Musings | Winter/Spring 2023 Member Newsletter

Musings...

OUR WINTER SEASON

MONTEREY COLLECTS CALIFORNIA

FLORA FAUNA

JANE KIM: MIGRATIONS

CONSTRUCTING THE PHOTOGRAPH

UPCOMING EVENTS

Musings...

Musings is a quarterly publication for Members of the Monterey Museum of Art.

Our Mission

The Monterey Museum of Art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of California art—past, present, and future.

Our Vision

The Monterey Museum of Art is a collaborative center where art and community engage.

Board of Trustees

John A. Greenwald President

Adriana Hayward, Psy.D.

President Emerita

Tom Donnelly

Treasurer

Lisa Rheinheimer Secretary

Monika Campbell

Laura Gamble

Kristen Huston

Heidi Quinn

Caroline Scott Low

DeBorah Silguero, Ph.D.

Matthew Simis

Lila Thorsen, Ph.D.

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Cover Image

Anna Althea Hills (1882-1930), Evening on the Pacific (detail), 1927, oil on canvas, 18 x 22 in. Collection of John and Patty Dilks. Photography Rick Pharaoh.

Photo: Moss Media Carmel

From the Executive Director

As I write this, our five-person Collections and Exhibitions team is hard at work “turning over” the Museum’s galleries in preparation for the upcoming Winter Season which officially opens on Friday, January 20, 2023. Between now and then, much like the arrival of our seasonal rains, the Museum will undergo a complete transformation.

MMA’s popular fall season, a celebration of diversity of medium in California’s creative community, showcased Chris Johnson’s explorations in photography, Michelle Yi Martin’s ephemeral fiber weavings, and the varied printmaking styles of artists like Kerry James Marshall and the Gee’s Bend Quilters from the Paulson Fontaine Press. It was gratifying to see so many Museum Members and their guests attend these exhibitions and participate in associated public programs.

As each fall exhibition closes, our installation team will carefully remove the artworks and pack them to be shipped back to lenders or returned to museum storage. At the same time, our registrar will complete condition reports as they track everything coming in and going out. Once the galleries are empty, our preparator will patch and paint the walls, working closely with our Collections and Exhibitions Director, featured artists, and guest curators to hang and light the incoming art. Final touches will include placement of labels and didactics and a thorough cleaning of the space. Although Members rarely see this process, it’s vital to your enjoyment of our Museum—and an important part of what your generous donations help to support.

I hope you will plan to visit our winter season (and bring all your friends) which celebrates the beauty of nature as expressed by generations of regional artists. The thematically linked exhibitions will present 19th – 21st century paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramics, sculpture, illustration, and even furniture inspired by nature, while also revealing the dazzling range of artistry that this region cultivates.

I am so pleased that the Museum is exhibiting the extraordinary work of five women—Elizabeth Barlow, Susan Hyde Greene, Jane Kim, Susan Manchester, and Diane Pierce. Each brings their own bold and singular artistic vision to the season.

It is my belief that these exhibitions will inspire you even more deeply to preserve and protect Nature and Art in our region—fragile ecosystems that have been placed under intense stress and require conscious and caring stewardship.

Corey Madden Executive Director, Monterey Museum of Art

Presenting Winter 2023

The Monterey Museum of Art’s Winter Season premiers this January with four synchronous exhibitions. Covering an array of subjecthood, technique, and artistic intent, the season is unified by themes of impermanence, preservation, and hope. The full season is led by Monterey Collects California and Flora Fauna, two exhibitions curated to include the Museum’s permanent collection in surprising and interconnected ways.

Monterey Collects California

January 19 – April 30, 2023

Monterey Collects California presents a contemporary survey of pre-1945 California Art, drawn from over a dozen private collections and curated with select works from the Museum’s permanent collection. Recognizing the artistic impact of the pre-1945 era on the Monterey Peninsula, the exhibition celebrates

William Wendt (1865-1946), Houses at Arch Beach, 1930, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. Collection of John and Patty Dilks.

the collectors in our community whose long-term stewardship has helped advance the legacy of California Art. Featuring select works rarely seen outside of private collection, Monterey Collects California expands on our region’s widely recognized history to present pre-1945 California Art as seen and experienced by the diverse community that activated it. The display includes a variety of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and furniture by artists such as Maxine Albro, E. Charlton Fortune, Armin Hansen, Xavier Martinez, Chiura Obata, Gottardo Piazzoni, William Ristchel, and Peggy Worthington. Composed of sweeping landscapes and anecdotal highlights, the described selection offers unexpected dimensionality in the form of illustrative and figurative painting, varied sculpture, and wistful photography, further identifying a vibrant stream of creative consciousness that has attracted artists to California’s Central Coast for over a century.

Monterey Collects California is on view January 19 – April 30, 2023. Please visit montereyart.org for more information.

The Monterey Museum of Art is deeply grateful to the dozens of area collectors who opened their doors to us to share their hidden treasures and subsequently make this unique exhibition possible.

Ann Whitman Chapman

Teresa and Eric Del Piero

Marie and Murray Demo

John and Patty Dilks

Scott Gale

Kate and Josh Hardy

Josh Hardy Galleries

Steve Hauk

Bill and Merrily Karges

George L. King II

David Ligare and Gary Smith

Susan and Allen Miller

The Bluezzman Collection

The James R. Parks Private Collection

Private Collection

Lila and James Thorsen

Paula and Terry Trotter, Trotter Galleries

Joaquin and Amelia Turner

Ronnie and Olivia Vannucci

Jacqueline and Tully Wiedman

Scott and Jane Whitman

To the area collectors that we were not able to reach, we invite you to contact us at curatorial@monterey.org.

Photo: Moss Media Carmel

Vintage photograph of William Wendt in the process of plein air painting Houses at Arch Beach, ca. 1930. Collection of John and Patty Dilks. Photo: Rick Pharoah.

Susan Manchester (b.1942), California Condor ('Finger') Feather, From the series Floating World, 2020, conté crayon on paper, 44 x 61 in.

Flora Fauna

December 8, 2022 – April 16, 2023

Flora Fauna presents a visual celebration of the natural world centered around the work of two Carmel based artists, Elizabeth Barlow and Susan Manchester. The stunning display is characterized by Elizabeth Barlow’s original oil paintings and Susan Manchester's mixed medium drawings, set in conversation with over a dozen flora and fauna inspired works from the Museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition includes works by Hector Dionicio Mendoza, David Ligare, Wayne Thiebaud, Mark Adams, Penelope Gottlieb, and Loet Vanderveen, and select loans from the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Examining how representations of the plant and animal kingdoms have evolved over the last three centuries, Flora Fauna looks beyond the frivolity of artistic muse to suggest a more reciprocal and imperative relationship informed by the effects of climate change and the resulting vulnerability of our region’s own unique and treasured ecosystems. Beneath the surface of their near perfect semblances of beauty, Elizabeth Barlow and Susan Manchester share a reverence and concern for the natural world that sustains their work and permeates the exhibition.

Elizabeth Barlow (b.1957), Mornings at La Mirada, oil on linen, 47 x 54.5 in. Courtesy of Andra Norris Gallery.

Exhibition Highlight

Elizabeth Barlow’s Mornings at La Mirada

"I first stepped into the La Mirada Rose Garden in 2018 and was instantly cast under a spell. It has all the qualities needed for a secret garden — stone walls, heavy, creaking gates, winding paths — and an expanse of lush roses set against a background of Monterey cypresses and the bay beyond.

When planning my paintings for Flora Fauna, I immediately knew I would create a portrait of the La Mirada Rose Garden.

In Mornings at La Mirada, I created a portrait of this historical place and also a portrait of Presence — symbolized by the roses."

— Elizabeth Barlow

Flora Fauna Catalog

Featuring the work of Elizabeth Barlow and Susan Manchester exploration of the artists’ visions of nature and beauty.

The book showcases Barlow and Manchester’s flora and fauna inspired exhibition works with the inclusion of additional related artworks that offer further

Flora Fauna Catalog now available for purchase at MMA Pacific Street.

Jane Kim: Migrations

January 13 – March 26, 2023

Jane Kim: Migrations presents the work of celebrated San Francisco based muralist, fine artist, and science illustrator Jane Kim. Kim has created large-scale public art across the country including the Migrating Mural campaign − a series of public installations that highlight wildlife along migration corridors shared with people. By blending art and science, Kim tells a visual story about living organisms, seasonal changes, and the integral relationship between humans and nature. Jane Kim is the founder of Ink Dwell, a studio in Half Moon Bay focused on creating art that explores the beauty and complexity of nature.

Kim: Migrations

“Our planet is home to incredible and wondrous life. I feel most excited, both visually and intellectually in nature. Combining that with my passion for art leaves me with unrefined excitement and sharing even a fraction of that with the rest of the world is the best gift that I know how to give.”

— Jane Kim

Jane Kim (b.1961), Monarch Life Cycle, 2018, digital. © Ink Dwell

Constructing the Photograph:

Diane Pierce and Susan Hyde Greene

January 12 – April 16, 2023

Constructing the Photograph:

Diane Pierce and Susan Hyde Greene presents the work of two California photographers who employ different working methods – cutting, stitching, reassembling, re-photographing – to reimagine

the photographic medium. Diane Pierce and Susan Hyde Greene both transform the permanence of photography to create works that explore temporal identity and the dimensionality of material.

Exhibiting together for the first

time, Constructing the Photograph highlights the singularity of each artist’s imagery and the individuality of their respective processes.

Susan Hyde Greene (b.1941), That Day the Birds Flew Over, 2021, mended pigment print, 8.5 x 11 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Diane Pierce (b. 1955), Untitled (18), from the series Thinking About Drawing, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

Acquisition Highlights

Gifts from Enrique Martínez Celaya

The Museum has acquired two artworks by Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Marker (2022) and The Nursery (2010). Gifted by the artist in honor of Robinson Jeffers, the donation commemorates the success of Monterey Museum of Art’s Summer 2022 exhibition The Fire of Heaven: Enrique Martínez Celaya and Robinson Jeffers. The

works, a small painting and a work on paper, recall Martínez Celaya’s artist residency at Robinson Jeffers’ Tor House in Carmel and a career long interest in the late poet’s life and writing. Remaining together in Monterey, the works will continue a dialogue that offers greater context to their relevance and connection to our region.

The acquisition of Martínez Celaya’s work enriches the scope of the Museum’s contemporary collection and signifies a valuable connection to a formidable and burgeoning star in the world of art.

Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Nursery, 2010, Watercolor and conté crayon on paper, 38.25 x 29.75 in. Gift of the artist in honor of Robinson Jeffers, Los Angeles, California.

Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Marker, 2022, Oil and wax on canvas, 24 x 22 in. Gift of the artist in honor of Robinson Jeffers, Los Angeles, California.

Collection Highlight

Harry Fonseca's Saint Coyote #1

For the Maidu of Northern California, and many other Native American peoples, the coyote occupies a special place in myth and folklore as a highly intelligent but often reckless shapeshifting trickster and creative cultural hero. Predating man on earth, the coyote is considered the instigator of human arts. The Sacramento-born artist Harry Fonseca (1946-2006) was of Nisenan Maidu, Hawaiian, and Portuguese heritage, and in the Coyote series for which he is perhaps best known, Fonseca transformed this iconic Native American mythological figure into a contemporary and comic manifestation of the mythical troublemaker. In the Museum’s painting, Saint Coyote #1, we see a beatified version of Coyote in blue jeans, high-top sneakers, and a black leather jacket, coolly floating upright in a heavenly setting, surrounded by what might be interpreted as adoring coyote cherubim. In this instance, it seems as though he has somehow found his way from Native American mythology into western Christian religious iconography. The question now that he finds himself there might be, “what will he do next?”

Harry Fonseca (1946-2006), Saint Coyote #1, 1988, glitter and acrylic on paper, 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm). Museum purchase with funds from the Metropolitan Life Foundation, 1989.079.

Acknowledgements

September 1 – December 31, 2022

Thank you to all who have generously supported the Museum over the last few months. We are honored by your trust in us and our mission to engage community with the diversity of California art—past, present, and future.

Winter Exhibition Season

Generous support for the Winter Exhibtion Season was provided by:

Sandra Dewey

Friends of Susan Dunwoody in celebration of her life

Susan DuCoeur

Bambace Peterson Team I Compass

Rayne Technology Solutions

Grant Supporters

Arts Council for Monterey County

Ceremsak Family Fund

Community Foundation for Monterey County

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Frances Elgan & Werner Kunkel Fund of the CFMC

Frank and Judith Marshall Foundation

Greater San Fernando Chamber of Commerce

John H. Marble Endowment Fund of the CFMC

Landreth Family Fund of the CFMC

Montage Health Foundation

Richard Carr and Barbara Schilling

Richard and Mary Pat McCormick

Robert and Virginia Stanton Endowment Fund of the CFMC

Rodney and Betty Guilfoil Fund of the CFMC

Todd Lueders Fund for the Arts of the CFMC

Miniatures Exhibition Fundraiser

Thank you to the 194 artists who donated miniature works of art to our annual exhibition fundraiser

Miniatures. Your gifts of art encouraged donations from nearly 400 people in our galleries and online. Together, $20,500 was raised to support the Museum and our programming.

Tributes

In Honor of Roger and Olive Greenwald

by Kathryn Greenwald and John Heyl

In Memory of Judith Weintraub

by Malcolm Weintraub

To learn about how you can support MMA or to make a gift, visit montereyart.org/ support/donate/, email us at advancement@ monterey.org, or call us at 831.372.5477 x104.

In Memory of Patricia Work by Mary

and Laurent Pradier

In Memory of Patricia Work by Marc

and Tina Del Piero

Monterey County Gives!

Thank you to the Community Foundation for Monterey County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, and Monterey County Weekly for organizing and facilitating MCGives! – benefiting 200 local nonprofits. We are extremely grateful to our Board of Trustees, campaign challenge donors, and community supporters for their continued generosity. This year’s success will help bring more art experiences to Monterey County!

Thomas and Judith Archibald

Monika and Allan Campbell

Thomas Donnelly

Laura and John Gamble

John A. Greenwald

Hope & Bill and Adriana Hayward, Nancy Eccles & Homer M.

Hayward Family Foundation

Kristen and Joe Huston

Caroline and Graham Low

Corey Madden

Lisa Rheinheimer

DeBorah Silguero

Matthew Simis and Michael Gray

Lila and James Thorsen

Anonymous

Patricia Addleman

Jayanti and Steve Addleman

Arts Council for Monterey County

Robert and Valentina Bayer

Justin and Jessica Braiker, Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel, LLC

Mary Bonnie Brooks

Daniel and Jennifer Bryant

Nancy and John Bryson

Barbara Bullock-Wilson, Bullock Family Photography LLC

Janet Bush

Cherie Campbell and David Goldschmidt

Tony and Claudette Caparelli

Candace Christiansen

Ranjana and Michael Clark

Erik and Kristin Cushman

Marc and Tina Del Piero

Sandra Dewey

Edward and Peggy Dickson

Nancy Donaldson

William B. Donovan

Bradford and Hallie Dow

John and Nancy Durein

Marisa Fiori and Bruce Welden

Jeannette Fowler

Barbara Furbush

Priscilla Gilbertson

Bonnie B. Gillooly

Susan Hyde Greene

Kathryn Greenwald and John Heyl

Thomas Haley

Richard Hamilton and Deborah Schadeck, Big Sur Land Trust

Nancy Harray

Kenneth and Constance Hess, The Kenneth and Constance Hess Fund

Astrid Holberg and David Awerbuck

Dwight Holing and Ann Notthoff

Carol Lee Holland

Jacalyn Horton

Frank Hustace

Craig and Christine Johnson

Marion Keyworth

Shannon Kirby

Margaret Kylander

David Ligare and Gary Smith

Richard MacDonald Studios Inc.

Joe and Amy Martinetto

Ellen Maupin

Diane E. Mayer

Brooks and Lori McChesney, The McChesney Fund of the CFMC

Thomas and Carolyn McGurn

Michael and Nicki McMahan

Susan Miller

Konny Murray and Dave Buckingham

Mary Pommerich

John Rexine

Neil Richman

Elliot Roberts

Robin Robinson

Lee and Shirley Rosen

Kathleen Ryan

Walter Ryce

Charles Sackett, Monterey Bay Dental Society

James and Maureen Sanders

Mary Ann Schicketanz, Studio Schicketanz

Timothy Smith and Kristin Markus

Gloria Souza and Sandie Borthwick

Fran Spector Atkins and Roger Stewart, SpectorDance

Sarah Spencer

Margaret Spring and Mark Bunter, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jack and Karen Steadman

The Paul Davis Partnership, LLP

Kevin and Eleanor Uhlinger

MaryAnn Vasconcellos and David Smiley

Malcolm Weintraub

Corinne Whitaker, Digital Giraffe

Susan Johnson Willey and Sonia Brown

Myles and Rhoda Williams

Maryellen Wilson

Bradley Zeve

Photo: Carlos Viillagomez

Upcoming Events at MMA Join Us

Please visit montereyart.org for tickets and important updates.

Feb 3

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Feb 11

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Feb 26

Mar 3

Mar 4

Mar 11

Mar 18

Mar 25

Apr 7

Apr 8

Apr 15

First Friday 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Free Family Fun Day – Nature Wonderland 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Exhibition Insights 2:00 – 3:00 pm

Elizabeth Barlow Painting Demonstration and Private Tour 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Susan Manchester Drawing Workshop 11:00 – 4:00 pm

First Friday 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Free Family Fun Day – Treasure Trove 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Afternoon with the Curator – Helaine Glick 2:00 – 3:00 pm

Educator Appreciation Evening 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Collectors and Appraisal Fair at La Mirada 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

First Friday 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Exhibition Insights 2:00 – 3:00 pm

MMA Block Party

Winter 2023

Flora Fauna: Featuring Elizabeth Barlow and Susan Manchester

December 8, 2022 – April 16, 2023

Constructing the Photograph: Diane Pierce and Susan Hyde Greene

January 12 – April 16, 2023

Jane Kim: Migrations

January 13 – March 26, 2023

Monterey Collects California

January 19 – April 30, 2023

Currents: Erin Hunter

March 31 – May 28, 2023

Upcoming

The Bruton Sisters: Modernism in the Making

May 25 – August 20, 2023

Martha Casanave

May 4 – August 20, 2023

2023 Weston Scholarship

May 11 – August 20, 2023

You've Got to be Kidding

May 18 – July 30, 2023

Image above: William Ritschel, N.A. (18641949), Pt. Lobos - Bit of California Coast, ca. 1927 (detail), oil on canvas, 36 x 40 inches. Collection Paula and Terry Trotter, Trotter Galleries.

Currents: Jane Ivory

June 2 – July 20, 2023