Annual Review 2015-16

©Anton Grassl/Esto

L. Emison, Chair, Volunteer

THANK YOU!

Thank you for your support of The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art! I am proud to present The Ringling’s recent accomplishments in this year’s Annual Review. Without your participation and financial support, The Ringling would not have been able to present the exhibitions and education programs that are listed here. This report records the activities of The Ringling from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. During this time period, The Ringling continued its five-year history of record-breaking attendance, with a 7% increase to 428,121 visitors. As in 2014–15, we continued to experience growth across all visitor sectors, but our strongest increase was in local visitation. We are particularly proud that the exhibitions and programs we present have captured the attention and minds of our community.

In the last five years, The Ringling has demonstrated fiscal diligence by ending every year with a surplus. Since 2011, our budgets have grown from $12.75 million to $20.1 million, an increase of over 60%, yet each year our revenue generation has exceeded our expenditures. In the 2015–16 fiscal year, overall revenue exceeded budget by 6% and expenses were 8% less than budgeted, enabling an overall budget surplus of just over $1 million.

39% Earned Revenue

TOTAL REVENUE $20,149,307 TOTAL EXPENSE $19,123,951

ENDOWMENTS

The Ringling’s combined (The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation and FSU Foundation) endowments at year-end totaled $41 million, a decrease by $1.8 million from the previous year due to continued market fluctuations. The annual draw from the endowments this fiscal year was $1.272 million.

EXHIBITIONS

The 2015–16 fiscal year featured 15 exhibitions in the Searing Wing and the Tibbals Learning Center. Of these, five were large exhibitions featured in the Searing Exhibition Galleries and ten were smaller-scale exhibitions drawn primarily from our permanent collections of works on paper, photography, and circus posters. Three exhibitions were traveling exhibitions organized by other institutions.

Builder Levy: Appalachia USA

JUL 10 – SEP 30, 2015

Appalachia USA is an epic documentary project by the New York-based photographer Builder Levy that presented life and labor in coal mining communities through lush black and white photographs. Through Levy’s portraiture, we see the miners deep in the underground performing arduous and perilous work. Levy also presents the miners’ above-ground existence, capturing intimate interiors, the vernacular architecture and culture, and the racial diversity that provides the region’s unique identity.

Back and Forth: Thinking in Paint

AUG 14 – NOV 8, 2015

Back and Forth is structured as a dialogue between the painting faculty of the College of Fine Arts at FSU and The Ringling’s collection. Each work exhibited responded to the Museum’s diverse collections of antiquity, Baroque painting, circus arts, and the lush density of our grounds and gardens. Faculty represented were Carrie Ann Baade, Ray Burggraf, Lilian Garcia-Roig, Mark Messersmith, and Judy Rushin. A catalogue accompanied the exhibition.

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Rudolph/Walker

SEP 25 – DEC 6, 2015

Guest House Replica

In the fall of 2015, the 1952 Walker Guest House by Paul Rudolph was meticulously replicated on the grounds of The Ringling. Initiated and constructed by the Sarasota Architectural Foundation, it represents one of the hallmarks of the Sarasota School of Architecture and demonstrates Rudolph’s adaptation of modernist principles to the subtropical Florida climate. Complementing the installation, a small focus exhibition on the guest houses Rudolph designed and built in Sarasota was featured in the Searing Exhibition Galleries. These architectural gems are early examples of the innovative design and daring for which Rudolph would become known. Accompanying the models of the guest houses, vintage photographic and architectural material was also included.

Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China

OCT 9, 2015 – JAN 10, 2016

Organized by The Ringling in association with the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, China, Royal Taste offered a unique glimpse into the luxurious lifestyles and religious practices of princely courts in the early and middle years of the Ming Dynasty. More than 140 works of pictorial, sculptural, and decorative arts revealed some of the lesserknown aspects of palatial lives, patronage, and beliefs of Ming princes. Shown for the first time in the United States, these works testified to the richness, sophistication, and political intrigue of the art, culture, and lives of provincial nobility. Royal Taste was accompanied by a major catalogue published by The Ringling and SCALA Publishers, London.

Below, left to right:

Paul Rudolph: The Guest Houses exhibition.

From Samurai exhibition. Suit of armor, Haruta School (helmet); Unkai School (hanbō), first half of the 18th century. Steel, brass, gilded copper, horn, wood, leather, laquer, silk, silk brocade. Museo Stibbert, Florence, Inv. No. 8093

From Ink, Silk and Gold exhibition. Mosque Lamp, Egypt (Cairo), early 1320s. Glass with gold and enamel decoration, 27.5 x 20 cm. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, 37.614. Photograph © 2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

From Cirque/Cyrk/Cirkus exhibition. Twenty Years of Russian Circus 1939, Printer unknown, chromolithograph, 27 x 40 in., Tibbals Collection.

Samurai: The Way of the Warrior

JAN 15 – APR 17, 2016

This exhibition traced a thrilling period of social and political history in Japan by focusing on the ornate arms, armor, and accessories of the legendary samurai warriors. Ruling Japan from 1185 to 1868, the age of samurai was defined by the military rule of the shogun, during which time elite warriors donned elaborate yet effective battlegear that signified their status and power. Featuring rare and exquisite helmets, suits of armor, swords and saddles, the exhibition was on loan from the Museo Stibbert in Florence, Italy, which houses one of the most significant collections of samurai material outside of Japan.

Ink, Silk and Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

FEB 5 – MAY 1, 2016

Ink, Silk and Gold wove together a vast geopolitical tapestry whose common thread is Islam. It offered a window into the multifaceted artistic traditions of the Islamic world spanning the globe. Featuring superb works of art from the eighth to the 21st centuries, the exhibition brought together silver inlaid metalwork, manuscript pages inscribed with gold, brocaded velvets, luster-painted ceramics, and large earthenware vessels. The exhibition was the first comprehensive presentation of the MFA Boston’s Islamic collection and was the first presentation of Islamic art at The Ringling prior to the opening of the new Center for Asian Art.

Cirque/Cyrk/Cirkus: Circus Posters Across Europe

MAR 4 – JUN 20, 2016

Around the globe, some aspects of circus performance remain universal, while others take on a local personality. Audiences are always thrilled by the high-flying aerialist, the danger of exotic cats, or the comedy of a clown. Yet circuses also reflect the unique cultural climate of each region through performances and advertising. This exhibition explored how 20th-century circuses of Eastern and Western Europe expressed their strong individual identities in print.

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Above: From Royal Taste exhibition. Gold Plaque with figures in high relief, 16th century. Gold and gemstones, Height 7 cm, Chinese, Qichun County Museum.

Left to right: Builder Levy (American, b. 1942), Toby Moore Old House Branch Mine, Eastern Coal Company, Pike County, Kentucky, 1970. Courtesy of the artist. © Builder Levy

Back and Forth exhibition. Mark Messersmith, Those Left Behind (detail), 2013, oil on canvas with carved wooden top and side parts and mixed media predella boxes, 90 x 70 inches.

PERFORMANCE

The Ringling’s Art of Performance program continued its mission to bring an evocative array of contemporary performance to The Ringling’s stages. Presented in two overarching programs, the Ringling International Arts Festival (RIAF) and New Stages, the Art of Performance presented the work of 11 artists and their companies during the year.

RIAF celebrated Asian performance this year, as part of a season of Asian exhibitions and programs leading to the opening of the new Center for Asian Art. Artists traveled to Sarasota from Japan, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Featured performances included Phare: The Cambodian Circus presenting Khmer Metal, a humorous evening of interactions between patrons of a local bar, told through music and dialogue and interpreted through the circus arts. Tao Dance from China, presented an intense performance highlighting rigor and repetition in their choreography and leaving the audience exhausted from experiencing the sheer physicality of their dance. The MacArthur fellow recipient and experimental jazz vocalist Jen Shyu took the audience on a voyage of discovery in a moving performance on traditional instruments of East Timor and Indonesia. Ronnarong Kampha of Northern Thailand (Lanna) presented dance drawn from traditional Lanna and contemporary sources that combine remarkable physical strength and beauty. Other performances included the Japanese puppetry of Tom Lee in the presentation of Shank’s Mare, Peni Candra Rini from Indonesia who performed on the gamelan, and the raucous Indonesian music ensemble Orkes Sinten Remen. The festival presented a remarkable opportunity for our audiences to experience work rarely performed in the U.S., thus continuing the vision and ambition of the International Festival during its seventh year.

The New Stages season, The Art of Making Dance, featured two works commissioned by The Ringling, a first for our performance program, and the return of two previous New Stages performers. The Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre was commissioned to create a performance accompanying the sunset experience in the Skyspace by James Turrell. Titled Joseph’s Coat Týnek used distinct phrases of movement to embody the idea of a patchwork coat. As the dancers shifted in expanding and contracting formations, the movement accelerated in complexity as the skyspace’s changing colors transformed the audience’s perception. Utilizing elements of Noh Theater, David Neumann in I Understand Everything Better intertwined weather reports on Hurricane Sandy’s devastating impact on New Jersey and New York with the simultaneously increasing dementia of his dying father, creating a work that “walks the line between the purely presentational and the deeply personal.” Alex Ketley presented Deep South, a celebration of humanity as told through live dance and documentary video, and Kate Weare Company returned for its third performance at The Ringling with Unstruck

Since its inception in 2009, the Art of Performance program has aspired to move beyond the presentation of contemporary art and toward an active role in developing new productions. This year’s New Stages demonstrated The Ringling’s commitment to contemporary performance as it is being realized by living artists in their studios and onstage.

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING

The Education Department continued to provide outstanding programming for our community. Adult and extensive youth and family outreach efforts increased participation throughout the year. The launch of two graduate programs under the auspices of FSU’s College of Fine Arts including the nation’s first PhD program in Museum Education were especially important as The Ringling is one of the nation’s largest academic museums. The Education Department implemented the first semester of Museum Education and Visitor-Centered Exhibitions (MEX) in collaboration with FSU faculty. Information gathered from visitor survey projects designed and conducted by students and faculty provided new data for our staff on the visitor experience. Academic Services coordinated the year-long residency of students in the Masters in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies program.

In addition, The Ringling’s Scholastics program hosted over 10,000 children from 131 schools and 21 school districts during the fiscal year. Each program created the opportunity for these K-12 students to view the galleries of the Museum with trained staff. Expanded scholastic offerings to pre-K students through guided visits by Summer Learning Academy included Gocio Elementary, Alta Vista Elementary, Emma E. Booker Elementary, Tuttle Elementary—all Title 1 schools in Sarasota County. Docent-led school tours increased by 5% over the year and the professional development program for K-12 teachers titled Saturday for Educators increased participation by 25%.

The Ringling’s commitment to youth and family programs continued to expand. Participation in Kids Quests and Family Workshops more than doubled over the summer by adding additional weekday events. Attendance at ROAR! (Ringing Order of Art Readers) grew exponentially, more than doubling the sessions offered for this popular program.

Adult programming included Gallery Walk & Talks and docent tours as well as more unusual educational offerings such as a demonstration by a tai chi master from a Daoist monastery on Mount Wudang in China to celebrate the opening of the new Center for Asian Art. In the Museum of Art and Ca’ d’Zan, 100,990 adults participated in 10,816 docent-led tours last year making The Ringling second only to the Metropolitan Museum in New York for the number of adult tours and fourth overall for the number of adult tour participants. Additionally, Touch Tour programs for people with visual impairments were offered throughout the year.

The Ringling remains passionate in creating diverse programming to engage all ages with the wonders of our collections and the beauty of our estate.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Throughout the last year, The Ringling has maintained a strong presence in the community and is regularly highlighted in print, television, and radio on major exhibitions, events, as well as in feature articles.

We garnered significant exposure for the Center for Asian Art through articles in The Wall Street Journal and prominent online sites such as ARTnews and Architecture Daily, as well as the cover of Architect Magazine. Furthermore, the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion was featured in a multi-page story in American Art Collector and ArtDaily has begun highlighting The Ringling regularly.

In addition, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Board of Directors established a Board Taskforce on Community Engagement. Throughout the year, the taskforce met with leaders of community organizations to discuss strategies for better serving their constituencies and making The Ringling a place where everyone feels welcome and represented. Strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations as well as multilingual media outlets have resulted in increased participation and awareness.

The important work of community engagement at all levels will remain a top priority of The Ringling’s staff and the Board. The Ringling is the state art museum and largest cultural organization in Florida. Our mission of education and inclusion, coupled with our programming, must serve all members of our community and we will continue to partner with community leaders to assist the Museum in being a welcoming place for all to experience the wonders and power of art.

Tao Dance Theatre, Weight X 3, photo by Fan Xi. Right: Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre, Joseph’s Coat photo courtesy of artist.

Youth and Family Program Manager Angelica Bradley facilitating a Kids Quest.

A tai chi demonstration and community workshop led by Master Zhong Xueyong.

FACILITIES

The completion and opening of the Center for Asian Art in the Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt Gallery of Asian Art was the culmination of many years of planning and construction. The Center launched with a preview dinner in February. In May, all galleries, including the impressive Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation Gallery featuring the strengths of our permanent collection, opened in conjunction with a community festival that attracted over 1,500 visitors to the new Center. The last phase of the Center, the Japanese Tea House, was under construction at year-end and will open in November 2016.

In April 2016, we hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion. This 5,000+ square foot facility is under construction adjacent to the John M. McKay Visitors Pavilion and is scheduled to be complete by the fall of 2017. The Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion will serve as a new entrance to the Historic Asolo Theater, will have a rehearsal studio for the Historic Asolo Theater on the second floor, and will feature two galleries totaling 2,500 square feet dedicated to The Ringling’s growing collection of studio glass.

A major study of Ca’ d’Zan and its growing preservation needs was initiated in the spring of 2016. Due to the corrosive saltwater penetration into the terra cotta on the Bay (west) side of the building, terra cotta elements began cracking and falling from the structure. Emergency stabilization by Conservation Services International prevented further decay and enhanced safety issues. A full assessment of the façade and the identification of other areas of concern has been conducted. We expect this conservation and restoration project to last two to three years for completion and will focus fundraising efforts to expedite preserving this celebrated historic home.

COLLECTIONS

A total of 761 items were accessioned into the permanent collection of The Ringling during the fiscal year. Of these, 35 objects were purchased and 726 objects were donated. Noteworthy new purchases included the Zhan Wang sculpture on display in the Center for Asian Art, Artificial Rock No. 124, 2007 and a selection of photographs from Hank Willis Thomas’ Unbranded portfolio, both made possible by a generous gift by William and Jane Knapp; Beth Lipmann’s Sideboard with Blue China through a gift by Daniel J. Denton; a purchase of Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Knowledge from Samantha; and the purchase at auction of Guercino’s Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi. Gifts of art included photography donated by Bea Nettles, William Zewadski, Steve and Harley Osman, and Ari and Helene Bousbib; Japanese prints from Charles and Robyn Citrin; a painting by the Circle of Pietro da Cortona from Frances Daly Fergusson; and a Circus poster donated by Paul Binder, founder of the Big Apple Circus.

The Ringling also agreed to lend 233 objects to museums, both local and international. Loans went to the Smithsonian, Washington D.C., and Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. In Florida, loans were made to the Governor’s Mansion and the FSU President’s House in Tallahassee, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, and the Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach.

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MEMBERSHIP

Our events continued to engage the community—whether it was Wine Walk supporting the preservation of Ca’ d’Zan, Member previews supporting our exhibitions, community celebrations that we hosted for the opening of the new Center for Asian Art, or family programs. As you know, a new membership program was launched to great success this past season. Thank you for supporting the new Family/ Grandparent level—our fastest growing membership level. In addition, our Circle membership continued to enjoy exclusive access to our staff and visiting experts. This dynamic group of more than 140 couples who share their enthusiasm and passion for the arts continues to grow and engage with the museum in unique ways. Membership is incredibly important to our institution and supports our programming. We have experienced continued growth of 20%—now proudly connecting with more than 9,000 households of members each year at our various events.

What began with leadership gifts provided by Philip and Nancy Kotler and Warren J. and Margot E. Coville to build the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion has inspired new commitments to strengthen our contemporary glass and performance programming. Charlotte and Charles Perret provided a leadership gift naming the new Charlotte and Charles Perret Family Performance Studio Space in the Glass Pavilion and Willis Smith Construction has provided a gift naming the new Willis A. Smith Construction Ticket Desk.

By the fall of 2017, The Ringling will have more than 9,000 square feet of exhibition space dedicated to the Art of Our Time. In less than 18 months, more than $4.5 million has been provided by generous donors supporting this important programmatic initiative.

DEVELOPMENT

Thanks to you, our dedicated supporters, more than $6.8 million was generously gifted to The Ringling in support of top priorities in fiscal year 2016. The Art of Our Time was a key success story for The Ringling this past year. This significant program, sponsored by Gulf Coast Community Foundation, was launched five years ago with curators Dwight Currie and Dr. Matthew McLendon. Under their leadership we have inspired donors to support contemporary fine and performing arts. This culminated in three distinct ways: supporting the acquisition of contemporary art, supporting the new Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion, and supporting the creation of galleries that will now be permanently devoted to modern and contemporary art.

Particularly inspiring was the generous gift provided by Keith D. and Linda L. Monda for a new contemporary art gallery which opens in the fall of 2016. The Keith D. and Linda L. Monda Gallery for Contemporary Art will serve as a dynamic venue featuring the very best in contemporary fine arts, supporting the Museum’s ongoing artist in residency program, and connecting students with the energy of contemporary art. Our Legacy Society and planned giving continue to grow with significant gifts in 2016. In March over 130 members and guests of The John and Mable Ringling Legacy Society were honored at a special annual luncheon held at Ca’ d’Zan. Members who have included The Ringling in their estate plans as well as those who have been supporters for over 15 years were recognized. New inductees included Suzanne Barbee, Barbara Zdziarski, Debra and Steven Short, Barrie Blue, and Susan K. Johnson.

The Ringling’s Corporate Partners continued to support the Museum’s key exhibitions and programs. Without support from Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Northern Trust, PNC Bank, Bank of America, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, US Trust, SunTrust, Saks Fifth Avenue, Publix, Macy’s, and many more listed in this report, we would not be able to bring the best in fine and performing arts to the community.

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A special thank you to William and Jane Knapp and Daniel J. Denton for their support in providing The Ringling funds to acquire signature works in key areas of The Ringling collection, enabling us to purchase amazing examples of contemporary glass, contemporary photography, and contemporary Asian art.

In addition to these wonderful gifts, we received a major bequest from Debra J. and Steven Short for the preservation of the Ringling Museum of Art. A special thank you to the Feld Family Foundation, Barrie Blue, the estate of Heidi T. Jacobson, Bruce D. Fisher, Leon R. and Margaret M. Ellin and Suzanne Barbee and Vic A. Hotho who each provided leadership support in all areas of The Ringling.

It is simple—without you our donors—The Ringling would not exist. Thank you for your continued commitment and support!

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Trenton Doyle Hancock (American, born 1974), Knowledge From Samantha, 2015. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Museum purchase, 2016. © Trenton Doyle Hancock. Image courtesy James Cohan, New York.

(Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), (Cento 1591–1666 Bologna), Fra Bonaventura Bisi, 1658–59, oil on canvas. Museum purchase, 2015 Zhan Wang (Chinese, born 1962), Artificial Rock No. 124 2007. Stainless steel. Museum purchase through gift of William and Jane Knapp, 2016.

Left to right: Philip Kotler, Steven High, Nancy Kotler, President John Thrasher, Margot Coville, Warren Coville, and Paul Hudson during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion.

Member Preview Reception for the Center for Asian Art

Rendering of Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion, Architects: lewis+whitlock

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

ANNUAL GIVING JULY 2015 – JUNE 2016

$1,000,000+

Warren J. and Margot E. Coville

Florida State University

Florida State University Foundation

Philip and Nancy Kotler

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation

Debra J. Short and Stephen F. Short

$100,000–999,999

Suzanne S. Barbee and Vic A. Hotho

Barrie Blue

Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Global Foundation

Robyn L. and Charles M. Citrin

Daniel J. Denton

Leon R. and Margaret M. Ellin

The Feld Family Foundation, Inc.

Bruce D. Fisher

Heidi T. Jacobson

William L. and Jane T. Knapp

Linda L. and Keith D. Monda

Charles M. and Charlotte I. Perret

Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc.

$25,000–99,999

Bank of America

Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation

Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc.

Frances D. Fergusson and John D. Bradbury

Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Inc.

Janet E. Hevey

Jennifer Short Poole and J.P. Short

Norman L. and Pamela Reiter

Sarasota County Tourist Development

Cultural/Arts Grant

Jack Taylor Family Foundation, Inc.

Howard C. and Janice R. Tibbals

Andrew Tomback and Sally Strauss

Barbara G. Zdziarski

$10,000–24,999

Paul C. Allen

James A. and Maryann P. Armour

Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation

Thomas J. and Ann J. Charters

Linnie E. Dalbeck Memorial Foundation

Carol B. Davenport

George R. Ellis

Kenneth J. and Bonnie T. Feld

Charles H. and Dorothy C. Jenkins

Beverly L. Koski

David R. Kotok and Christine Schlesinger

Joy McCann Foundation

James J. McGowan and Linda Y. Cameron

Thomas E. and Paula G. McInerney

Laurence A. and Patricia A. Merriman

New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

Allen Wirtz Nobbe and Jo Bowen Nobbe Fund

Northern Trust

Leigh Perry Charitable Gift Fund

PNC Wealth Management

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

Lisa M. Reese

Ina L. Schnell

Stephen G. and Judith F. Shank

Michael E. and Karen G. Urette

Susan E. and Clifford L. Walters

Larry A. Wickless and Carole Crosby

$5,000–9,999

Peggy C. Allen and Steven C. Dixon

Asian Cultural Council

Robert F. Bauer and Anita Dunn

David W. and Mary S. Benfer

Blalock Walters, Attorneys At Law

Jeffrey and Katheryne K. Bosse

Boscia Family Foundation

Michael and Kathy Bush

Barbara U. Campo

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Cumberland Advisors, Inc.

Herta K. Cuneo

Jean J. DeLynn

Brian A. Dursum

The J. Paul Getty Trust

William J. and Sara S. Gill

David and Ruth Gorton Family

Charitable Foundation, Inc.

David A. Hagelstein

Patrick J. Hennigan

Jeffrey R. Hotchkiss and Elizabeth W. Winder

Paul G. and Jennifer L. Hudson

Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A.

Jacarlene Foundation

Michael Kalman

Rosann D. Kelly

The LeBaron Foundation

Marietta F. Lee

James M. and Patricia R. Lombard

Macy’s

J. R. and Cornelia L. Matson

Mary J. Mitchell

Richard H. and Betty A. Nimtz

Sarah H. and George Pappas

Nancy J. and Charles M. Parrish

Richard Perlman and Ellen Hanson

Peter S. and Joanne Powers

Margaret A. Rolando

Saks Fifth Avenue

Mayra N. and John F. Schmidt

Betty Schoenbaum

Springhill Suites by Marriot

Thomas D. and Maureen E. Steiner

SunTrust Private Wealth Management

Toshiba International Foundation

Jose N. and Joan T. Uranga

US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Louis C. and Elizabeth M. Wery

The Woman’s Exchange of Sarasota, Inc.

$2,500–4,999

Barbara and Gary Ackerman

Steven D. and Lucia F. Almquist

Barbara J. Arch

Dennis W. and Trudy D. Archer

Robert G. and Sara R. Arthur

Robert M. and Aldona L. Beall

John W. Bean and Alexandra Jupin

Donald H. and Barbara K. Bernstein

William W. and Terry O. Brackett

Travis B. and Kathleen C. Brown

JoAnn M. and Don G. Burhart

Gary C. Butler and Elizabeth M. Owen

Robert J. and Kathryn A. Carr

Kimberley A. Carreiro

Aleta D. Chrisman and Paul Bolton

Diana S. Clagett

Bernice M. Sapirstein Davis

Elizabeth L. Dimmitt and Piers Davies

Rebecca Donelson and Robert C. Blattberg

David L. and Elizabeth J. Emison

George W. and Susan W. Evans

Fan Association of North America

Darrel E. Flanel

Michael E. and Kathleen C. France

Paul E. Frederick and Marilyn S. Rosengarden-Frederick

Alfred R. Goldstein and Jean M. Weidner Goldstein

Casimiro C. and Heidi S. Gonzmart

Priscilla M. Greenfield

Steven S. High and Lisa Lee-High

Susan K. Johnson

Diana Lager

Linda Laine

Steven J. and Karen A. Lee

Robert A. and Mary K. Levenson

Judith M. Liersch and Allen L. Jennings

George F. and Susan D. Loesel

Blair C. and Joy McMillan

John and Mary Ann Meyer

Dean R. and Patty L. Miller

Nancy G. and David B. Morgan

Tina Shao Napoli and Daniel Napoli

Karl E. and Ann Newkirk

Michael R. and Marie L. Pender

Leigh Perry

Frederic D. and Janet L. Pfening

Alice W. Rau

Virginia P. and Robert Reck

Michéle D. Redwine

Edward W. and Helen D. Rhawn

Harry Leopold and Audrey Robbins

James P. Roque and Carla Malachowski

Judith Rosenblum and Larry Willets

Phyllis A. Rose

T. Marshall Rousseau

Judith Rudges

Burton M. and Gail Sack

Judy and Michael M. Scharf

Bill and Patricia F. Schmitt

David E. Seil

Jane T. and Samuel L. Skogstad

Susan R. and Zuheir Sofia

Marenda Brown-Stitzer and Howard T. Stitzer

Lois Stulberg

Conrad D. and Ruth Ann Szymanski

Michael G. and Madelyn K. Tetmeyer

Robert J. and Sarah S. Theis

Sylvia S. Barber and Russell H. Ward

Stephen V. C. Wilberding and Teri Hansen

$1,500–2,499

Jenne K. Britell and Scott H. Nelson

Judith E. Daykin

Joyce K. and William C. Fletcher

Vicki L. and Rick L. James

Japan Foundation New York

John P. and Judith G. Lynch

Richard R. and Monica K. Macek

John J. Mahoney and Gary D. Larson

The Sue And Eugene Mercy Jr. Foundation, Inc.

The Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern

Art Studies

Donald D. and Marcia L. Miller

O’Brien Antoine Fund

David H. and Marjorie L. Osborn

Harry G.C. Packard Charitable Trust

Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program

James and Deborah Reda

Dennis A. Revicki and Mary Lou Poe

Elizabeth A. Stewart

Gilbert and Elisabeth Waters

$1,000–1,499

Sam Alfstad

John M. Alogna and Beth Cotner

Mark G. and Gail Appel

Alexandra Armstrong and Jerry J. McCoy

James D. and Sara A. Bagley

Margaret S. Bennett

Robert A. and Willa M. Bernhard

Robert G. and Marlene C. Blalock

Joseph L. Bracco

Susan M. Brainerd and Alan R. Quinby

Stephen R. and Denise A. Buckley

Louis W. and Mabel H. Cabot

Miles S. and Barbara J. Capron

Donald E. and Barbara R. Clements

Even T. Collinsworth

Marcia D. and Michael V. Corrigan

Thomas and Rosemary Costello

Culbreath Family Foundation, Inc.

W. Russell and Carolyn T. Daniel

Neil & Sandra DeFeo Family Foundation

Deborah W. and Thomas J. Degnan

Ronald R. and Sharon W. Erickson

Mary A. Findling and John C. Hurt

George I. and Patricia L. Gondelman

The Albert Goodstein Family Foundation

Mark and Margaret D. Hausberg

Robert A. and Deborah L. Hendel

LEGACY SOCIETY

Stephen Leonard Johnston Adam Trust

Martha J. Allen

Miranda and Robert Anderson

Barbara and Martin* Arch

Judy Axe*

Suzanne Barbee and Vic Hotho

Ruth D. Bernat*

Mary T. Bessemer*

Robert G. and Marlene Blalock

Barrie Blue

Dr. Susan M. Brainerd and Alan R. Quinby

Eleene L. Cohen*

Thomas E. Coundit

Herta K. Cuneo

John F. Cuneo Jr.

Linnie E. Dalbeck Memorial Foundation

Daniel Denton

Rebecca Donelson and Robert C. Blattberg

Joanne Dowell Trust

Margaret & Leon Ellin

David M. and Margaret M. Essenfeld

Donald Fosselman

Arnold* and Priscilla Greenfield

Nancy A. Gross

Joanne Hastings*

Janet E. Hevey*

Terry and Andrea Honroth

Huisking Family

Heidi Turner Jacobson*

Christine L. Jennings

Patricia and Senator Robert* Johnson

Susan K. Johnson

Robert* and Beverly Koski

Gunther L. Less*

Virginia F. Linscott*

Winona H. Lowe*

Susan N. Heyman and Michael M. White

Lee F. Hinkle

Ann B. Hollins

Frederic J. and Julie Holzberger

Stewart L. Horn and Holland Davidson

Pamela J. and Walter T. Hunt

Elizabeth H. and William D. Hussey

Christopher and Sandra E. Hutchins

Robert P. and Ann R. Jackson

Richard A. and Wendy M. Kadel

Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan

Elaine C. Keating

Marian S. Kessler

Kosciusko County Community Foundation

Ernest R. Kretzmer

Jill R. Lenhart-Ramsey

Gordon I. and Marla R. Levine

Henrietta L. Levins

Ann Marie and David D. Lozier

Robert L. and Sara J. Lumpkins

Jeanne D. Manser

Robert L. McNulty

Jeanne P. Roche McNulty

Joyce F. Menschel

Jean and Ronald E. Milligan

Michelle and Jonathan E. Mitchell

Richard A. and Pamela R. Mones

Edwina M. and James R. Nelon

Fred and Gilda Nobel Foundation, Inc.

Fred I. and Gilda Nobel

Randolph H. and Isabel S. Norton

Wilmer I. Pearson

Marjorie L. Pflaum

Carol N. Phillips

Jacqueline Preis

Sylvia C. Price

Barry D. and Elise C. Robbins

Florence L. Roberts

Ralph B. Rogers Foundation

Michael D. and Chandra K. Rudd

Uzi and Varda Ruskin

Anne B. Sager

Sarasota Italian Cultural Events, Inc.

Douglas A. and Mary M. Scovanner

Barbara J. and Arnold B. Siemer

Smith College Club of Sarasota, Inc.

Leslie R. and Judith N. Smout

Patrice and Roy Sommerhalter

Denise Strode Stealey

Richard C. and Gloria M. Stevens

William C. Strode

Diran V. and Virginia Y. Tashian

Sylvia M. Thompson

James B. and Susan S. Tollerton

Jenny Alday Townsend, Inc.

R. Elton and Gordon A. White

Richard Wilkof

John A. and Penelope A. Wilson

GIFTS TO THE COLLECTION

Thomas B. MacCabe Jr.*

John W. Markham III

Joy McCann*

Estate of Joseph A. McGarrity

Joan McKniff in honor of Mr. Ridha Bouaziz

Wilda Q. Meier

Mr. W. H. Chris Darlington and Ms. Eleanor L. Merritt-Darlington

Scott Merrifield Nutter and Charles George Hattendorf

Wilmer I. Pearson

Dennis L. Pierce and David A. Schuler

Virginia W. Powel Trust

Nancy and Peter Reinheimer

Norman and Pam Reiter

John and Mable Ringling*

James and Sharon Roth

T. Marshall Rousseau

Tana and John Sandefur*

Roberta and Louis Schaumleffel

Ulla R. Searing and Arthur F. Searing*

Dr. David E. Seil

Debra J. and Stephen F. Short

Louise B. Sulzberger*

Margery B. Tate

Howard and Janice Tibbals

José N. and Joan T. Uranga

Michael and Karen Urette

Helga M. Wall-Apelt

Cliff and Susie Walters

Robert* and Kate Wickham

Barbara Zdziarski

and those who wish to remain anonymous.

*Deceased

Paul Binder

Barrie Blue

Ari and Helene Bousbib

Mabel Hobart Cabot in memory of her father Richard Bryant Hobart

Charles and Robyn Citrin

Warren and Margot Coville

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Davenport

Thomas Deans in memory of Andrew Wyld, D. Dwight Bowes, Dorothy Rothermel Deans, and Dr. Nancy J. Rothenberg

The Descendants of Fernie S. “Pop” Dixon; Bryan Dixon and Carrie Dixon Renninger

Brian Dursum in memory of Madge, William and Diane Dursum and Michael J. McEachen

Frances Daly Fergusson

Field Family

Bruce Fisher

Bea Nettles

Steve and Harley Osman

Rona Shays in memory of Henry “Charlie” Shays

Grace Tongue

Shen Wei

Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm

William Knight Zewadski