October 2020
Bulletin
OCTOBER EVENTS Digital Bulletin Update This digital issue contains updates that have occurred since the September/October issue went to press. October 3 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m. Zoom Class
October 6 Tuesday
Sacred Sound Session with Bianca Johnson of Full Lotus Yoga, Rome 7 p.m. Zoom Presentation
October 8 Thursday
Elizabeth Lemieux Faculty Lecture Professor Cindy Buckley Koren 10:30 a.m. Free and open to the public Virtual Presentation
October 9 Friday
Lunchtime Virtual Presentation Leading Local Ladies 1848-1920 By Rebecca McLain, Executive Director, Oneida County History Center 12:30 p.m. Zoom Presentation
October 10 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m. Zoom Class
October 16 Friday
Exhibition opens PrattMWP Faculty Feature Claudine Metrick, Christopher Cirillo, Sarah Smith On view through December 10 PrattMWP Gallery, Museum of Art
October 17 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m. Zoom Class
October 24 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m. Zoom Class
October 29 Thursday
Illustrated Presentation Race and Reform in the Urban North During the Early Progressive Era of the Twentieth Century Clemmie L. Harris, Ph.D. Director of Africana Studies, Utica College 6 p.m. Zoom Presentation
Registration for all Zoom presentations is required by contacting the Ticket Office at 315-797-0055. Upon registering, a link to access the program will be emailed to you.
Performances Canceled through January The New York State Department of Health Interim Guidelines for Arts and Entertainment Industries continue to prohibit the operation of concert, film, and other performing arts venues based on the level COVID-19 health risk they potentially present. Inquiries into this situation have indicated that these restrictions are unlikely to end anytime in the near future. Consequently, performing arts events scheduled through January are canceled. The Ticket Office will contact any ticket holders for these events with refund or donation options. If you would like to donate your tickets or offer additional support to the Performing Arts Patron Fund, please contact the Ticket Office at 315-797-0055 for more information. Cover images: Works from Astonishing Brilliance: Art, Light and the Transformation of American Culture and Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection now on view in the Museum of Art. Top left: Everrett Shinn, Paris Music Hall, American (1873 - 1953), 1902, opaque and transparent watercolor and pastel on wove paper, 8 x 9 in., Edward W. Root Bequest, 57.235 Top right: Maker unknown, Oil Lamp, 1830-40, Brass, glass, 33 in., Museum Purchase, 60.72 Middle left: Sabrina Gschwandtner, American (born 1977), Elizabeth Keckley Diamond, 2014, 16mm polyester film, polyester thread, and lithographic ink in a light box, 15 7/8 Ă— 16 13/16 Ă— 3 1/16 in., Museum Purchase, 2017.19 Middle right: Mabel Dwight, American (1876 - 1955), Ferry Boat, 1930, Lithograph on paper, 9 1/8 x 10 1/8 in., Gift of Edward W. Root 53.280 Bottom left: Decorated by Amelia Browne Sprague for Rookwood Pottery (active Cincinnati, Ohio, 1880 - 1960). Pitcher, 1890, earthenware, 4 3/4 in., Sarah T. Norris Estate Bequest, 73.61
Museum of Art On View through January 3 Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote, Celebrating Suffrage showcases women artists. The exhibition features material that dates from the early 1800s to the present, revealing a multitude of contributions women have made to art, society, the economy, and the nation.
Sylvia Wald (American, 1915 - 2011), Farm Family, 1943, Serigraph on paper, 15 13/16 x 11 Âź, Museum Purchase, 48.18.
Astonishing Brilliance: Art, Light and the Transformation of American Culture Discover how artists incorporated the science behind new lighting discoveries into their artistic practice through paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts from the Museum of Art treasure vault. George B. Luks, American (1867-1933), Closing the CafĂŠ, 1904, oil on hardwood panel, 8 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. Edward W. Root Bequest, 57.175
Memoryscape Spend time enrapt in the exciting and thought-provoking exhibition of luminous works by Daniel Buckingham, Professor of Sculpture at PrattMWP College of Art and Design. Daniel Buckingham, Childhood Adventure, 2020, paper, welded steel snapping turtle shells, objects, fluorescent, LED, neon text, transformer, electricity, light Two forms: 6 x 5 x 3 feet. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Mark DiOrio
Museum of Art Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection Zoom Presentations
As we near the November 3 presidential election, we celebrate the ratification of the 19th amendment a century ago, granting women the right to vote. Yet, it was only with the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 that African-American women could freely exercise that right. Join us for two special virtual presentations exploring the local suffrage movement and the history of racial inequality in this country, and how this history informs current events and struggles.
LUNCHTIME VIRTUAL PRESENTATION LEADING LOCAL LADIES 1848-1920 Friday, October 9, 12:30 p.m. Rebecca McLain, Executive Director, Oneida County History Center $3 Munson-Williams members; $5 general public
Tickets, 315-797-0055. Upon registering, a link to access the program will be emailed to you. Utica is less than 100 miles from the birthplace and epicenter of our nation’s women’s rights movement in Seneca Falls, NY. Did this proximity impact Utica and other communities in the Mohawk Valley? What role did our local citizens play? In this illustrated presentation, Rebecca McLain will address these questions and explore the influential people and places in the local women’s rights and suffrage movement.
1914 Suffrage Parade in Utica, courtesy Oneida County History Center
RACE AND REFORM IN THE URBAN NORTH DURING THE EARLY PROGRESSIVE ERA OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY October 29, 6 p.m. Clemmie L. Harris, Ph.D., Director of Africana Studies, Utica College $3 Munson-Williams members; $5 general public
Registration required 315-797-0055. Upon registering, a link to access the program will be emailed to you. The lynching of African American Zachariah H. Walker, in Chester, PA, in the summer of 1911 illuminated the escalating racial tensions in the city of Philadelphia. Race tensions caused African Americans to turn away from white conservative leaders and toward white liberals in Philadelphia's Progressive reform party.
Clemmie L. Harris, Ph.D.
Dr. Harris argues that this period is critical to understanding how race, reform, police brutality, and white nationalism intersected to create a sustained culture of violence, the toxicity of which infected the nation's civic structures by the end of World War I. This moment was also critical to understanding how anti-Black racism and anti-Semitism became mainstream in the United States. Finally, this talk will shed light on the implications this history holds for current struggles over the unresolved histories of Reconstruction, race, racism, and civil rights and the ways in which these unresolved histories continue to affect the well-being and health of African Americans and Support provided by western democracy.
Museum of Art LUNCHTIME VIRTUAL PRESENTATION SETTING THE MOOD: DRAMATIC LIGHTING IN ART AND THEATRE Tuesday, November 10, 12:30 p.m. Miranda Hofelt, Curator of 19th-Century American Art Wayne Murphy, Jr., Lighting Director, Wilde Rep Theatre
$3 MWPAI members; $5 general public Tickets, 315-797-0055. Upon registering, a link to access the program will be emailed to you. The invention of kerosene, gas, and electric lighting changed the way Americans saw light, color, depth, and brightness. In the 1800s, artists and designers embraced this new way of seeing in their work. Join Miranda Hofelt and Wayne Murphy, Jr. for a look at dramatic lighting choices in the work of Ashcan artists John Sloan, Everett Shinn, George Luks, and others in the exhibition Astonishing Brilliance: Art, Light, and the Transformation of American Culture.
The Grapes of Wrath at SUNY Fredonia 2019, photo by Czerton Lim
Johann M. Culverhouse (Dutch, 1820-c.1891; active United States, after 1849), Market at Night, 1872, oil on canvas, 26 × 38 3/16in., Museum Purchase, 72.22
Explore the Museum Through Mobile Guides Our mobile guides allow you to enjoy the Museum from your personal device through Apple and Android, as well as through the web. Visit https://mobile.mwpai.yourcultureconnect.com to learn more. PATRON, ARTIST, MUSE: WOMEN OF MWP: Tour our permanent collection and discover the prominent role that women have played in creating the Munson-Williams Museum you know and love. LET’S TALK ABOUT ART: Look at art in new ways through this interactive conversation-based tour. It is made possible with funding from the Community Foundation and the Mele Family Fund.
Emily Nichols Hatch (American, 1871 - 1960), Dora on the Beach at Belle Harbor, oil on canvas, 15 x 18 in. Emily Nichols Hatch Bequest, 61.30
HIDDEN TREASURES: Take a scavenger hunt that leads you throughout a bygone Utica from the days of the Munson, Williams, and Proctor families. Complete different challenges along the way! Produced in partnership with the Central New York Conservancy. SURVIVING PANDEM-ONIUM: This scavenger hunt takes you through the Museum’s permanent collection and current exhibitions, exploring pandemics, epidemics, and diseases throughout history. The strange associations surrounding works of art you thought you knew will astound you! Dora on the Beach at Belle Harbor, ca.1900, in the Celebrating Suffrage exhibition, is also one of the stops in the Pandem-onium scavenger hunt.
Museum of Art EDUCATION PROGRAMS ZOOM ART AND YOGA CLASSES For all levels Saturdays, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. October 3, 10, 17, 24 Tickets, 315-797-0055. Upon registering, a link to access the class will be emailed to you. Drop-in per class fee: $10 Munson Williams members, $15 general public Until we can safely meet again in the galleries, join us for the popular Art and Yoga class through Zoom. Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary Murray leads the practice with a talk on a work of art in the collection, and a related poem, allowing a thoughtful intention for the hour of yoga that follows with certified instructor Jeri George. Support provided by
VIRTUAL SACRED SOUND SESSION WITH BIANCA JOHNSON OF FULL LOTUS YOGA IN ROME Tuesday, October 6, 7 p.m. $10 per person, register at www.fulllotus.net/events/ virtual-sacred-sound-session The link to join will be sent to you via email one hour before the start time. Registration is required, replay will be available. This session is part of our ongoing Spotlight on the Community series of virtual pop-up classes led by guest instructors from local yoga practices. Sound vibration promotes healing on a molecular level. Immerse yourself in sound that will help dissolve stress, tension, and anxiety. You will relax in Savasana while the sacred sounds of crystal singing bowls, koshi chimes, gong and other instruments restore the harmony in your body, mind, heart and soul. For this event, make sure you are in a comfortable and quiet space with pillows and blankets to support your body. The session will last approximately one hour. It is strongly recommended that you use headphones or earbuds to experience the sound.
VIRTUAL ART STORY AT HOME ANYTIME Kids can enjoy Art Story from Home! Recieve a pre-recorded virtual Art Story session that includes two interactive book readings, a look at art in the museum’s collection, and an extra art project. To receive your session contact Jennifer Lorenz Badua, Museum Educator for Student Programs, at 315-797-0000 ext. 2146 or by email at jlorenzbadua@mwpai.edu. Support provided by
Art Story is a lively and engaging event – join us virtually!
PrattMWP and School of Art E liz ab e t h L e mie u x Fa c ul t y L e c ture Virtual Presentation
Professor Cindy Buckley Koren Thursday, October 8, 10:30 a.m. Free and open to the public
Register at pribble2.mwpai.edu Recipient of the 2020 Individual Artist Commission, Decentralized Grant from CNY Arts, Professor Cindy Buckley Koren will discuss her recent sabbatical and share progress from her current project. LOVE, HOPE & American DREAM is a documentary film in preproduction that explores the legalities surrounding copyright law in the arts, reproduction licensing, intellectual and creative property ownership through interviews with artists, designers, and legal professionals.
AMERICAN
& DREAM GREED
Cindy Buckley Koren and Milton Glaser
This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts.
Sponsored by Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.
VISIT THE LIBRARY OR USE CURBSIDE PICKUP The Munson-Williams Library is open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday noon to 5 p.m., and Sunday 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Open Columbus Day. Curbside pickup of books, DVDs, and music CDs is also available. To request a pickup time, or for research assistance, phone 315-797-0000 ext. 2123 or email Library@mwpai.edu.
PrattMWP and School of Art PrattMWP Gallery COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN The PrattMWP Gallery is located in Fountain Elms
PrattMWP Faculty Exhibition On view through Sunday, October 4
Artwork by the PrattMWP faculty will be showcased in a multimedia exhibition through Sunday, October 4. The show provides the PrattMWP students and local community an opportunity to examine the variety of different approaches that our instructors take in their personal artwork. PrattMWP Gallery is located in Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art at 310 Genesee Street, Utica, New York. Gallery Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday • 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday
Gregory Lawler, Professor of Drawing and Painting, Elephant, oil on canvas, 36 x 36"
Upcoming Exhibition:
Faculty Feature: Claudine Metrick, Christopher Cirillo, and Sarah Phyllis Smith Friday, October 16 through Thursday, December 10, 2020 The PrattMWP Gallery is located in Fountain Elms Works by Associate Professor of 2D Foundations Claudine Metrick, Associate Professor of LCD and Drawing Christopher Cirillo, and Assistant Professor of Photography Sarah Smith are highlighted in this special three-person show.
Sarah Phyllis Smith, Ellen, 2020, pigment inkjet print
Claudine Metrick, I Bought These to Remember You, 2019, oil on aluminum
Christopher Cirillo, Artemis Interrupted, 2014, acrylic and oil on canvas
Enhance Your Visit WORKS BY LOCAL ARTISTS: HIGHLIGHTED IN MUSEUM SHOP Note Cards by Derrick A. O’Meara $6 O’Meara found that his passion for art began to flourish in semi-retirement after a career in the state police. Beginning with a single “doodled” note, he has since created more than 300 original pieces. Most of his creations feature striking landscapes, and his notecards capture the beauty of nature and help others convey their well wishes. Derrick O’Meara lives in Forestport, New York.
Assorted Tree Sculptures by Stuart Miller $30 Tree sculptures by Stuart Miller are created as simple representations of various kinds of evergreen and deciduous trees. The tree sculptures are made from copper wire, (bright or bluish green, with red or white patinas) twisted and formed into miniature spreading oaks, weeping willows, apple trees, maples, spruces and even palm trees. Miller hopes the observer will connect to their own favorite natural place and perhaps think about how much humans depend on trees. The trees are affixed to rocks found along lakes, streams, and the seashore. Stuart Miller lives in Upstate New York.
2021 Art Calendars are in stock now. Museum Shop Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
OCTOBER CAMPUS STORE BLOW-OUT SALE Friday, October 2 through Friday, October 30
Drastic Reductions on Selected Campus Store Merchandise All sales are final – no additional discounts or returns
Items include - Gamblin mediums, (Gamsol 16oz, Galkyd lite 8oz, Refined Linseed oil 16oz) - Shinhan twin brush markers - Epson photo paper - Lino cutter assortment from Speedball - C9 replacement bulbs - assorted colors - Kodak T-max black & white film Campus Store Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday Located in the Student Center at 1216 State St., Utica, N.Y. 315-797-0000 ext. 2227
MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES William C. Craine, Chair
Dietra Harvey
F. X. Matt, III, Vice-Chair
Steven R. Kowalsky
Robert Knight, Secretary
C. Sonia Martinez
Vige Barrie
Peggy O’Shea
Steven J. Brown
Michael D. Damsky, Trustee Emeritus
Michael D. Cominsky
John B. Stetson, Trustee Emeritus
Emma Golden Donna Harkavy
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Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE INFORMATION AND HOURS Hours Museum of Art including Fountain Elms: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Performing Arts Ticket Office: 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 PrattMWP Gallery: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. School of Art Offices: Mon.-Fri. 8:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Art Library: Mon.-Thur. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. Noon-5 p.m., Sun. 3-8 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 Library, an active membership program, a Museum Shop, and outstanding rental facilities ideal for public programs and private events. Munson-Williams 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 Library, Performing Arts Office, School of Art Gallery, Studio D, and the Pottery Studio, the Academic Center, and Student Center.