photographing the city

January, February, March 2013
PHOTOGRAPHING THE CITY
Photographing the City
The major themes include transportation, commerce, disaster,
and community. Roads, rail, bridges, and waterways are
essential to urban life, for example, moving both people and
goods, as indicated by the photograph by Clark Blickensderfer,
reproduced on the cover. This is not an east coast metropolis, or
even Chicago or Kansas City, but Denver.
Opening February 9
This exhibition explores how nineteenth and twentieth-century
photographers responded to cities and towns, presented and
preserved their history, and influenced their perception by the
public. Among the artists represented are Berenice Abbott,
Walker Evans, Aaron Siskind, Weegee, and Garry Winogrand.
The image by an unknown documentary photographer or
photojournalist of a Boston nightclub fire is one of dozens
capturing this horrific event in which hundreds lost their lives.
Several images are part of the exhibition. Photographs once
again contributed to societal change. Numerous codes to protect
citizens in public places were enacted after this tragedy.
Berenice Abbott pictured the geometry, architecture, and
modernism of the city. Aaron Siskind looked eloquently at
the lives of African Americans, primarily in Harlem. His
photographs reflect his admiration. Garry Winogrand and the
city are forever intertwined. His images convey the energy,
rhythms, and unpredictability of the street.
Photographing the City was developed by graduate students at
the University of South Florida in a fall seminar. Katherine
Bussard, Associate Curator of Photography at the Art Institute
of Chicago, was the instructor. She was the Eminent Guest
Scholar, Kennedy Family Artists-in-Residence Endowment.
Half of the classes were taught at the Museum, and many
of the images are drawn from The Ludmila Dandrew and
Chitranee Drapkin Collection, now numbering more than
14,000 works. The students’ admirable research is now
available to the Museum and its audience and has already
provided new insights into this important collection.
The Art of Golf
Through February 17
Wallis Simpson, was
only 33 at the time
and loved to golf. He
dressed as a golfer,
not as a prince, for his
portrait. Sir Henry
Raeburn’s portraits
in the exhibition will
bring to mind his
impressive painting in
the MFA collection, on
view in The Focardi
Family Gallery.
Many works pay
tribute to the dashing
Robert Tyre “Bobby”
Jones Jr. (1902-1971),
one of the greatest
golfers of all time.
Andy Warhol and
Larry Rivers focused
on two more greats
and rivals, Jack
Nicklaus and Arnold
Palmer. There are
also early twentiethcentury paintings of
women taking up the
game and photographs
of African-American
athletes, including
boxer Joe Louis,
who also golfed and
supported the careers
of other pioneers.
And what would a
golf exhibition be
Director’s Welcome
Bogies & Stogies
Golf Tournament
Dear Friends:
Renaissance Vinoy Resort and
Golf Club
November 5
With the joyous holiday season upon
us, the front of the Museum of Fine
Arts is illuminated with seasonal
lighting, made possible by the
generosity of the Frank E. Duckwall
Foundation. Inside, our magnificent collection joins
exciting exhibitions in welcoming members and visitors.
The Art of Golf fascinates with the historic and artistic
dimension of the sport. For visitors of all ages, MiniARTure
Golf at the MFA beckons on the front lawn. Five clever
designs by area artists and architects test your putting
skills. It’s a lot harder than it looks.
The Museum thanks the
following for making this benefit
such a success:
Presenting Sponsor:
Platinum Sponsors:
The new year will also feature a ground-breaking
retrospective of the work of American master of the figure
Philip Pearlstein. People, Places, Things celebrates his intense
investigation of the world and the human body. We will
also present Photographing the City. The images, primarily
from The Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin
Collection, were selected by USF graduate students.
Putting Contest: TJM Properties
All these activities mark the MFA’s engagement with and
commitment to our community – a relationship made
possible by you, our members. We are enormously grateful
for your commitment, support, and encouragement.
Signage: CBS Outdoor and OAI
Hole Sponsors: Brown & Brown
Insurance, Carlton Fields, Eagle
Datagistics, EMCOR Group,
and Utopic Software
Sincerely,
Cigars: Macanudo Cigars
Hole in One: Dimmitt Cadillac
Kent Lydecker
Director
Awards Banquet Sponsors:
Darren Diaz and Cortney Taylor
This unique exhibition reveals the history and tradition of golf,
but it will also appeal to those who have no interest in the game.
The galleries are full of stunning works by such major artists as
Rembrandt, Childe Hassam, George Bellows, Norman Rockwell,
and Andy Warhol, among others. Even Snoopy hits the greens.
Charles Schulz’s original Peanuts drawings, in addition to choice
New Yorker cartoons, are more highlights.
Organized by the High Museum of Art and the National
Galleries of Scotland, The Art of Golf takes us back in time and
forward to the present day. Kolf, a forerunner of golf, was played
on the ice, and The Art of Golf features striking seventeenthcentury Dutch paintings by such masters of the winter landscape
as Hendrick Avercamp and Aert van der Neer. Rembrandt’s
famous etching, The Ringball Player (1654), captures a related
game.
Unknown American Photographer
The Streets of Old New York (1920s)
Toned gelatin silver print
Gift of Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin from The
Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection
The centerpiece of the exhibition is Charles Lees’ The Golfers
(1847), the Mona Lisa of golf paintings. Reproductions of this
work hang in clubhouses around the world, but it has never
before traveled to the United States. It depicts an early game
played on the Old Course at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St. Andrews in Scotland.
On the cover:
Clark Blickensderfer (American, 1882-1962)
Arteries of Industry (detail), 1920
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Ludmila and Bruce Dandrew from The Ludmila
Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection
Museum Photographs: Thomas U. Gessler
The portraits are exceptional and often large-scale. Sir William
Orpen’s The Prince of Wales (1927) has never before left St.
Andrews. Edward VIII, who later abdicated the throne to marry
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The Museum celebrated the holidays with warm, beautiful lighting, made possible by a gift from the Frank E. Duckwall Foundation.
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Consulting Curator Catherine Lewis (left) and
Managing Curator Julia Forbes of the High
Museum of Art introduced The Art of Golf in
a superlative lecture on November 4. They
gathered with Director Kent Lydecker for
the members’ opening which followed.
without Tiger Woods, here captured by
John Mummert in an ecstatic moment of
victory?
The benefit golf tournament earned new friends for the Museum. The participants here pose in the style of Charles Lees’ The Golfers (1847).
Golf is not only a grand game with a
fascinating history, but it has also inspired
stunning works in a wide range of meda.
The Art of Golf hits a hole in one.
Philip Pearlstein’s
People, Places, Things
watercolors focusing on army life and the tropical landscape and
later served in Italy, designing signs and diagrams and drawing
symbols for maps.
March 2-June 16
The Art of Golf Sponsors
and Underwriters
As he approaches his 90th birthday in 2014, Philip Pearlstein
remains as creative, vital, and iconoclastic as ever. He is
especially known for his large-scale nudes posed in the studio,
but he has also painted extraordinary
portraits, landscapes, and historic
monuments. People, Places, Things is
the most comprehensive retrospective
to date and features more than 60
paintings, drawings, and prints.
Many have never before been seen
by the public or outside of New York.
Distinguished independent curator
Patterson Sims has developed the
exhibition with the full participation
of the artist and the Betty
Cunningham Gallery in New York.
The Museum expresses deep
gratitude to the following for
helping bring this exhibition to the
community:
Presenting Sponsor:
Premier Sponsor:
Individual Sponsor:
Arlene Fillinger Rothman
Media Sponsor:
Official Host Hotel:
Dr. Edward and Mrs. Margaret
Amley
Bogies & Stogies Golf Tournament
Committee
Dimmitt Automotive Group
Franklin Templeton Investments
Jabil Circuit Inc.
Polywogs
Mrs. Mary L. Shuh
Tampa Bay Lightning
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private
Wealth Management
After graduating from college, Pearlstein set off for New York
with Warhol. They shared several roach-infested apartments,
before Pearlstein married Dorothy Cantor and formed a new
household. Pearlstein completed an MA in art history at The
Institute of Fine Arts at New York University and taught at the
Wayman Adams (American, 1883-1959)
Bobby Jones (1926)
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the Atlanta Athletic Club, John’s Creek
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Merry-Go-Round (1940), the earliest
work in this retrospective, won the
national Scholastic Art Award and
was reproduced in Time magazine.
Pearlstein continued at Carnegie
Tech (now Carnegie Mellon
University) in his native Pittsburgh,
where he met Andy Warhol (then
Warhola). His brilliant painting
Superman (1952), from the Museum
of Modern Art, even shows him to be
a forerunner of Pop.
Other early works were created in
Florida, where he was first stationed
in the army near Jacksonville during
World War II. He produced a series of
Philip Pearlstein (American, born 1924)
Scott Burton (1975)
Oil on canvas
Collection of The Greene Family, Philadelphia
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Education
Members’ Opening
Philip Pearlstein’s People, Places, Things
Friday, March 1, 6-8 p.m.
Monday Art Bites
Second Monday of the month, 1 p.m.
Free with Museum admission.
Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and visit our website
for updates on educational programs. Support is provided in part
by the The Stuart Society, the MFA Education Committee, The
Princess Martha, Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg,
Tech Data, an anonymous donor, and the City of St. Petersburg.
Be one of the first to see this impressive retrospective.
RSVP: [email protected] or 727.896.2667, ext. 210
Pratt Institute and Brooklyn College. During his time at Pratt, he
produced expressionist landscapes and other works in response
to Abstract Expressionism, but as Mr. Sims notes, “ … Pearlstein
had a revelation: highly objective realism was the most radical and
compelling direction he could pursue.”
Sample treasures from the collection in these 30-minute talks.
Then stay for the 2 p.m. docent tour to explore more of the MFA’s
stellar collection.
January 14: Untitled (date unknown), attributed to Italian artist
Marco Palmezzano (1460-1539), introduced by Director Kent
Lydecker, whose specialty is the Italian Renaissance.
February 11: A look at several urban photographs from The
Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection, presented
by Curatorial Assistant Sabrina Hughes.
March 11: A work to be selected by Bridget Bryson, Coordinator
of Curatorial Affairs.
Adult Programs
Lectures and Gallery Talks
Pearlstein frequently presents his models together and in
highly unusual poses. Parts of the body, including the head,
do not always appear in the frame, and the models often
look away from each other. He increasingly surrounds his
models with a wide array of objects from his studio, which
he and his wife find at flea markets and antique shops.
This creates tension and odd juxtapositions. Reflections in
mirrors can add another dimension.
Free with Museum admission
Lecture, Sunday, January 20, 2 p.m.: Pioneering glass artist
Fritz Dreisbach will offer an overview of his work. He has
presented more than 300 classes, lectures, and workshops
internationally and received the Lifetime Achievement Award
from the Glass Art Society in 2002. He is represented in the
collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Corning
Museum of Glass, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the High
Museum of Art, among others.
I trust my eyes. For me the process is an intensely interior
experience of feeling rather than of analysis. It involves
mesmerization, self-induced by staring, tuning the world
out, emptying my mind. It really is a kind of high.
A demonstration and reception will follow at the Duncan
McClellan Gallery at 2342 Emerson Avenue South in
St. Petersburg. This event celebrates the grand opening of
the DMG School Project and the St. Petersburg Hot Glass
Workshop.
– Philip Pearlstein
According to Mr. Sims, “Pearlstein’s dispassionate eye has viewed
clothed bodies no less unstintingly than naked ones.” He has
painted more than 160 portraits. The retrospective displays his
portrait of Henry Kissinger, as well as those of fellow artists,
including a young Andy Warhola from 1950.
Gallery Talk, Sunday, January 27, 3 p.m.: Director Kent
Lydecker brings expansive knowledge of art history and in this
case, sport, as he highlights his favorite works in The Art of Golf.
Gallery Talk, Sunday, February 10, 3 p.m.: Curatorial
Assistant Sabrina Hughes will introduce Photographing the City.
Students in a fall art history seminar at the University of South
Florida selected the images, which are heavily drawn from The
Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection. Half of
the classes were held at the MFA. The graduate seminar was
led by visiting scholar Katherine Bussard, Associate Curator of
Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago.
From his studies and travels, Pearlstein has developed an intense
interest in well-known monuments and historic sites. His eye for
detail emerges clearly in such works as View of Rome (1986) from
the MFA collection, scenes from Israel, two depictions of the
Great Sphinx of Giza (both 1979), and Angkor Wat (1999). The
MFA is honored to present the work of this American master.
A Conversation with Philip Pearlstein, Saturday, March
2, 3 p.m.: This is a rare opportunity to hear one of America’s
foremost artists. Mr. Pearlstein, nearing 90, has earned the
respect of scholars, curators, and the public for his pioneering
explorations of realism. He is still at the height of his creative
powers. His work is the subject of Philip Pearlstein’s People,
Places, Things, his most comprehensive retrospective to date.
Dinner and Music at the MFA
Friday, January 25, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Gourmet Cuisine
combined with
Renaissance Music and beyond
Mr. Pearlstein’s work is part of most major collections,
including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of
Modern Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
He is also represented in the collection of the Museum of
Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. He is a former president of the
American Academy of Arts and Letters, an illustrious honor
society comprised of 250 architects, composers, visual artists,
and writers. This distinction further reflects his enormous
contributions to the broad sweep of our country’s culture.
Performance by Chrysallis,
the area’s finest a cappella ensemble
$10 Museum members, $15 nonmembers
Also enjoy the collection and special exhibitions.
Reservations: 727.822.1032 or 727.896.2667, ext. 259.
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Philip Pearlstein (American, born 1924)
Self-Portrait: Two Sketches (2001)
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
Courtesy of the Betty Cunningham Gallery
Friends of Decorative Arts
Even those who have never explored the decorative arts will find
these programs entertaining and wide-ranging. Plus, you will
enjoy the company. Annual dues are $20 in addition to Museum
membership. To join, please contact Membership Coordinator
Kathryn Reina: [email protected] or 727.896.2667, ext. 248.
Patterson Sims, the guest curator of this retrospective, will ask
questions and share observations. He is a leading authority on
Mr. Pearlstein’s work and collaborated closely with the artist on
this project. Mr. Sims has been the Director of the Montclair Art
Museum in New Jersey, Deputy Director for Research Support
at the Museum of Modern Art, Associate Director for Art
and Exhibitions and Curator of Modern Art at the Seattle Art
Museum, and the first designated Curator of Art at the Whitney
Museum of American Art. During his tenure, he
co-curated four Whitney Biennials. He has written and lectured
extensively on Mr. Pearlstein’s work.
FODA programs are held on the second Tuesday of the month
at 2 p.m. Non-FODA members can attend for $5, plus MFA
admission. Carolyn Nygren is the volunteer coordinator.
New Acquisition
Now on View
Nan Colton
The Museum’s popular performing artist-in-residence continues
her entertaining presentations. Ms. Colton, a Museum favorite,
writes her own scripts, inspired by special exhibitions, the
Museum collection, and themes and people related to both.
Coffee Talks
For People 55+
Sponsored in part by:
Second Wednesday of the month.
Free with Museum admission.
Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m., Ms. Colton’s performance at
10:30, and a general docent tour at 11:15.
January 9: “Inside Nan’s Studio,” a new play, features
Ms. Colton’s memories of her youth in a South African goldmining town. She looks forward to questions from the audience.
February 13: Ms. Colton goes even farther back in time for
“Mrs. Tidbit – Living in Downtown St. Petersburg in 1925,” full
of the history, gossip, and romance of the Sunshine City.
March 13: “Harriet Beecher Stowe – Under the Palmetto
Leaves” is another new script. Ms. Colton brings to life the
experiences of the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin while living in
Florida. This presentation celebrates Florida’s quincentenary.
Agathon Léonard (French, born Belgium, 1841-1923)
Le Jeu de l’Écharpe (The Scarf Dancer), about 1900
Gilt bronze
Gift of Mary Alice McClendon
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January 8: Florida Craftsmen Director Diane Shelly and MFA
Director Kent Lydecker will focus on craft art, its history, as
well as recent experimentation. Ms. Shelly will also present her
current exhibitions and future programs.
February 12: Eric Davis, Artistic Director of freeFall Theatre,
will discuss how directors and designers collaborate on
costumes, sets, lighting, and sound.
March 12: Curatorial Assistant Sabrina Hughes will introduce
Agathon Léonard’s stunning Le Jeu de l’Écharpe (The Scarf
Dancer), about 1900, a recent gift to the collection.
General Docent Tours
You will always learn something new from a docent tour. Free
with Museum admission Monday-Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
and Sunday at 2 p.m. On the second Wednesday of the month,
the general tour begins at 11:15 a.m. To schedule a special tour,
please contact Eileen Bartelt or Gail Keffer, reception@fine-arts.
org or 727.896.2667, ext. 210.
Family Programs
A Dynamic Duet
An Evening with Maestro Daniel Lipton and Kent Lydecker
Thursday, January 10, 6:30 p.m.
miniARTure Golf
Through February 17
Daniel Lipton, the new Artistic Director of Opera Tampa, and
MFA Director Kent Lydecker explore the interrelationship
between opera and the visual arts. Each has inspired the other
and with its sets and costume designs, opera is a visual art
and often extravaganza by itself. This special event is part of
the Florida Opera Festival. Seating is limited, first come, first
served.
Family Tours
An Evening with Aphrodite
Saturdays, 11 a.m.
Ancient Greek Erotica
The family that talks about art grows closer. Bring the family
for a docent tour that will open up new worlds. You will receive
a small reproduction of one of the artworks to continue the
conversation around the dinner table.
Tuesday, February 5, 5-8 p.m.
Presented by the Education Department and the Museum
Store
For adults 21 and older
Pre-Valentine’s Day Celebration, a Sell-Out last year
No reservations, first-come, first-served
$15 members, $25 nonmembers
Family Yoga
First Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.
$20 for MFA members up to a family of four.
$25 for nonmembers up to a family of four.
$5 for each additional family member.
Includes admission to the entire Museum.
*Please bring a towel or yoga mat.
This class is designed for the
entire family – children, parents,
grandparents, and other relatives.
Practicing yoga with everyone in
the family and especially children
creates a special bond.
Guide your children while
simultaneously opening your heart
and letting them guide you. They
will no doubt invite you into a
boundless world of wonder.
Introduction to the History of Art
Seven public lectures, Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,
Marly Room
All seven lectures: $80 for Museum Members, $100 for
nonmembers.
Individual lectures: $20, if seating is available.
New Parent Gallery Conversations
The series begins with a brief overview of the collection by
Director Kent Lydecker. Each week distinguished scholars and
curators offer an in-depth look at time periods and styles.
Registration and full payment are required two weeks before
the start of the series. First-come, first-served. To register, please
contact [email protected] or 727.896.2667, ext. 210.
Entire families are lining up to play an artistic
game of golf on the Museum’s front lawn.
You can learn about the game in The Art of Golf and actually hone
your skills on the north lawn on Beach Drive. The imaginative
and eye-catching holes were created by area artists and architects.
Who could resist “Honey, I Shrunk the Golfer” or “Bridging the
Bay” with the iconic Sunshine Skyway? Some are quite difficult,
but rest assured, there is a guaranteed hole-in-one.
The sessions follow:
January 12: Meeting Art History at the Museum of Fine Arts,
presented by Kent Lydecker.
January 19: Art of the Early Americas by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi,
Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Florida.
January 26: Classical Views: The Art of Greece and Rome by
Sheramy Bundrick, Associate Professor of Art History at the
University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
February 2: Medieval and Early Renaissance Art by Kent
Lydecker.
February 9: The High Renaissance by Kent Lydecker.
February 16: Going for Baroque: The Seventeenth Century in
Europe by Director Emeritus John Schloder.
February 23: From Rococo to Revolution: The Eighteenth
Century in Europe by John Schloder.
Second Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m.
New parents with their infant(s) up to one year will receive
free admission to enjoy a docent-led conversation through the
Museum. The tour is for adults. Babies crying, sleeping, wideawake, being carried, or riding in a stroller are welcome. Light
refreshments will follow in the Membership Garden.
The participating artists are Vince Kral and the Duncan
McClellan Gallery and the St. Petersburg Hot Glass Workshop.
The architects and firms include E+D Architecture and Design;
Immersed Design Studio; Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc.; and
Patrick Thorpe.
Statue of Aphrodite
Roman Imperial Period
Second Century A.D.
Marble
Gift of The Stuart Society
Everyone can play golf from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday
and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Putters and balls can be picked up at the
Welcome Desk. A suggested donation of $3 will benefit the
Museum’s educational programs.
“The Cult of Aphrodite and Greek Erotic Representation,”
lecture by Dr. Robert Steven Bianchi, Chief Curator of
the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art/Geneva, at 6:30 p.m. in
the Marly Room.
MFA: Make and Take Saturday
All galleries on the first floor open.
Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Free with Museum admission. No registration necessary:
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection
and special exhibitions.
The second part of the series starts March 9 and will encompass
nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and American art,
as well as introductions to non-Western art and photography.
January 19: Decorative Golf Club Head-Covers.
February 16: Highlands Game Family Day (safe for children)
March 16: Whirligigs to usher in spring and as seen in Philip
Pearlstein’s famous painting.
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• D
esirable Displays in the glass Conservatory, with
couture by Spathose, as well as jewelry, enticing
perfume, henna tattooing, and many surprises.
• Walking Works of Art.
• Cash Bar, plus beer and wine.
• Sweet Nibbles.
• Dreamy Music.
Shelia Tempelmann (left), President of the Florida Orchestra
Guild, and event chair Judy Davis present the Golden Baton
Award to Dr. Gordon Gilbert for his many years of support.
The gala was held November 13 at the Museum.
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Art in Bloom
Bonus Demonstrations
Art in Bloom 2013
What would spring be like without Art in Bloom? It is a
community favorite.
The following events are still open, but spaces are selling fast.
Make your check payable to The Stuart Society and send to
reservations chair Becky Wells, 300 Beach Drive N.E., #2304,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Tina Dyer and Linda Jantschek are the
chairs.
All offer program recognition. For more information,
contact chair Debbie Baxter, georgedebbiebaxter@gmail.
com or 727.867.1991.
Floral Artists: Jeanne Houlton, Master of the Ichiyo
School of Ikebana, 10:30 a.m.
Jill Anderson and Shannon Huet of the Garden Club of
St. Petersburg, 1:30 p.m.
Presenting Sponsor:
More than 40
inventive floral
interpretations
respond to
works in the
collection
and to entire
galleries
and spaces,
including
the glass
Conservatory.
The designs
encourage
visitors to take
a fresh look at
the Museum’s
masterpieces
and are works
of art in their
own right.
Art in Bloom
Sponsorships
Monday, March 4
Glass Conservatory
$15 per demonstration
March 9-12
Affaires d’Art
For ticket information and reservations, please contact
Jane Beam: [email protected] or 727.522.9792.
Tuesday, February 12, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.: Unlock Your Inner
Artist in this painting class for all people. No experience
necessary. Light lunch and wine, $40 per person. Hosted by
Roseanna Costa, Tina Dyer, and Eileen Jennings.
• T
ea Rose: $1,500 (Four Preview Party and two
Luncheon Patron Reservations)
• Orchid: $750 (Two Preview Party and two Luncheon
Patron Reservations)
• Lotus: $300 (Two Patron Reservations to either the
Preview Party or the Luncheon)
• Sunflower: $150 (One Patron Reservation to either the
Preview Party or the Luncheon)
Thursday, February 21, 7-9 p.m.: Girls Night Out Bunco.
Games, appetizers, cocktails, and prizes at the striking home of
Nancy Rutland, $45 each. Hosted by Tina Dyer, Linda Hirsch,
Linda Jantschek, Ginny McCarthy, and Nancy Rutland.
Wednesday, March 6, 2-5 p.m.: Tea & Treasures. An afternoon
of refreshments and treasure-hunting at Antique Galleries, the
destination for art and antique enthusiasts. See selections from
85 of the best regional dealers and interior decorators. Raffle
opportunities and door prizes, 10 percent of all sales will be
donated to The Stuart Society, $25 per person. Hosted by Lea
Newman, Helen Grady O’Brien, and Kim O’Brien.
The Stuart Society
encourages everyone to enjoy art and flowers
Flowers After Hours
Saturday, March 16, 6:30 pm.: Mix & Mingle. A private tutorial
in the culinary arts with an expert demonstrating an inventive
approach to the cocktail. Get in the spirit with new tips for your
next cocktail party. Heavy hors d’ouevres and cocktails at the
beautiful home of Dimity and Mark Carlson, $75 each. Hosted by
the Carlsons, Glenn and Dav Mosby, and Susan Taylor.
Preview Party
Glass Conservatory
Saturday, March 9, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $85 each
See the display at your leisure.
Gourmet hors d’oeuvres, wine and cocktails
Iron Florist Competition, 8:30 p.m.
Complimentary valet parking
Reservations: Carol Piper, [email protected],
727.521.1706
Last year, Cassie Osterloth of Carter’s Florist
created this impressive design in response to
Childe Hassam’s The “Home, Sweet Home”
Cottage, East Hampton, L.I. (1916).
Thursday, April 4, 6:30 p.m.: An Evening in the Tropics. Island
music, dinner buffet, tropical libations, silent auction, and more
at the home of David and Jo González-Hastings, owner/chef of
Habana Café, $80 per person. Works by Owen Pach and Nancy
Cervenka will be on view. Russell Rhodes of Fox 13’s popular Good
Day, Tampa Bay will be the master of ceremonies. Wear your tropical
dresses and Panama hats. Hosted by Beegie Arnes, Betty Bowley,
Diane Fair, Helene Hardick, Priscilla Hobby, Shirley Kaylor, Mary
Shuh, Isabel Schoenberg, Maritza Smith, and Julia Sorbo.
Conversations with the Designers
Sunday, March 10, 2-4 p.m.
Free with MFA admission
Debbie Baxter is the Art in Bloom chair. Mary Maloof is
coordinating the installation. Jill McGrath is chairing “Flowers
After Hours,” the preview party, and Jean Getting Irwin, the
luncheon.
Saturday, April 6, 6 p.m.: Shuffle, Shuffle, Shuffle on down to
the legendary St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club for food, fun,
and competition, $40 each. Hosted by Patty and Elliott Gassner,
Ginger Grimes, Linda Jantschek and Mark Chmielewski, Terry
and Ginny McCarthy, Gail and Fred Razook, Carol and Tom
Treichel, Kent and Cathy Whittemore, and Margaret and Emory
Wood.
Special Guest: Noted Florida Artist Christopher Still
Complimentary valet parking
Art in Bloom Luncheon
Design Expert Headlines
Art in Bloom Luncheon
Palm Court Ballroom of the Renaissance Vinoy Resort
and Golf Club
Monday, March 11, 11:30 a.m.
Tickets: $65 each
Kathryn Crisp Greeley, the author of
The Collected Tabletop: Inspirations for
Creative Entertaining, has more than 30
years of experience in interior design and
the creation of unique theme parties.
The owner of her own design firm
in North Carolina, she will offer the
demonstration/lecture at the Art in Bloom
Luncheon on Monday, March 11, at the
Vinoy.
Speaker: Kathryn
Crisp Greeley,
author of The
Collected Tabletop:
Inspirations for Creative
Entertaining (available
in the Museum Store)
Many Surprises
Reservations: Carol
Piper, pmpiper64@
gmail.com,
727.521.1706
Her book features tabletop decorations and place settings for
13 occasions, as well as hand-painted menus, favors, and easyto-prepare recipes. At the luncheon, she will explain how to
incorporate her suggestions and adapt personal collections to
devise an unforgettable party.
Wednesday, April 10, 11:45 a.m.: A Blooming Affair. Bridge in
the Harborview Room of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Lunch
and eight tables of bridge, $40 each. Hosted by Fran Davis, Anne
Long, Karen McCollum, Betty Jean Miller, Mary Lou Moench,
Janet Raymond, Ardith Rutland, and Judy Stanton.
The Plaza of Honor
Thursday, April 11, 4-6 p.m.: East Meets Mideast. Make an
Ikebana arrangement to take home and relax dockside with
Lebanese cuisine and libations at the home of Jeanne Houlton
on Boca Ciega Bay. Ikebana is the Japanese art of formal flower
arranging, emphasizing balance, harmony, and form. This class
includes a Kenzan (needlepoint-holder), vase, and flowers.
With one basic lesson, guests will learn how to make other
arrangements by choosing their own flowers. $65 per person.
Hosted by Jeanne Houlton and Susan Taylor
at the Bayshore entrance to the Hazel Hough Wing
Visit the Plaza. Then Order an Engraved Brick, the Perfect
Memorial or Tribute.
• C
ommemorate an engagement, wedding, anniversary,
milestone birthday, or graduation.
• Memorialize a relative or special friends.
• Honor family, teachers, volunteers, or donors.
• Show support for the MFA.
©J. Weiland, The Collected Tabletop
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The Stuart Society’s past presidents were honored at a coffee at
the beautiful home of member Joyce Larson on November 2.
Attending were (top to bottom): Margaret Bowman, Chris Hilton,
Judy Stanton, Susan Hicks, Betty Jean Miller, Vicki Fox, Nancy
Harris Thomas, Bonita Cobb, Bettye Black, Jeanne Tucker, Fran
Risser, current President Charlotte Kendall, and Joann Barger.
Friday, April 12, 4-6 p.m.: East Meets Mideast, featuring
Ikebana (the great Japanese tradition of flower arranging), has an
encore so a larger number can participate. See details above.
Susan Cook Lahey and Jill McGrath are the chairs. For
more information, write to [email protected].
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Miracle on 5 th
Name the Café
Holiday Haute Couture
Your vote counts. Please help us select a new name for the
MFA Café. Email your choice to [email protected] or
circle below and send to: Allison Canfield, Museum of Fine
Arts, 255 Beach Drive N.E., St. Petersburg, FL 33701. The
finalists follow:
November 28
Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club
Chairs Sarah Lonquist and Carol Russell thank everyone for
making the fall fashion show such a huge success, especially:
Acheson’s Bistro
Bayview Bistro
Café 255
Canvas Bistro
Presenting Sponsor: Saks Fifth Avenue
Gold Sponsor: Crown Jaguar
Silver Sponsors: Doyle Wealth Management and Matter Brothers
Furniture & Design
Emcee: Judy Crowell
Thank you so much for your participation.
Underwriters
(Left to right) Rachael Russell, mother-daughter fashion show chairs Sarah
Lonquist and Carol Russell, and Stuart Society President Charlotte Kendall
Designer: Mary Wheeler, Fran
Risser, Mary Alice McClendon
and Demi Rahall, Dottie
Wilkerson Templet, and Barbara
Godfrey Smith
Trendsetter: Bonnie Strickland,
Betty Shamas, Sarah Lonquist and
Carol Lonquist Russell
Classic: Susan Hicks, Sunny
Endicott, Women’s Health
Associates (Dr. Gilbert Shamas),
Pat Stichweh, Dr. Joanne
Cressman, and John D. Carr
Emcee Judy Crowell with Saks
Store Manager Joel Ellzey
Maguire and Rhonda Sanderford
(YES-Homes), and Mary Alice
McClendon and Demi Rahall on
behalf of the Collectors Circle
Fashionista Table Patrons:
Carole Merritt and Gail Razook
and Corrie Stover in memory of
Phyllis Stover Williams
Opportunity Donors: Saks
Fifth Avenue, Gold & Diamond
Source, and Matter Brothers
Furniture & Design
Floral Centerpieces: Redman
Steele Floral Design Studio
Store Spotlight
Corporate, Foundation, and
Government Partners
President’s Circle ($100,000 and above)
The Stuart Society of the MFA
Progress Energy
Tampa Bay Times*
Area fashion designers and photographers created
works inspired by the MFA collection for “Fine
Art, Fashion & Photography” on October 25. Lina
Teixeira turned to Georgia O’Keeffe’s Poppy (1927)
for this imaginative design. Two more creations are
displayed in the Museum Store, the event sponsor.
Benefactors ($50,000-$99,999)
RBC Wealth Management*
Patrons ($25,000-$49,999)
Bank of America
Holland America Line*
Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club*
Haute Couture Table Patrons:
Joann Barger, Patricia Miller,
Donna Holland Nagelsen, Sabal
Trust, Northern Trust, Marian Yon
The Store is celebrating the Philip Pearlstein retrospective with
(what else?) pearls – strands and strands of exquisite pearls.
A full case of new pieces by jewelry designer Linda Bever will
only increase her admirers. She is already a Store favorite. She
has created necklaces that use vintage, ivory nudes combined
with pearls in honor of Mr. Pearlstein. Jonathan Adler’s
porcelain Edie Vase also pays tribute to the female form.
Sponsors ($15,000-$24,999)
Fifth Third Private Bank
Wells, Houser & Schatzel, P.A.*
The fashions from Saks Fifth Avenue were flowing works of art.
Partners ($10,000-$14,999)
City of St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Lightning
The fully illustrated catalogue of the exhibition is not only
handsome, but will advance understanding of Mr. Pearlstein’s
work. This is the most comprehensive retrospective to date.
Guest curator Patterson Sims, one of the leading authorities on
the artist, is the author.
Sustainers ($5,000-$9,999)
JMC Communities/Ovation
Northern Trust
Destiny Transportation*
Sterling Research Group, Inc.*
Julia Sorbo (left) and Mary Shuh
New pillows, featuring details of two of the Museum’s most
popular paintings, combine artistry and comfort. You can
now keep Vigée-Lebrun’s Julie Lebrun as Flora (1799) and Jean
Hélion’s Portrait of Jacques Lusseyran (1958) ever close. These
pillows will complete and accentuate any couch, bed, or room.
They will also inspire artistic dreams.
Associates ($2,500-$4,999)
Jabil Circuit Inc.
NAC
U.S. Trust
Elise Minkoff, immediate past president of The Stuart Society,
received the Gayle Sierens Volunteer of the Year Award at the
National Philanthropy Day luncheon on November 14 at A La Carte
Pavilion in Tampa. She was nominated by the Museum. Pictured
are (left to right): Ms. Sierens, WFLA news anchor; Mrs. Minkoff;
Marlene Spalten, President/CEO of the Community Foundation
of Tampa Bay; and Marion Yongue, President of the Suncoast
Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and
Director of Development, Gift Planning, for the USF Foundation.
(Left to right) Stuart Society Ways and Means Chair Betty
Shamas, Pam Barger, and John William Barger
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Contributors ($1,000-$2,499)
BB&T
Great Bay Distributors Inc.
The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation
The Princess Martha
Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg
Olympia Catering & Events*
The children’s section is one of the best in the area and features
games, hands-on art activities, and books for young people of
all ages. You can always find gifts in the Store to unlock your
children’s creativity – and to keep them occupied.
The Store will hold an old-fashioned ice cream social on
Thursday, January 24, from 5-7 p.m. Food writer Laura B. Weiss
will sign copies of her book, Ice Cream: A Global History.
*In-Kind Donation
Please contact Development Coordinator Josh Lubecky
at 727.896.2667, ext. 211, or via email, [email protected],
to learn about the benefits of becoming a corporate or
foundation partner.
Ms. Weiss explores this favorite of royalty and presidents
(George Washington loved ice cream), gourmet versions,
and the mass-produced. FoodNetworkMagazine.com calls her
book “a MUST read.”
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Wine Weekend St. Pete 2013
Tickets are now available for a weekend of over-the-top
events which help benefit education and outreach
programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg!
New Members
September 1-December 9
Patron
Friday–February 8th
Exclusive Sponsor Opportunities
Available
Midnight In Paris
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
VIP & Sponsor Black Tie Dinner
Smith, Norman
Pelican/Dual
Goodstein, Martin and Nanci
Patterson, Ed and Joan
Friend
Lanfear, Frank and Cheryl
Mitchell, Kelli Lynne
Pelican
Krupa, Stanley
Lyons, Valerie
Family
Featured Chef:
Tyson Grant
Parkshore Grill
Featured Vintner:
Jean-Charles Boisset
Boisset Family Estates
Saturday–February 9th
International Wine Auction
Renaissance Vinoy
Featured Chef:
Mark Heimann
The Vinoy
The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society
2013
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ST. PETERSBURG
Culinary Extravaganza
Featured Vintner:
Shari and Garen Staglin
Staglin Family Vinyard
Sunday–February 10th
Vintners Brunch
St. Pete
Renaissance Vinoy
WineWeekendStPete.org
or call 727-753-WINE (9463)
February 8 • 9 • 10
Featured Sponsors
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Aebersold, Randall and Marybeth
Avery, Samantha and Pete Wassmer
Blank, Ryan and Karla
Borton, Chris and Shannon
Braccio, Dana
Browning, Barrett and Ella
Bryant, Crafton and Heather
Chambers, Jeff and Mandy
Conway, Julie
Cote, George and Susan
Cothren, Jimmy and Katie
Craig, Marshall and Diana
Della Rocca, Vincent and Elise
Dresner, Gail and Mike Eto
Fricke, Michael and Courtney
Gledhill, Leigh
Goddard, Ethan and Dawn
Gonzalez Brenes, Daniel and Mary
Lydecker
Grady, Susannah and Julie Shafer
Grimshaw, Sharon
Grossnickle, Stefan and Faith
Gvildys, Aras and Kathleen
Hamilton, Bill and Renate
Hilton, Stephen and Ashley
Immenhausen, Carl and Leonila
Johnson, Deborah and Maleea Ansari
Julian, Ross and Charlotte
Kawola, Eileen
Kelley, Michael and Sarah
Keogh, Carol
Lastinger, Beth and Lane
Love, Sean and Marna Leon
Lundin, Andrew and Traci
Lynch, Honora
MacPherson, Will and Kate
McLaughlin, Maria
Muguruza, Andoni and Melissa
Osborne, Sean and Kristin Lynne
Pastor, Steven and Iris
Pierson, Mike and Shelley
Posey, John
Ramey, James
Rolston, Jim and Susan
Sametini, Candace
Schafer, Kyle and DanielleZ
Scozzafava, David and Amber
Sichterman, Charles and Donna
Giustozzi
Skidmore, David and Elizabeth
Tatlock, Forrest and Michelle
Waechter, Stephanie
Wallace, Wesley and Jo-Anne
Zasoski, Ray and Joann
General/Dual
Ahman, Stewart and Mary LaVash
Andrews, Lance and Rudolph Perez
Baker, Cheryl
Beshears, Earl and Jean
Carlson, Carol
Carpenter, John and Adriann Blais
Carvitt, Mark
Constantino, James and Katherine
Snyder
Crisler, Chris and Diana
Davidov, Robin
Davis, Donna and Shane Darling
Durfee, Sean and George Medeiros
Elavsky, Tony and Christy
Fitzgerald, Michael
Forbes, Tarin
Forringer, Brenda and Susan
Cardamone
Graham, Kate and Bob Cleveland
Knowles, Steve and Katherine
Konrad, Lawrence and Robert Pope
Mervine, Betty
Myerson, Mary
Orrell, Timothy and Charlotte
Peterson, David and Beverly Jester
Reina, Karyn
Ridge, Marshall and Sylvia Hope
Ripberger, Sandra
Ruben, Wayne and Mary
Russell, Rebecca
Sayres, W.G. and M.B. Hoddinott
Scafati, Albert and Joanne
Shapiro, Mike and Sue
Slobodkin, William and Susan
Stupp, Elaine
Taylor, Ben and Joe Carroll
Wakely, John and Barbara
Williams, Mike and Ariel
Wing, Carlton and Livia
Individual
Abrahamsson, Annika
Albanese, Nicholas
Andrews, Stuart
Baran, Cynthia
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Barlow, Alison
Barry, Kristen
Corporate Members
Beistle, Darren
Bertelink, Charles
AEGON
Blake, Rex
Northern Trust, N.A..
Blucher, Ginger
Tampa Bay Lightning
Bowers, Jason
Brill, Kristin
Mesyan, Vera
Brown, Elizabeth
Mills, Lisa
Bucolo, Bill
Moench, Kimberly
Bunker, Judith
Mythil, James
Campbell, Cindy
Nagy, Peter
Chibirka, Tess
O’Connor, Lynn
Cleland, Timothy
Peterson, Carlen
Conrado, Jessica
Pews, Suzanne
Cornely, Judith
Pufal, Nicolle
Coyle, Margo
Pyper, Kelly
Curry, Elizabeth
Richter, Donna
Davenport, Patricia
Romeno, Tonia
DiAnna, Angela
Samuel, Claire
Dobbin, Marcia
Sawyer, Jared
Donerly, Barbara
Spencer, Christina
Edwards, Joe
Stambaugh, Steven
Elftmann, Amy
Stanton, Kathy
Ellison, Linda
Sullivan, Josh
Emery, Sharon
Sullivan, Kate
Fawyer, John
Thomas, Priscilla
Fiedler, Tracey
Thomas, Wade
Freeman, Stephan
Tommassello, Marie
Frey, Gayle
Underwood, Lisa
Frolick, LuAnne
Vida, Patricia
Fuller, Lisa Dowling
Waheibi, Marcy
Goldricit, Howard
Walsh, Daniel
Gordon-Beyersdorf, Pamela
Young, Tracy
Grayson, Neil
Henning, Jim
Scholar
Hodge, Daniel
Dean, Sandra
Holtzclaw, Sandi
Esposito, Kristen
Hubben, Jane
Hughes, Erin
James, Trudy
Javens, Jesse
Jeffery, Mary Jane
Sirpilla, Barbara
Jones, Richard
Warn, Lars
Kennedy, Maria Riza
Educator
Kerutis, Michael
DeBee, Samantha
Kirkpatrick, Cynthia
Harper, Michael
Koran, Janet
Hawley, Allison
Lawson, Dennis
Trimarco, Lucy
Litty, Paula
Scanlon, Leslie
Luden, Claire
Skluzacek, Camille
MacDougall, Ron
Student
Marie, Jill
Batson, Joshua
Matthews, Cindy
DeBee, Daniel
Mattson, Marjory O.
Deogirikar, Tatiana
McCarthy, Deborah
Kukoleck, Haley
McCarthy, Melanie
Majewski, Elizabeth
McCue, Michael
Stephens, Robert
Mendez, Silvia
New Members
Study Trips
The Collectors Circle welcomes these new friends:
The Collectors Circle has
planned three exceptional
excursions for the winter/
spring, providing yet
another incentive to join.
On January 30, members
will enjoy a special tour
of Paolo Veronese: A
Master and His Workshop
in Renaissance Venice
at the John and Mable
Ringling Museum of Art
in Sarasota. They will
also receive a private tour
of selections from The
Phillips Collection at the
Tampa Museum of Art on
March 5 and will also visit
a private home. A tour of
another private collection
is in the works. Please
watch for more details.
Mary L. Levenson
Margaret Newman
Firouz Zadeh
Lecture Series
To join, please contact Membership Coordinator Kathryn
Reina, [email protected], or Collectors Circle
President Barbara McCoy, BarbaraMcCoy@tampabay.
rr.com.
Open to the public
Sponsored by:
This series features some
of the world’s foremost art
historians, curators, and
collectors. A cocktail hour for
Collectors Circle members
only, also sponsored by
Northern Trust, will be held
before or after the lecture.
Jackson Pollock, Robert
Rauschenberg, and Scott
Burton, among many others.
He has authored catalogues,
as well as essays and reviews
for art journals, and even
wrote “Playboy’s Warhols” for
(what else?) Playboy.
These lectures are free with
Museum admission for the
general public. Barbara McCoy
is President of the Collectors
Circle.
Dr. Stuckey has held positions
at some of America’s leading
museums. He has been Curator
of Modern Painting at the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D.C.; the Frances
and Thomas Dittmer Curator
of Twentieth-Century Painting
and Sculpture at the Art
Institute of Chicago; the Patrick
and Aimee Butler Curator
of Paintings and Sculpture
after 1800 at the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts; and Senior
Curator at the Kimbell Art
Museum in Fort Worth.
Thursday, February 21,
6:30 p.m.: Dr. Charles
Frederick Stuckey, who will
discuss
“Museums
and Me,”
is the
perfect
person to
lecture at
the MFA
with its
impressive
collection of nineteenthcentury French art. He curated
the pioneering exhibitions,
Claude Monet 1840-1926,
Morisot, The Art of Paul
Gauguin (with Richard Brettell
and Françoise Cachin), and
Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings. The
Monet retrospective at the Art
Institute of Chicago attracted
nearly a million visitors and
his book, French Painting, is a
classic in the field. The French
Ministry of Culture awarded
him the title, Chevalier in the
Order of Arts and Letters.
Dr. Stuckey’s interests are
expansive. He has written
about the work of J. M. W.
Turner, Marcel Duchamp,
Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol,
University and his MA and
PhD from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Thursday, March 14,
6:30 p.m.: Ramona Austin is
one of the country’s foremost
curators of African and African
American self-taught art. At
the MFA, she will explore “A
Design for Living: The Lozenge
Motif in Kongo and African
American Art.” This motif is a
diamond of diverse forms that
conveys the interrelationship
of the natural, human, and
spiritual worlds. She will
examine how this motif has
been adapted in America.
For three years, he was a
special curatorial consultant for
the Salvador Dalí Museum in
St. Petersburg. He has written
widely about surrealism and
Dada and was instrumental in
transforming the Art Institute’s
collection of surrealism into
one of the world’s finest.
An innovator throughout
her career, Ms. Austin
has established curatorial
positions at major museums
and universities and helped
build their collections. She
was the Associate Curator for
African Art in the Department
of the Art of Africa, Oceania,
and the Americas at the
Art Institute of Chicago,
the Margaret McDermott
Associate Curator for African
Art at the Dallas Museum of
Art, and currently the Curator
for the new Baron and Ellin
Gordon Art Galleries at Old
Dominion University in
Norfolk, Virginia.
Early on, he specialized in
twentieth-century art as an
Assistant Professor of Art
History at The John Hopkins
University and wanted
to publish a biography of
Duchamp. He continues as
a senior editorial advisory
committee member for The
Marcel Duchamp Studies
Online Journal and is a
contributing editor for Art in
America. Dr. Stuckey holds his
BA magna cum laude from Yale
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In addition, Ms. Austin has
been the Director of the
Hampton University Museum
and Archives, also in Virginia.
Established in 1868, this
museum is one of America’s
oldest, initiated two of the
first collections of African
and African American art,
and also includes Asian and
Native American objects.
The archives are a national
treasure, chronicling the
history of both African
Americans and Native
Americans. Ms. Austin has
also been a museum specialist
for the U.S. State Department
to the National Museums of
Nigeria and to the National
Museum of Uganda.
Education has been central
to Ms. Austin’s career. She
has conducted workshops
and lectures around the
globe, designed curricula
and instructional materials
for students of all ages, and
collaborated on videos.
She has written numerous
catalogue and journal essays,
including for Raw Vision and
the Folk Art Messenger.
Ms. Austin holds her BA in
English from Simpson College
in Iowa and a BFA in theatre,
with a double major in acting
and directing, from the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago.
She earned her MA and
MPhil in art history from Yale
University, where she studied
with Robert Farris Thompson,
one of the country’s most
influential scholars of African
American art and cultural
history.
Collectors
Circle
Corporate
Sponsors
Astral Extracts
Fifth Third Private
Bank
Homes By Helen, Inc.
Northern Trust
U.S. Trust, Bank of
America Private
Wealth Management
Memorials & Tributes
In Memory of John Justin
Desmond
The Directors, Officers, and
Employees of BB&T
In Memory of Helen Minck
Hon. and Mrs. Eugene
Johnston
In Honor of the Museum of Fine
Arts Staff
Ms. Judy Whitney
In Honor of the Wedding of Dan
Kiser and Ray Warman
Col. Frederic and Mrs. Barbara
McCoy
In Honor of Thaddeus Root and
Tom Gessler
Ms. Helen Hameroff
In Memory of James T. Lang
Hon. and Mrs. Eugene
Johnston
Donna Holland Nagelsen
Mr. Harry and Mrs. Jacquelyn
Piper
Mrs. Carol A. Upham
Dr. John E. Schloder
In Honor of Julia and Gene
Sorbo
Ms. Edith Spies
In Memory of Barry Wall
Dr. William and
Mrs. Jacqueline Ley Brown
In Memory of Terry Loebel
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hein
In Memory of Phyllis Stover
Williams
Dr. Edward and Mrs. Margaret
Amley
Mr. William and Mrs. Marion
Ballard
Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert Bell
The Birthday Club
Cary G. Bond
Dr. William and
Mrs. Jacqueline Ley Brown
Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Marleen
Burford
Mrs. Guna Carr
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Cavallaro
Ms. Mary B. Christian
David Connelly
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall W.
Craig
Ms. Maggielee Delahanty
Mrs. Henry Esteva
Joe and Joanne Fleece
Mike and Candy Frawley
Mrs. Marian S. Gay
Mr. and Mrs. F.S. Godbold
Gregory, Sharer & Stuart,
CPAs
Ms. Royce Haiman
Ms. Helen N. Hameroff
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M.
Harvey Sr.
Dr. Mack and Susan Hicks
Mr. Richard and Mrs. Michelle
Hilburn
Bob and Chris Hilton
Mr. and Mrs. W. Langston
Holland
In Honor of Kent Lydecker
Ms. Helen Hameroff
In Memory of Natalie
McMasters
Mr. and Mrs. Scott B.
Gramling
Norman Jean Harris
Mr. William R. and Mrs. Hazel
Hough
Mr. Mark T. and
Mrs. Marianne Mahaffey
Donna Holland Nagelsen
Alexandra Kim, former Curator of Collections at Kensington Palace,
presented the Collectors Circle Lecture on December 6. Attending
the reception were (left to right): Collectors Circle President Barbara
McCoy, Mrs. Kim, Debbie Kraujalis of sponsor Northern Trust,
Associate Director for Advancement Don Howe, and Mary B. Perry.
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Mr. Emmett M. Hood III
Mr. William R. and Mrs. Hazel
Hough
Jeanne and Jerry Houlton
Mrs. Jean L. Howie
Hon. and Mrs. Eugene
Johnston
Ms. Karen Koltes
Richard and Jane Lane
Laurie Truscott Lanier
Helen K. Leslie
Charles and Laurie Lowe
Kent and Toni Lydecker
Fay Mackey
Mr. Alfred T. May
Col. Frederic and Mrs. Barbara
McCoy
Ms. Melissa McLeod
Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Betty
Jean Miller
Alfred and Victoria Mordecai
Mike Murphy and The
Shorecrest Community
Donna Holland Nagelsen
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Nelson
Mr. James G. Newman
Donna Nicolosi, Sabal Trust
Company
Charles J. Osterholt and The
OHP Group
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Peters
Mr. Harry and Mrs. Jacquelyn
Piper
Mr. Sam and Mrs. Demi
Rahall
Dr. and Mrs. Steve Ritch
Arlene Fillinger Rothman
Iris and Stan Salzer
Mr. Richard H. Sauers
Dr. John E. Schloder
Ed and Betty Shamas
Ms. Charlotte F. Smyth
Carol Sue Stevens and Family
Mr. Hugh and Mrs. Keith
Tulloch
Mrs. Carol A. Upham
Sally and Bill Wallace
Mrs. Ann Wells
Hal and Becky Wells
Mr. Peter B. and Mrs. Lisa G.
Wells
Ms. Mary Margaret Winning
Mr. Patrick and Mrs. Dale
Wybrow
In Memory of Betty Wright
Mr. Stephen D. and
Mrs. Nancy Harris Thomas
New Trustees
Montgomery College, where he served
with great distinction for 10 years.
A distinguished journalist, Rod Gramer is Vice President and
General Manager of the award-winning Bay News 9 and is
also General Manager of InfoMás, a 24-hour Spanish news
channel serving the Tampa Bay and Orlando markets. Both are
innovators.
An eloquent advocate for increasing
access to higher education, Dr. Law
developed his expertise early in his
career. He was staff director of the
Florida House of Representatives’
Committee on Higher Education
and worked for the Florida Board of
Regents.
Mr. Gramer is one of
those rare journalists
who has been equally
successful in broadcast
and print. Prior to
joining Bay News 9,
he was the Executive
News Director of
KGW-TV in Portland
and KTVB-TV in
Boise.
His efforts to increase student success have led him to consult
with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and to testify before
the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a member of the Center
for Community College Student Success National Advisory
Board. In addition, he is a board member of the Community
College Research Center/National Center for Postsecondary
Research and The Collins Center for Public Policy, among
others.
At KGW, he managed
the largest staff of
broadcast and online journalists in
Oregon and southwest
Washington. During
his 13-year tenure,
the station won more state, regional, and national awards than
any other station in Oregon, formed a partnership with The
Oregonian newspaper, and expanded new media products.
Just as impressive was Mr. Gramer’s 10-year experience at
KTVB, which was the preferred news source in Idaho’s capital.
He increased ratings, initiated an on-line news site, and
moderated a weekly public affairs show. Under his direction,
the station won the national 1998 James K. Batten Award for
Excellence in Civic Journalism.
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Philip Pearlstein’s People, Places, Things
March 2-June 16
Friday/25
Dinner at the MFA with music by
Chrysallis, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
He is also a strong proponent of the arts and humanities in the
curriculum and the community. He has revitalized the theater
and music programs at St. Petersburg College and has advanced
the missions of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art and the
Palladium Theater, which are under the school’s umbrella.
Family Tours, every Saturday,
11 a.m.
Ms. Fay Mackey
Mr. Mark Mahaffey
Mr. Cary P. Putrino, J.D.
Mr. Frank J. (Sandy) Rief III, Esq.
Mr. David L. Robbins, Esq.
Mr. Marshall Rousseau
Mr. Robert B. Stewart
Mr. Kenneth T. Welch, Pinellas
County Commissioner
Mrs. Jean Giles Wittner
Mr. Anthony Zinge, J.D.
Mrs. Charlotte Kendall, President,
The Stuart Society
Dr. Kent Lydecker, Director
Honorary Trustees
Mrs. Isabel Bishop, Honorary
Memorial Trustee
Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Esq.
Mr. Charles Henderson
Mrs. Nomina Cox Horton
Mr. Peter Sherman
Mrs. Carol A. Upham
MFA is open on Thursdays until
8 p.m. Admission is only $10 from
5-8.
January
Saturday/5
Family Yoga, 10-11 a.m.
Tuesday/8
New Parent Gallery
Conversations, 10-11:30 a.m.
Friends of Decorative Arts: Florida
Craftsmen Director Diane Shelly and
MFA Director Kent Lydecker on craft
art, 2 p.m.
Wednesday/9
Coffee Talk for people 55+:
Nan Colton’s new presentation,
“Inside Nan’s Studio,” tour, and
refreshments, 10 a.m.-noon
Thursday/10
A Dynamic Duet: An Evening with
Maestro Daniel Lipton of Opera
Tampa and Kent Lydecker, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday/12
Introduction to the History of Art:
Director Kent Lydecker on “Meeting
Art History at the Museum of Fine
Arts,” 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Monday/14
Monday Art Bite: Untitled (date
unknown), attributed to Marco
Palmezzano, introduced by Director
Kent Lydecker, 1 p.m.
Sunday/10
Wine Weekend St. Pete: Vintners
Brunch, Renaissance Vinoy,
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Gallery Talk: Curatorial Assistant
Sabrina Hughes on Photographing
the City, 3 p.m.
Sunday/20
Lecture: Studio glass pioneer Fritz
Dreisbach talks about his passion,
2 p.m.
Play miniARTure Golf on the Front
Lawn on Beach Drive.
Through February 17
$3 suggested donation to benefit
educational programs.
Trustees
Mr. Gary Damkoehler
Mr. Rod Gramer
Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert
Mrs. Royce G. Haiman
Mr. Robert Hilton
Mrs. Hazel C. Hough
Mr. Jackie Joyner Jr.
Dr. William D. Law Jr.
Dr. Law has been the president of three other colleges:
Tallahassee Community College, Montgomery College in
suburban Houston, and Lincoln Land Community College
in Springfield, Illinois. He was the founding President of
Photographing the City
Opening February 9
Dr. Law is playing a vital role in the area’s economic life and
future. He serves on the boards of WorkNet Pinellas, Workforce
Florida, the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, and Pinellas
County Economic Development.
Executive Committee
Dr. Edward A. Amley,
President
Mr. Howard Mills, J.D.,
President-Elect
Ms. Ellen Stavros, Secretary
Mr. Harold E. Wells Jr.,
Treasurer
Mr. Roy Binger
Mr. Robert Churuti
Ms. Mary Alice McClendon
Mrs. Mary L. Shuh
Mr. William H. Stover
Dr. William D. Law Jr. is a state and national leader in higher
education. He returned to St. Petersburg College in 2010 as its
sixth President. From 1981-1988, he was the Vice President of
Institutional and Program Planning at then St. Petersburg Junior
College.
The Art of Golf
FINAL WEEKS, Through February
17
A Conversation with Philip
Pearlstein, 3 p.m.
Wine Weekend St. Pete:
International Wine Auction,
Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf
Club, 4:30-11 p.m.
Photographing the City opens
Saturday/19
Introduction to the History of
Art: “Art of the Early Americas,”
presented by Maya StanfieldMazzi of the University of Florida,
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
MFA: Make and Take: Decorative
Golf Club Head-Covers, 11 a.m.3 p.m.
Thursday/24
Ice Cream Social and BookSigning, presented by the Museum
Store, 5-7 p.m.
Board of Trustees 2013
Mr. Gramer is the co-author of Fighting the Odds, the Life of
Senator Frank Church, which won the 1994 Evans Biography
Award. He now serves on the Advisory Board of the Frank
Church Institute at Boise State University and is also a trustee of
the St. Petersburg College Foundation and the Glazer Children’s
Museum in Tampa. He holds a BA in journalism and history
from the University of Idaho.
Contemporary Prints by American
Women: A Selection from the Gift of
Martha and Jim Sweeny
FINAL WEEKS, Through February 3
Art in Bloom 2013
March 9-12
His interest in a well-rounded education reflects the Jesuit
philosophy of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, where
he earned his BA in English. He holds his MA and PhD in
Design and Management of Postsecondary Education from
Florida State University. When he is not running one of the
area’s foremost colleges, he is often jogging – seriously – having
completed more than two dozen marathons, including six
Boston Marathons.
From 1975-1988, Mr. Gramer held increasingly responsible
positions at The Idaho Statesman, also in Boise and the state’s
largest newspaper. He began as a city hall and political reporter,
winning state, regional, and national awards. He went on to
become Metro Editor, Political Editor, and Editorial Page Editor.
One of his editorials won a Best of Gannett Award. In 1985, he
was a national reporter for USA Today.
Dates to Remember
Monday/11
Monday Art Bite: Curatorial
Assistant Sabrina Hughes on
selections from Photographing the
City, 1 p.m.
Tuesday/12
New Parent Gallery
Conversations, 10-11:30 a.m.
Friends of Decorative Arts: Eric
Davis, Artistic Director of freeFall
Theatre, on the collaboration
between directors and designers,
2 p.m.
Saturday/26
Introduction to the History of
Art: “Classical Views: The Art of
Greece and Rome” by Sheramy
Bundrick of the University of South
Florida St. Petersburg, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Wednesday/13
Coffee Talk for people 55+: Nan
Colton’s “Mrs. Tidbit – Living in
Downtown St. Petersburg in 1925,”
tour, and refreshments, 10 a.m.noon
Sunday/27
Gallery Talk: Director Kent
Lydecker on The Art of Golf, 3 p.m.
Saturday/16
Introduction to the History
of Art: Director Emeritus John
Schloder on “Going for Baroque:
The Seventeenth Century in
Europe,” 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
MFA: Make and Take: Highlands
Game Family Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
February
Saturday/2
Family Yoga, 10-11 a.m.
Introduction to the History of
Art: Director Kent Lydecker on
“Medieval and Early Renaissance
Art,” 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sunday/17
The Art of Golf closes.
Sunday/3
Contemporary Prints by American
Women closes.
Thursday/21
Collectors Circle Lecture:
Dr. Charles Frederick Stuckey on
“Museums and Me,” 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday/5
An Evening with Aphrodite:
Ancient Greek Erotica, 5-8 p.m.
Lecture by Dr. Robert Steven
Bianchi at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday/23
Introduction to the History of Art:
Director Emeritus John Schloder on
“From Rococo to Revolution: The
Eighteenth Century in Europe,”
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Thursday/7
Young Professionals Night with
Golf, Scotch, and Cigars, 5-8 p.m.
March
Friday/8
Wine Weekend St. Pete: Midnight
in Paris, MFA, 7 p.m.
Friday/1
Members’ Opening for Philip
Pearlstein, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday/9
Introduction to the History
of Art: Director Kent Lydecker
on “The High Renaissance,”
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday/2
Family Yoga, 10-11 a.m.
Philip Pearlstein’s People, Places,
Things opens.
19
Sunday/3
Music in the Marly: Park Avenue
Brass, 2 p.m.
Monday/4
Art in Bloom Bonus
Demonstrations: Jeanne Houlton,
Master of the Ichiyo School of
Ikebana, at 10:30 a.m. and Jill
Anderson and Shannon Huet of the
Garden Club of St. Petersburg at
1:30 p.m.
Saturday/9
Art in Bloom opens.
Introduction to the History of
Art, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Flowers After Hours Preview
Party, sponsored by The Stuart
Society, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday/10
Art in Bloom Conversations with
the Designers with special guest,
Florida artist Christopher Still,
2-4 p.m.
Monday/11
Art in Bloom Luncheon with
author/designer Kathryn Crisp
Greeley, presented by The Stuart
Society, The Vinoy, 11:30 a.m.
Monday Art Bite: Selection by
Bridget Bryson, Coordinator of
Curatorial Affairs, 1 p.m.
Tuesday/12
New Parent Gallery
Conversations, 10-11:30 a.m.
Friends of Decorative Arts:
Curatorial Assistant Sabrina
Hughes on Agathon Léonard’s Le
Jeu de l’Écharpe (The Scarf Dancer),
about 1900, a recent gift from Mary
Alice McClendon, 2 p.m.
Last Day to see Art in Bloom.
Wednesday/13
Coffee Talk for people 55+:
Nan Colton’s new solo play,
“Harriet Beecher Stowe – Under
the Palmetto Leaves,” tour, and
refreshments, 10 a.m.-noon
Thursday/14
Collectors Circle Lecture:
Ramona Austin on “A Design
for Living: The Lozenge Motif in
Kongo and African American Art,”
6:30 p.m.
Saturday/16
Introduction to the History of
Art, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
MFA: Make and Take: Whirligigs,
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday/23
Introduction to the History of
Art, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Museum open
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday
Noon-5 p.m. Sunday
MFA Café open 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Tuesday-Sunday
New Acquisition
Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace, Zanfirico Apple (1997), hand-blown glass with zanfirico cane pickups
Gift of Hazel and William R. Hough