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11 annual report 2011 annual report 4 Board of Trustees 7 President’s Report 8 Director’s Report 10 2011 Breakdown 12 Curatorial Report 15 Exhibitions 18 Publications 19 Loans 23 Acquisitions 31 Education and Public Programs 32 Development 37 Donors 58 Docents and Volunteers 61 Staff 65 Financial Report Unless otherwise noted, photographs of works in the Collection are by John R. Glembin; those of events are courtesy Front Room Photography. cover John Singleton Copley, Alice Hooper, ca. 1763 (detail). Purchase, with funds from the Leonard and Bebe LeVine Art Acquisition Fund, the Virginia Booth Vogel Acquisition Fund, with funds in memory of Betty Croasdaile and John E. Julien, and gift by exchange of Chapellier Galleries, the Samuel O. Buckner Collection, and the Max E. Friedmann Bequest. Full credit listing on p. 23 this page Mathias Bengtsson, Slice chair, 1999. Gift of Friends of Art. Full credit listing on p. 28. 4 | board of trustees Through August 31, 2011 BOARD OF TRUstEES Friends of Art Sande Robinson Photography Committee Raymond R. Krueger Representative Reva Shovers Christine Symchych President Lawrence W. Oliverson Christine Symchych Chair Betty Ewens Quadracci Chair of the Docents Frederick Vogel III Warren Blumenthal Secretary Representative Robert A. Wagner Barbara Ciurej Staff: Brady Roberts R. Bruce McDonald Jane Fee F. William Haberman Treasurer Support Group AcQUisitiONS AND Carol Lewensohn COLLEctiONS ADVisORY Lindsay Lochman Frederic G. Friedman Representatives Gail Groenwoldt COmmittEES Marianne Lubar Assistant Secretary and Kevin Miyazaki Mel Trittin Decorative Arts Legal Counsel Staff: Lisa Hostetler Trustee Emeritus Committee TRUstEES AT LARGE Sheldon B. Lubar Constance Godfrey Prints and Drawings Donald W. Baumgartner Chair Committee Lori Bechthold COMMITTEES OF THE A. Raymond Kehm Barbara Buzard Randy Bryant BOARD OF TRUSTEES Barbara Elsner Chair Michael J. Cudahy EXECUTIVE COmmittEE George A. Evans, Jr. Lois Ehlert Stephen Einhorn Raymond R. Krueger Barbara Fuldner Laurence Eiseman, Jr. Philip Flynn Chair Marianne Lubar Marianne Epstein Julie Gardner Nicole Teweles Julia Evans Ellen Glaisner Donald W. Baumgartner Anne Vogel Jean Friedlander Carmen Haberman Frederic G. Friedman Frederick Vogel III Arthur A. Gebhardt Judy Jorgensen Ellen Glaisner Robert A. Wagner George T. Jacobi W. David Knox II Carmen Haberman Staff: Mel Buchanan Russell Jankowski Anthony S. Krausen Kenneth C. Krei Marianne Lubar Kenneth C. Krei Gail A. Lione Earlier European Arts Kathleen Parker Donald Layden Marianne Lubar Committee Colleen Pemberton Gail A. Lione R. Bruce McDonald Robert Roth Judith Ramazzini Joan Lubar Anthony J. Petullo Chair David Ritz Marianne Lubar Betty Ewens Quadracci Lorraine Croft Charles Wickler Wayne Lueders Suzanne L. Selig Robert Foote Staff: Mary Weaver Chapin Eileen Mandel Staff: Dan Keegan Arthur J. Laskin Andy Nunemaker Helen Peter Love ANNIVERSARY AcQUisitiONS AND Jill G. Pelisek LEADERshiP COmmittEE COLLEctiONS COmmittEE Marianne Lubar Christopher and Miriam Anthony J. Petullo Marianne Lubar Geoffrey Maclay Sande Robinson Abele Chair Marjorie Moon Richard L. Schmidt, Jr. Frank Murn Donald and Donna Donald W. Baumgartner Suzanne L. Selig Andrea Schloemer Baumgartner Karen Johnson Boyd Dorothy M. Stadler Sally Schuler Raymond R. Krueger Marilyn Bradley Mary Strohmaier Kenneth Treis Sheldon and Marianne Andrea B. Bryant Christine Symchych William Treul Lubar Stephen Einhorn Frederick Vogel IV Staff: Laurie Winters Betty Ewens Quadracci Beth Wnuk Arthur A. Gebhardt Bud and Suzanne Selig Jeffery W. Yabuki F. William Haberman AUDIT COmmittEE County Government Anthony Krausen Danny L. Cunningham Representatives Arthur J. Laskin Chair Patricia Jursik Wayne R. Lueders Joe Sanfelippo Anthony J. Petullo William Hunt Richard R. Pieper Sheldon B. Lubar | 2011 annual report | 5 R. Bruce McDonald Joan Lubar David Bauer PlANNED GiVING Richard L. Schmidt, Jr. Eileen Mandel Donald W. Baumgartner COmmittEE Staff: Dan Keegan/Jane Donna Meyer Richard J. Glaisner Andrea B. Bryant Wochos Lawrence Oliverson Kenneth C. Krei Jill G. Pelisek Betty Ewens Quadracci Raymond R. Krueger Co-Chairs EDUCAtiON AND PUblic Suzanne L. Selig P. Michael Mahoney PROGRAMS COmmittEE Donn Dresselhuys Dorothy M. Stadler Jess E. Merten Julie Gardner Dale R. Faught Christine Symchych W. Kent Velde Chair Frederic G. Friedman Eric Vogel Staff: Dan Keegan/Jane Ed Hashek Kim Abler Staff: Laurie Winters Wochos Judy Jorgensen John Augenstein Sally Schuler DEVELOPMENT COmmittEE HUMAN RESOURCES Lori Bechthold Adam Wiensch Natanya Blanck Frederic G. Friedman AND REMUNERAtiON COmmittEE Staff: Mary Albrecht Mike Brenner Ellen Glaisner Kenneth C. Krei José Chavez Co-Chairs PUblic AFFAIRS Chair Marlene Doerr Andrea Bryant COmmittEE Daniel Donder Sue Frautschi Raymond R. Krueger Christine Symchych Jane Fee Judy Gordon Gail A. Lione Chair Carmen Haberman Carmen Haberman Wayne R. Lueders Randy Bryant Jonathan Jackson Judy Jorgensen Anthony J. Petullo Raymond R. Krueger Sarah Jerome A. Raymond Kehm Staff: Dan Keegan/Jan H. Carl Mueller Gail A. Lione Gail A. Lione Fleming Andrew Nunemaker Janet Matthews Joan Lubar INVEstmENT COmmittEE Betty Ewens Quadracci Nancy Mitchell Marianne Lubar P. Michael Mahoney Eric Vogel Phillip Naylor Linda Marcus Chair Staff: Dan Keegan/Vicki Sue Nelson Donna Meyer Scharfberg José Olivieri Joan Nason Mark G. Doll Jill G. Pelisek Jill G. Pelisek Richard J. Glaisner STRATEGIC PlANNING COmmittEE Betty Ewens Quadracci Anthony J. Petullo Raymond R. Krueger Jeff Yabuki Sande Robinson Sally Schuler Wayne R. Lueders Chair Mary Strohmaier Dorothy M. Stadler W. Kent Velde Cindy Zautcke Mary Strohmaier Beth R. Wnuk Randy Bryant Staff: Brigid Globensky Staff: Mary Albrecht Staff: Dan Keegan/Jane Julie Gardner Wochos Kenneth C. Krei EXhibitiONS COmmittEE FAcilitiES COmmittEE Raymond R. Krueger Anthony J. Petullo Donald W. Baumgartner NOmiNAtiONS AND GOVERNANCE COmmittEE Gail A. Lione Chair Chair Gail A. Lione Marianne Lubar Wendy Blumenthal Jill G. Pelisek Randy Bryant Chair Stephen Einhorn Steven G. Chamberlin Anthony J. Petullo Donald W. Baumgartner Sue Frautschi David Drent Suzanne L. Selig Frederic G. Friedman Carmen Haberman Richard J. Glaisner Raymond R. Krueger WAR MEMORIAL George T. Jacobi Richard L. Schmidt, Jr. CORPORAtiON BOARD W. David Knox II Marianne Lubar Eric Vogel OF TRUstEES Anthony S. Krausen Andrew Nunemaker Staff: Dan Keegan/Jane Raymond R. Krueger Kenneth C. Krei Betty Ewens Quadracci Wochos Trustee Representative Raymond R. Krueger Sande Robinson Joe Lai FINANCE COmmittEE Suzanne L. Selig Donald W. Baumgartner R. Bruce McDonald Staff: Dan Keegan Steven Chamberlain Chair Richard L. Schmidt, Jr. 2011 annual report | president’s report | 7 I am pleased to announce that, in accordance with our business plan for fiscal year 2011, the twelve months covered by this report (September 1, 2010–August 31, 2011) saw a balanced budget for the Milwaukee Art Museum. It was a banner year for the Museum overall. The enthusiasm and hard work of everyone at the Museum enabled us to reach and even exceed our goals, with extraordinary exhibitions and programming drawing record attendance. On behalf of the Trustees on the Board, we extend our deepest thanks to Members, donors, sponsors, volunteers, and Museum staff who collaborated to provide another year of superb visual arts experiences for our visitors. Raymond R. Krueger The Museum welcomed over 370,000 visitors this past I am approaching the end of my term as President this fiscal year. This is the highest attendance in five years—a spring and wish to extend my sincerest gratitude for notable accomplishment that speaks to the dedication of your energy and dedication, and I thank each of you the Museum staff and the critical role the Museum plays for your support, hard work, and willingness to meet on the local, regional, national, and international stage. the challenges of creating and sustaining world-class Through exhibitions such as European Design Since 1985: programming through difficult economic times. In Shaping the New Century, Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic the coming year with President-elect Ken Krei, and Architecture for the 21st Century, and the Summer of with all of us working together, the Milwaukee Art China series; events from Art in Bloom to the Lakefront Museum will continue to create a visual arts experience Festival of Arts and MAM After Dark; and education that inspires, educates, challenges, and entertains. programs, including the Kohl’s Art Generation efforts, We appreciate all of you who come time and again, lectures, and more, the Museum engaged audiences of all bringing open minds through our open doors. You age groups from near and far. continue to create the strongest and most vital energy source of all—active engagement in the visual arts. In 2013, the Museum will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding (as the Layton Art Gallery) of the Museum, and both trustees and staff are mindful of the importance of this occasion and the opportunities it presents. With continued commitment to building the Museum’s world- class Collection, growing the endowment, and improving our facilities, we ensure an ongoing program of scholarly significant exhibitions and programs with enriching, Raymond R. Krueger widespread appeal. It is an exciting time to serve on the President of the Board of TRUstees Board of Directors, and in the coming years, I see even more depth and richness emerging from the Museum’s Collection and coming to the visitor experience. 2011 annual