2023 Community Report

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

Chair

Daniel Davis, Senior V.P.

PNC

Vice-Chair

Stacey Lawson

Chief Human Resources Officer

Premier Health

Treasurer

Mark Shaker, President

Shaker Strategic Solutions

Secretary

Debbie Watts Robinson, CEO

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, Inc.

TRUSTEES

Linda Black-Kurek, President Liberty Health Care Corporation

Linda Caron, PhD, Professor Emerita, Wright State University

Lisa Coker, Principal and CEO

Infinite Management Solutions

Mark Conway, Partner

Thompson Hine

Renate Frydman, PhD Community Volunteer

Rachel Goodspeed, Principal GOODSpeed Strategies

Kevin Hill, Facilities Team Lead/Architect

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Amy Lei, Vice President

Fuyao Glass America

Dr. Jeffrey Mikutis, Community Volunteer

Jeff Pizza, Community Volunteer

Kris Rossi, PhD, Senior Strategy Director Design Bridge and Partners

Karen Spina,Community Volunteer

Sally Struthers, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Sinclair College

Jeffrey Woeste, Partner Flagel Huber Flagel

Danyelle Wright, V.P., Employment & Labor Law and CDO

The E.W. Scripps Company

EX OFFICIO

Stephen Allaire

Emilee Ambrose

James Dicke,II

Commissioner Deborah Lieberman

Mayor Jeffrey Mims

Michele Wilson

456 Belmonte Park North Dayton, Ohio 45405 937-223-4ART (4278) daytonartinstitute.org

Ariel Walker Strategic Implementation Director

Jasmine Spirk Human Resource

Elaine A. Gounaris Development Director

Jerry N. Smith, PhD Head Curator & Curatorial Affairs Director

Shannon Peck-Bartle, PhD Education & Community Engagement Director

Mike Griest External Affairs Director

Kimberly Spurgeon V.P. Finance & Operations

INTENTIONAL MOMENTUM

What a year of excitement and Intentional Momentum! Last year, we presented three outstanding, thought-provoking and engaging Special Exhibitions and ten Focus Exhibitions that took guests around the world to explore different cultures and time periods.

We opened our stellar series with New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West. In the summer, we welcomed Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper & Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists , and just in time for the Holidays, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Birth of Modern Paris . Highlights of our fantastic focus exhibitions included Woodblock Prints of Saito Kiyosh i; Pondering the Mystery of Late Life; Reflections in Time: Dayton Unit NAACP Celebrates History; Living with Gods: Indian Calendar Art; Arts & Crafts Pottery Marblehead and Here and Gone: Lewis Hine in Tennessee . The 2023 exhibition season celebrated the diversity of the world and the DAI’s commitment to IDEA – inclusion, diversity, equity/empathy and accessibility.

Although our guest numbers did not reach those of pre-pandemic, we welcomed nearly 20,000 guests to our three signature events and fundraisers–Art Ball, Oktoberfest and Bourbon & Bubbles. Record funds were raised by Bourbon & Bubbles, as the revenue brought in tied with that of Art Ball for the first time. We are so very grateful to the DAI’s Associate Board for their hard work presenting Art Ball and Oktoberfest. They are a dedicated group of diverse professionals and leaders from all over the Dayton community.

The DAI team actionized the new strategic plan to work towards our four strategic drivers: the Art Collection, Educational Programming, IDEA and Community Connections. The plan is truly a living document that we refer to daily. It is exhilarating to have such a passionate team of colleagues.

The arts are continuing to recover from the pandemic. I am thankful to the wonderful Board of Trustees, the Leadership Team, all of our dedicated staff and, most of all, you, our generous members and donors. Help us surpass prepandemic numbers in the number of guests served and dollars brought in by being present and bringing your friends and family often. Please consider going up a level in your membership and making or increasing your annual fund gift and/or sponsorship levels. You are the heart of the DAI, and we are only able to provide such meaningful experiences with art and entertaining events because of you.

Thank you for your continued support. We promise to bring you many more memories to share in 2024!

Warm regards,

Michael R. Roediger, MSLD, CFRE Director & President

ACQUISITIONS

546 added to the Collection

These include 90 wood engraved-prints by Winslow Homer (Gift of Anne Johnson); 141 Japanese Netsuke (Gift of the James F. Dicke Family); 40 Jane Reece photographs (Gift of Richard Back Family); 145 vernacular photographs from various photographers (Gift of Peter J. Cohen); 10 contemporary Japanese ceramics (Gift of Carol & Jeffrey Horvitz); Alexander Calder gouache painting (Gift of Joyce M. Bowden and Adam Lutynski).

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs , October 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023

New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics & Modernists in the West , February 18 to May 14, 2023

Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper, June 24 to September 17, 2023

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: The Birth of Modern Paris , October 21, 2023 to January 14, 2024

FOCUS EXHIBITIONS

Joe Fig: Other Artists , October 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023

Woodblock Prints of Saito Kiyoshi , January 28 to July 16, 2023

Pondering the Mystery of Late Life , March 18 to June 25, 2023

Reflections in Time: Dayton Unit NAACP Celebrates History , June 16 to September 10, 2023

Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists , June 24 to September 17, 2023

Living with Gods: Popular Prints from India , July 15 to November 12, 2023

Here and Gone: Lewis Hine in Tennessee , July 22 to October 22, 2023

Around Tokyo: Hiroshige II’s Views of Famous Places in Edo, July 29, 2023 to January 14, 2024

Arts and Crafts Pottery of Marblehead , September 30, 2023 to January 7, 2024

You Don’t Know Me: Works by Unknown Photographers , November 18, 2023 to February 18, 2024

Telling Stories: World Literature in Art , December 9, 2023 to May 26, 2024

Jerry Weiss (American, born 1959), Wendell Jones (detail), 1998, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches. Gift of the artist, 2023.328

Robert Henri (American, 1865–1929), Lucinda (detail), 1917, oil on canvas. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874 –1940), A group showing some of the men working at Norris Dam site (abbr) (detail), 1933, silver gelatin print. Gift of Charles E. Hoffman, 1977.22.29

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901) La Troupe de Mademoiselle Églantine (detail), 1896, lithograph, all works, and images are courtesy of Firos Collection. Single source exhibition provided by PAN Art Connections, with support of The Museum Box.

S. S. Brijbasi & Sons, Lakshmi, Ganesha and Saraswati (detail), about 1960–1970, offset lithograph on paper. Gift of Susan L. Huntington, 2022.40.145

Kakuko Ishii (born 1952), Musubu W1, 2007, washi paper and pigment. Image courtesy of the artist, © Kakuko Ishii.

(Highlights Continued)

In addition to Special and Focus Exhibitions, the DAI also continued to host, through support of the Education Department, the Lange Family Experiencenter exhibitions, annual Yeck College Artist Fellow Exhibition, Max May Memorial Holocaust Art Exhibition and Congressional Art Competition.

ART CONSERVATION

• Alessandro Turchi (Italian, 1578–1649), Jael and Sisera, about 1600–1610, oil on copper panel. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin G. Bieser, Sr., 1969.83

Funds for the conservation of this artwork generously provided by Susan Ayers

• Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871–1946), Vendedoras de Frutas , about 1937, oil on canvas. Gift of the Honorable Jefferson Patterson, 1959.3

Funds for the conservation of this artwork generously provided by Bear Monita and Barbra Stonerock

• Georges Rouault (French, 1871–1958), Notre Dame des Champs (Our Lady of the Fields) , No. 4 , about 1920, oil on paper mounted on canvas. Gift of Mr. John W. Sweeterman in memory of Jeanne F. Sweeterman, 1996.255

Funds for the conservation of this artwork generously provided by Susan Ayers

• Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788), Conversations ( A Woodland Scene ), about 1748–1750, oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Siebenthaler, 1991.161

Funds for the conservation of this artwork generously provided by Darlene and Gordon Wahlbroehl

• Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869), Views of Famous Places in Edo , 1861–1864, woodblock prints, ink and color on paper. Gift of Mrs. Katherine G. Loy, 1929.128.8.1–.25

• Ralston Thompson (American, 1904–1975), Marble Cliff Quarry Loader , 1937, oil on canvas. Gift of Priscilla and Jonathan Netts, 2023.148

Georges Rouault (French, 1871–1958), Notre Dame des Champs (Our Lady of the Fields), No. 4 (detail), about 1920, oil on paper mounted on canvas.

Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871–1946), Vendedoras de Frutas (detail), about 1937, oil on canvas.

Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788), Conversations (A Woodland Scene) (detail), about 1748–1750, oil on canvas.

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869), Flower Garden at Sensōji Temple, from the series Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1863, woodblock print, ink and color on paper.

GALLERY UPDDATES AND RENOVATIONS

In May, two gallery updates were completed in the Patterson-Kettering Wing of Asian Art. The Art of the Middle East gallery in Gallery 103 is completely new, presenting more than 25 artworks spanning almost 4,000 years from what is now Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. To make space for the gallery, the Buddhist Art gallery was relocated to Gallery 104.

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

In February, Mariah Postlewait joined the DAI staff as the Kettering Curator of Photography and Special Projects.

Artist Joe Fig spoke on January 14, 2023, in relation to the exhibition Joe Fig: Other Artists . Museum acquired a painting by Fig, Contemplation: Petah Coyne , 2016, oil on canvas. Gift of James F. Dicke Family.

On March 28, 2023, a glass and metal sculpture recently added to the collection was installed in the Sculpture Walk. Howard Ben Tré (American, 1949–2020), 16th Figure , 1990, cast and laminated pyrex glass, brass, lead, steel patina and adhesives. Gift of the Dianne Komminsk estate, 2020.60

On May 25, 2023, Simone Holder-Nelson from the Area Agency on Aging joined Dr. Peter L. Doebler, Kettering Curator of Asian Art, for a community conversation in relation to the exhibition Pondering the Mystery of Late Life

On June 17, 2023, artist Kim Wiggins spoke on his series of four large paintings featured in Reflections in Time: Dayton Unit NAACP Celebrates History

On September 10, 2023, composer and filmmaker Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran joined the DAI for a screening of his award-winning film Colonial Interlude: The Nottusvara Sahityas of Muthuswami Dikshitar , in relation to the exhibition Living with Gods: Popular Prints from India .

Asian art scholar Dr. Susan L. Huntington spoke on October 28, 2023, in relation to the exhibition Living with Gods: Popular Prints from India.

Kim Wiggins (American, born 1960) Homecoming Reunion (detail), oil on canvas. On loan and commissioned by NAACP.

Gallery updates were completed in the Patterson-Kettering Wing of Asian Art.

Artist Joe Fig spoke on January 14, 2023, in relation to the exhibition J oe Fig: Other Artists.

Dr. Peter Doebler speaking at Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper & Born of Fire JPS opening night.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DAYTON

DAI began a new collaborative partnership with The Boys & Girls Club of Dayton. Since October, this partnership has benefitted 31 kindergarten through eighth grade students from the Dayton area who regularly attend the Boys and Girls Club. This endeavor extends the DAI’s education team into the community by hosting mobile art-making activities at The Boys and Girls Club of Dayton’s site. The Boys and Girls Club engages with the DAI Education Team onsite through guided tours and in-studio art-making activities at the museum.

AAMD PANEL

(ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUM DIRECTORS)

Along with Central State University student, Michaela Packer, Dr. Shannon Peck-Bartle hosted the first AAMD Diversity Panel Discussion. This panel discussion opened conversations to underrepresented students interested in career options available at art museums and explored ways museums can better attract diverse professionals to the museum field. Panelists Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Director Emeritus, the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus, Spelman College, Dr. Tuliza Fleming, Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Monica E. Walker, Senior Operations Officer at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Nanci Payne, Museum Technician and Assistant Registrar at the Dayton Art Institute, and Bryan Smith, Education Coordinator and Community Liaison at the Dayton Art Institute, shared their experiences and offered guidance in navigating career pathways within the museum industry.

ART IN THE CITY

Dayton Art Institute had the opportunity to participate in Art in the City once again this year. With the assistance of grant funding from Downtown Dayton Partnership, the event’s host organization, we facilitated a “Build a Badge” button making activity for members of the community. 268 participants created buttons either depicting artworks featured in the DAI’s collection or completely original in design.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/ INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' COMMUNITY DAY

With guidance from Stephanie VanHoose and Guy Jones, local leaders of Indigenous communities, Director Michael Roediger and DAI leadership participated in a land acknowledgement reading and ceremony at the DAI. Situated along the Great Miami River, the museum is located on land used for gatherings, trade and ceremonies by Indigenous peoples long before the museum’s establishment. In recognition of the diverse Indigenous peoples who’ve inhabited the area for over a millennium, the DAI hosted its first Indigenous Peoples' Community Day on October 8th.

Shannon Peck-Bartle, PhD, Education & Community Engagement Director

SPECIAL EXHIBITION WORKSHOPS AND EXPERIENCENTER INTERACTIVES

This year Education’s workshops were on fire with record attendances and innovative approaches to the themes of our Special Exhibitions!

• During the Special Exhibition: New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West , guests were given the handson experience to paint en plein aire outdoors on the museum grounds. With the wonderful view of the city at the horizon, guests painted colorful watercolor landscapes of the museum building, the cityscape of Dayton, and the blossoming cherry trees on the museum grounds.

• During the Special Exhibition: Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper , our Yeck Artist in Residence Tommy Ballard engaged with guests through the fine art of Shibori paper and fabric dyeing. Guests created both indigo dyed washi paper and long, beautiful, silk scarves. It was quite a magical moment as guests unfolded their creations to reveal the intricate patterns and details the process created.

• During the Special Exhibition: Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists , the DAI Japanese Raku clay firing experience was the highest attended workshop! 113 people, over the course of two days, watched as their glazed pottery was set aflame and transformed into an elegant array of the metallic hues only the Japanese Raku clay firing process can provide. Led by local ceramic artists Geno Luketic and Stephanie Beiser, and in conjunction with the University of Dayton and Cornell Studio Supply, this workshop was a huge success and wonderful opportunity for our guests to experience the power of art and cultural traditions.

• For the Special Exhibition:

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: The Birth of Modern Paris, the DAI took another innovative approach to our education workshops and invited guests to travel back in time to the era of Toulouse-Lautrec. Workshop participants drew fashionable figures in period costumes from the late 1800’s! With the help of the Dayton Theatre Guild and our very own Museum Educator Ayn Swann and Education Coordinator and Community Liaison Bryan Smith as both our models, guests experienced drawing in charcoal, pastels and more! This workshop was also our first step towards new extended drawing courses to be regularly offered in 2024!

• 2023 saw us celebrating and honoring the pioneering spirit of education found in Dayton through our new Lange Family Experiencenter exhibition

Criss-Cross: Creative Connections Under the guidance of Bing Davis and Pamela Houk, this show honors the legacy of the Living Arts Center and its gallery. Curated along the artforms of dance, music, drama, creative writing and visual arts this exhibition reflects the creative practices of the students of Living Arts Center. Full of interactive moments, Criss-Cross: Creative Connections offers all guests the chance to practice their creativity and illustrates one of the many ways in which the Dayton Art Institute continues to build upon the great legacy of educational development found within our Dayton Community. The exhibition and gallery interactives encourage hands-on exploration through a one-of-a-kind industrial musical performance sculpture, drawing stations, paper crown making, a video of global dances and a choose your own adventure gallery journal.

School Tours

• During the year 2023 we found great success in welcoming 1,572 students to the museum through our ACC School Tours program. Designed to meet the needs of area teachers and students, school tours at the DAI are committed to an interdisciplinary approach where all are welcome to participate. Taking advantage of our world class encyclopedic collection, ACC programs touch upon the subjects of science, social studies, language arts and visual art. In 2023 38% of the students who visited the museum during the year 2023 were from schools with the Title I designation. The DAI’s partnership with Dayton RTA provided assistance for transportation opening access to art and art education to Dayton students. Since the pandemic, we have shown growth in our school tours program, and are looking forward to continuing to build upon the success of 2023.

Community Programming

• In 2023, the DAI welcomed over 646 guests to the museum through community programs. Of these programs, our newly relaunched Exhibition Speaker Series saw the greatest level of interest with 182 guests participating. Led by artists, academics and community leaders, these talks provide new ways for community members to enter, understand and explore art. For 2024 the Department of Education continues to seek new ways for community members to enter artful conversations and we look forward to launching DAI Dialogues, a new community-centered art program which explores art through community funds of knowledge and lived experiences.

2023 | DEVELOPMENT

PARTNERSHIPS

African American Visual Artists Guild

Area Agency on Aging

Bank of America

Museums On Us

Blue Star Museums

Boys & Girls Club of Dayton

Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership

Dayton Board Placement

Dayton Foodbank

Dayton Metro Library

Dayton Regional Transit Authority

Dayton VA Healthcare System

Downtown Dayton Partnership

The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton

Junior League of Dayton Ohio

Learn to Earn Dayton

The Modern

Montgomery County

Alcohol Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services

The Neon

Ohio 10th District

Congressional Art Competition

PechaKucha Dayton

Preschool Promise

Sinclair Community College

Trotwood Madison City Schools

University of Dayton

Wright Memorial Public Library

Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine

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SHAG

Public Health Dayton

Montgomery County

The Ruby Girls:

Dayton Charitable

Drag Troupe

Ramona & Todd Vikan

Wright State University

MEMBERSHIP

Total Memberships

4,694 members

NEW Memberships

921 members

Renewed Memberships

3,378 members

ACCO Brands

Adams-Robinson Enterprises, Inc.

AES Ohio & AES Ohio

Foundation

Sarah & Todd Albrecht

altafiber

Margery T. Anderson

Susan Ayers

Bank of America

Esther & David Battle

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices

Professional RealtyThe Sharp Group

Shirley & John Berry

The Berry Family Foundation & Elizabeth Gray Fund

Bethany Village

Sidney Bieser

Bilbrey Construction, Inc.

Linda Black-Kurek Family

Foundation

Bladecutter's Lawn & Landscaping

Blakeney Memorial Fund

Bob Ross Auto Group

Bonbright Distributors

Robert Brandt

Carolyn Brethen

BWI Group

CareSource

Linda Caron & Steve King

Cavalier Distributing

Charles D. Berry Foundation

Chevrolet of Troy

Citizens for Turner

Jayne & Robert Connelly

Coolidge Wall

Elizabeth & Rayman Coy

Nat Croumer & Jeff Pizza

Crown Equipment Corporation

Culture Works

Allyson & John Danis

The Dayton Chapter of The Links, Inc.

Dayton Art Solutions

Dayton Children's Hospital

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.

Grace A. DeVelbiss

Janet & James Dicke

Kim Dinsmore & David London

Pat & Dave Diven

Maureen Pero & Ned Dowd

Donna & Bob Duplain

Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal

Barbara Pereyma-Farrara

Faust, Fulker & Schlemmer, LLP

Deborah & Bruce Feldman

Janet & Vernon Fernandes

Fifth Third Bank

Margaret French

Erik Freudenberg & Vince Overton

Fully Promoted of Centerville

Fuyao Glass America Inc.

GE Aerospace

Glasshouse Realty Group

Larry Glickler & Charles Quinn

Gosiger, Inc.

Janet Graul

Denise & Richard Hale

The Hale Group at Morgan Stanley

Lisa Hanauer & Sue Spiegel

Elizabeth Hardy & Rick Omlor

Jennifer & Rol Harrison

Heidelberg Distributing Company

Henny Penny Corporation

Emily & Kevin Hill

Hollywood Gaming at

Dayton Raceway

Honda

Kate & Stephen Hone

HORAN

Pamela Houk

Infinite Management Solutions, LLC

James Investment Research, Inc.

Jervis Janney

Japan Foundation, New York

Anne F. Johnson

Susan & Jack Johnston

Helen Jones-Kelley & Thomas Kelley

Julian G. Lange Family Foundation #1

Dorothy & Thomas Kemp

The Virginia W. Kettering Foundation

Kettering Fund

Kettering Health

KeyBank

Karen & Aaron Knoll

Amy & Brady Kress

Kuhns Brothers Co. Foundation

LaDeDa Le Salon

Norma Landis & Rick Hoffman

Stacey Lawson

Stephen Levitt

The Bill & Jackie Lockwood

Family Foundation

Linda Lombard & Paul Marshall

Wanda & William Lukens

LWC Incorporated

ManCo Real Estate Management Inc

Marilyn McGervey Watkins Private Foundation

Marion's Piazza

Carol & Jim Marker

Mary Kittredge Fund

Rosalind Mascall

Lou & Steven Mason

Mathile Family Foundation

Messer Construction Co.

Penni & Thomas Meyer

Susan & Jeffrey Mikutis

Bethia & Ken Miller

The Modern College of Design

Barbra Stonerock & Bear Monita

ELM Foundation

Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District

Montgomery County

Commissioners

Morris Furniture Company

Larry Mullins

Ritva Williamson & Milton Nathan

Nora & Robert Newsock

Nordson Corporation

NRG

Ohio Arts Council

Ohio CAT

Ohio Department of Development

Ohio Skin Center

Old Scratch Pizza

Christina & Robert O'Neal

Perfection Group

Pickrel Schaeffer & Ebeling Co. L.P.A.

The Plunkett Group at Morgan Stanley

PNC

Susan Strong & Bob Pohl

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur

Premier Health

Sharon & Matthew Price

Public Health–Dayton & Montgomery County

Visible & Resilient

Ernie Riling

Michael & Susan Riordan

RNDC General, LLC

Michael Roediger

Kris & John Rossi

Routsong Funeral Home

RTA Miami Valley

The Rubi Girls: Dayton’s Charitable Drag Troup

Rumpke Consolidated Co., Inc.

The Schiewetz Foundation Inc.

Thomas R. Schiff Foundation

Jane & Richard Schwartz

The E.W. Scripps Company

Martha & Mark Shaker

Beverly Shillito

Sinclair Community College

Sharon Lindquist-Skelley & Thomas Skelley

June & Richard Smythe

Karin-Leigh Spicer & Edward Blake

Karen & Eric Spina

Heidi Sprowls, D.D.S.

Square One Salon & Spa

State of Ohio, Department of Development

David Strohscher

Sally Struthers & Ned Young

Stuart Rose Family Foundation

Surdyk, Dowd & Turner Co. LPA

Taft/

Patty & Jerry Tatar

Thompson Hine LLP

A grant from the General Fund of the Troy Foundation

Cynthia Uhl

University of Dayton

US Bank

Virginia Varga

Ramona & Todd Vikan

Ellen & Peter Vogel

Darlene & Gordon Walbroehl

Carol Weiland

Norman & Mary Rita Weissman

Wells Fargo Ohio Regional Commercial Banking Group

Tami & James Whalen

White Allen Family of Dealerships

Betsy Whitney

WilmerHale

The Stephen J. Wolfe Private Foundation

Danyelle & Terance Wright

Wright State University

WYSO-FM

The William and Dorothy Yeck Foundation

Kim & Pete Zorniger

GRANTORS

The Dayton Art Institute continues to thrive thanks to the generosity of foundations in and around our community. With more than $768,000 in grant awards in 2023, the DAI was able to not only support general operations, but also invest in education, significant capital projects and the long-term viability of the museum. An additional singleyear award of almost $570,000 from the Ohio Department of Development will ensure that the museum will thrive for generations to come.

AES Foundation

Bank of America

Berry Family Foundation

Charles D. Berry Foundation

Culture Works

Honda USA Foundation

Japan Foundation

Kettering Fund

Mathile Family Foundation

Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District

Ohio Arts Council

Ohio Department of Development-Ohio Arts Economic Relief Program PNC

The Schiewetz Foundation

Virginia W. Kettering Foundation

2023 | FINANCE & STRATEGIC PLAN

STRATEGIC DRIVERS

The 2023-2026 Strategic Plan identifies Four Strategic Drivers that guide the work of the museum, The Art Collection; Educational Programming; Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility; and Community Connections. These four pillars drive all that we do.

THE ART COLLECTION

Cultivate collections and exhibitions that will be a dynamic source of ideas, inspiration and identification for our communities. To this end, the DAI will further diversify its collection and continually reimagine its galleries.

MU SEUM ATTENDEES

Goal of 5,934 in the 3-mile radius

4,538 attendees

ART PURCHASES

From underrepresented artists, goal of 75%

100% works of art

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING

Offer programming that is as valuable to the community as the art collection and the historic building. The DAI will endeavor to understand the characteristics and needs of its audiences and will further its commitment to be inclusive, offering program opportunities for diverse participation.

NEW EDUCATIONAL ATTENDEES

Goal of 250 in the 3-mile radius

527 new attendees

INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY (IDEA)

Welcome increasingly diverse people, experiences and ideas present and prioritized among the DAI’s staff, museum visitors and the artists represented in exhibitions, programs and the collection.

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Be a conduit for social life, encouraging interactivity, critical thinking and dialogue, leading the museum to be a “commons”, a place to have important conversations framed by art and culture. The DAI will continue to communicate, “You belong here!”.

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ESTABLISHED

41% achieved

Percentage of works from underrepresented artists, goal of 30% FOCUS EXHIBITIONS AND LOANED WORKS OF ART

Percentage of works of art from underrepresented artists, goal of 30%

62% achieved

Sustain existing high-impact partnerships and develop 5 anchored partnerships with nearby organizations, neighborhoods, and schools

5 partnerships

STRATEGIC RESOURCES

The 2023-2026 Strategic Plan identifies Three Strategic Resources that are required to complete the work of the Strategic Plan, People-Centered Capacity Building; Technology and Innovation; and Financial Stewardship. Investments in these areas will support the Strategic Drivers to promote the success of the museum.

PEOPLE CENTERED CAPACITY BUILDING

Mobilize the right people in the right place at the right time to support all the DAI’s strategic goals for learning, inspiring, engagement, hospitality and stewardship.

EMPLOYEE NET PROMOTER SCORE (ENPS)

0-30 = Good

Score of 4

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Enhance and expand the guest experience utilizing immersive and interactive technologies, like the DAI Accessibility App, to deepen the audience’s experience with the physical art collection.

DAI ACCESSIBILITY

APP

Alt Text

AudioTranslation

37 languages

Accessible anywhere

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP

Launch an Endowment campaign to demonstrate commitment to the staff, the art collection and the building; and to support artistic and educational aspirations.

VENDOR DIVERSITY SPEND

Advance mission related values and achieve financial returns regarding diversity spending, focusing on vendor partner spend at least 20% non-payroll spend.

20% achieved

App launched ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE IMPACT INVESTING

Sustain existing high-impact partnerships and develop five anchored partnerships with nearby organizations, neighborhoods and schools.

13% of portfolio

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP (continued)

Develop a sustainable funding model, identifying additional revenue streams, evaluating grants, events, membership models and the donor base to allow for investments in capital projects

OPERATING MARGIN TO COVER CAPITAL BUDGET COSTS ANNUALLY

2% achieved

INCOME & EXPENSES

The museum continues to recover from pre-pandemic operations. We are proud to serve our patrols Wednesday through Sunday! Income Graph Categories % Total Expenses Graph Categories % Total

Support from Invested Funds

Support from Invested Funds

Curatorial, Exhibitions & Education Memberships

Curatorial, Exhibitions & Education Memberships

Musuem Retail & Rentals

Musuem Retail & Rentals

Special Events

Special Events

General Fundraising

General Fundraising

Other

Other Administration

Administration

Curatorial, Exhibitons & Education

Curatorial, Exhibitons & Education

Guest Services

Guest Services

Musuem Retail & Rentals

Musuem Retail & Rentals

Marketing

Marketing

General Fundraising

General Fundraising

Facilities

Facilities

Security

Security

BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS

As part of the 2015 Ohio Capital Appropriations Bill, the DAI was fortunate to receive funds to begin to address the replacement of the historic gallery windows and doors. With the receipt of $500,000, the museum was able to fund the replacement of the upper gallery windows with historic replicas of the original. Unfortunately, there were not enough funds to replace the lower gallery windows, education administrative building windows or doors which posed the same climate control and security issues. To replace the remainder of the historic windows and doors, the Dayton Art Institute has begun a $2.6 million project to be completed between the years 2023–2025.

Replacement of the Lower Court doors was completed during 2023. The original doors installed around 1930, while beautiful, were not secure and did not provide a seal to the building. New automatic door operators were installed on two sets of doors (interior set and exterior set), to increase accessibility. When possible, the existing historic elements were preserved upon removal and repurposed either within the museum, or with another organization. All metal was able to be repurposed.

Replacement of the Entrance Rotunda Doors was also completed during 2023. The Rotunda doors were installed during the reconstruction of the main entrance in the 1990s. New automatic door operators were installed on four sets of doors (two interior sets and two exterior sets) to increase accessibility to the DAI. All door replacement was approved by the State of Ohio historical department.

The lower gallery windows were installed in the late 1920s, and as with the doors replaced, they were not secure nor did they provide a climate-controlled seal to the building. The new windows replaced during 2023 are “ultimate” double pane windows. New windows were trimmed out on the exterior to match the upper gallery windows replaced in 2015, and the window grilles were refurbished and reinstalled over the new lower gallery windows. All window replacement was approved by the State of Ohio historical department.

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EVENTS

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• The DAI Events Team managed over 70 weddings and events in 2023.

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IDEA: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility

The Dayton Art Institute aspires to develop, promote and sustain an organizational culture and reputation in the communities that we serve as an organization that values, nurtures and leverages inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in all that we do.

INCLUSION

Being intentional in creating an environment where we affirm, acknowledge, leverage and respect others’ differences by authentically bringing others into processes, policies, activities and decision-making forums to maximize each person’s contributions .

DIVERSITY

The mosaic of people who bring a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, values and beliefs as ASSETS in creating a culture of excellence.

EQUITY

Creating a level playing field in structures, processes, policies and practices to ensure fair treatment, access and opportunity for all people.

ACCESSIBILITY

Creating equitable access for all people along the continuum of human ability and experience.

The Artistic Life of Aka Pereyma

February 17–May 12, 2024

Riveting

Women Artists from the Sara W. and Michelle Vance-Waddell Collection

June 22–September 8, 2024

Merry Grinchmas

Art of Dr. Seuss’ Holiday Classic

October 26, 2024 –January 19, 2025

(B)Art!

America’s Funniest Animated Family

October 26, 2024 –January 19, 2025