MEMBERS’ MAGAZINE September 2015 - February 2016 HUNTINGT ON MUSEUMHUNTINGTON OF ART MUSEUM OF ART 2033 McCoy Road • Huntington WV 25701- 4999 The Royal MuseuM Ball: DesTinaTion inDia February 27th 6 p.m. to Midnight HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART FOR TICKET OR SPONSORSHIP INFO CALL 304.529.2701 OR VISIT WWW.HMOA.ORG West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, WV 25305. Registration does not imply endorsement. HMA is fully accessible. Letter from the Executive Director HMA Executive Director Geoffrey K. Fleming poses beside Childe Hassam's Windmill at Sundown, East Hampton, which was a gift to HMA from Ruth Woods Dayton as part of The Daywood Collection. Geoff’s first day at HMA was July 1. I am delighted to have arrived here in Huntington and to have taken up my position at the Huntington Museum of Art. As many of you know, the museum has a rich collection and an important history as a place for people of all ages to learn about the arts and cultures from around the world. We have a number of interesting and important exhibits and programs soon to open at the museum. First up is Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource, which will include videos created by 41 different artists all that relate to the subject of water. In this day and age when water is quickly becoming a commodity that is fought over, this video exhibition will help the visitor understand the changing nature of its use through the eyes of artists from around the world. This will be followed by the reintroduction of the long-awaited Exhibition 280, which will include contemporary works from artists in West Virginia and from the neighboring states of Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This juried exhibition includes nearly every kind of media and will certainly provide viewers with something that will inspire them. Later this autumn, an exhibition documenting 25 years of collecting by the Fitzpatrick Society will open. For those unfamiliar with their work, members of the Society provide funds for the acquisition of new artworks for the museum collection. Our devoted volunteer Don Harper left an endowment for the Society so that in the future they could acquire even more important works for the collection. This exhibition will showcase their achievements over the past two and a half decades. The end of the year will be rounded out by an exhibit of the work of William Brouillard and a small exhibit of works selected by trustees. Be on the watch for our Halloween-themed tour – Harry Potter and the Permanent Collection – which takes place on October 27. The ever-popular Holiday Open House – which this year is presented by Camden Park – will take place on December 6 and will include a performance by the Huntington Dance Theatre, among others. I look forward to meeting many of you as you join us at these wonderful exhibits and programs. Geoffrey K. Fleming Executive Director 1 Board of Trustees STAFF Monte Ward, President Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director Barbara Moses Atkins, Vice President John Arthur, Facilities Assistant Paul Jacobson, Treasurer Carol Bailey, Development Director Patricia Proctor, Secretary Dr. Mike Beck, Conservatory Director Dr. Sarah Denman, Immediate Past President/ Ruth Ann Burke, Weekend Receptionist Executive Committee Judy Clark, Executive Assistant Doris Andrews Ava G. Bicknell Katherine Cox, Education Director Jimelle Walker Bowen Cynthia Dearborn, Museum & Schools Coordinator Andy Broh Carol Eiselstein, Museum Shop Buyer (Volunteer) Shelia Brownfield John Farley, Preparator/Assistant Curator Cathy Burns John Gillispie, Public Relations Director Liza Caldwell Christopher Hatten, Senior Curator/Library Director Tyson Compton Billie Marie Karnes, Finance Director Deborah Cooley Kathleen Kneafsey, Artist in Residence Harriette Cyrus George Lanham, Museum Educator Dr. Sarah Denman Matt Matney, Facilities Director Gaye Fearing Sandy McNeer, Development Database Administrator Alex Franklin Teresa L. Deppner Hardin Tess Moore, Development Officer Cheryl Henderson Chris Music, Facilities Assistant Linda Holmes Ama Napier, Receptionist/Administrator Carolyn Hunter Janice Noah, Weekend Shop Assistant Brandi Jacobs-Jones Cheryl Roberts, Facilities Assistant (Part-time) Dr. Dolores Johnson Linda Sanns, Registrar Christie Kinsey, Executive Committee Ashley Saunders, Museum Shop Manager Doug Korstanje John Spurlock, Curatorial Assistant Halcyon Moses John Weber, Special Projects (Volunteer) Dr. Maurice Mufson Lee Oxley, Executive Committee Marilyn Polan Jessica Pressman Edward Rahal Vision Statement: The Huntington Museum of Art will become an integral part Phoebe Patton Randolph of the lives of all citizens facilitating creativity, access and opportunity to the social Brandy Roisman, Executive Committee structure of the region. Thomas Scarr Carter Seaton Elizabeth Appell Sheets Mission Statement: The Huntington Museum of Art serves the public as a museum Susan Shields and cultural center and in the greater community acts as a presence and advocate for Christopher Slaughter the areas of arts, education and nature. Jerry Sutphin Wendy Thomas Edward Tucker COVER: Janet Fish (American, born 1938), Zinnias EX-OFFICIO and Apple, 1995. Woodcut, edition 10/65, plate: 24" x Includes Marshall University President 18", paper: 32" x 24". Funds provided by the Fitzpat- Ed Dawson, The Herald-Dispatch rick Society, 2008.4.1. William Smith, Cabell County Schools Don Van Horn, Marshall University College of Arts and Media INSIDE FRONT COVER: The 2016 Museum Ball is scheduled to take place on February 27 and is a EMERITUS TRUSTEES major fundraiser for the Huntington Museum of Art. George R. Andrick Carolyn Bagby INSIDE BACK COVER: Snapshots from various Alex E. Booth, Jr. Michael Cornfeld HMA events. Gayle Cox Robert Y. Csernica, Interim Director Emeritus Dr. R. Lawrence Dunworth Mrs. John R. Hall BACK COVER: Asa Maria Bengtsson and Ewa R. Sterling Hall Cederstam, Still from Flow, 2006. Video. Sound, C. Don Hatfield 14:06. This is from the exhibit Water, Water Joyce Levy Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource, which Mrs. Selden S. McNeer, Jr. was curated by Jennifer Heath and is a project of R. O. Robertson, Jr. Baksun Books & Arts. Dr. Thomas F. Scott Ann Speer Dr. Joseph B. Touma David Todd Joan Weisberg, Executive Committee Free Tuesdays at HMA Courtesy of Macy’s HONORARY TRUSTEES Tuesdays are free admission days at HMA. Our Tuesday hours are Janet Bromley 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free Tuesdays at HMA in 2015 are generously Mary Hodges sponsored by Macy’s. Gayle Manchin 2 Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource Gallery 3 September 19, 2015 - June 19, 2016 Opening reception takes place on September 22, 2015, at 7 p.m. at the Huntington Museum of Art. Admission to this Macy's Free Tuesday event is free as part of the 4th Tuesday Series at HMA. Refreshments will be served. Dr. Mike Beck, HMA's Conservatory Directory, will conduct several experiments, including the electrolysis of water, in HMA's Education Gallery. Opening Reception Generously Sponsored by the Marshall University College of Science in Memory of Shelba Glenn Pew. Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez, Still from Carbon for Water, 2011. High definition video. Sound, 22 minutes. This work is included in Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource. Water is the world’s most crucial resource and the basis for all teaching documentary by Friends of the Earth Middle East called earthly life. Its preservation and protection may be our greatest “Good Water Neighbors”; an 8-minute work Jacques del Conte environmental challenge. The global water crisis affects everyone, called “A Colossal Fracking Mess”; a 5-minute film by Canadian from those lacking enough to those experiencing uncontrollable Liz Marshall about deadly tar sands, and more from Europe, floods that wash away homes and land and wildlife. Water, Water Latin America, Africa, South, Central and East Asia, as well as Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource will bring to light North America. the sanctity of water and its sources, as well as the beauty and The exhibition is curated by Jennifer Heath, an independent strangeness of water. The exhibition is comprised of 30-second to scholar, award-winning cultural journalist, critic, curator and 30-minute films from 41 artists worldwide exploring water issues activist. Her many exhibitions include The Veil: Visible & from the political to the personal and from ethics to aesthetics, Invisible Spaces, and The Art We Love to Hate: Black Velvet. with works that are documentary, experimental, educational, She is the author of nine books of fiction and non-fiction, humorous, solemn, animated or acted. including Land of the Unconquerable: The Lives of Contemporary Among the vibrant works in Water, Water Everywhere is a Afghan Women, from the University of California Press. 22-minute International Rivers feature – “A River Runs Through Us,” describing the threats facing rivers, particularly from dams; “Icelock,” a 30-second short illustrating the melting of glaciers, This exhibit is a project of Baksun Books & Arts. For more information on this exhibit, visit by Brazilian filmmaker, Fernando Acquarone; a 3-minute film, www.waterwatereverywhere-artshow.com. “The Kabul Sea,” by Afghan filmmaker, Alka Sadat, about the Kabul River; a 22-minute film from Evan Abramson, “Carbon Special Thanks to the members of HMA's NXTGEN for Water,” about profound water disasters in Africa; a 4-minute Committee who helped in the planning for this exhibit. film from Indonesian artist, Monika Hapsari, called “Big Trash,” This program is presented with financial assistance that looks at agriculture and overpopulation; a performance from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, film by British artist, Claudia Borgna, called “Sweep and Weep, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from Weep and Sweep,” in which she cleans the beaches; a 14-minute the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.