VIEW Summer/FALL 2012

< Above: John Valadez, Car Show, 2001, oil Three Museums; One incredible exhibition. Get Your Grub on at L oading Dock alt.pictureshows celebrates its 10-year on canvas 76 x 96¼ IN. Collection of the Don’t miss Behold, America!, P. 3 Lunches, P. 6 anniversary, P. 11 Museum of Contemporary Art , Museum Purchase with fund s provided by City Heights native take s MCASD TNT is back! LIVE LOCAL with us on an Anonymous Donor. © John Valadez. Downtown by storm, P. 4 August 9, P. 6 EXHIBITIONS

Santa ana Condition: John Valadez > ON View Behold, america!: art of the United States THROUGH 9/2/12 > LA JOLLA from Three San Diego Museums > 9/16/12 THROUGH John Valadez is widely considered the most significant artist 2/10/13 > LA JOLLA to have developed a realist pictorial language recording Behold, America! is a dynamic collaboration between three the experience in Los Angeles during the 1970s, of San Diego’s most important art institutions: the Museum ‘80s, and ‘90s. His work has come to define the iconog- of Contemporary Art San Diego, The San Diego Museum of raphy of Chicano identity of the period, situating it within Art, and the . The exhibition is an unri- the changing dynamics of the city rather than nostalgically valled opportunity to see these three collections united for attempting to reconstruct a mythical and distant past. His the first time.B y bringing together the finest American works style is derived from street photography as he records the from these institutions, this exhibition offers the public an life of his community and of other inhabitants of downtown opportunity to witness the sweeping changes in art created Los Angeles. Yet, his interest in the documentary photo- in the United States across three centuries. The show pres- graphic tradition is also closely related to the use of this ents a rich array of paintings, sculpture, and photography, genre by experimental L.A. artists who, since the 1960s when most of which have not been together before. Moreover, by portable cameras became ubiquitous, have directed their presenting works ranging from the colonial period to the lenses toward artistic ends. present, Behold, America! provides viewers with a visual Valadez turned the ordinary snapshot into a source for testament to the history of the United States. his portrayal of a large, diverse cast of urban inhabitants The exhibition is grouped into three main sections, drawn from his everyday life. Born in Los Angeles in 1951, Frontiers, Figures, and Forms, with each venue showing works Valadez began as a muralist, presenting themes of invisible from all three collections. borders and histories binding together Spanish, Mexican, and Frontiers, opening on September 16 at the Museum of American culture. Valadez’s intense and colorful artworks Contemporary Art San Diego, celebrates landscape: the rich express the Chicano experience in a contemporary repre- natural beauty of the United States, its vibrant urban spaces, sentational style infused with elements of magical realism. its legendary westward settlement, and the breathtakingly His virtuoso pastel drawings present intense contrasts: the beautiful California landscape. It includes works by revered formal and narrative interpretations resemble unlikely photo- American landscape painters such as Asher B. Durand and graphs that offer social commentary on everyday urban life. Albert Bierstadt as well as American interpretations of distant Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez is the first survey exhi- places: Italian views by George Inness and Thomas Moran. bition of this important Mexican-American artist and muralist, Mid-century modernists John Sloan and Marsden Hartley who has had profound influence on the Chicano art move- anticipate the changing concept of frontier by contemporary ment in the United States. This exhibition spans 35 years of artists Jenny Holzer and Alfredo Jaar. Valadez’s photographs, paintings, pastels, and other works on Figures, opening November 10 at The San Diego Museum paper. Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez presents, for the of Art, examines the human form, most notably presented by first time, the development ofV aladez’s studio works: from his some of the most significant artists in the history of American early use of documentary and street photography to the influ- art: John Singleton Copley, Eastman Johnson, Thomas Eakins, ence of European Baroque and Rococo painting and sculpture, Mary Cassatt, Cindy Sherman, and John Currin. and finally, to his more recent amalgamation of photography- The Forms section, opening November 10 at the Timken based imagery with a spatial and temporal structure pointing Museum of Art, examines more inanimate objects, including towards Surrealism. The exhibition explores the specific works that range from early nineteenth-century still-lifes to documentary implications of Valadez’s paintings, pastels, and more avant-garde interpretations. This section includes still- Also on View drawings of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and their later lifes of meat by Raphaelle Peale and a magnolia blossom by evolution into cityscapes imbued with his desire to depict the Martin Johnson Heade; abstractions by prominent American Selected Works on Paper > LA JOLLA nitty-gritty of urban life in L.A. and its ethnic underclass. modernists Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Stuart Davis This presentation of works on paper from the Museum’s Pastels and paintings from the 1990s and 2000s are also are major strengths of the exhibition; and pure formal sculp- permanent collection features drawings, photographs, and included in the exhibition. These works, which depart from his tures by Sol Le Witt and Martin Puryear are likewise included. prints—many of which have rarely been on view. Included earlier strict adherence to deadpan representation towards This section reveals changing attitudes to form and represent in the selection are two prints by California artist Richard a more Baroque compositional structure, are marked by a a pioneering approach by American artists in their attention Diebenkorn (1922–1993) as well as works by John Divola, Sam need to push the boundaries of structure and style. Memory, to color, shape, and line. Francis, Joe Goode, and Richard Misrach. desire, intuition, and humor blend in these masterfully in addition to seeing several exquisite works by major accomplished works on canvas and paper, which are thrust by artists, Behold, America! viewers will address how our own Selected Works from the Permanent Collection their very excess into a territory that materializes a personal perception of our American culture has changed. The works > LA JOLLA iconography beyond the limits of cultural identity. In his later in the exhibition reflect how we as Americans have under- The works on view in the Meyer Gallery in La Jolla represent works, Valadez aims to make familiar the unfamiliar—whether stood ourselves over time, our national priorities and how we the range of holdings from the Museum’s permanent collec- dreams and fantasies, or the cultural identity of others. have transformed over the course of three centuries. tion. Highlights include Charles Garabedian’s Dr. Jekyll and Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez is organized by Behold, America! Art of the United States from Three Mr. Hyde (1970), Claes Oldenburg’s Alphabet/Good Humor the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Support for San Diego Museums is a collaborative exhibition organized (1975), and Kenneth Price’s Yang (2000). the exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The San for the Arts, the Mandel Weiss Charitable Trust, the LLWW Diego Museum of Art, and the Timken Museum of Art. Lead Foundation and the County of San Diego Community support for the show is provided by a generous grant from Enhancement Fund. Additional funding is provided by the the Qualcomm Foundation. Further major funding has been Cochrane Exhibition Fund. Related programs are supported received from The Henry Luce Foundation, and Jake and Todd by grants from The James Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Figi. Institutional funding for all three Museums is supplied by Fund. Institutional support for MCASD is provided, in part, by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

< This Page: Kenneth Price, Yang, 2000, acrylic on fired ceramic. Museum purchase, International and Contemporary Collec- tors Funds. / Charles Garabedian, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, 1970. Watercolor on paper, 19¾ x 29½ in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren and Richman, LLP. ©1970 Charle s Garabedian.

< Opposite: Sergio de la Torre, Thinking About Expansion, Digital photograph on Lite paper, mounted on Plexi and metal, 2003. Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Museum Purchase, Louise R. and Robert S. Harper Fund. This work will be featured in the Frontiers section of Behold, America!

2 3 EXHIBITIONS DOWNTOWN

Isaac Julien: tEn thousand Waves > ON VIEW THROUGH 12/1/12 > DOWNTOWN, JACOBS BUILDING British artist Isaac Julien is equally acclaimed for his arresting films and his vibrant gallery installations. With rich imagery that soars between the cold northwest coast of England, the buzzing rush hour of Shanghai, and the lush landscape of bamboo forest and stony mountains, Ten Thousand Waves rep- resents a dynamic form of filmic storytelling as the multiple tales unfold across nine screens. Filmed in the dramatic land- scape of the Guangxi province, the celebrated Shanghai Film Studios, and various contemporary sites around Shanghai, Ten Thousand Waves combines fact, fiction, and film essay genres against a background of Chinese history, legend, and landscape to create a meditation on global human migrations. The original inspiration for Ten Thousand Waves was the Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, in which 23 Chinese cockle-pickers died in the rising tide. Julien commissioned the poet Wang Ping to come to England and write a poem in response to this event. The resulting poem, Small Boats, is recited in the work. In the successive years, conversations with academics, curators, and artists helped Julien uncover a symbolic body of material through which he explores modern th and traditional Chinese values and superstitions. Julien ref- Margaret noble: 44 and landis > ON VIEW Also On View erences the Tale of Yishan and the goddess Mazu, a protector 8/9/12 THROUGH 1/20/13 > DOWNTOWN, JACOBS BUILDING of sailors and fishermen who comes from the Fujian Province, Part of MCASD’s ongoing Cerca series, this mixed media MarcoS ramírez ERRE > DOWNTOWN, 1001 KETTNER like the Morecambe Bay workers. The fable recounts a story installation by sound artist Margaret Noble charts a BLVD. of 16th-century fishermen lost at sea until the goddess, psychogeographical path through San Diego’s City Heights Marcos Ramírez (also known as ERRE, from the Spanish played by Maggie Chung, leads them to safety. Julien draws neighborhood, where the artist grew up. Combining visual pronunciation of the first letter in his surname), creates on the poignant connection between this legend and the 21st- traces of the neighborhood’s early Victorian years and motifs large-scale public installations informed by a deep political th century tragedy of the migrant workers. drawn from 1980s urban pop culture, Margaret Noble: 44 and and social consciousness. His large-scale sculpture Sing-Sing The film references ideas of death, spiritual displace- Landis takes the form of an ephemeral sculptural environment is on view in the Fayman Gallery in the 1001 Kettner building. ment, and the Chinese connection with “ghosts” or “lost comprising hundreds of cut paper forms. The installation also souls.” Linking the Shanghai of the past with the Shanghai incorporates an experiential soundscape spread over fourteen Sol Lewitt’s Six-Part Modular Cube > DOWNTOWN, of the present, Julien symbolizes China’s transition towards handmade paper speakers, and will serve as the set for a JACOBS BUILDING modernity, aspiration, and affluence. Julien employs the series of sound-based performances by Noble. Performances Installed in the Strauss Gallery of MCASD’s Jacobs Building, visual language of ghost stories as figures recur and images will take place on October 20, and November 17. Sol LeWitt’s Six-Part Modular Cube presents the geometric appear and disappear. Indeed, Mazu’s spectral figure traverses mixing imagery appropriated from video games, forms typical of the artist, yet opened and enlarged to monu- time and space, serving as a guide through the interlocking Victorian paper dolls, and 1980s hip hop culture, the work mental scale. strands of the work. Similarly, a ghostly protagonist, played evokes the external and internal worlds of a child navigating by Zhao Tao, leads viewers through the world of Shanghai the streets of a city pressured by waves of disinvestment and Doug Wheeler: dW 68 VEn mCASD 11 > DOWNTOWN, cinema, including a restaging by Julien of scenes from the gentrification. Integrating memory and fantasy, and public JACOBS BUILDING th classic Chinese film The Goddess (1934), and finally back to and private histories, Margaret Noble: 44 and Landis offers Doug Wheeler’s room-size, light-infused environment is a the streets of old and modern Shanghai. In Ten Thousand insights into a San Diego neighborhood’s past and present. recent addition to the MCASD collection. Originally conceived Waves, Julien deftly deploys the visual and aural textures of A limited-edition artist’s book accompanies the exhibi- in the artist’s Venice, CA studio in 1968, the work was real- film to elicit a visceral response from viewers, submerging tion, and will available at the front desk. ized for MCASD’s Foster Gallery and presented as part of the them in a world of his own making. noble holds a BA in philosophy from the University of critically-acclaimed exhibition Phenomenal: California Light, Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves is organized by the California, San Diego, and a MFA in sound art from The School Space, Surface. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and is made pos- of the Art Institute of Chicago. Growing up San Diego’s City sible thanks to a generous gift from Maryanne and Irwin Heights neighborhood, Noble was influenced by the beat- Juan Downey: The Laughing Alligator > Downtown, Pfister. Additional support for this exhibition is provided by driven dance culture of the 1980s; she later performed as an 1001 Kettner Blvd. the Linda Pace Foundation. Related programs are supported electronic music DJ in the underground club community of Part travelogue and part ethnographic documentary, this by grants from The James Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Chicago for five years.N oble’s work as a sound artist and sto- 28-minute video playfully mocks the supposed objectivity of Fund, and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement ryteller explores the industrial and sociological evolution of traditional anthropological films. Fund. Institutional support for MCASD is provided, in part, by communities and urban spaces, weaving together text, visual the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. mixed media, and sonic arrangements to create innovative Richard Long: Circle > Downtown, narrative experiences. 1001 Kettner Blvd. Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis is organized by the This 14-foot sculpture from the artist’s 1989 residency at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Funding for the MCASD is on view along with other works from the collection. exhibition has been provided by a grant from The San Diego Foundation, which was made possible by the Carl William Henry Pollier Fund; the Creative Catalyst Fund; and the Colonel Frank C. Wood Memorial Fund of The San Diego Foundation, in Partnership with the James Irvine Foundation. Institutional support for MCASD is provided, in part, by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

< This page: Isaac Julien, Ten Thousand Waves, 2010, as present- ed at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Nine-screen installation 35mm film, transferred to High Definition, 9.2 surround sound. Courtesy of the artist, Metro Pictures, New York and Victoria Miro Gallery, London. Photo: Pablo Mason.

> Opposite page: Marcos Ramírez ERRE, Sing-Sing, 1999, iron structure and wood, pillow, bedsheet. Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Museum purchase with funds from the Benefit Art Auction 1999.

4 5 LECTURES AND EVENTS AUG/SEPT/OCT/NOV

All events take place at MCASD La Jolla Lectures and events M unless otherwise noted with T (DT) W TH F SA SU TNT: LIVE LOCAL > Thursday, August 9 > 7–10 PM > DOWNTOWN > FREE TO MEMBERS; $8 STUDENTS; $10 NON-MEMBERS La Jolla Music Society TNT: LIVE LOCAL celebrates the arts and culture of San Diego, in particular that of City 7:30 PM Heights. Discover the exhibition Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis as you enjoy live music, 1 2 3 4 5 drinks, art-making activities, and delicious bites from MIHO, everyone’s favorite food truck. Kick back in the Lawrance Furniture lounge, delve deeper into the art, and enjoy gallery con-

La Jolla Music Society La Jolla Music Society all mcasd locations closed TNT 7-10 PM (DT) LOADING DOCK LUNCHES La Jolla Music Society versations led by Gallery Educators. Members are invited to a special Q&A with Associate 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 11:30 AM (DT) 3 PM Curator Jill Dawsey and artist Margaret Noble at 7 PM sharp. 6 7 8 9 L10a Jolla Music Society 11 12 7:30 PM Loading Dock Lunches > Friday, August 10 > 11:30 AM–1:30 PM > Downtown Feed your hunger for art! This summer MCASD launched a new experiment by pairing lunch Introductions La Jolla Music Society La Jolla Music Society Perspectives La Jolla Music Society La Jolla Music Society La Jolla Music Society 2 PM (DT) with art conversations about site specific works in our permanent collection. Buy lunch from 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 3 PM MIHO Gastrotruck and dine in our loading dock for a true behind-the-scenes experience. 13 14 15 16 FREE Third 17 18 19 Thursday 5–7 PM (DT & LJ) Introductions: Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis > Monday, August 13 > 2 PM > La Jolla Music Society La Jolla Music Society La Jolla Music Society Downtown > Free to Members; Free to Non-Members with Museum Admission Xcerpts 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 4 PM (DT) 7:30 PM As we celebrate the opening of Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis, take part in a gallery walk- 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 through with Associate Curator Jill Dawsey who will offer insider knowledge about the installation and process relating to the artist and the exhibition. Introductions is a series that welcomes visitors to join in conversation with our curators and ask questions about the exhibi- Alt.pictureshows ’12 7 PM tion, artists’ processes, or particular works of art. 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Perspectives: Resurrected Histories > Thursday, August 16 > 7–8:30 PM > La Jolla > Free to Members and SDSU students; $5 students; $10 General Monte Carlo Admission On Screen 6:30 PM Join us for the screening of the documentary Resurrected Histories: Voices from the Chicano 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Arts Collectives of Highland Park and take part in a conversation about the state of Chicano Arts today led by director Kathleen Gallegos. Perspectives is a series that invites the public to take a seat at the table with artists, curators, and specialists in various fields of knowledge, Camera Frontiers section and enrich discussions about works of art or exhibitions. Dances: Ad Lib of Behold, America! 11 aM–2 PM (DT) opens to public 10 11 12 13 14 15 16at MCASD Xcerpts: Victorian San Diego > Thursday, August 23 > 4–5 PM > Downtown > Free to Members; Free to Non-Members with Museum Admission FREE Third Camera Join us as we discuss the chapter “The Victorian Era: 1890-1910” in the book San Diego: Thursday 5–7 PM (DT & LJ) Dances: Ad Lib California’s Cornerstone by Iris Wilson Engstrand and explore the exhibition Margaret Noble: 11 aM–2 PM (DT) Educator First th 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 44 and Landis. Xcerpts is a reading and discussion group that takes place in thoughtLAB—a Look Tour space for creativity, curiosity, and dialogue. 3:30 PM (DT) Camera TAG Applications San Diego Film San Diego Film San Diego Film Dances: Ad Lib Due Festival 2012 Festival 2012 Festival 2012 alt.pictureshows > Thursday, August 30 > 7–10 PM > La Jolla > Free to Members; 11 aM–2 PM (DT) $5 General Admission Xcerpts 4 PM DT 24 25 26 27 28S an Diego Film 29 30 Join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of alt.pictureshows, a popular micro-cinema expe- Festival 2012 rience where viewers are invited to “physically channel surf” from room to room. The evening’s Camera Dances: short films will be screened on a loop throughout the event. Ad Lib 1 2 3 4 5 11 aM–2 PM (DT) 6 7 Camera Dances: Ad Lib > Fridays from September 14–October 12 > 11 AM–2 PM > Downtown, 1001 Kettner > Free to Members; Free to Non-Members with Museum Admission Camera Join dance artists Eric Geiger, Liam Clancy, and media artist Tara Knight for a series of five Dances: Ad Lib 11 aM–2 PM (DT) live improvised performances that invite you to widen the frame of the Museum experience 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 to include the architecture itself, the space in between and around artworks, the city sound- scapes, and all bodies inside and beyond the Museum walls. Following these performances join FREE Third Margaret Noble us for a lively conversation with the artists as they discuss their practice. These performances Thursday performance 7-8:30 (DT) will take place every Friday from September 14 through October 12. 15 16 17 18 5–7 PM (DT & L J) 19 20 21 Educator First Look Tour: 44th & Landis > Thursday, September 20 > 3:30–5 PM > Downtown > Free to Educators Orchestra Nova Xcerpts La Jolla Music Society Following the opening of Margaret Noble: 44th & Landis, MCASD will offer a free, one-hour 7:30 PM 4 PM 8 PM Educator First Look Tour. This tour offers teachers in the formal school system, higher educa- 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 tion faculty, and educators working in out-of-school time programs the opportunity to view and learn about the current exhibition as well as gain gallery teaching strategies prior to La Jolla Music Society scheduling a group tour. 29 3 0 3 1 1 28 PM 3 4 Xcerpts: LeWitt’s Instructions and Texts > Thursday, September 27 > 4–5 PM > Downtown > Free to Members; Free to Non–Members with Museum Admission Join us as we take a closer look at Sol LeWitt’s work and discuss selections taken from Adam Members’ opening D.Weinberg, “LeWitt’s Autobiography: Inventory of the Present,” Sol Lewitt A Retrospective, Behold, America! 11 AM-8 PM SFMOMA, (2000)100–108, Print. To obtain a copy of the excerpt to prepare for the discussion, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 send an e-mail to [email protected].

Educator First Educator Art Introductions FREE Third Look Tour 3:30 PM Fair 9 AM* For more information go to 2 PM Thursday www.mcasd.org 5–7 PM (DT & LJ) Educator’s Family ArtLab 12 13 14 15 16 Reception 6 PM 172-4 PM 18 Sound Off 5 PM Perspectives Margaret Noble 7 PM performance 7-8:30 (DT) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

TNT 7-10 PM (DT) 26 27 28 29 30 *This event will be held at the . Visit sdmart.org for more details.

< This page, top to bottom: Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis (detail) 2012, mixed media installation / LJMS > ljms.org Still from alt.pictureshows’ 12 film Eternal Gaze by Sam Chen / Camera Dances: Ad Lib Orchestra Nova > orchestranova.org For a detailed schedule of San Diego Film Festival 6 events, please visit www.SDFilmFest.com This piece will be featured in the Frontier por tion of Behold, America! at MCASD. Mark Dion, Landfill, mixed media, 1999–2000. Collec tion of Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Museum purchase, Contemporary Collectors Fund, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Thanks to Our donors! It is through the generous support of MCASD’s Members and donors that thousands of San Diegans and visitors alike enjoy our world-class Museum in and La Jolla. At the $1,500 LECTURES AND EVENTS level and above, current donors are listed quarterly for the period of one year. At the $300–$1,499 level, current donors are listed once, in the quarter following the date of the gift to MCASD.

21ST CENTURY MCASD ANNUAL Fraeda and Bill Kopman Nicole Eppley In-Kind Support LECTURES AND EVENTS CAMPAIGN DONORS FUND DONORS Arthur and Sandra Levinson Thayer Flynn Leanne Hull MacDougall Marc Matys and Robert H. Gleason $25,000 and above Sonia Kassel Mandelbaum and Richard L. Gomez, M.D. FOUNDERS INDIVIDUAL DONORS 91X Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis Performances > Saturday, October 20 and gavin Mandelbaum Dr. and Mrs. John B. Holden UT San Diego $3,000,000 AND ABOVE $100,000 and above Patsy and David Marino Margot and Dennis Knight Saturday, November 17 > 7–8:30 PM > Downtown > Free to Members and High JOAN AND IRWIN JACOBS Anonymous The Art of Photography Show Stephen Warren Miles and Marilyn Ross Dr. and Mrs. Elliott C. Lasser the i.d.e.a. brand Tech High Students; $5 Students; $10 General Admission DAVID C. COPLEY Valerie and Harry Cooper Miles Foundation Nina MacConnel and Tom Chino CAROLYN P. FARRIS David C. Copley KPBS Join Margaret Noble for her second sound performance as she activates her installation with Betsy Mitchell Dennis A. McConnell La Jolla Light CATELLUS, A PROLOGIS COMPANY Olivia and Peter Farrell Ron and Lucille Neeley Holly McGrath and David Bruce live sound using voice and electronic instruments. Following the performance, participants Carolyn P. Farris Robin and Gerald Parsky Hon. and Mrs. James A. McIntyre $10,000–$24,999 will be invited to engage in conversation with the artist. Capacity for these performances will DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS Pauline Foster Sheila Potiker Elizabeth Nolan $1,000,000–$2,999,999 Joan and Irwin Jacobs The FrameMaker be limited. Timothy Radke Rukiye Oygar Riviera Magazine THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION Drs. Stacy and Paul Jacobs John G. Rebelo Jr. and Sarah B. Michael Parme San Diego CityBeat SUE K. AND DR. CHARLES C. EDWARDS The Mark and Hilarie Moore Family Trust Marsh-Rebelo John M. Seiber Xcerpts: Marcos Ramirez ERRE > Thursday, October 25 > 4–5 PM > Downtown > DR. PETER C. FARRELL Maryanne and Irwin Pfister Victoria and Tom Reed Esther Shapiro THE ALBATROSS FOUNDATION Faye Hunter Russell $5,000–$9,999 Free to Members; Free to Non–Members with Museum Admission Cele and Justin Renaudin Joyce Cutler Shaw Art Works San Diego MARY AND JAMES BERGLUND Barbara Walbridge Miriam Rosas Curt Sherman Join us as we discuss excerpts from Marcos Ramirez ERRE’s book and draw connections to JAKE AND J. TODD FIGI The Sheryl and Harvey White Foundation Authentic Flavors Catering Clifford Schireson and John Venekamp Esther and Alan Siman Crown Point Catering Sing-Sing, currently on view at MCASD Downtown at 1001 Kettner Blvd. PAULINE AND STANLEY FOSTER Anne and Ronald Simon Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Solomon RUTH AND MURRAY A. GRIBIN $50,000–$99,999 Elegant Events Catering Company Elene and Herbert Solomon Claudia and Hans Stadler Festivities Catering STEPHEN WARREN MILES AND Mary and James Berglund Steven M. Strauss and Lise Wilson Theresa Dailey and Paul Steitz Introductions: Behold, America! > Monday, November 12 > 2 PM >La Jolla > MARILYN ROSS MILES FOUNDATION Trulette Clayes and Jeff Partrick Giuseppe Restaurants and Fine Catering Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Swortwood Elizabeth and Joseph Taft Hyatt Regency La Jolla Free to members; Free to non-members with Museum admission KATHERINE AND MANSFIELD MILLS Mrs. Sue K. Edwards Jen Tuomi and Mark MacEwen Susan and John Thompson MARYANNE AND IRWIN PFISTER Karen Fox Lawrance Furniture As we celebrate the opening of the Frontiers section of the exhibition Behold, America!, take Dr. Emad and Mrs. May Zawaideh Claudia and Geoffrey Turchin Peartrees Catering, Inc DR. AND MRS. KURT E. SHULER Deni and Jeff Jacobs Helene and Allan Ziman Susan and Richard Ulevitch part in a gallery walkthrough with the exhibition curator, Amy Galpin, who will offer insider IRIS AND MATTHEW STRAUSS Colette Carson and Dr. Ivor Royston Ranch & Coast Magazine Daniel W. Vecchitto Roppongi Restaurant and Sushi Bar knowledge about the installation and process relating to the artists and the exhibition. Iris and Matthew Strauss $1,500–$4,999 Isabelle and Mel Wasserman PATRONS Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza Liz and Richard Bartell Annasue and John Wilson San Diego Magazine $500,000–$999,999 $25,000–$49,999 Sound Off: Performances, Screenings, and Dialogue > Thursday, November Rusti Bartell Rolfe Wyer and Doris Sosin Stone Brewing Company COLETTE CARSON ROYSTON AND Anonymous Rita Bassi Jeanna Yoo Tapenade 15 > 5–7 PM Performances, 7–9 PM Screening and Lecture > La Jolla > Free to dr. IVOR ROYSTON Barbara and Charles Arledge Joan and Jeremy Berg Lorna York The French Gourmet Members and San Diego college students, $10 General Admission DRS. STACY AND PAUL JACOBS Frank and Linnea Arrington Robert W. Blanchard Bradley Zlotnik TK&A Custom Catering THE KRESGE FOUNDATION Melissa GarfieldB artell and Mr. and Mrs. Aldis J. Browne Sound Off is a unique program geared towards local college students and combines perfor- BETLACH FAMILY FOUNDATION michael Bartell Mrs. Lee Clark and Jerry Pikolysky D.D.S. mances of music, poetry, and prose to be submitted and performed by local young artists. HELEN K. COPLEY Barbara Bloom Fund Corporate, Foundation, Diane Clarke and Dan Moore Following these performances there will be a screening of Rebirth of a Nation. To learn more JAMES S. COPLEY FOUNDATION Matt and Nancy Browar Elaine and Dave Darwin and Government Donors ROBERT AND LOUISE HARPER Dr. Charles G.Cochrane and Luis De Jesus about performing at Sound Off, visit www.mcasd.org or e-mail [email protected]. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT monica H. Cochrane Scott Dunklee $100,000 and Above FOR THE HUMANITIES Donald and Karen Cohn Cindy Engles City of San Diego Commission Educator First Look Tour: Behold, America! > Friday, November 16 > 3:30–5 PM ELIZABETH AND MASON PHELPS Isabel and Agustín Coppel Rocio and Michael Flynn for Arts and Culture Lisette and Michael Farrell William Georgis and Richard Marshall The Getty Foundation > La Jolla > Free to Educ ators BENEFACTORS Margaret Jackson and Neil Hadfield Lee and Frank Goldberg The James Irvine Foundation The first Thursday following an exhibition opening, MCASD offers free tours and admission Jeanne Jones and Don Breitenberg $250,000–$499,999 Jane Gribin and Amy Dater for educators. These tours offer teachers the opportunity to view and learn about the current IN MEMORY OF IRENE R. JELLINEK Mary Keough Lyman Richard Gribin $50,000–$99,999 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS Garna G. Muller Dennis Kern County of San Diego exhibition as well as gain gallery teaching strategies prior to scheduling a group tour. Tours ROBIN AND GERALD PARSKY Elizabeth and Mason Phelps Lewis and Marnie Klein Move National Endowment for the Arts begin at 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM. During your tour our Gallery Educators will share in-gallery Suzan and Gad Shaanan QUALCOMM Carmela and Miguel Koenig The Qualcomm Foundation activities and ideas about how to introduce this exhibition to your students. E-mail educa- SHERYL AND HARVEY WHITE Tina Simner Annika and Gordon Kovton The Andy Warhol Foundation Joyce and Ted Strauss Jeanne and Bill Larson [email protected] to register. CONTRIBUTORS Dr. and Mrs. James E. Lasry $25,000–$49,999 $10,000–$24,999 $100,000–$249,999 Ken Little GUCCI Educator’s Reception: Behold, America! > Friday, November 16 > 6–7 PM > La BARBARA AND CHARLES ARLEDGE Anonymous Fund at the San Diego Jennifer Luce National Endowment for the Arts LINNEA AND FRANK ARRINGTON Foundation Catherina and Michael Madani The Linda Pace Foundation Jolla > Free to Educators* BARBARA BLOOM FUND Shannon Bartlett Liz and Chris McCullah MCASD, The San Diego Museum of Art, and the Timken Museum of Art welcome you to our Charles and Tanya Brandes NANCY AND MATT BROWAR Edward J. G. Mracek $10,000–$24,999 joint Educator Reception to celebrate the work that you do in the classroom! Explore one of DIANE AND CHRISTOPHER CALKINS Wendy and Bill Brody Jennifer Nelson and John Dineen California Bank & Trust the exhibitions that make up Behold America! and imagine the possibilities for curriculum con- DR. CHARLES G. AND Linda Chester and Dr. Kenneth Rind Christopher Nielsen and Christie’s MONICA H. COCHRANE Renée Comeau and Terry Gulden Paula M.D. Fitzgerald Cooley LLP nections. Consider ways in which to use American art from three eras and three institutions to Courtney Ann Coyle, Esq. and COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 3RD DISTRICT Lawrence Paull and Marcy Bolotin Paull La Jolla IVF inspire your students to ask their own questions through conversations with MCASD Gallery SUPERVISOR PAM SLATER-PRICE Steven P. McDonald, Esq. Rose Marie and Charlie Pipitone LLWW Foundation Educators. Following the reception join us for a Perspectives program featuring Curator Amy COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 4TH DISTRICT Audrey S. Geisel/Dr. Seuss Fund Conrad Prebys and Debbie Turner Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust SUPERVISOR RON ROBERTS Bo and Anita Hedfors Dr. J. Harley Quint Nordstrom Galpin and artist Ruben Ortiz Torres. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, Sheri and Dr. Stuart Jamieson DANAH H. FAYMAN Randy S. Robbins Northern Trust Bank November 12 to [email protected] with subject line “Educator Reception.” DAVID GUSS FAMILY Leon and Sofia Kassel Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sergott Pfizer Foundation Matching *Free admission applies to teachers in the formal school system, higher education faculty, and JUDITH C. HARRIS AND Vekeno Kennedy Dr. Alessandro Sette and gifts Program ROBERT SINGER, M.D. Gail and George Knox ms. Suzanne Melvin The ResMed Foundation educators working in out-of-school time programs. THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION Sharon and Sami Ladeki Dr. and Mrs. Kurt E. Shuler Van Cleef & Arpels ARTHUR AND SANDRA LEVINSON Holly McGrath and David Bruce Michael R. Somin, AIA Perspectives: Behold, America! > Friday, November 16 > 7–8:30 PM > La Jolla > MARY KEOUGH LYMAN Rebecca Moores Elizabeth and Joseph Taft $5,000–$9,999 Catherine and Bob Palmer JOSEPHINE R. MACCONNELL Jose M. Tasende Bank of America Free to MCASD, SDMA & Timken Members & Educators*; $5 to Students and $10 Scott H. Peters and Lynn E. Gorguze PATSY AND DAVID MARINO Sylvia and Aaron Wechter KPMG LLP Robert Caplan and Dr. Carol Randolph to General Admission AMELIA AND KENNETH MORRIS Mary Ann Weisberg and Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty James K. Robbins From depictions of the landscape to its innovative approach and political visions, American THE PARKER FOUNDATION bryce Perry Foundation South Coast Plaza Fritz and Nora Sargent FRITZ AND NORA SARGENT Judith and Jack White Rémy Cointreau USA artists have presented us with new frontiers. Join us for a conversation with Curator Amy Jordan D. Schnitzer SELTZER CAPLAN MCMAHON VITEK Scott White Tasende Gallery Galpin and artist Ruben Ortiz Torres as they share their perspectives. IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY Mr. and Mrs. Forrest N. Shumway Lisa and Corey Wilson-Wirth Dr. Marie Tartar and Dr. Steve Eilenberg MITCHELL SHAPIRO Lorna York $1,500–$4,999 The John M. and JOYCE AND TED STRAUSS Emma & Leo Zuckerman G.S. Levine Insurance Services Educator Art Fair: Behold, America! > Saturday, November 17 > 9 AM–1 PM > Sally B. Thornton Foundation JOHN M. AND SALLY B. Google, Inc. Nancy B. Tieken The San Diego Museum of Art > Free for Educators THORNTON FOUNDATION $600–$1,499 Merck Partnership For Giving Erika and Dr. Fred Torri This event is open to all educators. Register at www.sdmart.org. UBS Sandro Alberti Price Family Charitable Fund GILDA AND VICTOR VILAPLANA Jo and Howard Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Castle Faye Wilson JO AND HOWARD WEINER Mr. Jeff Dunigan $600–$1,499 Family ArtLab: Unbound Borders > Saturday, November 17 > 2–4 PM > La Jolla Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong Dr. and Mrs. Max L. Elliott Paul and Magdalena Ecke Poinsettia Take part in a Look/Explore tour and let our Gallery Educators lead you and your family in Kathryn Kanjo Foundation $5,000–$9,999 Nancy J. Robertson lively conversation about the exhibition Behold, America! Following your gallery exploration Viveca Bissonnette and Jeff Hollander Cris Scorza $300–$599 part take a in a hands-on workshop exploring the theme of Frontiers, which gives way to the Ralph and Gail Bryan Stephanie and Paul Strong The Arts Federation Cathy and Ron Busick grouping of the works in this exhibition. Get your hands messy and your creative juices flow- Vera and Brian Sweeney Consulate General of Diane and Christopher Calkins Cynthia Tuomi ing! This program is $10 for Members and military families, and $25 for non-member families. The Judge Jonathan T. Colby Diana and Matthew Valji price includes Museum admission and program fee for two adults and up to three youth. Program Maru and Andrew Dumke Jesse Yi Dan and Phyllis Epstein starts promptly at 2 PM. Capacity is limited. Susanna and Michael Flaster $300–$599 Eric S. Fuller Anonymous TNT > Thursday, November 29 > 7–10 PM > Downtown > Free to Members; $8 stu- Elaine and Murray Galinson Robert E. Asher Carol and Lawrence Gartner Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Batter dents; $10 Non-members Lauren and Greg Garbacz Carmine Boccuzzi and Bernard Lumpkin Don’t miss this fall’s hottest ticket. Join us as we celebrate downtown’s newest exhibitions Abeer and George Hage Anthony Buccola with art-making activities, tasty cocktails, delicious bites from MIHO, and live music. Debby and Hal Jacobs George & Mary Cory Lynda and Richard Kerr David J. Davis Dr. Warren and Karen Kessler Mary and James Dawe For more information go to www.mcasd.org

We’ve made every effort to be accurate. This list is current as of 7/13/12. Please > This page, top to bottom: John Valadez, Pelota (detail), 1995, oil on canvas, 46 x 42 in. Courtesy of a call 858 454 3541 x172 if you should find private collection. © John Valadez / Artist Margaret Noble. Photo by David Max Steinburg. / Salomón an error, or if you have other inquiries Huerta, Untitled Figure (detail), Oil on canvas on panel, 2000. Collection of Museum of Contemporary about Membership. Art San Diego, Museum purchase, International and Contemporary Collectors Funds.

10 11 MEMBER NEWS & EVENTS MEMBER NEWS & EVENTS

Member Q&A: Alt.pictureshows Q&A: Christopher Plouffe Neil Kendricks

Occupation: Paleontologist Q: In 30 words or less, tell us what a Film Curator does. Residence: University Heights Like my curatorial colleagues in painting, sculpture, and photography, a film curator seeks and secures exceptional artworks, in this case films, for non-theatrical screenings in a Q: What do you enjoy most about contemporary art? Museum context. You strike a balance between your own curatorial tastes with what realis- The broad spectrum of events that occur to produce contemporary works. From concept and tically can be achieved within the limitations of your resources. Sorry that’s over 30 words. design, to materials used, to the manufacturing, installation, and eventual curation of a piece. Q: We know you’re not supposed to play favorites, but which films are you most excited Q: What has been one of your favorite exhibitions at MCASD? about showing this year? Do I have to pick JUST one? Baldassari was brilliant. Phenomenal: California Light, Space, There are so many extraordinary short films to watch that viewers in SanD iego wouldn’t get Surface was exquisite. Tara Donovan was outrageous. Viva la Revolución was unique and unpar- a chance to see otherwise. The two most poignant films are AnnaM usso’s sublime L Train and alleled. I think I returned to the exhibit upwards of 10 times. No joke. Lucy Walker’s Oscar-nominated documentary short The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom. I saw both films at Sundance and I was struck by the extraordinary power of the filmmakers’ Q: Why did you become a Member? respective skills for compelling storytelling using the short-film format. Without relying on As a Natural History Museum employee, I receive the benefit of complimentary admission to dialogue or visual effects, L Train is a small-scale epic of the human heart in conflict with itself. many San Diego museums. Of the multiple institutions I’ve visited, I found myself constantly returning to MCASD. The quality of the exhibits far surpassed my expectations for a museum Q: How do you pick films for alt.pictureshows? What’s your process like? in San Diego. Due to my frequent attendance, it became apparent that it was my responsibil- I look for unique short films that move my heart while making me think. The rest is similar to being ity to endorse and support the museum and its endeavors through membership. a producer. I negotiate with filmmakers about screening their work with my eye on the prize of organizing the range of work in a manner where the short films resonate with one another. Q: What is the most rewarding part of membership? Surrounding myself with like-minded individuals that share an appreciation for art. Q: What is it you’re looking for as a film curator?W hat is it about a film that stands out or grabs your attention? Q: Why do you think it’s important to support the arts in San Diego? I’m looking for films that have something original to say; films with a unique point of view. Of It’s an investment in our cultural future here in San Diego. I would love to see our city recog- course, this description is an oversimplification of the multi-faceted challenges of creating nized one day as a hub for contemporary art. a one-of-a-kind, micro-cinema experience from the ground up. The detailed process is very organic since I’m looking at films throughout the year and developing each viewing station Q: Beyond MCASD, what is another one of your favorite spots in San Diego? as I go. Patience and having a good eye and ear for powerful, original short films that will As a geologist I appreciate the large scale view of San Diego County from Mt. Soledad. It gives connect with viewers are crucial. you the ability to take a step back and observe—to see the big picture. Q: Tell us a little bit about your current film projects. Q: Does your job ever intertwine with art? My current project is the feature-length documentary-in-progress Comics Are Everywhere, At the Natural History Museum I’m primarily in the field recovering fossils and data. One day which chronicles the personal journeys of emerging artists JJ Villard, Danni Shinya Luo, and I may be collecting leaf imprints, or shells, and on the rare occasion charismatic megafauna master cartoonists Daniel Clowes of Ghost World fame, Love and Rockets co-creator Jaime like whales or mammoths. Other days I’m in the museum preparing fossils. I’ve been told that Hernandez and others navigating the vibrant, pop-cultural intersection where alternative my graphic representation of sediments (stratigraphic columns as they are called) have an comics, animation and the Art World collide. I will be launching the film’sW eb site, www.comic- artistic flair to them, so I guess it depends on your definition of art. sareeverywhere.com this summer.

Q: This is the 10th anniversary of alt.pictureshows. Why do you think it’s stuck around so long? MEMBER EVENTS What separates this unique short-film showcase from more traditional film festivals is alt.pictureshows’ unique viewing format for “physically channel surfing” and my approach to selecting films. Rather than use a call for entries, I’ve always made my carefully selected Monte Carlo On Screen > Saturday, September 8 > 7 PM > La Jolla choices from the vantage point of an artist finding work that really has something to say.I t’s Every fall MCASD, from the galleries to the terrace, is magically transformed for the Museum’s not unlike a curator making visits to a painter’s studio and crafting a show while the work is annual fundraiser, Monte Carlo. This year we’re celebrating the incredible legacy of contem- still being made. In the case of several films, I negotiated with the filmmakers over a period porary art and the silver screen with Monte Carlo On Screen, the Museum’s 36th annual gala. of years until the lineup and timing was right to show their work at MCASD. Art has been intersecting with film, video, and celluloid for more than a century, and this year MCASD itself will become ‘The Screen.’ Our walls, floors, and ceilings will be bathed in flickering lights and the saturated colorful glow of masterful artists, from the well known to the obscure, creating a truly magical feast for the senses. Get out your red carpet attire and MEMBER NEWS prepare to be treated to the ‘A List’ experience. At Monte Carlo On Screen, you are the star! For more information contact [email protected]. Purchase tickets at www.mcasd.org. MCASD’S COLLECTORS EXPLORE THE ART AND CULTURE OF SANTA FE In late April, MCASD Collectors, along with Director and CEO Hugh M. Davies and Chief TNT: LIVE LOCAL > Thursday, August 9 > 7 PM > Do wntown Curator Kathryn Kanjo, visited Santa Fe, New Mexico to experience the city’s vibrant contem- Kick off TNT with an exclusive members-only artist talk at 7 PM. Sit in on a Q&A with Associate porary art scene. The group experienced a personal tour of Time Lapse at SITE Santa Fe with Curator Jill Dawsey and artist Margaret Noble as they discuss Noble’s process and practice. Director Irene Hofmann, and visited key local galleries, including James Kelly Contemporary Enjoy the first cocktails poured of the evening and delicious appetizers from Whole Foods as and Charlotte Jackson Fine Art. Artists James Drake and Nic Nicosia opened up their stu- you celebrate TNT with fellow members. dios and shared both their current projects and past works. They also had the opportunity to visit the home of SITE Santa Fe Board Member Marlene Meyerson, whose contemporary TNT > Thursday, November 29 > 7 PM > Downtown space included works by MCASD favorites Jenny Holzer and Jennifer Steinkamp. The group Join us as we celebrate downtown’s newest exhibitions with art-making activities, tasty cock- traversed to the home of Jeanne and Mickey Klein, which featured a commissioned James tails, delicious bites from MIHO, and live music. Turrell sky space and sprawling outdoor walking paths dotted with Andy Goldsworthy site- specific sculptures. Members’ Openings for Behold, America! Thursday, November 8 > CIRCLE MEMBERS AND COLLECTOR’S CIRCLE PROGRESSIVE Summer Solstice OPENING > 5:30–9 PM > MCASD La Jolla/SDMA/The Timken MCASD celebrated the start of summer with the 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Soiree, hosted This fall, MCASD is proud to present Behold, America!, a dynamic collaboration between three by Avant Garde. Guests enjoyed a deconstructed dinner party on the oceanfront terrace at of San Diego’s most important art institutions: MCASD, The San Diego Museum of Art, and MCASD La Jolla with mouthwatering dishes from local restaurants, specialty cocktails, and the Timken Museum of Art. The exhibition presents an unrivalled opportunity to see these an art installation by Brian Dick and Wendell Kling. Guests also had the opportunity to bid on three collections united for the first time, and to enjoy some of the finest works of American contemporary design goods in the silent auction. art. Begin in La Jolla from 5:30–7 PM with cocktails and appetizers and progress downtown to SDMA and the Timken for more drinks, bites, and dessert from 7–9 PM. upcoming Travel Opportunities Collectors can look forward to an exciting travel schedule in the coming months; first, with Friday, November 9 > BEHOLD: AMERICA! GENERAL MEMBERS PROGRESSIVE Opening our International Collectors Art Tour to Brazil, taking place October 20–30, 2012. This trip will DAY AND RECEPTION > 11 AM–8 PM > MC ASD La Jolla/SDMA/The Timken include a visit to the Sao Paolo Biennial, a stop at the famed Inhotim Institute and Bernardo Don’t miss the general Members’ Opening at all three institutions—be sure to visit all three Paz Collection, an artist studio visit with Ernesto Neto, and visits to top Brazilian Collectors. locations to enjoy this festive night. Contemporary Collectors will also have the opportunity to travel to Denver, Colorado from

< This page, top to bottom: MCASD Member Christopher Plouffe / Members Enjoy the 2nd annual April 27–30, 2013. For more information regarding the MCASD Travel Program, please contact Avant Garde Summer Solstice Soiree. Photo by Marisa Holmes / MCASD Members enjoy the opening Jeanna Yoo at 858 454 3541 x179 or [email protected]. of John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation.

> Opposite, top to bottom: MCASD’s Film Curator Neil Kendricks / Still from Alt.pictureshows ’12 film Tumult by Johnny Barrington / Still from alt.pictureshows ‘12 film Tooty’s Wedding by Federic Casella

12 1313 MEMBER NEWS EXHIBITIONS

MEMBER NEWS Cont’D The STORE

MCASD’S COLLECTION EXPANDS WITH NEW ACQUISITIONS AT THE SELECTION DINNER The Museum has also received another major grant: $90,000 from the Andy Warhol Banksy—You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat > The single best collection On April 25, 2012, MCASD’s International and Contemporary Collectors gathered in La Foundation for the Visual Arts in support of Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting, a retro- of photographs of Banksy’s street work. Period. Banksy—You Are An Acceptable Level of Jolla for the Annual Selection Dinner, celebrating MCASD’s Collectors Circle and their spective for the New York based painter, which will go on view at MCASD in February 2014. Threat concentrates on this singular artist’s iconic imagery, spanning the late ’90s up until 27-year history of support. Sponsored by Northern Trust, the evening began with a recep- mcASD is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a generous $10,000 grant the end of 2011. The locations are from around the world (predominantly the UK, US and tion and guided tours of the works with MCASD curators. Following a lively debate over from the LLWW Foundation. The funds are being used to support exhibitions costs related Europe), and many images have never been seen before. When Banksy began painting, dinner, catered by Tapenade, the collectors voted to purchase three new works for the to Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez. MCASD would like to thank the National Endowment the political landscape was bleak. Fortunately now, it’s ten times worse. As Banksy’s cheer- Museum’s collection, including an expansive, scrim-covered lens by Spencer Finch, Rome for the Arts and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund for earlier grants fully aggressive political work becomes ever more relevant, this comprehensive tome sets Pantheon, Noon, June 14, 2011 (2011); a precocious abstract canvas by seasoned New York that have helped make possible the Valadez retrospective, the accompanying catalog, and about presenting his art in the context of the era he was responding to. 228 pages, hard- artist Jack Whitten, Chinese Sincerity (1974); and a keystone work by celebrated photogra- related programming. The Museum remains grateful to the City of San Diego Commission cover, 8¾’’x 10¼’’, 250 color illustrations, English. pher Catherine Opie, Burnt House from Burlington and Ninth Street (1990). The Museum is for Arts and Culture for their continuing institutional support. Regular price: $35 / Member price: $31 thrilled to have made these key acquisitions. The Museum is also pleased to announce a $25,000 grant from the District Three mcASD’s International and Contemporary Collectors have been instrumental in expand- Neighborhood Reinvestment Program. This generous and timely funding, approved by MCASD –clusive: Mon Père > Mon Père translates to “My Father” in French. ing the Museum’s permanent collection with 93 works of art since 1985 – works that were County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and the Board of Supervisors, will cover the cost of Christina Shrigley is the designer and creator of Mon Père. She lost her father to cancer collectively purchased for approximately $3 million and that today are valued at over replacing the climate control (HVAC) system for the Foster, Meyer, and Baja Fayman galler- before she turned 2 years old. Her father is the constant inspiration and force behind the $12.6 million. The support of the International and Contemporary Collectors has allowed ies, as well as a long needed awning for the loading dock in La Jolla. line. Being able to create with him in mind is a way of healing and coping with his loss on MCASD curators to discover new artists, enrich the MCASD collection, and build an engaged a positive level. A significant portion from each sale goes to kids fighting cancer at Rady and informed community of collectors in San Diego. For more information about joining MCASD Receives Major Gift Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California. Collectors Circle, please contact Jeanna Yoo at 858 454 3541 x179 or [email protected]. MCASD and The San Diego Museum of Art were the recipients of a major bequest from the The core value of this capsule line of tee’s can be summed up in its motto, “Let Love late Dr. Vance E. Kondon and his wife Elisabeth Giesberger. Kondon was one of San Diego’s Grow.” Giving back to those in need through unique designs and craftsmanship is the main GRANT NEWS premier art collectors and an avid supporter of the city’s cultural scene. MCASD received idea. Each blank tee is 100% organic cotton. Christina cuts and sews each pocket on per- MCASD is the recipient of a major grant from Qualcomm Foundation for the exhibition 30 important works of contemporary art from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The works sonally at her home in La Jolla, California. She finishes every one with a hand drawn label, Behold, America! Qualcomm Foundation, which has awarded $250,000, is the lead patron were featured in the spring exhibition Iconic: Gifts from the Kondon-Giesberger Collection. making each handcrafted tee completely unique to itself. Available in sizes 12–18m through for the unprecedented project, which brings together American art from MCASD, The San 3T. Available exclusively at MCASD. Wear a Mon Père tee and “Let Love Grow.” Diego Museum of Art, and the Timken Museum of Art. Regular price: $30 / Member price: $27

2012 Biennial Art Auction 27th Annual Selection Dinner

MCASD Board of Trustees 2012–2013 David C. Copley, President / Barbara Arledge / Linnea Arrington / Melissa Garfield Bartell / Dr. Mary F. Berglund / Barbara Bloom / Wendy H. Brody / Nancy Browar / Ronald L. Busick / Dr. Charles G. Cochrane / Valerie Cooper / David C. Copley / Isabel Coppel / Dr. Peter C. Farrell / Carolyn P. Farris / Pauline Foster / John Ippolito / Margaret A. Jackson / Dr. Paul Jacobs / Vekeno Kennedy / Sami Ladeki / Holly McGrath / Scott Peters / Mason Phelps / Dr. Carol Randolph / Colette Carson Royston / Nora D. Sargent / Gad Shaanan / Joyce Strauss / Matthew C. Strauss / Sheryl White / Brent V. Woods

Honorary Trustee, Sue K. Edwards

Dr. Hugh M. Davies, The David C. Copley Director and CEO

Newsletter Editor: Leah Masterson / Newsletter Contributors: Julia Altieri, Heather Cook, Jill Dawsey, Kate Deuparo, April Farrell, Rebecca Handelsman, Elizabeth Harker, Kathryn Kanjo, Anne Kindseth, Eric Reichman, Megan Nesbit, Robert Pincus, Cris Scorza, Jenna Siman, Shannel Smith, Jeanna Yoo / Design: Ursula Rothfuss and Kasey Reis / Printer: Neyenesch Printers, San Diego

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, founded in 1941, is a Member-supported, private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the collection, exhibition, and interpretation of contempo- rary art. MCASD, accredited by the Association of Museums, is one museum with two locations: La Jolla and downtown San Diego. All programs and activities are made possible by generous contributions from MCASD Members and many individuals, foundations, corporations, and gov- ernment agencies.

Institutional support for MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

Kick off fall with an MCASD Tour! MCASD offers tours tailored for school, higher education, and adult groups. Learn more about the different tours led by the Museum’s professional Gallery Educators as well as how to book your tour at www.mcasd.org. Collectors Trip to Santa Fe When is the last time you Fed Your Greedy Organ? MCASD launched the Feed Your Greedy Organ campaign last spring, promoting our ini- tiative that offers free admission for people age 25 and under, sponsored by Qualcomm Foundation. The campaign kicked off with an art contest, and we received some truly amazing entries. After careful consideration, our panel chose 25 finalists whose work was included in a showcase at the Museum. The contest was a huge success but the Feed Your get Greedy Organ campaign continues. Do you know anyone who is 25 and under? If so, spread the word- ADMISSION IS FREE!

MCASD Is Looking For a Few Good Teens! famous MCASD is currently accepting applications for the 2012–2013 Teen Advisory Group (TAG). with the TAG is composed of 20 diverse teens representing high schools from across San Diego. TAG meets the first Tuesday of each month at theM useum to explore contemporary art in Greedy organ the galleries and develops a project designed to reach the wider teen and Museum audi- ence. Learn more at www.mcasd.org.

> This page, top to bottom: Banksy—You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat / Mon Père Tee s / MCASD’s Feed Your Greedy Organ Campaign

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