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Winter 2015-2016 Quarterly Calendar WINTER 2015 – 2016 City Council MISSION Bob Scott, Mayor Rhonda Capron, Mayor Pro-Tem The Sioux City Art Center’s mission is to enrich our Pete Groetken Dan Moore Keith Radig region’s quality of life by bringing the excitement of Robert K. Padmore, City Manager the visual arts to our community through education, Sioux City Art Center Board of Trustees Gregory Jones, Chair Becky Meyer, Vice Chair exhibitions and permanent collection. Helen Glazer Terri Parish McGaffin Mike McTaggart Dwight Packard Doug Palmer VISION Art Center Association of Sioux City Joe Twidwell, President The Art Center will continue to serve as and enhance Richard Roth, Vice President Ashley Mozak, 2nd Vice President/Secretary its position as a premier cultural attraction for the Chris Holman, Treasurer Gail Ament Dr. Richard C. Brown, Jr. citizens of the Sioux City metro area. Tyler DeLashmutt Dolores Guest Steve Kammerer Todd Moss Lisa Newton The Art Center will use its permanent collection to Paula Persinger Joanie Rizk Carlos G. Rodriguez position itself as a major regional educational resource Yourna Rose Mary Sterk Mindy Stevens for educators, students, and the general public. Suzan Stewart Laura Troth Kim Wink Distinguished Members The Art Center will promote itself as a cultural tourist Leslie Bebee Sandy Ellis Helen Glazer destination based on its reputation as presenting major Milt Glazer Junior League Liaison traveling exhibitions, and a quality permanent collection Rhonda Henry Sculpt Siouxland Liaison featuring the best regional artists. Kevin Molland Sculpt Siouxland Kevin Molland, President Breandan Donahue, Vice President The Art Center will increase access to education and in Amber Sherman, Treasurer David Brockshus Jay Chesterman turn the Art Center’s permanent collection, by expanding Becca Feauto Britney Sininger Luis Trejo the present facility with a new Learning Center. Sioux City Art Center Staff Al Harris-Fernandez, Art Center Director Stacie Anderson, Development Coordinator Todd Behrens, Curator Deb Bell, Custodian VALUE Dave Brienzo, Custodian Lynn Foster, Visitor Services The Sioux City Art Center will provide visitors with an Lyle Listamann, Publications Coordinator Debra Marqusee, Interim Education Coordinator Susie Rodriguez, Membership Secretary/Learning Center Clerical Assistant accessible and meaningful appreciation of the visual arts Shannon Sargent, Exhibitions/Collections Coordinator Mary Sexton, Visitor Services Mary Vaught, Visitor Services by embracing education as fundamental to its programs. Noelle Vondrak, Education Assistant Erin Webber-Dreeszen, Development Coordinator Kjersten Welch, Administrative Secretary TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Report from the Director 14 Annual Report / Director cover: Gary Bowling, American (Midwestern artist), born 1948, Entering Wood at Sunset, 2001 4 Current Exhibitions 15 Budget Summary oil on canvas, 43 x 61 inches. Sioux City Art Center Permanent Collection; 2004.10 5 New Exhibitions 16 Exhibitions, Gallery Talks / Lectures Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert H. Everist 6 Art Center’s ArtSplash 17 Accessions to the Permanent Collection 7 ARTilicious 18 Development 8 Development 19 Education Calendar of Events page: Chosen detailed images in the From the Store Window to the Gallery: 10 Studio Art Classes & Workshops 20 Artful Appreciation The Legacy of T. S. Martin exhibition 12 Calendar of Events 21 Association Members Report from the Director In 2014 we celebrated the Sioux City Art by T. S. Martin’s descendants within the Center’s centennial anniversary. The context of the department store window vision for the present Art Center was display which originated with the early laid in 1914 by the group of citizens department stores. The exhibition, From who founded the Society of Fine Arts. the Store Window to the Gallery: The The Society and its later iteration the Art Legacy of T. S. Martin, opened with a Center Association of Sioux City raised reception on November 7, and continues funds to present exhibitions and art through January 31, 2016. classes from 1914 – 1938. In 1938 the Art Center moved into its first temporary In addition to the Art Center’s exhibition home. In 1941 the City of Sioux City and publications, the Sioux City Public joined with the Association, providing Museum also received funding to do its a stable future in which the Art Center own T. S. Martin project. I hope you will would grow. In 1997 with the support take advantage of both and learn about of both the Association and City, the the people and forces that have shaped Sioux Art Center would build its first Sioux City. permanent home. I look forward to seeing you at the While the connections between the Art Center. individuals that formed and supported the Society and the present Art Center Al Harris-Fernandez are many, arguably the most important Director, Sioux City Art Center Jackson Pollock’s Mural is the legacy of local businessman T. S. Documentary Martin. In 1914 Martin, the founder of the T. S. Martin Company, one the first DECEMBER 17, 2015 department stores in Sioux City, donated $100 to the Society to become one of its 5:00 – 7:00 pm first “life-time members”. Approximately 75 years after T. S. Martin’s death in Sioux City Art Center to show Jackson 1915, his granddaughter, Margaret Ann Pollock’s Mural: The Story of a Modern Martin Seamster Everist would become Masterpiece the visionary behind the present facility, pledging the lead gift of $3,000,000 to The documentary tells the story of Mural the capital campaign that resulted in the from its creation to its journey present landmark facility. around the world. In addition to her leadership in the The Sioux City Art Center will present capital campaign, Margaret Ann also the documentary, Jackson Pollock’s donated a significant amount to the Art Mural: The Story of a Modern Center’s endowment as well as setting Masterpiece, on December 17 from up an independent foundation, the M. A. 6:00–7:00 pm at the Sioux City Martin Everist Foundation, which would Art Center, 225 Nebraska St.. The continue giving to organizations that she screening will be preceded by a had supported during her lifetime. social hour from 5:00 – 6:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public. In 2013, the Art Center applied for and received an award from the foundation A question and answer session will to mount an exhibition tracing the history begin immediately following the and impact of T. S. Martin on Sioux City screening where guests may interact and the Art Center. The project headed with film director Kevin Kelley and UI by Art Center curator Todd Behrens Museum of Art Director Sean O’Harrow. consists of two parts: a publication tracing the life of T. S. Martin and the The film will be continuously shown impact of the new department stores on in the Stark Lecture Hall daily from society and culture; and, an innovative December 18 – 31. exhibition combining artworks donated REPOrt FROM THE DIRECTOR 3 CURRenT exHIBITIonS From the Store Window to the Gallery: The Legacy of T. S. Martin Main, Jensen, Everist, and Terra Galleries November 7, 2015 – January 31, 2016 This exhibition honors the legacy of T. S. Martin, the visionary founder of Sioux City’s trendsetting department store, T. S. Martin Company. His granddaughter, Margaret Ann Martin Seamster Everist, later became a vital force behind the construction of the Sioux City Art Center building. Over the years, she, her husband Hubert, and her children donated more than 50 artworks to the Art Center’s permanent collection. This exhibition consists of two parts. In the Main Gallery, visitors will find a selection of artworks that have been donated by the Everists and places them within imaginary store windows—the form of display that T. S. Martin’s store used so beautifully and effectively to highlight its offerings. The Art Center has worked with local retail and design firms to showcase these artworks in unique, creative settings. In the Jensen, Everist, and Terra Galleries, the Art Center presents a wider selection of the artworks donated by the family of T. S. Martin. This special project will have an additional component to expand visitors’ appreciation of the impact of the T. S. Martin store on Sioux City. The Art Center has worked with scholars from across Iowa to create an important catalog that traces the impact of the T.S. Martin Company on the advancement of the visual culture of Sioux City. Titled The Legacy of T. S. Martin, the book contains essays by Sara B. Marcketti (Iowa State University), Thomas Morain (Graceland University), Richard F. Poole (Briar Cliff University), and Art Center curator Todd Behrens. T. S. Martin Company catalogue, Fall and Winter These writers make fascinating connections between early department stores and fashion, 1909-1910, front cover. Courtesy of the Sioux City Public Museum; style, and economic trends. Gift of Mrs. Hubert H. Everist, 1997. The publication and exhibition have been generously sponsored by the M. A. Martin Everist Foundation. T. S. Martin Company, 515-519 Fourth Street (between Nebraska and Pierce Streets), ca. 1911. Photograph of T. S. Martin Company’s store windows, ca. 1920-1930 Courtesy of the Sioux City Public Museum; Gift of Mrs. Hubert H. Everist, 1997 Courtesy of the Sioux City Public Museum; Gift of Mrs. Hubert H. Everist, 1997. FIRST FLOOR EXHIBITION Jan D. Hodge Gardner Room November 21, 2015 – January 24, 2016 Jan D. Hodge is a poet who has created a body of works that are referred to as “shaped poems.” Shaped poems have all of the conventional qualities of poetry with the added bonus that each word in each line contributes toward a visual image of the subject. Hodge taught English at Morningside College for 30 years and is currently professor emeritus. He has recently had a book of his shaped poetry published by Able Muse Press.
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