cushing Gallery The department organized 15 exhibitions and also installed 4 guest- January 14 - May 14, 2017 June 9 - September 10, 2017 curated exhibitions, including 2 by Gala Honoree Dodie Kazanjian. Sarah Lindsey Beal & Ron Cowie: George Condo: Kennel, the Byrne Family Curator of Photographs at the Peabody Essex New Light Through Newport Sexx Festival Museum, juried the Newport Annual Members’ Exhibition. In keeping Old Windows Griswold Library Studio Gallery July 1 - July 22, 2017 with the Museum’s new mission statement to promote and celebrate a January 21 - April 16, 2017 Guest Curator: Dodie Kazanjian “provocative diversity” of artists, topics, and media, these exhibitions Newport Annual Members’ Tony Oursler: brought a diverse range of works of art to the Museum and activated new Juried Exhibition solving problems (for D & T) indoor and outdoor gallery spaces. The Museum also collaborated on Cushing & Morris Galleries Sculpture Garden programming with the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Music Festival, and February 4 - May 21, 2017 July 1 - 9, 2017 Juror: Sarah Kennel, Ph.D., Byrne Family Guest Curator: Dodie Kazanjian the Newport Gulls Baseball Team in conjunction with related exhibitions. Curator of Photographs, Peabody-Essex Ima Montoya: Museum Synaesthesia Ilgenfritz Gallery With the help of many generous donors, the Museum was able to complete Jason Evans: July 15 - 23, 2017 several conservation treatments for permanent collection objects. Thanks Boys of Summer: A Season with the to the Comstock Conservation Fund (established by Adelaide C. Roberts Newport Gulls be of love and other stories: Studio Gallery Contemporary Highlights from the Per- in 2007) conservator Sarah Dove completed treatments to several works May 6 - September 10, 2017 manent Collection on paper by artist Frances Adams Comstock; these works were given to Griswold House: Ilgenfritz Gallery, Hallway, New England Watercolor Society: the Museum in 2016 by Alexandra Dane. With money raised at Wet Paint, Wright Gallery, Damon Gallery and Con- 2017 New England Regional temporary Gallery the Museum was also able to complete conservation treatments of two Juried Exhibition September 9, 2017 - January 7, 2018 oil paintings: John Noble Barlow’s Autumn at Nooseneck Hill, East Ilgenfritz Gallery May 20 - July 9, 2017 Pictures & Windows: Greenwich, 1884, Gift of Anne Crocker, and J.A.S. Monks’ Twilight, 1880s, The Paintings of Christopher W. Benson Gift of J. Ross
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