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2017 Annual Report THE BARNES FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 1 CONTENTS 3 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 4 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT 5 OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION 5 APPOINTMENTS 5 BOARD COMMITTEES 6 EDUCATION 8 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 9 PARKWAY 100: CELEBRATING THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY'S CENTENNIAL 11 EXHIBITIONS 14 ARCHIVES, LIBRARY, AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 16 CONSERVATION 19 PROGRAMS 21 AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES 23 ADMISSION INITIATIVES 24 EVENTS 26 DONORS 41 VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES 44 STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PREVIOUS: Maurice Brazil Prendergast. The Beach "No. 3", c. 1914–15. BF359 OPPOSITE: Henri Rousseau. Outskirts of Paris, c. 1895. BF844 THE BARNES FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dear friends, In Art as Experience (1934), John Dewey become an integral part of the cultural wrote, “Art is not something apart, not fabric of the city and broadened its something for the few, but something reach around the country and the world. which should give meaning to all the We have welcomed over 1.5 million activities of life.” In these few words, visitors—including 60,000 students Dewey—a close collaborator of Albert from the School District of Philadelphia C. Barnes, and the Foundation’s first and 85,000 adults and children on our director of education—captured the PECO Free First Sundays. To honor this essence of Dr. Barnes’s guiding princi- milestone, we presented a monthlong ples in creating his Foundation. Now, constellation of anniversary programs 95 years after its founding, we further dedicated to our many audiences. High- Dr. Barnes’s ideals of inclusion and lights included a discussion with Barnes access by sharing the power of art architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien with an increasingly diverse audience. and Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron on how architecture Maurice Brazil Prendergast. Seascape–St. Mâlo, This year we celebrated our fifth can honor a legacy; a pre-K–12 educator 1907. BF561 anniversary on the Benjamin Franklin night celebrating the Barnes’s important Parkway. When we announced the collaboration with the School District move of the collection from Merion leadership of an extraordinary group of This year we celebrated our progress, of Philadelphia; and our 5th Anniver- to the heart of Philadelphia, we made people who made all of this possible. We but our journey has just begun. We will sary Gala, where guests celebrated the important commitments to our commu- are fortunate to have these individuals, build on our successes as we map plans impact of the Barnes and committed to nity. We promised to build a beautiful together with Barnes members—over for the Barnes’s second century and supporting its future. building, hang the collection exactly as 16,000 and counting—and a generous continue to enrich the lives of people it was in Merion, open it up to hundreds Today, we look forward to the rollout group of foundations, corporations, from across Philadelphia and around the of thousands more people, and do it of our educational affiliation with Saint government agencies, and private world every day. on time and within our budget. I am Joseph’s University, which will enhance donors, as part of the Barnes commu- proud to report that we fulfilled all of the horticulture program and celebrate nity. On behalf of my fellow Trustees, Joseph Neubauer those promises and surpassed our early the living collections at the Barnes Arbo- thank you for your dedication and Chair projections of growth in attendance and retum in Merion. steadfast support, and for helping us public engagement. The many strides we have made are due to advance our mission. In these short five years, the Barnes has to the unwavering financial support and THE BARNES FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 3 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT Dear friends, Our fifth year on the Benjamin Franklin Museum of Art, and the Musée d’Orsay, I want to express my sincere gratitude to Parkway was marked by many import- as well as the Barnes. our Board of Trustees for their invalu- ant achievements. Thanks to supporters able counsel, and to our docents, alum- like you, we were able to realize the This year, we welcomed Cindy Kang as ni, and volunteers, and my colleagues most ambitious agenda of exhibitions, associate curator and Barbara Wong as on the Barnes staff for their work as educational programs, and community director of community engagement, advocates for our public service. To our engagement initiatives in our history. a new position created to deepen donors and members, your great gen- We deeply appreciate your support in our impact on the lives of our neigh- erosity makes our work at the Barnes helping us serve our city and all bors throughout the city. We offered Foundation possible. On behalf of all our visitors. outreach programs for thousands of of us here at the Barnes and our many underserved K–8 students, and as part audiences—thank you. Guided by our commitment to increase of our commitment to welcome all access and educational opportunities for communities across Philadelphia, we Looking ahead to the many initiatives our visitors and our students, we tripled launched several important initiatives on the horizon, from our international enrollment in our adult education with new community partners. These exhibitions to a host of new programs, classes and continued to expand our include ongoing collaborations with we are excited to invite you to join us international scholarship and curato- Mural Arts Philadelphia; Puentes de for these diverse experiences. Thank rial contributions. We presented three Salud on “Puentes a las Artes/Bridges you for all you do for the Barnes, and critically acclaimed exhibitions in 2017, to the Arts,” a new arts-based literacy we look forward to seeing you often including our first internationally trav- enrichment program for young ELL/ESL in 2018! eling exhibition, Kiefer Rodin, organized learners from South Philadelphia’s Lati- in partnership with the Musée Rodin, no immigrant community; and Indego Thom Collins Paris. During 2018, our slate of interna- bike share—the first collaboration of its Executive Director and President tional exhibitions will expand with two kind between a city bike-share program major shows. The first, Renoir: Father and an arts institution. These commu- and Son/Painting and Cinema, recently nity partnerships integrate the Barnes premiered at the Barnes and will travel into the larger fabric of Philadelphia and to the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. The second, enable us to reach across the city and Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist, beyond to meet people where they live, will be presented at the Musée national work, study, and play. des beaux-arts du Québec, the Dallas THE BARNES FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 4 OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES APPOINTMENTS BOARD COMMITTEES OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION Joseph Neubauer, Honorary Trustees Cindy Kang was named EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FINANCE AND AUDIT PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair Wallis Annenberg the Barnes’s first associate Thomas Collins, Staff Liaison COMMITTEE Thomas Collins, Staff Liaison Betsy Z. Cohen curator, and Barbara Wong Joseph Neubauer, Chair Peg Zminda, Staff Liaison Neil L. Rudenstine, PhD, Aileen Kennedy Roberts, David Haas was named the Barnes’s John J. Aglialoro Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Esq., Chair Vice Chair Jane Korman first director of community The Honorable Jacqueline Chair John J. Aglialoro Stephen J. Harmelin, Esq., H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest engagement—a position F. Allen Daniel M. DiLella Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Esq. Treasurer William A. Slaughter, Esq. created to deepen our Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Esq. Stephen J. Harmelin, Esq. Jane Epstein Joan Thalheimer impact on the lives of Stephen J. Harmelin, Esq. Joseph Neubauer Catherine Liggins Hughes The Honorable Bruce E. Toll residents and students we Aileen Kennedy Roberts Aileen Kennedy Roberts Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Jacqueline F. Allen, A. Morris Williams, Jr. serve across Philadelphia Neil L. Rudenstine PhD Secretary INVESTMENT COMMITTEE and beyond. Brenda A. Thompson Joseph Neubauer Peg Zminda, Staff Liaison The Board of Trustees Thomas K. Whitford Christine Poggi John J. Aglialoro Thomas K. Whitford, Chair and the staff of the Amy Sosnov Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Esq. ADVANCEMENT Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Esq. Barnes Foundation offer Brenda A. Thompson Pamela D. Bundy COMMITTEE Daniel M. DiLella profound gratitude to the Richard Wattenmaker* Tory Burch Nina McNeely Diefenbach, individuals, corporations, NOMINATING AND Daniel M. DiLella Staff Liaison STRATEGIC BUILDING and foundations mentioned GOVERNANCE Catherine Liggins Hughes John J. Aglialoro, Co-Chair PLANNING COMMITTEE in this report and to the COMMITTEE Gregory C. Miller, Sr. Joseph Neubauer, Co-Chair Peg Zminda, Staff Liaison many unnamed friends who Sara Geelan, Esq., Khalil Gibran Muhammad, The Honorable Jacqueline Aileen Kennedy Roberts, have joined us this year and Staff Liaison PhD F. Allen Chair in past years to support our The Honorable Jacqueline Neil L. Rudenstine, PhD Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Esq. The Honorable Jacqueline service to the community. F. Allen, Chair Brenda A. Thompson Pamela D. Bundy F. Allen With your generosity, we Daniel M. DiLella Thomas K. Whitford Tory Burch Pamela Bundy were able to realize the Stephen J. Harmelin, Esq. Daniel M. DiLella Tory Burch most ambitious agenda of Joseph Neubauer Trustees Emeriti Stephen J. Harmelin, Esq. Joseph Neubauer exhibitions, educational Aileen Kennedy Roberts Bernard C. Watson, PhD Catherine Liggins Hughes Neil L. Rudenstine, PhD programs, and community Chair Emeritus Gregory C. Miller, Sr. engagement projects in our Khalil Gibran Muhammad, *deceased Stephanie Bell-Rose history. None of our notable PhD Agnes Gund successes would have been Aileen Kennedy Roberts possible without you. Neil L. Rudenstine, PhD Brenda A. Thompson Thomas K. Whitford THE BARNES FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 5 The Barnes-de Mazia Education Education Program The Barnes-de Mazia Education Program builds on Albert C.
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