Worcester Art Museum Annual Report FY2021

WORCESTER ART MUSEUM

ANNUAL REPOR T FISCAL YEAR 2021 SEPT 1, 2020 – AUG 31, 2021

Message from the Director In Fiscal Year 2021, the Worcester Art Museum emerged from the shadow of COVID-19, along with cultural organizations across the country. After being closed for nearly seven months in 2020, the Museum reopened its galleries to members on October 1, 2020 and to the general public on October 7.

WAM’s visitors are steadily returning and in-person programming is becoming livelier, while also continuing a vibrant presence online. I am pleased to report that the Museum has also made exciting institutional progress in many areas.

During the past year, the Museum was able to move forward on several major capital projects, most notably, our new Lancaster Plaza. On December 2, 2021, after over a year of construction, the ribbon was cut on this new, architecturally stunning, fully accessible public entrance. This improved entrance at the Higgins Education Wing—which advances our strategic imperative to increase accessibility—was made possible by the generosity of Jean McDonough (1927-2021) and the Jean and Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation. A portion of their extraordinary and transformational $10 million gift made in 2019 kickstarted this project. The City of Worcester’s cultural life is stronger and healthier because of Jean, and we at WAM are forever grateful for her many years of leadership, service, and support.

Our special onsite exhibitions, The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design, What the Nazis Stole from Richard Neumann (and the search to get it back), and The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion, all stood out this year. The Iconic Jersey coincided with the opening of Worcester’s new Polar Park and was our way of embracing the city’s energized baseball culture. We also curated our first ever virtual exhibition, Kimono Couture: The Beauty of Chiso, which drew over 11,000 local, national, and international online visits. Our studio art classes and public programs were equally creative and responsive to our audiences’ needs during this highly unpredictable period. A hybrid schedule of both inperson and virtual classes enabled nearly 20,000 individuals—from across the U.S. and around the globe—to participate directly in an art class or public program presented by WAM. Our international art loan program processed 55 loans despite the continuing complications imposed by the global pandemic; 22 of these represented renewals of long-term loans to institutions in Great Britain, Texas, Kentucky, New York, and various locations throughout New England; and 23 objects were requested for special exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Fort Worth, Washington, D.C., New England, Denmark, and Spain. According to audience data from the exhibition venues, more than 550,000 visitors viewed our loans in person. This is an outstanding number, particularly given lingering COVID-19 related restrictions, and emphasizes the extended reach and national and global impact of the Worcester Art Museum.

In the spring of 2021, the Board of Trustees, together with staff and volunteers, initiated a strategic planning process. Over the course of 6½ months, much research, many meetings, and a lot of hard work went into developing a forward plan for WAM. Entitled “Foundation for the Future,” this plan was approved by the Board of Trustees in October 2021 and will guide the Museum’s work over the next five years.

This work has already unified our thinking, rededicated our commitment to our mission, and underscores our commitment to diversity, equity, access, and inclusion. WAM’s staff driven Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion (DEAI) Committee, formed in September 2019 in our previous fiscal year, continued its work into 2021. A team of 11 members engaged their colleagues in DEAI centered learning. We established a part-time DEAI Specialist position and employed a DEAI consultant, both of whom have helped to advance our work and define our framework as we move forward. I am grateful to lead an institution so dedicated to improving itself on a consistent basis.

As we expanded our own knowledge base around DEAI, our institutional support grew, too. I am sincerely grateful for the outpouring of support we have received this year. These were unnerving times. To know that we had the unwavering encouragement of so many, not only meant a great deal to me and all of WAM’s staff, but also has affirmed WAM’s vital role within our community and enabled the Museum to move forward with conviction. While household memberships and business partnerships did waver temporarily this past year, philanthropic support surpassed our projections by 20%. Thank you!

I want to express my appreciation for and extend my thanks to the Museum’s steadfast employees. Their adaptability, creativity, and commitment to their work and to our members and visitors has been inspiring.

The Board of Trustees worked enthusiastically with staff to generate an informed and inspired Strategic Plan while helping to guide us through some very unpredictable financial times. Their commitment to our mission enabled us to move forward positively and productively. In addition, I wish to thank all our corporators, members, donors, funders, volunteers, visitors, partners, followers, students, and neighbors.

Together, we will learn, build, and grow as we continue to connect people, communities, and cultures through the experience of art.

Matthias Waschek Jean and Myles McDonough Director ANNUAL REPORT / Fiscal Year 2021

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Board of Trustees 2020-21 Dorothy Chen-Courtin, President Mark W. Fuller, Vice President Douglas S. Brown, Vice President Susan M. Bassick, Clerk Sarah G. Berry, Treasurer Karin I. Branscombe James C. Donnelly, Jr. Antonella Doucette Lisa Kirby Gibbs Jennifer C. Glowik-Adams Karen M. Keane Sohail Masood Lisa H. McDonough Margaret McEvoy-Ball Thomas P. McGregor Philip R. Morgan Malcolm A. Rogers John Savickas Clifford J. Schorer Jonathan R. Sigel Anne-Marie Soullière Cynthia L. Strauss George W. Tetler III Christina Villena Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham Ex Officio Matthias Waschek, Jean and Myles McDonough Director of the Worcester Art Museum

Trustees Emeriti Herbert S. Alexander Marie A. Angelini Joseph J. Bafaro, Jr. Ellen R. Berezin Lisa M. Bernat Sarah G. Berry Sara Buckingham Irene Browne-Grim Mary T. Cocaine J. Christopher Collins Richard B. Collins Dix F. Davis Henry B. Dewey John B. Dirlam Antonella Doucette Warner S. Fletcher Gabriele M. Goszcz James N. Heald 2nd George E. Hecker John Herron, Jr. Prentiss C. Higgins M Howard Jacobson James D. Javaras William D. Kelleher, Jr. Judith S. King David A. Lemoine David A. Lucht Jean McDonough Donald R. Melville* Katharine M. Michie Anne M. Morgan* Philip R. Morgan Charles H. Moser* Moira Moynihan-Manoog Frederic H. Mulligan John F. O'Brien Richard J. Pentland David A. Persky Phyllis Pollack Sarah C. Ribeiro Richard P. Sergel Michael D. Sleeper Sumner B. Tilton * Deceased

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Corporators David R. Adler Herbert S. Alexander Che Anderson John B. Anderson Janet Andreson Julia D. Andrieni Barbara T. Athy Edward J. Augustus, Jr. Richard M. Avis Joseph J. Bafaro, Jr. Laurian B. Banciulescu Brad Barker Brian Barlow Joan T. Barry Thomas J. Bartholomew Susan M. Bassick Isabel A. Bayon Eric Beattie Lisa Beittel Lisa M. Bernat Sarah G. Berry Maureen F. Binienda, Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools Charles A. Birbara Richard L. Bishop Maurice J. Boisvert Karin I. Branscombe William R. Breidenbach John P. Brissette Christopher A. Brown Doug Brown John H. Budd Anne Byers Benjamin Byun Caroline A. Camougis Suzanne R. CampbellLambert Jay E. Cantor Matilde Castiel Jennifer B. Caswell Harriette L. Chandler Germán Chiriboga Catherine Choquette Dorothy Chen-Courtin Kim M. Ciborowski Vin Cipolla Bryan J. Coleman J. Christopher Collins James E. Collins P. Kevin Condron Timothy Convery Leonard C. Cowan Tracy A. Craig Emily L. Crim Elizabeth A. Crowley Larry Curtis Leslie K. Cutler Jyoti Datta

Laurel Davis Brenda Verduin Dean Nina Chapin de Rochefort Eileen deCastro Gail Dempsey Jeffery L. Dill Thomas M. Dolan James C. Donnelly, Jr. Antonella Doucette John Duggan David C. Ekberg Patricia Z. Eppinger Barbara E. Fargo* Andrew Feldman Marianne Felice Yda Filiberti Justin L. Fletcher Romina Sarreal Ford David E. Fort Mark W. Fuller Dina Gaudette Lisa Kirby Gibbs Paul J. Giorgio Maureen L. Glowik Jennifer C. Glowik-Adams John Goldsberry Stephen J. Gordon Gabriele M. Goszcz Hon. Mel L. Greenberg Janette Thomas Greenwood J. Michael Grenon Eve Griliches Abraham W. Haddad Monica Hamel Frank F. Herron Emily G. Holdstein Sandy Hubbard Leigh C. Hudson Margaret P. Hunter Kham Inthirath Stephen Javaras Todd Michael Jenny Katherine Burton Jones David A. Jordan Oliver C. Joseph Rachel Kaminsky Amar V. Kapur Evelyn Karet Marshall Katzen Karen M. Keane Lydia Keene-Kendrick Lori E. Kelly Paul Kelly Alison C. Kenary Arthur G. Kentros Bruce King Jean A. King Judith S. King George Koveos

Tracy Kraus Julie Ann Lamacchia Mary Ellen Lane John P. Lauring Diane Lebel Steven J. Ledbetter Paul Levenson Ottilie Levine Ann T. Lisi Patricia S. Lotuff Suzanne Maas Ingrid Jeppson Mach Paul J. Mahon Robert Mailloux Susan M. Mailman Mark F. Mancevice Sohail Masood Joe Petty, Mayor of Worcester Samantha P. McDonald Lisa H. McDonough Kate McEvoy Margaret McEvoy-Ball Linda C. McGoldrick Thomas P. McGregor Martha B. McKenna Toni K. Meltzer Thomas S. Michie Erwin E. Miller Satya B. Mitra Philip R. Morgan Florcy Morisset Michelle S. Morneau Lisa S. Mucciarone Mary Munson Emily P. Murray Michael V. O'Brien Candace Okuno Megan O'Sullivan O'Leary Robert G. Oriol Edward J. Osowski Joseph L. Pagano Kathleen Pagano Susan M. Palatucci Martha R. Pappas Deborah Penta Sharon L. Peterson William O. Pettit Philip J. Phillips Sherri Pitcher Phyllis Pollack Pamela Provo Doug Radigan George C. Rand Carl D. Rapp Mary Jane Rein Luanne Remillard Sarah Ribeiro Ruthann P. Rizzi Linda B. Robbins

Camille I. Roberts Carol W. Robey Malcolm A. Rogers Helen A. Ronan Leah Rothstein Kent Russell John Savickas Anh Vu Sawyer Clifford J. Schorer Sue Ellen Scrogin Carol L. Seager Patricia A. Segerson Roger Servison Janice E. Seymour Agnieszka E. Shanahan Mark L. Shelton Gary Shurland Jonathan R. Sigel Jang B. Singh Toby L. Sisson Jaclyn Skagerlind Carol J. Sleeper Joffrey Smith Peggy Snow Anne-Marie Soullière Kristina M. Spillane Robin S. Starr Carolyn J. Stempler John C. Stimpson Cynthia L. Strauss Katy K. Sullivan John J. Szlyk George W. Tetler Julie Thomas Rob Thompson Adi Tibrewal Lynne Tonna Josephine R. Truesdell Judith C. Vaillancourt Luke M. Vaillancourt Russell VanderBaan Carmen D. Vazquez Christina Villena Omar Wahab Elizabeth Wambui Kristin B. Waters Jeffrey Wetton Suzanne Wetton Barbara K. Wheaton Hillary White Bernard Whitmore Emily G. Wood Stacy E. Woods John T. Worcester Edward C. Yasuna Alan S. Yoffie Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham * Deceased

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Exhibitions

The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion June 12 – September 12, 2021 Over the course of 170 years, the baseball jersey has become an iconic emblem of American culture, extending well beyond a sports uniform to inspire fashion trends and serve as a means of everyday, individual self-expression. While the ubiquity of the American baseball shirt is undeniable, there has been little scholarly research on its importance to material and popular culture through time. With The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion, WAM became the first museum to unveil an exhibition focusing specifically on the design evolution of baseball jerseys and their impact on wider national culture. The show featured 37 garments, including historic and contemporary jerseys as well as runway looks—from Jesse Tannehill’s 1908 Boston Red Sox Uniform Shirt to MIZIZI’s Black Lives Matter jersey—along with two, one-of-a-kind jersey chairs and other ephemera that capture the phenomenon of the baseball shirt, both on and off the field.

Made possible through generous support from the Fletcher Foundation. Additional support provided by the Arthur M. and Martha R. Pappas Foundation, Bill and Joan Alfond Foundation, Lunder Foundation-Peter and Paula Lunder family, Murray Family Charitable Foundation, Red Sox Foundation, Larry and Stacey Lucchino, Renee and James Skeffington, Jr., Cynthia L. Strauss and Harry A. Sherr, and an anonymous donor. Also funded in part by the Ruth and John Adam, Jr. Exhibition Fund, Heald Curatorial Fund, Don and Mary Melville Contemporary Art Fund, Michie Family Curatorial Fund, and Hall and Kate Peterson Fund. Related programming supported by the Burrow Movie Fund, Amelia and Robert H. Haley Memorial Lecture Fund, Bernard G. and Louise B. Palitz Fund, and Spear Fund for Public Programs.

Sponsored by: Samuel Adams, Country Bank, Gilbane, Gatorade, and Webster Five Image: MIZIZI, Ghana Baseball Jersey, Polyester, courtesy of MIZIZI International, LLC. Courtesy of Kwesi Yanful (@kwesithethird) with Creative Direction

by Temi Thomas (@Temithomas_)

both embodied and reinforced the idealized notions of femininity in Early Modern Europe.

They experienced the psychological “double bind” such often contradictory depictions reinforced for those who hoped to emulate both the piety and sensuality they saw in art.

Susan Swinand, Interdependence, 2018, watercolor and gouache on paper

Nature Imagined by Susan Swinand October 1, 2020 – February 7, 2021 In collaboration with ArtsWorcester, the Worcester Art Museum presented works by Susan Swinand, the Sally R. Bishop Prize Winner of the 2019 ArtsWorcester Biennial.

Primarily a painter with a preference for waterbased media and abstraction, Swinand has long found the natural world a source of inspiration. Nature Imagined explores Swinand's creative process and her drive to find balance between opposing forces in nature. By allowing the materials to take on a form of their own, Swinand taps into her subconscious to make meaning out of biomorphic shapes and fluid gestures. In doing so, Swinand creates imaginative worlds, full of contradictions, enchantment, and even a little bit of humor.

Organized in partnership with ArtsWorcester.

Details, top row, left to right: School of Fontainebleau, Woman at Her Toilette, 1550–1570, Museum purchase, 1932.23; Giulio Cesare Proccacini, Saint Catherine, early 1600s, Charlotte E.W. Buffington Fund, 1971.113; Master of the Magdalen Legend, Mater Dolorosa, late 1400s–early 1500s, Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection, 1940.43; bottom row, left to right: Nicolaes Maes, An Old Woman Praying, about 1655, Museum purchase, 1924.14; Paolo Veronese, Venus Disarming Cupid, 1550–55, Gift of Hester Diamond, 2013.50; Jan Gossaert, Portrait of Queen Eleanor of Austria, about 1516, anonymous loan, 83.84.1

Women of WAM: Depictions of Femininity in Early Modern Europe (self-guided exhibition) October 28, 2020 – September 5, 2021 The Worcester Art Museum's collection of European art contains many paintings and sculptures depicting female saints, mythological subjects, and members of elite society.

In this self-guided exhibition, visitors had the opportunity to reflect on how these works

Collaboration between Clark University and WAM made this exhibition possible. Clark University students chose the theme, selected the works and wrote the special labels and brochure. Funding was provided in part by the Art History program, Visual & Performing Arts, Clark University, and seeded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Screenshot from the virtual exhibition, Kimono Couture: The Beauty of Chiso, kimonocouture.worcesterart.org

Kimono Couture: The Beauty of Chiso (virtual exhibition) November 28, 2020 – ongoing The Museum’s first ever virtual exhibition, Kimono Couture explores the world of traditional kimono design practiced by the revered 465-year-old kimono design and production house Chiso, based in Kyoto, Japan. Co-curated by Vivian Li and Christine Starkman, the exhibition features the Worcester Wedding Kimono, a one-of-a-kind contemporary wedding kimono specially commissioned by WAM from Chiso, and the first kimono ever commissioned as a work of art by an art museum. Due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition was presented on the Museum’s website. The interactive show included a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Worcester Wedding Kimono, and revealed a new kimono theme to explore each week, leading up to the opening of the accompanying in-house exhibition, The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design.

Organized by WAM in partnership with Chiso. Support provided by the Fletcher Foundation and Michie Family Curatorial Fund. Research made possible by the JapanUnited States Friendship Commission and the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies. Additional support provided by Emily and James Holdstein, and Sandy Hubbard and Thomas J. Logan.

Sponsored by: Cornerstone Bank and Imperial Distributors, Inc.

Kobayashi Kiyochika, The Tenmei Era, 1896, woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, with mica (kirazuri), Harriet B. Bancroft Fund, 1993.28

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The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design February 6 – May 2, 2021 The Kimono in Print is the first show devoted to examining the kimono as a major source of inspiration and experimentation in Japanese print culture, from the Edo period (1603 – 1868) to the Meiji period (1868 – 1912).

Drawing on the Museum’s extensive collection of Japanese prints, the exhibition explored the complementary influence of design ideas between kimono and print artists—and the consumers interested in both kimonos and prints. The exhibition included presentation of the Worcester Wedding Kimono, created for the Museum by the prestigious Japan-based garment maker, Chiso, known for their remarkable couture designs.

Generously supported by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation. Early research was made possible by the Japan Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

A view into the exhibition:What the Nazis Stole from Richard Neumann (and the search to get it back)

What the Nazis Stole from Richard Neumann (and the search to get it back) April 10, 2021 – January 16, 2022 The Worcester Art Museum presented an exhibition of works from the collection of Dr. Richard Neumann (1879 – 1959), a discerning and prolific Austrian businessman of Jewish heritage who was committed to promoting the important role of the arts in civic life—and whose collection of more than 200 paintings and sculptures was confiscated by the Nazis through forced sales or outright theft. The exhibition includes 12 Old Master paintings and two sculptures and trace Dr. Neumann and his family’s efforts to reclaim these works over the last 70 years. After the exhibition, the loans will be integrated into WAM’s existing Old Master collection galleries, further enhancing the Museum’s presentation of such works—and in keeping with Dr. Neumann's lifelong desire to have great art accessible and enjoyed by the public.

Support provided by the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts and anonymous donors. Additional support provided by the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, PEACE Fund GWCF, Marlene and David Persky, Carol and Michael Sleeper, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Dean, Dr. Shirley S. Siff, Johanna D. Drooz Yoffie and Alan S. Yoffie and Carol Seager. Related programming supported by the Amelia and Robert H. Haley Memorial Lecture Fund.

Sponsored by: Fallon Health

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Education and Experience

Community Access: free or discounted admission • Card to Culture Program: EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare

Public Programs Arms & Armor Demonstrations (virtual and in-person) Deck the Halls!

Flora in Winter In partnership with the Worcester Garden Club.

Master Series Third Thursdays Sponsor: AbbVie

Baseball by Design: Looking at the Rich Visual History of Our National Pastime Speaker: Todd Radom, graphic designer and author of Winning Ugly: A Visual History of the Most Bizarre Baseball Uniforms Ever Worn Multiple Voices on Asian Art Collection Reinstallation Display in the 21st Century Speakers: Laura Weinstein, Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Karina Corrigan, Associate Director of Collections and the H.A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art, Peabody Essex Museum Kimono Fashion in Kyoto Speaker: Monika Bincsik, Ph.D., Diane and Arthur Abbey Associate Curator for Japanese Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Lancaster Plaza: Vision, Process + Future Speaker: Seth Wiseman, co-founder and managing partner of ConForm Lab, a Boston design research company Reginald Gammon: Notes on Assembly Speaker: Kimberly Bobier, Ph.D., Assistant Visiting Professor in the Department of History of Art and Design at Pratt Institute Paula Modersohn-Becker's Three Boys Bathing by a Canal Speaker: Diane Radycki, Ph.D., author of Paula Modersohn-Becker: The First Modern Woman Artist

Studio Class Programs Adult, teen and youth classes were held year-round online and in person. WAM also participated in Art All-State Massachusetts, by hosting student participants and a Tape Art Artist Team, who installed an Art All-State Tape Art Mural in our McDonough Court.

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Studio Class Events HEW Exhibit: Virtual Attendance HEW Exhibit: Virtual Flora Community Exhibit

In partnership with the Mass Cultural Council, Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and Massachusetts Health Connector

• Community Access Program

Virtual Public Programs Art & Activities Art Together Fall Community Day: Travel the Silk Road

Provides free general admission to local youth and adult social service agencies throughout the year.

• Free First Sundays Free admission for all visitors

• Blue Star Museums, Veterans and Active Duty Military

Festa Roma #WAMArtChallenge

Community Partnerships • Arts Alternative, Worcester County Juvenile Courts • Centro • City of Worcester (Polling Site, Ward 3, Precinct 2) • The Clemente Course in the Humanities • Genesis Club, Inc. • India Society of Worcester • Mass Cultural Council-UP Initiative • Open Door Gallery (Open Door Arts/Seven Hills Foundation) • Salisbury Cultural District • Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts • Summer Together–with Recreation Worcester and other agencies • Worcester Child Development Head Start • Worcester Cultural Coalition • Worcester Education Collaborative • Worcester Garden Club • Worcester Jewish Community Center (JCC) • Worcester Public Library • Worcester Public Schools, AP Art History • Worcester Public Schools, CultureLEAP • Worcester Public Schools, 21st Century Community Learning • Youth Art Month

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Volunteer Impact The Worcester Art Museum thanks all of its generous docents and volunteers who give many hours of their time to the Museum.

Volunteers help us advance our mission and without them, our work is truly not possible.

In Fiscal Year 2021, almost 100 volunteers put in approximately 4,000 hours of work on behalf of the Museum—both virtually and in person. In addition, WAM is grateful to all of the Trustees and committees across the Museum, as well as to the Corporators and Members’ Council, for their important work on committees and for their help with day-to-day activities at the Museum.

Social Media Highlights September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021 Happy Holidays 868 likes on Instagram

Bernie in the Ren Court 1,119 likes on Instagram 762 reactions, 33 comments, 93 shares on Facebook Kimono Couture: The Beauty of Chiso Virtual Exhibition 10,379 people reached, 1,056 engagement 143 reaction, 5 comments, 69 shares Worcester Wedding Kimono 267 likes on Instagram Virtual Exhibition 126 reactions, 11 comments, 33 shares 8,997 people reached, 1,121 engagements

WAM in the News

Welcome Back, reopening ft. Frank 295 likes on Instagram 78 reactions, 2 comments, 6 shares on Facebook Iconic Jersey opening day 445 likes on Instagram

Deck the Halls set up 264 likes on Instagram Collections post: Julia Margaret Cameron 300 likes on Instagram Collections post: Girl with a Portfolio by Guillaume Lethiere 247 likes on Instagram

Highlights from September 2020 through August 2021

The New York Times “The Lusty Creativity of Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem”

By Arthur Lubow, January 13, 2021

WGBH/Open Studio with Jared Bowen “The Kimono in Print at WAM” March 19, 2021

The Boston Globe “At last, a grandson recovers art lost to the Nazis”

By Murray Whyte, June 3, 2021

Atlas Obscura “The Enduring Haute Couture of a 466-Year Old Kimono House”

By Claire Voon, February 1, 2021

The Wall Street Journal “‘What the Nazis Stole From Richard Neumann (and the search to get it back)’ Review: Prized Pieces With History”

By Willard Spiegelman, May 1, 2021

WGBH/Open Studio with Jared Bowen “What the Nazis Stole from Richard Neumann” June 4, 2021

Worcester Telegram & Gazette “Worcester Art Museum's 'Flora in Winter' goes virtual this year to be enjoyed from home”

By Richard Duckett, February 21, 2021

The Boston Globe “What's Happening in the Arts World: What the Nazis Stole from Richard Neumann (and the search to get it back)”

By Murray Whyte, May 6, 2021

The Wall Street Journal “‘The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design’ Review: Clothes as Canvas”

By Lee Lawrence, February 27, 2021 The National Review “Kinky Kimonos Galore”

By Brian T. Allen, March 6, 2021

Worcester Telegram & Gazette “Worcester Art Museum steps up to the plate with new exhibition 'The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion'”

By Richard Duckett, May 30, 2021 The Guardian “The Baseball Shirt: Cultural Icon and Fashion Accessory – In Pictures”

By Sarah Gilbert, June 1, 2021

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Hypebeast.com “Worcester Art Museum Examines the Baseball Jersey's Iconic Connection to Fashion”

By Brycen Saunders, June 16, 2021 The Art Newspapr “Face doesn't fit? Getty Center show to shed new light on triptych by 14th-century artist Paolo Veneziano”

By J.S. Marcus, July 9, 2021 Worcester Magazine “Worcester artist takes expansive view for Worcester Art Museum initiative”

By Veer Mudambi, August 31, 2021

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Acquisition Highlights

Attributed to Mary B. Tucker (American, act. ca. 1840 – 1844), probably Massachusetts, Two Children in Blue, ca. 1840, watercolor and graphite on paper, 2021.43

The Krashes Collection The Worcester Art Museum has been lucky enough to receive the distinguished American Folk Art collection of longtime WAM supporters Barbara and David Krashes. The Krashes’ generous gift is comprised of over 40 works, carefully and lovingly gathered over six decades and representing some of the most notable names in American Folk Art. The New England-focused collection reflects the larger social transformations taking place in the region at that time, such as economic expansion, immigration, and the emergence of a middle class. WAM is honored to take over the care of such an extraordinary collection of Americana, which places our museum at the forefront of those with such collections.

Viking Age Sword with Silvered Hilt WAM’s arms and armor collection was enhanced by the addition of a Vikingera Northern European sword (2021.22) which is on view in one of our Medieval Galleries, commonly referred to as our “Spanish Ceiling Gallery.” It is made with steel and silver with intricate striped metal detailing on the sword’s guard and pommel. This sword has the characteristic hilt of the classic Viking Age sword and is an excellent example of an iconic type entirely lacking from the Higgins Collection.

Wadsworth Jarrell, Black Family Our American department acquired the 1968 painting Black Family (2021.2) by Wadsworth Jarrell (b. 1929), a founding member of the Black Artists Collective AfriCOBRA, a group formed in Chicago in 1968 which was associated with the Black Arts Movement in America. Black Family depicts a Black man and woman embracing two young children.

The painting counters negative stereotypes of dysfunctional Black families and offers an example of one of the longest running artist collectives’ distinct aesthetic devised for social change.

Chiso, Worcester Wedding Kimono Accompanying exhibitions Kimono Couture: The Beauty of Chiso and The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design featured a one-of-a-kind kimono designed for WAM by the venerable, Kyoto-based garment maker Chiso— the first commission of its kind by an art museum. The wedding kimono, or uchikake, features an octagonal pattern of abstract maple leaves—iconic symbols of autumn in both Japan and New England. Inspired by the distinctive “Seven Hills” of Worcester that define the city’s topography, Chiso chose to incorporate seven advanced techniques in the production of the Worcester Wedding Kimono.

Louisiana P. Bendolph, American Housetop for the Arnetts Mary Lee Bendolph, To Honor Mr. Dial Two softground etchings by Louisiana and Mary Lee Bendolph, relatives, were acquired by the Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Department at WAM. The etchings were created by pressing samples of their famed Gee’s Bend quilts into large copper plates (2021.3, 2021.4). Both prints will be on display in WAM’s 2022 exhibition Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity.

Louisiana P. Bendolph, American Housetop for the Arnetts, 2005, softground etching, aquatint, and spitbite on paper. © 2022 Louisiana Bendolph / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Museum purchase through the estate of Blake Robinson, 2021.3

Chiso, Worcester Wedding Kimono, 2019, barrel tie-dyeing (okedashi shibori), paste-resist dyeing (yūzen), colored flour paste-resist dyeing (iro utsushi itchin yūzen), threadline paste-resist dyeing (itome-yūzen), “snowstorm” wax-resist dyeing (fubuki rōketsuzome), gold leaf, and embroidery on woven silk, Museum Commission, 2021.1.

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Wadsworth Jarrell, Black Family, 1968, acrylic on canvas, Museum purchase through the estate of Blake Robinson, 2021.2. Image courtesy of Jenkins Johnson Gallery.

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Mary Lee Bendolph, To Honor Mr. Dial, 2005, softground etching, aquatint and spitbite on paper. © 2022 Mary Lee Bendolph / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Museum purchase through the estate of Blake Robinson, 2021.4

Notable Loans

Paolo Veneziano (Italian, active 1333 – 1358), Panels from the Wings of a Triptych, mid 14th century, tempera on panel, Museum Purchase, 1927.19.

This year, a total of 55 WAM objects have been loaned to museums across the country and around the world as a part of our temporary and long-term loans programs. 23 WAM objects have been on temporary loan to museums around the globe, while 22 more WAM long-term objects renewed their loan to other institutions. While the loan of all of these artworks is exceptional, among these objects were a few that were recognized as particularly notable.

Panels from the Wings of a Triptych by Paolo Veneziano, loaned to the J. Paul Getty Museum, were the result of a recent collaboration. The loan of the Veneziano panels is the second time that WAM has sent these panels to the Getty in the last several years. The first time the panels were loaned was for research, and this second time was for a Veneziano-themed exhibition resulting from the initial research—more information is included in the Conservation Highlights section.

Over the summer, WAM’s Blue Tree by Joan Mitchell was lent to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where an exhibition on Mitchell recently opened, highlighting her success in the maledominated abstract expressionist circles. WAM also lent Blue Sky

by Georgia O’Keeffe to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. The Museo’s exhibition was the first ever retrospective look at O’Keeffe’s work to occur in Spain and drew over 100,000 inperson visitors. The exhibition is available in a digital format, with the Museo’s website featuring a virtual walk-through where one can see WAM’s Blue Sky on Sala 1, Explorando Nuevo México.

Joan Mitchell, Blue Tree, about 1964, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, 1965.392. © Estate of Joan Mitchell

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Conservation

Arms and Armor

This image shows the five steps of Straehle's conservation treatment of the back side of one of the shutter doors—the one depicting Saint Blaise. This door had been sawn into three pieces when the triptych was dismantled in the early 19th century. The fully restored panel is on the far right.

Conservation Highlights

In Fiscal Year 2021, Bill MacMillan, Project Conservator of Arms and Armor, focused on the conservation treatment of approximately 30 arms and armor objects. Work was done in preparation for a touring exhibition of WAM’s arms and armor collection, titled The Age of Armor: Treasures from the Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum. The exhibition is slated to travel to four venues in the coming years so museumgoers in other parts of the country will have an opportunity to experience the Higgins Collection before the opening of WAM’s permanent gallery to house our arms and armor collection.

In 2020-21, Rita Albertson, The George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Term Chair in Conservation and Chief Conservator, participated in a research study with colleagues from the J. Paul Getty Museum and the National Gallery of Washington to identify and reunite all the parts of a previously dissembled altarpiece associated with a work in WAM’s collection, Seven Saints by Paolo Veneziano (1300 – 65, Venice). In August of 2020, Rita accompanied the seven small panels to the Getty, where they underwent comparative technical analyses to establish whether or not they originated from the same altarpiece as two works owned by the Getty and one work owned by the National Gallery. After museums shut down in March of 2020, Rita and her colleagues used Zoom to compare notes and draw their conclusions, which were published in an essay for the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition Heavenly Ornament: The Art of Paolo Veneziano at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, July 13, 2021 – October 3, 2021.

Ten of the eleven fragments that composed the original altarpiece were reunited in the exhibition and arranged in a display that was reminiscent of their original placements. As a result, scholars have given a name to the altarpiece—it is now called The Worcester Triptych. Prior to the exhibition at The Getty, WAM Paintings Conservator Birgit Straehle completed a reconstruction of the reverse sides of the Seven Saints, which had been severely damaged. Guided by the findings of the research project, Birgit’s impressive treatment greatly enhanced the presentation of The Worcester Triptych, allowing visitors to appreciate the high quality of both sides of the painted panels.

In 2023, Seven Saints will be returned to the galleries at WAM and exhibited so visitors can see both sides of the Worcester panels for the first time. The display will also include information about the technical analyses and the original context for Seven Saints.

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Tribute to Endowments Worcester Art Museum was founded on a passion for art and community made possible through philanthropy. For nearly 125 years, the Worcester Art Museum has relied on the generosity of donors who believed in the value of the Museum. We honor and recognize the following families, who have supported the Museum by creating endowed funds. The income produced by these funds is used to support the purposes communicated by the donor. These funds provide important financial support to WAM and its programs. The Museum is grateful for this enduring legacy of support provided by the following endowed funds: Ruth and John Adam, Jr. Exhibition Fund George I. Alden Trust Assistant Director of Education Fund George I. Alden Trust Docent Education Fund Harriet B. Bancroft Fund S.N. Behrman Library Fund Sally Riley Bishop Fund Barbara A. Booth Flower Fund Karl L. and Dorothy M. Briel Library Fund Alexander H. Bullock Fund Burrow Movie Fund Isabel Baker Carleton Memorial Fund Abbie S. and Mildred L. Cather Fund Douglas Cox and Edward Osowski Fund for Photography Dorothy Frances Cruikshank Education Fund Charles E. Culpeper Conservation Laboratory Fund Dwight A. Davis Fund Alexander and Caroline Murdock DeWitt Fund Docent Education Fund Ruth and Loring Holmes Dodd Fund Frank F. Dresser Fund Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Fund J. Irving England & Jane L. England Charitable Trust David Freelander Memorial Education Fund David J. Freelander Scholarship Fund George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Conservation Fund Thomas Hovey Gage Memorial Fund Austin S. Garver Fund Sarah C. Garver Fund Edward F. Goggin Fund Nehemias Gorin Foundation Fund Greater Worcester Community Foundation Booth Family Fund for Education and Outreach Martha A. Cowan Fund Jeppson Memorial Fund Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund Marvin Richmond Fund Chapin Riley Fund Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Discovery Fund Nathan and Barbara Greenberg Education Fund Amelia and Robert H. Haley Memorial Lecture Fund Charles A. Hamilton Fund Richard A. Heald Curatorial Fund Edith Florence Hendricks Scholarship Fund Herron-Dresser Publications Fund

Chester D. Heywood Scholarship Fund Hiatt FAME Fund Jacob Hiatt Scholarship Fund Higgins Armory General Endowment Fund The Higgins Curator of Arms and Armor and Medieval Art Endowment Fund Hoche-Scofield Foundation Christian A. Johnson Discovery Fund Christian A. Johnson Exhibition Fund The Christian A. Johnson Resource Center Fund Frances A. Kinnicutt Fund Philip Klausmeyer Conservation Fund Macomber Conservation Fund Jean and Myles McDonough Director Endowment Fund Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fund Don and Mary Melville Contemporary Art Fund Michie Family Curatorial Fund John M. Nelson Fund Paine Charitable Trust Eliza S. Paine Fund Bernard G. and Louise B. Palitz Fund Hall and Kate Peterson Fund Mary E. and Irene L. Piper Scholarship Fund Susan Ella Reed-Lawton Fund Arthur J. Remillard, Jr. Youth Education Fund Romanoff Education and Library Fund Marion Olch Ruhman Education Fund William S. Sargent Fund Norman and Dorothy Sharfman Education Fund Helen Sagoff Slosberg Fund Ethel M. Smith Education Fund Spear Fund for Public Programs Stoddard Acquisition Fund Stoddard Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Endowment Fund Stoddard Charitable Trust Director’s Fund Stoddard Discovery Fund St. Wulstan Society Fund Sudbury Foundation Scholarship Fund Alice Eliza Waite Memorial Fund Miriam Washburn Trust Fund Karl B. A. Wass/Lundquist Family Scholarship Fund James A. Welu Curator of European Art Fund Mary Louise Wilding-White Fund Worcester Art Society

ANNUAL REPORT / Fiscal Year 2021

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Donor Report

$5,000+ Anonymous Assumption University Bassick Family Foundation $2 Million+ Berkshire Bank Anonymous The BHR Life Companies C. Jean and Myles McDonough Charitable The Blackbaud Giving Fund Foundation ** Bowditch & Dewey, LLP Stoddard Charitable Trust ** Bill and Eileen Bush Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Collins $1 Million+ Dirlam Charitable Trust George I. Alden Trust ** Antonella and Roger Doucette Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs/The Kirby FJC Foundation Foundation ** Allen W. Fletcher Jennifer C. Glowik-Adams ** $500,000+ Highland Street Foundation Fletcher Foundation ** Tom Logan and Sandy Hubbard George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation ** Jewish Federation of Central Mass Institute of Museum and Library Services ** Arthur and Mary Kentros Clifford J. Schorer III ** Claude M. Lee III Mr. and Mrs. Neil McDonough $250,000+ Mahroo T. Morgan Barr Foundation ** Edward Osowski Marlene and David Persky The Klarman Family Foundation ** Emily Rauh Pulitzer Philip and Gale Morgan ** Rand-Whitney Container LLC National Endowment for the Humanities ** Reliant Medical Group Regan P. Remillard $100,000+ Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. # Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter RSV Inc. # Foundation Jonathan and Lisa Sigel Fred Harris Daniels Foundation, Inc. ** Skinner Auctioneers Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation ** Carol and Michael Sleeper Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Inc. Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Fund Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund # TIAA Charitable Gift Fund # Mary and Warner Fletcher ** United Way of North Central Massachusetts, Greater Worcester Community Foundation # Inc. # Bradley C. Higgins Foundation ** Andrea Bettacchi Urban and Michael Urban Henry Luce Foundation Patricia and Paul C. Verderese Dr. Sohail and Mona Masood ** Paul and Christina Villena Mass Cultural Council Matthias Waschek and Steve Taviner MassDevelopment Webster Five Cents Savings Bank Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation ** $2,500+ Paine Charitable Trust American Endowment Foundation # Arthur M. and Martha R. Pappas Foundation Anna Maria College Charles P. Ball and Margaret McEvoy-Ball $50,000+ Bradford D. Barker and Judith L. Pugh Anonymous Michael and Kristy Beauvais Sarah and Allen Berry ** Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham III Booth Family Fund for Education and CCR Wealth Management, LLC Outreach Mrs. I. W. Colburn Samuel Adams Prudence and William Crozier Clark University ** Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Dean Charles H. N. de Végvár ** Margery Dearborn Jim and Carol Donnelly ** Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Hoche-Scofield Foundation J. Irving England & Jane L. England Charitable Terra Foundation for American Art ** Trust Dr. Marianne E. Felice $25,000+ Grace Fey Dorothy Chen-Courtin ** Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC # Mark and Jan Fuller ** Fletcher Tilton PC Attorneys at Law Kathleen H. Gadbois Marianne and John Jeppson Family The Grey Rocks Foundation, Inc. The Judy and Tony King Foundation The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Carl Lesnor Family Foundation James N. Heald 2nd National Endowment for the Arts The Richard A. Heald Fund Chapin Riley Fund George Hecker C. Richard and Olive J. Brose Hie Hill $10,000+ Foundation, Inc. Anonymous (4) Barbara and Amos Hostetter Bill and Joan Alfond Foundation Interstate Specialty Products, Inc. Jack and Susan Bassick Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Karin I. Branscombe Foundation, Inc. College of the Holy Cross Margaret Keith Country Bank David and Barbara Krashes Larry and Marla Curtis Dr. George Krasowski and Theresa A. Quinn Maria and John Dirlam Lamoureux Pagano Associates / Architects Fallon Health Dr. N. Alan Harris* and Dr. Diane Lebel Gilbane Building Company Mary Beth Leonard Drs. Ivan and Noreen Green Joseph and Bonnie Losavio Peter and Marty Hurley Mark Mancevice Linda and P. Andrews McLane Lunder Foundation--Peter and Paula Lunder Dr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Meltzer family Katharine and Henry* Michie Mrs. Myles M. McDonough* Mirick O'Connell Beth and Tom McGregor ** Mrs. Sandra O. Moose Thomas S. Michie Robert G. Oriol Philip and Ellen Phillips Oriol Health Care Marilyn E. Plue* Joseph Persky Foundation The Savickas Family Dr. Phyllis Pollack Schwab Charitable Fund # Quinsigamond Community College Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Shasta, Jr. Edward* and Linda Robbins Renee and James J. Skeffington, Jr. Schwartz Charitable Foundation Anne-Marie Soullière and Lindsey C. Y. Kiang Kristin and Roger Servison The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Dr. Shirley S. Siff Giving Siff Charitable Foundation UMass Memorial Health Care Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide WinnCompanies Studies, Clark University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Cynthia Strauss and Harry Sherr

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Sullivan Benefits - Group Insurance Solutions, Inc. Lisbeth Tarlow George and Sheila Tetler Tonna Charitable Trust George and Lynne Tonna Judith C. Vaillancourt Jeff and Penny Vinik Carol Wall Mark and Barb Wetzel Barbara Ketcham Wheaton Bernard M. Whitmore wHY Mary Louise H. Wilding-White Fund Emily Wood Worcester Academy $1,500+ Aimtek, Inc. John B. and Mary Lou Anderson Janet Andreson Dealy Drs. Julia Andrieni and Rob Phillips Marie and Mike Angelini Anonymous Anthony and Barbara Trayers Athy Andrew Athy Richard and Sharon Avis Joe and Kristin Bafaro Brian and Janet Barlow Joan T. Barry Thomas J. and Lynora S. Bartholomew Isa and Fred Bayon Whitney Beals and Pamela Esty Toni Begman Benevity Community Impact Fund of the American Endowment Foundation # Barbara C. Bernardin Lisa M. Bernat and Abram Rosenfeld Heath Drury Boote Boote Family Charitable Fund Brigham Hill Foundation Trust Ann Brown and Dominic Nompleggi* George and Tammy Butler Thomas W. Caldwell Catherine Choquette Catherine M. Colinvaux and Philip D. Zamore Jim and Margaret Collins Evan Comjean Commonwealth Charitable Fund Martha A. Cowan Fund James J. Convery and Tracy A. Craig Chris and Betsy Crowley Bruce and Kim Cutler Robert Dalessandro and Marian Lynn Dix and Sarah Davis Laurie and Phil Davis Nina Chapin de Rochefort Glenn C. DeMallie David DiPasquale and Candace Okuno Tom Dolan Kent dur Russell and Aisling Gaughan Melissa Ann Durfee Alberta Durfee Sandy and David Ekberg John and Jeanne Esler Fiduciary Trust Company # Allen and Yda Filiberti Sara Shields and Bruce Fishbein Justin and Laine Fletcher Joan and Richard Freedman Lee and Dina Gaudette Paul J. Giorgio Elaine and Stephen Gordon Janet and Geoff Graeber Maureen and Bob Gray David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon J. Michael and Brittany Grenon Eve Griliches R. John Groves and Susan M. Groves Dr. Thomas and Patricia Halpin The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation, Inc John W. Hardin, M.D. Phyllis Harrington Jock Herron and Julia Moore Janice Hitzhusen and Jim Pease Emily and James Holdstein Elena Hutchinson Kurt A. Isaacson JMM Charitable Foundation Amar V. Kapur John F. and Rayna Keenan Maureen and William Kelleher Jean King and Carl Fulwiler Robert Kossack, M.D. James and Anne Lang Mr. and Mrs. John P. Lauring Ann T. Lisi and Joel P. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Little Ronald and Angela Lombard Stephen and Valerie Loring David A. Lucht and Susannah C. Baker

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Dr. Paul J. Mahon Robert and Minh Mailloux Kevin and Martha McKenna Bernard F. and Elizabeth A. Meyer Dr. Satya and Mrs. Supriya Mitra Florcy Morisset Michelle Morneau James and Patricia Moynihan Emily P. Murray National Financial Services, LLC # Charlene L. Nemeth Susan and Chris Palatucci The Parafestas Family Fred and Christine Parson Thoru and Judith Pederson Patricia L. Pelletier Deborah A. Penta PepsiCo Mr. and Mrs. N. William Pioppi The Plourde Family Charitable Trust Carlos and Luz Ramos George C. Rand, Jr. Arthur and Debra Remillard Sarah and Joe Ribeiro Marvin Richmond Fund Dr. Ruthann Rizzi and Edwin J. Barr Shelley and Todd Rodman Malcolm Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Rose Trudy Roybal and Dr. Steven Rowell Peter and Anne* Schneider Patricia A. Segerson Jeanice Sherman and Dwight Johnson Martha Simmons Dr. Jang B. Singh Richard and Glena Sisson Mark Spuria Robin and Christopher Starr Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stimpson Katy and Peter Sullivan TIAA Tony and Martha Tilton UMASS Chan Medical School Judith Vander Salm Kristin Waters Roger and Elise Wellington James A. Welu Estate of Hester N. Wetherell Trust Robin and Wallace Whitney Peter and Shirley Williams Wyman-Gordon Foundation Dr. Edward C. Yasuna Alan S. Yoffie and Johanna D. Drooz Yoffie Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham $200+ AAFCPAs Massood R. Abolfazli and Dawn M. McCabe Viviana M. Abreu-Hernandez Kim and David Adler Advantage Consulting LLC Ann Aghababian Debra Anderson Rosayn Anderson Anonymous (3) Ms. Diane M. Aramony Paula Artal-Isbrand and Shirish Korde Ann Arthur Athol Public Library Brian Ault Mrs. Neil N. Ault Avidia Bank Ayer Library David and Linda Ayers Esther L. Bachrach J.J. Bafaro Inc. Bruce and Janet Baker Francesca Bang and Gerald Gleich Bartholomew & Company, Inc. Beaman Memorial Public Library Kendralee Beane Kevin and Kimberly Beaulieu Mr. and Mrs. Randall V. Becker Lisa and Rod Beittel Shari and Paul Belanger Ellen Berezin and Lewis Shepard Berlin Public Library R E Bidinger DDS, J M Stiles DMD, PC Bisceglia, Steiman & Fudeman Norman Bitsoli Patricia Bizzell Ms. Susan J. Black Elaine F. Bloom Mr. Tim Boddy and Ms. Elizabeth Fox Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Boisvert Paul F. Bolton The Boston Foundation Boylston Public Library Mrs. Cushing C. Bozenhard Lou Anne Branche Joan and Norman Bress

Bright Funds Eleanor Brockway Eric Brose and Jan Seymour Mary Brosnihan Christopher A. Brown Elizabeth and Philip Buck Mary Beth E. Burke Burr Insurance Agency, Inc. David Butler Marcia Butzel Anne Byers Caroline A. Camougis Suzanne Campbell-Lambert and Scott Lambert Wanda Cantlin Jay E. Cantor John M. Carpenter, Jr. (Memorial Gift Only) John M. Carpenter, Sr. Jane Antoun Cartelli Charles and Deborah Cary Luigi and Susan Ceccacci Filomena and Francesco Cesareo The Honorable Harriette L. Chandler and Mr. Burton Chandler Charlton Public Library Tom and Donna Chiacchia Chiccarelli Family Charitable Fund German Chiriboga Kim M. Ciborowski Bonnie Clendenning Elizabeth Clifford in memory of Eleanor L. Clifford Donald Codling Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. William R. Cohen Arthur Cole Painting Corporation Peggy Collins Conant Public Library ConForm Lab Cornerstone Bank Camille Correa Susan Cote Kenneth and Katherine Cranson Ken Crater and Peg Ferraro Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library Emily Crim Joan and Ralph Crowley Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. Cutler Capital Management, LLC The Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation Andrea and Herbert Daroff Data Source Inc. Ravi and Jyoti Datta Davis Publications Charitable Trust Ann B. Day and Donna E. Enberg Dedham Public Library William and Paula Delaney Don P. Deprez, M.D. and Lynda M. Deprez Tracy and Jeff Dill Sheila Donahue Dorothy Tenney Charitable Trust Dover Town Library Richard Duguay Pat and Pete Dupré Susan and Chris Durham Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L Ellis Erland Construction, Inc. Erskine & Erskine, LLC Robert E. Evans and Kathleen K. Evans Family Foundation Inc. Jeanette Even Carolyn Eversole Andy and Robin Feldman Kimberly Ferdella William and Nancy Ferguson Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC Robert Finberg* Joyce Fingeroth Adrien Finlay and Christopher Ranjitkar James T. Flynn Richard and Beth Foley Forbush Memorial Library William and Romina Sarreal Ford Framingham Public Library Frances Perkins Branch - Worcester Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Freudenheim Susan Friedman Julieane and Douglas Frost Gale Free Library Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Gardella Louise Garone William Gates Lisa Giarrusso and Gregory Livanos Ruth and Michael Whitner Catherine Gleason Gleason Public Library Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Glew Maureen L. Glowik

Roberta Goldman Grafton Public Library Corinne and Edmund Green Green Leaf Construction Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull and Bitsoli, P.C. Grimes & Company Groton Public Library Jerry Gurwitz and Leslie Fish Monica Hamel and David Houle Joe and Luisa Hamilton Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Harper Harvard Public Library Haston Free Public Library Deirdre Healy and Larry Vidoli Katie and Christian Hedrick Martha P. Heller and Anthony T. Vaver Barbara and Steven Henning The Herbison Family Frank F. Herron and Sandra A. Urie Levi Heywood Memorial Library John W. & Clara C. Higgins Foundation Micha Hofri and Ellen More James E. Hogan III Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Holberger Hopedale Library Hopkinton Public Library Susan and Allen Horn David B. Houle and Michael L. Sullivan Timothy M. Houlihan Beth Houston and Karl Gerds Leigh Catherine Hudson Hudson Public Library Holly and Frank Hunt Joshua Hyde Public Library Industrial Energy Services Frances and Howard Jacobson Dr. Lene Jensen and Dr. Jeffrey Arnett Dr. and Mrs. Richard F. Johnson Timothy C. Johnson Edward Jones Trust Company Katherine Burton Jones Oliver C. Joseph, M.D. Ronnie Kanarek Mrs. Benson Kane Evelyn Karet, Ph.D. Margaret Kavalaris Karen Keane and Dan Elias Nora Keil Gladys E. Kelly Public Library Alison C. Kenary Dennis and Vanessa Kerrigan Henry W. Keyes Patrick Kilcoyne Bruce King Donna Kingman John G. Knight Roger and Barbara Kohin John P. Koontz Helen P. Koskinas Tracy and Morey Kraus Elliott and Sharon P. Krefetz Adele and Robert Krumpholz Elizabeth M. Kunhardt Julie Ann Lamacchia Jeffrey and Susan Lange Lucia and Joseph LaPalme Sally M. Larmon Donna Latino Julianne Lauring Albert and Anna LaValley Gregory Lazan and Willa Kahn Nel and Paul Lazour Leadership Transitions LLC Steven and Mary Lee Ledbetter Kevin Ledoux Leicester Public Library Dr. Laurie A. Leshin and Dr. Jon Morse Catherine H. Levine Ottilie and Jeffrey Levine Thomas Lewis and Ailene Robinson Liberty Mutual Group Brad Lisak and Frazer Bergin Diane M. Long Longden Company, Inc. Lunenburg Public Library F.W. Madigan Company, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Eurgene J. Mariani, Jr. Marlborough Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Philip Marshall Nicole Marshall Deborah Martin and Dan Shertzer LisaAnn and Matthew Martin David and Janet Mayotte Carolann McAdam Ann C. McDonald Kate McEvoy and Michael Hickey Gerald and Mary McGillicuddy Christopher McGovern and Timothy Corrinet John A. McNeill

Mercier Electric Co., Inc. Merrill Lynch / The O'Brien Group Anne and John Messier John and Katherine Metzger Doug and Diane Meystre Mr. and Mrs. Erwin H. Miller Thirburse F. Millott Mr. and Mrs. John O. Mirick Ann L. Mitchell and Richard A. Haas Monson Free Library Cynthia and Ralph Montalvo Eliot and Peter S. Morgan, Jr. Morgan Stanley Gift Fund Morse Institute Library J. S. Mortimer, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Burton T. Mowbray Mary Munson Helen and John Munzer Pete and Marie Murphy Dr. Joseph D. Musto NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs Dorothy Nanchu Elaine T. Nedder Needham Free Public Library Margaret F. Nelson Dennis and Jane Neslusan Network for Good Michael Newhall Nixon Peabody Trust Company Northborough Free Library David Nowell and Wayne McAuliffe Joe and Mary* Oakley David and Susan Odland Meg and John O'Leary Oxford Free Public Library Susan and John Pacek Joseph and Kathleen Pagano Paige Memorial Library Louise C. Paquette Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Paranya Deborah Patton Pelham Free Public Library Katharine Perkins William O. Pettit III Pettit Design Studio Stephen Erban and Catherine Phillips James Pietro and Terrie Hanna David H. and Sherri Pitcher Robert H. Pittinger Plan Hillsborough Polar Beverages William and Lia Poorvu Joel and Zenie Popkin Charles Pratt & Company, LLC Gwen Pratt Kenneth D. Prince Christine and Jonathan Proffitt Nicolina A. Puccio Joan Puglia Dr. Richard L. and Marla M. Pyle and the Pyle Fund at GWCF John F. Quinlan Randall Library Anne Randolph Ann-Cathrine Rapp Elizabeth Reece George Reed David L. Reese and Karen L. Barlow Mr. and Mrs. Terry Reideler James G. Reidy Mary Jane Rein and Seth Kates Luanne Remillard Andrew and Olga Renzoni Reuben Hoar Library Louise R. and John F. Reynders Fund Nick Rhind Richards Memorial Library Martin S. Richman and Joanne R. DeMoura Dr. David A. Levitin and Ms. Elana Rosenbaum David Rosenfield and Karen Shapiro Uncle Don Ross Leah Rothstein Ruth R. Rubin Jay S. Himmelstein, M.D. and Ellen M. Ruell The Marion Olch Ruhman Education Fund Rutland Free Public Library Jodi Rymer Drs. Stanley and Vicky Sakellson Keris Salmon Elizabeth Sanning Sargent Memorial Library Carol L. Seager Seder and Chandler LLP Mark Seeley and Elise Forbes Seeley Mark and Linda Shelton Michelle Shope Ord Vivian Shortreed Gary Shurland

ANNUAL REPORT / Fiscal Year 2021

Marianne L. Smith Dennis and Barbara Smith Sally Smyser John and Marguerite Snow Victor and Carolyn Somma Lynda and Robert Sorrenti Jonathan Sosa Mr. and Mrs. J. Lincoln Spaulding Karen and Frederick Spaulding in honor of Eliza Spaulding Colleen D. Spelman Peter and Stephanie Stanton Carolyn Stempler Wayne Stepanauskas and Lori Santon Nicholas Stephens Stevens Memorial Library Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Stoddard* Struck Catering Heather Sullivan Sullivan, Garrity and Donnelly Insurance Agency, Inc. Sunshine Sign Company, Inc. Sutton Free Public Library Ralph and Jeanine Swick Margaret M. Tabor Elizabeth J. Taft Taft Public Library James Tartaglia Fred and Mary Taubert John and Judith Taylor Laura Taylor and Christopher Fehl Bronwyn Teixeira Hon. Sarkis and Mrs. Ardemis Teshoian Martha C. Thayer Thayer Memorial Library Julie Briel Thomas Lisa D. Tingue Townsend Public Library Jo and Huck Truesdell Deirdre D. Stultz-Tully Tyngsborough Public Library UMass Chan Medical School Library Upton Town Library Mr. and Mrs. Richard Van Nostrand Russell H. and Geraldine F. VanderBaan Mark Vanderwerf Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program # Virginia and Alden Vaughan Trudi Veldman and Robert Kamen Jean and Glenn Verrill Mr. Charles V. Vilandre David A. Vogel, Jr. Wyatt and Erika Wade Debra Wallace WAM Art Docents N. Waters Wayland Free Public Library Marnie Weir Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Weisberger Benjamin Weiss Charles S. Weiss and Gayle Flanders Weiss Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC # Westborough Public Library Ruth Susan Westheimer, M.D. Weston Public Library Jeff and Suzi Wetton Eric and Hillary White Whitinsville Social Library The Whitner Mills Family Meryl and Robert Widman Beth Wilson Kristina Wilson and David Geist Jeff and Kathy Winacoo Susan and David Woodbury Jeffrey P. Woodle The Woods Family Woods Memorial Library John Worcester Worcester County Mechanics Association Worcester Public Library - Main Branch Warren Yanoff Adam and Tara Young Your Cause, LLC # D and David Zeutas-Broer Mary Jane and Rick Zimmer * Deceased ** Multi-year Gift # Donor Advised Fund

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Business Partners SPONSORS $25,000+ Samuel Adams $10,000+ AbbVie Cornerstone Bank Country Bank Fallon Health FLEXcon Gilbane Building Company The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Interstate Specialty Products, Inc. Saint-Gobain Skinner Auctioneers UMass Memorial Health Care UniBank Unum WinnCompanies Worker’s Credit Union $5,000+ Berkshire Bank The BHR Life Companies Bowditch and Dewey, LLP Cole Contracting, Inc. DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union Fidelity Bank Imperial Distributors, Inc. Rand-Whitney Container Reliant Medical Group Rockland Trust Webster Five Worcester Business Journal DONORS $2,500+ J.J. Bafaro, Inc. Herbert E. Berg Florist, Inc. The Boston Globe CCR Wealth Management, LLC Christie's Fletcher Tilton PC Foley Incorporated Gaudette Insurance Agency Harvard Pilgrim Health Care iHeart Radio, 961 SRS & WTAG Kaplan Construction Lamoureux Pagano Associates | Architects Mirick O’Connell TD Bank WBUR MEMBERS $1,000+ AAFCPAs Avidia Bank Bartholomew & Company, Inc. Bay State Savings Bank The Berry Group Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Columbia Tech Cutler Capital Management, LLC Data Source, Inc. Davis Publications, Inc. Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC Gatorade Green Leaf Construction Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, P.C. InThink Agency Kelleher and Sadowsky Associates, Inc. Leadership Transitions, LLC L.E.I. Corporation Lock 50 / Russo

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Mercier Electric Co., Inc. Merrill Lynch / The O'Brien Group Miles Press, Inc. Morgan Stanley, Mark Cote, Financial Advisor Russell Morin Catering and Events J.S. Mortimer, Inc. New England Disposal Technologies, Inc. Niche Hospitality Group Nitsch Engineering Peppers Artful Events Phoenix Communications Polar Beverages Provo Wealth Management Group Quaker Special Risk Risk Strategies Company Rollstone Bank and Trust Seder and Chandler, LLP Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group Seven Hills Foundation Southgate at Shrewsbury St. Mary's Credit Union Sullivan Benefits Sunshine Sign Company, Inc. Table Talk Pies Stephen F. Wentzell, CPA The Wetzel Group at Morgan Stanley Thomas J. Woods Insurance Agency, Inc. Wings Over Worcester FRIENDS $500+ Akuity Technologies Applied Interactive Bisceglia, Steiman and Fudeman, LLC Burr Insurance Agency, Inc. Callahan Fay Caswell Funeral Home Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc. ConForm Lab Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. Erland Construction Erskine & Erskine LLC Franklin Realty Advisors, Inc. F.W. Madigan Company, Inc. George's Coney Island Grimes & Company Integrated Financial Partners JM Coull, Inc. Longden Company MSW Financial Partners NAI Glickman, Kovago & Jacobs Nypro, Inc. Joffrey Smith Financial Group Sotheby's Struck Catering Sullivan, Garrity & Donnelly Insurance Agency, Inc. The Willows at Worcester Tufts Health Plan

Tributes (In Memory/In Honor of) In Honor of Anne Ault Brian Ault In Memory of Henry T. Michie Amy and Malcolm Beauvais Joan H. Butler John M. Carpenter John M. Carpenter, Sr. Charles Pratt & Company, LLC Cornerstone Bank John Dearborn Margery Dearborn The Gardner Family Elizabeth T. Goodwin John and Geri Graham John Herron and Julia Moore Catherine Hodgson

Eric and Nancy Jeppson Sharon and William Laurent Doug and Diane Meystre Thomas S. Michie Mr. and Mrs. Burton T. Mowbray Margaret F. Nelson MaryEllen O'Brien Cynthia and Stephen Pitcher Carol L. Seager Mr. and Mrs. J. Lincoln Spaulding Harmony C. Spongberg George and Lynne Tonna Dorothy Trow Jane R. Umphrey Roger and Elise Wellington In Honor of J. Christopher Collins Kristine and Patrick T. Maloney In Honor of James C. Donnelly, Jr. Philip and Ellen Phillips In Honor of Jan Ewick George and Tammy Butler In Memory of Janeen White Tony Garcia Melissa Zornitta In Memory of Joan Erickson Suzanne and Benjamin Lapin In Memory of Margaret Carl Tracy Koutonen In Honor of Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham Nicole Marshall, John Hancock Association of Multicultural Professionals In Honor of WAM Staff Wendy and Randy Wong

Legacy Society Members of the Legacy Society Anonymous Anonymous Mrs. Margery A. Adams Mr.* and Mrs. William C. Arthur Jr. Toni Begman Sarah and Allen Berry Philip H. Brewer Dr. Elaine and Mr. Robert* Bukowiecki Alexandra Cleworth and Gary Staab Susan C. Courtemanche Dix and Sarah Davis Brenda Verduin Dean Margery Dearborn Robert A. DeLuca Patricia and Richard Desplaines, Jr. Henry B. and Jane K. Dewey Maria and John Dirlam Andrea N. Driscoll Stephen C. Fitzsimmons Frances* and Howard Jacobson Peter Jefts Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs Dr. James and Mrs. Kathleen Hogan Joan Peterson Klimann David and Barbara Krashes Marcia Lagerwey and Loren Hoekzema Claude M. Lee III Dr. Paul J. Mahon Jodie and David Martinson Mr.* and Mrs. Robert K. Massey Dr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Meltzer Linda and John* Nelson Edward J. Osowski Sarah and Joe Ribeiro Mr.* and Mrs. Chapin Riley Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Rose Mr.* and Mrs. Sidney Rose Jennifer L. and Richard E. Saffran Dr. Shirley S. Siff and Robert M.* Siff Mary Skousgaard Mr.* and Ms. Jack Tobin

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Members who live on through their generous gift Anonymous Harriet A. Alexander Ann Baumann Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Booth Karl and Dorothy Briel Eleanor H. Burke Douglas P. Butler Dr. and Mrs. William T. Carleton William R. Carrick Mrs. Fairman C. Cowan Jeanne Y. Curtis Mary S. Cushman Janet B. Daniels Eleanor Daniels Bronson Hodge Shirley Look Dunbar James E. Lowell Maurice I. Hurwitz Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Freelander Esther and Howard Freeman Eleanor M. Garvey Judith S. Gerrish Robert D. Harrington, Jr. Mrs. Milton P. Higgins John and Marianne Jeppson Britta Dorothy Jeppson Sarah Bramson Kupchik Irving and Marie Lepore Anne Lewis Sara Mallard Myles and Jean McDonough Ellen E. McGrail Don and Mary Melville Henry T. Michie Jean H. Miles Mrs. David J. Milliken Mrs. Anne (Nancy) Morgan Haim G. Nagirner Viola M. Niemi Mary Ann Horner Pervier Marilyn E. Plue Richard Prouty Blake Robinson Louise and Elijah Romanoff Agnes B. Russfield Leonard B. Safford Edith Safford Katherine Sawyer John. R. Scarborough Norman L. Sharfman Hope and Ivan Spear Helen M. and Thomas B. Stinson Helen E. Stoddard Lois Tarlow Madeline Tear Richard S. Teitz Hester N. Wetherell Margaret Ray Whitney Irving N. Wolfson, M.D. Mrs. Ledlie L. Woolsey Elton Yasuna * Deceased

Financial Picture Statement of Financial Position AUGUST 31, 2021 (With Summarized Comparative Information for 2020)

Without Donor Restrictions

With Donor Restrictions

Totals 2021

2020

Assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents Grants and other receivables Contributions receivable, net Investments Inventories Prepaid expenses

$

Total current assets

568,829 299,760 14,958 3,514,531 78,823 407,926

$

5,192,761 1,159,608 -

$

5,761,590 299,760 1,174,566 3,514,531 78,823 407,926

$

5,017,085 91,983 2,090,072 3,613,047 58,983 245,520

4,884,827

6,352,369

11,237,196

11,116,690

11,014,388 5,415,222 -

2,249,191 119,721,699 -

11,014,388 2,249,191 125,136,921 -

9,022,116 2,828,361 103,172,088 -

$ 21,314,437

$ 128,323,259

$ 149,637,696

$ 126,139,255

$

$

$

$

Property and equipment, net Contributions receivable, net Investments Collection

Liabilities and Net Assets Current liabilities Accounts payable, trade Accrued and other liabilities Deferred revenue Total current liabilities Long-term debt Deferred compensation liability Total liabilities Net assets Without donor restrictions With donor restrictions Total net assets

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440,921 377,118 446,878

-

440,921 377,118 446,878

239,926 529,689 67,262

1,264,917

-

1,264,917

836,877

100,000

-

100,000

1,237,194 -

1,364,917

-

1,364,917

2,074,071

19,949,520 -

128,323,259

19,949,520 128,323,259

15,380,928 108,684,256

19,949,520

128,323,259

148,272,779

124,065,184

$ 21,314,437

$ 128,323,259

$ 149,637,696

$ 126,139,255

Statement of Activities AUGUST 31, 2021 (With Summarized Comparative Information for 2020) Without Donor Restrictions Support and revenue Admissions Memberships Public education Museum shop and wholesale Food and beverage Auxiliary activities Government grants Contributions and grants

$

173,411 158,911 108,524 164,418 21,359 318,606 1,480,483

With Donor Restrictions

$

5,418,223

Totals 2021

$

173,411 158,911 108,524 164,418 21,359 318,606 6,898,706

Operating revenue, gifts and grants

2,425,712

5,418,223

7,843,935

Net investment return Loss on disposal of property and equipment Net assets released from restrictions Satisfaction of purpose restrictions

1,930,036 -

25,109,113 -

27,039,149 -

10,296,185

(10,296,185)

14,651,933

20,231,151

Total Expenses Program services Curatorial and conservation Education Library Museum shop and wholesale Food and beverage Supporting services Administration Public affairs and development Buildings and grounds Security Total

-

2020

$

162,119 204,973 160,199 114,112 255,558 282,304 1,007,800 8,857,213 11,044,278 9,287,543 (16,850) -

34,883,084

20,314,971

2,472,483 537,565 79,582 163,259 86,880

-

2,472,483 537,565 79,582 163,259 86,880

2,517,373 639,703 95,297 157,845 462,104

2,684,146 1,461,397 1,602,761 992,525

-

2,684,146 1,461,397 1,602,761 992,525

2,741,552 1,572,327 1,531,993 976,437

10,080,598

-

10,080,598

10,694,631

Change in net assets before changes related to collection Collection acquisitions Income from deaccession of collection items Net assets released from restrictions Satisfaction of purpose restrictions

4,571,335 (594,891) -

Change in net assets

4,568,592

19,639,003

24,207,595

8,992,922

15,380,928

108,684,256

124,065,184

115,072,262

$ 19,949,520

$ 128,323,259

$ 148,272,779

$ 124,065,184

Net assets, beginning of year Net assets, end of year

592,148

20,231,151 (592,148)

24,802,486 (594,891) -

9,620,340 (627,745) 327 -

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