January–March 2017

THE OPEN ROAD: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMERICAN ROAD TRIP 1 Welcome from the Members’ Opening Executive Director The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip Dear Friends, Wednesday, February 8, 7 p.m.

Joining the MFA is a Be one of the first to enjoy these compelling photographs. homecoming for me. I grew Refreshments Cash Bar up in Clearwater, and, like so Complimentary Valet Parking many students, discovered art at the MFA – the first museum I ever visited. In retrospect, that experience changed my life and inspired my career.

The MFA’s encyclopedic collection is a treasure and an exceptional educational resource. It tells the many stories of civilization from antiquity to the present day. It encourages students and adults alike to learn about the past through concrete objects, and, with a recent focus on contemporary art, including new media and video, to look toward the future.

Museums are a place of learning, discovery, enjoyment – and sometimes solace. We live in an increasingly small world, where understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures, beliefs, and ideas are powerful tools to fuel hope and a sense of New Executive Director Kristen A. Shepherd was introduced to connection to others. MFA supporters by Chairman of the Board Mark T. Mahaffey at a reception on Monday, November 14. Greeting the crowd were (left to right) Vice Chair Cathy Collins, who chaired The MFA has an impressive tradition as the the search committee; Mr. Mahaffey; and Ms. Shepherd. community’s museum, a feeling underscored by the very nature of our building. The colonnade on Beach Drive seems to embrace the city, and the entrance on Bayshore faces a stunning expanse of water. Both set a tone for openness, warmth, and possibility. Board of Trustees 2017 Executive Committee Mr. Joseph C. Jimenez I am deeply honored that the Board of Trustees has Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey, The Hon. Richard selected me as the new Executive Director and am Chairman Kriseman, Mayor thrilled to be joining you as part of the MFA family. of the City of I look forward to getting to know you, our members, Mrs. Cathy Collins, Vice volunteers, and donors, and contributing to the Chairman St. Petersburg, ex vibrant community of St. Petersburg. Mr. Wayne (Skipp) officio, nonvoting Fraser, CPA, Treasurer Ms. Fay Mackey Thank you for everything you have done and Mr. R. Clark Mason, Ms. Christina M. Majeed continue to do for the MFA. We are on an exciting Secretary Ms. Mary Alice journey – together. Mr. Darryl A. LeClair McClendon Mrs. Glenn Mosby Mrs. Patti Novack Warm regards, Mr. Fred S. Razook Jr. Mr. James Reichert Ms. Kristen A. Shepherd, Dr. Dimity Carlson, Executive Director, President, The ex officio, nonvoting Margaret Acheson Kristen A. Shepherd Trustees Stuart Society Mrs. Erin Smith Aebel, Honorary Trustees, Esq. nonvoting Mr. Roy Binger Mrs. Isabel Bishop, Ms. Laura Militzer Bryant Honorary Memorial On the cover: Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert Trustee Ryan McGinley (American, born 1977) Mr. James R. Gillespie, Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Dakota Hair (detail), 2004 JD, LLM Esq. C- print Courtesy of the artist and Team Gallery, New York Mr. Robert L. Hilton Mrs. Hazel C. Hough MFA photos: Bridget Bryson Mr. Troy Holland, Esq. Mrs. Carol A. Upham

2 CURRENT | UPCOMING | EXHIBITIONS The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip Hazel Hough Wing Thursday, February 9–Sunday, June 4

Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. – Jack Kerouac, On the Road

The American road has been a muse for writers, musicians, film directors, painters, and photographers. Jack Kerouac’s (American, born 1939) On the Road (1957) and John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley Untitled from the Los Alamos Portfolio (1965-1974) (1962) are classics in American literature. Dye transfer print ©Eggleston Artist Trust Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York Easy Rider (1969), starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, featured the motorcycle, almost as a protagonist and as a The Americans from the mid-1950s and continues to the present symbol of rebellion. Thelma and Louise (1991), with Susan day with images by Ryan McGinley and Justine Kurland. Cars, Sarandon and Geena Davis, the first feminist road movie, billboards, signs, the landscape, urban and rural areas, motels and attracted a large audience. restaurants, and, of course, people dominate.

Organized by the Aperture Foundation in New York, The The entire exhibition has a cinematic quality and has three film stills, Open Road is a visual tour de force, includes approximately including one from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, 1960. (Remember 100 photographs, and traces the rise of road culture in the Bates Motel?) There is even a vintage battery-operated toy car America. It begins with ’s extraordinary series (around 1960s/70s) that stops for the passenger to take a photo.

Ed Rusha’s Twentysix Gasoline Stations, created as an artist’s book, reveals the Modernist imprint on the landscape in the 1960s, and ’s 1964 captures a country in the throes of change. Lee Friedlander’s American Monument and ’s Uncommon Places revel in turning expectations upside down.

The acclaimed Japanese photographer Shinya Fujiwara in his American Roulette series and Frenchman Bernard Plossu bring the perspective of outsiders to the American experience. Ryan McGinley and Justine Kurland emphasize freedom and experimentation, often by photographing those on the margins of society, including their young friends. They do not judge. In fact, they take an optimistic, even romantic view, reflected in the title of McGinley’s first photography book, The Kids Are Alright (1999).

No road trip would be complete without the Sunshine State, reflected in two photographs, Florida (1967 and 1970), by Joel Meyerowitz and ’s Wet’n Wild Aquatic Theme Park, Orlando, Florida, September 1980. Many other leading photographers are represented, including William Eggleston (from his Los Alamos Portfolio), Inge Morath (Road to Reno), and Alex Soth (Sleeping by the Mississippi).

Curated by and Denise Wolff, The Open Road takes Ed Ruscha (American, born 1937) visitors on an unforgettable journey. It is supported in part by the Phillips 66, Flagstaff, Arizona (1962) National Endowment for the Arts. Gelatin silver print Courtesy of the artist 3 Pick-a-Pic Sunday, January 8, 4-6:30 p.m. Marly Room, MFA

Make history and vote for a photograph to enter the collection. Everyone gets a vote! Music by the Lakewood High School Jazz Ensemble Savory Hors D’Oeuvres Signature Libation Cash Bar New Photography Gallery The Miriam F. Acheson Gallery is now dedicated to showing images $25 for Friends of Photography members from the Museum’s photography collection, one of the largest and $35 for all others finest in the Southeast. Robin O’Dell, Manager of Photographic Become a presenting sponsor and reserve a table for Collections, selects the works, which will be rotated on a regular basis. eight.

Friends of Photography members get five votes. Not a member? Join today! Greg Smith: Breakdown Lane Helen and Dick Minck Gallery of New Media All proceeds go toward the purchase of the winning photograph. Saturday, January 21–Sunday, May 7

*** Greg Smith is a multidisciplinary artist who notes that his work often centers on a character attempting to “create something, trying to “America through the Eyes of structure his environment, but who’s also kind of hapless, and, in the the Tintype, 1856-1890” end, probably doomed.” Presented by Dr. Robert L. Drapkin Based in , he is best known for his videos, though he also Sunday, March 19, 3 p.m. produces installations and sculpture. He has a PhD in Physics from Bayview Room Harvard University and pursued a career in science, before turning $10 for Friends of Photography members to art full-time. His innovative work explores the big questions of our $20 for nonmembers experience, using humorous, homemade methods.

Smith’s video Breakdown Lane (2013) functions as both an exploration of the archetypal journey inherent to the road movie and as a reflection on the video medium itself. Throughout the absurd narrative, he rigorously attempts to maneuver his improbable automobile out of the breakdown lane.

Critic Sarah Goffstein has written that “beyond optical accidents, the makeshift mechanics of Smith’s vehicle put the artist at risk…It is hard not to expect electrocution or explosions.” The video is shown on an improvised theater in the center of his installation and was selected by Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill to complement The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip.

Photographer unknown Tintype (nineteenth century) The Drapkin Collection

Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin have been two of the Museum’s most generous donors of photography. Dr. Drapkin began collecting photography in 1975 and Greg Smith (American, born 1970) has developed a collection that is respected nationally. Breakdown Lane (2013) The Drapkins have been selected as two of America’s Video still top 100 collectors by Art & Antiques. Courtesy Susan Inglett Gallery, New York ©Greg Smith 4 Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art Hazel Hough Wing FINAL DAYS, through Sunday, January 22

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art is one of the most Local Sponsors: expansive and vibrant exhibitions of Latino art ever presented in the Tampa Bay area. It spotlights 75 works by 62 gifted modern and contemporary artists, drawn entirely from the illustrious collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Our America National Supporters The art is as diverse as Latinos themselves. All media are represented, Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art is including vintage political posters and inventive video. Artists of Cuban, organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Puerto Rican, and Mexican descent are amply represented. Dr. E. Carmen Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by Ramos, Curator of Latino Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Altria Group, the Honorable Aida M. Alvarez, Judah Best, organized this traveling exhibition. The James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins, Tania and Tom Evans, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, The Michael A. and the Honorable Marilyn Logsdon Mennello Endowment, Henry R. Muñoz III, Wells Fargo, and Zions Bank. Additional significant support was provided by The Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Support for "Treasures to Go," the museum's traveling exhibition program, comes from The C.F. Foundation, Atlanta.

Emilio Sánchez (American, born Cuba, 1921-1999) Untitled, Bronx Storefront, “La Rumba Supermarket” (late 1980s) Watercolor on paper Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Emilio Sánchez Foundation ©Emilio Sánchez Foundation

Members’ Opening Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art Wednesday, October 26

(Left to right) Joe Durkin and Iris Gonzalez of sponsor (Left to right) Architect Yann Weymouth, Chairman of the Bright House Networks; Rick Kriseman, Mayor of the City MFA Board Mark T. Mahaffey, Hazel and William Hough of St. Petersburg; and MFA trustee Erin Aebel and Julio Chief Curator Jerry N. Smith, and Wayne Atherholt, Director Esquivel of sponsor Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. of Cultural Affairs for the City of St. Petersburg.

5 Jack Barrett: The Far North: People Watching Inuit Prints and Sculpture Lee Malone Gallery Works on Paper Gallery Through Sunday, February 26 Through Sunday, March 19, 2017

Jack Barrett (1929-2008) was an expert draftsman, which can be seen in his sketchbooks, paintings, even his sculpture. He rarely left the house without his sketchbook and even kept one in wife Louise’s car as a backup. Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill selected the works with the invaluable assistance of his widow Louise Barrett.

Peter Morgan (Canadian, born 1951) A-Ta-Ta! My Finger! (1975) Stonecut Gift of Donald Karshan and Maurie Lee Harding

The Inuit people of Canada and the Arctic, formerly known as the Eskimo, have a long history of producing art, first through sculpture and basketry, and, more recently, printmaking. Dr. Teresa Wilkins of the MFA staff curated The Far North. She specialized in non-Western art during her graduate study at Indiana University Bloomington.

This Museum premiere of more than 30 works includes all of the above media, as well as objects such as a bracelet, two letter openers (one in the shape of a fox and the other, a salmon), even a seal whistle. Largely inspired by nature, the Inuit have transformed the functional into the artistic. Jack Barrett (American, 1929-2008) Self-Portrait Oil on canvas These works span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most tell stories Courtesy of Louise Barrett and transmit knowledge, from one generation to the next and from the Inuit to the wider world. The majority of the works were given to the Museum by This Spotlight exhibition offers a rewarding Donald Karshan and Maurie Lee Harding, complemented by choice loans glimpse of pages from his sketchbooks, with from area collectors. their spontaneous, yet ever confident drawings. His vivid, sometimes whimsical paintings reveal his eye for color, and his sculptures, on view for Dominique Labauvie: Dig the first time, suggest an affinity with Alberto Giacometti. Standing Woman (1960) is his first Lee Malone Gallery known sculpture, and the painting Red Ladder Saturday, March 4–Sunday, July 2 (2007), with its stained-glass effect, was created near the end of his life. The formal explorations of interdisciplinary artist Dominique Labauvie are rooted in both material and a highly developed relationship to philosophies of Mr. Barrett attended Carnegie Institute and the drawn line. graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He worked as an illustrator for the St. Petersburg He has written: “When a line bends, it slows down; as it expands, it suddenly Times from 1970 until 1990 and devoted himself appears as a flat surface – it carves out its presence in space like a black hole. to fine art upon his retirement. His work is in The ground (any ground: earth, wood or stone) hosts the forged lines as the the collection of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of landscape that for centuries has been mapped by rivers, roads, and highways. Art, St. Petersburg College, and in many private The line informs us about the absent forms, as only the missing remain in collections. our memories, our books, and in our images. The line attests to the desire of thought.” This is the first time Mr. Barrett’s art has been shown at the MFA. Curator of Contemporary Dig brings together recent works by Mr. Labauvie in his signature media Art Katherine Pill selected the works with the of steel and pastels. The theme of the ruin runs throughout, as he seems to invaluable assistance of Louise Barrett. take on the role of archaeologist, digging into the earth’s histories to try to understand their effect on current events. 6 Born in Strasbourg, France, Mr. Labauvie has resided in Tampa since 1998 with his wife, master printer Erika Greenberg- Schneider, founder of Bleu Acier studio and gallery. He earned his BA in literature and philosophy from the Academy of Colmar and studied art history at the University of Strasbourg. He concentrated on sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and later taught Trunk Show at the École des Beaux-Arts in Tourcoing, France. He has shown Consuelo Ulrich of Spratling Silver his work internationally. Thursday, January 19, 5:30-8 p.m.

Consuelo Ulrich, making her first local appearance, is carrying on the family tradition of crafting artistic jewelry at the legendary Rancho Spratling in Taxco, Mexico. That area is known for its master silversmiths. Dominique Labauvie (French, born 1948) Resistance (2000) Forged steel Ms. Ulrich launched the Stefano brand in 2008 in memory Gift of Elinor Gollay and Rex Brasell in honor of her beloved brother. She is involved in every part of the of the Museum’s 50th anniversary creative process—from the initial sketch to the finished piece. Inspired by nature, she has produced strands of silver He is represented in the collections of the Musée des arts bougainvillea petals, silver and amethyst calla lilies, and décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, in Paris; Musée d'art moderne et butterflies and golden angel wings with black diamonds, contemporain de Céret, France; and closer to home, the MFA among many other unique objects. They are very much and the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Mr. Labauvie has been at home in the elegant setting of the Museum Store and commissioned to create large-scale public sculptures in Paris, represent a fantastical fusion of Mexican and American Dijon, and Tampa. This is his first Spotlight exhibition at the MFA, design traditions. organized by Curator of Contemporary Art Katherine Pill.

Stuffed Animal Night at the Museum and Breakfast with Santa Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11 Children and adults have fallen in love with this holiday celebration. Photos by Susan Robertson and Bridget Bryson

7 "Goblets of Gold: The Context of Sicán Cups in Northern Peru" Sunday, February 26, 3 p.m.

The Sicán flourished on the northern coast of modern-day Peru from around 750-1350 CE, excelling in metallurgy. The gold goblet, which they produced, conveys a wealth of information about Andean history, from technical advancements to feasting traditions with maize beer. In this talk, Dr. Kimberly Jones | | LECTURES TALKS SPECIAL EVENTS will explore ancient Andean culture through the lens of this For updates on public programs, follow us on Twitter, like glittering object, including comments on the MFA's prized us on Facebook, and visit mfastpete.org. Effigy Beaker (Kero) on view in the Parrish Gallery.

Support for educational programs comes from the State of Dr. Jones specializes in the ancient Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Andes, with 10 years of archaeological Florida Council on Arts and Culture; The Margaret Acheson fieldwork in northern Peru. She recently Stuart Society; Duke Energy; the City of St. Petersburg Office curated the exhibitions Inca: Conquests of Cultural Affairs; and Westminster Communities of St. of the Andes/Los Incas y las conquistas de Petersburg. Programs are subject to change without notice. los Andes at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) and Between Mountains and Sea: LECTURES & GALLERY TALKS Arts of the Ancient Andes at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas Free with MFA admission at Austin. She is currently working on a catalogue of the DMA’s ancient Americas collection. Lecture on Breakdown Lane by artist Greg Smith Saturday, January 21, 3 p.m. Before joining the DMA, Dr. Jones was the Cultural Collections Manager at the Texas Memorial Museum and lectured on art history at the University of Texas at Austin and Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She holds her BA, with honors, in history; her MA in Latin American studies; and her PhD in art history from UT-Austin.

The Parrishes donated many of the Museum’s most significant pre-Columbian objects, which are displayed in a gallery named in their honor. Mr. Parrish was a successful publisher of aviation magazines, and Mrs. Parrish was Director of the U.S. Passport Office from 1955-1977.

Gallery Talk on The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip by Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Dr. Jerry N. Smith and Manager of Photographic Innovative artist Greg Smith introduces his installation and Collections Robin O’Dell performance-based video, Breakdown Lane (2016), on view in the Sunday, March 26, 3 p.m. Helen and Dick Minck Gallery of New Media. He turns the road trip upside down, as he faces numerous obstacles and even For the past year, Dr. Jerry N. Smith has catastrophes along the way. served as the Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator and Interim Executive Mr. Smith has shown his videos, installations, and sculpture at Director. He was previously Curator of the , Artists Space, and White Columns American and European Art to 1950 and in New York; the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center; and The Art of the American West at the Phoenix McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, among many other Art Museum. He holds his BA and MA venues. His work has been praised in New York Magazine, from Arizona State University and his The New Yorker, and the New York Times, and he has received PhD from the University of Kansas, all numerous awards, including a 2013 John Simon Guggenheim in art history. Fellowship for film and video. Robin O’Dell returned to the MFA He holds his BA from Amherst College and his PhD in physics in 2014 after earning her MA in from Harvard University. He earned an MFA from Hunter photographic preservation and College five years later. His scientific background can still collections management in the joint be seen in the wild objects he builds and in his love of film program offered by Ryerson University technology. Mr. Smith is an American original. in Toronto and the Eastman House Museum. She recently curated Harold Wayne W. and Frances Knight Parrish Lecture by Edgerton: What the Eye Can’t See and Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, The Ellen and Harry S. Parker III selected the images in the Miriam F. Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas at the Dallas Acheson Gallery, now dedicated to examples from the MFA’s Museum of Art outstanding photography collection.

8 He, too, has shown his work widely, which recently has Coffee Talks with Nan Colton taken the form of rockets and spacecraft. His sculpture has Sponsored by: been featured in Glass Art Magazine and American Craft Magazine, among other publications. The Allens have taught at leading glass centers in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Second Wednesday of the Month. Free with Museum admission. Marco and Mattia Salvadore and Pietro and Ricardo Ferro The MFA’s ever popular performing artist-in-residence Nan Celebrating the Glass of Murano Colton invites us to meet an artist or historical figure in a Sunday, February 12, 3 p.m. 30-minute presentation that includes a cup of coffee or tea and delectable pastries. Studio Salvadore is a collaborative glass-production enterprise headed by brothers Marco and Mattia Salvadore January 11: Contemplation in Murano, Italy. They began working with their father Ms. Colton portrays the legendary British novelist Virginia Davide in the studio Campanol & Salvadore as young boys. Woolf, a subject of French painter Jacques-Émile Blanche. Marco was a presenter at the 2009 Glass Art Society and has traveled the world to teach. Mattia has studied with a variety February 8: Remembering Anne Frank of Muranese masters and at the Pilchuck Glass School and Were it not for Miep Geis’ actions has worked at the famous Venini glass factory. during World War II, we may never have encountered Anne Frank. Ms. Colton The two artists emphasize graceful, elliptical shapes that profiles this heroic, little known figure. frame the layered colors emerging from the glass. Their "fresh tone" palettes give to their overall designs a fresh, March 8: Finding Voice in Photography contemporary look. Meet Inge Morath, the Austrian-born journalist and self-taught photographer, Pietro and Ricardo Ferro followed in the footsteps of father who once wrote, “I knew that I could Paolo, and, under his leadership, learned the art of grinding. express the things I wanted to say by Nan Colton as The Ferros have collaborated with such masters as Lino giving them form through my eyes.” Miep Gies Tagliapietra and such companies as Venini, Barovier & Toso, and Seguso.

Raven Skyriver and Kelly O’Dell Sunday, March 12, 3 p.m.

Shelley Muzylowski Allen and Rik Allen Sunday, January 15, 3 p.m.

Shelley Muzylowski Allen has a BFA in painting and intaglio from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver and from Glass art by Raven Skyriver 1998-2004, was an assistant with the William Morris sculpture team in Washington. In 2005, she Raven Skyriver’s depiction of marine life is inspired by his established a glass and sculpture childhood on Lopez Island, Washington. He started blowing studio, also in Washington, with glass at 16 and built his own workshop from the techniques husband Rik Allen. Her work he learned from mentor Lark Dalton. He has since worked has been seen across the country with William Morris and Karen Willenbrink-Johnson and and is part of public and private other major figures in the glass world. collections worldwide. In 2012, she was a guest artist at Studio Kelly O’Dell was introduced to the medium at an early age Salvadore in Murano, Italy, where by her artist father. She earned her BFA, specializing in she collaborated with Davide glass, and moved to Seattle to study and work at the Pilchuck Salvadore on a series of large- Celadon Hippocampus by Glass School and Pratt Fine Arts Center. In 2003, she began scale glass sculptures. Shelley Muzylowski Allen assisting William Morris during the last years of his career and received her first solo exhibition, 65 Million Years, at Seattle’s Rik Allen was also a member of Vetri Gallery. the William Morris team – in his case, for 12 years. He holds a BA in Anthropology from Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire and came to Seattle to work at the famed Pilchuck Glass School.

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Thursday, January 12, 6 p.m. Winner’s Release Party Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez (2015), directed by Justin Thursday, January 19, 2017 Webster, Spanish with English 6–8 pm @ the MFA subtitles. A law-school dropout and political journalist, García Márquez grew up in the poverty and violence of northern Colombia. Known affectionaly as “Gabo” throughout Latin America, he is the author of such masterpieces as Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Thursday, January 19, 2017, 7 p.m. Cows Wearing Glasses (2014), directed by Alex Santiago Pérez, Puerto Rico, Spanish with English subtitles

Marso, a lonely, eccentric painter and art professor, is losing his sight and begins to reexamine a life filled with professional success, but unsatisfying personal relationships. He reaches out to his only daughter, as he copes with fear and uncertainty. Daniel Lugo gives an impeccable performance as Marso.

Thursday, March 23, 2017, 6 p.m. Three short films by Robert Frank, Paper Route (2002), I Remember (1998), and C’est Vrai (1990), distributed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Photo by Essentia Special Moments Photography Manohla Dargis of the New York Times Join us in toasting ANDREW PALUMBO, the 2016 Best has called Robert Frank “one of the most of Show for the Beer Project Pro-Am Competition and important and influential American taste his winning Good Rye, Sniper – a Rye Saison. Enjoy independent filmmakers of the last limited edition home brews by St. Petersburg Homebrew half-century.” In Paper Route, the artist joins the delivery man Club and PUBGuild, a home brewing demonstration, on his daily job in wintery Nova Scotia. Mr. Frank plays the access to galleries and a film screening of Cows Wearing pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz as he reenacts a visit to his home in I Remember. Finally, he takes viewers on an Glasses (2014). Food trucks available. excursion through New York’s lower-east side in C’est Vrai.

FREE FOR MFA MEMBERS. $5 non-members. SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, April 13, 6 p.m. Two more Visit mfastpete.org/beerproject to purchase tickets. films by Robert Frank: Pull My Daisy (1959) and This Song for Jack (1983). Brewed in partnership with

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Interested in sponsoring THE BEER PROJECT for 2017? Contact Margaret Murray at 727.896.2667 or The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and [email protected]. glass – are all around us and in the Museum. FODA expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make

10 new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $20 in addition the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual to Museum membership. and literary arts. Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibitions. FODA programs are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. during season. Non-FODA members can January 12: The Family Fang: A Novel by Kevin Wilson portrays attend for $5, plus MFA admission. Carolyn Nygren is the a quirky dysfunctional family that blurs the lines between volunteer coordinator. Upcoming events follow: performance art and family relationships.

January 10: Carla L. Funk is the Director of University February 9: The American road trip has inspired writers, as Museums at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in well as photographers. Jane Lotter’s The Bette Davis Club follows Melbourne. She is the Founding Director of the Ruth Funk the laugh-out-loud adventures of 50s-something Margo in her Center for Textile Arts, which opened on the campus in 2009, cross-country search for her runaway bride niece. and continues to oversee its operations, as well as the Foosaner Art Museum. March 9: Jack Kerouac’s autobiographical novel On The Funk Center is the only museum in the southeast the Road captures the Beat exclusively dedicated to the display and preservation of textile generation like no other and and fiber arts. In her FODA talk, she will discuss the vision quickly became an American of the Center’s late benefactor, Ruth E. Funk, and examine its classic. Modern Library ranked collection, which ranges from African Kuba cloth to couture. it 55th on a list of the 100 best English-language novels of the February 14: Philip and twentieth century. Nancy Kotler have collected contemporary glass sculpture for 20 years, housing their collection Greetings from Tampa Bay Museum Front on Beach Drive in Sarasota and Chicago. Their Saturday, April 1, 1-4 p.m. holdings are international in scope, which they are donating Sheryl Oring combines new to The John and Mable Ringling and old media in her public Museum of Art in Sarasota. The projects. She will engage Kotler/Coville Glass Pavilion pedestrians in front of the will open at the Ringling in MFA to share their stories October 2017. about the area. Participants Kiss by Jaroslava Brychtová have only typewriters and 3x5 They will share what drew them and Stanislav Libenský index cards to compose their to the medium, their favorite The Collection of Philip comments. These stories, together with photographs of the artists, and how they choose and Nancy Kotler Bay area, will become part of two sculptures in an Automated objects. Mrs. Kotler will also People Mover station at Tampa International Airport. examine various techniques in creating glass art. She is past President of the Art Alliance for Ms. Oring has been involved in interactive public art Contemporary Glass and they serve on its board. projects around the globe. Her work includes performances, installations, sculpture, photography, video, and artist March 14: Dr. Virginia Brilliant is The Ulla R. Searing books. She is represented in the collections of the Museum Curator of Collections at the Ringling Museum of Art. She will of Modern Art in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the introduce her most recent exhibition, A Feast for the Senses: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Library of Congress in Art and Experience in Medieval Europe, on view at the Ringling Washington, D.C.; and the Tate Britain, among others. She from Saturday, February 4-Sunday, April 30. It brings together holds her MFA in visual art from the University of California, more than 100 works, including stained glass, precious San Diego and her BS in journalism from the University of metals, ivories, tapestries, paintings, prints, and illuminated Colorado, Boulder. She is an Assistant Professor of Art at the manuscripts. University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

A Feast for the Senses has been organized by the Walters Art Museum in partnership with the Ringling and features objects from such major international institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée du Louvre, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The show and this talk combine secular and The Contemporaries has fascinating field trips on tap. Drinks sacred art to reveal the role of the senses in courtly ritual and and hors d’oeuvres are included in the ticket price: $10 for religious devotion. members of The Contemporaries and $20 for nonmembers. Simone Bennett DeLoach is President of the group. Second Thursday of the Month, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, January 5: Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Free with Museum admission, Tampa, with an after-hours tour and reception with Executive which is only $5 after 5 p.m. on Director Dr. Zora Carrier. Thursday. Wednesday, February 22: Janos Enyedi Studio and Gallery Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local Janos Enyedi (1947-2011) focused on American industry in his organization that supports abstract welded sculpture, three-dimensional paintings, paper constructions with mixed media, and digital photography. His 11 work is included in the collections of the Chrysler Museum of Visual Metaphor Art in Norfolk, Virginia and the Butler Institute of American Works on Paper Gallery Art in Youngstown, Ohio. His wife Diana K. Enyedi maintains Saturday, March 25-Sunday, April 23 his gallery and archive and will discuss his approach. Sponsored in part by The DMG School Project in partnership with the Pinellas County Schools Thursday, March 23: Kirk Ke Wang Studio Kirk Ke Wang, Professor of Visual Arts at Eckerd College, This audience favorite spotlights work by many of the most explores the slippery nature of cultural identities in his work. talented high school students in the Pinellas County Schools. Born in Shanghai, China, he studied at Nanjing Normal Their teachers and MFA curators select the art, which University, before moving to the United States. He has shown encompasses a wide array of media. A private reception for his work internationally and has studios in Tampa, New York the students and their parents and teachers will be held on City, and Shanghai. He is represented in museums and private Wednesday, April 5, from 6-8 p.m., with awards presented collections in the U.S. and Asia. at 6:30 p.m. Summer Camp Youth & Family Presented by “Kidding Around Yoga” with KT First and third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. Monday, July 24-Friday, July 28 Ages three and older. 8:30 a.m-3:30 p.m. $5 per person (includes admission Drop-off begins at 8 a.m. to entire Museum). Please bring a For rising second- to sixth-graders towel or yoga mat. (Exceptions may be made with the instructor’s approval.) Kidding Around Yoga uses the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked $170 MFA members, $195 nonmembers into partner yoga, games and until June 2. activities, original music, stories, $220 MFA members, $245 nonmembers after June 2. and more. The class is designed Prices include a nonrefundable $50 application fee. Sibling for kids, but entire families are discounts are available. All campers must register by July 8. welcome. Practicing yoga with children creates a special bond. This unique camp is led by certified children’s yoga teacher and marine scientist Katie Toth and offers daily yoga classes, MFA: Make and Take Saturday science instruction, and art projects. A different theme of First and Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. marine ecology, conservation, and community service will Free with Museum admission. No registration necessary. highlight each day. For ages five and older, but entire families are welcome. Please register online at mfastpete.org/rsvp/ or call 727.896.2667, Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the ext. 210. Members should use code CAMPER2017 when collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. registering online to ensure their discount is applied.

January 7 and 21: Check out the Arctic animals represented in Save the Date! The Far North: Inuit Prints and Sculpture and recreate your own using air-drying clay. The MFA and Local Buds Artisan Collective Present

February 4 and 18: With the supplies provided, make a miniature car inspired by the photographs in The Open Road. PAINTING

March 4 and 18: Make and Take Festival! Select a grab bag IN THE PARK featuring favorite activities from the year to produce a one-of- JOIN US – PLAY – EAT – DRINK + CREATE a-kind project. Sunday, April 30, noon-4 p.m. FREE for everyone. Second and Fourth Saturday of the month, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Adults and families are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. $5 per person. Please arrive by 10:30 a.m. Presented by Sally and Katherine Robinson of the Drum Connection.

Explore the many cultures represented in the MFA collection by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel the momentum grow while you drum and use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No experience is necessary. Just come and have fun.

12 Museum Names New Executive Director

Kristen A. Shepherd, an innovative “We are thrilled that our search across the country has leader in the art world who has expanded brought a nationally recognized leader to St. Petersburg community engagement at museums who also has roots in our region,” said MFA Board Chair in Los Angeles and New York, is the Mark T. Mahaffey. “We look forward to the vision Kristen MFA’s new Executive Director. She was will bring to the museum and our entire community." unanimously approved by the Board Ms. Shepherd was selected after a nationwide search led of Trustees after a national search. by Koya Leadership Partners, a national executive search She joined the Museum December 15, firm dedicated exclusively to serving clients in the nonprofit succeeding former Director Dr. Kent sector. Lydecker, who retired in March. She is the sixth director in the MFA’s history and its Mr. Mahaffey expressed deep appreciation to Dr. Jerry N. first female director. Smith, Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator, who took on the additional responsibilities of Interim Director following Ms. Shepherd brings to her new position the perspective Dr. Lydecker’s retirement. He also thanked the trustees who of an art historian combined with strong business acumen. served on the search committee, chaired by Cathy Collins, Vice She served as Associate Vice President, Audience Strategy & Chair of the Board. Services, for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2013. She led her staff and volunteers to create engagement “Jerry’s talent as Chief Curator is one of the great assets of our opportunities for the diverse local audience, increasing revenue institution,” he said. “With the combined expertise of Kristen from visitor attendance and membership by 19 percent. and Jerry, the MFA is fortunate to have a dynamic team that will continue to build on our 51-year history as a leading In her previous position as Director of Membership and cultural asset for St. Petersburg and the entire region.” Annual Fund at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from 2008 to 2013, Ms. Shepherd developed and launched New Trustee the “Curate Your Own Membership” program to attract and retain members. The award-winning initiative was the first Healthcare technology executive Christina Majeed has an of its kind and made it possible to customize benefits to fit a impressive background with Nextech, member’s individual interests. based in Tampa. She has extensive experience defining product strategy, For Ms. Shepherd, who lived in Clearwater, Florida during her creating new products, entering new high school years and still has family in the area, returning to verticals, conducting market research, St. Petersburg has personal meaning. The MFA was the first designing corporate strategy, and initiating art museum she visited as a student. “I’ve always appreciated and overseeing business development, the diversity of the collection, with its outstanding examples from signing partnerships to acquisitions. from so many periods of art history,” she said. “It’s a beautiful, She is also skilled in forming departments welcoming collection.” and leading teams encompassing product management, support, and Ms. Shepherd earned both her BA and MA in art history from implementation; marketing; and software development. The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., with a focus on Pre-Raphaelite art. She is an expert on the work of Ms. Majeed began as an intern at Nextech and became the Marie Spartali Stillman, and her thesis was a primary source full-time Project Manager in 2005, where she created the for the recent retrospective Poetry in Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelite Electronic Medical Records System for Dermatology and Art of Marie Spartali Stillman. Her research is cited in numerous Plastic Surgery at the age of 24. She grew the product and publications on Pre-Raphaelite women artists. with it the company and the EMR department she established. Next, as a Vice President, she created an iPad application for The winner of important awards, she was selected as a healthcare providers, where she earned three design patents Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund in and thousands of users. 2010 and was chosen for the Arts Leadership Institute in New York in 2012. She started her career at Sotheby’s auction house She has held a number of key positions at Nextech: Vice in New York. From 1999-2008 her work for Sotheby’s included President, Business Development, New Products, and key roles in strategic initiatives and special projects involving Technologies; Executive Vice President; and now Chief financial services, budgeting, real estate, worldwide marketing Product Officer. She currently focuses on signing third-party ventures, and publications. partnerships to round out Nextech’s product portfolio and providing overall direction for strategy and marketing. The MFA’s new Executive Director is eager to be involved with the region’s arts community, including the performing Her education combines science, technology, and business. She arts, which have been a particular passion. Her mother Judith holds her BS cum laude in pre-medicine from the University of Mitchell has served as CEO of the Raymond F. Kravis Center Dayton and her MS in technology management from Columbia for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach for the last 25 University. She is also a certified yoga instructor and was years and formerly was Vice President and General Manager of named one of Tampa Bay’s “40 under 40” in 2015. Ms. Majeed Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. Ms. Shepherd is also an avid brings her creative spirit, as well as expertise in tech and baseball fan and eagerly anticipates following the Tampa Bay business, to the MFA Board. Rays as her new hometown team, along with her beloved Los Angeles Dodgers.

13 The Margaret Acheson

Stuart Society

Art in Bloom is celebrating its 20th anniversary. In 1997, dedicated Stuart Society member Mary B. Perry JOIN US FOR ART IN BLOOM 2017! approached then Director THURSDAY, MARCH 30th – MONDAY, APRIL 3rd Michael Milkovich about MENU SPECIALS presenting a spring floral exhibition at the MFA. She was inspired by a similar event at the SOUP | POTATO AND LEEK VELOUTÉ crispy shallot, chive blossom Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. APPETIZER | CRISPY “BBQ” DUCK CONFIT QUESADILLA orange blossom marmalade, caramelized onion queso dip The goal was to expand the MFA’s audience through flowers and SALAD | BABY ARUGULA AND FIRESTIX SALAD roasted poblano, julienned red onion, feta cheese, sweet corn, encourage visitors to look more closely charred tomato vinaigrette at art, as well. Over the years, Art in SANDWICH | HONEY-LAVENDER SMOKED CHICKEN PANINI Bloom has become one of the Museum’s muenster cheese, garlic flower aioli, fresh sweet red spinach leaves, grilled ciabatta most popular traditions. ENTRÉE | JUMBO LUMP CRAB CAKES citrus-marigold emulsion, house made tartar, cornichon, The 2017 display will feature petit opal basil approximately 40 floral designs DESSERT | BLUEBERRY-LAVENDER SORBETTO by professional florists, talented pistachio biscotti hobbyists, and members of The THE MFA CAFÉ IS AN ARTFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN OLYMPIA CATERING & EVENTS AND THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Stuart Society from Thursday, March 30-Monday, April 3. Extended [email protected] 727.822.1032

hours will allow everyone to see the flowers. They are: 10 a.m.-

8 p.m. Thursday, March 30; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, April 2; and 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday, April 3. “Conversations with the Designers” is set for Sunday, April 2, from 2-4 p.m., and the MFA Café will Mr. Farmer learned his way around the kitchen as a child, offer floral-themed specials throughout the exhibition. watching his mother, Grandmother Mimi, and the family cook, Miss Mary. He has even published some of Mimi’s handwritten Carol Treichel and Gail Razook are the overall coordinators. recipes in his books. He prefers fresh garden ingredients, Jan Stoffels is chairing the installation of floral designs. Anje emphasizes elegant simplicity in his interior and landscape Bogott and Linda Jantschek are the chairs of “Flowers After designs, and creates gorgeous floral arrangements, often Hours,” and Carolyn Kopco and Carolyn Reynolds are inspired by the flowers and plants he grows around his home. chairing the luncheon. Glenn Mosby is the reservations chair. For tickets to “Flowers After Hours,” Dinner with the Designer, He has written: “I feel closest to Mama and Mimi when I’m and the Luncheon, please go to stuartsociety.org. cooking, setting the table, and entertaining my friends and family. They did that so well, so effortlessly and elegantly. Not Art in Bloom 2017 that it was always ‘fancy,’ but comfortable and lovely. You’d leave James T. Farmer III with your soul and belly full – filled with more than a moment of sustenance.” Guest Designer

James Farmer is the ultimate Renaissance man. He is a best-selling author; professional garden, floral, and interior designer; cook; and lifestyle expert. He is Editor-at-Large for Southern Living and a frequent guest on TV and radio. He lives in Perry, Georgia, close to family roots and the land.

Mr. Farmer will attend the “Flowers After Hours” party and Dinner with the Designer, featuring signature recipes from his cookbooks, on Thursday, March 30. He will also give a presentation at the Elegant Farmer Luncheon on Friday, March 31. Past Presidents of The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society were honored at a luncheon on Thursday, October 27. Attending were: (seated, His seven books have earned an enthusiastic following. Jenna left to right) Bonita Cobb, Mary Wheeler, Judy Stanton, and Jeanne Bush Hagen, the daughter of President George W. and Laura Tucker; (second row, left to right) Betty Jean Miller, Margaret Amley, Louise Chapin, Gail Phares, Joann Barger, Vicki Fox, Susan Hicks, and Bush, wrote the foreword to his most recent, A Time to Celebrate: Charlotte Kendall; and (third row, left to right) Nancy Harris Thomas, Let Us Keep the Feast. Elise Minkoff, Mary Shuh, Chris Hilton, Carol Russell, current President Dr. Dimity Carlson, Margaret Bowman, and Marilyn Hobbs.

14 The Margaret Acheson StuART Society presents Wine Weekend St. Pete 2017 to bene t the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Supporting The Art That Feeds Our Souls February 10, 11, & 18, 2017

Celebrating fabulous wines, sumptuous foods and the irresistible addition of everyone’s favorite— decadent chocolate! Mark your calendars today and plan to join us!

Friday, February 10th at 7:30 pm Coastal Chic Party Enjoy Florida Favorites, Craft Beer, Wine & Chocolate Featuring The Mad Beach Band Individual Ticket: $99 Location: MFA Dressy Casual Attire

Saturday, February 11th at 6:30 pm Paint the Town Red, White & Chocolate Dinner and Wine Pairing by Chef Tyson of Parkshore Grill Live and Silent Auctions Featuring The TomKats Jazz Orchestra Individual Ticket: $300* Location: MFA Cocktail Attire

Saturday, February 18th at 7:00 pm 1000 Points of Wine Gourmet Dinner featuring 10 Robert Parker/Wine Advocate 100-Point Wines Flowers After Hours Individual Ticket: $1,800* Seating is limited Thursday, March 30, 2017 Location: The Rolls-Royce Tampa Bay Showroom 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dress to impress! Museum Marly Room & Gardens *A combined ticket for Paint the Town Red, White & Chocolate and $100 per person 1000 Points of Wine Gourmet Dinner is available for $2,000 Dinner with Designer James Farmer Thursday, March 30, 2017 To purchase tickets: 8:00 p.m. Museum Conservatory stuartsociety.org Dinner Ticket $125 per person contact: [email protected] Elegant Farmer Luncheon Friday, March 31, 2017 727-896-2667, ext. 221 11:30 a.m. Vinoy Renaissance Grand Ballroom $90 per person Conversations with the Designers Sunday, April 2, 2017 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts Open to the Public & MFA Members

Tickets, Sponsorships, Patron Levels, and Underwriting can be purchased at stuartsociety.org

Thomas Webb & Sons, Lily Vase (about 1890), Gift of Mary Alice McClendon SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE [email protected]

15 Thursday, November 3 The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club

Presenting Sponsor

SMartLY DRESSED Co-Chairs Dr. Virginia Charlotte Bacon (left) and Ward (left) and Natavidad (Nata) Cibran. Marianne Mahaffey.

(Left to right) SMartLY DRESSED Publicity Chair Elise Minkoff, (Left to right) Mary Alice McClendon, Demi Stuart Society President-Elect Maggi McQueen, Nikki McQueen, Rahall, and Sheila Templemann. and current President Dr. Dimity Carlson.

Usha Prakash (left) and past Stuart Society President Chris Hilton.

(Left to right) Betty Shamas, past Stuart Society (Left to right) Lynn Cox, Dena President Susan Hicks, and Hillary Carlson Cone. Miaoulis, and Kally Harvard.

(Left to right) Dawn Zachman, Patricia Jacqueline Ley Brown (left) and Rossignol, and Sidney Bayne Cheney. Dr. Kanika Tomalin, Deputy Mayor Past Stuart President Joann Barger of the City of St. Petersburg. (left) and Candy Scherer-Sharp. 16 MFA Annual Fund The Museum is grateful to the following donors who made contributions to the MFA Fund between August 26 and November 29:

Erin and Bruce Aebel Janet McBride AmazonSmile Virginia and Frank Foundation McConnell Start the New Year with a Pledge! Karen and Fred Karen and Alex Amundrud McKenna Anonymous (eight) Glenn and Dav Mosby Kathleen and Raymond Jayne and Alan Arsenault Mossberg Charlotte Bacon Patti and Irwin Novack George and Deborah Pam O’Brien Baxter Faryaneh Overfelt Kathleen Swann Brooks Cathy Patterson Family Foundation Janet Raymond George and Pamela Carolyn and Frederick Campbell Rehberger Dimity and Mark Jim Reichert Carlson John and Patricia Edward and Ursula Reppert Carroll Elizabeth and Jon Each January 1 begins a new year for our annual MFA Community Foundation Reymold Fund. This campaign is a cornerstone of operating of Tampa Bay Fran and Bud Risser revenue, with contributions comprising more than Janet and Jon Cook Susan Robertson 40% of the Museum’s operating budget. Memberships Robert Durden Family Shirley Salomon and admissions bring another 24%. Your membership Fund Dolores Scales and donations are vital to our mission. Jane and David Egbert Dr. John E. Schloder George Ellis Linnea Sennott Donations to the MFA Fund may be pledged at any Nina Focardi Robert and Nancy time and paid by December 31 of the same year. Many Skipp and Joyce Fraser Shannon businesses will match an employee contribution, Emily Geuder Julia and Eugene Sorbo effectively doubling your gift. Annual gifts of $1,500 Jim and Emily Gillespie Gus and Frances Stavros or more are recognized in the Mary Alice McClendon Michael Graham Bill and Kathy Stover Conservatory, and donors are invited to special events Lawrence and Vera John and Mary Sweeny such as the Director’s Dialogue in January and Patron Green The Ale and The Witch Parties before exhibition openings. Sarah and David Hill Eric and Patricia Trexler David and Alice Mila and Jesse Turtle Please include the MFA as one of your New Year’s Hoffman Allison Watson resolutions to help maintain the quality of exhibitions and programs in 2017 and beyond. From school tours Hazel and William R. Jane Weber Trust to conserving works of art to hands-on art activities Hough Evelyn Wilty for all ages, every gift makes a difference and is tax- Harold Leigh William Knight deductible. For more information or to donate, please Susan Luehrs Zewadski call the Development Office, 727.896.2667, ext. 250. Clark and Monica Mason

MFA Recognized by GuideStar The Museum of Fine Arts has received the GuideStar Exchange Silver participation level. This is a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information. The designation is respected by GuideStar’s immense online audience of nonprofits, grantmakers, individual donors, and the media.

17 Memorials & Tributes Impact Awards 2016 August 26-November 29 The MFA was in the spotlight for the 2016 Impact Awards, presented by Tampa Bay Businesses for the Culture and the Arts (TBBCA) on Thursday, October 20. In memory of Niela Mary Jane and Jack Chairman of the Board Mark T. Mahaffey received the Eliason Cartier Patron of Culture and the Arts Impact Award and former Kent and Toni Lydecker Robert and Susan Director Kent Lydecker, the Individual Impact Award. Churuti In memory of Eleanor Fox Evelyn and Jack Collins It was an especially Betty and Edward David Connelly sentimental occasion Shamas David and Lynn Cox for Mr. Mahaffey, as Lawrence and Joan Cox the event was held in In memory of Aline B. Barbara and Doug the Mahaffey Theater Imler DeMaire at the Duke Energy Linnea Sennott Hilleary and George Center for the Arts, Gramling named for his family. In memory of Joseph Chris and Bob Hilton In the 1980s, Mark and Laughlin Barbara Johnson his wife Marianne and Evelyn Jerger Carrie Johnson his parents Tom and Helen Leslie Jane Mahaffey donated In memory of Ron Mason David and Victoria $1 million toward the Kent and Toni Lydecker Malizia renovation of what Judith Wells Dr. and Mrs. Franklin S. was then the Bayfront Massari Center. In honor of Mary Alice Ruthanne and William McClendon McLean The arts and indeed the entire Tampa Bay area have been Helen Hameroff and Glenn and Dav Mosby forever changed by the civic commitment and generous Frantz Christensen Mary B. Perry spirit of the Mahaffey family. Mr. Mahaffey is Chairman Eric Lang Peterson of the Board of The Mahaffey Company, known for its In memory of James Carol and Michael Piper attractive apartment communities. He has been a leader Mortensen Kevin and Michele Platt on numerous local boards and has also chaired the board Brenda Verbeck PSCU of Elon University in North Carolina, where he continues Jim and Lindsey as a trustee. He was recently awarded an honorary In memory of Dr. Richard Robbins doctorate from Elon. E. Perry Dr. John E. Schloder Anonymous Betty and Edward During his tenure Barbara and Doug Shamas from 2010-2016, DeMaire Judith Stanton Dr. Lydecker Kent and Toni Lydecker J. Thomas and Lavinia dramatically expanded Touchton the MFA’s public In honor of Carol Phelps Eric and Patricia Trexler programs and Mary B. Perry Keith and Hugh Tulloch community outreach. Carol A. Upham He joined forces with In honor of Nancy Preis Ann Wells the Tampa Museum of Dick and Susan Luehrs Becky and Harold Wells Art for the pioneering Peter and Lisa Wells Our Generation: Young In honor of Demi Rahall Evelyn Wilty Chinese Artists, a Helen Hameroff and collaborative exhibition Frantz Christensen In memory of Muriel that spanned the bay. Sandine This was the first time In memory of Mr. and David Connelly many of these artists Mrs. Eric Rascoe Barbara and Doug had shown their work in the United States. Lawrence and Vera Anne DeMaire Green Robin O’Dell In 2013, he led the renovation of the galleries and the reinstallation of the collection in the original building, In honor of Arlene Fillinger In honor of The Margaret a project which normally takes years to complete. Rothman Acheson Stuart Society He avidly supported the efforts of Museum support Mary Ann and Bruce Janet Raymond groups and volunteers and added curatorial expertise in Marger contemporary art and photography. Dr. Lydecker has left In memory of Lothar Uhl an important legacy at the MFA. In memory of Stan Salzer Anonymous Louie and Mary Adcock Kent and Toni Lydecker Runelle and Jackson H. Bowman III

18 New General Diazdiez, Ana and Macfarlane, Kenneth Schweitzer, Lisa Lulias, John Javier and Traci Sherman, Fred and Lussier, Jon-Paul Members Eaton, Chadd and Paige Madden, Ryan Heidi Maloney, Kelly August 16- Eckert, Ed Maggio, Matt and Sidwell-Smith, McGovern, Francis November 28 Edwards, Susan and Danielle Whitlock Christian and Jon Moore, Deborah Friend Gary Firuta Mahlik, Farhan Snyder, Christopher and Morrill, Kathryn Denk, Dianne Ellison, Ginger and Malatesta, Helene and Rachel Murphy, Constance Videtto, Dan and Mary Jason Scott Stanton-Maguire, Nuss, Jeanette Family Eschweiler, Josephine Manno, Emily and Andrea O’Connell, Neil Eschweiler, Maggie Richard Sullivan, Matthew Orsoy, Tunch Alexander, Alex and Evensen, Trisha and McNally, Joseph Tarpley, Kerry Parks, Connie Julia Steven Eschweiler Mercado, Carmen Thorp, Robin Pepper, Edina Allen, AnnLee and Don Fay, Shane and Natalie Moledo, Rosario, Timpone, Kelsey Pinto, Marsha Allesi, Francis Williams Andrea, and Jose Titus, Robert Pulaski, John Angel Household Floto, John and Vanissa Mostoller Household Van Sickle, Kristi Rapport, AJ Arnold, Janet and Neal Ma Murphy, Brian Walker, Wanda Ravenel, Thomas Barbaro, Jennifer Fredrickson, Lisa Nee, Jacob Wallace, Bob Rice, Gloria Bariteau, Carrie and Friel, Chris and Diane Nunes, Nice Wehrfritz, Clara Ridolfi-Buie, Suzann Tyler Powers Frontera, Alyssa and Oates Snyder, Rachel Wendel, Maureen Roy, Vivian Beach, Krista and Joe Nick Pazos and Christopher Willis, Robert and Sandy Smith, Bryant South Gemmill, Allie O’Brien, Barbara and Yonke, Erin Sotirou, Eleni Bohn, Donna Green, Gregory Stephen Stewart, Mary Bond, Natty Individual Grudzinskas, Nancy Paul, Mohan Tinen, Anne Boudreau, Tamera Aultman, Tina Harper, Melinda Peckinpaugh, Delores Trow, Pamela Brantley, Guianna Bard, Spencer Harte, Joan and Janet and Mark Phillips Waddell, Martha Braun, Cathy Bartow, Ernest Lynch Pichette, Traci and Walsh, Kathy Brewster, Mike Becker, Gerald Heckert, Mary and Kenneth Westphal, Nancy Bruns, Vicky and Edin Boas, Beverly Stephen Pippen, Mike Willemsen, Lisa Osmanovic Bond, Alan Heinburg, Stephan Prince, Virginia Wright, Jane Burton, Lance Bonilla, Claudia Holden, Barbara and Prosser, Elizabeth Wyche, Collier Carney, Bonni and Kyle Bower, Trudy Gregory Pruitt, Mary and Phillip Klement Braun, Sherrie Scholar Hudson, Bryce Racine, Stephen and Champagne, Leo and Carlson, Fred Aguayo, Karla Hull, Debra Ashley Judith Cartier, Mary Jane Bareswilt, Daniel Johnson, Paivi and Rob Re, Vincent Chassin, Karen Chamberlain, Paul Bartlett, Amelia Jones, Dennis and Reikowski, Ellen and Chedid, Jamila and Cohen, Nancy Becker, Elisabeth Diane Ken Vanja Kravarusic Corrigan, Penny Cary-Liggett, Sara Kedzierski, Jenna Richard, Jason Cioce, Christian and Curry, Nancy Dechane, Michael Kemp, Manjula and Rodrigues, Heather and Arantzazu Garate Cwik, Dohnia Gainor, Nancy Philip Richard Clark, John Dockery, Judy Green, Elizabeth King, Victoria and Roehrig, Annalisa and Comer, Jerry Eigenmann, Marian Hammond, Margo Matthew Taber August Daking, Deborah and Engelbrecht, Anne Hannigan, Dorothy Knewtson, Lynn Rogers, Stephanie Geoffrey Farley, James Heywood, Jeanne Kuhn, Jenn Ruscher, Bob and Damkoehler, Jeanna Flood, Michael Keller, Margaret Landhans, Erika and Maureen and Shawn Gallo, Maritza Khatcherian, Ruby Jarrod Saft, Amanda and Steve Daubert, Paul Geiger, Pamela Kurelik, Deborah LeBlanc, Rodger and Santa Cruz, Justin and Davis, Aaron and Goldstein, Susan Lussier, Corrin Andrea Stephanie Ruppel Desiree Noisette Grimmett, Holly Moomey, Margaret Linkous, Lee and Schmidt, Jordan and Day, Larry Holmberg, Ruth Oliver, Judith Naomi Reggie Howard Deluca, James Gerard Hundt, Helen Patel, Dhananjay Schweitzer, Betsy Ickowitz, Leslie Joy Perry, Margaret Jennings, Laurie Reed, John Circle Level Members Kelly, Jane Reller, Tracy Midulla Kirst, Carol Ruginski, Kirsten Director’s Circle Founder’s Circle Kisluk, Jane Savini, Donna Edwards, Bill and Joanne Collins, Cathy and Steve Korras, Karen Schott, Cathleen Hough, William R. and Hazel Dillon, Ric and Marina Krasnitski, Lynda Schwartz, Gene James, Tom and Mary Edwards, William P. and Ann Kurth, Karen Tornow, Evangeline Langdon, Maura Toro, April Mahaffey, Mark T. and Mosby, Glenn and Dav Leclerc, Peggy Turek, John and Brian Marianne Novack, Patti and Irwin Leno, Tina Zahorchak, Karen Vinik, Jeff and Penny Reichert, James M. Lettunich, Carolyn Wikoff, Carl and Wittner, Jean Giles Littlejohn, Shannon Kristen

19 His series have explored Mainland China, California’s Highway One, the long abandoned medical wards of Ellis Island, and the ravages of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Through his photographs and video, he helped secure $6 million toward the restoration of the south side of Ellis Island. A monograph based on his images, Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom, was published in 2006 and was named one of TIME ’s “5 Best Photography Books Lecture Series of the Year.” Free with MFA admission, open to the public. In 2000, Epson America commissioned Mr. Wilkes to create a millennial portrait of the United States, America In Detail, which Sponsored by: was exhibited in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. He began This outstanding series features some of the world’s foremost art his acclaimed project, Day to Night, in 2009. These epic cityscapes historians, curators, artists, and collectors. Everyone is invited and landscapes, portrayed from a fixed camera angle for up to 30 to these free lectures. An always elegant reception for Collectors hours, capture fleeting moments of humanity, as light passed in Circle members, also sponsored by Northern Trust, is held one front of his lens during the course of a full day. hour before the lecture. Cynthia Astrack is President of the Collectors Circle. With a grant from the National Geographic Society, he extended this project to include America’s national parks in celebration of Thursday, February 23, 6:30 p.m.: their centennial anniversary. The entire Day to Night series will Dr. Franco Mormando will profile be published by TASCHEN as a monograph in 2017. “Bernini: Impresario Supreme of Baroque Rome.” He is the author of Bernini: His Life His images of the devastation of Katrina and Sandy have raised and His Rome, the first English-language awareness about the effects of climate change. He documented biography of the artist, published by the the former for the World Monuments Fund and his images University of Chicago Press. of the latter were featured in the 2014 exhibition, Sink or Swim: Designing for a Sea Change. He is currently working on No other artist has left such a large, a documentary film about the historic bank building at 190 enduring, and delightful mark on Rome Bowery in Manhattan, purchased by photographer Jay Maisel. as Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). His countless statues, fountains, and buildings transformed the city His photographs are part of the collections of the Museum of into the Baroque theater that continues to enthrall tourists today. Fine Arts, Houston; the George Eastman Museum; the Jewish He was also a gifted painter and playwright and has been placed Museum in New York; the 9/11 Memorial Museum; the Snite by both his contemporaries and historians in the same exalted Museum of Art, the University of Notre Dame; and the Library company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. of Congress.

Dr. Mormando is Professor of Italian and Chair of the His images have appeared in, and on the covers of, the New York Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Boston Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, TIME, Fortune, National Geographic, College, where he has taught since 1994. In 1999 he was and Sports Illustrated, among others. He holds his BS in Principal Curator and Catalogue Editor of Saints and Sinners: photography from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School Caravaggio and the Baroque Image. His book, The Preacher’s of Public Communications. Demons: Bernardino of Siena and the Social Underworld of Early Renaissance Italy, received the Howard Marraro Prize for Study Trips Excellence in Italian historical scholarship from the American Sponsored by: Catholic Historical Association. Judi Kelly Mary Alice McClendon He has lectured widely, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Friday, January 20: Collectors Circle members will visit the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; and Harvard and Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) and The Charles Hosmer Yale Universities. In 2005, he was named Cavaliere in the Ordine Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park. At the OMA, della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana by the Republic of Italy for his the group will attend the VIP opening reception for The Wyeths achievements in promoting the Italian language and culture. and American Artists of Maine, and earlier in the afternoon, will receive a special tour of Celebrating 75 Years – Pathways of Dr. Mormando earned his BA from Columbia University and his American Art at the Morse Museum. Lunch is included. MA and PhD in Italian from Harvard. He also holds a licentiate (MA) in church history from the Jesuit School of Theology in Wednesday, March 15: This trip to Sarasota by coach will Berkeley. feature A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Thursday, March 9, 6:30 p.m.: followed by lunch at a gourmet restaurant. In the afternoon, Photographer Stephen Wilkes will members will enjoy a tour of the Marie Selby Botanical introduce his expansive work for the first Gardens and the exhibition, Marc Chagall, Flowers and the time in the Tampa Bay area. His many French Riviera: The Color of Dreams. honors include an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography; a 2004 Lucie Wednesday, May 3-Saturday, May 6: The final excursion of Award, Fine Art Photographer of the Year; the season will center on the great art of Philadelphia. The and TIME’s “Top 10 Photographs of 2012.” itinerary includes the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Barnes Foundation, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the

20 Rodin Museum, the Reading Terminal Market, and the historic Masonic Lodge and Temple. The group will also go to Chadds Ford to tour the Brandywine River Museum of Art, known as the “Wyeth Museum.”

Become a Collectors Circle member today to participate in these incredible trips. Jacqueline Ley Brown is the Study Trips Chair.

Annual Members Appreciation Party at the stunning home of Joyce and Walter Larson on Snell Isle Thursday evening, January 19

Hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, wine, and music Complimentary valet parking MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG For more information, please contact Chair Judi Kelly, [email protected]. Sponsored by: FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 6:30 P.M. MARY ALICE MCCLENDON CONSERVATORY AND MARLY ROOM

Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, gourmet seated dinner, champagne, select wines, music and dancing.

Collectors Circle Collectors Circle members in attendance will vote on a Corporate and Foundation Sponsors work to enter the collection. Astral Extracts Matthew Lytell & Open to Everyone | Black-Tie Optional The Bank of Tampa Associates, Northwestern Individual Tickets: $250 Christie’s Mutual; Matthew B. Lytell, Complimentary Valet Parking at the Beach Drive entrance Fifth Third Private Bank Wealth Management Helen Torres Advisor Foundation Northern Trust SPONSORED BY:

P i n e l l a s D i v i s i o n Tampa Bay’s Bank for Businesses & Professionals Matthew Lytell Associates, Northwestern Mutual Matthew B. Lytell, CFP, CIMA, CFS, 727-502-8400CLU, AAMS, CMFC WealthMember Management FDIC www.bankoftampa.com Advisor

Invitations will be mailed in March.

Please send check, made payable to Museum of Fine Arts, with Collectors Choice in the memo line, or credit card information (including security code), to:

Reservations Chair Diane Fair 612 Monterey Boulevard N.E., St. Petersburg, FL 33704 You can also email Mrs. Fair: [email protected]

Dr. Emily Schuchardt Navratil, Associate Curator of The Vilcek For sponsorship and underwriting opportunities, please contact Foundation in New York, presented the Collectors Circle lecture on Gala Chair Mary L. Shuh at [email protected] Thursday, October 13. She introduced the Foundation’s collection, which focuses on American Modernism. (Left to right) Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Dr. Jerry N. Smith, Lynell Bell, Richard All proceeds support the Collectors Circle Acquisitions Fund. Park of sponsor Northern Trust, and Dr. Navratil admire the impressive Stuart Davis painting on loan to the MFA from the Foundation.

21 Bridging the Bay Wednesday, September 14 Presented by:

(Left to right) Wayne (Skipp) Fraser, Treasurer of the MFA Board, and Monica and Secretary of (Left to right) Mary L. Shuh, Demi Rahall, Event Chair the Board Clark Mason with son Clark Jr. Mary B. Perry, and Jacqueline Ley Brown.

(Left to right) Cary Putrino of Fifth Third Private Bank; Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Dr. Jerry N. Smith; Michael Tomor, Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art; and Brian Lamb of Fifth Third Bank.

(Left to right) Dr. Susan Beaven, Kevin Fantauzzo, and Roger Dunn. (Left to right) Chitranee Drapkin, William Knight Zewadski, and past President of the Board Carol A. Upham.

22 DATES to Remember Our America: The Latino Presence in Thursday/19 MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Sunday/19 American Art Porch Party, 5:30‑7 p.m. Create a Car, 11 a.m.‑2 p.m. Friends of Photography: Lecture FINAL DAYS, through Sunday, Trunk Show, presented by the Wine & Chocol’Art: 1000 Points of by major collector Dr. Robert L. January 22 Museum Store: Consuelo Ulrich of Wine Gourmet Dinner, Rolls Royce Drapkin on “America through the Greg Smith: Breakdown Lane Spratling Silver, 5:30‑8 p.m. Tampa Bay Showroom, 7 p.m. Eyes of the Tintype, 1856-1890,” 3 p.m. Saturday, January 21‑Sunday, May 7 2016 Craft Beer Project Winner’s Monday/20 The Open Road: Photography and the Release Party, 6‑8 p.m. ILLUMINATE, Session B, The Far North: Inuit Prints and American Road Trip Cinema @ the MFA, Cows Wearing 10‑11:30 a.m. Sculpture closes. Thursday, February 9‑Sunday, June 4 Glasses, 6 p.m. Wednesday/22 Monday/20 ILLUMINATE Jack Barrett: People Watching Collectors Circle: Members’ The Contemporaries: Field Trip to , Session B, Through Sunday, February 26 Appreciation Party, Private Janos Enyedi Studio and Gallery. 10‑11:30 a.m. Dominique Labauvie: Dig Residence. Thursday/23 Thursday/23 Cinema @ the MFA Saturday, March 4‑Sunday, July 2 Friday/20 Collector’s Circle Lecture: : Three short films by Robert Frank, Paper Route, The Far North: Inuit Prints and Collectors Circle: Study Trip to the Dr. Franco Mormando on “Bernini: I Remember, and C’est Vrai, 6 p.m. Sculpture Orlando Museum of Art and the Impresario Supreme of Baroque Through Sunday, March 19 Morse Museum of American Art. Rome,” 6:30 p.m. The Contemporaries: Field Trip to Kirk Ke Wang’s studio. Visual Metaphor Saturday/21 Saturday/25 Saturday, March 25‑Sunday, April 23 Kidding Around Yoga, 10‑11 a.m. Drumming at the MFA, Saturday/25 Drumming at the MFA, Art in Bloom 2017: The 20th MFA: Make and Take Saturday – 10:30‑11:30 a.m. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Anniversary Arctic Animals, 11 a.m.‑2 p.m. Sunday/26 Wayne W. and Frances Knight Visual Metaphor opens. Presented by The Margaret Greg Smith: Breakdown Lane opens, Parrish Lecture Acheson Stuart Society and the with lecture by the artist, 3 p.m. : Dr. Kimberly L. Sunday/26 Jones of the Dallas Museum of Art Gallery Talk by Hazel and MFA Sunday/22 on "Goblets of Gold: The Context William Hough Chief Curator Thursday, March 30‑Monday, April 3 Our America: The Latino Presence in of Sicán Cups in Northern Peru," Dr. Jerry N. Smith and Manager General Tours, Monday‑Saturday, American Art closes. 3 p.m. of Photographic Collections 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday/28 Jack Barrett: People Watching closes. Robin O’Dell on The Open Road: Family Tours, Saturdays, 11 a.m. Drumming at the MFA, Photography and the American Road 10:30‑11:30 a.m. MARCH Trip, 3 p.m. JANUARY Thursday/30 FEBRUARY Saturday/4 Art in Bloom opens from Sunday/1 Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m. 10 a.m.‑8 p.m. The Museum is open to the public. Saturday/4 MFA: Make and Take Flowers After Hours, The MFA Café is closed for New Kidding Around Yoga, 10‑11 a.m. Saturday 6:30‑8:30 p.m. Year's Day. – Make and Take Grab MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Bags, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner with Guest Designer Monday/2 Create a Car, 11 a.m.‑2 p.m. James Farmer Dominique Labauvie: Dig opens. , 8 p.m. Museum Store closed for inventory Wednesday/8 Friday/31 through Wednesday, January 4. Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Wednesday/8 Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Art in Bloom continues from Thursday/5 Remembering Anne Frank, tour, and 10 a.m.‑5 p.m. The Contemporaries: Field refreshments, 10‑11 a.m. Finding Voice in Photography, tour, and refreshments, 10‑11 a.m. Art in Bloom, Elegant Farmer Trip to the Florida Museum of Members’ Opening for The Open Luncheon, the Vinoy, 11:30 a.m. Photographic Arts in Tampa. Road: Photography and the American Thursday/9 Collectors Circle Lecture Saturday/7 Road Trip, 7 p.m. : Award- Kidding Around Yoga, 10‑11 a.m. winning photographer Stephen APRIL Thursday/9 Wilkes introduces his work, MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Book Club @ the MFA: The Bette 6:30 p.m. Saturday/1 Arctic Animals, 11 a.m.‑2 p.m. Davis Club by Jane Lotter, 6:30 p.m. Book Club @ the MFA: Jack Art in Bloom continues from Sunday/8 First Day of The Open Road. Kerouac’s On the Road, 6:30 p.m. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friends of Photography: Pic-A- Friday/10 Sheryl Oring’s interactive Pic, 4‑6:30 p.m. Saturday/11 Wine Weekend St. Pete 2017: Drumming at the MFA, project, Greetings from Tampa Tuesday/10 Wine & Chocol’Art, presented by 10:30‑11:30 a.m. Bay, MFA’s Beach Drive entrance, Friends of Decorative Arts: Carla The Stuart Society: Coastal Chic 1-4 p.m. L. Funk, Director of University Party, MFA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday/12 Hot Gatherings,Cool Sunday/2 Museums at Florida Institute of Saturday/11 Conversations Art in Bloom continues from Technology, on textile arts, 2 p.m. : Glass artists Raven Drumming at the MFA, Skyriver and Kelly O’Dell, 3 p.m. 11 a.m.‑5 p.m. Wednesday/11 10:30-11:30 a.m. Art in Bloom, Conversations with Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Tuesday/14 Wine & Chocol’Art: “Paint the Friends of Decorative Arts: the Designers, 2‑4 p.m. Contemplation, tour, and Town Red, White & Chocolate,” Dr. Virginia Brilliant of the Ringling Monday/3 refreshments, 10‑11 a.m. MFA, 6:30 p.m. Museum of Art on A Feast for Last Day to see Art in Bloom. Thursday/12 Sunday/12 the Senses: Art and Experience in Cinema @ the MFA: Gabo: The Hot Gatherings, Cool Thursday/13 Medieval Europe, 2 p.m. Cinema @ the MFA: Robert Creation of Gabriel García Márquez, Conversations: Marco and Mattia Wednesday/15 Frank’s Pull My Daisy and This 6 p.m. Salvadore and Pietro and Ricardo Collectors Circle: Study Trip to the Song for Jack, 6 p.m. Book Club @ the MFA: The Family Ferro, “Celebrating the Glass of Ringling Museum of Art and Selby Fang: A Novel by Kevin Wilson, Murano,” 3 p.m. Friday/21 Botanical Gardens in Sarasota. Collectors Choice XVI Gala: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday/14 Thursday/16 “Flying Down to Rio,” MFA, Saturday/14 Friends of Decorative Arts: Noted Porch Party, 5:30‑7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Drumming at the MFA, art glass collectors Philip and 10:30‑11:30 a.m. Nancy Kotler, 2 p.m. Saturday/18 Sunday/23 Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m. Visual Metaphor closes. Sunday/15 Thursday/16 MFA: Make and Take Hot Gatherings, Cool Porch Party, 5:30‑7 p.m. Sunday/30 Saturday Conversations: Glass artists – Make and Take Grab Painting in the Park, noon-4 p.m. Saturday/18 Bags, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Shelley Muzylowski Allen and Rik Kidding Around Yoga, 10‑11 a.m. Allen, 3 p.m.

23 Major Sponsors of exhibitions and educational programs NON-PROFIT Mark and Marianne Jeff and Penny U.S. POSTAGE PAID Mahaffey Vinik ST. PETERSBURG, FL PERMIT NO. 5408 The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society Media Sponsors 255 Beach Drive NE St. Petersburg, FL 33701 727.896.2667 Fax: 727.894.4638 mfastpete.org facebook.com/MFAStPete twitter.com/MFAStPete instagram.com/MFAStPete Museum open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday Noon-5 p.m. Sunday MFA Café open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday

On View in the Barbara Godfrey Smith Gallery

Addison Thomas Millar (American, 1860-1913), The Choice Rug (about 1900), oil on canvas, Museum Purchase with funds donated by the Collectors Circle

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