ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2017 AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM JULY 1, 2016–JUNE 30, 2017 In FY17, the American Folk Art Museum received a grant from The Leir Charitable Foundations, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir, to digitize the museum’s collection in its entirety. All of the museum’s holdings, including textiles, artists’ books, paintings, photographs, and sculpture will be made available on the museum’s website for everyone to see, study, and enjoy. The digitization work will be completed over three years. Visit collection.folkartmuseum.org/collections to see more and check back frequently as new items are being uploaded constantly. AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EDUCATION CENTER 2 LINCOLN SQUARE, (COLUMBUS AVENUE BETWEEN 47-29 32ND PLACE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 65TH AND 66TH STREETS), NEW YORK, NY 11101-2409 10023-6214 212. 595. 9533 | WWW.FOLKARTMUSEUM.ORG
[email protected] AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2017 WELCOME LETTER 2 Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice INTRODUCTION 3 Monty Blanchard DASHBOARD 4 EXHIBITIONS 6 LOANS 14 PUBLICATIONS 15 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 16 ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS 22 ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY 26 MUSEUM CAREER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 27 MEMBERS AND FRIENDS 28 FALL BENEFIT GALA 30 MUSEUM SHOP 31 NEW ACQUISITIONS 32 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 40 DONORS, FOLK ART CIRCLE, AND MEMBERS 42 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 45 STAFF 46 IN MEMORIAM 48 Left: Photo by Christine Wise. Copyright © 2018 by American Folk Art Museum, New York 1 Dear members and friends, FY 2017 was a banner year for the museum. The exhibitions received excellent reviews, major grants came in, and curators and publications received awards.