MFA Transformed - Museum of Fine Arts

July, August, September 2013
MFA Transformed:
A Landmark Renewed
Director’s Welcome
Dear Friends,
This summer you can visit our
national parks – at the MFA.
Curatorial Assistant Sabrina
Hughes has organized the
stunning Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Spaces:
Photographs of our National Parks. This exhibition
features some of the best images in our collection
by the likes of Ansel Adams and Florida’s own
Clyde Butcher and Jerry Uelsmann.
Color Acting: Abstraction since 1950 is just as
impressive. As the title suggests, this exhibition
is bursting with color. Katherine Pill, our new
Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, has taken
a fresh look at our collection and has borrowed
several cutting-edge, contemporary works. This
show will change the way you perceive and
experience color.
Stuart Society President Charlotte Kendall (left) presents the historic check
to President of the Board Howard Mills and Curator of Public Programs Anna
Glenn at the final general meeting of the season on May 16. This impressive
contribution will support exhibitions and educational programs.
We also have a wealth of summer programs – our
Marly Music concerts, our Dinner and Jazz Series,
Coffee Talks with the ever popular Nan Colton,
and UNCHartED: Random Acts of Culture on
Thursday night, including “The Great Outdoors”
on July 18. Bring the entire family for the fly-fishing
demonstrations, campfire stories, music, and more.
New Summer Admission Fees
The Museum of Fine Arts is opening its doors – wide –
this summer. Admission is now $10 for everyone through
September 30, 2013. Groups of 10 or more adults pay only $8
each and groups of 10 or more students, $4 per person.
As you probably know, we are in the midst of
renovating and transforming our galleries, The
Great Hall, and the Marly Room in the original
building. At the end, we will reinstall our
extraordinary collection. The art – and our interior
– will shine.
On Thursday nights, when the Museum presents
“UNCHartED: Random Acts of Culture,” college students
with current I.D. pay $5 or can buy one admission, get one
free.
We could not present so many exciting exhibitions
and educational programs without the support of
you, our members. You have already received a
letter asking you to contribute to Annual Giving,
and many of you have already responded –
generously. Thank you so much. If you have not yet
donated, please consider sending your gift today.
We need your help.
I look forward to seeing you at the Museum.
Sincerely,
Kent Lydecker
Director
On the cover:
Magical light will illuminate The Great Hall by
the end of the renovation project.
Museum Photographs: Thomas U. Gessler and Bridget Bryson
Entire families enjoyed Painting in the Park on April 28 on the north lawn. Singers
from Opera Tampa performed. Amley and Amley Orthodontics was the sponsor. All
Museum educational programs are supported in part by The Stuart Society.
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• T
he Marly Room, added in 1974, has a window at the back of
the stage that will be restored, giving this elegant lecture and
concert hall a new personality, but one that harks back to the
original architecture.
• T he ancient Antioch mosaic will be installed on a wall,
receiving the attention it deserves.
The goal is to open up the Museum to its spectacular setting and
to spotlight the collection like never before. The MFA’s treasures
will be reinstalled in fresh, imaginative ways. More African and
ceramic art, to name just two areas, will come out of storage. The
spaces and lighting will enliven the art.
The MFA is renovating the galleries housing our distinguished
collection. We are replacing tired and worn carpeting and
wall-coverings. In select galleries, solid-wood floors will shine.
Get Involved
Make a Difference
Please join us as we transform the original building. There
are many giving levels for individuals, corporations, and
foundations. As the gifted American artist Robert Henri
wrote: “Art when really understood is the province of
every human being.” Please contact Associate Director
for Advancement Don Howe for more information:
[email protected] or 727.896.2667, ext. 231. All queries will
be held in the strictest confidence.
Design Advisor
The Museum has reached out to one of the most respected
designers in the field to guide this project. Jeffrey Daly, now
leading his own firm, was the former Chief Exhibition Designer
and Senior Design Advisor to the Director at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York for more than 28 years.
The ancient Antioch mosaic, weighting approximately 1,000 pounds, had to be moved
to renovate the galleries. It is now safely resting below the Marly Room stage.
Lighting will be enhanced and made more energy-efficient.
The interior of the original building, designed by John Volk
and Associates, will be revitalized. Museum Founder Margaret
Acheson Stuart (1896-1980) played a major role in designing “a
museum for St. Petersburg.” The galleries in The Frick Collection
in New York were her inspiration. Striking details, hidden for
many years, will once again emerge. Just a few follow:
• T
he Great Hall
has a skylight.
Magical light
will enter this
space, providing
a link to The
Mary Alice
McClendon
Conservatory.
• Scrims will be
removed on
the windows
facing Beach
Drive, revealing
artistic
grillwork.
Filtered light
will enter
the galleries
and strategic
lighting at
night will
encourage
pedestrians to
look inside.
Mr. Daly worked closely with the
legendary Philippe de Montebello
and led the famed renovation and
installation design of the Greek
and Roman galleries. Architectural
Record wrote that “the Met’s new
Greek and Roman Galleries by
Jeffrey Daly, sun-flooded and
majestic, merit a high place among
recent museum successes.” He did
similar honors for the galleries of
Egyptian art, twentieth-century
works, and Southeast Asian and
Chinese objects, and collaborated
with curators on more than 1,000
exhibitions. His designs for Diana
Vreeland’s major costume shows received rave reviews, and
he produced the installation design for Jacqueline Kennedy: The
White House Years.
In addition, Mr. Daly has led consultations and projects for
Gracie Mansion, the New York mayor’s residence, and the
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, also in
that city; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the Gibbes Museum
of Art in Charleston, South Carolina; and the Miho Museum in
Kyoto, Japan, where he consulted with the great architect I.M.
Pei. He was involved in the premiere installation of The Andy
Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and is the annual designer for
New York’s Winter Antiques Show.
The windows facing Beach Drive will once again let in filtered
light and reveal beautiful grillwork. Generous supporter Arlene
Fillinger Rothman, who has underwritten the restoration of
the windows, is pictured with Facilities Manager J.P. Fatseas.
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CURRENT
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UPCOMING
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EXHIBITIONS
Pleasure Grounds
and Restoring Spaces:
Photographs of our
National Parks
Through Sunday, October 6
At once seemingly untouched and ripe for
development, the American landscape has always
fueled the imagination of artists. In the face of rapid
industrialization, President Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1919) and naturalist John Muir (1838–1914) led
the urgent call to protect America’s bounty.
Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park,
California (about 1940, printed about 1970)
Gelatin silver print
Museum Purchase with funds provided by National Endowment
for the Arts and Fine Arts Council of Florida grants
Photo used with permission of The Trustees of The Ansel
Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All Rights Reserved.
I want to show people that there is a unity between all
undisturbed natural places, whether the peak of a renowned
mountain range or a steam-bed in an urban watershed.
Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Spaces, organized by Curatorial
Assistant Sabrina Hughes, primarily features images depicting
national and state parks and landmarks. The earliest date from
the 1860s, including albumen prints by Carleton Watkins,
Timothy H. O’Sullivan, and William H. Jackson and an
ambrotype of Niagara Falls by Platt D. Babbitt. These images
were created to elicit and satisfy the curiosity of the public and
for government and commercial topographical surveys. For
the first time, spectacular Western sites were seen by a wide
audience largely unable to travel to these destinations.
— Clyde Butcher
Photography not only inspired conservation, but also
popularized new tourist sites, aligning nature with American
values. Many photographers like Ansel Adams, who is
represented by four of his most stunning and famous
photographs, have been very influential in defending our
environment.
Iconic vistas by Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter urged
viewers to heed the call of conservation. Aaron Siskind
and Brett Weston abstracted elements of the landscape,
narrowing the focus and offering a modernist
perspective. Jerry Uelsmann, who established the
photography program at the University of Florida, and
John Pfahl impose their own style rather than recreate
popular views. Florida meets the West in Uelsmann’s
richly imaginative Flamingos Visit Yosemite (1985).
Floridian Clyde Butcher’s two large-scale
photographs in the exhibition spotlight the state’s
wild beauty – a beauty always under pressure from
developers. His magnificent Ochopee #2 (1985) is of
the greater Everglades, which has inspired some of
his best and best-known work.
The exhibition spans a century and also reveals how key
donors have built the Museum’s important photography
collection. They include Carol A. Upham, Dr. Robert
L. and Chitranee Drapkin, and more recently, Ludmila
and Bruce Dandrew. Their passion for the art form has
transformed the Museum’s entire collection.
Platt D. Babbitt (American, 1822-1872)
Niagara Falls (about 1860)
Ambrotype
Gift of Bonita L. Cobb in honor of Dr. Jennifer Hardin
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Color Acting:
Abstraction Since 1950
Like Davis and Albers, Israeli artist Yaacov Agam (born in 1928)
was represented in the famous Op Art exhibition The Responsive
Eye (1965) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which
examined modes of visual perception. Agam’s two prints in
Color Acting reveal his vibrant palette and playful sense of
pattern.
Saturday, July 6-Sunday, September 22
Painting is color acting. The act is to change character and
behavior, mood and tempo.
— Josef Albers
Painter, teacher, and color theorist Josef Albers (1888-1976)
wrote that “color is the most relative medium in art,” as there
are endless factors that change the way we experience it. Color is
never seen as it “really is.”
This exhibition examines what Albers has called the
“discrepancy between physical fact and psychic effect” in the
experience of color. Technically, we see color via photoreceptors
in our retinas. But that does not encompass the psychological
effects of color or its inherent optical illusions.
Jessica Eaton (Canadian, born 1977)
cfaal 279 (2012)
Archival pigment print
Courtesy of M+B Gallery
The two contemporary photographers with works in the
exhibition – Jessica Eaton (born 1977) and Jessica Labatte (born
1981) – engage explicitly with the theories of Albers. Eaton’s cfaal
279 (2012) depicts multicolored nested cubes that recall Albers’s
Homage to the Square series. But her work has a hazy glow and
an imprecision to the geometry, indicating her own intricate
approach.
Josef Albers (American, born Germany, 1888-1976)
I-Sj (1973)
Silkscreen on paper
Gift of Linda H. Brink
©2013 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Labatte’s Cross Processed series refers to Albers’s legacy as a color
theorist and teacher. Cutting up Color Aid papers (a teaching
tool popularized by Albers) into variously sized triangles, she
creates small, abstract compositions using harmonious color
techniques. After photographing these compositions, she “crossprocesses” the film, resulting in unexpected color combinations.
She subverts conventional color theory and achieves surprisingly
beautiful results.
Drawn primarily from the MFA collection, Color Acting
presents both formal and more expressionistic explorations of
color. Many works encourage a sense of viewer participation.
Gene Davis (1920-1985) urges the audience to “enter the
painting through the door of a single color, and then you can
understand what my painting is all about.” His work also has a
musical dimension. The vertical lines in his large canvases can
be seen almost as piano strings, and there is a rhythm to his
oeuvre.
Color Acting also features work by Richard Anuskiewicz, Ilya
Bolotowsky, Leon Berkowitz, Norman Bluhm, Martin Canin,
Robyn Denny, Helen Frankenthaler, Stanley William Hayter,
Hans Hinterreiter, Fredric Karoly, Stanton MacDonald-Wright,
Joan Mitchell, Ludwig Sander, and Frank Stella. Katherine Pill,
Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, has organized the exhibition
– her first at the MFA.
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Mixing Metaphors:
The Aesthetic, the
Social, and the Political
in African American Art,
Works from the Bank
of America Collection
Corporate, Foundation,
Government, and
Individual Sponsors
The Museum is grateful to the following organizations
and individuals for supporting exhibitions, educational
programs, and operations:
Provided by Bank of America’s Art in our Communities Program
President’s Circle ($100,000 and above)
The Stuart Society of the Museum of Fine Arts
State of Florida, Department of State, Division of
Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and
Culture
Opening Saturday, October 5
Benefactors ($50,000-$99,999)
Tampa Bay Times*
Patrons ($25,000-$49,999)
Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club*
Sponsors ($15,000-$24,999)
Bank of America
Ceviche Tapas Bar and Restaurant
Arlene Fillinger Rothman
Fifth Third Private Bank**
Wells, Houser & Schatzel, P.A.*
Partners ($10,000-$14,999)
City of St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Lightning
Sustainers ($5,000-$9,999)
Destiny Transportation*
Franklin Templeton
Great Bay Distributors*
Northern Trust
Polywogs
RBC Wealth Management
Sterling Research Group, Inc.*
Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg
Carrie Mae Weems’ compelling photograph May Flowers (2002) is featured
in this important exhibition of more than 90 works by 36 artists. This is the
largest exhibition of African American art ever presented at the MFA. The
image is courtesy of the artist and the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.
Associates ($2,500-$4,999)
Dr. Edward and Mrs. Margaret Amley
Cowles Charitable Trust
Hype Group, LLC
Jabil Circuit Inc.
NAC Design & Distributing Solutions
Mrs. Mary L. Shuh
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth
Management
Board of Trustees 2013
Executive Committee
Mr. Howard Mills, J.D.,
President
Mr. Marshall Rousseau,
President-Elect
Ms. Ellen Stavros, Secretary
Mr. Harold E. Wells Jr.,
Treasurer
Mr. Roy Binger
Mr. Robert Churuti
Ms. Mary Alice McClendon
Mr. William H. Stover
Trustees
Mr. Gary Damkoehler
Mrs. Royce G. Haiman
Mrs. Hazel C. Hough
Mr. Jackie Joyner Jr.
Dr. William D. Law Jr.
Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey
Mr. Clark Mason
Mrs. Glenn Mosby
Mr. Cary P. Putrino, J.D.
Mr. Frank J. (Sandy) Rief III, Esq.
Mr. Robert B. Stewart
Mrs. Jean Giles Wittner
Mr. Anthony Zinge, J.D.
Mrs. Margaret Amley,
President, The Stuart Society
Dr. Kent Lydecker, Director
Contributors ($1,000-$2,499)
Amley & Amley Orthodontics
The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation
Olympia Catering & Events*
Please contact Director of Development Brooke
Manetti at 727.896.2667, ext. 250, or via email,
[email protected], to learn more about the
benefits of becoming a Museum sponsor.
Honorary Trustees
Mrs. Isabel Bishop, Honorary
Memorial Trustee
Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Esq.
Mr. Charles Henderson
Mrs. Nomina Cox Horton
Mr. Peter Sherman
Mrs. Carol A. Upham
*In-Kind Donation
**Partial In-Kind Contribution
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Store Spotlight
Games, puzzles,
art activities, and
books will keep
your children
engaged during the
summer. The Store
has some of the
most imaginative
gifts for children
in the Tampa Bay
area. A Coloring
Book: Drawings by
Andy Warhol is ideal
for young children
and budding artists.
These drawings
were created for
fashion advertising.
Think tanned
snakes, alligators, and lizards. Think leather goods.
Remember Andy’s drawings and prints of shoes?
LECTURES
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TALKS
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and visit our website for
updates on educational programs. Support is provided in part by
The Stuart Society, the MFA Education Committee, Westminster
Communities of St. Petersburg, an anonymous donor, and the City
of St. Petersburg.
Lectures and Gallery Talks
FREE with Museum admission
Assistant Curator of Art after 1950
Katherine Pill on Color Acting:
Abstraction Since 1950
Sunday, July 14, 3 p.m.
These drawings are fanciful, not scary. As Warhol himself
suggests, “You will want to frame these or perhaps send
them to someone you want to make happy.” This coloring
book will definitely make children – and adults – smile.
Ms. Pill introduces her first exhibition at
the MFA. She is committed to making
contemporary art accessible to and
enjoyable for everyone and has taken an
active role as an educator and writer. She holds a dual MA in art
history, theory, and criticism and arts administration and policy
from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Panel Discussion with artists Jessica Eaton and Jessica
Labatte, chaired by Ms. Pill
Final Day of Color Acting, Sunday, September 22, 3 p.m.
Both artists, represented in Color Acting, discuss their work, the
larger implications of the exhibition, and the influence of Josef
Albers. Ms. Eaton has shown her work around the globe and has
created public art installations, including Flash Forward Festival
2010: Cubes for Albers and LeWitt in Boston. She received the
Photography Jury Grand Prize at the 2012 International Festival
of Fashion and Photography in Hyères, France and her work has
The Store’s choice selection of books includes
photography collections by Florida’s own Clyde Butcher
and Carlton Ward Jr. Butcher’s Apalachicola River: An
American Treasure is gorgeous and serene, and Ward, an
eighth-generation Floridian from a pioneering ranching
family, documents Florida Cowboys: Keepers of the Last
Frontier. Most Floridians will be surprised by the state’s
cowboy culture, captured brilliantly in Ward’s images.
Watch for announcements of book-signings in the
coming weeks and go to the second floor to see two of
Butcher’s large-scale photographs.
The Store is open throughout the Museum’s summer
renovation. If you have not seen the Store lately, you have
not seen the Store, where you can find diverse works by
local artists – from Duncan McClellan’s glass art to Sarah
Thee Campagna’s CyberCraft Robots. And don’t miss the
annual Beach Drive Sunrise Sale on July 18.
Students from the “Journeys in Journalism” project involve Director
Kent Lydecker and Director of Development Brooke Manetti
in one of their assignments. The students produce their own
news magazines. The Museum displayed some of the students’
photography at the “Through Our Eyes” reception on May 2.
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FREE sample of Margaret Ann’s Gourmet Cookies. This snack is
available for Art Bite guests only.
Artist and educator
Valerie Scott Knaust
introduces students
and parents to the
MFA collection in
the “Magic Carpet”
program. This
year-long initiative
also helps pre-K and
kindergarten students
develop linguistic
skills. Students lead
their parents on a
tour at the end.
August 12: Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, on
Volumes (1972) by Richard Anuskiewicz.
September 9: Mary Szaroleta, Associate Curator of Public
Programs, on Platt Babbitt’s Niagara Falls (about 1860), an
historical perspective.
October 14: Director Kent Lydecker on a selection from Mixing
Metaphors.
been reviewed in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the
British Journal of Photography, among many other publications.
Ms. Labatte has had solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary
Art in Chicago and the Humble Arts Foundation in New York.
She has been represented in a wealth of group exhibitions,
including The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography at the
Chelsea Art Museum in New York. She has been a “Critic’s
Pick” in Artforum. Ms. Labatte holds both her BFA and MFA
from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Visitors enjoy the poetry reading in the Membership Garden on May 9.
A Colorful Party
Thursday, July 11, 6-9 p.m.
Members Free, Guests $10 each
See Color Acting and enjoy delectable bites by Ceviche Tapas Bar &
Restaurant. Cash bar will be available. DC9V + Bradley Kokay will
present an improvisational, mixed-media performance, exploring
the relationship of color to sound. Complimentary valet parking on
Beach Drive. RSVP: [email protected] or 727.896.2667, ext. 210.
Coffee Talks with Nan Colton
Sponsored in part by:
Second Wednesday of the
month.
Free with Museum admission.
The Museum’s popular
performing artist-in-residence
continues her entertaining
presentations. Ms. Colton, a
crowd favorite, writes her own
scripts, inspired by special
exhibitions, the Museum collection, and themes and people
related to both. Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m., Ms. Colton’s
performance at 10:30, and a general docent tour at 11:15.
HOT GATHERINGS
COOL CONVERSATIONS
July 10: “Summer Shorts – A Seasonal Tale,” held in the
Bayview Room on the second floor.
August 14: “Georgia O’Keeffe in Yosemite: It takes time to see”
September 11: “Frida Kahlo – I Paint My Own Reality”
October 9: “Mixed Metaphors – Memories of Growing Up in
South Africa”
A DMG Visiting Glass Artist Series
Sponsored by The Duncan McClellan Glass Project
Sunday, September 15, 2 p.m.: Hyungsung Cho and David
Thai
Monday Art Bites
Mr. Cho has taught and exhibited widely in Korea, Japan, and the
United States and has received numerous grants, scholarships, and
awards. He earned his MFA in studio glass from Southern Illinois
University of Carbondale, his MA in glass design from Kookmin
University in Seoul, Korea, and his BFA in environmental design
and plastic arts from Namseoul University in Chon-an, Korea.
Second Monday of the month, 1 p.m.
Free with Museum admission.
Sample treasures from the collection in these 30-minute talks.
Then stay for the 2 p.m. docent tour to explore more of the MFA’s
stellar collection. On your way out, visit the MFA Store for a
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Mr. Thai emigrated from Vietnam in 1985, is now an instructor of
glassblowing at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, and has shown
his work in both Canada and the U.S. He graduated from the Crafts
and Design Glass Program at Sheridan College in Canada.
Youth & Family
First and third Saturday of the
month, 10 a.m.
Ages three and older.
$5 per person
Bring a towel or yoga mat.
Sunday, October 13, 2 p.m.: Susan Rankin and Rob Stern
Ms. Rankin, an instructor at the Haliburton School of the Arts in
Ontario, draws her forms in charcoal first and has been inspired
by classical forms, select decorative arts, and the history of
glass itself. She is represented in the collections of the Corning
Museum of Glass, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and
Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, among others.
Kidding Around Yoga utilizes the
yoga poses or asanas creatively
tucked into: partner yoga, games
and activities, original music,
stories, and more. The class
is designed for children, but
families are welcome. Practicing
yoga with everyone in the family creates a special bond.
Mr. Stern’s aesthetic resides where humans and nature interact,
between random organic patterns and angular hewn planes.
His work pushes the traditional boundaries of the medium. He
has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington, the University
of Miami, and San Jose State University. He conducts regular
workshops at the Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey and at the
famous Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, where he is a teaching
assistant.
MFA: Make and Take Saturday
Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Free with Museum admission. No registration necessary.
For ages five and older.
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection
and special exhibitions. Supplies are included. Entire families
are welcome.
July 20: Gyotaku – Create your own fish print.
August 17: Back-to-School Backpacks – Design your own
back-to-school bag.
September 21: Art Shades.
Family Tours
Saturdays, 11 a.m.
Bring the family for a docent tour that will open up exciting new
worlds. Participants receive a postcard reproduction of a work
from the collection to take home.
Team “Picasso” was the winner of the Museum’s first trivia night, part of UNCHartED’s
Use Your Noodle evening. They are (left to right) Averill Summer, Juliana Gonzalez, and
Robert Summer. Special thanks go to Alesia Restaurant for providing the delectable bites.
Gather with movers, makers, and forward thinkers to get an
offbeat art fix or to pick up a creative craft. A wine/beer cash
bar and delectable bites add to this fun Thursday night out.
UNCHartED is included in regular Museum admission. College
students with valid ID receive two-for-one admission.
Random Act 7.18.13: The Great Outdoors – Celebrate the national
parks exhibition with saltwater fly-fishing demonstrations by Bill
Jackson’s Shop for Adventure, S’more Cupcake demonstrations
(6-7 p.m.), campfire stories (7-8 p.m.), music, and more.
Random Act 7.25.13: Watercolors – Looking for a fun night out
with friends or your significant other? Paint with watercolors in
the Museum. An instructor will be on hand.
Ayanna Steele of Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School
won the 2013 Artistic Discovery Best of Show. She is congratulated
by (left to right): Susan Castleman, the Visual Arts Supervisor for the
Pinellas County Schools; Shirley Miaoulis of Congressman C.W. Bill
Young’s office; Ayanna’s mother Shauntae Steele; and Director Kent
Lydecker. Ayanna’s work will be displayed for a year in the U.S. Capitol.
For more UNCHartED events and updates, please visit our
website. Random Acts are subject to change.
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Music
in the Marly
The Marly Music Series continues with
two exciting concerts in August. Tickets
are first-come, first-served and cost
$20 for adults and $10 for students 22
and younger with current ID. Museum
admission is included.
Marly Music Society members pay only
$15 per concert. Please consider joining
the group to support the series. You must
be a Museum member to join. A special
reception for Marly Music Society members
only will be held after pianist Adam
Neiman’s performance on August 25.
The Music Committee, chaired by
Dr. Richard Eliason and co-chaired by
Demi Rahall, plans the series. Vicki
Sofranko is the staff coordinator. Concerts
are sponsored in part by the Estate of
Mrs. Elvira Wolfe de Weil, and the Tampa
Bay Times is the media sponsor. For more
information, please call 727.896.2667 or
visit the website, www.fine-arts.org. The
concerts are at 2 p.m. on these Sundays:
August 18
David Burgess, guitar
One of the world’s outstanding guitarists,
David Burgess has won top honors
in many international competitions
and received the first Andrés Segovia
Fellowship. As a result, he
received private classes from
Mr. Segovia until the maestro’s
death in 1987.
Mr. Burgess has performed
around the globe and has
been a soloist with the
American Chamber Orchestra
at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C., the
St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra,
and the Philharmonia Virtuosi
of New York. With the Virtuosi,
he recorded Rodrigo’s Concierto de
Aranjuez on the CBS Masterworks label.
He began studying guitar at the Estudio
de Arte Guitarrístico in Mexico City with
the renowned Argentine guitarist Manuel
López Ramos and earned his BA in music
from the University of Washington. He
was also awarded a Diploma di Merito
on a full scholarship from the Accademia
Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. At the
Museum, he will play eight works, all by
Brazilian composers.
August 25
Adam Neiman, piano
Adam Neiman began receiving standing
ovations as a teenager. In 1995, he
became the youngest artist ever to win
the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the
following year added the Young Concert
Artists International Auditions to his long
list of accomplishments.
Since then, Mr. Neiman has been a soloist
with many major orchestras, including
the Chicago, the St. Louis, San Francisco,
Houston, and the National Symphony. His
solo recitals have garnered critical praise
internationally. The New York Times has
written that “his technique is imposing…
he balanced sheer power with a high
sense of drama.”
His live performance of the Brahms
Rhapsodies (Op. 79) at the Gilmore
International Keyboard Festival on NPR’s
Performance Today was nominated for a
Grammy. He was a featured artist in the
PBS documentaries In the Key of G and
Playing for Real, which also aired on Bravo
and Ovation.
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A two-time winner of The Juilliard
School’s Gina Bachauer International
Piano Competition, he received the
Rubinstein Award upon his graduation
in 1999. That same year, he was honored
with the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
A composer, as well as a performer,
Mr. Neiman will play his Nocturne
(2010) and his Étude-Caprice (2011) at
the Museum. He describes the former as
“dark, brooding, and pensive” and the
latter as “a wild, fantastical, diabolical
ride with non-stop motion.” He will
also perform Beethoven’s 33 Variations
on a Theme of Diabelli, Op. 120, and
Ginastera’s First Piano Sonata, Op. 22.
Sixth Annual
Dinner & Jazz
Series
Sponsored by
Friday evenings from July 26-August 30 at
6:30 p.m.
Museum Members and guests, $5
Nonmembers, $10
Includes MFA admission
MFA Café will be open for dinner. For
reservations, please call 727.896.2667, ext. 258,
or 727.822.1032.
July 26: Dan McMillion and the High
Octane Quintet
A star of the Seabreeze jazz label, Dan
McMillion leads these musicians who
always live up to the name “High Octane.”
His Jazz Orchestra recorded the Grammynominated CD Got the Spirit in Tampa.
New Trustee
August 2: IMPROMPTU
With roots in gypsy jazz, this popular ensemble plays music
ranging from bebop to bossa nova.
St. Petersburg native Clark Mason
brings extensive financial and
investment experience, as well as
knowledge of the community and
art, to the Board. He will serve on the
Museum’s Development Committee.
August 9: New York Guitar Cats
Another audience favorite, the Guitar Cats favor contemporary
jazz and modern harmonies, with bebop, blues, and rock added
for good measure.
Mr. Mason joined William R. Hough &
Co. in 1996, where he served as a Vice
President, establishing and managing
relationships with private clients.
In 2004, William R. Hough & Co. was acquired by The Royal
Bank of Canada (RBC). For RBC Wealth Management, he has
continued to consult with and manage assets for both private
clients and institutions. He began his career in 1993 as a Vice
President with Bankers Insurance Corporation in St. Petersburg.
In addition to his business experience, Mr. Mason has been
an avid art collector and involved with arts organizations
throughout his career.
August 16: Cannonball/Coltrane Tribute Quintet
This group pays a swinging tribute to two of the greatest jazz
saxophonists ever – Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane.
August 23: Sasha Tuck
This versatile vocalist,
composer, and arranger has
performed at more than 100
venues and festivals, including
the Morton H. Myerson
Symphony Center in Dallas.
She has been influenced by
greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday and holds a master’s
degree in jazz studies from the University of North Texas.
Community involvement has been a priority for Mr. Mason.
He has served on the boards of the St. Petersburg College
Foundation and the Suncoast Children’s Dream Fund. He holds
his BA in history from the University of South Florida, Tampa.
August 30: Stolen Idols
The tropical mood jazz of Stolen Idols will take you to gorgeous
beaches, South Sea islands, and Far East gardens – all in one
night. You will never forget the journey.
In memory of Macie Bush,
mother of Glenn Mosby
David Connelly
Maggi McQueen
In memory of Martha Chive
Dr. John E. Schloder and
Terence Leet
In memory of Fran Davis
Joane Miller
In memory of Nancy Ellis
Dr. John E. Schloder
In memory of Donna Fraleigh
Dr. John E. Schloder
In honor of Dr. Gordon J.
Gilbert’s birthday
Bruce and Mary Ann Marger
Ira and Beverly Mitlin
In memory of Flora Kennoy
Dr. John E. Schloder
In honor of Toni Lydecker
SPYC Ladies Beach Club at
Pass-A-Grille
In memory of E.B. Porter
Ms. Gloria Lewallen
In memory of Paul Rousseau,
brother of Marshall Rousseau
David Connelly
Marshall Rousseau
In honor of Mel and Betty
Sembler’s 60th wedding
anniversary
Dr. Sidney and Dotty
Feinberg
Bruce and Mary Ann Marger
In memory of Lynn Strickland
Dr. Jack and Mrs. Marilyn
Frieman
Charles and Frances Parsons
In memory of Herb
Tempelmann, husband of
Sheila Tempelmann
Jacqueline Ley and
Dr. William J. Brown
David Connelly
Louise and John Garrigues
Irwin and Patti Novack
Mary Shuh
David and Carole Stein
Students from Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf dress as the
artists they discovered in their visits to the MFA and the Salvador
Dalí Museum. In the year-long “Strokes of Genius” program, the
students enhance their understanding of American Sign Language
and Common Core standards through art. Do you recognize
Jimmy Ernst, Martin Canin, George Bellows, or Paul Seide?
In memory of Frank North
Rep and Simone DeLoach
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The event and project chairs are: Carol Fisher and Elise Minkoff
(SMartLY Dressed Fashion Show); Dimity Carlson, with Patricia
Rossignol and John William Barger III as the contributing chairs
(Wine Weekend); Kathy Whittemore and Jane Schaumberg
(Affaires d’Art); and Lorraine Danna (the Brick Project). The
2013-2014 provisionals have selected the SMartLY Dressed Dress
Rehearsal as their project. Natavidad (Nata) Cibran and Audrie
Rañon are the chairs.
The Stuart Society made history at the final meeting of the season
on May 16. President Charlotte Kendall presented a $500,000 check
– the largest ever – to President of the Board Howard Mills and
Curator of Public Programs Anna Glenn to support educational
programs and exhibitions. The two presidents and others
recognized the dedication of officers, event and committee chairs,
provisionals, and many members for working tirelessly to make this
moment possible.
Dale Wybrow and Elizabeth Walters-Alison are the coordinating
chairs of Art in Bloom 2014, and Betty Shamas will oversee the
installation of the floral designs. Becky Wells, Gail Pyhel, and
Whitney Shouppe are chairing “Flowers After Hours,” the preview
party, and Glenn Mosby and Martha Buttner, the luncheon. The
reservations chairs include: Chris Hilton (Affaires d’Art), Joann
Barger (SMartLY Dressed), Gail Phares (Wine Weekend), and
Nancy Dunn (Art in Bloom Luncheon and “Flowers After Hours”).
Even at this
meeting The
Stuart Society
was looking
ahead. Mrs.
Kendall passed
the gavel to
Margaret
Amley, the
50th president.
Provisionals
became active
members and
event chairs
requested
support. Tickets
were already
Stuart Society President Charlotte Kendall (left) passes
the gavel to Margaret Amley, the 50 th president.
being sold for
the SMartLY
Dressed Fashion Show on November 8. The Stuart Society never
takes a summer vacation.
The stellar schedule features SMartLY Dressed (November 8, 2013)
and Wine Weekend (February 7-9, 2014), as well as a wide variety of
Affaires d’Art throughout the season. Art in Bloom is set for March
7-11. The Luncheon will begin the spring celebration on Friday,
March 7, and “Flowers After Hours” will be held on Saturday,
March 8.
The Stuart Society Provisionals
The Stuart Society and the Museum welcome these
accomplished provisionals, an encouraging sign for the future.
2012-2013
New Stuart Society
Active Members
Jane Baldwin
Judy Bistany
Mary Lee Hanley
Ginny McCarthy
Karen McCollum
Cary Thomas Rahall
Kathy Whittemore
Denise Williams
2013-2014
Shannon Borton
Elizabeth Bradley
Sidney Chaney
Jackie Chapman
Natavidad (Nata) Cibran
Deann Coop
Linda Dow
Pascale Durand
The new Stuart Society officers are (left to right): Parliamentarian Elise
Minkoff, Corresponding Secretary Sue Froid, Recording Secretary Jane
Beam, Vice President Maggi McQueen, President-Elect Gail Phares, and
President Margaret Amley. Not pictured is Treasurer Ginger Grimes.
Stephanie Massari Dyer
Shari Ellis
Rebecca Nannen Hearn
Lynda Jollay
Pam Levitt
Toni Lydecker
Dawn MacLaren
Monica Mason
Carol Nelson
Mary Jo Nelson
Mary R. Rainey
Becky Ramsey
Audrie Cuddy Rañon
Susan Reiter
Carolyn Hensley Reynolds
Maria (Toni) Riche
Rachael Russell
Stephanie S. Sanders
Evelyn (Eve) Sawicki
Carolyn K. Warren
The Plaza of Honor
at the Bayshore entrance to the Hazel Hough Wing
Order an Engraved Brick, the Perfect Memorial or Tribute.
In addition to Mrs. Amley, the new officers are: President-Elect
Gail Phares, Vice President Maggi McQueen, Recording Secretary
Jane Beam, Corresponding Secretary Sue Froid, Treasurer Ginger
Grimes, and Parliamentarian Elise Minkoff. The standing
committee chairs follow: Glenn Mosby (Ways and Means),
Chris Hilton (Volunteer Activities), Carol Piper and Lynn Cox
(Provisionals 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 respectively), Susan Lahey
(The Scene), Carol Russell (Programs), Mary Evertz (Publicity), and
Parsla Mason (Nominating).
• Commemorate an engagement, wedding, anniversary,
milestone birthday, or graduation.
• Memorialize a relative or special friends.
• Honor family, teachers, volunteers, or donors.
• Show support for the MFA.
Lorraine Danna is the chair. For more information, write to
[email protected].
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The Stuart Society
and
present
Preview Party
Saks Fifth Avenue, Sarasota
Wednesday, October 24
The 2013-2014 Provisionals Project
Transportation from the MFA
Co-Chairs: Natavidad (Nata) Cibran and Audrie Rañon
SMartLY Dressed Reservation Form
Premiering Both Runway and Informal Modeling
$ 1700 Haute Couture (10 tickets, Runway Seating and
10 Patron Party invitations)
$ 850 Avant-Garde (Five tickets, Runway Seating and
five Patron Party invitations)
$170 Elegant (one ticket, Runway Seating and one
Patron Party invitation)
$140 Boutique (preferred seating and patron party
invitation)
$ 85 Individual Ticket (Limited Availability)
Opportunity Tickets, one for $25, three for $50, seven
for $100
Total $
A Personal Couture Experience
Silver Sponsor:
Friday, November 8
Silent Auction, 11 a.m.
Runway Modeling, noon
Luncheon to follow
Grand Ballroom, Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club
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A capacity crowd enjoyed the 2012 Fall Fashion Show at the Vinoy.
Opportunity Items
$3,000 Saks Fifth Avenue Shopping Spree
Furniture Décor by Matter Brothers Furniture and Design
More to come!
One opportunity ticket for $25,
three for $50, and seven for $100
Tickets purchased before
will be delivered the day of the event
to be charged
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CH4888 – A copy of the official registration and financial information of this
organization may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by
calling toll-free 1.800.435.7352 within the state. Registration does not imply
endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state.
Return form to Joann Barger, 170 Brightwaters Boulevard,
St. Petersburg, FL 33704 or email [email protected].
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New Members
March 4-May 31
Director’s Circle
Edwards, Bill and Joanne
Hough, William R. and Hazel
James, Tom and Mary
Mahaffey, Mark T. and
Marianne
Founder
Custer, William and Lori
Sustainer
Jones, Peter and Marylee
Benefactor
Donovan, George
Holden, Reid and Shona
Friend
Hamilton, Amy and Katherine
Klavans, Scott and Julie
Werner, Joseph and Suzanne
Family
Ammann, Philip
Barney, Carissa
Bauzys, Suzanne
Bisset, Matthew
Blair, Jim
Bonanno, Joshua and Amanda
Bond, William
Broadwell, Christina
Bryant, Julia Ann
Buchert, Gerald and Clara
Calandra, Dennis and Jean
Carella, Joseph and
Alessandra Chiesa
Clarke, Kathleen and Jayson
Wilson
Corp, James and Nancy
Couey, Steven
Detmer, Michael and Jewel
Diffee, Erica and Daniel
Forrester
Eggers, Yvonne
Fares, Ramy
Gammage, Robert and Trudy
Gardner, Brent and Kim
Gassbarro, Lou
Gentzel, Eric and Ginger
Guiberson, Ann
Hazen, Marguerite and
Simone Soliel
Hiatt, Joseph
Hoeper, William and Kathy
Frank
Hood, Charlie and Katie
Horrigan, Thomas and Susan
Hug, Kevin and Jennifer
Jensen, Kenny and Maggie
Jew, Jeffrey and James Stiener
Kaur, Sukhmeet
Kowalski, Diane
Krueger, Dvora
Lee, Andrew and Brooke
Leigh, Harold
McClellan, Troy and Jann
McCormick, Jim and Mary
McCoy, Frederic and Caroline
Montecalvo, Marco and Tracy
Strnisha
Morrison, Gary
Motomedi, Frand and Mary Jo
McLaughlin
Nasrallah, Rachel
Nate, Adam and Nikki
Nichols, Judy
Palhete, Anthony Dennis
Rabidoux, Maurice and Margi
Reynolds, Michael and
Carolyn
Robinson, Paul
Roth, Richard and Marjorie
Sanborn, Michael and Alyse
Schottler, Kevin and Joanna
Schumer, Harry and Ann Byrd
Scoggins, Ron
Scott, Rodney and Gloria
Simner, Marvin
Smoak, Bill and Darla
Stites, David
Taylor, Lisa
Tylman, Skip and Victoria
Van Buskirk, Karen
Watson, Victor and Kathryn
Wells, Roger and Sandra
Williams, E.L. and Lynn
Fiedler, Ben
Warren, Madelaine
Finklea, Evelyn
Wenzer, Jean
Fogue, Corbette
Wernet, Margaret
Franz, Andrew
Wisniewska, Sophia
French, Diane
Wood, Martin
Giddens, Mary
Gordon, Donna
Scholar
Greenwell, Jennifer
Adleman, Henry
Gulickson, Rosemary
Berghoff, Linda
Hamsness, Steven
Dillon, Pamela
Harrell, Corbitt
Elsasser, Leslie
Harsh, Abbie
Fernandez, Megan
Harten, Patricia
Finegold, Arthur
Hawley, Victoria
Gayle-Evans, Guda
Hearn, Rebecca
Holland, Rosslyn
Hyzy, Gregory
Hudson, John
Jeffrey, Cordell
Joseph, Neil
Johnston, Gayle
Keller, Victoria
Kirk, Barbara
Kopytoff, Larissa
Korn, Naomi
Leisch, Heather
Kusior, Linda
Malizia, Kathleen
Laksumange, Bhagda
Morris, Melissa
Lazur, Gay
Nearing, Drew
Linton, Heather
Ochshorn, Kathleen
Mancini, Kathy
O’Conner, Adrian
Marzialy, David
Overbey, Mary
Meier, Angela
Priscoe, Patricia
Monzingo, Jessica
Rosenthal, Gail
Murette, Michael
Sanders, Susan
Neal, Sunny
Schmidt, David
Nelson, Mary Jo
Sewell, Hope
Oakland, Melanie
Smith, Jeanne
Page, Christine
Snyderwine, Elizabeth
Paris, Christy
Trucks, C. Elise
Pembrook, Alice
Pirkle, Marilyn
Preuss, Amanda
Pulice, Don
Ripoli, Candace
Roberts, Lisa
Sanders,
Stephanie
Sembler, Brent
Sennott, Linn
Silverman, Jill
Simmons, Kelly
Shamas, Julie
Stull, Audrey
Taylor-Clark,
Luciana
Teal, Jeffrey
Tendrup, Alison
Tierney, Patricia
Townsend,
Robin Roberts, Director of Business Development for
Ceviche Tapas Bar and Restaurant, presents a $16,000
Shawn
check to Associate Director for Advancement Don Howe.
Upshaw, Abagail
Ceviche held a fundraiser for the Museum on May 16.
Warren, Carolyn
Individual
Antunucci, Marlena
Armstrong, Suzanne
Barton, Marilynn
Bollari, Evelyn
Carey, Mary
Carey, Patricia
Chezek, Denise
Chirico, Maria
Coop, Deann
Edmonson, Sandra
Ellis, Shari
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Member Profile:
David Hoffman
MFA Docent
Social studies teacher for 30
years and then researcher and
director of web publishing for
the Anti-Defamation League
Q : W hen did you join the
Museum and why?
A : My wife and I became
members shortly after we
moved to the area in 2006.
We joined because the
MFA is a terrific museum.
It has a fine collection,
interesting programs, and
special exhibitions and
is a very human-scaled
place. We also believe in
supporting the arts.
Q : W ho are your favorite
“top three” artists?
A : I don’t have a top three. I
have very eclectic tastes.
As a docent, I take tour
groups through the
collection and everywhere
I look, I find something
that I love.
Q : W hat do you like best
about the MFA?
A : As I said, it is very
human-scaled. But it’s
not only the art. The
MFA staff is wonderfully
friendly and accessible.
Q : W hat do you enjoy most
in the MFA Café?
A : If pinned down, I would
say the croque madame,
but the Café also makes a
dynamite hamburger.
Q : W hat is one thing that
would surprise people
about you?
A : In 1996 I wrote one of
the earliest monographs
about how extremists use
the internet.
Collectors Circle Elects
New President
Seymour Gordon,
one of the most
respected and
beloved figures in the
Museum’s history,
has been elected
President of the
Collectors Circle. He
is a past President of
the Board of Trustees
and was named an
Honorary Trustee in
2011 when he stepped down.
Mary Alice McClendon looks at the
proclamation announcing April 19
as Mary Alice McClendon Day with
St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster.
Mr. Gordon was first elected to the Board in
1994 to provide legal advice and later served
as Vice President (1998-2008), working closely
with then President Carol A. Upham. He
was President from 2008-2011 and was then
named an Honorary Trustee. He continues to
attend nearly all Board meetings.
In addition, Mr. Gordon and his wife Susan
completed the year-long art history class and
docent training and have conducted tours
since 2007. “I knew a lot about the Museum’s
business affairs, but through the docent
course, Susan and I came to appreciate the
collection even more,” Mr. Gordon said. “It
has also been rewarding to meet more of our
visitors and to hear their reactions to the art
in the galleries.”
Mr. Gordon is only the fourth president in the
history of the Collectors Circle. Demi Rahall
was the founding president (1995-2005),
followed by Mary Alice McClendon (20052010) and Barbara McCoy (2010-2013).
The Collectors Circle has provided funds to
acquire many significant artworks. Perhaps
the most important is Childe Hassam’s The
“Home, Sweet Home” Cottage, East Hampton,
L.I. (1916) to celebrate the Museum’s 40th
anniversary and the Collectors Circle’s 10th.
Others have included Randall Davey’s Portrait
of Paul Robeson (about 1920-1925), Fletcher
Martin’s The Undefeated (about 1948), and
Stiletto Fusion (2007) by innovative glass artist
Michael Glancy. Individual members have
also donated funds to acquire works that have
filled gaps in the collection.
The Collectors Circle presents an
impressive lecture series, sponsored by
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Northern Trust and open to the public. The
group also conducts study trips to other
museums, galleries, auction houses, art fairs,
and private collections, sponsored this year
by RBC Wealth Management. At Collectors
Choice, a spring gala, members vote on a work
to enter the collection.
“I want to extend an invitation to all Museum
members to join,” Mr. Gordon said. “You do
not need to be an art collector. Education is a
central part of our mission. We are all seeking
to learn more about art and to do what we can
to strengthen our collection. We especially
welcome your participation and ideas as we
approach the Museum’s 50th anniversary.”
Glass Conservatory Named in
Honor of Mary Alice McClendon
Donor, trustee, and past Collectors Circle
President Mary Alice McClendon received
the surprise announcement from her son Bill
at Collectors Choice XII on April 19 that the
Conservatory was being named in her honor.
Mrs. McClendon is one of the most generous
donors in the Museum’s history.
The Conservatory, at 6,180 square feet,
connects the original building and the Hazel
Hough Wing and has opened up the MFA to its
magical setting on the bay. It is now the Mary
Alice McClendon Conservatory of the Museum
of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. Mrs. McClendon,
a member of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees, and her late husband Doyle,
a past trustee, provided substantial gifts for
the construction of the Wing. Another link
between the past and the future – the bridge
on the second floor – is named for past Board
President Carol A. Upham, a major figure in the
life of the Museum.
And the Winners are
(Left to right) Lauren Constantino and her husband
Bill McClendon, Bill‘s mother Mary Alice McClendon,
and Lauren’s mother Debbie Constantino.
Members of the Collectors
Circle selected prints of poppies
and an early twentieth-century
book of flower studies at
Collectors Choice XII on April
19. This year three groupings,
instead of individual works,
were presented. Photographs,
prints, and a ceramic bowl
centering on New Mexico and
three contemporary works were
presented, in addition to the
poppies.
The prints of poppies range from
the eighteenth to the turn of the
twentieth century. Jeannie Ford’s
book was published in 1906. All
will be part of The Poppy in Art,
1740-1940: Reality and Dreams,
which Hazel and William Hough
Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin is
organizing for the Museum’s 50th
anniversary in 2015. This major
exhibition was inspired by the
Museum’s brilliant Poppy (1927)
by Georgia O’Keeffe and will also
feature works by Monet, Redon,
Hassam, and Prendergast and
decorative art objects by Gallé,
Tiffany, and Lalique, among
others.
“Mary Alice McClendon fell in love with this
exceptional museum at first sight,” said MFA
Director Kent Lydecker. “As a leader and an
inspiration, she continues to have a major impact
on the life of the MFA. The Board of Trustees and
I now have the distinct pleasure to recognize her
many contributions with this naming.”
Mrs. McClendon individually and with her late
husband has given many important artworks to
the collection. They include the MFA’s first work
by Andrew Wyeth, Wisteria (1981), a watercolor,
and Léon Bonnat’s Precious Moments (1880) and
Jules-Joseph Lefebvre’s Portrait of Julia Foster
Ward (1880), both large-scale paintings.
The McClendons also contributed extensively,
along with others, to allow the Museum to
acquire its first painting by Childe Hassam, The
“Home, Sweet Home” Cottage, East Hampton, L.I.
(1916). Mrs. McClendon gave a Japanese Meijiperiod vase in honor of now Director Emeritus
Dr. John Schloder upon his retirement.
Mrs. McClendon has gifted additional decorative
art objects from around the globe to the
Museum. They include a virtuoso cameo glass
Lily Vase (about 1890) by Thomas Webb & Sons
(British); a gilt bronze lamp/sculpture, Le Jeu
de l’Echarpe (The Scarf Dancer), about 1900, by
Agathon Léonard (French); and a polychrome
plaster relief, The Orchid (Portrait of Mary
Shephard Greene), about 1892, by Herbert Adams
(American).
The collection has always been Mrs. McClendon’s
priority. She holds a BFA in sculpture from the
University of Oklahoma and her MFA from
George Washington University. She has brought
her education and creative spirit to bear on
her role as a collector and as a member of the
Museum’s Accessions Committee. She also
serves on the Marly Music Committee.
Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, born Belgium, 1759-1840)
Poppy (about 1835)
Hand-colored stipple engraving on paper
Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Collectors Circle
Collectors Circle Corporate
and Foundation Sponsors
Astral Extracts
Fifth Third Private Bank
Helen Torres Foundation
Northern Trust
RBC Wealth Management
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Sponsored by
Special Gifts in honor of Mary Alice McClendon
Lauren Constantino and Bill McClendon
Hazel and William R. Hough
Cynthia Astrack
Hillary Carlson Cone
Mardi Johnson
Monika and Fred MacFawn
Barbara and Fred McCoy
Mary B. and Dr. Richard E. Perry
Demi and Sam Rahall
Marshall Rousseau
Dr. John Schloder and Terence Leet
Paulee Springer
Carol A. Upham
Lynell and Robert Bell
Jacqueline Ley and Dr. William Brown
Bonita Cobb
Susan and Seymour Gordon
Helen Hameroff
William Knight Zewadski
Simone and Rep DeLoach
(Left to right) Trustee Hazel Hough, Marion Ballard, and
William R. Hough at Collectors Choice XII.
Waves Clock To Capture
Attention in the Conservatory
Michael Bell-Smith’s Waves Clock (2012) will be projected on
a screen in the glass Conservatory. Generated by a unique
software program, the work depicts bright blue waves crashing
towards shore, with a generic white analog clock, keeping real
time, meandering slowly across the scene.
Lynell Bell meets Neptune (Walter Bowen)
at Collectors Choice. The theme was “The
Wonderful World of Under the Sea.”
These images each address the cycle of time, both natural
and mechanical, but are visually disjointed to an almost
comical degree. It is difficult to focus on either one without
being distracted by the other – a fitting reflection on our
media-saturated times. This innovative work was part of the
contemporary group at Collectors Choice. Trustee Hazel and
William R. Hough once again stepped forward with funds to
acquire Waves Clock.
(Left to right) New Collectors Circle President Seymour and Susan Gordon, Associate
Director for Advancement Don Howe, and new Stuart Society President Margaret and
Dr. Edward Amley. Both Mr. Gordon and Dr. Amley are past MFA Board presidents.
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MFA Board Elects Officers
New and reelected officers were announced
at the Annual Membership Meeting on May
6. They follow:
Howard L. Mills, the new President, has
served the last two years as President-Elect.
Mr. Mills has impressive financial and
administrative experience, as well as a great
interest in art. He and his wife Bernadette
are collectors of African American and
contemporary art.
Since 2006, Mr. Mills has been Corporate
Credit Manager and In-House Counsel
for Tampa Armature Works, a dynamic
“electric power solution” company with
four subsidiaries and 15 sales locations
throughout Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
Louisiana, and Alabama. From 1997-2004,
he was Director of Financial Administration
for the Columbia University Medical School’s
affiliation at Harlem Hospital. In that
capacity, he coordinated $70 million annual
audits and monitored a $70 million contract
with New York City. He also balanced a $70
million operations budget and oversaw an $8
million faculty practice plan.
Prior to 1997, he was Budget Director and
Deputy Budget Director of Harlem Hospital.
As Budget Director, he was responsible for a
$250 million operating budget. He reviewed
all cost reports for Medicaid and Medicare
compliance and chaired the Patient Focused
Care Initiative of the Departments of
Surgery and Medicine. He has also worked
for the New York City Finance Department,
the New York State Labor Department, and
the U.S. Census Bureau as the Assistant
Director of the Brooklyn Region.
Mr. Mills is a 2007 graduate of the
Leadership Tampa program, sponsored by
the Tampa Chamber of Commerce, and
continues to function as an alumnus. He is
a U.S. Army veteran, reaching the rank of
First Lieutenant. He holds his BS in business
magna cum laude from Medgar Evers College
in Brooklyn, New York and his J.D. from the
Rutgers University School of Law, where
he was awarded a Distinguished Grade in
Administrative Law.
Marshall Rousseau, one of the area’s most
accomplished arts administrators, has been
elected President-Elect. He was Director of
the Salvador Dalí Museum from 1991-2002
and is now Director Emeritus. He renovated
the Dalí to show more art, transformed
the store, and initiated a lending program
to bring works from museums around the
world to the area. He dramatically increased
the Dalí’s special exhibitions, attendance,
and store sales.
Mr. Rousseau has also been President of The
Florida Orchestra and recently, was Interim
Director of The John and Mable Ringling
Museum of Art in Sarasota. He was
influential in the search for a new director.
He is an adjunct professor of museum
studies and Director of Community
Collaboration in the
Arts at Eckerd College.
Mr. Rousseau came
to St. Petersburg
in 1973 as Senior
Vice President for
Robinson’s of Florida,
a fashion department
store. He directed
the advertising,
public relations,
special events, and
visual merchandising
division and partnered
with many arts
and community
organizations. The
store sponsored the
The new Board officers are (left to right): Secretary Ellen Stavros, President Howard
Scholastic Art Awards,
Mills, President-Elect Marshall Rousseau, and Treasurer Harold (Hal) Wells Jr.
for example, which
nurtured young artists,
including Christopher
Ms. Stavros has served on the boards of the
Still. He began working at Robinson’s nine
Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf,
months before the first store opened and
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay, and the
left 13 years later when there were 10 stores
Florida House. She holds both her BA and
from Orlando to Naples.
MA from the University of South Florida,
Tampa, which has also benefited from the
Through his board membership,
generosity and guidance of the Stavros
Mr. Rousseau has had an impact on nearly
family.
every major arts organization in the area.
He has been Vice President of the Dalí board
Harold E. (Hal) Wells Jr., who is returning
and a board member of the Ringling, Ruth
as Treasurer, also comes from a family that
Eckerd Hall, the Tampa Museum of Art,
has been involved with the MFA for many
the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota,
years. His mother Ann has been active in
and the Palladium Theatre, among others.
The Stuart Society and is still a member.
He holds his AB in English, with a minor
His wife Becky has been a Stuart Society
in philosophy, from Valparaiso University
provisional and reservations chair and
in Indiana, which has named him a
is one of three chairs of “Flowers After
Distinguished Alumnus.
Hours,” the preview party for Art in Bloom
2014.
The Stavros family seemingly has
philanthropy and community service in
Mr. Wells has enjoyed a highly successful
their DNA. One of the Museum’s galleries is
career in business and banking. He was Vice
named in honor of Gus and Frances Stavros
President, Commercial Lending/Private
and family. Their daughter Ellen Stavros
Banking, at Synovus Bank in St. Petersburg.
has been reelected Secretary.
During his tenure, the department became
the second fastest-growing private banking
For six years, Ms. Stavros was Executive
team in Synovus Financial Corporation, at
Director and Chief Operating Officer of the
one point garnering $180 million in assets
Florida House on Capitol Hill. In that role,
over a 14-month period.
she served as a key contact with Florida
business, educational, and civic leaders in
For 12 years, Mr. Wells was the President/
Washington, D.C. The Florida House, a
Owner of Precision Metal Parts, also in
nonprofit, serves all Floridians and is the
St. Petersburg. Under his leadership, sales
state’s “embassy” in the U.S. capital. In that
increased from $1.7 to $6.1 million and
role, Ms. Stavros greatly increased private
employees from 18 to 55. Precision Metal
support to restore this unique institution
received awards for quality and delivery
to the black and to enhance educational
from General Motors, Dana Corporation,
initiatives. She worked closely with the
and Sun Hydraulics.
Florida congressional delegation throughout
her tenure.
He has also been Senior Vice President
of Commercial Lending for United Bank
Previously, Ms. Stavros served as Office
and Trust and for 10 years was President/
Manager for Congressman Mike Bilirakis
Owner of Star Distribution Systems in
in Washington. She has also been a special
Tampa and Lakeland. Mr. Wells established
events coordinator and a social studies
this start-up company, which became the
teacher in the Pinellas County schools. She
largest public warehousing operation in
has been an MFA docent, Vice President of
the Southeast. Sales grew to $10 million.
the Ruth Eckerd Hall Pact Professionals, and
Mr. Wells holds his BA from the University
very involved with the Pinellas Education
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Foundation.
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DATES to Remember
Pleasure Grounds and Restoring
Spaces: Photographs of our
National Parks
Through October 6
Color Acting: Abstraction Since
1950
July 6-September 22
Mixing Metaphors: The
Aesthetic, the Social, and the
Political in African American
Art, Works from the Bank of
America Collection
Provided by Bank of
America’s Art in our
Communities Program
October 5, 2013-January 5,
2014
Family Tours, Saturdays,
11 a.m.
JULY
Thursday/4
Annual Fourth of July
Celebration, 6 p.m.
Saturday/6
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
Color Acting: Abstraction Since
1950 opens.
Wednesday/10
Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s
“Summer Shorts – A Seasonal
Tale,” tour, and refreshments,
10-11:30 a.m.
Thursday/11
A Colorful Party, 6-9 p.m.
Sunday/14
Gallery Talk: Katherine Pill,
Assistant Curator of Art after
1950, on Color Acting, 3 p.m.
Thursday/18
The Annual Beach Drive
Sunrise Sale
UNCHartED: Random
Acts of Culture – The Great
Outdoors, 5-8 p.m.
Saturday/20
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take:
Gyotaku – Create your own
fish print, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday/18
Music in the Marly: David
Burgess, guitar, 2 p.m.
Friday/23
Dinner and Jazz: Sasha
Tuck, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday/25
UNCHartED: Random Acts
of Culture – Watercolors,
5-8 p.m.
Sunday/25
Music in the Marly: Adam
Neiman, piano, 2 p.m.
Friday/26
Dinner and Jazz Series:
Dan McMillion and the High
Octane Quintet, 6:30 p.m.
Friday/30
Dinner and Jazz: Stolen
Idols, 6:30 p.m.
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
Saturday/7
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
Friday/2
Dinner and Jazz:
IMPROMPTU, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday/8
Concert: O Som Do Jazz,
2 p.m.
Saturday/3
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
Monday/9
Art Bite: Associate Curator
of Public Programs Mary
Szaroleta on Platt Babbitt’s
Niagara Falls (about 1860), an
historical perspective, 1 p.m.
Stuart Society Board
Meeting, 2 p.m.
Friday/9
Dinner and Jazz: New York
Guitar Cats, 6:30 p.m.
Monday/12
Art Bite: Katherine Pill,
Assistant Curator of Art
after 1950, on Richard
Anuskiewicz’s Volumes
(1972), 1 p.m.
Wednesday/11
Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s
“Frida Kahlo – I Paint My
Own Reality,” tour, and
refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday/14
Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s
“Georgia O’Keeffe in
Yosemite: It takes time to
see,” tour, and refreshments,
10-11:30 a.m.
Sunday/15
Hot Gatherings, Cool
Conversations: A DMG
Visiting Glass Artist Series
Hyungsung Cho and David
Thai, 2 p.m.
Friday/16
Dinner and Jazz:
Cannonball/Coltrane Tribute
Quintet, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday/21
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take – Art
Shades, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday/17
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take –
Back-to-School Backpacks,
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
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Sunday/22
Color Acting Panel
Discussion with artists
Jessica Eaton and Jessica
Labatte, chaired by Katherine
Pill, Assistant Curator of Art
after 1950, 3 p.m.
Color Acting closes.
Thursday/26
Stuart Society General
Meeting, 10 a.m.
OCTOBER
Friday/4
Members’ Opening for
Mixing Metaphors, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday/5
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
Mixing Metaphors opens to
the public.
Sunday/6
Pleasure Grounds and
Restoring Spaces closes.
Wednesday/9
Coffee Talk: Nan Colton’s
“Mixed Metaphors –
Memories of Growing Up
in South Africa,” tour, and
refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m.
Sunday/13
Hot Gatherings, Cool
Conversations: A DMG
Visiting Glass Artist Series
Susan Rankin and Rob Stern,
2 p.m.
Monday/14
Art Bite: Director Kent
Lydecker on a work from
Mixing Metaphors, 1 p.m.
Saturday/19
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take,
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
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Tuesday-Sunday
Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Spaces: Photographs of our National Parks
Clyde Butcher (American born 1942), Ochopee #2 (1985), Color cibachrome print, Gift of Carol A. Upham