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The Independent Heroine of Modern Life As Seen in Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France BY VICTORIA COOKE Curator of European Painting, NOMA

Figure 1 Julius Leblanc Stewart (French, 1855-1919) The Ladies Goldsmith in a Peugeot Voiturette in the Bois de Boulogne in 1897, 1901 Oil on canvas, 31 x 49-3/16 inches Musée National de la Voiture et du Tourisme, Compiègne

I do not believe that there has ever been a man who treats a woman as his equal and it is all that I will have asked for, because I know I am worth them all Berthe Morisot, 1890

OMA’s exhibition Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France celebrates the enduring spirit of women. Focusing on the dawning of the twentieth century, these paintings illustrate various aspects of the experience of the modern woman. A wide range of artists, from Corot to Picasso, show women enduring the hardships of poverty, laboring in cafés and workshops in the city and fields in the country. They portray women caring for their families in good times and bad, finding ingenious ways to empower their lives,

and leaving the seclusion of the home for an active social life on the boulevards of Paris. In some of the eightythree works in the exhibition, women play sports formerly reserved for men or relax on beaches; in others they tend to the wounded during wartime. Through these canvases a new image of women emerges: the independent heroine of modern life. One of the finest examples of this kind of woman is Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) whose self-portrait (fig. 2) reveals a mature, self-assured individual. She gazes out of the canvas at the viewer, paintbrush in hand, asserting her right to professional recognition. By the time she painted this 1885 canvas, Morisot had achieved acclaim as an artist. The first woman to join the Impressionist group, she participated in seven of the eight Impressionist exhibitions. (continued on page 6)

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t is a joy to have the wonderful exhibition—Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France—on view in NOMA’s Ella West Freeman Galleries. It seems like old times! Billboards and banners around town, visitors lined up to purchase tickets, the galleries full, the Museum Shop humming, and, most important, everyone loving the exhibition. NOMA is back in its pre-Katrina blockbuster mode. What a wonderful gift from the French Government! Eighty-three paintings lent by forty-five museums with a fully illustrated, bilingual catalogue and all done in just over one year. Our French colleagues really knocked themselves out to make the Femme exhibition a reality. For me and many others here at NOMA, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, French Minister of Culture; Jean-David Levitte, French Ambassador to the United States; Pierre Lebovics, French Consul General in New Orleans; and Francis Ribemont, Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes and curator of the exhibition, personify the great friendship between New Orleans and France. The citizens of Louisiana never will forget how France immediately came to their aid in the hour of their greatest need. While beautiful and entertaining, the Femme exhibition is much more. It is inspirational. Many of the French artists in the exhibition are masters at depicting essential human situations with sympathy and emotion: joy, sorrow, happiness, despair, loss and recovery. All visitors, but particularly New Orleanians, can learn and be inspired by this exhibition in a way that no other exhibition NOMA has ever presented has attempted. Joining the French Government and its exhibition sponsor, Total, are sixteen American sponsors, many in New Orleans, who have supported NOMA in marketing and publicizing the Femme exhibition across the country, particularly in the Gulf South. Less than a year ago, we first approached Cindy Molyneaux and her colleagues at the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, and they immediately stepped forward to be the lead sponsor in New Orleans. Inspired by Freeport’s leadership gift, other foundations and corporations provided additional support, and they are all listed on page 10 of this Arts Quarterly. To everyone who made the Femme exhibition possible, a gigantic merci beaucoup. E. John Bullard

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The Independent Heroine of Modern Life As Seen in Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Victoria Cooke

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State Dinner Celebrates Femme, femme, femme Exhibition

Fabergé from Southern Collections John Webster Keefe

Really Beautiful: Henry Casselli Drawings, Sketches and Watercolor Pre-Studies from the Lieselotte and Ernest Tansey Collection George Roland

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Figure 2 Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895) Self-portrait, 1885 Oil on canvas, 24 x 19-11/16 inches Musée Marmottan- Claude Monet, Fondation Denis et Anne Rouart, Paris

While women often learned to paint as a hobby, becoming a professional artist was considered a masculine pursuit. The mainstream medical profession continued to warn women about the physical dangers of devoting intellect and energy to serious matters. Indeed, Edma Morisot, Berthe’s sister and a talented artist in her own right, abandoned a promising artistic career when she married. Morisot’s contribution to the history of art is not only her extraordinary body of work but also her life itself. She married the brother of Edouard Manet, and the couple produced a daughter, Julie, in 1878. Although she

did take leave from her career during the end of her pregnancy and the first months of Julie’s infancy, Berthe Morisot returned to her easel and exhibited the following year. She demonstrated that a woman could be both a professional and a mother. Femme, femme, femme opens with images of a woman’s pivotal role in the domestic sphere as mother, wife, sister, and daughter. During the Third Republic (1870-1940), society began to recognize the importance of the home environment for the health and welfare of children. As a result, the duties and responsibilities of motherhood were increasingly seen as a valuable, viable

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Figure 3 Joseph-Marius Avy (French, 1871-1939) The Young Ladies’ Dance, 1903 Oil on canvas, 54-3/4 x 86-1/4 inches Musée du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris

career. Doctors such as Gustave Variot made new recommendations for the care of infants, and Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) made people aware of the transmission of germs. The government sanctioned childcare centers, which first had been established in 1862 and were plentiful by the end of the century. There, working women could place their infants and preschoolaged children in the care of professional childcare workers. In the painting At the Day Care Center, Jean Jules Henri Geoffroy (1852-1924) shows the day-care worker as a maternal figure tenderly lowering a healthy, rosy-cheeked baby into a cradle. Young girls also enjoyed the new access to education. Recognizing the importance of having an educated populace, France established free education in 1881, providing opportunity to all classes and both sexes. This also created a demand for trained teachers and led to an influx of women into the profession. In addition to academic subjects, girls from the upper classes continued to be trained in the social arts. The Young Ladies’ Dance (fig. 3) by Joseph-Marius Avy (1871-1939) chronicles the practice of holding balls where girls could rehearse their dancing skills in an innocent atmosphere without men or boys. With their voluminous white skirts swirling and twirling, the girls

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show off their fine gowns for the first time. They practice the various dances they have been taught. Some are awkward beginners and others seem to be more accomplished. Avy included a girl too young to participate; she rests her head on her mother’s head dreaming of the day she, too, will enter society. This rite of passage marked a girl’s emergence into young womanhood, a rehearsal for the dances where she was likely to meet her future husband. An upper-class woman was free from the hardships of labor, and her life revolved around a routine of social obligations. Some were festive family occasions, such as a picnic of women and children (fig. 4) depicted by James Tissot (1836-1902). His companion, Kathleen Newton, who smiles, invites the artist to join his happy family and friends. The Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) portrayed his female relatives at their family retreat in Portraits in the Country (fig. 5). Each one engages in a proper activity for an upper-class lady— sewing or reading—keeping their hands busy. The quiet women appear isolated from one another, absorbed in their own thoughts. The dawning of the new century promised more freedom for women in their leisure activities. Activities that today are taken for granted were considered a male

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Figure 4 James Tissot (French, 1836-1902) Luncheon on the Grass, circa 1881-82 Oil on canvas, 7-7/8 x 10-5/8 inches Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon

Figure 5 Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848-1894) Portraits in the Country, 1876 Oil on canvas, 38-3/4 x 43-5/16 inches Musée Baron Gérard, Bayeux

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preserve at the time. Even driving one of the new automobiles was an eccentric, radical activity for a woman at the turn of the century. Julius Leblanc Stewart’s (1855-1919) painting The Goldsmith Girls in a Peugeot Voiturette in the Bois de Boulogne in 1897 (figure 1) shows two spirited young women taking a drive with their dog. While the customary driving outfit included protective goggles and overalls, the Goldsmith sisters wear fashionable dresses. One has removed the veil from her hat to enjoy the rush of wind on her face. These women exude the feeling of freedom the automobile offered drivers and riders. While painted in 1901, the artist specifically dates the scene as 1897, one year before the French government issued the first woman a driver’s license. That woman was the irrepressible Duchess of Uzès, granddaughter of the Widow Clicquot. Portraits of both of these remarkable women can be seen in the exhibition. In similar spirit is Pablo Picasso’s (1881-1973) The Bathers (fig. 6) painted in the summer of 1918. This picture is an homage to women at leisure on the beaches of France. Wearing the new swimming costumes, which were remarkably revealing for the early twentieth century, the bathers relax in the sun. One twists and turns in a dance with her face toward the sky. The dunes of the beach provide privacy for these women who appear to be at peace with themselves, their bodies, and their environment. Picasso provides an image of joy and celebration—a celebration not only of life but also of the evolving position of women in society. Women were emerging as professionals in the workplace; “women’s work,” such as childcare, was being recognized as a professional endeavor. Women were setting aside their quiet leisure pursuits to frolic on the beaches, to drive cars and embrace the new century, which would give them more freedom than their nineteenth-century mothers and grandmothers could have imagined. This extraordinary exhibition is a great gift from France to Louisiana. ■

Femme, femme, femme is on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art through June 3, 2007. The exhibition has been organized by the Ministére française de la Culture et de la Communication—Direction des musées de France and La Réunion des musées nationaux. The exhibition is supported in France by Total. The exhibition is presented in New Orleans by FreeportMcMoRan Foundation. Additional support is provided by Lakeside Shopping Center and The Feil Organization; The Helis Foundation; Blanchard and Company, Inc.; The Booth-Bricker Fund; Capital One; Chevron; Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation; Sheraton New Orleans Hotel; WDSU News Channel 6; Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport; Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation; Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P.; Office of the Lieutenant Governor/Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; The Champagne Veuve Clicquot Collection; and Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, which is available in the NOMA Museum Shop.

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Figure 6 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) The Bathers, Summer 1918 Oil on canvas, 10-5/8 x 8-11/16 inches Musée Picasso, Paris

Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France DATES:.....................................................March 4 – June 3, 2007 HOURS:.....................................................10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Last entry at 3:45 p.m.) Closed All Mondays, Tuesdays & Legal Holidays, including Easter Sunday, April 8 TICKETS: Advance tickets are recommended. Tickets are for a specific date and time based on availability. AUDIO TOUR:.....................................Free with Paid Admission NOMA Members.....$3.00 ADMISSION: FREE TO NOMA MEMBERS. Additional tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster or at NOMA. Adults.........................................................................$15.00 Seniors (65+) and Full-time Students with I.D..........$14.00 Children (3-17)..........................................................$10.00 Children under 3...........................................................Free Tickets for Louisiana residents with valid picture I.D. Adults...........................................................................$7.00 Seniors (65+)................................................................$6.00 Children (3-17)............................................................$3.00 Children under 3...........................................................Free Individual ticket sales provided through Ticketmaster. Greater New Orleans......................................504-522-5555 Baton Rouge...................................................225-761-8400 Outside Louisiana.........................Toll free 1-800-488-5252 TTD (hearing impaired only)......................1-800-755-6244 www.TICKETMASTER.com Or stop by any Ticketmaster location. Service, postage and handling charges apply.

MUSEUM SHOP:......................................10:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. PARKING:..................................................Available in City Park Cameras and video cameras are prohibited. Umbrellas, backpacks and strollers must be checked. The New Orleans Museum of Art is fully accessible to the handicapped. The exhibition has been organized by the Ministére française de la Culture et de la Communiction—Direction des musées de France and La Réunion des musées nationaux. The exhibition is supported in France by Total.

The exhibition is presesented in New Orleans by Freeport-McMoRan Foundation. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Additional support provided by Lakeside Shopping Center and The Feil Organization The Helis Foundation Blanchard and Company, Inc. The Booth-Bricker Fund Capital One Chevron

ADMITTANCE INTO THE MUSEUM PERMITTED ONLY ON DATES AND TIMES STIPULATED ON THE TICKET. THERE ARE NO EXCHANGES OR REFUNDS. In addition to Ticketmaster, tickets also may be purchased at the New Orleans Museum of Art. GROUP TICKET SALES – NON-LOUISIANA RESIDENTS (Minimum of 20 persons). Available now. Adults.........................................................................$12.00 Seniors (65+)..............................................................$10.00 Children (3-17)............................................................$3.00 GROUP TICKET SALES – LOUISIANA RESIDENTS (Minimum of 20 persons). Available now. Adults...........................................................................$6.50 Seniors (65+)................................................................$5.50 Children (3-17)............................................................$3.00

Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation Sheraton New Orleans Hotel WDSU News Channel 6 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Jones, Walker, Waechter, Pointevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. Office of the Lieutenant Governor/Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust Maison Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin For more information, call the New Orleans Museum of Art at 504-658-4100 or visit www.noma.org.

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State Dinner Celebrates Femme, femme, femme Exhibition

he Femme, femme, femme exhibition premiered with a black-tie Gala State Dinner. The evening began with champagne and music by the Dr. Michael White Trio. Guests were welcome with remarks by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication de France; Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France aux États-Unis; Francis Ribemont, Director of the Musée de Beaux Art, Rennes, the curator of the Femme, femme, femme exhibition; and Mitch

Landrieu, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. Following dinner, guests viewed the Femme, femme, femme exhibition and enjoyed a fabulous dessert buffet along with champagne, coffee and liqueurs and the piano music of Matt Scoggin. The State Dinner was sponsored by Jones, Walker, Waechter, Pointevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. The event was chaired by Sandra D. Freeman and Alexandra Stafford, with honorary chairs Elisabeth M. Stafford and Françoise Billion Richardson. ■

Clockwise, from top left Femme State Dinner Chairs Alexandra Stafford (left) and Sandra Freeman (left to right) Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France aux États-Unis; Mimi Stafford, Arnaud d’Hauterives, Françoise Billion Richardson Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Mitch Landrieu (left), Princess Marie Sol de la Tour d’Auvergne, French Consul General Pierre Lebovics NOMA Board of Trustees President Sydney Besthoff with wife, Walda (right) and daughter Valerie Marcus Rita Benson LeBlanc (left) and Cindy Molyneaux Donna and Benjamin Rosen Photos by Judy Cooper

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Fabergé from Southern Collections BY JOHN WEBSTER KEEFE The RosaMary Foundation Curator of the Decorative Arts, NOMA

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completely new installation of the Museum’s Fabergé Gallery opened on St. Valentine’s Day. The gallery displays eighty works by the great Russian artist-jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920), as well as two antique Russian ikons having imperial provenances. These masterworks all have been drawn from private collections in Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia. A broad array of the objets de fantaisie produced by the House of Fabergé includes desk and smoking accessories, miniature and full-scale Easter eggs, picture frames, and such specialty pieces as barometers, sealing wax dispensers and stamp viewers.

INTERIOR VIEW In the background is a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II by French society photographer Alphonse Bert (fl. 1878-1936), who is thought to have taken the likeness of the emperor during his State Visit to Paris in 1900. In the center of the view is a case containing an imperial eagle-crested Horse Guards helmet and a large blue imperial frame by Peter Carl Fabergé containing the original photograph of Tsar Nicholas II.

ENTRANCE: FABERGÉ GALLERY In the background is the imperial double-headed Russian eagle, the single most recognized symbol of the Romanov autocracy. The motif of the double-headed eagle was of Byzantine origin and originally represented the two Roman empires that of the West, centered in Rome, and that of the East, centered in Constantinople.

BOX: “The Bismarck Box,” 1884 Gold, diamond, crimson guilloché enamel, oil paints, ivory Peter Carl Fabergé, creator; Michael Evlampievich Perchin (Russian, 1860-1903), workmaster St. Petersburg Collection of Dr. Daniel L. Hodges One of the most lavish of the surviving imperial presentation pieces by Fabergé, the Bismarck Box displays 90 carats of diamonds in its lid. These center a portrait miniature of the presenter, Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894; r. 1881-1894), who gave the piece to Prince von Bismarck, Chancellor of the German empire, in 1884.

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TREE WITH 12 MINIATURE EASTER EGGS The eggs: gold, diamond, purpurine, sapphire, enamel; the tree: gilt-bronze, carnelian Peter Carl Fabergé, creator; various workmasters St. Petersburg 1899-1918; the tree later Gift of Caroline Ireland, 2006.79.1-26 The House of Fabergé created a fashion for the collecting of its charm-size Easter eggs, which could be worn on necklaces and bracelets and watch chains or displayed as the fruits of miniature trees. The extraordinary imagination and versatility of Fabergé’s workmasters were brilliantly shown in the miniature eggs, each of which was a unique creation. Almost all of the major Fabergé workmasters—Michael Perchin, Henrik Wigström, August Hollming, Feodor Afanassiev and August Holmström, among others— produced miniature eggs. These jelly bean-size charms took the conventional form of an egg while others were fashioned as military helmets. Still others were animals whose natural form resembled an egg—crouched rabbits, chicks or fish. Whatever their form, the miniature eggs consistently displayed Fabergé’s melding of imaginative design, luxury materials and superb craftsmanship.

Left to right: SCENT BOTTLE, 1899-1908 Gold, rock crystal, diamond, pink star sapphire Peter Carl Fabergé; Anders Johan Nevalainen (Finnish, 1858-1933), workmaster St. Petersburg Gift of Paul J. Leaman, Jr. 1995.441 CIGARETTE CASE, 1899-1908 Gold, pearl, moonstone, scarlet guilloche enamel Peter Carl Fabergé; Henrik Wigström (Finnish, 1863-1923), workmaster St. Petersburg Gift of Paul J. Leaman, Jr. 1995.440 Both of these elegantly finished objects reflect Fabergé’s ability to take a simple functional object and convert into a visual delight. Both reveal as well Fabergé’s highly developed sense of color and striking combinations of material.

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IMPERIAL HORSE GUARDS HELMET, circa 1898-1900 gilt-bronze, copper argenté Collection of Daniel R. Bibb IMPERIAL FRAME, 1907 Silver, blue guilloché enamel, beveled lead glass Peter Carl Fabergé, creator; Johan Anders Nevalainen (Finnish, 1858-1933), workmaster St. Petersburg Collection of Dr. Daniel L. Hodges The Imperial Horse Guard was composed of men from Russia’s most noble families; their primary duty was to protect the family of the Tsar. The Imperial frame by Fabergé was purchased by the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna to contain this photograph of her son, Tsar Nicholas II. It is the largest frame by Fabergé known to exist.

REALLY BEAUTIFUL: Henry Casselli Drawings, Sketches and Watercolor Pre-studies from the Lieselotte and Ernest Tansey Collection BY GEORGE ROLAND The Doris Zemurray Stone Curator of Prints and Drawings, NOMA

enry Casselli’s drawings are realistic. And beautiful. His work may be added to the pages of draftsmanship that include Holbein, Ingres and Degas. Precise, detailed, fluid and sensitive, they reveal an artist in an intimate relationship with his subject. He seeks expressive means of recording information about people and objects; and, although he refers to many of these sheets later in more comprehensive compositions, they may themselves be considered works of art. Lieselotte and Ernest Tansey of Celle, Germany, became interested in the work of Henry Casselli when they visited NOMA in 2000 and saw the Henry Casselli retrospective. A friendship with the artist soon developed and prompted the Tanseys to commission a portrait of her to hang in the lobby of the Liselotte Tansey Breast Cancer Center at the Ochsner Clinic. Connoisseurs in the great European tradition and important collectors of portrait miniatures, the Tanseys have contributed funds to the New Orleans Museum of Art for the purchase of a large group of original graphic works from Casselli’s own collection. Three hundred twenty-three sheets, some of which include more than one image, are a welcome addition to the Department of Prints and Drawings. A selection from this splendid acquisition is the subject of an exhibition in the Templeman Galleries on the Museum’s second floor. Drawing has preoccupied Casselli since he was a schoolboy in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Talent, training and hard work have won him a life-long career as an artist and his sensitivity and vision have touched many admirers. As a witness to history in Vietnam, at NASA, in the White House and after Hurricane Katrina, he has made enduring contributions, but it is as an intimate recorder of the human condition he is most beloved. Casselli has received numerous honors and awards including the American Watercolor Society’s Gold Medal of Honor. His paintings ornament many private and museum collections. This exhibition of drawings allows a glimpse of the artist at work—his first response to a subject, like an overheard conversation. From Crucifixion, a pen and ink drawing done when the artist was sixteen years old, to the moving Katrina’s Left Behind studies, these works represent the range of Henry Casselli’s work to date. Spanning forty-two years of dedicated effort, they have never been seen publicly. Many are studies related to the finished paintings shown in Henry Casselli: Master of the American Watercolor, the retrospective exhibition organized by NOMA in 2000.

Casselli’s art school drawings under John and Mary McCrady, a few “on-the-spot” Marine Corps Combat Art sketches scribbled while on the run in Vietnam, the Civil War and Racetrack Series, along with a number of studies for portraits, complete the collection. Many of the works are personal treasures and historically significant milestones in the artist’s career: the first portrait sketch, studies for the first commissioned painting as well as studies for Echo, the American Watercolor Society Gold Medal winner. ■

REALLY BEAUTIFUL: Henry Casselli Drawings, Sketches and Watercolor Pre-studies from the Lieselotte and Ernest Tansey Collection will be shown at the New Orleans Museum of Art from May 11 through September 2, 2007. The catalogue Henry Casselli: Master of the American Watercolor by Donelson Hoopes is available from the Museum bookshop.

Henry Casselli (American, born 1946) Smooch (Mother and child) Sketch of Jane and her son Richard Collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art The Lieselotte and Ernest Tansey Collection. 2005.108.104

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NOMA Honors Its Volunteers

ince Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Museum of Art has faced historic and unprecedented challenges, challenges that the Museum could not have overcome without its hundreds of dedicated volunteers. It is clear that our volunteers have a special place in their hearts for NOMA because many of them “reported to duty” within weeks of the storm. In February, the Museum honored its many dedicated volunteers at it annual volunteer awards ceremony. Because of Hurricane Katrina, there was no awards ceremony in 2006 so this year’s celebration honored volunteers for 2005 and 2006. The recipient of the 2005 Volunteer of the Year was Mary Lynne Stumpf. Mary Lynne has given her time to NOMA for several years and has travelled a long distance to do so. She always comes with a cheerful smile and often with a gift of cookies. She offers assistance in ways not asked for but always needed. She greets visitors to the Museum on a weekly basis and volunteers for every exhibition. In so many ways, Mary Lynne has gone that extra mile for the Museum to which she is so devoted. The 2006 Volunteer of the Year was Buddy Hanemann. The past year and a half has been a very trying time for us all, but there are always some people

in times like these who see this as a challenge. Buddy is that kind of person. He came to the Museum shortly after returning from his evacuation destination and said, “I’m here. What can I do?” And, what he did was round up whatever Garden volunteers he could find and with any tools available started cleaning up the Sculpture Garden. Because of Buddy and this special group of volunteers who took on the monumental job of cutting and hauling branches and debris, the Museum was able to reopen the Sculpture Garden on December 10, 2005. A volunteer for many years, working exhibitions in many areas and serving as a day captain, Buddy has shown initiative, determination and a commitment to NOMA that is truly admirable. Congratulation and thank you to all NOMA volunteers who make it possible for the New Orleans Museum of Art to continue to be one of the finest cultural institutions in the South. ■

The 2005/2006 Volunteers Awards and Brunch were generously sponsored by Dillard Lakeside and Estée Lauder, Antoine’s Restaurant, Galatoires Restaurant, Café Degas, and Ralph’s on the Park.

Top left: 2005 Volunteer of the Year Mary Lynne Stumpf (center) with her family Above: 2006 Volunteer of the Year Buddy Hanemann with his family Left: Past Volunteers of the Year (left to right): Mary Doiron (1984), M. Dreux Horn II (1985), Mary Sprow (1993), Mary Lynne Stumpf (2005), Buddy Hanemann (2006), Dixie Williams (1996) Photos by Judy Cooper

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NOMA Appoints Assistant Directors for Art and Education

OMA is pleased to announce the recent appointments of Lisa Rotondo-McCord as assistant director for art and Joanna Sternberg as assistant director for education. Lisa Rotondo-McCord joined the staff of the Museum in 1994 as associate curator of Asian art and was promoted to principal curator in 1998. Additionally, she has held the position of adjunct instructor at Tulane University since 2001. From 1984 to 1991, Lisa was enrolled in Yale University’s Ph.D. program in the History of Chinese Art. From 1983 to 1984, she studied at Tunghai University, T’ai-chung, Taiwan. In 1982 she graduated from Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut, with a BA with departmental honors in art history. Lisa is the author of a number of exhibition catalogues, including Five Thousand Years of Chinese

Joanna Sternberg, NOMA’s assistant director for education Photo by Judy Cooper

Ceramics: The R. Randolph Richmond Collection (2005), Heaven and Earth Seen Within: Song Ceramics from the Robert Barron Collection (2000), and Imari: Japanese Porcelain for European Palaces (1997), among others. Joanna Sternberg joined the Museum staff in February. She has held the position of curator of education at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York; the National Academy of Design, New York, New York; and the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi. In 2004, Joanna received her MA from the University of Kansas, Kress Foundation Department of Art History, Lawrence, Kansas. She graduated with an MBA in 1996 from the Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business. In 1991 she graduated from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, with a BA in art history. Additionally, she received a “Certificat de Civilisation” from La Sorbonne, Paris in 1992. ■

Lisa Rotondo-McCord, NOMA’s assistant director for art Photo by Judy Cooper

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Blue Dog Relief Fund Aids NOMA

t the December 17, 2006, New Orleans Saints home game, Louisiana artist George Rodrigue formally presented a check for $100,000 to NOMA’s Katrina Recovery Fund. This is the second sixfigure gift to the Museum from Wendy and George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog Relief Fund. The first for $126,000 was presented at the reopening of NOMA on March 3, 2006. Since Katrina, George Rodrigue has created six Blue Dog prints to raise funds for the recovery. The first recipient was the Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross, which has so far received more than $400,000. Other recipients included the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and City Park. The most recent print in Rodrigue’s Katrina Relief series shows the Blue Dog in a Saints jersey. This image was used on the Saints official 2006 Holiday card, and the print has been specially marketed to Saints’ season subscribers and fans. ■

WAYS OF GIVING

In the Superdome on the field at half time (left to right): NOMA Director John Bullard; Saints Mascot Gumbo, flanked by two of his assistants; Saints Owner and CEO Rita Benson LeBlanc; Jacques Rodrigue; Blue Dog artist George Rodrigue and his wife, Wendy.

he future of the New Orleans Museum of Art depends to a large degree on the foresight and generosity of today’s visionaries— our members—who are willing to consider new ways to make gifts. Here are a few suggested methods of making a difference for NOMA:

GIFT OF CASH OR MARKETABLE SECURITIES Gifts may be restricted to a designated program or applied to NOMA’s general operating fund.

GIFT OF LIFE INSURANCE Name NOMA as policy owner and beneficiary and receive immediate tax deductions on your premium.

GIFT OF PROPERTY Gifts of real estate, boats, or artwork provide NOMA with marketable assets and may enable you to avoid capital gains taxes.

NAMED ENDOWMENT FUND The principal of a fund established in your name—or for someone you wish to honor or memorialize—is managed for growth, while the income from the fund supports Museum programs.

CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST/CHARITABLE LEAD TRUST Provide NOMA or yourself with a steady income stream and, with a remainder trust, leave a significant future gift to NOMA. Both arrangements entitle you to considerable tax savings.

BEQUESTS Name NOMA as a beneficiary in your will and make a lasting contribution to the Museum.

For more information about any of these suggested methods of giving to NOMA, call (504) 658-4115.

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New NOMA Membership Categories Are Implemented

ecause of NOMA’s many membership levels and too few staff members to service each category, the Museum has made the following changes to its membership categories, effective January 1, 2007. The three Circle groups—President’s $20,000, Director’s $10,000, and Patron’s $5,000—remain the same. Circle memberships include all Fellows, Delgado Society and Collector’s Society benefits. The Fellows dues will increase to $1,500 from $1,000. The Delgado Society and Partners in Art will merge into one category with

dues of $500. Previously, Delgado Society dues was $550 and the Partners in Art was $275. The Advocates and Associate memberships will be abolished. Dues for the Champions will increase from $90 to $100. The Friends groups—Asian, Contemporary, Decorative Arts, Ethnographic, Photographs, Prints and Drawings, and Sculpture Garden—will be merged into one category—the Collector’s Society, with dues of $200, increased from $125. Finally, Individual ($40) and Family ($60) memberships will merge into one category—General membership—with dues of $60. ■

Museum Membership ❑ New ❑ Renew: Account # ________________________ ❑ I am interested in learning about Volunteer Opportunities MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES ❑ General $60 •Free admission at all times open to the public for two adults, plus children or grandchildren 17 and under •Subscription to Arts Quarterly •Invitations to Members’ Only Preview reception •10% discount in the Museum Shop •Discount on Art Classes and other educational programs •First notices of special events at NOMA •Use of the Dreyfous Art Reference Library •Opportunity to attend the Odyssey Ball •Annual Members’ Meeting •Opportunity to participate in volunteer programs •Curatorial Opinion Service •Members’ Art Tours ❑ Champions $100 A group dedicated to the appreciation of works by AfricanAmerican and Caribbean artists. General membership privileges, plus free Museum admission for one guest when accompanied by the members(s). ❑ Sustaining $125 General membership privileges, plus free Museum admission for two guests when accompanied by the member(s). Reciprocal membership privileges to numerous major art museums and one free Museum publication.

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❑ Collector’s Society $200 There are seven areas of interest in close association with a NOMA curator: Asian Art, Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Photography, Ethnographic Art, Prints and Drawings, and Sculpture Garden. Programs are presented by guest art historians, collectors, dealers and curators. General membership privileges, plus free Museum admission for two guests when accompanied by the member(s). Reciprocal membership privileges to numerous major art museums and one free Museum publication. ❑ Delgado Society $500 Visits to artists’ studios and private collections are arranged to enhance members’ interests in art and and collecting. Delgado Society members are invited to an annual special event honoring one of Louisiana’s prominent artists. General membership privileges, plus free Museum admission for two guests when accompanied by the member(s). Reciprocal membership to numerous major art museums and one free Museum publication. ❑ Fellows $1,500 In additional to the unique educational and social programs designed just for them, plus special events and trips during the year, Fellows also are invited to an annual special event held in their honor. General membership privileges, plus free Museum admission for two guests when accompanied by the member(s). Reciprocal membership to numerous major art museums and one free Museum publication. ❑ Patron’s Circle $5,000 ❑ Director’s Circle $10,000 ❑ President’s Circle $20,000

Total Amount Enclosed $_________________ ❑ Check/Money Order (Please make checks payable to the New Orleans Museum of Art.) Charge to my: ❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard ❑ AmEx Card Number _______________________________________ Exp. Date ________ Signature ____________________________________________________________ Print Name As It Appears on Credit Card _____________________________________________________________________ Mail form and payment to: New Orleans Museum of Art * PO Box 19123 • New Orleans, LA 70179-0123 or log onto the Museum’s website www.noma.org.

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Join A Circle and Upgrade Your Support of NOMA

he Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Museum of Art cordially invites you to upgrade your support and become a member of the Patron’s Circle, Director’s Circle or President’s Circle. These categories, our most prestigious levels of annual giving, are comprised of individuals who contribute $5,000, $10,000 or $20,000 each year in unrestricted funds. NOMA is pleased to extend unique privileges including Fellows and Collector’s Society memberships to those who demonstrate their commitment at these levels. We are most grateful for your generous and continuing support.

President’s Circle

$20,000

Director’s Circle

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A New Charitable Giving Option: Make a Charitable Donation to NOMA from Your IRA

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Free admission to the Museum and Sculpture Garden plus free admission for additional guests when accompanied by the donor Reciprocal membership in major art museums across the U.S. and Canada

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Complimentary membership in The Fellows and Collector’s Society

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All Members Previews of special exhibitions; with prior arrangement, Circle members may bring additional guests.

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A special evening program with the Museum’s Director An opportunity to have a private tour with the Director or Curator of a collection or special exhibition of your choice, with complimentary beverages in the Woldenberg Board Room, for a party of up to six individuals, at a mutually agreed upon time

An invitation to attend a private dinner with the Board President, Museum Director and a private collector in a major city.

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A special dinner in a private collector’s home

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For private parties, elegant private galleries are available for rental

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Invitations to attend behind-the-scenes events with Museum curators

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A special series of Curators’ Talks

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Advance tickets for Members’ lectures

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Advance announcements for special travel programs

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A special reception in the Sculpture Garden

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Annual listing on Donor Wall as a member of the Circle group

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Listing in the Annual Report

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Special recognition in Arts Quarterly

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Two complimentary publications selected by the Museum

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An opportunity to use an elegant private gallery with the rental fee waived

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id you know that a new provision in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 allows taxfree direct transfers from IRAs to qualified charities? IRA owners who have attained age seventy at the time of the gift can make tax-free charitable distributions directly from their IRAs to nonprofit organizations such as NOMA. The distribution is tax-free because it goes directly to charity. Since it is not taxable income to you, you don’t ever claim a charitable deduction on your Form 1040. In addition, these gifts are not subject to the percentage limitation rules that affect the other charitable gifts you are making. The only limit is that the total transfers from IRAs to charities cannot exceed $100,000 per year. This is in addition to your usual charitable gifts, so you can actually increase your overall giving by $100,000 per year. Charitable gifts from your IRA also satisfy your minimum annual distribution requirement from your IRA. Therefore, you can redirect taxable income you would otherwise be required to receive to charity. The provision is for tax years 2006 and 2007 only, so you should act soon.

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Previews of special exhibitions on press preview days __________________________________________________ These circles recognize cumulative giving in a calendar year, restricted to gifts of Annual Appeal and membership dues. Contributions to capital projects and special events do not apply. __________________________________________________ For further information, please contact NOMA’s Development Department, 504-658-4115. ■

You can direct your IRA gifts to NOMA, your alma mater, or to any other public charity, since they are qualified charitable distributions under this new provision. Distributions to charitable remainder trusts, donor-advised funds or private foundations do not qualify. Contact your IRA plan administrator to make the transfers directly to the charities. There is a form you will need to fill out, listing the charities and the amounts to be transferred. Don’t wait until the end of the year, though, because IRA sponsors may be swamped with requests, so act now! Just as with any charitable contribution, you should receive the regular acknowledgment from the charity, and you may not receive anything of value in return for your contribution. ■

As with all advice on charitable giving, you should review your plans with your own professional advisors. This article is meant for educational purposes only.

O N T R I B U T I O N

he New Orleans Museum of Art has established a number of special funds for gifts in honor of or in memory of friends or family members or to commemorate an event. Recipients or their families will be notified of the gift and will be acknowledged in Arts Quarterly. For information on NOMA special funds, call (504) 658-4100. Donations for all funds should be mailed to the New Orleans Museum of Art, P.O. Box 19123, New Orleans, Louisiana 70179-0123. ■

DR. CARL ADATTO FUND IN MEMORY OF

Meryl Rosenbloom Ann Roy Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. Schwinger Dot Shushan Dr. and Mrs. Julian Sims Helen and Andre E. Spector Fund Carmen and Rudy Stargardter Suzanne and Thomas Stege Lynny and Sidney Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stern Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stern Leona Stich Jon B. Strauss Dr. and Mrs. Richard Strub Jackie Sullivan Janet K. Wallfisch Kay Walton Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Weil Joel Weinstock Lucy Wolf

DR. CARL ADATTO: Dr. Kenneth Adams Barbara and Wayne Amedee Debbre Axelrod and the Brownstein Family Virginia Baldwin Jim Bennett Mrs. Marian Mayer Berkett Juanita W. Bohn E. John Bullard Dr. and Mrs. Boyd Burris Dot and Alvin Caplan Marjorie Colomb Mr. and Mrs. John E. Culter Sarah A Darneille and Ken Beaker Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Borenstein Mr. and Mrs. John D. Dupy Bertha Ferman Mr. J. David Forsyth Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Freeman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Freibaum, Jr. Pam Fried Janet Frischhertz JoLynn S. Gerhardt Gayle Goodman & Ken Adams JoAnn Flom Greenberg Linda and Stan Hargus Mrs. S. Herbert Hirsch Julanne and Irvn Isaacson Jerry Ingolia Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Jackson Lou Lane Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lazarus Marlyn and Alan Levin Carol and Byron Levy Joyce and Brad Long Ruth Markley Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mason & Family Elaine Mintz Claire Moses Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Moses, Jr. Judge Robert M. Murphy Caren Nowak Ester Nowak Ellen and Tim O’Brien Sanford Pailet, M.D. Jane Phillips Carol Ann McMahon Roberts

ELISE PLAUCHÉ EDUCATION FUND IN MEMORY OF THEODORE LOUIS DRELL JR.:

DORIS AND SAM STONE: Mr. & Mrs. Luis Banos SUNNY NORMAN: Mr. & Mrs. Luis Banos

LIBRARY FUND IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. LADD EHLINGER’S ANNIVERSARY: Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Levy MR. AND MRS. JOHN A. MCLELLAN’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY: Dr. and Mrs. George Schneider

JACKIE SULLIVAN RECEIVING THE CHEVALIER, ORDER DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT: Scott Simmons and John Abajian Dot Shushan WILLIAM FAGALY RECEIVING THE CHEVALIER, ORDER DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT: Scott Simmons and John Abajian Dot Shushan

Janice L. Kazmier

MARIANNE COHN’S BIRTHDAY: Marian Mayer Berkett

KATRINA RECOVERY FUND IN HONOR OF CHARLES AND CAMMIE MAYER’S 21ST ANNIVERSARY: Mr. and Mrs. Quintin T. Hardtner Virginia S. Kock

J. B. AND ANN KIEFER: Mr. and Mrs. Cal Moore Gary, Tracy and Katie Pharo

DONNA ROSEN: The Rosenstiel Foundation

PHOEBE AND ED FORIO: Donald L. King

FRANÇOISE B. RICHARDSON: Mr. and Mrs. Luis Banos

JUANITA ARBOUR: Hughey and Associates

GARY A. LLOYD: Hughey and Associates

MICHAEL DUFFY:

DOT SHUSHAN’S BIRTHDAY: Jean and Walter Diaz MRS. HENRY READ’S BIRTHDAY: Jean and Walter Diaz

IN MEMORY OF DELERY PAUL VEGA: The Officers and Directors of Whitney National Bank HENRY GULA: Kimberly and Harry Rosenberg BYRON EAST: Wilma Stanfield JEANETTE SOLOMON: Lieselotte Tansey Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fried JoAnn H. Wildman DEL Laboratories, Inc. ALBERT DITTMANN: Wanda O’Shello Kurt Overton Ann Strub

Hughey and Associates

MARK LALA: Kimberly and Harry Rosenberg

IN MEMORY OF

SAMUEL Z. STONE: Janet Frischhertz Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer Anne Milling

ELLIS MINTZ: Mr. and Mrs. Luis Banos

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SHIRLEY GREINER: Carol Ann McMahon Roberts

IN MEMORY OF

MR. AND MRS. GEORGE HOPKINS: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer

ALAIN DE LA VILLESBRET: Ann Yvette de la Villesbret

DONALD WHITE: Cammie and Charles Mayer

LEONARD PARRISH: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer

HOWARD BARNETT: Dr. and Mrs. John F. Fraiche Galatoire’s Restaurant

CARL ADATTO: Cammie and Charles Mayer

THOMAS WESTERVELT: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer

NVC FLOWER FUND IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. LADD EHRINGER’S ANNIVERSARY: Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Levy

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES B. MAYER’S ANNIVERSARY:

SCULPTURE GARDEN FUND

PETER STEELE AND MARGARET MICHOLET: Jane M. Wilford MR. AND MRS. WAYNE AMEDEE: Bill Fagaly Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis

IN HONOR OF JIMMY JEFFRIES:: Cammie Mayer

STEPHANIE SMITHER: Bill Fagaly DAWN DEDEAUX: Bill Fagaly

Mr. and Mrs. James Kock, III

IN MEMORY OF

SALLY RICHARDS/STUDIO SALONS: Kay McArdle

SAMUEL Z. STONE: Paul J. Leaman, Jr.

IN MEMORY OF

HOLIDAY GIFT TO

MARY LEE TULLIS CRUTCHER:

JACKIE SULLIVAN: Bill Fagaly

FRANÇOISE B. RICHARDSON: Norma L. Freiberg Bill Fagaly

LESLIE GOLDSTEIN: Bill Fagaly

MR. AND MRS. R. KING MILLING: Dr. and Mrs. Richard Strub

SHARON LITWIN: Bill Fagaly

MR. AND MRS. RICHARD W. FREEMAN: Dr. and Mrs. Richard Strub Judie Boudin and Cecilia McCormick Mary Zervigon

MIGNON FAGET: Bill Fagaly

MR. AND MRS. E. JAMES KOCK, JR.: Dr. and Mrs. Richard Strub

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES B. MAYER: Mary Kock Dickson

CARL ADATTO: Jerry Ingolia Jean Taylor/Leslie Curran Mr. and Mrs. Hallam L. Ruark Mimi and Claude Schlesinger NVC

MR. AND MRS. SYDNEY BESTHOFF: Dr. and Mrs. Richard Strub

MR. AND MRS. CHRIS POTTS AND FAMILY: Bill Fagaly

JOHN M. TREMAINE AND FAMILY: Catherine B. Tremaine

STAR MAYER: Mimi and Claude Schlesinger

MR. AND MRS. EARL S. EICHIN, JR.: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer Gay Lebreton and James Farwell

MR. AND MRS. WAYNE AMEDEE: Bill Fagaly Mr. and Mrs. John Levert

FOR THE LOVE OF FLOWERS

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT MCHARG: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer

Alice S. Lowry New Orleans Town Gardeners

MRS. SHEPARD SHUSHAN: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer

Albert Crutcher, Jr.

EDWINA REISFELD: NVC JEANETTE SOLOMON: Mimi and Claude Schlesinger NVC AL DITTMAN: Barbara Ruark Jerry Ingolia Jean Taylor/Leslie Curran Mimi and Claude Schlesinger NVC

NVC SCULPTURE GARDEN FUND IN HONOR OF KAY MCARDLE: Ellen Miclette Diane Walmsley Cammie and Charles Mayer

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JEANNE CUNINO AND MARC DOBRINER: Bill Fagaly JACQUELINE HUMPHRIES AND TONY OURSLER: Bill Fagaly

ELIZABETH SHANNON: Bill Fagaly

JOHN BULLARD: Bill Fagaly NADINE RUSSELL: Bill Fagaly

MR. AND MRS. PHILIP WOOLLAM: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer MR. AND MRS. VAUGHAN FITZPATIRCK: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer MR. AND MRS. GRAY PARKER: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer MRS. HERBERT W. VAN HORN: Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Mayer

NOMA’s Katrina Recovery Fund Receives Major Grant from The J. Paul Getty Foundation

ollowing Hurricane Katrina, NOMA embarked on an ambitious financial recovery strategy of $15 million over three years. The Museum has received extraordinary support from individuals, corporations, foundations and museum organizations throughout the country. The latest major gift was a $250,000 grant from The J. Paul Getty Foundation in Los Angeles to aid in the restoration of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The first priority is the restoration of the grove of one hundredyear-old live oaks, one of the unique features of NOMA’s Sculpture Garden. The members of the Museum’s board of trustees and staff are grateful to the following donors to NOMA’s Katrina Recovery Fund as of March 1, 2007. ■ FOUNDATIONS Alconda-Owsley Foundation American Express Philanthropic Program The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Azby Foundation Benjamin Rosen Foundation Blue Dog Relief Fund The Buddy Taub Foundation Burkenroad Foundation California Community Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Downman Family Foundation Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ella West Freeman Foundation Eugenie & Joseph Jones Foundation Henry Luce Foundation Helis Foundation Heymann-Wolf Foundation Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation J. Aron Charitable Foundation The J. Paul Getty Foundation John Burton Harter Foundation Laurel Foundation Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation Philanthropic Collaborative The Rosentiel Foundation Samuel H. Kress Foundation Samuel Newhouse Foundation/Times-Picayune Schon Charitable Foundation Thaw Charitable Trust Van Der Linden Family Foundation Whitehead Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Zemurray Foundation FEDERAL Institute of Museum and Library Sciences National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities CORPORATE Altria Group, Inc. AOS Family Relief Fund Arthur Roger Gallery Cheim & Read Gallery Deutsche Bank America’s Foundation FedEx Corporation General Exploration Co Inc. Hughey and Associates LKBOC, LLC Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Merrill Lynch M. S. Rau Antiques LLC One Canal Place LLC Sizeler Realty Co., Inc. United Technologies Wequasett Inn Resort and Golf Club MUSEUM ORGANIZATIONS American Association of Museum Directors Brooks Memphis Museum of Art

Cincinatti Museum of Art Columbus Museum of Art Flint Institute of Arts Friends of the Bass Museum Kimbell Art Museum Louisiana Endowment for the Arts Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities North Carolina Museum of Art Opelousas Museum of Art Southeastern Museums Conference Tampa Museum INDIVIDUALS Bethlehem K. Andrews F. M. Ball Mr. and Mrs. Luis Banos Paul Bellardo Andrew K. Block Charles E. Carmichael Ann Cox Chambers Christopher E. Cragg Mignon Faget Eric Fischle Sandra Freeman Janice M. Gillaspie Mrs. John D. Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Quintin T. Hardtner Donald L. King Virginia S. Kock Paul J. Leaman, Jr. Elisabeth Lewyt Paula L. Maher James McClennan George Mills Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moore Leonard and Susan B. Nimoy Wanda O’Shello Kurt Overton Gary, Tracy and Kate Phano George and Wendy Rodrigue Lisa and Jonathan Rotondo-McCord Greg Salter Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Stahel Jack Stein Jean Stein George G. Villere Malcolm Hewitt Weiner Emily Kass and Charles J. Weinraub George V. Young AXA GALLERY GALA, NEW YORK INDIVIDUALS Mr. John C. Abajian Mrs. Stephen E. Ambrose Mr. Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. Macnaughton Ball, Jr. Ms. Roberta P. Bartee Mrs. Anita Friedman Berman Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bertuzzi Ms. Franklin Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Bright, Jr. Mrs. Barbara Viavant Broadwell Ms. Donna Brydson Mr. E. John Bullard Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Canizaro Michael and Marie Capellas Mr. Russell L. Carson Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caufield Mr. and Mrs. John Clemmer Dr. and Mrs. Carmel Cohen Mr. and Mrs. James G. Coulter Mr. Douglas S. Cramer Ms. Barbara D. Currier Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Richard Danziger Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Davidson IV Mrs. Mary Davidson

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Mr. William J. Deasy Mrs. Ruth delaGueraniere Mr. and Mrs. D. Frank Dixon Ms. Jean Doumanian Mr. George B. Dunbar Mr. and Mrs. Prescott N. Dunbar Mr. Hayden Dunbar Dr. and Mrs. John Ollie Edmunds, Jr. Allison S. Elsee Ms. Julia S. Elsee Margaret Evangeline Eydale Mr. Jeffrey J. Feil Professor and Mrs. Meyer Feldberg Linda Fendley D.F.K. Finlay Mr. Edward Finnegan Julia Fishelson Barbara Fleischman Charles Fleischmann Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Freeman, Jr. Alexandra D. Georges Mr. and Mrs. Peter Georgescu Mr. and Mrs. Louis Germano Dr. Kurt A. Gitter and Mrs. Alice Rae Yelen Mary Louise Guertler Ms. Agnes Gund and Mr. Daniel Shapiro Ms. Patricia Hambrecht Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hansel Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Mr. Louis H. Haym Peter J. Hicks Mary Tavener Holmes Mrs. Killian L. Huger, Jr. Ms. Jaqueline Humphries Jennifer Maguire Isham Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Judell Mrs. Gloria S. Kabacoff Mrs. George M. Kaufman Grace and Sanford Kaynor Dodie Kazanjian Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Kearney Anne Keating Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Kissinger Charles D. Klein Susan F. Kline Mr. Michael S. Kramer Mr. George C. Lancaster Loeber Landau Mr. Richard Landy and Mrs. Landy Jo Carole Lauder Mr. Paul J. Leaman, Jr. Mr. Lee H. Ledbetter Nicholas B. Lemann Mrs. Lewis Liman Mr. and Mrs. George L. Lindemann Jesse Robert Lovejoy Al and Gail Maiolo Mrs. Shirley R. Masinter Mr. Jeremy R. Michael Rosetta A. Miller Donald K. Miller Mr. and Mrs. R. King Milling Mrs. Elaine Mintz Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Morrison, Jr. Mr. Louie Mtisu Mr. Jonathan Neil Mary Lockett Nelson Patrick and Kim Nettles Dr. and Mrs. John L. Ochsner Ms. Kathleen O’Grady Marie D. O'Neill Janice and Roger Oresman Dr. Howard and Dr. Joy D. Osofsky Ms. Judith Y. Oudt Jane B. Owen Daniel and Nancy Paduano Mr. Geoffrey S. Paul

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Nicholas and Carol Paumgarten Drs. Paul and Virginia Pellicci Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter Pierson, Jr. Max Pine Mr. and Mrs. O. Miles Pollard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rault Mr. and Mrs. Stan Rawn Mr. and Mrs. William Rayner Mr. and Mrs. Howard Read Mr. and Mrs. James J. Reiss, Jr. Ms. Bryce W. Reveley Daniel and Barbara Ribacoff David Rockefeller Kenneth and Ellen Roman Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosenberg John Parker Roy Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Rubinstein Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Ruch Mrs. Dominick Russo, Jr. and Ms. Andrea Heebe Mr. and Mrs. John K. Saer Vera Plaskon Safai Jane Safer Mr. Ira Sahlman Didi and Oscar Schafer Ms. Janet L. Schinderman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schloss Mr. Jan Schoonmaker Katie Schwab Mr. Richard A. Shaffer Ms. Sharene Shariatzadeh Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sherrill Mr. Frank V. Sica Mr. and Mrs. Rodney R. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Baker Smith Mr. Stephen Sondheim Mr. Robert Sonnier Mrs. Frederick M. Stafford Mrs. Mary E. Stern Mrs. Harold H. Stream, Jr. Mrs. Patrick F. Taylor Clara P. Walmsley Mr. William M. Weiant Ms. Rosalyn Ditta Weinstein Mrs. John N. Weinstock Mr. Gerald Weissman and Mrs. Weissman Ian A. Weyehauser Mr. Charles Lewis Whited, Jr. Mrs. Nan S. Wier FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS Ann Kendall Richards, Inc. Anncox Foundation, Inc. The Annette Urso Rickel Foundation, Inc. AXA Art Insurance Corp. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company AXA Foundation The Azby Fund Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation Bialkin Family Fund Inc. BLL Foundation The Broad Art Foundation Bronx Arts Ensemble Caroline and Charles Ireland Foundation Catherine Associates, LLC Charina Foundation, Inc. The Chazen Foundation The Dana & Stephen Hansel Family Foundation Inc. Ferer Foundation The Fertel Family Foundation Hazen Polsky Foundation

Heymann-Wolf Foundation The James Family Charitable Foundation Janklow Foundation The Jim and Linda Robinson Foundation, Inc. The John R. Jakobson Foundation, Inc. John W. Deming and Bertie Murphy Deming Foundation Kent School Corporation Kraus Family Foundation Lacroix Investment Co., LLC The Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Foundation Lehman Brothers LKBOC, LLC The Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation The McCormick Company of Louisiana Metropolitan Philanthropic Fund Inc. N.O. On Stage/Le Chat Noir One Canal Place LLC Parkside Foundation Richard S. and Karen LeFrak Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Robert J. Hurst Foundation The Rosenstiel Foundation Rudin Management Co. Inc. Sherrill Foundation Sotheby’s Strategic Hotel Funding, L.L.C. Tishman Speyer Properties, LP Wildenstein & Co., Inc. The William and Mary Greve Foundation, Inc. William T. Kemper Charitable Trust

WILDENSTEIN & CO. BENEFIT AT LE BERNADIN, NEW YORK FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS AXA Foundation Forbes Foundation J and H Weldon Foundation Lazard Capital Markets LLC Royal Bank of Toronto Wildenstein & Co., Inc. INDIVIDUALS Mrs. Russell Aitken Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bertuzzi Charles Bich David Bull E. John Bullard Mr. and Mr. Joseph C. Canizaro Dr. Alan Caspi Mr. and Mrs. Henry Casselli Margaret Civetta Nicolas Coblence Dr. Richard Coburn Mrs. and Mrs. Christopher Condron Barbara Currier Victor Demorchelier P. Hayden Dunbar Viviane Ebersman Holly Ellison William Fagaly Randy Fertel Christiane Fischer Randy Florke Christopher Forbes Michele Fron Katherine Gill Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goldberg Carmen Guberina Anne Guité

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Hays Nicole Hirsh Mrs. Charles W. Ireland Konrad Keese Paul J. Leaman, Jr. Helen Lebrecht The Honorable Jean-David Levitte Annie Lin Teresa Longyear Gerald McKelvey Mr. and Mrs. Martin McKeon Ms. Murray Matthew Nimetz David Olszowy Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Roger Oresman David Owsley Beth Perez Marilyn Perry Raymond Rathle, Jr. Bryce Reveley Mrs. Françoise B. Richardson Karin Rispal Mr. and Mrs. George Rodrigue Frederic Romano Debra Runkle Mr. and Mrs. James Sheperdson David Siebel Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rosen James Thurmond Smithgall Mrs. Frederick M. Stafford Eve Alexandra Stafford Gerald Stiebel Terry Taffer Mrs. Phyllis Taylor Paul D. Underwood Mrs. Henry Weldon Sarah Wertheimer Guy Wildenstein Kristina Wildenstein Samantha Wildenstein David Wildenstein Anthony Williams WILDENSTEIN & CO. BENEFIT RECEPTION, NEW YORK FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS Bernheim Foundation Inc. Goldman & Co., CPA Eric Javits Family Foundation The Lauder Foundation Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund Schlinder, Cohen & Hockman LLP INDIVIDUALS Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bloom Thatcher M. Brown, III Richard Coburn Mrs. Carmel Cohen Thomas and Elizbieta D’Agostino Fred Feinsilber Edward R. Finch, Jr. Aaron I. Fleischman Elizabeth Fondaras Joanne Dupont Foster James Goldschmidt Claudine Goutze Mr. and Mrs. Peter Handal Sara Kay Jacques Leviant Michael Longchampt Eleanor Lorig Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller Mr. and Mrs. R. King Milling Mr. and Mrs. William Scheide Dr. Traer Van Allen Charles Whited

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP

e are deeply grateful to the following member firms whose investment in the Museum makes it possible for NOMA to pay dividends in service to the public, to the business community, to the City of New Orleans, to the greater metropolitan area and to the State of Louisiana. NOMA welcomes this new corporate member: PATRON: Associated Office Systems, New Orleans, LA MASTER: MPress, New Orleans, LA

GUARANTOR The Esplanade at City Park Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre New Orleans Saints Reagan Equipment Co., Inc. Tidewater, Inc. Whitney National Bank Windsor Court Hotel

BENEFACTOR Gambit Communications, Inc.

PATRON Associated Office Systems Brian Schneider Company Columbus Properties, LLC Lemle & Kelleher The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation

MASTER Dooky Chase’s Restaurant Emirau Partners Energy Partners, Ltd.

IPC New Orleans 1, LLC McDermott International Inc. MPress Oreck Corporation The Schon Charitable Foundation

Regions Bank The Soniat House Taylor Energy Company The Times-Picayune

ASSOCIATE Baker CAC, Inc. Bowie Lumber Associates Dauphine Orleans Delta Petroleum Co., Inc. E. N. Bisso and Son, Inc. Fidelity Homestead Association A Gallery For Fine Photography Hunt Forest Products, Inc. KPMG Mignon Faget, Ltd. Royal Antiques, Ltd. The Steeg Law Firm LLC Waggonner and Ball Architects 901 So. Peters St. LLC

LEADER

CONTRIBUTOR

J. Aron and Company, Inc. Barriere Construction Company, Inc. Boh Bros. Construction Company, Inc. Christie’s Fine Art Auctioneers Dorian M. Bennett, Inc. Eskew + Dumez + Ripple The Laitram Corporation M. S. Rau Antiques, LLC Magnolia Marketing Company McIlhenny Company Milling Benson Woodward, LLP The Monteleone Hotel Murphy Exploration & Production Co. Neal Auction Company, Inc. New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc. New Orleans Silversmiths Rathborne Companies, LLC

A. L. Lowe Picture Framing Company Aquatic Gardens Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Bolton Ford Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company Inc.

Dreyfus-Cortney, Inc. Dupuy Storage & Forwarding Corporation Gulf Coast Bank Hirsch Investment Management, L.L.C. James A. Mounger, A Professional Law Corporation Jon Antiques Le Richelieu Motor Hotel Sisung Securities Corporation Tujague’s Restaurant URS Corporation Waters, Parkerson and Co., Inc.

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NOMA EDUCATION: Art Classes for Children Summer Art Studio Classes are limited to twenty students. Pre-registration is required.

NOMA’s June Session I Art Classes for Children will feature animals in art.

Come learn new techniques in art-making at NOMA’s Children’s Art Classes. NOMA is offering a variety of summer art classes for children, which will be taught by professional art teachers. The art classes introduce children to the Museum’s collections and special exhibitions. NOMA’s art classes provide students with an exciting atmosphere where students can express their creativity using a variety of art materials. Our art teachers stress the importance of the creative process over the final product. We believe that in art there are no wrong answers! All classes begin with a brief tour through NOMA’s collections to view a series of artworks related to each art project. Each session runs for two weeks on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The cost of each session of six classes is $75 for members of the Museum and $90 for nonmembers. Classes are limited to twenty students; pre-registration and payment in advance are required. All materials are included. Students should bring an old shirt or smock to wear as classes can get

messy. For more information, please contact the Curator of Education at kalcaine@noma.org or (504) 658-4113.

June Session I June 6 – 15 (6 classes) Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays Animals Are Everywhere! ages 5 – 7 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. – Noon Let’s break into summer vacation by going on a safari! From the clay vessels of the pre-Columbian cultures to the detailed renderings of John James Audubon, animals have inspired artists through the ages. A variety of materials will be used in this class as students create both 2-D and 3-D pets. Students will roar with delight as they create their own masterpieces of imaginary creatures and real animals.

Paper Menagerie ages 8 – 12 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Animals have influenced cultures from around the world. From prehistoric rock paintings to Louisiana’s own Blue Dog, creatures great and small have proved inspirational to artists of all times and regions. Students in this class will view artistic examples of animals in the Sculpture Garden and on the walls of the Museum. They then will create their own works in 2-D and 3-D form from drawing abstract and realistic animals to collage and papier mâché beasts.

June Session II June 20 – 29 (6 classes) Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays What a Relief ages 5 – 7 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. – Noon The art of printmaking spans the centuries and includes many different processes. In this class students will explore several printing techniques and experimental processes to discover the art of prints. Students also will be able to see a variety of works in NOMA’s collection as well as from the Old Master printmaker, Albrecht Dürer, in NOMA’s special exhibition.

Print Works ages 8 – 12 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. This class will explore the world of printmaking by focusing on the detailed technical methods and the artistic creative skills of master printmakers. The young artists will be able to view works by the famed Albrecht Dürer, who transformed printmaking into a viable art form, as well as view NOMA’s collection of prints. Students will use monotypes, stamping techniques, and embossing, as well as other processes to compose images of landscapes, figures and narrative tales. ■

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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES Classic New Orleans Films Series Films begin at noon and are free with Museum admission.

Enjoy a visit to NOMA and revisit classic Hollywood movies. This once-amonth series features classic movies that are set in or about New Orleans. The films take place in NOMA’s Stern Auditorium and begin at noon. For more Classic New Orleans Films information, please contact the curator of education, Kathy Alcaine, at kalcaine@noma.org or by phone 504-658-4113. NOMA’s Classic New Orleans Film Series will resume in June after the close of the exhibition, Femme, femme, femme.

Saturday, June 30, Noon Tightrope (1984, 115 min.) Clint Eastwood stars as a detective on the case of a serial killer in New Orleans. The investigation leads the detective into the seedy side of town. The sordid work environment contrasts with his private life as a single father of two young girls. The two worlds clash as even his daughters are threatened by the serial killer. This movie is rated “R” and contains many adult situations. ■

NOMA will present the film Tightrope, starring Clint Eastwood, on Saturday June 30, at noon.

Family Workshop Pre-registration is required for NOMA’s Family Workshops. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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NOMA offers Sunday afternoon art workshops designed as a collaborative venture in which children and their adult companion create an art project together. Children should be between five and twelve years old and must be accompanied by an adult. After a tour of NOMA’s collection to view artworks related to the workshop, participants then will create their own project. The cost of the workshop is $10 per family for Museum members and $15 for nonmembers plus Museum admission. All art supplies are provided by NOMA. Pre-registration is required. For information contact kalcaine@noma.org or (504) 658-4113.

Sunday, June 24, 2 p.m. Shake, Rattle and Move Paintings don’t have to be twodimensional; they can expand from the wall into three-dimensional forms. Paintings also can move, flow and make sounds! Participants in this class will explore sculptural paintings and delve into kinetic, or moveable art. The budding artists will explore the visual arts, as well as discover the sounds that some art can make. ■

Participants in this family workshop will delve into kinetic, or moveable art.

Sunday, June 10 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Returning for its ninth year, the Japan Festival will be presented at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The event will feature high energy drumming by Kaminari Taiko of Houston, Kozakura Kai Dance Group of Japan, Japanese storytelling, shamisen performance by Roukyoku, and traditional dance and drum performance by Kawachi Ondo. Additionally, the festival will include demonstrations of ikebana, bonsai, origami, calligraphy, paper-making, as well as performances of martial arts, traditional dance and tea ceremony. Japanese food and merchandise will be available. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents. For additional information, call (504) 658-4113. ■

Japan Festival 2007 will take place at the New Orleans Museum of Art Sunday, June 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES Sunday Afternoon Lecture Series NOMA’s Lecture Series will be presented in the Museum’s Stern Auditorium. The lectures are free with Museum admission

Sunday, April 15, 2 p.m. Representing Women in Nineteenth-Century French Art by James Hargrove, Tulane University The depiction of women forms one of the primary categories of nineteenthcentury French art. The ways in which women were presented varied considerably. More often than not, these images were layered with social meanings, whether aiming to present “objective” reality, constructing ideals of femininity, indulging in erotic fantasy, or critiquing contemporary artistic and cultural values. This lecture will investigate a varied sampling of representations of women in order to contribute a further art-historical framework for exploring the exhibition Femme, femme, femme.

Sunday, May 13, 2 p.m. Mother’s Day Out: Images of Women from the Exhibition “Femme, femme, femme” by Victoria Cooke, Curator of European Painting, NOMA Spend an afternoon with your mother at NOMA by listening to a lecture discussing the extraordinary roles of women as seen in the exhibition Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France. In honor of Mother’s Day, Victoria Cooke, NOMA’s curator of European painting, will focus on images of women as they are depicted in their various roles from parenting and raising children, to participating in the workforce, to enjoying leisure time. ■

NOMA will present two lectures in conjunction with the exhibition Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France.

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Hear ye hear ye, come one, come all—we are going to have a ball. Come to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden for a wonderful storytelling hour. The beautiful, lush Sculpture Garden will combine with the world of fables and fantasy. Children between the ages of four and ten will gather to listen to tales presented by talented storytellers in the Oak Grove of the Sculpture Garden. This event is free and open to all visitors. ■

NOMA will present “Storytelling in the Sculpture Garden” on Saturday, April 14, at noon.

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nnual operating support for NOMA’s exhibitions, the “Van Go,” free admission for Louisiana residents, family workshops, films, lectures, art classes and numerous other special programs enjoyed by visitors from throughout the city, the state, the country, and, indeed, the world, are made possible through the generosity of our many sponsors. The New Orleans Museum of Art and its thousands of visitors are deeply grateful to these friends for their continued commitment. If you would like additional information on sponsorship, please contact the Museum’s development department, (504) 658-4115. ■

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SHERATON NEW ORLEANS HOTEL: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art Exhibition Support

THE CUDD FOUNDATION: Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art Catalogue and Exhibition Support

THAW CHARITABLE TRUST: Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art Catalogue and Exhibition Support

GOLDRING FAMILY FOUNDATION: Odyssey Ball 2006

THE HELIS FOUNDATION: Free Admission for Louisiana Residents LAKESIDE SHOPPING CENTER AND THE FEIL ORGANIZATON: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support THE PATRICK F. TAYLOR FOUNDATION: Taylor NOMA Scholars Program WDSU NEWSCHANNEL 6: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support ZEMURRAY FOUNDATION: General Operating Support

THE GPOA FOUNDATION: Educational Pre-Visit Video of African Art Collection GREATER LAKESIDE CORPORATION: Odyssey Ball 2006

$100,000 + FREEPORT-MCMORAN FOUNDATION: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Title Sponsor

DOWNMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: NOMA Exhibitions

HOUSE OF BLUES FOUNDATION ROOM: Odyssey Ball 2006

$34,999 - $20,000 ELIZABETH F. CHENEY FOUNDATION: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support JOE W. AND DOROTHY DORSETT BROWN FOUNDATION: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support JONES, WALKER, WAECHTER, POINTEVENT, CARRERE & DENEGRE L.L.P.: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support LLOYD A. FRY FOUNDATION: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES: Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art Catalogue and Exhibition Support

MRS. CHARLES W. IRELAND: Odyssey Ball 2006 GLORIA KABACOFF: Odyssey Ball 2006 THE MCILHENNY COMPANY AND THE GUSTAF WESTFELDT MCILHENNY FAMILY FOUNDATION: Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art Catalogue and Exhibition Support MARDI GRAS PRODUCTIONS BY BLAINE KERN, JR.: Odyssey Ball 2006 M. G. AND P. L. MAHER FOUNDATION: Odyssey Ball 2006 RENAISSANCE PUBLISHING: Odyssey Ball 2006 SHELL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY: Van Go, NOMA’s Museum-on-Wheels ROBERT AND JOLIE SHELTON: Odyssey Ball 2006

OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR/LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support

$99,999 – $50,000 BLANCHARD AND COMPANY, INC.: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support

THE ROSAMARY FOUNDATION: Family Workshops Handbook of School Programs TRIBUNE BROADCASTING: ABC26 AND WB38: Van Go, NOMA’s Museum-on-Wheels

CHEVRON: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support Handbook of School Programs Teacher’s Packets LOUISIANA DIVISION OF THE ARTS: General Operating Support THE LUPIN FOUNDATION: General Operating Support LOVE in the Garden 2006 Odyssey Ball 2006 Art In Bloom 2007

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BELLSOUTH: Odyssey Ball 2006 SYDNEY AND WALDA BESTHOFF: Odyssey Ball 2006

THE BOOTH-BRICKER FUND: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support CAPITAL ONE: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France NOMA Members Day Sponsor

$9,999 - $5,000

EUSTIS INSURANCE & BENEFITS: Odyssey Ball 2006

$19,999 - $10,000 THE AZBY FUND: Security Equipment BLAINE KERN, JR.: Odyssey Ball 2006 BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.: French Heritage Society’s Katrina Heritage Rescue Fund, West Palm Beach DR. AND MRS. JOHN D. BERTUZZI: Odyssey Ball 2006 CHILI’S AND ROMANO’S MACARONI GRILL RESTAURANTS: Odyssey Ball 2006

FRISCHHERTZ ELECTRIC COMPANY: Odyssey Ball 2006 MR. AND MRS. LAWRENCE D. GARVEY: Odyssey Ball 2006 DEBRA AND ROBERT PATRICK: Odyssey Ball 2006 RUBY K. WORNER CHARITABLE TRUST: Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France Exhibition Support THE TUNICA-BILOXI TRIBE OF LOUISIANA AND PARAGON CASINO RESORT: Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art Catalogue and Exhibition Support

MUSEUM NEWS MUSEUM NEWS MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING SCHEDULE The board of trustees of the New Orleans Museum of Art will meet on Wednesday, April 18, May 16 and June 20, at 4 p.m.

NVC NVC NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Becoming a member of the NOMA Volunteer Committee is an excellent way to aid in the recovery of our beloved city and surround oneself with the healing power of art and friendship. Through its many functions throughout the year, the NVC plays a vital role within NOMA and the city itself. Lectures, studio visits, home tours, galas and even children’s programs are among the benefits an NVC membership provides. Besides its talented and hardworking officers, a key to the success of this organization is the dedication of its committee members. The NVC is fortunate to have Marjorie Colomb as its vicechair of activities for another year. Margie helps coordinate the details that keep the NVC running smoothly. Sandra Blount heads the mailings committee. Her graciousness and organizational skills insure that notices for our different events are properly handled by our capable volunteers. Margie Scheuermann and Pam Fried are the mainstays of the hospitality committee, arranging for and serving refreshments at our meetings. First to arrive and the last to leave, Margie and Pam create the delicious repasts that we all enjoy. Representing the NVC at Friends of City Park meetings is Judy David. Reciprocating from the FoCP board is Anne Lea. Thanks to these two busy ladies, the information pipeline between our two groups remains open! Program Chairs Dianne Chesson and Rosemarie Fowler always succeed in providing scintillating speakers at our general meetings. On May 14, Curator of Decorative Arts John Keefe will thrill us with details of NOMA’s totally new

presentation of masterworks in our Fabergé Gallery. Bring a friend. Margaret Kessels is the NVC vice-chair of fund raising. Her indepth knowledge of the NVC is invaluable to our various event chairmen. Studio Salon chairs, Sally E. Richards and Cary Alden, are planning another local art scene visit for our members. Check your mail for details. Brenda Vorhoff, 2007 chair of LOVE In The Garden, announces that this year’s bash will be held on Friday, September 28. Music and dancing under the stars, dining by candlelight surrounded by the beauty of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden—attend with someone you love! Odyssey Ball chairs, Louis and Sandra Wilson, want you to circle November 10 on your calendar. A fabulous evening is guaranteed. Every NVC fund raiser owes a debt of gratitude to Jerry Ingolia. As NVC comptroller, she processes all incoming funds, and she does it with quiet good humor. In addition, her home-baked goodies are legend among volunteers and staff alike. This year’s vice-chair of education is Dean Stanfield. Dean keeps us abreast of NOMA tours and workshops and is our docent liaison. NVC vice-chair of membership Ann Duffy heads a very busy committee. With Susan Benton, Dawn Davis and Barbara Laufer handling dues; Cammie Mayer, directories, and Marilyn Davis, retention and placement, the NVC membership committee keeps us in touch with the organization and each other. In addition, Mimi Schlesinger, Dellie Lozes and Elaine Mintz serve as the official welcome wagon to NOMA and NVC new members. With more than 475 members, Ann and her talented committee are always recruiting to help the NVC grow. A membership to the NVC (and NOMA) makes a wonderful gift! Have some free time? The NVC is in urgent need of volunteers with computer skills. Please contact Kay at the NVC office, 658-4121, or email her at nvcnoma@noma.. ■

SENIOR STAFF E. John Bullard, The Montine McDaniel Freeman Director Jacqueline L. Sullivan, Deputy Director Kurt Overton, Assistant Director for Development Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Assistant Director for Art/Curator of Asian Art Joanna Sternberg, Assistant Director for Education Kathy Alcaine, Curator of Education Gail Asprodites, Controller Aisha Champagne, Graphics Coordinator/Webmaster Victoria Cooke, Curator of European Painting Sheila Cork, Librarian/Grants Officer Marilyn Dittmann, Assistant to the Director for Special Exhibitions William A. Fagaly, The Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art Brandi Hand, Public Relations Officer Jimmy Jeffrey, Sculpture Garden Manager Jennifer Ickes, Assistant Registrar John W. Keefe, The RosaMary Foundation Curator of The Decorative Arts Heather Nelson, Development Associate Karl Oelkers, Computer Coordinator Wanda O’Shello, Publications Coordinator/Arts Quarterly Editor George Roland, The Doris Zemurray Stone Curator of Prints and Drawings Lisa E. Rotondo-McCord, Curator of Asian Art Paul Tarver, Registrar/Curator of Native American and Pre-Columbian Art Patricia Trautman, Museum Shop Manager Milton Vinnett, Building Superintendent/Chief Engineer NOMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Sydney J. Besthoff III, President Mrs. Edward George, Vice-President E. Ralph Lupin, M.D., Vice-President Charles A. Snyder, Vice-President Edgar B. Chase III, Treasurer Mrs. Françoise Billion Richardson, Assistant Treasurer David F. Edwards, Secretary William Aaron Mrs. John Bertuzzi J. Herbert Boydstun Isidore Cohn, Jr., M.D. Leonard Davis S. Stewart Farnet Tina Freeman Mrs. James Frischhertz Lawrence D. Garvey Mrs. Mason Granger Edward F. Harold Mrs. Erik Johnsen Dr. Stella Jones Herbert Kaufman, M.D. Paul J. Leaman, Jr. Mrs. Paula L. Maher Edward C. Mathes Mrs. Charles B. Mayer Kay McArdle Councilmember Shelly Midura Mrs. R. King Milling Mayor C. Ray Nagin Dan Packer Mrs. Robert J. Patrick R. Hunter Pierson Thomas Reese, Ph.D. Michael J. Siegel Mrs. Richard L. Strub Mrs. James Lyle Taylor Mrs. Patrick F. Taylor Louis A. Wilson, Jr. HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES Russell Albright, M.D. Mrs. Jack R. Aron Mrs. Edgar B. Chase, Jr. Prescott N. Dunbar Mrs. Richard W. Freeman, Jr. Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. Mrs. H. Lloyd Hawkins Mrs. Killian L. Huger Richard W. Levy, M.D. Mrs. J. Frederick Muller, Jr. Mrs. Charles S. Reily Mrs. Françoise Billion Richardson R. Randolph Richmond, Jr. Mrs. Frederick M. Stafford Harry C. Stahel Mr. and Mrs. Moise S. Steeg, Jr. Mrs. Harold H. Stream Mrs. John N. Weinstock

NATIONAL TRUSTEES Mrs. Carmel Cohen Aaron I. Fleischman Mrs. Caroline W. Ireland George L. Lindemann Mrs. James Pierce Mrs. Benjamin Rosen Mrs. Robert Shelton Mrs. Billie Milam Weisman Mrs. Henry H. Weldon

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NOMA Calendar of Events APRIL 8

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SUNDAY, Happy Easter—Museum Closed

SATURDAY, Noon, Storytelling in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden

SUNDAY, 2 p.m., Lecture, “Mother’s Day Out: Images of Women from the Exhibition Femme, femme, femme,” by Victoria Cooke, Curator of European Painting, NOMA

SUNDAY, 2 p.m., Lecture, “Representing Women in Nineteenth-Century French Art” by James Hargrove, Tulane University

WEDNESDAY, 4 p.m., NOMA Board of Trustees Meeting

NOMA EXHIBITION SCHEDULE From Our Native Clay: Selections of American Art Pottery from the Permanent Collection Ongoing Articles of Beauty: Edo-period Paintings, Prints, Textiles and Decorative Objects Through May 20, 2007

JUNE 1

1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Fabergé Easter Egg Hunt in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden

The Arts and Club of New Orleans: An Artistic Legacy Through August 5, 2007 Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France June 3, 2007 Lalique, Lalique, Lalique: Legends in Glass Through July 29, 2007 Really Beautiful: Henry Casselli Drawings, Sketches and Watercolor Pre-studies from the Lieselotte and Ernest Tansey Collection May 11 – September 2, 2007 Albrecht Dürer: Graphic Master Works from the Konrad Liebmann Foundation, Hanover June 23 – August 19, 2007

SUNDAY, Art In Bloom Open to the Public

SUNDAY, Closing Day—Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France

SUNDAY, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Japan Festival 2007

WEDNESDAY, 4 p.m., NOMA Board of Trustees Meeting

SATURDAY, Opening Day—Albrecht Dürer: Graphic Master Works from the Konrad Liebmann Foundation, Hanover

SUNDAY, 2 p.m., Family Workshop, “Shake, Rattle and Move”

SATURDAY, Noon, Classic New Orleans Film Series, Tightrope (1984, 115 min.)

For further information on upcoming exhibitions and events at the New Orleans Museum of Art, call (504) 658-4100, or visit our website at www.noma.org.

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