Fall/Winter 2016 Artviews

Huntsville Museum of Art FALL/WINTER 2016 ARTVIEWS

IN THIS ISSUE: What’s Up, Doc? Superheroes have landed! Media icons slated for Voices Series n & Get Y Seaso es ours ckag Tod Pick 3 Pa ay! able avail Museum Board of Directors Chairman: Richard Crunkleton Dear Museum Members, Vice Chairman: Walter (Tod) Dodgen Secretary: Charlie Bonner his summer has been memorable, both for the Treasurer: David Nast Tdiverse exhibitions and high profile programs we Dorothy Davidson Betsy Lowe presented at HMA, as well as the high temperatures Sarah Gessler Virgina Rice Joyce Griffin Herman Stubbs that never seemed to quit. With the presidential Patsy Haws John Wynn election in November, it has been a time of seismic Carole Jones flux in our nation’s social and political environment. Ex-Officio Members Collections Committee: Rosemary Lee What better haven to seek solace than to visit HMA Foundation Board President: Kerry Doran and surround oneself with the beauty of art offered in HMA Guild President: Kathi Tew the 13 galleries at the museum! Foundation Board President: Kerry Doran Carl Bernstein, the legendary journalist of All the Vice President: Blake Mitchell President’s Men fame, will open our Fall/Winter Voices of Our Times series with Secretary: Wendy Johnson John Allen Rosemary Lee The System Can Work: A Legendary Journalist Looks at America’s Government and Heather Baker Darren Malone Media from Watergate to the 21st Century. Speaking in Huntsville five days before Caroline Bentley Dabsey Maxwell the presidential election, I am sure there will be much discussion regarding the Vicki Edwards Todd McBride Patrick Fleming Samantha Nielson race to the White House. Stay tuned! Cara Greco Anne Pollard My friend Leigh Gallagher, Fortune Magazine Assistant Managing Editor, Laurie Heard Sharon Russell Gary Huckaby Cathy Scholl will be at the Museum for a talk and book signing on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Cindy Kamelchuk Dana Town Leigh is also co-chair of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit and speaks Parke Keith Lori Webber regularly at Fortune and other business, economics and thought leadership events. Emeritus: Betty Grisham Leigh is a seasoned business news commentator, appearing regularly on MSNBC’s Ex-Officio Members Collections Committee: Rosemary Lee Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, Face the Nation, CNBC’s Squawk Box and public HMA Guild President-Elect: Julie Andrzejewski radio’s Marketplace. Museum Board: Joyce Griffin and Herman Stubbs My parents purchased the family’s first television in 1969. From then on, Guild Officers President: Kathi Tew each Saturday morning, we got to watch an hour of cartoons. On October 16, President-elect: Julie Andrzejewski What’s Up, Doc will premier at HMA. The show explores the creative genius, Secretary: Kristen Bodeker influences and legacy of Looney Tunes animation director and artist Chuck Jones Corresponding Secretary: Kay Eastin Finance Chair: Stacey Goldmon through 23 animated films and more than 125 original sketches and drawings, Parliamentarian:Amy Henrich storyboards, production backgrounds, animation cels, and photographs. This Verronica Mitchell Staff Liaison: show will bring joy to a generation who grew up with these characters and to Museum Docents Docent Chair: Laurie Noojin others who will see that these cartoons were painstakingly hand-rendered, unlike Co-Chair: Jennifer Wu today’s computer-generated animated characters. Museum Staff As the holidays approach, break out the parkas and sharpen your skates Executive Director: Christopher J. Madkour for the Museum’s annual holiday tradition Skating in the Park. Our outdoor ice Executive Assistant: Verronica Mitchell Director of Curatorial Affairs: Peter J. Baldaia skating rink opens November 18 for six weeks and is brought to you by HMA’s Curator of Exhibitions and Collections: David Reyes Foundation Board, generous corporate and individual sponsors, and the City of Curatorial Assistant: Katherine Purves Director of Education/Museum Academy: Huntsville. Please join the festivities. Laura E. Smith In closing, the board, staff and I are honored Education Associate: Candace Bean Museum Academy Assistant: Amy Thomas to present the exhibition The Way We Were: Director of Communications: Stephanie Kelley, APR American Paintings from the Betsy and Peter Lowe Communications Associate: Wiley Belew Director of Development: Andrea Petroff Collection. You will see from examples in the Development Associate: Brianna Sieja Membership/Development Operations Associate: exhibition pages of this issue, a sampling of Anita Kimbrough their stunning collection of America’s bucolic Accountant: Wendy Worley Accounting Assistants: Tonya Alexander, landscapes and atmospheric seascapes. Betsy and Mary Chavosky Peter have been passionate collectors who are Facility and Event Manager: Lil Parton Facility Rental Assistants: Susan Dana, not only willing to share their fine art collection Hayden Herfurth with the public but are also generous donors in Interim Security Supervisor: Britney Burke Peter and Betsy Lowe Security Guards: Hudson Cornelius, John Crissone, their support of our fine institution. They lead by Jeanne Manley, Steve McCoy, Cyrus Smith, John example and for this, we all benefit. Thank you, Betsy and Peter, for all you do for Solari, Charlie Tolbert, Robert Walker Guest Services Linda Nagle, Wendy Campbell, so many. Emily Alcorn Christopher J. Madkour Museum Store: Rachel Stone Museum Store Coordinator: Janell Zesinger Executive Director Volunteers: Jerry Brown, Billie Muhl, Lynn Nelson, James Shelton, Mary Withington On the cover: Chuck Jones, Duck Amuck (1953). Courtesy of The Chuck Jones Center for Maintenance/Custodian: Rich Krumrie Creativity. Looney Tunes Characters © & TM Warner Bros.

Now through December 11, 2016 xperience the escapades of iconic superheroes in this pumped-up collection of art Ecreated by more than 50 international artists. My Hero! Contemporary Art & Superhero Action explores the imaginative ways those artists celebrate and re-envision the lives of our favorite superheroes. The exhibition includes painting, illustration, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and video. “For decades, artists have tapped the world of the superhero, eager to explore the alluring concept of what it means to have an avatar,” Carrie Lederer, curator of exhibitions for the Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts and organizer of the exhibit, said. “We’re captivated by miraculous, superhuman strength, startling bravery, the enthralling adventures, and even their weaknesses.”

Bedford Gallery is located in Walnut Creek, California.

Cheong-ah Hwang, Captain America, 2010, Mike Alcantara, Spider-Man, 2015, comic book collage, paper, 16 x 12 inches mixed media, 24 x 18 inches

Jenny Parks, The Catvengers, 2013, digital print, 12 x 18 inches

5 Film Still, What’s Opera, Doc? (1957). Film still courtesy Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Characters © & TM Warner Bros.

xplore the creative genius, “Chuck Jones is one Einfluences and legacy of of the enduring geniuses animation director and artist of American comedy, as Charles Martin “Chuck” accomplished in the art of Jones (1912-2002) at the animation as his hero Mark Huntsville Museum of Art Twain was in literature,” beginning October 16. What’s said David Schwartz, chief Up, Doc? The Animation Art curator of the Museum of of Chuck Jones, a Smithsonian the Moving Image, who traveling exhibition, features October 16, 2016-January 22, 2017 curated the exhibition 23 animated films and more with Barbara Miller, the than 125 original sketches and drawings, storyboards, production museum’s curator of the collection and exhibitions. “His work is backgrounds, animation cels, and photographs. The exhibition, marked by its ability to convey the distinctive personality of his which will be on view through January 22, 2017, is a partnership characters, his endless comic invention and his mastery of timing between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition and visual and verbal humor.” Service (SITES), The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Trained as a fine artist, Jones graduated from the Chouinard Sciences, the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, and the Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1931. By 1933, he was making Museum of the Moving Image. It’s traveling to museums around cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Studio. In a career that the country on a 13-city tour through 2019. spanned seven decades, he created more than 300 animated films Jones brought to life some of the most iconic cartoon and received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. characters in animation history. He perfected the wisecracking After leaving Warner Bros. in 1962, Jones continued to create Bugs Bunny and the exasperated Daffy Duck and created a host award-winning films, including collaborations with author of other characters, including Pepé Le Pew, Wile E. Coyote Theodore Geisel on the classic television specials Horton Hears a and the Road Runner. He brought an unparalleled talent for Who! and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas. comic invention and a flair for creating distinctive, memorable See page 30 for information about informative, What’s Up, characters to the art of film animation. Doc? programs to be held at the Museum. 6 Film still, Robin Hood Daffy Warner Bros. Looney Tunes (1958).Characters Film © still & TMcourtesy Warner Bros. Film still, One Froggy Evening courtesy Warner Bros. Looney (1953). Tunes Characters Film still © & TM Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Jones Center for Creativity. LooneyCourtesy Tunes of The Characters Chuck © & TM Warner Bros. Smithson Film still, For Scent-imental Reasons ian Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Characters. Film © still & TMcourtesy Warner Bros. What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Chuck Jones, portrait (c. 1990s). Courtesy of The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, and Museum is a partnership of the Moving between Image. the Smithsonian Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Film still, Photograph and drawings courtesy Chuck Jones Center for Creativity Beep Beep Bros. Looney Tunes Characters(1952). Film © still& TM courtesy Warner Warner Bros. Film stills courtesy Warner Bros.™ Character sketches, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi of The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity.(1975). Looney Courtesy Tunes Characters © & TM Warner Bros. 6 7 The Way We Were: American Paintings from the Betsy and Peter Lowe Collection October 30, 2016-February 5, 2017 oin us for the premier exhibition of exquisite paintings from a works of art. When he and Betsy travel, he added, he always Jprominent local collection, focused on early 20th-century oil wants to capture those special moments and memories with a paintings and watercolors in the American realist tradition. painting from that part of the world. The works in The Way We Were are on loan from the “I share Peter’s enthusiasm for collecting and feel equally as collection of long-time Museum patron Peter Lowe and his strong about supporting the Huntsville Museum of Art,” Betsy wife and Museum Board member Betsy Lowe. Featured in the Lowe said. “Having a first class, fine arts museum in Huntsville Chan Gallery will be approximately 30 landscapes, genre scenes, is so important to the quality of life we enjoy and to the future and portraits executed in the American Impressionist style growth of our city.” by critically-recognized artists of the period, including Emile Some of their favorite artists include Carl Peters, Anthony Gruppe, Jane Peterson, and Guy Wiggins. Thieme, Emile Gruppe, Walter Farndon, Hayley Lever, Louis During a recent interview, Peter Lowe stated, “It’s such Ritman, and Guy Wiggins. Peter particularly enjoys collecting an honor that the Museum is sharing our collection with its works by women artists such as Martha Walter, Rachael Hartley, members and area residents.” Paulette Van Roekens, and Helen Hamilton. Peter’s passion for collecting began more than 30 years ago The Museum will host a Members’ Preview Reception with his first acquisitions of McKenney and Hall Indian prints. Thursday, October 27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The collection has now increased to more than 200 Lead Sponsor

“…a true hidden treasure in Huntsville”–Peter J. Baldaia, Director of Curatorial Affairs

Peter Bela Mayer (1887-1992), Winter Afternoon, Vermont, oil on canvas, 30 x 33.5 in.

Emile Gruppe (1896-1978), Rockport Street, oil on canvas, 27 x 31 in. Lillian Burk Meeser (1864-1942), Wellfleet, Cape Cod, oil on canvas, 29 x 25 in.

8 Connections: Karen Graffeo/Jim Neel November 13, 2016-March 19, 2017

onnections: Karen CGraffeo/Jim Neel showcases two Birmingham artists whose work examines aspects of dislocation, inequality, and injustice in marginalized societies. It is the fourth installment of the new Connections exhibition series which focuses on contemporary artists whose work is linked by subject matter and sensibility. Graffeo’s documentary photographs present a compelling portrait of the inhabitants of Roma (Gypsy) refugee encampments, caravans, slums, and housing projects in Europe. Neel’s evocative Karen Graffeo, Bread, 2013, archival pigment print on exhibition fiber paper ceramic sculptures address the horrific effects of war on children through oversized and her ongoing documentary work with the Roma community. Her fragmented objects of childhood that appear to have been recent solo exhibition, Let Us Now Praise the Roma, has been extracted from a disaster zone. The work of both stems from presented both nationally and internationally with venues in immersive firsthand experiences in Europe and the Middle East Birmingham, Atlanta, New York, Paris, Belfast, and cities in and seeks to bring deeper awareness to important humanitarian Italy and Romania. issues largely ignored by the West. Neel’s sculpture, drawings and photography have appeared Creating multi-media, alternative process, and documentary in regional and national exhibitions including the New photography, as well as performance and installation art, Graffeo Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, the Montgomery Museum holds MFA and MA degrees from The University of Alabama of Fine Art, and the Alexandria Museum. As a freelance and is a professor of art at the University of Montevallo (UM). photojournalist, he covered the wars in Central America and life In 2005 she was appointed University Scholar at the UM for and death among the Serpent Handling Holiness of Southern Appalachia. Neel received his MFA from The University of Alabama and his BFA from Birmingham-Southern College. He is currently an associate professor of art at Birmingham-Southern. Neel also recently completed his second prestigious John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Residency, working exclusively on the new series that will be featured in Huntsville. Join Graffeo and Neel for a thought-provoking Gallery Walk on Sunday, November 13, at 2 p.m., and learn more about the fascinating connections in their works. The Huntsville Museum of Art Guild will host a reception following the program in the Richard and Jim Neel, Excavation, 2016, (work in progress), vitreous porcelain Roper Room. 9 Voices of Our Times Arts, Politics, Science, Life. Different Voices, Differing Views. This annual series brings people of note in the arts, academia, publishing and politics to the Huntsville Museum of Art for candid, in-depth discussions and presentations. An Evening with Carl Bernstein November 3, 2016 at 7 p.m. Talk, Book Signing and Reception • Members: $35 Nonmembers: $50 Few journalists in America’s history multi-media projects: a TV series about have had the impact on their era and Congress; a feature film with director their craft as Carl Bernstein. From All the Steven Soderbergh; and a memoir President’s Men to A Woman-In-Charge: about growing up at a Washington The Life of Hillary Clinton, Bernstein’s newspaper during the Kennedy era. books, reporting, and commentary He also appears regularly on MSNBC’s have revealed the inner-workings of Morning Joe, is a contributing editor government, politics, and the hidden of Vanity Fair, and has been an on-air stories of Washington and its leaders. political analyst for CNN. In the early 1970s, Bernstein and Bob Bernstein will address the increasing Woodward broke the Watergate story dysfunction of America’s government for The Washington Post, leading to the and its devolving political-media culture. resignation of President Richard Nixon. It Though his presentation is a hard-eyed set the standard for modern investigative analysis, it is accompanied by rapier wit reporting, for which they and The Post and constructive ideas. His presentation won the Pulitzer Prize. – as viewers of Morning Joe and other Author of five best-selling books, broadcasts can attest – is filled with both Bernstein is currently at work on several good humor and acute examination.

From Wall Street to Main Street: Sponsors An Evening with Leigh Gallagher (As of August 31, 2016) January 21, 2017 at 7 p.m. Series Sponsors: Talk, Book Signing and Reception • Members: $25 Nonmembers: $40

Leigh Gallagher is an Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune, where she writes and edits feature stories, helps steer the brand’s multi-platform editorial coverage, oversees Carl Bernstein Fortune’s “40 Under 40” rankings and serves as Support provided by: the host of Fortune Live. Kathleen and Philip Dotts She is also a co-chair of the Fortune Virginia and Parker Griffith Most Powerful Women Summit and speaks Shelbie King regularly at business, economics and thought Yolanda and Scott McLain leadership events. A seasoned business news Melanie and Rhett Murray commentator, she appears regularly on Lana and Joe Ritch MSNBC’s Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, Face Wendy Wilson and Curt Benzle al.com/Alabama Media Group the Nation, CNBC’s Squawk Box and public radio’s Marketplace. She is co-chair of the Leigh Gallagher Fortune-U.S. State Department Global Women Support provided by: Leaders Mentoring Partnership and a member Linda and Rob Akenhead of the Council on Foreign Relations. Joyce Griffin With the release of her provocative book Virginia and Parker Griffith The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Shelbie King Dream is Moving, she began a nationwide Sasha and Charlie Sealy conversation on the future of how and where Allen and Tom Young we live. She is now at work on her next book al.com/Alabama Media Group about the rise of the ground-breaking and disruptive sharing-economy company Airbnb. Before joining Fortune in 2007, Gallagher was a senior editor at SmartMoney and a writer for Forbes. Originally from Media, Pennsylvania, A Cornell graduate, she now resides in New York.

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10. 11. Sponsor Cocktail Party at the Home Luncheon with Bunny Williams of Patsy and Frank Haws June 9, 2016 June 8, 2016 7. Bunny Williams speaks to a sold-out crowd! 1. Xan Curran, Randy Roper 8. Melissa Dodgen, Amy Harbarger, Charlotte Wessel, Cathy Scholl, 2. Judy and Jim Link Wendy Tucker 3. Dr. Charles Warren, Dr. Frank Haws, Steuart Evans 9. Mary Margaret Johnson, ASID, and Bunny Williams 4. Jean Wessel Templeton, Bunny Williams, Patsy Haws 10. Bunny Williams signs her recent book, On Garden Style. 5. Bunny Williams, Mayor Tommy Battle 11. Luncheon Committee: Anne Pollard, Sarah Gessler, Xan Curran, 6. Bunny Williams, Shirley McCrary Bunny Williams, Christopher J. Madkour, Patsy Haws, Shelbie King. Not pictured: Leslie Crosby, chair, Betsy Lowe

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Sponsor Dinner and Members’ Preview Event for An American Romantic: The Art of Luigi Lucioni and Homeland: Photographs by Barry M. Goldwater July 9, 2016 1. Former Goldwater Girl Jean Wessel Templeton and Barry Goldwater Jr. 2. Alison Goldwater, Barry Goldwater Jr., Jean Wessel Templeton, Mark Madkour, Joanne Goldwater, Christopher Madkour, Linda Smith 3. Cynthia and Rey Almodovar 4. Chris Kern, Heather Baker, Barry Goldwater Jr., Joanne Goldwater, Mayor Tommy Battle 5. Doug and Kathleen Mariboe, Joyce Griffin, Dana and Jay Town 6. Bill Stender, Bob Baron, Barry Goldwater Jr. 7. Ellen Chorba, Phylis Baron 8. Barry Goldwater Jr., Betsy and Peter Lowe 9. 9. Barry Goldwater Jr., Ruth and Allen Yates, Joanne Goldwater

12 Internationally-renowned glass artist returns to unveil new glass and metal chandelier in honor of the Guild.

1. 2. 3. Chandelier Unveiling and Reception July 14, 2016 1. Peter Baldaia, Ginny Ruffner, Kathi Tew 2. Sally Ann Culver, Sally Barnett 3. Middie Thompson, Bhavani Kakani 4. Jim and Cheryl Matthews, Marie and Joe Newberry 5. Past Guild presidents, Peter Baldaia, Ginny Ruffner, Christopher Madkour, and Chamber representatives cut the 4. 5. ribbon! n July 14, the Huntsville Museum of major fundraiser, Leaves of Glass, was monies, beyond its annual contribution to OArt Guild celebrated a special event held by the Guild to commemorate the Museum, to commission a chandelier with 24 past Guild presidents, Museum its 50th anniversary. The fundraiser, to be designed and fabricated and staff, Board of Directors, Chamber comprised of three events, was held in permanently installed in the Museum. of Commerce and HudsonAlpha conjunction with an exhibition featuring Nearly two years after the exhibition of representatives, as well as friends and works by the internationally-renowned Ruffner’s works, the Guild realized its goal. family members. They, along with glass artist Ruffner. Works from her ongoing This chandelier will be enjoyed by artist Ginny Ruffner, unveiled a new Aesthetic Engineering series, which drew Museum visitors for years to come and will glass and metal sculpted chandelier, its inspiration from recent breakthroughs commemorate the tremendous impact the commissioned by the Guild and created in genetics and bioengineering and Guild has had through its role in founding by Ruffner, in the Richard and Roper the possibilities of future gene sharing, the Museum and supporting it financially. Room. The stunning, original chandelier were featured in multiple galleries. Like Since 1975, the Guild has raised was partially gifted by Ruffner herself, Ruffner, who survived a near-fatal car more than $2.5 million in support of the based on her special regard for Huntsville accident, the series defied possibilities Museum and its programs. and the wonderful relationship the Guild and offered a fascinating glimpse into the Through the years, the Guild’s and Museum have established with her imaginative thinking of one of the most purpose has remained constant: to over the years. creative contemporary artists. promote awareness, appreciation and You might wonder what led to Through these fundraising events, knowledge of the visual arts, which they this incredible commission. In 2014, a the Guild intended to raise additional have definitely achieved. 13 1. 2. Opening Exhibition Events Gallery Walk with Encounters Artist Dustin Farnsworth June 26, 2016 1. Dustin Farnsworth credits his parents with providing a creative foundation for his art. 2. Farnsworth shares his inspiration behind XLIII, a favorite with the crowd. 3. Farnsworth explains how he carves all of the faces from solid blocks of wood. 4. Visitors examine the work titled styx/ 3. 4. vodun, made of poplar and polychrome.

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Preview Reception for Over the Top: American Posters from World War I July 23, 2016 1. Guests preview posters from the Norman Rockwell Museum. 2. Jon and Milton Randel, Stuart Obermann 3. Woodwind Quintet Band of the U.S. AMC Band 4. Sally and Jerry Courtney, Daiven and Ginger Harper, David Bier 4. 5. 5. Virgil and Gerry Schaffer

14 the science of archimedes 300 years of science and discovery world premiere See the world-premiere of “The Science of Archimedes” exhibition, open now at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Using computer-modeled animations, interactive machines and an activity station for ages 3 to 14, this Italian exhibit takes guests on a journey through history and science with a look at the machines of the ancient world. While the concepts of Archimedes are centuries old, many of these ancient technologies have been adapted for use today. “The Science of Archimedes” is open now through the holidays.

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October 7, 2016 October 28, 2016 November 18, 2016 January 20, 2017 ARIEL QUARTET PHILADELPHIA BRASS ANDERSON & ROE PIANO DUO NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA of UKRAINE

Huntsville Chamber Music Guild February 10, 2017 2016-2017 Season ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, piano PAUL NEUBAUER, viola SUSANNA PHILLIPS, soprano

For season subscriptions, individual tickets, and more information please contact: www.hcmg.us | 256-489-7415 | [email protected] HCMG Concerts are held at: Trinity Methodist Church, 607 Airport Road, Huntsville March 25, 2017 HCMG is supported in part by grants from: The Alabama State Council on the Arts, Huntsville Arts & Cultural ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS with April 28, 2017 Grant Program, The Jane K. Lowe Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts INON BARNATAN, pianist QUATUOR DANEL

15 The Gala Committee and the Huntsville Museum are proud to present India Hicks Tuesday, February 28, 2017 he 26th Annual Gala decided to take a different, and TCommittee and the far more personal, route and Huntsville Museum of Art are launched her own brand. thrilled to welcome India Hicks, With the help of two strong former Ralph Lauren model, business-minded partners, author, and co-founder of India India Hicks, Inc. was created. Hicks, Inc., as the Gala luncheon Rather than being sold through speaker Tuesday, February 28. traditional outlets, these Born in London, England, Hicks collections are sold through comes from both British and networks of entrepreneurial design royalty. Her father was women, creating a more famed interior decorator David meaningful shopping experience. Hicks, and her mother is Lady “I didn’t want my product Pamela Hicks, daughter to the sitting cold on the shelves of a Earl and Countess Mountbatten Bergdorf Goodman,” she said. of Burma. Currently, Hicks resides on After graduating from the New England School of a small island in the Bahamas, with her partner and their five Photography, Hicks moved to New York, where she was hired by children. Here, she has documented her multidimensional, Ralph Lauren for her first modeling job. This led to a career on unpredictable life through social media, her three lifestyle books: the other side of the camera throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Island Life, Island Beauty, and Island Style, and her website, Later, India partnered with others to design collections of indiahicks.com. bath and beauty products, bedding, and jewelry. However, after Watch our website, hsvmuseum.org, for information about years of creating these collections for traditional retail, Hicks luncheon ticket prices and when you can buy your tickets! India Hick products will be available for purchase.

16 16 Fall into Art! Registration is underway for fall classes! he Academy offers a wide Tselection of classes in two classrooms on the Plaza Level of the Museum overlooking Big Spring Park. Pre-registration is required, and all materials are provided for the children’s classes. Following are just some of the creative and educational classes being offered late September through November. Space is limited, so register online or call today. Preschool Classes Budding Artists Clay Play Painting Pals MUSEUM ACADEMY Grades K-8 Drawing: From Comics to Creatures Easel Painting Clayworks, 2D-3D: Building, Constructing & Inventing Cartooning Parent and Child Saturday Classes Animals in Art! (Ages 3-5) What’s Up with Animation? (Ages 5 & Up) Art for Homeschooled Students (Ages 5-8 and Ages 9-13) Mixed Media: Art through the Ages High School and Adult Classes Acrylics Linocuts: What a Relief! Fabulous Foliage in Acrylic & Oil Ceramics Dare to DRAW Gesture Drawing Ceramics: Wheel Throwing Acrylics: Paint with Color Exploring the Portrait in Oil Stained Glass Ornaments

Contact Museum Academy Assistant Amy Thomas at [email protected] for a copy of the schedule. Read instructors’ bios and register online at hsvmuseum.org.

Photo Release: Please note the Museum may take photographs of its programs and events for use in publicity materials. Please notify the photographer if you prefer not to have your picture and/or your child’s picture taken during a class.

18 MASTER ARTIST WORKSHOPS

Learn from a Master Artist! Don’t miss the unique opportunity to get one-on-one instruction from a nationally-recognized, master artist. For more details or to register, visit hsvmuseum.org/museumacademy and click Master Artist Workshops, or contact Director of Education/Museum Academy Laura E. Smith at 256-535-4350 ext. 222. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain PART II with Brian Bomeisler Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Monday-Friday, October 3-7 Follow-on Drawing Class 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with Brian Bomeisler Saturday-Sunday, October 8-9 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Watercolor Portraits Challenging Collage with Ted Nuttall with Jean Hess Monday-Friday, November 7-11 Friday-Saturday, February 3-4, 2017 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Maybe Amelia, watercolor ©2014 Ted Nuttall Thread Chart 11, mixed media ©2015 Jean Hess Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Skill Level: All Fee: $675 members/$700 nonmembers Fee: $275 members/$300 nonmembers More Master Artist Workshops in 2017 Kathy Durdin (March 16-19); Qiang Huang (March 23-25); Mel Stabin (April 3-7); and Michael Story (August 24-26) 18 Check our website for additional workshops! 19 Drop-in & CREATE Saturdays Who: Appropriate for the entire family! What: A hands-on art activity (no reservations necessary) When: One Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries Cost: FREE admission for parents/guardians and children September 17: FABULOUS Fall Trees Learn about the artwork in the exhibition An American Romantic: The Art of Luigi Lucioni. Then produce your own fall tree with falling EDUCATION leaves using art tissue papers and more. October 29: Superhero City Explore the exhibition My Hero! Contemporary Art & Superhero Action, and then craft your own superhero scene with a Popsicle stick! November 19: Fantastic Flip Books See your favorite Looney Tunes characters in What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones. Experiment with animation by drawing your own flipbook, and watch your picture come alive. January 14: Pop-Art Pizzas! Explore the Pop Art in our gallery A Walk Through Time. Then make a deliciously-themed collage using different shapes and colors.

DROP-IN & CREATE PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY

Joyce Griffin ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Huntsville Museum of Art Guild

Join us for Artsy Tots! (And be sure to dress for mess.) Designed for children ages 2 to 3, each Artsy Tots class will introduce toddlers to art and the Museum through age-appropriate, short stories, gallery play activities, and an art activity. The program helps with color recognition, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and more! Classes are held one Friday a month from 11-11:45 a.m. and 1-1:45 p.m. Class size is limited to 16. One adult chaperone is required for every two children. Pre-registration is required. Register online under Events at hsvmuseum.org, or email [email protected] or call 256-535-4350 ext. 223. Artsy Tots Dates: October 28: Teddy Bears BIG and Small – Collage Making Bring your favorite teddy bear! November 18: Storytelling with Stamps! Beginning in October, a minimal class fee of $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers (up to 2 adults/2 children) will be charged. Fees are non-refundable. However, registration is transferable to another session.

20 Discover what you and your students can learn at the Museum! On Thursday, October 20, join us from 4 to 6 p.m. for an Evening for Educators. This FREE event is an opportunity for you…teachers, school administrators and community educators…to see what the Museum can offer your students. We have exciting learning opportunities you won’t find anywhere else! • Explore our newest exhibition What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones • Explore our Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries, including ART LAB and A Walk Through Time • Learn more about the art on view from docents • Watch artist demonstrations • Receive resources for your classroom • Earn teacher in-service credit • Network with other educators while you enjoy light refreshments! Contact Amy Thomas, Museum Academy Assistant, with questions or to RSVP at [email protected] or 256-535-4350 ext. 215. Hosted by the Huntsville Museum of Art Education Committee Calling All Girl Scouts! Girl Scout Art Museum Day set for November 5 On Saturday, November 5, Girl Scouts can earn art badges 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Session I: Daisies, Brownies and Juniors and patches by participating in hands-on activities at the 1-3 p.m. Session II: Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes Huntsville Museum of Art. Each two-hour session includes a docent-led tour and an Fees: $16 per Girl Scout (includes Badge or Patch) animal-themed, mixed media art activity. Girl Scouts will learn and $16 per Girl Scout Troop Leader/ about the four elements of art, while they develop their own Assistant (adult) artistic vision. Participants will also tour the exhibition What’s Questions? Contact Director of Education/Museum Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones. All materials are Academy Laura E. Smith at 256-535-4350 ext. 222 or download provided. a registration form at hsvmuseum.org/museumacademy and Pre-registration is required by October 27, and space is choose Scout Art Programs. limited. Sessions are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

20 21 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS May-July 2016

Artists’ Circle: $1,500 Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Hassler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Les Miller Mrs. Joyce Griffin Dr. and Mrs. Willard M. Holmes Susan Ming Mary Beth and Terry Koelbl Dr. Everett C. Mosley Dr. and Mrs. R. Parker Griffith Carol and Michael Mougey Mr. and Mrs. George L. McCrary, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Laney, Jr. Laura and Henry Lemley Mr. and Mrs. Dean L. O’Farrell Dr. and Mrs. Rhett B. Murray Mr. and Mrs. William T. O’Meara Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lewis Ms. Bonnie C. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Randall A. Schrimsher Mr. and Mrs. John R. Miller Mr. William H. Stender, Jr. Miriam Pullins Susan Ozment Tabby and Ward Ragland Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Stephenson Dr. and Mrs. John Panico Frances and David Robb Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Uher Trace Parish and Richard Reed Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Robinson Mr. Alexander Plavnik Sharon and Wade Russell Benefactor Level: $1,200 Janet and Marc Salverson Pat Kyser Dorcas Harris and Dick Reeves Mrs. John Regner Debbie and Harold Schoepflin Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Noojin Julia and Nick Roth Mr. and Mrs. William E. Shinn Elizabeth Simmons and Joseph W. Cremin Kathy and Don Sieja Patron Level: $600 Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Simmons Dr. and Mrs. Robert Akenhead Patricia C. Smith Linda B. Steed Dr. and Mrs. James A. Reynolds Liz and Bob Stagg Elise and Brent Taylor Rhonda and Michael Ridner Mary Ann and Edwin Stasiak Deborah and Howard Taylor Franca and Joe Rutter Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Strickland LouAnn and Grant Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Setlow Ann Upchurch Jeanette and Arthur Tokaz Laura and Johnnie Vann Dr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Watson Sponsor Level: $300 Dr. and Mrs. T. Benton Washburn Dr. Douglas J. Wester Jr. Cris and Bruce Berry Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Young Kay and Don Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Harold Boling Kennie and Len Worlund Dana and Mark Brown Contributor: $100 Brenda and Steve Wynn Claudia and Jim Davis Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Averbuch Wendy Yang and Richard Myers Mr. and Mrs. Earl I. Eastin Beth and Randy Bailey Regina and John Zierdt Shelly and Danny Harris Col. (Ret) Douglas R. Baker Family: $75 Dr. and Mrs. John T. Hartley Dr. and Mrs. C. David Billings Sarah Abney Judith and James Blanche Dr. and Mrs. John D. Johnson Jr. Mary Jim and Keith Ailor Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Bragg Kristen and Joseph Alexander Mary Lou and Patrick Keyes Merv and Carmie Budge Mr. and Mrs. Gary Anderson & Family Judy Liaw Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Chesser Joann and Gary Andrew LTG and Mrs. James M. Link Dr. and Mrs. Hoyt ‘Tres’ A. Childs III Mrs. Morris Aria Dr. and Mrs. Philip Maddox Mrs. Garth R. Churchill Joy and Edward Babcock Marie and Joe Newberry Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Clayton Dr. and Mrs. James K. Baird Loretta Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Cobb Laura and Adam Bernick Mike Stanfield Mary Conner Tonia and Kevin Betts Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Strickland Carla Confer and William McCauley Kathleen and Jack Bice Mr. and Mrs. John Wessel Virginia H. Cook Mr. and Mrs. James Blacklock Genevieve Cooke Kristen and Dan Bodeker Mr. and Mrs. Sidney R. White Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Craig Amy and Marcus Brock Corporate: $250 Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Curtis Diane and Jeffrey Brown Mr. and Mrs. John R. Wynn Danielle Damson Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bryant Melissa and Tod Dodgen Mr. Edward Buckbee Patricia and James Zeigler Ms. Theresa J. Evans Mr. and Mrs. David Byers Friend Level: $175 Dolores and Warren Everett Gwen and Frank Camaratta Mr. and Mrs. Leon Allen Angela Fabrizi and Frank G. Atkins Stephanie and Derrick Cho Mrs. Alice Gardner Carol and Edmund Cholewa Betty and John Battcher Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Gleghorn Beth and Joe Clark Mr. and Mrs. Tom Berg Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Graves, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Clark Bennie and Corlis Berry Mr. and Mrs. Gary Griner Alice and Ron Clements Mrs. Hall Bryant, Jr. Fran and Ben Hollis Mr. and Mrs. John Cline Liz and Dave Butler Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy K. Hon Nancy and Ernest Colin Ms. Gloria Carr Cynthia Hudson and Alex Ragland Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Covell Ellen Chorba Mr. and Mrs. Rein Ise Marie Cox Glenda Collins and Dennis Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kettle Elizabeth and Jonathan Cunha Mr. and Mrs. Jerold Deener Melissa McGrath and James Kinnally Penny Davis Dianne Debter Ms. Ivy Downs and Mr. A.J. Albert Mr. and Mrs. William J. Klus Amy and John LaFrentz Donna Donnelly Wilma Frazier Ms. Ruth O. Lee Mrs. James Downey Cynthia and Gregg Geis Nicole and Jada Leo Sharon and Joseph Dunkin Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Grosser Randolph Lufriu Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunn Stephanie and George Hanna Eileen Martin Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Dykes Ms. Meredith Hardwick Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie McCormick Dr. Charles F. Edgar & Family 22 Mr. John Faulds Jr. Karen Napier and Preston McGill Gail Bergeron and Christopher Otto Ann and Stan Fee Martha and Paul Nelson David Berkowitz Wanda Ferguson Paula and John Newquist Paulette and Ed Bernstein Dr. and Mrs. K. Todd Foreman Laurie and Patrick O’Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Bethea Mr. and Mrs. Jay Foster Laura Ohm Marge and Ron Bledsoe Dr. Paul Fry Charlotte M. Park Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Boles Dr. and Mrs. David Furman Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Peters Rosalyn and Jerry Bong Rebecca and Barry Gangi Shani Petroff Mary Jo Brazelton and Lauren Brazelton Justice Mark Gann Sue and John Phillip Mr. and Mrs. Ted Briggs Bonnie and Mel Geiger Janice and Don Phillips Mark Brubaker and Robert Potter Katharine and Donald Gillies Randall Phillips Maureen and Robert Burruss Chadwick Gipson Mr. and Mrs. Martin Pols Sophia Burwell Susan and Eric Goldby Mimi and Tom Potthoff Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Carter Stacey and Marc Goldmon Gayle Power Mary and Lawrence Casey Nancy and Lewis Graham Kathy and Amanda Prince Marylee and Bill Cassels Holly and Ignacio Guerrero Kathy and Quimby Rains Marion and John Conover Delores F. Hall Mary Anne Razook Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cooper The Honorable Karen Hall Leslie and Matt Reeves Brenda and Bill Courtney Teresa and Matt Hancock Sandy Reeves Lanita and Terry Cusack Jeannette and Wayne Harmon Gisela and Carl Rieger Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cushman Janet and Kevin Heard Col. (Ret) William and Julia Roberts Jan Davis and Dick Richardson Linda and Sam Henderson Diane and Larry Robey Kay and Joanna Davis Melody and Fred Herrmann Mr. and Mrs. Jim H. Robinson Doris Dean and Jennifer Burnell Bonnie and Steve Hettinger Dr. and Mrs. James H. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Tom DeLong Andi and Steve Hill Nona and Steven Rogers April Wheeler and Timothy Dempsey Laura Hitchcock and Jack Shelnutt Dr. Catherine C. Saenger Jaina and Conan Dickson Laura and David Hodge Emily and Padro Santahiz William Dietz Mr. and Mrs. John Holladay Megan Sawarynski Mr. and Mrs. John Dollison Tonya and Doug Homan Becky and James Schaaf Col. (Ret) and Mrs. Frederick Driesbach David Howse & Family Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Seeley Mr. and Mrs. Merphis C. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Gary Huckaby Mr. and Mrs. Tazewell T. Shepard, III Elaine and Lee Eyer Dr. and Mrs. Tracy Hudson Anya and Elliott Sievers Shari Feth and Anne Croell Betty and James Jarrell Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Smith Elmer Field Lewis Johnson Mrs. Lynn Sparks-Lewis Vita E. French and Ashley Charires Mr. and Mrs. John Kammerud Mark Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fulda Andrea and Robert Karwoski Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spera Kenneth Gamble and M.M. Tweedy Matt Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stevenson Judy and Fred Gilmore Kathryn and Joseph Kervin Christine and Doug Stoffer Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gniadek Marta and Butch Kinzer Russell and Emily Stone Mr. and Mrs. William Goldberg Linda and George Knapp, Jr. Col. (Ret) and Mrs. Don M. Stotser Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Goyer Alice and Frederick Lanier Caroline Swope and David Waring Patsy and Paul Gray Olga and Michael Lavan Shelley and Tom Szoka Sharon and Dennis Griffin Holly and David Lawson Ellen and Bill Taylor Mr. Phillip Grimm Dr. and Mrs. Troy Layton Dr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Tietke Ms. Judy Guerry and Ms. Charlotte Shea David Leonard Ann and Ken Tippie Natha and Scott Hancock Lynn Sparks-Lewis and Carroll R. Lewis Jonathan Trimble Nancy and Juergen Haukohl Elna and John Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Tumminello Mary Ena and Warne Heath Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Lewter Mrs. Peggy Turney Mr. and Mrs. Mark Henry Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Lienau Dr. and Mrs. Shannon Turney Sue and Travis Hensley Dr. and Mrs. J. Wayne Littles Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Vaughan, Jr. Jose Hidalgo Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lockwood Mr. and Mrs. Otha H. Vaughan, Jr. P. Hill and M. Szecholda John Rand Lowry Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Vedane Keren and Howard Hilliard Audra and Shane Lucker Ashley and Cole Walker Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Holder Caitlin Lyon and Shawn Webster John Warr Basye and Ralph Holland-Shuey Shelley Massey & Family Leah and Will Watson Mr. and Mrs. Tom Houser Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews Carol and John Watts Sandy and Bob Hovde Lecia Maurer Donna and Paul Webb Dr. and Mrs. William L. Ingram Carmen Maynard J. Chris Wesley and Patrick Robbins Susan and Paul Irwin Kathy and Ed McCool Martha Whitener Mrs. Mary Jeffries Regina McDaniel Marcie and Bruce Wingo Marijane and Gary Jerauld Anne and David McKinley Marilyn Woodward Mrs. Mark Johannes Col. (Ret) and Mrs. Arthur Meier Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Wright, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Ira Merritt Debra Wymer and Larry Fulton Janice and Michael Johnson Edwin Miller Dual: $65 Mr. and Mrs. William T. King Robin and Lyle Minton Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Agnew Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kiss Sylvia and Ray Mitchell Virginia and B. Jeffrey Anderson Ms. Tamra L. Kite and Denise and John Mullaney Ruth and Michael Bentley Dr. Martin B. Richardson

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Penne J. Laubenthal and Randy Stone Individual: $50 Pete George Amy McBroom Richard Leiby Peter Barber Dr. Virginia Gilbert Holly McCarty Mr. and Mrs. Peter Levy Mrs. Edwin T. Bates Julie Goodridge Robert E. McNeill Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis David Beddingfield Nancy Griffith Anita Miller Billie Jo and William McCary Ms. Beth Biez Mrs. Beth Griggs Martha B. Moffet Mrs. Eugenia McCoy Xia E. Blanche Judy Grumbles Sunchai Moore Wanda and Melvin Mclemore Tami Blockel Mrs. Peggy Gunter Judy Newman Faye and Bill McPeak George Bobula Robert Hackenfort Mr. Hugh Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Miller Nancy Bradford Dr. Elizabeth M. Hall Hermine Olsen Glenda and Steve Moeller Lois Brown Ms. Harvilee P. Harbarger Mr. David Parrish Mr. and Mrs. Charles Money Paula Bruce Sandra Hardt Terese Penix Diana C. Moore Dolores Burns Jackie Heard M. Beth Powel Betty and Randy Moore Mr. James Burnum Ms. Kay Heckman Kate Puhl Mr. and Mrs. Morawe Jared Cassidy Stacy Hedden Dr. Martha Campbell Pullen Patricia and George Morefield Cynthia Cifuentes Teresa Herring Ms. Karen Reed James Richey Ann and Rod Myers Debbie Clark Marianne Hill Sandy Riebeling Linda and Jay Newkirk Mr. William D. Clarke Sharon Hudson Anne Robinson Samantha and Matthew Nielson Mary Nell Clem Janet Hunt Ms. Ruth F. Rothe Brian O’Connor Ms. Dorothy Coombe Mrs. Vernon Hutchens JoAnn and Bobby Owen Evelyn M. Sabino Cynthia Copeland Mrs. William Inglis Emily Saile Mr. and Mrs. James L. Parker Jodi Crockett Belinda Ivy Barbara Paul and Tom Hickerson Theresa Scholz Mrs. Margaret Belle M. Crow Margaret Jacobs Immgard Schultz Tina and Keegan Peterzell Waldemar Cuevas Charlotte James Jan Popp and Jill Slinkard Sue Seward Shirley Cunningham Joyce Jensen Marianne Shipman Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Potter Carol Davis Martha Joffrion Mary and Jim Powers Yvonne Simms John Davis Rebecca Harbor Jones Mrs. Deborah Sketo Betty and Ed Pugh Lauryn Davis Kay Magnant Interiors, Bran Skipper Linda and Keith Putnam Nancy N. Davis Catherine Magnant Lora Smith Joann Putney and Vince Smith Warner Davis Mrs. Edna Kendall Mrs. Ernst Stuhlinger Patricia and Robert Quigley Ms. Jimmie Dawkins Wendell Kestle Leah Suto King Quillen Ms. Karen Ann Dekko Linda K. Kidd Ruth M. Swan Kathryn Reinhart Samuel A. Denham Mr. Michael Kirkpatrick Dianne C. Tallent Kathy Ressler and Jacqueline Gorzynski Gerrldene DeSanctis Lawrence Kos Lucille K. Thrasher Sammie and Jim Robinson Terri Donley Jean W. Lake Mrs. Betty B. Thurstone Joanne and Les Sanders Mrs. Lynda Doud LTC Lynda R. Lamitie Donna Torrance Lee and Roy Saylors Margaret Denise Duncan Betty J. Langston Ann Walker Pat and Roger Schwerman Ms. Lea Ellison Sandra Laube Nancy D. Weaver Christine and Theodore Sendak Karen Elmore Henry P. Lay Claudette Webb Melody and Randy Sexton Constance F. Evans Anne W. Lee Mrs. Paul Webb Claudia and Robert Shar Allison Exby Donna Leonard Katrina Weber Linda and William Shaw Ben Ferrill Beckie Lester Lee S. Weed Joe Shelley and Shelia McFerran Ms. Kay Lindsey Mrs. James Whitten Lainie and Harry Simmons Janice Fowler Ms. Lila Pryor Frank Athena Little Nancy Williams Diane S. Skinner and Reginald C. Skinner Mrs. W. C. Willoughby Dr. and Mrs. David John Skipper Mrs. Shirley A. Fugit Susan Livingston Alexis and Jeffrey Smith Mary Y. Garber Megan Lockwood Student: $30 Seokyung and Mark Smith Charles Garner Mr. Gordon Maples Angel Holloway Linda and Ken Sproul Tammy Garrison Patti Marsh Mary Smithson Joyce and Vernon Stallcup Delilah and John Steen Sandra and Robert Stewart Looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon? Kathy and James Straub Take a docent-led, public tour! Brenda and Charlie Stroud Meet in the main lobby on the following Sundays at 2 p.m.: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Taylor Christa and Jimmy Temple September 25 Dr. and Mrs. Alan L. Vines Cindy and Glen Wagner An American Romantic: The Art of Luigi Lucioni Dr. and Mrs. Henry B. Waites October 2 Barbara J. and Robert C. Ward Mrs. Virginia Warvi Over the Top: American Posters from World War I Jo and Bruce Weddendorf October 30 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Whitmore Encounters: Dustin Farnsworth Mary and David Williams Janis and Bruce Williams December 11 Jennifer Wu-Sanders My Hero! Contemporary Art & Superhero Action J. Wm. Zuercher

24 TRIBUTES May-July 2016

Memorials In Memory of Carla Miller King In Memory of Jean Sparks Adalene Hay Bledsoe In Memory of Linda Berry Mr. and Mrs. John D. Blue Katherine and J.R. Brooks Rose Alexander and Tonya Alexander Anne and Ronnie Boles Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Gessler, Jr. Jane and Butch Chaffin Nancy Bradford Susan and Howard Green Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Crunkleton Mrs. Robbie Burlison Gail Coleman Dr. Benjamin King Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Gessler, Jr. Laila and Richard Eckels Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Grosser Mr. and Mrs. Steuart A. Evans Dr. and Mrs. Don A. Maccubbin Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Haws Mr. and Mrs. Mike Fann Mr. and Mrs. Lee Prout Stephanie and Steven Kelley Jenn and Kevin Garbee Randy Roper and Ken Rivenbark Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kettle Amanda and Nick Goetze In Memory of Anne Speake Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kowallik Dr. and Mrs. Edward Green Mr. and Mrs. George Neal Dr. and Mrs. Don A. Maccubbin Dr. and Mrs. John T. Hartley In Memory of Robert Thrasher Christopher Madkour Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Haws Christine Kinnear Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Noojin Judy and John Heacock Suzanne O’Conner Diane and Gary Hudson Honoraria Randy Roper and Ken Rivenbark Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt In Honor of Virginia Thacker Scarlett Scholte and Jeffery Beckley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kettle Dr. Everett C. Mosley Nannette and Gary Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. J. Robert Lancaster In Honor of Christopher Madkour Ina and Garrett Smith Mr. and Mrs. George McCrary, Jr. Beverly and Richard Fonner Ms. Laura E. Smith Dr. and Mrs. James McMurray Noelle Smith Linda Jean Suarez and Richard J. Twardzik Memphis College of Art Mr. and Mrs. Jay Town Deborah and Howard Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Dean L. O’Farrell In Honor of Lil Parton Kathi and Norm Tew Sidney and Norman Pease Vicki and Richard Kretzschmar Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson Progress Bank In Honor of Virgil and Gerry Schaffer Mrs. Dorothy Ward Wynn and Stanley Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Boyer In Memory of Bob Binkley Dr. and Mrs. William H. Sullins Mrs. Robbie Burlison Dr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Tietke In-Kind Support Mr. and Mrs. Steuart A. Evans UrbanArt Commission Board and Staff Dr. and Mrs. Peter S.K. Yu Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Gessler, Jr. May-July 2016 In Memory of David Middleton Christopher Madkour Dr. and Mrs. Don A. Maccubbin Altherr Howard Design Dr. and Mrs. R. Charles Morley, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Ward BBD Graphics Jane Troup In Memory of Dr. Stanley Louis Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Doran Kay and Don Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Grosser Grafton Village Cheese, Vermont In Memory of Alan Dreher Dr. and Mrs. Don A. Maccubbin Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Haws Joan S. Warren Christopher Madkour Hildene: The Lincoln Family Home, Vermont In Memory of M.M. Garcia Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Noojin Kudzu Produtions Linda Jean Suarez and Richard J. Twardzik Scarlett Scholte and Jeffery Beckley Christopher Madkour In Memory of John A. Jurenko Nannette and Gary Schwartz Mother Myrick’s Confectionery, Vermont Ruth Jurenko Linda Jean Suarez and Richard J. Twardzik Taco Mama Huntsville Deborah and Howard Taylor Patricia and James Zeigler HMA Foundation Board

Front row (l. to r.): Dana Town, Julie Andrzejewski, Secretary Wendy Johnson, President Kerry Doran, Dabsey Maxwell; second row (l. to r.): Joyce Griffin, Laurie Heard, Vice President Blake Mitchell, Cara Greco, Parke Keith; third row (l. to r.): Gary Huckaby, Samantha Nielson, Todd McBride; fourth row (l. to r.): Cathy Scholl, Patrick Fleming, Darren Malone, Sharon Russell, John Allen, and Foundation Director Andrea Petroff. Not pictured: Heather Baker, Caroline Bentley, Vicki Edwards, Cindy Kamelchuk, Rosemary Lee, Anne Pollard, Lori Webber, and Herman Stubbs.

24 25 ANNUAL GIVING May-July 2016

$5,000-$9,999 Sharon Robison Hill Dr. and Mrs. Peter C. Booher Jean and Jerre Penney Ruth Jurenko Kay A. Burrell Lekisha Laster Mr. and Mrs. David Byers $1,000-$4,999 Darlene and John McMullan Carol and Edmund Cholewa Beth and Robert Altenkirch Dr. and Mrs. James McMurray Paula and Dean Clark Pat Kyser Patricia and Alan Moore Gladys R. Comus Dr. and Mrs. Brian Scholl Sunchai Moore Danny L. Wiginton Louis and Barbara Desser Mr. and Mrs. George Neal Jennifer and Frank Drake $100-$499 Dr. and Mrs. James A. Reynolds Dawn Gooch Hall Anonymous Anne Robinson Nicole and Tim Harper Dr. and Mrs. James A. Baird Dr. Catherine C. Saenger Sally and Bob Hershberger Karen Bandera Mr. and Mrs. Ben A. Small Kathryn M. Jackson Charlie and Wayne Bonner Lee Anne and George Smith Mrs. Lane D. Mickle Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Boyer Luther G. Stanfield Margaret R. and John F. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Jay Town Amelia O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Butler Emily Vandiver and Robert Lane Dianne and James Reynolds Linda M. Cremeen Dr. Carmen R. Westwick Judith and Richard Smith Dr. and Mrs. Richard Curtis $1-$99 Mrs. Betty B. Thurstone Bonnie Gardner Anonymous Ms. Khoe Tran Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hammer Mr. and Mrs. Gene Andrzejewski Sibyl M. Wilkinson HMA Board of Directors

Pictured left to right (front row) are: Patsy Haws, Sarah Gessler, Betsy Lowe, Joyce Griffin, (back row) John Wynn, Carole Jones, Richard Crunkleton, and David Nast. Not pictured are: Charlie Bonner, Dorothy Davidson, Walter (Tod) Dodgen, Virginia Rice, Herman Stubbs, and ex-officio members: Rosemary Lee, Kerry Doran, and Kathi Tew.

26 EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM SPONSORS As of July 31, 2016

My Hero: Contemporary Voices of Our Times Sponsor Memberships Art & Superhero Action Series Sponsors: May-July 2016 September 11-December 11, 2016 Platinum Circle: $20,000+ Exhibition Support provided by: Davidson Technologies, Inc. Alabama State Council on the Arts PNC Altherr Howard Design Gold Circle: $10,000 BBD Graphics hibu, Inc. An Evening with Cynthia and Rey Almodovar The Huntsville Museum of Art Guild iBERIABANK Kudzu Productions Carl Bernstein Silver Circle: $5,000 November 3, 2016 Maynard Cooper and Gale PC What’s Up, Doc? Support provided by: Redstone Federal Credit Union The Animation Art Kathleen and Philip Dotts Mrs. Linda Smith Virginia and Parker Griffith Connie and Rusty Stephenson of Chuck Jones Shelbie King Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Webber October 16, 2016-January 22, 2017 Yolanda and Scott McLain Melanie and Rhett Murray President’s Circle: $2,500 Exhibition Sponsors: Lana and Joe Ritch Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Baron, Sr. Mark Spencer and the Buckner Family Wendy Wilson and Curt Benzle Bobby Bradley and Charley Burruss al.com/Alabama Media Group al.com/Alabama Media Group Lockheed Martin Pearce Construction Company, Inc. Additional support provided by: The Boeing Company The Alabama State Council on the Arts From Wall Street to Main The Huntsville Museum of Art Guild Street: An Evening with Artists’ Circle: $1,500 QuickCare Urgent Care, LLC Leigh Gallagher The Way We Were: January 21, 2017 American Paintings from Endowment Support Support provided by: May-July 2016 the Betsy and Peter Lowe Linda and Bob Akenhead Joyce Griffin A gift to the Huntsville Museum of Art’s Collection Virginia and Parker Griffith endowment is one of the most enduring October 30, 2016-February 5, 2017 Shelbie King contributions you can make to the Sasha and Charlie Sealey Lead Sponsor: Museum. Endowed funds play an essential Allen and Tom Young role in our future growth and long-term al.com/Alabama Media Group financial security. A donation to the Additional support provided by: endowment fund may be designated for a The Alabama State Council on the Arts specific program, art purchase or directed The Huntsville Museum of Art Guild to unrestricted use. We would like to thank the following: The Education Endowment: • Partnership Tours and Transportation • Matching funds for new docent chairs If you are interested in making a gift, please contact Andrea Petroff at 256-535- 4350 ext. 214 or [email protected].

Naming Gift Opportunities May-July 2016 Naming gift opportunities at the Huntsville Museum of Art have a tangible impact on our mission to bring people and art together. While supporting the building fund, these gifts allow us to honor and recognize our incredible patrons and friends of the Museum. If you are interested in naming gift opportunities at the Museum, please Pictured is Christopher J. Madkour with iBERIABANK’s Private Banking Manager Ginger Harper and Market President Eric Sanders. A huge “thank you” to iBERIA for sponsoring Over the Top: American Posters contact Andrea Petroff at 256-535-4350 from World War I from the Norman Rockwell Museum. ext. 214 or [email protected]. 27 HSVM 209 Skating ad 8/23/16 10:06 AM Page 1

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29 Want to know more about What’s Up, Doc? It’s simple–attend a program! Opening Day Program for What’s Not Just Moving, but Living – The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation. Up, Doc? The Animation Art of An Exploration of Animation Entertaining clips will be shown and analyzed to demonstrate the principles Chuck Jones Principles with Vinny Argentina in action. While these principles alone Sunday, January 8, 2017 • 2-3 p.m. Sunday, October 16 • 2-4 p.m. are not a perfect formula for creating (Cartoon Showing: 2-2:30 p.m. Great Hall successful animations, they are essential in the Great Hall) Free for all (general admission required to visit the elements for not just creating motion, Free to Museum members/included in general admission galleries) but the illusion of life. Argentina is an for nonmembers Vinny Argentina will explore the 12 assistant professor of Art, Animation, Join us Sunday afternoon to watch Principles of Animation laid out by Frank and Game Design for The University of Looney Tunes cartoons and other Chuck Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book Alabama in Huntsville. Jones animation creations such as Warner Brothers’ Bully for Bugs featuring Bugs Bunny, Merrie Melodies’ Zoom & Bored featuring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, and more! Children will enjoy hands-on art activities, ongoing from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. in the Stender Family Interactive Education Galleries. The Huntsville Museum of Art Guild will host a reception in the Richard and Roper Room from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Chuck Jones: A Lifetime of Animated Creativity with Craig Kausen Thursday, November 17 • 6-6:45 p.m. Great Hall Reception to follow Free to Museum members/included in general admission for nonmembers

Craig Kausen, Chuck Jones’ grandson and chairman of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, will speak on his grandfather’s early life and the influence it had on his grandfather’s career. He will share THE LEDGES memories of what it was like having Chuck Jones as his grandfather and how GOLF, SOCIAL AND CORPORATE Jones’ artistic genius inspired many of today’s most prominent animators, film MEMBERSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE. directors, and creators. He will reveal how Jones’ legacy forms CALL 256-883-0860 TO SCHEDULE A TOUR the basis of the work done by the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, whose vision OF NORTH ALABAMA’S PREMIER CLUB. is a world where creativity is known and experienced in every discipline, by the THE LEDGES • 32 CASTLE DOWN DRIVE • HUNTSVILLE many, not just the few. 30 CALENDAR 31 Character layout drawing, Production Bugs Bunny. Unknown. Courtesy of The Chuck Jones Center Looney for Creativity, © & Characters Tunes Bros. TM Warner 11 a.m.-8 p.m. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 12-5 p.m. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. with Thursday Friday Saturday Admission Members and children under 6 free! Adults: $10 Children 6 and up and Students: $5 Seniors, Active Military and Educators: $8 Groups of 10 or more: $7 per person Museum Hours Sunday Monday Closed Tuesday Wednesday OPENS

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Chuck Jones – A Lifetime of Animated Creativity

What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art What’s Encounters: Dustin Farnsworth An American Romantic: The Art of Luigi Lucioni Romantic: The Art An American I War from World American Posters Over the Top: with Brian Bomeisler, Part II; pre-registration required Part II; pre-registration with Brian Bomeisler, with Brian Bomeisler; pre-registration required with Brian Bomeisler; of My Hero! Contemporary Art & of of with Ted Nuttall; pre-registration required Nuttall; with Ted

The Way We Were: American Paintings from the American Were: We The Way Carl Bernstein Leigh Gallagher

FINAL DAY OPENS with Vinny Argentina with Vinny for Meredith Haws Jewelry Not Just Moving, but Living: An Exploration of

Storytelling with Stamps! Teddy Bears BIG and Small – Collage Making Teddy

What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones Up, Doc? What’s FINAL DAY Docent-led, Public Tour My Hero! Contemporary Art & Superhero Action Docent-led, Public Tour Superhero Action Skating in the Park Presentation: Animation Principles Saturday: Drop-in & CREATE of Our Times: Voices Girl Scout Art Museum Day Master Artist Workshop Connections: Karen Graffeo & Jim Neel and Opening Reception Gallery Walk Presentation and Reception: Craig Kausen Artsy Tots: Skating in the Park Saturday: Drop-in & CREATE Opening Reception Artsy Tots: Saturday: Drop-in & CREATE from the Lowe Collection American Paintings Were: We The Way Encounters: Dustin Farnsworth Docent-led, Public Tour Show: Trunk of Our Times: Voices Docent-led, Public Tour Docent-led, Tour Docent-led, Public Master Artist Workshop Master Artist Workshop Art of Chuck Jones Up, Doc? The Animation What’s I War from World American Posters Over the Top: and Reception Opening Day Program of Chuck Jones Evening for Educators Betsy and Peter Lowe Collection Drop-in & CREATE Saturday: CREATE Drop-in & Art of Luigi Lucioni Romantic: The An American Barry M. Goldwater Photographs by Homeland:

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