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ARTMATTERS
January–April 2013
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ARTMATTERS | January–April 2013
Table of Contents
FROM THE DIRECTOR
New Acquisitions ................3
Exhibitions ........................... 4–5
Closings ............................... 6
Tiffany Windows ................. 7
Global Art .............................. 8–9
Calendars ............................ 10–17
GAPP Artist Erwin Redl .....18
Call for Glass Proposals ....... 19
Mellon Fellow ........................... 19
Soiree Recap ......................... 20
Art Consortium ................... 21
Donor Profile .............................21
Triptych Reinstallation ............22
History Luncheon ................... 23
Poetry Contest .........................23
Shopping ...................................24
Parking Renovation ................25
On the Cover ............................26–27
2013 Board Officers
David K. Welles Jr., Chair
George Chapman, Vice Chair
Sara Jane DeHoff, Vice Chair
Mary Ellen Pisanelli, Vice Chair
Cynthia B. Thompson, Vice Chair
Dennis Johnson, Secretary
John S. Szuch, Treasurer
Brian Kennedy,
President, Director and CEO
Carol Bintz, Chief Operating Officer
2013 Directors
Michael J. Anderson
Allan Block
Elizabeth Brady
George L. Chapman
Charles E. Dana
Sara Jane DeHoff
James A. Hoffman
Lloyd Jacobs
Billie Johnson
Dennis G. Johnson
George M. Jones, III
Harley J. Kripke
Susan E. Morgan
Randy Oostra
Mary Ellen Pisanelli
Cindy Rimmelin (Ambassador)
Judi Selden (Docent)
Stephanie Streeter
John S. Szuch
Cynthia B. Thompson
David K. Welles Jr.
As we welcome 2013, we celebrate the completion of
a fabulous year marking the centenary of the opening
of our magnificent main building. We had some very
exciting activities in 2012. We hosted 1,600 Girl Scouts
at the Museum in May, partnered with the Biggest Week
in American Birding by presenting the exhibition For the
Birds, and worked extensively to improve our interpretive
strategies—especially using new technologies—for
our visitors. The Wolfe Gallery for Contemporary Art
opened with Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012 and this
coincided with the Glass Art Society international conference that marked the
50th anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement founded in Toledo. We went on
to receive the annual award by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass for TMA’s
contributions to the movement.
The Apollo Society made successful acquisitions of works of art during the year
by five artists: Jun Kaneko, Andrew Erdos, Maya Lin, Jane Bruce, and Judith
Schaechter. In November, we installed a major steel sculpture—Spiegel, by
the Spanish artist Jaume Plensa—at the corner of Monroe and Collingwood in
the Welles Sculpture Garden. The Museum increased its visibility significantly,
especially with splendid critical reviews for Manet: Portraying Life. This major
exhibition has now traveled to the Royal Academy of Arts in London and we are
grateful to our lead sponsors, Block Communications Inc. and BP, for making
the exhibition possible in Toledo, along with support by Brooks Insurance, Health
Care REIT, and Taylor Cadillac.
The first few months of 2013 will see the Board engaged in moving our strategic
objectives forward, helping to develop a plan to fund our ambitions, and approving
a restructure of the staff to create better alignment. We look forward to a Masters
Series lecture by Jaume Plensa in March, and a major exhibition of Australian
Aboriginal art in April. We also look forward to continuous improvements at the
Toledo Museum of Art, and hope that you will enjoy the new solar canopy in
the main parking lot, which provides protection against inclement weather and
decreases our energy costs significantly.
We aim to be relevant, sustainable, and exciting in pursuit of art education. Please
visit us often and thanks, as always, for your support.
Cheers,
Brian Kennedy
VOLUME 9 | Issue 1
New Acquisitions Join Iconic Favorites
Wolfe Gallery for Contemporary Art
The new Wolfe Gallery for Contemporary Art, unveiled in 2012 for the Color Ignited exhibition, has been reinstalled
with works from the Museum’s permanent collection. Located in the east wing off Classic Court, the gallery features visitor
favorites and notable works from the contemporary collection—by artists such as Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel, Marisol,
and Kehinde Wiley—as well as newly acquired, stunning works by Maya Lin and Petah Coyne.
A native of Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin is perhaps best known as the designer—age 21 at the time—of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial in Washington, D.C. Today the artist runs an architecture and landscape design firm in New York City. The
topography of the land features prominently in her work, and much of her recent work has been informed by the shapes
of America’s waterways. Silver Erie was created after curator Amy Gilman inquired about Lin’s interest in doing a design of
Lake Erie and its tributaries. A relief sculpture in recycled silver, it projects from the wall by little more than a centimeter and
is cast from a mold modeled precisely upon the contours of Lake Erie and the Maumee River.
Maya Lin (American, born 1959), Silver Erie, 2012.
Recycled silver sculpture.
Join us March 24 at 2 p.m.
for a free presentation:
Come On In! Wolfe
Gallery Reinstallation
Petah Coyne is a sculptor whose work is
represented in almost every major museum
in the country. Many of her sculptures are
suspended from the ceiling or involve suspended
components, and she often employs organic
materials in her work. Both characteristics are
evident in the new acquisition Untitled #1176
(Elisabeth–Elizabeth), a bulbous chandelier shape
that hangs close to the ground. Sixteen different
materials—from taxidermied birds to candles to
Velcro—can be seen. The unique configuration
of the Wolfe Gallery, with lower and mezzanine
levels, will allow the object to be viewed from both
above and below.
Petah Coyne (American, born 1953), Untitled #1176 (Elisabeth–
Elizabeth), 2007–10. Mixed media (taxidermied birds, chandelier
candles, silk flowers, chandelier wax, black spray paint, pearlheaded hat pins, black wire, quick-link shackles, cable, cable
nuts, chain, silk/rayon, velvet, felt, thread, Velcro), purchased
with funds from an anonymous donor. © Petah Coyne. Courtesy
Galerie Lelong, New York
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Exhibitions Free admission
The Chemo Paintings
with ArtReach Expressions
January 18–March 21 | Community Gallery
Dorothy Bryan (1924–2001) was an artist and philanthropist in Bowling Green,
Ohio. During the time she was afflicted with cancer, Bryan created paintings
that reflected the different stages of her illness. Originally the series consisted
of 10 paintings, but a formerly unexhibited 11th work will also be featured in this
exhibition. Also in the Community Gallery are works by local residents whose
lives have been impacted by cancer.
Dorothy Bryan, Wired. India ink, pastel and white acrylic
on watercolor paper, December 1989
94th Toledo Area Artists
Exhibition
February 1–April 14 | Works on Paper Gallery
Artist Joe Fig and TMA Mellon Fellow Kate Nesin were jurors for the 94th annual
Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, which celebrates the best of Northwest Ohio’s
vibrant artistic community. This year, 96 entries were selected out of more than
640 submissions.
George Bellows and New York,
1900–1930
February 14–April 21 | Gallery 18
George Bellows (1882–1925) was a painter, illustrator, and lithographer from Ohio
who moved to and painted scenes of urban New York City. His 1909 painting,
The Bridge, Blackwell’s Island depicting the Queensboro Bridge, was purchased
by Edward Drummond Libbey and given to TMA in 1912. In this exhibition, art
history students from the University of Michigan used The Bridge as a point of
departure to curate a show that also includes works on paper by Bellows and
works by other American Realist painters of that era.
George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882–1925), The Bridge,
Blackwell’s Island. Oil on canvas, 1909. Gift of Edward
Drummond Libbey, 1912.506
Shorty Jangala Robertson (Warlpiri, born about 1935), Ngapa Jukurrpa—Puyurru (Water Dreaming at
Puyurru) (detail), 2007. Acrylic on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Promised gift of Will
Owen and Harvey Wagner; WL.2011.60.45
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Crossing Cultures
The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary
Aboriginal Australian Art from the Hood Museum of Art
April 12–July 14 | Canaday Gallery
Crossing Cultures features more than 120 works of indigenous art from Australia
in the collection of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. Spanning five
decades of creative activity, the works were produced by artists from outback
communities as well as major metropolitan centers. They represent the many
art-making practices of Aboriginal peoples across the Australian continent,
including acrylic paintings on linen and canvas, earthen ochre paintings on bark,
and sculpture in a variety of media. Represented are both influential artists who
contributed since the 1970s and those who are breathing new life into ancient
stories.
This free exhibition was organized by the Hood Museum of Art. See pages 8—9
and 17 for additional information.
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Visit Before They Close
Leslie Adams: Drawn From Life
Through January 13
Gallery 18
Prints and Authors from the Time of Manet
Through January 13
Works on Paper Gallery
Museum People: Faces of TMA
Through January 20
Gallery 1
Made in Hollywood
Through January 20
Galleries 4, 5, 9
“It’s a Wrap” Exhibition Closing Party
January 17: 6:30–9:30 P.M. | Main Museum
Ready for your close-up? It’s the final scene! Join us for “It’s a Wrap”
exhibition closing party starring Made in Hollywood, Museum People:
Faces of TMA, and you! Enjoy food, music, and a cash bar. Dress as the
star you are or always wanted to be! Members free/nonmembers $20 at
the door.
Museum Info
Admission
Admission to the Museum is FREE
at all times. Special exhibitions or
events may require purchased tickets.
Members receive free admission to all
exhibitions and discounts to ticketed
programs.
Hours
Main Museum/Glass Pavilion
Tues/Wed/Thurs10 A.M.–4 P.M.
Friday 10 A.M.–10 P.M.
Saturday 10 A.M.–6 P.M.
Sunday NOON –6 P.M.
Closed Mondays and major holidays
Exception: Open Jan. 1: NOON –8 P.M.
Family Center
Tues/Thurs Friday Sunday 10 A.M.–3 P.M.
3:30–8 P.M.
NOON –5:30 P.M.
Museum Café (full menu)
Tues/Wed/Thurs 11 A.M.–3 P.M.
Friday 11 A.M.–7:30 P.M.
Saturday 11 A.M.–5 P.M.
Sunday NOON –5 P.M.
Parking
Parking is FREE for members,
$5 for nonmembers.
Accessibility
Galleries are fully accessible. Free
wheelchairs and strollers are available
at the main entrance.
Contact/Locate
ArTMAtters is published three times per year by the Toledo Museum of Art for its members.
© Toledo Museum of Art
ArTMAtters Staff: Editor: Kelly Fritz Garrow | Writer: Michelle Harvey | Graphic Design:
Leah Brasch, Peggy Mikkelsen | Contributors: Brian Kennedy, Larry Nichols, Judy Weinberg |
Contributing photography: Andrew Weber, Richard Goodbody. Comments can be directed to
[email protected].
Address: 2445 Monroe Street
Toledo, Ohio 43620
Phone: 419-255-8000
Web: toledomuseum.org
Email:
[email protected]
VOLUME 9 | Issue 1
Tiffany Windows on Display in
Glass Pavilion
Four stained glass windows by Louis
Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) are
now on display in the Glass Pavilion,
on long-term loan from the Historic
Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. They
were purchased for private family
mausoleums between 1914 and 1929.
After one of the four was damaged,
the cemetery partnered with the
Museum to protect the timeless works
of art. They are the only stained glass
windows by the renowned glass artist
on display at the Museum.
“We have examples in our collection of
Tiffany blown glass but not any leaded
glass windows, an important part of
Tiffany production,” said Jutta-Annette
Page, curator of glass and decorative
arts.
Woodlawn Cemetery
Around 1876 when Woodlawn Cemetery was founded,
rural cemeteries were becoming increasingly popular.
By the turn of the century, Woodlawn was the cemetery
of choice for Toledo’s civic, professional, and industrial
leaders. Many prominent Toledo families and Museum
benefactors have been buried there, including the Libbeys,
Fords, Stranahans, Secors, Spitzers, and Crosbys. It
houses the area’s most extensive collection of elaborate
private mausoleums and monuments. The cemetery
became a National Historic Site in 1998.
In Tiffany’s “River of Life” series,
he stresses evangelical symbolism through floral and landscape subject matter. Part of the artist’s landscape memorial
windows, those on view at the Museum feature lakes, trees, flowers, and distant mountains. The additional layers of glass
used in the windows deepen and intensify the color scheme.
“The windows are very appealing in coloration and almost seem magical as the light shines through, changing with the time
of day,” said Page. “The installation in the Glass Pavilion’s Reflection Room uses natural light instead of lightboxes, which
brings life to the artistic details and the vibrancy of the colors.”
The First Congregational Church houses the only other Tiffany stained glass windows available for public viewing in the city.
Windows Escape Detection
Around the turn of the 19th century,
Tiffany Studios published lists of its leaded
glass windows—installed in churches,
public buildings, and mausoleums—as
promotional literature. In the 1980s as the
windows’ value went up, thieves used those
lists to track and steal the works of art,
selling them to collectors and dealers who
neglected to question where they came
from. Fortunately for Woodlawn Cemetery,
its Tiffany windows date between 1914
and 1929—after the lists were compiled—
making their location unknown to those
with thieving intent.
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The Growth of Global Art
People are always fascinated by other cultures, and museums have often served
as a contact point for cross-cultural exchange. Consider TMA’s own history of
collecting ancient and modern Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Asian, and African
works, encouraging an exploration of art as both aesthetic object and artifact.
The Role of a 21st-century Museum
As the contemporary art world continues to globalize and broaden, museums
are keeping a watchful eye on art emerging from peripheral and indigenous
cultures. In recent months, both the Tate and the Guggenheim museums have
announced a concentrated focus on acquiring and exhibiting new global art.
The Musee du Quai Branly in Paris has the express purpose of collecting world
art.
“To be current and relevant, museums must shift to acquire and exhibit new
work from less-familiar geographies,” said Director Brian Kennedy. “It’s our
responsibility to engage with international art via our collection and exhibitions.
By exposing visitors to cultural works they might not otherwise experience, the
museum makes them available for stimulating cultural dialogue.”
Aboriginal Art
Considered to be the world’s oldest continuous cultural tradition, the indigenous
Aboriginal peoples of Australia date back some 50,000 years. According to
the Australia.gov website, hundreds of spiritual tribes roamed the continent,
following their “dreamtime” or creation stories, “…when ancestral beings moved
across the land and created life and significant geographic features.” The
nomadic tribes passed on knowledge and beliefs through storytelling, song,
and dance, and through nonpermanent body art, sand and rock formations,
and bark paintings.
It was not until the 1960s that many Aboriginal people had first contact with the
white population, and later began to record their ancestral stories with more
permanent materials. While evocative of Abstract Expressionism, Aboriginal art
references the natural world and mythical creatures. The works are both art
and artifact: contemporary yet deeply rooted in tradition and symbolism.
Crossing Cultures
Opening April 12 with more than 120 works of great variety and diversity,
Crossing Cultures is an exhibition of Australia’s indigenous art movement
from the 1970s to the present, with a focus on the new generation of artistic
voices who are advancing Aboriginal artistic tradition in the 21st century. It
blends the historical traditions and contemporary realities of Aboriginal life,
displaying works that draw on ancestral narratives alongside works that depict
contemporary urban settings, for example.
The works in Crossing Cultures, compiled over the past two decades from
all over Australia, were donated to the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth
Clockwise from top center: Ricky Maynard (Big River/Ben Lomond, born 1953), Wik Elder, Arthur (from the series “Returning to Places that Name Us”), 2000. Gelatin silver print, ed.
3/15. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Promised gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner; EL.2011.60.73. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VISCOPY, Australia;
Walangkura Napanangka (Pintupi, born about 1945), Lupul, 2005. Acrylic on canvas. Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner; 2009.92.321; Crossing Cultures book; John Mawurndjul (Kuninku, born 1952), Milmilngkan, 2001. Ochres on stringybark. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Promised gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner; EL.2011.60.13
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College from the private collection of Will Owen and
Harvey Wagner. Notable for its diversity and aesthetic
sophistication, Crossing Cultures is an unmatched
opportunity for Americans interested in Aboriginal
Australian people to immerse themselves in a range
of art and culture, according to Owen. The exhibition
travels to Toledo after an extended showing at the
Hood Museum.
World Art is the 2012–2013 selection category for
The Apollo Society, the Museum’s art collection
group. Watch for details on new acquisitions
later this year.
TMA Provides Exposure
The Toledo Museum of Art is the only exhibition venue
in our region to show this extraordinary art-making
tradition.
“Toledo has a history of innovation by exposing people
to the arts of cultures they haven’t yet seen,” said
Kennedy. “As a classical museum with a contemporary
mindset, there is a real sense of adventure as we
embark on our second century.”
Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art at the
Hood Museum of Art. Stephen Gilchrist, ed. Hood Museum of Art (2012). 240 pp. $40 softcover
This publication highlights the Owen and Wagner collection through its reproduction of more than 120 works of
contemporary Aboriginal Australian art. These objects, in styles both traditional and contemporary, are by artists
from outback communities as well as major metropolitan centers and span five decades of creative activity. Crossing
Cultures is an important contribution to the growing scholarship on the intersection between the contemporary and
the traditional in fine art today.
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For the latest events calendar and program information, visit toledomuseum.org/calendar.
January
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Note: The glassblowing Hot Shops will be closed for maintenance during January.
Public demonstrations and Art Hours will resume in February.
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museum open
NOON-8 P.m.
Paper Cut Portraits
NOON-6 P.m.
Glassblowing
1, 2, 3 P.m.
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Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Charcoal Line
Drawings!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Monday—Museum Closed
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Hollywood Walk of
Fame! 10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing
2 P.m.
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Parts to Whole
Composition!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Paper Cut Portraits
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
10
Charcoal Line
Drawings!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
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Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Glassblowing 2 P.m.
30
Symmetry in Art!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Art Demonstrations
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Glassblowing 2, 7, 8, 9 P.m.
Paper Cut Portraits 3:30–8 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a mini Paperweight
6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Club Friday: Lori Lefevre 6:30–9:30 P.m.
Made in Hollywood Exhibition
7 P.m. Ticket required $
Presentation: Glamour, Celebrity, and Popular
Songs 7:30 P.m.
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A Brush with Art: Rhythms & Harmonies
1–2:30 P.m.
Charcoal Line Drawings! 3:30–8 P.m.
Art of the Vine 7–9:30 P.m. $
Silver Screen Film Series: Citizen Kane
7:30 P.m. Valentine Theatre $
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Parts to Whole
Composition!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Silver Screen Film Series
1, 3:30 P.m.
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Exhibition Opening: The Chemo Paintings with
Hollywood Walk of
ArtReach Expressions
Fame! 10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
“It’s a Wrap” Exhibition Baby Tour 3:30 P.m.
Closing Party
Hollywood Walk of Fame! 3:30–8 P.m.
6:30–9:30 P.m. $
Art Hours: Create a Glass Heart 6 P.m. $
Hands-on Activity: Silhouettes 7–9 P.m.
TSO Classics Concert: An Evening of Symphonic
Dance 8 P.m.
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Glassblowing 1, 2, 3 P.m.
meet me at TmA:
Made in Hollywood 1:30 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a mini
Paperweight 4, 5 P.m. $
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Art Hours: Create a Glass Heart
4, 5 P.m. $
TSO Classics Concert: An
Evening of Symphonic Dance
8 P.m.
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Parts to Whole Composition! 3:30–8 P.m.
Visiting Artist: Timothy Gaewsky 6–7 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a Glass Heart 6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Winterlude Gallery Talk: Warming the Soul on a
Cold Night 7 P.m.
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Symmetry in Art!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Public Tours
Glassblowing 1, 2 & 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Charcoal Line Drawings!
NOON–5:30 P.m.
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Hollywood Walk of Fame!
NOON–5:30 P.m.
Glassblowing
1, 2, 3 P.m.
Silver Screen Film Series
1, 3:30 P.m.
TSO Family Series: On Pointe 3 P.m.
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Parts to Whole Composition!
NOON–5:30 P.m.
Presentation: Touching the Stars
2 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Symmetry in Art! NOON–5:30 P.m.
minds-on Art Gallery Games 1–4 P.m.
Glassblowing
1, 2, 3 P.m.
Winterlude Gallery Talk: Gods of the
North in Asian Art 2 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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January Highlights
FREE Winterlude Gallery Talk Series
Meet in Libbey Court
January 25: 7 P.M.: Warming the Soul on a Cold Night
Ed Hill discusses artwork that shows what people have used to chase away the cold.
January 27: 2 P.M.: Gods of the North in Asian Art
Carolyn Putney discusses the nature of deities connected with northern climes in Asian cultures.
Learn how to identify them yourself—whether good or evil, lucky or unlucky—through their
artistic representations.
Japan, Kamakura Period, about 1250–1300, Bishamonten, Guardian of the North
(detail), Hinoki wood with lacquer paste and traces of gilding. Gift of The Apollo
Society, 2008.118
FREE Presentation: Glamour, Celebrity, and Popular Songs
January 4: 7:30 P.M. | Little Theater
Michael Lasser—lecturer, writer, broadcaster, critic, and teacher—discusses songs that reflect attitudes toward women and
celebrity in the early years of the 20th century. Sexual values changed dramatically as the idea of celebrity quickly took
hold of the imagination. Lasser is co-author of America’s Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood
and Tin Pan Alley and host of the nationally syndicated public radio show, Fascinatin’ Rhythm, winner of a 1994 Peabody
Award.
FREE Silver Screen Film Series
Little Theater
January 12: 1 P.M.: A Streetcar Named Desire. With Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh. 1951, 122 min.
3:30 P.M.: A Day at the Races. Featuring the Marx Brothers. 1937, 111 min.
January 13: 1 P.M.: Ziegfeld Girl. With James Stewart and Judy Garland. 1941. 132 min.
3:30 P.M.: How to Marry a Millionaire. With Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grable. 1953, 95 min.
Also on January 11: The Valentine Theatre shows Citizen Kane (Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton. 1941, 119 min.) at
7:30 P.M. For tickets visit valentinetheatre.com.
FREE Presentation: Touching the Stars:
Costume Design from Covent Garden to Hollywood
January 20: 2 P.M. | Location TBD
Vinilla “Vin” Burnham, award-winning costume designer and
creator of Lady Gaga’s “Living Dress,” talks about her work
for feature films, theater, opera, ballet, and television. As
the talent behind the Batsuit, the Penguin, and Catwoman
costumes for Batman Returns, Burnham is also known for
her creature creations. She has made creatures for Jim
Henson’s Creature Shop in London as well as Aslan the
Lion for the BBC production of The Chronicles of Narnia.
Cosponsored by the Ballet Theatre of Toledo.
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February
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Exhibition Opening:
94th Toledo Area Artists Exhibition
Symmetry in Art! 3:30–8 P.m.
6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Club Friday: Hepcat Revival
6:30–9:30 P.m.
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Toledo Area Lil’ Artists!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Weaving Patterns!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Vases and Vessels!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Art Book Club: The
Hundred Foot Journey
5:30 P.m.
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Lines to Shapes!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Art Demonstrations
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Toledo Area Lil’ Artists! A Brush with Art: Glass Art 1–2:30 P.m.
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Toledo Area Lil’ Artists! 3:30–8 P.m.
Sketching Tour: African American Art 7 P.m.
TSO Classics Concert: Carmina Burana
7–9:30 P.m.
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Exhibition Opening:
George Bellows
Weaving Patterns!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Vases and Vessels!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
meet me at TmA: music & Art
1:30 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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4, 5 P.m.
TSO Classics Concert: Carmina
Burana 8 P.m.
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Weaving Patterns! 3:30–8 P.m.
Baby Tour 6 P.m.
Winterlude Gallery Talk: The Little Ice Age 7 P.m.
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Great Gallery Series: Celebrating
Black History month 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Vases and Vessels! 3:30–8 P.m.
Art Book Club Tasting 5–7 P.m. $
GAPP Artist Presentation: Erwin Redl 6 P.m.
Visiting Artist: Liz Spencer 6–7 P.m.
6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Glassblowing: Erwin Redl 7–10 P.m.
Presentation: Archaeological Excavations at
Tell Edfu, an Ancient Egyptian Provincial Capital
7:30 P.m.
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Lines to Shapes!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Public Tours
Art Hours: Create a mini
Paperweight 4, 5 P.m. $
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Toledo Area Lil’ Artists!
NOON–5:30 P.m.
Glassblowing
1, 2, 3 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: Heidelberg
Choir 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
10
Weaving Patterns! NOON–5:30 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: michael Boyd
3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Vases and Vessels! NOON–5:30 P.m.
Winterlude Gallery Talk: Winter in
Black and White 2 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: Heidi Clausius
and Friends 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Lines to Shapes! NOON–5:30 P.m.
Hands-on Activity: Colorful Canvasses
2–4 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: BGSU Chamber
Orchestra 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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February Highlights
FREE Great Performances in the Great Gallery
3 P.M. | Great Gallery
February 3: Heidelberg University Concert Choir
February 10: UT Music Faculty: Michael Boyd (piano)
February 16: Celebrating Black History Month
February 17: Heidi Clausius and Friends
An afternoon of chamber and duo works by Mozart,
Clara Schumann, Richard Strauss
February 24: BGSU Chamber Orchestra
Art Book Club Discussion:
The Hundred Foot Journey
February 19: 5:30 P.M. | Art Reference Library
Richard Morais takes us on a cross-cultural tour of delights
with a novel that invokes a love of great food and splendid
art. The discussion is free for Museum and Library League
members. An international tasting with hors d’oeuvres and
drinks ($15 Library League members, $20 TMA members)
follows on February 22. Space is limited: registration is
required. Contact 419-254-5770 or library@toledomuseum.
org to register.
Art of the Vine: African American-Owned Wineries
February 8, 15, 22: 7–9:30 P.M. | Glass Pavilion
Enjoy four wines and light snacks during It’s Friday! at the
Museum. $15 members/$25 nonmembers (+tax). Tickets
available at Information Desks.
FREE Presentation:
Archaeological Excavations at Tell Edfu, an Ancient
Egyptian Provincial Capital
February 22: 7:30 P.M. | Little Theater
Recent excavations at the ancient settlement site of Tell Edfu
in southern Egypt have focused on the administrative town
quarter. Nadine Moeller, assistant professor of Egyptian
archaeology at the University of Chicago, discusses findings
on a new excavation area on the site exploring the origins
of this ancient town, which date back at least as far as the
time when the pyramids in Giza were built (ca. 2600 BCE).
Cosponsored by the Archaeological Institute of AmericaToledo Society.
February 15: 7 P.M. | Meet in Libbey Court
The Little Ice Age: Winter in the 1600s
The Northern Hemisphere experienced a period of severe
winters beginning about the middle of the 1500s and
stretching to the mid-1800s. Frozen waterways and heavy
snow inspired a new specialization for painters: the winter
landscape scene. Paula Reich explores how Dutch artists
pioneered this new genre.
Hendrik Avercamp (Dutch, 1585–1634), Winter Scene on a Canal (detail). Oil on
wood panel, about 1615. Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift
of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1951.402
February 17: 2 P.M. | Meet at Matisse Mural
Winter in Black and White: Prints and Photographs from
the Collection
Tom Loeffler gives a presentation of prints, photographs,
and drawings by artists fascinated with the dark season
of winter.
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Lines to Shapes! 3:30–8 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a Glass Shamrock
6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Club Friday: Extra Stout 6:30–9:30 P.m.
TSO Classics Concert: Beethoven’s Pastoral
8 P.m.
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Perspective Painting!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Colors, Tints and
Shades! 10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Color mixing Fun!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Color Landscapes!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Art Demonstrations
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Perspective Painting!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Colors, Tints and
Shades! 10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
masters Series
Evening 4–6 P.m. $
masters Series
Presentation: An
Evening with Jaume
Plensa 6 P.m.
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Color mixing Fun!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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Color Landscapes!
10 A.m.–3 P.m.
Glassblowing 2 P.m.
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meet me at TmA: Contemporary
Art 1:30 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: Virtue,
Violence & Vengeance 3 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a Glass
Shamrock 4, 5 P.m. $
TSO Classics Concert:
Beethoven’s Pastoral 8 P.m.
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A Brush with Art: Asian Art 1–2:30 P.m.
Perspective Painting! 3:30–8 P.m.
6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Sketching Tour: Female Artists 7 P.m.
Film and Discussion: Out of the Shadows
7:30 P.m.
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Baby Tour 3:30 P.m.
Colors, Tints and Shades! 3:30–8 P.m.
6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Hands-on Activity: The Frame Says it All
7–9 P.m.
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Color mixing Fun! 3:30–8 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a Glass Egg 6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Winterlude Gallery Talk: Cracked 7 P.m.
TSO Classics Concert: Schubert’s Great
Symphony 8 P.m.
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Glassblowing 1 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a Glass Egg
4, 5 P.m. $
TSO Classics Concert: Schubert’s
Great Symphony 8 P.m.
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Color Landscapes! 3:30–8 P.m.
Visiting Artist: Jeremy Pellington 6–7 P.m.
Art Hours: Create a Glass Egg 6, 7, 8 P.m. $
Public Tours
Women’s History month
Luncheon NOON
Glassblowing
1, 2, 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Perspective Painting! NOON–5:30 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: Sigma Alpha Iota
International Fraternity 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
10
Colors, Tints and Shades!
NOON–5:30 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: Children’s Choir
of Northwest Ohio 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Color mixing Fun! NOON–5:30 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Color Landscapes! NOON–5:30 P.m.
Winterlude Gallery Talk: Come On
In! 2 P.m.
Great Gallery Series: music for Two
Pianos 3 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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Beads, Beads, Beads! NOON–5:30 P.m.
Glassblowing 1 P.m.
4, 5 P.m. $
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March Highlights
FREE Great Performances in the Great Gallery
3 P.M. | Great Gallery
March 2: Virtue, Violence & Vengeance: Heroines in Opera
With Margaret Barron (soprano) and George Shirley
(accompanist)
March 3: Sigma Alpha Iota International Fraternity for
Women in Music
A variety of solo and accompanied works with voice, flute,
violin, and more related to works in the TMA collection.
March 10: Children’s Choir of Northwest Ohio
A program of songs—from Baroque to modern—inspired
by works in the TMA collection.
Children’s Choir of Northwest Ohio
March 24: UT Students: Music for Two Pianos
FREE Film and Discussion: Out of the Shadows
March 8: 7:30 P.M. | Little Theater
For hundreds of years the public has seen only the surface of famous masterpieces by artists such
as Van Gogh and Rembrandt. Now, through a melding of innovative scientific techniques and art
connoisseurship, completely different paintings and important clues about the artists themselves
are being uncovered one layer at a time by members of Holland’s Rembrandt Research Institute
and scientists from the University of Delft. Out of the Shadows (55 minutes, 2012) focuses on a
group of scholars—including Dr. Ernst Van De Wetering and Joris Dik—that has recently been
able to digitally restore lost images under existing masterpieces. The question of why artist
swould choose to paint over their own masterpieces is explored in this fascinating documentary
that ultimately rewrites the foundations of art history.
After the film, members of the TMA conservation staff discuss how they use scientific analytical
methods to better understand works in our own collection.
March 22: 7 P.M. | Glass Pavilion: Cracked
Jutta-Annette Page discusses how temperature causes fissures and breaks
in glass.
March 24: 2 P.M. | Meet in Libbey Court
Come On In! Wolfe Gallery Reinstallation
Come inside and learn about the reinstallation of the new Wolfe Gallery
for Contemporary Art with the museum’s permanent collection. Highlights
include an introduction to newly acquired works by Maya Lin and Petah
Coyne, and works by Jennifer Bartlett and Jenny Holzer that have not been
seen in several years. Presented by Amy Gilman.
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10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
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Rhythm in art!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
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Lots of Layers!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
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my Own Story!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
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Beads, Beads, Beads!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
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Rhythm in art!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
panel Discussion:
aboriginal art 3 p.m.
Crossing Cultures
Opening party
6:30–9:30 p.m. $
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Lots of Layers!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
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my Own Story!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
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Glassblowing 2, 7, 8, 9 p.m. p.m.
Beads, Beads, Beads! 3:30–8 p.m.
presentation: Cappy Thompson 6 p.m.
art Hours: Create a Glass Egg 6, 7, 8 p.m. $
Club Friday: Kelly Broadway 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Lines of the World 7, 8 p.m.
minds-on art Gallery Games 7–9 p.m.
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Exhibition Opening: Crossing Cultures
a Brush with art: art and poetry 1–2:30 p.m.
Glassblowing 2, 7, 8, 9 p.m.
Rhythm in art! 3:30–8 p.m.
art Hours: Create a Glass Raindrop
6, 7, 8 p.m. $
Crossing Cultures Exhibition 7 p.m.
art of the Vine 7–9:30 p.m. $
Lines of the World 8 p.m.
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Glassblowing 1, 2, 3 p.m.
Crossing Cultures Exhibition
2 p.m.
art Hours: Create a Glass
Raindrop 4, 5 p.m. $
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Lots of Layers! 3:30–8 p.m.
Baby Tour 6 p.m.
6, 7, 8 p.m. $
Lines of the World 7, 8 p.m.
presentation: The Collapse of the ancient maya
Civilization 7:30 p.m.
TSO Classics Concert: The Romantic Guitar
8 p.m.
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Film: Art+Soul 1 p.m.
Glassblowing 2, 3 p.m.
TSO Classics Concert: The
Romantic Guitar 8 p.m.
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my Own Story! 3:30–8 p.m.
Visiting artist: michelle Duni 6–7 p.m.
6, 7, 8 p.m. $
Birds in the Tma Collection 7 p.m.
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Hidden messages!
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Glassblowing 2 p.m.
Art Demonstrations
meet me at Tma: Creatures in
the Collection 1:30 p.m.
art Hours: Create a Glass Egg
4, 5 p.m. $
Public Tours
The Shape of Things 2 p.m.
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Rhythm in art! NOON–5:30 p.m.
Family Time Tour 1 p.m.
Great Gallery Series: BGSU Chamber
Competition Winners 3 p.m.
TSO Family Series: The Big Dig 3 p.m.
art Hours: Create a Glass Egg
4, 5 p.m. $
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Lots of Layers! NOON–5:30 p.m.
Great Gallery Series: Tower Brass
3 p.m.
4, 5 p.m. $
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my Own Story! NOON–5:30 p.m.
Glassblowing 2, 3 p.m.
Hands-on activity: Clay Story
Creations 2–4 p.m.
Great Gallery Series: Denise Ritter
Bernardini 3 p.m.
4, 5 p.m. $
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Hidden messages! NOON–5:30 p.m.
Great Gallery Series: Bezonian Trio
3 p.m.
4, 5 p.m. $
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April Highlights
FREE Presentation: Visiting Artist Cappy Thompson
April 5: 6 p.m. | Little Theater
painting on glass since 1976, Cappy Thompson of Seattle has been described as “the major
practitioner of the art of transparent enameling in the American Studio Glass movement.” Known
for her reverse-painted vessels, she has taught at pilchuck, penland, and other art programs
internationally. Thompson is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a
Washington Artist Trust Fellowship, and pilchuck’s Libensky Award. Tonight she will discuss
her work and her week-long GApp residency.
For information on Thompson’s “painting on Glass” workshop on April 4–7, visit the website.
Cappy Thompson (American, born 1952),
Dancer with Gourds, 1991. Glass, blown
and reverse-painted, with enamels. Gift
of Mr. and Mrs. William Block, 2003.68
FREE Presentation: The Collapse of the Ancient Maya Civilization
April 19: 7:30 p.m. | Little Theater
The idea of a sudden, widespread maya Terminal Classic period collapse is no longer accepted by most maya archaeologists.
James Aimers, assistant professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, describes current research which
stresses variability in the Terminal Classic period. Recent hypotheses about climate change and drought are highlighted.
Cosponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America-Toledo Society.
Crossing Cultures Programs
FREE Panel Discussion:
Aboriginal Art and Western
Aesthetics
April 11: 3–5 p.m. | Little Theater
Stephen Gilchrist is curator of the
Crossing Cultures exhibition at the
Hood museum of Art. He is joined by
Will Owen, one of the collectors of the
artworks in the show, and others to
discuss Aboriginal art in the context
of Western aesthetics. moderated by
Brian Kennedy.
Opening Party: Crossing Cultures
April 11: 6:30–9:30 p.m. | main museum
Celebrate the exhibition opening with
Australian-themed music, food, décor,
and more. members free, nonmembers
$20 at the door.
FREE Crossing Cultures Special
Tours
Canaday Gallery
April 12: 7 p.m.: Led by curator Stephen
Gilchrist
April 13: 2 p.m.: Led by collector Will
Owen
FREE Film: Art+Soul
April 20: 1 p.m. | Little Theater
From ancient rock paintings to Western
desert art, from watercolors of the
mid-20th century to contemporary
multimedia artists of today, Art+Soul
reveals the breadth of expression
and enduring heritage of Australian
indigenous art, its diversity, and its
complexity. (2010, 166 min.)
Episode 1: “Home and Away”
What does it mean to be ‘at home’ for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people? Is it where you live, or the
‘country’ from which you are exiled?
Episode 2: “Dreams and
Nightmares”
From “the Dreaming” to the unsettling
nightmare of colonization, what is the
role of memory, dreams, and the spirit
world in Aboriginal art?
Episode 3: “Bitter and Sweet”
How does the startling beauty—and
humor—of Aboriginal art intertwine
with reverberations of the past and
our present?
Stephen Gilchrist, curator of the Crossing Cultures
exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College.
Photo by Jeffery Nintzel
Watch the TmA calendar for additional
programs related to the Crossing
Cultures exhibition.
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Erwin Redl Named Fifth GAPP Artist
Erwin Redl, who has been creating light installations for 15 years, is the fifth
artist invited to participate in TMA’s prestigious Guest Artist Pavilion Project
(GAPP). The Austrian-born Redl, who now lives and works in Bowling Green,
Ohio, began his artist-in-residency last fall and will visit the Glass Pavilion in
February to give a public presentation about his work.
Perhaps best known for draping the Whitney Museum in red and blue lights for
the 2002 Whitney Biennial, Redl works with tiny light-emitting diodes mounted
in a grid to play with viewers’ perceptions of space and architecture. His use
of LEDs and their placement in often large-scale architectural environments
has led to comparisons with the light and space artists of the 1960s and 70s.
Having also studied electronic music and computer art, his work often includes
digital drawings and music.
Each year the GAPP program invites one distinguished glass or contemporary
artist to visit the Museum and spend time experimenting with glass in innovative
ways.
Photo by Max Spitzenberger
“The GAPP program is made possible by a generous donor to the Museum who
believes strongly in public education and in allowing these established artists
the freedom and resources to explore their work in new ways without pressure
or restrictions,” said Jutta-Annette Page, curator of glass and decorative arts
and GAPP program coordinator.
Join us on February 22 at 6 p.m. in the GlasSalon for the free
presentation.
Left: FETCH, 2010. 517 x 12 x 65 ft. Exhibition “Six Solos.” Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH. Courtesy of Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
Right: BENCHMARK, 2010. 22 x 5 ft. Exhibition “Material Evidence: Phenomenology of Matter.” Beach Museum, Manhattan, KS
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The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass honored the
Museum with its 2012 Institutional Award for TMA’s role in
the past 50 years in encouraging artists to work in glass. AACG
cited the Museum for hosting the 1962 Toledo Workshops and
for continuing to support the Studio Glass Movement since
then. Curator Jutta-Annette Page accepted the award on the
Museum’s behalf on Nov. 3 in Chicago.
The companion book to Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012 is now available as an
ebook! With informative essays and more than 100 beautiful color images, the
book is available for download ($19.95) from tmastore.org and all major ebook
stores.
Call for Glass Residency Proposals
The Toledo Museum of Art invites glass artists in the region to submit proposals for a new series of three-day Regional
Residencies in the Glass Pavilion studios. Selected artists based in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana will have access to studio
facilities and resources. Artists will work in view of the public for a portion of the time, and will give a short presentation
about their work. Participants will receive a stipend and lodging accommodations.
Deadline for entries is February 1, 2013. Submissions should include a written proposal of no more than 500 words, a
resume, and 3–5 quality images. Only digitally submitted proposals will be considered. Email [email protected].
The first of these residencies will begin May 10.
TMA Welcomes Second Mellon Fellow
Adam Levine, Ph.D., comes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to become
the second scholar to receive the Toledo Museum of Art’s Mellon Fellowship.
His background includes degrees in art history from the University of Oxford
and Dartmouth College, consultancies for Sotheby’s, and in-depth study of
anthropology and computer science.
“We are delighted to welcome Adam to the Museum for the next two years,”
said Amy Gilman, associate director. “He is intellectually curious and genuinely
interested in learning more about the complex nature of museums today.
Adam’s expertise in ancient art is one of the reasons he was chosen for this
year’s fellowship award.”
In 2012, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a grant to TMA for a
postdoctoral fellowship to provide broad-based knowledge and experience
for the next generation of museum leaders. Mellon Fellows take on curatorial
duties, do research, and work on independent projects related to a personal or
scholarly interest in museum work.
Levine begins his two-year appointment in January, joining Fellow Kate Nesin
in the Director’s Office.
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Museum Salutes President’s Council at Soiree
Last fall, major TMA donors were honored with a special evening
reminiscent of a state dinner. Spanning the entire west wing of
the building, the Centenary Celebration of Museum Leadership
was a festive black-tie evening featuring French wine and
cuisine. Musical entertainment was provided by Tony Award
nominee Christine Andreas and Grammy-nominated composer
Martin Silvestri.
More than 400 President’s Council and Director’s Circle
members were in attendance to receive thanks for their financial
support of the Museum.
“It was a magical evening,” said Susan Palmer, director of
development. “The Museum counts on these generous donors
to provide approximately a million dollars of operating income each year. We
could not remain free to all without their support of, and love for, the Museum.”
Hope and Deke Welles, Tom Brady, Brian and Mary
Kennedy, Betsy Brady
Founded in 1901 and located in the Monroe Street main building since 1912, the
Toledo Museum of Art is a private institution that offers free admission to a worldclass collection and enriching programs for the public. It is through benefactors
like those in the President’s Council, who donate at least $1,000 each year, that
the Museum remains a healthy and vibrant part of our community. The celebration
was generously underwritten by a Museum donor.
To view and download additional photos taken at the event, visit the Museum’s
Flickr page: flickr.com/photos/toledomuseumofart.
Allan and Susan Allan Block, Susan and John Robinson Block
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Director Kennedy Joins Art Consortium
The Art Consortium, a new international think tank, held its flagship
meeting in Vienna last fall to convene leaders in the art world to
address key issues confronting museums today. TMA Director Brian
Kennedy was one of more than a dozen participants selected as
inaugural members of the organization.
“Some of the most innovative thinking that might be applicable to
issues facing museums is coming from unexpected quarters,” said
Laura Winters, executive director of the consortium. “We want to bring
the proponents of those ideas into the conversation.”
The consortium is designed to tap imaginative thinkers and opinionmakers to discuss topics affecting the future of art museums globally.
Topics included capturing the public interest when attention spans are
growing shorter; achieving financial security in an age of economic
uncertainty; and navigating the latest trends in technology.
“The Art Consortium meeting proved highly stimulating and thoughtprovoking,” said Kennedy. “From brain research findings to new
financial models to integration of digital technologies, those present
gained more than a few ideas to bring home to their museums.”
Donor Profile: Cheryl O’Connor
Retired school teacher Cheryl O’Connor is like many Toledoans. She is a native of
the city, graduated from the University of Toledo, and was influenced as a child by
the art classes she took at the Toledo Museum of Art.
“My father always dropped me off for art lessons when I was in middle school,”
O’Connor said. “I believe it gave me the great appreciation for art I have today. My
husband and I travel extensively, have been to museums around the world, and the
Toledo Museum of Art is still one of the best we’ve seen.”
Although she and her husband Dick now reside in Lima, the couple makes frequent
trips to Toledo to visit the Museum. In 2006 Cheryl O’Connor acknowledged the
impact TMA has had on her life by designating a percentage of her estate to the
Museum and becoming a member of the Libbey Circle. Named after Edward
Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey who generously endowed TMA in their
wills, the Libbey Circle recognizes those supporters who have remembered the
Museum in their estate plans.
While some may think estate planning and planned gifts are only for the wealthy,
in reality, many Museum donors leave a legacy with a simple bequest in their will.
Sixty percent of TMA’s annual operating income is drawn from endowed funds
from people like Cheryl O’Connor. To discuss planned giving opportunities and
options, contact Maureen Anderson at 419-255-8000 ext.7331.
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Triptych Now Has Movable Panels
One of the most significant
works in TMA’s collection of old
master paintings—Jan Gossart’s
Two Wings from the So-Called
Salamanca Triptych of 1521—
recently has been reframed and
reinstalled in gallery 16. The
northern Renaissance master
painted the panels as movable
wings for a now-lost, fixed
central element. In their closed position, the panels display the Annunciation: the
angel Gabriel communicating to the Virgin Mary that she is to bear a child. The
images are rendered in grisaille (monochromatic gray) to suggest the illusion of
stone statues.
For the first time since the Museum acquired the panels in 1952, visitors can now
also view the colorful inner images. To be understood as sculpture come to life,
St. John the Baptist is seen at left with his attribute, the lamb, while St. Peter, with
his keys and a book, appears at right.
Gossart’s panels are currently displayed in hinged wooden frames. Once each
day the wings will be either opened or closed to allow visitors to view both
prospects, thereby replicating the artist’s original intent.
Jan Gossart, called Mabuse (Flemish, about 1478–1536), Two Wings from the So-Called Salamanca Triptych.
Oil on wood panel, 1521. Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1952.85A-B
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Museum Founder Subject of History Luncheon
Celebrate local women philanthropists at the Women’s History Month luncheon,
“The Contributions of Florence Scott Libbey,” on Saturday, March 30.
Mrs. Libbey and her husband, glass industrialist Edward Drummond Libbey, were
known for sharing their good fortune with the community. They established the
Toledo Museum of Art in 1901, donated many objects to its early collection, and
she later donated the Monroe Street homestead of her late father to be used as
the grounds for the new building. Upon her husband’s death she surrendered
a life interest in his estate, using the funds instead to expand the building,
a project that would employ nearly 3,000 local workers. She participated in
many charitable community activities, made donations to local schools, and left
much of her estate to the Museum upon her death in 1938. She and Mr. Libbey
are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery along with other prominent families who had
a hand in the early development of the city of Toledo.
Join us on March 30 from noon –3 p.m. in the Glass Pavilion for lunch,
presentations, and a tour of the Libbey House in the historic Old West End.
Cost is $30/person. Space is limited; registration is required. Register with
payment to Maureen Anderson at 419-255-8000 ext. 7331 or manderson@
toledomuseum.org. The event is sponsored by the Museum, Historic Woodlawn
Cemetery, and the Perrysburg Historical Society.
Florence Scott Libbey, ca. 1912
Poetry Contest Accepting Entries
If you’ve been inspired to write about an object in the Museum’s collection, we
invite you to participate in TMA’s fifth annual Art of Writing Poetry Contest. The
contest is open to adults and to students in middle school on up who participated
in a Docent-led tour between June 2012 and March 2013. Previous entrants are
welcome to participate with fresh material. Submissions are due March 28, 2013.
A panel of judges will review each entry based on originality, form, language, and
the creative interpretation or reflection on the work of art. First- ($150), second($100), and third-place ($75) prizes will be awarded at a reception on May 10. All
winners will also receive a one-year membership to TMA, and winning poems will
be displayed in the galleries.
For full details and entry form, visit toledomuseum.org/learn/poetryworkshop.
Sponsored in part by:
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Late Glass Artists’ Work Available at
Museum Store
One was from Wisconsin, the other from Murano, Italy, yet the parallels between two glass artists with Toledo ties are many.
Tom McGlaughlin (1934–2011) was a pioneer of the Studio Glass Movement, attending the 1962 workshops at TMA and
going on to a successful career in art and teaching. Elio Quarisa (1936–2010) was a “primo maestro” who started working
with glass at the age of 9, worked with the top artists in Murano, and loved to teach as well. McGlaughlin ultimately moved to
Toledo and taught glassblowing at TMA. Quarisa visited the Glass Pavilion to teach and give public demonstrations. Highly
respected and widely collected, both men died from cancer within months of each other.
Rarely available for purchase, works by these renowned artists can now be purchased at the Museum Store while supplies
last. What a terrific way to make an investment in art! Prices start at $250.
Clockwise from top left: Horse Head with Dolphin Stem (EQ);
Two Sea Horse Vessel (EQ); The Sly Wink (TM); Dissin de Bulle
(TM); Dragon Vase with Swan (EQ); Farewell on the Beach (TM)
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Long-term Staff Members Retire
We bid adieu to three integral
members of the staff and well-known
faces at the Museum. Registrar Pat
Whitesides, with the Museum since
1974, retired recently after 38 years.
Leaving at the beginning of the year
are Judy Weinberg, coordinator of
public programs since 1993, and
Karen Serota, head of exhibitions,
who has been with the Museum
since 2000. Their contributions, vast
knowledge, and friendly faces will be
missed!
Pat Whitesides
Judy Weinberg
Karen Serota
Parking Lot Renovation Complete
A modern solar canopy has been installed in the all-new main parking lot. The canopy adds an additional 300 kW of
renewable energy to the existing 200 kW solar array on the roof of the main Museum. On a sunny day it is estimated that
50% of the electrical demand for the 250,000 sq. ft. building will be provided by the sun. The lighting in the new parking lot
is provided by new LED fixtures, which provide greater illumination while using less electricity.
Other improvements to the lot include pedestrian ramps for better wheelchair and stroller access to the building, a sidewalk
with automatic ice melting capability, and improved security monitoring. Two complimentary plug-in stations for electric cars
are also available.
The entrance to the parking lot has been moved to the curve at Grove Place. Parking remains free of charge for members
via a swipe of the new smart cards being mailed at the time of membership renewal. If you haven’t yet received your smart
card, pick up an exit ticket at the Information Desk. Nonmembers pay $5 via debit/credit card at the exit gate or can
purchase an exit ticket. Cash and tokens are longer accepted at the gate.
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On the Cover
Jaume Plensa (Spain, born 1955), Spiegel, 2010, painted stainless steel. Partial gift of an anonymous donor and Museum
purchase. Photos by Andrew Weber
An internationally famed sculptor born in Barcelona, Spain, Jaume
(“ZHOW-may”) Plensa’s early works were made of cast iron, brick,
alabaster, and glass. Since 2004 his reputation has grown primarily
around large-scale, figural public sculptures.
He is perhaps best known in the United States for Crown Fountain,
his public art installation in Millennium Park, Chicago. The fountain
consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow
reflecting pool. The towers project video images from a broad social
spectrum of Chicago citizens and reference the classical use of
gargoyles in fountains because the video images appear to spout
water from their mouths.
The human body has been prominent in his work, and Plensa’s
figures are often considered pensive; many appear to have their eyes closed in contemplation. In recent years his works
have incorporated letters or words, the artist himself a poet and avid reader.
Spiegel is a new large-scale sculpture installed on the Museum grounds at the corner of Monroe Street and Collingwood
Blvd. It comprises two identical crouching giants, each just over 12 feet high, hugging their knees and “facing” one another,
though they are technically faceless. The pair seems to be communing with rather than confronting, but it’s hard to say
whether or not they’re communicating. They are nearly bodiless as well, shaped by a latticework of white-painted steel
letters from various international alphabets with interiors that light up at night.
“This extraordinary work of art in our Welles Sculpture Garden shows two figures in apparent dialogue, much as we hope to
bring visitors into dialogue with works of art,” said Amy Gilman, associate director and curator of modern and contemporary
art. “Even the work’s title—insofar as spiegel is German for ‘reflective image’ or ‘looking-glass’—puts it into material and
spatial dialogue with our Glass Pavilion across the street.”
Plensa’s sculptures—which have tended to inspire wonderment and great attachment—can be found in the public collections
of museums and foundations worldwide. This prominent work serves as a marker for the Toledo Museum of Art—much like
Alexander Calder’s red Stegosaurus on the front terrace—that attracts people’s attention. At night, the two bodies are lit
from within, maintaining visibility even when the Museum is closed.
Spiegel’s purchase was made possible in part by a generous donation from a long-time friend of the Museum.
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VOLUME 9 | Issue 1
Each drawing is a message;
Each sculpture, a question.
Each letter is a possibility;
Each person, music.
Each space is an idea;
Each doubt, a virtue.
Drawings, water.
Sculptures, trees.
Words, snow.
People, earth.
Spaces, fire.
Doubts, air.
– Jaume Plensa, Barcelona, 2009
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