QUARTERLYFALL 2011 - Vero Beach Museum of Art

Contents:
Executive Director’s Message ........................2
Featured Exhibitions ........................................ 3
Upcoming Exhibitions ...................................... 4
Collection............................................................ 5
Youth Programs ................................................ 6
Community Engagement .................................. 6
Public Programs................................................ 7
Classes and Workshops .................................. 8
Development...................................................... 9
Membership .................................................... 10
Museum Events .............................................. 11
Museum Store ................................................ 12
Information ...................................................... 12
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Peter M. Thompson, Chairman
D. Theodore Berghorst,
Vice Chairman
Bernard H. Kastory, Treasurer
Alice S. Beckwith, Secretary
William L. Frick, At Large
Barbara Neubarth, At Large
Sandra L. Rolf, At Large
Judith P. Schneebeck, At Large
Teryl T. Viner, At Large
Georgia E. Welles, At Large
BOARD MEMBERS
Scott E. Alexander
Kim C. Anderson
Laura T. Buck
Emma S. Christopher
Carol Coxhead
Dorothy Currie
Robert P. Henderson
George D. Higgs
Janet Hoffman
Joan M. Lahey
John C. McCord
Robin M. MacTaggart
Jacqueline Malloy
Hanns A. Pielenz
Henry G. Stifel
Douglas T. Tansill
Frederick B. Taylor
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
George P. Armstrong
(1908-1997)
EX-OFFICIO
INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE
Dr. David Sullivan, Provost
FRIENDS COUNCIL
Lyn Adams, Chair
MUSEUM LEGAL COUNSEL
Ralph Evans, Esq.
VERO BEACH ART CLUB
Rita Ziegler, President
LIFE TRUSTEES
Edward A. “Ted” Michael
Immediate Past Chairman
Paul A. Becker
W. Kent Barclay (1921-2004)
C. William Curtis, Jr.
Carolyn K. Eggert (1934-1999)
Robert R. Harris
Edgar W. Holtz (1922-2003)
Eleonora W. McCabe
Richard G. McDermott, Jr.
John K. Moore (1929-2001)
Carl W. Nichols (1923-2010)
Richard A. Stark
ON THE COVER (clockwise from top left):
Ray Ellis, Mean Low, 2008, watercolor on paper, 19 5/8 x 24 1/4 inches (framed),
Collection of the Artist (Courtesy Ray Ellis Gallery, Savannah, Georgia)
Andrew Wyeth, Melting Snow on the Brandywine, 1952, watercolor on paper,
31 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches (framed), Gift of Douglas F. Barnard, 2011.3
Stephen Scott Young, Along the Path, 1995, watercolor on paper, 15 x 19 inches,
Collection of the Artist
Dean Mitchell, Rustic Plains, 2010, watercolor on paper, 23 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches
(framed), Collection of the Artist
Executive Director’s Message
It is August 8th as I write this Fall Quarterly’s Message from the
Director, and with Labor Day just around the corner, I am
surprised at how fast our summer has gone here in Vero
Beach. These past three months have literally flown by from
early May when our summer exhibition What’s the Story
opened, to the close of Summer Art Camp in August. Happily,
they have been busy and productive months as we finalized our
search for a contractor for the Phase IB expansion, secured all
the necessary permits, and started construction. After several
years of coping with an inadequate loading dock and preparation area for exhibitions and
collections, and worrying about the collection being stored only eight feet above sea-level,
we can look forward to a state-of-the-art exhibition and collections wing in 2012.
Staff has also been busy planning for exhibitions for both the fall and spring, securing
our speakers for the forthcoming International Lecture Series and Distinguished Professor
Series, planning for Film Studies and Opera Studies, in addition to our Chamber Music
Series with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra. Relative to the International Lecture Series,
due to scheduling beyond our control, David McCandless will not be speaking on
February 20. In his place we have added the well-known humorist, author, and Pulitzer
Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Pfeiffer.
We have also, I am most pleased to report, not only balanced our annual operating
budget for 2010-2011, but ended the year with a small surplus in another economically
challenging year. This was accomplished in large part thanks to you—our members,
patrons, and sponsors—who continued to support the Museum’s various educational
programs, exhibitions, and special events. We thank you so very much. Our senior staff also
did a marvelous job holding back expenses without cutting programs, and volunteers also
played a significant role in providing service hours to the Museum.
Summer is also catch-up time for our building and grounds staff members, who maintain
the facility, and arrange for tree trimming in the preparation of the dreaded “H” word. So
far, so good on that front. We have also accomplished a major roof repair this summer over
the Holmes Great Hall.
As we look forward to the start of our fall season, we have a number of wonderful exhibitions
planned that are outlined within these pages, and registration for Museum Art
School classes is now open for the fall term, which begins October 3, and continues
through December 9.
We are always evaluating our programs, and how well we have met our strategic goals
and objectives. We welcome your input and encourage your suggestions as to how the
Museum can best serve you and our community. We are looking forward to welcoming
our seasonal visitors back to Vero Beach!
Lucinda H. Gedeon, Ph.D.
Executive Director/CEO
UPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS
page 4
MUSEUM ART
SCHOOL
page 8
DONOR
PROFILE
page 9
CONCERTS IN
THE PARK
page 11
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