September | December 2020
I M P R ES S I O N S A MEMBER MAGAZINE
FROM THE DIRECTOR
This summer we reopened the McNay and reconnected our community with beauty. As we welcomed San Antonians back home to their favorite museum, the staff and I witnessed our mission in action. It was inspiring throughout. I was reminded of the chorus of Phillip Phillips’ 2012 hit Home: “The trouble, it might drag you down/ If you get lost, you can always be found/ Just know you’re not alone/ Cause I’m gonna make this place your home.” Then and now, our gift to San Antonio is making the McNay your home through life-changing experiences that bring you joy, meaning, connection, and belonging. So, this fall we begin a new and exciting season with an uplifting reminder of love and hope in contemporary American art through Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love. Together, we will celebrate the life and art of the late Pop art icon on a campus we expanded and improved throughout our closure with more outdoor galleries and diverse outdoor sculpture. This season we also highlight one of our strengths, the McNay’s renowned collection of European and American works on paper, with two exhibitions that bookend the last hundred years of graphic art: Los Tres Grandes: Obras de Rivera, Siqueiros y Orozco and Hockney to Warhol: Contemporary Drawings from the Collection. And we look ahead, leaning into new technology and the digital age through #McNayFromHome digital workshops, tours, and conversations. Our digital content expanded exponentially this spring, and now it’s a part of who we are and how we engage with everyone going forward, including the youngest artists in the McNay family, our K-12 student artist participants in this year’s Spotlight program. The impressive quarantine creativity of this year’s class confirmed that San Antonio’s future is brighter than ever. We wish to thank you and all our Members for making the McNay a place where so many people come to escape through beauty but also find their way home. It’s a privilege to continue welcoming you back this fall. Yours with all our gratitude—and love,
Richard Aste Director and CEO
OUR MISSION
The McNay Art Museum engages a diverse community in the discovery and enjoyment of the visual arts.
Photo Credit: Ben Weber, Dominion Magazine
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOURS
Don Frost President
Sunday Noon–5 PM Monday Closed Tuesday Closed Wednesday 10 AM–6 PM Thursday 10 AM–9 PM Friday 10 AM–6 PM Saturday 10 AM–5 PM
Amy Stieren Smiley Vice President Carolyn Jeffers Paterson Secretary
Closed New Year’s Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. During Daylight Saving Time, grounds are open 7 a.m.–7 p.m. During Standard Time, grounds are open 7 a.m–6 p.m.
J. Bruce Bugg Jr. Graciela Cigarroa Toby Calvert Brooks Englehardt John W. Feik Walton Vandiver Gregory John C. Kerr Rick Liberto J. David Oppenheimer Corinna Holt Richter Harriett Romo, PhD George F. Schroeder Bruce A. Smith Lucille Oppenheimer Travis Alice B. Viroslav, MD
EMERITUS TRUSTEES Curt Anastasio Laura Bertetti Baucum Steve Blank Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD Barbara Seale Condos Betty Murray Halff Marie M. Halff Sarah E. Harte Joan Buzzini Hurd Harmon W. Kelley, MD Jane Stieren Lacy Peggy Pitman Mays Bill McCartney Charline McCombs† Connie McCombs McNab Barbie O’Connor Allan G. Paterson Jr. Ethel Thomson Runion Thomas R. Semmes Alice C. Simkins Joe Westheimer
HONORARY TRUSTEE Mrs. Nancy B. Negley McNay Art Museum 6000 North New Braunfels San Antonio, Texas 78209 210.824.5368 mcnayart.org
Photo Credit: Josh Huskin
Kirk Saffell Treasurer
A Message from Don Frost McNay President of the Board of Trustees As the new McNay Board President and fourth generation in my family to serve the Museum, it is an honor and privilege to extend the values of the McNay’s predecessors and previous board members into this important role. I am proud to help lead the expansion of the campus both physically through our transformative landscape project and also in our galleries with diverse exhibitions that speak to new people every day. As we move forward in this new normal together, we must all focus on optimism for the future. The McNay’s commitment to artistic excellence and community impact is stronger than ever as we offer our community a place for healing from these unprecedented times. The McNay has been challenged before and comes out stronger and more impactful because of donors and visitors like you. I want to personally thank you for your support of this very special place, particularly at a time when everyone could use more beauty, hope, and love in their lives.
The McNay’s 2019 banner exhibition Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today won a 2020 Award for Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators. This year 25 curators were honored for their endeavors, with nearly 175 nominations submitted and vetted by groups of curator jurors from around the world. In considering the nominations, importance was placed upon how each entry reflected core ideals of inclusion, access, dialogue, and engagement. The McNay’s curatorial team for Transamerica/n included René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs; Lauren Thompson, Assistant Curator; Jackie Edwards, currently in the Ph.D. Program in Art History, The Graduate Center, City University of New York; and Bianca Alvarez, Public Art Project Manager, Department of Arts & Culture, City of San Antonio.
ADMISSION McNay Members FREE Children 12 and under FREE Teens 19 and under $10 Adults $20 Students with I.D. $15 Seniors (65+) $15 Active Military $15 During FREE times, a fee applies for entrance to the banner exhibition. Entry to Main Collection Galleries is free on H-E-B Thursday Nights from 4-9 p.m., and every first Sunday of the month courtesy of Dickson-Allen Foundation.
Recipients of SNAP, WIC, and MAP receive free admission through Museums for All, a cooperative which encourages families of all backgrounds to visit museums. Simply present an EBT card and a photo ID.
October 15, 2020 | January 24, 2021 Stieren Center for Exhibitions
Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love honors the life and art of the late Pop icon and his resounding legacy. A self-proclaimed “painter of signs,” Robert Indiana shaped a highly original body of work that explores American identity; his own personal history; and the power of abstraction, symbolism, and language. Surveying Indiana’s art in conversation with works by his contemporaries and successors, this exhibition examines the innovative foreground of text and symbol within visual art during the postwar era. With artworks that at once call on the viewer to “see” and to “read,” Robert Indiana pioneered a triumphant union of text and image. Known as one of the leaders of the Pop art movement of the 1960s, Robert Indiana’s prolific career extends well beyond this period. The artist created paintings, prints, and sculptures characterized by clean lines and saturated color until his passing in 2018. Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love invites you to dive into the artist’s multidecade career, from his iconic LOVE compositions to his larger-than-life painting style. Character counts, photo captions, and text messages fill our daily lives. In his unique approach to image-making, Indiana’s art anticipated the current digital moment—characterized by short, direct, text-based bursts of communication. From Pop artists including Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, to contemporary artists including Mel Bochner, Deborah Kass, Glenn Ligon, Stephanie Patton, and Jack Pierson, this exhibition presents examples ranging from 1963 to the present in dialogue with shared themes in Indiana’s artwork. Of particular interest are examples by artists with ties to San Antonio, including Jesse Amado, Alejandro Diaz, Ethel Shipton, and Gary Sweeney. Robert Indiana’s lasting impact on the history of contemporary art remains profound, as his images take on new meanings in the present day. Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love is organized for the McNay Art Museum by René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs, and Alexis T. Meldrum, 2019–2020 Semmes Foundation Intern in Museum Studies, with Lauren Thompson, Assistant Curator, and Edward Hayes, Exhibitions Senior Manager/Registrar. Lead funding is most generously provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc. Major funding is provided by The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund. Additional support is provided the Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation, Frost Bank Charitable Foundation, Semmes Foundation, Inc., and the Host Committee, chaired by The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund, Mel Weingart, Linda Hardberger, and Robert Perdziola.
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Alejandro Diaz, Fiesta Siesta, 2014. Neon. Collection of Patricia Diaz Dennis. Image courtesy of Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, Texas.
INVESTIGATING INDIANA Robert Indiana, LOVE, 1967. Oil on canvas. Collection of The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund. © Morgan Art Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Layers of coded messages, abbreviations, and personal numerology await the curious observer of Robert Indiana’s artworks. Dig deeper in decoding Decade: Autoportrait 1961. SOUTH FERRY— Lower Manhattan neighborhood where Indiana and many artists lived
ONE—Number representing the idea of the individual
1961—Indiana is exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for the first time (Director of MoMA was Alfred Barr, top left)
Roy Lichtenstein, Girl in Window (Study for World’s Fair Mural), 1963. Oil and acrylic on canvas. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.254. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, all rights reserved
RIGHT: Robert Indiana, Decade: Autoportrait 1961, 1972-77. Oil on canvas. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin. © Morgan Art Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
STAR—a reference to the stars in the American flag
INDIANA—Name change from Robert Clark to Robert Indiana, after his home state
1972—Decade: Autoportrait 1961 series started, a series of symbolic self-portraits 5
As we continue to deepen our commitment to serving absolutely everyone at the McNay, we are thrilled to announce that Phase I of our Landscape Master Plan is nearing completion. Renovation of our now 25-acre campus enhances the visitor experience and positions the Museum as a community center for all of San Antonio and South Texas. Phase I of the Landscape Master Plan opens up the Museum more expansively than ever before, creating fresh new public spaces that are visible and welcoming to all. The North New Braunfels and Austin Highway entrances have been reimagined with enhanced signage, plantings, walkways, and new roads, creating an easier and safer environment for visitors. Three new outdoor sculptures will also welcome visitors to the new McNay experience. Willie Cole’s The Sole Sitter, Alejandro Martín’s Hashtag-Orange, and Tom Wesselmann’s Standing Tulip provide moments of monumental beauty the moment you enter the campus. Our iconic Alexander Liberman sculpture, Ascent, will sit atop the new Mays Family Park near the corner of Austin Highway and North New Braunfels. Philip Grausman’s Victoria also moves to a new area of the campus just inside the Austin Highway entrance, now known as the Russell Hill Rodgers Sculpture Gateway. Presenting sponsorship is most generously provided by the Mays Family Foundation. Lead funding is most generously provided by the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation. Major funding is provided by 6
the Pat & Tom Frost Foundation, the Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust, Frost Bank Charitable Foundation, and the Semmes Foundation, Inc. Peggy Pitman Mays, McNay Trustee Emeritus and Head of the Mays Family Foundation, reminds us how the beautiful legacy of engaging the community that began with Mrs. McNay continues today as our Landscape Master Plan opens the Museum more fully to our city’s exciting diversity. “The McNay has always been very special. Since its origins as a home in 1929, it has been an artistic force in our community,” said Peggy Pitman Mays. “As a museum, it became an educational force, too, particularly in the 1960s when the Docent Program was established. Today, the Mays Family Foundation is honored to help bring the Museum’s two loves—art and education—to all of San Antonio through an even more inclusive experience.” The Museum also would also like to thank Brooklyn- and Bostonbased landscape architects Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. for their initial vision for this plan. We also thank our Texas partners, San Antonio-based architects, Ford, Powell & Carson; Austin-based urban landscape architects, dwg.; and San Antoniobased construction firm, G.W. Mitchell for their expertise and help in bringing our vision to life.
Alejandro Martin, Hashtag-Orange, 2019-20. Painted metal. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from Carolyn and Allan Paterson. © Alejandro Martin
Tom Wesselmann, Standing Tulip, 1989, 2020. Enamel on aluminum. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from Marie and Hugh Halff. © The Estate of Tom Wesselmann/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS)/VAGA, New York
Willie Cole, The Sole Sitter, 2013. Bronze. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum Purchase with funds from the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts. © Willie Cole
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On view through January 3, 2021 Zoch Gallery
ARTISTS LOOKING AT ART: RUBEN LUNA A San Antonio native, Ruben Luna draws inspiration from the creative challenge of working with meager resources. Luna assembles inexpensive, readily available objects into symbolic portraits that pay tribute to people in his life. Luna earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Criticism from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has worked as a museum art preparator for the past 20 years and is currently the Art Installation Manager at the McNay. Luna’s artwork is featured this summer in the Museum’s Artists Looking at Art (ALA) series, created to salute the vitality of San Antonio’s contemporary art community. This exhibition is a program of the McNay Art Museum.
On view through January 17, 2021 AT&T Lobby
KELLY O’CONNOR: MULTIFACETED WOMAN The McNay welcomes San Antonio-based artist Kelly O’Connor, creator of the ninth monumental installation in the AT&T Lobby. O’Connor’s wall presents a fanciful façade like ones found at Disneyland, a destination the artist visited in 2005 with a grant to study extreme examples of artificial landscapes. Multifaceted Woman stems from the artist’s longstanding interest in theme parks, and what she perceives as our culture’s expanding preoccupation with fleeting, artificial happiness. O’Connor’s collage approach to art-making frequently features iconic characters, such as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz or Alice from Alice in Wonderland, populating real or imagined sites sourced from American visual culture of the 1950s and 60s. Her work aims to pull back the curtain on the idyllic, artificial stereotypes that have been presented in popular culture for decades. Kelly O’Connor: Multifaceted Woman is organized for the McNay Art Museum by René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs. This exhibition is a program of The Flora Crichton Visiting Artist Fund
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Welcome Home Henri and Henrietta
Two new faces greet visitors in the Museum’s Semmes Lobby this fall. Contemporary British artist Ian Dawson’s Henri and Henrietta, pink and blue hippos made from altered plastic trash receptacles, entered the McNay Collection in late 2019. Mining materials originally manufactured as rubbish bins for parks and playgrounds, Dawson transformed the plastic objects by wielding a blow torch like a paint brush. He reintroduces intense heat and centrifugal force to alter each object’s form, creating spiky protrusions. In place of ceremonial lions or guard dogs, the hippos, with their bright colors and mouths agape, playfully supervise the Lobby.
Los Angeles-based painter John Sonsini has spent nearly twenty years making portraits of individuals he encounters on the streets of his community. The McNay’s recent acquisition portrays the painting’s namesake, Francisco Melgar, in his everyday clothes and in a pose of his choice. Francisco came to the United States from Honduras, and in addition to his job as a day laborer, he has posed for Sonsini more than twenty times. Sonsini’s portraits humanize and make visible a part of the population often overlooked— urban immigrants. The painting conveys both Francisco’s calm, regal demeanor, and his vulnerability. Sonsini’s use of thick brushstrokes and crisp colors evoke a feeling of being present in the artist’s studio. Francisco is on view in the Zoch Gallery.
Ian Dawson, Henri and Henrietta, 2004. Polyethylene. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of Jereann and Holland Chaney. ©Ian Dawson
John Sonsini, Francisco, 2018. Oil on canvas. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with the Helen and Everett Jones Purchase Fund. © John Sonsini
Oppenheimer Conservation Endowment
Dorothea (Dody) Oppenheimer
The McNay is deeply grateful for the immense generosity of our dear patron, Dorothea (Dody) Oppenheimer. Her magnificent $1,000,000 contribution that is the Dorothea Chittim and Frederic Joske Oppenheimer Conservation Endowment is a truly impactful gift. Conservation funding has become a scarcity for museums, making this Endowment a rare opportunity for the McNay. Mrs. Oppenheimer’s daughter, Lucille Travis notes, “Conservation is something no one thinks about when giving an item to the museum, but as the years go by this becomes increasingly important.” The Endowment makes it possible for the McNay to preserve and exhibit exquisite works of art that previously could not be put on view due to their condition. Mrs. Oppenheimer’s wonderful gift will help give new life to these works and their artists and preserve McNay treasures for generations to come. 9
On view through January 10, 2021 Charles Butt Paperworks Gallery
FOLK POP: VICTORIA SUESCUM’S TIENDITAS San Antonio artist Victoria Suescum has long been fascinated with the paintings on the exterior walls of mom and pop shops in San Antonio, Mexico, and her native Panama. These hand-painted signs advertise the goods and services offered and represent a unique visual approach that combines Pop art, hybrid languages, and advertising traditions. Suescum’s acrylics on paper, created between 2012 and 2020, beautifully capture the colors, textures, scale, and forms of the wall paintings that inspired them. In addition to celebrating familyowned small businesses in minority communities, her work also documents these quickly vanishing works of folk art. In addition to approximately 30 drawings, the exhibition also includes an informal interview with the artist in her studio as well as photographs of the shops where Suescum found her inspiration. Folk Pop: Victoria Suescum’s Tienditas is organized for the McNay Art Museum by Lyle W. Williams, Curator of Collections. This exhibition is a program of the Elizabeth Huth Coates Foundation of 1992.
Victoria Suescum, Esteak, 2014. Matte acrylic on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
On view through January 3, 2021 Lawson Print Gallery
HOCKNEY TO WARHOL: CONTEMPORARY DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION The McNay has long been known for its collection of drawings and watercolors by American modernists, especially those artists who were represented by the great New York art dealer and promoter Alfred Stieglitz. The Museum has also steadily acquired works on paper by artists active during the second half of the twentieth century and early twenty-first century. This exhibition is visitors’ first opportunity to see a selection of this little-known strength of the McNay in a single exhibition. A highlight is a group of fantastic drawings bequeathed to the Museum by Robert Halff, a San Antonio native who became a highly successful advertising executive and prescient art collector in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles. The exhibition includes approximately 30 works, including drawings by Leonardo Drew, David Hockney, Beth van Hoesen, Yvonne Jacquette, Donald Judd, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol. Hockney to Warhol: Contemporary Drawings from the Collection is organized for the McNay Art Museum by Lyle W. Williams, Curator of Collections. This exhibition is a program of the Elizabeth Huth Coates Foundation of 1992. David Hockney, Looking at Pictures on a Screen, 1977. Colored pencil on paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Bequest of Robert H. Halff. © David Hockney
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September 10, 2020–April 4, 2021 Brown Gallery and Tobin Theatre Arts Gallery
HOLLYWOOD’S SISTINE CHAPEL: SACRED SETS FOR STAGE & SCREEN Hollywood’s Sistine Chapel: Sacred Sets for Stage & Screen captures the Renaissance in both theatre and cinema. Six hand-painted, sound-stage backdrops from Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Studios “guest star” in this exhibition, alongside exquisite artworks from The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. The backdrops, on loan from Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, were created for MGM’s 1968 papal drama, The Shoes of the Fisherman, starring Anthony Quinn. Nearly discarded, more than 200 backdrops—including these six replicas of large-scale Renaissance masterpieces in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel—were saved through the 2017 Art Directors Guild Archives - Backdrop Recovery Project. Hollywood’s Sistine Chapel engages iconic movie backdrops in conversation with modern theatre designs, and with 15th and 16thcentury Renaissance artworks. By exhibiting rare, never-before-seen backdrops, the McNay expands Robert L.B. Tobin’s heartfelt imperative that future generations of designers discover and learn about nearly lost theatre arts practices. Backdrops replicating frescoes, including Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement,” complement the Tobin Collection’s cathedral-inspired maquettes for Giacomo Meyerbeer’s opera La Prophète, and opera costume designs by Jim Dine for John the Baptist in Salome. A painting of Anthony Quinn, The Pope of Broadway by artist Eloy Torrez, punctuates the exhibition conversation. Hollywood’s Sistine Chapel: Sacred Sets for Stage & Screen is co-organized by the McNay Art Museum and Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. This exhibition is conceived by R. Scott Blackshire, Ph.D., Curator, The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts; and co-curated with Karen L. Maness, Professor of Scenic Art and Figurative Painting at The University of Texas at Austin, and Scenic Art Supervisor at Texas Performing Arts; and Timothy J. Chagolla Retzloff, The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Assistant Curator, The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. This exhibition is a program of The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.
Backdrop replicating Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement,” made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ film The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968). Courtesy of the Art Directors Guild Archives; JC Backings; and Melinda Sue Gordon, Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers.
September 17, 2020–January 3, 2021 Frost Galleries
LOS TRES GRANDES: OBRAS DE RIVERA, SIQUEIROS Y OROZCO The McNay has one of the finest collections of Mexican modernism to be found anywhere. The collection goes back to the late 1920s when founder Marion Koogler McNay purchased Diego Rivera’s Delfina Flores. The Museum’s commitment to Mexican art continued under the leadership of first director John Palmer Leeper who had a great love of and appreciation for Mexican art, culture, and people. Leeper acquired a highly important group of prints produced at the collaborative print workshop, El Taller de Gráfica Popular. The collection, however, remained weak in the prints of the three greats of Mexican modernism: Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco. In 2000, the McNay acquired the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s duplicates of prints by these masters creating one of the richest collections of Mexican prints from the 1920s to the 1950s. This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see nearly all of the McNay’s prints by “los tres grandes.” Los Tres Grandes: Obras de Rivera, Siqueiros y Orozco is organized for the McNay Art Museum by Lyle W. Williams, Curator of Collections. This exhibition is a program of the Elizabeth Huth Coates Foundation of 1992.
Members After Hours Tour: ¡Viva la revolución! Wednesday, September 16, 6:30–8 PM Celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day and explore works of art created by Mexican and Mexican American artists. Included in this tour is a first look at Los Tres Grandes: Obras de Rivera, Siqueiros y Orozco, which opens to the public on September 17. Tickets are $15 per Member. This event may occur virtually.
Diego Rivera, Sleep, 1932. Lithograph. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from the Cullen Foundation, the Friends of the McNay, Charles Butt, Margaret Pace Wilson, and Jane and Arthur Stieren. © Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
#McNayFromHome
Art Is Better Together
Experience the McNay in Person and From Home Look for variety in the range of engaging program formats this fall. Considering state and local guidelines for safe distancing, visitors experience online streaming of events, reduced in-person capacity, and moving programs outdoors, when possible. For the latest information on upcoming Museum programs, visit mcnayart.org/events.
While working remotely and in an effort to exercise isolation creation, McNay Educators developed #McNayFromHome resources. Inspired by artworks in the McNay Collection, these at-home art activities make use of household materials and include step-by-step instructions and visual aids. In keeping with the quarantine mantra of use what you have, #McNayFromHome art activities were developed by the artist/educators on staff with the McNay Collection as a north star. Visit mcnayart.org/learn to access these activities and more.
Spotlight Artist Ava Phipps, The Winston School of San Antonio
Visit Virtually Free student tours have been part of the McNay experience since 1964. When the Museum closed in 2008 to complete construction of the Stieren Center, McNay docents took art reproductions on the road to school classrooms. As student needs evolve and with sensitivity to increased physical distance, McNay educators offer virtual field trips via video conferencing. Working with educators to customize the experience, tour topics include STEAM concepts, special exhibitions, and connections between art and curriculum standards. High-resolution images and videos enhance student experiences and illustrate the depth and beauty of the Museum and grounds. Marked by close observation, curious questioning, and playful exchanges, a virtual fieldtrip offers an intimate experience at a safe distance. Connect: tours@mcnayart.org 12
Virtual field trip with art students from Saint Mary’s Hall.
September 9, 2020–January 10, 2021 Patio Gallery
Use the letters of Robert Indiana’s last name (or your name) to create an acrostic poem. Feel free to alternate colors on the acrostic poem or make it look handwritten.
SPOTLIGHT:
San Antonio’s K–12 Artists Embrace Sue Fuller Every year, the Spotlight program celebrates the amazing achievements of student artists inspired by a work in the Museum’s Collection. When schools closed this spring, the culmination of the 2020 Spotlight on Sue Fuller’s String Composition #W-253 seemed unlikely. Physically separated from their teachers, art supplies, and works-in-progress, students could have given up. Instead, they kept making art. The overwhelming response from students and teachers was that the Spotlight Celebration should still happen, even at a distance.
I spy Nopales Dipping In Agave Nectar Alleys
Many students found that making art helped express the feelings of anxiety or stress during the stay-at-home order. Others said that the online celebration gave them something to look forward to when so many of their end-of-year events were canceled. After a virtual celebration in May with over 17 schools participating, this fall the McNay exhibits works made at home and at school by these admirable students who like artists before them made beautiful things with what they had available.
I am Now Diligently Inventing Appropriate Namaste Activities
Explore more art activities created by our Museum Education Team at mcnayart.org/learn
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For McNay by Rose Esquivel, Harlan High School Senior and McNay Teen Art Guide
Lead funding of the McNay’s educational programs is most generously provided by Kronkosky Charitable Foundation. Major funding is provided by Semmes Foundation, Inc., Mays Family Foundation, and William Randolph Hearst Fund. Additional support is provided by Jack H. and William M. Light Charitable Trust, Valero Benefit for Children, and the William L. Cowden Charitable Foundation. Major support of Spotlight is provided by Rackspace Foundation and Texas Commission on the Arts.
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Join McNay Contemporaries Today! If you’re interested in learning more about contemporary art, getting behind-the-scenes access to artist studios and private collections, and meeting fellow art lovers in San Antonio, then the McNay Contemporaries (formerly MCCF) is for you. McNay Contributing Level Members ($275) or above are welcome to join the McNay Contemporaries and help grow the Museum’s contemporary art collection. McNay Contemporaries fund the purchase of new works of art, and each year Members collectively select acquisitions for the Museum’s Permanent Collection. Members also enjoy learning about art collecting with the McNay’s Head of Curatorial Affairs, René Paul Barilleaux.
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COMMUNITY PARTNER FEATURE
MEMBERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Members Preview Wednesday, October 14; 10 AM–6 PM
Enjoy early access to Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love all day during our regular business hours. At 6 p.m., join exhibition curator and Head of Curatorial Affairs, René Paul Barilleaux, for a virtual tour of the exhibition. Must be subscribed to Member emails to receive registration link for the virtual tour. This event is free and open only to Members.
Members After Hours Tour: Set the Table Wednesday, November 18; 6:30–8 PM
By combining organic materials such as fruit or flowers with manufactured items like tables, vases, and momentos, artists visually set the table in their still life paintings. Discover how modern and contemporary artists approach this traditional genre of art. Cost: $15 per Member.
Members After Hours Tour: Gifts & Giving Wednesday, December 16; 6:30–8 PM
Founded in 1954 by the bequest of Marion Koogler McNay, the Museum’s Collection has grown to over 22,000 works of art thanks to the generosity of patrons, donors, and local art collectors. During this season of gift giving and charitable works, explore some of the most notable and curious gifts the McNay has received. Cost: $15 per Member. *These events may be presented virtually. Stay tuned for details.
Dining with the Masters: Art in Motion Wednesday, February 3, 2021
STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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$10,000 and Above
Anne and Chuck Parrish Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. John Brozovich Mr. Charles C. Butt Capital Group, The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rick Cavender Mr. Chris Cheever Mrs. Barbara Condos Douglass Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Embrey Jr. Faye L. & William L. Cowden Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Feik Mr. and Mrs. Don Frost The Gambrinus Company The George Weldon Sheffield Fund Christopher C. Hill Mrs. Julianna Hawn Holt Jack H. and William M. Light Charitable Trust JP Morgan Private Bank Mr. and Mrs. John C. Kerr, Kerr Family Charitable Foundation Lucifer Lighting Company Luther King Capital Management Mays Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Miller, The Forrest E. and Cynthia D. Miller Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Moorman IV Nathalie and Gladys Dalkowitz Charitable Trust Mr. Guillermo C. Nicolas and Mr. Jim Foster Mr. and Mrs. J. David Oppenheimer Mr. and Mrs. Allan G. Paterson Jr. Rackspace Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Richter Sally and Charlie Cheever Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts Mr. and Mrs. James H. Travis The USAA Foundation, Inc. Valero Energy Foundation Mrs. Catharine Vexler Drs. Sergio and Alice Viroslav
Alamo Colleges Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. William H. Atwell II Mr. and Mrs. Greg Bolner Mr. and Mrs. John Clement Mr. and Mrs. James Cowden Deborah and Danny Deffenbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dicke II Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Englehardt The Eugenia and Lawrence A. Bertetti Foundation The Ewing Halsell Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tim Gilliam The Harris K. & Lois G. Oppenheimer Foundation Sarah E. Harte and John S. Gutzler Hixon Properties, Inc. Holt Texas LTD Mr. and Mrs. H. Glenn Huddleston, Harper/Huddleston Humanities Texas, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Mr. and Mrs. Michael Humphreys Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hurd Jefferson Bank The Jesse H. and Susan Oppenheimer Foundation The John & Florence Newman Foundation L.D. Ormsby Charitable Foundation, Inc. Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Ms. Kimberly Lewis The Mathews Consulting Group Mrs. Vicki L. McLaughlin Estate of Marilyn W. Myers Rhodes Charitable Fund Mr. Todd A. Romano Drs. Ricardo and Harriett Romo Rugeley Ferguson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Selig Silver Eagle Distributors Mrs. Barbara C. Spigel Texas A&M University - San Antonio Trinity University University of the Incarnate Word Victor and Peggy Creighton Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Watson III Mr. and Mrs. Ted Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Todd F. Wulfe Zachry Construction Corporation
$2,500 and Above
Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Curt Anastasio Margaret Anderson and Bill Crow Dr. Richard Aste Mr. and Mrs. Geary Atherton Mr. and Mrs. William D. Balthrope Berman Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Steve Blank Mr. Robert Brown and Mr. Dennis Karbach Karen Calvert Catto and Catto LLP Cavender Audi Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cheever Jr. Mr. Edward E. Collins and Ms. Penelope Speier Communities Foundation of Texas Darrell and Jodi Kirksey Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robby Felder Ford Foundation Mr. Pat Frost and Dr. Kelley Frost Mrs. Pat H. Frost Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne B. Gregory, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Grossman GW Mitchell Construction Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Hamilton Dr. and Mrs. Jay H. Heizer Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hendry III Karen J. Hixon Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Holt John Newman Family Charitable Fund Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jones Klesse Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Larry Mr. and Mrs. Steve Q. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Rob McClane Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McClane Ms. Kathleen McGrail Ms. Meredith K. Morrill
Oak Park Cleaners, LP OfficeSource, Ltd. Paycor, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Petty Cesar Rosa Mr. and Mrs. Juan Ruiz-Healy Ms. Ethel T. Runion Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Saffell Mr. and Mrs. William Scanlan Jr. Schroeder Interests LLC Mr. Tim Seeliger and Mr. Bradly J. Parman Mrs. Ferol E. Senter Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. John E. Smothers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Steen Jr. The Steves Foundation The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation Texas Youth Development Corporation Whataburger
$1,000 and Above
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Acock Ms. Mindi Alterman Anne Zanikos Art Conservation Anonymous Aquarius The Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation Dr. Mary Arno Art Resource, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Badouh III Mrs. Ann K. Barshop Mr. and Mrs. Michael Baucum Dr. George W. Beddingfield and Mr. Roxie Montesano Mr. Thomas Belden and Ms. Janice Miller Dr. Kristen O. Bell Mr. Jeffrey H. Berler and Ms. Marie Langmore Norma C. Bodevin and Dr. Raul Yordan-Jovet Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bodine Ms. Margaret C. Boldrick Bolner’s Fiesta Products, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bolner Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bonney Alison and Taylor Boone Alicia B. Bryan Mrs. Jonathan C. Calvert Mr. James S. Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Calvert Mr. Chad Carey and Mrs. Katharine Carey Caroline and Larry Walker Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. William B. Cavender Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Francisco G. Cigarroa Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Cook Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace J. Cox Creative Fundraising Advisors Lynn Finesilver Crystal Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Downing Mrs. Mary Jane J. Ely Douglas Endsley and Margaret Mitchell Joel K. Erben Dr. Lisa Fichtel Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Fitzsimons III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons The Flohr Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Flohr Mrs. Carol Foster Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Friedman Susan Toomey Frost and Craig Bunch Gerry T. Frost and Leonel Rodriguez Ms. Jill Giles Mr. and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Golden Dr. and Mrs. Roy R. Gonzalez Sr. Google for Nonprofits Mrs. Helen Kleberg Groves Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Gunn Jr. Mrs. Sally Halff Mr. and Ms. Paul Hamborg Hannah Foundation Harry Halff Fine Art, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hayne Keller Henderson Mr. Peter J. Hennessey Heritage Auctions Ms. Sarah Herr Hertzel & Suzy Finesilver Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hornberger Dr. and Mr. Teri Hospers Mr. and Mrs. Mike Howard Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hurd Hyman F. Teague Family Trust John and Sue Jockusch Charitable Fund John E. Dempsey Fund Mr. and Ms. Bill Jones
Joseph & Martye Rubin Foundation King Family Foundation Mr. Graham B. Knight Dr. and Mrs. Gary L. Koehl Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Krause Mr. Michael L. Kreager The Kuntz Foundation Ms. Barbara C. Kyse Mr. and Mrs. David Lefton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lende Mrs. Jennalie Lyons Ms. Janis P. Marckstein Peter and Mirella Margolis Mr. Paul Martin Dr. Lisa Masters and Mr. Brad Woods Dr. and Mrs. James A. McMullan Mr. and Mrs. Sandy McNab Mr. and Mrs. James M. McNeel Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Stuart D. Moiles Drs. Blanca and Rodolfo Molina Mr. Johnny Moorman Mrs. Lewis J. Moorman III Mrs. Judy Morton Ms. Jude Clarke Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Myers Ms. Linda C. Nairn Dr. James F. Nelson North American Development Bank Masha Poloskova Mrs. Jane Cheever Powell Dr. and Mrs. Gary W. Raba Amy Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Clay P. Richmond Road Scholar Michael Robare Mr. Victor Rogers The Honorable Bobby Rosenthal and Mrs. Jill R. Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Allan Ross John Seidenfeld and Mary Barad Mr. and Mrs. Eric Shaw Ms. Kate Sheerin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shivers The Honorable Rebecca Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Marc Smith Mrs. Susan Stewart Mr. and Mrs. George Stieren Ms. Katherine Sutcliffe Mr. and Mrs. Tim L. Swan Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Mr. and Mrs. John S. Troy University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Karen M. Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Vexler Mrs. Ann C. Vineyard Ms. Patricia A. Wagner, MD Dr. Karen A. Waldron Mr. and Mrs. Jason Warman Martin Weiss Jane Welch and Raymond Goldstein Mrs. Deborah Wilson Robert L. Wright Mrs. Barbara Wulfe Dr. Elly Xenakis Ms. Jo Anne Yau
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