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OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART Executive Staff

Glen Gentele, President & CEO Hardy S. George, Ph.D. , Chief Curator Rodney Lee, Finance Director Kenneth H. Lindquist, Development Director Jack Madden, Facility Operations Manager

Editorial Staff Alison Amick, Associate Curator Chandra Boyd, Education Curator Jim Eastep, Membership Officer Nicole Emmons, Editor Brian Hearn, Film Curator Leslie A. Spears, Communications Manager

Board of Trustees Officers Frank D. Hill, Chairman Virginia Meade Fox, Immediate Past Chairman Elby J. Beal, Chairman-Elect Leslie S. Hudson, Vice-Chairman Judy M. Love, Vice-Chairman Duke R. Ligon, Vice-Chairman Peter B. Delaney, Treasurer John R. Bozalis, M.D., Secretary

*James C. Meade *Lifetime Trustee Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center 415 Couch Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (405) 236-3100 Fax: (405) 236-3122 www.okcmoa.com Readers’ comments are welcome. E-mail nemmons@okcmoa.com. Requests for permission to reprint any material appearing in this publication should be sent to the address above.

Dear Members and Friends, The work of LIVING LEGEND Julius Shulman is on view at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art! Julius Shulman: Oklahoma Modernism Rediscovered is a must-see exhibition. It is intimate, informative, important, beautifully installed, and it documents a slice of the great modernist architecture throughout the State of Oklahoma that will amaze and delight. Concurrent with Oklahoma Modernism Rediscovered is the lovely exhibition Passport to Pari: NineteenthCentury French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art. Fine examples of prints by Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, and Paul Gauguin, among others are featured in the exhibition. The two shows complement each other perfectly and make for a great Museum visit. We deliver our mission to enrich lives through the visual arts every day. Through this effort we work to create a cultural legacy that future generations will experience through art and education at the Museum and carry with them throughout their lives. We want to positively affect people’s lives with excellence in exhibitions, film, and education. So I invite you to become a member of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The benefits are awesome! Just read this newsletter to get a sampling of what is available to you, starting with free admission year-round and discounts at the Museum Cafe, the Museum Store, and at the Noble Theater. It is a value that you will enjoy year-round at your leisure and know that you are supporting the Museum. If you have any questions, please contact our membership office any time for additional information. I look forward to seeing you at the Museum and around town. As the weather heats up, remember to visit for Cocktails on the Skyline on the Museum’s Roof Terrace with live music on Thursday evenings. See you soon.

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Frank W. Merrick J. Edward Barth *Charles E. Nelson Katy Boren Maurice C. Nickell, D.D.S. William M. Cameron Cynda Ottaway Teresa L. Cooper Morris Permenter *Marion DeVore John P. Porter Theodore M. Elam Christopher P. Reen *Nancy Payne Ellis Marianne Rooney *Shirley Ford Robert J. Ross Preston G. Gaddis II Amalia Miranda Silverstein, M.D. David T. Greenwell Darryl G. Smette Kirk Hammons Jeanne Hoffman Smith Suzette Hatfield Denise Semands Suttles K. Blake Hoenig Jordan Tang, Ph.D. Joe M. Howell, D.V.M. Lyndon C. Taylor The Honorable Willa D. Johnson Wanda Otey Westheimer Penny M. McCaleb Charles E. Wiggin Katie McClendon Marsha Wooden Frank McPherson

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Glen Gentele President and Chief Executive Officer

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Inside Exhibitions..............................................................Pages 3-6 The Collection............................................................. Page 7 Calendar...................................................................Pages 8-9 Film.......................................................................Pages 10-11 Education...........................................................Pages 12-13 News....................................................................Pages 14-15

Mission statement The Oklahoma City Museum of Art enriches lives through the visual arts.

Claude Monet. Waterlilies, 1906. Oil on canvas, 32 1/8 x 36 1/2 in. National Museum of Wales; Miss Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest, 1951 (NMWA 2487) Courtesy American Federation of Arts

Turner to Cézanne

Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales June 25 - September 20, 2009

urner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales presents 58 masterworks from a single collection. A selection of 47 paintings—many of which have been rarely exhibited outside of Wales—and 11 important works on paper reveal the cross-currents between artists and movements that propelled nineteenth-century painting from the romantic naturalism of J.M.W. Turner to the post-impressionism of Paul Cézanne. The works on view are drawn from the collection of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, Welsh sisters who were among the most important art patrons in Europe at a key moment in the history of painting. The exhibition includes eight works by Turner, five by Jean-François Millet, three each by Camille Corot and Claude Monet, and two each by Cézanne, Edouard Manet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The clear connections among the various works acquired by the Davies sisters, particularly the inclusion of British artists such as Matthew Smith and Robert Bevan, whose work responds to French modernism, suggest an astute and informed understanding of nineteenthcentury painting. Gwendoline (1882–1951) and Margaret (1884–1963) Davies were born in the Welsh village of Llandinam. They were grandchildren of the famed industrialist and philanthropist David Davies and enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After attending private school near London, the sisters traveled extensively throughout Europe and began acquiring art. They quickly established themselves as important patrons and were among the first to purchase works by Corot, Honoré Daumier, and Millet. The Davies’s extensive knowledge and financial independence allowed them to spend more than

£110,000 (approximately $12 million today) building their impressive collection by 1913. The sisters ceased collecting at the outbreak of World War I in order to focus on charitable activities, including a volunteer stint with the Red Cross in Troyes, France. In 1920, they purchased a mansion called Gregynog near their childhood home in Wales, which they soon turned into a forum for arts and culture, attracting an international circle of educators, artists, and politicians. Their steadfast belief in advancing the study, practice, and appreciation of art in Wales led them to donate their collection of 260 paintings and works on paper to National Museum Wales. Margaret bequeathed Gregynog to the University of Wales in 1960, shortly before her death. Turner to Cézanne begins with late works by the British master J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851), including Morning after the Wreck (ca. 1840) and The Storm (ca. 1840–45). Turner’s oils and watercolors presage modern painting with their emphasis on loose, painterly brushwork, first-hand observation, and atmospheric effects. His revolutionary break with the mandates of mimesis, or exact copying of nature, would later have a tremendous impact on the impressionists, particularly Claude Monet (1840–1926). Turner’s influence is readily apparent in Charing Cross Bridge (1902), one of the three canvases by Monet in the exhibition. Monet’s own brushstroke became increasingly fractured and his palette more tonal as he studied Turner’s oeuvre during sojourns to London. In France, the work of the Barbizon school paralleled Turner’s romantic naturalism. Breaking from the traditions of classical landscape painting and biblical subject matter, artists such as Camille Corot (1796–1875) and Jean-

Vincent van Gogh. Rain–Auvers, 1890. Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 39 1/2 in. National Museum of Wales; Miss Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest, 1951 (NMWA 2463) Courtesy American Federation of Arts

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Paul Cézanne. The François Zola Dam, ca. 1877–78. Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 29 1/4 in. National Museum of Wales; Miss Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest, 1951 (NMWA 2439) Courtesy American Federation of Arts

François Millet (1814–1875) left their studios to paint en plein air, or outdoors. The three paintings on view by Corot include Distant View of Corbeil (ca. 1870), which depicts an idyllic landscape with a harmonized palette and feathery brushstrokes. Millet’s unfinished Winter: The Faggot Gatherers (1868–75), a haunting image of peasants from Normandy, underscores the many radical changes—including a new appreciation of the creative act itself and an elevation of scenes of modern life from secondary to primary importance— that propelled French art toward impressionism and post-impressionism. Although misunderstood in its own day and sometimes perceived as conservative in ours, the Barbizon school was integral to the rise of modern art and opened the door to artists of many genres seeking to explore a new realism in France. Following the precursors of Turner and the Barbizon school, the exhibition presents an important early work by Edouard Manet (1832–1883): Effect of Snow at Petit-Montrouge (1870). Often described as Manet’s first impressionist work, the painting conveys the unflinching scene of destruction in the suburbs of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). Applying broad, fluid strokes of gray, brown, and white directly onto the canvas, the artist perfectly captures the unique half-light of a dreary winter’s day, an effort that foreshadows his interest in effets de neige, or snow effects. Following Corot’s precedent by working on the spot and sur le motif, or from the subject

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(there is no discernible under-drawing in the work), Effect of Snow at PetitMontrouge is a first instance of the spontaneity and direct observation that would characterize impressionism. In addition to the strikingly modern work by Manet and Monet, including the latter’s renowned Waterlilies (1906), the exhibition features Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s masterpiece La Parisienne (1874), which demonstrates impressionism’s commitment to depicting modern life. The painting depicts the beautiful young actress Henriette Henriot directly confronting the viewer with a coquettish gaze. Rather than naming his sitter, Renoir presents her as a social type—the beguiling ingénue seen at the theater or in the shops and cafés of Paris. This follows the proclamation of nineteenth-century poet Charles Baudelaire, who called for contemporary artists to engage with modern life. The exhibition culminates with several post-impressionist works, including paintings by Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh. In 1918, Gwendoline Davies bought Cézanne’s Provençal Landscape (ca. 1877) and The François Zola Dam (ca. 1877–78), one of Cézanne’s most admired paintings. A few years later, she acquired van Gogh’s magnificent Rain–Auvers (1890). This evocative image, which dates to the last week of the artist’s life, conveys a sense of solitude through its open, panoramic composition.

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EXHIBITION PUBLICATION Turner to Cézanne is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue, published in soft cover ($39) and hardcover ($60) editions by the AFA in association with Hudson Hills Press, and will be available in the Museum Store in late June 2009. In addition to entries on each work by Bryony Dawkes and Bethany McIntyre of National Museum Wales, the catalogue includes an essay on the Davies sisters and the evolution of their collection by the exhibition’s guest curator Oliver Fairclough, Keeper of Art at National Museum Wales. The catalogue also includes an essay on collecting French art in Britain during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Paul Greenhalgh, Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and an essay on Renoir’s impressionist masterpiece La Parisienne by Colin B. Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection. The audio tour for Turner to Cézanne is provided by Columbia Museum of Art and SCETV (South Carolina Educational Television). The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and National Museum Wales. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir. La Parisienne, 1874. Oil on canvas, 64 3/8 x 42 5/8 in. National Museum of Wales; Miss Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest, 1951 (NMWA 2495) Courtesy American Federation of Arts

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Related Events Members’ Preview

Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6 - 9 p.m. Gallery/Lobby

Special Exhibition Lecture

“Becoming Modern : Art from Turner to Cézanne and Two Pioneer Collectors” Opening Lecture presented by Michael Tooby, director of Learning and Programmes, National Museum Wales Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5 - 6 p.m. Noble Theater (See page 13 for ticketing information)

Teacher Institute

Monday, June 29, 2009 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Classrooms (See page 13 for reservation information)

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“Romanticism to Impressionism: Turner, Corot, and Monet in the National Museum Wales” Lecture presented by Dr. Hardy George, chief curator, Oklahoma City Museum of Art Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Noble Theater

Family Day

Sunday, August 30, 12-4 p.m. Presented with the support of Sonic, America’s Drive-In

Last Call Friday

Friday, September 18, 2009 5 - 8 p.m. Museum School related summer classes for children ages 15 months through adult and camps for children ages 5-16. (See page 12 for more information)

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ON EXHIBIT THROUGH JUNE 7

Julius Shulman Oklahoma Modernism Rediscovered

Passport to Paris Nineteenth-Century French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art

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Joe Goode (American, b. 1937). Untitled from the Rains of ‘78, 1978. Lithograph, 17 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (45.085 x 36.83 cm). Gift of AT&T Inc.

FROM THE CURATOR

Hardy S. George Discusses Eight Joe Goode Works Donated by AT&T

relatively large untitled charcoal on paper from Joe Goode’s X-ray Series and seven monochrome lithographs were recently donated to the Museum by AT&T Inc. Six of the monochrome prints, dated 1981, make up a set titled Rains of ‘78. The seventh Untitled monochrome print is similar in size and technique, using an edge to edge field of dark blue, creating a nondescript chromatic space. While this Untitled work appears related to the set of six, it was completed four years earlier in 1977. Joe Goode (b. 1937) was born in Oklahoma City and, like his friend Ed Ruscha, studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1959 to 1961. One of his earliest exhibitions, Four Oklahoma City Artists, included the works of painters Ed Ruscha, Pat Blackwell, and Jerry McMillan and was held at the Oklahoma Art Center (now Oklahoma City Museum of Art) in 1960. Goode’s early work included Milk Bottle Painting, which not only brings to mind an Oklahoma City icon—the large milk bottle on the roof of a very small building on Classen Boulevard near 23rd street—but also the mixed-media creations of Jasper Johns. Goode’s work consists of an actual milk bottle, placed in front of a large field monochrome painting with subtle gradations of an atmospheric, pinkish red ground. This combination of an actual object echoed by the faint shadowy image of it on the monochrome canvas evokes images from Johns’ Devices series of the early 1960s, in which he attached tools and other common objects to his canvases as well as featured them in his lithographs. Similar objects also appeared in Goode’s early lithographs and caused his work to be associated with the California Pop artists of the early 1960s. The atmospheric and metaphysical sense of space in the backdrops, rather than the use of “common objects” or tangible subject matter in the foreground, became a major theme in his work and can be seen in his finest prints. An important turning point in Goode’s work was signaled by his 1964 painting of Cloud Triptych. The painting is made up of three square canvases connected by wispy striated clouds that drift from one panel to the next in the upper part of a vast empty sky. During this time, the artist began to concern himself with passing clouds, one of natures most transitory and intangible

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subjects, and the monochromatic and subtle ethereal light gradations of a summery day. He returned to the subject in Cloud-Photograph Triptych of 1969-70 and in the more saturated blue of his Torn-Cloud Painting of 1971-72, which recall the blue monochrome paintings of the French Neo-Dada artist Yves Klein. Klein expressed his metaphysical interest in the immaterial in his “international Klein blue” paintings that were most likely encouraged by his exposure to Buddhist thought while in Japan in 1952-53. In 1959, Klein explained that it was through color that he “little by little [had] become acquainted with the immaterial.” He explained that the blue used in his monochrome paintings “has no dimensions, it is beyond dimensions.” For Klein, “all colors arouse specific associative ideas, psychologically material or tangible, while blue suggests at most the sea and sky, and they, after all, are in actual, visible nature what is most abstract.” In Goode’s Rains of ‘78 series of monochrome paintings, he stresses the interdependence of these works as objects of contemplation. He gives emphasis to the purely visual and tactile experience of the print surface as well as a sense of the vast emptiness of space. Goode first experimented with the color separation, lithographic process when the medium was evolving and experiencing a revival in the early 1960s. One of his early lithographs, titled Sky, was printed by Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angles in 1965. In the mid-1970s, the period associated with the monochrome prints, Goode moved from Los Angeles to Springville, a small town in central California. He lived there for nine years (1978 to 1987). During that time, he gave up the kind of color field backdrop associated with his “Neo-Dada” Milk Bottle paintings and began using torn and scored sky images (Torn Skies and Vandalized Skies) as well as created his Black paintings. The donated works by Joe Goode display his reductionist methods and his original use of monochromatic color. These features have their roots in the stringent elimination of the subject by the Constructivists and the immaterial and spiritual works of the Color Field painters, making these graphic works a valuable asset to the Museum’s print collection.

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MAY 5

TUESDAY school • Itty Bitty Printers, 10-10:45a

Enriching Lives Through the Visual Arts!

WEDNESDAY school • Petite Printers, 10-11a • Glassblowing, 6-9p

The Museum is open until 9pm

THURSDAY

SUNDAY

SCHOOL • Home School Art Appreciation, 1-2:30p FILM • Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, 5:30 & 8p

DROP-IN ART • When a Line Bends..., 10-10:45a • When a Line Bends..., 11-11:45a • Cinco de Mayo Tissue Flowers, 1-4p BUs TOUR • Guided Architecture Tour, 11a-4p FILM • Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, 5:30 & 8p

SCHOOL • Basics of Drawing, 1-4p FILM • Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, 2p

FILM • Che Part 1: The Argentine, 5:30p • Che Part 2: Guerilla, 8p

School • Beautiful Brooches, 10-11a • Charcoal Portraits, 1-4p DROP-IN ART • Mother’s Day Gift Boxes, 1-4p FILM • Young Filmmakers Screening, 2p • Che Part 1: The Argentine, 5:30p • Che Part 2: Guerilla, 8p

School • Basics of Drawing, 1-4p • Mixed Media for Mom & Me, 2-4p FILM • Italian Opera in HD: Rigoletto, 2p

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SATURDAY

FRIDAY

School • Pen and Pencil Landscapes, 6-9p FILM • The Big Lebowski, 7:30p

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SATURDAY

SUNDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SCHOOL • Glassblowing, 6-9p EVENT • Friends’ Lecture: “Edward Hopper: ‘A Master Whose Poetry is Realism,’” 6:45p

School • Pen and Pencil Landscapes, 6-9p Film • Two Lovers, 7:30p

FILM • Two Lovers, 5:30 & 8p

School • Intaglio Printmaking Workshop, 10a-4p DROP-IN ART • Springtime Watercolors, 1-4p FILM • Two Lovers, 5:30 & 8p

SCHOOL • Basics of Drawing, 1-4p FILM • Two Lovers, 2p

WEDNESDAY

The Museum is open until 9pm

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

School • Pen and Pencil Landscapes, 6-9p FILM • Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived, 7:30p

FILM • Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived, 5:30 & 8p

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

DROP-IN ART FILM • “Lion King” African Art Pastels, • Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had 1-4p Lived, 2p FILM • Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived, 5:30 & 8p

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FILM • The Cake Eaters, 7:30p

FILM • The Cake Eaters, 5:30 & 8p

DROP-IN ART • French-Style Foam Prints, 1-4p FILM • The Cake Eaters, 5:30 & 8p

FILM • The Cake Eaters, 2p

The Museum is open until 9pm

JUNE

The Museum is closed on Mondays. Museum Cafe is open 11am-3pm.

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SCHOOL School • Summer Camp: Art Around the • Summer Camp: Art Around the World (Ages 5-7) World (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media Photography (Ages 8-10) Photography (Ages 8-10) • Oklahoma in Film, 5:30-9p

The Museum is open until 9pm

THURSDAY

School • Summer Camp: Art Around the World (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media Photography (Ages 8-10) FILM • Everlasting Moments, 7:30p

SCHOOL

SCHOOL • Yellow Meets Blue, 10-10:45a • Yellow Meets Blue, 11-11:45a • Amazingly Assembled Sculptures, 10-noon DROP-IN ART

EXHIBIT • Passport to Paris & Julius Shulman close SCHOOL • Introduction to Drawing and Painting, 1-4p • Mixed-Media Drawing, 2-4p FILM • La Scala Opera in HD: Il Viaggio

FRIDAY

• Summer Camp: Art Around the World (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media Photography (Ages 8-10)

FILM

• Everlasting Moments, 5:30 & 8p

EVENT

• Last Call Friday: Passport to Paris & Julius Shulman, 5-8p

TUESDAY SCHOOL • Summer Camp: Draw, Paint, Create! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media Photography (Ages 11-13)

WEDNESDAY School • Summer Camp: Draw, Paint, Create! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media Photography (Ages 11-13)

The Museum is open until 9pm

THURSDAY School • Summer Camp: Draw, Paint, Create! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media Photography (Ages 11-13) FILM • deadCENTER Film Festival, 8p

SATURDAY

• Fancy Fans, 1-4p

FILM • Everlasting Moments, 5:30 & 8p

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SATURDAY

SCHOOL • Summer Camp: Draw, Paint, Create! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed-Media Photography (Ages 11-13) FILM • deadCENTER Film Festival, • 2, 5:30 & 8p

SCHOOL • Flag Day Fun, 10-11a • Japanese Ink Painting, 10a-noon • Oklahoma in Film, 5:30-8:30p DROP-IN ART

SCHOOL • Digital Photography for Absolute Beginners, 1-4p • Introduction to Drawing and Painting, 1-4p FILM • deadCENTER Film Festival, 2p

FILM • deadCENTER Film Festival, 5:30 & 8p

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SCHOOL • Summer Camp: It’s All Black and White! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Beginning Film & Video (Ages 11-13)

School • Summer Camp: It’s All Black and White! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Beginning Film & Video (Ages 11-13))

School • Summer Camp: It’s All Black and White! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Beginning Film & Video (Ages 11-13) FILM • Fados, 7:30p

SCHOOL • Summer Camp: It’s All Black and White! (Ages 5-7) • Summer Camp: Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Beginning Film & Video (Ages 11-13) FILM • Fados, 5:30 & 8p

School

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• Father’s Day Cards, 1-4p

The Museum is open until 9pm

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Singing Puppets, 10-10:45a Singing Puppets, 11-11:45a Portrait Drawing, 10a-noon Digital Photography, 2-4p Oklahoma in Film, 5:30-8:30p

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SUNDAY

SCHOOL • Introduction to Drawing and Painting, 1-4p • Drawing with Dad, 2-4p FILM • Fados, 2p

• Paper Strip Sculptures, 1-4p

FILM

• Fados, 5:30 & 8p

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SCHOOL • Summer Camp: More Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Color Your World (Ages 11-13)

• Summer Camp: More Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Color Your World (Ages 11-13)

School

EXHIBIT • Turner to Cézanne opens School • Summer Camp: More Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Color Your World (Ages 11-13) FILM • Easy Rider, 7:30p

SCHOOL • Summer Camp: More Mixed Up Media (Ages 8-10) • Summer Camp: Color Your World (Ages 11-13) FILM • Easy Rider, 5:30 & 8p

School • Little Waterlilies, 10-11a • Seascapes, 10a-noon DROP-IN ART • Pipe Cleaner Sculptures, 1-4p FILM • Easy Rider, 5:30 & 8p

SCHOOL • Creative Use of Your Digital Camera, 1-4p • Introduction to Drawing and Painting, 1-4p FILM • Easy Rider, 2p

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WEDNESDAY

EVENT

• Exhibit Lecture: “Becoming Modern: Art from Turner to Cézanne and Two Pioneer Collectors,” 5-6p • Turner to Cézanne Members’ Preview, 6-9p

TUESDAY SCHOOL • Summer Camp: Beginning Film & Video (Ages 13-16) • Cézanne to Ten and Back Again, 4-5p

The Museum is open until 9pm

SUNDAY

Thursday, May 7, 7:30pm

Saturday, May 9, 2pm

The Big Lebowski

Young Filmmakers Screening

Following their first Academy Award® winning film, Fargo, the Coen Brothers came out with the hilariously quirky comedythriller about bowling, avant-garde art, nihilistic Austrians, and a guy named…The Dude. Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) doesn’t want any drama in his life…heck, he can’t even be bothered with a job. But, in a case of mistaken identity, a couple of thugs break into his place and steal his rug. Now, The Dude must embark on a quest with his crazy friends to make things right and get that rug back! Also starring John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and John Turturro. Director: Joel Coen 1998 USA/GB 117min. R HDdigital

Since 2002 the Museum School has offered video production camps and workshops for young people aged 11 - 16. Students get hands-on experience through each phase of pre-production, production, and post-production as well as marketing and publicity of their finished films. This retrospective screening celebrates more than a dozen the best short films produced under the mentorship of instructor Geoffrey L. Smith. Several of the young filmmakers will be present to let us know how their careers are progressing! Directors: various 90min. HDdigital

ITALIAN OPERA IN HD Sunday, May 10, 2pm

OKC EXCLUSIVE, TWO NIGHTS ONLY! Fri. – Sat., May 8 – 9, 5:30pm

Considered one of Giuseppe Verdi’s greatest accomplishments, and certainly his most touching portrayal of a father-daughter relationship, Rigoletto continues to marvel audiences worldwide with its tragic plot and its trademark Arias (La donna e’ mobile, Caro nome, Cortigiani vil razza dannata). This production from Italy’s most important Festival entirely dedicated to the genius of Verdi is conducted by Massimo Zanetti, who was voted Best Young Conductor in 1997 and 1998. Since then, he has enjoyed an international reputation as one of the most exciting conductors of his generation. Maestro Leo Nucci (possibly the greatest Italian baritone working today) sings the title role, a role he has played over 400 times and one that allows him to fully showcase his extraordinary talent. 2hrs. plus one intermission

Che Part 1: The Argentine

On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. The Argentine tracks Che’s rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero. In Spanish with English Subtitles. Director: Steven Soderbergh 2008 France/Spain/USA 129min. NR HDdigital Fri. – Sat., May 8 – 9, 8pm

Che Part 2: Guerilla

After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world. In Spanish with English Subtitles. Director: Steven Soderbergh 2008 France/ Spain/USA 128min. NR HDdigital PLEASE NOTE: each screening will be ticketed separately.

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Rigoletto

SPECIAL PRICE: $20 Adults/ $18 Members, Students, Seniors. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 28, 2008. Call (405) 278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

Thursday, May 14, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., May 15 – 16, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, May 17, 2pm

Two Lovers

Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Two Lovers is a classic romantic drama, with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard’s staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family’s dry-cleaning business. Director: James Gray 2008 USA 110min. R 35mm

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Thursday, May 21, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., May 22 – 23, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, May 24, 2pm

Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived

Virtual JFK investigates one of the most debated “what if” scenarios in the history of U.S. foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963, and had he been re-elected in 1964? The resulting film employs what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls “virtual history,” assessing the plausibility of counterfactuals, or “what ifs,” and the outcomes they might have produced. The film makes use of an array of resources including recently declassified and never before seen archival footage, documents, audio tapes and testimony from a critical oral history conference including Kennedy and Johnson administration officials. The heart of the film deals with the question: Does it matter who is president on issues of war and peace? Director: Koji Masutani 2008 USA 80min. NR HDdigital Thursday, May 28, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., May 29 – 30, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, May 31, 2pm

The Cake Eaters

Living in rural America, the Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch. Easy (Bruce Dern), the patriarch, owns a butcher shop and finds himself grieving over the loss of his wife, while hiding a secret ongoing relationship for years. Beagle (Aaron Stanford), his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by day but has a connection with Georgia Kaminski (Kristen Stewart), a terminally ill teenage girl wanting to experience love before it’s too late. Through it all, The Kimbroughs and Kaminski’s manage to establish a new beginning in the face of their greatest fears: truthfulness, intimacy, the afterlife, and family. Director: Mary Stuart Masterson 2007 USA 85min. R HDdigital Thursday, June 4, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., June 5 – 6, 5:30pm & 8pm

Everlasting Moments

Sweden in the early 1900s was a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, when a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life. The camera grants Maria new eyes with which to see the world, and brings the charming photographer “Piff Paff Puff” into her life. Trouble ensues when Maria’s alcoholic, womanizing husband, feels threatened by the young man and his wife’s newfound outlook on life. In Swedish with English subtitles. Director: Jan Troell 2009 Sweden 131min. PG HDdigital

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LA SCALA OPERA IN HD Sunday, June 7, 2pm

Il Viaggio a Reims

Il Viaggio a Reims is Rossini’s last opera in the Italian language (all of his later works were in French). Commissioned to celebrate the coronation of French King Charles X in Rheims in 1825, the work has been acclaimed as one of Rossini’s finest. The opera is a demanding work, requiring 14 soloists (3 sopranos, 1 contralto, 2 tenors, 4 baritones, and 4 basses). The uniqueness and audacity of the opera is compounded by its plot, which concerns a group of people who plan excitedly for a “viaggio” (journey) to the city of Rheims that at the end never happens. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone Director: Luca Ronconi. Running Time: TBA SPECIAL PRICE: $20 Adults/ $18 Members, Students, Seniors. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, May 26, 2008. Call (405) 278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

June 10 - 14 Details coming soon! Visit www.deadcenterfilm.org Thursday, June 18, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., June 19 – 20, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, June 21, 2pm

Fados

Fados completes the musical trilogy of award-winning filmmaker Carlos Saura (Flamenco, 1995; Tango 1998). Using Lisbon as a backdrop, he explores Portugal’s most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy). Tracing its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern fadistas, he ingeniously deploys mirrors, back projections, lighting effects, and lush colors to frame each song. The result is a ravishing fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Director: Carlos Saura 2007 Portugal/Spain 92min. NR 35mm

Thursday, June 25, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., June 26 – 27, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, June 28, 2pm

Easy Rider

This forty-year-old counter-culture classic introduced the pleasures and pitfalls of the open road to a generation of Americans. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper star as two freedom loving bikers who set out on their motorcycles through the American southwest. The soundtrack remains a time capsule of psychedelic rock. Director: Dennis Hopper 1969 USA 95min. R 35mm

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Education News

Museum School Museum School classes and workshops fill quickly. The following offerings still had spots available at the time this publication was printed. For descriptions or a complete listing of classes and workshops, visit www.okcmoa.com/ education/museumschool. Pre-registration is required. To register by phone, call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213.

SUMMER CAMPS

ADULT CLASSES

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

PEN AND PENCIL LANDSCAPES Thursdays, May 7-21, 6-9 pm (3 classes) Ability level: Novice/Beginner $55 members/ $70 nonmembers (materials provided)

Each four-day session is offered Tuesday through Friday (the Museum is closed on Mondays), 9 am-4 pm. Cost per child, per week is $120 for Museum members ($130 for nonmembers). Before and after care is available from 8 am-5 pm at an additional charge of $5 per child, per day.

PETITE PRINTERS Wednesday, May 6, 10-11 am

Ages 14-adult

CHARCOAL PORTRAITS Saturday, May 9, 1-4 pm Ability level: Novice/Beginner $20 members/ $25 nonmembers (materials provided) INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP Saturday, May 16, 10 am-4 pm Ability level: Novice/Beginner $40 members/ $50 nonmembers (limited supply list) INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING AND PAINTING Sundays, June 7-28, 1-4 pm (4 classes) Ability level: Novice/Beginner $80 members/ $100 nonmembers (materials provided) DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Sunday, June 14, 1-4 pm Ability level: Novice/Beginner $20 members/ $25 nonmembers CREATIVE USE OF YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA Sunday, June 28, 1-4 pm Ability level: Novice/Beginner $20 members/ $25 nonmembers

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

Ages 15-36 months (with parent) $7 members/$9 nonmembers (materials provided) YELLOW MEETS BLUE Saturday, June 6, 10-10:45 am YELLOW MEETS BLUE Saturday, June 6, 11-11:45 am SINGING PUPPETS Saturday, June 20, 10-10:45 am SINGING PUPPETS Saturday, June 20, 11-11:45 am

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Ages 3-5 (with parent) $7.50 members/$10 nonmembers (materials provided)

FLAG DAY FUN Saturday, June 13, 10-11 am LITTLE WATERLILIES Saturday, June 27, 10-11 am CÉZANNE TO TEN AND BACK AGAIN Tuesday, June 30, 4-5 pm

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

Foster your child’s love of the arts and inspire their creative expression with the Museum School’s summer camp program!

Limited scholarship assistance is available for Museum School camps. For an application, call (405) 236-3100, extension 213, or download a PDF version from our Web site, www.okcmoa.com. Scholarships are provided in part by The Journal Record.

AGES 5-7

Children must be at least 5 years of age to participate. June 2-5: ART AROUND THE WORLD June 9-12: DRAW, PAINT, CREATE! June 16-19: IT’S ALL BLACK AND WHITE!

AGES 8-10

Children must be at least 8 years of age to participate.

Ages 6-9 $10 members/$15 nonmembers (materials provided)

June 2-5: MIXED-MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY June 16-19: MIXED UP MEDIA June 23-26: MORE MIXED UP MEDIA

MIXED MEDIA FOR MOM & ME (WITH PARENT) Sunday, May 10, 2-4 pm

AGES 11-13

AMAZINGLY ASSEMBLED SCULPTURES Saturday, June 6, 10 am-noon JAPANESE INK PAINTING Saturday, June 13, 10 am-noon PORTRAIT DRAWING Saturday, June 20, 10 am-noon DRAWING WITH DAD (WITH PARENT) Sunday, June 21, 2-4 pm

Children must be at least 11 years of age to participate. June 9-12: MIXED-MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY June 16-19: BEGINNING FILM & VIDEO June 23-26: COLOR YOUR WORLD

AGES 13-16

Children must be at least 13 years of age to participate. June 30-July 3: BEGINNING FILM & VIDEO For a complete list of summer camps, descriptions, and frequently asked questions, visit www.okcmoa.com/museumschool/summercamps09.

SEASCAPES Saturday, June 27, 10 am-noon

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

Ages 10-13 $10 members/$15 nonmembers (materials provided) MIXED-MEDIA DRAWING Sunday, June 7, 2-4 pm DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Saturday, June 20, 2-4 pm

Join our guest artists in the Education Center every Saturday from 1 to 4 pm as they help families to create extraordinary works of art inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions, and special occasions throughout the year. No advance registration is required for you and your children to drop in and make and take a unique creation home with you! Free with paid Museum admission. MAY – DEBBIE LANGSTON 2 Cinco de Mayo Tissue Flowers 9 Mother’s Day Gift Boxes 16 Springtime Watercolors 23 “Lion King” African Art Pastels 30 French-Style Foam Prints

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JUNE – LINDA BUSHA 6 Fancy Fans 13 Father’s Day Cards 20 Paper Strip Sculptures 27 Pipe Cleaner Sculptures

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Programs FRIENDS’ LECTURE Edward Hopper, May 13

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Join Dr. Carol Troyen, the Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on Wednesday, May 13, as she discusses the life and work of artist Edward Hopper in her talk, “Edward Hopper: ‘A Master Whose Poetry is Realism.’” One of the most enduringly popular American painters, Hopper created unforgettable images of unremarkable places—all-night diners, dusty storefronts, movie theaters with their tawdry glamour, and Cape Cod bungalows in the late summer sun. He was America’s pre-eminent painter of light—he once said, “All I ever wanted to do was paint sunlight on the side of a house”—but he was also unrivaled in revealing the inner recesses of the human psyche. Troyen’s lecture, Troyen in front of one of Hopper’s most famous works, Nighthawks. which begins at 6:45 p.m. in the Noble Theater will offer new interpretations of the stories hinted at in Hopper’s pictures and what they reveal about his era. A reception precedes the talk and will take place in the main lobby beginning at 6 p.m. A cocktail buffet in the Museum Cafe will follow the lecture. Admission to Friends’ lectures is free to members at the Friend, Friends, and Sustainer membership levels. Tickets for general membership levels are $15 and $20 for nonmembers and may be purchased on the day of the lecture. For more information, contact Jim Eastep at (405) 236-3100, ext. 215.

SPECIAL EXHIBITION LECTURE Turner to Cézanne, June 24 On Wednesday, June 24, the Museum welcomes Michael Tooby, director of Learning and Programmes, National Museum Wales, who will present his lecture, “Becoming Modern: Art from Turner to Cézanne and Two Pioneer Collectors.” The program, which begins at 5 p.m. in the Noble Theater, precedes the members’ preview of Turner to Cézanne and presents an art historical background of the works included in the exhibition as well as details on why and how the Davies sisters created their collection for a private home and a public museum. Tickets are required to attend the lecture and may be purchased in advance beginning June 1. Call (405) 278-8237 to purchase tickets by phone or visit www. okcmoa.com to buy your tickets online.

In conjunction with Oklahoma City Community College and the Downtown College Consortium, the Museum will present a course for credit this June, Oklahoma in Film. Taught by writer, producer, director, and actor, Rick Allen Lippert, the class will examine the themes and techniques of films, many of which will have a connection to Oklahoma by subject matter, locale, or production. Students will gain insight into various methods of analyzing and discussing films by participating in assigned viewings, writing, and field experiences. The course will make use of a variety of film collections and venues in downtown Oklahoma City, including the deadCENTER Film Festival, the OKC Museum of Art, and the Ronald J. Norick Library. Oklahoma in Film (HUM 2003) meets Wednesdays for 8 weeks beginning June 3, 5:30-9 p.m. The fee for Oklahoma residents is $306 (3 credit hours). Students may audit the course for no grade or credit; however, regular credit tuition and fees apply. A reduced tuition/fee is available to students 65 and older who audit a course. Special incentives are available to Museum members. For more information or to enroll, call (405) 232-3382 or register online at www.downtowncollege.com.

LAST CALL FRIDAY Passport to Paris & Julius Shulman, June 5 Join us in celebrating the closing weekend of Passport to Paris: Nineteenth Century French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art and Julius Shulman: Oklahoma Modernism Rediscovered on June 5, 5-8 p.m. Enjoy a cocktail and mingle with friends to the sounds of Karissa Bradshaw and the Goldstein 3 on the Museum’s Roof Terrace. Take a guided tour of the special exhibition with Museum curators and featured guests and register for exciting door prizes to be given away at the end of the evening. Other fun surprises are being planned, so be sure not to miss this event! Admission to Last Call Fridays is free for members, $12 for nonmembers, and $10 for students and seniors. Use your Allied Arts OKCity Card and receive two-for-one admission!

TURNER TO CÉZANNE TEACHER INSTITUTE

Honoré Daumier. The Night Walkers, 1842–47. Oil on board, 11 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. National Museum of Wales; Miss Gwendoline E. Davies. Bequest, 1951 (NMWA 2452) Courtesy American Federation of Arts

Educators from across the state are invited to participate in a day-long, intensive study of the special exhibition, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, on Monday, June 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Guest speakers will present background information on the artworks and collectors, while art educators will demonstrate and engage participants with hands-on activities that can be taken back to the classroom and shared with students. Teachers will receive a full-color resource guide for the exhibition, complete with lesson plans aligned with PASS skills, and a staff development certificate for their participation. Registration is $20 and includes all materials, lunch, and refreshments. Space is limited to 40, and early registration is recommended. Call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213, to register or for more information.

A CALL FOR DOCENTS Have you ever wanted to learn more about art? Do you enjoy working with people? If you answered “yes” to either of those questions, please consider joining the docent program at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. By joining our program, you will gain knowledge of the Museum’s permanent collection and our special exhibitions, such as our next blockbuster exhibit, Turner to Cézanne. Our first meeting for the new docent class will be Monday, June 1 at 10:00 a.m. in our board room. If interested, please contact Amy Young, associate curator of education, at (405) 278-8212 or ayoung@okcmoa.com.

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Joe Moran, 2009 ONE Awards event chair; Jerry Dickman, chairman of Selection Commission; Glen Gentele, president and CEO, Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Howard Barnett, chairman of the Board of Directors for Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits.

Museum educator Chandra Boyd (back center) and curator Alison Amick (back right) with Millwood Arts Academy students during their school-wide celebration inspired by themes from the Harlem Renaissance exhibition.

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ONE Awards Selection Commission Awards Museum in Arts and Humanities Category The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits recently held its second annual ONE Awards event in Tulsa. A total of 27 nonprofits were honored in 9 categories of service, including Arts & Humanities, Community, Community Health Services, Education, Health Services, Self-Sufficiency, Seniors, Sports & Recreation, and Youth Development. The winners in each of the nine categories received $7,500, and two finalists received $5,000. ONE Awards Selection Commission selected the OKCMOA for the Award for Arts and Humanities. Finalists included the Oklahoma Arts Institute and the Enid Symphony Association.

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Cacky Poarch (left) and Kim Haywood (right), C.E.O. and C.O.O. of deadCENTER Film Festival, with Brian Hearn, Museum film curator as they prepare for the upcoming festival in June.

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RECOGNITION & MEMORIAL GIFTS Celebrate someone special with a recognition gift to the Museum for a birthday, anniversary, special occasion, or memorial. Recent gifts have been received in memory of Kenneth Dale Klos from Mr. and Mrs. F.P. Cassidy and Mr. and Mrs. David T. Cook. All recognition and memorial gifts can be designated by the donor to one of the following named endowment funds: • Beaux Arts Acquisition Fund • Carolyn Hill Collections Endowment • Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center Building Maintenance Endowment • Fee-Milligan Endowment • James C. and Virginia W. Meade Collections Endowment • Kirkpatrick Family Endowment • Oklahoma City Museum of Art Affiliated Fund Endowment

• Oklahoma City Museum of Art Legacy Endowment • Pauline Morrison Ledbetter Acquisitions Endowment • Raymond A. and Verna N. Young Endowment • Records Family Endowment • Robert and Harriette Orbach Endowment • Sarkeys Foundation Arts Education Endowment • Sonic, America’s Drive-in Arts Education Endowment • Thatcher Hoffman Smith Film Endowment

If no designation is requested, funds are placed in the Museum’s operating endowment. Recognition and memorial gifts placed in one of these endowments earn income used by the Museum in perpetuity for generations of art lovers. For questions on recognition/memorial gifts, or to make a gift, please contact Jim Eastep at (405) 278-8215. Gifts may be made by check, credit card, or the transfer of appreciated stock, and are tax deductible as allowable by law.

Recent gifts, grants, and pledges to this endowment, established in recognition of Carolyn Hill, have been received from the following in recognition and appreciation of Carolyn’s years of service to the Museum. Total gifts received since December have reached nearly $300,000. To make a gift or pledge to this new Museum endowment fund or for more information, call (405) 278-8286. • John and Sharon Bozalis • Jim and Molly Crawley • John McCune

• Oklahoma Art League • James Vallion • Leslie and Cliff Hudson

llison met her husband to be, James Elston, at Princeton University, where Jim was a graduate student. They married and moved to Arkansas, where Jim taught pre-law at the University of Arkansas. By that time, Allison had already begun collecting art. Her first purchase was in Paris, where she acquired a Toulouse- Lautrec poster at the Knoedler Gallery. Allison attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where her interest in art continued, leading her to work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and then Town and Country magazine. Always interested in the arts, Allison and Jim helped start the Arkansas Symphony and the Walton Art Center. On summer vacations, they traveled to Europe, touring the great museums. Allison’s cousin in Belgium, a noted art collector of Flemish paintings, gave her a Tenagra for her collection. Another of Allison’s cousins was associated with the Vatican and gave the couple special tours of Italian treasures. While on a two-year sabbatical, the couple lived in London and visited almost every museum in the British Isles. On a trip to Hungary, a friend, whose husband was an artist, took the couple off the “official tour” to be sure they saw other museums in the country. Following their years in Arkansas, the couple lived in Santa Fe, where they acquired a work by Allan Houser, a native American artist, born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Houser studied at Dorothy Dunn’s Art Studio at the Santa Fe Indian School

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in New Mexico, where he was one of Dunn’s top students. Additionally, the couple acquired works by other leading artists of the Santa Fe school and works by Gustave Baumann, one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America, who was working in Santa Fe. The couple participated in the Santa Fe art scene, joining museums and serving on the board of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Following this life-long commitment to the arts, Jim and Allison moved to Oklahoma. “We are so excited about supporting the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and thoroughly enjoy the very fine exhibitions, lectures, and children’s programs,” said Mrs. Elston. “We want to help leave a legacy for many others to enjoy and have made a gift to the Museum a part of our estate plans. We will greatly miss Carolyn; her direction has taken the Museum to exceptional heights. We wish the new director, Glen Gentele, success as we continue to participate in the Museum’s future and as members of the Lasting Impressions Society.” Please join Jim and Allison and other members of the Lasting Impressions Society in support of the Museum through a planned gift. Visit the Museum’s web site, www.okcmoa.com, or contact Ken Lindquist at (405) 278-8286, for additional information on how this form of giving can assist you and your family as well as the Museum.

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