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Absence / Presence: Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer November 9 thr ough Januar y 4
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he Museum of Art proudly announces the opening of Absence / Presence: Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer, the first museum exhibition of photography by this artist who is best known as a painter of the Abstract Expressionist era. Organized by guest curator Charles H. Duncan, Executive Director of the Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation, Absence / Presence examines this important but little-known aspect of Pousette-Dart’s artistic practice.
effects of sunlight upon ice, flowers, and other flora, and developed a body of nature studies that functions in dialogue with the visual language of his abstract painting.
Absence / Presence opens with a members’ preview 4:30 p.m. Saturday, November 8 in the Museum of Art Auditorium with Mr. Duncan’s illustrated presentation, Through the Painter's Lens: The Photographs of Richard Pousette-Dart, followed by a reception in the Edward W. Root Sculpture Court from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The exhibition remains on view through January 4, 2015. Pousette-Dart concentrated considerable energy on photography in the 1940s and 1950s, focusing particular attention on portraiture and nature studies. He created several images of family, friends, and associates in the arts, and often merged two photographs into one as a means to associate attribute objects with Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992), Joanna with Cat, 1952, gelatin silver print, 13 1/2 x 9 in., Estate of Richard Pousette-Dart. his sitters. He was equally captivated by
Like painting, photography for PousetteDart was a vehicle for refashioning the visual matter of the world. Photography, however, was not universally accepted as a serious art form, particularly among painters, so this facet of the artist’s oeuvre has not been well understood until now. Pousette-Dart himself believed the trace of the artist’s hand in darkroom processes was essential for a photograph to be elevated to a status beyond mere documentation. He noted in his journals: "Photographs are reflections through light and mechanics, processes, machines, and if they are to be more they must be altered, distorted, extended, rearranged, transformed and in so doing we may find a work of art.” Today, Richard Pousette-Dart’s work in photography sheds light on the interplay between all of his visually creative pursuits. Absence / Presence: Richard PousetteDart as Photographer is sponsored by Citizens Bank and the Estate of Richard Pousette-Dart. KeyBank is the opening reception sponsor.
Permanent Collection Show Commemorates Historic Photograph The Irascibles November 8 thr ough Januar y 4
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n 1950 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, organized an ambitious exhibition, American Painting Today 1950, that was intended to showcase new art at the venerable institution, the administration for which had been notoriously hostile to contemporary practices. The most advanced artists of the day, painters who have come to be known as Abstract Expressionists, protested that the jurors selecting the exhibition were unsympathetic to the most progressive developments in art. During the jury process, 28 of them wrote an open letter of complaint to the Metropolitan’s president and, on May 21, 1950, the New York Times featured an article on its front page about the controversy. Later in the year, when the exhibition opened to the public, Life magazine published the article, “The Metropolitan and Modern Art,” which was illustrated with a photograph of fifteen of the protesters. The image’s caption, “Irascible Group of Advanced Artists Led Fight Against Show,” gave the title to this picture, taken by Nina Leen, for it has been known ever after as “The Irascibles.” Richard Pousette-Dart is among the pictured artists in Leen’s famous photograph. In conjunction with the exhibition Absence / Presence: Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer, the Museum of Art presents The Irascibles, a show of paintings and drawings—nearly all from the permanent collection—by Pousette-Dart and his avant-garde compatriots.
Nina Leen, The Irascibles, portrait of a group of American abstract artists, collectively known as “The Irascibles,” New York, New York, November 24, 1950, reproduced in Life magazine, January 15, 1951. Left to right, seated: Theodoros Stamos (1922-97), Jimmy Ernst (1920-84), Barnett Newman (1905-70), James Brooks (1906-92), Mark Rothko (1903-70); middle row: Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-92), William Baziotes (1912-63), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Clyfford Still (1904-80), Robert Motherwell (1915-91), Bradley Walker Tomlin (1899-53); back row: Willem de Kooning (1904-97), Adolph Gottlieb (1903-74), Ad Reinhardt (1913-67), and Hedda Sterne (1910-2011). Time Life Pictures/Getty Images, used with permission.
M U S E U M E D U C AT I O N P R O G R A M S Gallery Talk First Friday Shorts Free and Open to the Public Learn more about the permanent collection and special exhibitions with this short, 15-minute talk.
Friday, November 7, 1:10 p.m. The Artistry of Louis C. Tiffany
Opening Lecture Absence / Presence: Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer Saturday, November 8, 4:30 p.m. Through the Painter’s Lens: The Photographs of Richard Pousette- Dart By Charles H. Duncan, Executive Director, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation Free and Open to the Public
Second Sunday Guided Tour Sunday, November 9, 2 p.m. Take a 45-minute tour of works on view in the permanent collection. Free and Open to the Public
Choral Voices! For In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows Friday Evenings, 6:30 p.m. Enjoy the inspirational singing of local Church Choirs. Free and Open to the Public. Guided Tour, In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows, 7 p.m. Free with exhibition admission. November 7 Utica’s Grace Church December 5 New Hartford’s St. John the Evangelist Choir
Daniel D. Tompkins Chapel Tours Masonic Care Community Thursday, November 13, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 22, 10:30 a.m. Free and Open to the Public, Ticket required. Tickets, 315-797-0055. Tour the stained glass windows by Tiffany Studios, Gorham Mfg., and others in the 1911 Tompkins Chapel on the campus of the Masonic Care Community. A guided tour of In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows will be offered both days at 1 p.m. at MWPAI, free with exhibition admission.
Stained Glass Demonstration Wednesday, November 19, Noon By Meyda Tiffany Lighting Free and Open to the Public. Followed by a Docent Guided Tour of In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows at 1 p.m. Free with exhibition admission.
Art and Yoga For Mind, Body and Spirit Saturdays, November 1, 8, 22 and December 6, 13, 20 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Full session (6 classes): $45 MWPAI Members; $65 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. 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.
Art Story: Every Picture Tells a Story An Early Learning Program Saturday November 1, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 6, 10:30 a.m. Saturday November 15, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 20, 10:30 a.m. Free and Open to the Public This program focuses on visual literacy and teaches looking skills through picture books and artwork in the galleries; includes a simple take-home craft. A 45-minute program for children ages 3 and up and their caregivers. Nursery schools and preschool programs may schedule a similar program for their class by contacting Clare Fitzgerald at 315-797-0000, ext. 2170.
Family One-Day Workshops The “Art” of the Selfie Saturday, November 15, 1 to 4 p.m. $25 MWPAI Members; $35 General Admission For ages 12 and up Participants must have a smartphone with camera Limited to 20. Tickets 315-797-0055 Start with a walk through the exhibition, Absence / Presence: Richard PousetteDart as Photographer followed by a discussion of portraiture and the "selfie" or self-portrait; did you know it's been around since the cavemen? Discover how to use unconventional images to represent yourself, and some of the ways to make your selfie stand out with double exposures, overlays, and text, all from your phone! You can make a selfie that is unique, creative and maybe even mysterious. In the process, learn how to take better pictures Photo: Rita Lombardi with your smartphone, just in time for the Holidays!
Camera-free Photographs: The Scan-O-Gram Saturday, November 22, 1 to 4 p.m. $25 MWPAI Members; $35 General Admission For ages 10 and above. Participants may want to bring materials to scan and some printed photographs. Limited to 20. Tickets 315-797-0055 Join us as we explore making images without cameras! Photographs are "light drawings." Learn how to use a scanner to make beautiful and original works of art that reflect your personality.
Glass Mosaics Saturday, December 6 Photo: Rita Lombardi 9 a.m. to noon $20 MWPAI Members; $30 General Admission includes materials fee For ages 8 and up. Tickets 315-797-0055 Create your own angel or other framed stained glass mosaic. Great for giftgiving! Group will view the In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows exhibition for inspiration.
Art à la Carte Friday, December 12 Noon Gallery Talk Pousette-Dart and the Pioneers of the New York School 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Prix Fixe Winter Buffet, anytime during Terrace Café hours Gallery Talk Only: Free to MWPAI Members; $10 General Admission Gallery Talk and Café Buffet: $15 MWPAI Members; $25 General Admission Tickets 315-797-0055 Join Mary Murray, MWPAI Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, as she tours the exhibition The Irascibles, which features paintings and drawings by Richard Pousette-Dart and his contemporaries, such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. These artists were photographed as a group and profiled in Life magazine in 1950 because they protested The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s, exclusionary practice of refusing to show their avant-garde works of art.
Bus Trip, New York City Wednesday, December 3 6 a.m. to midnight $60 MWPAI Members; $70 General Admission Tickets 315-797-0055 After being dropped off at Bryant Park, where over 100 artisans sell their wares at the annual holiday shops, enjoy free time in the city. Sightsee, museum-hop, shop, enjoy a Broadway show, or take in the magnificent holiday window displays at stores such as Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor. Transportation by Wade Tours.
Candlelight Tour Victorian Yuletide Tuesday, December 9 Tour 1, 6 p.m. • Tour 2, 7:30 p.m. $12 MWPAI Members; $17 General Admission Tickets 315-797-0055. Each tour is limited to 15. Take a guided tour at night of the Museum of Art’s annual Victorian Yuletide exhibition in the Fountain Elms period rooms. Each year’s theme is different and highlights Christmas traditions of the 19th century. Each tour is approximately one hour in length, followed by freshly baked treats with hot chocolate, coffee or tea on the Terrace. Susan Sady Catering.
“Tech the Halls” with the Annual Victorian Yuletide Exhibition November 28 thr ough Januar y 4
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t’s that time of year again, when we email Santa Claus our Christmas lists. Email?
Celebrate the holiday season with a family visit to the Museum’s period rooms in Fountain Elms as the Museum of Art will “Tech the Halls.” The Victorian Yuletide exhibition, which opens Friday, November 28, will showcase the “modern” inventions found under Christmas trees in the 19th century. While laptops, iPads, and smart phones are on today’s wish lists, zoetropes and phonographs found their way onto lists in the Victorian era. Inventions and innovations provided the North Pole with requests for new and exciting devices to fill Santa’s sleigh and children’s Christmas stockings. With a trip to Fountain Elms this holiday season, visitors will explore some of the amazing technological developments that laid the foundation for the electronic growth of the 21st century. The parlor, the “home entertainment center” of the 19th century, was the setting for holiday gatherings and after-dinner activities. In addition to the yards of greenery and festive decorations, the Fountain Elms parlor will feature cutting-edge, 19th-century forms of home entertainment. Today there are so many ways to capture an image—digital cameras, cell phones and tablets—but a stereoscope, or better yet a zoetrope, provided hours of entertainment during harsh winters a century ago. A functioning zoetrope, or “Wheel of Life,” the precursor to today’s films and DVDs, will be on view as will an Edison phonograph and an early camera. In 1883, Rochester Optical Company introduced the American Challenge camera. Advertised as the “most complete camera ever manufactured” it used large, fragile single-image dry
MWP Friday Night Party Alt Black Friday November 28
5 to 8 p.m. Live Music by The Rusty Doves
plates to capture images—a far cry from the “chip” of the digital world. Technological evolutions affected the kitchen as well. With advances in shipping and preservation, “new” fresh foods became centerpieces of holiday meals. With labor-saving devices in place, Americans discovered more leisure time and bicycle and rollerskate crazes took hold. The exhibition will feature a late 19th-century bicycle, with its enormous front wheel. Learn how a “laptop” of the 19th century had a totally different meaning and, while laptops of today could hardly be imagined in the 1870s, technology was already moving in that direction. Most children will not identify the early typewriter in the Fountain Elms library setting, and many visitors might be surprised to learn that, thanks to E. Remington and Sons, every keyboard today has a local connection. Remington started production of their first typewriter on March 1, 1873 in Ilion, N.Y. The Type-Writer introduced the QWERTY design and was the first typewriter to include upper and lower case letters. This keyboard design lives on today globally on cell phones and computers. To celebrate the parallel exhibition A Century of Olmsted: Utica and Beyond (on view on the second floor of Fountain Elms), a miniature winter park-like centerpiece based on original plans and photographs of the Frederick T. Proctor Park and featuring paths, a pond, and a gazebo, will bring festive greens to the elaborately set dining room table. The Victorian Yuletide exhibition is free and open to the public and will remain on view through January 4, 2015.
Voyage of Life and Tiffany at the Museum Shop Are you missing the Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole at the MunsonWilliams-Proctor Arts Institute? We can help you remember how magnificent the series is with new, very special products available now at the Museum Shop just in time for the upcoming holidays. High quality reproductions of the series are now available at the Museum Shop on canvas or a canvas wrap in a 16" x 20" format. Also, for the first time we are offering a beautiful boxed set of 20 cards from the series of paintings by Thomas Cole.
Crafts for Grown-ups Museum of Art Sculpture Court
Must be 21 and over Docent Guided Tours In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows Fridays at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturdays at 1 p.m. Free with Exhibition Admission
Absence / Presence: Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer Sunday, November 9, 2 p.m. Free and Open to the Public
Victorian Yuletide Saturdays at 2 p.m. November 29 through January 3 Free and Open to the Public
In conjunction with the exhibition In Company with Angels the Museum Shop is pleased to feature Tiffany-style holiday products and lamps from Meyda Lighting. In addition, there is a wide variety of other lovely Louis C. Tiffany-inspired products available during this exhibition.
FRIDAY NIGHTS - JUMP START Your Holiday Shopping! Friday nights in November ONLY from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m ALL purchases at the Museum Shop for non-consignment, non-sale merchandise will be 25% OFF. Holiday merchandise including cards, ornaments and advent calendars will be available so you can start your holiday shopping at the Museum Shop and take advantage of opportunities to purchase items that are rarely marked down. Not a member? Anyone who signs up for a membership during the Museum Shop's Friday nights Holiday Specials in November receives an additional 10% off their membership. Members view the In Company With Angels exhibition free. The Museum Shop will have available a $15 exhibition catalog for the In Company With Angels exhibition opening October 25.
Museum Shop Hours Tuesday through Thursday, Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
SCHOOL OF ART HAPPENINGS Look for Kids Art Classes starting November 1 Registration is Easy Online: www.mwpai.org Phone: 315-797-8260 weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In Person at the School of Art (Studio Building) weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fax: 315-797-9349 Mail: Send completed registration form printed from the online catalog to the School of Art, 310 Genesee St, Utica, NY 13502.
Upcoming Workshops Alternative Processes: Liquid Light Saturday, November 8 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Using “Liquid Light,” a liquid photographic emulsion, students will explore printing on non-traditional surfaces. Canvas, wood, cardboard, and fabric may all be used to add new and exciting dimensions to black and white photography. Must be 18 or older.
Form must be accompanied by a check payable to MWPAI. Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover also accepted. Full payment is due at the time of registration. No partial payments will be accepted. No registrations will be taken without payment in full.
Exhibitions PrattMWP Alumni Exhibit
Easton Pribble Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Benjamin Andrews, Alexandria Compo, Jennifer Yoohyun Lee, Shannon Stockbridge
Museum of Art Auditorium • Free and Open to the Public
November 7 through December 5 Bonnie Collura
School of Art Gallery
Reception Friday, November 7 • 4 to 6 p.m. Artist Talk and Performance
Monday, November 17 10:30 a.m. Mixed Media Sculpture Bonnie Collura, American, Detail, 2012, Mixed Media
4:15 p.m.
New Logo Products at the Benjamin Andrews
Shannon Stockbridge
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Alexandria Marie Compo
CAMPUS STORE
PrattMWP COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN T-shirts Black or Sports Gray
PrattMWP COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Information Sessions Friday, November 14, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, November 27, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PrattMWP Studio Building Join our Admissions Office for a presentation about the school, a campus tour and an opportunity to have your portfolio reviewed. Refreshments will be served. For more information or to sign up, please see our website mwpai.org or contact the Admissions Office at 800-755-8920.
Community Arts Education Thanksgiving Break No classes will be in session from Monday, November 24 through Saturday, November 29
Hanes 100% Cotton short sleeve
Sweatshirt Blankets 54 x 84”, extra-soft, machine washable, sweatshirt fleece material heather gray
Retro Heather Zip Sweatshirts 80% cotton 20% polyester, double layered hood split pouch pockets Colors: forest, charcoal, purple Monday, November 17 through Tuesday November 25
All New PrattMWP Logo Merchandise 20% OFF No other discounts apply. The Campus Store will be open special hours 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday November 22 The Campus Store will also be closed Wednesday, Nov. 26 through Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Campus Store Hours Monday-Friday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Campus Store is located in the Student Center 1216 State Street, Utica 315-797-0000 ext. 2155
Rachmaninoff and Friends Featured in Keyboard Conversations Satur day, November 1 • 8 p.m.
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effrey Siegel returns with another fascinating installment of Keyboard Conversations® celebrating Rachmaninoff and Friends 8 p.m. Saturday, November 1 in the Museum of Art Auditorium.
Mr. Siegel has selected a concert program that will feature the vibrant, romantic preludes of Rachmaninoff, the enchanting seasons of Tchaikovsky, the mystical musings of Scriabin, and the hair-raising Precipitato, finale of the Sonata No. 7. The extremely popular Keyboard Conversations format offers listeners the opportunity to discover the influences that affected the creation of the music being presented. Mr. Siegel shares details about each composition that lead the audience to realize the subtleties and intricacies of these great works. The evening concludes with a session of questions and answers with Mr. Siegel. Admission for MWPAI members is $37.50; general admission is $42.50; student tickets are $22.50. Flexible subscriptions are also available. For tickets contact the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 797-0055 or 800-754-0797. Tickets are also available online at www.mwpai.org.
Sponsored by
Dr. Cynthia Parlato, Dr. Kenneth Novak and Dr. Douglas Hurd
Upcoming in December Concerts in the Court NEW DATE The Jon Pousette-Dart Band Classic Folk Rock Saturday, December 13 8 p.m. Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court
Film Series Titles Available Online and By Phone Titles will be announced as they become available on our website at mwpai.org/films, Facebook (fb.mwpai.org) or by phone 797-0055, option 3. Become a part of our Film Series email list to receive the latest updates by contacting bmortis@mwpai.org. Advertisements will also appear on the last Monday of each month in the ObserverDispatch. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, however, this helps ensure that you are presented with only the latest and finest films.
Films are shown on Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Films are shown on Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). All films are shown in 35mm format and BluRay digital cinema, with a state-of-the-art Dolby surround sound system. Comfortable seats give 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. Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.
Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sandwiches Made Fresh to Order Soup of the Day Daily Specials Local Ingredients throughout the Menu A Variety of Coca-Cola Beverages
Film Passbooks for discounted admission to 10 screenings are available for MWPAI Members for $55 and Non-Members for $75. For information call the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 797-0055, 800-754-0797. If you’d like monthly film email updates, sign up for our Performing Arts film email by contacting Bob Mortis at bmortis@mwpai.org, calling 7970055 or on our website mwpai.org.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS (and renewing members providing additional support at higher levels)
Fountain Elms Society
Family/Household
Joseph A. Abraham Evelyn Pousette-Dart Anna S. Giacobbe & Peter Welge Dr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Max David & Janet Griffith Florence C. Bourdon David & Sharon Goldenson
James & Gloria Byrnes Steve J. & Susan Goldberg Jason & Andrea Townsend Mary Cain Tatyana Antonevich Ron & Kimberly Fragetta David & Christina Scharf Marion Cadieux Thomas & Barbara Groves Denise Timpano Paul Reilley Patrice & Jim King Sandra Fentiman & Alice Kenly John D. Faris Susan & Mark Mojave Tim Johnston & Kristin Free Stephen P. and Patricia L. Mazza
President’s Circle Graham Egerton & Anne Redfern George & Pinny Kuckel
Patron Joan Clair Mr. & Mrs. Murray Kirshtein Mr. & Mrs. Norman W. Burch Susan McCraith Szuba Earle C. Reed
Contributor Agnes Murray & Graham Walker Jane S. Spellman James B. McEvoy Kevin Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Obernesser Edward & Sharon Rowan Robert & JoAnn Hodkinson
310 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502
Individual Harvey M. Delson Judith K. Hand Ashley Llewellyn Ms. Sharon Hunter Catherine Zywiak Marie A. Capuano Marsha Silverman Shobha Rao Ms. Dorothy Kula Kristen VanValkenburg Jan Burke Charles Titus Ms. Mary Buttimer Mrs. Joanne Koshar Ms. Jacqueline Farrell Pat A. Alberico Elaine Wise Serena Soldani-Buchanan
Museum of Art Open Friday Nights Until 8 p.m.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Information and Hours Museum Hours (including Fountain Elms): Tues.-Thurs., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fridays 10 a.m.-8 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., Fridays 10 a.m.-8 p.m. School of Art Gallery Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-noon. Library: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. noon-5 p.m. Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Thurs. and Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.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 art reference and music libraries, an active membership program, a Gift Gallery, and outstanding rental facilities ideal for public programs and private events. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute 310 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502 Telephone (315) 797-0000 Fax (315) 797-5608 www.mwpai.org Free Parking
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
NOVEMBER EVENTS 1 Saturday
8 Saturday
15 Saturday
22 Saturday
Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art.
Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art.
Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art.
Art Story Every Picture Tells a Story 10:30 a.m., Art Odyssey Interactive Gallery.
Exhibition Opening Lecture Through the Painter’s Lens: The Photographs of Richard Pousette-Dart Charles H. Duncan, exhibition curator 4:30 p.m., Auditorium.
Art Story Every Picture Tells a Story 10:30 a.m., Art Odyssey Interactive Gallery.
Keyboard Conversations: Rachmaninoff and Friends 8 p.m., Auditorium. Film Series Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium.
Members’ Exhibition Reception In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows and Absence / Presence: Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Museum of Art.
6 Thursday
9 Sunday
Art Story Every Picture Tells a Story 10:30 a.m., Art Odyssey Interactive Gallery.
Exhibition Opens Absence / Presence: Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer on view through January 4.
5 Wednesday
7 Friday First Friday Shorts: Gallery Talk The Artistry of Louis C. Tiffany 1:10 p.m., Museum of Art.
Second Sunday Guided Tour Permanent Collection 2 p.m., Museum of Art.
12 Wednesday Film Series Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium.
Film Series Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium.
Exhibition Opening PrattMWP Alumni Exhibit on view through December 5 Reception 4 to 6 p.m., Artists Talk and Performance 4:15, School of Art Gallery.
13 Thursday Guided Tour: Daniel D. Tompkins Chapel 10:30 a.m., Masonic Care Community, preregistration required.
Guided Tour: Choral Voices: In Company with Angels: Seven Utica’s Grace Church Choir Performs Rediscovered Tiffany Windows 6:30 p.m., Museum of Art. 1 p.m., Museum of Art, free with exhibition admission. Docent Guided Tour In Company with Angels: Seven 14 Friday Rediscovered Tiffany Windows Film Series 7 p.m., Museum of Art. Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium. Museum Open Until 8 p.m. Museum Open Until 8 p.m. 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.
Family Workshop: The Art of the Selfie 1 to 4 p.m., Museum of Art and School of Art, preregisration required.
16 Sunday Chamber Music Society Doric String Quartet 2:30 p.m., Auditorium.
17 Monday Easton Pribble Visiting Artist Lecture Series Bonnie Collura 10:30 a.m., Auditorium.
19 Wednesday Demonstration: Stained Glass by Meyda Tiffany Lighting Noon, Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court. Film Series Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium.
Guided Tour: Daniel D. Tompkins Chapel 10:30 a.m., Masonic Care Community, preregistration required. Guided Tour: In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows 1 p.m., Museum of Art, free with exhibition admission. Family Workshop: Camera-Free Photographs: The Scan-o-Gram 1 to 4 p.m., Museum of Art and School of Art, preregisration required.
26 Wednesday Film Series Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium.
27 Thursday Closed - Thanksgiving Day
28 Friday Exhibition Opens Victorian Yuletide on view through January 4.
20 Thursday Art Story Every Picture Tells a Story 10:30 a.m., Art Odyssey Interactive Gallery.
21 Friday Film Series Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium.
Film Series Phone 797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m., Auditorium. MWP Friday Night Party 5 to 8 p.m., 21 and over, Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court. Museum Open Until 8 p.m.
Museum Open Until 8 p.m.
Guided Tours In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows Fridays at 1 and 6 p.m. Saturdays at 1 p.m. Free with Exhibition Admission
Victorian Yuletide Saturdays at 2 p.m. November 29 through January 3 Free and Open to the Public