museum of contemporary art, Chicago Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Report table of contents
Letter from the Chair of 2 the Board of Trustees
Letter from the Pritzker Director 5
Curatorial Report 8 Exhibitions 10 Acquisitions 11
Performance Report 16 Performances 18
Education Report 22
Support 24
Financial Information 38
Events 40
Board of Trustees 44
Sta¤ 45 letter From the Chair of the Board of Trustees
For the past four and a half years, I had the extraordinary privilege of being the Chair of the Board of Trustees, and now I find myself writing my last letter in that capacity.
During the most recent fiscal year, far-reaching exhibitions such asSympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967; Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City; Tino Sehgal’s Kiss; Mapping the Self; and Gordon Matta- Clark: “You Are the Measure” brought in a continuous stream of new and return- ing visitors. Performance programs like the World Music Festival, Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company, Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire, and Laurie Anderson’s Homeland played to sold-out crowds, captivating audiences with their ingenuity. Thriving educational programs, including Family Days, Works in Prog- ress, and the People Who Shape Our World lecture series, as well as successful initiatives to extend and diversify our audience kept everyone busy and engaged.
I was lucky to be part of the museum-wide retrospective celebrating the MCA’s 40th anniversary in great style and substance. As part of celebrating 40 remarkable years, we happily recalled groundbreaking exhibitions: Christo wrapping the Ontario Street building in 1967; performance artist Chris Burden lying under a sheet of glass for 45 hours in 1975; the first major US exhibitions or solo surveys for Dan Flavin (1967), Lee Bontecou (first US retrospective, 1972), Frida Kahlo (1978), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1982), Jeff Koons and Nancy Spero (both 1988), and Jeff Wall and Beverly Semmes (both 1995), as well as ambitious and provocative shows such as Art at the Armory:
2 Occupied Territory (1992), which transformed the future site of the MCA’s new building from a military facility to a temporary art museum featuring 18 installations; At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture (1999); and Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye (2005). In truth, countless prescient, intrepid MCA presentations continually attest to our uninterrupted commitment to pioneers and risk-taking, and the vast landscape that lies before us. Who will be the exciting talents of the new century? What will be the impact of their work and ideas? One thing is certain: the next agents of ingenuity and change in contemporary art will show their work right here at the MCA.
I was also lucky to be an integral part of shaping the MCA’s future with the selection of our dynamic new Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn. All of us on the Board knew Madeleine would be the one to lead the museum into the 21st century. Her vi- sion of a museum pursuing excellence with accessibility while engaging in a sacred social contract of exchange and collaboration throughout the museum, Chicago com- munity, and globe enlivened us and now enlivens everyone who encounters its effects.
We know our future is bright not only because we have leadership capable of recog nizing the next generation of contemporary artists, along with the reputation for presenting their work ahead of the curve with intelligence and care, but because we also have the fiscal health to do so. When I began my tenure as Chair of the Board, one of my primary goals was to increase financial support. In fiscal year 2008, we received $20 million in pledges to retire part of our $50 million debt from the con- struction of the new building. This marks a major milestone and strengthens our financial position as we look toward the future.
This year we welcomed new board member Marlene Breslow-Blitstein, who, with her husband Berle, has been a longtime supporter of the MCA. Marlene has been instru- mental to many events and exhibitions over the years, including the MCA Women’s Board and the MCA@40 gala committee. We welcome Marlene and look forward to hearing fresh ideas from such an engaged MCA supporter.
3 letter from the chair of the board of trustees This past May, we marked the passing of Hortense (“Horty”) Singer, who joined the MCA Board of Trustees in 1977. Horty spent the next 31 years serving the museum with tremendous generosity and exemplary leadership, setting a standard for Board participation. We are truly grateful for her years of dedication and support.
As I pass the reins to new Board Chair Mary Ittelson—one of the MCA’s most talented, faithful, and energetic supporters—I am not saying good-bye. One does not leave the MCA behind; it is always beckoning. I send my deepest gratitude to everyone dedicated to moving the MCA ever forward. I am especially grateful to my fellow board members who have helped me achieve ambitious goals as we positioned the MCA for an exciting future. Thank you for working so enthusiastically with a continual dedication to the larger work in progress. Thank you for recognizing that art moves us so long as we are willing to be moved by it.
Helen Zell Chair of the Board of Trustees
4 letter from the chair of the board of trustees Letter From the Pritzker Director
It is an honor to be writing to you as the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Pritzker Director. Though not yet in this position for a full year, I have been impressed by the MCA, a thriving, vibrant institution supported by dedicated staff and committed donors.
On my first day as Pritzker Director, I presented to the staff my programmatic priorities and stressed the importance of excellence, risk-taking, accessibility, and optimism when conceiving MCA programs. As a vehicle for expression of the here and now, we are responsible for creating a truly productive place— an artist-centered, audience-engaged environment in which we constantly produce new art, ideas, conversation, and community around the most relevant and important issues of our time. We aim to be a dynamic public gathering place (both real and virtual), a haven for asking and discussing important ques- tions in ways that welcome and engage. The museum should communicate its distinct view through ever-increasing public offerings—exhibitions, collection expansion, education programs, performances, and events. By focusing on these goals, we make the museum necessary to Chicago and the field of contemporary art.
This past year was one of significant transitions—not only in a global sense but also at the MCA. The museum celebrated its 40th anniversary with 40 free days of exhibi- tions, events, and programs while its longtime director, Robert Fitzpatrick, moved on after a 10-year tenure, a quarter of the MCA’s history. Entering this position at such a
5 pivotal moment of collective reflection allowed me to embark on an extensive survey of what has been accomplished while also looking ahead to change and innovation. One thing that I was certain would remain a constant at the MCA, however, was collab- orative work with contemporary artists at the forefront of artistic practice. This is key to our mission and future, as they instruct us in the kind of forward thinking and creative expression that we can then deliver to our audiences.
As is typical for the MCA, a lot was happening when I arrived. Amid ongoing exhibi- tions and programs celebrating the museum’s 40th anniversary, the staff was in full production mode for the Jeff Koons exhibition, the artist’s first major solo show in 15 years. As I reflect on the year, our programs were at their best: exhibitions that inspired new scholarship, performances that forged new partnerships, and education programs that brought new and returning visitors to the museum and presented contemporary art in creative and engaging ways. We finished the fiscal year with a net operating surplus, which is no small feat in a year of leadership transition. Attendance remained strong for exhibitions such as Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Measure” and perfor- mance programs such as Martha Graham Dance Company and Hip-Hop Theater Fes- tival as well as the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company performance of Chapel/ Chapter, which was a major success and a wonderful introduction for me to the broad spectrum of programs offered at the MCA.
The occasion of our 40th anniversary stimulated a tremendous outpouring of gener- ous donations to the collection. As detailed in the curatorial department’s report, the MCA incorporated into its collection works by important artists including Eric Fischl, Dan Flavin, Liam Gillick, Jenny Holzer, and Ed Paschke. In addition to the fantastic collection-based exhibitions that MCA curators organized this fiscal year, we focused on maintaining the museum’s partnerships with Chicago-based organizations and forging new partnerships with organizations such as the Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millenium Park as well as the Lookingglass and Next Theatre Companies. We are also proud of our role in inaugurating the Chicago Dancing Festival as well as our partnership with the Intonation Music Festival, with whom we produced Intonation/MCA: Rock/Art. Another important Chicago collaboration in which we participated for the first time was the Festival of Maps, which brought together more than 25 local cultural and scientific institutions and to which we contributed by organizing the exhibition Mapping the Self. And, of course, we continue to pay special attention to Chicago-based artists with our innovative UBS 12 ∑ 12: New Artists/New Work exhibition series.
6 letter from the pritzker director Looking back on the museum’s accomplishments since I arrived in March, I am grate- ful for the extraordinary work that has been accomplished due to the devoted efforts of our staff members and Board of Trustees, each of whom is truly invaluable in secur- ing the MCA’s position as the preeminent contemporary art institution in Chicago and beyond. I also want to thank the MCA family and community of friends for a warm welcome. I feel fortunate to be working at such an exceptional institution and look forward to a bright future.
Madeleine Grynsztejn Pritzker Director
7 letter from the pritzker director CURATORIAL Report
The MCA’s track record of innovation and experi- mentation was a touchstone for the exhibition program in fiscal year 2008, in which the mu- seum celebrated its 40th anniversary. The MCA’s history was brought to the fore as it informed every aspect of our programmatic choices. Adventuresome, original, substantive, and often blurring disciplinary boundaries, this year’s Elizabeth Smith James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator and exhibitions emphasized diversity—generational, Deputy Director for Programs geographical, cultural—and highlighted our many “firsts,” a hallmark of MCA programs. Marking our 40th anniversary required a roster of exhibitions that would underscore our considerable achievements as one of the leading institutions exhibiting the art of our time. With that in mind, we organized exhibitions that not only featured work by today’s newest artists but also the best and most significant works from the earliest days of our collection.
Exhibition program tion-based exhibitions celebrating the The summer season began with Escultura MCA’s 40th anniversary, which kicked Social: A New Generation of Art from off on September 29 with 40 days of free Mexico City, a multimedia exhibition that admission. The former exposed what brought the thriving art scene in Mexico went on behind the scenes during the City to Chicago. Comprised of painting, MCA’s evolution; and the latter, com- sculpture, photography, video, installa- prised of masterworks of contemporary tion, and performance, the exhibition was art in all media, focused on the artist’s accompanied by a bilingual exhibition voice as an interpretive mechanism and catalogue and prompted the acquisition tracked chronologically the development of important new works for the collection. of the MCA’s collection. A project by From the MCA the exhibition then artist Tino Seghal, Kiss—a performative traveled to the Museo Alameda in San work reenacting famous embraces and Antonio, Texas, and the Nasher Museum kisses from throughout art history— of Art at Duke University in Durham, occurred in conjunction with these exhi- North Carolina. bitions to carry on the MCA’s tradition August saw the opening of Record of experimental programs that challenge Times: 40 Years from the MCA Archive and the public’s understanding of what con- Collection Highlights, two of three collec- stitutes art.
8 Our major fall exhibition was Sym- The year was rounded out by exhibi- pathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll tions of 11 young artists as part of the Since 1967. Presenting works in all media UBS 12 ∑ 12: New Artists/New Work exhi- that reveal the relationship between art bition series, an increasingly successful and rock music, it traced a time period program now in its sixth year. paralleling the MCA’s history from its founding to the present, emphasizing the MCA Collection relationship among the diverse disci- The MCA’s 40th anniversary not only plines that have always found a place in inspired us to mine the collection for MCA programs. The exhibition also works to present in thematic exhibitions, prompted numerous accompanying including Record Times and a two-part performances and events. In late fall we show entitled Recent Acquisitions, it also opened the exhibition Mapping the Self, stimulated many new gifts to the collec- which was conceived as part of the city- tion. These gifts build on our strengths— wide Festival of Maps, a unique collabo- such as key additions to our holdings of ration with more than 25 cultural and work by Dan Flavin, Alfredo Jaar, and scientific institutions. Thomas Ruff—and also fill in crucial Our spring exhibitions focused on gaps, as in the case of Eric Fischl, who individual artists whose current and was the subject of a previous MCA exhibi- recent practices have been highly influ- tion, and Liz Larner, who was not previ- ential. One such artist is Karen Kilimnik, ously represented in the collection. whose work in painting, drawing, and During the past year, we also installation has been deeply significant continued to acquire works from MCA- to younger generations. From February to organized exhibitions. This practice dif- June, we presented the artist’s epony- ferentiates our collection by reflecting mous traveling exhibition—her first-ever the museum’s history of innovative and show in a Chicago museum. The work of often groundbreaking shows. In the past another highly influential artist, Gordon year, we acquired works from two of our Matta-Clark, was also on view this past important thematic shows—major video spring. Early in its history, the MCA pre- installations by Carlos Amorales (Escul- sented a major project by Matta-Clark that tura Social) and Tony Oursler (Sympathy helped redefine notions of contemporary for the Devil) as well as another significant art. Our 2008 presentation of the travel- work by Adam Pendleton (Sympathy for ing show Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Devil). In addition, we commissioned the Measure” demonstrated his influence a major new work from Jenny Holzer on the practices and attitudes of many that formed the centerpiece of her solo artists today. exhibition organized by the MCA in fall 2008.
9 curatorial report exhibitions
Sol LeWitt in Memoriam Mark Booth May 2–September 16, 2007 June 7–29, 2008
Upon an Ether Sea: Water and Ship Record Times: 40 Years from Imagery from the MCA Collection the MCA Archive May 26–September 9, 2007 August 11–October 21, 2007
Escultura Social: A New Generation of Collection Highlights Art from Mexico City August 18, 2007–June 8, 2008 June 23–September 2, 2007 Sympathy for the Devil: Here/Not There Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967 July 3–29, 2007 September 29, 2007–January 6, 2008
UBS 12 ∑ 12: New Artists/New Work Tino Sehgal: Kiss Greg Stimac October 7–December 30, 2007 August 4–September 2, 2007 Mapping the Self Nathan Butler November 3, 2007–March 2, 2008 September 8–30, 2007
Philip von Zweck Recent Acquisitions October 5–28, 2007 January 19–June 1, 2008 Part 1: Focus on Chicago Cody Hudson January 19–April 20, 2008 November 3–December 2, 2007 Part 2 Sara Schnadt March 16–June 1, 2008 December 8–30, 2007
Paula Henderson Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Measure” January 5–27, 2008 February 2–May 4, 2008
Jeni Spota Karen Kilimnik February 2–March 2, 2008 February 23–June 8, 2008 Craig Doty March 8–30, 2008 Art Shay: Chicago Accent May 15–June 29, 2008 Irena Knezevic April 5–27, 2008 Jeff Koons Jan Tichy May 31–September 21, 2008 May 3–June 1, 2008
10 acquisitions
Jennifer Allora (American, b. 1974) and Tony Feher (American, b. 1956) Guillermo Calzadilla (Cuban, b. 1971) Untitled, 1997 Ruin (detail), 2005 Bottle labels and staples Aluminum 11 ∑ 9 3/4 in. (28 ∑ 24.8 cm) (irregular) Dimensions variable Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of Gift of Larry and Marilyn Fields in honor Madeleine Grynsztejn, 2008.2 of Madeleine Grynsztejn, 2008.1 Tony Feher (American, b. 1956) Walead Beshty (American, b. 1976) Little Green, 1999 Four-Sided Picture (Red/Green/Blue/ Plastic drinking straws and nylon string Yellow) December 31, 2006, Valencia, CA, 25 ∑ 25 ∑ 1/4 in. (63.5 ∑ 63.5 ∑ .6 cm) 2007 Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of Chromogenic development print Madeleine Grynsztejn, 2008.3 88 1/2 ∑ 58 3/4 in. (224.8 ∑ 149.2 cm) Restricted gift of Karen and Daniel Lee, Eric Fischl (American, b. 1948) 2008.12 The New House, 1982 Oil on linen Adam Ekberg (American, b. 1975) 68 ∑ 96 in. (172.7 ∑ 243.8 cm) Aberration #8, 2006 Gift of Stefan T. Edlis and Gael Neeson Ink-jet print in honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 40 ∑ 50 in. (101.6 ∑ 127 cm) 2007.14 Unique Gift of Thomas Robertello Gallery, Dan Flavin (American, 1933–96) 2008.9 Untitled (for you, Leo, in long respect and affection) 3, 1978 Adam Ekberg (American, b. 1975) Pink, green, yellow, and blue Disco ball in the woods, 2006 fluorescent lights DVD Edition 1 of 5 Approx. 4 minutes, 30 seconds 48 ∑ 48 in. (121.9 ∑ 121.9 cm) Edition 2 of 8 Gift of Howard and Donna Stone in Gift of Thomas Robertello, 2008.10 honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.13 Kota Ezawa (German, b. 1969) Lennon Sontag Beuys, 2004 Three-screen video projection with sound cones Dimensions variable Restricted gift of Collectors Forum, 2008.11
11 Ryan Gander (British, b. 1976) Peter Halley (American, b. 1953) ‘So we began to change the side of each Shonen Knife, 1991 bricks.’ (Cork Association Board F), 2006 Day-Glo acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas Cork panels mounted on board 86 1/4 ∑ 85 1/2 ∑ 3 3/4 in. Unique (219.1 ∑ 217.2 ∑ 9.5 cm) 47 1/4 ∑ 47 1/4 in. (120 ∑ 120 cm) Gift of Dorie Sternberg in memory of Restricted gift of Verge: The Emerging Paul and in honor of the MCA’s 40th Artists Advisory Group of the MCA and anniversary, 2007.23 Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund, 2007.21 Pablo Helguera (Mexican, b. 1971) It had been a day just like this day from Ryan Gander (British, b. 1976) The Arlington Heights Suite, 2008 ‘Your family and friends’, 2004 Collage on paper Hand-printed photograph 12 ∑ 9 in. (30.5 ∑ 22.9 cm) 47 1/4 ∑ 47 1/4 in. (120 ∑ 120 cm) Gift of the artist, 2008.8.1–6 (1) Edition of 3 Restricted gift of Verge: The Emerging Pablo Helguera (Mexican, b. 1971) Artists Advisory Group of the MCA and In his heart, he did not feel selfish from Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund, The Arlington Heights Suite, 2008 2007.22 Collage on paper 6 15/16 ∑ 10 15/16 in. (16.2 ∑ 26.3 cm) Liam Gillick (British, b. 1964) Gift of the artist, 2008.8.1–6 (2) Lapsed Reduction, 2008 Powder-coated aluminum and Pablo Helguera (Mexican, b. 1971) transparent red Plexiglas Everybody said it was gorgeous from 78 3/4 ∑ 118 1/8 ∑ 11 13/16 in. The Arlington Heights Suite, 2008 (200 ∑ 300 ∑ 30 cm) Collage on paper Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by 9 ∑ 12 in. (22.9 ∑ 30.5 cm) exchange, 2008.14 Gift of the artist, 2008.8.1–6 (3)
Liam Gillick (British, b. 1964) Pablo Helguera (Mexican, b. 1971) Rescinded Production, 2008 The reason was simple and very practical Powder-coated aluminum and and forward-looking from The Arlington transparent colored Plexiglas Heights Suite, 2008 78 3/4 ∑ 94 1/2 ∑ 94 1/2 in. Collage on paper (200 ∑ 240 ∑ 240 cm) 9 ∑ 12 in. (22.9 ∑ 30.5 cm) Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by Gift of the artist, 2008.8.1–6 (4) exchange, 2008.15
12 acquisitions Pablo Helguera (Mexican, b. 1971) Rebecca Horn (German, b. 1944) What did you find behind the eyes? from Brush Wings, 1988 The Arlington Heights Suite, 2008 Mixed media Collage on paper 16 ∑ 16 ∑ 15 in. (40.6 ∑ 40.6 ∑ 38.1 cm) 10 15/16 ∑ 13 15/16 in. (26.3 ∑ 33.9 cm) Edition of 10 aside from 3 artist’s proofs Gift of the artist, 2008.8.1–6 (5) Gift of Helyn Goldenberg and Ralph Goldenberg in honor of the MCA’s 40th Pablo Helguera (Mexican, b. 1971) anniversary, 2008.17 The reason for this is not difficult to understand from The Arlington Heights Alfredo Jaar (Chilean, b. 1956) Suite, 2008 Gold in the Morning, 1985 Collage on paper Color transparency, light box, and gilded 9 ∑ 12 in. (22.9 ∑ 30.5 cm) mirror Gift of the artist 50 ∑ 40 ∑ 24 in. (127 ∑ 101.6 ∑ 70 cm) 2008.8.1—6 (6) Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary Daniel Hesidence (American, b. 1975) 2007.26.a–b Untitled (post FARM), 2004/05 Oil on canvas Gordon Matta-Clark 102 ∑ 132 in. (259 ∑ 335 cm) (American, 1943–78) Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson, Cut and taped positives for Circus or 2007.33 The Caribbean Orange, 1978 Color gels, slide positives, colored tape, Thomas Hirschhorn (Swiss, b. 1957) and scotch tape Untitled, 1990 5 1/2 ∑ 1 1/2 in. (13.9 ∑ 3.8 cm) Prints and marker on paper Gift of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Eight parts, overall: 24 ∑ 37 3/8 in. in honor of the 30th anniversary of (61 ∑ 95 cm) Circus or The Caribbean Orange, 2007.17 Gift of Helyn Goldenberg in honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2008.16 Gordon Matta-Clark (American, 1943–78) Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) Cut-and-taped positives for Circus or For Chicago (detail), 2007 The Caribbean Orange, 1978 LED installation with amber diodes Color gels, slide positives, and Dimensions variable colored tape Commissioned through the generosity of 2 1/2 ∑ 5 1/2 in. (6.4 ∑ 13.9 cm) the Edlis/Neeson Art Acquisition Fund, Gift of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark 2007.35 in honor of the 30th anniversary of Circus or The Caribbean Orange, 2007.18
13 acquisitions Tony Oursler (American, b. 1957) Dan Peterman (American, b. 1960) Sound Digressions in 7 Colors, 2006 Triple Cross-Braced, 432 fl. Oz., 27 Pack, Seven-channel video installation with 1990 Plexiglas and aluminum projection Oak, plywood, and returnable 16 oz. panels, and audio glass beer bottles Dimension variable 12 ∑ 36 ∑ 36 in. (30.5 ∑ 83.8 ∑ 83.8 cm) Gift of Katherine S. Schamberg by Gift of Eileen and Peter Broido in honor exchange, 2007.20 of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.15
Cornelia Parker (British, b. 1956) Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) Thirty Pieces of Silver (exhaled), Interior 9B, 1980 Biscuit Barrel, 2003 Chromogenic development print Industrial break-pressed silver-plated 20 ∑ 16 1/4 in. (50.8 ∑ 41.3 cm) objects and metal wire Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of the Approx. 43 1/4 in. diameter (109.9 cm) MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.27 Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of Madeleine Grynsztejn, 2008.4 Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) Interior 10C, 1980 Ed Paschke (American, 1939–2004) Chromogenic development print Untitled (portrait of a lady), 1975 20 ∑ 16 1/4 in. (50.8 ∑ 41.3 cm) Oil on canvas Edition of 20 64 ∑ 42 in. (162.6 ∑ 106.7 cm) Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of the Gift of Marianne Deson Herstein in MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.28 honor of Samuel and Sarah Deson and the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.24 Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) Interior 3D, 1980 Adam Pendleton (American, b. 1980) Chromogenic development print Sympathy for the Devil, 2006/07 20 ∑ 16 1/4 in. (50.8 ∑ 41.3 cm) Acrylic on canvas Edition of 20 90 parts, each: approx. 30 ∑ 23 5/16 in. Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of the (76.2 ∑ 59.2 cm) MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.29 Restricted gift of Sanfred and Nancy Koltun in honor of the MCA’s 40th Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) anniversary, originally commissioned Interior 1D, 1980 by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chromogenic development print Chicago with generous assistance of 16 1/4 ∑ 20 in. (41.3 ∑ 50.8 cm) from Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago Edition of 20 and Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of the 2007.19 MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.30
14 acquisitions Melanie Schiff (American, b. 1977) Greg Stimac (American, b. 1976) Spit Rainbow, 2006 Untitled from the Recoil series, 2004/05 Chromogenic development print Archival ink-jet print 29 ∑ 39 1/2 in. (73.7 ∑ 100.3 cm) 30 ∑ 41 in. (76.2 ∑ 104.1 cm) Edition 3 of 3 aside from 2 artist’s proofs Edition 3 of 10 Restricted gift of Kay and Malcolm Gift of the artist, 2008.7 Kamin and Kay Torshen in honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.34 Andy Warhol (American, 1928–87) Jackie Frieze, 1964 Eva Schlegel (Austrian, b. 1960) Silk screen on linen Untitled, 1989/99 20 ∑ 128 ∑ 1 1/2 in. (50.8 ∑ 325.1 ∑ 3.8 cm) Silk screen on lead and graphite on Partial and promised gift of Beatrice plaster, mounted on wood Cummings Mayer, 2007.32 Two panels, each: 55 ∑ 39 1/4 in. (139.7 ∑ 99.7 cm) Jordan Wolfson (American, b. 1980) Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman in I’m sorry but I don’t want to be an honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, Emperor . . . , 2005/06 2007.31.a–b 16mm film, no sound 3 minutes Gary Simmons (American, b. 1964) Restricted gift of Verge: The Emerging Star Child, 2003 Artists Advisory Group of the MCA and Oil and slate paint on canvas Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund, 84 ∑ 84 in. (213.4 ∑ 213.4 cm) 2008.13 Gift of William J. Hokin in honor of the MCA’s 40th anniversary, 2007.25 Scott Wolniak (American, b. 1971) Weed (e), 2005 Greg Stimac (American, b. 1976) Paper, wire, plastic bags, aluminum foil, Badlands (Christian Bus Group), 2006 tape, and glue Archival ink-jet print 37 ∑ 39 ∑ 36 in. (94 ∑ 99 ∑ 91.4 cm) 40 ∑ 50 in. (101.6 ∑ 127 cm) Gift of Greg Cameron and Greg Edition 3 of 5 Thompson in honor of the MCA’s 40th Gift of the artist, 2008.5 anniversary, 2007.16
Greg Stimac (American, b. 1976) Untitled from the Recoil series, 2004/05 Archival ink-jet print 30 ∑ 41 in. (76.2 ∑ 104.1 cm) Edition 6 of 10 Gift of the artist, 2008.6
15 acquisitions PERFORMANCE report
During fiscal year 2008, the performance programs department produced an ambitious season, continuing to bring innovative artists, broadly diverse audiences, and distinction to the MCA. With programming comprised of a multifaceted array of dance, theater, music, and interdisciplinary arts, 20 primary projects and festivals of international, national, and
Peter Taub Chicago-based artists were presented in nearly Director of Performance Programs 80 performances and 40 Artists Up Close discussions and workshops. We focused, in particular, on significant women artists: a co-commissioned work by composer/musician Carla Kihlstedt and projects by composers/performers Diamanda Galás and Laurie Anderson as well as new works by Chicago artists Julia Rhoads/Lucky Plush Productions and Jenny Magnus/Curious Theatre Branch.
The season began with the inaugural Intonation Music Festival, it was held Chicago Dancing Festival. The MCA during the opening weekend of the helped launch this unprecedented dance exhibition Sympathy for the Devil: Art and event, held in mid-August 2007 at the Rock and Roll Since 1967, kicking off 40 Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. days of free admission in celebration of This celebration of American concert our 40th anniversary. The Complaints dance—featuring Alvin Ailey, American Choir of Chicago, a public art project by Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Muntu Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Dance Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, counts everyday others—was free-of-charge and drew people as its creators and participants. A an estimated 8,500 people, many of them film crew documented the choir from its new to concert dance. formation as well as in rehearsals and The fall programming featured two during performances. The project was more innovative free events: Complaints produced in partnership with the Chicago Choir of Chicago and Intonation/MCA: Humanities Festival and Smog Veil Rock/Art, a day-long event that featured Records. influential Chicago alternative rock bands. This past season of programming Produced in tandem with the MCA mar- benefited from an increased focus on keting department and the Chicago-based artists. Dance-theater
16 companies Goat Island and Lucky Plush Like Laurie Anderson, many of the Productions along with Curious Theatre artists featured in our multidisciplinary Branch, developed innovative and very performing arts season are themselves well-received projects for the MCA Stage. employing a multidisciplinary approach. In addition, the MCA produced concerts Among the major successes of this with leading international improvised season was Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, music ensemble Chicago Tentet; a the provocative Italian company first double-bill, new music-jazz concert with introduced by the MCA to Chicago five Contempo; and Paul Dresher’s chamber years earlier, who returned with their opera The Tyrant with the Chicago latest visual theater work. Making their Chamber Musicians. MCA debut, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane The MCA also forged two new part- Dance Company performed its powerful nerships with leading Chicago-area the- dance-theater work Chapel/Chapter for ater companies to present stunning and an Opening-Night Gala and three sold- densely layered one-person performances. out public shows. Next Theatre Company produced Heather Throughout the entire season, we Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire, a long-awaited promoted meaningful encounters among project focusing on the lives artists and audiences, not only through of Iraqi women. And with our neighbors, dynamic performance presentations but the Lookingglass Theatre Company, also through related exhibitions, work- we presented a newly revised production shops, and discussions. In doing so, the of the multimedia work Nelson Algren: MCA promoted a deeper understanding For Keeps and a Single Day, which ran of artists, art-making, and the creative through the end of June. The production process for our diverse constituents. was accompanied by a choice exhibition of photographs and texts by Algren’s good friend, photographer Art Shay. The MCA forged another strategic partnership this past year when we copre- sented Laurie Anderson’s Homeland with the Harris Theater. Anderson’s history with the MCA stretches back to the early 1970s, and the night before the concert she gave a wonderful and illuminating lecture at the MCA about the trajectory of her career.
17 performance report performances
Here/Not There World Music Festival July 3–29, 2007 September 14, 15, and 19, 2007
Emily Siefken Dhoad Gypsies of Rajastan and July 3–8 Lamajamal September 14 Carol Genetti July 10 Chirgilchin and Hazmat Modine September 15 Jeremiah Barber July 17 Lenka Dusilovâ, Brina, and Eastern Blok September 19 Rick Gribenas July 24 Intonation/MCA: Rock/Art October 7, 2007 Mayor Daley’s Kidstart Summer Choir July 10, 2007 featuring Headache City Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Poster Children Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop The 1900s July 12, 2007 Califone The Eternals South Shore Cultural Center Flosstradamus Jazz Ensemble Cool Kids July 17, 2007 Diamanda Galás Chicago Dancing Festival October 25 and 27, 2007 August 22, 2007 Songs of Exile featuring October 25 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Pas de Duke by Alvin Ailey October 27 Soloists from American Ballet Theatre: Don Quixote Pas de Deux by Complaints Choir Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky November 3, 2007 Ballet Florida: Elemental Brubeck by Lar Lubovitch Bernard Sahlins: The Waste Land COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet: November 4, 2007 Red/The Force by Dwight Rhoden Joffrey Ballet: Light Rain by Gerald Arpino Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago: Djembe Drum Talk and Hamana by Moustapha Bangoura
18 Lucky Plush Productions: Cinderbox 18 The Chicago Chamber Musicians: November 15–17, 2007 Paul Dresher’s The Tyrant January 25, 2008 artists up close events First Night postshow talk artists up close event November 15 First Night pre-show talk January 25 Roundtable November 17 Curious Theatre Branch: Round and Round: a sexfarcetragedy Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet February 7–9, 2008 December 1, 2007 artists up close events workshops First Night postshow talk December 2 February 7 Percussion and reeds, co-led by Paal Nilssen-Love and Ken Roundtable: Women and Stagecraft Vandermark February 9 Saxophones and percussion, co-led by Mats Gustafsson and Michael Zerang Las Chicas del 3.5 Floppies Tuba and cello, co-led by Per-Åke February 21–23, 2008 Holmlander and Fred Lonberg-Holm artists up close events Proyecto Latina at Radio Arte CONTEMPO + Grazyna Auguscik Group February 18 with Jarek Bester January 12, 2008 Café Society en Español at Kristoffer’s Café artists up close event February 20 First Night pre-concert talk January 12 Postshow talk February 21 Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio: Hey Girl! January 18 and 19, 2008 Carla Kihlstedt: Necessary Monsters February 29 and March 1, 2008 artists up close events First Night postshow talk artists up close event January 18 First Night postshow talk February 29 Screening: Tragedia Endogonidia (Endogonida Tragedy episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9) at the Istituto Italiano Cultura (Italian Cultural Institute) February 5
19 performances Louder Than a Bomb 2008: Roundtable at the Lookingglass Theatre Chicago Teen Poetry Festival Company in the Chase Studio Theatre semifinals April 12 March 3, 2008 Laurie Anderson’s Homeland William Yang: Shadows at the Harris Theater for Music and March 15 and 16, 2008 Dance in Millennium Park April 16, 2008 artists up close events First Night postshow talk artists up close event March 15 Roundtable with Laurie Anderson April 15 Around Town Talk and Music Jam at Little Black Pearl Hip-Hop Live + Reel March 17 Henry Chalfant: Style Wars and From Mambo to Hip-Hop Goat Island: The Lastmaker April 24, 2008 March 27–30; April 2 and 3; and April 5 and 6, 2008 artists up close event Post-screening talk featuring artists up close events Henry Chalfant Book Reading: Small Acts of Repair: April 24 Performance, Ecology and Goat Island March 11 Hip-Hop Live + Reel First Night postshow talk Reggie Watts: Disinformation with March 27 Deja Taylor and Teatro Luna April 25, 2008 Roundtable: The Lastmaker at the Gene Siskel Film Center artists up close event April 4 Postshow talk featuring Reggie Watts April 25 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Chapel/Chapter Hip-Hop Live + Reel April 9–12, 2008 Suicide Kings: In Spite of Everything with Louder than a Bomb 2008 artists up close events finalists and Yuri Lane Master Class in choreography at April 26, 2008 the Ruth Page Center April 8 artists up close events Writing workshop and Open Mic Postshow talk Hosted by Young Chicago Authors April 10 at Word Play April 22
20 performances Postshow talk featuring Nelson Algren: For Keeps and The Suicide Kings a Single Day April 26 June 4–29, 2008
artists up close events Hip-Hop Live + Reel Postshow talks Rock Fresh, Breath Control with June 15, 22, 29 Joey Garfield and Yuri Lane, and
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party April 27, 2008
artists up close event Post-screening talk featuring Joey Garfield and Yuri Lane April 27
Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire Directed by Joanna Settle May 3–18, 2008
artists up close events Roundtable: Political Acts: The Emerging Arab-American Theater Movement April 21
Workshop: Young Women Writing for (a) Change! at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum April 26
Postshow talks featuring Heather Raffo May 4, 11, 18, led by Jason Loewith, Artistic Director of Next Theatre
May 8–9, 16, moderated by MCA
May 12 and 14–15, moderated by Next Theatre
21 performances education report
Fiscal year 2008 has been another exciting year for the education department as we continue to help adults, children, families, students, and teachers engage more deeply with contemporary art and culture. Our programs focus on what we do best—present the most compelling art and artists of our time, accentuating the enor- mous value to be derived from understanding Erika V. Hanner Beatrice C. Mayer the issues, concepts, debates, and historical Director of Education context therein. We measure a successful year in many ways: greater media interest in our programs; attendance of nearly 2,000 at programs throughout the season, including several sold-out lectures; and the addition of a new season funder, the Albert Pick, Jr. Fund.
The People Who Shape Our World cussions were held in the galleries among lecture series thrived this year with the works on view, encouraging partici- speakers ranging from fashion designer pants to approach the discussion from a Cynthia Rowley to performance artist variety of angles and share complemen- Laurie Anderson and artist Jeff Koons. tary or even dueling perspectives. These Particularly successful was the series of gallery talks highlight our commitment gallery talks we organized for the 40th- to partnering with our city’s leading anniversary celebration during the exhibi- academics, scholars, thinkers, and writ- tion Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock ers. We will continue this fresh approach and Roll Since 1967, for which we brought to the traditional lecture as we seek to together trios of speakers and a modera- broaden our educational opportunities tor to discuss relevant issues. One such for adults. talk included WBEZ rock-music critic Jim We were thrilled to debut a new DeRogatis, artists John Phillips and offering this year that seeks to demystify Melanie Schiff, and moderator Anthony the artistic process for our visitors and Elms. Another talk included artists also takes advantage of the rich cultural Ken Fandell, Laura Letinsky, and Laura resources of Chicago. Works in Progress Mosquera with moderators Ruth Lopez, invites a local artist to set up a temporary art critic for Time Out Chicago, and studio in the Robert B. and Beatrice C. LeeAnn Trotter from NBC 5. These dis- Mayer Education Center, where, for a few
22 hours on the first Tuesday of each month, the artist creates new work and answers questions from visitors. We know our visitors love to see artists in action, and Works in Progress offers a unique oppor- tunity to observe and engage with work- ing artists and learn more about their process and work. This year’s Works in Progress participants included Dan Dem- chuk, Gabriel Garcia, Barbara Koenen, Jay Ryan, Deb Sokolow, Kristina Sparks, and Tara Strickstein. Family Days really hit their stride this year as we doubled our offerings from four days annually to eight, serving nearly 2,600 people. We also received important funding from Target in addition to the ongoing support from the MCA Women’s Board. A new generation of contemporary art lovers is being cultivated right here at the MCA as kids and their adult compan- ions explore our exhibitions and hands- on projects. The education department’s goal is to help our wide range of visitors to more deeply engage with the art, artists, and issues that the MCA presents. As our exhibitions change and our visitors’ needs vary, we continually work to make the most meaningful and innovative pro- grams and resources available to connect our diverse public with the museum’s dynamic offerings.
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The MCA gratefully acknowledges the Marlene Breslow Blitstein and following generous contributors: Berle Blitstein Carol and Douglas Cohen Individuals Mary Ittelson and Rick Tuttle $100,000 and above Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Jordan II Neil G. Bluhm Nancy Lauter McDougal and Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson Alfred L. McDougal Andrea and James A. Gordon Terry and Cynthia Perucca Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Griffin The Rabin Foundation Mr. and Mrs. King Harris Mrs. Leo S. Singer Anne and Burton Kaplan Margie and Bill Staples Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Koltun Dorie Sternberg Kovler Family Foundation Donna and Howard Stone Robert M. and Diane v.S. Levy Sara Szold Elizabeth A. Liebman John and Carol Winzeler Multifamily Portfolio LP LP Danielle Dunand Zimmerman and Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Martin Zimmerman Cari and Michael Sacks Marjorie and Louis Susman $15,000–24,999 Zell Family Foundation Jennifer Aubrey Jack and Sandra Guthman $50,000–99,999 Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Donald Kaul Laura De Ferrari and Marshall B. Front Ronald and Felicia Levin Family Fund Lois and Steve Eisen and The Eisen Debra Weese-Mayer and Robert N. Mayer Family Foundation Barbara Ruben Marilyn and Larry Fields Tina and Buzz Ruttenberg Margot and George Greig Penelope and Robert Steiner Anne and William Hokin Daryl Gerber Stokols and Jeff Stokols Mrs. Ruth Horwich Jerome and Marion Stone Richard A. Lenon Mrs. Robert B. Mayer $10,000–14,999 Judith E. Neisser Katherine A. Abelson and Robert J. Cornell $25,000–49,999 Gilda and Henry Buchbinder Sara Albrecht The Davee Foundation Michael Alper Frances R. Dittmer Marilynn B. Alsdorf Gail and Richard Elden Lindy Bergman Juan and Gela Gallardo Steven and Karen Berkowitz Nicholas and Nancy Giampietro Gerhard and Kathleen Bette Helyn D. Goldenberg
24 Richard and Mary L. Gray The Orbit Fund Brian Herbstritt Paws Up Foundation Marshall M. and Doris B. Holleb Erika Pearsall and Ned Jannotta Abe Tomás Hughes II and Claire and Gordon Prussian Diana Girardi Karnas Maya Romanoff Anne and John Kern Colleen H. Sullivan Lewis S. and Ann Neri Kostiner Barbara Kulkis $ 2,500–4,999 Marilyn and Ivan Kushen Meta S. and Ronald Berger Kate Neisser and Stephen Burns Family Foundation Maya Polsky Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Broido Mr. and Mrs. Alan Press Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Canmann Carol Prins and John Hart/ Alexandra and William Cole The Jessica Fund Sondra Ward Eisenberg Lynn and Allen Turner Gale and Ric Fischer The Weasel Fund Bob Friedman Philip Garoon and Family Anonymous Terri and Stephen Geifman Morris & Rose Goldman Foundation $5,000–9,999 Karen and Bill Goodyear Julie and Roger Baskes Bill and Vicki Hood Suzette Bross Bulley and Allan E. Bulley Mark Hoplamazian and Rachel Kohler Greg Cameron Mrs. Franklin Horwich Doris and Howard Conant Holly Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Curt A. Conklin Carol and Michael Hurvitz Jill and Bob Delaney, Jr. Susan Jaquith Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg Richard and Sylvia Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Fradkin Lisa Key and Kevin Lint Nancy and David Frej Sheila and Bill Lambert Alfred G. Goldstein Victoria Lautman Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Green Anat and Amos Madanes Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Michael Markman Dana and Andrew Hirt Janina Marks Cynthia Hunt and Philip Rudolph Christine and Tom Moldauer Klaff Family Foundation Herbert R. and Paula Molner Rita and Jim Knox Laura Sule Paulson Sylvie Légère and Todd Ricketts Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Paul Lehman and Ronna Stamm Dana L. Ragiel Renee Logan Susan and Richard Rieser MCA North Shore Affiliates R. D. Rodgers McBreen Family Mr. and Mrs. Burton X. Rosenberg Linda and Jerome H. Meyer
25 support Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Paul Gray and Dedrea Armour Gray Esther Saks Nickol and Darrel Hackett Margot and Harold Schiff Jim and Barbara Hanig Sam Schwartz Gary N. Heiferman Rose L. Shure Rhona Hoffman Kristin and Stan Stevens Andrew Hollingsworth and I. B. and Tom Weil Gilles Axel Noyer Anne and Warren Weisberg Joel and Carol Honigberg John J. Jelinek $1,500–2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Lael Johnson Marlene and Buzz Baumgarten Kay and Malcolm Kamin Robin Loewenberg Berger and Janis Kanter and Thomas McCormick Louis Berger Frank and Nancy Karger Mrs. Martin R. Binder Paul Klein and Amy Crum Cherry Paulette Finer Brown Anne D. Koch Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum Merrillyn J. Kosier and Julie and Shane Campbell James F. Kinoshita Valerie Carberry and Travis Glazebrook Karen and Daniel Lee Cleve Carney and Kay Schmitt Fay and Daniel Levin Naomi and Jeffrey Caspe Mitzi and Harvey Lewis The Chase Group Dr. Eva Fishell Lichtenberg and Bobbye Cochran and Todd Main Dr. Arnold Tobin Patricia Cox Beth A. Loeb Kassie Davis Suzanne Lovell, Inc. Shawn M. Donnelley Fund Deborah Lovely of the Northern Trust Charitable Jeanne Randall Malkin Giving Program Marx-Saunders Gallery, Ltd. Elissa Efroymson and Adnaan Hamid Dick and Donna Meckley Laura and Scott Eisen Monique Meloche and Evan Boris Stacey Empson and Eric Ruderman, MD Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson Lisa and Brad Erens Beverly M. Meyer Erika E. Erich Lisa Gregg Mitchell and Randy Mitchell Toni and Joel Fenchel Faye and Victor Morgenstern Josephine L. Ferguson Bill and Phyllis Neiman Suzette and Timothy P. Flood Alexandra and John D. Nichols Marcia and Thomas Fraerman Lara Niemira Martin Friedman and Mariko A. Nutt Peggy L. Casey-Friedman Roberta and Melvin Olshansky Laura and Laurence Gerber Edna K. Papazian Patti Gilford Cathy Passen Dr. Murray and Charlene Gordon Sandra and Michael Perlow
26 support Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker $1,000–1,499 Laurie and Alan Reinstein Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Billings Carol Rosofsky and Robert B. Lifton John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ross Judith A. Burton-Davis Biff Ruttenberg Foundation Jon and Melissa Butcher Jane Saks John D. Cartland Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Nick Cave and Jeffrey Roberts Richard and Ellen Sandor Roy C. Coffee, Jr. Family Foundation Roy G. and Jayne M. Davis Raymond and Inez Saunders Nancie and Bruce Dunn Debra and Dennis Scholl Katherine and Theodore Eckert Paula Scholl and Byron Roche Zoe and Gerald Eskin Mr. and Mrs. John Seder Susan and Bob Gescheidle Betty and Richard Seid Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Donna E. Shanley Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Goldman Janet and Larry Shiff Robyn De Koven Grossberg and Marcy and Marc S. Simon David Grossberg Beth and Alan Singer Madeleine Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Caryn and Gerold Skurnick Elizabeth S. Guenzel Elisa K. Spain Cornelia Hallinan Jill and David Stein Marilyn J. Hellman Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sternberg Joan B. and George E. Johnson Patricia F. Sternberg Jon D. Johnson and Steven Smith Andree S. and S. Ronald Stone Herta Hess Kahn Jessica and John Supera Linda Kinzelberg Mr. and Mrs. James H. Swartchild, Jr. Lisa Koch and Michael Kornick Marilyn and Carl Thoma David J. Mathers Kay Torshen Foundation Lyn McKeaney Dr. and Mrs. Michael Roy Treister Richard and Martha Melman Foundation Kay and Craig Tuber Mrs. and Mr. Jeanne Poorman Sharon and Peter Walton Judith and Robert Rothschild Imy and Howard Wax Denise Selz Richard Weisenseel Robin and David Small Mark and Judy Weitzman Bea Gray Steponate Jane and Gary Wilner Kathy and Steven Taslitz Ruth Winter Jon Wasserman Tom and Kathleen Wright Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss T.R. Youngblood Anonymous (3) Lisa Yun Lee
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27 support $500–999 Naomi Margolis Doris and Harvey Adelstein Shawn Mathis Janet Alberti and Fred Schneider Dr. and Mrs. Patrick M. McCarthy Edward F. Anixter and Carol Frankel Maggie and Michael Meiners Joan and Henry X Arenberg Dawn C. Netsch Janice and Richard Bail Iris and John Newman Michael Bauer and Roger Simon Philip Palmer Ellen Soren Beda and Bruce Beda S. James Perlow and Sandra Jo Allen George W. Blossom, III Jan Petry George K. Bovis Podolsky Family Foundation Susan D. Bowey Rita and Dattatraya Prajapati Alice Brunner Polly and Ken Rattner Maureen and Scott Byron Laurence M. Saviers Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Chandler Karen and Frank Schneider Edie and James Cloonan Terry Schwartz Virginia Crimmins Linda Searl and Joseph Valerio Pamela Crutchfield Allen R. Smart Fund Terri and Alfred D’Ancona of the Northern Trust Charitable Amina Jill Dickerson and Giving Program Julian T. Roberts Robin Steans and Leonard Gail Helen Dunbeck and Nikki W. Stein and Frederic Stein Rev. John Zimmermann Matthew Steinmetz George Dunea Phillip and Leslie Stern Natasha and Zach Egan Ellen Stone-Belic Robert and Sylvie Fitzpatrick Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Foley Ms. Harriet K. Stratis and Dr. Matthew R. Kere James Frey Glucksberg Martin D. Gapshis Mr. and Mrs. Alan Swimmer James and Amy Geier Susan and Gilbert Tauck Sarah and Joel Handelman Gregory and Cynthia Taylor Harbor Ventures, Inc. Peter and Lilian Vardy Joan and Irving Harris John Vinci Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt Jacqueline Vossler Dana Hokin and Robert Garvey Lisa Warshauer Kate T. Kestnbaum Mrs. Roy I. Warshawsky Judy and Jim Klutznick Bill and Frona Weaver Robert A. Kohl Bernice and Bernard Weissbourd Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Kully Deborah and Bartholomew Weldon Meryl S. and Gary I. Levenstein Jeanne and Robert Westcott Benita Levy Mr. and Mrs. Nat Zivin William Lieberman Anonymous (2) Deborah and Raymond Lipkin
28 support $ 250–499 Inge de la Camp Donna Abadinsky Rodrigo del Canto James Akers Larry N. Deutsch and William F. Parker Alan O. Amos and Marcia E. Lazar Tracy Dillard Julia and Larry Antonatos Shelley and Timothy Dolan Ms. Rhonda Bacus Russell J. Drake Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bahar Raymond H. Drymalski Douglas Baird Kimberly and Alex du Buclet Deani and Don Balthazar Deanna Dunagan Erica Bjork Marjorie N. Ettlinger and Shaun and Andrew Block Richard Ettlinger Virginia Bobins Carol and Steven Felsenthal Laura and Robert Boyd III Janet Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boyer Patricia and Robert Fitzgerald Susan Brannigan Geoffrey Flick Lawrence R. Brink, AIA Susan and Patrick Frangella Alan R. Brodie Henry S. and Rhoda Frank Leah R. Bruno Penny and John Freund Mary Frances Budig and A. John Hass Mr. and Mrs. David Ganek Janet V. Burch and Joel R. Guillory Jeanne Gang John William Butler and Barbara and Chuck Gately John M. VanderLinden Laura Gibson Deborah and Mark Caffray Jefferson Godard and Jeroen Nelemans Mr. and Mrs. John D. Callaway Ethel and Bill Gofen Lorie Chaiten and Harold Hirshman Ellen Goldberg Nancy R. G. Church and Charles C. Jett Jonathon D. Goldman, MD JoAnne Cicchelli and William Singer Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Goldsmith Mrs. Thomas C. Clark Sue and Melvin Gray Rebecca Clarkson and Joshua Ehart Stella and Burt Green Linda Burns Coleman (CCC) Evelyn and Nate Grossman Nora Daley Conroy and Sean Conroy Brenda and James Grusecki Gregory Cooper Dr. and Mrs. John Gustaitis Leo P. Cunningham Robert Habermann Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Custer Sol and Celia Hammerman Foundation The Honorable Richard M. Daley and Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Hanna Mrs. Margaret Daley Sharon and Donald Harris Courtney C. Dallaire and Seth Dallaire Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Heinecken Liese Dallbauman and Randall Snurr Sandra Helton and Norman Edelson Charlotte and Lawrence Damron Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Dr. Robert L. Deiss and Gayle Herman and Mortan Herman Mrs. Joan C. Deiss Joann Hickey
29 support M. Hill and Cheryl Hammock Eric McKissack and Dr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Hirschmann Cheryl Mayberry McKissack John A. Holabird, Jr. Mary and Charlie Miller John and Lucia Hollister Nancie and Stuart D. Mishlove Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Horwood Artemis and Ned Mitchell Gregory D. Hoskins and Julie and Scott Moller James K. Dennen John and Betty Moore Craig T. Ingram Eric Nordness Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. James Anne Nowicki and Zachary Broadwater Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Jensen Sharon and Lee Oberlander Mr. and Mrs. Ken Julian Julie Overbeck Sandra Kamin Charles and Melanie Payne Dr. and Mrs. Alan Kanter Cathy and Jim Pelts Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Irene S. Phelps Harriet and Ernest Karmin Judith and Byron Pollock Karen and Jay Key Mrs. Cindy Pritzker Carol Kijac Roz and Mel Regal Mrs. Joan Krasnow Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Reich Joan and Steven Kraus Merle Reskin Anstiss and Ronald Krueck Linda and Craig Rheingruber Katherine Kurtz Robert Rice and Tom Rutherford Catherine and William Ladany Dr. and Mrs. William J. Robb III Cindy Langenfel and Harry Johns Marjorie Robinson Brigitte Larsen and Mark Felser Neil and Ben Rosenberg Jules M. Laser Sandra and James Rosenberg Ann and Roy Lee Marsha and Robert Rosner Jonathan Lehman Mrs. Donald I. Roth David Lerner Bonnie and Michael C. Rothman Mr. and Mrs. John G. Levi Debbie and Jon Ruderman Bonita and Robert Levin Elizabeth Ruff Phyllis Levin Anita and John Russell Mr. and Mrs. James Loewenberg Cordelia Ryan and John Emel Audrey and Bob Lubin Judith and Aaron M. Schmidt Drs. Cole and Margaret Lundquist Michael E. Schnur and Jack M. Bulmash Missy and Calum Macleod Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schulson Dmitri O. Makarov Savannah and John Scott Mr. and Mrs. Kent Manning Patrick Sheahan Cheryl Lynn Bruce and Kerry Marshall Jane and James Shein Barbara and John Massey Tracy Sherman Bridget McDonough and Robert Markey Charles and Carol Siegel Mary and Giovanni Matteis Mrs. William Simon, Jr.
30 support Junie L. and Dorothy L. Sinson Megan Arendall Craig Sirles Connie Atterbury James Slate Ann Marie and Robert Avery Reverend Stan J. Sloan Dr. and Mrs. Alan Axelrod Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Allison Bacon Collin Smyser Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bajus Joyce and Charles Solberg Elizabeth and Stephen Ballis Nita Soref Mr. and Mrs. Merle H. Banta Sheri and Ron Spielman Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Barks Steven Stahler William R. Barnes Jodi and Jill Steinberg Patti Bartelstein Mr. and Mrs. William Steineke Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Belgrad Ms. Lisbeth C. Stiffel Donna and Michael Bell Josephine N. Strauss Mr. Daniel J. Bender Marianne and John Strokirk Allison and Jeffrey S. Bennett Adam Tumas, Jr. Elaine and Michael Bennett Sharon and Thurston Twigg-Smith Daniel Berger and Matthew Piechowski Gail and John Ward Jean and John Berghoff Susan and Michael West Susan and Richard Berns Clifton J. Wilkow and Robert T. Kinslow Julie and Larry Bernstein David W. Williams and Eric Ceputis Allison P. Bertrand Dr. Charles J. Wilson Helen and Charles Bidwell Kenneth F. Winter Constance H. Black Sinclair Winton Tammy W. and Ulysses B. Blakeley Judy Wise and Sheldon Baskin Frima H. Blumenthal Stephen M. and Regina Wentzel Wolfe Michelle Anne Booth and Lance Larson Michele Sutton Yeadon and Fred Yeadon Rafik Boughadov Suzanne York and Sean Berringer Jean Albano Broday and Albert Broday Joan and Michael Zavis Arlene and Keith Bronstein Mr. and Mrs. Merril Zenner Victoria Buchanan and Payman Sattar Ann Ziegler Joy Buddig Karen Zupko Herbert Josef Buder Estelle Burke Anonymous (9) Steven and Victoria Espy Burns Jeffrey Busby $150–249 Marion A. Cameron Rebeca Adams Paul R. Campagna and Donald D. Edgar Sandra M. Adams Ingrid and Sebastian Campos Carol and Larry Adelman Heewon and Norman Cerk Judith and Fred Adler Sara Jean Childers and Trish and Emilio Albertini Antonio Chaviano Christopher Alix
31 support Jane Christino and Joseph Wolnski Michelle Hartnett and Eric Frey Jan Cicero and Frank Cicero, Jr. Roselyn L. Friedman Matthew Cimaglia Brian Furtkamp and Matthew Hill Galeta Clayton Patricia Gaca Cynthia Comella Bryna and Edward P. Gamson Igor Maya Dacosta Judy and Mickey Gaynor Carmen and Michael Daley Matt Geesman John R. Damas Mr. and Mrs. Louis Genesen Michael S. Dannhauser Gaylord A. and William D. Gieseke Lisette and Richard Davison Lyle Gillman Pamela de Marris and James R. Meadows Elizabeth Glassman Lou Di Cerbo and Harriet Gryszkiewicz Sandy Goggin and John P. Goggin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Don Lynn and Glen Goldman Rosemary H. Doolas Ms. Susan Goldschmidt Sally Doubet-King and Patsy Gonzales and Barbara Tracy Randall Doubet-King Thea Goodman and Eric Oliver Tessa Dratt Jon Gorczyca Peggy Driscoll Laura Gorham Mr. and Mrs. Richard Druker Judy and Bill Greffin Susan and Lou Duman Paige Greve and Chris Basoukeas Willard L. Dumas III Mary Griswold and Geoffrey Bushor David Easterbrook and Richard Bough Wendy Gross and William De Woskin June and James L. Edlund Chris Grove Charles and Lois Edwards Maggie Grover and Edward Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Victor Elting III Lynn Brachman Gryll and Steven Gryll Mrs. Arlene Evans and Dr. Caswell Evans Laura Guaglianone Christy Evans Jason Halprin Terry and Sam Evans Katrina Halter Sharon and Peter Exley Judith L. and R. C. Hanlon Nina B. Feinberg and David Feinberg Paul Hansen Elaine Fishman Tom and Joie Harris Virginia Fitzgerald Marguerite E. Hartl David L. Fleener Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Haynes Paul Fong Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Bruce Fox James Heneghan Arthur Frank, MD Lela Hersh Mrs. Zollie S. Frank Elaine T. Hirsch and Donald Grossman Barbara and Stephen Fredman Mary Jo Holekamp Susan and Paul Freehling Liliane and Jeff Holland Judith R. Freeman Kilton Hopkins Peter G. O. Freund
32 support Rachel P. Horwitch and William T. Long Richard Horwitch Melynda Lopin Thomas W. Hunt Avram and Karen Lothan Barbara Huyler Doug Luccio-Camelo Susan and Marvin Isles Angela C. Lustig and Dale Taylor Charles Jahn and Mie Kongo Ralph Mandell Sue Jacob and Tom Durica Judy and Richard Marcus Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak Gail Margolis and Andrew Poznanski Peter Jefferson Betsy Martens and Gary Von Euer Edye Kamensky and Victor Dye Mrs. Winifred Martin Susie Karkomi and Marvin Leavitt Diana Mason Susan Kavanaugh and Morlen Sinoway William and Shari Massey Jennifer Kenny Camilla and David Mathews April Kilduff and Chris Mack Paula May Judy and Phil Kirk Eleanor M. McAllister Mary Cay Chisholm and Ken Kirk Dr. Susanna McColley and Paul R. Knapp and Nancy J. Knapp Dr. Russell Brown Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Koglin Richard McGuire Janet L. Kohrman Elizabeth McIlhany and Chad Kearney Laura Krain Sandy and Gregory McKeen Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kreisman Jon T. McNeely Laura and Sam Krneta Donald James Meckley Michael Kuemmel Debra and Edward Mellinger, Jr. Jill Kurth Allan and Linda Mellis Helene and Joseph Lachman School District of the Menomonie Area Richard L. Landau Sandra Meyer Gary Lee and Lewis Matheney Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Mhoon, Jr. Terie Leicht and Tim Day Charles L. Michod and Susan A. Michod Ruth W. Lekan Mr. and Mrs. David Midgley J. W. Lenox and Christy Lenox Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon I. Miller Maria Leone Marquis D. Miller and Evelyn and Jerold Levin Pamela Buchanan Miller Dr. and Mrs. Murray Levin Michael Minieka Averill and Bernard Leviton Kim C. Nagle and Rebecca A. Nagle Adam F. Lewis Ms. Kyoko Narahashi and Dr. Toshio Jo and Todd Lief Narahashi Patricia M. Livingston Adele and Seymour Neems William and Judith Locke Mark Nelson Charles W. and Mary M. Lofgren Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Jean London Mary and Art Neville Jessica and Trey Long
33 support Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Newman Rebecca Roin and Adam Garchik Sara Neely Newman and Warner A. Rosenthal Steven B. Newman D. D. Roskin Daniel L. Nichols and Robert M. Ragan Penelope and Lawrence Rothfield Peter Nicholson and Tim Jones Dr. and Mrs. Myron E. Rubnitz Yelvington Ginger and David Russ John T. Nolan Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle Greg Obrochta and Josh Obruchta Kathleen and Franklin Saksena Michael O’Connell John C. Sandry and Karen Hyatt Fernando A. Ojea and Barry Johnson Emily and Belkis Santos Susan Olsen and Barry Madden Marianne and Ruth Schaefer Solar and Kira Olugebefola Ava K. Schieber and Nathan L. Schieber Anne and John Oppenheimer Judith Feigon Schiffman and Susan and Edward Oppenheimer David Schiffman Richard Orsan Cara Schillinger Natalia Padalino Bronwyn Poole and Peter Schmitz Judy and Martin Paisner Martha Schneider Audrey L. Paton and John Paton Stephanie Schnorbus and Carter Robins Eric Peterson and Elizabeth Asbjornson Robert E. Schrade Mr. and Mrs. Lee Peterson Nina and Steve Schroeder Nancy and John L. Piasecki Theodore G. Schroeder Maria V. Pinto Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Schwartz Christine H. Poggianti and Dorie W. Schwertz Lawrence I. Schulman Michael and Deidre Sebastian Diane Ponder Rachel and Neal Seltzer Deborah Pope Kris Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pope Yvonne Shade-Zeldow and Peter Zeldow Jacqueline Pongracic and Ken Pursell Brian Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Duane Quaini Ilene Shaw Frank A. Quinn and Neil D. Ybanez Douglas and Marianne Sher Terezia Rabai and William Anspach Robert Sherer Anna Rappaport and Peter Plumley Susan Shimmin and David Tekler Linda and Ronald Rashkow Chuck Shugar Mark Rattin Dr. Norman Silverman Renee and Jeffrey Rehkemper Adele and John L. Simmons Dr. Mark S. Reiter and Edwin and Beverly Simon Dr. Kathleen A. Ward Linda and Michael L. Simon Jamacyn Steen Rheude Diljeet Singh Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rieger John Sirek and Colleen Loughlin Nancy Rodin Charles Smith Brandon Rogalski David and Emily Soloff
34 support Perry Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wechter Sondra and Charles Sonneborn Sharon Wegmann Elizabeth and Hugo Sonnenschein Leslie Weiss and Steve Eaddy Zerla M. Stayman Krisken and Barclay Welch Denise Stern and L. Stern Lee Wesley and Victoria Granacki Jennifer Stinson Mr. Roy Wesley and Mr. Mark Weber David Stouffer Dan and Julie Wheeler Kay and Jay Strayer Clyde Whitaker Margaret T. Sullivan and Leslie R. Wilson Lorri Seidemann Raymond W. Wise Mara Tapp and Michael Silverstein Jane Woldenberg Karin E. Tappendorf and D. M. Ward Laura A. Woods Lisa Taylor and Andy Massura Colleen Wyse and Stephen Klasko Ted Temkin and Pat Johnson Diana E. Young and William L. Brown Ron Tevonian Donald Young Kevin Thayer Cheryl Yuen and Thomas Chin Lynda Thoman and William Novshek Nina and Milton Zale Larry and Alison Thomas Leslie and Robert K. Zentner Wendy and Paul Thornycroft Elizabeth Tjepkema and Zachary Kline Mary Tobin and Rodney Sher Foundation and government Nancy Tom $100,000 and above Dr. and Mrs. Edward Traisman The Chicago Community Trust David Tsurumoto The John D. and Catherine T. Adam Tyler MacArthur Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Unger Terra Foundation for American Art Mrs. Murray J. Vale Mr. Adam Van Briesen and $50,000–99,999 Mr. Lloyd Mulvey Efroymson Fund, a CICF Fund Mr. Michael Van Meter and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency Ms. Judy Hillman Polk Bros. Foundation Raymond Vasiukevicius Marilyn and Michael Vender $25,000–49,999 Sandy A. Vidovic and Nancy D. Vidovic The Nathan Cummings Foundation Rose Villanueva Julius Frankel Foundation Marilyn Fatt Vitale and David Vitale The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Pooja and Peter Vukosavich/ Studio V Design $10,000–24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wanninger Alphawood Foundation Gerry Wawrzynek The Bill Bass Foundation Susan and Theodore Weber Helen Brach Foundation
35 support The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation $10,000–24,999 Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Amstel John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Bank of America Hugh M. Hefner Foundation Bank of America Foundation Illinois Bureau of Tourism Bloomberg The Joyce Foundation Boeing The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Crain Communications, Inc. Family Foundation Discover Financial Services Mericos Foundation Goldman, Sachs & Co. National Endowment for the Arts Hard Rock Hotel Chicago The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund JPMorganChase The Siragusa Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co. Northern Trust $5,000–9,999 PricewaterhouseCoopers Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Related Midwest CityArts IV UGL Unicco The Irving Harris Foundation Whole Foods Market New Prospect Foundation $5,000–9,999 $1,000–2,499 American Dental Association Butler Family Foundation Baxter International Inc. Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago Christie’s Cote d’Or Illinois Tool Works Inc. Corporate Room & Board $100,000 and above Vincent Partners Marketing American Airlines Wright Target $2,500–4,999 $50,000–99,999 Advent Systems, Inc. Kraft Foods AIG Private Client Services Macy’s Foundation Blackman Kallick, LLP Sara Lee Foundation BNR Partners, LLC UBS Goose Island Beer Company Wolfgang Puck Catering Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects Mesirow Financial $25,000–49,999 Mission Press, Inc. Citi Foundation Nobilo Wines DLA Piper Seyfarth Shaw Charitable Foundation NetJets Shure Incorporated Terry Dowd, Inc.
36 support $1,000–2,499 Amsted Industries Foundation Chipotle Crown Construction and Development DeStefano and Partners, LTD Elements, Inc. European Painting & Decorating Co. Fenimore Asset Management, Inc. GKN Foundation gravitytank, inc. InterPark Kirkland & Ellis LLP Lowitz and Sons, Inc. Orange Skin Perkins + Will Sahara Enterprises, Inc. surroundart Suzanne Lovell Inc.
37 support financial information
operating revenues $17 Million
Investment Income for Operations 16%
Earned Revenues
49%
35%
Contributions
operating expenses $17 Million
Facilities 20%
Marketing and PR 9% 47%
Fundraising 7%
17% General and Administrative Program Expenses
38 Contributions $8.3 Million
9,000,000
8,000,000 Fundraising, net 15%
7,000,000 Government 16% 6,000,000
8% Foundation 5,000,000 Corporate 12%
4,000,000
Individual 3,000,000
2,000,000 47%
1,000,000
39 financial information events
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Artist Barbara Koenen installing BaluchiDrixa (2007) for the Mapping the Self exhibi- tion during the MCA’s 40 free days in celebration of its 40th anniversary
Guests at the MCA@40 gala
Gael Neeson and King and Caryn Harris at the Jeff Koons Circle Preview
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Marilynn Alsdorf, Marshall Holleb, and Helyn Goldenberg in the sculpture garden at the MCA@40 gala
Mary Ittelson and guests trying out Pedro Reyes’s Leverage (2007) at the Escultura Social Circle Preview
The Complaints Choir performing on the MCA Stage during the museum’s 40 free days in celebration of its 40th anniversary
Madeleine Grynsztejn, Bill T. Jones, and Penny Pritzker at the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Performance Gala
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The MCA@40 gala committee: (left to right) Helen Zell, Anne Kaplan, Merrillyn Kosier, Carol Prins, Sally Meyers Kovler, Marilyn Fields, KathyTaslitz, Marlene Breslow- Blitstein, and Cari Sacks
Sally Meyers Kovler, Patti Smith, Bob Fitzpatrick, and Cari Sacks at the MCA@40 gala
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Los Super Elegantes performing at the Escultura Social Members’ Preview
Inside view of the MCA@40 gala tent on Mies van der Rohe Way
Local artists participating in the installation of John Baldessari’s Framed Heights (1974) during the MCA’s 40 free days in celebration of its 40th anniversary
43 events Board of Trustees
Mary Ittelson, Chair C. Bradford Smith King Harris, Vice Chair and Chair-Elect Kai Sotorp Stefan Edlis, Secretary Daryl Gerber Stokols Steven L. Fradkin, Treasurer Donna A. Stone Marjorie Susman Trustees Sara Szold Helen Zell* Sara Albrecht Martin E. Zimmerman Michael Alper Jennifer Aubrey Life Trustees Steven P. Berkowitz Gerhard Bette Marilynn B. Alsdorf Marlene Breslow-Blitstein Roger W. Barrett Suzette Bross Bulley Lindy Bergman Michael Canmann John D. Cartland* Carol Cohen Frances Dittmer Lois Eisen Helyn D. Goldenberg* Larry Fields Mrs. Ruth Horwich Marshall Front John C. Kern Nicholas Giampietro Sally Meyers Kovler* James A. Gordon Richard A. Lenon Kenneth C. Griffin Lewis Manilow* Madeleine Grynsztejn** Mrs. Robert B. Mayer Jack Guthman Mrs. Marjorie I. Mitchell William J. Hokin Judith Neisser William Hood Penny Pritzker* Abe Tomás Hughes II Dorie Sternberg Cynthia Hunt Jerome H. Stone Gretchen Jordan Allen M. Turner* Anne Kaplan Don Kaul Presidents of Support Groups** Sanfred Koltun Rena Sternberg, Women’s Board Ron Levin Peter Broido, Collectors Forum Robert N. Mayer Tania Zubkus, Volunteer Guides Nancy A. Lauter McDougal Kate Neisser *Past Chair **Ex-oªcio Martin Nesbitt Terry E. Perucca Carol Prins Edward W. Rabin, Jr. Barbara Ruben Cari Sacks
44 staff
Accounting Amy Lukas Sharon Hawkins Coordinator of Rights and Reproductions Accounting Manager Jude Palmese Mary Richardson Senior Associate Registrar, Collections Accounts Receivable Accountant Curatorial Sarah Wade Celine Marie Kopp Accounting Assistant Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow Peter Walton Kate Kraczon Chief Financial Oªcer Curatorial Administrative Assistant Lee Warzecka Dominic Molon Accounts Payable/Payroll Manager Curator
Administration Elizabeth A. T. Smith LaToya Curry James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator and Administrative Assistant Deputy Director for Programs
Helen L. Dunbeck Tricia Van Eck Director of Administration Curatorial Coordinator and Curator of Artists’ Books Emily Eirich Internship and Volunteer Coordinator/ Lynne Warren Museum Scheduler Curator
Susan Kie¤er Julie Rodrigues Widholm Human Resources Manager Assistant Curator
Jared Sheldon Design and Publications Sta¤ Receptionist/ Sarah Kramer Telecommunications Assistant Editorial Assistant
Collections and Exhibitions Jonathan Krohn Jennifer Dra¤en Designer Director of Collection and Alfredo Ruiz Exhibition Services Designer Meridith Gray Senior Associate Registrar, Exhibitions
Amy Louvier Assistant Registrar
45 Development Education Kaitlin Allen Erika V. Hanner Manager of Individual Giving and Beatrice C. Mayer Director of Education Board Secretary James Hodges Bridget Eastman Coordinator of School Programs Coordinator of Individual Giving Kristen Kaniewski Kevin Eisenmann Education Coordinator Manager of Corporate Relations Marissa Reyes Julie P. Havel Polk Bros. Associate Director of Education Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Maricelle Robles Government Relations Coordinator of Family and Youth Programs Lisa M. Key Director of Development Facilities Management Duncan R. Anderson Jonathan Lehman Building Operations Manager Grants Coordinator Don Meckley Laurie Poindexter Director of Production and Facilities Development Services and Database Administrator Dennis O’Shea Manager of Technical Production Robert Sherer Manager of Individual Giving Nathaniel Ward Assistant Building Operations Manager Allison Ward Development Assistant Information Systems Kamila Farshchi Directors’ Office Director of Information Systems Janet Alberti Deputy Director and Chief John Koper Operating Oªcer Information Systems Specialist
Shannon Cleary David Whitely Assistant to the Deputy Director and Information Systems Specialist Board Secretary
Madeleine Grynsztejn Pritzker Director
Janet Wolski Assistant to the Director
46 staff Marketing Preparators Nicole M. Davis Stephen Hokanson Marketing Assistant Senior Preparator, Shop Manager
Chaz Olajide Brad Martin Manager of External Marketing Senior Preparator, Exhibitions
Angelique Power Scott M. Short Director of Marketing Senior Preparator, Exhibitions
Michelle Zis Marketing Coordinator Security Kinola Ames Systems Operator Supervisor Media Relations Erin Baldwin Judy Gooden Media Relations Coordinator Systems Operator Supervisor
Karla Loring David McElroy Director of Media Relations Gallery Oªcer
Je¤rey Nishihira Willie Reives Web Developer Senior Dock Oªcer
Sarah Wambold Eddie Sallie Media Relations Coordinator Director of Security Services
Earnest Sterling Membership Senior Floor Captain and Travis Trott Warehouse Security Oªcer Membership Coordinator Igor Vygovsky Performance Programs Systems Operator Yolanda Cesta Cursach Robert Wisniewski Assistant Director of Performance Programs Security Manager Surinder Martignetti Performance Programs Coordinator Special Events Gina Crowley Richard Norwood Director of Special Events and Rentals Production Coordinator Kristi N. Widgery Peter Taub Assistant Director of Rental Events Director of Performance Programs
47 staff Store Visitor Services Antoinette Dillon Matti Allison Sales Associate Box Oªce Manager
Jennifer Fastwolf Amy Corle Sales Associate Director of Visitor Services and Manager of Internal Marketing Bruce A. Greene Retail Operations Coordinator Charles Evans Box Oªce Coordinator John Gustafson Senior Sales Associate and Phongtorn Phongluantum Assistant Buyer—Print and Media Assistant Box Oªce Manager
Callista K. Kolias Truly Render Manager of Retail Operations Visitor Services Manager
Mara Koppel Sales Associate
Mark Millmore Director of Retail Operations
David Robinson Sales Associate
Maxine Weintraub Jewelry and Accessories Buyer
Robert Wodzinski Shipping and Receiving Processor
Heather Zienert Retail Merchandiser and Buyer’s Assistant
48 staff