2012 Annual Report - The Wadsworth Atheneum

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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 201 2 A N N U A L R E P O R T H a r t f o r d , C o n n e c t i c u t
4 R EPO R T from the President and Director As an anchoring institution in a city with one of the largest concentrations of arts and culture in the nation, the Wadsworth Atheneum is ideally positioned to play a leadership role in the exciting transformations happening throughout Hartford. As a central asset in the innovative iQuilt initiative, which aims to weave together the city’s major cultural attractions, the museum is a catalyst for economic growth and cultural tourism. While the museum kept pace with broader citywide revitalization efforts this past year, we also managed our own program of profound transformation. As part of the museum’s mission to “hold its collection in trust for all people,” we continued to transform our historic five-building campus. With phase one of the renovation completed on time and on budget, plans are now being finalized for commencement of phase two, which will include the renovation and restoration of some of the museum’s most important galleries, several of which have been closed for a decade or more. We are grateful to the State of Connecticut for a recent $2 million grant, which we were awarded to assist with the museum’s ongoing renewal. Our exciting transformation was evident not just in our physical spaces but also in our innovative programs and critically acclaimed exhibitions. We presented seventeen exhibitions this past fiscal year, including “Patti Smith: Camera Solo.” The show opened with a sold-out performance by Patti Smith, received publicity around the world, and is now traveling to a number of museums in the United States and Canada. Our other major exhibition, “Andrew Wyeth: Looking Beyond,” centered on three superb works in our collection by the iconic American artist, painted between 1950 and 1956. These works, Northern Point (1950), April Wind (1952), and Chambered Nautilus (1956), were complemented by related loans, including several from the Wyeth family collection. Scholarly, handsomely designed catalogues accompanied both exhibitions. In addition, “Colts & Quilts: The Civil War Remembered” provided an opportunity to collaborate with The Amistad Center for Art & Culture and was presented in conjunction with their exhibition “War Prizes: The
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