Cover and opposite: Officers The Fellows of The Corning The Fellows of The Corning Museum of Glass Museum of Glass are among St. Matthew. Sir Edward James B. Flaws the world’s leading glass Coley Burne-Jones, Mer- Chairman of the Board Carole Allaire collectors, scholars, dealers, ton Abbey, Surrey, Morris and glassmakers. The E. Marie McKee Gary E. Baker & Company, designed in Renée E. Belfer objectives of this organization President are (1) to disseminate knowl- 1873 and made in 1909. Robert A. Belfer edge about the history and H. 122 cm (2009.2.31). Amory Houghton Jr. Mike Belkin Vice President art of glassmaking and (2) William W. Boeschenstein* to support the acquisitions James R. Houghton Alan L. Cameros program of the Museum’s Vice President Lt. Gen. Christian Clausen, retired Rakow Research Library. Kenneth C. Depew Admission to the fellowship Denise A. Hauselt Thomas P. Dimitroff is intended to recognize Secretary Jay R. Doros accomplishment, and is by Linda E. Jolly David Dowler invitation. Assistant Secretary Max Erlacher Mark S. Rogus Christopher T. G. Fish Treasurer Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen William Gudenrath Robert J. Grassi Jirˇí Harcuba Assistant Treasurer Douglas Heller David B. Whitehouse A. C. Hubbard Jr. Executive Director Lawrence Jessen Kenneth L. Jobe Trustees Dorothy-Lee Jones Olive Jones Roger G. Ackerman* Leo Kaplan Peter S. Aldridge Helena Koenigsmarková Thomas S. Buechner Michael Kovacek Van C. Campbell* Dwight P. Lanmon Dale Chihuly Harvey K. Littleton Patricia T. Dann Louise Luther Robert Duke Kenneth W. Lyon James B. Flaws Josef Marcolin John P. Fox Jr. Gregory A. Merkel Polly W. Guth Kirk J. Nelson Ben W. Heineman* Barbara H. Olsen Amory Houghton Jr. Elmerina L. Parkman Arthur A. Houghton III Paul D. Parkman James D. Houghton Paul N. Perrot James R. Houghton John V. B. Perry Thomas C. MacAvoy* Joan P. Randles E. Marie McKee Richard F. Randles Carl H. Pforzheimer III Peter Rath Carlos A. Picón Rachel Russell Helmut Ricke Prof. Dr. Axel von Saldern Mark S. Rogus Josh Simpson Charles A. Ryskamp* John P. Smith Antony E. Snow Jean Sosin Peter F. Volanakis Walter Spiegl Wendell P. Weeks Paul J. Stankard Ian McKibbin White Prof. Dr. Rudolf von Strasser David B. Whitehouse Lino Tagliapietra Dena Tarshis † Photo Credits * Trustee Emeritus Catherine M. V. Thuro-Gripton Kenneth R. Treis All of the photographs in this Annual Report are by Deborah Truitt The Corning Museum of Glass Lauriston Ward (Nicholas L. Wil liams, Andrew M. David Watts Fortune, Allison S. Lavine, and Eric Martin Wunsch Dara Riegel), with the following Rainer Zietz exceptions: Maris Zuika Page 3: Photo: Rob Little Pages 10 (bottom) and 17: *Life Fellow Photo by Michael Smith † Deceased Page 37: Photo by Brent Sommerhauser The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2009 An educational institution dedicated to the history, art, and science of glass Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York April 27, 1951 (6026) Accredited by the American Association of Museums 1973, 1986, 1999 During the year 2009, museums staggered “Voices” displaced our permanent exhibi- The Year because income from endowments and donors tion of contemporary glass, and to compen- in Review declined as a result of the worldwide reces- sate for its removal, we showed “Favorites sion. We were fortunate. With the unwavering from the Contemporary Glass Collection” in support of our corporate sponsor, Corning In- the Changing Exhibitions Gallery. As is almost corporated, combined with modest borrowing always the case, when familiar objects are dis- from the Museum Operating Reserve Fund played in unfamiliar places, we see them in (70 percent of which was repaid at the end of a new light and gain a new appreciation for the year), budget cuts, and a rigorous approach some of our best-known treasures. to spending, we weathered the storm and On the West Bridge, we mounted two exhi- came through with flying colors. bitions. Tina Oldknow curated “Masters of In fact, it was a year to be proud of. It was Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner” (which marketed as “The Year of Contemporary will travel to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Glass,” and events at the Museum attracted Washington, in 2010), and Jane Shadel Spill- 329,000 visitors (three percent more than in man assembled “Tiffany Treasures: Favrile 2008), who contributed $10.6 million toward Glass from Special Collections.” The special the operating budget. Guests participated in collections belong to the Herbert F. Johnson numerous activities: every day during the Museum of Art at Cornell University and the summer, we presented more than 50 demon- Rockwell Museum of Western Art in Corning. strations of glassmaking and five guided tours, A unique dimension of the show consisted of and more than one in five of our individual original designs for Tiffany glass by two female and family visitors experienced the thrill of artists, Alice Gouvy and Lillian Palmié, which creating something in our Make Your Own are housed in the Rakow Research Library. Glass workshops. “Tiffany Treasures” included an extraor- Our roster of exhibitions was even longer dinary example of first-class restoration. Mu- than usual. The summer exhibition, “Voices seum Fellow Jay Doros and his wife, Micki, of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Col- donated to the Museum an outstanding but lection,” curated by Tina Oldknow, revealed shattered Tiffany lamp, which our conservator, the wealth of the collection of glass art made Stephen P. Koob, put together in a stunning Pietro Ferro (left) and between 1969 and 2005 that was assembled exercise in invisible mending. Mark Petrovic (right) by Ben and Natalie Heineman and recently present glassworking donated to the Museum. This collection had demonstrations during the 2009 Glass Art Soci- never been seen in public, and in response to ety conference, which its enthusiastic reception, we decided to keep was held in Corning. the exhibition open through 2010. 2 Year after year, we lend objects to exhibi- we were delighted to receive, as a gift from Untitled 2. Klaus tions organized by other museums. The year the Ennion Society, a nine-part kiln-formed Moje, 2006. Installed: 2009 was no exception, and 58 objects from wall panel made by Klaus Moje in 2006. H. 150 cm, W. 150 cm (2009.6.8). Gift of the the glass collection and the Rakow Library Acquisitions by the Rakow Library included Ennion Society. enriched 14 exhibitions elsewhere in the Unit- four design drawings for stained glass windows ed States and in Australia, Canada, France, by John La Farge (1835–1910), which were and Germany. donated by the Fellows. Exceptionally, on the other hand, we our- The physical structure of the Rakow Library selves mounted an entire exhibition away has been strengthened to support compact from home. The first display seen by visitors shelving, which will be installed in 2010 to to the Winter Antiques Show in New York increase the Library’s capacity for paper-based City was a generous selection of glass from holdings by 30 percent. At the same time, we all ages that showcased the breadth and depth acquired a new digital asset management of our collection. system, MediaBin, and librarian Diane Dol- Here at the Museum, one of the major bashian continued the long-term program of events of 2009 was the visit of the Glass Art digitizing our collection of information on Society, which held its annual conference in paper and film by scanning 15,000 pages of Corning in June. Fourteen hundred partici- rare books and manuscripts, including papers pants enjoyed activities at The Studio, the of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, and of Fred- Hot Glass Show, the glass collection, and the erick Carder. Rakow Library, as well as at venues from one The Museum continues to publish books side of the city to the other. and DVDs. Our presence on the Web is ex- We continued to enrich our collections. In panding exponentially, and in addition to addition to purchases of glass of all periods, offering information on www.cmog.org, we 3 provided regional teachers with opportunities to compare notes and to find out what is go- ing on at the Museum; the summer program, which placed young Explainers in the galleries to interact with guests and to tell them about glass; the Little Gather storytelling program for the very young; and the “Families Explore” series. The Museum’s long-range outreach pro- grams expanded in 2009, most spectacularly at sea. In 2007, Celebrity Cruises asked us to develop a program of hot glass demonstrations for a new class of luxury ships. Rob Cassetti, Steve Gibbs, and their team rose to the occa- sion. Building on the experience gained at the Museum and on the road, the team designed a Hot Glass Show that offers year-round glass- blowing demonstrations on two ships. All ex- penses are covered by Celebrity Cruises. The Design drawing for have a presence on Facebook and other social benefits to us are clear: by the end of 2009, opalescent leaded glass media. Publications on paper in 2009 included more than 200,000 guests had become ac- window. John La Farge, the catalog by Tina Oldknow that accompa- quainted with The Corning Museum of Glass 1880–1885. W. 46 cm. Purchased with funds nied the exhibition “Voices of Contemporary and learned how glass objects are made. from the Fellows of The Glass,” New Glass Review 30, and volume 51 After a challenging year, it was a great plea- Corning Museum of of the Journal of Glass Studies, all of which sure to receive the annual award of the Art Glass. were created in the Publications Department Alliance for Contemporary Glass for the Mu- by Richard W.