ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 Board of Directors the BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY 2014–2015 Monica Angle Deborah Ronnen Susan O’Connor Baird Deborah Russell Charles W
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ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 Board of Directors THE BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY 2014–2015 Monica Angle Deborah Ronnen Susan O’Connor Baird Deborah Russell Charles W. Banta Christine Sabuda Elizabeth Bauman John R. Sanderson Robert J. Bojdak Catherine T. Wettlaufer Donald K. Boswell Elisabeth Roche Wilmers Robert T. Brady John R. Yurtchuk Helen Cappuccino, M.D. Leslie H. Zemsky Louis P. Ciminelli James W. Derrick EX-OFFICIO Pamela Dinsmore Catherine B. Foley City of Buffalo Mayor Sally Gioia Commissioner of Public Works, Roscoe C. Henderson III Parks & Streets L. N. Hopkins, M.D. Comptroller Peter F. Hunt Thomas R. Hyde County of Erie Alice F. Jacobs County Executive Roberta Joseph County Comptroller Northrup R. Knox, Jr. Chairman, Finance & Seymour H. Knox IV Management Committee Victoria Beck Newman Alphonso O’Neil-White AK Members’ Frederick G. Pierce II Volunteer Council Nancy B. Stevens, Chair François Rochon MISSION The mission of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of contemporary and modern art, principally by developing, exhibiting, and preserving its world- renowned Collection. VISION The Albright-Knox Art Gallery aspires to play a leading role on (American, 1848–1907). Eight Caryatid Augustus Saint-Gaudens regional, national, and international stages through exceptional Figures, 1906–07. Marble, each 102 inches (259.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery. James G. Forsyth Funds, Albright Art exhibitions, publications, programs, and collaborations. As a Gallery and the City of Buffalo, 1933. Photograph by Tom Loonan. hub of artistic and cultural energies, it strives to be an inspiring educational resource for all audiences. The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy gratefully acknowledges the legal services provided by the law firm of Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP. In an effort to conserve costs and preserve the environment, the Annual Report has been made available online. No copies of the Annual Report have been printed for distribution. A copy may be viewed at the Guest Services Station. COVER: Installation view of Sincerely Yours: Treasures of the Queen City in the Sculpture Court of the 1905 Building. From left: Giacomo Balla (Italian, 1871 or 1874–1958). Dinamismo di un Cane al Guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash), 1912. Oil on canvas, 375/8 x 45½ inches (95.6 x 115.6 cm). Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear and Gift of George F. Goodyear, 1964. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome; Robert Delaunay (French, 1885–1941). Soleil, Tour, Aéroplane (Sun, Tower, Airplane), 1913. Oil on canvas, 52 x 515/8 inches (132.1 x 131.1 cm). A Conger Goodyear Fund, 1964; Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Nude Figure, 1909–10. Oil on canvas, 39 x 30¾ inches (99.1 x 78.1 cm). General Purchase Funds, 1954. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. All Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Photograph by Tom Loonan. ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY 2 Board Committees ADVANCEMENT CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE Susan O’Connor Baird, Chair Louis P. Ciminelli, Chair John R. Sanderson, Chair Elizabeth Bauman Monica Angle Charles W. Banta Helen Cappuccino, M.D. Charles E. Balbach Elizabeth Bauman James W. Derrick Charles W. Banta Robert J. Bojdak Roscoe C. Henderson, III Brian Carter* Thomas R. Hyde Peter F. Hunt Sally Gioia Deborah Russell Thomas R. Hyde Thomas R. Hyde Christine Sabuda Roberta Joseph Alice F. Jacobs John R. Yurtchuk Victoria Beck Newman Mark Mendell* AK Director: Staff Liaison Christine Sabuda Frederick G. Pierce II AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Nancy B. Stevens* Robert Shibley* AK CFO: Staff Liaison & Secretary Catherine T. Wettlaufer Michael Tunkey* John R. Yurtchuk Elisabeth Roche Wilmers GOVERNANCE AK Director: Staff Liaison AK Director: Staff Liaison Catherine B. Foley, Chair AK Director of Advancement: Staff Liaison AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Susan O’Connor Baird AK Deputy Director of Advancement: AK CFO: Staff Liaison Elizabeth Bauman Staff Liaison AK Director of Operations: Staff Liaison Helen Cappuccino, M.D. AK Executive Associate, Deputy AK Operations Coordinator: Secretary Sally Gioia Director’s Office: Secretary Robert M. Greene* CANADA Thomas R. Hyde ART Pamela Dinsmore, Chair Roberta Joseph Roberta Joseph, Co-Chair Robert J. Bojdak Seymour H. Knox IV Victoria Beck Newman, Co-Chair Donald K. Boswell Frederick G. Pierce II Charles E. Balbach Thomas R. Hyde Leslie H. Zemsky Charles W. Banta François Rochon AK Director: Staff Liaison Steven G. Biltekoff* Leslie H. Zemsky AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Pamela Dinsmore AK Director: Staff Liaison AK Associate, Executive Director’s Catherine B. Foley AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Office: Secretary Thomas R. Hyde AK Director of Advancement: Staff Gerald S. Lippes* Liaison & Secretary INNOVATION LAB Frederick P. Norton* Northrup R. Knox, Jr., Chair Deborah Ronnen EXECUTIVE Steven G. Biltekoff* Elisabeth Roche Wilmers Thomas R. Hyde, Chair Robert J. Bojdak AK Director: Staff Liaison Susan O’Connor Baird Donald K. Boswell AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Charles W. Banta Robert T. Brady AK Senior Registrar for the Collection: Catherine B. Foley Roscoe C. Henderson III Staff Liaison Roberta Joseph L. N. Hopkins, M.D. AK Executive Associate, Director’s Frederick G. Pierce II Thomas R. Hyde Office: Secretary John R. Sanderson Seymour H. Knox IV [Curatorial Staff function as Staff AK Director: Staff Liaison Deborah Ronnen Liaisons when required.] AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Catherine T. Wettlaufer AK Executive Associate, Director’s AK Director: Staff Liaison AUDIT Office: Secretary AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison James W. Derrick, Chair AK Innovation Lab & Special Projects Robert T. Brady Manager: Staff Liaison Peter F. Hunt AK Director of Communications: Thomas R. Hyde Staff Liaison Alphonso O’Neil-White AK Associate, Deputy Director’s John R. Sanderson Office: Secretary John R. Yurtchuk AK Director: Staff Liaison AK CFO: Staff Liaison & Secretary *Non-Director ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 3 INVESTMENT PUBLIC ART ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY Charles W. Banta, Chair Monica Angle, Chair MANAGEMENT GROUP Susan O’Connor Baird Karima Amin* Janne Sirén, PhD Charles E. Balbach Helen Cappuccino, M.D. Peggy Pierce Elfvin Director Robert T. Brady Catherine Gillespie* Melissa Arena, CPA Richard O. Hopkins* Roscoe C. Henderson III Chief Financial Officer Thomas R. Hyde Thomas R. Hyde Cathleen Chaffee, PhD Gerald S. Lippes* Cindy Abbott Letro* Senior Curator Frederick G. Pierce II Alphonso O’Neil-White Russell Davidson François Rochon Jonathan Rivera* Innovation Lab & Special Projects Manager Deborah Russell Leslie H. Zemsky Jessica M. DiPalma John R. Sanderson AK Director: Staff Liaison Curator of Education and AK Director: Staff Liaison AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Community Engagement AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison AK Curator of Public Art: Staff Liaison AK CFO: Staff Liaison & Secretary AK Associate, Deputy Director’s Bryan Gawronski Office: Secretary Director of Operations PLANNED GIVING Jillian Jones Bruce D. Reinoso, Chair* STRATEGIC PLANNING 2016–2020 Director of Advancement Thomas R. Hyde Thomas R. Hyde, Chair Joe Martin Lin-Hill, PhD John R. Sanderson Monica Angle Deputy Director Catherine T. Wettlaufer Susan O’Connor Baird Maria Morreale AK Director: Staff Liaison Elizabeth Bauman Director of Communications AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Robert T. Brady AK CFO: Staff Liaison Pamela Dinsmore AK Director of Advancement: Staff Liaison Roscoe C. Henderson III AK Associate, Deputy Director’s Office: Alice F. Jacobs Secretary Roberta Joseph Northrup R. Knox, Jr. Victoria Beck Newman Karen Lee Spaulding* Nancy Stevens* AK Director: Staff Liaison AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison AK Associate, Deputy Director’s Office: Secretary The 2014–2015 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Board of Directors. Photograph by Tom Loonan. *Non-Director ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY 4 Letter from the President A YEAR AGO AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY, I announced to the am delighted to report that progress has been made on all membership, and to the wider of these. We have invested in a more robust Advancement community, that the Board Department. A Capital Campaign Committee is being had voted to take the next formed, though the fundraising process will not begin in steps toward a plan to expand earnest until we have selected an architectural partner and enhance the museum’s and have a case statement to inspire commitment. We facilities. This initiative is the have drafted a preliminary timeline for the first phase of most significant development the project, which begins with developing a list of desired at the Albright-Knox in the past sixty years, so let me begin by improvements for the AK’s campus and articulating our reviewing the steps that we have taken over the past year and relationship to a vibrant Elmwood Avenue Cultural District. In those anticipated in the next year. the coming months, the Campus Development Committee, Many of you took part in the first of those steps—a series chaired by Louis P. Ciminelli, will select a core group of firms of public meetings that began with the AK’s Members, and then to receive our Request for Proposals (RFP). We expect the moved on to include various constituencies around Buffalo and RFP will go out in mid-December, and we should be ready to Erie County. These meetings resulted, as hoped, in consensus select a design architect next April. on key questions. The Director’s Report will give you more The Albright-Knox’s last major building project happened detail about the outreach process, but I can summarize the in 1962. During the more than sixty years since then, almost key points of agreement. First, 100% of outreach participants all our peer museums have significantly expanded their thought that the Albright-Knox needs to expand. Second, facilities. We are launched on a voyage of generational although off-site possibilities intrigued some, more than 80% importance, surely for the Albright-Knox, but also for Buffalo of participants believed that the AK should expand on its and Western New York.