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A SUMMER TO REMEMBER
It was a busy summer at the Albany Museum of Art. Patrons got to meet the artists at the Summer Reception for our Neighborhood for Painters, Artists as Educators and Florence Prisant exhibitions. Two great new events also attracted big crowds. The AMA Contemporaries launched their organization and events season with Bar Fight—a winner by unanimous decision—and just before the new school year started, the AMA celebrated educators with the first Teacher Appreciation Night.
ON THE COVER | Our cover photo is from the Play Series by artist Meg Aubrey
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Our membership program is of vital importance in our efforts to build community through art, especially through maintaining FREE admission. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ripley Bell , Jr., President Jack Davis, Vice President Scott Marcus, Treasurer Alfreda Sheppard, Secretary Honorable Leslie J. Abrams Bruce Campbell Staci Willson Jim Womack Angie Barber Mallory Black Jessica Castle Cathy Darby Rosemary Hamburger Sherrer Hester Jeanette Hoopes David Lanier Mike Leach Becca Lynn Michael Mallard Milan Patel Herbert Phipps Jr. Kirk Rouse Cynthia Sudderth Marsha Taylor Chazz Williams Selena Wingfield LIFE TRUSTEES Sylvia Berry Stephen Hinton Bee McCormack MUSEUM STAFF Paula Williams, Executive Director Chloe Hinton, Education and Programming Jim Hendricks, Marketing Randi Hooks, Facilities Manager Didi Dunphy, Guest Curator INTERNS Camille Floyd Armon Garner Annie Vanoteghem
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An AMA Member’s welcome packet and membership card Priority invitations to all exhibition opening receptions Invitations to all AMA events, including fundraisers, lectures, trips and performances Discounts on selected museum camps, programs and classes Participation in the Southeastern Reciprocal Membership Program (Family, Individual, Military and Student members) or the more extensive North American Reciprocal Museum Program (Supporting membership or higher) Discounts on birthday parties Subscription to the AMArt quarterly magazine 10% discount in the Hodges Regional Artists Sales Gallery
Join the Albany Museum of Art • You can become an AMA member in a few easy steps: • Get started by going online to: albanymuseum.doubleknot.com/join-now/68868 • Choose and click on a membership option • Those with expiring membership can click on “Click Here to renew” • Follow the prompts Create an AMA membership account You can manage your AMA membership online, including purchasing tickets to events like AMA ChalkFest, the Contemporaries, the annual Art Ball, and the Fine Art of Dining Supper Series. If you have not already created your membership account, follow these easy steps: • Get started by going to the log-on page: albanymuseum.doubleknot.com/rosters/logon=3967 • Click on "Need help logging on?" • Enter the email address associated with your membership • You will receive an email with your log-in information • You will be prompted to create your new password as soon as you log in If you have questions or any problems creating your account, email membership@albanymuseum.com or call us at 229.439.8400. LOCATION: 311 Meadowlark Drive, Albany, GA 31707 | 229.439.8900 HOURS: Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Saturday noon - 5 p.m. Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. | Closed Major Holidays albanymuseum.com
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FROM THE DIRECTOR On Saturday, Sept 22, we will be taking it to the streets to deliver our mission of bringing together and building community through art. We hope you will join us for our new annual event, AMA ChalkFest. Transforming the 100 block of Pine Avenue—from The Albany Herald Building to the Flint RiverQuarium—the street will become a giant canvas, with a dozen professional chalk artists creating works of art on spaces that are nearly 50 square feet. Craft beer tents, a Georgia Grown Food Village, live entertainment, food trucks, vendors and community participation will line the streets.
Paula Bacon Williams Executive Director
This year’s theme, Home Grown, will be evident throughout the festival. Most of the professional artists are from Georgia, but all the themes of their work will be related to the people, places and products of Albany and Southwest Georgia. Local school groups, organizations and individuals will also have the opportunity to chalk it up on spaces up to 25 square feet. With only a very limited number of VIP tickets available, our Pretoria Fields VIP Experience ticket holders will have exclusive access to the VIP Lounge during the event, which includes a souvenir tasting glass; unlimited craft beer tastings; food by our own Georgia Grown chef, Todd White; tours of the brewery; a tote bag, and an air-conditioned area in which to relax. You can still buy tickets for the VIP Experience, but they are going fast. (And remember, members get a discount!) This festival will become Albany’s signature fall event and has tremendous potential for growth. The subsequent impact on local tourism and economy is amazing. The Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art’s Chalktoberfest started out with six professional chalk artists and has grown into a two-day event that attracts over 80 national and international artists, along with 100,000 visitors. The Chalk Festival in Venice, FL, is a four-day event that has attracted 250,000 to its original home in Sarasota. Our AMA ChalkFest chair, Mallory Black, and the festival committee have done a tremendous job and we are so grateful for their hard work. AMA ChalkFest is a huge project and our partnerships with volunteer groups, the City of Albany and Pretoria Fields Brewery are critical to the success of this first festival. We have a busy fall ahead, and we hope you take advantage of all of our offerings. We look forward to seeing you at the museum!
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FALL FOR GREAT LOCAL ART Celebrating our newly formed contemporaries group, the Hodges Sales Gallery has a Contemporary look this fall, featuring works by local and regional artists ages 21-45. All pieces exhibited in the gallery, open during regular museum business hours, are available for purchase. Our region's local color is expressed through a variety of mediums in the gallery, where regional artists increase their exposure and widen their audiences. Artwork perfect for display in home or oďŹƒce can be found, including paintings, drawing, prints, photographs, sculptures, and textiles. We also exhibit personal items, such as jewelry, and Albany Museum of Art merchandise that directly supports the museum. Current artists include Lindsey Toole, Jodi Mann, Harrison Greene, Camille Floyd, Katie Curry, Lisa Cosper, Cassie Dupre, Brandi Fickel, Amber Rosenberg, Sweet Em, KatieLou Jewelry, and Em Designs. SAVE THE DATE: On Saturday, Nov 17, the Hodges Sales Gallery will have a Holiday Open House 10 am-5 pm for holiday shopping season.
Picture perfect memories for this holiday season Planning an event this fall or during the holiday season? The Harry and Jane Willson Auditorium at the Albany Museum of Art is the perfect venue for your holiday party, wedding reception, engagement celebration, bridal party, rehearsal dinner, birthday or anniversary celebration, or family get-together. Create your unique canvas with our catering kitchen, artwork backdrop, lobby area, grounds and amenities. Call now! The dates are quickly ďŹ lling up! For information and availability, please call Randi Hooks at 229.439.8400 or email rental@albanymuseum.com.
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HOME TOUR ARTISTS INVESTIGATING INTERIORS, DOMESTICITY AND IDENTITY Haley Gallery | Oct 18, 2018 - Feb 2, 2019
Home, place and house are areas in which we strive to identify ourselves. We hope to understand our origins, family and history. Interiors are designed, decorated and constructed to reflect our public and private life. They narrate our intentions, the way in which we are seen—or wish to be seen. The sense of home evokes an idea of where domestic affections are centered.
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The artists in Home Tour investigate the domestic environment through a lens that is simultaneously sugary sweet and sharply sour. Exposing the nature of place, these works are not without extreme beauty and whimsy, but they also offer a sensation of longing and nostalgia, and the desire for the feeling of belonging. Featuring artists schooled or working in Georgia, many incorporate materials associated with home improvement, domestic labors referencing women’s work, and the desire of perfecting interior settings.
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Kaleena Stasiak: Stasiak exaggerates the elegance of the Southern mansion with over-scaled mantels, columns and ceiling ornaments creating a whimsical retelling of Southern architecture. Carol John: John’s love of Pop and the ordinary object in the home results in a series of bright color geometry with images of a pitched roof or gable. Jessica Machacek: Machacek’s objects circle around a wry critique of suburban desire marketed for middle class America, using big box stores for inspiration. InKyoung Choi Chun: Choi Chun, with painting and object, color and formal structure, uses the frame of architecture to investigate the delight and comfort of the daily routine—setting a table, having a meal, or strolling outdoors. Melissa Harshman: Harshman, a consummate printmaker, furthers her investigation into the domestic with the addition of sewn works in floral arrangements, reminiscing on the armchair doily.
Sarah Hobbs: Hobbs photographs reveal beautifully obsessive interior arrangements insisting on sanitized abundance. “Constructing psychological space is the driving force behind my work,” she said. “ I examine concepts that involve the human psyche: neuroses and compulsions that challenge us all, questioning the idea of normal.”
Sam Stabler: Stabler appropriates Old Master works, lush oil paintings of interior tableaus, and updates them to the contemporary setting through color and minute detail.
Justin Barker: Barker’s cool modernism harkens back to simple and tender times, his Nebraska house being an accurate model of a childhood home.
Jessica Wohl: Wohl mines the tradition of quilting in ways that evoke comfort, warmth, protection and loss. “The fabrics in these quilts have been found or purchased from thrift stores and yard sales across the country. They are hand-me-downs, throwaways, stained, smelly, loved, discarded and Someone Else’s. Like the makeup of our country, they are Others that become one, and their unification can call to attention the magnitude of what is possible when varied and different parts come together harmoniously. “
Paige Adair: Adair’s gouache paintings offer a window into fantasy rooms, begging playmates to get wrapped up in the hidden fictional tale.
Meg Aubrey: Aubrey’s painting miniaturizes an iconic suburban setting through the view of a door of a dollhouse.
April Childers: Childers’ work strives to develop complex relationships by examining objects and imagery in popular culture. “Identifying popular culture from a distance, I take on the role of a weary, outside observer as opposed to an active engager,” she said.
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BRIAN DETTMER: SELECTIVE COLLECTIVE MEMORIES East Gallery | Oct 25, 2018 – Jan 5, 2019 Cultural Center, the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2014, he was the subject of a 10-year retrospective at the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy.
Brooklyn artist Brian Dettmer gives books new life as book sculpture. His work will be presented Oct 25, 2018 through Jan 5, 2019 in the East Gallery of the Albany Museum of Art in the exhibition Brian Dettmer: Collective Selective Memories. “Reference books are records of our collective memories; agreed truths about the past and the facts of our world,” Dettmer said. “As the role of the book in contemporary society is waning and being replaced by digital information, we are losing these unchallenged records of truth. Our collective memories are now vulnerable to distortion and manipulation through selective memories often used for personal or political control. “The printed book is a fixed, linear format, perfect for a singular narrative disconnected from outside distractions but inadequate to fully reflect and report on a changing world with multiple voices and perspectives. At the same time, it is important to have records of history and absolute truths that cannot be easily manipulated and changed.” One of the leading artists working with the book, Dettmer has exhibited internationally at institutions including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York; The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; the High Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art, both in Atlanta; the Chicago
His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, the Chicago Tribune, Art News, Modern Painters, Wired, The Village Voice, Harper’s and NPR. “This show reflects the focus of my work with books as a cultural material and sculptural object,” Dettmer said. “I seek to honor the book’s role and its past, while illustrating both the exciting and troubling potentials of an intangible future. “Reference books are transformed, reconnected into new forms and excavated to expose a mass of fragmented and disjointed associations. Encyclopedia sets merge and disperse into new patterns that connect cross-cultural references of past symbols and artifacts. Books become sculpture, text becomes image and words become objects. Century old political books on our founding fathers are edited and repurposed to question once assumed truths, expose the slipperiness of language, and present anxieties on the present instability of truth. The narrative is broken into bytes and bits, textures and sounds. Images become representations of themselves, broken from context, untied from their assignments. Alternate histories and newfangled fictions prevail. “
Left: Brian Dettmer, New New Standards, 2016, hardcover books and acrylic varnish Image courtesy the artist and P.P.O.W, New York Top: Brian Dettmer, First to Pass Through, 2016, hardcover books and acrylic varnish Image courtesy the artist and P.P.O.W, New York
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GEORGIA ARTISTS GUILD OF ALBANY (GAGA) Sept 6 – Nov 24, 2018 | West Gallery The 25th Juried Art Show of the Georgia Artists Guild of Albany will open Sept 6 in the Albany Museum of Art’s West Gallery. The exhibition will continue through Nov 24. The annual exhibition is seen as a premier opportunity for artists to display their work to a broader audience. In previous shows, pieces have come from a wide range of mediums, including oils, watercolor, photography and sculpture. The Georgia Artists Guild of Albany show will be included in the Fall Reception for AMA exhibitions set for 5-7 pm Oct 25. The exhibition is juried by Fred Fussell, a Columbus based independent writer, curator and consultant.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
ARTISTS AS EDUCATORS Juried College Faculty Exhibition
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PAINTERS
East Gallery | Through Oct 13, 2018
Narrative Painting by Four Georgia Artists Haley Gallery | Through Sept 29, 2018 Works by Grammy winner Art Rosenbaum, Jennifer Hartley, Michelle Fontaine and Terry Rowlett reflect on the unique communities and people of the Southland. The painters capture the stories, moments and cultural histories of the region.
Sixteen faculty members from five Southwest Georgia universities and colleges exhibit their work in this juried show.
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AMA CHALKFEST BRINGS ART TO THE STREETS
AMA ChalkFest: Home Grown is a brand-new fall festival the Albany Museum of Art is launching in downtown Albany on Saturday, Sept 22, 2018. It will feature a dozen amazing professional chalk artists, who will create images related to the region on spaces on the street that are nearly 50 square feet. The event is 10 am until 5 pm on the 100 block of Pine Avenue, from The Albany Herald building to the Flint RiverQuarium. The entire area will be blocked off to traffic. AMA ChalkFest is a celebration of Albany and Southwest Georgia. It will include craft beer tents for product samplings, a food village featuring Georgia Grown certified businesses, community participation, live entertainment, food trucks, and local vendors. A limited number of VIP Experience tickets are available. VIP ticketholders will have exclusive access to the Pretoria Fields VIP Lounge, where they can take brewery tours, relax under the A/C, enjoy great food prepared by Georgia Grown Chef Todd White, and
Photos courtesy of Chalktoberfest and the artists
receive a souvenir tasting glass, unlimited beer tastings and a tote bag. AMA members get a discount when purchasing a VIP ticket, as well as on other admission levels. The City of Albany and Pretoria Fields Brewery, which also is hosting an after-festival party, have been important partners in making this first AMA ChalkFest successful. Tickets may be purchased online at AMAChalkFest.com or AlbanyMuseum.com. Advance ticket prices for AMA members are $115 for VIP Experience, $20 for general admission with five craft beer samplings and $5 for general admission with no alcohol. Children 11 and younger get in free but must have adult supervision. All tickets at the gate on Sept 22 are $130 for VIP (if any are still available), $30 for admission with craft beer sampling and $15 general admission with no alcohol.
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SUPPER SERIES SET FOR NEW SEASON During the past three seasons, the Albany Museum of Art has introduced patrons to a culinary experience unlike anything else available in Albany through its Fine Art of Dining Culinary Series. With celebrated chefs from around the state who prepare gourmet meals, sponsors who provide specially paired wines, and hosts who welcome guests into their beautiful, private residences, each is a unique dining experience.
Clockwise from top left: 13th Colony Distillery, Chef David Gwynn and wife Elizabeth, and Chef Lee Harris.
This fall will usher in our fourth season of the supper series, a major fundraiser for the AMA. Plans for the dinners are coming together quickly. We’re shaking things up this year and have added an out-of-Albany experience to the mix, as well as a Frank McCall Progressive Dinner. Here are the dates to mark on your “Must Not Miss” calendar. Nov 3, 2018: At 13th Colony Distillery, a producer of handcrafted, small batch spirits in Americus, our first dinner will feature Chef Lee Harris of Café Campesino in Americus and Chef David Gwynn of Cypress Restaurant in Tallahassee, FL. Dec 29, 2018: Ring in the new year a little early at our supper celebration at the AMA. It will feature Chef Laura Bernardi Piovesana, owner of The Italian Wooden Spoon. April 13, 2019: The venue for our spring supper is the home of Craig and Jessica Castle, which was built in 1950 by Spencer Walden and designed by architect Richard Richards. Situated on five acres, this home is best known for its gardens. Our surprise chef will be featured! July 18, 2019: Our season will conclude on a Thursday evening with a progressive dinner hosted in the Frank McCall-designed homes of Alex and Staci Willson, and Joe and Annabelle Stubbs. Featured will be Chef Terry Koval, executive chef of the Wrecking Bar Brewpub in Atlanta; Chef Hudson Rouse, Albany native and owner of Rising Son in Avondale Estates, and Georgia Grown Chef Todd White. Whether you opt for season tickets or choose to pick the one dinner that especially intrigues, do not delay. Tickets sales will begin this month. Sponsorship opportunities also are available. Visit albanymuseum.com for details.
Chef Laura Bernardi Piovesana
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AMA CONTEMPORARIES PRESENT: WHAT THE FUNK! Be Creative, Be Yourself, Be Funky, Be a Contemporary Oct 25 | 7-9 pm If you missed Bar Fight, you won’t want to miss What the Funk! The second event in the AMA Contemporaries series, What the Funk! will include dinner, artful entertainment, a first glimpse at the three new exhibitions, a chance to meet the artists, and a cash bar. Dress in your funkiest attire and enjoy an evening with Albany’s most entertaining group of young professionals. This event is for those who are 21 and older. AMA members, have you joined the AMA Contemporaries yet? For $15 per adult in your household, you can attend all remaining events at no additional cost. That offer will not be available after Oct 25. Future members who join the AMA by Oct 26 also can save big on the remaining events. By joining at any membership level (excluding student) adding $15 per adult in your household, you also get into all remaining events. Single-event tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Stay tuned for our next two events in January and April 2019.
GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH OIL PAINTING Sept 8 and 15 | 10 am-2 pm For those students looking for the basics in oil painting and beyond, this class, taught by Rhonda Brooks, will offer an easy approach from start to finish. It will be conducted over two consecutive Saturdays—Sept 8 and 15—from 10 am until 2 pm, with a break for lunch. We will cover how to begin by using a charcoal sketch, tone our canvas, discuss composition and values (light), prepare our palette, and mix and apply color. We will also discuss finishing stages, varnish and presentation. Demonstrations will help the class participants get comfortable with the process. Cost: AMA members, $180; future members, $210
BOUQUETS AND ROSE’ Nov 19 | 5-7 pm Let Kate Grubb guide you in the creation of the perfect hostess gift or centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table. ‘Tis the season to be thankful for your friends and family, and what better way to enjoy time together than sipping wine and creating a beautiful floral arrangement? You have the option to make one of two long-lasting Thanksgiving centerpieces with fresh cut flowers and greenery. Kate will provide instructions, hands-on assistance and materials for creating a beautiful Thanksgiving floral arrangement. So, grab a friend and a favorite bottle of wine, and join us for this fun event. Cost: Petite Blooms Arrangement: AMA members, $60; future members, $75; Bountiful Blooms Arrangement: AMA members, $75; future members, $85
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE Sept 7 | 9 am-1 pm Presented by the Albany Museum of Art, Deerfield-Windsor School, the Albany Civil Rights Institute, and the Dougherty County School System, this half-day workshop at the AMA invites students and teachers from Dougherty County to discuss the topics of race and racism in a safe environment. The current socio-political climate in the United States has reignited conversation about race and racism, and community members and educators have continued to express concern over the impact of colorblind attitudes and policy on student outcomes and their communities.
TODDLER TAKEOVER
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Set for the first Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am, Toddler Takeover is a 30-minute program designed for children ages 15 months through 3 years and their caregivers. Toddler Takeover engages children’s creativity and incorporates monthly themes with related artwork, art-making activities, stories, and tours. It is free for AMA members and $5 for future members. Toddler Takeover is sibling friendly, so bring the whole gang! Sept 4, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4 Cost: AMA members, free; future members, $5
In its fourth year, this writing competition invites high school and college students throughout Southwest Georgia to participate. Beginning Oct 25, students may select a work of art from a list of specific pieces in our exhibitions at the AMA. Winners will be announced at the reception and awards ceremony at 6 pm on Dec 11.
HOMESCHOOL DAY AT THE AMA Join us on the second Thursday each month at 11 am for this 90-minute program. Geared for homeschool students in K-5 through 5th grade, each session focuses on curriculum that complements exhibitions on display. Sept 13, Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 13 Cost: AMA members, $5; future members, $10
Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three winners winners, and there will be three honorable mentions in each level—high school and college. Winning essays will be published on the museum’s website and in a special museum publication.
NEW THIS YEAR: Middle schools will be included in this competition through an outreach program available to your classroom. Teachers can request to have high-quality images of these works of art sent to their classrooms, along with assignment guidelines. First, second and third place will be awarded, along with one honorable mention. The teachers with winning students will receive a free class field trip to the Albany Museum of Art during the year. For complete rules visit AlbanyMuseum.com
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STEAM SEMINAR Nov 13 | 8:30 am– 3:30 pm The Georgia Department of Education and The Albany Museum will partner for training on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) education and the importance of the arts in interdisciplinary teaching and learning. This session will kick-off a series of statewide training sessions to support schools interested in obtaining STEAM certification. Because of this training, participants will have a better understanding of STEAM teaching techniques for the classroom and the important of community partnerships in creating a STEAM school culture.
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short video. Intended for students interested in learning the process of animation, the program does not require animation experience. Students will need to bring a smart phone, tablet or personal computer with transfer and charging cords for the second and third sessions. Cost: AMA members, $120; future members, $140
FAMILY DAY Nov 10 | 10 am - noon
Cost: $15 (includes lunch). Register online at www.albanymuseum.com.
2D ANIMATION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS Sept 8, 15 and 29 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm In this three-session class, students will learn traditional animation techniques that artists like Walt Disney and his team employed. Students will learn the process of storyboarding to ultimately create a
The Albany Recreation and Parks Department again is partnering with the Albany Museum of Art for a family-friendly cultural arts event. Family Day at the museum is fun for all ages! Come out and enjoy a variety of hands-on art activities for children, games with prizes, new exhibits in the museum, and outdoor games. Cost: Free
LIBBY WOMACK HOLIDAY WORKSHOP Dec 20-21
Libby Womack
The fifth Libby Womack Holiday Workshop Dec 20-21 at the Albany Museum of Art is an art camp designed to keep kids entertained while they are out of school for the holidays. Intended for grades K4-5th grade, the camp has smaller work groups set up according to age and grade level. The workshop offers hands on art experiences, crafts, and games. Full-day and half-day sessions are available, as are free early drop-off and late pick-up. Pricing, availability, camp times and registration will be available at www.albanymuseum.com.
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CHLOE HINTON IS AN ALBANY UNDER 40 FINALIST Chloe Hinton, director of education and public programming for the Albany Museum of Art, has been named the winner in the Arts, Entertainment, Culinary Arts, Events, Tourism & Hospitality Category of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce’s Albany Under 40. The program is for Albany leaders under the age of 40 who are making an impact on the community. Out of the original field of 300 nominations, Hinton is one of only 12 category winners who are in the running for the overall award. The winner will be announced Jan 24, 2019 at the Albany Area Chamber’s 109th annual dinner. Pictured from left: Barbara Rivera Holmes and Chloe Hinton
CREATING A LEGACY The life and work of those who have passed live in our memories of them. Memorial gifts honoring our friends and family can ensure they will continue to have a positive impact on the places and causes that were important to them. To help illustrate how honoring the memory of loved ones can continue their legacy, a gift to support the museum’s education programs from James Leek, chairman of JLA Global, was made to honor businesswoman and educator Marilyn Malphurs McKinney. William and Molly Swan also made a gift in memory of Mrs. McKinney, a servant leader deeply involved in improving education in Albany and the region. “She was a phenomenal talent,” said Bobby Marilyn McKinney McKinney, husband of Mrs. McKinney’s daughter Laura. A longtime neighbor of the Albany Museum of Art, Mrs. McKinney worked as an accounting professor and comptroller for Albany Junior College, which later became Darton College (now ASU). She served as interim president of Darton for six months. The AMA also received memorial gifts from Cathy and Alton Darby, Jeffrey and Jeanette Hoopes, and Samantha’s PT Zumba honoring the life and talent of the late Florence Prisant. A strong proponent of the arts in the Albany community, Mrs. Prisant was both an artist and a teacher who gave private lessons. Her long career was acknowledged in a West Gallery exhibition this summer. Florence Prisant
INTERNS HELP WITH AMA PROJECTS The Albany Museum of Art has been fortunate to have four interns helping out with various projects and programs this past summer. The intern program helps the AMA reach its goals while providing these students and recent graduates with real-life experience in the art world. The AMA interns are Camille Floyd, who has a BA from Albany State University; Armon Garner, a senior at Westover High School; Annie Vanoteghem, who has a BA from Georgia College & State University, and Lily Wernick, who is pursuing a degree in Art History at Southern Methodist University. Clockwise from top left: Camille Floyd, Lily Wernick, Armon Garner, Annie Vanoteghem
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The AMA gratefully acknowledges the following friends for their contributions | April – June 2018 FOUNDATIONS
GRANTS
Haley Foundation
Network for Good Grant
CONGRESSIONAL ART CONTEST Bruce Campbell Herbert Phipps Jr. Kirk Rouse Timothy and Paula Williams Jim Womack
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS Arthur Dunning Albany Civil Rights Institute
William Bacon Edwin and Beth Flournoy Herbert Phipps Jr
LEGACIES AND BEQUESTS Jeffrey and Jeanette Hoopes in memory of Florence Prisant James Leek and Margaret Moore in memory of Marilyn McKinney
Molly and William Swan in memory of Marilyn McKinney Samantha’s PT Zumba in memory of Florence Prisant
SUPPER SERIES John Dixon Timothy and Paula Williams
YVONNE WELLS GALLERY TALK Arthur Dunning Albany Civil Rights Institute
NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS The AMA is proud to recognize our new and renewing members | May – June, 2018 COLLECTOR’S CIRCLE ($1,000) Leslie Abrams Ripley Bell Jr. Bruce Campbell Hope Campbell Chris Cannon Alfred Corriere Carolyn Corriere Janet Goodyear Phillip Greene Susan Greene Kirk Rouse Karen Snyder Haylee Strom Marsha Taylor
BENEFACTOR ($500) Terry Davis Bonnie Davis Bill George Stacy George Scott Marcus Genevieve Marcus
PATRON ($250) William H. Bacon (Patron Continued) John Carney
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