New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment

April, May, June 2014
New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment
featuring The Raymond James Financial Collection
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Director’s Welcome
Dear Friends,
The Museum doesn’t take
a spring break or summer
vacation, so I hope you will
spend your free time with us.
You can travel to New Mexico,
China, and around the world
by simply walking through our doors and enjoying
our special exhibitions and collection.
MFA’s Andrew Wyeth Watercolor
Travels to National Gallery of Art
Wisteria (1981), the MFA’s prized watercolor by Andrew Wyeth, has
been selected for the exhibition, Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In,
which will be on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington,
D.C., from May 4-November 30, 2014. Comprised of approximately 45
choice works, this is the first exhibition to explore Wyeth’s use of the
window in his art and honors the recent gift of his painting Wind from
the Sea to the National Gallery.
New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment featuring
The Raymond James Financial Collection is magical.
With more than 100 works, it is one of the most
diverse exhibitions we have ever presented – from
pre-Hispanic pottery to twenty-first century
paintings and sculpture. You will not want to
miss the contemporary jewelry Mary James has
graciously lent to the exhibition.
We are profoundly grateful to Mary and Tom
James, Raymond James Financial, and the other
generous collectors for sharing some of their
favorite works with the community. I also want to
thank Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator
Jennifer Hardin and the entire curatorial staff for
their dedication and creativity. This has been an
enormous undertaking.
My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, which opens
Friday, June 6, is going to be unforgettable. We are
all curious about a civilization that is playing an
ever more critical role on the world stage, and the
work by China’s young artists is breathtaking.
This landmark exhibition is a joint project with the
Tampa Museum of Art. Different works will be
presented at each venue and combining our spaces
allows us to present a greater number, including
large-scale installations and the latest video art. We
encourage visitors to cross the bay and enjoy what
both museums have to offer.
Our public programs reach people of all ages and
the entire family. You will find something new
to explore – and create – at the Museum. Come
for “UNCHartED: Random Acts of Culture” on
Thursday nights, refresh your spirit in the galleries,
and savor the peaceful water-view from our terrace.
You – our members – help make everything
possible at the Museum. Thank you for your loyalty
and friendship. Please consider a gift membership
for a family member or friend, just in time for the
summer.
We look forward to seeing you at your Museum of
Fine Arts. Treat yourself – to art.
Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009)
Wisteria (1981)
Watercolor on paper
Gift of Mary Alice and Doyle McClendon
Earl Powell III, Director of the National Gallery, noted that in
Wisteria, “the landscape view replicated in the grid formed by the
windowpanes is an especially intriguing element echoing our theme of
simultaneously looking in and out.” Completed in 1947, Wind from the
Sea was Wyeth’s first fully realized composition on the subject. Over
the next 60 years, he created more than 250 works experimenting with
the window and its perspective.
Watercolor is an unforgiving medium, one that Andrew Wyeth loved
and mastered. His watercolors are some of the most striking and
accomplished ever created, and the Museum’s is a prime example,
produced at the full maturity of his career.
The first work by Andrew Wyeth to enter the collection, Wisteria was
a gift of current trustee Mary Alice McClendon and the late Doyle
McClendon, who also served as a trustee. It will be reproduced in the
catalogue accompanying the exhibition.
The MFA will present Jamie Wyeth’s Portraits of Rudolf Nureyev: Images
of the Dancer from the Brandywine River Museum of Art in the fall. Jamie
is Andrew’s son, who has earned his own distinctive place in the
history of American art.
Sincerely,
On the cover:
Dan Namingha (American, tribal affiliation Hopi-Tewa, born 1950)
Symbolism #6 (2010)
Acrylic on canvas
Courtesy of Tom and Mary James
The Raymond James Financial Collection
MFA Photographs: Thomas U. Gessler
Kent Lydecker
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CURRENT | UPCOMING | EXHIBITIONS
New Mexico and the
Arts of Enchantment
featuring The Raymond James
Financial Collection
Through Sunday, May 11
New Mexico has played a substantial role in the history of
American art. The landscape, Native American artistic and
ceremonial traditions, Mexican and Hispanic influences, and the
transplanted artists who have responded to its call have made
it a cultural force. This stunning exhibition of 104 works brings
its artistic achievements alive – from pre-Hispanic pottery to
vibrant twenty-first century paintings and sculpture. Hazel
and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin curated this
extensive overview.
Angie Yazzie (American, tribal affiliation, Taos Pueblo, born 1965)
Large Water Jar, Traditional Shape (2002)
Micaceous clay
Gift of Hazel and William Hough
Two Grey Hills rug, similar to the MFA’s impressive example
nearby.
Tom and Mary James were immediately attracted to the art of
New Mexico and the Southwest. The Raymond James Financial
Collection is now one of the largest private art collections in
Florida. Many of the artists represented in the exhibition are
Native Americans.
Large-scale works by Tony Abeyta and Dan Namingha combine
the landscape with abstract elements and spiritual symbols,
while the sculpture ranges from Abeyta’s and Tammy Garcia’s
totems to Allan Houser’s dynamic Abstract Crown Dancer
(1991). A moving alabaster sculpture, The Long Walk (2004) by
Rick Nez, himself a Navajo, recalls the forced, tragic relocation
of the Navajo in 1864. Exquisite pieces of jewelry from Mary
James’ private collection are by such noted contemporary Native
American artists as Jesse Monongya, Lee Yazzie, and Vernon
Haskie. These choice works from The Raymond James Financial
Collection are combined with those from the Museum
and other private collections.
William Acheff’s Passing Time (1977), a New Mexico still life,
captures many of the currents in the exhibition. A famous
Edward S. Curtis photograph of Native Americans, a pot from
Taos Pueblo, and decorative maíz or corn are gathered against a
Ceramics are a high point. Works from The Drapkin
Collection reveal how ancient traditions continue to
inspire artists today. The exuberant monos (monkey)
figures (1997) were so named by the Spanish. But
Pueblo artist and fashion designer Virgil Ortiz reclaims
the traditional Cochiti forms and makes them look
simultaneously ancient and contemporary. Angie
Yazzie’s large water jar (2002) and the two black-onblack platters by María Martínez are masterful. The
small jar by her great grandson Marvin shows him
carrying on the family tradition.
Photography is also strong, encompassing Todd Webb’s
photographs of O’Keeffe’s famous home and the landscape
around Abiquiu; Ansel Adams’ classic Moonrise, Hernandez
(1941); images by William Clift and Patrick Nagatani;
historic portraits of Native Americans; and two of
ceramist María Martínez. One pictures her holding Rick
Dillingham’s Teapot Gas Can, on view nearby.
New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment offers a
stimulating dialogue between the past and present. The
wide range of media, the variety of artistic visions, and
the vital colors and forms create a magical space in the
Museum.
Virgil Ortiz (American, tribal affiliation, Cochiti Pueblo, born 1969)
Monos Figures, Circus Performer and Opera Singer (both 1997)
Ceramics
Collection of Ron and Pat Mason
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New Mexico and the Arts
of Enchantment
Opening Reception
Friday, January 17
Approximately
500 people
attended the
opening, one
of the largest
ever at the
Museum.
Trustee Clark and Monica Mason
President of the
Board Howard
Mills (left)
with Mary and
Tom James
MFA Director
Kent Lydecker and
Emily Kapes, Art
Collection Curator
of Raymond
James Financial
(Left to right) MFA Curatorial Assistant Sabrina Hughes,
Michelle Jennings, MFA Coordinator of Curatorial Affairs Bridget
Bryson, Dr. Susan Beaven, Jane Beam, and Betty Shamas
New Mexico and the
Arts of Enchantment
Lenders to the Exhibition
The Museum expresses profound gratitude to the
following collectors for making this exhibition
possible:
(Left to right) Kelly and Matthew Mosby with
his parents, trustee Glenn and Dav Mosby
Tom and Mary James and The Raymond James
Financial Collection
Lynell and Robert Bell
Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin
Susan and Seymour Gordon
Hazel and William Hough
Kathryn Boeckman Howd
Pat and Ron Mason
Mindy and Dr. Michael Solomon
Anonymous Lender
*T
he three Todd Webb photographs were
purchased by the Museum with funds provided
by Director Emeritus John E. Schloder in honor
of Carol A. Upham, past President of the Board
and major donor to the MFA and the collection.
(Left to right) Elise Minkoff, Chris and trustee Robert
Hilton, and Carol and trustee Robert Stewart
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Aaron Siskind’s
Harlem Document
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Princeton University Art
Museum celebrated his enormous contributions and importance.
Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin, leading lights of the
MFA’s photography collection, supported the publication of the
original 1981 book at the time of the Smithsonian exhibition.
Siskind, in fact, presented a Friends of Photography program at
the Museum in the 1980s and visited the Drapkins on several
occasions. For the 1991 edition, he wrote a personal dedication:
“To Bob Drapkin – who made this reissue possible with
gratitude.” The Drapkins gave the 35 Harlem photographs to the
Museum, inspiring a similar dedication. “To the Drapkins, who
made this exhibition and so much of our photography collection
possible – with deep gratitude.”
Gift of Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin
Through Sunday, July 20
An American master, Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) is known for
both his early documentary and later abstract photographs. A New
Yorker, he was drawn to life in Harlem in the 1930s: people on the
streets and in churches, rented rooms, juke joints, and clubs. They
convey struggle and poverty, but also hope and transcendence.
His lifelong fascination with architecture and surfaces emerges in
images of tenements and storefronts. His Harlem Document now
stands as one of his signature achievements. His humanity and
empathy are everywhere evident.
My Generation:
Young Chinese Artists
Presenting Sponsor:
Saturday, June 7 – Sunday, September 28
This pioneering exhibition looks at the new generation of artists
who have emerged in mainland China since 2000, a period
marked by increased openness to the West and compelling
experimentation. The Chinese art scene has exploded with a
wealth of galleries and auction houses and 1,200 new museums.
Installations, video, photographs, paintings, and mixed-media
works by 27 artists will be on view.
All the artists were born after 1976 and the end of the Cultural
Revolution. Almost all are products of the One-Child Policy
and have grown up in a country with a high-powered market
economy. The curator, New York-based art critic Barbara Pollack,
interviewed more than 100 young artists from every region of
China in preparing the exhibition.
Ms. Pollack has divided My Generation into four overriding
themes: politics, the environment, intimate relationships,
and family. The MFA will display works that explore the first
two concepts. They encompass large-scale paintings by Cui
Jie showcasing Beijing’s sprawling urbanization; humorously
The Smithsonian American Art Museum presented Harlem:
Photographs by Aaron Siskind, 1932-1940, in a 1990-1991
exhibition shortly before the artist’s death.
Gordon Parks, the illustrious African
American photographer, filmmaker, author,
and composer, wrote the eloquent foreword
to the book accompanying the show. Parks,
who grew up in Harlem, observed: “To
just about everyone who has worked in the
vital processes of its survival, whose life
has been textured by its tradition, Harlem
is a place that won’t give up…Good music,
prayer and laughter are still in the air – and
so are the songs of the fish peddler and
watermelon man.”
Siskind’s work has been recognized as
a precursor to Abstract Expressionism.
Elaine de Kooning called him “a painter’s
photographer.” The major exhibition, Siskind
in the Collection (1989), at the Museum of
Modern Art cast him as one of the leading
figures in the development of photography
as an art form. Centennial shows at the
Xu Zhen (Chinese, born Shanghai, 1977)
Produced by MadeIn
Fearless (2012)
Mixed media on canvas
Courtesy of Long March Space, Beijing
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Views of the Panama
Canal by Ernest Hallen
surreal photographs by Liu Di conveying a feeling of desolation;
and a newly created installation by Sun Xun. Primarily using
animation and drawing, he creates fantastical worlds, complete
with their own set of rules and laws.
Works on Paper Gallery, Second Floor
Censorship remains a complicated question in China.
Ms. Pollack points out in the catalogue that “sexuality and
depictions of nudity are forbidden according to censorship
regulations, but galleries have easily circumvented these rules.
Museums are more strictly controlled.” Artists are examining
gender issues and gay identity, but they face intense family
pressure to marry and have children. Gays and lesbians are only
beginning to step out of the closet.
Saturday, July 26-Sunday, November 9
Ernest “Red” Hallen documented the construction of the
Panama Canal and the evolution of the surrounding areas from
1907 to 1937, producing more than 16,000 photographs. Drawn
from a gift of 150 prints, this exhibition, in the centennial year
of the Canal’s completion, will showcase both its early history
and the range of Hallen’s work. All the images were generously
donated by Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin from The
Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection.
Ms. Pollack writes “that China, going back to the Silk Road,
has always been the site of cross-cultural influences, both
appropriating and disseminating imagery and techniques to
enrich its own aesthetic development. As such, the influx of
everything from McDonald’s to Warhol, instantly synthesized by
Chinese artists, is as genuinely Chinese as any Imperial ceramic
or scroll painting.”
Not only does this exhibition present a new perspective on
contemporary Chinese art, it also marks a groundbreaking
collaboration between the MFA and the Tampa Museum of Art.
My Generation establishes a cultural corridor across the bay,
allowing more work and larger installations to be shown.
The striking catalogue, like the exhibition, will enhance
understanding of art and a country that are largely a mystery
to many Americans. It will feature essays by Ms. Pollack and
Li Zhenhua, a Beijing-based multimedia artist and curator; a
foreword by Tampa Museum of Art Executive Director Todd D.
Smith and MFA Director Kent Lydecker; reproductions of all
the works in the show; and artist biographies. Katherine Pill,
Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, is coordinating the project
at the MFA. My Generation will travel to the Oklahoma City
Museum of Art later this year. A free application about the
exhibition for iPhone, iPad, and other devices will be available.
Ernest “Red” Hallen (American, 1875-1947)
Operation of Gatun Locks. S.S. Allianca leaving upper-west
chamber and entering Gatun Lake (June 8, 1914).
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin from The
Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection
Collection Conversations
Lee Malone Gallery
This new series invites viewers to
investigate aesthetic, conceptual, and
cultural juxtapositions between works
from the collection that might not
otherwise be exhibited together. The
current installation examines Western
representations of children, as well as
childhood objects, from the eighteenth
century to the present. Diverse works by
Ruth Bernhard, Suzanne Camp Crosby,
Harold Edgerton, Winslow Homer,
Polixeni Papapetrou, and Robert Vickery
were selected by Katherine Pill, Assistant
Curator of Art after 1950.
Suzanne Camp Crosby (American, born 1948)
Where Do Babies Come From #2 from
the Cabbage Patch Series (1986)
Ilfochrome print
Gift of William Knight Zewadski
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research for Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, now on
view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until
May 4. Her scholarly article, “Imag(in)ing Paris for Posterity,”
will appear in a forthcoming issue of Future Anterior, Columbia
University’s architecture journal.
My Generation Lecture Series
Professor and Artist Kirk Ke Wang on China’s Cultural
Revolution
An Introduction to My Generation: Young Chinese Artists
Thursday, May 22, 6:30 p.m.
LECTURES | TALKS | SPECIAL EVENTS
Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and visit our website
for updates on educational programs.Support is provided in part
by The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society, the MFA Education
Committee, Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg, Kane’s
Furniture, an anonymous donor, and the City of St. Petersburg.
Professor of Visual Arts at Eckerd
College, Kirk Ke Wang is a painter,
sculptor, photographer, mixedmedia artist, and educational
software developer. He was born in
Shanghai, China, and at 16, entered
Nanjing Normal University, where
he completed his BFA and MFA and
began his teaching career. In 1984,
he won the bronze medal at the Sixth
National Exhibition of Fine Art, one of
China’s major art competitions.
LECTURES & GALLERY TALKS
Wayne W. and Frances Knight Parrish
Lecture by James Ballinger, The Sybil
Harrington Director and Chief Curator
of the Phoenix Art Museum
Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m.
In the early 1990s, Wang taught at the Ringling College of Art
and Design in Sarasota and joined the Eckerd College faculty
in 1993. He has shown his artworks internationally and is
represented in museum and private collections in the U.S. and
Asia, including in the National Gallery in Beijing. He has studios
in Tampa, New York City, and Shanghai.
Distinguished director and scholar
James Ballinger will look at “The EverEvolving Art of the American West.” He
joined the Phoenix Art Museum in 1974
as Curator of Collections, Curator of American Art, and Chief
Curator and became Director in 1982. He is among the nation’s
longest-serving museum directors, has been president of the
Association of Art Museum Directors, and was appointed by
President George W. Bush to the National Council on the Arts.
He has organized more than 40 exhibitions and led two capital
campaigns that expanded the museum from 72,000 to 285,000
square feet.
Conversation with Guest Curator Barbara Pollack and
Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, on My
Generation
Sunday, June 8, 3 p.m., opening weekend of the exhibition
Gallery Talk on Aaron Siskind’s
Harlem Document by Curatorial
Assistant Sabrina Hughes
Sunday, May 18, 3 p.m.
Insightful art critic and curator
Barbara Pollack is one of
the foremost authorities on
contemporary Chinese art and
is the author of The Wild, Wild
East: An American Art Critic’s
Adventures in China. She has
written the lead essay in the
catalogue for My Generation
and has been a featured
speaker at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of New
Champions in China, also known as Summer Davos.
Ms. Hughes has curated several
popular photography exhibitions at the
Museum, including Pleasure Grounds
and Restoring Spaces – Photographs
of our National Parks and Picturing
a New Society: Photographs from the
Soviet Union 1920s-1980s. She was
the co-curator of Forever in a Moment:
Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt and Sitter and Subject in
Nineteenth-Century Photography.
In the late 1990s, Ms. Pollack published pioneering articles
on contemporary Chinese art in ARTnews, Art & Auction, and
the Village Voice. She has continued her exploration of this
fascinating art and burgeoning market in the New York Times,
the Washington Post, Art in America, and Vanity Fair, among
others. She is a regular contributor to the Chinese-language
version of the New York Times and to Modern Weekly, China’s
influential lifestyle magazine. She has written monographs and
articles on numerous Chinese artists. Several of her essays were
selected for the China Art Book.
She has taught courses in the history of photography, as well
as many other subjects, at the Art Institute of Tampa and the
University of South Florida, Tampa, where she received her BA
in humanities and her MA in art history. She received the USF
Outstanding Thesis Award in 2009-2010. As an intern at the
National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., she conducted
Based on her extensive research, Ms. Pollack has received grants
from the Asian Cultural Foundation and Creative Capital/
Warhol Foundation, the latter for arts writing. She is an adjunct
professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and lectures
widely in the U.S. and abroad.
Mr. Ballinger’s book Frederic Remington (1989) is considered one of
the most important ever written about the artist. He holds his BA in
American history and an MA in art history from the University of
Kansas. The Parrish Lecture honors the couple who donated many
of the MFA’s most significant pre-Columbian objects.
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Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, has compiled
select artist biographies for the My Generation catalogue. She is
the first curator in the history of the Museum to specialize in
works created after 1950 to the present day. Her position was
made possible by The Hazel and William Hough Curatorial
Endowment Fund, established in 2012.
Coffee Talks with Nan Colton
Sponsored by:
Second Wednesday of the month.
Free with Museum admission.
Ms. Pill has curated Color Acting: Abstraction Since 1950 at the
MFA and has recommended contemporary works to enter the
collection. She completed a three-year dual MA in art history,
theory, and criticism and arts administration and policy at
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While there, she
served as Communications Director and then Administrative
Director of the two Student Union Galleries, which presented six
exhibitions each semester. She has also been Assistant Curator
and Curatorial Fellow at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary
Art in Kansas City.
The Museum’s popular performing
artist-in-residence continues her
entertaining presentations. Ms. Colton,
a Museum favorite, writes her own
scripts, inspired by special exhibitions,
the Museum collection, and themes
and people related to both. Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m.,
Ms. Colton’s performance at 10:30, and a general docent tour at
11:15.
SAVE THE DATE: Dr. Judith Shapiro of American University
on “China’s Environmental Challenges,” Thursday,
September 11, at 6:30 p.m.
April 9: In “Aesop’s Fables – Unforgettable Tales,” Ms. Colton
plays an archeologist who is “digging up the dirt” on the
Museum’s collection.
May 14: Ms. Colton portrays the French Impressionist who
produced more than 350 artworks in 20 years in “Berthe Morisot
– A Woman Ahead of her Time.”
June 11: In the “Han-terbury Tales,” Ms. Colton shares a story
of a merchant’s wife and her experience along the spice route
during the Han Dynasty.
HOT GATHERINGS
COOL CONVERSATIONS
A DMG Visiting Glass Artist Series
Sponsored by The DMG School Project
Sunday, April 13, at 3 p.m.: Deanna Clayton and Alexis Silk
Ms. Clayton has been working with glass for more than 20
years. She explored the medium in the glass programs at Kent State
University in Ohio under Henry Halem and at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she earned her BFA in art
history. While still a student, she started her own glass studio with
her husband Keith Clayton. They now live in Wisconsin.
Ms. Silk experiments with molten glass and metal to create her
striking figurative objects. They are sculpted freehand while the
glass is hot on the end of a blowpipe or punty rod, and many
are large-scale. They can be close to half her weight and require
a team of six assistants to handle the glass while she sculpts it.
Both artists have shown their work in the U.S. and abroad and
are represented in noted public and private collections. THE BEER
PROJECT
Sunday, May 11, at 3 p.m.: Richard Logan
Mr. Logan has pursued a varied career, producing paintings,
photography, and mixed-media works. His paintings captured
the attention of such legendary figures as Jasper Johns and
Romare Bearden while he lived in the Caribbean. When he
moved to Tampa in the early 90s, he turned to photography and
later branched into mixed-media. His work has been shown and
collected internationally.
CELEBRATE THE CRAFT – ENJOY THE BREW
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG
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3/6/14 2:24 PM
of Ai Weiwei, Cheryl Pope, and Shary
Boyle. Her talk will encompass the reuse
and transformation of utilitarian porcelain,
modern experimentation with traditional
Chinese forms and decoration, and
appropriation of the porcelain figurine.
Annual Fourth of
July Celebration
Beginning at 6 p.m.
$38 Museum members, $45
nonmembers
Enjoy a gourmet barbecue
buffet, live music,
extraordinary art, and
the downtown fireworks from the best seat in town. A
beer/wine cash bar will be available. Please make your
reservations early by calling 727.822.1032, as this event
always sells out.
Katherine Pill
The Rape of Europa
Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m., with an introduction by MFA Director
Kent Lydecker
Thursday, April 10, 6 p.m., film only
Art Bites
Described as equal parts history, thriller, and cautionary tale, the
film offers a provocative account of the theft of Europe’s cultural
masterpieces by the Nazis during World War II. It also chronicles
the recovery of many of these artworks by curators, historians,
and journalists and their return to the Jewish families, who once
owned them, or to their heirs.
Second Monday of the month, 1 p.m.
Free with Museum admission.
Sample treasures from the collection in these 30-minute talks.
Then stay for the 2 p.m. docent tour to explore more of the MFA’s
stellar collection. On your way out, visit the Museum Store for a
FREE edible sample of Margaret Ann’s Gourmet Cookies. This
bite-size snack is available for Art Bite guests only.
Babies
Thursday, June 19, 6 p.m., with an introduction by Katherine Pill,
Assistant Curator of Art after 1950
Sunday, June 22, 2 p.m., film only
April 14: Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer
Hardin on Georgia O’Keeffe’s Grey Hills Painted Red, New Mexico
(1930).
May 12: Curatorial Assistant Sabrina Hughes on Suzanne Camp
Crosby’s Where Do Babies Come From #2 from the Cabbage Patch
Series (1986).
June 9: MFA Director Kent Lydecker on a work in My
Generation: Young Chinese Artists.
Experience the universal celebration of the magic and innocence
of babies in this film complementing Representations of Childhood
in the Lee Malone Gallery.
Gather with movers, makers, and forward thinkers on the
third Thursday of the month for an offbeat art-fix or to learn
a creative craft. Enjoy a random dose of the unexpected, a cash
bar, and delectable bites.
JIMMY PALMIOTTI
SERGIO CARIELLO
The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and
more – are all around us and in the Museum. FODA expands
understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make
new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $20 in addition to
Museum membership.
JOHN ALLISON
FODA programs are held on the second Tuesday of the month
at 2 p.m. during season. Non-FODA members can attend for
$5, plus MFA admission. Carolyn Nygren is the volunteer
coordinator. Upcoming events follow:
TREVOR DENHAM
AMANDA CONNER
Random Act 4.17.14, Graphic Novels: The Business of Art,
6:30-8 p.m. Join professionals Sergio Cariello, Jimmy Palmiotti,
Amanda Conner, and newcomers John Allison and Trevor
Denham as they examine the evolution of comics and graphic
novels as an art form.
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April 8: Jeffrey Burchard, owner of Burchard Galleries in
St. Petersburg, will help participants select and prepare for
auctions, including where to conduct research and find key
databases. Burchard Galleries specializes in art, antiques, and
complete estates and holds many world records for objects at
auction. Mr. Burchard has conducted the bidding for The Stuart
Society’s highly successful Wine Auctions.
3/6/14 2:55 PM
Random Act 5.15.14, Edible Art Trivia Night, Check in
before 7 p.m. with your team in the Mary Alice McClendon
Conservatory. A PhD in art history is not required. Team up with
up to five friends to test your knowledge of art-related trivia from
pop culture, current events, and the MFA collection. Delectable
bites and cash bar will be available and prizes awarded.
May 13: Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950,
will explore contemporary approaches to porcelain in the works
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Youth & Family
Seventh Annual Painting in the Park
black
Sunday, April 27, 1-4 p.m.
Sponsored by:
First and third Saturday of the
month, 10 a.m.
Ages three and older
$5 per person (includes
admission to entire Museum)
Please bring a towel or yoga mat.
white
Pantone: 320
CMYK: 100/0/31/6
Unleash your inner Monet. Outside.
Inspiration abounds at this FREE annual “art happening.”
Explore unique methods
of painting with handson activities for everyone,
including giant-box
painting, kite-flying,
tricycle mural, and more.
Supplies are included and
instructors are on hand to
help. Capture unforgettable
moments – in paint – with
your children.
Kidding Around Yoga is a
hit. This system utilizes the
yoga poses or asanas tucked
into partner yoga, games and
activities, original music, stories,
and more. The class is specifically designed for kids, but the
entire family is welcome. Practicing yoga with everyone in the
family and especially with children creates a special bond.
MFA: Make and Take Saturday
Science, Art, and Math Camp@The MFA
First and Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Free with MFA admission. No registration is necessary.
For ages five and older, but entire families are encouraged to
participate.
Presented by St. Petersburg College and the MFA
June 16-20 and 23-27
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Drop off children as early as 8 a.m. with no
additional charge.)
For grades three through seven.
One-Time Application Fee: $50
$150 per student. Discounts for siblings and Museum Members.
Register for both weeks and receive an additional discount.
Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection
and special exhibitions. Supplies are included.
April 5 and 19: Celebrate spring with a nature crown.
May 3 and 17: Explore the collection and create a piece of artinspired jewelry.
June 7 and 21: Build It – Summer Castle.
These one-week sessions combine science, art, and math for
learning, fun, and creativity. All instructors are state-certified
teachers. For more information or to register, please call
727.341.3000.
NEW: Drumming@The MFA!
High School Student Exhibition: Visual Metaphor
Through Sunday, April 27
Second and Fourth Saturdays of the month, 10-11 a.m.
For ages three and older. Children must be accompanied by an
adult.
$5 per person
This show features work by many of the most talented students
in the Pinellas County Schools, selected by their teachers and
encompassing a wide range of media. A reception for the students
and their parents and teachers will be held on Tuesday, April 22,
from 6-8 p.m., with awards presented at 6:30. Visual Metaphor is
a partnership between the MFA and the Pinellas County Schools
and is sponsored in part by The DMG School Project.
Explore the many cultures represented in the Museum collection
by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel your musical
and artistic momentum grow while you drum out rhythms and
use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No prior
experience is necessary. Just come and have fun.
Board of Trustees 2014
Family Tours
Executive Committee
Mr. Howard Mills, J.D.,
President
Mr. Marshall Rousseau,
President-Elect
Ms. Ellen Stavros, Secretary
Mr. Harold E. Wells Jr., Treasurer
Mr. Robert Churuti
Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey
Mr. William H. Stover
Saturdays, 11 a.m.
Bring the family for a docent tour that will open up new worlds
for your children – and you. Participants receive a postcard
reproduction of a work in the collection to take home.
New Parent Gallery Conversations
Third Fridays of the month, 10 a.m.
ASL-accessible
For parents/guardians and their children up to six-years-old.
$5 per family
Trustees
Mr. Roy Binger
Mrs. Cathy Collins
Mr. Gary Damkoehler
Mrs. Royce Haiman
Mr. Robert L. Hilton
Mrs. Hazel C. Hough
Mr. Jackie Joyner Jr.
Dr. William D. Law Jr.
Discover art and learn a new language as a family. Gain an
introduction to ASL (American Sign Language) vocabulary while
touring the galleries. The classes are designed and presented by
certified ASL instructor and interpreter Carol Downing.
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Ms. Fay Mackey
Mr. Clark Mason
Mrs. Mary Alice McClendon
Mrs. Glenn Mosby
Mr. Cary P. Putrino, J.D.
Mr. Robert B. Stewart
Mr. Anthony Zinge, J.D.
Mrs. Margaret Amley, President,
The Margaret Acheson Stuart
Society
Dr. Kent Lydecker, Director
Honorary Trustees
Mrs. Isabel Bishop, Honorary
Memorial Trustee
Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Esq.
Mr. Charles Henderson
Mrs. Nomina Cox Horton
Mr. Peter Sherman
Mrs. Carol A. Upham
Music
in the Marly
The Marly Music Series returns
with another exciting summer
series. Tickets are first-come,
first-served, cost $20 for adults
and $10 for students 22 and
younger with current ID,
and can be purchased online
by going to www.fine-arts.
org. Admission to the entire
Museum is included in the
ticket price.
Marly Music Society members
pay only $15 per concert.
Please consider joining the
group to support the series.
You must be a Museum
member to join.
The Music Committee, chaired
by Dr. Richard Eliason and cochaired by Demi Rahall, plans
the series. Vicki Sofranko is
the staff coordinator. Concerts
are sponsored in part by the
Estate of Mrs. Elvira Wolfe
de Weil, and the Tampa Bay
Times is the media sponsor.
For more information, please
call 727.896.2667 or visit the
website, www.fine-arts.org.
The first concerts are at 2 p.m.
on these Sundays:
A frequent guest concertmaster
with U.S. and Canadian
orchestras, Ms. dePasquale was
recently the acting associate
concertmaster of the Saint
Louis Symphony. She has also
performed at many leading
music festivals, including
Aspen and Caramoor.
Scott Cantrell, the music critic
for the Dallas Morning News,
wrote that “Claire Huangci
cast a spell right from the
start, with a gentle, caressing
touch in the first movement of
Beethoven’s A major sonata.”
Ms. Huangci has been a soloist
with many of the world’s
foremost ensembles, including
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the
Berlin Symphony, the Munich
Chamber Orchestra, the
Indianapolis Symphony, and
the Moscow Radio Orchestra.
She has performed in Carnegie
Hall, the Konzerthaus Berlin,
the Salle Cortot in Paris, and
Oji Hall in Tokyo, among other
venues. Her solo recording
debut of works by Tchaikovsky
and Prokofiev was released
by Berlin Classics in 2013.
A laureate of the Queen
Elizabeth Competition,
Ms. Huangci studied at the
Curtis Institute of Music.
Strings are a family affair for
the dePasquales. Her father
Robert was the longtime
associate principal second
violin of the Philadelphia
Orchestra, and three uncles
and two cousins played in the
violin, viola, and cello sections.
She studied with the famed
Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis
Institute in Philadelphia and
pursued graduate studies at
Indiana University.
Pianist Angelin Chang, a
Grammy Award-winner, will be
the accompanist. She performs
frequently with Ms. dePasquale,
The dePasquale String Quartet,
and members of both the
Cleveland and Philadelphia
Orchestras. She was the first
American to receive first prizes
in both piano and chamber
music in the same year from
the Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique de Paris,
France. She holds her DMA
from the Peabody Institute of
The Johns Hopkins University
and is Professor of Piano and
Coordinator of Keyboard
Studies at Cleveland State
University.
June 1
Claire Huangci,
piano
June 29
Emily Albrink,
soprano
When Ms. Albrink appeared in
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
with the Washington National
Opera, the Washington Post
wrote that her “pert, pearltoned Susanna may have been
the liveliest, most affectionately
detailed performance of the
evening.” She has been hailed
by the New York Times as
“delightful and vocally strong
and versatile.”
June 15
Ellen dePasquale,
violin
Ms. Huangci began her
international career at nine and
has been earning accolades
ever since. She is regarded as
one of the premiere Chopin
interpreters of her generation.
She won first prize at the
2009 International Chopin
Competition in Darmstadt,
Germany, and first and special
prizes at the 2010 International
Chopin Competition in Miami.
A local favorite, Ms. dePasquale
is a past concertmaster of the
Florida Orchestra and during
her tenure, was also active in
chamber music groups and
performed at the Museum. She
left Florida to become associate
concertmaster of the great
Cleveland Orchestra. She was
appointed by the legendary
Christoph von Dohnanyi
and held the chair for eight
years. She made numerous
solo appearances with the
ensemble, was a member
of the Cleveland Orchestra
Piano Trio, and taught at the
Cleveland Institute of Music.
Ms. Albrink has collaborated
with such distinguished
conductors and composers
as James Levine, Plácido
Domingo, Robert Spano,
Marin Alsop, Jake Heggie,
and John Musto. She has a
wealth of roles to her credit in
such operas as Bizet’s Carmen,
Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte and The
Magic Flute, and Benjamin
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Britten’s Peter Grimes. She sang
Evvy in the U.S. premiere of
Tod Machover’s Death and the
Powers with the American
Repertory Theater and the
Chicago Opera Theater. That
innovative work featured
singers as robots and a cyborg.
An ardent champion of new
music, Ms. Albrink made
her Carnegie Hall debut in
2006 in the world premiere
of Clarice Assad’s Confessions
and returned three years later
to sing John Adams’ Grand
Pianola Music. She holds her
BFA in musical theater from
the University of Michigan
and her MM and professional
diploma from the Manhattan
School of Music.
Ms. Albrink will be
accompanied by Sharon
Lavery, who has served as
pianist and assistant chorus
master at the New York City
Opera and as a collaborative
pianist with the Colorado
Quartet, the Da Capo Chamber
Ensemble, and the American
Symphony Orchestra, among
many others. She currently
teaches at the Louisville
Classical Academy, where
she conducts two choral
ensembles. She holds her
bachelor’s in piano and voice
performance from the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music in
Ohio and her doctorate in
collaborative piano from The
Juilliard School.
Future Sunday concerts
follow:
July 20: Cellist Scott
Kluksdahl, accompanied by
pianist Noreen Polera.
August 3: Jason Vieaux, guitar,
and Gary Schocker, flute.
August 24: Pianist Eric Himy.
November 16: Jazz Arts Trio:
Fred Moyer, piano, Peter
Fraenkel, drums, and Peter
Tillotson, base.
Let the Party Begin
Sponsor and VIP Dinner
Friday, February 7, MFA
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Wine Weekend St. Pete 2014
February 7-9
The area’s premier wine
event enjoyed another
banner year. Wine, art,
and museum lovers
gathered in force for a
series of stellar events.
Dimity Carlson was
the chair, and Margaret
Amley is President of
The Margaret Acheson
Stuart Society.
(Left to right) Iris Salzer, Mary Jane Park of the Tampa Bay
Times, trustee Fay Mackey, Mary Evertz, and Lynn Cox
The celebration actually
Wine Weekend Chair Dimity Carlson
began a week early with
and MFA Director Kent Lydecker
“The Grape Escape” on
Saturday, February 1.
Couples gathered at
the stunning home of Barbara and Col. Fred McCoy and were
whisked away by limousines to diverse locations for fine wine
and gourmet dinners.
The stellar weekend events included “Let the Party Begin,”
a sponsor and VIP black-tie dinner at the MFA, on Friday,
February 7. The featured vintners were special guests, and Tyson
Grant, Executive Chef at Parkshore Grill, prepared the dinner.
The Gala Dinner and Wine Auction, resembling the Wine
Academy Awards, followed at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort and
Golf Club on Saturday, February 8. Bidding was lively in both
the silent and live auctions, and the Vinoy’s Executive Chef Mark
Heimann created the dinner. The weekend concluded Sunday,
February 9, at the Museum with both a Jazz Brunch and the first
duPont Registry Concours d’Elegance, displaying classic cars.
Tom and Mary James
Dr. Mariano and Natavidad
(Nata) Cibran
The Stuart Society and the Museum express their deep gratitude
to Mrs. Carlson and her committee and to these sponsors:
Platinum: duPont Registry and Raymond James
Gold: Bert Smith Porsche
Silver: Brown & Brown Insurance, Mustard Seed Advisors
of Raymond James & Associates, and Marianne and Mark T.
Mahaffey
Jean Anne Reed (left) and Sidney Chaney
Bronze: Beth Rutberg and John-Edward Alley; Margaret and
Dr. Edward Amley; Bank of Tampa, Pinellas Division; Andrea
and Russ Barlow; Donna Blazevic; Ruth and Don Campagna;
Dimity and Mark Carlson; Sidney and Fred Chaney; Jacqueline
and Hayward Chapman; Lynn and David Cox; Coastal Properties
Group/Christies International Real Estate; and Beth and John
England.
Also Joyce and Walter Larson; Dr. and Mrs. John P. McDonough
III, Geriatric Psychological Specialists; Glenn and Dav Mosby;
RCH Capital LLC – Gail and Fred Razook; Fran and Bud Risser;
Eve and Felix Sawicki; Smith & Associates Real Estate; Kathleen
and William Stover; Saint Petersburg Pediatrics and the Cibran
Family; Susan M. Taylor; Carol and Tom Treichel; and Kathy and
Kent Whittemore.
Dr. Edward and Stuart Society President Margaret Amley (left)
with Teil and guest vintner Nicholas Allen of Carte Blanche Wine
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Gala Dinner and Wine Auction
Vinoy Renaissance Resort and Golf Club
Saturday, February 8
Wine Weekend Chair Dimity
Carlson welcomes the crowd.
Guest vintner Nicholas
Allen of Carte Blanche
Wine explains the
wines he donated.
Leading the exciting auction were (left to right) Tom duPont,
Jeffrey Burchard of Burchard Galleries, and Elizabeth Flower.
President of the Board Howard
Mills with Past Board President
Dr. Edward Amley and Stuart
Society President Margaret Amley
Bidding was lively throughout the evening.
Elizabeth Flower responds
to another bid.
Bud Risser introduces the 12 bottles of 1995
Château Margaux in the original wooden
case, which he donated to the auction.
An enthusiastic crowd filled the Grand Ballroom.
Maggie Newman’s
1911 Rolls Royce
Silver Ghost Touring
Car was awarded
Best in Class and
Best in Show at the
first duPont Registry
Concours
d’Elegance at the
MFA on Sunday,
February 9. Sharon
and Michael Cobb’s
1965 Porsche 365
was named People’s
Choice.
Carol Russell and her daughter
Rachael, both Stuart Society
members, enjoyed both the
Jazz Brunch and the duPont
Registry Concours d’Elegance.
Mrs. Russell’s mother, Sarah
Longquist, is also a member,
reflecting three generations
of service to the Museum.
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Art
in
Bloom
March 6-11
Art in Bloom 2014 was glorious – and
popular. Sixty floral designers, including 14
Stuart Society members, created stunning
arrangements in response to works in the
“Flowers After Hours” chairs Becky
Wells (left) and Gail Pyhel. Not
collection and in New Mexico and the Arts of
pictured is Whitney Shouppe.
Enchantment. Floral artist Chris Giftos not only
lectured at the sold-out luncheon at the Vinoy
on Friday, March 7, but also devised an impressive design for
The Great Hall, just as he did at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York for more than 33 years. He was honored at the
patron party at Glenn Mosby’s home on Thursday, March 6.
“Flowers After Hours,” the preview party on Saturday, March
8, at the Museum was elegant and entertaining. Cathy Unruh
of WEDU was the emcee. Tiffany Braun of Braun’s Fine Flowers
and Richard Rigg of Delma’s Flower Booth participated in
the Iron Florist Artistic Interpretation, and Dr. Adam Estevez
worked on a painting throughout the evening.
Tom Sansone and “Flowers After
Hours” emcee Cathy Unruh.
Chris Giftos
creates his
impressive floral
design for The
Junior League
Great Hall.
The Museum was packed for “Conversations with the
Designers” on Sunday, March 9. Noted artist Mernet Larsen was
the special guest. She was joined by respected art collector and
appraiser Eric Lang Peterson, who invented a design in response
to her painting Mall (1987), which he donated to the collection.
Art in Bloom attendance records were set on Saturday and
Sunday, with more than 1,000 visitors each day.
Dale Wybrow and Elizabeth Walters-Alison were the overall
co-chairs and Betty Shamas coordinated the exhibition of floral
designs. Martha Buttner and Glenn Mosby chaired the luncheon
and Gail Pyhel, Whitney Shouppe, and Becky Wells, the preview
party.
The Stuart Society and the Museum express profound gratitude
to the Art in Bloom chairs, their committee, and these sponsors
for making the installation and surrounding events possible:
Presenting Sponsors: Hancock Bank and Nordstrom
Event Sponsors: Ferman and Publix Super Markets Charities
Media Sponsor: Tampa Bay Times
(Left to right) Stuart Society President Margaret Amley,
Dale Wybrow, MFA Director Kent Lydecker, and Elizabeth
Walters-Alison. Mrs. Wybrow and Mrs. WaltersAlison were the overall Art in Bloom chairs.
(Left to right) Sue Froid,
Judy Stanton Holland,
and Susan Cook Lahey.
(Left to right) MFA trustee Glenn Mosby, Master Floral Designer
and speaker Chris Giftos, and Martha Buttner at the Art in
Bloom Luncheon. Mrs. Mosby and Ms. Buttner were the chairs.
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Nick Albanese (left) and Charles Edward with the
latter’s floral design inspired by Robert Calvo’s Politics
of Place (1984), given to the MFA by Eric Lang Peterson.
Mr. Edward’s arrangement was “the fans’ favorite.”
Eric Lang Peterson and Mernet Larsen with her work Mall
(1987), which he donated to the collection. Mr. Peterson
created the floral design, and both talked with visitors
during “Conversations with the Designers.”
Desmond Clark (left) and Thaddeus Root with Mary B. Perry’s
design for Roy Lichtenstein’s Roads Collar (1989).
Cassie and Tom Osterloth with her design for
Tony Abeyta’s Thunder Valley (2009).
The Plaza of Honor
at the Bayshore entrance to the Hazel Hough Wing
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(Left to right) Linda Baer, Joan Elmore, Jane Beam, and
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EROTICA
New Staff
An Evening with Venus
Robin O’Dell returns to the Museum
in a newly created position, Manager of
Photographic Collections. With more
than 16,000 images, the MFA has one of
the largest photography collections in
the Southeast. The generous gifts from
The Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee
Drapkin Collection have greatly
enhanced an already respected collection.
Thursday, February 13
Presented by the Museum Store and the Public Programs
Department in partnership with Spathose, Conservatory
Displays by ConceptBait
Ms. O’Dell will be primarily responsible
for cataloguing the entire photography collection, overseeing its
storage, and making recommendations for conservation. This is
especially critical for The Dandrew-Drapkin Collection, which
she will research, evaluate, and organize. She also will make
the Museum’s photography collection better known throughout
the country and help develop plans for a new comprehensive
database for the complete MFA collection. She will work
closely with Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer
Hardin, who has played a historic role in the development of the
photography collection, and Registrar Louise Reeves.
Ms. O’Dell’s graduate study and professional experience
make her the ideal person for this role. She left the MFA after
seven years to pursue an MA in photographic preservation
and collections management in the joint program offered by
Ryerson University in Toronto and the George Eastman House
International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester.
During her study, she served as library assistant at the George
Eastman House, assistant to the archivist at the Keith Haring
Foundation, and exhibition intern with the Roman Vishniac
Archive at the International Center of Photography in New York
City. She also published a scholarly article on Brassaï for Image
Magazine.
Bonita Cobb (left), a past president of The
Margaret Acheson Stuart Society, and trustee
Mary Alice McClendon, a past president of the
Collectors Circle, admire one of the models.
A capacity crowd, from
grandmothers to recent
college graduates,
attended this third
annual Erotica event.
There were impressive
body-painted models,
Roman centurions, and
an exceptional lecture by
the star of the evening,
Dr. Robert Steven
Bianchi, Chief Curator
of the Fondation Gandur
MFA Director Kent Lydecker (left) with
pour l’Art/Geneva. A
guest lecturer Dr. Robert Steven Bianchi
major antiquities scholar,
Dr. Bianchi introduced
erotic imagery in ancient
Roman art to a standing-room-only audience spanning all ages.
During her previous MFA tenure, Ms. O’Dell was a highly
valued member of the curatorial department. She assisted with
more than 50 exhibitions and curated four, including Changing
Identities: The Len Prince Photographs of Jessie Mann and On
Museum Store
Members’ Jewelry Sale
Thursday, May 1-Sunday, May 4
Members receive an extra 10 percent off on all
jewelry in the Store. Total discount is 20 percent.
Jenniferann Pounds is protected by
two muscular centurions.
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the Road: Photographs Across America. She
wrote and edited object labels, wall text,
and catalogue content; conducted gallery
talks; and organized programs for the
Friends of Photography. For a year, she
was Guest Curator at the St. Petersburg
Museum of History, organizing Webb’s City,
A Community Remembers and America’s
Pastime/St. Petersburg’s Passion.
A talented actress, Ms. O’Dell holds a BA
in theater cum laude from the University
of South Florida and recently appeared in
Richard Manley’s A Question of Words at the
Studio@620, where she is a past President
of the Board. She has also been a student
in the “managing collections” certificate
program at New York University.
Teresa Roann Wilkins, Member Services
Manager, comes to the MFA after serving as
the Assistant Curator and graduate assistant
in the Department
of the Arts of Africa,
Oceania, and the
Americas at the
Indiana University
Art Museum. She has
also been Exhibits
Coordinator at the
Seminole Tribe of
Florida’s Ah-TahThi-Ki Museum in
Clewiston.
Ms. Wilkins, who was pursuing her
doctorate in non-Western art history at
Indiana University, had diverse experiences
at the museum. They ranged from curating
exhibitions to cataloguing objects, from
marketing to planning openings. In her
exhibitions, she focused on art from
Cameroon; African ceramics, baskets, and
textiles; and contemporary Zulu ceramics,
among other objects. She also participated
in fund-raising activities, trained volunteers,
and designed and maintained donor
databases. She is a past MFA volunteer.
A frequent lecturer during her graduate
studies, Ms. Wilkins has presented papers
at the College Art Association Annual
Conference and the Hawaii International
Conference on Arts and Humanities.
She has been the Executive Assistant
to the Associate Vice Chancellor for
Administration, Finance, and Operations at
the University of Hawaii at Manoa,
where
she earned her MA in Pacific art history. In
addition, she has taught social studies in the
Pinellas County Schools.
Ms. Wilkins has been selected for numerous
honor societies, including Phi Kappa Phi,
Mortar Board, and Golden Key. She holds
her BA magna cum laude in non-Western art
history from the University of South Florida,
where she was a Presidential Scholar.
Thank You
The MFA is grateful to the following donors and corporate partners who made
annual gifts or pledges between November 22, 2013 and February 21, 2014:
$50,000 and above
Duke Energy Florida
The Bill Edwards Group, LLC
$25,000 to $49,999
Bill and Joanne Edwards
William R. and Hazel Hough
Tom and Mary James
James and Martha Sweeny
$10,000 to $24,999
Bank of America
BB&T
Franklin Templeton
Peter and Mary Lee Jones
Beth Morean
Pinellas Community Foundation
Smith & Associates Realtors, Inc.
Snell Isle Development Company LLC
Gus A. and Frances L. Stavros
$5,000 to $9,999
Kathleen and Robert Brooks
Sally McConnell
Spada Graphix
Demi and Sam G. Rahall
$1,000 to $4,999
Philip Benjamin
Ruth and Donald Campagna
Hillary Carlson Cone
John DuBois
The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation
Barbara Genthner-Moritz
Dr. Gordon Gilbert
Seymour and Susan Gordon
Michael Graham
Dr. Kevin Greenidge
Judy S. and Troy W. Holland
W. Langston and Carol Holland
Dr. Ilda Hall Littell
Fay Mackey
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Massari
Sonya Miller
Mary B. and Dr. Richard E. Perry
Eric Lang Peterson
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Claire Rives
Jean E. Rocchi
T. Marshall Rousseau
Dr. John E. Schloder
Betty Shamas and Jane Beam
Mary L. Shuh
Drs. Edwin and Dorothy Sved
Westminster Communities of
St. Petersburg
Mary Wheeler
$500 to $999
Deborah and Jim Long
Harry and Joan McCreary
Fran and Bud Risser
David and Teddi Robbins
Burrage and Mary Lou Warner
Up to $499
Dr. Edward and Margaret Amley
Ronald and Dale Anderson
Janet Augenbraun
Enita Berkheiser
Sharon and Charles Clarkson
Elizabeth Coerver
Louise C. Conley
Rene Clark and Richard Davis
Summer Dicus-Boydstun
Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin
Patricia H. Eckert
Allen Loyd and Phillippa Francq
William and Eileen Freda
John and Louise Garrigues
Emily and Dr. Fred Gurtman
Morrison Torrey and David Hirschman
Don and Sarah Howe
Victor and Jean Hurst
Calvin Johnson
Judith Jourdan
Barbara B. Knapper
Dr. Thomas C. and Margarita Laughlin
Harold Leigh
James M. and Nina Light
Parsla and Dr. John W. Mason
Patricia and Robert Miller
Joyce Millman
Phyllis Mindel
Sarah Nisenson
Anna Prince
Marilyn A. Ruga
Neil and Susan Savage
William and Isabel Schoenberg
Linn Sennott
Arthur and Peg Silvergleid
Thomas and Donna Southard
Robert and Carol Stewart
John Warren Stewig
Christopher and Kelly Still
Darren and Winifred Stowe
Dorothy Wilkerson Templet
Daniel and Ann Vickstrom
Mary Booker Wall
Shari Watson-Wardrum
Joan Waterbury
Jane and Sterling Weems
Kathleen Wilson
Margaret and Emory Wood
Marylee and Donald Zink
Please notify the Advancement Office with any corrections so we can amend our records.
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Circle Level
Members
Director’s Circle
Edwards, Bill and Joanne
Hough, William R. and
Hazel
James, Tom and Mary
Mahaffey, Mark T. and
Marianne
Vinik, Jeff and Penny
Wittner, Jean Giles
Founder’s Circle
Dillon, Ric and Marina
Edwards, Bill and Anne
Jones, Peter and Marylee
Benefactor
Godbold, Bo and Betsy*
Merrick, Thomas and Elaine
Murphy*
Weymouth, Yann and
Susana*
Van Law, William
*Upgraded membership
between November 26 and
February 24
New General
Members
November 26-February 24
Friend
Gerber, Alexandra
Griesinger, Alan and Julie
Family
Allen, Lee and Susan
Allums, Bruce and Erica
Alston, John and Susan
Appleton-Jones, Peter and
Anne
Asselin, Roger and Margaret
Baker, Susan
Banfield, Karen
Barbieri, Luiz
Baxter, Patrick and James
McDonald
Biandudi, Tamora
Bierfelt, Elizabeth and David
Brown
Brady, Quinn and Frank
Chandler
Braun, Graal and Doris
Campbell, Devinn
Capstick, Emmett and
Joanne
Carey, Sean and Kevin Hohl
Catanese, George and Jean
Chapman-Forbes, Linley
Chinnis, Rusty
Cohen, Albert and Rosalie
Coleman, Jeff and Margarita
Conlin, Brian and Liza
Conrad
Connor, Clay
Cowley, Matt and Sheila
Cutting, Skip and Theresa
Damashek, Richard and Jane
Thomas
Darlington, Jim and Theresa
Davidson, Gerry and Allen
Davis, Michael and Linda
Dericks, Tom and Tiffin
Desapio, Antonia and Gerard
Dias, Scott
Dowling, Anne and Derek
Hess
Edhner, Jefferson
Ehrnman, James and Pona
Piekarski
Eibert, Monica
Eichinger-Dias, Lauren
Engert, Babette
Forbes, William
Frankel, Alan and Miriam
Franzblau, Alix and Ron
Sherman
Gaines, Casey and Virginia
Ward
Glenn, Alex and Robin
Guarino, Michael
Hackenwerth, Jason and
Michelle
Harnett, Karen and Allen
Harris, Tanya
Herndon, Carol and Robert
Paulson
Hughes, Jean and Roy
Ignico, Grace
Ingegneri, Anthony and Fay
Johni, Scott and Lisa
Killeen, Christine
Kochler, Beth and Peggy Van
Gorder
Korb, Donald and Tracy
Kramer, Anne and James
Clifford
LaCamera, Frank and
Frances
Laramee, Christine
LeClair, Melissa
Lehtola, Beth and Karl
Rabeneck
Linder, Larry and Sandy
Linton, John and Laura
Lohbauer, Paul and Virginia
Roberts
Lowerre-Barbieri, Susan
Lutz, Doris and Herbert
Lykoudis, Dimitrios and
Kirsten Bengtson
Lyon, Tessa-Storme and
Willy Zessoules
Lyons, Lisa
Mahar, Dennis and Helga
Mangat, Gagan and Mona
Manings, Joel and Vanessa
March, Terri
Mark, Richard
McLemore, Laura
Mike, Adela and Seraphime
Miller, Kimberly and William
Mitchell, Steve and Traer
Muhlhausen, Benjaporn and
Chris
Nichols, Katie
Ordes, Cynthia
Osborn, Donald and Rita
Otts, Natalie and Ray
Palazzolo, Valerie
Parry, Mark
Pierce, Richard and Sandra
Price, Traer and Steve
Pridgeon, Bryan and Debbie
Pyle, Linda
Reeves, Louise and
Charles A.
Richards, Lula and Ed
Robinson, Ellis
Robitaille, Asia and Devra
Salamone, Libby and Ron
Samuelson, Elizabeth
Savitsky, Georgine and
Lawrence
Saye, Allen and Karen
Schlichting, H.J. and
Gabrielle
Seixas, Greg and Melissa
Sewell, Doris
Smith, Paula and Roger
Azevedo
Smith, Clark and Anne
Stalker, Karen
Steinke, Richard and Barbara
Stephens, Terie
Still, Christopher and Kelly
Stoetzel, Robert and Marcia
Stonecipher, Debra
Sumner, Dawn
Sutton, Stephen and Alice
Taylor, Bernard and Brooke
Thomas, Allen and Pam
Truden, Nick
Turtle, Jesse and Mila
Webb-Zemlan, Cheryle
Wegner, Walter and Winona
Wilkins, Teresa
Winter, Dennis
Withers, Sharon
Zemlan, Frank
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Individual
Avis, Pamela
Bajgier, Shirley
Ballesta, Ana
Ballew, Pamela
Bean, Geri
Beckham, Elaine
Bernestein, Mildred
Bertelstein, Gayle
Bono, Steven
Bottger, Connie
Boyle, JoAnn
Brown, Karen
Bruns, Frances
Caldwell, Lynette
Canfield, Allison
Chandler, Louise
Claes, Frieda
Conroyd, Alicia
Constantine, Robert
Cope, Dorothy
Crandall, Gloria
Cushman, Stefan
Cutts, William
Daugherty, Kris
Davies, Debra
Davis, Nancy
DeRussy, Betty
Evans, Grace
Farley, Andrea
Fennell, Paul
Fernald, Barbara
Fitzgerald, Edna
Fletcher, Jackie
Fletcher, Mary
Forsyth, Hugh
Fry, Cynthia
Garrels, Cynthia
Geraghty, Phyllis
Giddens, Mary
Granese, Meredith
Greif, Kathy
Grundset, Norma
Hargrove, Kathleen
Harrington, Ruth
Harvard, Augusta
Helm, Adrien
Hoffmann, Janet
Holderman, Margaret
Horowitz, Edward
Kalinowski, Sharon
Keegan, Sharon
Koelsch, Sharon
Long, Donna
Lutz, Marian
Martin, Rebecca
McDowell, Kenneth
McGrath, Virginia
Mooney, Maureen
Nelson, Brooke
Nobbe, Daniel
Perconti, Dorothy
Perkins, Paula
Preston, Judith
Proctor, Anita
Reed, Jean Anne
Rivenbark, Cathy
Salzman, John
Sandow, Iris
Schell, Joan
Schwartz, Larry
Shank, Sister Lillian
Sink, Alex
Siviter, Ann
Smith, Wilhelmina
Spear, Evelyn
Steinbarger, Amanda
Stike, Dolores
Strickland, Bonnie
Sullivan, Thomas
Terra, Rosemarie
Thompson, Geneva
Thompson, Sylena
Trudeau, KT
Van Paemel, Margaret
Vaseliades, Cathy
Waters, Rev. Joseph
Weisgarber, Kimberly
Wine, Sheryl
Scholar
Carmack, Austin
Cotter, Kathryn
Doyle, Frances
Fox, Cynthia
Fraley, Anne Marie
Genualdi, Martha
Lanton, Audrey
Lykins, Lorrie
Marks, Suzanne
McGuire, Wallace
Murphy, Yvonne
Peacock, Brandon
Riddle-Dvorak, Barbara
Routh, Cassidy
Ruderman, Laurie
Schultz, Jeffrey
Sirotkin, Yana
Stevens, Donna
Stovall, Rosie
Walker, Andrew
Warren, Gretchen
Member Profile:
Director’s Dialogue
Sheila Tempelmann
January 28
When did you join the MFA
and why?
Director Kent Lydecker shared his thoughts for “Our
Vision, Our Future” at this luncheon sponsored by
BB&T for the Legacy Society, Director’s Circle, and
Founder’s Circle, as well as upper-level members and
donors in 2013. Associate Director for Advancement
Don Howe welcomed the 90 guests with BB&T West
Florida Team Director Tom Beames and Regional
Director Karyn Talarico. Dr. Lydecker discussed
four key areas for the MFA’s future: celebrating our
collection, connecting with community, spotlighting
photography, and communicating through technology.
In 1995, I was living and
volunteering in St. Petersburg
and read that the MFA was going
to conduct a training course for
new docents. Since membership
was a prerequisite, I joined the
Museum. I had been a guide at Stan Hywet, a Tudor
Revival Manor House in Akron, Ohio, and later a guide
at a historical site in Perrysburg, Ohio, so I interviewed at
the MFA and was accepted. My docent class graduated in
1996.
A video and comments by Linda Whitley, Social
Studies Supervisor for the Pinellas County Schools,
highlighted the impact of an innovative partnership
with the MFA. By the end of the school year, nearly
7,000 sixth-grade students will visit the Museum and
learn about ancient civilizations from objects in the
collection. For many, this represents their first visit to a
museum.
What do you like best about the MFA?
The people I have the opportunity to meet as a docent, as
well as the dedicated staff and fellow volunteers I consider
friends because of our shared interest in art. The MFA
has become a second home to me, a place where I feel
comfortable, and I am honored to be associated with it.
Who first introduced you to art?
I have been drawing images of people and copying
from pictures since I was 10 or younger, but my formal
introduction took place in high school. My sister and
a few friends from my neighborhood were fortunate
to take an art class every day in a new school where
we had transferred. Our teacher Miss Cooper taught
us perspective, watercolor, drawing, and painting and
encouraged her most talented students to apply to art
schools.
Who are your three favorite artists?
This is difficult to answer, as I’ve been exposed to such
wonderful artists over the years. If I have to narrow
it down to three, I would include Renoir, Monet, and
Whistler among my favorites.
Glenn Mosby receives the Director’s Impact Award
for 2013 from Director Kent Lydecker. She was
awarded glass art by Duncan McClellan.
Annual Membership Meeting
All MFA members are encouraged to attend the annual
membership meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, May 5, in the
Marly Room. President of the Board Howard Mills and
Director Kent Lydecker will report on the past year and
on future exhibitions and programs. John Houser of
Wells, Houser & Schatzel will summarize the audited
financial statement, and the officers of the Executive
Committee will be introduced. A reception will follow
in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory.
Education is a priority for trustee Glenn Mosby, who
received the Director’s Impact Award for her many
contributions in 2013. A docent, she is also a member of
the MFA’s Education Committee and the Committee on
Office of Trusteeship. She was awarded a work of glass
art by Duncan McClellan.
A past President of The Margaret Acheson Stuart
Society, Mrs. Mosby is currently Ways and Means Chair
and co-chaired the recent Art in Bloom Luncheon with
Martha Buttner. She co-chaired the reception with
Elise Minkoff in September recognizing donors to the
building renovation campaign and is a member of the
Legacy Society. The MFA is grateful to the more than 300
supporters who made the MFA a philanthropic priority
for 2013, in whose honor the event was held, as well as to
luncheon sponsor BB&T.
The Museum of Fine Arts Bylaws (revised 2008) state:
“Nominations for Trustees may be made by a written
petition from the general membership representing at
least one percent (1%) of the Museum members. Such
petitions must reach the Secretary at least 21 days prior
to the Annual Meeting. Any member may sign only one
petition.” For more information, please contact Ellen
Stavros, Secretary of the Board, at historybuffva@aol.
com.
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Several of his past exhibitions relate directly to the MFA’s new
one: Impressions of the Riviera: Monet, Renoir, Matisse and their
Contemporaries; Raoul Dufy; and Monet to Matisse: The Origins of
Modernism. Dr. Wayne is one of nine advisory board members
of the Musée Rodin in Paris, has lectured around the world, and
is widely published. He holds his PhD from Stanford University
and his BA with distinction from the University of California,
Berkeley, both in art history, and his MA in modern art from the
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
Lecture Series
FREE and Open to the Public
Sponsored by:
This impressive series features some of the world’s foremost art
historians, curators, artists, and collectors. A cocktail hour for
Collectors Circle members only, also sponsored by Northern
Trust, will be held one hour before the lecture. Seymour Gordon
is President of the Collectors Circle.
Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.: This
lecture provides an opportunity to
meet Dr. Kenneth Wayne, the guest
curator for the MFA’s impressive 50th
anniversary exhibition in 2015. That show
will spotlight art created on the French
coasts by Monet, Matisse, Raoul and
Jean Dufy, and Renoir, among others,
and will complement the Museum’s own
superlative collection of French art.
(Left to right) Lothar Uhl, Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer
Hardin, Dr. Robert Cohon, Susan and Collectors Circle President Seymour
Gordon, and Stephanie Goforth of sponsor Northern Trust admired the
Statue of Aphrodite before the Collectors Circle lecture on March 14.
Dr. Cohon, Curator of Ancient Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of
Art in Kansas City, focused on “Fakes, Frauds, and Scholars.”
On this visit, Dr. Wayne will take “A
Fresh Look at the Art and Life of Amedeo Modigliani (18841920).” While Curator of Modern Art at the Albright-Knox
Art Gallery in Buffalo, he organized Modigliani & the Artists of
Montparnasse. This was the first major U.S. show on the artist
in more than 40 years and traveled to the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The
Toronto Globe and Mail named it one of the top 12 exhibitions in
the world in 2002-2003 and Jed Perl of The New Republic called it
“an unforgettable museum-going experience.”
Study Trips
Sponsored by:
The Collectors Circle visits other museums, galleries, art fairs,
and private collections and homes throughout the year and is
planning several spring excursions. Members usually receive
private tours and also enjoy lunch or dinner at some of the finest
restaurants. Transportation by luxury coach is often provided for
nearby venues. Please watch for announcements.
Now an independent curator and consultant, Dr. Wayne has served
as the Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Senior Consulting
Curator for The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City and Chief
Curator of the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York.
He has also been the Joan Whitney Payson Curator at the Portland
Museum of Art in Maine, where he specialized in nineteenth to
mid-twentieth-century European art.
Please Join Us
• T he Collectors Circle was established in 1995 to expand
and strengthen the Museum’s collection and to enhance
understanding and enjoyment of art. The $500 membership
fee goes to the Collectors Circle Acquisitions Fund.
• O ver the years, the Collectors Circle and its members have
supported the purchase of 31 artworks for the Museum.
• At the annual Collectors Choice gala in the spring, the
Director and Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator present
three artworks they would like to add to the collection.
Members in attendance select the winner.
• T he Collectors Circle offers lectures, open to the public, by
distinguished curators, scholars, artists, and collectors. A
reception is held for members before each lecture.
• Members can also participate in rewarding study trips each year
to other museums, galleries, art fairs, and private collections.
• T he Collectors Circle will celebrate its 20th anniversary and
the Museum’s 50th in 2015 by acquiring a major work for the
collection. If you join now, you can be part of the excitement –
and the choice.
(Left to right) Josh Kollman of sponsor Northern Trust, Padmini Durr,
Dr. Joan Cummins of the Brooklyn Museum, Kimberley Payne of Northern
Trust, and William Knight Zewadski gathered in front of the Jain Shrine
before the Collectors Circle lecture on December 13. Dr. Cummins
discussed “Temporary Bodies: Religious Sculpture of India.”
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Impact of Annual Giving 2014
The Museum is deeply grateful for your continued support.
Contributions to Annual Giving will support more than 200
programs, exhibitions, lectures, and events in 2014. Here are just
a few ways your gift makes a huge difference at the MFA and in
the community.
The Fantastic Far East
Friday, April 25
7-10 p.m.
• $1500 purchases supplies for “Painting in the Park.”
• $ 750 sponsors a hands-on activity for children in the Explore
More Gallery.
• $ 500 underwrites reduced admission for a school group.
• $ 250 covers an American Sign Language interpreter for
lectures and special events.
• $100 purchases books for the library.
To make a fully tax-deductible gift, contact the Advancement
Office at 727.896.2667. Gifts of $1500 or more will be recognized
in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory. For more
information, contact Director of Development Daryl DeBerry at
extension 250 or ddeberry@fine-arts.org.
Sixth-grade students visit the Museum to explore
the ancient world from the collection.
Standing Horse
China, Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Earthenware with traces of pigment
Gift of Dr. David and Enid Owens
Sponsored in part by
Collectors Circle Corporate and
Foundation Sponsors
Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, gourmet seated dinner,
select wines, and more
Astral Extracts
Fifth Third Private Bank
Helen Torres Foundation
Northern Trust
RBC Wealth Management
In Honor of Kathy Beyer on
her important birthday
Dr. John E. Schloder and
Terence Leet
In Honor of Seymour Gordon,
Esq., a hero among us
Dr. John E. Schloder and
Terence Leet
In Memory of Dr. Eddy Burns
Dr. John E. Schloder
In Honor of Royce G. Haiman
Ann H. Shelton
In Memory of John Damm
Dr. John E. Schloder
In Memory of Sheldon
Rothman
Helen Hameroff and Frantz
Christensen
MFA Director Kent Lydecker and Hazel and William
Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin will present three
artworks for possible Museum acquisition. Collectors
Circle members in attendance will select their favorite.
Helen Torres will announce the winner.
Black-Tie Welcomed
Valet Parking available at the Beach Drive entrance
$200 per person Open to the Public
Please send check, made payable to the Collectors Circle,
or credit card information, including security code, to
co-chair Mary Alice McClendon, 555 Fifth Avenue N.E.,
#1232, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. You can also email
reservations to Ms. McClendon, mamcclendon@aol.com.
Hillary Carlson Cone is her co-chair.
In Memory of Florence Fayer
Janet and Mark Willen
All proceeds support the Collectors Circle Acquisitions
Fund to purchase works for the collection.
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New Trustees
City Star and the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times).
Cathy Collins brings both business
acumen and a passion for art to the
Board. She founded and was the Chief
Executive Officer of Meridien Research,
which conducts a wide range of clinical
trials for new medications. These
experimental drugs are designed to treat
cardiac problems to diabetes, anxiety to
Alzheimer’s.
During the final two years of his newspaper career, Mr. Hilton
completed his MBA at Wichita State University, where he
graduated at the top of his class with a 4.0 average. His
graduate study increased his interest in financial markets,
which led to his positions at Raymond James. He holds his BA
in government from Florida State University and has earned
Wealth Management Specialist and Retirement Plan Consultant
certifications.
Mr. Hilton has given back to all of the cities where he has lived.
Locally, he has served on the boards of the Pier Aquarium and
the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast and is a current board
member of the St. Petersburg College Foundation and Ready for
Life, which helps those in transition from foster care. He also
serves on the Florida Orchestra’s Investment Committee. In
2010, the Tampa Bay Council of the Arts recognized him for the
“best individual contribution to the arts.”
Mrs. Collins recently sold her company and has formed
Hummingbird IRB, an Institutional Review Board that oversees
the protection of people in clinical trials. She has gathered
leading figures in the medical field to become part of her
company. They range from a past president of the American
Cancer Society to a major oncologist/researcher at the DanaFarber Cancer Institute. The academic affiliations of the board
members encompass Harvard University, Tufts University, and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among others.
He is married to Chris Chapman Hilton, who was President of
The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society in 2009-2010 and continues
to be one of the organization’s most committed volunteers. She
currently serves on The Stuart Society board and is Volunteer
Activities Chair. She is also a past co-chair of the Wine Auction.
The Hiltons have been two of the Museum’s most loyal friends
and generous supporters. They have three adult sons.
Mrs. Collins’s academic background and professional experience
revolve around medicine and management. She holds her
BS from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and her MS
from The Catholic University of America, both in nursing. Her
master’s study focused on cardiovascular issues and treatment,
as well as management. She is currently participating in the
three-year Owner/President Management Program at Harvard
Business School.
Fay Mackey has deep family ties to the MFA, as well as a
remarkable understanding of its history
and collection. She is the great-niece of
Museum Founder Margaret Acheson
Stuart and the daughter of longtime
President of the Board Charles W.
Mackey. In fact, Ms. Mackey attended
the Museum’s very first opening
and volunteered as a teenager in the
Shop. She and the MFA truly grew up
together.
Her other leadership positions in the field of clinical trials have
included CEO of Insearch.net, Vice President of Operations
for Protocare Trials, and Vice President of Site Operations for
Clinical Studies, Ltd. Previously, she held nursing positions in
clinical and educational settings.
Mrs. Collins is an avid collector of contemporary art, which
complements the Museum’s increased attention to this area.
She has also participated in numerous triathlons and most
recently ran the New York Marathon. She has been very active
in the community, serving as the Vice Chair of the Pinellas
Education Foundation, a board member of freeFall Theatre, and
an advisory board member of the Bank of Tampa, St. Petersburg
branch. She and her husband, surgeon Dr. Paul Steven Collins,
have three adult children. They all attended Shorecrest
Preparatory School, where Mrs. Collins served as Board Chair.
Ms. Mackey holds her B.A. in history
from Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where
she also studied art history. During her sophomore year,
she completed an internship at the Museum, working in all
departments, and after graduation, was a volunteer at the noted
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, also in WinstonSalem. On the financial side, Ms. Mackey held responsible
positions with Florida Federal Savings and Loan for 10 years,
where she worked extensively with retirement accounts.
Known for his dedication, collegiality,
and leadership, Robert L. Hilton
returns to the Board and will once again
chair the Development Committee. He
is Managing Director and Senior Vice
President, Investments for Mustard Seed
Advisors of Raymond James. He joined
Raymond James in 2002 and founded
the highly successful Mustard Seed
Advisors with Joe Blanton in 2007. An
estate planning specialist, Mr. Hilton
has more than 36 years of experience in
business, financial management, investing, and marketing.
A former trustee, Ms. Mackey has served on the Membership
Committee, is the co-chair with Susan Taylor of the Education
Committee, and is a member of the Accessions Committee.
She has consulted with staff on the care and beautification of
the grounds and has been a faithful member of The Margaret
Acheson Stuart Society. She has co-chaired a fashion show with
Dimity Carlson and was the decorations co-chair for the most
recent Wine Weekend.
Ms. Mackey has also carried on a family tradition of leadership
and service at The Cathedral Church of St. Peter in downtown
St. Petersburg. She just completed a three-year term on the
Chapter, the vestry or board of an Episcopal cathedral; chairs
formation (education); and is a member of the stewardship and
outreach committees, as well as the Altar Guild.
Mr. Hilton began his career in the newspaper industry. For the
Wichita Eagle and Beacon, he served as the Consumer Marketing
Manager and the Circulation Marketing Manager. He was the
Circulation Director and then the Vice President, Marketing for
the Boca Raton News. He held similar positions with the Kansas
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DATES to Remember
New Mexico and the Arts of
Enchantment featuring the Raymond
James Financial Collection
Through Sunday, May 11
Aaron Siskind’s Harlem Document
Through Sunday, July 20
High School Student Exhibition:
Visual Metaphor
Through Sunday, April 27
Collection Conversations
Representations of Childhood
My Generation: Young Chinese
Artists
Saturday, June 7 – Sunday,
September 28
Views of the Panama Canal by
Ernest Hallen
Saturday, July 26-Sunday,
November 9
Family Tours, Saturdays, 11 a.m.
APRIL
Thursday/3
Collectors Circle Lecture:
Independent curator Dr. Kenneth
Wayne on Amedeo Modigliani,
6:30 p.m.
Saturday/5
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take
Saturday, Celebrate spring with
a nature crown, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday/6
Cinema@The MFA: The Rape
of Europa with an introduction
by MFA Director Kent Lydecker,
2 p.m.
Tuesday/8
Friends of Decorative Arts:
Jeffrey Burchard on preparing for
art auctions, 2 p.m.
Thursday/17
Porch Party, 5:30-7 p.m.
UNCHartED: Random Acts of
Culture, “Graphic Novel: The
Business of Art,” 6:30-8 p.m.
Friday/18
New Parent Gallery
Conversations, 10 a.m.
Wednesday/14
Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s
“Berthe Morrisot – A Woman
Ahead of her Time,” tour, and
refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m.
Saturday/19
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take
Saturday, Celebrate spring with
a nature crown, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Friday/25
Collectors Choice XIII,
presented by the Collectors
Circle, 7-10 p.m.
Saturday/26
New: Drumming@The MFA,
10-11 a.m.
Sunday/27
Seventh Annual Painting in
the Park, 1-4 p.m.
High School Student Exhibition:
Visual Metaphor closes.
Saturday/3
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take
Saturday, Create art-inspired
jewelry, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday/9
Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s
“Aesop’s Fables,” tour, and
refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m.
Thursday/10
Cinema@The MFA: The Rape of
Europa, 6 p.m.
Monday/5
Annual Membership Meeting,
4 p.m.
Saturday/12
New: Drumming@The MFA,
10-11 a.m.
Saturday/10
New: Drumming@The MFA,
10-11 a.m.
Sunday/13
Hot Gatherings, Cool
Conversations: Glass artists
Deanna Clayton and Alexis Silk,
3 p.m.
Sunday/11
Hot Gatherings, Cool
Conversations: Artist Richard
Logan, 3 p.m.
New Mexico and the Arts of
Enchantment closes.
Saturday/14
New: Drumming@The MFA,
10-11 a.m.
The Beer Project, Public Tasting
and Awards, noon-3 p.m.
Saturday/17
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take
Saturday, Create art-inspired
jewelry, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday/15
Music in the Marly: Violinist
Ellen dePasquale, accompanied
by pianist Angelin Chang, 2 p.m.
JUNE
Sunday/1
Music in the Marly: Pianist
Claire Huangci, 2 p.m.
Thursday/5
My Generation, Members’
Opening, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday/7
My Generation: Young Chinese
Artists opens
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take
Saturday, Build It – Summer
Castle, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday/8
Conversation with Guest
Curator Barbara Pollack and
Katherine Pill, Assistant
Curator of Art after 1950, on My
Generation, 3 p.m.
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Thursday/12
Beer Crafts! Demonstration
and Book-Signing with Shawn
Gascoyne-Bowman, 6-8 p.m.
Friday/16
New Parent Gallery
Conversations, 10 a.m.
Saturday/24
New: Drumming@The MFA,
10-11 a.m.
Monday/12
Monday Art Bite: Curatorial
Assistant Sabrina Hughes on
Suzanne Camp Crosby’s Where
Do Babies Come From #2 (1986),
1 p.m.
Wednesday/11
Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s
“Han-terbury Tales,” tour, and
refreshments, 10-11:30 a.m.
Friday/13
The Beer Project Launch Party at
Green Bench Brewing Co., 7 p.m.
Thursday/22
My Generation Lecture Series:
Professor and artist Kirk Ke Wang
on China’s cultural revolution,
6:30 p.m.
Thursday/1
Members’ Jewelry Sale in the
Museum Store, through Sunday,
May 4
Monday/June 9
Monday Art Bite: MFA Director
Kent Lydecker on a work in My
Generation, 1 p.m.
Thursday/15
Porch Party, 5:30-7 p.m.
UNCHartED: Random Acts of
Culture, Edible Art Trivia Night,
7 p.m.
Sunday/18
Gallery Talk: Curatorial Assistant
Sabrina Hughes on Aaron Siskind’s
Harlem Document, 3 p.m.
MAY
Sunday/4
Wayne W. and Frances Knight
Parrish Lecture: James Ballinger
of the Phoenix Art Museum on
“The Ever-Evolving Art of the
American West,” 3 p.m.
Monday/14
Monday Art Bite: Hazel and
William Hough Chief Curator
Jennifer Hardin on Georgia
O’Keeffe’s Grey Hills Painted Red,
New Mexico (1930), 1 p.m.
Tuesday/13
Friends of Decorative Arts:
Katherine Pill, Assistant
Curator of Art after 1950, on
contemporary approaches to
porcelain, 2 p.m.
Monday/16
Science, Art, and Math Camp@
The MFA, through Friday, June
20, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Thursday/19
Cinema@The MFA: Babies, with
an introduction by Assistant
Curator Katherine Pill, 6 p.m.
Friday/20
New Parent Gallery
Conversations, 10 a.m.
Saturday/21
Kidding Around Yoga,
10-11 a.m.
MFA: Make and Take
Saturday, Build It – Summer
Castle, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday/22
Cinema@The MFA: Babies, 2 p.m.
Monday/23
Science, Art, and Math Camp@
The MFA, through Friday, June
27, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Saturday/28
New: Drumming@The MFA,
10-11 a.m.
Sunday/29
Music in the Marly: Soprano
Emily Albrink, accompanied by
pianist Sharon Lavery, 2 p.m.
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My Generation: Young Chinese Artists
Lu Yang (Chinese, born Shanghai, 1984), Wrathful King Kong Core (2011), HD video, color, Courtesy of Beijing Commune
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