FALL 2006Georgia O’Keeffe: Color and ConservationOctober 1–December 31

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Be inspired by the art of an american master.

This fall, the Memorial art Gallery is one of only three venues nationwide for a major

Georgia o’Keeffe exhibition organized by the Mississippi Museum of art, Jackson.

it’s your opportunity to see 27 rarely-seen oil paintings and pastels—among them landscapes,

flowers, still-lifes and abstractions—from all periods of o’Keeffe’s prodigious career.

it’s the first o’Keeffe exhibition ever in rochester, where it will also include photographs of

o’Keeffe on loan from George eastman House international Museum of Photography and Film.

it’s also the first exhibition ever to focus on o’Keeffe’s painstaking choice of color,

her studio methods and her involvement in conservation issues.

Don’t miss the last stop for this extraordinary show.

additional support provided by New York State assemblyman Joseph D. Morelle and New York State Senator Joseph e. robach

Presenting Sponsor: Supporting Sponsors: Media Sponsor:

RiedmanFoundation

aBove: Georgia o’Keeffe, Cup of Silver Ginger (1939). Baltimore Museum of art, Gift of Cary ross. © Georgia o’Keeffe Museum.

FaCiNG PaGe: Georgia o’Keeffe, In the Patio VIII (1950). Georgia o’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM. Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia o’Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia o’Keeffe Museum. Georgia o’Keeffe, Corn No. 2 (1924). Collection of Georgia o’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM. Gift

of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia o’Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia o’Keeffe Museum. Georgia o’Keeffe, Black Mesa Landscape/Out Back of Marie’s II (1930). Collection of Georgia o’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM. Gift of The Burnett Foundation. © Georgia o’Keeffe Museum.

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Special hours 10/1-12/31Tuesday–Friday noon–5 pm and until 9 pm Thursday; Saturday and Sunday 10 am–5 pm. Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

reserve now!Georgia O’Keeffe: Color and Conservation is sure to be a sellout, and advance tickets are strongly recom-mended. To eliminate lines, all tickets are issued for a specific date and time.

GroupsGroup tours, day packages and meal packages are available Tuesday–Sunday. Contact Donna DeFord, 473-7720, ext. 3058 (ddeford@mag.rochester.edu).

School toursDocent-led tours are available Tuesday–Friday, 9 am–noon; $5 per person includes exhibition admission.Contact Mary ann Monley, 473-7720, ext. 3070 (mmonley@mag.rochester.edu).

member ticketsSupporter Family members may request two free tickets and Supporter individuals one free ticket. all members may purchase two discounted tickets at $10 each. For information on enhanced benefits at Friend level and above, call 473-7720, ext. 3018.

Members may purchase additional tickets at general admission prices: adults $15, seniors and students $10, chil-dren 6–18 $5; five & under free. Thursday evenings 5–9 pm reduced prices of $10, $7 and $3 respectively. all prices include museum admission, admission to My America (october 24–December 24) and audioguides* for both shows.

Where to buy Tickets may be purchased during museum hours at the Gallery’s admission Desk (in-person sales only). Tickets are also avail-able online at ticketmaster.com and at at Ticketmaster outlets including Macy’s/Kaufmann’s stores. To charge tickets by phone, call (585) 232-1900. Convenience charges apply to phone and online sales. Please note that member discounts apply

only to in-person sales at MAG.

* O’Keeffe audioguide sponsored by the City of Rochester and Preferred Care, with additional support from International Art Acquisitions.

Public ProgramsLectures • Sunday, oct. 1, 2 pm: Sarah Whitaker Peters, co-curator of Color and Conservation and co-author of the exhibition catalog

• Thursday, Nov. 2, 7 pm: Judith C. Walsh, o’Keeffe Color and Conservation catalog essayist and associate professor of paper conservation, Buffalo State College

especially for educatorsWednesday, oct. 11, 4:30–7 pm, $30 (reservations 473-7720, ext. 3072)

Family art activity

Thursdays, oct.12–Dec.14 (no session Nov. 23), 3–6 pm, free admission: “o’K to Play” Drop-in Sessions: Be inspired by o’Keeffe, then stop by the Creative Workshop for hands-on fun.

Writers respond to o’KeeffeSunday, Dec. 10, 2 pm offered in collaboration with Writers & Books

art Classes for adults and TeensTo learn about studio classes that explore the art of Georgia o’Keeffe and her hus-band, photographer alfred Stieglitz, visit mag.rochester.edu/creativeworkshop or call 473-7720, ext. 3056.

Gift Shop Shop at the Gallery Store during all public hours. The Store will also be open for holiday shopping Mondays, December 4, 11 and 18, 11 am–4 pm. and starting october 1, choose exhibition-related items in the o’Keeffe Shop.

O’Keeffe café Treat yourself to southwestern specialties at the o’Keeffe Café or sample Cutler’s tradi-tional menu. enjoy lunch Tuesday–Sunday, 11 am–3 pm and dinner Thursday–Saturday, 5–8 pm. also stop by for coffee and dessert, snacks and cocktails Thursday–Saturday, 3–5 pm. For reservations call 473-6380.

catalog in addition to essays and full-color reproductions of all the works on view, the exhibition catalog documents for the first time the fascinating correspondence between o’Keeffe and conservator Caroline Keck. $34.95 at the Gallery Store.

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MYAMERICAART FROM THE JEWISH MUSEUM COLLECTION, 1900 –1955

OCTOBER 24 – DECEMBER 24, 2006

in the first decades of the 20th century, american Jewish

artists enjoyed unprecedented freedoms, even as they

faced harsh economic and political realities.

My America speaks to the individualism of these artists as

they reacted to their worlds—past and present, social and

political, Jewish and secular—and as they claimed this

country as their own. Through paintings, prints, photo-

graphs and sculptures, this major traveling exhibition

explores the reactions of a diverse group of artists during a

period of social, political and intellectual upheaval.

The 73 works are by such noted artists as alfred Stieglitz, Ben Shahn, raphael Soyer, Morris Louis, Theresa Bernstein and

Weegee (arthur Fellig). Some of these artists were born in the US, some came under the influence of european avant-

garde influences while studying abroad, and still others were immigrants, particularly from eastern europe.

My America is divided into five sections titled “Becoming american,” “Striving for Social Justice,” “Picturing ourselves,”

“reacting to Tragedy” and “Moving Toward abstraction.”

aBove: Ben Shahn, New York (1947). The Jewish Museum (Purchase: oscar and regina Gruss Charitable and educational Foundation Fund, 1996-23). © estate of Ben Shahn/Licensed by vaGa, New York, NY.

FaCiNG PaGe, FroM ToP: raphael Soyer, Dancing Lesson (1926). The Jewish Museum (Promised gift of the renee and Chaim Gross Foundation). © estate of raphael Soyer. Courtesy of Forum Gallery, NY. Photo by Jonathan Morris-ebbs. Weegee, Max is rushing in the morning bagels to a restaurant on Second Avenue for the morning trade (c. 1940). The Jewish Museum (Purchase: Joan B. and richard L. Barovick Family Foundation and Bunny and Jim Weinberg Gifts.) © Weegee / international Center of Photography / Getty images. Morris Louis, Marcella and Joe Went Walking (1950). The Jewish Museum (Gift of ruth Bocour in memory of Leonard Bocour). © 1950 Morris Louis. Photo by John Parnell.

ShAre YOur FAmILY’S StOrY

People from all over the world have come to call rochester “home.” Some of us are new to this area, and some of our families have been here for generations. Yet regardless of nationality, or where we started from, we all have a story that brought us here.

My America features a study area where you can share your family’s story. You’re invited to make photocopies of family photographs, letters and memorabilia; write a few sentences of explanation; and add your page to one of the scrapbooks in the exhibition.

You may also share your story by email. Send your digital image with a short description to mhamann@mag.rochester.edu.

hOurS & ADmISSION

My America is open Tuesday–Friday noon–5 pm and until 9 Thursday; Saturday and Sunday 10 am–5 pm. Closed Mondays and Thanksgiving Day.

General admission $7; college students with iD and senior citizens, $5; children 6–18, $2; Thursdays 5–9 pm, $2. Free to members, Ur students, and children 5 & under. all admissions include audiotour.

Your ticket to Georgia o’Keeffe: Color and Conservation also admits you to My america, but please note that special ticket prices apply (previous page).

exhIbItION PArtYSunday, October 22, 6–9 pm

Preview My America and enjoy live music by the Blue avengers, Bob Sneider Trio and Love & Knishes. Tickets are $15, available at the door or in advance at Wegmans (service charge applies); MaG members can get free or discounted tickets. For recorded information call 473-7720, ext. 3510. Please note that Georgia o’Keeffe: Color and Conservation will not be open during this party.

Party sponsored by the Rochester Red Wings and the Democrat and Chronicle.

LectureThursday, October 26, 7 pm

Hear an illustrated lecture by Joan rosenbaum, Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director of The Jewish Museum. Free with Gallery admission.

eSPecIALLY FOr eDucAtOrSMonday, November 6, 4–6:30 pm

Join Gallery educators for exhibition tours, slide presentations, refreshments and classroom materials. The cost is $30. To register, call Kerry Donovan, 473-7720, ext. 3072 or email kdonovan@mag.rochester.edu.

My AMericA FAmILY DAYSunday, November 19, noon–4 pm

enjoy art activities, tours, storytelling and music performances. admission is free to MaG members and children 5 and under; all others $1.

Family Day sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Feinbloom and the Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester.

VIDeOWednesdays and Saturdays, October 25–December 23, 2 pm (no showing November 18)

“Ben-Zion: in Search of oneself.” See a 23-minute video on Ben-Zion (1897–1987), a Ukrainian-born expressionist featured in My America.

cOmmuNItY cONNectION: JeWISh bOOK FeStIVALOctober 29–November 5Jewish Community Center (jccrochester.org)

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creDItSThis exhibition was organized by The Jewish Museum, New York. in rochester, it is underwritten by New York State assemblyman Joseph D. Morelle, Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Feinbloom and Dr. Seymour i. Schwartz. additional support is provided by Laurence and Karen Kessler, Dennis Kessler and andrea Miller, and the Jewish Community Federation of Greater rochester.

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Anxious Objects: Willie Cole’s Favorite Brands

January 21–March 11, 2007 (Opening Party January 20)Best known for his assemblages, mixed media sculptures and prints, Willie Cole transforms such everyday artifacts as irons, blow dryers, high-heeled shoes, lawn jockeys and bicycle

parts into powerful and iconic art works. Cole frequently takes western objects and “Africanizes” them, using forms and motifs derived from tribal art. The results, rich with metaphorical mean-ing, meld the social, political, and cultural perspectives of the urban African American experience.

Organized by the Montclair Art Museum with support from the State of New Jersey, Department of Treasury; Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro; the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Altria Group, Inc.; Ruth and William True; Merrill Lynch; the Cowles Charitable Trust; the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; and by funds from the Judith Targan Endowment Fund for Museum Publications of the Montclair Art Museum.

Natura Morta: Still-Life Painting and the Medici Collections

April 1–May 27, 2007 (Opening Party March 31)Merchants, bankers, rulers, patrons of the arts and sci-ences, and extraordinary col-lectors—the Medicis domi-nated the political and cul-tural life of Florence from the 15th to the mid–18th centu-

ries. This exhibition features 40 sumptuous still-life paintings, or natura morta, collected or commissioned by Medici rulers from Cosimo II to the last Grand Duke of Tuscany. A companion show, After Lifes: Drawings by Shimon Okshteyn, gives the still life a different, often amusing, decidedly contemporary spin.

Organized by Contemporanea Progetti, Florence, Italy, in collaboration with The Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, DC. Sponsored in Rochester by the Gouvernet Arts Fund of Rochester Area Community Foundation, The Gallery Council, and with public funding secured by NYS Senator James S. Alesi. Additional support provided by Michael and Joanna Grosodonia.

Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition

June 17–September 9, 2007 (Opening Party June 16)Every two years, hundreds of artists compete for space and cash awards in what has become one of the most pres-tigious shows in the region. Like the Rochester Biennial, with which it alter-nates, the Rochester-Finger Lakes

Exhibition showcases recent work by emerging and established artists from upstate New York. But unlike the Biennial (an invita-tional), each work in Finger Lakes is selected by outside jurors.

Coming in 2007

Romanticism and the Politics of Taste

Through October 15, Lockhart GalleryYearning for the natural world. longing for the past and emotional intensity—all are characteristics of European Romanticism, a general term encompassing many artistic movements of the late 18th and 19th cen-turies. This exhibition includes such varied

works as picturesque landscapes by Turner, eastward-looking works by Delacroix and the tortured inner visions of Goya.

This exhibition is sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company.

Calling Every Man, Woman and Child: American World War I Posters

October 27–January 21, Lockhart GalleryThe US government called upon the power of the poster to mobilize the country for entry into the Great War. Playing on cultural roles of gender and family and utilizing the power of symbols and personification, the posters of the First World War are striking

works of art and propaganda.

Dedicated to David Hochstein (1892–1918), violin prodigy after whom Hochstein School was named; killed at the Battle of the Argonne.

Protected for Eternity: The Coffins of Pa-debehu-Aset

Dorothy McBride Gill Discovery CenterThis interactive exhibit for all ages show-cases a rare pair of lavishly decorated nest-ing coffins that once held the mummy of an Egyptian official. Learn how the coffins were restored, write your name in hiero-

glyphs and follow the fascinating process of mummification.

Made possible by funding from Dan and Dorothy Gill. Additional support provided by the Museum Loan Network, a program administered by MIT's Office of the Arts, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, NY Council for the Humanities and Davenport-Hatch Foundation, Inc.

Italian Baroque Organ

Herdle Fountain CourtWhen the only full-size antique Italian organ in North America was installed at MAG in summer 2005,

it was national news. A year later, the organ—on permanent loan from the Eastman School of Music—has become an inte-gral part of Rochester’s musical life. Monthly showcase recitals, as well as student recitals every Sunday at 1 pm and 3 pm, show off the magnificent sound of the instrument. Surrounded by Baroque paintings and sculpture, it’s a feast for the eyes as well. For a concert schedule visit mag.rochester.edu.

Also on view this fall

At left, from top: Francisco Goya y Lucientes, To Rise and to Fall (1799). Poster by James Montgomery Flagg (1917). Gift of Dr. and Mrs. E. Henry Keutmann. Inner coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset (4th c. bce). Marion Stratton Gould Fund. Herdle Fountain Court photo by Andy Olenick.

At right, from top: Willie Cole, Wind Mask East (1990). Blow dryers. Courtesy of Alexander and Bonin, NY. Giovanna Garzoni, Ceramic Bowl with Pears and Morning Glories (1651–62). Campione d’Italia, Private Collection, Silvano Lodi. G & A Grocery (Demolished), Vicksburg, MS, by Edgar G. Praus of LeRoy, one of nine award winners at the 2005 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition.

New Catalog Offers Tour of American Collection

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The Gallery has just pub-lished the first-ever catalog of its acclaimed American collection. Seeing America: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester examines 83

objects and their con-nections to American history, cul-ture, litera-ture and politics.

The essays, by MAG scholars and outside authorities, explore works by some of America’s best-known artists, among them Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, John Sloan, George Bellows, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence and Andy Warhol.

For editor-in-chief Marjorie Searl, the Gallery’s chief cura-tor, Seeing America represents a tour of the collection: “The tour ranges from Colonial times to the 21st century, from Maine to Florida to the far west, from mighty histori-cal subjects to intimate byways, from august figures and events to the humblest and most anonymous.”

The earliest work, by John Singleton Copley, was painted

in the 1760s; the most recent is a 2001 work on paper by Lorna Simpson. The earliest to come into the collection is a painting by Jonas Lie which was one of the first works acquired by the new Memorial Art Gallery in 1913; the newest acquisition is the mid-19th century view of the Erie Canal which appears on the cover.

“This publication underscores the quality and the breadth of our collection of American art,” says director Grant Holcomb. “We are delighted to be able to share these trea-sures with a wider audience.”

About the printing Seeing America was designed by Kathryn D’Amanda of MillRace Design Associates.

It was printed on acid-free recycled paper by Rochester-based Monroe Litho, which in 2004 became only the seventh graphics communications firm to be certified by the nonprof-it Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). The company made headlines again in June 2006 with the announcement that 100% of its electricity will come from clean, renew-able, wind-generated sources.

Seeing America is underwritten by the Gallery Council of the MAG in honor of Director Grant Holcomb’s 20 years of service. Additional sup-port is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Fund, the Thomas and Marion Hawks Memorial Fund, the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and by gifts in memory of Florence Macomber, Eleanor McQuilkin and Eleanor Searl. In-kind support is provided by MillRace Design Associates and Monroe Litho.

The catalog is dedicated to Grant Holcomb and to the memory of two women who were instrumental in building the collection—Gertrude Herdle Moore (director 1922–1962) and Isabel Herdle (chief curator 1932–1972).

Gifts of Art 1/1–8/31/06

Dawn’s Landscape XL, wood sculpture by Louise Nevelson* (right), and works on paper by Terry Frost, Yun-Fei Ji, David Row and Dewitt Godfrey: anonymous donor.

Tall Case Clock by Simon Willard: bequest of Jean Craig.

Chinese bowl, 1368–1644 ce: in honor of Lynda McCurdy Hotra by her loving family.

24 paintings and works on paper by artists including Robert Marx, John C. Menihan,

Kathy Calderwood and Alfonsis Dargis: bequest of Sylvia Davis.

Oil paintings by Michele Pace del Campidolgio, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Angelica Kauffmann, François Leriche, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Odilon Redon, Hubert Robert, Gaspar Verbrugghen, Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Benjamin West and Worthington Whittredge: Dr. & Mrs. James Aquavella.*

Two bronze soldiers’ heads by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (article page 8): in honor of Grant Holcomb’s 20th

anniversary as director, by Richard Brush and the Maurice and Maxine Forman Fund.

Peruvian Fragment of a Mantle with Dancers, 300–100 bce: bequest of Isabel C. Herdle.

Native American pot and plate by Maria Martinez: bequest of Phyllis Clark.

Angna Enters, drawing by John Sloan: Grant Holcomb in memory of Helen Farr Sloan.

Above, from left (all works shown in detail): Douglas Warner Gorsline, Bar Scene (1942). Courtesy Musée Gorsline, Bussy-le-Grand, France. Unknown artist, Portrait of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (before 1831). Kathleen McEnery Cunningham, Woman in an Ermine Collar (1909).

left: Jacob Lawrence, Summer Street Scene in Harlem (1948). Marion Stratton Gould Fund.

fAr left: Cover detail of George Harvey, Pittsford on the Erie Canal (1837). Gift of the Margaret M. McDonald Memorial Fund.

Where to buyThe 336-page, coffee-table size book is available in the Gallery Store in hardcover ($65) or softcover ($40).

Online catalogTo see an online version of Seeing America, visit mag.rochester.edu/seeingAmerica.

* partial gifts

Charitable Giving: Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull

If not for Robert L. Sproull, UR president emeritus, MAG might have a much different look today.

That’s because in the early 1980s president Sproull wanted to see better use made of Cutler Union, the former women’s student union on the Gallery grounds. He initi-ated a dialogue between the Eastman School, which was using the building intermit-tently, and the Gallery, for which it would be an integral part of the 1987 expansion.

The dialogue ended happily: Today, Cutler Union houses administrative offices, the Creative Workshop, Cutler’s Restaurant and income-pro-ducing rental spaces for a greatly expanded museum.

Academic years

It wasn’t Sproull’s first experience with a museum expansion. He was a physics professor at his alma mater, Cornell University, when that institution appointed him vice president for academic affairs; he was heavily involved when Cornell hired international superstar I. M. Pei to design its campus art museum.

once studied with Dorothy Glaser at the Creative Workshop—before being UR’s first lady got in the way.

Even in retirement, the cou-ple stays so busy that she finds it hard to paint every day. In August, they had just returned from a Colorado conference and were gearing up for a visit from children and grandchildren. But when she does paint, Mary Sproull has a willing accomplice in her husband, who crafts the frames for her work.

At the Gallery, the Sproulls belong to the Director’s Circle, and Mary Sproull is a long-time member of the Gallery Council. In addition to their annual support, the couple recently established an endowment that will benefit future exhibitions and related programming.

“We take great pride in show-ing the Gallery to visitors,” says Sproull, who credits director Grant Holcomb for turning MAG into “a very

Recruited by the University of Rochester, Sproull became vice president and provost in 1968 and president in 1970; from 1974 until his retirement in 1984, he also served as CEO.

Entire articles have been written about Sproull’s many board appointments and con-sultancies with the likes of the National Academy of Sciences, the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.

These days, he has a new passion: the Environmental Literacy Council, a 10-year-old, DC-based nonprofit that critiques high school science texts. (Sproull knows some-thing about textbooks; the classic Modern Physics, which he co-authored, was the first book entered into UR’s new barcoding system in 1980.)

Supporting the arts

But art is also very much a part of Sproull’s life. His Pittsford home, he’s the first to tell you, contains more art books than science texts. That’s due in large part to his wife, Mary, an artist whose vibrant landscapes hang on the walls.

“I’ve been painting for a long, long time,” says Mary, who

interesting, dynamic place. We like to help along an institution that has so much going for it.”

Enriching the community

The Gallery is not the only organization benefitting from the couple’s generosity. They’ve done much for Deep Springs, the California work study college where Robert Sproull spent two years at the height of the Great Depression. And in 2003, in the latest of many gifts to UR, they endowed a discretionary fund to be used by the dean of arts, sciences and engineering. In recognition, the deanship was named in their honor.

“Together, the Sproulls embody so many important social, intellectual and cultural values,” says Grant Holcomb. “Certainly, leader-ship, dedication, creativity and philanthropy come immediately to mind. This community has truly been enriched by their many con-tributions over the years.”

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In May 2005, Robert and Mary Sproull were photographed at the dedication of UR’s Robert L. Sproull Center for Ultra High Intensity Laser Research.

MAG Tapped for Fall Honors

In October, the Memorial Art Gallery will receive one of this year’s arts awards from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. The highly competitive honor, to be pre-sented at the 23rd annual Arts Award Luncheon, is for out-standing achievement in the arts by a cultural organization.

“Leadership in the arts takes many forms,” says Sarah E. Lentini, president and CEO of the Arts & Cultural Council. “Many artists and cultural organizations that make their home here are known both inside and outside of Rochester. They do incredible work on behalf of our community that is vital to a strong economic

future. The Arts Awards is an opportunity for us to show our appreciation to these outstanding leaders.”

Others being honored are Riedman Foundation (busi-ness/foundation), Bush Mango Drum & Dance (cultural organization), Thomas Warfield (individual), Ellen Stoll Walsh (literary artist), Lynne Feldman (visual artist), and Stanley H. Witmeyer, NYS Department of Transportation (special citation).

For information about the Arts Awards Luncheon, which takes place Tuesday, October 24 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, visit www.artsrochester.org or call 473-4000.

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Around the MAG: Celebrating 20 Years

On May 15, 2006, Grant Holcomb showed up at the University of Rochester for what he thought was a routine meeting with president Joel Seligman. But then Seligman’s wife, Friederike, appeared and the couple insisted on accompanying Holcomb back to the Gallery “to see a new acquisition.”

If Holcomb wasn’t suspicious, he should have been. Waiting inside the Vanden Brul Pavilion were more than 150 staff and Board members and spouses, ready to celebrate his 20th anniversary as

Gallery director.

Also on hand were Holcomb’s wife, Siobhan, and four of his five chil-dren from points east and west. (Eldest daughter Kim, who would soon give birth to Holcomb’s first grandchild, was unable to travel cross country.)

Following toasts, dinner and a gentle “roast,” chief curator Marjorie Searl unveiled a major new acquisition hon-oring the director.

The acquisition— a pair of bronze heads by 19th-century American master Augustus Saint-Gaudens—was a gift of Richard F. Brush and the Maurice

and Maxine Forman Fund. Studies for the famed Shaw Memorial in Boston, the bronzes depict African American soldiers from the Civil War regiment immortalized in the movie Glory. They’re currently on view in the first-floor Concourse Gallery.Holcomb also receive a com-

memorative gift from staff and friends—a poem, composed in his honor by William Heyen, which will be printed on a broadside by Robert Marx.

Event photos by Brandon Vick.

Holcomb poses with (from left) son Greg, wife Siobhan, daughter Devon, son Dylan and daughter Maryn.

Surprise! Joel Seligman delivers the guest of honor.

Annual Campaign Soars

Each fall, MAG members are asked to consider making an annual gift over and above their membership support, to help the Board of Managers close the gap between operat-ing expenses and revenues.

And each year, the members respond. But in 2005–06, the response surprised even those who know how generous the Gallery family can be.

At year’s end on June 30, the campaign had brought in $213,455—22% more than the goal of $175,000 and $50,000 more than the previous year.

Three factors contributed to the success. First was a challenge to increase annual

giving, issued to his fellow Board members by long-time Gallery benefactor Richard F. Brush (pictured).

Second was a hard-working team of campaign solicitors. Special thanks go to Ned Adams, Emille Allen, Pete Brown, Mary Buchan, Jim Durfee, Sam Guerreri, Charlotte Herrera, Peggy Hubbard, Bob Hursh, Mary Koegel, Stan Konopko, Theresa Mazzullo, John Parke, Chris Pulleyn, Mike Sisson, Laura Swett, Mike Traphagan and Dave Vigren.

Last of all was a redesigned campaign brochure, complete with FAQs, which was mailed to all members in fall 2005.

“It’s always a challenge to raise unrestricted gifts,” says director of Gallery advancement Joe Carney. “We’re grateful to Dick Brush and to the many volun-teers who were integral to the success of this effort. With their help, we raised the highest total since launching an unrestricted annual appeal in 2003.”

MAG has been selected to receive a prestigious Museums for America award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

The $76,503 grant was awarded in one of three categories, “Sustaining Cultural Heritage,” and is ear-

marked for collections man-agement and digitization of the Asian, European, Meso-american, Native American and African collections.

The two-year project will include research and docu-mentation for 250 major works, the addition of 1,525 images to the collections database and website, the development of educational materials geared toward the

New York State school curricula, and the use of new technology to provide educator and public access to the Gallery’s educational materials.

The nation’s largest federal funding program for muse-ums, IMLS this year chose 177 institutions of all types—from art to zoo—to share nearly $17 million Museums for America awards. Four hundred and forty-eight museums nationwide—urban and rural, large and small—competed for the awards, requesting over $41.7 million. The recipients will match the federal funds with an addi-tional $29,774,193.

Twenty-five grants went to museums in New York State. Rochester’s Strong Museum also received an award.

Left: Bodhisattva Guanyin on Mt. Potala, Chinese, Southern Song Dynasty (early 13th c.).

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A Extreme Materials, organized by the Memorial Art Gallery, was the surprise hit of the 2005-06 season. Over the show’s two-month run, more than 27,000 people came to see art created from such unorthodox substances as garden hoses, pencil shavings, fish skins, carrots, rubber tires, eggshells, smog—even a 1960 Cadillac (above).

B Summer 2005 saw the arrival at MAG of the only full-size antique Italian organ in North America. The Baroque instrument, from the col-lection of the Eastman School of Music, was per-manently installed in the Herdle Fountain Court, where it is surrounded by Baroque masterworks. Shown above is the organ’s inaugural concert— a gala performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers.

C In May 2006, Grant Holcomb (arms folded) arrives for a surprise celebra-tion of his 20th year as Gallery director. Surrounding him are (from left) MAG Board president Stan Konopko, UR president Joel Seligman, Board member Friederike Seligman, daughter Devon Holcomb and son Greg Holcomb.

D Family Days were a chance for all ages to learn about cultures and religions around the world. In 2004–06, the long-running series included celebrations of Black history, Hispanic heritage and Asian Pacific American heritage. All featured music and dance, cultural displays, story-telling and hands-on art activities such as Japanese calligraphy (shown).

E Opening in July 2004, the first Rochester Biennial reaffirmed the Gallery’s longstanding commitment to contemporary regional art. The new exhibition, featuring work by six invited artists, now alternates summers with the venera-ble Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition. Among the featured works was Judith Olson Gregory’s haunting installation Grace.

F As it approached its mid-century, Clothesline still reigned as Rochester’s oldest and largest arts and crafts festival—and MAG’s biggest fund-raiser. The 48th Festival, in September 2004, attacted 30,000 visitors; the 49th, 25,000. Both years, M&T Bank continued its long-standing support.

G An unusual partnership with the University of Rochester resulted in an ongoing program titled “The Art of Observation.” Designed by MAG director of education Susan Daiss and Stephanie Brown Clark, an MD-PhD, the program helps URMC medical students learn to read visual cues by close examination of works of art. And the program continues to grow: above, Daiss leads a special session for new business students at the Simon School. H At the Creative Workshop, more than 3,000 adults, children and teens a year choose from some 350 courses. Above, visitors to the Workshop’s December 2004 Open House got a demonstration from ceramics instructor Shelly Green Stoler.

I In July 2005, seven-year-old Johnny Carney acted out a scene in front of a slide of Stuart Davis’s Landscape with Garage Lights. The occasion was a workshop led by MAG staff members at Rush-Henrietta’s Fyle Elementary School.

J Tony Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan brought his dancers to MAG in November 2004. The lecture-performance was one of many programs celebrating The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art, a major traveling exhibition.

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470,201visitors welcomed ‘04–05: 228,281 ‘05–06: 241,920

36,333schoolchildren and adults toured the Gallery ‘04–05: 19,991 ‘05–06: 16,342

105,763 ** hours contributed by ‘04–05: 1,331 volunteers ‘05–06: 1,416 volunteers** Please note that beginning in 2005–06 the Gallery implemented a new, formula-based system for calculating volunteer hours.

A Extreme Materials, organized by the Memorial Art Gallery, was the surprise hit of the 2005-06 season. Over the show’s two-month run, more than 27,000 people came to see art created from such unorthodox substances as garden hoses, pencil shavings, fish skins, carrots, rubber tires, eggshells, smog—even a 1960 Cadillac (above).

B Summer 2005 saw the arrival at MAG of the only full-size antique Italian organ in North America. The Baroque instrument, from the col-lection of the Eastman School of Music, was per-manently installed in the Herdle Fountain Court, where it is surrounded by Baroque masterworks. Shown above is the organ’s inaugural concert— a gala performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers.

C In May 2006, Grant Holcomb (arms folded) arrives for a surprise celebra-tion of his 20th year as Gallery director. Surrounding him are (from left) MAG Board president Stan Konopko, UR president Joel Seligman, Board member Friederike Seligman, daughter Devon Holcomb and son Greg Holcomb.

D Family Days were a chance for all ages to learn about cultures and religions around the world. In 2004–06, the long-running series included celebrations of Black history, Hispanic heritage and Asian Pacific American heritage. All featured music and dance, cultural displays, story-telling and hands-on art activities such as Japanese calligraphy (shown).

E Opening in July 2004, the first Rochester Biennial reaffirmed the Gallery’s longstanding commitment to contemporary regional art. The new exhibition, featuring work by six invited artists, now alternates summers with the venera-ble Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition. Among the featured works was Judith Olson Gregory’s haunting installation Grace.

F As it approached its mid-century, Clothesline still reigned as Rochester’s oldest and largest arts and crafts festival—and MAG’s biggest fund-raiser. The 48th Festival, in September 2004, attacted 30,000 visitors; the 49th, 25,000. Both years, M&T Bank continued its long-standing support.

G An unusual partnership with the University of Rochester resulted in an ongoing program titled “The Art of Observation.” Designed by MAG director of education Susan Daiss and Stephanie Brown Clark, an MD-PhD, the program helps URMC medical students learn to read visual cues by close examination of works of art. And the program continues to grow: above, Daiss leads a special session for new business students at the Simon School. H At the Creative Workshop, more than 3,000 adults, children and teens a year choose from some 350 courses. Above, visitors to the Workshop’s December 2004 Open House got a demonstration from ceramics instructor Shelly Green Stoler.

I In July 2005, seven-year-old Johnny Carney acted out a scene in front of a slide of Stuart Davis’s Landscape with Garage Lights. The occasion was a workshop led by MAG staff members at Rush-Henrietta’s Fyle Elementary School.

J Tony Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan brought his dancers to MAG in November 2004. The lecture-performance was one of many programs celebrating The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art, a major traveling exhibition.

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This financial summary and the preceding two pages are extracted from the Gallery’s 2004–06 Biennial Report. A copy of this Report will be mailed in late November to Patron members and above. It will also be available online

December 1 at mag.rochester.edu, or upon request by calling 473-7720, ext. 3015.

EXPENSES 2004–05 $4,273,189 EXPENSES 2005–06 $4,441,282 *

FACILITIES 30.9% ADMINISTRATION 18.7% FACILITIES 28.4% ADMINISTRATION 17%

UNIvERSITy OF ROCHESTER 9.7% UNIvERSITy OF ROCHESTER 9.4 %

EDUCATION 12.1%ADvANCEMENT/ MEMBERSHIP 20.3%

CURATORIAL/EXHIBITIONS 15%

EDUCATION 10.8%ADvANCEMENT/ MEMBERSHIP 21.7%

CURATORIAL/EXHIBITIONS 18.7%

REVENUES 2004–05 $4,275,636 REVENUES 2005–06 $4,443,640 *

ENDOWMENT 24.5% MEMBERSHIP/GIFTS 43%ENDOWMENT 24.8% MEMBERSHIP/GIFTS 43.2%

EARNED INCOME 17% GOvERNMENT 5.3%

EARNED INCOME 18% GOvERNMENT 5.1%

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In addition to president Hubbard (article above), the Board of Managers elected these officers fo 2006–07: 1st vice president Andrew Gallina, secretary Mary M. Koegel, treasurer Ronald Paprocki and chair Stanley D. Konopko.

The Board also welcomed five new members (above, from left):

• Kathy Cleary, director of marketing, City Blue Imaging Services (joined 1/06)• Joanna Grosodonia, school and community volunteer• Sydney Licht, artist• Elaine Gallina Spaull, executive director, The Center for Youth• Laura Swett, president, Incentive Resources, Inc.; past president, the Gallery Council

Board of Managers Elects Officers, New Members

Spotlight on…

Samuel T. Hubbard Jr.You might say that business runs in Tom Hubbard’s blood. A native Rochesterian whose roots go back six generations, Hubbard’s ancestors include Thomas B. Dunn, the 19th-century inventor of Sen-Sen breath freshener, as well as the founders of Taylor Instruments.

But MAG’s new Board presi-dent is not only a business-man. He’s also a passionate supporter of his home town—which he describes as “a wonderful place to live”— and its cultural diversity.

Ironically, Hubbard’s road to the Gallery started in Ohio. It was there, as an undergrad at Denison University, that he met his wife, Peggy, an art lover extraordinaire and a future MAG development director.

After graduation the couple moved to Rochester, where their two daughters were born, and quickly got involved in the community. Tom went to work for the old Lincoln Rochester Trust Company and earned his MBA at the Simon School, and Peggy came from the United Way to MAG, where she would serve 16 years.

Hubbard’s next job was at Alling & Cory, where he would eventually serve 12 years as president and CEO. Then in 1999, he went to Genesee Corporation, parent company of Genesee Brewery. A year later he led a partner-ship that bought out the brewery and renamed it High Falls, where he continues as chairman and CEO.

With Hubbard at the helm, High Falls was a major spon-sor of Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion, and before that (as Genesee Brewery), sponsor for several seasons of Alive at the MAG. “We’re serious about being contributing members of this community,” he says. “It helps our sales, of course, but our support also helps to make this area a special place to live and work.”

Hubbard’s community involvement doesn’t stop

with MAG. He and Peggy served as United Way annual chairs in 2005, raising $35.5 million and exceeding goal. “Rochester has a wonderful tradition of community involvement and philanthropy,” he says.

Symbiotic relationship

Hubbard has good things to say about Gallery staff, as well. “Working with people who are passionate about their work and about the institution makes it much more stimulating for the volunteer. And this allows volunteers, in turn, to bring energy and enthu-siasm to the job. It’s a symbiotic relationship that enables us to do good things with limited resources.”

The feeling is mutual.

“I’ve known Tom Hubbard since I first arrived in Rochester in 1985,” says director Grant

Holcomb. “He was a member of our Board at that time, and how fortunate we are to have him return to service. Tom is a highly respected member of the business community and, with Peggy, has made signifi-cant contributions to Rochester.

“He’ll certainly enhance the ‘Hubbard Legacy’ during his tenure as president.”

Get a sneak preview of the first-ever

catalog of MAG’s American collection at

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then stop by the Gallery Store to

purchase your copy. Seeing America is

fully illustrated, coffee-table size, and

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Leading the Gallery Council for ‚06–07 are (front row):

Kristen Sullivan, art tours; Teddy Carr, past president; Nancy Curnutt, recording secretary; Judith Van Bramer (article at left), president; Bev Pickering, public relations; Rose Marie Swiskey, programs; Christina Howard, admin-istrative treasurer; and Anastasia Markson, volunteer place-ment. (Second row) Sabine Murphy, hospitality; Wendy Shellman, nominating; Cristina Schlageter, membership; and Anne Robotham, second vice president.

Not pictured: Candace DeMuynck, projects treasurer; Connie Klein, docent representative; Sandy Koon, first vice president; Carol Morse, corresponding secretary; and Diane Parrinello, membership.

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Clockwise from upper left: Exhibitors include Linda Huey, Starr Hagenbring, Linda Magi, Katherine Gullo, Uli Koch & Aasta Torsen, and Martin Kremer.

Fine Craft Show

Council Leaders Include New Faces, Old Friends

Spotlight on…

Judith Van Bramer

The first time Judie Van Bramer walked through the Gallery doors, she said to herself, “I

want to work here.”

Little did she know how prophetic these words would prove to be. Not long after-wards, Van Bramer came on board as MAG’s membership manager, a position she would hold from 1991 to 1995. Even after she moved on to become development director at St. Joseph’s Villa, the Gallery kept drawing her back.

Fifteen years after that first visit to MAG, Van Bramer is again a familiar face. She may have retired from the workforce, but she’s working harder than ever as president of the Gallery Council.

Moving to Rochester

Van Bramer grew up in Poughkeepsie, where her dad was on the editorial staff of the local newspaper. While raising her four children, she earned her degree from Marist College with a major in com-munications and a minor in public administration. And a few years later, having volun-teered with the American Heart Association at the local, state and national level, she parlayed her experience into a paying job. She would even-

tually serve 10 happy years as executive director of AHA’s Poughkeepsie office.

Then in 1990, Van Bramer—who says she’s not a risk taker—did something that stunned her coworkers and friends. She handed in her resignation, put her house on the market, and headed for Rochester, where two of her children had settled. (Her other two children, and a contingent of her eight grand-children, remain downstate.)

Madam President

A member of the Council since 1995—among other jobs, she’s served as treasur-er—Van Bramer has hit the ground running as president. “I wanted to follow my pas-sions and apply my energies when I retired,” she says.

That’s good for the Gallery, considering the number of activities she’s already been called upon to oversee. These include three back-to-back Council fund-raisers—Tuesday’s Treasures (below), the Clothesline food conces-sions and the Fine Craft Show.

Van Bramer’s goals for her two-year tenure include expanding the membership base and defining the Council’s focus. Above all, she says, “I’d like to make it clear to anyone who gets involved that they won’t just be helping the Council, they’ll be benefitting the Memorial Art Gallery.”

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In July, Geneseo antiques dealer Sam Cottone was on hand for Tuesday’s Treasures. It was the first appraisal clinic for the annual event, which raised more than $14,000 for the Gallery. Kudos go to event chair Ann Braverman and her hard-working committee.

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Tribute Fund 9/1/05–7/31/06

To honor a friend or family member or commemorate a special occasion, send your gift to MAG Tribute Fund, 500 University Ave. Rochester, NY 14607. Please include your name and address, as well as the name and address of the person honored. Unless otherwise designated, gifts will be used towards art acquisitions and conservation.For more information call 473-7720, ext. 3015.

In memory of Constance E. Aquavella: Mr. & Mrs. George M. Angle, Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Nancy Bates: Grant & Siobhan Holcomb.

In memory of Sybil Beach: Grant Holcomb, Nancy R. Turner.

In honor of Pooh Bennett’s birth-day: Grant & Siobhan Holcomb.

In memory of Dr. Robert L. Berg: Lisa A. Brubaker, Grant Holcomb, Richard & Shirley Wersinger.

In memory of Martin F. Birmingham: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Evelyn M. Boon: Brian Mulholland & Joan Mulholland Dee, Carolyn & George Hubers, Dr. & Mrs. Pierce Webb.

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. G. Sheldon Brayer’s 50th anniver-sary: Dr. & Mrs. Leo R. Landhuis, Liz & Eric Rennert, William Rice & Mary Ann Monley, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Robbins.

In memory of Ruth Brody: Mr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Beck.

In memory of Frederick S. Brown: Marilyn Kayser & Dr. Seymour Schwartz.

In honor of Teddy Carr: Grant Holcomb.

In honor of Kathy & Mark Cleary: Patricia C. Cleary, Stephanie Haynes, Marilyn Scott & Nicholas Marrone, Gustavo & Ellen Paz-Pujalt, Mr. & Mrs. James G. Strasenburgh.

In memory of Sylvan Cole: Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Allen, Nancy Buckett, Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Edward Crone: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Sidney B. Cutler: Barbara L. Frank.

In memory of Joseph Daatselaar: Rochester Art Club.

In memory of Sandra Dreyfuss: Mr. & Mrs. George M. Angle, Judith B. Arnoff, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Carr, Dr. & Mrs. J. Richard Ciccone, Drs. Frank & Margaret Colgan, Dr. & Mrs. John J. Condemi, Dr. Bruce F. Corsello, Dr. & Mrs. Albert B. Craig, Docents of MAG, Dr. Eric M. Dreyfuss, Daniel J. Edelman, Mr. & Mrs. Harold S. Feinbloom, Heidi Friederich, Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Friedlander, Mr. & Mrs. Irving E. Germanow, June & Warren Glaser, Eleanor G. Goldsmith, Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Goldstein, Judy & Scott Hinrichs, Grant Holcomb, Dr. & Mrs. Harold Kanthor, Peggy Kelly, Judy & Dick Klaskin, Mr. & Mrs. James K. Koon, Dr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner, Lenore & Marshall Lesser, Linda Levine, Eleanor S. Lewin, Marianne Lubar & Rae Stone, Dr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Moss, Eileen & Jim Newmark, Thomas & Maureen North, Dr. & Mrs. Bernard J. Panner, Joanne Prives, Carol G. Rosenberg, Dr. & Mrs. Eric C. Santo, Jane M. Schuster, Joan & Arthur Segal, Dr. & Mrs. David B. Shuttleworth, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Simon III, Joan Simon, Mr. & Mrs. Gregory E. Skeates, Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Skuse, Dr. Hannah J. Solky, Mr. & Mrs. David J. States, Nancy Swett, Marion L. Swierkos, Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Tichell, Joanne Viener, Mr. & Mrs. David C. Vilas, Dr. & Mrs. Sidney S. Weinstein.

In honor of Pam Foye: Grant Holcomb.

In honor of Heidi Friederich: Nancy T. Foster, Grant & Siobhan Holcomb.

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Andrew R. Gallina: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Yvonne Gaudriot: Mr. & Mrs. Herbert J. Schwartz.

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Irving E. Germanow: Mr. & Mrs. Hanon Berger.

In memory of Leon Germanow: Joyce Underberg, Marilyn Kayser & Dr. Seymour I. Schwartz.

In memory of Thomas & Marion Hawks: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Mary H.H. Hayden: Mr. & Mrs. George M. Angle, Grant Holcomb, Nancy R. Turner.

In honor of Charlotte & Raul Herrera: Scott & Marjorie Searl.

In honor of Grant Holcomb’s 20th anniversary as director: Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Adams, Andrea J. Allen, Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Allen, Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Baker, Marcia Blacklin, Richard F. Brush, Mr. & Mrs. John Burgstrom, Mr. & Mrs. David Cook, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Culbert, Mr. & Mrs. John Daiss, Mr. & Mrs. John F. D’Amanda, Heidi Friederich, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Garland, Colleen Griffin-Underhill & Paul Underhill, Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Grosso, Kim & Steven Hallatt, Marlene Hamann-Whitmore, Dr. & Mrs. H. Raul Herrera, William & Nancy Holowka, Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Hotra, Chrysa Katsampes, John King, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Knapp, Daniel L. Knerr, Rebecca Kraai, Miriam Lebowitz, Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Leta, Sandra Hawks Lloyd, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Lorei, Larissa Masny, Mary & Ron Mathews, Nancy Lee Norwood, Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Nurse, Gary & Randi Offen, William Rice & Mary Ann Monley, Ruth B. Richardson, Scott & Marjorie Searl, Monica & Richard Simpson, Debra Smith, Nancy R. Turner, Chiyo Ueyama, Donald C. Vanarsdall, Marie & Jim Via, Richard & Shirley Wersinger.

In honor of Jay T. Holmes & Teresa Jones: Grant Holcomb, Thomas Riley & Barbara Kelley.

In memory of Bob Kriss: Dr. & Mrs. Eugene D. Salesin.

In honor of Annette D. Lee: Mr. & Mrs. Hanon Berger.

In memory of Bill Lee: Grant Holcomb.

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. James C. MacKenzie: Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Evans, Rabbi Moshe & Naomi Frankel, Jennifer E. Gorenc, Grant & Siobhan Holcomb, Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kennedy, Blair Mackenzie, Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm I. MacKenzie, Megan L. MacKenzie, Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. MacKenzie, Karen Nakogee, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Phillips, Symantec.

In memory of Florence D. Macomber: Anonymous.

In memory of Betty Saum March: Mr. & Mrs. David B. Patt & family.

In honor of Theresa Mazzullo: ESL Federal Credit Union, Charlotte & Raul Herrera.

In memory of Basil Megna: Joseph & Camille Megna, Dr. G. Porter Perham.

In memory of Martin P. Merrill: Marcia Blacklin, Education Department Staff.

In memory of Mary R. Orwen: Leaf Drake, Jim & Ginny Hall, Grant Holcomb, Sharon G. Imswiler, Bruce & Dolly Klee, Mr. & Mrs. Valentin H. Rabe, Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Maney, Ebba W. McArt.

In memory of Dr. Frederick H. Pough: Curatorial Department.

In honor of Ruth Richardson: Kim L. Petrucci.

In memory of Haskell Rosenberg: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Susan Goldstein Sands: Dr. Hannah J. Solky.

In honor of Susan E. Schilling: Douglas Howard & Thomas Cassada.

In honor of Herb & Natalie Schwartz’s 50th anniversary: Mr. & Mrs. Lester Eber.

In memory of E. J. Searl: Mr. & Mrs. John E. Dickinson, Mr. & Mrs. Stockton B. Wood.

In honor of Marjorie Searl and the publication of Seeing America: Grant & Siobhan Holcomb.

In honor of UR president Joel Seligman & Dr. Friederike Seligman: Grant Holcomb.

In honor of Wendy Shellman: Grant Holcomb.

In honor of Dr. Hannah J. Solky: Drs. Patricia Temple & Steven Gabbe.

In honor of Natalie B. Stewart: Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stewart.

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Sugumele: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Helen Suhr: Mary Jean C. Weld.

In memory of Alan Underberg: Mr. & Mrs. Wayne D. Wisbaum.

In honor of Marie Via: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Annette Waldman: Grant Holcomb.

In memory of Robert Wegman: Heidi Friederich.

In honor of Alice M. Zissler: Docents of MAG, Dr. & Mrs. Arthur G. Tweet.

In memory of Jennifer, Marjorie & Jimmy Zrebiec: Heidi & Tim Tyler.

Museum hours: Wednesday through Sunday 11–5 and until 9 pm Thursdays. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays. For extended hours during Georgia O’Keeffe: Color and Conservation, turn to page 2. Please note that museum offices are open Monday–Friday during regular business hours.

Admission: $7; students with ID and senior citizens, $5; children 6–18, $2. Reduced general admission, $2, Thursdays from 5 to 9. Free to members, UR students, and children five and under. For admission prices during Georgia O’Keeffe: Color and Conservation, turn to page 2.

Director’s Audiotour: Director Grant Holcomb has chosen 26 favorite works for this Acoustiguide tour of the Gallery. Free with admission.

Gallery Store: Open Tuesday through Saturday 11–5; Sunday noon–5. Also open for holiday shopping from 11–4 Mondays, Dec. 4, 11 and 18. For extended hours during Georgia O’Keeffe: Color and Conservation, turn to page 2.

Creative Workshop: Offering year-round classes for adults, teens and children as young as 21⁄2. See our online catalog at mag.rochester.edu/creativeworkshop.

Cutler’s Restaurant/O’Keeffe Café: Open for lunch Tuesday–Sunday and dinner Thursday–Saturday. Also serving coffee, dessert, cocktails and snacks Thursday–Saturday, 3–5 pm. 473-6380.

Art Library/Teacher Center: Open to the public for browsing and to MAG members, teach-ers, and UR students and staff for borrowing. For hours visit mag.rochester.edu/library.

Join Us! You can join MAG, renew your membership, pur-chase a gift membership or make a donation online. Visit mag.rochester.edu/join.

Room Rentals: MAG is the perfect setting for meetings, conferences and special events. For details, call the Gallery, ext. 3006.

School or Group Tours To schedule, contact Mary Ann Monley at 473-7720, ext. 3070 (mmonley @mag.rochester.edu).

Special Needs: Director’s Audiotour is compatible with hearing aids and has features for visually-impaired users. The Herdle Fountain Court is equipped with audio systems for the hearing impaired; headsets may be obtained from an usher or security guard prior to performance time. The auditorium is equipped with an induction loop system.

To reserve a loop for other areas, arrange for an inter-preter or schedule touch tours for the blind, email mmathews@mag.rochester.edu or call 473-7720, ext. 3027 (TTY, 473-6152).

The Gallery is accessible to the handicapped through the University Ave. entrance.

How to reach us: Call 473-7720 and enter the extension below or “O” for the operator.Admission desk . . ext. 3058Advancement office. . . 3035ARTiculate/MAGazine . 3020Clothesline inquiries . . 3006Corporate members . . . 3028Creative Workshop . . . 3056Curatorial department . 3054 Director’s office . . . . . . 3003Education department . 3027Events/space rental . . . 3006Exhibitions department 3076Exhibition parties* . . . 3510

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The Gallery is supported primarily by its members, the University of Rochester and public funds from Monroe County and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Reduced admission Thursday 5–9 is made possible by the Democrat and Chronicle/Gannett Foundation, with additional support from ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Thomson West and Monroe County.

Support for the Gallery’s 2006-07 school programs is provided by Dominion, Bank of America, and the Mary W. Clark Trust. Additional support is provided by the Fred and Floy Willmott Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Judson Jr., the estate of Estelle B. Goldman and an anonymous donor for the McPherson Director of Education.

Director’s Audiotour was made pos-sible by a generous gift from Robert and Joanne Gianniny and contribu-tions from donors to the 2003 Annual Campaign. Additional support was provided by Jay Advertising and The Studios at Linden Oaks.

MAGazine is made possible by the Gallery Council. Special thanks for design services to Leslie Van Auken of Van Auken Margolis & Associates, Kathryn D’Amanda of MillRace Design Associates, and Bill Buckett.

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