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A Place Where Art & Nature Meet<br />

ANNUAL REPORT 2008–2009<br />

MUSEUM


“ I believe I have the best —<br />

the finest — Degas and<br />

Manet in America and I<br />

want to over-match them<br />

with the finest Whistler —<br />

We ought to bring this<br />

about — YOU and I.<br />

”<br />

—Alfred Pope in a letter to James McNeill Whistler, 1894.<br />

Right: <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s Second Library. The Blue Wave, Biarritz, 1862,<br />

by James McNeill Whistler, hangs above the mantle. Photo by Ben Jordan.


CONTENTS<br />

5 Letter from Board President<br />

6 Letter from Director & CEO<br />

8 Trustees, Board of Governors,<br />

Honorary Governors,<br />

Officers of The <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers<br />

9 Public Programs<br />

12 Photographic Services<br />

13 Media Coverage<br />

14 Acquisitions<br />

15 Capital Projects<br />

16 Collections & Archives<br />

17 Donors<br />

27 Volunteers<br />

29 Financial Statements<br />

29 Facility Rentals<br />

30 <strong>Museum</strong> Staff & Interns<br />

32 Legacy Society, TPR Society<br />

& Accreditation Information<br />

ANNUAL REPORT<br />

July 1, 2008–June 30, 2009<br />

HILL-STEAD AT-A-GLANCE<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> offers the public more than<br />

1,000 programs and activities annually,<br />

for all ages.<br />

Volunteers are a high priority. Over 150<br />

volunteers help us get our work done.<br />

Art and decorative collections — masterpieces<br />

by the French Impressionists, 3,500<br />

family-collected objects — get top billing.<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> stewards historic structures, 19<br />

intact period rooms, ornamental gardens,<br />

woodland trails, a pond ecosystem, outdoor<br />

classrooms and a 19,000 document archive,<br />

and features them in a wide variety of<br />

public programs.<br />

With ten buildings dating from 1765 to<br />

1940 and 152 acres of designed landscape,<br />

preservation and cyclical maintenance<br />

projects rate among our highest priorities.<br />

Top: Still-life watercolor by East Hartford Synergy High School student,<br />

created after touring the Alfred Atmore Pope collection,as part<br />

of an SBM Charitable Foundation-funded education program.<br />

Above: <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s original late19th-century Horse Barn. Photo: Peter Aaslestad.


Perhaps the most notable event that occurred in the last year was<br />

the January 2009 arrival of our new Director and CEO, Sue<br />

Sturtevant. Our search underscored the many strengths that reside<br />

at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>. First and foremost, Cindy Cormier and Marie Dalton-Meyer<br />

performed wonderfully as Interim Co-Directors during the search period<br />

and both were finalists for the position, demonstrating the high quality of<br />

our staff and the strength of the resultant management team. Second,<br />

the Search Committee was "blown away" by the depth and talent of the<br />

applicant pool which spanned the globe! Finally, as we entered a period<br />

of economic turmoil, the management team, during a period of transition,<br />

ably managed <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>. While we did experience an operating deficit of approximately $150,000<br />

during FY2009, the newly formed management team quickly took steps to contain the 2009 deficit<br />

and to ensure a balanced budget for FY2010.<br />

Maintaining the quality of programming and the grounds remained a top priority in spite of the<br />

economic challenges facing all not-for-profit institutions, and our efforts paid off. Over 30,000<br />

individuals visited <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> in the last fiscal year, which is an increase from the prior two year period.<br />

Visitors took part in house tours, enjoyed lectures and programs, and walked the grounds. The<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry and Music Festival flourished and we continued to attract new and broader<br />

audiences. In the past year, we welcomed more than 100 new members.<br />

As 85% of the operating budget is raised from scratch each year, I can’t thank my fellow Board<br />

members, volunteers and staff enough for their steadfast dedication and persistent support of the<br />

museum. This group makes generous contributions to our <strong>Annual</strong> Fund campaigns, which in our<br />

most recent fiscal year grossed $252,000. I want to express my deepest gratitude to the 2009<br />

Chairs of the Theodate Pope Riddle Society, Holly and Stuart Holden, and to the chair of <strong>Annual</strong><br />

Fund, Kathanne Fowler. We were able to meet our <strong>Annual</strong> Fund goals in both years, albeit adjusted<br />

lower for economic conditions, and I am especially proud that <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>'s Board contributed over<br />

40% of these totals.<br />

Our two primary fund raising events, May Market and the Benefit Dinner Auction, were masterfully<br />

organized and presented by <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s core volunteer group, the <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers, ably co-chaired in<br />

2009 by Elizabeth Carter and Jane Edwards. These two events raised more than $250,000 in support<br />

of educational programs and day-to-day operations. Kudos to Ingunn Hekneby and Michael<br />

Bassock for so ably serving as Honorary Chairs of the benefit dinner auction and ensuring that the<br />

museum’s most important fundraising event was a resounding financial success.<br />

In closing, I am excited to report that the Trustees, Board and Staff recently completed and<br />

approved a five-year strategic plan which sets the course for a strong and energetic <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>.<br />

Included in our plan is the launch of an Endowment/Capital Campaign, and to jump-start our campaign,<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> received a $25,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor.<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>, with its world-renowned Impressionist art collection, landmark site, landscape and public<br />

programs is a place where art and nature meet in the most pleasant and inspiring ways. Please<br />

come visit soon.<br />

Margaret Darby<br />

President, Board of Governors, 2008-2009<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 5


When I joined <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> as Director and CEO in<br />

January 2009, I was captivated by the beauty of the collections<br />

and landscape. As a relative newcomer, I threw<br />

myself into learning everything I could about the history of <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong><br />

to gain a better sense of this unique National Historic Landmark.<br />

After attending every program available to the public, I was able to<br />

discern five major assets that we offer: a renowned Impressionist<br />

collection, a Colonial Revival house that is an architectural wonder,<br />

a beautiful formal Sunken Garden and three miles of walking trails,<br />

plus 152 acres of pastoral and woodland property and an important agricultural / farming heritage to<br />

interpret and cultivate in new ways.<br />

In the spring of 2009, <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> began to see a rise in the number of visitors, members<br />

and gift shop sales. As an institution we are becoming increasingly more visible in various media<br />

and the press and are very much an integral part of the Connecticut museum world. Cultivating<br />

new, serious partnerships with different organizations such as Leadership Greater Hartford,<br />

Stanley-Whitman House, CT Historical Society, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Mark Twain House,<br />

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Discovery Center and New Britain <strong>Museum</strong> of American Art has<br />

helped build credibility and excitement around our mission and values.<br />

Our capital projects in 2009 were funded by a grant received from the Connecticut Trust which<br />

allowed us to take two important steps toward the preservation of our two barns on the lower<br />

part of the property. The “Assessment of Existing Conditions” report of the barns, completed in<br />

October 2008, is the road map to the stabilization of both barns and will enable us to write grants<br />

for this work. We were also able to hire an architectural historian, Rachel Carley, to amend our 1991<br />

National Landmark Application at the National Park Service. The amended report carefully<br />

describes all of the buildings and the significant landscape features on the estate, not just the Pope<br />

Riddle House. It also changes <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s designation from a single building to a historic district.<br />

This report is now in the hands of the CT Commission on Culture & Tourism's Historic Preservation<br />

Office, who will get it to Washington for us. A major capital improvement project well underway is<br />

the installation of a sophisticated fire detection and suppression system funded through major<br />

grants from the Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman and William and Alice Mortensen Foundations,<br />

and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. This major improvement will preserve<br />

the historic house, rich archives, priceless collections and important business files far into the future.<br />

More than 2,500 students from around the region representing schools K–college visited <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong><br />

in 2009. The students and their teachers were here for an extended period of time, taking full<br />

advantage of the property and resources. We are proud that there is such a high rate of repeat<br />

visitation. In addition, we have poets-in-residence based at two Hartford high schools, A. I. Prince<br />

Technical and Greater Hartford Classical Magnet School. Our education programs at the museum<br />

are supported in part by SBM Charitable Foundation and Farmington Bank. We receive support for<br />

our Poetry Outreach Program from Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Trust and Lincoln Financial.<br />

6 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>


Just checking our website, www.hillstead.org, gives a complete idea of all the public programs<br />

that are offered here. They range from nature walks for all ages to the Sunken Garden Poetry and<br />

Music Festival to summer adventure programs for children and new letterboxing and family backpack<br />

activities. The museum also has a strong online presence with its internationally-read nature blog<br />

at hillsteadblog.wordpress.com and its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hillsteadmuseum.<br />

I’m convinced that <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> has something for everyone. Please make time to come back for a<br />

visit and find out what you can gain from the full <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> experience.<br />

Sue Sturtevant, Ed. D.<br />

Director & CEO<br />

Photo: Elizabeth Collins<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 7


BOARD OF GOVERNORS<br />

Trustees & Officers<br />

Margaret C. Darby<br />

President<br />

Paul H. Eddy, Esq.<br />

Vice President/President Elect<br />

Kiki T. Katz<br />

2nd Vice President<br />

Kathryn S.L. Cox<br />

Colonial Dames Trustee<br />

(October 2005–May 2009)<br />

Nina M. Hayes<br />

Colonial Dames Trustee<br />

(May 2009–present)<br />

James W. Fanelli<br />

Bank Trustee, Secretary/Treasurer<br />

Dr. Charles J. Meyers<br />

<strong>Museum</strong> Trustee<br />

Governors<br />

Catherine F. Bashaw, Esq.<br />

Michael P. Bassock<br />

H. Christian Conover<br />

Cynthia Y. Cooper<br />

M. Timothy Corbett<br />

Evan R. Cowles<br />

Morris C. Davenport<br />

B. Dane Dudley, Esq.<br />

Robert L. Duffy<br />

Jane Edwards<br />

Muriel Fleischmann<br />

Kathanne W. Fowler<br />

Frank Garofolo<br />

Thomas R. Gilbert<br />

Jerald B. Gooden<br />

Holly Holden<br />

Kathleen A. Jannuzzi<br />

Marian F. Kellner, M.D.<br />

Russell H. Jones<br />

John J. Patrick, Jr.<br />

Ann Louise Price<br />

Ruth Rabinowitz<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers President<br />

David R. Robb<br />

Patricia M. Salner<br />

Philip K. Schenck, Jr.<br />

Thomas W. Soyster, AIA<br />

8 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Honorary Governors<br />

David W. Dangremond<br />

Barbara O. David<br />

Alice DeLana<br />

Charles B. Ferguson<br />

Harry J. Gray†<br />

Nathaniel S. Howe<br />

Roger R. Klene<br />

Saren Langmann<br />

Janet M. Larsen<br />

H. Mark Lunenburg<br />

Judith B. Mott<br />

Brie P. Quinby<br />

Prudence Robertson<br />

Mary Sargent<br />

Jean-Pierre van Rooy<br />

Robert J. von Dohlen, FAIA<br />

Pamela Partridge West<br />

Nancy Burr Zwiener<br />

Officers of The<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers<br />

Ruth Rabinowitz<br />

President<br />

Jan Wright<br />

President Elect<br />

Linda Isaman<br />

Secretary<br />

Sheri Treichel<br />

Treasurer<br />

Elizabeth Carter<br />

Ex-Officio<br />

Governors of The<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers<br />

Margaret Amstutz<br />

Jane Edwards<br />

Sandra J. Goralnick<br />

Kathleen Jannuzzi<br />

Dana S. Pescatello<br />

Top: Evan Cowles and Brie Quinby<br />

share holiday tidings with<br />

Theodate (Sharon Stotz) at the<br />

Members’ Holiday Party<br />

Left: Full Board and Staff meeting,<br />

at which attendees were asked to<br />

“view the collection in a new way.”<br />

Below: Liz Carter and a guest<br />

enjoy Monet in May Benefit<br />

Dinner Auction festivities.<br />

Photo: Brian Ambrose.


PUBLIC PROGRAMS<br />

Interpretive Tours & Walks<br />

House Tours – Overview / led by interpreters / over<br />

2,000 tours per year<br />

House Tours – French Impressionists, French & Asian<br />

Art & culture, Architecture, In-Depth Platinum / led<br />

by interpreters / over 250 tours per year<br />

House & Garden Tours / led by interpreters / over 250<br />

tours per year<br />

Bird, Butterfly, Wildflower / naturalist-led walks /<br />

over 20 walks per year<br />

Estate Walks / led by interpreters / over 10 walks per year<br />

Stone Wall and Tree Identification Walks / led by<br />

scientists / 2 to 3 walks per year<br />

PARTICIPATION<br />

Interpretive House Tours<br />

2008–09 2007-08<br />

Walk-in and adult groups 9,005 7,805<br />

School groups, children<br />

and teachers 2,567 2,917<br />

Sub-total 11,572 10,722<br />

Public Programs<br />

Family festivals, lectures,<br />

garden & gallery talks,<br />

nature, trips, workshops,<br />

cultivation, for all ages 9,045 8,304<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry<br />

Festival<br />

Readings, concerts,<br />

workshops, competitions,<br />

school programs 4,186 2,445<br />

Functions<br />

Weddings & Corporate<br />

functions 3,075 3,685<br />

Trail Walkers & Self-Guided<br />

Outdoor Experiences 6,626 4,630<br />

Total 34,504 29,786<br />

Lectures, Gallery Talks &<br />

Musical Events<br />

Italian Maiolica at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Secrets of the Cellar: a Tour of <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s Basement<br />

Accoutrements of the Toilette<br />

James McNeill Whistler and the Popes<br />

Japanese Woodblock Prints<br />

Monet Masterpieces<br />

Winter Musicale: An Evening with the Impressionists<br />

Commodes under Cover<br />

Eugène Carrière<br />

Understanding Édouard Manet’s Art, Then & Now<br />

Nina Stanley Memorial Lecture<br />

Juliet Wilson-Bareau, internationally acclaimed art<br />

historian specializing in Goya and Manet<br />

The Sinking of the Lusitania<br />

Where Art & Nature Meet<br />

Children, Families, Teachers<br />

Summer Nature & Arts Adventure: Nature, Science<br />

and Art<br />

Guided Nature Walks with Estate Naturalist Diane<br />

Tucker<br />

Butterfly Walk<br />

Midsummer Moth Night Hike<br />

Bug Extravaganza<br />

Fantastic Fall Walk<br />

Sparrow Delight<br />

Oodles of Owls, Barrels of Bats<br />

Groundhog Day Winter Nature Walk & Story<br />

The Mystery of Lichens<br />

Spring Has Sprung!<br />

Pond Pandemonium<br />

Mother’s Day Warbler Walk<br />

Sound Safari for the Visually Impaired<br />

Wildflower Walk<br />

Father’s Day Bird Walk<br />

Hay day: Horse drawn wagon rides, Guided walks,<br />

Live Fiddlers, Scarecrow making, Crafts activities<br />

Wreath Ramble: Gathering nature’s bounty in the<br />

meadows and creating a unique seasonal wreath<br />

Children’s Holiday Party<br />

Meet the Family, 1901<br />

Connecticut Trails Day<br />

Teacher Workshops<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 9


PUBLIC PROGRAMS, continued<br />

Gardens, Landscape, Nature<br />

Lessons from the Master: Beatrix Farrand at Bellefield<br />

Anne Cleves Symmes, Director, Beatrix Farrand<br />

Garden Association<br />

Lessons from the Master: Beatrix Farrand at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong><br />

Paul Brisco, Garden Manager, <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

May Market:<br />

Untold Gardening Secrets, Mar Jennings, awardwinning<br />

author and lifestyle expert<br />

The Magic of Small, Intimate Bouquets, Mar<br />

Jennings<br />

How to Plant a Pot – Thrillers, Fillers & Spillers,<br />

Steve Silk, award-winning author, photographer and<br />

Vice President of the Connecticut Horticultural<br />

Society<br />

Ongoing daily cooking & gardening demonstrations<br />

Live music by violinist Ben Dean<br />

Live music by Farmington High School Oriana<br />

Singers<br />

Zoodle Facepainting<br />

Decorate and plant your own pot for youngsters<br />

Garden Gang: April Open, October Close; Weekly<br />

Work Sessions<br />

Gardening Workshops and Talks<br />

City and Country Canvases, with Farmington Valley<br />

Visitors Association<br />

Sunday Afternoon Garden Interpreters on hand July<br />

through September<br />

Guided Estate Walks, First Sundays May through<br />

October<br />

10 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Connecticut Trails Day, in Association with CT Forest &<br />

Park Association, including participation in DEP’s No<br />

Child Left Inside/Great Park Pursuit program<br />

Farmington Gardens Day with Farmington Public<br />

Library<br />

Connecticut Historic Gardens Day, with thirteen other<br />

House <strong>Museum</strong>s throughout Connecticut<br />

Rose and Garden Weekend, with Central Valley<br />

Tourism District, Inc.<br />

Outreach:<br />

UConn Master Gardeners, Cindy Cormier & Paula<br />

Brisco<br />

Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, Cindy Cormier<br />

Top: Painter and teacher Stuart Shils offers instruction<br />

to a student painting on <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s grounds.<br />

Above Left: May Market, 2009


PUBLIC PROGRAMS, continued<br />

Poetry & Music<br />

Poets in the Schools and Youth Writing<br />

Workshops<br />

Hartford Student Poetry Outreach<br />

(HSPO) with Greater Hartford Classical Magnet<br />

School and A.I. Prince Technical School<br />

Pit Pinegar, Lead Poet<br />

Ernie Blue<br />

Kate Rushin<br />

Elizabeth Thomas<br />

Poetry Readings at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong><br />

Elizabeth Thomas, From the Front of the Classroom<br />

Rennie McQuilkin, The Weathering: New and Selected<br />

Poems<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival<br />

Poets<br />

Billy Collins<br />

Patricia Fargnoli<br />

Ilya Kaminsky<br />

Paul Muldoon<br />

Fresh Voices<br />

Robert Hass<br />

Brenda <strong>Hill</strong>man<br />

Baron Wormser<br />

Connecticut Poetry Circuit<br />

College Winners<br />

Competition Winning High School Poets<br />

(Fresh Voices):<br />

Britta Bell<br />

Sasha Debevec-McKenney<br />

Jameson Fitzpatrick<br />

Hannah Loeb<br />

Nicole Marella<br />

Young Poet Competition Judges & Mentors:<br />

Rennie McQuilkin<br />

Steve Straight<br />

Elizabeth Thomas<br />

Connecticut Poetry Circuit College Winners:<br />

Matthew Gilbert<br />

Jordan Jacks<br />

Susanna Myserth<br />

Sarah Nichols<br />

Katie Rowe<br />

Musicians<br />

Sheila Jordan/Cameron Brown Bass & Voice Duo<br />

Tessa Souter<br />

Rackett<br />

Freddie Bryant<br />

Classical Spirits<br />

Uptown Trio<br />

Above left: A poetry student from the Greater<br />

Hartford Classical Magnet School composes<br />

in the tranquility of <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s landscape.<br />

Above: Freddie Bryant returns for his second<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival performance.<br />

Left: Billy Collins, an audience favorite, reads<br />

at his third Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.<br />

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PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES<br />

Rights and reproductions granted of objects<br />

in the Alfred Atmore Pope Collection<br />

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Peace, ca. 1861; Pierre<br />

Puvis de Chavannes, Vol 1: The Artist and His Art, Vol 2:<br />

A Catalogue Raisonne of the Painted Work; Aimee<br />

Brown Price; Yale University Press, 2009<br />

Edgar Degas, Blanchisseuse, 1869, from Vignt Dessins,<br />

1861–1896; traveling educational presentation:<br />

“Impressionism and the Industrial Revolution”;<br />

Christine Drew; Syfr Corp., 2009<br />

Gertrude Käsebier, Ada Brooks Pope in the Sunken<br />

Garden, 1902; Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public<br />

Landscapes; Judith Tankard; The Monacelli Press /<br />

Random House, 2009<br />

Édouard Manet, The Guitar Player, 1867; Westover<br />

School brochure; Rich Beebe; 2009<br />

Édouard Manet, The Guitar Player, 1867; Victoria<br />

Williams; ZCZ Films; BBC Television, 2009<br />

Édouard Manet, Toreadors, 1863; Édouard Manet:<br />

Initial M, Hand and Eye; James H. Rubin; Flammarion,<br />

Paris, 2009<br />

Édouard Manet, Toreadors, 1863; Victoria Williams;<br />

ZCZ Films; BBC Television, 2009<br />

Claude Monet, Grainstacks, White Frost Effect, 1889;<br />

Madame Tussaud’s Wax <strong>Museum</strong>, Hollywood, CA (The<br />

Thomas Crown Affair, art gallery set); Rita Godlevskis;<br />

2009<br />

Claude Monet, Grainstacks, White Frost Effect, 1889;<br />

traveling educational presentation: “Impressionism<br />

and the Industrial Revolution”; Christine Drew; Syfr<br />

Corp., 2009<br />

William Nicholson, Morris Dancers at the Gate of<br />

Blenheim Palace, 1903; William Nicholson Catalogue<br />

Raisonné; Natalia Williams; 2009<br />

Theodate Pope, Mary Cassatt and Mary <strong>Hill</strong>ard, ca.<br />

1903; Westover School brochure; Rich Beebe; 2009<br />

Theodate Pope, Mary Cassatt Seated Beneath Her<br />

Degas Fan, ca. 1905; Caterina Barbini; Pittura<br />

Americana del XIX Secolo; Pittura Americana del XIX<br />

Secolo; October 2008<br />

Alfred Atmore Pope, Shipboard (photographer and<br />

date unknown); traveling educational presentation:<br />

“Impressionism and the Industrial Revolution”;<br />

Christine Drew; Syfr Corp., 2009<br />

12 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> Library (from Barr Ferree, “Notable<br />

American Homes, ‘<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>,’ the Estate of Alfred<br />

Atmore Pope, Esq., Farmington, Conn.,” American<br />

Homes and Gardens, vol. VII, No. 2, February 1910;<br />

Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes;<br />

Judith Tankard; The Monacelli Press/Random House,<br />

2009<br />

Summer House (from Barr Ferree, “Notable American<br />

Homes, ‘<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>,’ the Estate of Alfred Atmore Pope,<br />

Esq., Farmington, Conn.,” American Homes and<br />

Gardens, vol. VII, No. 2, February 1910; Beatrix<br />

Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes; Judith<br />

Tankard; The Monacelli Press/Random House, 2009<br />

Sunken Garden (from Barr Ferree, “Notable American<br />

Homes, ‘<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>,’ the Estate of Alfred Atmore Pope,<br />

Esq., Farmington, Conn.,” American Homes and<br />

Gardens, vol. VII, No. 2, February 1910; Beatrix<br />

Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes ; Judith<br />

Tankard; The Monacelli Press/Random House, 2009<br />

Theodate Pope, after Lusitania, 1915; Her Past is My<br />

Prologue; Polly Greenberg; self-published<br />

Theodate Pope, after Lusitania, 1915; Parallel Lives, A<br />

Social History of Lizzie Borden and Her Fall River;<br />

Michael Martins and Dennis A. Binette; Fall River (MA)<br />

Historical Society; December 2009<br />

Walk into the Garden (from Barr Ferree, “Notable<br />

American Homes, ‘<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>,’ the Estate of Alfred<br />

Atmore Pope, Esq., Farmington, Conn.,” American<br />

Homes and Gardens, vol. VII, No. 2, February 1910;<br />

Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes;<br />

Judith Tankard; The Monacelli Press/Random House,<br />

2009<br />

Letter #873, Theodate Pope to Ada Pope, describing<br />

Lusitania experience; Her Past is My Prologue; Polly<br />

Greenberg; self-published<br />

Top: Édouard Manet, The Guitar Player, 1866<br />

Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches<br />

Alfred Atmore Pope Collection<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>, Farmington, CT


MEDIA COVERAGE<br />

Selected articles & interviews featuring<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

“He’s Not Resting on His Laureates,” about Billy<br />

Collins and The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival; The<br />

Hartford Courant, Carole Goldberg, July 6, 2008<br />

“Garden Gang Lends Its Loving Hands,” The Hartford<br />

Courant, Gail Braccidiferro, July 16, 2008<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival clips of poet Ilya<br />

Kaminsky and musician Tessa Souter performances;<br />

NBC 30 TV 11 pm News, July 23, 2008<br />

“Irish Wit Infuses Poetry,” about Paul Muldoon and<br />

The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival; The Hartford<br />

Courant, Carole Goldberg, August 3, 2008<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival clip of Paul Muldoon;<br />

NBC 30 TV 11 pm News, August 9, 2008<br />

“Great Houses: New England’s Finest Examples,”<br />

Passport magazine, Daniela Forte, Summer 2008<br />

“Brush Strokes: The Connecticut Art Trail Reveals the<br />

State’s Influence on American Impressionism,”<br />

Valerie A. Russo, AAA Journeys, September 2008<br />

“Let’s Grow Intelligent Designs,” about the gardens of<br />

Beatrix Farrand, including <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>; Taconic Press,<br />

Mark Adams, September 4, 2008<br />

Timothy North Farm House and Horse Barn exterior<br />

included in Big Y television commercials statewide<br />

Interview filmed at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>: Cindy Cormier discusses<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> and The Connecticut Art Trail; Better CT,<br />

WFSB TV, host Kara Sundlun, November 14, 2008<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival photos and writeup<br />

included in Greater Hartford Art Council’s<br />

ARTiculations newsletter, Fall/Winter 2008<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s ‘Meet the Family’ holiday program listed<br />

as one of Hartford Magazine’s Ten Best Bets,<br />

December, 2008<br />

News segment on <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s agricultural past and its<br />

summer 2009 Farmers Market; NBC 30 TV 6 pm<br />

News, February 10, 2009<br />

"Impressionist Itinerary: Plan a Getaway from Gray and<br />

Bask in a World of Color", on the Connecticut Art<br />

Trail including <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>; Boston Globe,<br />

Ellen Albanese, February 15, 2009<br />

Press Conference: CT Forest & Park Association,<br />

Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Chris<br />

Murphy choose <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> as location for press<br />

conference re President Obama's passing<br />

legislation to protect Connecticut's Metacomet<br />

Monadnock Mattabesett (MMM) Trail, 3/30/09<br />

News coverage of MMM Trail Press Conference on<br />

NBC 30 TV, March 30, 2009<br />

Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art, BBC<br />

Television Production, includes special interview at<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> by presenter Waldemar Januszczak, April<br />

2009 (aired June 2009)<br />

“Mar Jennings: Untold Gardening Secrets” interview<br />

and demonstration with May Market special guest;<br />

Better Connecticut, WFSB Channel 3 TV, hosts Scot<br />

Haney & Kara Sundlun, April 19, 2009<br />

Interview: <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers, Mar Jennings and Cynthia<br />

Cagenello re May Market; CT Outdoors, WMRD<br />

Radio, host Suzanne Thompson, April 28, 2009<br />

“More Than Beautiful Art at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> Estate in<br />

Farmington,” The Hartford Courant, Peter Marteka,<br />

May 1, 2009<br />

“To New Director, <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> a ‘Breathtaking’ Work of Art”<br />

The Hartford Courant, Maryellen Fillo, May 3, 2009<br />

Sunken Garden Poetry Festival included in<br />

Connecticut’s “Best <strong>Museum</strong> Bonuses”; May Market<br />

included in “Top 20 Connecticut Events,” Yankee<br />

Magazine, May/June, 2009<br />

“An Oasis of Peace and Poetry,” <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s Sunken<br />

Garden Poetry Festival on cover of Hartford Courant<br />

Calendar, with article by Carole Goldberg about the<br />

Festival and opening night poets, June 4, 2009<br />

Interview: Cindy Cormier on Sunken Garden Poetry<br />

Festival, The Faith Middleton Show, WNPR Radio,<br />

host Faith Middleton, June 9, 2009<br />

Interview: Cindy Cormier on Sunken Garden Poetry<br />

Festival, WTIC Radio 1080 AM, Mornings with Ray<br />

Dunaway, host Ray Dunaway, June 9, 2009<br />

Left: Sen. Chris Dodd (left) & Rep. Chris Murphy hold MMM press<br />

conference at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> with CT Forest & Park Assoc., March 2009.<br />

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ACQUISITIONS CAPITAL PROJECTS<br />

Archives<br />

Photographs of Baroness Bettina (Riddle) Von Hutten,<br />

facsimile of Baroness Von Hutten's obituary, Riddle<br />

family genealogy; from Alice Woods, 2008<br />

Letter from William James to his son, August 1907,<br />

referencing the Popes and <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>; James genealogy<br />

information; facsimiles of letters between James<br />

family members that put into context references<br />

made in letter of August 1907; professional information<br />

regarding Roberta A. Sheehan and her work with the<br />

James family correspondence; from Roberta A.<br />

Sheehan, 2008<br />

Two photo albums, 30 individual photographs, 2 letters,<br />

regarding Brooks family; from Debby Choma, 2008<br />

Facsimiles of a letter, a drawing and photographs from<br />

Donald Carson in 1992 regarding Theodate's 1923<br />

Packard automobile; from Heritage Plantation, 2008<br />

Research Library<br />

Edgar Degas, Dancers and Nudes, Bernard Shaw on<br />

the London Art Scene: 1885-1950, The Judgement<br />

of Paris, In Monet's Light: Theodore Robinson at<br />

Giverny, James MacNeill Whistler at the Freer<br />

Gallery of Art; from David Simpson, 2008<br />

Board of Governors’ Collections<br />

Limited edition volume (94/1,000) of Farmington,<br />

Connecticut; the Village of Beautiful Homes, 1901<br />

inscribed, Theodate Pope; from Geraldine Eddy, 2009<br />

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Assessment of Existing Conditions report on Hay Barn<br />

and Horse Barn<br />

First phases of Fire Detection and Suppression<br />

Systems upgrade<br />

Various maintenance projects<br />

Top: <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s original Hay and Horse Barns. The former<br />

was designed by Theodate Pope in the early 1900s; the<br />

latter pre-dates her creation of <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> (mid-late 1800s).<br />

Photo by Peter Aaslestad.<br />

Middle: One of two coal vault covers outside of The<br />

Makeshift Theater, before it was rebuilt.<br />

Left: Theodate’s Packard in front of <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>, c. 1923.<br />

Photo donated by Heritage Plantation, 2008.


COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES<br />

Accomplishments in <strong>FY09</strong><br />

New low-voltage, white halogen painting lights<br />

were installed on 8 of the museum’s 19 major<br />

works of art. In contrast to the old fixtures – frame<br />

lights with incandescent bulbs installed by the first<br />

<strong>Museum</strong> Director in 1951 – these lights allow for true<br />

color rendition, and illuminate the entire canvas.<br />

Collections review was completed in the period<br />

rooms. Since the project began in January 2000,<br />

nearly 3,300 items have been examined, described,<br />

numbered individually, photographed and logged into<br />

the collections database. Many interns and volunteers<br />

spent countless hours assisting with this project.<br />

The Sonia Osborn<br />

<strong>Museum</strong> Studies<br />

Internship, developed<br />

between <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> and<br />

Westover School, was<br />

launched in April 2009.<br />

In honor of Westover’s<br />

long time art history teacher, Sonia Osborn, the internship<br />

is intended for junior or senior AP Art History<br />

students looking to pursue in-depth study. During<br />

their time at the museum, each student must work<br />

on a collections project, research a piece in <strong>Hill</strong>-<br />

<strong>Stead</strong>'s collection, and explore a subject of her<br />

choosing that illustrates the <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>–Westover<br />

connection.<br />

Above: Director of Education & Curatorial Services Cynthia Cormier admires the newly visible clarity, texture and nuance in the color of Monet’s<br />

Grainstacks, White Frost Effect (Oil, 1889) after the installation of a new state-of-the-art light fixture.<br />

Top, Left to right: Romina Tortoriello, Westover Class of ‘07; Head of Westover Ann Pollina; former Art History teacher Sonja Osborn; Westover<br />

trustee Marcelo Tortoriello and his wife Liliana; and current Westover Art History teacher Ali Perdue.<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 15


DONORS<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> extends its appreciation to all donors who have contributed to<br />

our worthy and enduring cause.<br />

We have made every effort to make this list as accurate as possible. If you are cited<br />

incorrectly or if your name has been omitted, kindly notify us at 860.677.4787 ext 130<br />

and please accept our sincere apologies.<br />

Theodate Pope Riddle<br />

Society<br />

Gifts to the <strong>Annual</strong> Fund<br />

provide critical support for<br />

education programs and<br />

museum operations<br />

TPR/Masters<br />

Margaret & Peter Darby<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Harry† J. Gray<br />

† deceased<br />

TPR/Angels<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fowler<br />

Mr. & Mrs. H. Mark Lunenburg<br />

Mrs. Judith Brevroot Mott<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Sargent<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. von Dohlen<br />

TPR/Fellows<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold E. Amstutz<br />

Mr. S.B. Coughlin & Mr. David<br />

Kesselman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Cox III<br />

The Vincent Dowling Family<br />

Foundation Inc.<br />

Ms. Elizabeth J. Normen & Mr.<br />

Paul H. Eddy<br />

Ms. Jane Edwards & Mr.<br />

Louis Neudorff<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Fanelli<br />

Anne Gerard & Robert Savage<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Lyman C. Hamilton<br />

Mr. Michael P. Bassock & Ms.<br />

Ingunn Hekneby<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Roger R. Klene<br />

Christopher & Janet M. Larsen /<br />

Larsen Fund<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Charles B Milliken, Esq.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Price<br />

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Dr. & Mrs. Russell W. Robertson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Zwiener<br />

TPR/Associates<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Bailey, Jr.<br />

Polly Cook<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Corbett<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Dangremond<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Duffy<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Gooden<br />

Mrs. Jean H. Holden<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel G. Huntington III<br />

Dr. Timothy McLaughlin & Dr.<br />

Marian F. Kellner<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Pearson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Schadler<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Sterling, Jr.<br />

TPR/Benefactors<br />

Dr. Duff Ashmead & Mr. Eric Ort<br />

Mr. Charles Bashaw & Ms.<br />

Catherine F. Bashaw<br />

Patricia & Curtis Blake<br />

Ms. Paula Brisco<br />

Ms. Constance Clark<br />

Ms. Constance Clement<br />

Cynthia & Martin Cooper<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John Corroon<br />

Mrs. J. Noyes Crary<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Morris C. Davenport<br />

Barbara O. David<br />

Mrs. Ethel F. Davis<br />

Mr. Art Dunlavy & Ms. Joyce<br />

Chalfant<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Karl Fleischmann<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Gilbert<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hammond<br />

Nina Mayhall Hayes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hendricks<br />

Mr. & Mrs. E.D. Hirsch, Jr.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Holden, Jr.<br />

Diane & Philip Hooker<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Jones<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Katz<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lindroth<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John Livingstone<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Madsen, Esq.<br />

Dr. Charles Meyers & Dr. Amy Meyers<br />

Mr. David R. Robb<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rohback<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Soyster<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Pierre van Rooy<br />

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Watson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Whittemore<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Zachs<br />

TPR/Patrons<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle F. Barnes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bartucca<br />

William Bieltz<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jack T. Blozy<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Boudreau<br />

Dr. Sybille Brewer & Mr. David W.<br />

Brewer<br />

Susan & Jim Brockman<br />

Dr. & Mrs. William R. Bronson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James E. Carter<br />

Dr. & Mrs. John W. Cavo II<br />

Andrew Huber & Bruce Cliff


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel P. Cooley<br />

Ms. Judith P. Corbett<br />

Marie Dalton-Meyer & Les Meyer<br />

Ms. Marie H. Dudley<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Durrett<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Fisher<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Fisher<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fraser<br />

Friend of Theodate<br />

Mr. Frank Garofolo & Mr. Donald<br />

Osborne<br />

Dr. & Mrs. R. James Graydon<br />

Sara L. Harrigan<br />

Mr. & Mrs. R. Hartman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Hess<br />

Dr. David A. <strong>Hill</strong><br />

Mrs. Marie P. Hincks<br />

Mr. Shepherd M. Holcombe, Sr.<br />

Mrs. Virginia Hughes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Peter Jannuzzi<br />

Mrs. Mary Jeanne Jones<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Knowlton<br />

Mrs. Sarellen M. Langmann<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Leonberger<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Manos<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John Nomeyko<br />

Ms. Jill M. Packard<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Dominick N. Pasquale<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Patricelli<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Pescatello<br />

Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.<br />

Ms. Brie P. Quinby & Mr. Evan R.<br />

Cowles<br />

Mr. & Mrs. William N. Rabinowitz<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Gary K. Ransom<br />

Mr. Charles P. Reagan, Sr.<br />

Mr. Ian Dunbar & Ms. Stephanie<br />

Roberts<br />

Mr. Douglas H. Robins<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Andrew L. Salner<br />

Mr. Philip K. Schenck, Jr. & Ms.<br />

Maryalice Widness<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Sichler III<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Storrs<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Keith J. Stover<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Paul R. Sullivan<br />

Dr. Linda & Mr. Thomas Taylor<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Thesing<br />

Dr. Eric M. van Rooy<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Lucius M. Whitaker, Jr.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Willett<br />

Sponsors<br />

Bruce & Dody Cagenello<br />

Drs. Juliana & Chang Choi<br />

Cynthia Cormier & Christian<br />

Kulowski<br />

Diane & Joe Foley<br />

Mr. David M. Hatheway<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Loftus T. Jestin<br />

Mrs. Nancy L. Johnson & Dr.<br />

Theodore Johnson<br />

Mr. John W. Kemper, Jr.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Kenny<br />

Mrs. Jane S. Mack<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Nelson<br />

Mrs. Janice L. Niehaus<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Philip T. Stanley<br />

Henry "Skip" Steiner<br />

Contributors<br />

Mr. Barbara Backman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Bauer<br />

Ms. Joan E. Brown<br />

Mrs. Sarah M. Brown<br />

Ms. Kyung Chung<br />

Betty Collins<br />

Mr. & Mrs. H. Christian Conover<br />

Ms. Lorna Cyr<br />

Ms. Terri Doherty<br />

Ms. Anne L. Elvgren<br />

Ms. Denise Essenberg<br />

Mrs. Martha D. Flanders<br />

Mr. Nathan L. Frank & Mr. Krystian<br />

von Speidel<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman<br />

Mr. Joseph Gnazzo & Ms. Glo<br />

Sessions<br />

Evelyn Benoit & Tom Goodrum<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Goralnick<br />

Dr. Martha G. Greenwood & Mr.<br />

David Levin<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Elwyn Harp†<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Harold B. Hawkins<br />

Prof. Brigitte T. Herzog<br />

Martha & James Keener<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Kilcomons<br />

Mr. James Kirby<br />

Eleanor & Ronald Lecours<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Lugli<br />

David & Dorothy Lund<br />

Ms. Sherry Manetta & Mr. Brian<br />

Harvey<br />

Ms. Nancy Martin & Mr. Bill Malugen<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Rocco A. Mascaro<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. McCombs, Jr.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. H. S. Miller<br />

Ms. Betty-Ann Moore<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Mullen, Jr.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Nickerson<br />

Ms. Sara C. Norris<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund G. Noyes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Obermeier<br />

Dr. Pauline Nagle Olsen<br />

Ms. Lorraine Petricone<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Arthur O. Phinney, Jr.<br />

Ms. Celeste A. Polley<br />

Alfred Pope, M.D.†<br />

Ms. Pam Reichelt<br />

Ms. Elenor G. Reid<br />

Mr. & Mrs. George Reider<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Allan B. Reiskin<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Ringrose<br />

Dr. Elisabeth A. Rydinge<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Seymour<br />

Ms. Tennaly J. Smith & Mr. Ryan<br />

Smith<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sposato<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel D. Stout<br />

Kathy & Gary Thompson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James P. Thompson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Philip S. Walker<br />

Ms. Diana Waller-Genotti & Mr.<br />

Adrian Genotti<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard E. Weis IV<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Williams<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Zaccheo<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 17


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Family/Household<br />

Ms. Jan Adams<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard D. Albert<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tracy Atkinson<br />

Ms. Debra A. Barberi & Mr. Jay<br />

Barrett<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond T. Barker<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Barnes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Barton<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bassock<br />

Ms. Sheryll Bedingfield<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Benoit<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bergin<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Roland Bernier<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Whit Betts<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip I. Blumberg<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Keith J. Boi<br />

Mr. John F. Bolles<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Bombara<br />

Ms. Deanne Born & Mr. Dennis<br />

Golbesky<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce F. Bradshaw<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Barry R. Bronfin<br />

Ms. Amy Bronowicki<br />

Arlene & John Buckey<br />

Ms. Wanda Buda<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bue<br />

Ms. Cynthia Cagenello & Mr. Guy<br />

Ciccarillo<br />

Mrs. H. Bissell Carey, Jr.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Carr<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Cassidy<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Chagnon<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Norbert R. Christel<br />

Ms. Paula Chu<br />

Dennis & Kate Ciccarillo<br />

William & Kathy Civitillo<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cole<br />

Ms. Janet P. Conlin<br />

Dolores Cooleen<br />

Mr. Robert W. Cornell<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Couture<br />

Ms. Janet V.W. Cowles<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Skip Creasey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Crisman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John Crowe<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Davidson<br />

Ms. Alice M. DeLana<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Diesel<br />

18 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Barbara & John Donahue<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Donald<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Duane R. Downey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. E. Thayer Drake<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Dropick<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Dudley, Esq.<br />

The Rev. & Mrs. Jeffrey Dugan<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jared I. Edwards<br />

Mr. Patrick Egan & Mrs. Joanne<br />

Ceccarelli-Egan<br />

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Elsey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James F. English, Jr.<br />

Mrs. Carol B. Stevens Eno<br />

Ms. Linda Ericson-Ebel<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David D. Eveleth<br />

Ms. Tammy Fagan<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Fellows<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Fisher<br />

Gloria L. Fisher<br />

Mr. Thomas Fowler<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Fowler<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Fowler<br />

Dr. Marion Frank<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Anibal Freitas<br />

Florence & Scott Galbraith<br />

Ms. Terry Gellin & Mr. Sam Schrager<br />

Ms. Mary T. Gelsomino & Mr.<br />

Rodney T. Mooney<br />

The Honorable & Mrs. Demetrios<br />

Giannaros<br />

Dr. & Mrs. James B. Given<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Loren Godfrey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goode, Jr.<br />

Ms. Genevra Goodwin<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Gordes<br />

Timothy J. Grace<br />

Ann Marie Gray<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold C. Greenberg<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Greenfield<br />

Ms. Sarah Gretzky & Mr. James A.<br />

Gretzky<br />

Dr. & Mrs. S. Ken Griffen<br />

Lisa A. Guernsey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hadlow<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Hall<br />

Mrs. Donna Halloran<br />

Ms. Astrid T. Hanzalek<br />

Mr. & Ms. Malcolm Harpham<br />

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Haslun<br />

Laura & George Hastings<br />

Ann Havenhill & Kyle Foster<br />

Robert Helfrich<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Henry<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Herr<br />

Madeleine Hexter<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Donald W. Hight<br />

Marcia & John Hincks<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe<br />

Mrs. Margarite Hunt<br />

Mr. & Mrs. B.R. Hunter<br />

Ms. Panutda Suwannanonda & Mr.<br />

David L. Hutchinson<br />

Col. & Mrs. Paul M. Ingram<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Isaacson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Derek Johnson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James F. Johnson IV<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Johnson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Kaman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Kean<br />

Dr. & Mrs. James Kennedy<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jervis D. Kester<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Kiely<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Kleinman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Kopper<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Kugelman<br />

Mr. John H. Lander & Mr. Douglas<br />

H. Robins<br />

Mr. John P. Landry<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Lapuk<br />

James King & Joanne Lawson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David Lee<br />

Ms. Judy Lewis & Mr.<br />

Stuart Sakovich<br />

Ms. Sunny Lindamood &<br />

Mr. Dan Henry<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lips<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Loveland<br />

Janet Loynes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Macbeth<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth<br />

MacCormac<br />

Regina Madigan<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Henry R. Maresh<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Marinelli<br />

Mr. & Mrs. George H. Mason<br />

Dr. & Mrs. F. T. Mauck<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin H. May III<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. McAlenney<br />

Ms. Patricia McDonald & Mr.<br />

Charles Michet


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Family/Household, continued<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edward McGushin<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Mark McKell<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Peyton Mead<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mehlman<br />

Paul & Anne Melvin<br />

Mary & Wendel Miser<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James K. Mitchell<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John Molloy<br />

Lea Anne Moran & Jim Chan<br />

Dr. Carole Mucha & Dr. Theodore<br />

F. Mucha<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Mulcahy<br />

Deborah K. Mundair<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Murray<br />

Ms. Nancy E. Narwold<br />

Mr. & Mrs. William Neff<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Newell<br />

The Honorable Jon O. Newman<br />

Dr. Christine Niekrash & Dr. Bruce<br />

Koeppen<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Gary Nobert<br />

Valerie & Kevin North<br />

Ms. Kathleen C. O’Sullivan<br />

Ms. Christine A. Panek & Ms.<br />

Sophia M. Panek<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Paquet<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Paradis<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Parker<br />

Mrs. Jean B. Peelle<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pickens<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Pickett<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Michael B. Pines<br />

Ralph & Leah Pitfield<br />

Ms. Dina Plapler & Mr. Earl<br />

McMahon<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Alan Pollard<br />

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Popik<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David Porteus<br />

Barbara & John Pryor<br />

Mrs. Jerry Ann Putt<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Emmett C. Rankin<br />

Paula & Kevin Ray<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rice<br />

Judith M. Rifkin<br />

Ms. Nancy Ritter & Ms. Emily Perretta<br />

Dr. Joel & Rhona Roffer<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Clark M. Rogers<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John G. Rohrbach<br />

Mr. Richard Roth & Dr. Sharon Roth<br />

Ms. Christine Sacerdote<br />

Elinor & Jeremy Sachs<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Sanford<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Peter Sawka<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Richard S. Schatten<br />

Dr. & Mrs. J.D. Schnatz<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sheldon<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Shepard<br />

Stuart Sidney & Joan Seliger Sidney<br />

Katherine Simko<br />

Reed Slatas<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Nelson A. Sly<br />

Ms. Clare B. Smith<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Smith, Jr.<br />

Linda & Douglas Smythe<br />

Ms. Mary L. St. Cyr & Mr. Robert H.<br />

Anderson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stanek<br />

Ms. Lucinda Stanley<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Alan L. Stern<br />

John & Susan Stoffolano<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Suffredini<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Suisman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph R. Sundquist<br />

Dr. & Mrs. S. R. Sylvester<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Taussig<br />

Dorothy Tennant<br />

Ms. Ann E. Thomas & Mr. Michael<br />

B. Bonzagni<br />

Diane & Brian Timms<br />

Ann & Terry Totemeier<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Untermyer<br />

Ms. Hope W. Vath<br />

David Veselsky & Kenneth Elios<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vocelli<br />

Carolyn Wabrek<br />

Dr. & Mrs. John Walker<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Alden Y. Warner, Jr.<br />

Ms. Ann L. Wesley & Mr. Richard G.<br />

Stevens<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Maynard B. Wheeler<br />

Molly & Paul Whiton<br />

Alice K. Willard<br />

Mr. Martin Wolman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Wright<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Rick Wright<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wright<br />

Individual<br />

Ms. Christine Albino<br />

Ms. Joy Auerswald<br />

Gay Ayers<br />

Ms. Judith Jones Babcock<br />

Mrs. Cecilia A. Banks<br />

Ms. Lillian Bedig<br />

Ms. Melanie Anderson<br />

Bourbeau<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bowen<br />

Ms. Kathryn A. Bradley & Mr. Eric<br />

Ben-Kiki<br />

Ms. Dawn & Mr. John Broadley<br />

Ms. Lori Burrows<br />

Ms. Constance C. Cain<br />

Ms. Ellie Calabretta<br />

Ms. Wendy Carton<br />

Mrs. Frances B. Caspar<br />

Ms. Susan R. Chandler<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Clemow<br />

Catherine W. Coburn<br />

Ms. Francine Coffey<br />

Ms. Geraldine M. Cox<br />

Sarah D’Alessandro<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Daly<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Dauphin<br />

Ms. Sally Dengenis<br />

Ms. Sally Dillon<br />

Ms. Irene Driscoll<br />

Ms. Ruby Dushane<br />

Ms. Anne M. Eglinton<br />

Ms. Elinor Englander<br />

Ms. Laurel B. Fey<br />

Ms. Carolyn R. Flint<br />

Ms. Karen Freilich<br />

Ms. Linda Garber<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Michael German<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Frank J. Gerratana<br />

Ms. Mary Lynn Gorman<br />

Ms. Ingrid Green<br />

Ms. Margaret Clement Green<br />

Ms. Lauren R. Greenspoon<br />

Ms. Dorothy Gustavson<br />

Ms. Jewel A. Gutman<br />

Ms. Cheryl A. Heilig<br />

Ms. Linda A. Henriques<br />

Ms. Jennifer F. Howson<br />

Ms. Anne K. Hussey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Isaman<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 19


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Individual, continued<br />

Mr. Laurence S. Johnson<br />

Ms. Eva G. Klinger<br />

Mrs. Nancy Kurz<br />

Mrs. Pieta Lair<br />

Ms. Nancy J. Landwehr<br />

Mrs. Claire Langton<br />

Ms. Nada G. Light<br />

Polly K. Lincoln<br />

Mrs. Sherry Little<br />

Ms. Annette Lombardi<br />

Ms. Margaret V. Longey<br />

Ms. Irene Loretto<br />

Mrs. Karen Macbeth<br />

Ms. Jennifer A. Malone<br />

Ms. Kathleen P. Malone<br />

Mrs. Leta Marks<br />

Ms. Dorothy Martino<br />

Ms. Lee F. McCallum<br />

Ms. Bonnie M. McLachlan<br />

Ms. Valnere McLean<br />

Ms. Ann Molod<br />

Ms. Joan R. Morach<br />

Ms. Judith A. Mozzer<br />

Ms. Melynda Mudgett<br />

Ms. Marlene Mukhopadhyay<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Mullen, Jr.<br />

Mrs. Mary E. Nevius<br />

Mrs. Ann F. Newbury<br />

Catherine Noujaim<br />

Mrs. Harriet S. Noyes<br />

Mr. Dean Ockerbloom<br />

Ms. Katrine D. Olsen<br />

Dr. David Ostergren<br />

Paula Palin<br />

Mrs. Lisa Peake<br />

20 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Ms. Jerrilyn D. Pease<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Perbeck<br />

Kathy P. Perry<br />

Ms. Susi F. Peterson<br />

Dr. Carol Pfeiffer<br />

Mr. David F. Ransom<br />

Ms. Ilene Reiner<br />

Prudence B. Reynolds<br />

Ms. Celia A. Roberts<br />

Mrs. Bette M. Robinson<br />

Mrs. Letticia S. Robinson<br />

Ms. Sue Ellen Rothery<br />

Mrs. Elizabeth Russell<br />

Mrs. Nancy Sager<br />

Cheryl S. Saloom<br />

Mr. Frank Santa-Donato & Ms.<br />

Janet M. Castricum<br />

Ms. Paula Capps Sarathy<br />

Ms. Paula L. Schiller<br />

Betsy Schmid<br />

Ms. Karen Scorel<br />

Mr. Matthew M. Sheridan<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Shivery<br />

Mrs. Rise Siegel<br />

Ms. Rachel T. Siporin<br />

Ms. Arlee J. Smith<br />

Mrs. Barbara Smith<br />

Ms. Sharon D. Smith<br />

Susanne D. Spargo<br />

Mrs. Joan E. St. John<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Staib<br />

Ms. Carolyn R. Staub<br />

Mrs. Margaret Sterns<br />

Mrs. Elizabeth D. Stevenson<br />

Enzina Stevenson<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Rodger Stotz<br />

Ms. Sharon Straka<br />

Ms. Blanche F. Strater<br />

Ms. Marilyn Strelau<br />

Ms. Susan Sweet Gillie<br />

Mr. Robert Tierney<br />

Ms. Tess Torrey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Tobin Treichel<br />

Ms. Sally A. Trombley<br />

Ms. Paula Valickis<br />

Mrs. Jean B. Vogel<br />

Mr. William Wadsworth<br />

Ms. Gail Walraven<br />

Ms. Laurine H. Webb<br />

Mrs. Diane Weeks<br />

Ms. Virginia A. Wennik<br />

Mrs. Honour E. White<br />

Mr. Richard A. Whitehouse<br />

Ms. Beverly Williams<br />

Ms. Virginia Worrell<br />

Patricia Yanke<br />

Additional General<br />

Operating Support<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Barnes<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Benoit<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Whit Betts<br />

Bloomfield Board of Education<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Keith J. Boi<br />

Arlene & John Buckey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Carr<br />

Louis & Debra Chenevert<br />

Ms. Paula Chu<br />

Church Homes, Inc.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cole<br />

Cynthia & Martin Cooper<br />

Ms. Alice M. DeLana<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Dudley, Esq.<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James F. English, Jr.<br />

Mrs. Carol B. Stevens Eno<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David D. Eveleth<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman<br />

Ms. Terry Gellin & Mr. Sam Schrager<br />

Ms. Mary T. Gelsomino & Mr.<br />

Rodney T. Mooney<br />

Mr. Joseph Gnazzo & Ms. Glo<br />

Sessions<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Loren Godfrey<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hadlow<br />

Ms. Astrid T. Hanzalek<br />

Harris Interactive<br />

Robert Helfrich<br />

Photo: Jeff Sobiech


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Additional General<br />

Operating Support, cont.<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Donald W. Hight<br />

Marcia & John Hincks<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe<br />

Ms. Panutda Suwannanonda & Mr.<br />

David L. Hutchinson<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Kugelman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David Lee<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Henry R. Maresh<br />

Ms. Barbara Massing<br />

Dr. & Mrs. F.T. Mauck<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin H. May III<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Peyton Mead<br />

Ms. Betty-Ann Moore<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Mullen, Jr.<br />

Mrs. Mary E. Nevius<br />

Mrs. Janice L. Niehaus<br />

The Norman & Rosalie Fain Family<br />

Foundation<br />

Valerie & Kevin North<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund G. Noyes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Obermeier<br />

Ms. Kathleen C. O’Sullivan<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pickens<br />

Alfred Pope, M.D.†<br />

Mrs. Jerry Ann Putt<br />

Mr. David F. Ransom<br />

Ms. Celia A. Roberts<br />

Ms. Helen Roth<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Ben Sams<br />

Ms. Paula L. Schiller<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Seymour<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Sichler III<br />

Stuart Sidney & Joan Seliger Sidney<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Nelson A. Sly<br />

Ms. Lucinda Stanley<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Alan L. Stern<br />

Dorothy Tennant<br />

Ms. Ann E. Thomas & Mr. Michael B.<br />

Bonzagni<br />

Dr. & Mrs. John Walker<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Alden Y. Warner, Jr.<br />

Dr. & Mrs. Maynard B. Wheeler<br />

Mr. Martin Wolman<br />

Live Poets Society<br />

Cate & John Grady-Benson<br />

Cynthia & Martin Cooper<br />

Marian Kellner & Tim McLaughlin<br />

Sara Niego<br />

Nina M. Hayes<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bartucca<br />

Claudette & Jack Blozy<br />

Gray Jacobik<br />

Charles & Joan Leach<br />

Robert & Sara McQuilkin<br />

Alison Roessle & Joseph Magdol<br />

Bernita & Ralph Sundquist<br />

Additional Poetry<br />

Contributions<br />

Sarah M. Brown<br />

John Fulkerson<br />

Frances Brown Holmes<br />

Albert L. Geeter<br />

Patricia Hale<br />

Ann & Joe Howard<br />

Douglas Hyland<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Kenny<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Carr<br />

W. Harmon Leete<br />

Stuart Sidney<br />

Valerie J. Shaefer<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard D. Albert<br />

James Pearce<br />

Ruth Pinegar<br />

Barbara Marcus<br />

Marilyn E. Johnston<br />

Poetry Lead Funding<br />

Connecticut Commission on<br />

Culture & Tourism<br />

National Endowment for the Arts<br />

Lincoln Financial Group<br />

Poetry Sponsors<br />

Hartford Advocate<br />

The Hartford Courant<br />

Beethoven Radio<br />

Special Thanks<br />

Mintz & Hoke Communications<br />

Group<br />

Photo: Jeff Sobiech<br />

Poetry Additional<br />

Funding<br />

The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb<br />

Memorial Charitable Trust<br />

Aetna Foundation, Inc.<br />

The Ensworth Charitable<br />

Foundation<br />

George A. & Grace L. Long<br />

Foundation<br />

Elizabeth Carse Foundation<br />

Adolf and Virginia Dehn<br />

Foundation<br />

Common Ground Review<br />

Memorial & Honorary Gifts<br />

In memory of Harold Carter<br />

John and Jo-An Cracco<br />

In memory of Helen Dralle<br />

Ms. Lee S. Hagelin<br />

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Haslun<br />

Ms. Nancy S. Mangini<br />

Mrs. Margaret Sterns<br />

Ms. Laurine H. Webb<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 21


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Memorial & Honorary<br />

Gifts, continued<br />

In memory of Jeff Daucher<br />

Sara L. Harrigan<br />

In honor of Cynthia Cormier<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Edwards<br />

In honor of Evelyn Daly<br />

Carmelo and Susan Giaccotto<br />

In honor of Mary Gelsomino<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Randall<br />

In honor of Benita Roumanis<br />

Mrs. Sidney H. Whipple<br />

Bequests<br />

Alfred Pope, M.D.†<br />

Legacy Society<br />

Anonymous (2)<br />

Dorothy Barnes†<br />

Steven G. & Catherine W. Coburn<br />

Elizabeth H. Collins<br />

Ethel F. Davis<br />

Margaret W. Dewing<br />

Mary Gelsomino<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Elijah K. Hubbard<br />

Jean Harris†<br />

Jonathan Jensen<br />

Roger & Deborah Klene<br />

Bertha Brooks McCormick†<br />

Ruth H. Pelmas<br />

Alfred Pope, M.D.†<br />

John Collins Pope†<br />

Mary & Joseph Sargent<br />

Nina Stanley†<br />

Linda M. Steigleder & Clark A.<br />

Wiedmann<br />

Janet Taylor†<br />

Robert & Beth von Dohlen<br />

Katherine Warwick†<br />

Diane & Douglas Willett<br />

Nancy & David Zwiener<br />

22 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Light Campaign<br />

Tracey Angels<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Barton<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bowen<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Kent L. Brittan<br />

Cynthia Cagenello & Guy Ciccarillo<br />

Janet P. Conlin<br />

Dolores Cooleen<br />

Cynthia Cormier & Chris Kulowski<br />

Carolyn R. Flint<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Hall<br />

Sara L. Harrigan<br />

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Haslun<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Jones<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Katz<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Knowlton<br />

Nancy S. Mangini<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. McCombs, Jr.<br />

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association<br />

Judith A. Mozzer<br />

Brie P. Quinby & Evan R. Cowles<br />

Bette M. Robinson<br />

Matthew M. Sheridan<br />

Lucinda Stanley<br />

Margaret Sterns<br />

Sharon Stotz<br />

Sue Sturtevant<br />

Rhonda Walker<br />

Laurine H. Webb<br />

Library Partners<br />

Avon Public Library<br />

Beardsley & Memorial Library<br />

Berlin-Peck Memorial Library<br />

Burlington Public Library<br />

Canton Public Library<br />

Friends of the Case Memorial<br />

Library<br />

Cora J. Belden Library<br />

East Granby Public Library<br />

The Farmington Library<br />

Frederick H. Cossitt Library<br />

Friends of the Goshen Public<br />

Library, Inc.<br />

New Milford Public Library<br />

Portland Library<br />

Russell Library<br />

Southington Public Library<br />

Tunxis Community College<br />

West Hartford Public Library<br />

Willimantic Public Library<br />

Hay Day<br />

Lead Sponsor<br />

Farmington Savings Bank<br />

Additional Sponsors<br />

Anderson Turf Irrigation, Inc.<br />

Cromwell Printing<br />

Day Pitney LLP<br />

ING Investment<br />

Management<br />

Kostin, Ruffkess & Co. LLC<br />

Mary & Joseph Sargent<br />

NBC 30<br />

S Bailey & Associates<br />

Schuster–Driscoll & Co.<br />

Walker Systems Support<br />

Webster Financial<br />

Advisors<br />

Top: Jockeys, 1886 pastel by Edgar Degas (1834–1917), after installation of new state-of-the-art<br />

light fixture funded by donors to the Light Campaign. The piece hangs in the Dining Room.<br />

Right: Julia Tucker has her face painted at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s signature autumn celebration, Hay Day.<br />

Photo: Ben Jordan.


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Major Benefit Events<br />

May Market<br />

Corporate & Individual<br />

Sponsors<br />

Platinum Sponsor<br />

Farmington Savings Bank<br />

Silver Sponsors<br />

Claudie & Jack Blozy<br />

Sandy & Dick Goralnick<br />

Mary & Joe Sargent<br />

Riverside Nursery<br />

Bronze Sponsors<br />

Ingunn Hekneby & Michael<br />

Bassock<br />

Propark<br />

Friends of May Market<br />

Susan & Michael German<br />

Janet & Frederick Leonberger<br />

Ann Molod<br />

Sheila Moses<br />

Dana Pescatello<br />

Ruth & Bill Rabinowitz<br />

Sheri Treichel<br />

Avonridge, Inc.<br />

Bartlett Tree Experts<br />

Highland Park Market<br />

Fletcher’s Plumbing & Heating, Inc.<br />

Pots & Posies<br />

Starbucks Coffee, Farmington<br />

Zy Running, LLC<br />

Contributors<br />

Cadwell Oil<br />

Delia, Inc.<br />

Farmington Woods Golf Club<br />

Fleet Feet Sports<br />

Gina Horta Hair Design<br />

Gledhill Nursery<br />

Metro Catering<br />

Naples Pizza<br />

Williams-Sonoma<br />

May Market Committee<br />

Claudie Blozy, Co-Chair<br />

Sandy Goralnick, Co-Chair<br />

Jean Bronson<br />

Muriel Bryant<br />

Liz Carter<br />

Lynn Cavo<br />

Amy Conover<br />

Cathy Creasey<br />

Jane Edwards<br />

Linda Ericson-Ebel<br />

Martha Fanelli<br />

Marianne Flynn<br />

Anne Gerard<br />

Susan German<br />

Nina Hayes<br />

Barbara Hess<br />

Ann Howard<br />

Linda Isaman<br />

Caroline Jacobs<br />

Connie Manos<br />

Sandra McGushin<br />

Bonnie McLachlan<br />

Dana Pescatello<br />

Penny Prentis-Brown<br />

Ruth Rabinowitz<br />

Suzanne Shea<br />

Cindy Smith<br />

Sue Sweet Gillie<br />

Nancy Thompson<br />

Sheri Treichel<br />

Jan Wright<br />

Above: Fans of lifestyle expert extraordinaire Mar Jennings,<br />

May Market guest lecturer in May 2009 (seen entering in<br />

orange shirt) pack the Makeshift Theater in anticipation of one<br />

of his special presentations, “Untold Gardening Secrets.”<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 23


DONORS, CONTINUED<br />

Major Benefit Events<br />

Monet in May Dinner<br />

Auction<br />

Corporate Sponsors<br />

U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private<br />

Wealth Management<br />

Aetna Inc.<br />

Cummings & Lockwood, LLC<br />

Deloitte<br />

Discover Re Managers, Inc.<br />

Farmington Savings Bank<br />

KPMG LLP<br />

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<br />

The Hartford Financial Services<br />

Group, Inc.<br />

The Stanley Works<br />

Travelers<br />

Additional Support<br />

Blum, Shapiro & Co<br />

M & R Liquors<br />

NBC 30<br />

Ovation Benefits Group, LLC<br />

Reid & Riege<br />

St. Germain Investment<br />

Management<br />

Honorary Committee<br />

(Monet’s Circle)<br />

Ingunn Hekneby & Michael<br />

Bassock, Chairs<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Blake<br />

Tom & Ellen Bowler<br />

Elizabeth & James Carter<br />

Tanny Clark<br />

Constance Clement<br />

Portia & Tim Corbett<br />

Scot Coughlin & David Kesselman<br />

Margaret & Peter Darby<br />

Paul Eddy & Elizabeth Normen<br />

Jane Edwards & Louis Neudorff<br />

Anne Elvgren<br />

24 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Kate & Russ Fisher<br />

Bob & Kathanne Fowler<br />

Cheri & James Holden<br />

Holly & Stuart Holden<br />

Jean H. Holden<br />

Jonathan Jensen<br />

Kiki & Stephen Katz<br />

Marian Kellner & Timothy<br />

McLaughlin<br />

Roger & Debbie Klene<br />

Janet M. Larsen<br />

Mark & Tracey Lunenburg<br />

Steve & Rebecca Madsen<br />

Susan & Thomas Rohback<br />

Patricia & Andrew Salner<br />

Mary & Joe Sargent<br />

Bob & Beth von Dohlen<br />

Auction Committee<br />

Jane Edwards & Elizabeth T. Carter,<br />

Co-Chairs<br />

Peg Amstutz<br />

Susan Chandler<br />

Kim Duffy<br />

Marilyn Gilbert<br />

Ingunn Hekneby<br />

Ann Howard<br />

Linda Isaman<br />

Kathy Jannuzzi<br />

Kiki Katz<br />

Tracey Lunenburg<br />

Dana Pescatello<br />

Ruth Rabinowitz<br />

Sue Ellen Rothery<br />

Additional Support<br />

Margaret & Arnold Amstutz<br />

Tracey Angels<br />

Duff Ashmead & Eric Ort<br />

Maud V. Ayson<br />

Michael J. Bergin & Jeanne<br />

Higgins Bergin<br />

Elizabeth & James Carter<br />

Susan R. Chandler<br />

Katie Clark<br />

Constance Clement<br />

Cynthia & Martin Cooper<br />

Scot Coughlin & David Kesselman<br />

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Dangremond<br />

Margaret & Peter Darby<br />

Ms. Alice M. DeLana<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. D'Ercole<br />

Mrs. Sally Dillon<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Duffy<br />

Jane Edwards & Louis Neudorff<br />

Ms. Linda Ericson-Ebel<br />

Mr. & Mrs. James Fasi<br />

Kate & Russ Fisher<br />

Francis Gallo<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Gilbert<br />

Nina M. Hayes<br />

Ingunn Hekneby & Michael<br />

Bassock<br />

Mr. & Mrs. R. Stuart Holden, Jr.<br />

Ann & Joe Howard<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter<br />

Kathy & Peter Jannuzzi<br />

Mar Jennings<br />

Mr. Jonathan Jensen<br />

Dr. & Mrs. David Kalayjian<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Knowlton<br />

Nancy J. Landwehr<br />

Janet M. & Christopher Larsen<br />

Mr. & Mrs. John F. Lundgren<br />

Tracey & Mark Lunenburg<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Madsen, Esq.<br />

Jack McConnell<br />

Bill & Katie Nixon<br />

Dana & Paul Pescatello<br />

Brie P. Quinby & Evan R. Cowles<br />

Bill & Ruth Rabinowitz<br />

Ms. Sharon Rizikow<br />

Susan Roberts<br />

Mr. Lawrence Russ<br />

Pat & Andrew Salner<br />

Suzanne Shea<br />

Stephen Silk<br />

Ms. Christine Smith<br />

Dr. Jeanne P. Strathearn<br />

Ms. Paula Wardynski<br />

Walter Wick & Linda Cheverton Wick<br />

Maryalice Widness & Philip K.<br />

Schenck<br />

Angela Zweifel<br />

Photo: Brian Ambrose


VOLUNTEERS<br />

The <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers<br />

The museum’s core volunteer group is comprised of<br />

45-60 individuals who actively support the mission of<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> through their efforts in the areas<br />

of education, fundraising, and community outreach,<br />

in accordance with policies set forth by the museum.<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>ers<br />

Membership<br />

Brenda Allocco<br />

Jayne Amodio<br />

Peg Amstutz<br />

Gay Ayers<br />

Elizabeth Baldwin<br />

Claudette Blozy<br />

Jean F. Bronson<br />

Sarah M. Brown<br />

Muriel Bryant<br />

Elizabeth Carter<br />

Lynn F. Cavo<br />

Tanny Clark<br />

Elizabeth F. Collins<br />

Amy Conover<br />

Cathy Creasey<br />

Eleanor Crisman<br />

Jane Edwards<br />

Ruth Ellison<br />

Linda Ericson-Ebel<br />

Martha Fanelli<br />

Marianne S. Flynn<br />

Anne Gerard<br />

Susan S. German<br />

Cynthia B. Godfrey<br />

Sandra J. Goralnick<br />

Nina Mayhall Hayes<br />

Ingunn Hekneby<br />

Cynthia Hernandez<br />

Barbara Hess<br />

Ann D. Howard<br />

Margarite Hunt<br />

Linda Isaman<br />

Caroline Jacobs<br />

Kathleen Jannuzzi<br />

Joy Johansen<br />

Janet M. Leonberger<br />

Kathleen A. Lindroth<br />

Tracey Lunenburg<br />

Constance K. Manos<br />

Sandra J. McGushin<br />

Bonnie McLachlan<br />

Ann Molod<br />

Elisabeth R. Neff<br />

Harriet S. Noyes<br />

Dana S. Pescatello<br />

Lorraine Petricone<br />

Brie P. Quinby<br />

Ruth E. Rabinowitz<br />

Prudence P. Robertson<br />

Sue Ellen Rothery<br />

Tara M. Schultz<br />

Ruth Sheintop<br />

Susan Sweet Gillie<br />

Nancy Thompson<br />

Sheri Treichel<br />

Elaine White<br />

Cynthia Williams<br />

Janet R. Wright<br />

Above: The Garden Gang puts the Sunken Garden to<br />

Bed, October, 2008. Photo by Paula Brisco.<br />

Garden Volunteers<br />

Heather Baker<br />

Deb Barberi<br />

Charles Bliss<br />

Peggy Bliss<br />

Claudie Blozy<br />

Jack Blozy<br />

Paula Brisco<br />

Karen Brown<br />

Lynn Cavo<br />

Janice Coco<br />

Elizabeth F. Collins<br />

Linda Daniels-Miller<br />

Cheryl Dauphin<br />

Barb Davidson<br />

Phil DeAngelis<br />

Sandy DeAngelis<br />

Terri Doherty<br />

Dawn Eagles<br />

Bruce Falasco<br />

Paige Falasco<br />

Elizabeth Fuerst<br />

Dick Goralnick<br />

Sandy Goralnick<br />

Leslie Grey<br />

Barb Henri<br />

E. Caroline Jacobs<br />

Margaret Kassner<br />

Al Kennedy<br />

Barb Krampitz<br />

Pieta Lair<br />

Felicia Ledgard<br />

Jan Leonberger<br />

Jan Massolin-Walas<br />

Sandy McGushin<br />

Christopher Meade<br />

Lea Anne Moran<br />

Angela Nero<br />

Gina Nicholas<br />

Mari Pfirman<br />

Debbie Querner<br />

Elisabeth Rydinge<br />

Marieanne Schadla<br />

Carmen Schaffer<br />

Richard Shaffer<br />

Cynthia Smith<br />

Susan Stover<br />

Jean Wadsworth-Hla<br />

Bill Watson<br />

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VOLUNTEERS, CONTINUED<br />

Curatorial & Archive<br />

Volunteers<br />

Tracey Angels<br />

Elizabeth F. Collins<br />

Martha Fanelli<br />

Peggy Hall<br />

Anne Hartman<br />

Polly Huntington<br />

Linda Josephson<br />

Nancy Kurz<br />

Jackie Lee<br />

Patty Oat Judge<br />

Connie Patterson<br />

Priscilla Ramage<br />

Gail Walraven<br />

Poetry Volunteers<br />

Marissa Bergman<br />

Jo Anne Clark<br />

Ildie David<br />

Lee Dumais<br />

Elizabeth Faragaer<br />

Marianne Flynn<br />

Matt Flynn<br />

Nita Hansen<br />

Marcia Heldig<br />

Chelsea Hick<br />

Leah Kaplan<br />

Katie Kaplan<br />

Samantha Kaplan<br />

Sandy Knight<br />

26 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Poetry Volunteers,cont.<br />

Eunice Levy<br />

Esther McKone<br />

Vinny Russo<br />

Joan Skydel<br />

Lauren Schwartzman<br />

Cindy Smith<br />

Ed Stubbs<br />

Administrative<br />

Volunteers<br />

Karen Althammer<br />

Natalie Earley<br />

Top: <strong>Museum</strong> members and curatorial volunteers Gail Walraven (right) and Nancy Kurz (left)<br />

work in the 7’ x 9’ Linen Room assessing the Linen Collection in 2009.<br />

Middle: One of the sumptuous floral arrangements for the Poetry Festival created by garden<br />

volunteer and member Cynthia Smith.<br />

Above: Poetry volunteers & staff at the Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival, July 2008. From<br />

left to right: Ildie David; Matt Flynn; Marianne Flynn; Melanie A. Bourbeau; and Sandy Knight.


FINANCIALS<br />

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position<br />

Assets<br />

Investments, market value<br />

Cash, accounts receivable,<br />

pledges, inventory, prepaid<br />

expenses<br />

Equipment, building improvements,<br />

net of depreciation<br />

Total assets<br />

FACILITY RENTALS<br />

2009<br />

3,751,961<br />

1,119,781<br />

655,408<br />

5,527,150<br />

15<br />

Photography<br />

Sessions<br />

13<br />

Nonprofit<br />

Events<br />

2008<br />

4,663,910<br />

1,400,000<br />

746,443<br />

6,063,910<br />

Liabilities and Net Assets<br />

Liabilities: accts payable, accrued liabilities<br />

Net Assets:<br />

Equipment, building improvements<br />

Undesignated, operations<br />

Temporarily restricted, capital<br />

and special projects<br />

Permanently restricted, endowment<br />

Total liabilities and net assets<br />

As of June 30 / Audited<br />

2009<br />

2008<br />

84, 421<br />

655,408<br />

616,323<br />

1,057,502<br />

3,113,496<br />

5,527,150<br />

13<br />

74, 779<br />

746,443<br />

1,250,354<br />

1,216,504<br />

3,522,273<br />

6,810,353<br />

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets, Operations For the Years Ended June 30 / Audited<br />

Revenue<br />

2009<br />

2008 Expenses<br />

2009<br />

2008<br />

Government grants<br />

91, 544 102,338 Visitor services and public programs<br />

958,909 910,463<br />

Foundation grants<br />

75,500 79,530 Administration<br />

172,248 172,373<br />

Corporate contributions<br />

17,300 48,300 Fundraising<br />

148,853 155,264<br />

Individual contributions<br />

288,242 320,087 Total expenses<br />

1,280,010 1,238,100<br />

Benefit events, net of expenses<br />

166,323 289,667<br />

Admissions and program fees<br />

111,540 110,021 Change in net assets,<br />

Retail sales, function rentals<br />

97,381 119,313<br />

operations<br />

(319,989) (30,730)<br />

Investment income, net of fees<br />

112,191 138,114<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

Distribution in excess of<br />

Total assets<br />

960,021 1,207,370 investment income<br />

95,130 67,741<br />

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets,<br />

Permanently Restricted / Capital Projects / Exterior Restoration / Security Upgrade<br />

Capital Contributions<br />

Government grants<br />

Foundation grants<br />

Individual donations<br />

In-kind donations<br />

Total capital contributions<br />

Capital Outlays<br />

Funding released to Grantors<br />

2009<br />

—<br />

13,525<br />

68,402<br />

—<br />

81,927<br />

(92,966)<br />

—<br />

2008<br />

28,671<br />

647,600<br />

6,895<br />

—<br />

683,166<br />

(303,758)<br />

(60,000)<br />

Other Changes in Net Assets<br />

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)<br />

Depreciation, disposal of equipment<br />

Total other changes in net assets<br />

Total change in net assets,<br />

including operations<br />

Net assets, beginning of year<br />

Net assets, end of year<br />

For the Years Ended June 30 / Audited<br />

2009<br />

(840,949)<br />

(120,868)<br />

(961,817)<br />

(1,292,845)<br />

6,735,574<br />

5,442,729<br />

2008<br />

(476,416)<br />

(124,916)<br />

(601,332)<br />

(312,654)<br />

7,048,228<br />

6,735,574<br />

Wedding<br />

Ceremonies<br />

3<br />

Corporate<br />

Events<br />

1<br />

Private<br />

Function<br />

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MUSEUM STAFF & INTERNS<br />

Interns<br />

Semester-long jobs assumed by<br />

interns include archives,<br />

collections, program & marketing<br />

research; report writing and<br />

database record management;<br />

period room minor cleaning &<br />

repair projects; art, architecture,<br />

garden and poetry program<br />

delivery; benefit and cultivation<br />

event support; and much more.<br />

Curatorial & Archive<br />

Interns<br />

Caroline Chiappetti, Williams<br />

College<br />

Tatiana Fonseca, University of<br />

Toronto<br />

Alisha Garrity, Stonehill College<br />

Emily Gowdey-Backus, St.<br />

Lawrence University<br />

Bridget Hinz, Westover School<br />

Maggie Kean, Miss Porter’s School<br />

Michelle Lin, Connecticut College<br />

Emily Parker, Stonehill College<br />

Kira Simon, Union College<br />

Poetry Interns<br />

Kristin Bergman, Brown University<br />

Ellen Brown, Stonehill College<br />

Charlotte Crowe, Brown University<br />

Amy Russo, UConn<br />

Education Interns<br />

Laura Chilson, Wellesley College<br />

Jackie Presutti, Wheaton College<br />

Anna Rogulina, Vassar College<br />

28 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

<strong>Museum</strong> Staff<br />

Administration<br />

Director & CEO<br />

Dr. Sue Sturtevant<br />

Finance Director<br />

Rebecca Hendricks<br />

Finance Assistant<br />

Florence Galbraith<br />

Office Manager<br />

Lucinda Stanley<br />

Grant Writer<br />

Mimi Harden<br />

Advancement<br />

Director of Institutional<br />

Advancement<br />

Marie Dalton-Meyer<br />

Development Manager<br />

Alison Hunnicutt<br />

Gifts Officer<br />

Jennifer Pollard (June 1999–<br />

April 2009)<br />

Paul Stigliano (June 2009–<br />

present)<br />

Events Manager<br />

Melanie A. Bourbeau<br />

Collections & Interpretation<br />

Director of Education & Curatorial<br />

Services<br />

Cynthia Cormier<br />

Associate Curator & Collections<br />

Manager<br />

Melanie A. Bourbeau<br />

Education Coordinator<br />

Sharon Stotz<br />

Farmers Market Coordinator<br />

Peggy Hall<br />

School Program Coordinator<br />

Celeste Polley<br />

Summer Program Administrator<br />

Rebecca Guernsey<br />

External Affairs, Visitor<br />

Services & Publications<br />

Director of Communications<br />

Marie Dalton-Meyer<br />

Communications Manager<br />

Cynthia Cagenello<br />

Admissions and Shop Manager<br />

Denise Bowen<br />

Admissions and Shop Associate<br />

Nancy Mangini<br />

Operations, Horticulture &<br />

Security<br />

Director of Operations<br />

David Perbeck<br />

Security Officer<br />

Tyler Horwath<br />

Security Officers<br />

Zachary Magahales<br />

Wade Smith<br />

John Ziegler<br />

Garden Manager<br />

Paula Brisco<br />

Estate Naturalist<br />

Diane Tucker<br />

Maintenance<br />

Paul Hoffman<br />

Summer Program Counselors<br />

July–August 2008<br />

Catherine Baker<br />

Jaquelyne Boucher<br />

Alisha Garrity<br />

Carter Manos<br />

Melina Mascaro<br />

Grace Pescatello<br />

Sarah Rosati


<strong>Museum</strong> Staff, continued<br />

Educators / Interpreters<br />

Barbara Backman<br />

Judith Barton<br />

Patricia Carr<br />

Annette Chagnon<br />

Janet Conlin<br />

Dolores Cooleen<br />

Judy Corbett<br />

Carol Covello<br />

Evelyn Daly<br />

Dawn DeBaeck<br />

Natalie Engel<br />

Melissa English<br />

Wayne Erskine<br />

Caroline Flint<br />

Marianne Flynn<br />

Muriel Forbes<br />

Mary Gelsomino<br />

Donald Giroux<br />

Emily Gowdey-Backus<br />

Rebecca Guernsey<br />

Margaret Hall<br />

Sara Harrigan<br />

Jane Haslun<br />

Rita Johnson<br />

Maggie Kean<br />

Claire Langton<br />

Eleanor Lecours<br />

Alice Lund<br />

Bonnie Maloney<br />

Nancy Mangini<br />

Lauren McCombs<br />

Donald Minnich<br />

Judy Mozzer<br />

David Ostergren<br />

Margaret Patricelli<br />

Diane Pelletier<br />

Celeste Polley<br />

Priscilla Ramage<br />

Bette Robinson<br />

Monique Schatten<br />

Matthew Sheridan<br />

Barbara Smith<br />

Margaret Sterns<br />

Rhonda Walker<br />

Laurine H. Webb<br />

A Place Where Art & Nature Meet 29


Legacy Society<br />

Formed in 2001, the Legacy<br />

Society allows its members to<br />

perpetuate Theodate Pope<br />

Riddle’s legacy by remembering<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> in their estate<br />

plans through a will, trust agreement or other<br />

planned gifts. When Theodate established <strong>Hill</strong>-<br />

<strong>Stead</strong> in her 1946 bequest, she left only a modest<br />

operating endowment. Your help is needed –<br />

inquire by calling the Development Department<br />

at 860.677.4787 ext 130.<br />

Theodate Pope Riddle Society<br />

Donors at the $500 level and<br />

above enjoy special social and<br />

cultural activities while also<br />

supporting the museum’s <strong>Annual</strong><br />

Fund and operations. Donors at the $3,000 and<br />

above receive additional privileges. Make a<br />

difference – learn more by calling the<br />

Development Department at 860.677.4787 ext 130.<br />

Accreditation<br />

<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> is one of only 774 U.S.<br />

museums out of 16,000 with<br />

accreditation status. Conferred<br />

by the American Association of<br />

<strong>Museum</strong>s, accreditation is a measure of excellence,<br />

accountability, best practices and continued<br />

institutional improvement. Visitors and donors:<br />

please support <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> today and in the years<br />

to come, and help us ready the institution for<br />

re-accreditation in 2018.<br />

30 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />

www.arttrail.org


<strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>, a National Historic Landmark, serves diverse audiences in Connecticut and beyond as a<br />

welcoming place for learning, reflection and enjoyment. The museum develops, preserves, documents, displays<br />

and interprets its exceptional Impressionist paintings, 1901 historic house, collections and 152-acre landscape<br />

for the benefit of present and future generations.<br />

35 MOUNTAIN ROAD, FARMINGTON | 860.677.4787 | hillstead.org

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