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N E W S Pam Sasser (left) and Margaret Blackwell of Northrop Grumman (right) catch sight of the live glassblowing in Mary’s Garden. Hank Boyd of BB&T (left) and his wife, Debbie (right), spend a few moments in conversation with Museum Trustee Dr. Ed Lilly (center). David Embree of Williams Mullen (left) and Stephen White and Bob Sasser of Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. represent two of the longtime corporate Members of the BEC. BEC BRINGS THE NILE TO NORFOLK As the leading business support group for Hampton Roads’ premiere cultural institution, the Business Exhibition Council is critical to achieving the Chrysler’s mission of “bringing people and art together to enrich and transform lives.” In the past 10 years, the BEC has contributed more than $1,000,000 toward underwriting exhibitions that bring international masterpieces to the communities of Hampton Roads. Its generosity has helped to fund such fine shows as American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, Rembrandt’s Etchings: The Embrace of Darkness and Light, and From Goya to Sorolla: Masterpieces from The Hispanic Society of America, to name but a few recent favorites. At their annual Art Selection Dinner on May 21, BEC Members mixed in Mary’s Garden while Glass Curator Kelly Conway narrated a live glassblowing demonstration by Ed Francis. Members later enjoyed an evening of dining amid the Chrysler’s exceptional glass collection. After an informative exhibition presentation by Chief Curator Jeff Harrison, BEC Members also announced their 2009-2010 underwriting choice: To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum. For information on how your firm can benefit from membership in the Chrysler’s Business Exhibition Council, please contact the Museum’s Director of Development, Edwina Bell, at (757) 965-2032 or email her at ebell@chrysler.org. 2008 – 2009 American Funds Group Bank of America BB&T Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Earl Industries, LLC Gannett Media Technologies International Honeywell International, Inc. Kaufman & Canoles KPMG, LLC Maersk Line, Limited Norfolk Southern Corporation Northrop Grumman—Newport News Rutter Mills, LLP Signature Financial Management, Inc. STIHL, Inc. Summer Land Development Company SunTrust Bank The Runnymede Corporation The Virginian-Pilot Virginia Natural Gas, Inc. VIRTEXCO Corporation Wachovia, NA Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer, P.C. Williams Mullen Willis HRH SunTrust Bank’s Ben Vanderberry and Museum Trustee Anne Shumadine anticipate the arrival of dinner in one of the Museum’s 19th-century glass galleries. Photos by Jake Gillespie for the Chrysler Museum of Art 8
N E W S Unknown (Egyptian) Sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb (detail), Late Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 664–525 B.C. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. RENOVATED EGYPTIAN AND AFRICAN GALLERIES REOPEN In anticipation of October’s arrival of the special exhibition To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, the Chrysler spent much of the summer refreshing and reinstalling our own galleries of Egyptian and African art. Each has been repainted, relighted, and recarpeted. More important, the works on view have been newly researched and are now accompanied by descriptive labels reflecting the findings of that scholarship. Despite their modest size, the Chrysler’s Egyptian and African galleries are among our visitors’ favorite spaces. They also contain remarkable works of art that we wanted to look their best when To Live Forever opens this fall. When you visit the exhibition, stop by and experience our renovated Egyptian and African galleries in a totally new light. THE CHRYSLER GOES GREEN Senufo peoples (Ivory Coast, Africa) Helmet Mask (Kponyugu), Early- to mid-20th century Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. The Museum has launched a comprehensive “green” initiative to conserve energy, lower operating costs, and ensure that we do our part to make more responsible use of our environment. Director of Facilities Tim Fink reports that so far his staff has added new energy-saving lighting controls and fixtures, and has equipped restrooms with new hand dryers. Each staff office now boasts its own waste paper recycling bin and the Museum’s expanded program will also be recycling glass, plastic, aluminum, and other metals. Landscaping and janitorial projects will include environmentally friendly products and efforts to conserve water. Even the new brown carpeting in our refurbished Egyptian, African, and Greco-Roman galleries is green—made with at least 15 percent recycled material and affixed with water-based glue to prevent fumes. In addition, with support from a grant from The Norfolk Foundation, the Chrysler has commissioned a major engineering study of our HVAC plant to help us plan for the replacement of aging equipment with more energy-efficient models. Already, the Moses Myers House has been refitted with a highefficiency geothermal heating and cooling system. The Museum will keep you posted as the greening continues. DILLARD SENT TO TIME OUT IN CHICAGO Channon Dillard hasn’t been naughty. To the contrary, she was one of only 20 museum educators chosen to participate in the 2009 Teaching Institute in Museum Education, or TIME, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Dillard, who coordinates the CMA’s children’s programs, attended the seminar specifically tailored for museum educators with an interest in gallery teaching this past August. Photo by Jake Gillespie for the Chrysler Museum of Art The strenuous one-week program included an analytical study of the theory and practice of gallery teaching and a survey of the literature and history of teaching in American museums. It also included countless hours in the Institute’s galleries, experiencing the works of art and discussing them with colleagues and museum guests. Dillard was especially pleased to have studied under top-notch instructors in the field, including Rika Burnham, Head of Education at The Frick Collection, and Elliott Kai-Kee, Education Specialist at the J. Paul Getty Museum. The program was offered through the Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art, directed by Philip Baranowski at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and was generously supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. 9
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