Contemplating Character

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January-March 2016
Contemplating
Character:
Portrait Drawings
& Oil Sketches from
Jacques-Louis David
to Lucian Freud
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Director's Welcome
Reading Women: Rebecca Solnit in
Conversation with Carrie Schneider
Dear Friends,
Free with MFA admission
Sunday, January 17, 3 p.m.
Final Day of Carrie Schneider: Reading Women
Portraits tell stories. Some reflect
how important people want to be
remembered. Others record people as
they were.
Sponsored by:
Artists have a way of challenging
conventions and expectations, of bringing their own
insights into play. Of course, we often create our own
stories while standing in front of a portrait. Just listen to
students in our galleries, some as young as four-yearsold. They let their imaginations take flight, something we
adults can do, as well.
Carrie Schneider (born in 1979) earned her BFA from Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh and her MFA from The School of
the Art Institute of Chicago and now lives in New York. She has
had solo shows at the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago and the
Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh. She
has participated in group exhibitions
and screenings at the 2011 Pittsburgh
Biennial at The Andy Warhol
Museum, The Kitchen in New York,
and the Haggerty Museum of Art at
Marquette University in Milwaukee.
Her work is in the collections of the
Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum
Photo by Paul Germanos
of Contemporary Photography
at Columbia College in Chicago, and the Centre Canadien
d’Architecture in Montreal.
Our Museum is fortunate to have a wide variety of
exceptional portraits – from Robert Henri’s masterful
Village Girl – Lily Cow to Élizabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun’s
portrait of her daughter Julie to Philip Pearlstein’s sensitive
painting of his favorite model Kilolo Kumanyika. Now we
are presenting our most expansive exhibition of portraits
to date.
Contemplating Character: Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches
from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud features 152 rare
portrait drawings and oil sketches from the late eighteenth
into the twenty-first century. They are drawn from the
fascinating collection of noted curator and collector
Robert Flynn Johnson. He did not aim for a chronological
overview, selecting instead works which interested or
moved him. His is a highly personal collection, which has
many gems and just as many surprises.
Based in San Francisco, Rebecca Solnit is the author of 17 books
about art, community, the environment, geography, and politics, as
well as numerous essays in anthologies and exhibition catalogues.
Her books include: Hope in the Dark:
Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities;
The Faraway Nearby; A Paradise
Built in Hell: The Extraordinary
Communities that Arise in Disaster; A
Field Guide to Getting Lost; Wanderlust:
A History of Walking; and River of
Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and
the Technological Wild West. She
received the National Book Critics
Circle Award in criticism and the
Photo by Jude Mooney Photography
Lannan Literary Award for River of
Shadows. She is the first woman to regularly write the Easy Chair
column for Harper’s and is a frequent contributor to the political
site www.tomdispatch.com. She holds her BA from San Francisco
State University and her MA in journalism from the University of
California, Berkeley.
Robb and Susan Hough have also developed a personal
collection – of guitars – which has inspired us to offer our
first exhibition of musical instruments. The classical guitar
as we know it today was developed by talented Spanish
luthiers at the end of the nineteenth century.
Major museums have important instruments in their
collection, because, like portraits, they help tell the story
of civilization. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York, for example, has the 1937 Hauser guitar which the
legendary Andrés Segovia made famous; we will display
its twin. The MFA Guitar Festival will accompany the
exhibition, presenting five concerts by internationally
acclaimed musicians and a lecture by a respected guitarmaker/restorer. We are deeply grateful to Robb and
Susan for sharing their exceptional collection with the
community.
We have many other exhibitions and programs, as we
begin a new year. Art in Bloom 2016, presented by The
Margaret Acheson Stuart Society and the MFA, will fill
the galleries with gorgeous flowers in the spring, and the
popular Beer Project returns. Please join us for a banner
season as we begin our 51st year of public service.
Ms. Schneider’s Kim reading Rebecca Solnit (A Field Guide to Getting
Lost, 2005) is part of the Reading Women video and exhibition.
Sincerely,
On the cover:
Vanni Rossi (Italian, 1894-1973)
Self-Portrait Smoking (1920)
Oil on canvas
Collection of Robert Flynn Johnson
MFA Photos: Thomas U. Gessler
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Members’ Opening Reception
Contemplating Character:
Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches
from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud
and
The Art of the Classical Guitar
CURRENT | UPCOMING | EXHIBITIONS
Friday, February 12, 7-9 p.m.
Contemplating Character:
Cash Bar, Lite Bites
Complimentary Valet Parking at the Bayshore Drive entrance
Portrait Drawings & Oil
Sketches from Jacques-Louis
David to Lucian Freud
Please RSVP: www.fine-arts.org/rsvp
or 727.896.2667, ext. 210.
in their grandeur, helplessness, pride, and vulnerability. Every
drawing in this exhibition has moved me deeply in some way, and
it is both my conviction and hope that individuals who view this
exhibition will make a similar connection and feel the presence of
the personalities represented who have been drawn and painted
over the last two centuries.”
Hazel Hough Wing
Saturday, February 13-Sunday, May 29
Portraits have captivated humanity throughout time. Just think of
the many images of people from around the world and over the
centuries that can be seen in the Museum’s galleries.
In addition to David and Freud, Mr. Johnson has selected such
significant artists as Théodore Rousseau, Edgar Degas, Édouard
Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Elie Nadelman, Frank Stella, and George
Bellows, to name a few. Four drawings are by Adolf von Menzel,
whose name may be unfamiliar to many Americans. He was one of
Germany’s most admired artists working in the nineteenth century.
Degas called him “the greatest living master.”
Lucian Freud, one of our time’s most provocative portrait painters and
the grandson of the pioneering psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, once
noted: “I’ve always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is
why I paint people. It’s people who have brought drama to pictures
from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories.”
Contemplating Character: Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches from
Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud is the most expansive exhibition
of portraits ever presented at the MFA. It spotlights 152 rare portrait
drawings and oil sketches from the late eighteenth into the twentyfirst century, with most from the nineteenth. Artists from 15
countries are
represented,
with a large
number
from
France and
England.
The works
are drawn
from the
remarkable
collection
of Robert
Flynn
Johnson,
Curator
Emeritus,
Achenbach
Foundation
for Graphic
Arts,
Fine Arts
Museums
of San
Francisco.
He has
written:
“I am
fervently
drawn to
the vast
variety of
depictions
of human
beings
In an expressive drawing, Menzel treats his right hand as a portrait,
which he drew with his left. Maximilien Luce, imprisoned for his
anarchist political views, depicts his hand pressing against the wall
of Mazas Prison. Brassaï focuses on The Hands of Matilda, Paris 5
April 1949. All challenge our conception of the portrait. So, too, do
Henry-Bonaventure Monnier’s watercolor, Self-Portrait Dressed as
a Woman (1869), Aubrey Vincent Beardsley’s fanciful caricature of
presumably the writer Oscar Wilde (1892), and Charles Henry Sims’
modernistic Self-Portrait in Distress (about 1928).
Not surprising for a curator, Mr. Johnson was drawn to artist
self-portraits and portraits of artists. One of the former is by Dora
Maar, a talented artist who shared a decade with Pablo Picasso. She
sliced her self-portrait in two, a strong visual suggesting mental
turmoil. Another is Alfred Hitchcock’s unmistakable Self-Portrait
Profile (around 1960), which introduced his popular TV series Alfred
Hitchcock Presents to millions of Americans.
There are two portraits of Jacques-Louis David, one while he was in
prison. A supporter of the French Revolution, David was imprisoned
after the fall of Robespierre and later found favor with Napoleon.
There are others of the English Romantic poet-artist William Blake,
American author Washington Irving, influential British criticartist John Ruskin, French symbolist Odilon Redon, and the great
American realist Thomas Eakins in silhouette.
The exhibition has many other gems, including a miniature portrait
of George Washington (around 1795) by an anonymous artist and
Bonnard’s Crying Woman (about 1890-1895), created in a flowing,
seemingly spontaneous line. There are even drawings (one of a Devil
Woman) by the American cartoonist Robert Crumb, who developed a
cult following for his countercultural comic books like Weirdo.
A host of works capture family members, friends, and lovers in
tender moments, and a number resonate with paintings in the
Museum’s collection. Contemplating Character was organized by
Mr. Johnson with Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles,
California, in association with Denenberg Fine Arts, West
Hollywood, California.
Martha Miller (American, born 1954)
The Artist’s Daughters (1987)
Pastel on paper
©Martha Miller
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50 Artworks for
50 Years:
Second Look
The works encompass all media and range in date from antiquity
to the present day. Large numbers of photographs and prints have
been added, as well as choice paintings, contemporary sculpture,
decorative arts, and more. The MFA’s comprehensive collection of
world art now numbers approximately 20,000 works – for the most
part due to a legion of loyal donors and friends.
Saturday, January 9 Sunday, March 13
Marks Made:
For our 50 th anniversary, the MFA initiated this project to secure
50 works for the collection. So far, more than 100 works have
entered the collection, requiring a second exhibition. A selection
of these gifts will be displayed in the second-floor Works on
Paper Gallery and throughout the Museum. “50 for 50” labels will
identify the donations, which will be rotated in the galleries during
the year.
Prints by American Women Artists
from the 1960s to the Present
FINAL DAYS, Through Sunday, January 24
Hung Liu (American, born China, 1948)
FU (Happiness), 2005
Jacquard tapestry
Gift of Hazel and William R. Hough in honor
of the Museum’s 50th anniversary
Hung Liu (American, born China, 1948)
Butterfly Dreams: Thinking (2011)
Lithograph on Arches paper with embossed foil
Printed by Tamarind Institute,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Museum Purchase with funds donated
by Martha and Jim Sweeny
Image courtesy of Hung Liu
Daniel Vertangen (Dutch, about 1598-before 1684)
The Expulsion from Paradise (seventeenth century)
Oil on panel
Gift of Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert and Michele Kidwell-Gilbert
in honor of the Museum’s 50th anniversary
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Piotr Janowski’s Curiosity
I Remember Birmingham
Through Sunday, February 14
Lee Malone Gallery
Through Sunday, February 28, 2016
In summer 2015, Piotr Janowski made international headlines
after creating a large-scale installation at his rented home in
Tarpon Springs, Florida. Using aluminum foil, he wrapped every
inch of his bungalow
and driveway, as well
as the palm trees
on the property. He
also added sculptural
elements, reminiscent
of the human
ear. Some of his
neighbors complained
vociferously, and the
media covered the
story extensively.
This technically innovative and spiritually
moving installation is John Scott’s
response to the tragic church bombing in
Birmingham, Alabama on September 15,
1963. Four girls lost their lives that
Sunday morning at the Sixteenth Street
Baptist Church. This dark day occurred
just three weeks after the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have
a Dream” speech on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
I Remember Birmingham (1997), which
will remain on view throughout African
John Scott
American History Month in February, is
a ritual piece. It provides a quiet place for
people to gather and reflect. The artist emphasized that his work is
“about man’s inhumanity to man” and he described it as a “poem to
their [the girls’] potential. All I can do is scream in their absence for
them.”
Inspired by the light
and vegetation of
Florida, Mr. Janowski
aimed to highlight
the artistry of nature.
He wrote: “The
meticulously applied
and highly reflective
medium invites the
viewer to explore every groove and hair of the bark. It does this
mainly by exceptionally strong reflectance at sharp angles, and an
unpredictable, scrambled appearance of colors and light coming in
from the surrounding environment. In the uncovered palm tree,
expected colors and shadows conceal the natural complexity and
beauty to the viewer. Paradoxically, the installation is revealing
through concealing.”
The glass blocks placed on pedestals bring to mind the dramatic
cemeteries in his native New Orleans, but the installation is, by no
means, stark or grim. Lit from within, the blocks are striking and
spiritual. They could be viewed as fragments of church windows,
once shattered, now transformed through art. Mr. Scott (1940-2007)
once noted that his brilliant use of color is designed to draw people
into the piece. His elegant calligraphy on the blocks records both his
pain and his hope for the future, conveyed in eloquent poetry.
The relief prints on the wall were made from the glass blocks, and
in two colors, deep black and palest ivory. These somber images
provide a dramatic contrast to the glass blocks and encourage a
dialogue within the space and within the viewer’s heart and mind.
Mr. Janowski has now completed an art installation on the
Museum grounds. He applied aluminum foil to eight palm trees
and again attached abstract forms, suggestive of the human ear.
While the MFA has previously shown sculpture outside, this is the
first time a large-scale, contemporary installation has been created
for the grounds.
Mr. Scott created
I Remember
Birmingham at
Graphicstudio,
the highly
respected
collaborative
institute at the
University of
South Florida,
Tampa that
creates fine art
editions. The MFA
is honored to
have I Remember
Birmingham in
the collection, an
acquisition made
possible with
funds provided
by The Margaret
Acheson Stuart
Society, the MFA’s
dedicated service
organization.
Public art can be a controversial topic, and its context is paramount
to its understanding. Curiosity raises many issues. How does the
perception of a work change with its placement? Does a museum
setting confer greater acceptance and encourage more engagement?
How does the installation, which can be seen by everyone, enlarge
the Museum’s presence in the community or alter views of the MFA
itself? What are the similarities and differences between the artist’s
intent and audience reaction?
Although Curiosity began as a means to explore the land and
light of Florida, Mr. Janowski’s practice is evolving to incorporate
issues of sustainable energy. His goal is to eventually create
sculpture that generates electricity, resulting in highly functional,
contemporary artworks.
Piotr Janowski (born in Poland in 1962) studied at the Academy of
Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland and at The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago. He has had solo exhibitions at Stawski Gallery, Palace of
the Arts, in Cracow; The Polish Museum of America in Chicago; the
Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw; and
Laudon Studio in Vienna, where he currently lives.
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John Scott (American, 1940-2007)
I Remember Birmingham (detail), 1997
Seven hand-pigmented glass blocks and
seven hand-burnished relief prints on
Seichosen paper from the glass blocks
Museum Purchase with funds provided by
The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society
The Art of the
Classical Guitar
of the musician who took the instrument to new heights. It is now
in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The MFA will display another 1937 Hauser that has been called “the
sister guitar” to Segovia’s famous instrument.
These guitars can be admired for their beauty alone, but that is only
the beginning of the story. The sound produced and interpretations
by talented musicians are central to their full enjoyment. Recordings
made on the very instruments on view will allow visitors to hear
how they actually sound. In addition, the MFA Guitar Festival will
offer a host of concerts by world-class musicians.
Sponsored by the Hough Family Foundation and The Margaret
Acheson Stuart Society
Classical guitars, also known
as Spanish guitars, combine
aesthetically pleasing forms
and finely crafted woodwork
to produce both intricate and
gorgeous sound. Handmade,
the finest guitars take a
month or more to create.
The makers of stringed
instruments, called luthiers,
spend years perfecting their
craft, and their names –
Torres, Ramírez, Hauser,
Simplicio, Friedrich, Fleta –
have become well known
among musicians and
collectors around the world.
Segovia once noted: “Among God’s creatures, two, the dog and
the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes, in order not
to be separated from man” and he felt that his favorite Hauser had
a mystical quality, which he called “soul.” The Art of the Classical
Guitar pays tribute to one of our most beloved instruments.
draws on the collection of
Robb and Susan Hough
and highlights memorable
achievements in the history
of the instrument. Stellar
examples from the 1840s to
the 1990s will be on view.
This is the first time the MFA
has presented an exhibition of
musical instruments.
February-May 2016
Celebrating The Art of the Classical Guitar
This dynamic series spotlights some of the brightest stars in the
guitar world. Tickets per concert are only $10 for students, $15
for Marly Music Society members, and $20 for non-Marly Music
Society members. Advance tickets for the entire series are $80
(lecture is not included) and must be purchased before the first
concert on Thursday, February 25.
All Guitar Festival tickets include admission to the entire Museum.
Please purchase tickets online at www.fine-arts.org/rsvp/ or call
727.896.2667, ext. 210. There are no refunds or exchanges.
Stringed instruments, the
precursors of today’s guitar,
have been made and played
for centuries, but the acoustic
guitar, as it is known today, is
a relatively modern creation.
Changes and developments
in the guitar’s design in the
Hermann Hauser I (German, 1882-1952)
nineteenth century led to a
Guitar (1937)
rich, powerful, and delicate
Spruce top and Rio rosewood/
sound that expanded the
jacaranda back and sides
repertoire for performers.
Collection of Robb and Susan Hough
The guitar was transformed
from a minor or supporting
instrument to the center of attention in concert halls.
Michael Chapdelaine
Thursday, February 25, 6:30 p.m.
Michael Chapdelaine continues to
win over music-lovers around the
world with his superlative technique
on both steel-string and classical
guitars, his expressiveness, and his
versatility as a soloist, composer, and
arranger/producer. He is equally at
home in New York’s Lincoln Center and Austin’s famous Cactus
Café and equally adept at Bach, country, R&B, and pop.
The Spanish luthier Antonio de Torres (1817-1892) is considered
the father of the modern guitar, and among collectors, his work is
likened to Stradivarius in the violin market. He brought together
alterations in size, shape, scale distance, internal construction, and
bridge design still found in guitars today. Of the approximately
300 guitars he made, less than 100 have survived. The exhibition
features an impressive example made entirely by Torres from
birds-eye maple for the sides and back and Spanish pine for the
soundboard.
His impressive awards helped launch his career. He is the only
guitarist to win first prize in both the Guitar Foundation of
America International Competition and the National Fingerstyle
Championship at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival. He also
earned first prize in the Music Teachers National Association
Guitar Competition and was twice selected for the coveted National
Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Grant.
His Sonata Romántica CD (re-released as Mexico) has been praised as
one of the instrument’s definitive recordings. Acoustic Guitar raved:
“ ... if I were marooned on a desert island with a limited selection of
recordings, this one would be among my choices ... I have seldom
heard a more beautiful album. Other young guitarists have excellent
technique, but few have such style and musicality, and Chapdelaine’s
beautiful tone is the nearest to Segovia’s that I can recall.”
Luthiers followed Torres’s lead, making further refinements, but few
achieved the fame of Germany’s Hermann Hauser I (1882-1952).
The legendary Andrés Segovia, who was very particular about
his guitars, received his 1937 Hauser as a gift from the luthier. He
called it “the greatest guitar of our epoch” and played it for most of
his career. It was a perfect match – an historic guitar in the hands
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He has performed as a soloist with approximately 100 orchestras,
including the Cleveland, Houston, Toronto, and San Diego and
closer to home, The Florida Orchestra. He has collaborated with such
conductors as Jahja Ling, Stefan Sanderling, and Michael Stern.
In 1994 he turned his attention to pop by arranging, producing, and
recording Time-Life’s Music beautiful Guitar by Moonlight collection
(also released as with love.) It sold 250,000 copies in its first two years.
Mr. Chapdelaine is Professor of Music and Head of Guitar Studies
at the University of New Mexico and has presented master classes
around the globe, from South America to Asia, and at some of our
finest music schools and universities. The great Andrés Segovia
was one of his teachers, and like the master, Mr. Chapdelaine has
become an international ambassador for the guitar.
His CDs have received rave reviews from leading guitar magazines
and critics. His release, Bach: Works for Lute, Vol. 1, hit No. 13
on Billboard’s classical chart after its first week. He was the first
classical musician to be featured on NPR’s popular Tiny Desk series.
At 19, he became the youngest winner of the prestigious Guitar
Foundation of America International Competition. He has also
received a Naumburg Foundation top prize, a Cleveland Institute of
Music Alumni Achievement Award, and a Salon di Virtuosi Career
Grant.
Jeffrey Elliott
Lecture Only
Saturday, March 19, 3 p.m.
One of our country’s most accomplished
guitar makers and restorers, Jeffrey Elliott
will discuss “Forensic Lutherie: Behind the
Scenes of Historical Guitar Restoration.”
Lutherie refers to the crafting of stringed
instruments, including the guitar. His lecture will focus on the
restoration of two famous classical guitars, an 1869 Francisco
González and an 1888 Antonio de Torres.
Mr. Vieaux has taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music since 1997
and became head of the guitar department in 2001 – the youngest
department chair ever at this distinguished conservatory. He
cofounded the guitar department at the Curtis Institute of Music
in 2011. The following year, the Jason Vieaux School of Classical
Guitar was launched with ArtistWorks Inc., providing one-on-one
online study with Mr. Vieaux for guitar students everywhere.
Mr. Elliott fell in love with the guitar at 16, and at 20, visited guitarmaker Richard Schneider’s workshop in Detroit, which changed the
course of his life. Two years later, he began a six-year apprenticeship
with Mr. Schneider and then struck out on his own, moving to
Portland, Oregon, where he resides with fellow luthier Cyndy
Burton. In 1975, Mr. Elliott wrote and coproduced the color slide
presentation, The Handcrafted Classic Guitar, which accompanied
one of his guitars in The Harmonious Craft. That exhibition was
displayed in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art
Museum in Washington, D.C.
Sunday, April 17, 2 p.m.
Adam Holzman
For more than 20 years, Adam Holzman –
performer, recording artist, and educator
– has been at the forefront of a generation of
guitarists. The New York Times has praised
his playing as “polished and quite dazzling,”
and the Toronto Star has called him
“masterful.” He has performed at Carnegie
Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and the 92nd Street
Y in New York, at countless music festivals,
and in concert centers in our country,
Canada, Europe, and Latin America. He was one of five American
artists to appear in a 2013 concert honoring Andrés Segovia at the
92nd Street Y.
His guitars are constructed in the Torres/Hauser tradition and are
tailored to the individual. A limited number are produced annually,
with a current waiting period of 12 years. His clients include Julian
Bream, Ralph Towner, Marcelo Kayath, Leo Kottke, Jonathan
Leathwood, and Earl Klugh. He has also restored guitars made by
such significant craftsmen as Manuel Ramírez, Santos Hernández,
and Herman Hauser I and II, as well as the subjects of his MFA
lecture.
A native New Yorker, Mr. Holzman began the guitar at seven as a
student of his older brother Bruce and continued private study with
Albert Valdés Blain and Eliot Fisk. He later worked with his brother
at Florida State University where he received his music degrees.
He has won five major international competitions, including first
prize at the 1983 Guitar Foundation of America International
Competition. He was chosen twice to perform in the legendary
master classes of Andrés Segovia.
Mr. Elliott is an active member of the Guild of American Luthiers
and has conducted demonstrations and workshops across the
country. He has taught guitar-making at the American School of
Lutherie and has written articles for American Lutherie magazine.
Jason Vieaux
His recordings for the Naxos label have been critically acclaimed.
Gramophone called his discs of Fernando Sor’s music “irresistible.”
The American Record Guide praised The Venezuelan Waltzes of Antonio
Lauro as “masterly” and wrote that his performance of rarely heard
selections for HRH Records was “ ... so flawless he makes it all
sound easy.” He has been featured on the covers of Classical Guitar
Magazine and GuitArt Magazine.
Sunday, March 20, 2 p.m.
Presented by the Marly Music Society
National Public Radio (NPR) describes
Jason Vieaux as “perhaps the most
precise and soulful classical guitarist of
his generation,” and Gramophone places
him “among the elite of today’s classical
guitarists.” His most recent solo album,
Play, won the 2015 Grammy Award for
Best Classical Instrumental Solo.
Mr. Holzman founded the Guitar Department at the University of
Texas at Austin, where he has been named The Parker C. Fielder
Regents Fellow in Music and has received the Robert W. Hamilton
Fine Arts Award. From 1992-1994, he held the title Maestro
Extraordinario from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
in Monterrey, Mexico, where he was artist-in-residence. In 2001,
he was awarded the Ernst von Dohnanyi Prize for Outstanding
Achievement from Florida State University.
Mr. Vieaux is known for performing a wide range of music and
has premiered works by a number of contemporary composers.
When the great jazz artist Pat Metheny heard Mr. Vieaux’s CD,
Images of Metheny, he declared, “I am flattered to be included in
Jason’s musical world.” His solo recitals have been a highlight of
every major guitar festival in North America and at many others in
Europe, Asia, Australia, and Mexico.
Future Concerts
Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m.: Award-winner Jérémy Jouve
Sunday, May 15, 2 p.m.: Grammy-winner Andrew York
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during the Bronze Age, the character of the destructions, and the
exploitation of the war stories by later residents at Troy for economic
purposes.
Dr. Rose has served as the President of the Archaeological Institute of
America and is currently director of the Gordion excavations and head
of the post-Bronze Age excavations at Troy. From 2003-2007 he led the
Granicus River Valley Survey Project, which focused on recording and
mapping the Graeco-Persian tombs in northwestern Turkey.
LECTURES | TALKS | SPECIAL EVENTS
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by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida
Council on Arts and Culture, and the State of Florida. The Margaret
Acheson Stuart Society provides major support. Additional funds
come from the City of St. Petersburg and Westminster Communities of
St. Petersburg. Programs are subject to change without notice.
His publications have focused on the archaeological sites of Troy
and Gordion and on the political and artistic relationship between
Rome and the provinces. For nearly a decade, Dr. Rose has offered
pre-deployment education and training on cultural heritage
awareness and protection for armed forces personnel bound for Iraq
and Afghanistan. He currently serves on the advisory council of
the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage
and on the Board of Directors of the Council of American Overseas
Research Centers.
LECTURES & GALLERY TALKS
Dr. Rose was awarded the 2015 gold medal of the Archaeological
Institute of America. He has been a trustee of the American
Academy in Rome since 2001 and chairs the Executive Committee
of the Board of Trustees. He was elected Vice President of the
American Research Institute in Turkey in 2015 and is a member of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Gallery Talk by Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator
Dr. Jerry N. Smith on The Art of the Classical Guitar
Saturday, February 13, 3 p.m.
Dr. Smith, who joined the MFA in October,
was formerly Curator of American and
European Art to 1950 and Art of the American
West at the Phoenix Art Museum. During
his tenure, he curated and supervised nearly
40 exhibitions that spanned the art of the
Renaissance to American modernism through
contemporary art of the American West.
Before joining the Penn faculty, Dr. Rose taught in the classics
department at the University of Cincinnati from 1987-2005. He
was named the Cedric Boulter Professor of Classical Archaeology
and chaired the department for three years. He holds his BA in
classical and Near Eastern archaeology from Haverford College
and his MA and PhD in art history and archaeology from
Columbia University.
His diverse exhibitions in Phoenix included Leonardo da Vinci’s
Codex Leicester and The Power of Observation, Cézanne and American
Modernism, Georgia O’Keeffe: Ingénue to Icon, and Andy Warhol:
Portraits. He also focused on The Migrant Series of Colorado-based
artist Don Coen, whose large-scale paintings capture the dignity
of these farmers; the work of Ernest Blumenschein, co-founder of
the Taos Society of Artists; retablos (small devotional paintings of
Mexico and the Southwest); and even the engraved guns of master
craftsman Ray Wielgus.
Sponsored by The DMG School Project
In addition, he was instrumental in selecting and recommending
art for the collection, which numbers more than 18,000 works. He
has written a number of catalogues, most recently Don Coen: The
Migrant Series. Cézanne and American Modernism, for which he wrote
an essay on the artist and the American West, was published by Yale
University Press. Dr. Smith holds his BA magna cum laude and his
MA from Arizona State University and his PhD from the University
of Kansas, all in art history.
Thursday, January 7, 6:30 p.m. and
Richard Jolley
Richard Jolly has maintained a glass
studio in Knoxville since 1975 and
has received 65 solo museum and
gallery exhibitions in the United
States, Europe, and Japan. His work
has also been selected for a wealth of
important group exhibitions surveying
contemporary glass and sculpture.
Lecture by Dr. C. Brian Rose on Assessing the Evidence for the
Trojan War
Sunday, March 6, 3 p.m.
Glass art by Richard Jolley
His first major retrospective, Richard Jolly: Sculptor of Glass,
traveled to 14 museums over five years. In 2011, the Mobile
Museum of Art presented his extensive oeuvre, along with that of
his wife Tommie Rush, in A Life in Glass. He was commissioned to
create a glass sculpture, Everything and the Cosmos, for New York’s
Seven World Trade Center in 2007.
One of the foremost scholars in his field,
Dr. Charles Brian Rose is the James B.
Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the
University of Pennsylvania. He is also
Peter C. Ferry Curator-in-Charge of the
Mediterranean section of the Penn Museum
and was Deputy Director from 2008-2011.
With approximately one million objects,
the Penn Museum is the country’s largest
university museum.
This imaginative artist is represented in more than 33 public
collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in
Washington, D.C.; the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New
York; and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. He was the
youngest visual artist ever to receive the Governor’s Distinguished
Artist Award in Tennessee, and he was recognized in 2010 for
Dr. Rose’s MFA lecture will examine
the recently discovered evidence linked to the Trojan War and its
aftermath. He will include an overview of the defenses of the citadel
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Outstanding Accomplishment in the Field by the Art Alliance for
Contemporary Glass.
Virginia; and the Tacoma Museum of Glass. He has been featured
in Glass Magazine, American Craft, and the Glass Quarterly.
Mr. Jolley studied glass under Michael Taylor at Tusculum College
in Greenville, Tennessee and then at George Peabody College
in Nashville (now part of Vanderbilt University), where he
completed his BFA. He also advanced his technique at the noted
Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina under the instruction of
Richard Ritter.
Paul Joseph Nelson has been a successful independent glass artist,
based in Louisville, Kentucky, for more than 20 years and has
shown his work widely. He studied with Stephen Rolfe Powell at
Centre College, where he earned his BA in studio art and world
religions. He holds his MFA in sculpture from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Thursday, February 11, 6:30 p.m.
and Sunday, February 14, 3 p.m.
Stephen Rolfe Powell
BIX Lascivious Manic Lurch
by Stephen Rolfe Powell
Save the Date: Sunday, April 10, 3 p.m. Glass artists Martin Rosol
and Benjamin Cobb
Coffee Talks with Nan Colton
Stephen Rolfe Powell has had an
enormous impact on glass art from
the campus of highly respected
Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
He received his BA in painting and
ceramics from Centre in 1974 and
then discovered glass while a graduate
student at Louisiana State University,
where he received his MFA in ceramics.
Sponsored by:
Second Wednesday of the Month
Free with Museum admission.
Connect with the arts through monthly
performances that give voice and
embodiment to the two-dimensional.
The MFA’s extremely popular artist-inNan Colton as
residence Nan Colton creates scripts
Agatha Christie
inspired by special exhibitions and the
Museum collection. These 30-minute
presentations introduce great artists and other historical figures, as
well as the times in which they lived. Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m.,
Ms. Colton’s performance at 10:30, and a general docent tour at 11:15.
Visit www.fine-arts.org/coffeetalks for her complete 2016 schedule.
He returned to Centre in 1983 and founded the glass program in
1985, which has attracted students from across the country. The
first studio resided on the rooftop of a college building. He later
designed and completed a state-of-the-art glass studio, which
opened as part of the new Jones Visual Arts Center in 1998.
Since 2004, he has been the H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill
Professor of Art and was twice named Kentucky Professor of the Year
by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and
the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Through
his influence, many talented artists, including Lino Tagliapietra, have
instructed Centre College students, who have gone on to pursue
notable artistic and teaching careers of their own.
January 13: Queen of Mystery
Ms. Colton captures the spirit of Agatha Christie, one of the most
popular mystery writers ever, as she shares the inspiration for her
stories at a book-signing. This performance honors Carrie Schneider:
Reading Women, which closes Sunday, January 17.
February 10: Living with Genius
In the month of love, Ms. Colton portrays the remarkable and
charitable wife of inventor Thomas Edison in celebration of the
couple’s 130th wedding anniversary.
March 9: Fairyland Luster
The inventive, eccentric Daisy Makeig-Jones, the designer of
Wedgwood’s Fairyland Lustreware, comes to life in this interactive
presentation.
Mr. Powell exhibits his work and participates in workshops,
demonstrations, and lectures around the globe. His glass art was
on view during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at
Venezia Aperto Vetro in the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, Italy in 1998.
He was one of only eight American artists invited to participate. His
work is part of the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the
Corning Museum of Glass, the Birmingham Museum of Art, and
The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, among others.
His career from 1983 to 2007 is documented in Stephen Rolfe Powell:
Glassmaker, published by the University Press of Kentucky. Glass
Focus called it “a stunner of a book.” He has been featured on CBS
TV’s Sunday Morning and in such publications as American Style,
Glass, and Ceramics Monthly. In 2010, he received the Kentucky
Artist Award, one of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts.
Art and Spirituality
Sand Mandala
Sunday, January 3-Saturday, January 16
Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory
Free, regular admission to the rest of the Museum
Thursday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 13, 3 p.m.
John Miller and Paul Joseph Nelson
The Venerable Lama Losang Samten, renowned Tibetan scholar and
former Buddhist monk, served as the attendant to His Holiness the
Dalai Lama. In 1988, Losang was instructed to demonstrate the art
of sand painting as the first to be offered
in the West. Since then he has created
sand mandalas in many museums,
including the American Museum of
Natural History in New York, the Asian
Art Museum in San Francisco, and the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as
at universities across the country.
John Miller began working with glass in 1987 in the undergraduate
program at Southern Connecticut State
University. A decade later, he earned an
MFA in sculpture at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. From 1993 to the
present, he has been a key staff member at
Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle. He has
contributed to Pilchuck artists and students
as a technician, coordinator, gaffer, and
instructor. He is also Associate Professor of
Glass at Illinois State University.
His work is part of the collections of the
Museum of Arts and Design in New York;
the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk,
Losang served as religious technical
advisor and sand mandala supervisor for
and appeared in Martin Scorsese’s film
about the Dalai Lama, Kundun, which he
Rib Cage Series
by John Miller
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will introduce at the MFA on Thursday, January 7, at 6:30 p.m. He
is also the spiritual director of numerous Buddhist Centers in the
United States.
Before joining the VMFA, Mr. Nyerges was Director and CEO of the
Dayton Art Institute (1992-2006). He has also been Director of the
Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson and the DeLand Museum of
Art in Florida. He holds his BA, with a double major in American
civilization and anthropology/archaeology, and his MA in museum
studies, both from George Washington University.
Mandalas have been referred to as “visual scripture,” which can
be seen as dwellings for enlightened beings. Sand mandalas are
created with great care and detailed accuracy, bringing the sacred
symbols to life in order to share an uplifting message. For more
information, please go to www.losangsamten.com.
February 9: Inge Hatton fell in love with folk art when she
moved to Nova Scotia and discovered the Nova Scotia Folk Art
Festival in 2000. She was inspired to learn more about the artists,
began collecting their work, and even opened a gallery, The
Spotted Frog.
The MFA schedule follows:
Sunday, January 3, noon: Drawing of the Mandala
Monday, January 4-Friday, January 15, 10 a.m.-noon and
1-5 p.m.: Creation of the Mandala (Losang will take a day of
rest on Monday, January 11, and will resume work on the mandala
the next day.)
Monday, January 4, 2 p.m.: Blessing of the Sand
Saturday, January 9, 2 p.m.: Book-Signing, Ancient Teachings in
Modern Times by Losang Samten, Museum Store
Saturday, January 16, noon: Dismantling Ceremony
At the outset, Nova Scotia folk artists chiefly whittled wood and
would often give their pieces to family and friends, who would
sometimes try to craft similar objects of their own. They primarily
responded to nature – the fields, sea, and woods – and produced
whimsical, engaging works. They have even ventured into political
satire. Ms. Hatton will share some of her experiences with the
artists and will specifically discuss the work of Rick Brittain,
Richard Crowe, Bradford Naugler, Leo Naugler, Mark Robichaud,
and Julie Smith.
The decorative arts – fine furniture,
jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all
around us and in the Museum. FODA
expands understanding of their variety
and beauty. Plus, you will make new
friends at the meetings. Annual dues are
$20 in addition to Museum membership.
March 8: Noted collector and FODA member Jim Sweeny will
explore Art Deco Miami Beach, which was chiefly built in the 1930s
to appeal to middle-class tourists. The majority of the buildings
were hotels or apartments and shared many characteristics: flat
roofs, poured concrete walls, glass-block partitions, terrazzo floors,
“eyebrow” and porthole windows, and nautical deck railings.
FODA programs are held on the second Tuesday of the month
at 2 p.m. during season. Non-FODA members can attend for $5,
plus MFA admission. Carolyn Nygren is the volunteer coordinator.
Upcoming events follow:
Usually two to four stories tall with 50-75 rooms, the buildings
were mostly white with pink, turquoise, lavender, seafoam
green, and powder blue accents. Neon was used to highlight
architectural details. Laura Cerwinsky has written that “this was
resort architecture intended to lift the visitor from the gloom of the
Depression; to merge his shelter with the glories of surrounding
nature. They were venues where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
could be imagined to dance the night away in a moonlit rooftop
nightclub, while the waves lapped on the beach across the street.”
January 12: Alex Nyerges, Director of the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, will introduce his museum’s
world-renowned collection of decorative arts, with a special focus
on Art Nouveau and Art Deco objects. The VMFA is one of our
county’s leading museums, with 33,000 works in its comprehensive
collection.
Jim and Martha Sweeny are two of the Museum’s best friends.
Through their donations of artworks and funds, they have helped
build the MFA’s collections of work by self-taught American
artists, mostly from the South, and of prints by American women.
Nearly all of the works in Marks Made: Prints by American Women
Artists from the 1960s to the Present are gifts from the Sweenys
or were purchased with funds provided by the couple. The
Sweenys began their still active collecting odyssey in the world of
decorative arts.
Mr. Nyerges has been the
VMFA’s Director for 10 years
and led a four-year expansion
project which added more
than 165,000 square feet to
the previous 380,000 square
feet. For the grand reopening
in 2010, he brought Picasso:
Masterpieces from the Musée
National Picasso Paris to
Richmond. He serves on the
boards of many professional,
educational, and civic
organizations, including the
Tiffany Glass & Decorating
executive committee of the
Company (American)
French American Museum
Punch Bowl with Three Ladles (1900)
Exchange (FRAME). That
Glass, gilding, silver, and wood
initiative fosters collaboration
Collection of the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts
between museums in
Sydney and Frances Lewis
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Art Nouveau Fund
American cities. He was
elected Chevalier de l’ordre des
Arts et des Lettres by the Republic of France in 2014 in appreciation
of his many efforts to encourage cultural exchange.
Free with MFA admission. Complimentary snacks.
Thursday, January 7, 6:30 p.m. Kundun (1997), directed by Martin
Scorsese
Legendary director Martin Scorsese looks at the early life of the
boy recognized as the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. Kundun
derives from the honorific title of the Dalai Lama, meaning The
Presence, as in the presence of the Buddha. It complements the sand
mandala installation by the Venerable Lama Losang Samten, who
appears in the film and offers a brief introduction.
Photography is a special interest. He has curated the traveling
exhibitions Edward Weston: A Photographer’s Love of Life and In
Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American
West. He has also organized two major traveling exhibitions of
art and artifacts from regional museums throughout China.
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Music & Art Course
Mirrors in the Renaissance
Instructors: Sally and Katherine Robinson of the Drum
Connection
Three Weeks: Wednesday, March 16, 23, and 30, 10-11:30 a.m.
$60 for MFA members, $85 for non-members (includes light
refreshments)
To register, please call 727.896.2667, ext. 210, or visit www.finearts.org/rsvp/
This class explores the parallels between music and the visual arts
in the Renaissance. Participants will delve into the development of
Renaissance music including chant and the three M’s of vocal music
(madrigal, motet, and mass). Discover how Renaissance artists
looked back to the ideals of ancient Greece and Rome for inspiration
and learn about humanism, the cultural movement emphasizing
human potential.
2015 Winner’s
Release Party
Second Thursday of the Month,
6:30 p.m.
Free with Museum admission,
which is only $5 after 5 p.m. on
Thursday
Thursday, January 21, 2016,
6–8pm @ the MFA
Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local
organization that supports the
literary community, for a book
club connecting the visual and
literary arts. Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s
collection or special exhibitions.
January 14: Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost will offer
an introduction to this gifted writer, who will engage in a discussion
with artist Carrie Schneider at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 17, at the MFA.
That is also the final day of the exhibition Carrie Schneider: Reading
Women.
February 11: J. Ryan Stradal’s Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an ideal
choice to complement the images of food in our collection and the
publication of Food + Art, The Stuart Society’s cookbook.
March 10: The portraits in Contemplating Character will inspire you
to meet the quirky and influential people in Running with Scissors by
Augusten Burroughs.
Youth & Family
First and Third Saturday of the
month, 10 a.m.
Ages three and older
$5 per person (includes admission to
entire Museum). Please bring a towel or
yoga mat.
Meet Travis & Chris, the home brewers who took home
“BEST OF SHOW” for their Strawberry Rhubarb. Taste
the limited batch fruit beer brewed in partnership with
Green Bench Brewing Co. and learn more about the
upcoming 2016 events.
FREE FOR MFA MEMBERS. $5 non-members (includes galleries).
Visit www.fine-arts.org/rsvp to reserve your glass today!
Kidding Around Yoga uses the yoga poses
or asanas creatively tucked into partner
yoga, games and activities, original music,
stories, and more. The class is designed
for kids, but entire families are welcome.
Practicing yoga with children creates a special bond.
Who are these libation artists? Chris and Travis are
childhood friends who started the adventure of home
brewing in the summer of 2014. They enjoy making a
variety of styles, especially experimenting with sours
and fruit. To find out more about what’s brewing, you
can follow them on Instagram @ranchroadbrewing.
Second and Fourth Friday of the
month, 11 a.m.
ASL-accessible program
For parents/guardians and their
children up to six-years-old
$5 per family
Visit www.fine-arts.org/beer-project for updates and event details.
Interested in sponsoring THE BEER PROJECT for 2016?
Discover art and learn a new language as a family. Gain an
introduction to ASL (American Sign Language) vocabulary while
touring the galleries. Classes are designed and presented by certified
ASL instructor and interpreter Carol Downing.
Contact our Development Office at 727.896.2667 or
[email protected].
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Marks Made:
MFA: Make and Take Saturday
Prints by American Women Artists from the 1960s to the Present
First and Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Free with Museum admission. No registration necessary.
For ages five and older, but entire families are encouraged to
participate.
Members’ Opening Reception, Wednesday, October 14
(Left to right) Marie Yoho Dorsey,
who is represented in the exhibition;
Martha Sweeny; Dimitri Lykoudis of
the MFA staff; and Jim Sweeny. The
Sweenys donated the vast majority of
the prints in the show to the Museum.
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection
and special exhibitions. Supplies are included.
January 2 and 16: In a nod to Food + Art, children – and adults –
will love sculpting edible play dough.
February 6 and 20: Contemplating Character reveals how a simple
line can be transformed into an expressive and memorable
portrait. With some imagination and a good pencil or marker, you
will create your own journal of personalities.
March 5 and 19: Inspired by The Art of the Classical Guitar, you
will use everything from shoe boxes to rubber bands to make
your own musical instrument.
Jane Hammond with her
work Love Laughs (2005).
Elisabeth Condon with her
untitled monotype (2007).
(Left to right) Noted collector Lothar Uhl,
Katherine Pill (Assistant Curator of Art
after 1950 and curator of Marks Made),
and Lynn Whitelaw, the first Director
and later Chief Curator of the LeepaRattner Museum of Art, St. Petersburg
College, who recently retired.
Sally (left) and Katherine Robinson
Second and Fourth Saturday of the month, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Adults and families are welcome. Children must be accompanied
by an adult.
$5 per person
Presented by Sally and Katherine Robinson of the Drum
Connection
Thomas and Donna Brumfield, who
have donated many works from
their collection to the Museum.
Explore the many cultures represented in the MFA collection
by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel the momentum
grow while you drum and use other percussion instruments to
bring art alive. No experience is necessary. Just come and have
fun.
Dr. Byung-Joon Ahn of St. Luke’s
Cataract & Laser Institute and his
fiancée Allison Canfield (Director
of Communications and Events
for The Margaret Acheson Stuart
Society) with Joyce and Treasurer
of the Board Wayne (Skipp) Fraser.
Visual Metaphor
Monday, March 21-Sunday, April 24
Sponsored in part by The DMG School Project
Wayne W. and Frances Knight Parrish Lecture
Sunday, October 18
This audience favorite spotlights work by many of the most
talented students in the Pinellas County Schools. Their teachers
select the art, which encompasses a wide array of media. A
reception for the students and their parents and teachers will
be held on Wednesday, April 6, from 6-8 p.m., with awards
presented at 6:30 p.m.
Käthe Kollwitz, one of the founders of the Guerrilla Girls, drew a
capacity crowd to the Parrish Lecture during the opening weekend
of Marks Made. The Guerrilla Girls joined together in 1985 to protest
the treatment of women artists by museums, galleries, critics, and
scholars. They use pseudonyms based on the names of major,
deceased female artists and wear gorilla masks in their protests and
appearances to preserve their anonymity.
Talking after the lecture were
(left to right) Master Printer
Erika Greenberg-Schneider,
Martha Sweeny, Ms. Kollwitz,
Katherine Pill (Assistant
Curator of Art after 1950 and
curator of Marks Made), and
Jim Sweeny. The Parrish Estate
and the Sweenys made this
compelling lecture possible.
Sunday, April 24, from noon-4 p.m. on the MFA Lawn
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50th Anniversary Reception
Wednesday, October 28
A plaque was dedicated in the Sculpture Garden
honoring Clementine Japour Sherman, one of
the most dedicated and influential people in the
Museum’s history. She was a close friend and advisor
of Museum Founder Margaret Acheson Stuart.
Members of Clementine
Japour Sherman’s
family gathered for this
memorable occasion: (left
to right) Anne Japour,
Charles and Leidia
DiMascio, Christie Pratt,
Mary and Jeff Pratt,
Tess Mullinax, Katherine
Japour, and Paul Japour.
(Left to right) Langston
and Carol Holland with
trustees Laura Militzer
Bryant and Fay Mackey,
the 50th anniversary chair.
(Left to right) Trustee Hazel Hough; the
Museum’s third director Michael Milkovich,
who served for 19 years; former trustees
William R. Hough and Jacqueline Piper;
and current Director Kent Lydecker.
Judy Stanton (left), a
past president of The
Margaret Acheson
Stuart Society, with
Janet Raymond.
Executive Committee
member Fred and
Gail Razook.
Marianne and Mark
Mahaffey, Chairman
of the Museum’s
Board of Trustees.
Dr. Richard Eliason (far left) with
Sam and Demi Rahall. Dr. Eliason
is the chair of the Marly Music
Series and Mrs. Rahall is a former
trustee and Founding President
of the Collectors Circle.
(Left to right) Susan Gordon (past
chair of the Docent Council), past
trustee Dr. Franklin and Anne Massari,
Mary Wheeler, and Seymour Gordon,
President of the Collectors Circle
and past President of the Board.
(Left to right) Noted art collector and appraiser
Eric Lang Peterson, past trustee and Stuart
Society president Mary Shuh, and past
President of the Board Carol A. Upham.
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The Margaret Acheson
Stuart Society
For the latest information, please visit www.thestuartsociety.org.
Like us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/thestuartsociety, or send us a
tweet, www.twitter.com/stuartsociety. Carol Russell is the President and
Allison Canfield is Director of Communications and Events.
Thursday, April 7-Monday, April 11
Presenting Sponsor:
Art in Bloom 2016 will be stunning. More
than 50 floral designs by professional
florists, talented hobbyists, and members
of The Stuart Society will fill the
Museum. In addition, four tablescapes,
inspired by works in the collection, will
be on view in The Junior League Great
Hall. The title of a recipe from Food + Art,
the new Stuart Society cookbook, will be
included on each table.
See more than
50 stunning floral
interpretations that
respond to individual
Bryan Redman of Redman
Steele Floral Design
Studio created this
gorgeous arrangement
for Art in Bloom 2015.
works in the Museum.
Floral demonstrations,
Conversations with the
Designers and more!
Extended hours will allow everyone to see the flowers. They are:
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, April 7; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, April 8;
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 9; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, April 10;
and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, April 11. The MFA Café will offer a
floral-themed special each day.
Jan Stoffels is the overall coordinator, and Karen Banfield is chairing
the exhibition of floral designs. Deann Coop and Sue Knipe are
the chairs of “Flowers After Hours,” and Linda Dow, Marian Yon
Maguire, and Rhonda Sanderford are chairing the luncheon. For
reservations to “Flowers After Hours” and the Art in Bloom
Luncheon, please contact Liz Curry: [email protected] or
727.823.3798.
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Flowers After Hours
Thursday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $85 per person.
Be one of the first to view the inventive floral designs and enjoy
sumptuous hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, wine, and jazz in the Marly
Room. You will never look at art – and flowers – the same way again.
Art in Bloom Luncheon
Friday, April 8, 11:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom of the Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort &
Golf Club
Tickets: $90 per person
The luncheon will feature an outstanding speaker, beautiful
centerpieces on each table, and many more surprises.
Conversations with the Designers
Sunday, April 10, noon-2 p.m.
No reservations required. Valet parking.
Come early, as this event always draws large crowds. Floral
designers will be in the galleries to discuss their creations,
inspiration, and techniques. Questions and comments are welcome.
Have brunch in the MFA Café and spend the day at the Museum.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7
ART IN BLOOM OPENS TO THE PUBLIC
FLOWERS AFTER HOURS PARTY
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
ART IN BLOOM LUNCHEON
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DESIGNERS
To view the complete schedule, visit
thestuartsociety.org
11/12/15 10:00 AM
Food + Art: Cooking around Tampa Bay with the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Sold-Out Launch Party
Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory
Elise Minkoff (left) and Toni Lydecker,
co-chairs of the Food + Art Committee.
Mrs. Lydecker is the editor of the
striking cookbook celebrating
the MFA’s 50th anniversary.
(Left to right) Chris Sherman, editorial
consultant for the cookbook; Lennie
Bennett, Art Critic of the Tampa Bay
Times; and Jeremy Duclut, Executive
Chef of Cassis American Brasserie.
The capacity crowd arrived early and stayed late.
(Left to right) Deann Coop;
Gui Alinat, Executive Chef and
owner of Artisan Boutique
Catering; and Veronica Waldo.
(Left to right) Betty Jean Miller, Judy Stanton, Louise
Chapin, Mary Evertz, Lynn Cox, and Iris Salzer.
Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Stanton, and Mrs. Chapin are past
presidents of The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society.
Kristyn Fuqua of Olympia Catering
& Events; Janet Keeler, journalism
instructor at the University of
South Florida St. Petersburg; Matt
Cummings, Chef of the MFA
Café; and Maxine Buchholtz.
Jane Beam (left)
and Betty Shamas.
(Left to right) Joann Barger (a past
president of The Stuart Society),
Audrie Rañon of the MFA staff,
Jean Catanese, and Judy Preston.
Mrs. Catanese chaired the
Launch Party with Elise Minkoff
and Toni Lydecker. Ms. Preston
assisted with public relations.
The Plaza of Honor
at the Bayshore entrance to the Hazel Hough Wing
Order an Engraved Brick, the Perfect Memorial or Tribute.
• Commemorate an engagement, wedding, anniversary,
milestone birthday, or graduation.
• Memorialize relatives or special friends.
• Honor family, teachers, volunteers, or donors.
• Show support for the MFA.
Forms are available at the Welcome Desk. For more
information, please contact chair Libby Salamone,
[email protected].
(Left to right) Dr. Kanika Tomalin, Deputy Mayor
of the City of St. Petersburg; MFA Director
Kent Lydecker; and Carol Russell, President of
The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society.
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THE MARGARET ACHESON STUART SOCIETY
presents
Sold-Out in July!
The Vinoy Renaissance
St. Petersburg Resort
and Golf Club
(Left to right) Trustee Mary
Alice McClendon, Mardi
Johnson, and past Stuart
Society president Bonita Cobb.
TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
St. Petersburg
SMartLY DRESSED chair Rachael
Show, Luncheon & Silent Auction
Russell (front) and her mother
Carol Russell, President of The
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015 Margaret Acheson Stuart Society.
Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club
(Left to right) Stuart
Society Treasurer
Maggi McQueen,
John William Barger
III, Sarah Howe, and
Angela Rouson.
Fashions presented by
Judy Bistany (left) and Melissa LeClair.
Ms. Bistany represented sponsor
Matter Brothers Furniture and
Mrs. LeClair, sponsor Echelon, LLC.
Master of Ceremonies
Dion Lim, anchor and
reporter for WTSP,
Channel 10, news.
(Left to right) Natavidad (Nata)
Cibran representing sponsor
St. Petersburg Pediatrics,
sorships are available by contacting Rachael Russell at 727.501.4374 or Montserrat Cerf, and Stuart
[email protected]
Society member Audrie Rañon
of the Museum staff.
Purchase your tickets by visiting www.thestuartsociety.org
Saks Fifth Avenue
presented the
latest fashions.
(Left to right) Past Stuart
Society presidents Glenn
Mosby, Margaret Amley, Gail
Phares, and Joann Barger.
The male models
always receive lots of
applause at The Stuart
Society fashion show.
(Left to right) Jean
Getting Irwin and
past Stuart Society
presidents Charlotte
Kendall and Vicki Fox.
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Museum Store
Meet the Artist: Leslie Joy Ickowitz
Thursday, March 17, 5-7 p.m.
In May, Tampa photographer Leslie Joy Ickowitz traveled to
Havana and Varadero on a People to People Cultural Exchange and
met Cuban artists, musicians, organic farmers, and even a fashion
designer who works on the rooftop of her home under the blazing
sun. Cubans are the masters of invention.
Ms. Ickowitz will show photographs from her series Love Affair
with Cuba in anticipation of the MFA’s first organized trip to the
country March 24-31. The artist has written that her images
“celebrate the raw, beautiful energy and authenticity of our
mysterious island neighbor.” For more information on her work,
please go to www.LeslieJoyOriginal.com.
Past presidents of The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society were
honored at a luncheon on Thursday, September 24. Attending
were: (seated, left to right) Mary Shuh, Charlotte Kendall, Betty
Jean Miller, Bonita Cobb, Joann Barger, and Jeanne Tucker, and
(standing, left to right) current President Carol Russell, Elise
Minkoff, Gail Phares, Marilyn Hobbs, Vicki Fox, Margaret Amley,
Margaret Bowman, Chris Chapman Hilton, and Susan Hicks.
Photo by Leslie Joy Ickowitz
Annual Fund
Thank You
The MFA is grateful to the following donors who contributed to the
Annual Fund between August 26 and November 23:
More than 50 years ago, Margaret Acheson Stuart
realized her dream of establishing a fine arts museum
in St. Petersburg. It began with one woman, but she
had a host of supporters. From the beginning, the
MFA has been the community’s museum.
$25,000 and Up
Jim and Martha Sweeny
Mrs. Stuart once said, “If one child benefits from the
Museum, it will all be worthwhile.” More than 17,000
students visited the MFA last year. For many, it was
their first encounter with art and a museum. At the
end of his school tour, one student shared, “I like
art!” to which his classmate replied, “I wish our tour
could have been longer!” Thank you, Mrs. Stuart.
Thank you to all of our loyal friends over the years.
$1,000 to $4,999
Charlotte Bacon
Matt and Laura Bryant
Dr. Richard and Niela
Eliason
George Ellis
Skipp and Joyce Fraser
Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert and
Michele Kidwell-Gilbert
Lynne Hensley
David and Alice Hoffman
William R. and Hazel Hough
Kathleen Swann Brooks
Family Foundation
Clark and Monica Mason
Jim Reichert
Jean Rocchi
Robert and Nancy Shannon
Eugene and Julia Sorbo
William and Kathleen
Stover
Carol A. Upham
Help continue Mrs. Stuart’s legacy by contributing
to the Annual Fund. Such contributions account for
a significant 36% of the Museum’s annual operating
budget. Your gift is vital to shaping children’s
relationship with art, celebrating and showcasing our
world-class collection, and enhancing the cultural life
of our city.
Every gift makes a difference!
If your company has a matching gift program, you may
be able to double the impact of your donation. For more
information or assistance with your gift, please call
Director of Development Daryl DeBerry at 727.896.2667,
ext. 250.
$10,000 to $24,999
$5,000 to $9,999
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$500 to $999
George and Deborah Baxter
Jim and Emily Gillespie
Robb and Susan Hough
Up to $499
AmazonSmile Foundation
Dr. Edward and Margaret Amley
Dr. Raymond and Kathleen
Arsenault
Janet Augenbraun
Robert Bauman
Elizabeth Coerver
David Connelly
Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts
Program
Maurice Kurtz and Linda
Osmundson
Vytas and Gerda Maceikonis
John Mahoney
Claude Meyer and Kevin Armington
Ella Morin
Janet Raymond
Sydni Shollenberger
Robert and Carol Stewart
Robert Strickland
Jean Thompson
Sterling and Jane Weems
Circle Level Members
Director’s Circle
Edwards, Bill and Joanne
Hough, William R. and Hazel
James, Tom and Mary
Mahaffey, Mark T. and Marianne
Vinik, Jeff and Penny
Founder’s Circle
Edwards, William P. and Ann
Mosby, Glenn and Dav
Novack, Patti and Irwin
Wittner, Jean Giles
New/Upgraded
Sustainer/Benefactor
Ferraro, Francis and Patricia
Higgins
New General
Members
September 3 – November 16
Friend
Schreiber, Lisa
Family
Alexander, Dirdre and George
Baruday
Allen, Susan and Richard Rolfes
Anderson, Jeremy and Jessica
Antonacci, Robert and Tim
Atkinson, Jennifer
Avila, Lisa and Matthew
Baird, Lisa and Allen
Ongchangco
Ballew, Angel
Bataclan, Maria
Baynard, Sally and Tom
Bennett, David and Mayli
Berberich, Barbara and Dennis
Bimler, Martin
Bittles, Mark and Deena
Bocik, Robert and Zoe
Bof, Olga
Bontrager, Giovanna and
Jonathan
Boos, Bob and Shelley Brisson
Breskin, Pearce
Bryan, Larissa and Stephan
Burke, Lesli
Burke, Patricia and Tom
Burkey, Mick and Michele
Caruso
Burr, Donald
Burton, Monica
Byers, Jane
Cabezas, Ana and Stephen
Calhoon, Jane and Patrick
Campbell, Wayne and Louis
DeRienzo
Carley, Angela and Michael
Carson, John and Suki
Casamo, Joan and Linda Clarke
Casorio, Dianne
Castellon, Pedro and Alexander
Veliz
Chase, Beth and Cory
Ciancanelli, Helen
Clark, Allen and Daniela
Clark, Steven and Martin
Concepcion, Joe and Lauren
Kasmer
Cubito, David and Jennifer
Cummins, Kathryn
Davis, Gerald and Shane
Delashmutt, Doug
Demas, Carole and Steve
Demiduk, Kristin and Paul
Desai, Rajkumari and Raju
Diez, Anthony
Dunlap, Gray
Duttweiler, Raleigh and Peggy
Dziubek, Jacquelyn and Paul
Ebersold, Betty
Eldred, Michole
Escarraz, Patricia and Frank
Smith
Falco, Salvatore and Carolyn
Haack
Fargo, Charles and Jean
French, Helen and Jonathan
Ganes, Jennifer
Gangotena, Camila
Gates, Mike and Dawn
Geddes, Florence and John
Geddes, John and Sarah
Generallo, Adriana and Jess
Giuffre, Chris and Jennifer
Glover, Mindy and William
Higgins
Gomez, Catherine
Gravina, Nicholas and Gregory
Hartung
Grilli, Barbara and Lou
Grimes, Elizabeth and Ken
Groeller, David and J. Patrick
Mercier
Grooms, Annette and Gary
Gross, Dawn and Mike
Hallock, Elizabeth and David
Wishner
Hammons, James and Miriyam
Nitzberg
Hanke, Brenda and Doug
Hanks, Cynthia and Michael
Manning
Harrell, Corbitt and Alicia Zizzo
Harrison, Rachel and Jaye
Sheldon
Haseltine, Philip and Valerie
Morgan
Hastings, Jan and John
Haynes, William
Hebdon, Alan and Irma
Hinton, Rebecca
Hopkins, Sara and Adam
Hubben, Jane
Humphreys, Joe and Katherine
Hundley, David and Dawn
Vadnais
Jackson, Kelly and Jesse Miller
James, Sara
Joyce, Carol and Tom McDonnell
Justice, Charles and Kathleen
Kallen, Corinne
Keeler, Janet and Scott
Khavina, Charis and Marianne
Kite-Powell, Krissy and Rodney
Kmetz, Laura and Hosein Taheri
Kragiel, Matt
Kuhlman, Keith and Marsha
Lawson, David William and
Nina Sue
Lazzara, Morgan and Steven
Lense, Elizabeth
Lentz, Jennifer and Jennifer
Thompson
Letterman, Gretchen
Lindenberg, Elizabeth and
Hunter
Loinaz, Maria and Raechelle
Wilson
Long, Jim and Deborah
Long, Jim and Valerie
Mallett, Benjamin and Leslie
Mallett, Janet and Victor
Marie, Laura and Ariana Shelton
Martin, John and Kathleen
McLoughlin, Dianne and Russell
Wright
McMahon, Molly and Gina
Vivinetto
Milano, Stephen and Ana
Mines, Sarah and John
Mitchell, Charles and Ruth Anne
Morris, Kathy
Mottox, Martin and Steven
Munderback, Julie
Nagy, Minda
Nahat, Michael
Nardi, Matthew and Sarah
Nelson, Kim and Maureen
Ness, Barbara and Matthew
Nguyen, Dzuy
Nguyen, John and Maggie
Niemann, Brian and Susan
Nillson, Bo and Pia
O’Brian, Patrick and Dennis
O’Neal, Bert and Claudia
Osburn, Stephen and Vicki
Paisner, Brent and Joyce
Pertik, Maria and David
Rynerson
Peters, Marie and Paul
Peterson, Ken
Pollack, Anne and Woody
Porter, Michelle and Tony
Purcell, Cat and Jareth
Quast, Daniela and Troy
Rabin, Barbara
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Raja, Deena and Mark
Rampolla, Heather and Ron
Rao, Dwaraka
Reynolds, Beth
Riley, Caitlin and Tron Valentine
Rivera, Darren
Rosen, Kenneth and Paula
Sargeant, Daniel and Michelle
Sawa, Kate and Michael
Schmidt, Jeffrey
Scott, Jennifer and Michael
Shaw, Charlie and Mary
Sheick, Alfred and Kim
Short, Tony and Michelle
Sims, Dennis and Patrick
Sinibaldi, John and Lenore
Smith, Deena
Smith, Jennifer and Troy
Smith, Jerry and Vickie
Smith, Peggy and Raleigh
Snyder, Lucy and Mark
Staney, Tim and Matthew
Starr, Jeffrey and Trina
Stewart, Matthew and Tim
Strum, Luise and Judy
Thompson
Taylor, Jess and Adriana
Terry, Deborah
Thornton, Donald and Kathleen
Tomor, Michael
Urban, Cindy and Michael
Verrill, David and Jackie
Walden, Greg and Jennifer
Walker, Christian and Shannon
Warchola, Robert
Warner, Don
Whelan, Marilyn
White, Blanka
Whiteside, Aimee and Jeff
Williams, Osceola
Witbreuk, Irma and Alan
Yerger, Barbara
Individual
Adams, Suzanne
Alberdi, Marcy
Amparado, Joy
Antonietti, Luisa
Bale, Patrick
Barancik, Elizabeth
Barenis, Elizabeth
Barone, Carl
Barth, Demeree
Bates, Jordan
Beigel, Larraine
Benedict, Ashley
Boewe, Stefanie
Bolton, Stephanie
Bonner, Sharon
Bray, Bonnie
Bruin, Ann
Burchard, Matthew
Burchell, Merrill
Burke, Chris
Calandrino, Gloria
Camacho, Tony
Caputo, Jeanette
Carey, Mary
Carroll, Lynn
Carter, Debby Polis
Chapman, Melissa
Charette, Daniel
Chesley, Shirley
Chiesa, Martha
Chill, Rosemary
Clark, Shannan
Clark, Stephen
Cook, Kevin
Costa, Roseanna
Cruz, Michael
Dalsemer, Patrick
Dekkers, Carol
Donahoe, Irma
Donahoe, Lynne
Driscoll, Gina
Evans, D. Lily
Fasso, John
Fisher, Suzanne
Geddes, Stephen
Gore, Susan
Graham, Mary
Gravina, Karen
Grindea, Lidia
Growney, Lauren
Hall, Ray
Hartney, Jaleen
Helmer, Peter
Hendrick, Virginia
Holtzclaw, Marcia
Houghton,
Summer
Hudson, Tim
Hughson, Bonnie
Hulon, Sandi
Jacobs, Ingrid
Joffe, Julia
Johnson, Joie
Jones, Pamela
Julien, Sheila
Karczewski, John
Kelley, Gail
Kennard, Tracy
Kent, Eric
Kern, Jill
Kieny, Sarah
Kurnett, Dierdre
Laidlaw, Stephanie
Laird, Anne
Lampkin, Timothy
Lane, Marsha
Langford, Leslie
Largent, Virginia
Lauder, Anne
Leber, Jessica
Lewis, Ursula
Lino, Sherry
Mayer, Susan
Mays, Chrisje
McCollum, Michael
McCollum, Victoria
McDonough,
Christine
McGowen, Odette
Meyer, Alice
Miller, Jessica
Mitchell, Mark
Moffitt, Karen
Morales, Cheryl
Nestor, Amy
O’Connor, Sandra
Odening, Scott
Oldja, Lauren
Ottowitz, Suzanne
Page, Christine
Pickett, Paula
Rathle, Joyce
Michele
Rhubottum, Geoff
Roen, Elisabeth
Russell, Vincent
Ryan, Virginia
Sakss, Selga
Sanders, Henry
Sinclair
Sarvarinne, Anja
Scarpa, Marc
Scarpa, Vivian
Schilke, Joellen
Scott, Dana
Shaw, Kelly
Sitten, Robert
Skopal, Marcella
Smith, Mirella
Spencer, Lisa
Stokes, Linda
Stolarik, Debbra
Street, Daphne
Swanson, Haley
Teehee, Jeffrey
Venouziou, Ester
Vergin, Matthew
Walker, Michael
Wallace, Heather
Wang, Clark
White, Sally
Wolling, Linda
Wood, Patricia
Woodall-Metas,
Sue
Woods, Catherine
Woods, Fred
Woodward,
Destiny
Zabala, Carmela
Music in the Marly
Scholar
During his 35-year career, Frederick Moyer has been a soloist with
many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Boston,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and London. His far-flung venues
have ranged from Windsor Castle in England to Suntory Hall in
Tokyo, from the Sydney Opera House in Australia to the Kennedy
Center in Washington, D.C. His 22 recordings of works by more than
30 composers reflect his eclectic interests – from classical to jazz. He
studied music and piano performance in two of the country’s most
prestigious programs – the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia
and Indiana University in Bloomington.
Tickets are first-come, first-served, cost $20 for adults and $10 for
students 22 and younger with current ID, and can be purchased online
by going to www.fine-arts.org. Marly Music Society members pay only
$15 per concert. Admission to the entire Museum is included in the
ticket price. Concerts are sponsored in part by the Friends of Joe Sprain
in his memory; the Estate of Mrs. Elvira Wolfe de Weil; the Tampa Bay
Times; WUSF; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of
Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
The Fred Moyer Jazz Trio
Frederick Moyer, piano, Peter Tillotson, bass,
and Bob Savine, drums
Fred Moyer and friends perform their
own arrangements and improvisations of standards from the Great
American Songbook, as well as music by jazz trios led by Erroll
Garner, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, and other giants.
Andrews, Hannah
Annis, Shannon
Bunce, Thomas
Burke, Tracy
Edwards, Lyman
Elmer, Bridget
Fetterhoff,
Elizabeth
Grondin, Ida
Howard, Sarah
Lucas, Patricia
Majjeusle,
Elizabeth
Prendergast, Alice
Sharp, Brittny
Sherf, Donna
Stevenson, Clifford
Stoddard, Kim
Tomko, Sydney
Peter Tillotson’s journey has ranged from garage bands to Lincoln
Center, from bebop to bluegrass. He has performed with members
of the Boston Symphony, as well as with numerous pop stars and
entertainers. The Count Basie Orchestra, Barenaked Ladies, Sheryl
Crow, the Dixie Chicks, John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Paul Simon,
and Bonnie Raitt have sought his technical expertise in acoustic
amplification.
Bob Savine began his formal musical training at Pennsylvania State
University where he received his BS in music education. He later
studied at the respected Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has
performed with a diverse group of singers and instrumentalists,
including The Artie Shaw Orchestra, Keely Smith, Mike Metheny,
and many more.
Board of Trustees 2016
Executive Committee
Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey,
Chairman
Mrs. Cathy Collins, Vice
Chairman
Mr. Wayne (Skipp) Fraser,
CPA , Treasurer
Mr. Clark Mason, Secretary
Mrs. Glenn Mosby
Mr. Fred S. Razook Jr.
Dr. Kent Lydecker, Director
Memorials & Tributes
In honor of Debbie and George
Baxter
Bob and Chris Hilton
Eric and Ann Rascoe
In memory of Mark Davies
Dr. Earnest and Sally Truby
In memory of Joan Gessler
Rep and Simone DeLoach
In honor of Dr. Jennifer
Hardin
Rep and Simone DeLoach
In honor of Leila Lumford
In memory of Sam H. Mann Jr.
William R. and Hazel
Hough
In memory of Helen Gandy
O’Brien
Cary Bond
William R. and Hazel
Hough
Trustees
Mrs. Erin Smith Aebel
Mr. Roy Binger
Ms. Laura Militzer Bryant
Mr. Gary Damkoehler
Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert
Mr. James R. Gillespie, JD,
LLM
Mr. Robert L. Hilton
Mrs. Hazel C. Hough
In memory of Joan Taylor
Street
Eric Lang Peterson
In memory of Phyllis Stover
Williams
Patsy Anderson
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The Hon. Richard Kriseman,
Mayor of the City of
St. Petersburg, ex officio,
nonvoting
Mr. Darryl A. LeClair
Ms. Fay Mackey
Mrs. Mary Alice McClendon
Mrs. Patti Novack
Ms. Ellen Stavros
Mr. Harold E. Wells Jr.
Mrs. Carol Russell,
President, The Margaret
Acheson Stuart Society
Honorary Trustees,
nonvoting
Mrs. Isabel Bishop,
Honorary Memorial
Trustee
Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Esq.
Mr. Charles Henderson
Mr. Peter Sherman
Mrs. Carol A. Upham
He also has an extensive photography collection; selections have
comprised another traveling exhibition.
Mr. Johnson once said: “When I am asked what it takes to become an
accomplished collector, it is not the qualities of knowledge, judgment,
or that elusive term ‘taste’ that comes to mind. Instead, it is the ability
to be curious that is the crucial element in the makeup of a true
collector – the ability to ask questions, to learn, and to get answers
regarding works of art that catch your eye and move your emotions.”
Lecture Series
Free with MFA admission, open to the public
His passion for art was sparked at McGill University in Montreal,
followed by his first curatorial position at the Worcester Art
Museum in Massachusetts. He then became Assistant Curator
of Prints and Drawings at the Baltimore Museum of Art and was
recruited by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. He
transformed those holdings into one of the premier such collections
in the country, now numbering approximately 90,000 works.
Sponsored by:
This outstanding series features some of the world’s foremost art
historians, curators, artists, and collectors. The public is invited
to these free lectures. An always elegant reception for Collectors
Circle members, also sponsored by Northern Trust, is held one hour
before the lecture. Seymour Gordon, Honorary Trustee and past
President of the MFA Board, is President of the Collectors Circle.
Mr. Johnson has curated a wealth of exhibitions and is the author
of many books and exhibition catalogues. His publications include:
Lucian Freud: Works on Paper; Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of
Charles Jones; Leonard Baskin: Monumental Woodcuts, 1952-1963; and
The Face in the Lens – Anonymous Photographs, among others.
Thursday, February 18, 6:30 p.m.:
Dr. Gloria Groom is an internationally
acclaimed scholar and author on nineteenthcentury European painting and sculpture.
She is Senior Curator and David and Mary
Winton Green Curator of NineteenthCentury European Painting and Sculpture at
the Art Institute of Chicago.
Study Trips
Sponsored by:
Dr. Groom has curated many major
traveling exhibitions and was the
lead curator for the groundbreaking
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity (20122013), which opened at the Musée d’Orsay
in Paris. Others include: Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron
of the Avant-Garde (2006-2007); Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre
(2005); Manet and the Sea (2003); Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting
by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis and Roussel, 1890-1930 (2001); Renoir’s
Portraits: Impressions of an Age (1997); Gustave Caillebotte: Urban
Impressionist (1995); and Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams (1994). Her
exhibition Van Gogh’s Bedrooms will be displayed at the Art Institute
of Chicago from February 14-May 8, and Gauguin, Painter-Sculptor
(2017) will be presented in partnership with the Musée d’Orsay.
The Collectors Circle visits other museums, galleries, and
private collections and homes throughout the year. Members
receive private tours and also enjoy lunch or dinner at some
of the finest restaurants.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016: The John and Mable
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. Private tours of the new
Center for Asian Art and the major exhibition Samurai: The
Way of the Warrior from the Stibbert Museum in Florence,
Italy. The show features approximately 70 objects, including
full suits of armor, helmets, swords, and saddles, as well as
exquisite writing boxes and incense trays.
Tuesday, May 10-Friday, May 13, 2016: Study trip to
Boston. Watch for more details soon.
The author of numerous catalogues and essays, Dr. Groom has
lectured across the country and in Europe. Her book, Edouard
Vuillard: Painter-Decorator, was published by Yale University Press.
Since 2009, she has led the project for the monographic online
scholarly collection of catalogues for Monet, Renoir, Pissarro,
Manet, Gauguin, and Caillebotte. This effort has involved an
international team of scholars, conservators, and scientists.
Dr. Groom was elected Chevalier and Officier de l’ordre des Arts et des
Lettres, respectively, by the Republic of France in 2005 and 2013 and
was made Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 2015. She holds her
BA from the University of Oklahoma and her MA and PhD in art
history from the University of Texas at Austin. She also received a
graduate certificate from the École du Louvre in Paris.
Thursday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.: Contemplating
Character: Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches
from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud
spotlights the fascinating collection
developed by Robert Flynn Johnson over the
course of his impressive career. Mr. Johnson
was Curator in Charge of the Achenbach
Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco for 32 years until
his retirement in 2007. At that time, he was
named Curator Emeritus.
Dr. Arthur Wheelock, Curator of Northern Baroque Painting at the National
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., presented the Collectors Circle Lecture
on Thursday, November 10. Enjoying the reception were (left to right):
Dr. Wheelock, Michele Kidwell-Gilbert, Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert, past Collectors
Circle president Barbara McCoy, Richard Parke of sponsor Northern Trust,
Aila Erman, and current Collectors Circle President Seymour Gordon.
His lecture is titled “A Journey, not a Destination: Adventures over
Four Decades in the Pursuit of Portraiture.” He will explore the
origins of his interest in portraiture, his love of drawings, and his
interaction with art historians, dealers, collectors, and even some
of the artists themselves in forming his highly personal collection.
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Collectors Circle
Collectors Circle Corporate
and Foundation Sponsors
Astral Extracts
The Bank of Tampa
Christie’s
Comegys Insurance
Agency
Fifth Third Private Bank
Green, Henwood and
Hough Investment
Group, RBC Wealth
Management
Member Appreciation Party
at the home of Rhonda Shear and Van Fagan
2020 Brightwaters Boulevard N.E., St. Petersburg
Thursday evening, January 14, 2016
Helen Torres Foundation
Matthew Lytell &
Associates,
affiliated with
Northwestern
Mutual
Northern Trust
Hors d’oeuvres, wine and cocktails
Complimentary valet parking
For more information, please contact Sheila Tempelmann,
[email protected] or 727.864.1338.
Chair: Cynthia Astrack
Underwritten by:
Bridging the Bay
Tuesday, October 13
Tampa Museum of Art
Presented by:
(Left to right) Jacqueline
Ley Brown and Dr. William
Brown with Guna Carr.
(Left to right) Frank Bonsack of sponsor Fifth Third Private
Bank, Debra Williams McDaniel (Chair of the Tampa
Museum of Art Board), Michael Tomor (Director of the
Tampa Museum of Art), Cary Putrino of Fifth Third, event
chair Mary B. Perry, President of the Collectors Circle
Seymour Gordon, and MFA Director Kent Lydecker.
(Left to right) Gene and Julia Sorbo,
Farbod Sorreshteh, and Dr. Ali Saberi.
(Left to right) Michele Kidwell-Gilbert
with her husband MFA trustee
Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert and Cathy
Collins (Vice Chair of the MFA Board).
(Left to right) Howard Mills (past President of the
MFA Board), Maureen Cohn (Tampa Museum
of Art trustee), and William Knight Zewadski.
(Left to right) Brian Lamb of Fifth Third
Bank, Catherine Schrader, Julie Rhode of
Fifth Third, and MFA trustee Roy Binger.
(Left to right) Demi and Sam Rahall, past
President of the MFA Board Carol A. Upham,
Karen McKinney, Cathy Unruh, Mardi Johnson,
and Dr. Calvin Johnson (no relation).
Penny Vinik (left) with
Mary B. Perry. Both are
members of the Executive
Committee of the Tampa
Museum of Art Board.
Rep and Simone DeLoach.
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Jan Stoffels (left) with
Susan Gordon.
Thomas Gessler Retires
Collectors Choice XV Gala
Thomas U. Gessler, the longest serving and
one of the most valuable staff members in
the Museum’s history, retired at the end of
December. He has been associated with the
MFA for nearly 45 years, since his student
days at Florida Presbyterian College (now
Eckerd College).
Contemplating Character
Friday, April 29, 6:30 p.m.
MFA Members and the Public Welcome
Tom’s titles do not even begin to describe
his contributions. He is a talented
photographer, exhibition preparator and installer, an expert on the
collection and the mechanics of the building, supreme problemsolver, and historian.
He has supported and advised four out of the MFA’s five directors.
He knew Museum Founder Margaret Acheson Stuart, and, until
his retirement, continued to use her lighting equipment for MFA
photography.
While a college student, he completed an internship at the Museum
from February-May 1971. After graduating with a BA in painting and
photography, he served as part-time staff from June 1971-January
1972. He returned as a full-time employee in January 1975 and made
the MFA his home. He knows the Museum’s history because he has
lived it and has been such a key figure in its development.
When a full-time building superintendent was added in 1990, Tom
could devote more of his time to photography, exhibitions, and the
collection, but he still was a “go to” person for issues related to the
building. At one time, he even laid out the Mosaic, when articles
were pasted on the page.
Tom’s popularity with staff, donors, volunteers, trustees, and
members of the community is legendary. He was the first man to
be named an honorary member of The Margaret Acheson Stuart
Society. Tom will be profoundly missed. The MFA would not be
where it is today without him.
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, 1872-1898)
Caricature Portrait Presumed to be Oscar Wilde (1892)
Pen and ink on paper
Pick-a-Pic
Sponsored by
Friday, October 2
And the winner is ...
Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, gourmet seated dinner, select
wines, and champagne.
MFA Director Kent Lydecker, Hazel and William Hough
Chief Curator Jerry Smith, and Katherine Pill, Assistant
Curator of Art after 1950, will present three artworks for
possible Museum acquisition. Collectors Circle members
in attendance will select their favorite.
Black-and-White Attire, Black-Tie Optional
$250 per person
Complimentary Valet Parking
from the Beach Drive entrance
Please send check, made payable to the Museum of Fine
Arts with Collectors Choice in the memo line, or credit
card information, including security code, to Daryl
DeBerry, Director of Development, Museum of Fine Arts,
255 Beach Drive N.E., St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Julie Blackmon (American, born 1966)
New Chair (2014)
Archival pigment print
Museum Purchase with funds donated by the Friends of
Photography for the Museum’s 50th Anniversary
All proceeds support the Collectors Circle Acquisitions
Fund to purchase works for the collection.
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DATES to Remember
Carrie Schneider: Reading Women
FINAL DAYS, Through Sunday,
January 17
Marks Made: Prints by American Women
Artists from the 1960s to the Present
FINAL DAYS, Through Sunday,
January 24
Piotr Janowski’s Curiosity (installation
on the Museum grounds)
I Remember Birmingham
50 Artworks for 50 Years: Second Look
Saturday, January 9-Sunday, March 13
Contemplating Character: Portrait
Drawings & Oil Sketches from JacquesLouis David to Lucian Freud
Saturday, February 13– Sunday, May 29
Visual Metaphor (Pinellas County High
School Exhibition)
Monday, March 21-Sunday, April 24
Art in Bloom 2016
Presented by The Margaret Acheson
Stuart Society and the MFA
Thursday, April 7-Monday, April 11
General Tours, Monday-Saturday,
11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m.
Family Tours, Saturday, 11 a.m.
JANUARY
Saturday/2
Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take – Sculpting
Edible Play Dough, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday/3
Music in the Marly: The Fred Moyer
Jazz Trio, 2 p.m.
Drawing of the Sand Mandala by the
Venerable Lama Losang Samten, Mary
Alice McClendon Conservatory, noon
Museum Store closed through Tuesday,
January 5, for inventory
Monday/4
ILLUMINATE, Session A, 10-11:30 a.m.
Creation of the Mandala continues
from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. through
Friday, January 15, with a day of rest on
Monday, January 11.
Blessing of the Sand, 2 p.m.
Thursday/7
Hot Gatherings, Cool Conversations
with glass artist Richard Jolley, 6:30 p.m.
Cinema at the MFA: Kundun, directed
by Martin Scorsese and introduced by
the Venerable Losang Samten, 6:30 p.m.
Friday/8
Art and Sign Language, 11 a.m.
Saturday/9
Drumming @ the MFA, presented by
Sally and Katherine Robinson of the
Drum Connection, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Book-Signing: Ancient Teachings in
Modern Times by the Venerable Lama
Losang Samten, Museum Store, 2 p.m.
opens.
Sunday/10
Hot Gatherings, Cool Conversations:
Glass artist Richard Jolley, 3 p.m.
Tuesday/12
Friends of Decorative Arts: Alex
Nyerges, Director of the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, will
introduce his museum’s world-renowned
collection of decorative arts, 2 p.m.
Friends of Photography: Visit to the
home of collectors David Hall and Judy
Tampa, 7 p.m.
Wednesday/16
Music & Art Course: Mirrors in the
Renaissance, presented by Sally and
Katherine Robinson of the Drum
Connection, 10-11:30 a.m.
Saturday/13
Contemplating Character and The Art of
the Classical Guitar open to the public.
Drumming @ the MFA, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Gallery Talk: Hazel and William Hough
Chief Curator Dr. Jerry N. Smith on The
Art of the Classical Guitar, 3 p.m.
Wednesday/13
Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Queen of
Mystery, docent tour, and refreshments,
10-11 a.m.
Sunday/14
Glass artist Stephen Rolfe Powell, 3 p.m.
Last Day to see Piotr Janowski’s Curiosity
on the Museum grounds.
Thursday/14
Book Club @ the MFA: Rebecca Solnit’s
A Field Guide to Getting Lost, 6:30 p.m.
Monday/15
ILLUMINATE, Session B, 10-11:30 a.m.
Saturday/16
Wiki-Edit-a-Thon, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
MFA: Make and Take – Sculpting
Edible Play Dough, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Dismantling Ceremony, the Sand
Mandala, noon
Thursday/18
Porch Party, 5:30-7 p.m.
Collectors Circle Lecture: Dr. Gloria
Groom, Senior Curator and David
and Mary Winton Green Curator of
Nineteenth-Century European Painting
and Sculpture at the Art Institute of
Chicago, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday/17
The Contemporaries: Reading Women:
Rebecca Solnit in Conversation with
Carrie Schneider, 3 p.m.
Carrie Schneider: Reading Women closes.
Saturday/20
MFA: Make and Take – Creating a
Character Journal, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Monday/18
Thursday/25
MFA Guitar Festival: Classical guitarist
Michael Chapdelaine, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday/21
Beer Project Winner’s Release Party,
6-8 p.m.
Friday/26
Friday/22
Saturday/27
Saturday/23
Sunday/28
I Remember Birmingham closes.
Sunday/24
Marks Made: Prints by American Women
Artists from the 1960s to the Present closes.
MARCH
Saturday/5
MFA: Make and Take – Making a
Musical Instrument, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Monday/1
The Contemporaries Lunchtime
Lecture, noon
Sunday/6
Lecture: Dr. C. Brian Rose, James B.
Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the
University of Pennsylvania, on “Assessing
the Evidence for the Trojan War,” 3 p.m.
Saturday/6
MFA: Make and Take – Creating a
Character Journal, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
presents Wine, Whiskey, and Wonder:
The Grape Escape, cocktails at 6:30
p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Monday/7
The Contemporaries Lunchtime
Lecture, noon
Tuesday/8
Friends of Decorative Arts: Noted
collector Jim Sweeny on “Art Deco
Miami Beach,” 2 p.m.
Sunday/7
Wine, Whiskey, and Wonder: Jazz
Brunch, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Wednesday/9
Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Fairyland
Luster, docent tour, and refreshments,
10-11 a.m.
Tuesday/9
Friends of Decorative Arts: Inge Hatton
on Nova Scotia folk artists, 2 p.m.
Wednesday/10
Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s
Living with Genius, docent tour, and
refreshments, 10-11 a.m.
Thursday/10
Book Club @ the MFA: Running with
Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, 6:30 p.m.
Glass artists John Miller and Paul Joseph
Nelson, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday/11
Glass artist Stephen Rolfe Powell,
6:30 p.m.
Book Club @ the MFA: J. Ryan Stradal’s
Kitchens of the Great Midwest, 6:30 p.m.
Friday/11
Saturday/12
Friday/12
Members’ Opening Reception,
Contemplating Character: Portrait
Drawings & Oil Sketches from JacquesLouis David to Lucian Freud and The Art of
the Classical Guitar, 7-9 p.m.
Sunday/13
Glass artists John Miller and Paul Joseph
Nelson, 3 p.m.
closes.
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Thursday/17
Meet the Artist: Photographer Leslie
Joy Ickowitz, presented by the Museum
Store, 5-7 p.m.
Saturday/19
MFA: Make and Take – Making a
Musical Instrument, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
MFA Guitar Festival: Lecture by Jeffrey
Elliott on “Forensic Lutherie: Behind the
Scenes of Historical Guitar Restoration,”
3 p.m.
Sunday/20
MFA Guitar Festival: Grammy-winning
classical guitarist Jason Vieux, presented
by the Marly Music Society, 2 p.m.
Monday/21
Visual Metaphor (Pinellas County High
School Exhibition) opens.
Wednesday/23
Renaissance, 10-11:30 a.m.
Friday/25
Saturday/26
Wednesday/30
Renaissance, 10-11:30 a.m.
APRIL
Wednesday/6
Visual Metaphor Reception for students
and their parents and teachers, 6-8 p.m.
Awards Presentation, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday/7
Art in Bloom 2016 opens, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Flowers After Hours, presented by The
Margaret Acheson Stuart Society, Marly
Room, 6:30 p.m.
Friday/8
Art in Bloom 2016 continues, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Art in Bloom Luncheon, presented by
The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society,
Grand Ballroom of the Vinoy, 11:30 a.m.
Saturday/9
Sunday/10
Conversations with the Designers,
noon-2 p.m.
Lecture by MFA Director Kent Lydecker
on the artworks selected for the
tablescapes in The Great Hall, 2:30 p.m.
Glass artists Martin Rosol and Benjamin
Cobb, 3 p.m.
Monday/11
Last day to see Art in Bloom 2016.
Sunday/17
MFA Guitar Festival: Award-winning
classical guitarist Adam Holzman, 2 p.m.
Thursday/21
Collectors Circle Lecture: Robert
Flynn Johnson, Curator Emeritus of the
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at
the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
on Contemplating Character, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday/24
Painting in the Park, noon-4 p.m.
Visual Metaphor closes.
Friday/29
Collectors Choice Gala, 6:30 p.m.
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