FALL 2015
MEMBER MAGA ZINE
M U S E U M
HOMECOMING T A I L G A T E
FILM@JCSM
FOUND IN TRANSLATION
JULE
Namesake
HONORING
OUR
Dear friends and members, There is so much to look forward to seeing this fall at the museum. J U L E CO L L I N S SM I T H MUS E UM OF FINE ART, AU B U RN U N I VERSI T Y M I S S I O N STAT EM EN T
Art changes lives. Our mandate within the larger mission of Auburn University is to preserve, enhance, research and interpret the collections entrusted to us. Through the presentation of compelling exhibitions and programs to our diverse audiences, we foster the transformative power of art. A DM ISSI O N
Free, c o u r t e s y o f t he JCS M B u s i n e s s Partne r S po ns o r s hi ps S TA FF
Janice A l l e n, f in an cial a d mi n i s t r a t o r Melai ne Be nne t t , develo p me n t o f f i c e r Robbi n Bi r m i ng ha m , exe c u t i v e s e c r e t a r y Scott Bi s ho p, curat or of e d u c a t i o n Rebecc a Br e s l e r, educat i o n a s s i s t a n t Matth e w Ca r m i c ha e l , se c u r i t y m a n a g e r Mike Co r t e z, in f orm at ion t e c h n o l o g y s p e c i a l i s t Cindy Co x , m em bersh ip o f f i c e r Debor a h Fr o j o , t our coo r d i n a t o r Danie l l e Fu nde r bu r k , re g i s t r a r Janet G u y nn, m useum d e s i g n e r Todd H a l l , preparat or Kate H a nc o c k Co l e , dev e l o p me n t c o o r d i n a t o r Denni s H a r pe r, curat or of collect ion s a n d e x h i b i t i o n s Charl o t t e R. H e ndr i x , co m m un icat ion s an d ma r ke t i n g Andre w H e nl e y, curat or o f e d u c a t i o n , K – 1 2 H ayle y H i l l be r g, m ult im e d i a s p e c i a l i s t Jessica H u g he s , curat ori a l a s s i s t a n t Laure n H o r t o n, even t s c o o r d i n a t o r Marilyn La u fe r, direct or E lla M c N e c e , securit y m a n a g e r Delanne Ro be r t s o n, assi s t a n t p r e p a r a t o r Andy Te nna nt , assist an t d i r e c t o r Marga r e t Wr i g ht , recept i o n i s t E DITO R Cha r l o t t e R. H e n d r i x DE SIGN Ja ne t G u y nn PHOTO GR A P H Y Mi k e C o r te z
We will open our second Out of the Box juried outdoor sculpture exhibition and welcome acclaimed artist Willie Cole as the juror of this show as well as a featured artist in Gallery C with an exhibition of his own work. There is the handsome exhibition of Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, a series of woodblock prints that the Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige worked on in order to document travel and life along Japan’s main coastal road. There is also a lovely selection of works on paper featuring birds, mammals, and botanicals that come to us as part of a most generous gift from Sheila J. McCartney, who collected these wonderful pieces inspired by early natural history studies and that beautifully augments our Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Collection. Later this fall, there will be a selection of photography featured as part of our annual 1072 Society Exhibition, some of which through your generous participation, may become part of JCSM’s permanent collection. And then there are the many programs, lectures, and films discussed further in the pages of this member magazine that will further enhance the conversations that these fabulous exhibitions will inspire. One of the challenges we all face in museum work is not only engaging our visitors, but also developing our future audiences. As you look at changing demographics in America, you realize that museum attendance numbers are only increasing with the baby boomer generation—especially as they find themselves with more leisure time in retirement. But sadly, museums seem to be losing ground with Millennial and Gen-X audiences. Here at JCSM, we work diligently to find imaginative ways to appeal to our younger audiences and their families. One example was our Teen Takeover event last May. Our K-12 education staff and 18 teenagers were locked in the museum overnight with food and art supplies. Their task for those 12 hours was to create art for an exhibition that would be installed and featured at the museum during the week following the “Takeover.” The morning after this program as I came into work, I spotted a young woman headed to the parking lot to meet her ride home. I asked her how the evening went and even though she was visibly exhausted, she gushed about what a tremendous experience she had, what a singular opportunity it had been to be surrounded by like-minded people and to focus on nothing else but your personal creative process. When she realized I was the director of the museum, she profusely thanked me for permitting this event to happen. Though I had some serious doubts about this program, from an administrative, risk management, and assessment perspective, my concerns faded when I saw the enthusiasm of that young woman outside of the museum that next morning. The museum had provided her and her cohorts a memorable life experience that they would long remember—art really did change her life.
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ON THE COVER, DETAIL: Ronald Bayens, Portrait of Jule Collins Smith, 2003, oil on linen, collection of Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University; gift of Albert Smith, Jr.
Being relevant to teenagers is, and always will be challenging, but thanks to the work of a very dedicated K-12 educational staff headed by Andrew Henley, with assistance from Rebecca Bressler, Natalie Davis, and Henrik Soderstrom, we provided an education program that made a huge difference, and I believe that experience converted those participants into “museum believers” for the future. Meanwhile, I look forward to seeing the plans for other innovative life-changing programming next year. I think all of the remarkable educational opportunities and cultural activities that we provide at JCSM—from art to music to poetry and beyond—have been ignited by the vision set forth by our namesake Jule Collins Smith. She loved Auburn and this university, and it was her dream, which she shared with her husband Albert, that resulted in the establishment of this museum. Jule’s recent death is a heartbreaking loss for all of us. She was charming, beautiful, and strong-willed, and she truly delighted in everything that this museum accomplished, from the front row as was the case in the spring of 2013, when Dr. Gogue announced our AAM accreditation. She also participated in all future planning, whether it was for upcoming exhibitions, new acquisitions or our long-range strategic development at JCSM. If she could not attend a meeting she asked us to Skype with her and Albert, and I had to smile when she would tell me to lean into the conversation because she needed to see me on her screen. I will always remember her laughter when sharing stories over lunch with a group of young women from the Kappa Delta sorority in our café, or the intuitive questions she would ask as we went through an exhibition together. She always demanded that we not lose sight of our focus to provide the very best cultural arts learning environment for all of our students, faculty, community members, and visitors. It is our intention that her legacy will be our inspiration as we continue to work to “foster the transformative power of art” as an essential part of the Auburn experience. From all of us at JCSM, thank you, Jule. It was an honor and privilege to work with you. We love you and will miss you.
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8 EXHIBITIONS
13 RECENT ACQUISITIONS
14 CALENDAR
16 SPECIAL EVENTS
18 PROGR AMS
23 E D U C ATI O N
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Be well and best,
DEVELOPMENT
Marilyn Laufer, PhD, director
26 MEMBERSHIP
J C SM A DV I S ORY B OA RD Mr. Davi d Br a l y
D r. Ed w a r d Ha ye s
Mr. Mar k W. Spen cer
Ms. H ele n Ca r l i s l e
Ms. Dora James
Mr. Wi l l i am C ol l i n s Smi t h
Mr. C . Noel Wadsw or th
Dr. T hom a s M. Cha s e , Cha i r
Mrs. Jenny Jenkins
D r. Eugen e Edw ar d St an al an d
EX- O FFI C I O MEMBERS
Ms. Fran Di l l a r d
M r. D a v i d E . J o h n s o n
Mr s. J ean e B. St on e
Ms. Al l yson C omst oc k
Mrs. Patr i c i a Di s qu e
M r. M a r k J o n e s
Ms. Lady C ox
D r. Paul et t e Pat er son Dilworth
Dr. Ralp h Dr a u g ho n, Jr.
D r. Lyn n B a r s ti s Wi l l i a m s Kat z
EMERI TUS
Mr. Willi a m Du nl o p
Mrs. Joy Kloess
Mr. Bat ey M. Gr esh am, J r.
Mr. Jame s Fa r m e r
M r. R o g e r D. Le th a n d e r
D r. Tayl or D. Li t t l et on
Dr. Robe r t B. E k e l u nd, Jr.
Ms. Janet Nolan
Mr. Wi l l i am V. Nev i l l e, J r.
Mrs. Diana G. H a g l e r
D r. S tu a r t Pr i c e
Mr. Al ber t J. Smi t h , J r.
Mrs. Nanc y H a r t s fi e l d
M r s . C a r o l yn B. R e e d
Mr s. Gen e H. Tor ber t
D r. Mar i l yn Lauf er, di rector
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Reflections on our namesake
“Just as ART CHANGES LIVES, so did Jule.” “Jule Collins Smith will not only be remembered by the name of our museum, but also for her commitment to educating young people—her primary interest. She served an active role on the advisory board from the beginning, and she motivated us to work on behalf of Auburn University through our programs and emphasized the role of the museum in education.”
—Tommy Chase, ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR
“What I remember most about conversation with Jule is how she always listened so intently and responded so thoughtfully. Besides being emotionally and intellectually engaged with the world, she seemed to truly love the people in it.”
NEWS
—Scott Bishop, EDUCATION CURATOR AND UNIVERSITY LIAISON
“I well remember her speech outside the trailer on the day the museum was dedicated. She expressed great thanks, of course, for the honor that Albert bestowed upon her; but she went beyond to a vision of what the museum would mean. She was the epitome of a great benefactor, one who is honored, but also one ready to roll up her sleeves to push and get things done. She was proud and would consider the museum's continued excellence as a coin worth having.” —Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
“To know Jule, work with her, and be in her presence was life-changing. Just as art changes lives, so did Jule.” —Nancy Hartsfield, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY (Received as of June 30, 2015)
GIFTS TO THE JCSM GENERAL FUND
“I recall her happiness one day soon after the museum opened when she happened to visit on a day when several classrooms of school children were touring the museum. Her face brightened immediately, and she said, ‘This is exactly what I had hoped to see here!’ She was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, whose open motto is ‘let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful, and highest.’ Jule definitely upheld that motto in her daily life.” —Betty DeGraffenried Burgess, MUSEUM MEMBER
“Jule meant so much to those who knew her, and she influenced countless individuals through the museum that bears her name. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to her family and friends.” —Jay Gogue, AUBURN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
Tommy and Judy Chase Edwin and Tommye Torian Sara E. White Pat H. Boone Ginger Kanaly Doris Tessieri William and Dorothy Grieves George and Dorothy Uthlaut Lucinda Cannon Randy and Lea Ney Brett and Anne Hamilton Flo McGee Tommy and Connie Wright David and Barbara Henington Renee S. Davis Catherine Crowder Joe T. and Billie C. McMillan John S. Steele Thomas A. Jenkins, Jr. Judith T. Earle Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Woliver FizerBeck Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson
Jeff Krug Al Keller Ginya and Clayton Trier Judy Hubbard Jodie and Jeff Holstien Michael and Lucy Kuhn Ross and Kim Schmucki and Family Britanie Olvera Sidney and Don Faust Adele and Ber Pieper Kristin S. Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Wimberly Barbara and Barry Lewis Jack and Erwin Key Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moreman Julia C. Moreman Anna Pearson Bragham Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rushing Mrs. Charles H. Watt, III Mary Lynn and Kelly Rushing Josephine B. Temple Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh and Ann Roff, Jr.
GIFTS TO SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS Monteigne Mathison, towards the Sigma Lambda Kappa Delta JCSM Acquisition Endowment Dr. David Martin and Dr. Catherine Perricone towards the Martin-Perricone Endowed Fund For Excellence at JCSM
“To endure as the premiere fine art museum… would be the ultimate tribute to the memory of Jule.”
Her exemplary life as the namesake of the museum will inspire for decades to come. She was the epitome of a true lady—refined, cultured, kind, and generous. For JCSM to endure as the premiere fine art museum in the state would be the ultimate tribute to the memory of Jule. —Fran Dillard, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
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NEWS
LEFT: A reproduction of Amber Luster Chandelier on display in the classroom lobby area. RIGHT: Students in Jamie Mitchell’s class pose with museum staff in the reflecting pool (don’t try this at home).
LIFE IMITATES ART (MUSEUM) ELEMENTARY STUDENTS RECREATE JCSM It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; in that case, the JCSM staff couldn’t be more delighted. Before wrapping up school for the summer, first grade students at Auburn Early Education Center (AEEC) created a replica of the museum in their classrooms—complete with grand entrance, artwork, and even a museum shop. Museum staff toured this “miniJCSM” along with students, teachers, parents, and guardians. Jamie Mitchell, a first-grade teacher in the “Blue Pod” at AEEC, said her students chose Auburn as a theme for this year. “Their first project was a working post office, and then they wanted to learn about Jule Collins Smith Museum of
Fine Art,” she said. Mitchell said through inquiry-based learning, problem solving, and research, students chose the projects on which they wanted to work. “They wanted to make the entrance with bricks, sign, reflecting pool, and the sculpture, Spinoff. The students wrote label copy about what they learned, hung the information throughout the exhibition, and acted as guides for the exhibition.” Rising second-grader Katarina Vazsonyi worked on the brick replicas of travertine stone. “I wanted to show my mom my work,” she said. “I will come back to the museum.” Katarina’s mom, Andrea, said she thought the children’s work was amazing, citing the reproduction of Amber Luster Chandelier by Dale Chihuly. The students wrote about the artist and
his assistants, how many pieces made up the sculpture, and how many days it took to install the sculpture. “Kids can learn so much through practical work and creativity,” said Andrea Vazsonyi. “I think it is very important.” Museum director Marilyn Laufer was equally impressed. “I think that more than anything else for me, I realized that what we do does in fact have an enormous effect on the creative capacity of the children in this community,” she said. “The children selected JCSM themselves to learn more about and remembered their experiences here as well as the names of our education curators. As far as effective outreach, I think we hit a home run.”
Tired but happy, the participants posed on the grounds after their immersive experience.
TAKE
EXHIBITION ALL-NIGHTER:
TEENS EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVITY This summer our K-12 education department expanded the traditional Summer Art Club for high school-aged students with a special overnight event at JCSM, Teen Takeover. What normally takes museum staff months to research, write, and design, plus weeks to install, 17 young artists in grades 9 through 12 created a brand new exhibition—in 12 hours. Proud parent Theresa Chavez attended a private opening reception with her daughter Isabela and the other teens, and family and friends of the artists to see the works displayed in the Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Galleries. “Isabela is very interested in art,” said her mom. “I think this was a great way to encourage her to explore some different things that she hasn’t had an opportunity to do yet. And she loved every minute of it.” Isabela is a rising junior at Auburn High School. While she most enjoys working with graphite, Isabela tried something new. “Using the printmaking process dry point, I made a print by etching my design on a piece of plastic. Teen Takeover is something special that not a lot of people get to do. My work is in a museum!” The time constraints and deadline helped Isabella focus and work without distractions. “It was really tiring, but I drank coffee and took breaks,” she said. “It took her a couple of days to recuperate, but she was up and moving around the first day,” said her mom with a smile. The Teen Takeover program and exhibition was supported in part by a charitable gift from J&M Bookstore, Inc., through the JCSM Business Partner program, with additional program support provided by Pizza Schmizza.
Family and friends enjoyed a private reception to recognize the students’ hard work.
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U tagaw a H iros hige (J a p a nese, 1 7 9 7 – 1858), (TOP) 10th Sta ti on : Ha kon e , (B OT TOM LEFT ) 16 th Sta ti on : Yui , a nd ( BOTTOM RIGHT ) 26th Sta ti on : Ka we ga wa, c a. 18 3 3 - 3 4 f ro m Fi fty-T h r e e S ta tions of the Toka i d o Roa d , w o o d b l o c k print, c ou rtes y of Rea d i ng P ub l i c Mu s eu m, Reading, Pennsyl v a ni a
ALONG THE EASTERN ROAD: HIROSHIGE’S FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO SEPTEMBER 26, 2015–JANUARY 10, 2016 Bill L. Harbert Gallery Along the Eastern Road: Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido features 55 revolutionary, color woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) depicting the scenic views along the famous “Eastern Road” that linked Edo (now Tokyo) with Kyoto, the ancient imperial capital of Japan. This popular series, known as the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, established Hiroshige’s reputation as the foremost artist of the topographical landscape in 19th-century Japan. Hiroshige was trained in the tradition of the ukiyo-e—“floating world”—woodblock printmaking. In 1832, he journeyed along the historic Tokaido as part of an official delegation bearing gifts from the Shogun. He visited the 53 towns and villages that dotted the road, which provided lodging, refreshments, and souvenirs for travelers. The 310-mile route was traveled frequently
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by noblemen, merchants, religious pilgrims, and tourists, and required up to two weeks to complete the trip. Hiroshige stayed at each overnight station, where he recorded numerous views of the surrounding landscape, towns, and people. Organized by the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, this stunning exhibition presents the complete first edition of the Fifty-Three Stations, issued in 1833–1834, alongside a comparative impression from a later edition and a carved woodblock template.
EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING :
John A mos s at a traditional Edo -period p ri nt i ng /c a rv i ng benc h du ring a demons tration at T he Co rc o ra n S c ho o l o f A rt and Des ign.
SEPTEMBER 24, 5 PM
DEMONSTRATION: JAPANESE PRINTMAKING WITH JOHN AMOSS After working for 20 years as a commercial illustrator and designer, John Amoss received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Georgia in 2005. He is presently an Associate Professor of graphic design, drawing, and printmaking at the University of North Georgia. Amoss has studied traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking (moku hanga) in Tokyo and Vancouver, and has taught in Spain, Italy, and China. His work has been exhibited in Morocco, Spain, Taiwan, Scotland, Israel, Japan, and throughout the United States. Amoss is also an avid jazz pianist and accordionist. This presentation will include a very brief history of the development of moku hanga concentrating on the artist’s and craftsman’s role during Hiroshige’s Edo period. This includes an outline of the traditional division of labor: the design, carving, and printing techniques, along with materials used for each stage of production. He will include a brief demonstration of carving on a traditional bench and creating a multi-color block print. Given time, interested participants will have a chance to create their own print in the traditional method.
John A mos s , Milton S ur imono, w ood b l o c k , 3 6 c o l o r impres s ions , printed by Ses eragi Stud i o s, To k yo , 2 0 0 2
TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 29–NOVEMBER 3, 12:45 PM
THE FLOATING WORLD: JAPANESE ART AT JSCM PRESENTED BY JCSM AND OLLI AT AUBURN
Students will learn about the pleasure-seeking culture and art that rose to prominence in the Edo-period in Japan (1600–1867). The presenters for this six-week program include Scott Bishop, Dennis Harper, Andrew Henley, and Marilyn Laufer from the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, and Dr. Tommy Chase, all things Japanese enthusist. Participants will enjoy lectures, a gallery tour, and a handson block printing class. Beginning mid-August, participants can register through the OLLI website, olliatauburn.org/join.htm or by calling 844-5100.
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EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING TOP TO B OT TOM: A s c ene from Yaji and Ki ta : T h e Mi d n i g h t Pilgr ims; A s c ene from Lost in Tr ansla tio n ; A sc ene f ro m Thr one of Blood.
SELECT THURSDAYS, 4 PM
FILM@JCSM: FOUND IN TRANSLATION FILM@JCSM stands for “Fostering Interdisciplinary Learning through Movies.” The 2015 fall semester selections are programmed in conjunction with Along the Eastern Road: Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido. Participants in the OLLI course described on the previous page are also encouraged to attend these film screenings. Each FILM@JCSM begins at 4 pm. After the screening, there is café service and live jazz from 5 to 8 pm. This project is co-sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
OCTOBER 29: Yaji and Kita: The Midnight
Pilgrims (2005) NR | Comedy/Fantasy | 124 min.
Introduced by Ryan Cook, Department of Film and Media Studies, Emory University A picaresque film based on the Shank’s Mare comic novel that follows the same path as the woodcuts.
NOVEMBER 12: Lost in Translation (2003) R | Drama | 101 min.
Introduced by Chris Keirstead, Department of English, Auburn University An aging movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
DECEMBER 3: Throne of Blood (1957) NR | Action/Drama | 110 min. A sc e n e f rom T h e Wi n d R i s es
Introduced by Anna Riehl Bertolet, English Department, Auburn University In this Akira Kurosawa adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a war-hardened general, urged by his aspirant wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider’s Web Castle.
DECEMBER 17, 5 PM
The Wind Rises
(2013) PG13 | Animation, Biography, Drama | 126 min.
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. MUSEUM SCREENS ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
W i l l i e C o l e , M B F (M a n’s Bes t Friend) IV, 2014, s h o es a n d m e t al w i re , ca. 17 x 15 x 22 i nche s
INDELIBLE IMPRESSIONS: SELECTED WORKS BY WILLIE COLE SEPTEMBER 26, 2015–JANUARY 10, 2016 Gallery C October 1, 5 pm
ARTIST TALK: WILLIE COLE Willie Cole (American, born 1955) is best known for assembling and transforming ordinary domestic and used objects such as irons, ironing boards, high-heeled shoes, hair dryers, bicycle parts, and recycled plastic water bottles into imaginative and powerful works of art. Through the repetition and compounding of single objects to form his sculptures and site-specific installations, Cole imbues in them new and transcendent metaphorical meaning, often embodying a critique of Western society’s consumer culture. His appropriation of the steam iron as a symbolic, expressive object brought Cole early attention during the 1980s; and that common household appliance continues to be a widely recurring motif in his work. His singular approach of imprinting or scorching the steam iron’s familiar pattern on a variety of materials reveals diverse decorative possibilities while referencing on multiple levels his African American heritage. The iron at once brings to mind antebellum slave owners’ branding of their human “property” and the appliance’s use in the 20th century by domestic workers. Indelible Impressions includes a selection of Cole’s paintings, photographs, prints, and other works on paper, along with recent unique and limited edition sculptures. His art is represented in numerous private and public collections and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. W illie Cole, The Wor r ie r , 2014, edition: 3 /5 , b ro nz e, c a. 37¾ x 14¾ x 20¼ inc hes . A ll images c o urt esy W illie Cole and beta pic toris gallery
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2013 ins tallation on the mu s eu m grou nd s
1072 SOCIETY EXHIBITION NOVEMBER 14, 2015–JANUARY 24, 2016
OUT OF THE BOX:
A JURIED OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION OCTOBER 2, 2015–OCTOBER 2, 2016 Lethander Art Path
The second installment of JCSM’s biennial Out of the Box exhibition will open this fall with contemporary sculptor and visual artist Willie Cole serving as juror. Eleven new sculptures were selected for installation on the museum’s grounds from among nationwide submissions. Three top prizewinners will be chosen from those finalists for recognition during the Museum Homecoming Tailgate on October 2. Museum visitors will once again be wowed by large-scale works sited along the Lethander Art Path (LAP) around JCSM’s lake and in the field at the southern end of the building. All works will remain on view for a full year. The inaugural, 2013 competition received more than 120 submissions from nearly 70 artists and led to the addition of two new works for the museum’s growing permanent collection of outdoor sculpture. This year’s exhibition promises to continue that success with contemporary, exciting works for our juror to consider and for our visitors' enjoyment. It is our aim for Out of the Box to continue to grow and advance support and appreciation for outdoor sculpture in our community. JCSM would like to thank our sponsors for Out of the Box, whose generous support helps make this exhibition possible: Julian Roberts Haynes, in memory of Dr. Lucile McGehee Haynes, and Grace and David E. Johnson. A portion of the finalists’ honoraria for the 11 finalists is supported by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
J e a n - J a c q u e s -F ranço i s L e Bar bi e r, call e d L e Ba rb i e r l ’ aî n é ( Fr e nch, 1738–1826), L’O ffran de à Pa n (T h e O f f e r i ng t o Pan), ca. 1770, pe n a n d i n k w i t h brown washe s, Jule C o l l i ns Sm i t h M u se u m o f F i ne Ar t, Aubur n Uni ve r sity ; mu se u m p u rc h ase with f unds pr o vide d by the 1 0 7 2 S o c i e t y, 2 0 1 5 , 2015. 01. 1
Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Gallery November 15, 2 pm
OPENING RECEPTION: 1072 SOCIETY CLASS OF 2016 The 1072 Society is composed of friends of the museum who contribute funds annually for the express purpose of acquiring new art for JCSM’s permanent collection. Each year we assemble and exhibit a selection of art for consideration of purchase with funds generated by this group, so-named in honor of the dollar amount paid in 1948 for 36 modernist paintings to establish a university collection. Today, 1072 Society donors carry forward that initial vision to collect significant art at Auburn. Previous 1072 exhibitions have resulted in meaningful additions to the museum collection including paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and sculpture by artists ranging from Giovanni Antonio Canal (called Canaletto) to Willie Cole, Claude Lorrain, Beverly Pepper, Giambattista Piranesi, William Wegman, William Zorach, and many others. This year, we are focusing on photography and will feature historic, traditional, and contemporary examples of that diverse medium. Please make it a point to view our prospective acquisitions during an opening reception on November 15 at 2 pm, and consider becoming a part of this dynamic collectors group!
RECENT ACQUISITIONS George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) Benediction in Georgia, 1916 Second state of two Lithograph on medium weight China paper 16 1/8 x 20 inches Museum purchase for the Imprinting the South Collection with funds provided by Lynn Barstis Katz 2015.18 Rick Berman (American, b. 1944) Salku Fresh Flower Container, 2014 Salku-fired ceramic 11 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches Museum purchase with partial funding provided by Alston Glen and Joe Guy 2015.12 Caroline Durieux (American, 1896–1989) Dames de Pigalle Two-color lithograph 22 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches Gift of Lynn Barstis Katz to the Imprinting the South Collection 2015.17.1 Mabel Dwight (American, 1875–1955) Grave Yard, New Orleans, 1929 Lithograph 9 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches Gift of Lynn Barstis Katz to the Imprinting the South Collection 2015.17.2 Samuel Greenburg (American, b. Ukraine, 1905– 1980) For Freedom, early 1940s Edition: 24/100 Two-color linocut 9 x 12 inches Gift of Lynn Barstis Katz 2015.17.3 Tom Hammond (American, b. 1939) Drive In, 1990 Edition: 8/15 Etching with aquatint 15 x 12 inches Gift of Joe Sanders 2015.10.1 Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942) Pair of prints: Etla, 2012 Mozambique, 2012 Edition: 20/30 Photogravure Each 24 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches Museum purchase with funds provided by Bill Dunlop 2015.13.1 and 2015.13.2
Victor Koulbak (Russian, b. 1946) Squirrel No. 2, 2010 Silverpoint and watercolor on prepared handmade paper 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches Museum purchase with funds provided by Jane Williams 2015.11 John McCrady (American, 1911–1968) Early Shift, ca. 1947 Lithograph 14 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches Gift of Lynn Barstis Katz to the Imprinting the South Collection 2015.17.4 Jody Mussoff (American, b. 1952) Portrait of Bill Dunlop, 2015 Colored pencils on paper 30 3/8 x 22 1/8 inches Gift of Bill Dunlop 2015.19 Ken Ratner (American, b. 1953) Shadows on Broadway, 2013 Photograph, gelatin silver print 11 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches Gift of Ken Ratner 2015.08 Billy Renkl (American, b. 1963) October 24, 1837: making room, 2012 Collage with mineral pigment 12 x 9 1/2 inches Museum purchase 2015.06 Billy Renkl August 28, 1851: but the eyes to see, 2012 Collage on toned paper 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches Gift of Billy Renkl 2015.07 Faith Ringgold (American, b. 1930) To Be or Not To Be Free, 2014 Edition: 38/60 Color lithograph 30 x 22 inches Museum purchase for the Imprinting the South Collection with funds provided by Lynn Barstis Katz 2015.14 James Routh (American, b. 1918) Cotton Farm, ca. 1940 Lithograph 8 5/8 x 11 1/2 inches Gift of Lynn Barstis Katz to the Imprinting the South Collection 2015.17.5
Joe Sanders (American, b. 1957) Tossed, 1988 Edition: artist’s proof Color linocut, woodcut and monotype on Japanese paper 19 3/8 x 24 1/8 inches Museum purchase for the Imprinting the South Collection with funds provided by Lynn Barstis Katz 2015.09 Bradlee Shanks (American, b. 1958) Tree Vessels, 1996 Edition: 28/32 Photo woodcut 10 3/4 x 14 inches Gift of Joe Sanders 2015.10.2 Designed by William Spratling (American, 1900–1967) Volteo coffee service, mid-1950s Sterling silver and rosewood Four-piece set Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Wagnon, Jr. 2015.16 a-d
Mathew Sugarman (American, contemporary) No title Edition: 17/56 Lithograph 7 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches Gift of Joe Sanders 2015.10.3
COLLECTIONS
F a ith R inggo l d, To Be or N o t To Be Fr e e , 2014
Prentiss Taylor (American, 1907–1991) “––In Whom I Am Well Pleased,” 1940 Edition: 35 Lithograph 10 1/2 x 15 inches Gift of Lynn Barstis Katz to the Imprinting the South Collection 2015.17.6 Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953) Untitled, 2014 Edition: 1/30 Etching with chine collé 51 1/2 x 42 1/2 inches Museum purchase 2015.15
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Sunday, 1:30 pm K-12 ART CLUB: The Kitchen Ink Wednesday, 12 pm A LITTLE ART TALK Thursday, 12 pm A LITTLE LUNCH MUSIC 5 pm SOUTHERN CIRCUIT TOUR OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS: Shield and Spear 5–8 pm CAFÉ: Tapas Menu, Jazz Sunday, 2 pm ITALIAN FILM: La terra dei santi Wednesday, 12 pm A LITTLE ART TALK Thursday, 12 pm A LITTLE LUNCH MUSIC
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Out of the Box FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015, 3–7 PM
JCSM is kicking off Homecoming weekend festivities with a tailgate on museum grounds celebrating the opening of Out of the Box: A Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. The community-wide event is open to all ages, and will include sculpture tours, art and family activities, a tiger bounce house for kids, and delicious food and beverage options from local favorites. Vendors will include Chicken Salad Chick, Domino's, LYLYS Food, The Overall Company, Niffer’s Place, and Ursula’s Catering. Guest artist and juror Willie Cole will announce the top three prizewinners from among the eleven finalists of the sculpture competition at 4 pm.
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Summer Opening Reception The summer opening reception had a huge turnout and was a great success! Those in attendance enjoyed delicious hors d’oeuvres from Ursula’s Catering, a panel discussion featuring the collectors, and a few lucky museum members walked away with autographed exhibition catalogues!
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READINGS & TALKS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: JCSM 2015-2016 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION MARCH 20 SUBMISSION DEADLINE JCSM is calling for submissions to the 2015–2016 writing competition. Based on the exhibitions featured at the museum during this academic year and on works from the permanent collection, we are seeking written work responding to individual works of art that you experience first-hand at JCSM. Faculty members are encouraged to recommend student writing or suggest the opportunity in class. Students may submit writing of any length, from single poems or personal essays to short stories or seminar papers. We encourage participants to consult with professors and with tutors at the Miller Writing Center to craft and revise your submissions. Entry is open to graduate and undergraduate students. Prizes of $500 will be awarded for two academic essays and two creative submissions. Winners will be invited to make presentations of their work at the museum, and their pieces will be published electronically on the museum’s website. All submissions should be made electronically. Whenever possible, an image of the art should be included with the submission. Two judges from outside of Auburn University will select winners by April with a presentation by the students in the spring. Questions and submissions may be directed to Scott Bishop, curator of education at bishogs@auburn.edu.
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W illiam B aggett, Inte r ior s, 1990, tempera o n b o a rd , J ul e C o l l i ns Smith Mu s eu m of Fine A rt, A u bu rn U niv ers i t y; g i f t o f S t ev en a nd Jadw iga Markoff, 2006.07.01
Response to Interiors by William Baggett MeMe Collier, a freshman from Birmingham, Alabama, is one of the winners of the 2014–2015 Student Writing Competition. She is majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Here is her award-winning poem: This girl is a ghost. She haunts her own house, fades into its walls like a single chord lost in the symphony. Her song has no words, just as there is no painting in the picture frame, no flame to light the fireplace below. Color doesn’t live here. It’s long since seeped away into beige-brown boards, hair made of ash, robes as pale as eggshells. This house is built from bleached bare bones.
Advance registrations are encouraged for our programs via Eventbrite at But not the girl. jcsm.auburn.edu/programs.
For her, a world of purples and pinks, of greens and reds and blues, still lives on the inside. She lives on the inside, always looking out, counting the sunbeams that fall across her face and wondering when someone will gaze through her window. The house waits with her, a silent sentinel. It holds back the shadows and waits for that person who will step through the door and make this wasteland home.
READING: THIRD THURSDAY POETRY SERIES A new lineup of visiting poets to our area is slated for the fall 2015 installment of the Third Thursday Poetry Series. Once again, faculty designers from Auburn’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction created eight broadsides that represent works by each of the poets participating in the series. A limited number of prints and sets will be available for sale in the Museum Shop and at jcsm. auburn.edu/gift-shop.
SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30 PM Robin Behn Robin Behn is Professor of English and teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama. Her books of poetry are Paper Bird, winner of the Associated Writing Programs Award Series in Poetry; The Red Hour; Horizon Note, winner of the Brittingham Prize; Naked Writing; and The Yellow House. She is also co-editor of The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the state arts councils of Illinois and Alabama, and the New England Review narrative poetry prize, her work appears in the Pushcart Prize anthology, Best American Poetry, and many literary journals. Behn is a graduate of Oberlin College, the University of MissouriColumbia, and The University of Iowa.
OCTOBER 15, 6:30 PM Richard Tillinghast Richard Tillinghast is the author of ten books of poetry and four of creative non-fiction. His poems have appeared in The Atlantic, Paris Review, The New Yorker, and Poetry, among many other journals. His most recent poetry collections are Wayfaring Stranger and Selected Poems. Tillinghast has translated Turkish poetry, written reviews for New York Review of Books, and published travel writing about Turkey and Ireland, where he lived for five years. Tillinghast was a 2010–11 Guggenheim Fellow in poetry. Tillinghast previously taught at Harvard University, Sewanee, University of California Berkeley, and the University of Michigan. Now retired, Tillinghast divides his time among Tennessee, Hawaii, and California.
READING: SUNDAY POETRY SOIREE SEPTEMBER 13, 2 PM Join us in the Museum Café to hear Auburn native Joseph Harrison read from his recently published volume of poems, Shakespeare’s Horse.
NOVEMBER 19, 6:30 PM John Hoppenthaler Ph o t o b y B o bby D a vi s
John Hoppenthaler’s books of poetry are Anticipate the Coming Reservoir, Lives of Water, and Domestic Garden. His poetry has appeared in many journals, anthologies, and textbooks, including Ploughshares, Virginia Quarterly Review, Southern Review, Christian Science Monitor, Southeast Review, and West Branch. Hoppenthaler has edited a number of poetry anthologies, and teaches at East Carolina University. Among his honors are an Individual Artist Grant from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, grants from the New York Foundation on the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, and residency fellowships from writer’s colonies.
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READINGS & TALKS Detail of JCSM's new animatroni c d o na t i o n b ox, A rtfu l Dodger, by John Morgan
BOOK TALK: ANDREA WULF
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World
OCTOBER 8, 5 PM Andrea Wulf reveals in her new book the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), and how he created the way we understand nature today. Though almost forgotten today, his name lingers everywhere from the Humboldt Current to the Humboldt penguin. Humboldt was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. Perceiving nature as an interconnected global force, Humboldt discovered similarities between climate zones across the world and predicted human-induced climate change. He turned scientific observation into poetic narrative, and his writings inspired naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, but also politicians such as Jefferson. Wulf also argues that it was Humboldt’s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of preservation, and that shaped Thoreau’s Walden. Wulf traces Humboldt’s influences through the great minds he inspired in revolution, evolution, ecology, conservation, art, and literature.
ARTIST TALK: JOHN MORGAN NOVEMBER 8, 2 PM John Morgan will discuss his design and production of JCSM’s donation box. Join us after for a reception with light refreshments. Morgan has spent over 35 years researching forms of kinetic sculpture. Early emulations of folk art whirligigs and animated toys evolved into smaller, hand-cranked, automata. This pursuit, funded primarily through Morgan’s vocation as a professor of graphic design, is the passion that drives his creative research. His narrative product springs from a unique marriage of art, design, woodwork, and engineering. Pieces from his limited editions produced in the past 18 years have been shown in American Craft and American Woodworker Magazines and have been exhibited in craft galleries and museums in the US, UK, and Japan. He was awarded the Best of Show in the Wharton Esherick Museum’s Toying with Wood exhibition and has received several awards from the Arkansas Arts Center’s Toys Designed by Artists.
FILMS SOUTHERN CIRCUIT TOUR OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS SEPTEMBER 10, 5 PM
SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY Documentary | 92 min.
(2014)
A s c ene from S he 's Be autif ul Whe n S h e 's A n g r y
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971. She’s Beautiful When She's Angry takes us from the founding of National Organization for Women (NOW), with ladies in hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical factions of women’s liberation; from intellectuals like Kate Millett to the street theatrics of WITCH (Women’s International Conspiracy from Hell!). It does not shy away from controversies over race, sexual preference, and leadership that arose in the women’s movement, and brilliantly captures the spirit of the time—thrilling, scandalous, and often hilarious. About the filmmaker… Mary Dore is an award-winning documentary producer who brings an activist perspective to her films. Dore grew up in Auburn, Maine, and began her career working with a Boston film collective that produced independent historical documentaries, including Children of Labor, which premiered at the New York Film Festival. She has produced television series for Maine Public Broadcasting and 13/WNET in New York. She produced and co-directed the feature documentary The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (with Noel Buckner and Sam Sills), which screened at the Toronto, Sundance, and London Film Festivals. She has produced dozens of television documentaries for PBS, New York Times TV, A&E, and the Discovery Channel. Her TV work has won Emmys, Cine Golden Eagles, and Cable Ace Awards. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two sons.
A s c ene from S hie ld and S pe a r
OCTOBER 22, 5 PM
SHIELD AND SPEAR
(2014) Documentary | 89 min.
An artist paints a caricature of South African president Jacob Zuma that provokes a lawsuit, death threats, and a massive street protest. Around this incident, Shield and Spear explores a constellation of stories about identity, art, race, and freedom of expression in South Africa, twenty years into democracy. About the filmmaker… Petter Ringbom is a New York-based director of documentary and narrative films. The Russian Winter, a film about American musician John Forté, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012 and screened at IDFA, Moscow International Film Festival, and Gothenburg International Film Festival. His short film May Fly premiered at Stockholm International Film Festival and screened at festivals around the world. Ringbom’s video collaboration with artist Karl Haendel, Questions for My Father, has been shown at Harris Lieberman Gallery, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts, and Wexner Center for the Arts. Questions for My Father was selected for the Art Video program at Art Basel Miami in 2012. After studying at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, Ringbom partnered in the creative agency Flat, where he served as an art director for clients like MoMA, Red Cross, and ESPN. He has taught at Parsons School of Design, New York University, and served on the board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Ringbom is a Film Independent Fast Track Fellow for 2013. Advance registrations are encouraged for our programs via Eventbrite at jcsm.auburn.edu/programs.
A s c ene from Fr ame By Fr ame
NOVEMBER 5, 5 PM
FRAME BY FRAME
(2015) Documentary | 85 min.
When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, taking a photo was a crime. After the regime fell from power in 2001, a fledgling free press emerged and a photography revolution was born. Now, as foreign troops and media withdraw, Afghanistan is left to stand on its own and so are its journalists. Set in a modern Afghanistan bursting with color and character, Frame By Frame follows four Afghan photojournalists navigating a dangerous media landscape as they reframe Afghanistan for the world, and for themselves. Through cinema vérité, powerful photojournalism, and never-before-seen footage shot in secret during the Taliban regime, the film connects an audience with four humans in the pursuit of the truth. About the filmmakers… Alexandria Bombach is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker who lives on the road. Founding RED REEL in 2009, she’s known to sell all her belongings to tell a story she believes in. Mo Scarpelli is a journalist, non-fiction filmmaker, and founder of Rake Films. Her curiosity of humans has led her to film and photograph in more than 15 countries around the world.
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FILMS FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ON SELECT SUNDAYS In September, JCSM is a co-sponsor with the Department of Foreign Languages and Office of International Programs-Auburn Abroad to present the Spanish Language Film Series. These films are all available with English subtitles. The Spanish Language Film Series is made possible with the support of Pragda, the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain, and its Program for Cultural Cooperation with United States’ Universities.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2 PM
MR. KAPLAN (2014) Drama/Comedy | 98 min.
Spanish with English subtitles | Uruguay, Spain, and Germany Uruguay’s official selection for Best Foreign Academy Award, Mr. Kaplan follows Jacob Kaplan’s ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob fled Europe for South America because of World War II. But now, turning 76, he’s become rather grumpy, fed up with his community and his family’s lack of interest in their own heritage. One beach bar may, however, provide him with an unexpected opportunity to achieve greatness and recover his family’s respect in the community: its owner, a quiet, elderly German, raises Mr. Kaplan’s suspicion of being a runaway Nazi.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2 PM
ASIER AND I (ASIER ETA BIOK) (2013) Documentary | 93 min. Spanish and Basque with English subtitles | Spain and Ecuador
Asier and I tells the story of the friendship between Aitor and Asier Aranguren from their time growing up together in the conflict-affected and politicized 1980s of Pamplona. Eventually, Aitor moved to Madrid to pursue his dream of becoming an actor and Asier joined the terrorist group ETA. Years later, Asier was arrested and interned in a French prison, where he was detained for eight years. When Asier was released in 2010, Aitor wanted to recover his relationship with his childhood friend and try to understand what could have led to him to join ETA, so he went to his release in France with a camera in order to tell this story.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2 PM
THE LIBERATOR (2014) Drama/Biopic | 119 min. Spanish with English subtitles | Venezuela and Spain
Rising Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramírez stars in this biopic of one of Latin America’s greatest figures. Simón Bolívar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of those of Alexander the Great. But his army never conquered—it liberated. The most expensive Latin American film ever produced, The Liberator is a riveting portrayal of the man who led Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Peru, and Ecuador toward independence.
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH In October, JCSM is co-sponsoring three Italian film screenings with the Auburn University Office of International Programs and the Auburn University Multicultural Center. All films will be presented with English subtitles.
OCTOBER 4, 2 PM
Tempo instabile con probabili schiarite (Unstable Weather with Likely Sunny Intervals) (2015)
OCTOBER 11, 2 PM
Noi e la Giulia (Giulia and Us)(2015)
OCTOBER 25, 2 PM
La terra dei santi (The Land of the Saints) (2015) Be sure to visit the calendar page of jcsm.auburn.edu for full descriptions.
SELECT SUNDAYS, 1:30–3 PM During the school year, art clubs at JCSM are held on Sundays, from 1:30–3 pm. Register through the website to reserve your space. Parents and guardians are asked to stay with their child as they work on the project.
SEPTEMBER 20
BUGS, BIRDS, AND BRANCHES
We’ll be taking a look at Flora and Fauna: Selections from the Sheila J. McCartney Collection at JCSM and making images of things from nature.
SPECIAL GAME DAY ACTIVITY: WAR EAGLE!
When the Tigers take on the Idaho Vandals on November 21, museum educators will be helping make posters and signs to cheer on our team! Time and location details will be determined closer to game time
OCTOBER 18 THE KITCHEN INK
This day will be all about printmaking, even making works of art using rubber fish.
EDUCATION
K-12 ART CLUBS
NOVEMBER 8 CLAY MOVIES
We’ll be making Claymation movies with oil-based clay and cameras. (Note: this session might go long; Claymation takes a lot of patience and hard work!)
TOURS AT JCSM With the start of the school year, we encourage all parents, teachers, and other community members to look into tours at JCSM. We provide free tours for all school groups and can create custom tours to meet the curriculum needs of any classroom. Tours can also be in Spanish or German. For details, questions, or to schedule your tour, call 334844-3684 or email JCSMtours@auburn.edu.
HOLIDAY FAMILY EVENING AT JCSM DECEMBER 10, 5 PM
Join JCSM educators for an evening of art making, hot chocolate and cider, and holiday cookies. Projects will include making cards and winter landscapes, and printing wrapping paper. You can use your freshly made giftwrap for items on sale in the museum shop, which will be offering special discounts for participants. Museum members may take 20% off purchases, with a 10% discount for non-members.
Advance registrations are encouraged for our programs via Eventbrite at jcsm.auburn.edu/programs.
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WHY DO I SUPPORT COLLECTION BUILDING? BECAUSE THIS IS AUBURN. “I am very committed to helping the museum grow and develop in any way I can. I remember a time when there wasn’t a museum. You had to go to Birmingham, Montgomery, or Columbus to see art. The museum enhances the community in so many ways.” —Dr. Lynn Barstis Williams Katz, D O N O R , D O C E N T, A N D A D V I S O RY B O A R D M E M B E R
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As we enter fall, we also look to the end of the year and hope you will consider supporting JCSM with a gift to help your museum continue to offer the outstanding exhibitions and programs we provide as service to our community. T H E R E A R E M A NY WAYS TO G I V E :
• Let us know if you are interested in helping us build our permanent collections through the donation of significant works of art—or by providing the charitable funds to make such acquisitions possible. • Make a philanthropic gift to support a specific exhibition, program, or other area of interest. With the end of 2015 near, your investment in JCSM could have tax advantages for you. • Remember JCSM through a planned gift in your estate planning. Thank you for your support of JCSM. Please contact Melaine Bennett, development officer, at 334.844.7945 or mbennett@auburn.edu for more information about how your cultural investment will make a difference in the work we do for our area.
MELAINE BENNETT Development Officer mbennett@auburn.edu
d e Piga lle , tw o - c olor lithograph, 2 2 1 /4 x 1 3 5 /8 inc hes , Ju le Collins Smith Mu s eum o f F i ne A rt , A ub urn U niv ers ity; gift of Lynn B ars tis K a t z t o t he Im p ri nt i ng the Sou th Collec tion, 2015.17.1
1072 Exc u rs ion partic ipa nt s v i si t t he home of Ken Shaw and S t ev e S ha rp i n Pine Mou ntain, Georgia.
TRAVEL DIARY: RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD Patty Disque shares her experience of a day spent learning about collecting with other members of the 1072 Society Class of 2015. Twenty-two members of the 1072 Society along with museum staff members Dennis Harper, Cindy Cox, and Melaine Bennett enjoyed a wonderful day on May 8. Everyone boarded the bus at the museum, and we began our excursion on time at 8 am. While we enjoyed fruit, muffins, and good conversation on the way, the bus arrived in Pine Mountain, Georgia, about an hour later. Marilyn Laufer met us at the front gate and led us on a winding road up to the Thornton-Williams antebellum plantation house. This beautifully restored house and grounds is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is dated 1830-1850. The owners, Steve Sharp, a pharmacist who owns a drug store in Valley, and Dr. Ken Shaw, an anesthesiologist in Columbus, Georgia have carefully restored the beautiful house and grounds over a period of 20 years. They first purchased the house and the acreage as a weekend house while living and working in Atlanta. One weekend they came to the realization that they were no longer willing to make the trip each weekend and to use the house only on weekends. Once they made that major decision, the careful restoration efforts began on a larger scale. Their extraordinary art collection, which includes 19th century American federal, classical, and revival furniture, decorative items of glass, silver, and ceramic, and 19th century landscape and portrait paintings fits well in their restored plantation house. There is a wonderful collection of small miniature portraits (approx. 2” x 3”), that includes an unusual number of female portraits which are much more rare than the male portraits. We also saw early 20th century southern pieces in the main house and ancillary buildings, including work by Alabama artists Kelly Fitzpatrick and Crawford Gillis, along with black and white prints by American Scene artists. The former slave quarters on the property has been moved closer to the house and restored. Inside this small building. Included are contemporary art objects and paintings and a beautiful wooden
bowl by Matt Moulthrop, the artist who turned the Auburn Oak bowl for the museum’s permanent collection. Also doubling as a dressing area for pool guests and as an extra guest room, the pool house is a wonderful new iteration of classical design with Egyptian revival interior details, and more wonderful art and art objects gracing shelves and walls. Our next destination was downtown Columbus, Georgia. Since 1851, cotton-milling operations on the Chattahoochee River have been a part of Columbus. Originally called the Eagle Mill, it was rebuilt in 1869 after being burned in the Civil War and was renamed the Eagle & Phenix Mills to symbolize rising from the ashes. Following the war, the Eagle & Phenix quadrupled its size, becoming the largest mill in the south by 1878. The plant was distinctive because it produced over 100 varieties of cotton and woolen goods. Eagle & Phenix was known for its technological sophistication and the services it provided its workers.
We all took a short walk back to one of the W.C. Bradley Co. restored buildings to visit the loft of Marleen DeBode and Marc Olivie who are committed collectors of contemporary art, specifically examples of Conceptual Art and Minimalism. Their loft, overlooking the Chattahoochee River, is filled with exceptional examples of this art. There was a large photograph by Thomas Struth, a glasswork installation by Josiah McElheny, video art by Bill Viola, and drawings by Allan McCollum, among other examples. On the bus ride back to the Museum in Auburn, we all agreed that it was a day of great contrasts, and that we were all delighted in the exposure to the diversity of the visual arts. We also agreed that being a part of the 1072 Society with excursions such as this was a wonderful advantage of being a donor.
A nn H arz em and Stev e B erg
From 1915 to 1947, W.C. Bradley owned the mills. Later, owners included Fieldcrest and Pillowtex. In December 2003, the property was repurchased by the W.C. Bradley Company. As present owners, W.C. Bradley Co. has restored the Eagle & Phenix to as near the early 1900 condition as practical, redeveloping it into a mixed-use residential and commercial community. After disembarking the bus, we all walked down a flight of stairs to watch the people of all ages who were enjoying the whitewater rafting on the Chattahoochee River. This new addition to Columbus is the longest whitewater rafting within the city limits of any city within the United States. From our vantage point, we were able to see the zip-line that goes across the river. This sport enables participants to begin their journey in Georgia and zip across the river to Alabama. For some of us, the zip-line looked quite inviting for a future exciting adventure.
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JCSM WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS Giving to JCSM on behalf of friends or loved ones is a wonderful way to honor or remember their passion for art and philanthropy. Dr. Jacob H. and Dr. Fennechiena K. Dane, in honor of Fran Cronenberg on the occasion of her birthday; sponsorship of Little Lunch Music on 2/12/2015 Dr. Jacob H. and Dr. Fennechiena K. Dane, in honor of Ursula Higgins on the occasion of her birthday; sponsorship of Little Lunch Music on 2/12/2015 Ms. Julie Perryman, in honor of Joyce Lethander for Mother’s Day and her birthday
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MUSEUM SHOP TO HOST BOOK SIGNING Albert Smith, Jr. will be at JCSM to sign copies of his recent autobiography, DNA of a Southern Boy on Sunday, October 4, from 2:30–4 pm. Please join us to celebrate the release of this book. The Museum Shop is open during regular museum hours. MUSEUM HOURS Monday: Closed, tours by appointment only. Tuesday–Saturday: 10 am–4:30 pm Extended Hours: Thursday until 8 pm & Sunday 1–4 pm