2011-2012 - Orange County Museum of Art

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MISSION
The Orange County Museum of Art
enriches the lives of a diverse
and changing community through
modern and contemporary art.
VISION
Build a destination museum
that is locally relevant and
internationally significant.
CONTENTS
Chairman’s Report
2
Director’s Report
3
50th Anniversary
4
Exhibitions6
The Collection
16
Education and Public Programs
20
Community Support
30
Measures of Success
40
Financial Statements
42
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During fiscal year 2012 the museum’s revenue increased by
43 percent, an impressive accomplishment at any time but
one that is truly remarkable given the ongoing financial
pressures within the nonprofit cultural sector.
PRESIDENT'S
REPORT
This has been one of the most exciting years in recent memory,
with the presentation of four acclaimed exhibitions, increased
public and school programs, larger audiences, and the launch
of the museum's 50th Anniversary celebration. During fiscal
year 2012 the museum’s revenue increased by 43 percent, an
impressive accomplishment at any time but one that is truly
remarkable given the ongoing financial pressures within the
nonprofit cultural sector. Virtually all earned and contributed
income sources grew significantly, most notably support
from foundations for the museum’s exhibition program. As
benchmarked against its peers, the museum’s performance this
past year was exceptional.
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Our supporters enable the museum to operate at this
high level. Through their generosity, we enrich our
community through modern and contemporary art.
Engaging adult and school programs bring deeper
appreciation for the art of our time and encourage
participants to explore their own creativity. All told, the
museum increased attendance by 25 percent and served
larger numbers of underserved students and families.
Since January, the museum’s yearlong 50th Anniversary
celebration has highlighted the 13 visionary women who
opened our doors in 1962 at the Pavilion Gallery, the
strong leadership that has brought the museum to this
point, and our plans for an even greater institution in the
coming years.
CRAIG W. WELLS
President
Artistic innovation
combined with operational
efficiency enables the
museum to provide such a
high level of service to our
community and our field.
DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
This past year the museum presented four remarkable exhibitions
that exemplify our scholarly ambition, popular appeal, and
national reach: Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form,
Balance, Joy; State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970;
Two Schools of Cool; and Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park
Series. It is without a doubt the most ambitious schedule that
we have ever assembled and one that few museums our size are
capable of producing. Our board and staff continue to perform
with great enthusiasm and a shared sense of accomplishment,
setting the pace as Southern California’s premier museum
of modern and contemporary art and attracting increased
financial support, audience, and visibility for our mission. In
short, our steadfast commitment to curatorial excellence has
led to an astonishing 47 percent growth in our exhibitions and
collections budget over the past year, while we have also built
our cash reserve and kept administrative expenses in check.
Photo by Catherine Opie
Artistic innovation combined with operational efficiency
enables the museum to provide such a high level of service
to our community and our field. Consider that State
of Mind, co-organized with the Berkeley Art Museum,
was one of the most acclaimed exhibitions of the entire
Getty-sponsored Pacific Standard Time initiative and will
subsequently tour to three museums in Canada and the
United States, traveling more extensively than any other
PST project. One of the main goals of PST was to increase
public knowledge about postwar art in Los Angeles outside
Southern California, and our exhibition is doing just that.
The museum’s program was strengthened further with the
appointment of Dan Cameron as chief curator at the beginning
of this year. As one of the most experienced and respected
curators of contemporary art in the world, Dan will bring a
cosmopolitan voice to Southern California’s artistic community
and work to further expand the museum’s global presence.
DENNIS SZAKAcS
Director
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OCMA’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
In January 2012 OCMA kicked off its 50th Anniversary as the oldest and
boldest contemporary art museum in Southern California. Originally
founded by 13 visionary women, the museum grew and expanded its
facilities, moving from the Balboa Bay Pavilion to its current location,
and became a nationally recognized institution during the 1980s. The
museum is especially noted for organizing important exhibitions of
contemporary art, including the first surveys of the work of Richard
Diebenkorn (1965), Vija Celmins (1980), and Chris Burden (1988),
as well as major exhibitions of work by Lari Pittman (1983),
Charles Ray (1990), Bill Viola (1997), Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (2003),
Catherine Opie (2006), Mary Heilmann (2007), and Peter Saul (2008).
In 1984 the museum launched the California Biennial, which has grown
to become the premier exhibition of work by emerging artists in the state.
In addition to its significant contributions to the field of contemporary
art, the museum has also organized and hosted important exhibitions of
modern art and design, such as American Modern, 1925–1940: Design
for a New Age (2001), Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd
Wright (2003), and Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture
at Midcentury (2007).
Spread: Images from OCMA’s 10th Anniversary book: The Audacious Years: 1961–1971
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OCMA
13 Original Founders
50th Anniversary
Executive Committee
50th Anniversary Host
Committee
Joan Brandt*
Thelma Chastain*
Em Crary*
Dorothe Curtis
Kay Farwell*
Allene Hays*
Judy Hurndall*
Gloria Irvine*
Jane Lawson*
Betty Mickle
Flo Stoddard*
Dottie Sullivan*
Betty Winckler*
Marsha Anderson
Inga Beder
Susan Etchandy
Michelle Janavs
Moira Kamgar
Twyla Reed Martin
Irene Martino
Lilly Merage
Jennifer Segerstrom
Jennifer Van Bergh
Olivia Abel
Zee Allred
Carly Bates
Toni Berlinger
Marta Bhathal
Deborah Bridges
Kay Bright
Lynn Brown
Missy Pace Callero
Leslie Cancellieri
Mary Carrington
Renetta Caya
Katherine Glassmeyer Cenci
Laurén Chalmers
Larane Cinquini-Rodnick
Alison Cottrell
Sally Crockett
Caroline Davenport
Lizette Du Pribus
Patricia Ellis
JoAnn Fanticola
Christina Ferguson
Cindy Fry
Renée Gabbard
Jana Hackett
Marlene Hamontree
Maralou Harrington
Dee Higby
Caroline Jones
Christine Kelleher
Nancy Kiddie
Shanaz Langson
*Deceased
Carol Lee
June Lee
Nora Lehman
Linda Maggard
Diana Martin
Christine Masonek
Rebecca McLarand
Carole Meltzer
Cindi Morales
Pamela Muzzy
Thomas H. Nielsen
Pamela Paul
Carmela Phillips
Kimberly Prado
Gina Radomski
Joan Riach-Gayner
Eve Ruffatto
Harriet Sandhu
Terry Schreyer
Donna Schroeder
Sandi Simon
Mindy Stearns
Jonathan Tudor
Craig W. Wells
Linda Yellin
The museum’s 50th Anniversary
Lead Sponsor is Cartier.
The 50th Anniversary Elite Sponsors:
South Coast Plaza and
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EXHIBITIONS>
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STRATEGIC VISION
> Produce extraordinary artistic experiences from modern to contemporary. Collaborate with visionary artists and institutions.
Less than a year ago, I joined the Orange County Museum of Art
and am thrilled to have arrived at such a transformative time. Not
only are we celebrating 50 years of making art history, but we are
also in the midst of some extraordinary exhibitions and planning
for a very exciting future.
As the only museum in Southern California dedicated to both
modern and contemporary art, OCMA strives to advance the
public’s understanding of these two periods of art—exploring
modernist traditions while recognizing the future of art
as it emerges—and to collaborate with visionary artists
and institutions. I am proud to say that in the past year our
exhibitions have advanced these very goals and provided an
important benefit to our community and to the art world.
We started the fiscal year with Alexander Calder and
Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, reevaluating the work of
one of the most popular artists of the modern era in light of his
influence on artists working today. The exhibition included the
work of seven emerging artists who have created works that are
inspired in part by the modern master.
Pacific Standard Time, a landmark project organized by The
Getty Foundation involving collaborations with dozens of
Southern California museums, brought unprecedented attention
to the historical development of modern and contemporary art
in this region. OCMA’s contribution was the highly acclaimed
exhibition State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, which
involved years of research of the museum’s archives by co-curator
Karen Moss. Relying heavily on works from our collection, the
exhibition wove together an important summary of a crucial
moment in recent art history. Co-organized with the Berkeley
Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, the exhibition is touring
to three other museums in the United States and Canada. It is
traveling more extensively than any other Pacific Standard Time
exhibition—a strong indicator of a successful project.
Running concurrently was Two Schools of Cool, based on
intergenerational pairings that bring together artists who
have shaped California art for decades with those who are
just beginning to make an impact. This gave the museum the
opportunity to collaborate with groundbreaking artists from the
1970s and 1980s, as well as with gifted younger artists.
BNY MELLON
Our success in producing extraordinary artistic experiences was
conspicuous with the debut of Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean
Park Series, a four-year endeavor originating at OCMA and
completed in collaboration with the Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth. Opening in September 2011 at that institution,
where it garnered immediate praise, the exhibition then had
its triumphant opening at OCMA six months later. Curated
by OCMA Curator Sarah C. Bancroft, the exhibition received
unanimously positive press attention, and at home it created a
substantial boost in museum attendance and new memberships.
The exhibition concluded its tour in Washington, DC, at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
“OCMA has an outstanding
exhibition program, and BNY
Mellon is honored to be a part of
the enriching cultural experiences
the museum provides for children
and families of Orange County.”
These exhibitions and related programs were successful on many
levels. In addition to increasing museum attendance by 25
percent, the OCMA-organized exhibitions will have toured
to a total of five additional museums, and we published or
co-published three important publications. The museum
is thriving, and I look forward to continuing to celebrate
throughout 2012 and to many more years of significant projects
organized by this institution.
For more than 15 years BNY Mellon has played an active
role in supporting the museum’s nationally recognized
exhibition and education programs. Carrying on the
tradition of support for the arts initiated by its founder,
Andrew Mellon, BNY Mellon has found a wonderful
synergy between its corporate values and sponsorship
of programs at OCMA that uniquely meet the cultural
needs of our community. Through grant support and
leadership involvement with the museum, BNY Mellon
has been instrumental in bringing some of the most
exciting and impactful exhibitions of modern and
contemporary art to Orange County, including Richard
Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series.
DAN CAMERON
Chief Curator
DAVID EMMES II, President
U.S. Markets–West BNY Mellon
OCMA Board of Trustees
ABOVE: David Emmes II with Kelly Emmes
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ALEXANDER CALDER
AND CONTEMPORARY ART:
FORM, BALANCE, JOY
April 10–September 4, 2011
Presented in the Beall Galleries and Visionaries Galleries
Although well known, Alexander Calder has generally not been
regarded as an influential figure for contemporary artists. In
the past few decades, however, more and more young American
and international figures are taking cues from Calder, whose
hands-on explorations of form, balance, color, and movement
make his work instantly recognizable. Alexander Calder and
Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy featured approximately
30 mobiles and stabiles by Calder dating from the 1940s through
the 1960s. Also included were works by seven contemporary
sculptors (including three from Los Angeles) who have received
major international attention: Martin Boyce, Nathan Carter,
Abraham Cruzvillegas, Aaron Curry, Kristi Lippire, Jason
Meadows, and Jason Middlebrook. These artists return to
explorations of structure and balance, in many cases handcrafting
their materials into expressive artworks that celebrate the visual
over the intellectual experience.
Major support for the Orange County Museum of Art presentation was
provided by Jean and Tim Weiss, the Segerstrom Foundation, Cindy and
Steve Fry, and Pamela and James Muzzy.
Significant gifts were provided by the Beall Family Foundation, Barbara and
Victor L. Klein, Patricia Ellis, Jana and Terry Hackett, and in loving memory of
Trey Hunter, artist and impassioned admirer of all things artistic.
The exhibition was sponsored by The Northern Trust Company.
Lead foundation support was provided by the Terra Foundation for American
Art and the Chicago Community Trust.
Major support for the exhibition was generously provided by the Kenneth and
Anne Griffin Foundation.
Additional generous support was provided by Margot and George Greig, Anne
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
was accompanied by a fully illustrated, 176-page catalog
copublished by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
Chicago and Thames & Hudson, which featured color plates
of Calder’s work and that of each of the younger sculptors. The
exhibition was organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago and curated by Lynne Warren, curator at the MCA
Chicago. The Orange County Museum of Art presentation was
organized by OCMA director Dennis Szakacs and curatorial
associate Fatima Manalili.
and Burt Kaplan, Ruth Horwich, The Broad Art Foundation, Gagosian Gallery,
Lindy Bergman, Helyn Goldenberg, Sara Szold, and The Elizabeth F. Cheney
Foundation.
LEFT: Museum visitors viewing Alexander Calder’s Bird, ca. 1952. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan. OPPoSITE Top: Alexander Calder
and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy installation at Orange County Museum of Art. OPPoSITE Bottom: Kristi Lippire, Fumigated Sculpture, 2006. Courtesy of the artist
“Alexander Calder was a sculptor whose
“There’s much more to ogle at and be awed by
“I found myself . . . feasting on the
work seems contemporary today,
in this entertaining and inspiring show.”
delectable art of Alexander Calder.”
five decades after it was conceived.”
OC Weekly
KCRW 89.9 FM
Artist’s Magazine
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STATE OF
MIND: NEW
CALIFORNIA
ART CIRCA
1970
October 9, 2011–January 22, 2012
Presented in the Beall Galleries and Visionaries Galleries
EXHIBITION TOUR
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley, California
February 29–June 17, 2012
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Vancouver, BC, Canada
September 28–December 9, 2012
SITE Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 23–May 20, 2013
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, New York
June 23–September 8, 2013
Tour organized by Independent Curators International
State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970 is the most
comprehensive exhibition ever organized on conceptual art and
related new genres from both Northern and Southern California
during this pivotal period. Featuring more than 150 works of
art, the exhibition included installations, photographs, works on
paper, videos and films, artists’ books, and extensive performance
documentation, including newly discovered work as well as
materials culled from archives that have rarely been viewed.
Some of the highlights include the important early surveillance
installation Being Photographed, Looking Out, Looking In (1971)
by Chris Burden, which is privately owned and had not been
exhibited since the 1970s; the most comprehensive installation
of artifacts and photographs and the original sound track from
Allen Ruppersberg’s Al’s Grand Hotel (1971); and the most
complete documentation ever presented in a museum of Bonnie
Sherk’s Sitting Still series of street performances (1971).
State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970 was supported by a grant from the
Getty Foundation as part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980.
Pacific Standard Time was an unprecedented collaboration of more than 60
cultural institutions across Southern California, coming together to tell the
story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Initiated through grants from the
Getty Foundation, Pacific Standard Time took place for six months beginning
October 2011.
Significant funding for the OCMA presentation of State of Mind is provided by
Dr. James B. Pick and Dr. Rosalyn M. Laudati.
Additional support for State of Mind has been provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts. Support from Ms. Robin Wright and Mr. Ian Reeves
has made possible the presentation of the pressured air work of Michael
Asher. The catalog is supported in part by the Getty Foundation and by
Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund. The exhibition is accompanied by a 250-page catalog with a
foreword by Dennis Szakacs and Lawrence Rinder and essays by
Constance M. Lewallen, Karen Moss, Julia Bryan-Wilson, and
Anne Rorimer, co-published with University of California Press.
State of Mind was co-organized by the Orange County Museum
of Art and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
and Pacific Film Archive. The exhibition is co-curated by Karen
Moss, adjunct curator at OCMA, and Constance M. Lewallen,
adjunct curator at BAM/PFA.
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Top: Robert Kinmont, 8 Natural Handstands, 1969/2009. Courtesy of Alexander
and Bonin, New York. Photo: Bill Orcutt
Bottom: Guests wandering through Field Piece, 1968-72/2007; by Barbara T. Smith;
installation at OCMA. Courtesy of the artist, Venice, California, and The Box, Los Angeles,
California
STATE OF MIND
ARTISTS
Bas Jan Ader
Terry Allen
Eleanor Antin
Ant Farm
Asco
Michael Asher
John Baldessari
Gary Beydler
George Bolling
Nancy Buchanan
Chris Burden
Vija Celmins
Adam II (the late Paul
Cotton)
Robert Cumming
Peter d’Agostino
Lowell Darling
Guy De Cointet
Ger van Elk
Morgan Fisher
Terry Fox
Howard Fried
Charles Gaines
David Hammons
Helen Mayer Harrison
Newton Harrison
Joe Hawley
Mel Henderson
Lynn Hershman
Michael Hinton
Douglas Huebler
Richard Jackson
Stephen Kaltenbach
Allan Kaprow
Robert Kinmont
John Knight
Paul Kos
Suzanne Lacy
Stephen Laub
William Leavitt
Fred Lonidier
Mike Mandel
Tom Marioni
Paul McCarthy
James Melchert
Susan Mogul
Linda Mary Montano
Bruce Nauman
Martha Rosler
Allen Ruppersberg
Ed Ruscha
Sam’s Café
Darryl Sapien
Ilene Segalove
Allan Sekula
Bonnie Sherk
Alexis Smith
Barbara T. Smith
Larry Sultan
T. R. Uthco
William Wegman
John Woodall
Alfred Young
“A dense, seemingly encyclopedic presentation of Conceptual art from up and
down the coast, shot through with various forms of satire, political fury, and
emotional vulnerability.”— New York Times
“State of Mind is the best kind of revisionist exhibition, one that challenges our
ideas about previously understood art histories.”— Modern Art Notes blog
“One moves through State of Mind in a state of delight.” —Art Ltd
“Rambunctious.”—Los Angeles Times
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TWO SCHOOLS
OF COOL
October 9, 2011–January 22, 2012
Presented in the Robert & M. Sprague Gallery and the Dorothy Sullivan Gallery
Collaborating Artists
OCMA’s origins are rooted in Los Angeles art
and artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Two Schools
of Cool brought together a group of these artists,
pairing them with younger Los Angeles artists.
The project provided the artist teams space
in which to explore, experiment, and provoke
through collaborative projects. The exhibition
examined similarities between the two
generations as well as changes and shifts in the
art world over the last four decades, including
the increasing prominence of female artists and
the use of new technologies.
John Baldessari + Shana Lutker
Llyn Foulkes + Stanya Kahn
George Herms + Sarah Cain
Allen Ruppersberg + Amanda Ross-Ho
Ed Moses + Robert Williams
Produced for the exhibition was a fully
illustrated, 104-page catalog with a foreword
by Director Dennis Szakacs, introductory
conversation between Curator Sarah C.
Bancroft and Phyllis Lutjeans, extensive
interviews with the artist pairs, and
biographical information. The catalog was copublished by DelMonico Books · Prestel.
Editor’s Picks for “Shows Around the World:
10 Exhibitions” Artinfo
“Orange County Museum of Art’s
Two Schools of Cool exhibition is
Two Schools of Cool was organized by the Orange County
something of a minor miracle.” OC Weekly
Museum of Art and curated by Sarah C. Bancroft. The
exhibition was initiated and sponsored by the Fellows of
Contemporary Art. Additional support was provided by
the Beall Family Foundation.
Top: Sarah Cain, Untitled (Spring 2011), 2011. Courtesy of the artist; Anthony Meier Fine
Arts, San Francisco; and Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo by Joshua White
right: Stanya Kahn and Llyn Foulkes, Happy Song for You, 2011 [still]; courtesy of
the artists ©2011
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EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Eija-Liisa Ahtila + Joan Brown
February 29–March 11, 2012
Joe Goode + Amanda Ross-Ho
March 14–25, 2012
Manny Farber + Joan Semmel
March 28–April 8, 2012
Lewis Baltz + Yoshua Okón
April 11–22, 2012
Edgar Arceneaux + Llyn Foulkes
April 25–May 6, 2012
PAIRINGS: THE
COLLECTION AT 50
FEBRUARY 29–December 30, 2012
Presented in the Nancy & Kent Snyder Gallery
For its 50th anniversary, OCMA is showcasing its permanent collection in a series of 12 installations, each including
works by two artists and lasting between two and six weeks. The pairings are intended to go against the grain by
bringing together artists who come from different generations and/or stylistic camps, but it is the museum’s hope
that they will reveal unexpected affinities. Familiar artists from the 1960s are contrasted with artists who have
emerged over the past 10 years, painters are paired with video artists, and abstraction is joined with representation.
Pairings: The Collection at 50 is curated by OCMA Chief Curator Dan Cameron.
Robert Irwin + Charles Ray
May 16–June 27, 2012
Chris Burden + Sean Duffy
July 5–22, 2012
George Herms + Roland Reiss
August 1–19, 2012
Lita Albuquerque + Billy Al Bengston
September 5–October 7, 20121
Rachel Lachowicz + John McCracken
October 17–November 4, 2012
Allen Ruppersberg + Kerry Tribe
November 7–21, 2012
Martin Kersels + Koki Tanaka
November 28–December 30, 2012
above: Installation of Pairings: The Collection at 50. Works on view from left: Joe Goode, Black Painting, 1978; Collection Orange
County Museum of Art; Museum purchase with funds provided through the prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Redmond. Amanda Ross-Ho,
New Seizure 2, 2008; Collection Orange County Museum of Art; Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge;
Photo credit: Chris Bliss.
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RICHARD
DIEBENKORN:
THE OCEAN PARK
SERIES
February 26–May 27, 2012
Presented in the Beall Galleries and Visionaries Galleries
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series was the first major
museum exhibition to explore the artist’s most celebrated works.
Recognized as a leading West Coast abstract expressionist in the
1950s, Diebenkorn turned his attention to figurative painting in
1955 and achieved equal success in this alternate style. In 1967
he returned to abstraction, and over the next two decades he
would forge one of the most compelling and masterful bodies
of work of the 20th century: the Ocean Park series. Featuring
approximately 80 works—including paintings, prints, drawings,
and collages—the exhibition captured Diebenkorn’s practice
of working simultaneously in diverse mediums and provides
audiences with the first opportunity to explore the complexity of
his artistic and aesthetic concerns.
Exhibition Tour
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
September 24, 2011–January 15, 2012
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, California
February 26–May 27, 2012
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
June 30–September 23, 2012
The exhibition was made possible by the Henry Luce Foundation. BNY Mellon
The exhibition was accompanied by a fully illustrated 250-page
catalog copublished by OCMA and DelMonico Books • Prestel,
with a foreword by Dennis Szakacs and Dr. Marla Price and
essays by Sarah C. Bancroft, Susan Landauer, and Peter Levitt.
The exhibition was co-organized by the Orange County Museum
of Art and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The
exhibition was curated by OCMA Curator Sarah C. Bancroft.
Wealth Management is the National Presenting Sponsor.
Major support was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Pamela
and James Muzzy, and Jean and Tim Weiss.
Significant gifts were provided by Dr. James B. Pick and Dr. Rosalyn M.
Laudati, Barbara and Victor L. Klein, and the Beall Family Foundation.
Additional support was provided by Toni Berlinger, The Broad Art Foundation,
Kingsley and Jack Croul, the Robert Lehman Foundation, Linda P. Maggard,
Twyla and Charles D. Martin, Joan Riach-Gayner, and the Visionaries.
The exhibition was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the
Arts and the Humanities.
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“[The Ocean Park paintings] bring a commitment to
abstraction to a virtuoso climax.”
Los Angeles Times
“If you miss this one, you are just not into art.”
Huffington Post
“One of the most satisfying museum retrospectives ever
devoted to an American artist.”
Wall Street Journal
Right: Richard Diebenkorn: Ocean Park #79, 1975. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and with funds contributed by private donors, 1977.
Left: Richard Diebenkorn, Untitled #26, 1984; private collection. ©The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn
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STRATEGIC VISION
> Champion significant contemporary artists at key points in their careers.
The OCMA collection was significantly strengthened with several important gifts and
purchases during fiscal year 2012. From the legendary dealer Irving Blum, we received
a painting by Kenneth Noland from 1970, Dawn’s Road, which captures the New York
proto-minimalist at his hard-edge best. San Diego–based collectors Michael Krichman and
Carmen Cuenca made a gift of Manny Farber’s 1983 Have a Chew on Me, one of the first
paintings in which the artist jettisoned his early cartoonish style in favor of a more naturalist,
cinematic approach. These gifts also represent the first significant works by each artist to
enter the museum’s collection. A 1997 Martin Kersels sculpture, Untitled, Floor-Marker,
donated by the collector Alan P. Power, shows the midcareer California artist at a crucial
transitional point in the development of his work.
Acquisition funds for the year were largely directed toward the purchase of two major pieces.
Ruben Ochoa’s enormous installation sculpture Watching, Waiting, Commiserating (2010)
constitutes the largest single artwork ever acquired by OCMA—it was a joint purchase with
the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the first architecturally scaled work by
the artist to enter a public collection. Joe Goode’s Black Painting (1978), from a body of
work produced more than three decades ago but recently shown for the first time, is the first
abstract painting by Goode to enter the collection, representing an important expansion of
the museum’s already significant group of works by this seminal California artist, the subject
of a 1997 OCMA retrospective.
DAN CAMERON
Chief Curator
THOMAS H. NIELSEN
“OCMA has an important role as
a cultural innovator in the Orange
County community. I am proud
to have seen the museum grow
into an internationally recognized
institution, now celebrating its
landmark 50th Anniversary.”
THOMAS H. NIELSEN
OCMA Trustee Emeritus
Tom Nielsen has been an important member of the
museum family since its early years. He served on the
Board of Trustees for more than a decade and took on
a leadership role as board chair from 1989 to 1999; he
continues to serve the museum as a chairman emeritus.
Tom and his wife, Marilyn, have also generously supported
the museum’s important community education programs,
including Family Arts Days and Art & Music, helping
Orange County families and children to enrich their lives
with modern and contemporary art.
Left: Ruben Ochoa, Watching, Waiting, Commiserating, 2010. Joint purchase, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego with
proceeds from Art Auction 2010 and the Orange County Museum of Art with funds provided through the prior gift of the Helen Wilcoxen
Memorial Fund. Photo: Pablo Mason
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MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS
APRIL 2011–March 2012
Clockwise from top left:
JOE GOODE, Black Painting, 1978. Oil on
canvas, 83 x 83 inches. Museum purchase with
funds provided through the prior gift of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Redmond. Photo: Chris Bliss.
RUBEN OCHOA, Watching, Waiting,
Commiserating, 2010. Rebar, wooden pallets,
dimensions variable. Joint purchase, Museum
of Contemporary Art San Diego with proceeds
from Art Auction 2010 and the Orange
County Museum of Art with funds provided
through the prior gift of the Helen Wilcoxen
Memorial Fund. Photo: Pablo Mason.
KENNETH NOLAND, Dawn’s Road, 1970.
Acrylic on canvas, 59 x 114 1/4 inches. Gift of
Irving Blum. Photo: Chris Bliss.
CHRIS ENGMAN, Equivalence, 2009.
Archival ink-jet print, 38 x 48 inches. Museum
purchase with funds provided by Visionaries
Seattle 2011 Trip Participants, The Cashion
Foundation, Deborah Drucker, P. J. Hancock,
Carolyn B. Knight, Jeanne Lewand, Linda
Poole Maggard, Kim A. McEntee, Catherine E.
McLarand, Nola Schneer, Carole A. Steele,
Mary Janice Wallace, Sandra K. Young.
MARTIN KERSELS, Untitled, Floor-Marker,
1997. Speaker, wire, microphone, amplifier,
wood, and aluminum, dimensions variable. Gift
of Alan P. Power. Photo: Chris Bliss.
RYAN CALLIS, The Grand Order of the Salt
Dippers, 2006–7. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 72
x 48 inches. Gift of Freedom Communications,
Inc., Irvine, CA.
MANNY FARBER, Have a Chew on Me,
1983. Oil on board, 58 x 134 1/2 inches. Gift of
Michael Krichman and Carmen Cuenca.
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OCMA COLLECTION
TRAVELS WORLDWIDE
INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD TURN TO OCMA'S COLLECTION
FOR LOANS TO MAJOR EXHIBITIONS.
CASTELLO DI RIVOLI, Turin, Italy
John McCracken
February 22–June 19, 2011
Black Resin Painting I, 1974; Gift of Mr.
and Mrs. M. A. Gribin. Mykonos, 1965;
Gift of Betty Asher. Red Cube, 1971; Gift
of AVCO Financial Services, Newport
Beach, California. Red Pyramid, 1974;
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Gribon.
The Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles
William Leavitt: Theater Objects
March 13–July 3, 2011
Willam Leavitt, Symbolic Objects, 1974–
2008; Museum purchase with funds provided
through the prior gift of Lois Outerbridge
Palazzo Rocca, Venice, Italy
Venice in Venice: Glow and Reflection —
Venice, California Art from 1960 to Present
June 1–July 31, 2011
Craig Kauffman, Untitled, 1968; Gift of Avco
Financial Services, Newport Beach, California
Vija Celmins, Eraser, 1967; Gift of Avco
Financial Services, Newport Beach, California
Robert Irwin, Untitled (#2220), 1969; Gift of
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kelsey
Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin
Kienholz, End of the Bucket of Tar with
Speaker Trail No. 2, 1974; Museum purchase
with funds provided through prior gift of
Ben C. Deane
Bruce Conner, CROSS, 1962; Gift of the
LAM Contemporary Collectors Council with
support from the National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Artistic Evolution: Southern California
Artists at the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County, 1945–1963
September 2, 2011–February 14, 2012
Ed Ruscha, Annie, 1965; Museum
purchase with additional funds
provided by the National Endowment
for the Arts, a federal agency
Pasadena Museum of
California Art
Roland Reiss: Personal Politics, Sculptures
from the 1960s to the 1980s
September 18, 2011–January 8, 2012
Roland Reiss, The Measure of Moral
Phenomena, from the “Morality Plays,” 1979;
The Need for Certainty, from the “Morality
Plays,” 1979; Personal Knowledge, from the
“Morality Plays,” 1979; Truth in the Face of
Pressure, from the “Morality Plays,” 1979. Gift
of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Horowitz.
Museum of Contemporary Art
San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Phenomenal: California Light and Space
September 25, 2011–January 22, 2012
Larry Bell, Untitled, 1965;
Gift of Edwin Janss, Jr.
Helen Pashgian, Untitled, 1970;
Gift of George E. Geyer
The J. Paul Getty Museum
October 1, 2011 – February 5, 2012
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
March 15–June 10, 2012
Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in
L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950–1970
Helen Lundeberg, Sloping Horizon, 1960;
Museum purchase with funds provided
through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge
John Altoon, Ocean Park Series, 1962;
Museum purchase with additional funds
provided by Dr. James B. Pick and Dr.
Rosalyn M. Laudati, Mr. Ward Chamberlin,
Mrs. E. G. Chamberlin, Patricia Fredricks,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Neisser, Mr. and Mrs.
John Martin Shea, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Goldstein, Zada Taylor, Mr. David H.
Steinmetz, and Mrs. Bernard McDonald
University of California
Riverside / California Museum
of Photography, Riverside, CA
Seismic Shift: Lewis Baltz, Joe Deal
and California Landscape Photography,
1945–1980
October 1–December 31, 2011
Lewis Baltz, Selected works from the
portfolio New Industrial Parks Near Irvine,
California; 1974; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard
Squire Jonas
Museo Nacional Centro de
Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Locus Solus: Impressions of Raymond
Roussel
October 2–January 8, 2012
Allen Ruppersberg, Raymond Roussel Falls
to the Floor, 1979, Museum purchase with
additional funds provided by Judy and Stuart
Spence and the National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency
Pomona College Museum of
Art, Pomona, CA
It Happened at Pomona: Art at Pomona
College 1969–1972
December 3, 2011–February 19, 2012
John McCracken, Black Resin Painting I,
1974; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Gribin
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EDUCATION &
PUBLIC PROGRAMs>
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STRATEGIC VISION
> Engage and enliven our community with
innovative programs.
It is an exciting time to be a part of education at OCMA and a
year of stimulating “firsts.” We are expanding our reach to include
new school partners, teachers, and students through the School
and Tour Programs. This year, the School and Tour Programs
served 6,870 students and teachers throughout Orange
County. We are excited by the possibility of bringing more
young people into contact with modern and contemporary art.
The Visitors Studio, produced by the education department
in conjunction with the exhibition Alexander Calder and
Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, offered visitors the
opportunity to experiment with principles of sculpture,
such as form, balance, and creative reuse of materials. The space
proved to be a great success in attracting new audiences: 52
percent of the visitors were at OCMA for the first time.
The museum saw record attendance of more than 20,000
children and adults participating in the museum’s programs
this year. Public programs were expanded by including
speakers from diverse backgrounds, such as animal experts,
horticulturalists, and astronomers, to create interdisciplinary
connections for a broader public.
Through these programs, the education department's
innovative programs accounted for 55 percent of the
museum’s attendance during fiscal year 2011–12.
Monday Mashups is a dynamic new monthly program for
museum docents. The program takes two unlike things—one
an artwork from the collection or an exhibition and the other
something from outside the museum realm (like birding,
meditation, or improv)—and mashes them together, offering
docents a chance to discover new perspectives on the work they
do in the galleries.
LISA SILAGYI
Director of Education and Public Programs
SEGERSTROM
FOUNDATION
“Few institutions in Orange County
provide creative environments
where teaching, learning, and
shared experiences with art connect
us to one another and to our
community; OCMA is one of these
rare institutions. By supporting
OCMA, we further those connections
and strengthen our community.”
Anton Segerstrom,
Board of Directors, Segerstrom Foundation
Partner, South Coast Plaza
OCMA Board of Trustees
The Segerstrom Foundation has been a generous supporter
of OCMA for nearly 20 years. Dedicated to improving
quality of life through meaningful artistic and cultural
experiences, the Segerstrom Foundation has helped
OCMA become the leading visual arts organization
in Orange County. The foundation is enthusiastic and
passionate about innovative arts programming, such as
OCMA’s education and public programs.
ABOVE: Jennifer and Trustee Anton Segerstrom
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR
ADULTS & FAMILIES
OVERVIEW
ECLECTIC SATURDAYS
This year the museum hosted 27 public
programs to stimulate public discussion around
the exhibitions 2010 California Biennial;
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form,
Balance, Joy; State of Mind: New California
Art circa 1970; and Two Schools of Cool. More
than 2,380 visitors attended these artist talks,
lectures, performances, and film screenings.
Beginning with artists featured in the
exhibition Alexander Calder and Contemporary
Art, the museum’s Eclectic Saturdays series
featured unique discussions and workshops led
by living artists paired with outside scholars
from a variety of disciplines. These sometimes
surprising pairings offered new insights into the
artists’ processes and inspiration. The resulting
series included Physics at Play, featuring
the artist Jason Meadows and BMX Bikers;
Succulent Exchange with the artist Kristi Lippire
and Yvonne Savio, California horticulturalist
of the year; Animal Sightings with the Curator
Lynne Warren and Jessica Leigh, founder of the
Wildlife Company; and Stargazing: Astronomy
& Art, featuring the artist Jason Middlebrook
and Bob Noss, founder of Astronomical
Journeys.
THIRD THURSDAYS
The museum’s Third Thursdays evening
series provides adult audiences with unique
and exciting access to exhibition-based
events, including artist talks, film screenings,
performances, and more. In 2011 visitors
enjoyed extended programming with food and
wine receptions, tours led by the museum’s
education staff, and late-night gallery hours.
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“Excellent presentation—out of the box—WOW!”
Eclectic Saturday attendee
PUBLIC TOUR PROGRAM
In 2011 the museum conducted public tours
for 613 visitors. Public tours take place on
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays and are led
by museum staff and docents. More than 800
adults engaged in private tours.
INTERPRETATIVE PROGRAMS
In 2011 our audio tours (Guide by Cell)
continued to grow with each exhibition,
providing visitors an important tool for
accessing the voices of artists from the
exhibitions as well as curators, scholars, and
museum staff. Usage of the museum’s audio
tours has grown steadily since their inception in
2008, with more than 6,000 calls to the server
in 2011 alone.
OCMA/Center for Living
Peace Partnership
The museum continued to collaborate with
the Center for Living Peace, providing off-site
classes at the center’s location in Irvine. The
Center for Living Peace was the community
partner during the Free Second Sundays
program in June and also provided yoga
instruction on-site at the museum on select
Sundays for public programming. In its second
year, the partnership between the museum and
the Center for Living Peace offers multi-age
workshops several times a month that celebrate
art and the creative process, the environment,
and healthy living. More than 25 workshops
served 325 participants this year.
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FREE SECOND SUNDAYS
Reaching a record-breaking 11,531 visitors in 2011, the
museum’s Free Second Sundays program has grown steadily
thanks to the generous support of Target, Visionaries, and City
National Bank. Free Second Sundays provide families with the
opportunity to experience art together, including hands-on art
projects, live entertainment, interactive story time, family tours,
and free admission to our current exhibitions. In 2011 OCMA
reached new audiences and strengthened local ties by partnering
with local community groups, including the Boy Scouts of
America, the Girl Scouts of Orange County, the Newport-Mesa
Unified School District, the Center for Living Peace, the Orange
County Educational Arts Academy, Arts Orange County, and
more. Our Free Second Sunday volunteer corps also provided
more than 50 volunteers with the opportunity to give back to
their community through the arts.
Demographics
African American 2.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander/Filipino 20.7%
Caucasian/White 66.8%
Hispanic/Latino 7.8%
Native American 2.2%
Biracial/No Response 8.6%
Other 0.4%
LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
FOR free SECOND SUNDAYS
and PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Boy Scouts of America
Center for Living Peace
Chapman University
Endeavor Dance Academy
Girl Scouts of Orange County
Momentum Dance Center
Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Orange Coast College
Orange County Educational Arts Academy
The Wildlife Company
University of California Irvine
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“Love the creativity”
“Wonderful volunteers made the day so much fun.”
“What a great community cultural resource.”
“Excellent program. My whole family had a great time!”
Second Sunday Attendees
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CALDER VISITOR’S GALLERY
Presented in the Nancy & Kent
Snyder Gallery
OCMA opened a new interactive family space,
called the Visitors Studio, in conjunction
with the special exhibition Alexander Calder
and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy.
The space was open to the public during all
regular museum hours for the duration of the
exhibition, April 10–September 4, 2011.
Lisa Silagyi, the museum’s director of education
and public programs, explained that the space
had been designed “in a deliberately low-tech
way, using everyday and recycled materials,
in keeping with the spirit of Calder and the
exhibition.” Visitors of all ages enjoyed seven
distinct stations, including a response wall;
areas for visitors to build sculptures out of
yarn, paper, and recycled materials; a pulley
system with weights to employ the principles
of balance; and a reading area. The space also
featured a video of Calder’s Le Grande Cirque
Calder (1927).
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SCHOOL & TOUR PROGRAMS
OVERVIEW
For fiscal year 2011–12, the museum’s School and Tour
Programs served 6,790 elementary, secondary, and
college students, including 5,895 grade 2–12 students.
Of the 27 districts represented in visiting groups, 3,450
(nearly 60%) were students from Title 1 schools.
OCMA provides all school programs free of charge for
public school students, teachers, and schools. In addition,
OCMA is the only institution in Orange County that
provides financial support to cover transportation expenses
to schools that otherwise couldn’t visit the museum.
In response to the community’s call to support student
development in 21st-century skills (the ability to work
in groups effectively, possessing a global perspective
and understanding how it applies to work, and the
ability to innovate), the museum’s program supports
public education and lifelong learning by including
experiences difficult to replicate in classrooms due to time
and budget constraints and the emphasis on testing.
The School and Tour Programs provide interactive experiences
for students with original works of modern and contemporary
art. The program offers teachers and students a unique
learning environment in which dialogue is encouraged and
divergent thinking respected. Pre- and post-visit materials
prepare students and enhance the learning experience, as
well as providing professional development for teachers.
Participating Schools
Newport Elementary
College and University
K–12
Agnes L. Smith Elementary
Andersen Elementary
Anneliese Schools
California Elementary
Christ Lutheran Church & School
College Park Elementary
Davis Elementary
Eastbluff Elementary
El Camino Real High School
Franklin Elementary
Harbor Day School
Harbor View Elementary
John Adams Elementary
John H. Eader Elementary
Joseph R. Perry Elementary
Kaiser Elementary
Killybrooke Elementary
La Quinta High School
Lincoln Elementary
Moffett Elementary
Montessori on the Lake
New Vista School
Newport Coast Elementary
Newport Heights Elementary
Orange County Educational Arts
Academy
Paularino Elementary
Peterson Elementary
Pomona Elementary
Ralph E. Hawes Elementary
Rea Elementary
Rolling Hills United Methodist
Church Mid Zone
Sage Hill School
Sonora Elementary
South Shores Magnet School for the
Visual & Performing Arts
Tincher Preparatory School
Victoria Elementary
Vista Verde Elementary
Whittier Elementary
Wilson Elementary
Woodbury Elementary
Art Institute of California
Cerritos College
Chapman University
Coastline Community College
CSU Fullerton
CSU Long Beach
CSU Northridge
Fashion Institute of Design &
Merchandising
Fullerton College
Golden West College
Hope University
Irvine Valley College
Orange Coast College
Pomona College
Saddleback College
Toni and Guy Hair Academy
UC Irvine
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HARBOR DAY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
In spring 2011 the Orange County Museum of Art embarked on a partnership
with Harbor Day School. During the run of Alexander Calder and Contemporary
Art: Form, Balance, Joy, 200 Harbor Day elementary and middle school students
participated in a multipart program designed to inspire new modes of thinking,
provoking students to think beyond predictable answers and gain comfort with
trial, error, and uncertainty. Through their gallery visits and a hands-on workshop
and discussion with the artist Kristi Lippire, whose work was featured in
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art, students explored firsthand how artists
are required to think creatively and critically. Students used these insights to create
collaborative sculptures with Kristi, using a variety of materials to illustrate the
principles of sculpture.
EVENINGS FOR EDUCATORS
OCMA staff welcomed more than 80 K–12 educators for two evening
celebrations of art during the fall and spring exhibitions at OCMA, including
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy and State of Mind:
New California Art circa 1970. A variety of activities—such as interactive tours, art
making, and curriculum connections—were provided for teachers free of charge.
School Programs
Demographics
African American—1.9%
Native American—0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander/Filipino—7.5%
Caucasian/White—36.6%
Hispanic/Latino—50.3%
Biracial/No Response—1.7%
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!
It was so valuable!”
Elementary School Teacher
School Programs ATTENDANCE
Student visits: 6,790
Title 1 schools student visits: 3,540
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: 2,073
State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970: 2,173
Two Schools of Cool: 2,173
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series: 2,073
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INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
"Enjoyable.
Made me approach the
art in a different way."
Student
Past interns have gone on to work at the Norton Simon Museum,
the New Museum, USC’s Fisher Gallery, the Getty Center, the
Museum of Modern Art, the Hammer Museum, and the ONE
National Gay & Lesbian Archives.
ART AND MUSIC
The museum has continued its long-standing collaboration
with the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, the Art
and Music program. This year 808 high school students from
13 schools across the county participated in this popular
interdisciplinary education program. Students worked
with musician and composer John Zeretzke to experience
Diebenkorn’s complex, multilayered abstract works through
classical music.
Schools Attending
Costa Mesa High School
Emerson Honors High School
Estancia High School
Garden Grove High School
Laguna Hills High School
Laurel High School
Orange County High School of the Arts
Sage Hill School
Saint Margaret’s Episcopal School
Segerstrom High School
Silverado High School
Sunny Hills High School
Waldorf School
OCMA’s Education Department offers a nine-month internship
program for local university students and recent graduates
interested in the museum or education fields. The internships are
structured in rotations, offering interns the opportunity to work
on the front lines of all of the museum’s education programming,
assisting with planning, preparation, implementation, marketing,
and administrative support. OCMA’s internship program is
invested in preparing the next generation of museum educators
and offers opportunities for interns to continue their professional
growth, including monthly dialogues with museum staff, panels
of veteran interns who can walk them through the next steps
post-internship, as well as behind-the-scenes tours and talks with
other museums’ education departments.
School and Tour
Programs Sponsors
Leadership support for OCMA’s education
program is provided by the Visionaries. Major
support is provided by The Capital Group
Companies Charitable Foundation, the
Museum Council, and Target.
Bank of America, Bloomberg, and Rockwell
Collins contribute significant support
to the programs, with additional support
from Alcon, The Allergan Foundation,
The William Gillespie Foundation,
and Wells Fargo.
“The OCMA Education internship is
so much more than just about museum
education. While I did become immersed
in museum education, the internship
provides so many other opportunities
to allow interns to explore all aspects
of the arts and museum field.”
Jessica Man, Brown University graduate
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COMMUNITY
SUPPORT>
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STRATEGIC VISION
> ADVANCING A BOLD AND PROMISING INSTITUTION
It is through the generosity of OCMA’s Board of Trustees and its nearly 1,500 donors, grantors, sponsors, and
volunteers that the museum is able to advance its programs and collection while strengthening its working-capital
position.
We are proud to announce an outstanding year of contributions as we kick off the museum’s 50th Anniversary
season. More than $3.48 million in gifts and grants were secured toward a total operating budget of $4.26
million, a remarkable increase of 60 percent over the previous fiscal year.
Individuals made up the largest portion of donations with $2.08 million in gifts, representing 63 percent of the
museum’s total operating budget. Foundations contributed $926,178 in grants, corporations provided $280,500
in support and sponsorships, and government funders rounded out the fiscal year’s contributions with $128,173.
Through several strategic campaigns, the museum increased its membership by 40 percent and is delighted to
welcome these important new members to our museum family.
Near and dear to the museum are our wonderful support groups. Together with more than 250 members, the
Museum Council and Docent Council offer the museum, its visitors, and the community invaluable support
and inspiration through their love of modern and contemporary art. And finally, our dedicated volunteers,
whose hard work made for several successful fund-raisers this past year, provided the museum with critical
support for general operations. The hours donated by these selfless individuals play an enormously large part in
this museum’s achievements.
GLENN PETERS
Deputy Director
Cartier
“The overall vision of OCMA is very much in
keeping with that of the Cartier Foundation,
and we are thrilled to support OCMA’s vision.
We are especially proud to sponsor the 50th
Anniversary of the Orange County Museum
of Art and look forward to continuing our
partnership in the years to come.”
Emmanuel Perrin,
President and CEO, Cartier
Cartier has demonstrated unwavering support as an
OCMA community partner for more than two decades.
In that time, Cartier has generously supported the
museum as an underwriter for its annual Art Auction and
Art of Dining fund-raising events. As an organization,
Cartier has a long history of supporting contemporary
art, particularly though its corporate foundation, Cartier
Foundation for Contemporary Art, which is dedicated to
promoting and raising public awareness of contemporary
art. This year Cartier stepped into a unique partnership
with the museum as Lead Sponsor of OCMA’s 50th
Anniversary, celebrating 50 years of art and
creativity at the museum.
ABOVE: Emmanuel Perrin is pictured with Caroline Jones.
Top right: South Coast Plaza Cartier Boutique Director Caroline Jones with Cartier President and CEO Emmanuel Perrin. Photo: Michael Munson.
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FUNDRAISING
SUSTAINING AND NEW
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT OF OCMA
EXHIBITIONS
2011–12 provided the museum’s corporate
partners with an especially noteworthy array
of recognition and other benefits through a
series of major exhibitions and special events
that were commensurate with OCMA’s 50
years of artistic excellence. Corporate support
accounted for 8 percent of the museum’s
contributed revenue for the year. This is
considerably higher than the national average
for corporate support of nonprofits, thus
underscoring the exemplary commitment of
Orange County’s business leaders to culture in
their community.
Highlights of contributions that supported
exhibitions during the 2011–12 fiscal year
included:
Cartier: $75,000
South Coast Plaza: $50,000
24 carrots events and catering: $50,000
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series
The Henry Luce Foundation: $175,000
BNY Mellon Private Wealth Management:
$100,000
The National Endowment for the Arts: $75,000
Jean and Tim Weiss: $50,000
Lilly and Paul Merage: $50,000
Pam and Jim Muzzy: $50,000
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art
Jean and Tim Weiss: $100,000
The Segerstrom Foundation: $75,000
Cindy and Steve Fry: $50,000
Pam and Jim Muzzy: $50,000
State of Mind
The Getty Foundation: $400,000
Two Schools of Cool
The Fellows of Contemporary Art: $50,000
LEFT: Art of Dining 2011 Executive Committee members (left to
right) Michelle Janavs, Jennifer Segerstrom, Lizette Du Pribus, Jennifer
Van Bergh, Irene Martino, Moira Kamgar, Twyla Reed Martin, Susan
Etchandy, and Inga Beder
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ART OF DINING 2011
On May 6, 2011, the Orange County Museum of Art held its
annual fund-raising gala, Art of Dining, at the Island Hotel in
Newport Beach. More than 300 guests attended the region’s
premier event celebrating art and creativity. A generous total of
$323,870 was netted in support of the museum’s exhibition
and education programs. Planning for the event was led by
Executive Committee members Marsha Anderson, Inga Beder,
Susan Etchandy, Michelle Janavs, Moira Kamgar, Twyla Reed
Martin, Irene Martino, Lilly Merage, Lizette Du Pribus, Jennifer
Segerstrom, and Jennifer Van Bergh.
The evening began with a reception at the museum with
champagne and hors d’oeuvres provided by the Island Hotel.
Gala-goers were invited to tour the museum’s exhibition
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy.
Following the reception, guests were shuttled to the nearby
Island Hotel, where the festivities continued. The Island Hotel’s
Grand Ballroom was transformed into a swanky 1960s lounge.
Executive Chef Bill Bracken created a four-course dinner. Guests
enjoyed a nostalgic performance by the Las Vegas–based band
the Rat Pack Tribute after dinner, and DJ Mike Soltani kept the
music going late into the night.
The Art of Dining 2011 honoree was the legendary Los
Angeles artist Chris Burden. Over the past 30 years Burden
has produced a multitude of assemblages, installations, kinetic
and static sculptures, and scientific models. The artist has a
long history in Orange County. He received an MFA from the
University of California, Irvine, and soon thereafter burst onto
the international art scene with a series of performance works.
He received his first survey at the Newport Harbor Art Museum
(now OCMA) in 1988, and his work is featured prominently in
OCMA’s permanent collection.
Top row left to right: OCMA Director Dennis Szakacs with Sandy Keith and OCMA President Craig Wells; Broad Art Foundation’s Ed
Schad with artist Rosson Crow; Trace and Laurén Chalmers. Middle row: Art of Dining 2011 Executive Committee member Michelle Janavs with
husband Paul; OCMA Curator Sarah C. Bancroft and Linda Maggard; South Coast Plaza Cartier Boutique Director and event sponsor Caroline Jones
with Art of Dining 2011 Executive Committee member Jennifer Van Bergh. Bottom row: Art of Dining 2011 Honoree artist Chris Burden with
Yvonne and Paul Schimmel; Sean and Virginia Kirwan; Kim Bowen and Michael Ray
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50TH ANNIVERSARY
ART AUCTION:
50 YEARS / 50 ARTISTS
The Orange County Museum of Art experienced unprecedented
success with its 50th Anniversary Art Auction: 50 Years / 50
Artists, held on February 11, 2012. Attendance more than
doubled over the previous auction in 2010, and the sold-out
event surpassed its goal by $130,000, netting the museum
$429,835 to support exhibition and education programs.
The evening featured silent and live auctions of museum-quality
artworks selected by OCMA’s director, Dennis Szakacs, and
Adjunct Curator Karen Moss. While guests previewed the
live auction items and bid on artworks in the silent auction,
they enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres prepared by 24
carrots catering & events. Following dinner, auctioneer Andrea
Fiuczynski, president of Christie’s Los Angeles, led the fast-paced
live auction bidding for major works of contemporary art.
Donating Artists and Galleries
We thank the following artists and galleries for their generous
support of the 50th Anniversary Auction.
LIVE AUCTION
Peter Alexander / Nye + Brown Gallery, Los Angeles
Charles Arnoldi / Charles Arnoldi Studio and Charlotte Jackson
Fine Art, Santa Fe
Tony Berlant / L. A. Louver, Venice, CA
Joan Brown / Joan Brown Estate and Gallery Paule Anglim
Ron Cooper
Mary Corse / ACE Gallery
Tony DeLap / Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe
Richard Diebenkorn / Estate of Richard Diebenkorn and
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
Laddie John Dill
Mari Eastman / Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles
Fred Eversley / William Turner Gallery
Joe Goode
Mary Heilmann / 303 Gallery and Hauser & Wirth
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Richard Jackson / Hauser & Wirth and David Kordansky
Gallery, Los Angeles
Soo Kim / Angles Gallery, Los Angeles
Daniel J. Martinez / Simon Preston, New York
Manuel Neri / Hackett Mill, San Francisco
Catherine Opie / Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Ed Ruscha / Gagosian Gallery
Peter Shelton / L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
Patrick Wilson / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Brenna Youngblood / Kretzschmar Fine Arts
Amir Zaki
John Zurier / Gallery Paule Anglim
SILENT AUCTION
Eleanor Antin / Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Larry Bell
Bruce Conner / Conner Family Trust and Michael Kohn Gallery,
Los Angeles
Eileen Cowin
Dorit Cypis
Richard Diebenkorn / John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Roy Dowell / Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Mark Dutcher
Alexandra Grant / Honor Fraser Gallery
Lynn Hershman / Gallery Paule Anglim
Violet Hopkins / Foxy Production
Glenn Kaino / Honor Fraser Gallery
Martin Kersels / ACME, Los Angeles
Andy Kolar
Rachel Lachowicz / Shoshana Wayne Gallery
William Leavitt / Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle / Christopher Grimes Gallery
Jerry McMillan / Craig Krull Gallery
Kelly Nipper
Helen Pashgian / ACE Gallery
Allen Ruppersberg / Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Amy Sillman / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
David Simpson / Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe
Alexis Smith
Bill Viola / Bill Viola Studio
Mary Weatherford / Brennan & Griffin, New York
William Wegman / Marc Selwyn Fine Art
Nordstrom Designer Preview
Tod’s Reopening
Nordstrom selected the Orange County Museum of Art as its exclusive charity partner for the Fall 2011
Designer Preview fashion show on July 28, 2011. This spectacular event—cochaired by Inga Beder,
Kay Bright, Susan Etchandy, Christina Ferguson, Kimberly Prado, and Gina Radomski—was enjoyed
by 225 fashion and art lovers, raising $37,500 for the museum’s free School and Tour Programs
and exhibitions. At the extraordinary Atlantic Aviation venue, guests were entranced by a first look at
inspired—and inspiring—runway fashions by renowned American and European designers Celine, Dolce
& Gabbana, Donna Karan, Givenchy, Jason Wu, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Missoni, Naeem Khan, Nina
Ricci, Stella McCartney, Valentino, and Versace.
Italian luxury retailer Tod’s reopened its South Coast Plaza
location on Thursday, May 12, 2011, benefiting the Orange
County Museum of Art. At the invitation of store manager Joe
Wagner and Jennifer and Anton Segerstrom, and with a host
committee of museum supporters Deborah Bridges, Leslie
Cancellieri, JoAnn Fanticola, Renee Gabbard, Moira Kamgar,
Christine Kelleher, Linda Maggard, Irene Martino, Cindi
Morales, Pam Muzzy, Missy Pace Callero, Pam Paul, and Laurie
Rodnick, this stunning event raised $13,000 for the museum.
Guests enjoyed cocktails while shopping the designer label’s
collection of classic leather goods, including iconic shoes and
handbags, at the exclusive Orange County boutique.
Left: Model on the runway at the 2011 Nordstrom Fall Designer Preview, photo by Robert Rooks.
Right: Photo courtesy of Tod’s.
PREVIOUS PAGE | Top row left to right: A winning bid by Diane Stovall; guest
auctioneer Andrea Fiuczynski, president of Christie’s Los Angeles; Silent Auction Gallery.
BOTTOM ROW: OCMA Chief Curator Dan Cameron and Moira Kamgar; OCMA Board of
Trustees President Craig W. Wells, Kimberly Davis, and auctioneer Andrea Fiuczynski;
Catherine Tsai with Caroline Jones of event sponsor Cartier.
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ANNUAL FUND
The museum gratefully acknowledges those individuals, foundations, corporations, and
government agencies, whose annual memberships, event underwriting, and unrestricted
contributions have helped sustain the organization's core operations and programs.
$500,000 OR MORE
Anonymous
$100,000–$499,999
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
Cartier
South Coast Plaza
24 carrots events and catering
$25,000–$49,999
Anonymous
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Kelly and David Emmes II
/ BNYMellon Private Wealth Management
Cindy and Steve Fry
Gagosian Gallery
Moira and Fred Kamgar
Nordstrom
Baraa Sarakby / Wells Fargo Wealth
Management Group
$10,000–$24, 999
Marsha and Darrel Anderson
Elizabeth An and Gordon Clune
Anonymous
Stephanie Argyros
Renetta and Blaine Caya
Chanel Fine Jewelry
Patricia W. Ellis
Susan and Mike Etchandy
JoAnn and Tony Fanticola
Christina and Donald Ferguson
Linda and Scott Flanders
Maire and Arnold Forde
Tiffany and Allan Hunter
Dr. Rosalyn M. Laudati and Dr. James B. Pick
Petie and Bryan Lewis
Ellen R. Marshall
Lilly and Paul Merage
Pamela and James Muzzy
Marjorie T. Rawlins Trust
Room & Board
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roth
Kimberly and J. Steven Roush
Jennifer and Anton D. Segerstrom
Diane Stovall
Tod's
Jennifer Van Bergh / City National Bank
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Jean and Tim Weiss
Sandy Keith and Craig W. Wells
/ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
$5,000–$9,999
Tricia Booth Berns
Leslie and Dino Cancellieri
Laurén and Trace Chalmers
Sally and Randy Crockett
Dan Edwards
Carmela and Benjamin Du
Frances and Edward Frankel
Lynn and Douglas K. Freeman
Stephanie and Ken Grody
Maralou and Jerry Harrington
Michelle and Paul Janavs
Gianna and Dee Kerrison
Toby D. Lewis
Linda P. Maggard
Charles D. and Twyla R. Martin
The Patrón Spirits Company
Eve and Michael Ruffatto
Sandy and Harriet Sandhu
Margaret Sprague
Mindy and Glenn Stearns
$1,500–$4,999
Olivia and Howard Abel
Heidi and Barry Aronoff
Inga and Mark Beder
Bentley Prince Street, Inc.
Christian Dior Couture
Susan and Spencer Croul
David Yurman
Sheri and Chris Dialynas
Renee M. Gabbard
Lisa and Mark Harryman
Hermès of Paris
Stacy and Steve Holder
Hundred Acre Wine Group
Lynette Jones
Bettina and George Kallins
Christine Kelleher
Barbara and Victor L.* Klein
Susan and Ken Krueger
L.A. Louver Gallery
Carol and Marshall Lee
June and Won Lee
Leslie H. Lunsman
Barbara and Mark Lyster
Diana Martin and Mark Tomaino
Irene and Lucio Martino
Jeri and Danny McKenna
Giulia and Richard Merage
Lauren Merage
Cindi and Norm Morales
Carol Murrel
Marsha and Tom Nieto
Carmela and Malcolm Phillips
Nina and Daniel Potter
Lizette Du Pribus and Chris Pribus
Laurie Rodnick
Tamblin Smith
Ann and Eric Smyth
John and Elizabeth Stahr
Sue and Ralph Stern
Stutton and Christian Stracke
Van Cleef & Arpels
Linda and Tod White
Christina and Roger Wyett
$500–$1,499
Stephen Ball
Carly and Zach Bates
Kay and Chris Bright
Bente and Gerald Buck
Beverly and David Carmichael
Francine Cashen
Kathleen Chaix
Alison and Lang Cottrell
Amy J. Creager
Deborah Drucker and Lee Rocker
Judith A. Elmore
Michael G. Ermer
Karen and Don Evarts
Evelyn and Alfred Ferrari
Ferrari-Carano Vineyards
and Winery
Roberta Feuerstein
Maureen A. Flanagan
Debra Frank
Laurel Friday
Mrs. William G. Ginter
Elaine and Bram Goldsmith
William Gregg
Craig Gutjahr
Ursula and Robert Hoshaw
Patricia A. Jorgensen
Phyllis and John Kleinberg
Wonmi Kwon
Kim Light
Deborah and David Lake
Brigid and Eric Landau
Stephen Ludwig
Cathy Lui and Hal Shimazu
Joan and Mitchell Markow
Hon. William and Dr. Jane McDonald
Marilyn Meltzer
Neiman Marcus
Martha and James Newkirk
Marilyn Newman
Suzan and Richard Paek
Nicholas Pardon
Cece and Randall Presley
Sandy and Harold Price
Diane Richardson
Jill Richter and Robert Kazer
Greg Salmeri
Judge and Mrs. James V. Selna
Miriam Smith
Shelly and Jeff Straight
Kari and Doug Strode
United Capital
Sandra K. Young
$250–$499
Matthew Aarsvold and Laurel Hendrickson
Diane and Dennis Baker
Betty Bartley
Lyn J. Belasco
Harriet F. Bemus
Leanna and David Benvenati
Ruth and Jake Bloom
Jnell Brittelle-Shane and Norm Shane
Missy and Chris Callero
Richard Carano
Terry Causey
Christina Clay
Milton E. Cook
Amy S. Creelman
Joni and A. J. D'Amato
Beverly Depauw
Mrs. R. C. Dinkins
Allan B. Dresdner
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Fanelli
Herb and Cheryl Fischer
Ollie Gardner
Lisa Gonzalez
Lenore and Bernard Greenberg
Margaret A. Grisebach
Sharon Harrington
Susan Harris
Island Hotel
Tobe and Greg Karns
Nat Kurnick
Susan Lindquiest de la Parra
Peggy and Ed Lynch
Pamela Magazine
Marilyn W. McIntyre
Nancy and Michael Meyer
Yvonne and Carlo Moyano
Richard L. Narver
Laura and Homer Oatman
Trish and John O'Donnell
Susan Paul
Posh Productions, Inc.
Julia Post
Joan Riach-Gayner and Walter Gayner
Rigby
Jean and Ted Robinson
Herbert Y. Rosenblum
Arell Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. David Shockley
Blossom Siegel
Igal and Diane Silber
Jackie and Manny Silverman
David and Rachel Smith
Lesa Smith
Theresa Smith
Christina Snyder
Helen Spiro
Barbara and Larry Spitz
Ann E. Summers
Jane and Richard Taylor
Richard S. Taylor
Amanda McDorman and Mary Turner
Ava Turner
Diane E. Uehlinger
Shannon and John Wadsworth
William A. Wallace
Constance Welebir
Elaine and Per Welinder
Debbie Wojkowski
Martha Wynn
Bibi Yang
Young's Market Company
* Deceased
PROGRAM SUPPORT
The museum gratefully acknowledges those donors who have designated gifts to exhibitions,
education programs, Adopt-a-Class, the Acquisitions Fund, and other programs integral to
OCMA’s mission.
$100,000 OR MORE
BNY Mellon Private Wealth Management
The Getty Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
Pamela and James Muzzy
Visionaries
Jean and Tim Weiss
$50,000–$99,999
Beall Family Foundation
Fellows of Contemporary Art
Fry Family Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Lilly and Paul Merage
National Endowment for the Arts
Segerstrom Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The James Irvine Foundation
Barbara and Victor L.* Klein
Dr. Rosalyn M. Laudati and Dr. James B. Pick
$10,000–$24,999
Bank of America
Bloomberg
Toni and Steven Berlinger
The Broad Art Foundation
Jack Croul
Patricia Ellis
Terry Hackett
Allan Hunter
Lehman Foundation
Linda Maggard
Charles D. and Twyla R. Martin
Museum Council
Joan Riach-Gayner
Rockwell Collins
Room & Board
$5,000–$9,999
Wells Fargo
$1,500–$4,999
Alcon
The Allergan Foundation
Center for Cultural Innovation
$250-$1,499
Christina Colby
Jeff Gehl
Global Anatomy Project, LLC
Craig Gutjahr
Deborah Drucker
Injoa Kim
Dr. Charles Kovan
Brigid and Eric Landau
Dr. Michael Marcus
Ellen R. Marshall
Marilyn W. McIntyre
Barbara and Bill Roberts
Connie Sakamoto
Corinna and Justin Thavirat
Diane E. Uehlinger
Valaree and Robert Wahler
*Deceased
Note: These lists reflect that period of the museum’s
fiscal year, April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012.
Every effort has been made to list our supporters
accurately; if there is an error or omission, please
accept our apologies and let us know by calling
the museum at (949) 759-1122. Thank you.
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VISIONARIES
Visionaries, a women’s support group, was founded in 1989 to raise funds for a new home for the Orange
County Museum of Art. After it opened in its current location in 1996, Visionaries changed its focus to
support the museum’s education programs. During the 2011–2012 fiscal year, the Visionaries donated
$97,000 for education and $10,000 for the Diebenkorn exhibition.
In addition to fulfilling its purpose of supporting the educational activities of OCMA, Visionaries
provides many interesting and educational activities for its members, including tours and trips locally
throughout the year to exhibitions, galleries, artists’ studios, and collectors’ homes. In addition,
Visionaries members take an exciting trip to either a national or international destination annually,
accompanied by OCMA’s director.
2011–2012
MEMBERS
Olivia Abel
Pat Allen
Donna Jean Anderson
Marsha Anderson
Renae Ashwill
Linda Beimfohr
Toni Berlinger
Hyla Bertea
Sheri Best
Karen Betson
Marta Bhathal
Barbara Bowie
Gloria Bradeson
Edie Brittingham
Janet Brown
Mary Carrington
Fran Cashen
Marcia Cashion
Kay Conrad
Sally Crockett
Carol Curci
Brenda Currie
Clarice Dahl
Gail Doe
June Donovan
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Jerri Dwan
Laraine Eggleston
Susan Ehrlich
Patricia Ellis
Patti Estabrooks
Georgia Foell
Carole Follman
Deborah Foster
Frances J. Frankel
Pamela G. Gilmour
Karen L. Gransee
Millie Gray
Stephanie Grody
Nadine Hall
Marlene Hamontree
Elizabeth Hanson
Renee Harwick
Ella Hermann
Dee Hibgy
Rusty Hood
Diane House
Barbie Hoyt
Linda Hughes
Janet Seitz Jashinski
Carole Johnson
Jeanette Johnson
Jill Johnson-Tucker
Teri Kennady
Dorothy Kennedy
Barbara Klein
Carolyn Knight
Gale Layman
Carol Lee
Nora Lehman
Victoria LeVasseur
Jeanne Lewand
Linda Lund
Colleen Manchester
Whitney Mandel
Kathryn Marconi
Jan E. Martens
Diana Martin
Irene Mathews
Nanette Mayo
Kim McEntee
Marilyn W. McIntyre
Judy J. McKay
Sharon McKinnon
Catherine McLarand
Rebecca McLarand
Carole Meltzer
Lilly Merage
Nancy Miller
Sandra Mitchell
Pamela Muzzy
Pat Neisser
Debbie Drucker Nesbitt
Karen M. Nichol
Haydee Pampel
Pamela Paul
Sandy Perlmutter
Dorothea Perrin
Donna J. Phelps
Kathie Porter
Carol Primm
Cheryl Rosselet
Eve Ruffatto
Harriet Sandhu
Nola Schneer
Cheryl Scott
Harriet Selna
Lynda Shea
Janet Shreiar
Judith Slutzky
Cynthia Smith
Janice Smith
DeeDee Sodaro
Margaret Sprague
Elizabeth Stahr
Terri Stampley
Laurie Smits Staude
Carole Steele
Patricia Steinmann
Sue Stern
Diane Stovall
Rae Terry
Grace Thelen
Judith Threshie
Joyce Tucker
Ann Van Ausdeln
Jennifer Van Bergh
Valarie Van Cleave
Amy Vieth
Janice Wallace
Dawn Washer
S. Gayle Widyolar
Rita Wilder
Mary Sue Witter
Ciel Woodman*
Chava Wortrich
Linda Yellin
Pat Yoder
*Deceased
VISIONARIES
LIFE MEMBERS
Julia Argyros
Nancy Baldwin
Ramona BernamontiMorrissey
Tricia Booth Berns
Patricia Ellis
JoAnn Fanticola
Alison Baker Frenzel
Joan Riach-Gayner
Jana Hackett
Pat Hancock
Karen Hardin-Swickard
Maralou Harrington
Margaret Larkin
Mary Lyons
Linda P. Maggard
Twyla Reed Martin
Suzanne Mellor
Trish O’Donnell
Barbara Roberts
Laurie Rodnick
Michele Rohè
Sandi Simon
Kim Smith
Joyce Snyder
Betty Steele
Diane Stovall
Jeanne Tappan
Ann Van Ausdeln
Valaree Wahler
Josey Barnes Wayman
Nancy Zinsmeyer Wynne
ABOVE: 2011-12 Visionaries President Linda Maggard
MUSEUM COUNCIL
DOCENT COUNCIL
As the museum’s longest-standing support
group, the Museum Council was established
to raise funds for and promote interest in the
Orange County Museum of Art. In fulfilling
this purpose, members participate in fundraising activities such as the Art & Architecture
Tour. During the 2011–12 fiscal year, the
museum council donated $23,200 to the
museum. Throughout the year, council members
enjoy several field trips to Southern California
museums, galleries, and private collections. Social luncheons, art lectures, and
docent-guided exhibition tours are also a benefit of membership.
2011–2012
MEMBERS
Jackie Albright
Jackie Ballard*
Barbara Becker
Lyn Belasco
Harriet Bemus
Marilyn Bloomberg
Lynn Brown
Gay Bryant
Lila Crespin
Helen Dinkins
Patricia Ellis
Eugenie Fisher
Mary Ann Browning Ford
Mimi Glueck
Etelka Greer
Sherry Greer
Peggy Griesbach
Patricia Hadden
Virginia Hayter
Pat Jorgensen
Lynne Koffler
Nora Lehman
Donna Liss
Margie Lord
Betty Mickle
Terri Newman
Susan Paul
Marilyn Piken
Ruth Poole
Evelyn Reed
Sandra Reich
Jean Robinson
Betty Steele
Bibe Stockman
Flo Stoddard
Diane Stovall
Ava Turner
Dawn Washer
Sorrell Wayne
Nancy White
Becky Wynn
Nancy Wynne
Angie Vizarian
Bibi Yang
Sandee Young
*Deceased
ABOVE Left: 2011-12 Museum Council President Lynn Brown
ABOVE RIGHT: 2011-12 Docent Council President Bonita Stern
The Camille and Eric Durand Docent Council of
the Orange County Museum of Art supports the
Education Department by engaging audiences
in close looking and dialogue. Comprising
nearly 70 members, the Docent Council
volunteers more than 5,000 hours annually to
the museum. Docent-led tours serve more than
6,800 schoolchildren and nearly 1,400 members
of the general public on an annual basis.
2011–2012
Docents
Ann Anderson
Robert Butnik
Vanessa Cao
Lorna Carlin
Richard Channin
Claudia Christensen
Kathleen Dapper
Barbara DeGroot
Virginia Dey
Carolyn Dunn
Gale Ann Edelberg
Lorraine Ellenbogen
Jackie Engebretson
Karen Evarts
Doris Felman
Bonnie Fenton
Aviva Forster
Jane Fowler
Shari Fraser
Lillian Friedlander
Mary Lee Gair
Betsy Ginter
Marilyn Gould
Valerie Greeley
Lenore Greenberg
Anne Grob
Renee Harwick
Deborah Hohmann
Katherine Jacobs
Lois Jacobs
Jeanne Johnson
Pat Jorgenson
Nancy Kiddie
Barbara Klein
Victor Klein
Edie Levin
Connie Magdaleno
Mary Ann Mahoney
Phyllis Mandel
Michael Marcus
Donna Mason
Joanne Mercer
Felicia Mindte
Anita Mishook
Pat Moy
Sharon Peile
Tara Rashid
Barbara Roberts
Ruth Roe
Joyce Rosenblum
Bette Ross
Ann Marie Rousseau
Connie Sakamoto
Joan Savitt
Betsy Schwarz
Harriet Selna
Marianne Shin
Young Shin
Sandy Simar
Pat Stanton
Bonita Stern
Merle Stern
Brittany Stiles
Gretchen Thompson
Lois Tingler
Diane Uelinger
Lynda Wilson
Billie Young
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MEASURES OF SUCCESS
> The museum’s Strategic Plan includes important measures of
success IN ADDITION TO financial performance.
PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTIC
EXPERIENCES FROM MODERN TO
CONTEMPORARY.
Exhibitions
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance Joy
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Attendance: 17,375
Number of “Editor’s and Critic’s Picks”: 3
State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970
Co-organized by Orange County Museum of Art and Berkeley
Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Attendance: 10,637
Number of tour venues: 5
Number of “Editor’s and Critic’s Picks”: 7
Number of loans secured: 67 [215 works]
Publication: State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970
284 pages
Foreword by OCMA Director Dennis Szakacs and BAM/
PFA Director Lawrence Rinder; and essays by exhibition curators Constance Lewallen & Karen Moss, art history professor Julia Bryan-Wilson & independent scholar Anne Rorimer.
Co-publisher: University of California Press
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Two Schools of Cool
Organized by Orange County Museum of Art
Attendance: 10,637
Number of artist commissions: 5
Number of “Editor’s and Critic’s Picks”: 3
Publication: Two Schools of Cool
104 pages
Forword by OCMA Director Dennis Szakacs, introductory conversation between Curator Sarah C. Bancroft and Phyllis Lutjeans, extensive interviews with all artist pairs, and biographical information.
Publisher: DelMonico Books · Prestel
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series
Co-organized by Orange County Museum of Art and the
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Attendance: 21,028
Number of "Editor's and Critic's Picks": 6
Number of tour venues: 3
Number of loans secured: 49 [77 works]
Publication: Richard Diebenkorn:The Ocean Park Series
256 pages
Essays by exhibition Curator Sarah C. Bancroft, art historian Susan Landauer, and author Peter Levitt.
Co-publisher: DelMonico Books · Prestel
CHAMPION SIGNIFICANT
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AT KEY
POINTS IN THEIR CAREERS.
ENGAGE AND ENLIVEN OUR
COMMUNITY WITH INNOVATIVE
PROGRAMS.
EMBRACE BOLD IDEAS
AND BUILD NEW
AUDIENCES AROUND THEM
Collection
EDUCATION
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Artists in OCMA collection: Women artists:
California artists: International artists:
Artworks in OCMA collection: International loans: National loans:
1,153
29.4%
83.8%
5.5%
3,067
14
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K–12 and college student visits: Student visits from Title 1 schools: Participating schools & community partnerships: Free Family Arts Days
6,870
3,450
83
12
OCMA attendance
Total attendance: Free museum visits:
36,616
32%
OCMA in print
Features, reviews, and best bets: Total print media circulation: Total print media impressions: 159
35,231,965
84,556,716
OCMA Social Media
Twitter followers 5,231
Facebook fans 4,147
Myspace friends 2,826
Web site / Digital Marketing
Unique visits
110,603
Average page views
2.83 per visit
E-newsletter subscribers
15,137
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Financials
Condensed Statement of Financial Position
As of March 31, 2011, and MARCH 31, 2012
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, unrestricted
Accounts receivable
Contributions receivable—current portion, net
Store inventories
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Other Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted Contributions receivable—noncurrent portion, net
Investments
Property and equipment, net of depreciation
Deposits and other long-term receivables Total assets
2012
2011
714,601
44,373
557,527
25,325
368,365
$1,710,191
715,293
77,810
707,301
28,814
269,868
$1,799,086
179,030
249,350
103,340
378,470
11,639,73812,269,105
6,565,569
6,632,755
182,292
218,166
$20,380,160
$21,546,932
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Net assets:
Unrestricted
Board-designated
Other
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total liabilities and net assets
635,529
202,034
4,754,8805,517,887
1,613,4101,388,819
6,128,083
7,189,934
7,248,258
7,248,258
$20,380,160
$21,546,932
The condensed statement of financial position and the operating highlights are derived from the financial statements
of the Orange County Museum of Art, which have been audited by Singer Lewak LLP as of March 31, 2012. The
operating highlights do not include receipts and disbursements of funds for the acquisition of works of art, activity,
or capital items, and the statement of financial position does not include the value of the museum’s collection. A
complete set of financial statements is available on request.
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Condensed Statement of Operations
For the fiscal years ending March 31, 2011 & 2012
REVENUE
EARNED INCOME:
Admission & fees
Membership
Touring exhibitions
Retail & rental operations
Endowment Draw
Total Revenue
2012
2011
162,243
96,743
127,053110,018
33,792
95,613
146,304
127,689
501,691
503,996
$971,083
$934,059
SUPPORT
Contributions:
Individual gifts
Trustees
Corporate
Foundation
Government
Support Groups
Special events, net
Total Support
Total Revenue & Support
1,038,462
1,033,591
235,000275,000
280,500204,264
926,178262,563
128,17310,400
120,102
86,990
753,705
305,487
$3,482,120
$2,178,295
$4,453,203
$3,112,354
EXPENSES
Program Expenses:
Exhibitions, museum operations & collections
Education & public programs
Marketing
Membership activities
Retail operations
Total Program Expenses
2,224,248
1,518,674
325,076
302,623
467,294379,310
162,332
123,291
143,951
120,141
$3,322,901
$2,444,039
SUPPORTING EXPENSES:
Administration
Fundraising
Total Expenses
464,529430,815
482,446421,249
$4,269,876
$3,296,103
Operating surplus / (deficit)
(To) / From cash reserve
Net Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Cash Reserve Balance
183,327
(183,327)
$ —
314,578
(183,749)
183,749
$—
131,251
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11%
1%
11%
3%
3%
4%
11%
REVENUE
61%
EXPENSES
17%
Contributions
Membership
Programs
Special Events, Net
Rental & Retail
Administration
Endowment Draw
Touring Exhibitions
Fundraising
Admission & Fees
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78%
OCMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
TRUSTEES EMERITUS
OCMA STAFF
Craig W. Wells, President
Ellen R. Marshall, Vice President
Annette Wiley, Secretary; Chair, Building Committee
J. Steven Roush, Treasurer
Darrel D. Anderson, Chair, Education Committee
David Emmes II, Chair, Campaign Committee
Scott N. Flanders, Executive Committee
Stephen T. Fry, Chair, Committee on Trustees
Allan Hunter, Executive Committee
James Muzzy, Executive Committee
Dr. James B. Pick, Chair, Collections Committee
Peter Alexander
Frances A. Bass
Joan F. Beall, Chairman Emeritus
Donald L. Bren
Harry G. Bubb
Alison Baker Frenzel
Teri Kennady
Barbara Klein
Gilbert E. LeVasseur Jr.
Charles D. Martin, Founding Chairman Emeritus
Carl Neisser
Thomas H. Nielsen, Chairman Emeritus
Joan Riach-Gayner
Thomas B. Rogers
Judge James V. Selna, Chairman Emeritus
Claudette Shaw
Margaret Sprague
John R. Stahr
Mrs. Richard Steele
Thomas Tierney
Kate Andersen, Donor Relations Associate
Sarah C. Bancroft, Curator
Kelly Bishop, Family and Public Programs Manager
Ed Bopp, Assistant Registrar
Dan Cameron, Chief Curator
Ursula Cyga, Office Manager/Museum Services
Adrian De La Pena, Maintenance and Facilities
Stephanie Emerson, Publications Manager
Paulette Gibson, Director of Finance
Donna Hosterman, Assistant Director of Development
Bridget Jesionowski-McKay, Individual Gifts Officer
Albert Lopez Jr., Operations Director
Fatima Manalili, Curatorial Associate
Dorothy McClelland, Tour and Studio Programs Assistant
Hayley Miller, Director of Visitor Services
Jennifer Minasian, Webmaster
Karen Moss, Adjunct Curator
Jean Oelrich, Marketing Manager
Glenn Peters, Deputy Director
Johnny Sampson, Curatorial Associate
Anna-Marie Sanchez, Exhibitions and Collections Manager
Jeanette Saunders, Registrar
Kirsten Schmidt, Director of Marketing and Communications
Steve Schmidt, Security Coordinator
Lisa A. Silagyi, Director of Education and Public Programs
Kelly Smith, Senior Accountant
Jenni Stenson, School and Tour Programs Manager
Dennis Szakacs, Director
Lindsay Wallace, Visitor Services Associate
Trace Chalmers
Bryan Lewis
Lilly Merage
Julian Movsesian
Michael D. Ray
Robert S. Roth
Baraa Sarakby
Anton Segerstrom
Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.)
Jennifer Van Bergh
Timothy W. Weiss
Photo credit: Colin Young-Wolff. Pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 (bottom right), 13 (left), 15, 24, 25, 32, 33
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