2012 Annual Report - The Wadsworth Atheneum

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Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell Part II: Printmaking from 2000 to 2007 Closed August 7, 2011 Organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the Africa Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, and curated by Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Curator-in- Residence (2007 – 2009). Made possible through the support of a special fund from the Office of the President, University of Maryland, and major support from the Maryland State Arts Council. Evolution at The Amistad Center for Art & Culture generously sponsored by Travelers. War Prizes: The Cultural Legacy of Slavery & the Civil War September 10, 2011–March 11, 2012 Generously sponsored by the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation and also made possible by the J. Walton Bissell Foundation. Collective Memories: Selections from the Collection of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture April 22 – September 23, 2012 Generously supported by Bank of America. Additional support is from the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Office of the Arts, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and Silver Celebration Founding Partner, NBC Connecticut. Tr a v e l i n g E x h i b i t i o n s Old Masters to Monet: Three Centuries of French Painting from the Wadsworth Atheneum Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA December 13, 2011 – April 29, 2012 Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH May 18–September 16, 2012 The presentation of this exhibition at the Taft Museum of Art was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Patti Smith: Camera Solo Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI June 1 – September 2, 2012 K i k i S m i t h American, born 1954 Daisy Chain, 1992 Steel chain with five cast bronze elements Edition 1 of 3, from an edition of 3 + 1 AP The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, 2012.6.1
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