The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy ANNUAL REPORT 2013–2014 The Elmwood Avenue Portico. Photograph by Tom Loonan. Board of Directors THE BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY 2013–2014 Monica Angle François Rochon MISSION Susan O’Connor Baird Deborah Ronnen The mission of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery is to enhance Charles E. Balbach Deborah Russell the understanding and appreciation of contemporary and Charles W. Banta John R. Sanderson Elizabeth Bauman Catherine T. Wettlaufer modern art, principally by developing, exhibiting, and Robert J. Bojdak Elisabeth Roche Wilmers preserving its world-renowned Collection. Donald K. Boswell John R. Yurtchuk Robert T. Brady Leslie H. Zemsky Daniel Cantara VISION Helen Cappuccino, M.D. EX-OFFICIO The Albright-Knox Art Gallery aspires to play a leading Louis P. Ciminelli City of Buffalo role on regional, national, and international stages James W. Derrick Mayor through exceptional exhibitions, publications, programs, Pamela Dinsmore Commissioner of Public Works, and collaborations. As a hub of artistic and cultural Catherine B. Foley Parks & Streets Sally Gioia Comptroller energies, it strives to be an inspiring educational Roscoe C. Henderson III resource for all audiences. L. N. Hopkins, M.D. County of Erie Peter F. Hunt County Executive Thomas R. Hyde County Comptroller Roberta Joseph Chairman, Finance & The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy gratefully acknowledges the legal Northrup R. Knox, Jr. Management Committee services provided by the law firm of Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP. Seymour H. Knox IV AK Members’ Volunteer Victoria Beck Newman In an effort to conserve costs and preserve the environment, the Council Alphonso O’Neil-White Annual Report has been made available online. No copies of the Michelle Carr, Co-Chair Frederick G. Pierce II Annual Report have been printed for distribution. A copy may be Tracy Heneghan, Co-Chair Bruce D. Reinoso viewed at the Guest Services Station or at the G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Nancy B. Stevens, Co-Chair Memorial Library. COVER: Jason Middlebrook’s Underlife, 2012–13 (Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange, Sherman S. Jewett Fund, by exchange, Gift of A. Conger Goodyear, by exchange and Gift of Dermotte and Company, by exchange, 2012). Photograph by Tom Loonan. ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY 2 Board Committees ART CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE Roberta Joseph, Co-Chair Louis P. Ciminelli, Chair Thomas R. Hyde, Chair Victoria Beck Newman, Co-Chair Monica Angle Susan O’Connor Baird Charles E. Balbach Charles E. Balbach Charles W. Banta Charles W. Banta Charles W. Banta Catherine B. Foley Steven G. Biltekoff* Brian Carter* Roberta Joseph Louis P. Ciminelli Sally Gioia Frederick G. Pierce II Pamela Dinsmore Mark Mendell* John R. Sanderson Catherine B. Foley Frederick G. Pierce II AK Director Gerald S. Lippes* Elisabeth Roche Wilmers AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Frederic P. Norton* Thomas R. Hyde, President AK Executive Associate, Director’s Office: Deborah Ronnen AK Director Secretary Elisabeth Roche Wilmers AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Thomas R. Hyde, President AK CFO: Staff Liaison FINANCE AK Director AK Head of Operations: Staff Liaison John R. Sanderson, Chair AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison AK Operations Coordinator: Secretary Charles W. Banta AK Chief Curator Emeritus: Staff Liaison Elizabeth Bauman AK Curator: Staff Liaison CANADA Robert J. Bojdak AK Curator for the Collection: Staff Liaison Pamela Dinsmore, Chair Deborah Russell AK Curatorial Assistant: Staff Liaison Robert J. Bojdak John R. Yurtchuk AK Senior Registrar for the Collection: Donald K. Boswell Thomas R. Hyde, President Staff Liaison François Rochon AK Director AK Executive Associate, Director’s Office: Leslie H. Zemsky AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Secretary Thomas R. Hyde, President AK Head of Development: Staff Liaison AK Director AK CFO: Staff Liaison & Secretary AUDIT AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison James W. Derrick, Chair AK Head of Development: Staff Liaison & GOVERNANCE Robert T. Brady Secretary Catherine B. Foley, Chair Daniel Cantara Susan O’Connor Baird Peter F. Hunt DEVELOPMENT: MARKETING, Elizabeth Bauman Thomas R. Hyde MEMBERSHIP, AND SPECIAL EVENTS Helen Cappuccino, M.D. Alphonso O’Neil-White Susan O’Connor Baird, Chair Sally Gioia John R. Yurtchuk Elizabeth Bauman Robert M. Greene* John R. Sanderson, Treasurer Helen Cappuccino, M.D. Roberta Joseph AK Director James W. Derrick Seymour H. Knox IV AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Roscoe C. Henderson III Frederick G. Pierce II AK CFO: Staff Liaison & Secretary Peter F. Hunt Leslie H. Zemsky Roberta Joseph Thomas R. Hyde, President Victoria Beck Newman AK Director Bruce D. Reinoso AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Deborah Russell AK Head of Development: Staff Liaison Catherine T. Wettlaufer AK Associate, Deputy Director’s Office: John R. Yurtchuk Secretary Thomas R. Hyde, President AK Director AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison AK CFO: Staff Liaison AK Corporate Relations Coordinator: Staff Liaison AK Head of Development: Staff Liaison AK Head of Marketing, Corporate, and Public Relations: Staff Liaison AK Membership Manager: Secretary *Non-Director ANNUAL REPORT 2013–2014 3 INNOVATION LAB PLANNED GIVING ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY L. N. Hopkins, M.D., Chair Bruce D. Reinoso, Chair MANAGEMENT GROUP Steven G. Biltekoff* Thomas R. Hyde Janne Sirén, PhD Robert J. Bojdak John R. Sanderson Peggy Pierce Elfvin Director Donald K. Boswell Catherine T. Wettlaufer Melissa Arena, CPA Robert T. Brady AK Director Chief Financial Officer Louis P. Ciminelli AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Jennifer Bayles Roscoe C. Henderson III AK CFO: Staff Liaison Head of Development Northrup R. Knox, Jr. AK Head of Development: Staff Liaison Seymour H. Knox IV & Secretary Jessica M. DiPalma Deborah Ronnen Curator of Education and Community Deborah Russell PUBLIC ART Engagement Catherine T. Wettlaufer Monica Angle, Chair Bryan Gawronski Thomas R. Hyde, President Catherine B. Foley Head of Operations AK Director Catherine Gillespie* AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison Roscoe C. Henderson III Joe Lin-Hill, PhD AK Head of Marketing, Corporate, and Alphonso O’Neil-White Deputy Director Public Relations: Staff Liaison Leslie H. Zemsky Maria Morreale AK Associate, Deputy Director’s Office: Thomas R. Hyde, President Head of Marketing, Corporate, and Secretary AK Director Public Relations AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison INVESTMENT AK Chief Curator: Staff Liaison Richard O. Hopkins,* Chair AK Head of Marketing, Corporate, and Susan O’Connor Baird Public Relations: Staff Liaison Charles E. Balbach AK Curator of Public Art: Staff Liaison Charles W. Banta AK Associate, Deputy Director’s Office: Robert T. Brady Secretary Gerald S. Lippes* Additional committee members to be Frederick G. Pierce II named at a later date. François Rochon Deborah Russell John R. Sanderson Thomas R. Hyde, President AK Director AK Deputy Director: Staff Liaison AK CFO: Staff Liaison & Secretary The 2013–2014 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Board of Directors. Photograph by Tom Loonan. *Non-Director ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY 4 The Delaware Stairs and Do Ho Suh’s Karma, 2010 (Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange, 2010). © 2010 Do Ho Suh. Photograph by Tom Loonan. ANNUAL REPORT 2013–2014 5 Letter from the President WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2013–2014 YEAR AT THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX. For some, it is the exuberance art museums came into being and developed into the cultural and festival feeling of Art Alive. institutions we now know. Revenues do not adequately measure For others, the creativity—visual the success of the Director’s Lecture Series, but it does say and culinary—of the Beyond something that ticket sales outran the budget by a factor Landscape gala last November. of two. For a schoolkid visiting an art The lecture series is just one example of the entrepreneurial museum for the first time, it drive that Janne has brought to the Albright-Knox. Another might be a docent’s question would be the Public Art Initiative—our partnership with Erie that opens new ways to think about how a painting can depict County (and now the City of Buffalo) that has presented and history. For that docent, it might be the lecture on Anselm installed its first works over recent months. The Public Art Kiefer that unexpectedly packed our auditorium and drew such Initiative grew out of an idea floated over lunch and now looks intelligent questions from the audience that we were all proud to to be an ongoing program that will give the Albright-Knox a be in Buffalo, at the AK, that evening. leading role in the artistic renaissance that is happening in and I have my own highlights of the year past, but the Board around Buffalo. Stay tuned for more public art developments, as President has the responsibility to report on institutional well as products of the Innovation Lab now beginning operation achievements and challenges. Turn to the Director’s Report for in Clifton Hall. the fun stuff—the exhibitions, programs, classes, activities, travel, In short, in his first full year as Director, Janne Sirén has more collaborations, and parties—that make the Albright-Knox the than borne out the enthusiasm with which we welcomed him “hub of artistic and cultural energies” that we aspire to be. My in April of 2013. One of the Board’s key responsibilities is to job is to report on developments in three areas. recruit the Director and oversee the course he is steering. I can 2013–2014 was Janne Sirén’s first full year as the Peggy speak for the Board in reporting that the Albright-Knox is in Pierce Elfvin Director of the Albright-Knox. A year ago, people very capable hands. were pretty sure that we had recruited a dynamic young man The second strategic development that you should know who seemed to have an intuitive ability to connect with Buffalo about concerns our “campus,” the place where most of the audiences, despite his Finnish heritage. A year later, we know Albright-Knox’s activities take place.