The Textile Museum ANNUAL REPORT 2014
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 1
Inside
From the Board President and Director | 1
Supporters | 10
Opening a New Museum | 2
Leadership and Staff | 13
Inaugural Exhibitions and Events | 4
Volunteers | 14
Public Programs | 6
2014 Financials | 15
Campus Engagement | 8
About The Textile Museum | 17
Research and Scholarship | 9
Top to bottom: Members of GW Chamak perform South Asian fusion dance at the museum’s grand opening on March 21, 2015. Photo by Zachary Marin / The George Washington University; Ceremonial hanging (palepai) (detail), Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, possibly the Kalianda Peninsula, Paminggir people, 19th century. TM 1962.41.1. Museum purchase.
From left: Textile Museum Board President Bruce P. Baganz, GW President Steven Knapp, and Director John Wetenhall at an event celebrating the museum’s grand opening. Photo by Dave Scavone.
From the Board President and Director This has been the most transformative year in The Textile Museum’s ninety-year history. On March 21, 2015, our museum officially reopened in its new home at the George Washington University. It was a wonderful success! In the year leading up to the grand opening, staff and volunteers inventoried, packed, moved, and rehoused our art and library collections, while educational programs continued to engage textile enthusiasts. The museum delivered a modest surplus for fiscal year 2014, thanks to financial discipline and the generosity of our supporters, including donors to our Founding Patron campaign. Opened in 2014, our conservation and collections resource center in Virginia has elevated collections care to the highest level. In contrast to the cramped storage areas at the museum’s historic site, this exemplary new facility was designed to accommodate the collections’ specialised needs, with museum-grade climate controls and security systems, sophisticated compact storage equipment, a state-of-the-art conservation laboratory, and space for staff, students, and scholars to study and photograph collections pieces. During the transition, we offered educational programming at the same rate as before. We launched a new series of lectures by leading contemporary craft artists. We ramped up our travel offerings, including a trip to Detroit and Mid-Atlantic visits organized by our volunteer New Horizons Committee. Meanwhile, GW students and faculty increasingly integrated museum-based projects into graduate classes, researched the collections, and pursued hands-on internships.
Our inaugural exhibition, Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories, featured some of The Textile Museum’s finest treasures, augmented with digital content and an interactive photo kiosk to engage our new audiences. Meanwhile, we stocked the shelves of the new museum shop, developed security and visitor-services protocols, and designed signage and collateral. The museum opened with ten days of celebrations, welcoming over 10,000 visitors for a week of VIP, member, and press previews; a weekend festival with art activities, keynote lectures, and student performances; and university and neighborhood welcomes. We are grateful to our loyal docents, volunteers, and over 1,000 members who remained with us throughout the move. As a postscript to the period of this report, in May 2015 The Textile Museum sold its S Street property. While this location will always be connected with fond memories and impressive accomplishments, records of museum founder George Hewitt Myers chronicle his far-sighted recognition that one day the museum would outgrow its original site. Now, an aging structure that would have cost millions to maintain has been replaced by magnificent new facilities twice the size, while all proceeds of this sale have been directed to our endowment to support The Textile Museum’s future exhibitions and educational programs. The Textile Museum’s future is secure with its financial stability, outstanding new facilities, ability to care for the collections, and the prospect of access by scholars and connoisseurs. It is a wonderful outcome for everyone who appreciates the artistic merit and cultural significance of the world’s textiles.
Bruce P. Baganz President, Board of Trustees
John Wetenhall Director THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 1
Opening a New Museum
2014
April Conservation and Collections Resource Center Open House
Collections Move Begins
2015
January
Exhibition Installation Begins
Members enjoyed special access to the new collections center on GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus—touring the collections storage area, conservation lab, exhibition workshop, and other spaces in the 22,000-square-foot facility.
LEED-Gold Certification
The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program awarded the museum its gold certification for strong commitment to sustainable design.
May The first boxes of Textile Museum collections pieces were trucked to industrial freezers (part of the museum’s integrated pest management protocol) before being transported to the collections center in June.
Museum staff began the weeks-long process of installing three exhibitions in the new galleries.
Library Opens
The museum’s Arthur D. Jenkins Library opened, by appointment, on the fourth floor of the new facility.
Clockwise from left: Trustees toured the new museum site in April 2014. Photo by Jessica McConnell Burt / The George Washington University; Associate Registrar Tessa Lummis (left) and Registrar Rachel Shabica (right) store rolled textiles in the collections center. Photo by William Atkins / The George Washington University; Designer Stephanie Odegard led the first Voices of American Design lecture in November. Photo by William Atkins / The George Washington University. THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 2
June Museum Open House
As construction of the new museum facility in downtown Washington neared completion, members were invited for a first look at its gallery spaces, program rooms, and the Arthur D. Jenkins Library.
Website Launch
After months of research and planning, the museum introduced its newly designed website: museum.gwu.edu.
February Storage System Complete
At the collections center, museum registrars finished configuring state-ofthe-art cabinets that will safeguard fragile textiles for years to come. The upgraded storage system was made possible by a generous anonymous donation.
July Library, Shop, and Staff Move
Staff supervised the move of offices, shop inventory, and the 20,000-volume library collection from S Street to Foggy Bottom. In the months leading up to the move, Librarian Lydia Fraser and volunteers conducted the first full inventory of the library’s book collection.
March
Grand Opening
The 53,000-square-foot George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum opened on March 21 with three exhibitions; a festival with art demonstrations, crafts, and student cultural performances; and lectures by noted textile scholars. The museum shop also welcomed visitors for the first time.
November
Collections Move Complete
The last of The Textile Museum’s collections pieces arrived at the collections center, where staff continued to unpack and place objects in new storage shelves and cabinets.
Programs Begin at New Museum
The museum’s Voices of American Design lecture series kicked off with textile designer Stephanie Odegard, who led the first public program at the new facility.
May Sale of S Street
In a milestone announcement, the museum reported the sale of the historic property that was home to The Textile Museum for nearly ninety years. All proceeds from the sale were directed toward The Textile Museum’s endowment at GW, providing ongoing support for The Textile Museum’s operations and programs, and ensuring its sustainability for generations to come.
Left to right: Exhibition production staff members Doug Anderson (left) and Scott Brouard (right) hung the first artwork in the new galleries in January 2015. Fragment from a jacket (detail), Iran or Baghdad, Iraq, Buyid Dynasty (934–1062), ca. 1000. TM 3.116. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1927; In March 2015, the museum held a special reception for members to celebrate the grand opening. Photos by William Atkins / The George Washington University. THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 3
The Textile Museum reopened in new facilities at GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus on March 21, 2015 with its largest exhibition to date. More than 3,000 people attended the museum’s opening events celebrating this landmark occasion.
Inaugural Exhibitions and Events OPENING EXHIBITION Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories March 21–August 9, 2015 Curated by Sumru Belger Krody and Lee Talbot, with contributions by consulting curators Mattiebelle Gittinger, Ann Pollard Rowe, and Rebecca A.T. Stevens Unraveling Identity united textiles from across cultures to explore expressions of individual, cultural, political, spiritual, and social identity. Featuring more than 100 pieces spanning 2,000 years and five continents, this exhibition showcased The Textile Museum’s world-renowned historical collections and key loans of contemporary fiber art and fashion.
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 4
DIGITAL CATALOG
Sumru Belger Krody, ed. Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories (Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum at the George Washington University, 2015). To commemorate its inaugural exhibition at GW, The Textile Museum published a digital catalog of essays by curators and scholars. It is available on the museum’s website for download and print-ondemand: museum.gwu.edu/publications.
Left to right: Hanging or shroud (porisitutu) (detail), Indonesia, Sulawesi, Rongkong area, Toraja people, 19th century. TM 1986.26.2. Gift of Mary Jane and Sanford Bloom in honor of Patricia Fiske; Museum trustee Mary Jo Otsea and Richard Brown stop to read an exhibition label during the grand opening. Photo by William Atkins / The George Washington University.
GRAND OPENING EVENTS March 20 Member Reception More than 600 dedicated museum members and guests attended a reception celebrating the culmination of the multiyear effort that brought The Textile Museum to GW. March 21 Keynote Lectures and Show and Tell A special program featured keynote lectures from two eminent textile scholars and historians: Thomas Farnham and Jon Thompson. Following the lectures, attendees shared personal historical textiles produced by Islamic cultures from East Asia to Northern Africa. March 21–22 Grand Opening Weekend Visitors of all ages stopped by the museum on opening weekend for cultural music and dance, art demonstrations, hands-on activities—including origami and traditional Okinawan textile craft projects led by the Japanese Embassy and Okinawan delegation—and self-guided tours of the exhibitions. Press Coverage In the days leading up to and following the grand opening, the museum was featured in hundreds of local, national, and international clips, including stories in the Washingtonian and Associated Press, and The Washington Post’s Style feature. Read stories online at museum.gwu.edu/news.
Support for the opening events and exhibitions was generously provided by:
PRESENTING SPONSOR Ali and Lama Kolaghassi
FOUNDING SPONSORS
Aramco Services Company Sylvia Bergstrom and Marin Hagen Nancy Gewirz MFA ’80 and Carl Gewirz Steven S. Ross BBA ’81 and Lori L. Ross BA ’84 Albert H. Small
SPONSORS Bruce P. and Olive W. Baganz Cynthia Boyer and John Alton Boyer BA ’48, JD ’50 E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Alexander D. Crary Virginia McGehee Friend Thomas B. Harris Mary Jo Otsea and Richard H. Brown Roger and Claire Pratt Eleanor T. Rosenfeld The Textile Museum Advisory Council Annie and Rick Zander Turkish Airlines
DONOR PROFILE: Aramco Services Company
Aramco Services Company was a Founding Sponsor of the new museum’s grand opening. “The museum’s international collection that spans five millennia reminds us how we are inherently interconnected to other cultures, as well as the environment, and how important it is to make this knowledge accessible to the public through preservation, exhibitions, and educational programs,” said Jack Moore, Director of Aramco Washington Office. “As the museum brings us closer together through the threads of textiles from around the world, we are excited to be a part of this special fabric that will inform and inspire future generations.”
Top to bottom: Jack Moore (left), director of Aramco Washington Office, and Elif Gokcigdem (right), a public affairs advisor for Aramco and a member of the museum’s Advisory Council, listen to remarks during the grand opening celebrations. Photo by Dave Scavone; A visitor participates in a craft project at the public opening. Photo by William Atkins / The George Washington University. THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 5
Public Programs The Textile Museum continued offering public programs during its transition to GW. In 2014, thousands of visitors of all ages participated in lectures, films, crafts, and other activities at the museum’s original location on S Street, its new facilities at GW, and in sites across the city.
PROGRAMS IN 2014 Boys & Girls Clubs Partnership In its third year, The Textile Museum’s partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington provided hands-on textile art classes to local underserved youth through two seven-week sessions led by museum educators.
Environmental Film Festival As part of the 2014 Environmental Film Festival in March, the museum showcased Carolyn Kallenborn’s documentary Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions, which examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of Oaxaca’s Zapotec communities.
“Do You Nuno?” The Story of Nuno Textiles In May, the museum’s first program at GW featured Nuno Corporation co-founder Reiko Sudo, who discussed the thirty-year history of one of the world’s leading makers of contemporary textiles. The program was made possible through grant support from the Asian Cultural Council and a partnership with the George Washington University’s Interior Architecture and Design Program.
National Cherry Blossom Festival In partnership with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, The Textile Museum participated in its fourth Family Days at the National Building Museum in May, drawing more than 1,000 visitors to its craft table over two days.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival As part of the June 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall, The Textile Museum led more than 700 people in creating a community quilt inspired by the traditional art of China’s Shaanxi Province.
Voices of American Design Series In November, the museum launched a series of lectures led by celebrated artists working in contemporary design. Held at the museum’s new home in Foggy Bottom, winter lectures featured internationally recognized textile designer Stephanie Odegard, innovative wood turners Philip and Matt Moulthrop, and master glass artist Dan Dailey.
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 6
RECURRING PROGRAMS Ask a Curator, Ask a Conservator This program gives visitors the opportunity to learn more about the care and origins of their own textiles from the museum’s curators and conservators.
GW Arts Initiative Programs Brief lectures and other interactive educational programs explore topics relating to art, history, and culture, and connect GW faculty, students, and the public during the spring and fall semesters. A collaboration with GW arts and humanities faculty.
Rug and Textile Appreciation Mornings In Memory of Harold Keshishian The museum’s longest-running program features discussions and show-and-tell sessions led by local experts and collectors.
“Museum programs seem to be multiplying exponentially, including new opportunities to connect with the university community. There really is something for everyone—from young children to those young at heart.” Joan Dreyer, Docent and Member of the Advisory Council and New Horizons Committee
Clockwise from left: A girl helps construct a Textile Museum quilt at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Photo by Rick Reinhard / For the George Washington University; Philip Moulthrop, bundled mosaic bowl. Photo by Joel Whisenant; Embroidery (detail), Iran, early 17th century. TM 3.110. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1928; (Overlay) Rug (detail), Turkey or Syria, 17th century. TM R34.34.1. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1927; Chief Conservator Esther Méthé at a special edition of the museum’s Ask a Curator, Ask a Conservator program held at the World Bank.
Trips The museum leads regular guided trips to other venues in Washington, D.C., and beyond, offering special access to collections and opportunities to engage with textile artists, collectors, and experts. In 2014, participants traveled with the museum to Baltimore, Detroit, New York City, Philadelphia, and to museums across D.C., including the National Gallery of Art, National Museum of American History, and the Freer and Sackler Galleries. Organized by the New Horizons Committee, a volunteer group dedicated to expanding the community of museum members and supporters.
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 7
The museum engaged GW student groups and coordinated with faculty on university courses and programs in 2014. The following collaborations demonstrate how the museum benefits from the support of students who, in turn, learn from expert staff.
Campus Engagement Internships
Exhibition Design
In 2014, seventeen of the museum’s nineteen interns were GW students—many of them from the university’s acclaimed museum studies and museum education graduate programs. Interns provided critical assistance in relocating the museum’s collections and preparing for the opening exhibitions and events.
Together with museum studies professor Barbara Brennan, Curator Lee Talbot led students in designing a preliminary layout for the museum’s fall 2015 exhibition China: Through the Lens of John Thomson (1868–1872).
Collections Management Registrar Rachel Shabica worked with GW museum studies professor Laura Schiavo to develop a university-museum curriculum for her Introduction to Collections Management course, including final projects that addressed expressed needs of the museum. Left to right: Sari (detail), India, Coromandel Coast, Karuppur Village, 19th century. TM 6.78. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in1936; Shirong Gu, a curatorial intern and student in GW’s Department of Theatre and Dance’s Production Design Program, works on a model for Unraveling Identity. THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 8
Museum Fundraising In the spring semester, Director of Development Eliza Ward was a recurring guest lecturer in this museum studies graduate course, using The Textile Museum and its constituencies as a case study.
Museums and Social Media In its second year, this fall museum studies course, led by assistant professor Amelia Wong, invited students to research ways for the museum to engage audiences onsite through social media.
Research and Scholarship The Textile Museum is committed to its role as a center of excellence for the research, conservation, interpretation, and exhibition of textiles. In 2014, museum curators and research associates contributed to textile scholarship through publications, lectures, and professional service.
2014 HIGHLIGHTS Empires of the Eye: Ottoman Material Culture and Daily Life Organized by the Birmingham Museums Trust, this April workshop in Birmingham, U.K., explored Ottoman material culture by relating objects to cultural history, including daily life, piety, and food and drink. Senior Curator Sumru Belger Krody presented a paper entitled “Structures and Textures: Ottoman Textiles.”
DONOR PROFILE: Judy Brick Freedman
American Curators of Asian Art Forum Curator Lee Talbot traveled to Los Angeles in May to attend the American Curators of Asian Art Forum, where he presented on The Textile Museum’s transition to GW and its opening exhibition at the new facility. Afterward, he visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s modern kimono exhibition in preparation for his review in Textiles Asia and gave a talk to The Textile Museum Associates of Southern California.
Textile Society of America Symposium Curators Sumru Belger Krody and Lee Talbot attended the 13th Biennial Textile Society of America Symposium in September. Krody presented “A New Unit for Study and Research: The Textile Museum at the George Washington University” at a session focused on efforts to create graduate and post-graduate programs for students interested in textile objects and their history. Talbot chaired the panel “Textiles in China: Identity, Literacy, and Communication.”
2014 PUBLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS Carol Bier, Research Associate
Review of Islamic Geometric Design, by Eric Broug, Saudi Aramco World, 2014, Suggested Readings.
Walter B. Denny, Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate for Oriental Carpets How to Read Islamic Carpets (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014).
Ann Pollard Rowe, Research Associate, Western Hemisphere Textiles
Judy Brick Freedman, a member of the Board of Trustees (2010–2015), is investing in the museum’s future by supporting professional development of its dedicated staff. Judy is eager to see The Textile Museum flourish in its new home. “I am excited about the unknown and unfolding possibilities of enrichment for the field of textiles, the international and national community of enthusiasts, university faculty and students, and the city of Washington, D.C.,” she said. A generous Founding Patron gift from Judy and her husband Allen R. Freedman enables staff to travel to national and international conferences to give presentations and attend trainings. Top to bottom: Trustee Judy Brick Freedman in the new galleries. Photo by Dave Scavone; (Overlay) Textile fragment (detail), India, 15th century. TM 6.120. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1947; Senior Curator Sumru Belger Krody (center) leads scholars in a Byzantine and early Islamic textile workshop at the museum’s conservation and collections resource center. Photo by Elizabeth Williams.
“Technical Reflections of Highland-Coastal Relationships in Late Prehispanic Textiles from Chillon and Chancay,” in Textiles, Technical Practice and Power in the Andes, ed. Denise Y. Arnold and Penelope Dransart (London: Archetype Books, 2014), 159–191.
Lee Talbot, Curator “The Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum: A Decade of Excellence in the Textile Arts,” in Wearable Art: Inspiration in Thread (Seoul: Sookmyung Women’s University, 2014), 10–17.
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 9
Supporters We are grateful for the generosity of those who support the museum’s work. Donations and memberships of $250 and above received between January 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015 are listed. Founding Patrons—those who pledged or donated $50,000 or more during this time to establish and sustain the new museum—are indicated by an asterisk (*).
Benefactors ($10,000 and above)
Patrons ($1,000–$4,999)
Terry Adlhock and Jeffrey Hunter* Alice Shaver Foundation Aramco Services Company* Avenir Foundation* Bruce P. Baganz and Olive W. Baganz* Estate of Jeanne V. Beekhuis Sylvia Bergstrom, Joe Rothstein, and Marin Hagen* BHP Billiton Petroleum Cynthia R. Boyer and John Alton Boyer BA ‘48, JD ‘50* Catherine Hawkins Foundation The Coby Foundation, Ltd Sheridan and Richard Collins Alexander D. Crary* Jane and Worth B. Daniels, Jr. Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities Alastair and Kathy Dunn Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky* E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman* Virginia McGehee Friend* Nancy Gewirz MFA ‘80 and Carl Gewirz* Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Harry Greenberg and Diane Greenberg* Hawk Rock Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services* Shirley Z. Johnson and Charles Rumph* Reeva and Ezra Mager Harold F. Mailand* The MARPAT Foundation* Estate of Murad M. Megalli BS ‘80, MS ‘83* The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation* National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Mary Jo Otsea and Richard H. Brown* Peruvian Connection LLC Roger S. and Claire Pratt* Prince Charitable Trusts Eleanor T. Rosenfeld* Stanley Owen Roth* Paul and Barbara Schwartz Michael Seidman and Lynda Couvillion Stockman Family Foundation Trust We Energies Foundation World Bank Community Connections Fund Annie and Rick Zander Stefanie Zeldin and Robert K. Zeldin Family Foundation*
Deborah M. Anderson Caroline A. Baker and Richard J. Dwyer Teresa C. Barger and Travis Brown Corinne Berezuk Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation The Charles Delmar Foundation Dr. Young Yang Chung Julie Shafler Dale Roderick and AnnMarie DeArment Donna Dingle and Phillip J. Dingle Steven J. and Joan Dreyer Colin and Lee England Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Jack and Sharon Fenlon Elisabeth R. French Donald R. Gant Diane and Marc Grainer Margaret H. and John B. Greenwood George S. and Jo Ann Harris Sandra M. Hoexter Cheri Hunter Fred and Susan Ingham Jay L. and Sandra O. Jensen Dr. David L. Johnson and Dr. LeeAnn Podruch Robert J. Joly and Nancy S. Hewison Barbara Kaslow Dr. Kathy Katz and Dr. Richard Katz Kirk M. Keshishian Patricia Key and Lauren L. Suter Mary Kluwin Gerhardt G. Knodel R. Joel and Melinda Lowy Sylvia E. Lu David Lyman General and Mrs. David Maddox Dr. Leigh A. Marsh J.L. Martin Maud Mater McGraw-Hill Financial Anne Mehringer and Terry Beaty Valerie and Miguel Miro-Quesada Maria Montelibano Jill Moormeier Kurt Munkacsi and Nancy Jeffries The Museum Docents Mary Pat Osterhaus Ethelyn and Harrison Owen Elmerina and Paul Parkman Robert G. Perry MBA ‘70 and Elizabeth Perry Michael and Penelope Pollard Amelia Preece Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price Paul Ramsey Nancy Rice The Robert J. and Helen H. Glaser Family Foundation Bea and Thomas Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rumford III Jay M. Schippers Security Energy Company Joan Shorey Jerry and Judy Shulman Daniel and Sybil Silver Judith Alper Smith Barbara and Jeffrey Steele Wendel and Diane Swan
Connoisseurs ($5,000–$9,999)
0 EAT NENXUTAILL E R EMPUOSRETU M 2 0 1140 T1H
The Boeing Company Lloyd and Margit Cotsen Tom and Fay Cook Tina M. deVries K. Burke Dillon Gwen and Tom Farnham Jerry and Laurie Feinberg Joseph W. and Judith Fell David and Barbara Fraser The Estate of Ann Gibbons Amy L. Gould and Matthew S. Polk Thomas B. Harris Historic Textile Research Foundation Melissa McGee Keshishian Jerilyn and Rob Nalley Ruth Lincoln Fisher and Frederic R. Fisher Trusts Anonymous
Textile Museum Associates of Southern California Dr. John Wetenhall and Professor Tanya Wetenhall Michael and Patricia Wilson Anonymous
Sponsors ($500–$999) Martin and Mary Ann Baumrind Melissa and Jason Burnett James D. Burns Gene B. and Rebecca S. Christy David L. and Mary R. Colton Christine N. Cotts Jean Cox Jeffrey P. Cunard Donald J. and Kae G. Dakin Kristina L. Dendinger Dr. Austin Doyle and Elisa Braver Mae and Gene Festa Dr. Giraud V. Foster and Mrs. Carolyn E. Foster Meryl French Suzan Gallup Nita and N. N. Grover Flora B. Harper Timothy and Penelope E. Hays Karin Hazelkorn Judith Hecht and Dennis M. Barry Lisina M. Hoch Sona Kalousdian and Ira Lawrence Jerome and Deena Kaplan James W. and Nancy K. McBride Barbara McCoy Eric A. Michael and Craig Kruger Fred and Kathleen Mushkat Dr. and Mrs. David A. Paly Mildred Patterson and Marc Grossman Ruth R. and Seymour Perlin Judith S. and David W. Peterson Felix and Keisha Phillips Jerrilynn Pudschun and J.S. Monier Nadine Purcell Dr. Earl C. Ravenal and Mrs. Carol Ravenal Victoria Reed Kathryn L. Riley David A. and Gayle M. Roehm Professor and Mrs. Richard Rose Barbara H. Stanton Marylou Steptoe Christa C. Thurman Sala Elinor and James Vaughter Ida M. Welsh The Wetsman Foundation Christine Windheuser Thomas Xenakis Norma Yess Deborah and Rodney Zeitler Anonymous
Supporters ($250–$499) Adobe Matching Gift Program Dr. Jeffrey S. Akman and Steven Mazzola Philis Alvic Carol H. Ammons B. C. and Linda F. Anderson Cyndi Andrews James F. Arzente and Julie Nomi Joseph S. Asin Pelin Aylangan Caroline H. Backlund Banafsheh Baharaestan Julia and Douglas M. Bailey A. Lisa Barker Janet T. and Robert C. Barnard Sandra Bass William and Martha Bateson Sue Baum William B. and Sondra Bechhoefer Linda and James Beers Meredith Bennett Bernadette and R. Daniel Benz Mary E. Bergeron Margit A. and Richard S. Bergquist-Tracey Judith L. and James N. Bexfield Carol Bier and Jerry Cooper Sharon and Alfred E. Bigot Dr. June P. and Ronald Bland Aija C. Blitte Helen Blumen and Jan Acton Andrew Boesel Dr. Sue Bogner Beth Bowers Michael Brodsky and Aleta Margolis Peggy A. Brown Sharon and Robert Buchanan J. E. Callison and Marc Allard Pauline Calomiris Andrew and Gayle Camden Richard L. and Andrea L. Cantor William P. Casella and Philip W. Jostrom Michael A. and Lucille B. Ceurvorst Morris J. Chalick Larry and Allison B. Chernikoff Eunice M. Childs Gene B. and Rebecca S. Christy Dr. James A. and Linda H. Clever Laura Clyburn McWilliams James N. Coker W. J. Coleman, Jr. and Karen S. Coleman Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan Dr. Dana C. Connell and David Wolf Katherine D. Crone Donna M. Dana Peter de Gajary Richard Denison and Paula Bryan Dennis R. and Zinaida Dodds
“Our supporters are the heart and soul of the museum. Their generosity ensures that The Textile Museum can continue its leadership in the textile arts today and for the next generation.” Cynthia R. Boyer and Alexander D. Crary, Museum Trustees and Development Committee Co-chairs
Top to bottom: Rug (detail), Turkey or Syria, 17th century. TM R34.34.1. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1927; (Left to right): Miguel and Valerie Miro-Quesada, Barbara Schwartz and Trustee Paul Schwartz, and Jerilyn and Robert Nalley tour the galleries during the grand opening of the new museum. Photo by Dave Scavone.
Opposite page (top to bottom): Mamluk carpet (detail), Egypt, Cairo, ca. 1500. TM R16.2.2. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1952; (Overlay) Carpet (detail), Central Asia, Turkmenistan, Yomut, Turkmen, 18th century. TM R37.5.2. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1914; Founding Patrons Harry and Diane Greenberg pose in front of a tunic from Cameroon (back right) that they donated to the museum and was featured in the opening exhibition. Photo by Dave Scavone. THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 11
Cornelia W. Dodge Martin Donougho and Ellen Todd Henry E. Dugan, Jr. and Caroline Dugan Jonathan C. and Karen Turner Dunn Joan Egrie Robert J. and Jennifer Emry Carma C. Fauntleroy Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Arlene and Harold B. Finger Patricia L. Fiske Kathleen Fitzgerald Floris Flam and Paul Seder Dr. Evan and Leman Fotos Sylvia Fraser-Lu Albertina Frenkel Diana B. Frost Dale C. Gibb Jere Gibber and J. G. Harrington Gayle E. and Larry Gibbons Priscilla S. and Nelson Gibbs Jennifer Gibson and Harry Rand Mary T. and Clinton Gilliland Carla X. Gladstone Mitchell Goodman and Wendy Orient Dr. David Greenblatt and Sheila Gelman Kathryn L. Greenspan Rebecca and Robert Haase Arthur B. and Renate Halpern Judith Halsema Barbara S. Harvey Conway Y. and James Henderson Larry and Karen Heppen Harriet and Stephen Hersh Donald and Ingrid Hester Nancy Hirshbein Bonnie L. Holland and Gary H. Arlen Elizabeth and Victoria Houghton Giselle and Ben Huberman Shirley Jacobs G. G. Johnson and Dominique Bello Margaret C. Jones Dr. Linda A. Joyce and Michael G. Ryan Vedat Karadag Rainer Karasz and Julie Speers James and Dale Kasab Dr. Sandra J. Kehoe-Forutan and Nasser Forutan Ann N. and Thomas Kelsall Ellen M. and Leonard J. Kennedy Jan Kern and Tom Grahame Linda Kestel Sharon Kinoshita and Will Crooke Julie M. Klement and Joe Bernstein President Steven and Diane Knapp Michael W. Kolakowski Jeffrey and Fern Krauss Amy Kuhlmann and Peter McCool Constantine D. Kyropoulos and W. D. Tenney Sara Lamb Leslie B. and Bruce Lane Mary Kay Lanzillotta Elizabeth Lemersal and Stephen Sickels Dr. Richard Alan Levinson Susan L. and William Lichten Don and Pamela G. Lichty Jane and Ken Lieberthal Dr. Stephen F. Lintner and Pamela R. Johnson THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 12
Loretta Litke Aldis V. and Malda S. Liventals Judith H. and Richard Livingston Michael J. Lockerby Carroll C. Long Jeffrey S. and Pamela Lovinger Claude Lubroth Reilly Gertrud Magerl and Jennifer Gill Kathleen M. and K. S. Martin Janice A. McCall Gale McCallum Nancy and Dennis McCarthy Susan L. McCauley and Michael A. Ussery Lyn McCormick Ursula G. McKinney Eleanor McMillan Ann E. and Donald McPhail Cecelia Menaker Bethany R. Mendenhall Margaret Menkart MetLife Foundation Karen S. and Jeffrey Miller Mary M. Miller and Dennis E. Farley Nancy S. and Simeon L. Moats R. H. and Christine Morin William D. Moseley Janice Moskowitz and Keith Costas Joan Moyers Leone P. Murphy Mary and Theodore H. Myer J. P. Myers, Jr. and Susan Myers Dominie M. and Howard A. Nash The New York Community Trust Dr. Gillian M. Newstead and Robert A. Schmidt Dr. Susan Niermeyer and John A. Brett Nina E. Olson Maryjo and John Ordway Marian Osterweis Pieter Ott and Edwin Palang James D. Owens, Jr. and Roberta R. Owens Deane W. Parker Dolly Perkins Sheila Peters Philadelphia Eighth ICOC, Inc. David M. and Anita K. Pugh Catherine A. and Richard Ranger Volker and Annette Rautenstengel Maria and Peter Q. Reeve Thorburn and Heddy Reid Carol and Terry Reinhold Dawn Reser Beth Resetco Leena M. Riker Jean Robbins Elyse E. Rogers and Richard Robey Michael F. Rohde Julia Ross Nancy J. Ross and Bob Henshaw Rosalie A. and Mitchell K. Rudnick Lynn B. and Thomas J. Russo Suzy K. Salib Gloria J. Schofner Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Jessica Seidman Raymond E. Senuk and Judith Gibbons Kathleen and Eugene Severens Mike and Kay Morrison Shuler
Elizabeth Silver-Schack and Larry Silver Richard L. Simmons Coriolana Simon and Douglas R. Wolters Thomas W. and Margaret Q. Simons David M. Sloan and Steven Fuller Robert H. and Patricia Small Baker A. and Deborah E. Smith Rosalie S. Smith Linda Watkins Sorkin, Esq. Barbara M. Spencer Deborah Spiliotopoulos Judith K. and Carleton W. Sterling Florence S. and Roger D. Stone Mary W. Sullivan Marsha E. Swiss and Ronald M. Costell, M.D. Barbara Szoradi Eleni Taxildari-Smith and Gordon Smith Gretchen Theobald Jane Tomlinson and Thomas Nerad Dr. Saran Twombly Elinor G. and James G. Vaughter Jane Venable Brown Daniel and Stefanie Walker Darcy Walker Ruth B. and Fred Ward Michaelin Watts Jacqueline P. Weatherly and Derek L. Cadzow David E. and Jacqueline E. Weisman Trudy Werner Dr. David L. and Karen J. Williams Genii and Tim Williams Jill and David Wilson Janet F. Wishner Lee Woehle Marilyn R. and Marshall Wolf Kathleen Wosika and David Fox Nicholas H. and Joan S. Wright Andree Wynkoop and Hasam Tuluy Penny and David Yao Beverly and Daniel J. Yett Gilbert H. Young, M.D. Jan Zastrow and Jeanne Drewes Margot Zimmerman Dr. Alice M. Zrebiec and Peter J. Palmer Anonymous (2)
Gifts given in memory of: Richard Ettinghausen Doreen Kelly Harold M. Keshishian Helen Kovacs Murad Megalli Clarissa Palmai Samuel Rosenfeld Clyde �Ev� Shorey Jr. Ingeborg Tschebull Cassie Zimmerman Edwin M. Zimmerman
Leadership and Staff Board of Trustees Bruce P. Baganz President Cynthia R. Boyer Vice President Roderick A. DeArment Treasurer Ezra Pascal Mager Assistant Treasurer Michael M. Seidman Secretary Alexander D. Crary Assistant Secretary Alastair Dunn Thomas Farnham Judy Brick Freedman Virginia McGehee Friend Nancy Gewirz Hannelore Grantham
Gerhardt G. Knodel Mary Jo Otsea Roger Pratt Eleanor T. Rosenfeld Stanley Owen Roth Paul Schwartz Wendel Swan Annie Hurlbut Zander
Trustees Emeriti Sheila Hicks Alice Dodge Wallace
Honorary Trustees Elizabeth Ettinghausen Jack Lenor Larsen
Staff
Opposite page: Suzani (detail), Turkestan, Bokhara, 18th–19th century. TM OC4.7. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1916. Above (left to right): Museum staff at an event celebrating the grand opening. Photo by Dave Scavone; Throne cushion cover (detail), China, mid-19th century. TM 51.18. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1940.
John Wetenhall Director Doug Maas Managing Director for Finance and Administration Doug Anderson Exhibition Production Manager Lydia Fraser Librarian Sheila Freeman Receptionist Maria Fusco Associate Conservator Tom Goehner Curator of Education Chelsea Hick Assistant Registar* Monika Hirschbichler Exhibition Coordinator Emily Johnson Membership and Development Manager Lori Kartchner Education Assistant* Ana Kiss Special Assistant to the Director
Advisory Council Terry Adlhock Deborah M. Anderson Julia Bailey William B. Bechhoefer Julia M. Burke Dr. Young Yang Chung Sheridan P. Collins K. Burke Dillon Joan Dreyer Suzanne W. Dworsky A. Edward Elmendorf Sharon G. Fenlon Jannes Gibson Elif Gokcigdem Marc Grainer Thomas B. Harris R. John Howe
Kate Konefal Assistant Director of Development Sumru Belger Krody Senior Curator Tessa Lummis Associate Registrar Esther Méthé Chief Conservator, Margaret Wing Dodge Chair in Conservation Chita S. Middleton Communications & Marketing Associate Frank Petty Exhibition Production Technician Rachel Rhodes Assistant Conservator* Rachel Shabica Registrar Lauren Shenfeld GW Presidential Administrative Fellow Rebecca A.T. Stevens Consulting Curator, Contemporary Textiles Lee Talbot Curator Richard Timpson Director of Exhibition Production and Museum Facilities
Robert J. Joly Barbara Kaslow Kirk M. Keshishian Melissa M. Keshishian Patricia Key Mary Kay Lanzillotta Gail Martin Vanessa Moraga Kurt Munkacsi Ann Nicholas David A. Paly Elmerina L. Parkman Felix Phillips Joe Rothstein Jay M. Schippers Stefanie Zeldin Sigal Judith Alper Smith Anne Wright Wilson
Eliza Ward Director of Development Chabrina Williams Director of Retail Operations Kibebew Wondirad Senior Accountant
Research Associates Carol Bier Islamic Textiles William J. Conklin Pre-Columbian Textiles Walter B. Denny Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate for Oriental Carpets Thomas J. Farnham Charles Grant Ellis Archives Research Associate Michael Franses Oriental Carpets David W. Fraser Eastern Hemisphere Textiles Mattiebelle S. Gittinger Southeast Asian Textiles Ann Pollard Rowe Western Hemisphere Textiles * Partial year
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 13
Volunteers We could not fulfill our mission without the support of dedicated volunteers, who devote thousands of hours annually to the museum. In 2014, volunteers generously donated their time as docents, program and departmental volunteers, New Horizons Committee members, interns and more. We are grateful for their many contributions.
DONOR PROFILE:
Terry Adlhock Caroline Backlund Alex Baker Sondra Bechhoefer Diane Bratter Shelly Brunner June Carmichael Mengwen Chen Phoebe Coleman Sheridan Collins Christina Maria Cotte Lynda Couvillion Elizabeth Davidson Susan Dichter K. Burke Dillon Joan Dreyer Trinka Ebbe Jessica Evan Julie Evans Mandy Fatemi Marie Fazio Elisabeth French Virginia Friend Barbara Gentile Julie Geschwind Gayle Gibbons Jessica Gosling-Goldsmith Julia Grasso Peggy Greenwood Shirong Gu Rebecca Haase
Sarah Halpert Samantha Halstead JeeAhn Liv Han Margaret Hardy Tamara Harris Alli Hartley Nancy Hirshbein Nancy Hoagland Sandra Hoexter Christine Hogan Kellyann Ho-Sang Jing Huang Marissa Huttinger Kelsey Johnston Margaret Jones Phyllis Kane Melissa Katzin Andrea Kiernan Peter Kiss Fereshteh Klauss Thomas Klopf Pamela Kopp Jimin Kwon Kathleen Leary Chelsea Lenhart Yuyang Li Michelle Lopez Ethelmary Maddox Joyce Martin Gale Awaya McCalum Jane Moss McCune Ruth McDiarmid
Terry Adlhock
One of the museum’s many dedicated volunteers, Terry Adlhock has been a docent for more than a decade and is a member of the museum’s Advisory Council. Terry says that his volunteer service has given him “invaluable education and instruction” that he hopes he has been able to pass on to visitors. In the spirit of giving back, Terry also made a generous gift as a Founding Patron of the new museum. His donation will help to support the creation of a new textile learning center that will bring hands-on learning experiences to visitors of all ages. Top to bottom: Volunteer Nancy Wynn leads visitors in a craft at the museum’s grand opening. Photo by William Atkins / The George Washington University; (Overlay) Carpet (detail), Central Asia, Turkmenistan, Yomut, Turkmen, 18th century. TM R37.5.2. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1914; Docent Terry Adlhock volunteers at the museum’s Celebration of Textiles festival. Photo by Vincent Gallegos. THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 14
Janice McHenry Marcia Melin Caryn Miller Katy Milligan Jenny Morningstar Pauline Morrison MaryKate Murphy Jessica Nakano Tristan Nichols Ethelyn Owen Elmerina Parkman Rachel Perlman Penny Pollard Ariel Polokoff Tricia Prewitt Jeri Pudschun Kirstin Purtich Catherine Rich Amy Rispin Katie Roberts Amanda Rooth Ruth Roush Hannah Saoloio Linda Segal Catherine Seibert Katie Seno Kathleen Severens Yuxuan Shen Robert Snyder Andrew Sonn Susan Spock Barbara Steele Kathryn Stevens Flo Stone Martha Strickland Kelly Swain Victoria Thompson Jennifer Torres Danielle Tyson Samantha Viksnins Kristine Walsh Marcy Wasilewski Trudy Werner Christina Westpheling Amy Williams Madison Williams Tanya Williams Wetenhall Nancy Wynn Robin Yang Linda Yangas
2014 Financials Statement of Financial Position
In 2014, The Textile Museum transferred its financial assets to GW, in compliance with the Definitive Agreement. These transfers are reflected in the following statements (pages 15–16). All transferred funds have been restricted to support The Textile Museum’s programs at the new site. Subsequent to this financial report, The Textile Museum sold its historic property on S Street, and all proceeds were directed toward The Textile Museum’s endowment at GW.
December 31, 2014 Assets Cash
$ 66,904
Agency fund receivable
$ 355,204
Asset held for sale
$ 554,464
Total assets
$ 976,572
Liabilities and net assets Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses
-
Total liabilities Net assets - unrestricted
$976,572
Total liabilities and net assets
$976,572
This financial information was derived from audited financial statements. For a complete copy of these statements, please contact Doug Maas, managing director for finance and administration, at douglasmaas@gwu.edu.
Top to bottom: Chilkat ceremonial cape (detail), North American Northwest coast, Tlingit, 1850–1900, TM 84.1. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1928; A visitor at the museum’s Arthur D. Jenkins Library. Photo by William Atkins / The George Washington University.
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 15
Financials
Statement of Activities December 31, 2014 Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
Total
$164,614
$1,915,496
$1,957,572
$4,037,682
$33
$395,000
$395,033
Government grants
$73,278
$28,405
$101,683
Contributed goods and services
$92,006
$92,006
Other income
$71,253
$71,253
Membership dues
$68,318
$68,318
Travel tours
$24,852
$24,852
$5,905
$5,905
Revenue and support Gifts and contributions Operating investment return
Museum shop
$500,259
$2,338,901
Net assets released from restrictions
$2,366,978
$(2,366,978)
Total revenue and support
$2,867,237
$(28,077)
$1,957,572
$4,796,732 -
$1,957,572
$4,796,732
Expense Program services Eastern Hemisphere
$98,278
$98,278
Conservation
$95,819
$95,819
Education
$71,677
$71,677
Collections management
$71,664
$71,664
Communications and marketing
$41,198
$41,198
Museum shop
$37,236
$37,236
Library
$8,830
$8,830
Western Hemisphere
$6,057
$6,057
Total program services
$430,759
-
-
$430,759
Supporting services Administration
$456,042
$456,042
Facilities
$235,013
$235,013
Development
$69,617
$69,617
Membership
$31,544
$31,544
Total supporting services Total expense Change in net assets from operations Non-operating investment return Transition costs Transfers to TM at GW Change in net assets Net assets, January 1, 2014 Net assets, December 31, 2014 THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 16
$792,216
-
-
$792,216
$1,222,975
-
-
$1,222,975
$1,644,262
($28,077)
$1,957,572
$3,573,757
$18,788
$149,611
$2,881
$171,280 ($573,414)
($573,414) ($4,332,181)
($1,407,497)
($9,949,600)
($15,689,278)
($3,242,545)
($1,285,963)
($7,989,147)
($12,517,655)
$4,219,117
$1,285,963
$7,989,147
$13,494,227
$976,572
-
-
$976,572
About The Textile Museum Created and prized by cultures around the world for millennia, textiles are beautiful works of art that tell stories about the people who made them. The Textile Museum expands public knowledge and appreciation—locally, nationally, and internationally—of the artistic merits and cultural importance of the world’s textiles, through scholarship, exhibitions, and education programs.
Left to right: Museum exterior. Photo by Marketing and Creative Services / The George Washington University; Huari tunic (detail), Peru, 750–800. TM 91.533.
Located in museum founder George Hewitt Myers’s historic home and gardens for eighty-nine years (1925–2014), The Textile Museum joined with the George Washington University and reopened as a cornerstone of a new museum on its Foggy Bottom Campus on March 21, 2015.
The museum’s collections encompass more than 20,000 objects that date from 3000 BCE to the present, including some of the world’s finest examples of rugs and textiles from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the indigenous cultures of the Americas. The 20,000-volume Arthur D. Jenkins Library is the world’s oldest library dedicated to the study of textiles.
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 17
701 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 202-994-5200 museum.gwu.edu
1 8 A N N U A L R E P O RCover T 2 0Image: 1 4 Robe (detail), Uzbekistan, Bukhara, late 19th century. TM 2011.11.1. Gift of Guido Goldman.