January 2018
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Bulletin
JANUARY EVENTS January 3 Wednesday
Art Story A Pop-Up Storytime 10:30 a.m., Art Odyssey Interactive Gallery Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 5 Friday
First Friday Shorts Gallery Talk Jewels of Time: Understanding the CloisonnĂŠ Enameling Technique 1:10 p.m., Museum of Art Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 6 Saturday
Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art
January 10 Wednesday
Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 12 Friday
January 19 Friday
January 13 Saturday
Exhibition Opening Chris Duncan: Sculpture Space Alumni Exhibition Reception 4 to 6 p.m., on view through February 23, PrattMWP Gallery in the Museum of Art
Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art Special Screening The Opera House 12:55 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 14 Sunday
Guided Tour Jewels of Time: Watches from the Proctor Collection 2 p.m., Museum of Art
January 17 Wednesday
Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 20 Saturday
Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art
January 24 Wednesday
Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 26 Friday
Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium PrattMWP Sophomore Exhibition 4 p.m., McCulley Gallery (14 Cottage Place)
On the Cover Detail from Hiroshige III, (Japanese, 1841-94) and Hiranoya Shin, (Japanese, dates unknown), Snow in Tokei (from Famous Places in Tokyo) detail, ca.1868, color woodblock print on paper, 14 9/16 x 10 in., Gift of Mrs. Harriette C.D. Williams, 58.223 This print can be seen in the Museum of Art exhibition Time in Art on view through April 29.
January 27 Saturday
Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art The Met: Live in HD Tosca by Giacomo Puccini Saturday, January 27, 12:55 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 28 Sunday
Chamber Music Society of Utica Parker String Quartet 2:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
January 31 Wednesday
Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
Resolve to get Creative!
The School of Art Community Arts winter session begins January 16. Choose from many new offerings for kids, teens, and adults in art appreciation, ceramics, sculpture, furniture, drawing, Photoshop, digital photography, video, painting, jewelry, printmaking and more!
We are proud to announce an exciting new collaboration between The Kelberman Center and the School of Art Community Arts Education Program.
For information, or to register, phone 315-797-8260 or visit mwpai.org.
CLASS SPOTLIGHTS Last chance to learn with the 2017/18 Artists in Residence. Learn more at mwpai.org/learn. The Drawing Studio with Azita Moradkhani Thursdays, Jan. 18 - April 12, 6 - 9 p.m. Learn to interpret the world around you by combining drawing from direct observation with your own perspective and visual imagination. This class is great for beginners and those looking to advance their drawing skills.
The Kelberman Center provides modern programs and services for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families. All students must register through The Kelberman Center for screening and appropriate accommodation.
ADVENTURES IN ART
Azita Moradkhani
Screenprinting: Cut, Copy, Paste with Ella Weber Tuesdays, Jan. 16 - April 10, 6 - 9 p.m. Learn how to screen print using various hand and photographic methods in a professional print studio. Screen printing is a versatile process that can be used for fine art or commercial projects beyond this class. Ella Weber
In collaboration with The Kelberman Center at the School of Art Ages 8 - 16 / All Levels This studio class provides kids and teens with ASD an opportunity to delve into a variety of art-making processes through play, experimentation, and material exploration. Projects build visual skills and instruction is tailored to meet individual needs. Session I: Color, Form, Creativity with Instructor Michael Giordani January 16 – February 19, 5:30 - 7 p.m. Session II: Drawing, Painting, Collage with Instructor Carlie Sherry February 27 – April 3, 5:30 - 7 p.m. Register for this collaborative class through The Kelberman Center at kelbermancenter.org or by calling 315-797-6241
The AIR Program is made possible with the generous support of Francis J. and Ruth A. Pugliese 3
Museum of Art Exhibitions Jewels of Time: Watches from the Proctor Collection On view through April 29, 2018
An automaton is a type of watch with animated figures that are called automata, jacquemarts or, more simply, jacks. In this example from the Proctor Collection, the jacks move as they strike the quarter-hour. The sound is generated from a repeater mechanism that activates a hammer that strikes a bell within the watch body. Many automaton watches also play music. Maker unknown, Switzerland, Quarter-repeating Jacquemart Watch, c. 1800-25, gold, enamel, and steel, 76.2 x 54 x 19.1 mm, Proctor Collection, PC. 224
Sponsored by Citizens Bank
Time in Art
On view through April 29, 2018
Left to right: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Visage (Marie-Thérèse), 1928, lithograph on paper, 10 7/16 x 7 ½ in., Museum Purchase, 62.51
Time in Art examines various ways art and artists (and curators) reflect on the passing of time. One way to consider time is to look at works of art created by a single person who had a long, prolific career, and so the exhibition features an etching and two lithographs by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). The lithographs are both portraits, created 30 years apart, of two important women in his life, Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-77) and Jacqueline Roque Picasso (1927-86). In those 30 years, there were other women in his life, the Spanish Civil War raged, and Picasso painted Guernica in response to a horrific bombing on a Basque village. This attack, by the Nazi Luftwaffe, became a precursor to World War II, which was still two years away. In this same period, the globe was horrified by the Holocaust and feared the knowledge that created nuclear weapons, celebrated the discovery of a vaccine for polio and was fascinated by the invention of television. It was also the era in which MWPAI was established. Picasso lived through interesting times, indeed.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Portrait of Jacqueline, 1956, lithograph on paper, 26 1/8 x 19 13/16 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Murray, 63.64
PrattMWP Gallery in the Museum of Art
January 19 through February 23 Chris Duncan: Sculpture Space Alumni Exhibition Curated by Daniel Buckingham • Opening Reception January 19, 4 to 6 p.m. An essential component of Chris Duncan’s work is the thoughtful construction of his sculptures. In his process, Duncan assembles and disassembles elements, looking for combinations of line and volume as well as gravity and balance, to create pieces that explore space visually and physically. The process of creating becomes an act of finding the sculpture. Exhibition closes on February 23 at 1 p.m. 4
Museum of Art Collection Focus Bob Thompson’s painting, Judgment of Paris, is currently on view in the Mythology and Contemporary Art exhibition, which is part of the Myths and Mysteries at MWPAI school tour developed by the Museum of Art Education Department. Thompson was inspired by old European masters Piero della Francesca (Italian, 1416-92), Titian (Venetian, 1488-1576), Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665), and others, and appropriated portions of, or all of, their compositions for his own work. He stated: “I began to think, my God, I look at Poussin and he’s got it all there. Why are all of these people running around trying to be original . . . You can’t draw a new form . . . [the] human figure almost encompasses every form there is . . . it hit me that why don’t I work with these things that are already there . . . because that is what I respond to most of all.” Thompson borrowed from a 16th-century German artist for this Judgment of Paris. Paris was a shepherd in ancient mythology who was made to judge the beauty of three goddesses—Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. He was bribed by all but chose Aphrodite, who promised him the love of Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. In claiming his prize, Paris abducted Helen and began the Trojan War, as Helen’s husband, Menelaus, sought to win her back. In his version, Thompson painted freely with hot, saturated colors to refashion the original work into a hyper-sensual, dreamlike image entirely his own. Art historian Judith Wilson has compared Thompson’s creative reinterpretations of established painting compositions to that of the jazz musician’s improvisations on song standards. The Museum of Art also owns a small gouache by Thompson; the composition is based on one of the images from Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos. It can be seen in the exhibition Time in Art, on view through April 29.
Top right: Bob Thompson (American, 1937-66), Stagedoom, 1962, gouache and charcoal on wove paper, 21 3/8 x 18 1/4in., Museum purchase with funds given, in part, by Kay WalkingStick, 96.31
Bottom right: Bob Thompson (American, 1937-66), Judgment of Paris, 1964, oil on canvas, 75 3/8 x 60 5/16 in., Museum Purchase, 97.11 5
Museum of Art Events TALKS AND TOURS
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
GALLERY TALK FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS JEWELS OF TIME: UNDERSTANDING THE CLOISONNÉ ENAMELING TECHNIQUE Friday, January 5 1:10 to 1:30 p.m. Aleana D’Aniello, Jewelry Artist Free and open to the public
ART AND YOGA FOR MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT Saturdays 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. January 6, 13, 20, 27 and February 3, 10, 17 Full session (7 classes) $50 MWPAI members $75 general admission Drop-in fee: $10 MWPAI members $15 general admission For full session, please pay in advance through the Ticket Office, 315-797-0055. Drop-ins pay at the door.
Le Roy & fils (Paris, France, active 1828-1888), Watch (inside), ca. 1850, gold, enamel, 66.7 x 50.8 x 9.5 mm, Proctor Collection, PC. 298
GUIDED TOUR JEWELS OF TIME: WATCHES FROM THE PROCTOR COLLECTION Sunday, January 14, 2 p.m. Free and open to the public
ART STORY A POP-UP STORYTIME Wednesday, January 3 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Free and open to the public The interactive Art Story program fosters visual literacy as young children learn to read visual cues in picture-book illustrations and apply these skills to looking at art in the galleries. The program is designed for ages three to five. For more information, contact the Museum Education Department at 315-797-0000, ext. 2158.
Each class offers a 15-minute introduction to art in the gallery followed by one hour of yoga. All levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat. For more information, contact the Museum Education Department at 315-797-0000, ext. 2158. GUIDED TOURS AND GROUP TOURS To arrange a private, docent-led tour of the permanent collection or other special exhibitions, please contact the Museum Education Department three weeks in advance at 315-797-0000, ext. 2170.
Illustrated Lecture and Afternoon Tea
ELEGANCE AND ASPIRATION: MONEY, TASTE AND JEWELRY IN AMERICA’S GILDED AGE Sunday, February 4, 1:30 p.m. Ulysses Grant Dietz, Newark Museum Chief Curator, Curator of Decorative Arts, Emeritus Followed by Tea on the Terrace at 3 p.m., space is limited. $26.50 MWPAI members; $32.50 general admission Lecture only: $7.50 MWPAI members; $13.50 general admission Tickets: 315-797-0055 Jewelry has always been about power. Owning and wearing jewelry has signified social status since ancient Egypt. The rise of jewelry-wearing in America in the years between the Civil War and the First World War took its cues from noble traditions of the past. Sometimes the jewelry itself echoed styles and materials popular with kings and queens, seen as appropriate for the newly wealthy American women whose husbands saw themselves as the aristocracy of democracy. Moving from European jewels to American-made pieces from the Gilded Age, this lecture will explore the style, the materials and the meanings of the glitter and the gold. Mr. Dietz will continue the discussion in the galleries, highlighting pieces from the exhibition Jewels of Time: Watches from the Proctor Collection.
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Peter Comtesse, (Vienna, Austria, dates unknown), Form Watch, ca. 1875-1900, silver, gilt, enamel, steel, 69.9 x 25.4 x 25.4 mm, Proctor Collection, PC. 345
PrattMWP Events PRATTMWP RELOCATION TRIP 2017 Seventy-five PrattMWP sophomores toured Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus November 13. The students met with faculty and advisors and attended information sessions with admissions, residential life, financial aid, career services, and individual departments. The Relocation Trip is a long day but gives students a chance to see Pratt Brooklyn for themselves, and to reconnect with PrattMWP alum, and to hear their stories about transitioning to the main campus. Some student comments from the trip: “Informative and entertaining.” “The Career Services presentation can help me sleep at night.” “Lots of walking, but my tour guide Samantha was great!” “I had not seen the campus before. I am so excited seeing it. I feel more motivated.” “PRATT CATS!” “Got to see old friends of mine and tour the campus.”
Photo by: Caleigh Cerosky
Photo by: Nicholas Busigo
Campus Store Back-to-School Sale Monday, January 15 through Wednesday, January 31
FREDRIX STRETCHER STRIPS – 25% OFF
All sizes of Fredrix stretcher strips Sizes range from 10” to heavy duty 62”
DRAWING PADS: BRISTOL, NEWSPRINT, VELLUM, KRAFT AND TRACING – 25% OFF
All sizes, types and brands of drawing pads Sizes range from 9” x 12” to 24” x 36”
No additional discounts apply on sale items. Campus Store reopens Monday, January 15. Campus Store Hours – Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Closed Saturday and Sunday
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Performing Arts Events THE MET: LIVE IN HD FEATURES TOSCA
January 27, 12:55 p.m.
The 2017-2018 season of The Met: Live in HD continues 12:55 p.m., Saturday, January 27 in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium with Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production of Tosca, starring Sonya Yoncheva as the legendary prima donna. Vittorio Grigolo stars in the role of Tosca’s revolutionary artist lover Cavaradossi, with Sir Bryn Terfel, Michael Volle, and Željko Lučić as the depraved police chief, Scarpia. Emmanuel Villaume will conduct Giacomo Puccini’s celebrated score.
Tickets for The Met: Live in HD are $24 for MWPAI members, $28 for general admission, and $14 for students. Flexible subscription packages for the series are also available. Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 797-0055 or 800-754-0797. Tickets are also available at mwpai.org.
The Cinema Events series at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is sponsored by Bank of Utica
Films are shown Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in high definition following our recent conversion to Digital Cinema Projection and Sound. Comfortable seating provides every patron an unobstructed view of our large screen. Admission for all screenings is $8 general admission and $6 for MWPAI members. Admission for students with valid identification is $4 at all screenings and free for PrattMWP students with valid student I.D.. Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening. Film Series Sponsor:
Film Passbooks for discounted admission to 10 screenings are available to MWPAI members for $55 and non-members for $75. For information call the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 315-797-0055, 800-754-0797. Sign up for monthly film email updates at bmortis@mwpai.org, 315-797-0055 or at mwpai.org.
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SPECIAL SCREENING - THE OPERA HOUSE
January 13, 12:55 p.m.
The Opera House, a new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke, will be shown at 12:55 p.m. on Saturday, January 13 (108 minutes) in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium. This new film surveys a remarkable period of The Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York. Featuring rarely seen archival footage, stills, recent interviews, and a soundtrack of extraordinary Met performances, the film chronicles the creation of the Met’s storied home of the last 50 years, against the backdrop of the artists, architects, and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York City in the ’50s and ’60s. Among the notable figures in the film are famed soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the new Met in 1966 in Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra; Rudolf Bing, the Met’s imperious General Manager, who engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighborhood to make room for Lincoln Center; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was never fully realized.
Tickets for this special film event are $15 for MWPAI members, $18 for general admission, and $9 for students. Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 797-0055 or 800-754-0797. Tickets are also available mwpai.org.
COMING IN FEBRUARY The Met: Live in HD
The Met: Live in HD
L’Elisir d’Amore Gaetano Donizetti February 10, noon
La Bohème Giacomo Puccini February 24, 12:30 p.m.
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Development PLANNED GIVING - PART ONE The MWPAI Development Office stands ready to assist you with the integration of your charitable interests with your overall tax, estate and financial plans. Planned giving often allows donors to make a larger philanthropic impact than they may have otherwise thought possible. As you think about the legacy you could leave at MWPAI, we invite you to explore these various planned gift options with us.
Wills and Trusts Making a gift to MWPAI through your will or living trust gives you the immediate satisfaction of creating a lasting and personal legacy that ensures support for MWPAI in the future and costs nothing now. Such gifts may be for a set dollar amount, a percentage of the total estate, or the residual amount in the estate after all expenses have been paid. Your gift can be unrestricted or you can direct your gift to a particular purpose (be sure to check with us to make sure your gift can be used as intended).
Retirement Funds
Life Insurance
Manage your retirement assets to benefit you and your family, reduce federal taxes, and support MWPAI far into the future. You can designate MWPAI as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k), or other qualified retirement plan and pass these assets to the Institute as either the primary or contingent beneficiary of the account. Retirement assets used for charitable purposes are not subject to estate tax or income tax, so the amount you designate the Institute is received tax-free to be used as you choose.
If you own a paid-in-full policy, the most tax-effective way to donate life insurance is to transfer the policy so that the Institute becomes the owner and beneficiary. You are entitled to an immediate charitable deduction for income tax purposes.
This very flexible option allows you to continue to take regular lifetime withdrawals and change beneficiaries if your family’s needs change during your lifetime. In addition, retirement assets left to non-spousal heirs could be reduced significantly by estate and income tax.
Contact Us If you would like to explore the ways in which you can include MWPAI in your estate plan in more detail, please contact our Development Office at 315-797-0000 to set up an appointment. Please note: the information provided is not intended to be legal advice. You are encouraged to consult your own advisors. Look for Planned Giving – Part Two in the February issue of the Bulletin
It is important to notify MWPAI about your gift. Your plan administrator is not obligated to notify us.
Museum Shop BOOK AND PUZZLE SALE
Wednesday, January 17 to Wednesday, January 31
ALL PUZZLES AT THE MUSEUM SHOP - 25% OFF LARGEST BOOK SALE OF THE YEAR A special selection of children and adult books reduced 40% to 55% off the retail price. THOMAS COLE’S YOUTH WOODEN PUZZLE $49.95 DIOR GLAMOUR HARD COVER BOOK $115.
Museum Shop Hours – Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. / Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. 10
MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Vige Barrie, Chair
Richard R. Griffith
Mark D. Levitt, Vice Chair
Donna Harkavy
Linda B. Vincent, Secretary
Steven R. Kowalsky Peggy O’Shea
Natalie Brown Steven J. Brown
Michael D. Damsky, Trustee Emeritus
Michael D. Cominsky
John B. Stetson, Trustee Emeritus
Joseph J. Corasanti William C. Craine
Dear Friends, It is with great pride that I reflect on the positive impact of MWPAI on central New York and beyond. In 2017 we served more than 134,000 people through 10 special exhibitions, 14 live performances, and 147 community arts classes. Our PrattMWP College of Art and Design welcomed the largest freshman class in its history. 200 students from around the world live on our campus. The Museum education department served nearly 16,000 people—including inner-city children, refugees, and adults with memory loss—through more than 500 programs. Five thousand artworks are now available worldwide through the Museum’s new online database. A memorable year. But, 2018 promises to be even more dynamic. Upcoming Performing Arts programs will enliven the winter with the traditional Irish music of Goitse and the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet’s tribute to jazz legend Charlie Parker. There will be no better way to spend a wintery afternoon that enjoying The Met: Live in HD opera simulcasts. The coming of warm weather coincides with MWPAI’s exclusive showing of the breathtaking exhibition Kimono! The Artistry of Itchiku Kubota, opening to members on June 9. In the fall, we will welcome 100 freshmen and inspire them to grow their talents beyond their expectations. Throughout the year, the Community Arts Education program will encourage all ages to enhance their lives through creative expression. Of course, none of this can happen without our members and patrons. Thank you for your continued support and for helping MWPAI enrich our region. Happy New Year!
Anna T. D’Ambrosio President & CEO MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE INFORMATION AND HOURS Museum Hours, including Fountain Elms: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Performing Arts Ticket Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., one hour before performances and 30 minutes before films. Phone: 797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797 Art Odyssey: Interactive Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. PrattMWP Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Library: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. noon-5 p.m., Sun. 3-8 p.m. brgins 1/21 Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. For information, call (315) 797-0000 (Voice and TDD)
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is a fine arts center serving diverse audiences through three program divisions—Museum of Art, Performing Arts, and School of Art. The Institute also offers an art research library, an active membership program, a Museum Shop, Terrace Café, and outstanding rental facilities ideal for public programs and private events. MWPAI receives funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
The following areas are accessible to the physically challenged: Museum of Art Galleries, Auditorium and Sculpture Court, Art Odyssey: Interactive Gallery, Museum Shop, Art Reference and Music Libraries, Performing Arts Office, School of Art Gallery, Studio D, and the Pottery Studio, the Academic Center and Student Center.
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