75 Years The Mint Museum Annual Report 2011– 2012

1 mission statement 1 Letter from the Board Chair 3 The Mint Museum is a leading, Letter from the President & CEO 5 Accession Highlights 7 Accessions 14 innovative museum of 75 years 21 New website 28 Exhibitions 31 international art and design learning & engagement 39 Library 44 Museum Shops 46 Community Relations 46 committed to engaging Affiliates 49 Letter from the Director of advancement 57 Donor Recognition 59 and inspiring all members Boards 64 Financials 65 S t a f f 68 of our global community.

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Leadership. Innovation. Engagement. Inspiration. Cutting-edge international art and design.

Those are the values outlined in the new mission statement adopted by The Mint Museum’s Board of Trustees during this landmark 75th year in our museum’s history. They recognize both the significant foundation laid by the museum’s original visionaries and the ambitious course we have charted for ourselves looking forward.

This decade, the Charlotte region provided an extraordinary new uptown facility to The Mint Museum, and we must deliver excellence in return. And so, during this fiscal year, our board adopted a five- year strategic plan that will serve as our road map for the future. Richard T. “Stick” Williams Chair, The Mint Museum Board of Trustees The goals are aggressive, including doubling both our in-person and virtual visitors; launching an initiative to acquire significant works of art; tripling museum membership; and achieving many other benchmarks, all by 2016. But together with the support of our community, our dedicated volunteers, and our staff, we are up to the challenge.

For proof, one need only look at how far we’ve come since our beginnings. A small group of passionate citizens saved a beloved local landmark building – the first branch of the United States Mint – from destruction and founded the state’s first art museum without a Sheila Hicks. American, 1934- Mega Footprint Near the Hutch single work of art to claim as its own. And now, with approximately (May I Have This Dance?) 2011 34,000 objects, it has one of the largest collections of any art Sculpture in linen and cork Gift of Target Corporation. museum in the Southeastern United States. 2011.42 Photo: James Martin. Many of the Mint’s accomplishments are outlined in the pages to (Cover photo: Jeff Clare.) follow, notably in internationally-recognized exhibitions, including Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections, celebrating the centennial of the Charlotte-born artist’s birth; and Surrealism and Beyond, the largest examination of Surrealism ever presented in the Southeast.

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As we took the time to celebrate our milestone this year, we also As North Carolina’s first arts institution, The Mint Museum bade a bittersweet farewell to some long-serving staff members, celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding during the most including Martha Mayberry, who retired as Chief Registrar after recent fiscal year. On behalf of our entire staff and Board of thirty-six years; Kurt Warnke, who spent nearly twenty-nine years Trustees, I want to thank the community for seventy-five years heading Design and Installation efforts for the museum; and John of unwavering support and passionate engagement. West, who departed after twenty years spent in public relations There has never been a more exciting time to connect with The and later overseeing the museum’s Information Technology. Mint Museum. The highly anticipated exhibition Romare Bearden: They will be missed, but their legacy will live on as the museum’s Southern Recollections opened on the centennial of Bearden’s work continues. birth, 2 September 2011, and examined how the South served as As I step down this year as chair of The Mint Museum Board of an inspiration throughout his career. In October, we premiered a Trustees, I invite this community to join the museum as we look fifty-year retrospective of work by Sheila Hicks, one of the most Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson ahead to an increasingly vital role in the creative economy of our important and influential artists working today. Winter and spring President & CEO, The Mint Museum region. The museum has an essential part to play in our economic brought a groundbreaking lineup, including Surrealism and Beyond, development and quality of life. Join us as we continue to engage the largest presentation of Surrealism and Surrealist-inspired and inspire all members of our global community. art ever shown in the Southeast; Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear; Matthew Weinstein; and Colorbind: The Emily and Zach Smith Collection.

Mint Museum Randolph opened significant exhibitions, including Richard T. “Stick” Williams Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn’s Faience Manufacturing Company; A Thriving Tradition: 75 Years of Collecting North Carolina Pottery; Sophisticated Surfaces: The Pottery of Herb Cohen; and the fashion exhibition And the Bead Goes On. In addition, the museum celebrated the installation of a Heritage Gallery centrally located outside the Van Every Auditorium, featuring a timeline tracing many of the significant events since our founding. I also wish to extend my personal thanks to the Mint’s hardworking staff, whose incredible dedication has made all of these accomplishments possible. In particular, I join with our board chair in saluting the long tenures of departing employees Martha Mayberry, Kurt Warnke, and John West.

At its core, The Mint Museum is a gathering place for all people to experience art that inspires, illuminates, educates, and informs. The institution celebrated its 75th year with an unbridled enthusiasm for

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the future, and a commitment to excellence that will enhance our image and reputation as one of the most admired and innovative museums in the country.

This year also brought the adoption of an ambitious five-year strategic plan that will position the institution to grow its scope of influence and impact on our region. Over the course of the past year, museum staff, volunteers, and community leaders worked together, in consultation with the Center for Intentional Leadership, to outline four strategic pillars to undergird the plan: amplifying the museum’s community relevance; strengthening the museum’s permanent collections and exhibitions; increasing learning and engagement opportunities throughout the region; and focusing on long-term sustainability. In addition, three overarching goals of improved technology, communication, and service are woven throughout the plan.

All of this means that your support has never been more important. I encourage you to explore all of the opportunities the museum offers to deepen your engagement with the visual arts, awaken your passions, and become an ambassador during this historic time. Your continued interest and involvement will enable our museum to shine Kate Malone. British, 1959- Mr. and Mrs. Tutti Atomic, 2012 brightly for seventy-five more years – and beyond. Molded and hand-built stoneware, glazed Project Ten Ten Ten commission. Museum Purchase: Founder’s Circle 2011 Annual Cause with additional funds provided by Suzu and David Neithercut, Libba and Mike Gaither, Carol and Shelton Gorelick, and Adrian Sassoon. 2012.13A-B Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson Photo courtesy of Adrian Sassoon, London.

Tzadi Turrou. American, 1944- Tile Set of Mount Pisgah (detail) 2011 Earthenware Gift of Daisy Wade Bridges. 2011.59.2C Photo: Mitchell Kearney.

8 9 Dario Robleto. American, 1972- Defiant Gardens 2009-2010 Cut paper, homemade paper (pulp made from soldiers’ letters sent home and wife/sweetheart letters sent to soldiers from various wars, cotton), carrier pigeon skeletons, World War II-era pigeon message capsules, dried flowers from various battlefields, hair flowers braided Oscar de la Renta. Dominican-American, 1922- by war widows, mourning dress fabric, excavated shrapnel and bullet Evening Gown with Bolero spring 2011 lead from various battlefields, various seeds, various seashells, Gown: Silk faille with embroidery and attached printed silk cartes de visite, gold leaf, silk, ribbon, wood, glass, foam core, glue carnations; Bolero: Silk faille Museum Purchase, with Funds provided by the Mint Museum Auxiliary. Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary. 2011.43A-B Photography by Robert Wedemeyer. 2012.6 Photo: David Ramsey.

10 11 Matthew Jones. American, 1971- “The Rooster Refutes Envy” Jug 2011 Stoneware Gift of Daisy Wade Bridges, Carol and Shelton Gorelick, Barbara Stone Perry, Jane M. Conlan, Carol H. Pharr, Dorothea F. West, Eric and Julia Van Huss, Alan and Alber Elbaz (designer). Moroccan, 1961- Bernette Bowen, Herb Cohen and José Fumero, Caroline Lanvin. Paris, France, 1909- T. Gray, Jane M. Hoyle, and Amy and Brian Sanders. Dress, Look #41 Spring/Summer 2012 2012.8 Silk, beads Photo: Mitchell Kearney. Museum Purchase: Mint Museum Auxiliary Fashion Fund. 2012.23 Photo: Mitchell Kearney.

Romare Bearden. American, 1911-1988 Blues Man From Up-Country 1985 Collage on board Gift of Charles B. Green. 2011.83 Art © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Photo: Mitchell Kearney.

12 13 Richard Slee. British, 1946- Spook 2004 Hand-built earthenware, glaze Gift of Diane and Marc Grainer. 2011.36.1 Photo: Lee Ewing.

Kurt Seligmann. American, born Swiss, 1900-1962 Acteon 1947 Etching Gift of the family of Frederick Robeson Miller. 2012.18 Photo: Mitchell Kearney.

Carol Gentithes. American (works in Seagrove, North Carolina), active 1989- Alice Goes to Washington 2010 Porcelain Gift of Daisy Wade Bridges. 2011.59.1 Photo: Mitchell Kearney.

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Julian Stair. British, 1955- D onations and Bequests Daisy Wade Bridges, Carol and Two Teapots on Grounds 2001 to the Collection Shelton Gorelick, Barbara Thrown and hand-built porcelain and black basalt Gift of Diane and Marc Grainer. 2011.36.8.1-2. Photo: Lee Ewing. Stone Perry, Jane M. Conlan, Generous donors gave 638 works of Carol H. Pharr, Dorothea F. art to the Mint’s permanent collection in fiscal year 2012 – over 250 works West, Eric and Julia Van Huss, more than the previous fiscal year. Alan and Bernette Bowen, Together with purchases, the collection grew by 644 works. Herb Cohen and José Fumero, Caroline T. Gray, Jane M. American Art Hoyle, and Amy and Brian Family of Frederick Robeson Miller Sanders Art of the Ancient Americas Charles Thomas Dorothy D. Hodges, from the Design Maud Gatewood Collection Fleur Bresler in memory of Contemporary Craft Charles Bresler Diane and Marc Grainer Cristina Grajales Gallery and Target Corporation Sebastian Errazuriz Founders’ Circle, Ltd. in loving Koziol >> ideas for friends GmbH memory of Edward Kindall Jones mono – a brand of Seibel Judith Bettelheim in honor of her Designpartner, Germany mother, Mildred Constantine Alessi Patty and Bill Gorelick Emily and Jeff Walker Shinji Yonehara Kuhn Rikon Corporation Normann Copenhagen Decorative Arts Founders’ Circle, Ltd. Emma and Jay Lewis Bob and Jo Raguso Fashion Anonymous Delhom Service League: 2011 Linda Bell Helms Potters Market Invitational Kathleen Gourdin in memory Daisy Wade Bridges of Hugh Gourdin Friends and colleagues in Mint Museum Auxiliary memory of Bee Jensen Sue Brafford Taylor Danny Lane. American (lives in England), 1955- Martha Tonissen Mayberry Etruscan Chair 1988 Una McBane Jeffries Tirzah (Tat) Hicks in memory Float glass, mild steel Gordon Baldwin. British, 1932- Karen Rohlin Schulman Gift of Fleur Bresler in memory of Charles Bresler. 2011.34 Flat Form with Grid 1996 of Jimmie Finklea Mrs. John Dabbs Hand-built stoneware, incised decoration Kathryn Reents Foster Gift of Diane and Marc Grainer. 2011.36.2. Photo: Lee Ewing.

16 17 Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Native American Art Martha Tonissen Mayberry Gretchen and Nelson Grice Lois Donald Jeanne J. Thomas Purchases Mrs. Agnes Horne Smith Contemporary Craft Hope V. Panas Trust Founder’s Circle 2011 Annual Bryan Allison Morris Cause with additional funds Samuel and Nancy Lamb provided by Suzu and David Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr. Neithercut, Libba and Mike Ann F. Stewman Gaither, and Carol and Shelton Michael A. Gallis Gorelick Tonita Hamilton Nampeyo. Hopi, 1934- Stacy Sumner Jesso Jar late 20th century Decorative Arts Earthenware with slip paint Judith Leiber Gift of Gretchen and Nelson Grice. 2011.62.8 Rosita Yu-fan Cheng Delhom Service League Fund and Photo: David Ramsey. exchange funds from the gift Elizabeth Wilder Elizabeth Brim. American, 1951- “Pepper” Dowd (Mrs. Roddey of Mrs. James G. Cannon A Dark Tale, 2011 Forged, fabricated, and flocked steel, fibers, glass Dowd, Sr.) Fashion Gift of Founders’ Circle, Ltd. in loving memory of Edward Kindall Jones. 2011.47A-B Mint Museum Auxiliary Fashion Eliana W. Roberts Photo: Mitchell Kearney. Latin American Art Fund Gretchen and Nelson Grice Modern & Contemporary Art Modern & Contemporary Art Modern & Contemporary Art Mint Museum Auxiliary Anonymous, courtesy of Jerald Melberg Gallery, Inc. Kristina Rogers The Broad Art Foundation Debra Loasada long-term Loans and Promised Gifts James Croak The Heather and Tony Podesta Richard Howard Hunt Collection American Art Collection of Chris and Ann F. Stewman Private collection of Tia Kathy Cope Charles B. Green Charlotte and Philip Hanes Collection of Adrián R. Halpern Chris Jensen Max Onslow Ford Rouslin and Bank of America Collection Stanley Asrael in loving memory Marilyn M. Covington-Rouslin Private Collection of his wife, Evelyn Art of the Ancient Americas Francis and Lilly Robicsek Red-skinned Moro (Moor) Mask 20th century Collection Huejotzingo area, Puebla Wood, paint, metal wire Gift and Gretchen and Nelson Grice. 2011.62.7 Photo: David Ramsey.

18 19 Kristina Rogers. American, 1945-2011 Maja Godlewska. Polish, 1965- Untitled 10/1/2010 2010 Small Layered Cloud #3 2008 Gelatin Silver Print Mixed media Gift of the artist. 2011.41.21 Gift of Chris Jensen. 2012.7 Photo: Mitchell Kearney.

Wendy McAllister. American, 1950- Grand Boix 2009 Porcelain enamel, copper, sterling silver Gift of Patty and Bill Gorelick. 2011.75. Photo: Mitchell Kearney.

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1 The Mint Museum opened in October 1936 as North Carolina’s first art museum, and in October 2011, the Mint embarked on a year-long celebration of the museum’s 75th anniversary. The building was constructed in 1837 as the first branch of the U.S. 3 Strong boxes were used to Mary T. Brooks, director of the U.S. Mint from 1969 to 1977, one of the first women to hold Mint. In 1932, a small group of transport gold from mines in this position, presented this wooden strong passionate citizens led by Mary North Carolina to the U.S. Mint box on loan to The Mint Museum, 1974. Courtesy of The Charlotte Observer. Myers Dwelle saved the historic in Philadelphia. The threat of building from demolition and robbery, coupled with poor roads was laid in January 1836; the moved it to its current site on and unfavorable weather, made building was recognized from Randolph Road. it too dangerous to continue the beginning as an important transporting gold to Philadelphia. landmark and point of civic pride. 2 The museum’s story truly begins In 1835, the U.S. Congress in 1799 with the discovery of gold approved the establishment of the in Cabarrus County. This discovery first U.S. Mint branch in Charlotte, marked the beginning of the an important precursor to the Carolina Gold Rush and the first modern banking industry which gold rush in the country. In the first has been central to the growth decades of the nineteenth century, and identity of the city. Charlotte and the surrounding areas became a magnet for gold 4 William A. Strickland, miners. North Carolina quickly prominent Philadelphia architect became the largest gold-producing and designer of the original state in the country. Philadelphia Mint, was awarded this important government John Neagle. American, 1796–1865 Louis Orr. American, 1879–1966 commission. The cornerstone William Strickland (1787–1854) 1829 U.S. Mint, Charlotte, North Carolina 1946 Oil on canvas, 76 x 63 ½ inches Etching on wove paper Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Gift of Mrs. George M. Ivey, Sr. 1968.14.7 Garvan Collection.

22 23 “ As I approach the Mint building in its beautiful setting and drew nearer and saw the perfect classic lines of the building, unmarred by one superfluous ornament, I felt that Charlotte had preserved something unique in American history. I doubt that any architect today could have United States Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina designed a more appropriate or beautiful building for an Half Eagle ($5) 1847 art museum than this one, the old mint.” Gold Gift of North Carolina Philip N. Youtz, President of the American Federation of Arts and National Bank (NationsBank). Director of the Brooklyn Museum, at The Mint Museum Inaugural 1978.29.16 Opening in October 1936.

5 Coining operations commenced The Mint Museum’s Inaugural Opening in October 1936. Charles W. Tillett, Jr., Master of Main Gallery, 1936. Ceremonies; Franklin Graham, President, University of North Carolina; Mary Myers Dwelle, in December 1837. The U.S. President, The Mint Museum; Leila Mechlin, Advisory Director, The Mint Museum; and The Mint Museum. However, Philip N. Youtz, President, American Federation of Arts and Director, Brooklyn Museum. Mint continued operation until Dwelle, along with such other the outset of the American Civil early leaders as Leila Mechlin, War in 1861, after which coining continued to make strides in operations never resumed. connecting with regional and

6 The government reopened national collectors and art the Mint building as a U.S. Assay institutions to bring significant Office from 1867 to 1913. Here, loans and exhibitions to Charlotte.

the gold was extracted from its 10 In 1953, the first Tour of Mary Myers Dwelle, the midst of the Great Depression, ore, then tested and analyzed to 8 Charlotte Homes was held to The Mint building as U.S. Assay Office, circa 1900. chairwoman of the Charlotte but managed to rally the determine its composition and benefit The Mint Museum (the Woman’s Club art department, necessary community support. purity; the assayer assigned the tradition continues today); the led the cause to save the Mint and The Mint Museum’s inaugural gold’s value accordingly. 1950s witnessed a renewed turn it into an art museum. After exhibition drew 26,000 visitors. 7 By 1913, the supply of gold garnering of community support, tirelessly campaigning, Dwelle in the area had been depleted 9 The first work of art to enter the including the establishment of successfully earned permission dramatically and cotton became a permanent collection of The Mint Charlotte Garden Club, Woman’s to rebuild this historic structure, more lucrative industry than gold Museum was Queen Charlotte Auxiliary (today, the Mint Museum if she could finance the removal mining. The U.S. Assay Office (1762) by Allan Ramsay. Large Auxiliary), and the Docents of The and transportation. After securing then closed permanently. In 1930 ceramic vases by master potter Mint Museum. Other affiliates the building materials, an architect the federal government made Benjamin Wade Owen were also would follow, including Friends of to oversee the reconstruction, plans to expand the U.S. Post donated to the museum as a gift the Mint (1965), Delhom Service and a site for the future museum Office neighboring the untenanted from Dwelle. The aftermath of the League (1975), Young Affiliates U.S. Post Office (left) and Mint (right) on Trade Street. from land donor E.C. Griffith, Sr., Mint building, then on West Trade Great Depression followed by the of the Mint (1990), the Founders’ Images pages 22-23: Collection of The Mint Museum Dwelle and her followers were Street, and ordered demolition of outbreak of World War II made Circle (1998), and the Romare Archives, Charlotte, North Carolina. then tasked with raising the the Mint. the first decades a challenge for Bearden Society (2009). money to finally begin the work in

24 25 Far left: Walter and Dorothy Cole Auman, circa 1970s.

Left: Mary and Harry Dalton, circa 1985.

Images this page: Collection of The Mint Museum Archives, Charlotte, North Carolina. Daisy Wade Bridges, unpacking a Wedgwood Courtesy of The Charlotte Observer. Cauliflower Pitcher in the Delhom Collection, circa 1965. From The Collection of The Mint 11 In 1968, the museum 12 The museum’s Fashion 14 Both Walter and Dorothy Museum Archives, Charlotte, North Carolina. underwent major renovations Collection was established in Cole Auman came from a long to house the newly purchased 1972. The Woman’s Auxiliary line of potters rooted in the North Delhom Collection. This and the Fashion Group of Carolina tradition. Together, acquisition included the Charlotte presented the inaugural they amassed a comprehensive 2,000-piece ceramics collection exhibition: Fashions:1840–1940. collection that traces the region’s and research library of M. history from its 18th-century 13 In 1980, the museum Mellanay Delhom. This new origins up to the late 20th century. organized its first nationally collection, and the expansion it In 1983, the museum purchased touring exhibition, Romare necessitated, instantly put The the Aumans’ rare 1,100-piece Bearden:1970–1980. This major Mint Museum on the art world collection, making the Mint the retrospective fueled the Mint’s map. Daisy Wade Bridges, largest public repository of North ongoing engagement with collector and Mint member, was Carolina pottery. the internationally renowned familiar with Delhom’s extensive Charlotte-born artist. In 2009, 15 In 1983, the Mint began ceramics collection and was supporters and the Mint came construction of the 46,600 instrumental in bringing it to together to establish the Romare square-foot Dalton Wing, named the Mint. Bearden Society to support the for Mary and Harry Dalton, which Left: Detail from the brochure for Fashions: acquisition of works by African- tripled the size of the museum 1840-1940, 1976. Collection of The Mint American artists. In 2011, the and featured a new entrance Museum Archives, Charlotte, North Carolina. museum organized Romare oriented towards Randolph Road. Bearden: Southern Recollections, another nationally touring exhibition, in celebration of the centennial of the artist’s birth.

26 27 220 North Tryon Street, circa 1997. Collection of The Mint Museum Archives, Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo: Jeff Clare. Photo: Jeff Clare.

16 In 1988-89, Ramesses the 18 In July 1997, NationsBank (now 20 Opened in October 2010, Charlotte Cultural Trust, raised Great: The Pharaoh and His Bank of America) announced the Mint Museum Uptown houses more than $83 million to develop Times attracted over 600,000 gift of the historic Montaldo’s the Mint’s outstanding collections the nationally-recognized Levine visitors and was the impetus for department store at 220 North of American and Modern & Center for the Arts. The Campaign a citywide celebration. Tryon Street to the Mint. Through Contemporary Art, as well as the was made possible by support the contributions of Hugh internationally-renowned Craft + from numerous philanthropists, 17 Lilly and Francis Robicsek S. McColl and NationsBank, Saint Clair Cemin. Brazilian, 1951- Design Collection. Designed by foundations, and corporations made their first donation to the Ramesses Casket. Collection of The Mint Rodgers Builders, the Founders’ Wave and Wave Junior 1991 Machado and Silvetti Associates across the region, particularly Museum Archives, Charlotte, North Carolina. museum in 1969, marking the Silver Circle, and other supporters, this Gift of the Heather and Tony Podesta of Boston, the five-story, Sandra and Leon Levine, The beginning of what would become 82,000-square-foot building was Collection, Washington, DC. 2011.80.3 145,000-square-foot building is Wells Fargo Foundation, and Bank one of the world’s finest and Photo: Mitchell Kearney. renovated to house the new Mint an integral part of Levine Center of America Charitable Foundation. most comprehensive Art of the Museum of Craft + Design, one of for the Arts; the cultural campus Ancient Americas collections. 19 In 2002, contemporary art 21 In 2011, the museum acquired only a small number of museums also includes the Harvey B. Gantt The collection comprises 2,500 collectors Heather and Tony Sheila Hicks’ monumental of its kind in the world. Center for African-American works of art from Mexico, Central Podesta made their first donation work Mega Footprint Near the Arts + Culture, the Bechtler America, and South America. The of art to the museum. Since then, Hutch (May I Have this Dance?), Museum of Modern Art, and the Robicseks’ gift of 149 ancient the Podestas have donated more through a generous gift by Knight Theater. The Campaign Andean works of art in 1994 than 200 objects to the Mint’s Target Corporation, and it has for Cultural Facilities, convened formed the core of the special Modern & Contemporary Art now become a signature work in by the Arts & Science Council exhibition Kingdoms of the Sun: collection. Mint Museum Uptown’s Robert of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Cover of Kingdoms of the Sun catalogue. Masterworks of Ancient Andean Haywood Morrison Atrium. Collection of The Mint Museum Archives, in partnership with The Greater Charlotte, North Carolina. and Spanish Colonial Art.

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Beyond the Wall: Mint Unveils Visitors to the updated mintmuseum.org noticed Mint staffers to affectionately call the feature In the months following the website’s launch, a colorful new icon labeled “Inspiring” in the “Minterest.” And more importantly, users can visitors to the site increased by one-third over the Refreshed Brand and New Website top right-hand corner of the page. Resembling continually check to see what other users are same time period the previous year, and visitors to Much Acclaim the “like” button on Facebook, it allows users to finding inspiring, stumbling across things they hailed from 166 countries around the globe. The identify anything on the website they find inspiring might not have seen otherwise. A page on the site was named a CSS Design Award Winner, When the Mint unveiled its refreshed brand by clicking it – a piece of art, a bit of news, or an site visually ranks items based on the number of was featured on the homepage of top referral site and updated website in May 2012, it generated upcoming exhibition, lecture, film screening, or Inspiring clicks they’ve gotten – resembling the TheBestDesigns.com, and was named one of “21 international buzz by incorporating aspects of the children’s program. The information is saved to way Twitter tallies its trending topics. Beautiful Examples of Color Usage in Web Design” most popular social media features into a one-of- each user’s own unique “MyMint” page – much on WebDesignLedger.com. The Mint is extremely grateful for the generous a-kind tool. like the popular site Pinterest, leading some support from the John S. and James L. Knight “The Mint Museum is an inspiring and Foundation which made this project possible. transformative place for everyone in the The Mint worked with nationally acclaimed agency community to engage and awaken their senses BooneOakley on its new branding, featuring a through the experience of art,” said Hillary Cooper, refreshed and updated museum logo and design director of communications and media relations for museum publications, and with local web- for the Mint. “This launch of our innovative new design firm BigNoise (now re-named Worthwhile) website and refreshed brand enables us to share to execute the site. inspiration beyond our walls and introduce the world to our museum in compelling and exciting “We were excited to launch it not only because ways.” the site itself is inspiring, but also because the people who visit it are inspiring; that’s what makes it so special,” said James Martin, the Mint’s digital communications manager. “Too often, users visit sites, find what they’re looking for, and simply go on their way. Now that we’ve helped them realize their own inspirations, and even save them to their own MyMint page, their visit becomes an epiphany – a moment in which they suddenly learn something new about the art and themselves.”

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Sheila Hicks: 50 Years

1 October 2011 – 29 January 2012

This exhibition addressed the artist’s conceptual, procedural, and material concerns via five intimately related fields of inquiry: bas reliefs and sculptures; small weavings and drawings; site commissions for public spaces; production Romare Bearden. American, 1911-1988 Back Porch Serenade 1977 textiles; and process works made of recuperated Partial Gift from the collection of Lyn and E.T. Williams. Museum textiles, clothing, and other found objects. Purchase with funds provided by the Romare Bearden Society, John and Stacy Sumner Jesso, Richard T. “Stick” and Teresa Organized by the Addison Gallery of American Williams, Yele Aluko MD and Shirley Houston Aluko MD, Tom Art, Sheila Hicks: 50 Years was made possible and Phyllis Baldwin, Dr. Kim Blanding and Family, Dee Dixon, The Charlotte Chapter of The Links, Inc., Dr. Keia Hewitt, Ken and Toi by the J. Mark Rudkin Charitable Foundation, Lay, Patti Tracey and Chris Hudson, Elizabeth A. Apple, Dr. Karen Breach-Washington and Mr. Harry Washington, Rubie R. Britt- The Coby Foundation, Ltd., Saundra B. Lane, The Height and Daughters, Ron and Nicole Freeman, John and Vernell Poss Family Foundation, Nancy B. Tieken, Able Harvey, Drs. Roger and Natasha Denny, Keva and Juanita Walton, and Dr. Spurgeon and Sterlin Webber, III. 2011.2. Art © Romare Trust, Target Corporation, Friends of Fiber Art Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. International, Dirck and Lee Born, and several anonymous donors.

Mint Museum Uptown

Artist Kako Ueda and Annie Carlano, Director Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections of Craft + Design, at the opening of Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear. Photo: John Simmons / 2 September 2011 – 8 January 2012 The Charlotte Observer. Opening on the centennial of Charlotte-born artist Romare Bearden’s birth, this blockbuster exhibition examined how the South served as a source of inspiration throughout his career. The exhibition included many works that refer to Bearden’s childhood home in Mecklenburg County. Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections © Sheila Hicks (b. 1934) was organized by The Mint Museum and made Fenêtre II, 2009 Cotton, bamboo, linen, and silk possible with generous support from Duke 10 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (27.3 x 26.0 cm) Opening of Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial. Energy and Wells Fargo. This exhibition was Private collection Photo: Daniel Coston. Photograph by: made possible by the National Endowment for © Bastiaan van den Berg. the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius. 32 33 Jun Kaneko: In the Round Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear 10 December 2011 – 28 April 2012 and Yves Tanguy 3 March 2012 – 8 July 2012 11 February 2012 – 13 May 2012 This spotlight exhibition, in collaboration with Jun Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear brought together the Kaneko Studio in Omaha, Nebraska, highlighted a This exhibition explored the exchange of ideas work of several internationally acclaimed artists, selection of Kaneko’s signature Dango sculptures that informed the work of the important Surrealist including Mattia Biagi, Mark Newport, Kako Ueda, and framed drawings of costume designs for artists Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy during their Tom Price, and Kate Malone. Exhibition organized Puccini’s Madama Butterfly; the Mint co-hosted fifteen-year relationship. It was organized by The by The Mint Museum and made possible through a special event in conjunction with Opera Mint Museum and Katonah Museum of Art, and support from the Mint Museum Auxiliary. Carolina’s production of Madama Butterfly, made possible through support from the Mint Matthew Weinstein featuring Kaneko’s costume and set designs. The Museum Auxiliary and awards from the National Mattia Biagi. Italian, 1974- Jun Kaneko: In The Round exhibition was made Endowment for the Arts and the Pierre and Tana 28 April 2012 – 19 August 2012 Before Midnight, 2012 Mixed media, tar possible with generous support from Wells Fargo. Matisse Foundation. Matthew Weinstein has achieved notoriety in the Collection of the Artist. Su rREALISM and Beyond Seeing the World Within: Charles Seliger in the 1940s art world as the first artist to focus exclusively on 3D animation. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra 11 February 2012 – 13 May 2012 11 February 2012 – 13 May 2012 Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial commissioned Weinstein to create a digital This project brought together three groundbreaking This exhibition focused on the astonishing accompaniment to debut with their performance 30 June 2012 – 30 September 2012 exhibitions, becoming the most significant paintings and drawings created by the American of Maurice Ravel’s Bolero. The Mint Museum This exhibition presented a major survey of Dial’s examination of Surrealism ever presented in artist Charles Seliger during the first decade of organized a spotlight exhibition of Weinstein’s work, an epic gathering of over thirty large-scale the region. his career. It was made possible through support art, including four paintings and a video, and co- paintings, sculptures, and wall assemblages that from the Mint Museum Auxiliary and awards from hosted a special event around the Symphony’s address the most compelling issues of our time. the Terra Foundation for American Art and The performance. Organized by The Mint Museum. To create his art, Dial employs a vast universe of Dedalus Foundation, Inc. Colorbind: The Emily and Zach Smith Collection symbolically charged materials — from plastic grave flowers, child’s toys, bed springs, and carpet Gordon Onslow Ford: Voyager and Visionary 28 April 2012 – 12 August 2012 scraps to cow skulls and goat carcasses. Salvaged 11 February 2012 – 13 May 2012 For over three decades, Charlotte and surrounding from garbage cans and trash heaps, these items This was the first retrospective of the British- communities have benefited from Emily and reappear in dense accumulations amidst the American Surrealist painter’s work organized by Zach Smith’s tireless dedication to improving the artist’s fields of dripped paint and expressionistic an American museum in more than thirty years. cultural infrastructure of our region. This intimate brushworks. Brought to the community with Exhibition organized by The Mint Museum and display of works illuminated a decidedly more generous support from Wells Fargo, and additional made possible through support from the Mint personal side of the couple’s relationship to art support provided by Duke Energy. Organized by Museum Auxiliary. — one that has enriched and informed their life the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Charles Seliger. American, 1926-2009 Sentinel, 1947 together. Organized by The Mint Museum. Oil on canvas, 33 ½ x 29 ½ inches Collection of Elaine G. Weitzen.

34 35 Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection Mint Museum Randolph three centuries of fashion history. The items on view illustrate not only fashion trends and 30 June 2012 – 23 September 2012 Threads of Identity: Contemporary Maya Textiles social history, but also design elements, fabric During her career in public service, former U.S. 2 January 2010 – Ongoing selection, and construction techniques. The Secretary of State Madeleine Albright famously collection presents unique statements of creativity used her jewelry to communicate diplomatic Maya peoples of Guatemala and southeastern that speak to the human passion for beauty, messages. This exhibition revealed an intriguing Mexico are renowned for their time-honored adornment, and identity. Organized by The Mint story of American history and foreign policy as tradition of magnificent attire. Among the Maya, Museum. told through Secretary Albright’s jeweled pins. dress is an outward expression of cultural pride. Brought to The Mint Museum through the support Dress also conveys one’s place in the world, Celebrating Queen Charlotte’s Coronation of Perry’s at SouthPark. Exhibition organized by the signaling social identity and geographic origin 9 August 2011 – 28 October 2012 Museum of Arts and Design. Generous support for or current community. This exhibition features Celebrating Queen Charlotte’s Coronation this exhibition was provided by Bren Simon and for fashions of the Kaqchikel, Ixil, K’iche’, Mam, combined works of art from the museum’s the exhibition catalogue by St. John Knits. Tz’utujil, Chuj, Awakatek, Jakaltek, and Poqomchi’ from Guatemala, and Tzotzil and Tzeltal from permanent collection, including paintings, works American Flag, Ann Hand (USA); 1996. Chiapas, Mexico. Organized by The Mint Museum. on paper, and decorative arts, with loans from Photo by John Bigelow Taylor. private collections to highlight the Queen’s The Shape of Life: Contemporary Native American accomplishments as a devoted mother, a notable Ceramics patron of the arts, and a loyal consort to the 3 March 2010 – 30 June 2012 King. Royal portraits by Allan Ramsay, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Sir William Beechey were featured Edward Lycett, American (born in England), 1833-1910 Contemporary Native American ceramics along with representative examples of works from Faience Manufacturing Company (1881-1892), Brooklyn, New York Covered Vase 1886-1890 constitute an ongoing dialogue concerning the the English manufactories—Wedgwood, Chelsea, Cream-colored earthenware with ivory-glazed ground, painted with past, present, and future, embracing personal Worcester, and others—patronized by the Queen. polychrome enamels, and flat and raised gold paste decoration Collection of Robert A. Ellison, Jr. Photo by Robert A. Ellison, Jr. expression and cultural essence. The compassion, Organized by The Mint Museum. vision, and spiritual energies embedded within the Lycett (1833-1910), an English china painter who Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn’s creations, made of Clay Mother, speak also to the became its artistic director in 1884. Lycett and his Faience Manufacturing Company world at large, conveying delight, inspiration and team of decorators produced pieces that were introspection. Organized by The Mint Museum. 13 September 2011 – 26 February 2012 sold in the foremost jewelry and china shops throughout the United States, such as Tiffany Fashionable Silhouettes During the 1880s, the Faience Manufacturing & Company in New York and Bailey, Banks and 12 April 2011 – Ongoing Company (1881-1892), of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Biddle in Philadelphia. Nearly forty superb objects earned critical acclaim for producing ornamental drawn from public and private collections were on Mint Museum Randolph celebrated its acclaimed wares that introduced a new standard of display, including vases, ewers, plates, and other Fashion Collection with reinstalled galleries excellence in American ceramics. The firm owed decorative wares. Organized and circulated by the featuring garments and accessories spanning its artistic and commercial success to Edward University of Richmond Museums, Virginia.

36 37 A Thriving Tradition: 75 Years of Collecting North Sophisticated Surfaces: The Pottery of Herb Cohen

Carolina Pottery 7 April 2012 – 17 March 2013 12 November 2011 – 10 March 2013 Organized as part of the Mint’s celebration of its More than 100 examples of the Mint’s pottery 75th anniversary, this exhibition focused on the collection were on display in this exhibition ceramic creations of Herb Cohen, a master potter featuring work by seventy-five potters and and seminal figure in the museum’s own history. offered as a part of the museum’s celebration It brought together approximately sixty works, of its 75th anniversary as a public art institution. including selections from the Mint’s permanent

Organized by The Mint Museum, with an inaugural collection and loans from numerous private Herb Cohen and José Fumero. Photo: Daniel Coston. collaboration with the North Carolina Pottery collections. Center in Seagrove, North Carolina. And the Bead Goes On The American Art Tile, 1880-1940 31 May 2012 – 31 March 2013 The Transformed Self: Performance Masks of Mexico 7 April 2012 – Ongoing 2 January 2012 – Ongoing And the Bead Goes On featured twentieth and The decades surrounding 1900 were the golden twenty-first century women’s fashions which Public performances of epic tales, historical age of the American art tile. Whether glazed or display inventive beadwork embroidery from events, and religious narratives are a key part of unglazed, molded in relief, or smooth-surfaced, the Mint’s Fashion Collection, complemented by modern life in Mexico. The performer’s mask is decorative tiles were a popular medium among works on loan from contemporary designers. a vehicle of transformation that physically and many affluent consumers wishing to furnish their Glass beads, metallic sequins, metal filigree psychologically converts the wearer into the homes and businesses in the latest fashions. beads, faux pearls, and faceted crystal character portrayed by the dancer. The works Organized by The Mint Museum. Benjamin Wade Owen. American, 1904-1983 rhinestones hand-sewn onto the cloth impart Han Vase circa 1937 presented in this exhibition come from the primary beauty, opulence, and artful originality. Organized Heritage Gallery Earthenware mask-producing regions of Mexico where dance Collection of The Mint Museum. by The Mint Museum. Gift of Mrs. Carol Wright. performances commonly accompany religious 31 May 2012 – Ongoing 1937.3 rituals and civic events. Organized by The Mint Drawings by Thornton Dial Photo: David Ramsey. From its inception as the first art museum in North Museum. 30 June 2012 – 30 September 2012 Carolina in 1936, The Mint Museum has been an innovator and leader, a theme illustrated in the Filled with rich allegories, Dial’s work invites us to installation of the Heritage Gallery at Mint Museum discover many layers of meaning in its writhing Randolph. It features works of art, archival forms, curious juxtapositions, and powerful documents, and photographs documenting the imagery. Presented in conjunction with Hard growth and evolution of the museum, from its Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial at Mint Museum beginnings as the original branch of the U.S. Mint Uptown. Organized by the Indianapolis Museum to its founding as an art museum to the present of Art. and beyond.

38 39 MINT ON THE ROAD Learning & Engagement

Double Solitaire: Learning & Engagement The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy 5 June – 28 August 2011 for All Ages Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York Amid a year filled with abundant opportunities 12 October 2011- 22 January 2012 for people of all ages to engage with the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley museum and learn, explore, and create, the College, Wellesley, Massachusetts Author Isabel Wilkerson. blockbuster exhibition Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections was a major highlight. School A stellar roster of artists, musicians, and historians Seeing the World Within: students were a special focus because of the presented related programs. Highlights included: Charles Seliger in the 1940s Charlotte-born artist’s significance in the history of a premiere performance of five original jazz 9 June – 16 September 2012 art and in the city’s history. From September 2011 compositions by Bearden; a discussion with The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy through January 2012, a total of 10,479 fifth grade Yale University historian Dr. Glenda Gilmore and Duke University art historian Dr. Richard Powell; Charles Seliger photographed in 20 October 2012 – 20 January 2013 students from ninety-six Charlotte Mecklenburg the studio of the German movie Schools received guided tours of Bearden’s a lecture series by Davidson College faculty; director Max Reichman in 1948. The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Estate of Charles Seliger. Utica, New York powerful works from Mint docents and education and a conversation with National Gallery of Art staff. Museum admission for kindergarten through curator Ruth Fine. In collaboration with the Levine Museum of the New South and the Harvey B. Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color college students has always been free. This year, the bus transportation for the fifth-graders was Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, From New York to Corrymore: 27 August – 6 November 2011 Robert Henri and Ireland underwritten by a generous grant from the Arts & Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi 23 September 2011 – 15 January 2012 Science Council. Suns, spoke to a capacity crowd at Spirit Square. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New 17 March – 17 June 2012 Mexico Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, All 150 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools art The train as Romare Bearden’s metaphor for Alabama migration, change, nostalgia, and reunion was 11 February – 13 May 2012 teachers attended a professional development the catalyst for an innovative outreach project Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York workshop to study the artist’s work, and Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: developed strategies for integrating art and funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton literacy. Bearden-themed artists’ residencies and Library Services. Memory Train: Celebrating Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections 19 November 2011 – 3 February 2012 took place at First Ward Creative Arts Academy Community Through the Power of Remembrance 28 January – 6 May 2012 Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia and Northwest School of the Arts. First Ward’s was the museum’s first video talkback project, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida elementary grade program was supported by a combining in-museum and in-community 23 May – 26 August 2012 grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, and documentation of individuals’ stories inspired Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey Northwest’s middle school activity was supported by Bearden’s work. by the Arts & Science Council. An online Teacher Over the final days of the exhibition, the Bearden Guide and a free Bearden Traveling Trunk provided Community Homecoming Weekend extended lesson ideas and resources for the classroom. museum hours to provide fifteen hours of free museum access. The weekend attracted 5,276 visitors. 40 41 carriage covered with tar, Before Midnight, which Machado and artist Sheila Hicks. The series also Other partnerships paired the Mint with Opera would go on to become a candidate for addition featured Craig Dykers of the architectural firm Carolina, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, to the Mint’s permanent collection as part of Snøhetta; Walter Hood, professor of landscape North Carolina Dance Theatre, and local dance the museum’s “Vote for Art” project. Japanese architecture and environmental planning at UC troupe Kinetic Works. In January, artist Jun artist Kako Ueda cut paper into complex imagery Berkeley; book designer Irma Boom; and graphic Kaneko, subject of a spotlight exhibition at Mint celebrating life and death. American Mark designer Stefan Sagmeister. Museum Uptown, discussed his sculptural Newport discussed his role as a parent after 9/11, work in ceramics, and his dramatic set and ArtFusion – When Art Encounters the Arts and the desire to become a superhero to protect costume design for Madama Butterfly, which offered a program blend that combined music, Sheila Hicks and Rodolfo Machado. Photo: Daniel Coston. his children, which informed his large knitted and was performed that month by Opera Carolina. spoken word, gallery talks, fashion shows, and superhero costumes. In conjunction with the Charlotte Symphony’s artists’ demonstrations. Topics ranged from production of Bolero Comes Alive in May, The museum acquired a work by contemporary North Carolina pottery to Surrealism, traditional A rtist Visits digital artist Matthew Weinstein spoke during a artist Dario Robleto through a generous gift by Japanese art to a 75th anniversary celebration of dialogue at the Mint with author Robert Goolrick. the Mint Museum Auxiliary. The artist came to music and song. Public presentations at the Mint by leading And with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art national and international artists were milestones Charlotte and discussed the Mint’s piece from In 2011-2012, The Mint Museum partnered with and the Mint, Kinetic Works produced four on the Charlotte contemporary art calendar. Sheila his “Defiant Gardens” series – works that grew more community, cultural, and educational original performances of “Danstallations,” an Hicks discussed her extraordinary career during out of the history of soldiers, prisoners of war, organizations than ever. Highlights include: a interpretation of paintings and sculpture through the opening weekend of her retrospective Sheila and civilians creating gardens during wartime. thirteen-week seminar with the Charlotte Teacher movement. Hicks: 50 Years. Internationally recognized for her Tradition and contemporary practices are married Institute; a Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools’ large-scale architectural sculpture, her appearance in the work of Jim McDowell, also known as The principals’ retreat; hands-on workshops and free was particularly special because of the timely gift Black Potter. McDowell discussed the history of weekend admission for attendees to the North from Target Corporation of the monumental wall Black face jugs, and gave a pottery demonstration Carolina Art Education Association’s annual sculpture by Hicks, Mega Footprint Near the Hutch at Mint Museum Randolph in a program presented conference; events with Citizen Schools, Parent (May I Have This Dance?). in collaboration with the Delhom Service League. University, ArtSí, and the Latin American Women’s The exhibition Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear N ew Initiatives, New Partnerships Association, among others; a styling competition married serious art with playful wit and a bit of and a Surrealist fashion show with The Art Institute the macabre. Four of the featured artists came Innovative programs attracted new audiences to of Charlotte; and collaborative performances with together for the first time in Charlotte for a panel discussions on contemporary art, architecture, Davidson College, UNC Charlotte, and Johnson discussion. Tom Price of London described using and design. The Contemporary Architecture C. Smith University. With additional colleges and the common material of polypropylene to create + Design (CAD) series featured internationally universities, students served as interns in various the magical forest visitors walked through at the museum departments, conducted research on Annie Carlano, Director of Craft + Design, Stefan renowned architects, landscape architects, and Sagmeister, Curatorial Assistant Sarah Wolfe, exhibition entrance. Italian artist Mattia Biagi designers who shared distinctive perspectives and the collections, and presented papers at the 22nd and Assistant Curator Rebecca Elliot. Photo: Nicolai Froehlich. found inspiration in the La Brea Tar Pits when he insightful stories from their fields. TheCAD series Annual Regional Collegiate Art History Symposium. moved to Los Angeles, creating for the exhibition debuted in January with a conversation between a child-sized fiberglass version of Cinderella’s Mint Museum Uptown’s architect Rodolfo

42 43 from sister cultural groups including Discovery S tudent Artist STARS Place, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Opera Carolina, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. The Harris Teeter STAR (Student Artist) Gallery at Toddler Time and Summer Craft Sessions also Mint Museum Randolph is a unique space devoted kept the Lewis Family Gallery a beehive of creative to showcasing the work of pre-K-12 students. activity throughout the year. Mint Summer Camp Invitational Sixteen summer art camps offered fun and immersive experiences for children of all ages and 9 August – 12 September 2011 abilities. Children explored painting, sculpture, Charlotte United Christian Academy portraiture, drawing, print making, comic-book 13 September – 16 October 2011 creation, ceramics, fashion design, and jewelry. From fall through spring, children, teens and Piedmont Community Charter School adults found many creative outlets at the museum. 25 October – 28 November 2011 Mini-master workshops allowed young children Weddington Elementary, Middle, and High School F amily Programs: Opportunities to investigate art in the galleries and make something to take home. Teens working on AP 6 December 2011 – 3 January 2012 to Make and Create and IB portfolio requirements advanced their skills Northwest School of the Arts at sequential Saturday workshops, and adults Sunday Fun Days at Mint Museum Uptown and 7 January – 26 February 2012 worked in clay, drawing, life drawing, painting, Saturday Art Sessions at Mint Museum Randolph jewelry, and metal with master artists. The menu attracted hundreds of families for drop-in activities Charlotte Christian School of classes and workshops offered something to and explorations in the galleries. With generous 10 January – 19 February 2012 stimulate everyone’s talents. support from an Arts Education in American Mid-Carolina Region Scholastic Art Awards Communities grant from the National Endowment 28 February – 1 April 2012 for the Arts, and corporate sponsorship from Carolinas Medical Center, Sunday Fun Days were Charlotte Latin School free to children, and non-member adults received 10 April – 27 May 2012 half-price admission. These accessible and Mint Museum summer camp student works of art. inclusive events drew families who reflected the Gaston County Schools diversity of Charlotte’s population. The monthly 12 June – 29 July 2012 themed programs also featured presentations

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44 45 The Mint Museum library

A nother Groundbreaking Year Program in order to learn about American libraries’ of New York, many of the editions being one-of-a- D onors to The Mint Museum Library administration, fund raising, technology, and best kind, inscribed leather-bound exhibition catalogues; The fiscal year kicked off with a new greeting – practices. The Library was honored to have been a 1986 JazzCharlotte poster featuring Romare Geoffrey Biddle Beverly Brosius Dobro pozhalovat’! – as the Library welcomed eight chosen as one of the few American libraries visited Bearden’s Guitar Magic, signed by Bearden, from Julie Cassen Russian library directors to tour and to learn about by the group. the Jerald Melberg Gallery; Mieke Chalmers’ Mieke Chalmers The Mint Museum Library. The library directors, collection of books on textiles; fifty titles on An important visitor later in the year was Dr. Hal Mrs. Anne M. Chaplin along with two translators, visited as part of the decorative arts from Caroline Gray; Nelson Grice’s Keiner, Traveling Archivist for the State of North Cristina Grajales Gallery U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and selection of eighty titles on Native American and Carolina. Dr. Keiner was invited to conduct an initial Delhom Service League Cultural Affairs International Visitor Leadership Ancient American art; and over 100 North Carolina survey of The Mint Museum’s archival holdings Jan Durr artist files from the North Carolina Arts Council. and report on his findings. His report was used as Rebecca Elliot Artists such as Ayala Serfaty and Silas Kopf part of the museum’s successful submission of Sandy Fisher presented monographs of their work to the library a Documenting Democracy grant to the National Donald Freund and financial assistance for book purchases was Historic Records and Publications Commission Frick Art Reference Library provided by the Delhom Service League, Mrs. Anne (the funding arm of the National Archives) for the Friends of the Mint Chaplin, Sandy Fisher, and the Friends of the Mint. Michael A. Gallis creation of a museum archives. Under the direction Lorenzo Giulini of the librarian, the grant award of more than Over 370 members of the public made use of the Caroline Gray $45,000 enables the hire of a professional archivist, Library this year and online visitors to the library’s Nelson Grice and the creation of an archives space within the online catalog MARCO (http://marco.mintmuseum. Rosey Guthrie/Night Fire Films museum, and means that the institutional history org) and its exhibition resource site Mintwiki (http:// Silas Kopf of the first art museum in North Carolina will be mintwiki.pbworks.com) numbered over 27,000 from John Littleton preserved and made accessible. The archives will around the world. Over 500 items in the Library Pallas Lombardi be a significant addition to the museum and to the circulated to staff and over 750 titles were added Jerald Melberg Gallery community as a whole. to the catalog. New services in the Library include B.E. Noel free wi-fi and the electronic databases artnet.com, In the spring, Librarian Joyce Weaver received the North Carolina Arts Council Berg Fashion Library, Grove Art Online, and JSTOR 2012 Howard and Beverly Joy Karno Award from Cheryl Palmer available to staff and visitors on-site. R 20th Century Gallery the Art Libraries Society of North America; a $1,000 Dr. Dorie Reents-Budet travel award for attendance to the organization’s Mr. Peter G. Scotese annual conference in Toronto. Ayala Serfaty The Library was fortunate to have received Shaw Smith Exhibition catalogue from the National Gallery of Art, a number of substantial gifts this fiscal year. Deborah Stevenson one of eighty-one titles on photography and fashion donated to the library during the fiscal year by Peter G. Scotese. Donations included eighty-one books on Judith Toman photography and fashion from Mr. Peter G. Scotese Dottie West

46 47 The MInt museum shops community relations

G rowth Continues A Successful Year of Outreach excerpts from Bearden-inspired plays by the late Broadway playwright August Wilson; and All The Mint Museum Shops celebrated a successful Community relations and outreach programming Aboard the Giving Train: Giving Back with Student year. The Mint Museum Uptown Shop continues brought thousands to celebrate the late Charlotte- Memberships and Donations to Toys for Tots in to enhance the retail landscape of center city born artist Romare Bearden’s 100th birthday. which over forty toys and twenty Mint-Bearden Charlotte, attracting local shoppers and visitors Occasions ranged from theatrical interpretations Society student memberships were given. The to the Queen City. The popularity of Romare to private gallery tours with corporate employee program culmination was held in the Bearden Cheryl Palmer, Danielle Brockington, Quentin “Q” Talley, Bearden: Southern Recollections was evident in resource groups, service and community exhibition gallery in which hundreds witnessed Rubie Britt-Height, and Carla Hanzal. Photo: Daniel Coston. the increased sales of merchandise relating to the organizations, and special-events gatherings, such a “A Farewell to Romy” by producer and poet images of hunger in intricate beadwork, was the artist and his work. The Mint Museum Randolph as the Charlotte 100 Black Men, The Charlotte Quentin “Q” Talley. jumping-off point for a discussion that lured over Shop saw its best sales in ten years, due in part Links, Inc., The Sigma Pi Phi Boule Fraternity, Innovative programming continues with the Mint’s fifty participants to bring non-perishable food to the interest in Chanel: Designs for the Modern Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Pride Sunset newest electrifying multicultural event, Mint to donations and discuss how they could give back Woman which opened during fiscal 2011 and Jazz Festival invitees, Uptown Catalyst Award Move Cultural Dance Night. The event is inspired to make Charlotte a better city. remained on view through February 2012. Books recipients and guests, and over 200 leaders from by Sheila Hicks’ Mega Footprint Near the Hutch on fashion and Coco Chanel were top sellers. over twenty Charlotte Chamber businesses. Several programs featured direct tie-ins to (May I Have This Dance?) and features the art of Other popular items at both locations were North special exhibitions. Inspired by Japanese artist Robust special collaborations included music and dance with a backdrop of Spanish, Carolina crafts and unique jewelry. The shops Jun Kaneko’s Madama Butterfly, special needs Conversation on the Art of Romare Bearden, a Latin American, and African art images from the continue to offer a discount to members on their students of Randolph Middle School presented discussion with Ruth Fine, Curator of Special permanent collection. purchases – yet another great reason to be a enlarged handcrafted fluttering butterflies at Projects in Modern Art, National Gallery of member of The Mint Museum. Movie and a Mint is a monthly movie viewing Parent University Day. Fairytales, Fantasy, & Art, and Herb Jackson, painter and Professor offered to members and guests on free Tuesdays Fear allowed local artists John Hairston, Jr. and Emeritus, Davidson College, sponsored by Wells at Mint Museum Uptown. The lineup includes Antoine Williams to answer the question “What Fargo, co-sponsored by the Romare Bearden both features and documentaries related to the are you afraid of?” by painting live two large Society and Friends of Davidson College; Lecture: permanent collection and special exhibitions. canvas works that address fear. Bearden, The Spiral Group and Africobra, Kyle

Coleman, Education Outreach Assistant, Columbia African-American Slave Dave the Potter allowed The economic impact of the arts and cultural Museum of Art, which explored the parallels JCSU creative writing students to study the community was also in the spotlight. The 12th between two 1960s-era artists’ groups who began history of pottery, create poetry, and recite it Congressional High School Art Competition to define a unique black aesthetic;Bearden’s in Poetry and Perspective, featuring Dr. Kirsten inspired a panel discussion of Charlotte art leaders Gospel Train with Winthrop University’s Praise Hemmy, poet and author of The Atrocity of Water. to discuss the economic impact of the Levine Gospel Choir and JCSU’s Dance Program; The Center for the Arts on the region. The Charlotte Embracing Similarities and Differences, a mother- Dramatic Vision of Romare Bearden and August Chamber held Small Business Breakfasts at Mint daughter/mentor-mentee program, annually Wilson: Celebrating Art, Drama, and Jazz with Museum Uptown, spotlighting the art of creative brings together females of diverse cultures and Dr. Corlis Hayes, professor of English, Central business concepts to contribute to the regrowth background to experience art as one. Hunger by Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections Piedmont Community College, directing selected of Charlotte’s landscape. catalogue. artist/designer Joyce Scott, a necklace featuring

48 49 affia li tes

The Mint received two awards: ArtSí Community The Charlotte Garden Club Organization Award and the Enlace Latin American Council’s Certificate of Recognition for hosting its Established in 1924, the Charlotte Garden Club monthly health-services information gatherings. was organized to further knowledge of horticulture In addition, Cheryl Palmer, Director of Learning & through programs and projects under the Engagement for the Mint, received the Individual guidance of experts in the field. Members meet The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at Mint Museum Uptown. Community Supporter award from ArtSí. Photo: Jonathan Cooper. one evening a month from September through May for educational lectures and entertainment Now in its ninth year, the Grier Heights Arts by authorities in landscape design, horticulture, Project uses art to help thirty school-aged and artists. They also collage, paint, quilt, draw, and other topics of interest to people who enjoy students build self-esteem and confidence, avoid journal, debate, dialogue, and create poetry. gardens and gardening. An affiliate since 1954, negative peer pressure, and make wise choices in Mecklenburg County Teen Health Connection, the Charlotte Garden Club contributes to projects a community outreach nine-month art, nutrition, volunteers, and artists from the “god city art designed to beautify the museum and its grounds, and health program. Participants learn about collective” serve to help instruct and guide as well as projects that add to the beauty of various art forms, and visit The Mint Museum students. Charlotte. and other art venues to learn more about art The ICOM (International Children’s Outreach In April 2012, the club held its 59th annual Mint Ministry) Honors Chorus of South Africa Museum Garden Tour, “Art in the Garden.” The performed at Mint Museum Randolph in March as event featured six area gardens and artists a part of the 2012 Hlanganani (Unity) United States painting en plein air. Inspired by spring blooms, Tour. The tour was organized by ICOM, Inc., a non- artists set up easels to capture on canvas the profit group founded by Friendship Missionary serene beauty of the Southern garden. The event Baptist Church in Charlotte, which hosts the capped with a celebratory party and art display chorus biannually. The chorus comprises twenty- on the grounds of Mint Museum Randolph. four musically and academically-gifted students from nine high schools in different townships. Joan McGill and Victoria Thornbury Presidents The final program of the year was “Get Dial’d In,” a fund raiser for the Romare Bearden Society that served as a pre-opening reception for Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial. With over 350 people in attendance, including Mr. Dial and members of his family, attendees witnessed a memorable concert by Grammy-winning band the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Artist Thornton Dial enjoying the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Photo Daniel Coston.

50 51 D elhom Service League impressive pieces: a stoneware vessel by Hiroshi Docents of The Mint September 2011 through January 2012. During Sueyoshi and a stoneware jar by Michel Bayne. that period, docents conducted 139 tours for The Delhom Service League was organized in As the volunteer affiliate conducting tours for ninety-six schools. The total tours for the year, In September, the league contributed $10,000 1972 following the arrival of M. Mellanay Delhom both adult and school children visitors to the Mint, which included our highlights, Art Basics, and toward the purchase of a lusterware vase by and her outstanding collection of historical pottery docents have had an extraordinary year. Craft + Design tours at Mint Museum Randolph Clement Massier, made in France circa 1899. Brian and porcelain to The Mint Museum. The mission and Mint Museum Uptown, totaled 643, for more Gallagher, Decorative Arts Curator, located this There are 156 docents, comprising 106 active of the Delhom Service League is to create and than 10,000 visitors. important addition to the museum’s collection. (those giving tours) and fifty associates. Each develop interest in ceramics by studying the The league’s Acquisitions Co-Chairs, Eva Downs docent averaged thirty-three hours of service We continue to look for better ways to engage our world of potters and their cultures, from ancient and Barbara Perry, also provided guidance in this during the year, with a total of 5,184 volunteer visitors through our Docent to Docent program China to contemporary America. The most recent acquisition. Additionally, the league contributed hours which included giving tours and attending as well as working closely with the Learning & fiscal year began with the seventh annual Potters $1,000 toward the purchase of books for the training. Engagement Department to develop new tour Market Invitational, chaired by Caroline Gray. Forty Delhom-Gambrell Library. themes. talented potters participated, and the Delhom For the fiscal year, the highlight was theRomare Service League acquired for the museum two very The year was also filled with a superb slate Bearden: Southern Recollections exhibition from Verna Witt of programming. Vice Presidents Marianne President Jenkins and Richard McHenry assembled a slate of speakers that included Barbara Veith, Organizing Curator of the Aesthetic Ambitions exhibition; Ronald W. Fuchs II, Curator of the Reeves Collection of Ceramics at Washington and Lee University; Patricia Halfpenny, independent scholar and former Director of Collections at Winterthur; Jim McDowell, “The Black Potter;” and the Delhom’s own Herb Cohen, whose work was the focus of Sophisticated Surfaces: The Pottery of Herb Cohen on display at Mint Museum Randolph. We were also regaled with stories of collecting North Carolina pottery by Daisy Wade Bridges, Terry Zug, Allen Huffman, and Bill Ivey during an evening with over eighty guests in the Van Every Auditorium. And more groundbreaking events are continuing in the year to come.

Jane W. Browne 2011 Potters Market Invitational. John Motley Morehead STEM Academy students on a tour. President Photo: James Martin.

52 53 “Celebrating the Mint’s 75th Anniversary: The The Founders’ Circle Building’s Beginnings from the Gold Rush to North Carolina’s First Art Museum to its Reinvention in As the national affiliate group for the Mint Recent Times,” a lecture by Dr. Tom Hanchett, Museum of Craft + Design, the Founders’ Circle Staff Historian of the Levine Museum of the New is committed to promoting the appreciation of South, was a smash hit in September and brought craft and design in partnership with the Mint. The the biggest attendance Friends had seen in group offers its membership unique and personal several years. artistic experiences, such as artist talks, curated gallery tours, and receptions in collectors’ homes, The second program was held at Mint Museum in order to educate, inspire, and entertain its Gwen Bland, President, Friends of the Mint. Uptown and featured Ruth Fine on “The Art of Elaine Zaharakis, Jeff Fagan, Lori and Pavan Bharteey. members. Photo: Heather Andreas. Romare Bearden: An Insider’s Look at Creating an Friends of the Mint Exhibition.” The year continued with a morning This year provided more opportunities than ever at Randolph featuring the talented young North to experience both craft and design. It included a In addition to educating and inspiring the group’s Friends of the Mint offers programs addressing a Carolina potter Eric Knoche, and then back to delightful visit to the home of Shelton and Carol membership, the year included significant fund variety of interests, from fine art and architecture, Uptown for December’s program, “Sheila Hicks: Gorelick in Blowing Rock to see their fabulous raising for Craft + Design. The group provided contemporary craft, and history to special Celebrating Fifty Years of Textile Design and Art.” pottery collection. The Fall Celebration Party full sponsorship for a recent acquisition of a exhibitions and the Mint’s collections. Meetings In January, architect Victor A. Jones Jr., partner honored the iconic artist Sheila Hicks, and our work by Ayala Serfaty as part of the Project are held September through May. They are usually at Jenkins-Peer Architects, took the Friends on Event Chair, Wesley Mancini, ensured that we Ten Ten Ten (ten works of art commissioned to scheduled for the third Friday of the month and a virtual tour of the beautiful renovation of the enjoyed a fun, creative party filled with dancing. celebrate the opening of Mint Museum Uptown in begin at 10:30 a.m., with coffee at 10. They are former Mint Museum of Craft+Design into the Annie Carlano, Director of Craft + Design, led a October 2010). We hope to continue the tradition free to members and to the public with museum home of Foundation For The Carolinas. “The tour of the exhibition Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear of supporting the museum in this way. We are admission. Membership in the Mint is required to Surrealist Muse” was February’s program, and in after a delicious cocktail reception. In February attracting a more diverse membership than ever join the organization, and members pay Friends March, Kellie Scott of Red Sky Gallery in Charlotte 2012, the Founders’ Circle had a wonderful and look forward to more growth in the future. dues which support the programs and often gave a special presentation on “Living Artfully.” opportunity to mingle with artists at Red Sky With the efforts and passion of our membership, provide a gift to the museum. Emily Kass, Director of the Ackland Art Museum Gallery, followed by a dinner at Carpe Diem, which we will continue to promote the appreciation of In the museum’s 75th anniversary year, the at UNC Chapel Hill, was our guest in April. The allowed even more personal interaction. Many art, craft, and design. Friends provided funds supporting the printing year concluded in May with a presentation on members enjoyed creating an encaustic painting Victoria Howell of the Program Guides for the Romare Bearden: “Forecasting Fashion Trends” by Arlene Goldstein, at the McColl Center for Visual Art, inspired by President Southern Recollections exhibition’s Community Vice President of Trend Merchandising and Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear. The group had a Homecoming weekend. The group also continued Fashion Director at Belk, closing out in high style personal tour of the exhibition Violins of Hope at offering rides to members from Mint Museum a most successful year for the Friends. the UNC Charlotte Center City building, followed by Randolph to Mint Museum Uptown. a tour of the innovative building itself. In June, the Gwen Bland group enjoyed a fabulous reception at the beautiful President art-filled home of Mattye and Marc Silverman.

54 55 The Auxiliary was also proud to support museum R omare Bearden Society acquisitions and exhibition sponsorships this year. The acquisition of Dario Robleto’s piece Defiant The Romare Bearden Society began in 2009 Gardens was a point of pride for the museum. with those in the community who wanted to be Robleto’s poetic work of art incorporates paper involved with activities, programming, support, pulp made from American soldier’s letters, and fund raising to support the Mint’s acquisition Victorian hair flowers braided by war widows, of works by African American artists including and even tiny carrier-pigeon message capsules. Charlotte-born Romare Bearden. Kathleen Jameson, Susan Cole, Hillary Cooper, Kim Blanding (right) with Portia Kee of the Harvey B. Gantt and Katie Charlebois. Photo: Jim McGuire Photography. Center for African-American Arts + Culture. Sponsorship of the new Contemporary The organization celebrated Bearden’s 100th Photo: Daniel Coston. Architecture + Design (CAD) Series was birthday on 2 September 2011 with the unveiling Mint Museum Auxiliary an inspiring and relevant highlight for our of a Bearden collage entitled Back Porch Serenade, Coleman, education outreach assistant with The organization. The Auxiliary also sponsored the the group’s first gift to the Mint, which became a Columbia Museum of Art, explored the parallels This year, the Auxiliary continued the tradition of groundbreaking Mint-organized Surrealism & part of the landmark Romare Bearden: Southern between two 1960s-era artist groups who began amazing fund raising events and a spring full of Beyond, and the innovative and imaginative Recollections exhibition. The inaugural celebration to define a unique black aesthetic. And for a color, philanthropy, and festivity. Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear, a thematic exhibition included nearly 300 active members. “Conversation on the Art of Romare Bearden,” of magic and mystery. Local weekly newspaper Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art The fall began with the first annual Fall EnrichMINT The year was filled with other significant events Creative Loafing named it the Best Art Exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, and Herb Jackson, Forum, launching the one-of-a-kind coffee table and celebrations. Dr. Corlis Hayes, Professor of (Group) in its annual Best of Charlotte issue. And artist and retired Davidson College Professor, held book Oscar de La Renta: Fashion & Design at The English at Central Piedmont Community College, finally, the Auxiliary was able to provide important a panel discussion with the Friends of Davidson Mint Museum, which was based on de la Renta’s directed a cast of Charlotte actors in selected financial support for the preservation of the College. spring visit to the museum as part of the 2011 excerpts from Bearden-inspired plays by the Museum Archives. Room To Bloom Celebration. prestigious Broadway playwright August Wilson. To cap off the year, the Romare Bearden Society The Auxiliary has grown from a small group of The group distributed church fans to visitors celebrated the opening of the exhibition Hard In April 2012, Room to Bloom kicked off in the sixty women to over 600 members spanning entering the Mint’s galleries during a weekend- Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial. The Carolina colorful spirit of Palm Beach, and it generated an several generations. To date, the Auxiliary has long celebration. Quentin “Q” Talley, local award- Chocolate Drops performed during the special impressive $190,000 for The Mint Museum and donated over twelve million dollars to The Mint winning poet, director, producer, and actor, pre-opening celebration for the exhibition. An the Endowment for Mint Museum Acquisitions Museum. The six-decade partnership between demonstrated his talent by presenting his work intimate conversation with the artist also took (EMMA) Fund. the Mint and the Auxiliary has been rich, strong, “Farewell to Romy” to those in attendance. place with society members. The Auxiliary hosted Palm Beach native Celerie and beneficial to both the museum and the city As part of “Bearden’s Gospel Train,” Winthrop The Romare Bearden Society continues to Kemble for the Decorative Arts Symposium of Charlotte. University, Vision of Prayze Gospel Choir, and engage and become involved in special projects, at Charlotte Country Club. And more than 250 Katie H. Charlebois Charlotte’s own Jazz Arts Initiative demonstrated educational programs, exhibitions, and support of guests gathered for An Evening Under The Palms President how gospel music has influenced other art forms, emerging artists within the community. to celebrate all things Palm Beach sponsored by including blues, jazz and other genres. With Belk, Inc. and Lilly Pulitzer. Kim Blanding “Bearden, The Spiral Group and Africobra,” Kyle Chair

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Young Affiliates of the Mint The Young Affiliates focused heavily on increasing Dear Mint Museum family, membership and worked diligently to increase the In the first full year of operation for both Mint Museum Randolph and The Young Affiliates of the Mint had another active opportunities for our members to become more Mint Museum Uptown, now a part of the nationally recognized Levine year as Charlotte’s premier young professionals deeply engaged with the Mint. The group created Center for the Arts, the museum celebrated the momentous occasion group. The year began with a celebration of the a board position specific to member engagement of its 75th anniversary. The generous support of our community, construction of Passage: Waterway, the bamboo and re-energized its membership committee, individuals, foundations, and businesses allowed the Mint to present a structure that the group’s 2009-2011 funds helped successfully welcoming more than 100 new number of world renowned artists and innovative exhibitions in 2012. acquire as part of the Mint’s Project Ten Ten Ten members to the group. (the commissioning of ten works to celebrate We were privileged to receive several major grant awards during the With a new annual sponsor offering, the group the opening of Mint Museum Uptown in October year. The Knight Foundation allowed for the transformation of the surpassed its $7,500 sponsorship goal for the year. 2010). A preview party was held for longtime Mint’s website to a more accessible, interactive site representative The Young Affiliates pledged a gift of $20,000 to members which recognized their commitment of the museum’s growth. This project included a digital library for the the Mint in a campaign called Project FundaMINTal to the organization. The Mint complemented this museum’s collections as well as a microsite on North Carolina Pottery and successfully met that goal. Funds from Project effort by hosting a community celebration around which offered online access to the collections for the first time in the FundaMINTal were put toward the Mint’s Annual the piece, which brought a crowd of around 1,200 Mint’s history. A significant Museums for America grant award from the Fund, supporting the most critical needs of the to the museum. Institute of Museum and Library Services supported Memory Train, the Nelia Verano museum. This was made possible through the Director of Advancement, museum’s first video talkback project, designed to encourage, gather, The Mint Museum three annual fund raising events - the Black & White document, and make accessible responses from the diverse Charlotte Gala, Aquavina Wine Festival, and Derby Days. community. The hugely popular project was created and viewed during In addition to our philanthropic events, members the Community Homecoming weekend for the Romare Bearden: enjoyed a number of cultural and social Southern Recollections exhibition, which welcomed over 5,200 guests collaborations with the Charlotte Symphony, in January 2012. Theatre Charlotte, business-related young Incredible growth was seen within the Mint’s annual leadership giving professionals groups, and a special event with initiative, The Crown Society, which recognizes individuals who support honored guest Stick Williams, Mint Board of the museum’s annual fund with gifts of $1,200 and more. The annual Trustees Chair. fund makes possible our most critical programs including outreach, Through the Young Affiliates of the Mint’s rich learning & engagement, personnel, scholarship, and exhibitions. twenty-two-year history and close relationship This annual investment ensures the continued evolution of The Mint with the vibrant community institution that is The Museum into one of the nation’s most significant and relevant art Mint Museum, the group continues to thrive and museums delivering original and inspiring visual arts. make an impact on the Queen City. The Mint Museum, through its diverse collection of international Emily Walker Pinkerton art and design, will champion its mission to engage and inspire all President members of our global community by upholding a strong culture of Khoy Blasi-Diggs and Sharon Pan. Photo: Jenna MacFarlane. service, stewardship, and investment. In doing so, the Mint will serve

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as a model for building relationships that are lifelong, committed, INDIVIDUAl donors meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial. $100,000 + Thank you for your commitment to the Mint’s mission and vision, and Estate of Elkin Goddard Alston for upholding the strength of philanthropy within our beloved Charlotte Elizabeth and Alfred Brand Patty and Bill Gorelick community. As we remember our past with the opening of the Heritage Carol and Shelton Gorelick Gallery at Mint Museum Randolph and celebrate the history and unique Mr. William F. Johnson, Jr. role the Mint has played in the community and region for the past $50,000 - $99,999 seventy-five years, we remain grateful for your participation and hard Estate of Roberta Beckler Morris work to ensure the museum’s bright future. $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. and Mrs. James E. Rogers Fleur Bresler $10,000 - $24,999 Nelia Verano Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Grace Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hance, Jr. Mattye and Marc Silverman Cheryl A. Palmer and Frank Tucker $5,000 - $9,999 Meredith and Walter Dolhare Zach and Emily Smith. Mrs. Selena Beaudry Photo: The Charlotte Observer. and Mr. Gray Ellison Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cureton, Jr. Mr. Jay Everette Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Dalton, Jr. Mrs. Missy Luczak Smith Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dawson and Mr. Douglas Smith Libba and Mike Gaither Mr. and Mrs. William B. McGuire, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Belk Gambrell Estate of Erdine Lucille Mellert Dr. Keia Hewitt Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray Mrs. Elizabeth H. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Norman Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson Mr. and Mrs. Marc D. Oken and Mr. John Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Quartapella Mr. E.C. Jensen, Jr. Patricia and B.D. Rodgers Dr. Marie-Claire Marroum-Kardous Pat and Bill Williamson and Mr. Kal Kardous Dr. and Mrs. Brian J. Wilder Mr. William E. Keenan Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III $2,500 - $4,999 Ashley and Peter Larkin Mr. and Mrs. John W. Alexander Barbara Laughlin Mary Lou and Jim Babb Mr. and Mrs. D. Gilbert Lee Mr. and Mrs. William I. Belk Mr. and Mrs. Neill G. McBryde Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Bissell Mr. Richard I. McHenry E.T. Williams, Diedra Harris-Kelley, and Stick and Teresa Williams. Dr. Kim Blanding Mr. and Mrs. Jerald L. Melberg Photo: Daniel Coston. Dr. Ronald Carter Sue and Don Phillips Mr. and Mrs. David L. Conlan Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roselle Mr. and Mrs. W. Fairfax Cooper Aida and Gregory Saul Emily and Zach Smith

60 61 Mr. and Mrs. Terry Broderick Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lovelett Mrs. Loretta H. Webber Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Brown Sonia and Isaac Luski Mr. Phil Wells Ms. Hona Childers Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mack Mr. and Mrs. John R. Wickham and Mr. Daniel Browne Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McColl, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Wilhelm Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brownlie Mr. and Mrs. John McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Williams Mr. and Mrs. David M. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. J. David McDonald Dr. and Mrs. Joe H. Woody Mr. and Mrs. E. Colby Cathey Drs. Lee Ann and Barry McGinnis Mr. and Mrs. L. Lee Chambers Susan and Loy McKeithen $500 - $999 Mrs. Anne M. Chaplin Ms. E. Melissa McMahan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Charlebois Mr. and Mrs. H. Burt Melton Mr. and Mrs. E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Cicoletti Rev. Barbara H. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Horace L. Ball Susan and John Cole and Mr. Fred Miller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Barnhardt III Kathy and Chris Cope Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Milne Dr. and Mrs. Andreas Bechtler Mr. and Mrs. Bob D. Culbertson Maryangela and David Morgan Ms. Martha Blacketer Dana and Richard Davis Mrs. Marian M. Nisbet Lee and Alan Blumenthal Mr. and Mrs. J. Bennett Dellinger III Blair and Peter Oliver Mr. John V. Boehme Mrs. Alan T. Dickson Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Patrick Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Bragg, Jr. Ms. Jill Dinwiddie Jo Ann and Joddy Peer Jeanne Martin Brayboy and Mr. Bernard Hargadon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Philipson Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Brown Mr. and Mrs. J. Porter Durham, Jr. Amy Liz Pittenger Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Browne Mrs. Elizabeth Faison Dr. and Mrs. Norris W. Preyer Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Browne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Rankin Donna and Richard Dalrymple Mr. and Mrs. George W. Fisher Deb Halliday and Gary Rautenstrauch Dr. and Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty Dr. James Lipton, Siu Challons-Lipton, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Staton Chris Hudson and Jeff Fagan. Mrs. Kathryn B. Bufano Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Reames Ms. Joan M. Slep Teresa Hoelle, and Scott Provancher. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stewman III Photo: Jim McGuire Photography. and Mr. Charles Foster Sally and Russell Robinson and Mr. William F. Dealy Photo: Jim McGuire Photography. Sandi and Benjamin Thorman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Fuller III Mr. and Mrs. Dalton D. Ruffin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ellison II Carolyn and Matthew Vanderberg Mr. and Mrs. Alex Funderburg Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Rusgo Mr. Jeff Fagan Laura Vinroot Poole and Perry Poole Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Gassman Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Rutledge III Mrs. Beth Galen Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Watts IV Adrienne and Harvey Gossett Mrs. Helen R. Scarborough Mr. and Mrs. Jeb Gerhardt Mr. and Mrs. Dorothea F. and Diane and Marc Grainer Kellie and Jeff Scott Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hagood Malcolm W. West, Jr. Deidre and Clay Grubb Sally and William Serenius Vernell and John Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Hall III Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sheridan III $1,000 - $2,499 Dr. and Mrs. Harold R. Howe, Jr. Jana and Dan Hartenstine Parker and Stephen Shuford Ms. Cheryl Walker Ms. Carol McPhee Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Heath, Jr. Stephanie and Jon Simon and Mr. Jeffrey Huberman and Mr. Howard Adams Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Holleman Mr. and Mrs. Eric Sklut Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hudler Mr. and Mrs. Welborn E. Alexander, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David H. Homesley, Jr. Mrs. Thomas I. Storrs Mrs. Jane J. Hunter Louise L. Allred Victoria and Chip Howell Mr. and Mrs. John A. Switzer Mr. and Mrs. Magreger Hyde Mr. John S. Arrowood Mr. and Mrs. N. Douglas Hoy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Tarwater Tiffany Lee Mr. and Mrs. William E. Austin, Jr. Maria and John Huson Carson and Andrew Tate Mr. and Mrs. William E. Loftin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bailey Mr. and Mrs. James E. S. Hynes Dr. and Mrs. Neal Taub Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Maddrey III Mr. and Mrs. Ian G. Banwell Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. James, Jr. Drs. Lee R. Rocamora Mr. and Mrs. William L. Maxwell Harriet and William Barnhardt Eugenie and Lael Johnson and John A. Thompson Mr. Donald A. McMullen, Jr. Mrs. Gwen H. Bland Mrs. Susan Valentine Kanes Mr. and Mrs. James W. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. G. Wilson Miller Mr. and Mrs. Mark Beattie and Mr. Thomas Ernest Kanes Mr. and Mrs. William B. Timmerman Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John K. Moore Sarah and Thomas Belk Mrs. Virginia M. Kemp Mr. and Mrs. Mark O. Timperman Ms. Patricia A. Moorehead Amy and Philip Blumenthal Susan and Phil Kline Patricia Tracey and Chris Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Keith Oberkfell Mrs. Suzanne C. Botts Mrs. Betty Kuester Mr. and Mrs. Don Truslow Steve Pernotto Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bowles Lorne Lassiter and Gary P. Ferraro Mrs. William K. Van Allen Mrs. Gabby Pratt Dr. Larry Brady Ms. Teri Licari Nelia A. and Michael Verano Jennifer and James Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brewer Dr. Siu Challons-Lipton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vest Amy and Lennie Rhoades and Dr. Jordan Lipton Juanita and Keva Walton

62 63 in -kIND donors $10,000 - $24,999

Armin’s Catering Anonymous Best Impressions Caterers Bank of America Blanding Dentistry Delhom Service League BooneOakley Harris Teeter, Inc. City of Charlotte JHE Production Group, Inc. Carpe Diem Restaurant & Caterers Moore & Van Allen, PLLC Creative Catering U.S. Bancorp Delectables by Holly Young Affiliates of the Mint Dean & Deluca Catering $5,000 - $9,999 FS Food Group/Plate Perfect Catering La-tea-da’s Catering & Events Charlotte Debutante Club Lowe’s Home Improvement Edifice, Inc. Media Arts Collective National Endowment for the One Catering Humanities Porcupine Provisions Target Corporation Something Classic Catering Goodrich Corporation Uptown Media Group Steve Crump and Herb Jackson. Photo: Daniel Coston. $2,500 - $4,999

Cop r orATE, Government, The Bissell Companies and Foundation Donors Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation $1 Million + Clariant Corporation Arts & Science Council Cummins Atlantic, Inc. Foundation for the Carolinas Deloitte & Touche Grant Thornton $100,000 - $999,999 IBM Corporation Duke Energy Johnson C. Smith University Knight Foundation Latin American Coalition Mint Museum Auxiliary Philip L. Van Every Foundation North Carolina Arts Council Piedmont Natural Gas Libby Gordon, Kathleen Jameson, and Terah Polite. Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation Regions Bank Photo: PPT Photography. Wells Fargo Showalter Construction Company Sprint Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 SteelFab, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rinehart Carolinas HealthCare System Ann Ruff Institute of Museum and Library $1,000 - $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Schofield III Services Mr. John G. Schroeder National Endowment for the Arts 100 Black Men of Greater Charlotte Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Shea Terra Foundation for American Art Aetna Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling A. Spainhour Association for Corporate Growth Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sturges $25,000 - $49,999 Carolinas Chapter Davis Steel & Iron Mr. and Mrs. Gary Toman Belk Inc. Eloquent Creations Catering Julie Tuggle Founders’ Circle Ltd. & Design Services, LLC Vi and John Lyles, Sterling and Beverly Spainhour. Photo: Daniel Coston. Dr. Karen B. Washington National Historic Records and Schwab Charitable Foundation and Mr. Harry Washington Publications Commission Mr. David C. Watkins The Dickson Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Hadley Wilson WTVI Mr. and Mrs. Landon Wyatt

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Financial statements for the fiscal year reflect a includes a contribution of the estimated value of development agreement between the city, Wells the building of $56,841,822 and air rights valued at Fargo, and the museum to construct Mint Museum $2,840,000. The City of Charlotte owns both Mint Uptown, which was completed in 2010 as part of Museum Uptown and the building and grounds at a multi-use project that includes Levine Center Mint Museum Randolph. for the Arts. The operating support and revenue

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Yarse ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011

Asetss 2012 2011

Stick Williams, center, and Jay Everette, right, Mona Radiloff. Photo: Daniel Coston. Cash and cash equivalents $2,271,408 $2,032,168 talk to local journalist Steve Crump. Photo: Daniel Coston. Accounts receivable 288,571 123,501 Pledges receivable, net 1,0 97,760 808,522 Inventories 262,318 217,3 41 The Mint Museum Mint Museum of Art Attendance Fiscal 2012 Deposits for future exhibitions, prepaid expenses Board of Trustees Board of Directors Admissions: 75,052 and other assets 119,025 267,9 0 4 Richard T. “Stick” Williams Walter Dolhare, Chair Investments: Chair Kathy Bufano Educational programs: 21,419 Endowment of Foundation for The Mint Museum 13,503,232 14,384,264 Siu Challons-Lipton Samuel B. Bowles Laura Gerhardt Outreach: 55,090 Other investments 2,988,074 2,865,133 R. Alfred Brand Amy Hyland Jones Beneficial interests in trusts: Ronald L. Carter Tom Kanes After-hours events: 42,254 Susan Cole Endowment 16,189,499 17,975,523 Janet LeClair Jesse Cureton Total: 196,487 Pledges receivable, net 5,938,961 6,350,918 Amy Liz Pittenger Walter Dolhare Other 2,349,032 2,459,833 Jon Simon John Gray Blount Ellison III A. Zachary Smith Property and equipment, net 59,110,830 61,080,746 Jay Everette Land use rights, net 3,254,158 3,325,958 W. Clay Grubb Beverly S. Hance Mint Museum of Craft + Design Total assets $107,372,86 8 $111,891,811 Robert E. James, Jr. Board of Directors Janet LeClair W. Clay Grubb, Chair Jo Ann Peer Labilitiesi and Net Assets Kim Blanding Mona Radiloff Alfred Dawson Liabilities M.A. Rogers J. Michael Gaither John A. Switzer Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 562,983 $614,542 William Gorelick Sandi O. Thorman Deferred revenue 98,000 123,473 Laura Grace Patricia Tracey Total liabilities 660,983 738,015 Hall Johnston Laura Vinroot Poole Susan McKeithen Keva L. Walton Net assets Aida Saul Missy Luczak Smith Unrestricted 7,4 62,320 7,777,850 A. Zachary Smith Temporarily restricted 62,751,408 66,946,072 Patricia Tracey Permanently restricted 36,498,157 36,429,874 Robert Wilhelm Total net assets 106,711,885 111,153,796 Betsy Wilder Total liabilities and net assets $107,372,86 8 $111,891,811

66 67 Consolidated Statements of Activities Consolidated Statements of Activities Yare ended June 30, 2012 Yare ended June 30, 2011

Tp em orARILY P erMANENTLY Tp em orARILY P erMANENTLY Operating Support and Revenue Unrestricted restricted Restricted Total Operating Support and Revenue Unrestricted restricted Restricted Total

Annual use of city facilities $1,606,960 $ - $ - $1,606,960 Annual use of city facilities $1,826, 683 $ - $ - $1,826,683 Grants 1,532,700 - - 1,532,700 Grants 1,462,661 - - 1,462,661 Gifts 498,052 732,403 110,000 1,331,455 Gifts 903,773 991,316 - 1,895,089 Cultural Facilities Fund allocation 494,287 - - 494,287 Cultural Facilities Fund allocation 935,000 - - 935,000 Memberships 751,143 - - 751,143 Memberships 570,128 - - 570,128 Contributions from Mint Affiliates 142,309 60,401 - 202,710 Contribution, long-term use of facilities - 56,841,822 - 56,841,822 Other operating revenues 2,295,882 235,210 - 2,531,092 Contribution, long-term use of air rights - 2,840,000 - 2,840,000 Operating investment loss (14,244) - - (14,244) Contributions from Mint affiliates 165,750 57,19 6 - 222,946 Allocation of allowable endowment Other operating revenues 2,021,867 174,471 - 2,196,338 balance for spending 2,308,913 - - 2,308,913 Operating investment return 177,218 - - 177,128 9,616,002 1,019,014 110,000 10,745,016 Allocation of allowable endowment balance for spending 666,405 - - 666,405 Net assets released from restriction 2,422,768 (2,422,768) - - 8,729,485 60,904,805 - 69,634,290 - - Total operating support and revenue 12,038,770 (1,403,754) 110,000 10,745,016 Net assets released from restriction 8,424,473 (8,424,473)

Total operating support and revenue 17,153,958 52,480,332 - 69,634,290 Expenses

Program 9,717,0 07 - - 9,717,0 07 Expenses Management and general 1,054,606 - - 1,054,606 - - Development 1,145,500 - - 1,145,500 Program 8,272,325 8,272,325 Management and general 1,442,101 - - 1,442,101 Total expenses - - 11,917,113 11,917,113 Development 528,638 - - 528,638 - Change in net assets from operations 121,657 (1,403,754) 110,000 (1,172,097) Total expenses 10,243,064 - 10,243,064

Other changes Change in net assets from operations 6,910,894 52,480,332 59,391,226 Change in beneficial interests - (532,487) (41,717) (574,204) Other changes Endowment investment return (4 37,187) 50,490 - (386,697) Allocation of allowable endowment Loss on reconveyance of building and land (7,376,79 9) - - balance for spending - (2,308,913) - (2,308,913) (7,376,79 9) Change in beneficial interests - 3,492,963 4,119,931 7,612,8 94 Change in net assets (315,530) (4,194,664) 68,283 (4,4 41,911) Endowment investment return 1,993,532 616,525 - 2,610,057 Allocation of allowable endowment Net assets balance for spending - (666,405) - (666,405) Beginning of year 7,777,850 66,946,072 36,429,874 111,153,796

End of year $7,4 62,320 $62,751,408 $36,498,157 $106,711,885 Change in net assets 1,527,627 55,923,415 4,119,931 61,570,973

Net assets Beginning of year 6,250,223 11,022,657 32,309,943 49,582,823

End of year $7,777,850 $66,946,072 $36,429,874 $111,153,796

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Administration Curatorial Museum Shops Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson Annie Carlano Luanne Dickson President & CEO Rebecca Elliot Leigh Ann Didanato Brian Gallagher Sandra Fisher Toni Freeman Carla Hanzal Laura Hannon Chief Operating Officer Charles Mo Kenna House Cynthia Clayton Doris Reents-Budet Alice Jenkins Connie Grant Amber Smith Tiffany Jensen James Pearce Jonathan Stuhlman Lesley Kipp Bennett Rich Brad Thomas Teresa Licari Sarah Wolfe Margaret Sauerborn Advancement Marian Steidl Catherine York Jeanette Barker Guest Services Jeremy Hall Caroline Baldwin Martha Loftin Sue Carver Special Events Kathryn Miller Katherine Di Silvestre Dean Jordan May Nixon James Hall David Klingel Elizabeth Rodriguez Gina Howie Ronald Stephens Eliza Root Barbara Roberts April Vahey Susan Baldwin Nelia Verano Katherine Crompton Eric Irvin Collections & Exhibitions Valerie Martin Carolina Mensa Leah Blackburn Annette Miner Andrea Collins Mitchell Francis William Lipscomb Information Technology Eric Speer John West Katherine Steiner Kristen Watts Kurt Warnke Learning & Engagement Christine Lalley Kathleen Collier Communications Cheryl Palmer & Media Relations Rita Shumaker Hillary Cooper Joel Smeltzer Leigh Dyer Leslie Strauss Elyse Frederick Joyce Weaver Kacy Harruff The Mint Museum The Mint Museum is funded, in part, with James Martin 2011 - 2012 Annual Report operating support from the Arts & Science Emily Walker Editor: Leigh Dyer Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc.; Community Relations Designer: Emily Walker the North Carolina Arts Council, a division Rubie Britt-Height Contributors: Rubie Britt-Height, of the Department of Cultural Resources; Andrea Collins, Hillary Cooper, the City of Charlotte; and its members. Elyse Frederick, Kathryn Miller, Cheryl Palmer, Jim Pearce, Bennett Rich, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Joel Smeltzer, Kristen Watts, Joyce Weaver.

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