The Aldrich The Year Contemporary In Review Art Museum 2019 Board of Trustees Contents Eric Diefenbach Chair Diana Bowes Vice-Chair Linda M. Dugan Page 3 Letter from the Chair Treasurer Claude K. Amadeo Page 5 Letter from the Director Secretary Page 6 The Year in Review—2019 Exhibitions Janine Brown Gail Gluckman Page 8 Three Decades at The Aldrich—An Interview with Richard Klein Michael Joo Page 12 The Year Ahead—2020 Exhibitions Patricia Kemp Kristina Larson Page 14 Artist Interview—Lucia Hierro Neil Marcus Page 16 Artist Interview—Hugo McCloud Amy Pal Julie Phillips Page 18 Financial Statements Andrew J. Pitts Page 20 Report of Gifts—Donors Kathleen O’Grady Chair Emerita Page 24 Report of Gifts—Members Georganne Aldrich Heller Page 27 Art Aldrich Contributing Artists Honorary Trustee Martin Sosnoff Page 28 A Look Back Trustee Emeritus

Cybele Maylone Executive Director

Larry Aldrich (1906-2001) Founder

Aldrich Council

Sonia Attkiss Cover: Harmony Hammond Rachel Carr Goulding Dogon, 1978/2015 Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Gray Sonia Skindrud Associates, New York © Harmony Hammond / Rachel Sondheimer Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Eric Swanson. Left: Lucia Hierro, Mandao 1, 2019 Private Collection, Miami. Letter from the Chair

The Aldrich exists to serve artists, and we all benefit. The Museum enables artists to freely realize their creative visions by offering a respectful, collaborative environment. For many artists, an Aldrich exhibition is their first solo museum show. For some, participating in a group exhibition here is their first time showing in a museum at all. Unexpected and exciting juxtapositions sometimes emerge. In Weather Report, the artist Sara Bouchard, who received her MFA in 2019, has a work in the same gallery as Nick Cave and Andy Goldsworthy.

Our curators’ ideas, knowledge, and instincts guide our decision-making. Exhibitions Director Richard Klein and Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart are charged with discovering and

(top left, clockwise) Sara Bouchard, Weather Box, 2014 presenting exceptional contemporary work at just the right moment, be it before an artist Courtesy of the artist, Photo: Christopher E. Manning. Weather Report (installation view), The Aldrich garners commercial attention, or at a pivotal juncture in an artist’s practice. Unburdened by Contemporary Art Museum, October 6, 2019 to March 29, 2020: Sara Bouchard, Weather Box (left), 2014, Courtesy a permanent collection and operating insistently outside the contemporary art marketplace, of the artist; Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Storm Prototype (center), 2007, Courtesy of the artist and Rhona Hoffman The Aldrich enables our artists and visitors to focus on the work. Gallery, Chicago; Nick Cave, Tondo (right), 2018, Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, Photo: Jason Mandella. Eric Diefenbach, Chair of the Board, in front of Nick Cave’s Tondo, 2018, Photo: Emily Devoe. Andy A strategic planning process begun in 2019 has brought into focus how important such key Goldsworthy Gutter Water – Night, Times Square, New York, March 6, 2010, 2010, Courtesy of the artist and moments are for artists and how uncannily The Aldrich has captured them throughout its Galerie Lelong & Co., New York fifty-plus year history. As we move forward, we will focus even more purposefully on those moments–so that the work presented will delight, inspire, and provoke our diverse audiences.

I have been involved with The Aldrich for more than a decade and our current forward momentum is palpable. In her first full year as Executive Director, Cybele Maylone has led the institution’s remarkable team with energy, professionalism, and vision. We presented seven successful exhibitions this year with strong critical reviews and numerous feature articles in the press. Museum attendance, overall financial support, and membership each increased by 15% or more in 2019.

An annual report is an opportunity to reflect and give thanks for the hard work, creativity, and financial support that combine to make The Aldrich such a vibrant institution. To the artists, curators, donors, educators, staff, and volunteers who contribute so much to the institution, thank you. I must add particular thanks to my fellow trustees whose time, treasure, and talent are indispensable to the vitality of the Museum.

Sincerely,

Eric Diefenbach Chair of the Board

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In 2019, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum began a strategic planning process. It is still underway, but as we focus on the next phase of growth, it has become clear that The Aldrich’s mission, both now and throughout its history, has been to serve artists. Our goal is to create an environment where artists have the freedom to make and present work that fulfills their vision.

Our commitment to artists was core to our work in 2019. We presented five important solo exhibitions: Harmony Hammond, N. Dash, Sara Cwynar, Eva LeWitt, and Zoë Sheehan Saldaña. Hammond’s show was noted as one of the best of the year by . Our group exhibitions, How Art Changed the Prison, which featured the work of artists from Connecticut’s Prison Art Program, and Weather Report, which explored the earth’s atmosphere and moral crisis of climate, together presented the work of 60 artists. And we have been thrilled to see the audience’s response to these programs: in 2019 we saw a 20% increase in Museum attendance.

In 2020, the Museum will present the work of three artists also at the crux of new directions in their careers. Genesis Belanger, Hugo McCloud, and Lucia Hierro have all built substantial bodies of significant work, but none have yet had their work presented in a solo museum show. Frank Stella will exhibit at the Museum for the sixteenth time with his first solo exhibition at The Aldrich, Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey, examining this important motif that’s been central to his practice from the beginning. With the group exhibition Twenty Twenty, The Aldrich will give artists a platform to respond to the 24-hour election year news cycle through the slow medium of drawing. Like Weather Report, Twenty Twenty exemplifies the sensitivity and nuance with which Richard Klein crafts themed exhibitions. Richard has been associated with The Aldrich for over thirty years, almost as long as Larry Aldrich himself. He began as a contract art handler in 1988 and has served as Exhibitions Director since 1999. His leadership as a curator has been crucial to the integrity of the Museum’s exhibitions program and to its high reputation among artists. He offers his perspective on three decades at The Aldrich in the pages ahead.

The Aldrich depends upon the gifts of many individuals, foundations, and corporations to present the work of these artists. In this annual report, we offer our thanks to all those who have made it possible for artists to thrive at The Aldrich. I hope you enjoy this brief summary of 2019 and look ahead to 2020.

(top left, clockwise) Sara Cwynar: Gilded Sincerely, Age (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, June 9, 2019 to November 10, 2019, Courtesy of the artist, Cooper Cole, Toronto and Foxy Production, New York © Sara Cwynar, Photo: Jason Mandella. Eva LeWitt, Untitled (Mesh A–J) (site-specific installation view, detail), 2019, Courtesy of the artist and VI, VII, Oslo, Photo: Jason Mandella. Cybele Maylone, Executive Director, in front of Byron Kim’s Sunday Painting series, Photo: Claire Ritz. Harmony Hammond, Rib, 2013, Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York © Harmony Hammond / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Jason Mandella. Zoë Sheehan Saldaña: There Cybele Maylone Must Be Some Way Out of Here (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Executive Director November 24, 2019 to May 25, 2020, Courtesy of the artist, Photo: Jason Mandella.

4 LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR 5 The New York Times writes that our exhibitions are the kind you expect 2019 at a “big-guns urban institution, but [find] at The Aldrich Contemporary Exhibitions Art Museum in leafy suburban Connecticut.” – September 2019

The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives Radcliffe Bailey: Vessel III on Tabletop Art Objects May 10, 2019, to March 15, 2020 May 20, 2018, to January 19, 2019 Main Street Curated by Richard Klein, Amy Smith-Stewart, Dakin Hart, and Sara Cwynar: Gilded Age Elizabeth Essner June 9 to November 10, 2019 Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Helena Hernmarck: Weaving in Progress Nari Ward: Apollo / Poll October 14, 2018, to January 27, 2019 June 12, 2019, to January 10, 2020 Curated by Richard Klein Sculpture Garden

Danh Vō: We the People (detail) Tony Tasset: Deer December 4, 2018, to May 6, 2019 June 12, 2019, to March 15, 2020 Main Street Sculpture Sculpture Garden

How Art Changed the Prison: The Work Tom Friedman: Hazmat Love of CPA’s Prison Arts Program May 7, 2019, to March 15, 2020 January 27 to May 27, 2019 Sculpture Garden Curated by Jeffrey Greene Weather Report Harmony Hammond: Material Witness, October 6, 2019, to April 19, 2020 Five Decades of Art Curated by Richard Klein March 3 to September 15, 2019 Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Eva LeWitt: Untitled (Mesh A–J)

(top to bottom) Harmony Hammond (top to bottom) Sara Cwynar, October 6, 2019, to April 26, 2020 Untitled, 1995, Courtesy of Women, 2015, Collection of Jane N. Dash the artist and Alexander Gray Oster, installed on 72 Pictures Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Associates, New York © Harmony of Modern Paintings (wallpaper), Hammond / Licensed by Artists 2016. Courtesy of the artist, May 3 to September 15, 2019 Rights Society (ARS), New York Cooper Cole, Toronto and Foxy Photo: Jason Mandella. Tom Production, New York © Sara Friedman, Hazmat Love, 2017 Cwynar, Photo: Jason Mandella. Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Nari Ward, Apollo / Poll Zoë Sheehan Saldaña: There Must Be Augustine, New York, and Stephen (installation view), 2017, Friedman Gallery, London The Aldrich Contemporary Art Some Way Out of Here © Tom Friedman, Photo: Museum, June 12, 2019 to January Christopher E. Manning. Eva 10, 2020. Originally presented LeWitt, Untitled (Mesh A–J) and commissioned by Socrates November 24, 2019, to May 25, 2020 (site-specific installation Sculpture Park, New York. view, detail), 2019, Courtesy of Courtesy the artist and Lehmann the artist and VI, VII, Oslo, Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Curated by Glenn Adamson Photo: Jason Mandella Seoul. Photo: Christopher E. Manning. Zoë Sheehan Saldaña: There Must Be Some Way Out of Here (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, November 24, 2019 to May 25, 2020. Foreground: Pail, 2019, 6 2019 EXHIBITIONS and Mop, 2012. Courtesy of the 2019 EXHIBITIONS 7 artist. Photo: Jason Mandella 2020 marks Exhibitions Director Richard Q What has changed the most at Klein’s thirtieth year working full-time at The Aldrich? Richard The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. During this time Klein worked closely A I’ve witnessed three major transitions with the Museum’s founder Larry Aldrich, in the history of the Museum, the first Klein: curated or co-curated over 90 exhibitions being the founder Larry Aldrich stepping in both the “Old Hundred” and new down as Chair of the Board in 1991; the Museum building, and has had a hand second being Larry’s acceptance of a in nearly every aspect of the Museum’s new generation of trustees governing the Three operations. Learn about the intersection Museum in 2000 just before his passing; of Klein’s career and the Museum’s history and the third being the opening of the and a few of his curatorial highlights. new building in 2004. All three milestones Decades were significant in moving the institution Q You started working at The Aldrich in forward towards greater professionalism. 1988, what roles have you had here over I was involved in varying degrees in all the years? of these transitions, most notably the at The The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (rear entrance), planning and opening of The Aldrich’s 2019, Ridgefield, CT Photo: Jason Mandella. Richard Klein studying a lithograph by Robert Motherwell A I started working full-time at the Museum new building. from Black and White Since 1960- Prints from the Collection of Reba Williams, March 10 – May 27, 1990. in 1990 and at that point my title was Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director, in front of Ellen Harvey’s The Mermaid: Two Incompatible Systems Aldrich Registrar/Preparator, which meant I Q What was it like working with Larry Aldrich? Intimately Linked, 2019, Photo Claire Ritz. was responsible for every aspect of the exhibition program other than curation. A Larry was a force of nature. When I first One has to understand that the Museum arrived at the Museum there was no was much more modest at that point, with arguing with him, but through the 1990s a full-time staff of five. In 1994 I became he gradually relinquished control of the Acting Director for a little less than a institution, mellowed and was more open year and during that period I curated to other’s opinions about the Museum’s my first exhibitions at the Museum, functioning. I’ll never forget what he said most notably Drawn on the Museum, a to me within my first month of joining the group exhibition of site-responsive wall staff: “You know you will never become drawings that featured the work of fifteen wealthy working at an art museum, don’t artists, including Karen Finley, Sol LeWitt, you?” Through his last years he came up Dorothea Rockburne, Nancy Spero, Martin from New York to see every exhibition and Wong, and the graffiti artist Daze. I’ve my role was always to walk him through been Interim Co-Director twice, in 2011 and discuss the art on view. He didn’t and 2018, and was Assistant Director from like the turn that art had made in the 1998 through 2004. Following the opening 1990s, but he believed that the Museum’s of The Aldrich’s new building in 2004, I programming should reflect the direction assumed my current role as Exhibitions that visual culture was moving. Director. Other than managing the Museum’s education department I’ve had my hand in all aspects of the Museum’s operations over the years.

8 RICHARD KLEIN:THREE DECADES AT THE ALDRICH RICHARD KLEIN:THREE DECADES AT THE ALDRICH 9 Q What was the most memorable exhibition solo exhibition of his work, Frank Stella’s Stars, you worked on? A Survey. How does Stella’s history with The Aldrich reflect the Museum’s history and what A Ha! There are so many it’s hard to pick a was the impetus for the 2020 exhibition? favorite. No Reservations, an exhibition I organized in 2006 that explored the A Contemporary art has changed significantly relevance of Native American history and since the Museum’s founding and Stella’s culture in contemporary art, was important work has been part of that evolution. So to me as it allowed me to engage in both my many artists are content to establish a style interest in history and social justice. that doesn’t change very much over time, but Stella continues to be a restless inventor Q What was the strangest location of an who’s not afraid of going out on a limb. installation on the Museum’s grounds? Arguably he’s now doing some of the most innovative works of his career. The Museum A In 2010 I worked with Jeanne Finley and presents exhibitions of artists at important John Muse on realizing their project moments of their practice, and that is the Sleeping Under Star, Living Under Satellites basis for organizing an exhibition of Stella’s that explored different ways of thinking work now. The exhibition will focus on his about space and time by connecting recent work with the form of the star, but local history with GPS data. As part of the also look back at the handful of star works he project they set up a series of geocaches in did in the 1960s, establishing a link between Ridgefield that included clues to locating the era of The Aldrich’s founding and a geocache on the Museum’s property. the present. Also, the Museum has never The trail of geocaches are still functioning, presented a solo exhibition of an artist in and if you’ve wondered what the Marcus their 80s and I think it’s about time! Dairy milk box with a combination lock is doing outside The Aldrich’s admin building Q What’s next for you at The Aldrich and what entrance, it’s the final geocache! excites you about the institution’s future?

Q You’re an artist yourself. How has being an A I’m currently wrapped up in organizing artist impacted your role as a curator? Twenty Twenty, a group drawing show that will explore the nature of handmade A I understand all too well how hard it is to make images in the context of the media- good art. This understanding has given me drenched environment of the election year. a great empathy for those who are trying to I’m also organizing the first solo museum communicate visually. Also, since I’m a maker exhibition of the work of Hugo McCloud, myself I know an enormous amount about the an innovative painter who uses materials as world of material culture and the opportunities diverse as roofing tar and plastic bags. The and challenges that materials offer. future, as always, is about change, and my Frank Stella, Fat 12 Point Carbon Fiber continuing involvement in the Museum is Star, 2016, Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Q Frank Stella’s work has been included in fifteen about participating in both the evolution Aspen © 2020 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York exhibitions at The Aldrich since 1965, and this of the institution as well the larger world of Photo credit: Jason Wyche year the Museum will be presenting its first visual culture.

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Nari Ward: Apollo / Poll Zoë Sheehan Saldaña: There Must Be June 12, 2019, to January 10, 2020 Some Way Out of Here Sculpture Garden November 24, 2019, to May 25, 2020 Curated by Glenn Adamson Tony Tasset: Deer June 12, 2019, to March 15, 2020 Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey Sculpture Garden May 17 to October 11, 2020 Curated by Richard Klein and Radcliffe Bailey: Vessel III Amy Smith-Stewart May 10, 2019, to March 15, 2020 Main Street Sculpture Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle Tom Friedman: Hazmat Love May 17 to November 1, 2020 May 7, 2019, to March 15, 2020 Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Sculpture Garden Twenty Twenty Weather Report June 14, 2020, to January 3, 2021 October 6, 2019, to April 19, 2020 Curated by Richard Klein Curated by Richard Klein Lucia Hierro Eva LeWitt: Untitled (Mesh A–J) November 15, 2020, to April 4, 2021 October 6, 2019, to April 26, 2020 Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Hugo McCloud: from where i stand November 15, 2020, to April 4, 2021 (top to bottom) Tony Tasset, Frank Stella, Nessus and Deer, 2015, Collection of Gregg Dejanira, 2017, Courtesy of Curated by Richard Klein Rechler and Mitchell Rechler, the artist and Marianne Boesky Courtesy of the artist and Gallery, New York and Aspen Kavi Gupta, Chicago, Photo: © 2020 Frank Stella / Artists Christopher E. Manning. Rights Society (ARS), New York Radcliffe Bailey Photo credit: Object Studies Vessel III, 2018, Courtesy of Genesis Belanger, God’s Bounty, the artist and Jack Shainman 2019, Courtesy of the artist and Gallery, New York © Radcliffe François Ghebaly, Photo: Pauline Bailey, Photo by Christopher E. Shapiro. Gil Scullion, Voter, Manning. Jennifer Steinkamp 2020, Courtesy of the artist Fly to Mars 2 (video still), 2004, Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul, Photo: Jason Mandella

12 2020 EXHIBITIONS 2020 EXHIBITIONS 13 Lucia answered a few questions about her experience with the Artist Museum and what she’s looking forward to with her exhibition Interview: opening later this year. Q Are there any new directions you’re incorporating into the work that will Lucia be exhibited at The Aldrich? A I’m excited for a new series of titled The Gates. These Hierro will be large-scale metal sculptures with fabric elements. It’ll definitely open up what people have come to expect of my visual vocabulary. The Aldrich will present the first solo museum exhibition of Lucia Hierro (b. 1987), whose practice spans sculpture and installation and confronts 21st Q What do you want audiences to take century capitalism through an intersectional lens. The diverse imagery Hierro away from your exhibition? selects, from products and food to art history and advertising, reflects her own multidimensional circumstance as a first-generation Dominican American artist A I try not to go into an exhibition working in the South Bronx. Hierro was raised in the traditionally Dominican with any expectations of what the area of Washington Heights/Inwood in , a neighborhood audience’s take-away will be. I just undergoing escalating gentrification. hope, if anything, that they pay attention to the little nuances of

With a studio methodology steeped in Pop Art, , and European the world around them… how our (left) Artist Lucia Hierro Photo: Miranda Barnes still life painting as well as her own personal history, Hierro’s work examines existence is intertwined with systems (above) Lucia Hierro, Mandao 2, 2019 consumer behavior specific to a quality of life sustained by the communities and structures that directly affect other Private Collection, New York she orbits. Appropriating visual matter, combed off the urban streets or individuals. grabbed from social media feeds, Hierro constructs subjective storylines that speak to the elasticity of identity—a symptom of our hyperkinetic present— Q What excites you the most about through consumer culture. Spanning recent and new work, the exhibition exhibiting your work at The Aldrich? will include soft sculpture from the Mercado (Market) and Bodegon (Still Life) series, a new mural; and the debut of a new series The Gates, a sculptural A The Aldrich is such a gem. I was installation that recreates a familiar vernacular feature of the South Bronx: introduced to so many amazing artists wrought iron gates jammed with fading supermarket circulars. The exhibition, due to the Museum’s willingness to take organized by Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart, will open on November 15, risks and their history of exhibiting up 2020 and will be on view through April 4, 2021. and coming artists. I am a huge fan of The Aldrich’s education department. As an artist and former museum educator, this is one of the most important aspects of exhibiting in an institution. It’s an honor to be included among the list of artists who have shown their work at the Museum.

14 ARTIST INTERVIEW:LUCIA HIERRO ARTIST INTERVIEW:LUCIA HIERRO 15 Hugo answered a few questions about his experience with the Museum and what Artist he’s looking forward to with his exhibition opening later this year. Interview: Q Are there any new directions you’re incorporating into the work that will be exhibited at The Aldrich? Hugo A No real new directions. I am going to explore doing a plastic piece with the single use bags but in the composition McCloud and process of the first plastic strip paintings done a few years back.

Q What do you want audiences to take The Aldrich is organizing from where i stand, the first solo museum exhibition away from your exhibition? of Hugo McCloud (b. 1980). McCloud’s work has been defined by a restless experimentation, an ongoing engagement with process, an exploration of A I hope the audience can see the the value of labor, a concern with disparities in social and racial economics, connection between the different and an engagement with the nature of beauty. McCloud’s early work can bodies and materials. There has always generally be categorized as abstraction, but as with many other African been a continuous conversation about American artists whose work is primarily non-representational, it was value, materials, process as well as social informed by the experience of being black. In subtle ways his work bears an issues. I hope this survey illustrates this affinity to the approaches of abstract African American artists of previous without so many words needed.

generations, such as Jack Whitten and Melvin Edwards. (left) Portrait of Hugo McCloud Photo: Matt Buchwach. Courtesy of Q What excites you the most about Sean Kelly, New York (above) Hugo McCloud, golden hour, 2019 McCloud’s work also has an undercurrent of environmentalism in that both exhibiting your work at The Aldrich? Courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly, tar and plastic are made from petrochemicals. The artist is very aware of both New York the geopolitics of the oil economy and the environmental impact of plastics, A Well, this is my first museum show, and particularly the current worldwide debates on outlawing or limiting the use of with that comes a lot of new anxieties disposable plastic containers such as bags. The social content of McCloud’s as an artist. I’m just thankful that I am plastic bag works is made apparent by the abject nature of the material and the able to work with a dedicated team at fragments of text that allude to the workaday world of trade and commerce. the Museum. People that have taken the time to understand my process and Starting in early 2019, McCloud began a new body of work that is vision behind the work to present the decisively figurative. Based on his photos of individuals carrying large best possible show. wrapped bundles on their backs or on bikes, these collage-like plastic bag “paintings” pointedly engage with issues concerning the economics of labor that are veiled in the purely abstract works. from where i stand, curated by Exhibitions Director Richard Klein, will open on November 15, 2020 and be on view through April 4, 2021.

16 ARTIST INTERVIEW:HUGO MCCLOUD ARTIST INTERVIEW:HUGO MCCLOUD 17 FY18 REVENUE FY18 EXPENSES 2019 Endowment Revenue $1,663,829 Exhibitions $652,531 Events $415,436 Programs $432,473 Grants and Contributions $354,737 Facilities $378,753 Financial Admissions and Programs $75,959 General & Adminstrative $368,106 Retail and Rentals $65,097 Development $276,019 Overview Marketing $259,813 Total $2,575,058 Retail & Rentals $106,536 Events $100,829

In 2019, The Aldrich increased its budget by 9%, Total $2,575,058 investing in marketing, fundraising, and exhibitions as part of a strategic initiative to build on the strengths of the Museum to ensure its long-term vitality. Cost controls in other areas and growth FY19 REVENUE FY19 EXPENSES in paid admission, fundraising, and membership enabled the Museum to meet the new expenses l Endowment Revenue $1,681,931 l Exhibitions $721,393 without increasing the draw on its endowment. l Grants and Contributions $587,208 l Programs $369,620 l Events $365,035 l Facilities $323,336 The Aldrich is a leading platform for contemporary artists. To ensure that it will continue to be so, the l Admissions and Programs $106,683 l Adminstration $468,272 Museum is building its base of support among all l Retail and Rentals $72,396 l Development $443,311 sectors: collectors, the Fairfield County cultural l Marketing $360,601 community, Ridgefield, artists, and members. Our goal over the next several years is to reduce the Total $2,813,254 l Retail & Rentals $9,337 Museum’s reliance on the endowment. Museum l Events $90,385 supporters of today make possible the work of tomorrow. We are focused on creating relationships with a new cadre of supporters who care passionately Total $2,813,254 about contemporary art and want to ensure that The Aldich continues to be an artist-centric institution that FY19 REVENUE FY19 EXPENSES nurtures and supports them at critical moments in  2%  3% their careers. 4% 1%

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18 2019 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 2019 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 19 Report of Report of Gifts–Donors Gifts–Donors

Donors Kristina and Philip Larson Ridgefield Education Foundation Kutnick Foundation This list reflects all gifts, National Endowment for the Arts Marion and Steve Ryan Carol LeWitt The support of everyone listed on the following including Contemporary Council Amy Pal and Kevin Manley Sarah Tod Fund Kathleen Lozier pages—donors, members, artists, foundations, and memberships and above, made Julie Phillips Marion and Bill Seibold Kate Malin and Bruce Smith corporations—makes it possible for The Aldrich to to The Aldrich between Wagner Foundation Sonia Skindrud and Bill Covell Georgette Culucundis Mallory collaborate with artists in the creation of new work, January 1 and December 31, Whip Salon Cynthia Smith and Charles Mallory the presentation of new directions in their work, and 2019. Membership listings begin The Windhover Foundation Rachel and Joe Sondheimer Cybele Maylone and Steven Seltz probing exhibitions of themes central to our time. on page 26. Margaret Sullivan and Rick Gaetana and Ed McGill Patron Lawrence Shaena McPadden In 2019, The Aldrich saw double-digit increases Philanthropist The Cowles Charitable Trust King Tong Mehdi Chouakri Gallery in membership (15%), contributions (22%), and Anne S. Richardson Fund Fairfield County Bank Victor Torchia and Ben Ortiz Metro Pictures attendance (20%). The 2019 Benefit Bash was one Diana Bowes and James Torrey The Kirsh Family Foundation Milton and Sally Avery Arts of the most successful ever. The Aldrich launched a Eric Diefenbach and The Gage Fund Friend Foundation Young Patrons Circle and realized unprecedented James Keith Brown Michele Gage Georgia and Charlie Adams Jennifer and Joeb Moore support for its exhibitions through the Patron Circle. The Leir Foundation Sarah Gondell and Sabeth and Aaron Albert Emma Phillips We are grateful to all those who chose to join, give, William Randolph Hearst Jean-Jacques Chaltiel Rebecca and Scott Baglio Lois Plehn visit, or attend an event in 2019. Thank you! I hope Foundation Jaclyn and Brian Hyla Martha and Robert Bernstein PURE you will choose to do so again in 2020. Elizabeth and Ed O’Reilly Gretchen and Lance Bylow Isabelle Schiavi and Andres Leader Ridgefield Thrift Shop Cynthia and Tim Byrnes Recoder Bruce E. Smith The Amadeo Family Elena Shulman Christine and Bruce Churchill Susie and Gary Singer Director of Development Department of Economic and Bobbi and Barry Coller Maya and Robert Tichio Community Development, Sponsor Consulate General of Canada in Wadsworth Lewis Trust Connecticut Office of the Arts Bank of America New York Anita and Nick Donofrio Deborah Barnett-Brandt and Ruth and Robert Diefenbach Sustainer Linda and Michael Dugan Robert Brandt Bradley Elkman Juliet Bakker and Holt Thrasher Highurst Foundation Casey Kaplan Gallery Ericson Insurance Advisors Joseph Bennet Institute of Museum and Library Rondi Charleston and Steve Catherine and Michael Farello James Brown Services Ruchefsky Carol and Dave Foster Janis and Charles Cecil Patricia and Lawrence Kemp Paula Cleary and Paul Farrell Maya and James Frey Audrey Conrad Kathleen O’Grady Kathi and Mike Colby Patrice and Louis Friedman Antonia and Scott Davis The O’Grady Foundation Roberta and Steven Denning Sunny and Brad Goldberg Laurie Dolphin and Stuart Shapiro Kirsten and Andy Pitts Heather Gaudio Fine Art Rachel Carr Goulding and Peter Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dan Hulseberg and John Kiker Goulding Kimberley Ryan Ekern and Benefactor J.P.Morgan Ren and Spencer Harman Nigel Ekern Alexander Gray Associates Roger Kass Georganne Aldrich Heller Jennifer and Gregory Ezring Sonia Attkiss Jill and Peter Kraus Elizabeth Hilpman and Byron Jeanne Donovan Fisher Pam and Jack Baker Kraus Family Foundation Tucker Thomas Harris Janine Brown and Peter Weinbach Raymond Learsy Peggy and Scott Honore Diana and Mark Hayden The Canary Charitable Foundation Victoria and Lawrence Lunt Aleksandra Janke Tina Jones and George Henry The Coby Foundation Lisi and Neil Marcus Joeb Moore & Partners Architects Rebecca Hoblin Liz and Steven Goldstone Amanda and Donald Martocchio Meagan and Alexander Julian Maria Huiza The Goldstone Family Foundation Matthew Mercado Randye Kaplan and Gerald Nancy Moore Hulnick and Elizabeth and Chris Harned Jean and Jim Prusko Blitstein Donald Hulnick Helena Hernmarck Rachel Renchner-Kelly and Justin Mary Kenealy and Richard Klein Joseph Knight Christopher Carafotes Ellen Kern Governor and Mrs. Ned Lamont

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Jamie Lissette Ellen Burns and Darwin Ellis Tracy Seem Jacqueline Lis John Labriola Micelli Tree Service Christine and Philip Lodewick Elizabeth Essner MaryAnn Smyth Laura and Alexis Maged Catherine Lewandowski Tucker Nichols Josephine Magliocco Elizabeth and Matt Feuer Mary Tobin and Richard Bauer Trieste Matte Peter Lutz Nicholson Events Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Lesley Flanigan and Tristan Perich Marci and Edward Tregurtha Brian McMahon Nicole Marafiota Emma Phillips Foundation Susan and Frank Gaudio Van Doren Waxter Patricia McNamee Virginia McDonald James Prosek Miriam Martinez and Roger Carole Glaser Shelly and Oskar Vides Hal Melnick Marnie and John Olson Zoë Sheehan Saldaña Restaino Gail and David Gluckman Alison von Klemperer Mark Molle Annette Osband Toran Harper Interiors Matthew Moisan Ginny Gold Bernice Wollman and Warren Marc Monte Hilary and John Pearl TypoGraphic Services Catherine and Patrick Neligan Margaret and Stuart Gray Rubin Barbara Mullaney Alana and Jason Peck WSHU Public Radio Group Josie and Ernest Newborn Francis Greenburger Sandy Whiteley and Russell Alexis Ohara Meredith Persico Annette and Daniel O’Brien Joshua Grey Maylone Lori Pace Mary Peters Matching Gifts Companies Elizabeth and Rick Pepperman Jeffrey Grove Sarah Vickery James Perakis David Prince Greenlight Capital Alison Pratt and Todd Forrest Harriet Hanlon and Mark Riser Julie Pew Leila and Nick Shields IBM Matching Gifts Program Ashley and Stephen Prymas Nancy and John Katz Supporter Gail and John Pezzimenti Steven Smalheiser Prudential Financial The Ruth Krauss Foundation Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff Jack Abramowitz Linda Rost and Judy and Robert Strom Voya Financial Karen and Bill Scott Kathryn Keaton Phway Aye Diederick van Renesse Cynthia and Stanley Twardy Gunjan Sharma Lori Kuzmanovic Laurie and Peter Bachmann Fran Seeve Kathryn and Jamie Streator Alexis Levy Jeannette Montgomery Barron Jennifer and Richard Shaefer In-Kind Support Susan Tremaine Victoria Lichetendorf and James Barron Danielle Shapiro Abigail Kirsch J Winkelried Peichi Lin and Peitsung Wu Corey Belaif Marian and Earl Sloan The Amadeo Family Deborah and Scott Linke Matt Bennett Leslie and Daniel Tewes Ancona’s Wines & Liquors Donor Alexandra Lunt Videen and Christopher Bennett Eddie Thompson Genesis Belanger Cori and Stephan Abbruzzese Carl Magnusson Karen Lee Blackman Kathleen Trestka Jeannette Montgomery Barron Melinda and Carl Andresen Molley Maloney and John Lord Christine and Jeffrey Boris Brynna Tucker Black Hog Brewing Co. Holly Bannister and Douglas Jamie Merkrebs Carly Brooks Dawn Watson Chris Durante Framing Studio Newhouse Allison and Stuart Meyler Julie Chibbaro and Jean-Marc Melinda and Donald Weber Colonial Square Art Shop Adam Becker Mary and Robert Miller Superville Sovak Claire Werner and Justus O’Brien Connecticut Cottages & Gardens Betsy and Alfred Bergman Norma and Sheldon Minkowitz Wanda and John Corcoran Susan and Alan Winsor (CTC&G) Antonia Bernard Erika Morris Leah DeMartini Crozier Kristin and Darren Beylouni Joanne and Mike Murray Patricia and Wayne Devoe Contributor Di Salvo Engineering Group David Black National Charity League Sami Dickson Gail and Jack Abrams Dreams Aren’t This Good Sophie Black Anita and Arnold Newman Gail and Timothy Doolin Jean Marie and Charles Bangert Frank Stella Studio Christine Bosco Nathan Newman Amy and Eric Freidenrich Bruce Barry Gary Lichtenstein Editions Maureen Bray Miechelle and William O’Brien Lori and Peter Gonye Christopher Booth HamletHub Andrea and Clint Brown Leslie and Michael Partington William Gratz and James Bruno Roz Chast and William Franzen Harmony Hammond Miggs Burroughs Linda Pilgrim Emily Gustin Joseph Ellis Hayfield’s Market Keri and Nick Cappiello Jen Posner Ellen Hawley Joshua Fischer Helena Hernmarck Chris Ceponis Sue and Alan Ravitz Dawn Hettrich Patricia and James Gareau Hotel Zero Degrees Amy Cholnoky Nicholas Renzulli Hannah Ho Shiela Hale Michael Joo Kerry Connell and Greg Smith Claire Ritz Gillian and Simon Hornby Geraldine Hotard Josef and Anni Albers Lesley Cotten Melissa and Sergio Robayo Anoop Kansupada Barbara and Charles Jennes Foundation Barbara Covell Louisa Rodriguez and Robert Gabriela Kohen and Geoff Boehm David Kelman Holly Lapine Jacqueline and Michael Duke Ruggiero Pat and Robert Krass Bryan Kerschner Litchfield Distillery Linda Elkman Anne Rosen Carly Levine Maureen and Thomas Kilbourn Marcia Selden Catering

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Membership Sarah Gondell and Jean-Jacques Margot Wilbanks Deirdre Klepacz Anne and James Hardy Lynn and Vincent Balzano This list reflects all paid Chaltiel Lori Kuzmanovic Nancy Moore Hulnick and Donald Susan Batten and Truitt Bell Aldrich memberships received Thomas Harris Family Melanie and Ryan Lumelleau Hulnick Elizabeth and Benjamin Bilus between January 1 and Miriam Martinez and Roger Restaino Heidi and Steve Aishman Molley Maloney and John Lord Margaret Mangum and Marianne Susan Bliss and Paul Halsey December 31, 2019. Josie and Ernest Newborn Susan Betterly and Vincent Giordano Kathryn and Mike Malwitz LaFrance Mary and Donald Bostwick Alison Pratt and Todd Forrest Dana Bitner Pina and Louis Manzone Margaret and Michael McIntire Miggs Burroughs Aldrich Collects and Amelie Sanchez Marina and Bertram Bleck Tiffany Mayr and Steven Dell’Olio Ariane Mermod William Byers Leadership Circle Karen and Bill Scott Christine and Jeffrey Boris Gaetana and Ed McGill Heather and Michael Morsches Laurie and Whit Campbell Deborah Barnett-Brandt and Susan Boshoff Mattea McGill Robert Murphy and Robert Cynthia and Russ Cornelius Robert Brandt Young Patrons Circle Alisson Boudreau Teresa McManus and Brian Wisotzkey Marjorie and Bill Davidson Linda and Michael Dugan Anoop Kansupada Michelle and Dan Briody Truskowski Marnie and John Olson Connie Dickerson and Jon Young Jennifer and Gregory Ezring Catherine Lewandowski Sherry and Laurence Briody Mary and Robert Miller Steven Paggioli and Olaf Soltau Elizabeth and Alfred DiMaio Roger Kass Alexandra Lunt Rhonda Brown and Thomas Grotta Tracy and John Neeson Nir Polonsky and Carlos de Leslie and Curtis Fennell ClaireMarie Kemp Matthew Moisan Jacqueline and Chris Calle Lissy Newman and Raphael Elkind Villa-Amil Barbara and Michael Fisher Matthew Mercado Emma Phillips Keri and Nick Cappiello Gwen North-Reiss and Paul Reiss Nancy D. Portnoy Marilyn Glass and Peter Michaels Emma Phillips J Winkelried Tia Cibani and William Felicity and Joshua Panas Madison Potter and Christopher Eileen and Phil Goldberg Rachel Renchner-Kelly and Justin Langewiesche Kim and Andrew Purcell Preston Helen and William Gore Christopher Carafotes Contemporary Council and Kerry Connell and Greg Smith Kimberly and Christopher Schmitt Tina Snyder William Gratz and James Bruno Marion and Steve Ryan Family Supporter Tracy and Bradford Craighead Tracy Seem Dane Tashima Maureen and Thomas Kilbourn Marion and Bill Seibold Betsy and Alfred Bergman Amanda Curtin and Jonathan Winn Mary Ann Sherry and Michael Cathy Vanaria and Mark Savoia Patricia and Gary Kriss Cynthia Smith David Black Patricia and Wayne Devoe Bresnan Ellen Webb-Friedman and Kent Linda and Jeff Krulwich Rachel and Joe Sondheimer Tiffany Black Melissa DeMeo and Christopher Melissa Smith and Tom Corsi Friedman Marjeta and Edward Lederman King Tong Christine Bosco Belden Elizabeth and James Steele Shirley and Roy Weinstein Lona and Joseph Lopez Victor Torchia and Ben Ortiz Andrea Zacher Brown and Clint Helen Dimos and Benjamin Oko Cynthia and Stanley Twardy Kathy Lynch and Jonathan Clapp Sarah Weller and Eric Rivkin Brown Ashlea Ebeling and Craig Bloom Laura Watt and Clark Thompson Library Marcia and Robert Marafiota Audrey Conrad Barbara and Kenneth Eisold Rebecca Wayland and Lawrence Bethel Public Library Bonnie Mausolf Collectors Circle and Elizabeth Essner Susan and Carl Ekstrom Perry Brewster Public Library Karen Mishkin Family Partner Lesley Flanigan and Tristan Perich Francine Even and Roger Brouard Margaret and Aran Weiner Case Memorial Library Kathleen and Robert Moriarty Sabeth and Aaron Albert Ginny Gold Alex Exley Terry and Scott Williams Fairfield Public Library Marsha and George Nichols Carol and Dave Foster Jeffrey Grove Ruth Feldman Ferguson Public Library Susan and Robert Payne Sunny and Brad Goldberg Nancy and John Katz Denise Ferris and Chan Li Lin Dual Friend Greenwich Library Rochelle and Aaron Polsky Ren and Spencer Harman Peichi Lin and Peitsung Wu Hilary and Sean Flanagan Eileen Bergmann Kent Public Library Janet and Bill Potter Helena Hernmarck Deb and Scott Linke Andrea and Scott Fox Elena Bowes and Ken McPhail Lewisboro Library Lucy and Robert Reitzfeld Nancy Jacobowitz Joanne and Mike Murray Susan and Frank Gaudio Jessica and Andrew Dassori Mark Twain Library Linda Rost and Diederick Dawn Learsy Anita and Arnold Newman Andrea and Jack Gordon Nina and David Diefenbach New Fairfield Free Public Library van Renesse Raymond Learsy Linda Pilgrim Margaret and Stuart Gray Peter Diefenbach and Michael Poughkeepsie Public Library Vida and James Rothschild Susie and Gary Singer Jen Posner Nicole and Lee Griswold Caravetta The Pound Ridge Library Susan and William Roy Sue and Alan Ravitz Joleen Grussing Michele Ellerin-Diefenbach and Ridgefield Public Library Janice and Paul Siegel Collaborators Circle and Karla Stewart and Chansoda Roeun Gladys Guillet and Michael Hudson E. Michael Diefenbach Weston Public Library Meryl and Henry Silverstein Family Guild Margaret Sullivan and Rick Lawrence Harriet Hanlon and Mark Riser Kathryn Emmett and David Golub Westport Public Library Lois and Art Unger James Brown Mary Tobin and Richard Bauer Kate and Raul Hidalgo Carolyn Fahey and Mark Schiff Wilton Public Library Julie and Sander Vanacker Emily Corrigan Lisa Tsang Robin and Deborah Howell Eleanor and Brian Flatow Melinda and Donald Weber Jeanne Donovan Fisher Shelly and Oskar Vides Karen Ifert and Keith Miller Matty and Andrew Fruchtman Dual Senior Susan and Alan Winsor Amanda Dranow Alison von Klemperer Elizabeth Koenig and Brendon Paige Gillies Laura and Elliott Agisim Jill and Jerry Wishner Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Sandy Whiteley and Russell Maylone Perkins Marina Greenstein and Edwin Snider Laurie and Peter Bachmann Mary Ann Wong and Joseph Fremont

24 REPORT OF GIFTS–MEMBERS REPORT OF GIFTS–MEMBERS 2527 Report of Art Aldrich Gifts–Members Contributing Artists Friend Ellen Celli Eileen Tavolacci Mary Amezcua Nicolas Cheftel Kathleen Trestka Art Aldrich, a curated silent auction, was held on Thursday, November 14, 2019, Judith Bacal Barbara Colman Susan Warsaw featuring artist chair Michael De Feo. Thirty-one Aldrich alumni artists donated Anya Berg Margaret Cullian-Hill Dawn Watson works to be sold for the benefit of the Museum, raising over $70,000. We’re Jake Berg Mimi Dalbey grateful to all the artists listed below who so generously contributed work. Eve Biddle Elinor Darvick Sonia Bombart Katherine Davies Denise Buckenheimer Cynthia DiGiacomo Luiza Budea Laure Dunne Brian Belott Paula Burton Pamela Einarsen Kathy Butterly Robert Diefenbach Jr. Edward Fleischli Roz Chast Kimberley Ekern Sara Gobbo Taylor Davis Jeanne Fones Marilyn Gordon Michael De Feo Vida Foubister David Green Mark Dion Jill Garland Gigi Guthrie Mary Beth Edelson Joshua Grey Shiela Hale Peter Halley Christine Grounds Batya Halpern Helena Hernmarck Charles Gulbrandsen Hazel Heggie Matt Hoyt Carole Hart Joseph Heyman Brad Kahlhamer Dawn Hettrich Lena Howansky Kim Keever Carolyn Judge Kim Hunter Gary Lichtenstein Patra Kanchanagom Janet Jacobs Pam Lins Gali Katz David Janasek Steven Millar Alexis Levy Elaine Kelemen Christopher Mir Victoria Lichetendorf Susan Kelley Virginia Overton Alexander Mir Niki Ketchman Sheila Pepe Leigh Montville Kenneth Kubie Sarah Peters Patrick Morris-Suzuki Stella Langer Elizabeth Peyton Susan Pellowe Jane Lubin Tom Sachs Francis Persico Joan Lynton Sally Saul Margaret Roleke Virginia McDonald Regina Silveira Danielle Shapiro Carla Menikoff Allison Smith Kitsey Snow Aurelia Nova Luke Stettner Alan Taylor Candace Ovesey Christopher Taylor Anita Peters Elif Uras Ingrid Teschner (top left, clockwise) Leslie Wayne, Paula Piekos Lingham #45, 2014, Courtesy of the Marie Watt Cynthia Whalen artist. Sheila Pepe, Dazzle Disk and Friends, 2017. Courtesy of the artist D S Pollack Photo: Claire Ritz. Michael De Feo, Leslie Wayne Roseann Press Untitled (January 10, 2019), 2019 Thaddeus Wolfe Senior and Student/ Courtesy of the artist. Tom Sachs, David Prince Tom Sachs x Nike Mars Yard 2.0, 2017 B. Wurtz Artist Courtesy of the artist. Jocelyn Armstrong Barbara Ringer Karen Beck Pam Schafler David Beebe Nicola Serrano Joseph Biber Shelby Shaw Michael Boodro Marlene Siff Darby Cardonsky Judith Stropus

26 REPORT OF GIFTS–MEMBERS ALDRICH CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS 2729 A Look Back

(top left, clockwise) Opening reception for How Art Changed the Prison: The Work of CPA’s Prison Arts Program, Photo: Emily Devoe. Visitors in N. Dash (Untitled, 2019), Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, Amy Smith-Stewart (left), New York, Photo: Zack Guido. Senior Curator, The Aldrich Board members Diana Bowes Contemporary Art Museum, with (left), Vice-Chair, Linda M. Jayne Johnson, The Ice House, Dugan (center), Treasurer, and at Art Aldrich, 2019, Photo: Kristina Larson (right) in Claire Ritz. Visitors in Sara Sara Cwynar: Gilded Age at Art Cwynar: Gilded Age (72 Pictures Aldrich, 2019. Photo: Claire of Modern Paintings (wallpaper), Ritz. Visitors in Zoë Sheehan 2016), Courtesy the artist, Saldaña: There Must Be Some Way Cooper Cole, Toronto and Foxy Out of Here, Photo: Claire Ritz Production, New York, Photo: Claire Ritz. Opening reception for Eva LeWitt: Untitled (Mesh A–J), Photo: Claire Ritz. Opening reception for Weather Report, Photo: Claire Ritz

28 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS 29 Staff Listing

Cybele Maylone Fundraising and Museum Guides Executive Director TheMembership Year Susie Buckley Bruce E. Smith Lisa Canter Education InDirector Review of Development Dayne Encarnacion Namulen Bayarsaihan Kris Honeycutt Brenda Finkel Director of Education Head of Membership Carole Glaser Noah Fox and Annual Giving Barbara Jennes Education Manager Jamie Pearl Cecilia Moy-Fradet Lorena Sferlazza Head of Special Events Marian Sloan Education Assistant and Rentals Teaching Artists Exhibitions Marketing and Adam Handler Richard Klein Communications Sooo-Z Mastropietro Exhibitions Director Emily Devoe Erika Rohde Amy Smith-Stewart Head of Marketing & Lisa Scroggins Senior Curator Communications Alissa Siegal John Carroll Gretchen Kraus Jean-Marc Superville Facilities Manager Design Director Sovak Mary Kenealy Claire Ritz Registrar Digital Media Assistant Educators Chris Manning Alanna Fagan Exhibitions Manager Visitor Services Holly Lapine Caitlin Monachino Claudia Lonkin Jennifer Gordon Curatorial Assistant Visitor Experience Lucy McClure Barbara Toplin Coordinator Erica Moran Volunteer Archivist Brianna Halek Michelle Rakowski Visitor Experience Carla Rittucci Finance Assistant Angela Rountas Jacqueline Duke Bella Saraceni Director of Finance and Museum Attendants Anabel Siegal Administration Debby Carideo Jen Wieland Sarah Carideo Accountant Betsy Davidson Christine Flannery Suzane Filipe Catie Massa Jack O’Neill Tessa Rosenstein Barbara Toplin