NDMOA Fall 2009 Newsletter

North Dakota Museum of Art AUTUMN ART AUCTION EXHIBITION OCTOBER 18 - November 7, 2009 LIVE AUCTION NOVEMBER 7 IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES

Adam Kemp, Cows, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 28 inches.

Ten years ago the Museum established its first live auction. The goal was to build a buying audience for artists who live in our region—maybe we could keep a few closer to home to enrich our own cultural life. Museum Director Laurel Reuter decided to chose the work herself as a nudge to visit artists’ studios—a summer activity. She also decided to put time and money into producing a serious catalog as a way of tracing the history of our own artists. NDMOA defines the region to include all of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, plus artists who have ongoing relationships with the Museum.

Artists are never asked to donate their work, although some do.

Rather they set their minimum price and only after that is reached does the Museum begin to share proceeds 50/50.

Unable to come? Bid by phone or place your bids in advance.

The evening begins at 6:30 with wine and hors d’oeuvres donated by local restaurants. At 8 pm Ross Rolshoven opens the live auction. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

The catalog is funded by Museum patrons, supporters, contributors, and advertisers. Contact us if you wish to receive a catalog.

And remember, buy local. Read the sponsor pages to learn about those who invest in the Museum and in our community. This past year a Museum supporter looked up a realtor in the catalog and asked him to handle a property sale. Supporting the Museum works.

Above, Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline, Rupertsland Handicrafts, 2007, screenprint on Mylar, 17 x 11 inches.

Bottom left: Tim Schouten, further westward (Treaty 4), 2008, encaustic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches.

Below: Matt Anderson, Adaptation, 2009, hand drawing with Adobe Illustrator, printed on archival paper, 34.5 x 85 inches.

Keep the Museum Lights Bright MUSEUM FINISHES FISCAL YEAR IN THE BLACK Thanks to the generosity of many, the North Dakota Museum of Art finished the current fiscal year on June 30, 2009, in the black and with adequate resources to move into the next season, that is, to pay salaries for the first two months. This is in marked contrast to cultural institutions throughout the United States who have been forced to cut programs and staff. For years, NDMOA has maintained a slim but highly skilled staff. Our goal was to keep our core crew intact, which we did. During the Museum’s Keep the Lights Bright Campaign, $74,653 came, mostly designated for general operating. Total individual gifts came to $203,716 during the year. The Trustees and the Staff of the North Dakota Museum of Art thank you for your essential and deeply appreciated on-going support.

FEDERAL STIMULUS PROGRAM: Other good news bodes well for the coming seasons. The Museum was one of only two North Dakota cultural entities to receive Federal Stimulus money for salaries in 2009-2010. The National Endowment for the Arts considered over 2,400 requests for grants of either $50,000 or $25,000 and awarded 617 including sixty-three to museums.

The Museum will receive $50,000.

RURAL ARTS PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH: The bright RURAL ARTS INITIATIVE SCHEDULE ANIMALS: THEM AND US Pekin, ND: October 18 – 30, 2009 Ellendale, ND: November 10 – 24, 2009 Steele, ND: November 30 – December 14, 2009 Bismarck, ND: January 4 – 31, 2010 Dickinson, ND: February 2 – 25, 2010

SNOW COUNTRY PRISON Park Rapids, MN: September 1 – 25, 2009 Mahnomen, MN: October 6 – 20, 2009 Cando, ND: November 3 – 13, 2009 Roseau MN: November 27 – December 10, 2009

Memo Guardia’s Ceramics Workshops Cavalier, ND: October 26 – 29, 2009 Ellendale, ND: November 16 – 20, 2009 Steele, ND: December 7 – 11, 2009 Minnesota sites funded by MetLife Foundation.

North Dakota sites funded by the State Legislature.

spot is increased funding from the State of North Dakota for the Museum’s Rural Arts Initiative. This season we are adding weeklong ceramic workshops and that will be conducted by Peruvian artist Guillermo (Memo) Guardia, the newest member of the Museum Staff.

BUSH FOUNDATION SUPPORT AT $100,000 ANNUALLY: The Museum has completed its eleventh year in the Bush Foundation’s Regional Arts Development Program. Subsequently, the Museum will launch the Rural Arts Institute with an International Summit held in Grand Forks to explore new methods of arts delivery for rural communities in the twenty-first century.

MARGARET CARGILL FOUNDATION invited five-hundred entities from across the U.S. into its inaugural Foundation Charitable Community, each receiving the same $50,000 over five years plus stock, or an equivalent stock gift. NDMOA is the State’s sole invitee. The Foundation, which does not accept unsolicited requests for support, is responsible for identifying appropriate charitable organizations and making grants in the areas of arts, environment, humane treatment of animals, and quality of life.

The Disappeared returns to NDMOA

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war.

Martin Luther King Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

THE DISAPPEARED EXHIBITION NOVEMBER 19, 2009 - JANUARY 17, 2010 OPENING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 4 - 8 PM The Disappeared was organized by the North Dakota Museum of Art and opened in North Dakota in March 2005. Subsequently it toured to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Antigua, Guatemala; Santiago de Chile; and Bogota, Colombia in addition to five sites in the United States including El Museo del Barrio, New York City; Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC; Site Santa Fe in New Mexico; University of Wyoming; and the University of Texas at El Paso. The Museum of Art is bringing an expanded version of the show home in November 2009 as the final showing before dispersal.

DISAPPEARED SYMPOSIUM NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 2, 2009 Symposium Theme: How people and countries move forward into a more humane future after great suffering.

Presentors: ISHMAEL BEAH, former boy soldier from Sierra Leone who serves as an international ambassador for children damaged by war.

His book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier on the New York Times best seller list for months.

SARAH CAHILL, pianist, will perform A Sweeter Music, works she commissioned by eighteen contemporary composers charged with envisioning peace. She performs against a backdrop of videos created for each work by collaborator John Sanborn.

EMMANUEL JAL, former boy soldier from Sudan who became an international hip-hop artist and composer, human rights spokesman, and author of War Child.

FATHER JACK DAVIS, pastor among Peru’s poor since 1974. A North Dakota native who was himself hunted by the Shining Path during the terrible years of Peru’s civil war.

KATE DOYLE, Senior Analyst for the National Security Archive in Washington, D.C., has led the Guatemala Project to archive the “death squad dossier,” the molding records of thousands killed during Guatemala’s civil war.

REPRESENTATIVE from International Center for Transitional Justice Luis Gonzales Palma, Hermetic Tensions, 1997.

Diptych, silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 20.5.

Promised gift to the North Dakota Museum of Art.

founded in 2001 to assist countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. ICTJ most often works in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict.

AVIV QUARTET TO PERFORM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2 PM IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES

Arturo Duclos, Untitled, 1995, 75 human femurs and screws, 11.5 x 17.2 feet from The Disappeared exhibition.

Formed in Israel in 1997, the quartet was awarded the Grand Prix and four special prizes at the 3rd International Melbourne Chamber Music Competition (1999, Australia), the Schubert Prize at the Schubert Competition (2003 Graz, Austria), 2nd prize (no 1st prize awarded) at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition (2003, France) and 1st Prize (“Amadeus Prize”) at the Charles Hennen Competition (1999, Holland).

They have also been awarded several national prizes, such as the Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize (2001), the German Ministry of Education Award (1999), and a Prize of the Israeli Lottery Foundation — Ensemble of the Year 2003.

In 2003, Naxos released the quartet’s debut CD (Hoffmeister’s String Quartets op 14). Between 2004 and 2006 the Aviv Quartet recorded several Shostakovich Quartets for the Israeli label Dalia Classics.

CHILDREN AND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING HAMPSTEN STAGE COMPANY PRESENTS OLIVER The University of North Dakota and Office of Multicultural Student Services salutes Suzanne Fink Museum Curator of Education with its 4th Annual Frida Khalo Phenomenal Woman Award, “A quiet soul who does not seek attention or admiration.

We are here because you made a sacrifice.”

(April 17, 2009)

Museum Hours: 9 - 5 weekdays 1 - 5 Saturday and Sunday No admission charge 261 Centennial Drive Grand Forks, North Dakota 701.777.4195 www.ndmoa.com

Charles Dickens’ favorite classic Oliver Twist Monday, November 9, at 9:30, 1:30 and 7 pm School groups encouraged to attend 50-minute performances Evening performance for families and community

Workshop: Making My Home Saturday, November 21, 10 am - noon Ages 6 - 12, $8 Museum members, $10 non-members

Workshop: Recipe For Fun Saturday, December 5, 10 am - noon Ages 6 - 12, $8 Museum members, $10 non-members

Art Making Party Saturday, December 26, 12 - 4 pm End of the year celebration for adults, and children. Free for everyone. Drop in for a few minutes or stay all day creating art collages while enjoying music and refreshments. Bring your friends and family. No experience is necessary and no registration is required. Bring old magazines and pictures to add to your creation if you like, however, materials will be supplied as well.