From the Director

are delighted that The 197(J's: NEW American Painting, which we organized for the International Communications Agency , opened on June 13 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. We have tried and thus far succeeded to create an organization whose primary Winter1979 NEWS responsibility is both to artists and their Spring 1980 work and to the public who comes to view that work. To this end, we have seen as much new work as possible, both in the studio and by means of slides and portfolios brought in to our office. We have sought to remain fl exible and adapt our own abilities to the demands placed on us by the nature of tlie work we exhibit; we have begu n to solicit From The Director outside curatorial services, in order to show the widest possible variety of work and attitudes; we have shown Since we opened in our current space on work for the first tim e which could not Nove mber 11, 1977, thanks to the help be seen elsewh ere, and provided infor- of hundreds of donors, volunteers and mation in th e form of catalogs, offset artists, we have been able to organize handouts and free gallery talks to the fifteen exhibitions, eight perfor- public. mances, eight symposia, and many lectures. Perhaps most important, from our point of view, is that we have accomplished Our staff has increased from three to something which is not necessarily visi- el even people, our regular volunteer bl e to others. We have, as we had hoped, and internship program has grown, and created an organization which is not our Board of Trustees now numbers yet prey to the difficulties of a bureau- nine. We have elected officers, and are cracy, especially to those problems delighted to have Henry Luce Ill as our indigenous to museums as we have President, Vera List as Vice President, known them. Allen Goldring as Treasurer, and Maureen Stewart, the Museum's Admin- We are unique in working in an at- instrator, as Secretary. mosphere where the needs and intentions of artists, curators, admini- Without an endowment, and without strative staff, volunteers, interns and th e certainty of long- term funding in tTu stees are in no way at odds. There the immediate future, much of our is a feeling of shared endeavor and of attention is focused on day-to-day sub- shared accomplishment on all our sistence. Each day, however, seems to parts; there is no sense that one person's bring increased optimism, since we work is more valuable than another's, began in January 1977 with not much no matter how different the nature of more than energy and good intentions. that work might be. Despite financial uncertainty, many of There are often 12 of u working in less the plans that were intrinsic to our than 500 square fee t of office space, original thinking have come to fruition. and we find after two years in these We have, as we hoped, produced an cramped quarters that we still enjoy ex tensiv e and illustrated catalog for each other's company, respec t each each ex hibition ; we have compiled other's privacy, and that the informality and maintained a selective and useful and warmth of our working situation slide archive of artists' work by artists have offset the hardship of excessively to which one would otherwise not have long hou rs, noise and physical discom- access. This archive has been used fort. extensively by other museum profes- sionals from the U.S. and Europe. Once again, I would like to thank everyone who is part of The ew We are ex pecting in th e very near future Museum for making it what it is - a to have some of our exhibitions shown place where all of us, despite th e many at other museums in this country, and mistakes we have made and the many difficulties we encounter daily, can think and work at the limits of our intelligence and our imaginations. Marcia Tucker Director Museum Receives Jerome Foundation Grant The New Museum received a $10,000 grant for its 1978-79 program year from the Jerome Foundat~ion to support exhibitions of work by emerging artists. The Jerome Foundation, founded in 1954 by the late J. Jerome Hill , focuses on the arts and humanities, particularly cinematography, dance, mu sic, theatre and the visual arts. The Foundation encourages experimental, innovative and creative endeavors in th ese media and, through appropriate non-profit in stitu- tions, devotes itself to assisting artists whose work has received little public ex posure. photo credit: GeoffryeHood Support is limited to Greater New York City, the State of Minnesota (where th e Foundation's headquarters is located) Mime, Music and Magic and adjoining midwest states. The New Museum is grateful to the ] eromc Foundation for its generous assistance. "Mime, Music and Magic" was the theme for the Museum's first major fundraising benefit, which was held at TNM Trains College Interns the Museum on Sunday evening, A pril 22. Approximately 350 persons attended th e event, (or which tickets Th e New Museum's internship program were sold at $100 each. A mime, flutist, provides students interested in museum harpist, magician and palm reader were studies an opportunity to receive aca- on hand to perform while gues ts en- demic credit for their participation in joyed an informal eve nin g of cocktails, museum projects. buffet supper and disco dancing. Through 1979 our intern ship program Al so featured was a preview of the has included the following students: ex hibition Sustained Visions, wh ich Elizabeth Baldin g, Co nn ecticu t Co ll ege; focused on paintings, drawings and Robin Carpen ter, University of South sc ulpture by three artists who have Florida; Cheryl Cipriani, Kirkland Col- worked in isolation and maintained lege; Jim Cohan, Washington University ; a consistent idi osyncratic vision over Anne Duberek, Drew University; Susan- a long period of time. Works in the nah Elliott, Sarah Lawrence Coll ege; show were by Gaylcn C. Hansen of Alexandra Hal kin , New York University; Pullman, Washington, and Claire Moore Marcia Heimbinder, Empire State Co l- and Salvatore Scarpitta of New York lege; Ed Jones, City College of City City . .U niversity; Cy nthia Marciarille, Barnard College; Margot None , Connecticut The benefit's Celebration Committee, College; George Perez, Empire State chaired by trustees Vera List and College; Eliza Rand, Sarah Lawrence Henry Luce III, assembled for a cock- College; Terry Rooney, Empire State tail meetin g at the home of J. Patrick Coll ege; Jane Saunders, Co nnecticut Lannan and Mary McFadden earlier in College; Phyllis Shafer, Empire State th e spring when plans for the evening College; Leslie Schutzer, Rutgers Uni- were still in progress. Members included: versity; Mario Teruel, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Ellen Va nden Claire B. Benenson Broeck, Sarah Lawrence Coll ege. Ja cqueline R. Bildner Vera Lisl and Henry Luce Ill J. Pa trick Lannan and Mary McFadden photo credit: Geoffrey Hood photo credit: Geoffrey Hood lack Boulton Francoise Rambach Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bowman Robert Rauschenberg Mrs. Joel Bross Mr. and Mrs. Milton F. Rosenthal Eleanor Cash Mr. and Mrs. William Sarnoff Leo Castelli George Segal Dr. Jack E. Chachkes Laura and Saul Skol er Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cohen Holly and Horace Solomon Elaine Dannheisser Mrs. Sidney Solomon Barbaralee Diamonstein David Sterling Edward R. Downe, Jr. Maureen Stewart Commissioner Henry Geldzahler Jock Truman Lola and Allen Goldring Marcia Tucker Nancy S. Graves Angela Westwater Mark Hampton Paul C. Harper, Jr. Italicized names indicate members of AI Held the Board of Trustees. Dieter Kearse Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kolin Membership Studio Tour f. Patrick Lannan Nora Lavori Mr. and Mrs. J oesph Lebworth Laura Skoler, head of The New Mu- Dr. and Mrs. Peritz Levenson seum 's Activities Council, organized Mrs. Vivian Levin The Museum's first Artists in Residence Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Levine tour for Sustaining, Sponsoring and Roy Lichtenstein Patron members. The studio tour took athaniel Lieb place Saturday afternoon, October 13, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Linhart and began with a visit to the Dimensions Vera List Variable exhibition at The Museum. Henry Luce, III Members were then taken by bus to see Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lust work by a number of New York artists: Ms. Mary McFadden Nancy Arlen, Jeff Way, Jenny Holzer, Mr. and Mrs. George Moskowitz Michael Glier, Mary Lemley and Louisa Louise evelson Chase. The studio visits, which were Brian 0 'Doherty accompanied by informal discussions Mr.and Mrs. Stephen A. Oppenheim with the curatorial staff, were followed Mrs. Bronka Rabin by cocktails at Nancy Graves' home. The New Museum's Window explored changes in various aspects of the art community between the 1950s and 1970s. Each of the consecutive As of December 8, 1979, The New Mu- Wednesday evenings was devoted to a seum has initinted an ongoing series of single facet of the New York art world, special installations which are displayed and was attended by a diverse "standing in the large window on 14th Street near room only" crowd of more than 250 5th Avenue. The window space measures people. Many of the discussions were 8' x 22'4" x 18". We are interested in accompanied by heated debate between exhibiting work which is conceived panelists and the audience. A New York especially for this site and encourage A rt Community Dialog seems to have artists to send proposals clearly labeled filled a definite, long-awaited need. The "Window Proposal", with a return, self- idea for the symposia was spurred by addressed envelope.

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