The Dayton Art Institute's Member Magazine - 2013 Issue #3

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Experiencenter: I See the Rhythm Currently On View A Buckeye Abroad: Frank Wilcox in Paris 1910 – 1926 August 24 – January 5, 2014 Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum October 26 through January 5, 2014

PRIME TIME PARTY RENTAL SERIES Renaissance Ball, November 15

FIFTH THIRD BANK ARTS NIGHT OUT Joe Castillo: Sandstory, October 24 Robert Wittman - Art Detective!, November 21 Spontaneous Fantasia, December 5

FALL 2013

Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum October 26, 2013 - January 5, 2014

FROM THE DIRECTORS

The year is flying by, and there are exciting things happening at your museum. Things keep flowing along, bringing changes and opportunities.

Thanks to a generous gift from Kate and Steve Hone, we are thrilled to share that we will be expanding our What is a Masterpiece? program. This interactive, web-based program highlights pieces from the permanent collection, using technology to create richer art experiences. The funding from the Hone family will allow us to fund two full-time fellowships for eight weeks, researching content and objects in the museum’s collection and adding to the existing 50 objects developed in phase one of this project. If you have not tried What is a Masterpiece?, please visit the museum and check out one of our iPads from the front desk or use your own smart device to explore the first 50 items.

We are also pleased to announce the exciting 2014 special exhibitions– starting with Isabella Kirkland: Stilled Life next spring; Dayton Collects Glass in the summer; and Deco Japan in the fall. Along with the Experiencenter changing in the spring, there will be smaller installations throughout the year. These include the return of the Hall of Holidays; the Max May Memorial Holocaust exhibition; the Yeck College Artist Fellow exhibition; the Congressional Student competition; and other special exhibitions borne of continuing regional partnerships.

At the end of July, three members of our team retired after 52 combined years of service to The DAI. Susan Anable, Director of Education; Mary Beth Whitley, Associate Educator, School and Teacher Services; and Mary Eberle, Group Sales and Tour Coordinator will be moving on. These three have made a huge impact on the education programs here at The DAI and will be greatly missed. They leave a legacy of learning that has helped to build the foundation of our education services. We wish them well and thank them for their dedication to the museum. The museum remains committed to providing high-quality educational programs for children, students and adults throughout the community. We will be hiring new team members and moving forward with art education being at the core of what we do.

The Dayton Art Institute family was sad to learn of the passing of former Director Mr. Bruce H. Evans earlier this year. Bruce came to The DAI as a curator in 1965. He was appointed Director of The DAI in 1974 and served in that capacity until 1991, when he moved to Charlotte, North Carolina,

Directors’ Message to serve as Director of the Mint Museum of Art. The DAI staff and Board extend their sympathies to his family. He made an indelible mark on the museum that will live on for a long time to come.

We hope you had a wonderful summer and that you will take a break to make The DAI part of your end-of-summer plans. Remember, we are now open Tuesday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., as well as Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5:00 p.m.! Join us for lunch at Leo Bistro open Tuesday through Sunday during museum hours.

Best regards,

Michael R. Roediger Executive Director

Jane A. Black Associate Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS

TRUSTEES

Linda Lombard, Chairman Community Volunteer

Tracy Bieser Community Volunteer

Bear Monita, Vice Chairman Partner, LWC Incorporated

Edward J. Blake CEO, MV Commercial Group, CFO, Miller-Valentine Group

Richard “Rip” Hale, Treasurer Managing Director, Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley

Thomas A. Compton Chairman, Precision Strip, Inc.

Katherine M. Thornburg, Secretary Community Volunteer James F. Dicke, II * Chairman Emeritus Chairman/CEO, Crown Equipment Corp. *Denotes Ex-officio

Dawn M. Conway, Esq. Executive Vice President Cision US, Inc. Deborah Feldman CEO/President, Dayton Children’s Medical Center Neil Freund Senior Partner, Freund, Freeze & Arnold

Alan C. Greenwell Partner, Ernst & Young

Fred Manchur CEO, Kettering Health Network

Mary Ellen Graham Docent Chairman, Community Volunteer

Phil Herrington President & CEO, DPL, Inc.

Amos L. Otis President & CEO, SoBran, Inc.

The Honorable Gary Leitzell Mayor, City of Dayton

Pamela P. Houk Community Volunteer

Erin Paulson Director of Strategic Marketing, TriComB2B

Sharon Howard Ohio Arts Council Board Representative Julie Liss-Katz Director, Public Affairs, Premier Health Partners Bill Lukens Chairman & CEO, Stillwater Technologies, Inc.

Derek Maddox Associate Board President, Deputy Director for Operations, SAIC

Larry Post Robert Nevin Senior Vice President, Market Executive Endowment Committee Chairman, PNC Wealth Management Retired President, Reynolds & Reynolds, Sally A. Struthers, Ph.D. Automotive Group Interim Chair, Academic Foundations Professor, Art Department, Michael T. Schneider, Sinclair Community College Leadership Dayton Senior Vice President, EX-OFFICIO Key Bank Judy Dodge Montgomery County Commissioner

Art Changes Lives Live it

Special Exhibition

OBJECT OF DEVOTION: MEDIEVAL ENGLISH ALABASTER SCULPTURE FROM THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM

ELIZABETH TURK: WINGS OCTOBER 26 - JANUARY 5, 2014

OCTOBER 26 - JANUARY 5, 2014

From 1330-1550, England was home to a thriving art industry that produced religious alabaster sculpture in large numbers and exported them to virtually every country in Europe. Despite the success and scale of this industry, English alabasters have remained a neglected art form. Drawn from the largest and finest collection of medieval alabasters in the world, our fall special exhibition, Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum, presents 60 alabaster Anonymous, English, The Annunciation/Incarnation panels and freestanding and the Parliament of Heaven, figures that were displayed c.1460 – 1480, Alabaster, Victoria in the homes, chapels, and Albert Museum, A58-1925 and churches of both aristocratic and non-aristocratic Christians in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Alabaster, a fine-grained form of gypsum, is found throughout Europe and was quarried in the Middle Ages in several countries.

But it is the fine alabaster of the English East Midlands quarries at Tutbury and Chellaston, west of Nottingham, that achieved the greatest international celebrity and which provided the raw material for the sculptures in this exhibition.

Alabaster production during the Middle Ages centered on the making and selling of finely decorated, gilded and colored sculpture to churches, nobles, and owners of private chapels.

This assemblage of English alabasters offers an unrivalled glimpse into the spiritual lives, hopes, fears and religious aspirations of both aristocratic and non-aristocratic society during the Middle Ages. Since alabasters were sold across the Continent in large quantities, the exhibition sheds light on spirituality and culture beyond the English Channel, with English examples having been found in countries from Iceland to Italy, and Poland to Portugal.

For more about the exhibition, visit www.daytonartinstitute.org/devotion.

This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.

Shown in conjunction with Object of Devotion, The Dayton Art Institute will exhibit selections from contemporary sculptor Elizabeth Turk’s series of carved marble wings and feathers, and preparatory studies.

EXHIBITION SPONSORS Patron Sponsor

Rose Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton Foundation

Supporting Sponsors Miller-Valentine Group

With special support from Father Joseph Goetz

With special support in honor of Father Joseph Goetz

Elizabeth Turk, Wings, 1999. Ink on vellum, Private Collection. Photo Credit: Mark Gulezian

Turk’s larger-than-life-size sculptures relate to the Platonic ideas of the soul shedding its wings and descending to earth to take on an earthly body, with no way of reentering the heavens from which it came.

Sue Doody and Family Dr. and Mrs. C. Patrick Carroll John and Linda Lombard Brad and Jacque Tillson Jon and Diana Sebaly Richard Lapedes and Maureen Lynch John and Connie Taylor With additonal support

Eubel Brady Suttman Asset Management Inc.

Conceived on the eve of the year 2000, Turk’s Wings series speaks to the idea of the displacement of the soul, questioning of belief, and uncertainty about the future; challenging questions that are still being posed today.

More than simply a physical connection to the medium of sculpture, Turk’s work encourages one to contemplate the idea of devotion and humanity’s place within the universe. The somewhat fragmentary appearance of the wings, and their placement on the floor as opposed to a platform or pedestal, drives this connection further and makes for a provocative companion to a show featuring some of the finest examples of medieval devotional alabasters in the world.

This exhibition is made possible by the support of an anonymous donor.

Cover Image: Anonymous, English, The Assumption of the Virgin (detail), c. 1460 – 1490, Alabaster, Victoria and Albert Museum, A32-1910

SAVE THE DATE! PREVIEW EVENT FOR OBJECT OF DEVOTION & WINGS A special preview event for these exhibitions will take place on Friday, October 25. Watch for additional information in September.

ADMISSION Museum Members: Free Adults: $12 Seniors (60+): $9 Students (18+ w/ID): $9 Active Military: $9 Groups (10 or more): $9 Youth (ages 7-17): $6 Children (6 & under): Free Prices include admission to both exhibitions and the museum’s permanent collection. A $1 per transaction Historic Preservation Fee will be added to all ticket sales.

Object of Devotion is supported by a grant from The Samuel H. Kress Foundation. His Excellency Sir Nigel Sheinwald, formerly Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United States of America, is Honorary Patron of the exhibition.

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Please contact Dee Florence, at 937-512-0136 or dflorence@daytonart.org, to make certain you are invited to the event.You may also add your preferred email address online, at www.daytonartinstitute.org/green.

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Jefferson Patterson Society Reception & Preview Thursday, October 24 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Member Preview Days Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25

AUGUST 24 – JANUARY 5, 2014 SPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERIES ANNEX

Cleveland-born artist Frank Nelson Wilcox (1887-1964), was one of the great virtuosos in the history of American watercolor painting and was described as such in articles written during his lifetime.

Shown for the first time in a museum setting, Wilcox produced this group of previously unknown watercolors when he traveled through Europe in the closing years of La Belle Époque, or the “beautiful era,” conventionally dated from 1871 to the eve of World War I in 1914. During this time, Wilcox painted alongside Henri Matisse, William Zorach, Emile Bernard, and Paul Serusier, among others, and produced intimately scaled, but larger than life atmospheric views of the various cities and countrysides in France through which he traveled during this golden moment in human history.

Wilcox’s watercolors also present a glimpse into the lives of the people who populated such cities as Paris, inlcuding artists sketching at La Grande Chaumière, the laundries along the Seine, mattress stuffers beneath the Pont Neuf, workmen with horses and carts, and pretty girls strolling on the street.

A Buckeye Abroad tells the story of Wilcox’s travels through Paris on the eve of the first World War and the verge of momentous change, when Europe was at peace, when France was prosperous, when everything was picturesque, and when one of every seven people in Paris was an artist.

Frank Wilcox (American, 1887 – 1964) Reconstruction of a Boulevard Scene, 1910.

Watercolor and pencil on paper, 14” x 10” Private Collection, Cleveland

This show has been organized by The Dayton Art Institute and curated by

This exhibition is made possible by the support of an anonymous donor.

Live it at the Museum

A BUCKEYE ABROAD: FRANK WILCOX IN PARIS 1910 - 1926

guest curator Dr. Henry Adams. We are extremely grateful to the The Estate of Frank N. Wilcox, and Tregoning & Company, Cleveland, Ohio, as well as numerous private lenders.

EUGÈNE ATGET: PICTURING PARIS SEPTEMBER 10 – JANUARY 5, 2014 NORTH GALLERY, LOWER LEVEL

In the first three decades of the 20th century, French photographer Eugène Atget (18571927) tirelessly photographed the city of Paris and its environs. His large-format view camera, glass plates and printing technique may link him to earlier 19th-century photography; however, Atget’s vision was an astonishingly modern one.

Eugène Atget, French, 1857 – 1927, Rue St. Rustique (Detail),1922, From the 1956 Anniversary Portfolio, printed 1956, Set #41/100, Printed

by Berenice Abbott, American, 1898 – 1991, Gelatin silver print, Museum purchase, 1964.47.9

In a time of rapid transformation, Atget captured the buildings, gardens, courtyards, old shops and streets that had not been touched by Baron Haussmann’s 19th-century modernization program. The resulting group

of 20 plus photographs featured in this exhibition reveals a glimpse into the genuine past of this iconic metropolis.

Although Eugène Atget was not well known during his lifetime, his visual record of a vanishing world has become an inspiration for 20th century photographers, including Brassaï, the Surrealists, Walker Evans, Man Ray, and Springfield, Ohio’s own Berenice Abbott, who preserved his prints and negatives, and was the first person to publish and exhibit Atget’s work outside of France.

HALL OF HOLIDAYS MARC CHAGALL: JERUSALEM WINDOW LITHOGRAPHS NOVEMBER 29, 2013 – FEBRUARY 23, 2014 SOUTH GALLERY, LOWER LEVEL

In 1960, the Russian artist Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985) began creating a series of 12 stained glass windows for the synagogue of Hebrew University’s Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.

The windows symbolize the 12 tribes of Israel who were blessed by Jacob and Moses in the verses that conclude Genesis and Deuteronomy.

Chagall envisaged the windows as “jewels of translucent fire,” aided in part by a special process his assistant developed for applying color to the glass that allowed Chagall to use as many as three colors on a single pane, rather than using the traditional technique of separating each colored pane by a lead strip.

The suite of 12 color lithographs the artist made in 1964, based on the Jerusalem Window series, echoes his original designs and brilliant use of color, and remains populated with the same blend of real and imaginary creatures and biblical verses that celebrate Chagall’s deep sense of identification with his Jewish heritage.

Admission to the Chagall, Atget and Wilcox exhibitions is included in the museum’s suggested general admission.

Marc Chagall (French, born Belarus 1887 – 1985) The windows of Jerusalem, Jean Leymarie, Editions André Sauret.

Chapter Ruben, illustration 11.

1963. Lithograph, 36.5 x 27.7 cm. © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Private Collection

Art Changes Lives Live it

OKTOBERFEST 2013 SEPTEMBER 27 – 29

Summer will soon give way to cooler weather and that means it’s time for our annual Oktoberfest, presented by Miller Lite, September 27-29. Chairs Lacie Sims and Marty Beyer look forward to welcoming guests to the event!

There is something for everyone at Oktoberfest: family activities, top-notch artisans, live entertainment, wonderful food vendors, a Weingarten, and of course the best selection of beers in the area, with more than 40 varieties, including light, cider and specialty craft beers.

Two new events highlight this year’s Oktoberfest: On Thursday, September 26, we’ll hold a special young professionals happy hour, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and include two drinks. Popular local food truck, Zombie Dogz will aslo be here!

On Friday, September 27, we’ll host a business lunch, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. A variety of lunch items and beverages will be available for purchase.

Watch our website for more information on both events!

Villains, Spungewurthy, Good English and Crazy Joe & His Friends. The ACCO Brands FamilyFest provides art activities for all ages, from noon – 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Advance tickets are $5 for adults, and $3 for seniors and students (ages 7-18). Tickets purchased at the gate are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. Children 6 and under are admitted free.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.daytonartinstitute.org/oktoberfest, by calling 937-223-4ART (4278), or in person at the museum.

Getting to and from Oktoberfest is even easier this year. Park for free at the University of Dayton parking lot behind the Marriott, just off Patterson Boulevard, and take the free shuttle directly to and from Oktoberfest.You may also park downtown and catch a free RTA Oktoberfest shuttle.

Be sure to join the Oktoberfest celebration online – tag your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts with #OktoberfestDayton!

The official Oktoberfest festivities kick off Friday, September 27, at 7:00 p.m. with the Oktoberfest Preview Party. Guests enjoy complimentary beer, wine and soft drinks; more than 65 artisan exhibitors and 30 food vendors; cash bar for international beer and premium wine; and live entertainment by Cleveland favorites The Spazmatics. Advance tickets for the Preview Party are $45 for members and $60 for non-members.

All tickets purchased at the gate are $80.

The main event takes place on September 28, noon – 11 p.m. and September 29, noon – 7 p.m.

Oktoberfest includes a fully covered Main Stage viewing area and an expanded Craft Beer tent with four big-screen TVs. Live music will include Polka Punk, the Sauerkraut German Band, Skilless

OKTOBERFEST SPONSORS Presenting Sponsor Miller Lite Preview Party Sponsor Premier Health Weingarten Sponsor Heidelberg Distributing Co. Family Art Sponsor ACCO Brands Special Event Vehicle Sponsor Bob Ross Auto Group Supporting Sponsors Cavalier Distributing Clear Channel Radio ETC ProLiance Energy Universal 1 Credit Union

Photos by Peter Wine

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ISABELLA KIRKLAND: STILLED LIFE FEBRUARY 22 – MAY 18, 2014

Rendered in the crystalline clarity of 17th–century Dutch still-life painters, contemporary artist Isabella Kirkland’s portraits of flora and fauna present a dazzling array of detail that straddles art history, scientific illustration and natural history.

This exhibition brings together more than 50 of Kirkland’s works, as well as a host of preparatory drawings and studies in a variety of medium. With their luscious colors and high-gloss finishes, some of which took over a year to create, these elaborate paintings celebrate decorative beauty, while at the same time delivering an arresting and timely narrative about

environmental degradation and homogenization.

Shown together for the first time, the works in Isabella Kirkland: Stilled Life are sure to be of interest to lovers of art as well as scientific study. Kirkland’s work presents a seamless blend of both disciplines; with attention to the techniques of the Dutch Old Masters, as well as a meticulous approach to her subject through a scientific lens.

Look for a full feature on this exhibition in our next Member Magazine. For the latest updates about the exhibition, go to www.daytonartinstitute.org/stilledlife.

ISABELLA KIRKLAND: Descendant, 1999,oil paint, alkyd on panel, 48” x 36” Courtesy of the artist and Feature Inc., New York

RECENT ACQUISITIONS

18th– and 19th–Century British and French Paintings The Dayton Art Institute’s collection has been strengthened by the recent gifts of William and Elizabeth Siebenthaler, formerly of Dayton, Ohio. Although bequeathed to the Art Institute in 1991, the five paintings are now a physical part of the Museum’s permanent collection and their presence marks the most significant acquisition in the collection of European paintings in decades.

The works include two portraits by the leading 18th–century British artists of the day, Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, as well as a wooded

Sir Joshua Reynolds, (British, 1723 – 1792), Portrait of Lady Cecil Rice, c. 1760s, Oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Siebenthaler, 1991.162

landscape by Gainsborough and two paintings by leaders of the French Barbizon landscape school, Jean François Millet and Jean Baptiste Corot. In addition to these five paintings, the Siebenthalers previously gave the Portrait of Mrs. Michael Keppele (Catherine Caldwell), by Gilbert Stuart, and provided support (by exchange) for the Immaculate Conception by 17th–century Spanish artist Bartolomé Estéban Murillo.

of the 18th century are in remarkable condition, and offer up a rich array of exhibition possibilities and at the same time tremendously add to the museum’s holdings of European works on paper.

Both the Siebenthaler and Kuhns gifts are currently on view in Gallery 222 through September 29. Watch our website for more about other recent gifts to the museum.

William Hogarth’s modern moral series, Industry and Idleness Industry and Idleness charts the careers of two City apprentices; “good” apprentice, Francis Goodchild, and “bad” apprentice, Tom Idle, who are seen together in Plates 1 and 10. Throughout the rest of the series, their respective “careers” are compared and contrasted. The apprentices’ physical appearance is also contrasted. Goodchild’s expressions are serene and polite, his demeanor elegant and gentlemanly, while Idle’s features become increasingly contorted and grotesque, and his posture slovenly and misshapen.

The selection of 12 prints is the second gift of William Hogarth prints by Mr. M. Edward and Marjorie A. Kuhns of Dayton, Ohio. They also gifted Hogarth’s, A Rake’s Progress, which consists of eight prints.

Collectively, these print series by one of the most prominent British artists

William Hogarth, (British, 1697 – 1764), Industry and Idleness: plate 1: The Fellow ‘Prentices at their Looms (detail), 1747, Etching and engraving on paper, Gift of Mr. M. Edward and Marjorie A. Kuhns in memory of Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs, 2012.1.1

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JUST ANNOUNCED! 2014 SPECIAL EXHIBITION

We are Celebrating The Dayton Art Institute’s 2013 Exhibitions

Three exhibitions commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1913 flood in and around Dayton, Ohio: Storm: Paintings by April Gornik Watershed: 100 Years of Photography Along the Great Miami River Riverbank: Exploring Our River-Centered Development February 23 – May 5, 2013 Andy Warhol: Athletes The Art of Sport: Highlights from the Collection of The Dayton Art Institute June 22 – September 1, 2013 Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum October 26, 2013 – January 5, 2014

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Friday, September 27 | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. (FREE Admission)

Business Lunch

Network and hang out with colleagues and friends on the grounds of The DAI. Get the FIRST pour of Oktoberfest beers and wines and grab a bite to eat from local fave Zombie Dogz. Use your ticket to come back either Saturday or Sunday, too!

Thursday, September 26 | 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. ($20)

Young Professionals Event

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September 28 | 12 p.m. - 11 p.m.

September 29 | 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.

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