2012 Annual Report - Nasher Museum of Art - Duke University

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CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITYEducation DepartmentNasher Museum educators found new ways tosupport teachers and students as never before,and to help strengthen the arts in local publicschools through programs, events and activitiesrelated to exhibitions.The museum received an exciting new $75,000Art Works grant from the National Endowmentfor the Arts to work with public elementaryschool teachers and their students. The NEAgrant allows the Nasher Museum’s educationdepartment and Durham public school teachersto create a language arts curriculum forkindergarten, first- and second-graders using artfrom the museum’s collection. The lesson plansand activities will meet the curriculum standardsset out in the Common Core Standards (adoptedby 44 states) and 21st Century Skills (adoptedby 15 states). The curriculum materials will beavailable on a free new website.Alexander Calder drew about 550 K-12schoolchildren to the museum each week, for atotal of 5,600 on guided tours for this exhibitionalone. The education department broughtKinetic Works, a dance company in Charlotte, toperform twice at Duke’s Reynolds Auditorium.About 1,000 local schoolchildren watched thefree performance, which connected directly toAlexander Calder. All students who saw thedance performance also visited the exhibitionon a guided tour. Kidzu Children’s Museumin Chapel Hill held Saturday workshop eventsinspired by Calder. Tech Shop, a do-it-yourselfworkshop “for makers, artists, hobbyists andentrepreneurs,” offered classes on Calderesquemobile-making. The Scrap Exchange held afree open studio event, where instructor SaraMcCreary led the making of mobiles.Curator of education Juline Chevalier andassociate curator of education Jessica Ruhlestrengthened connections with Y.E. SmithElementary School, the only museum school inDurham Public Schools. Last spring, studentshelped create an sculpture inspired by Calderin front of their school. Artist Renee Levertymade a wireframe armature of a tiger, the schoolmascot. Using materials from the Scrap Exchange,students hung their favorite objects—corks, slideprojector photos, keys—on the tiger.At the museum, the education departmentcontinued to encourage visitors to share theirexperiences with interactive activities in thegalleries and Great Hall. A mobile-making stationin the Great Hall allowed visitors to experimentwith balance and color using different shapes ofmetal, wood and paper. The result was an onlineimage gallery of visitors posing with their creations.Website visitors played “curator” in two new onlinegames that complemented Alexander Calder.Visitors enhanced The Deconstructive Impulse withtwo gallery activities. Some visitors shared thoughtsabout what it means to be a feminist today, andmany visitors wrote “truisms” á la Jenny Holtzer,an artist whose work was in the exhibition. Oneexample, submitted by a 25-year-old female visitor:“It’s better to be lonely than to be controlled.”Five free Family Day events on Sunday afternoonsdrew a total of 2,500 visitors with live entertainment,hands-on crafts and gallery hunts, all designedto complement exhibitions. The student dancegroup NC Arts in Action performed and Acro SportGymnastics gave a gymnastics demonstration forone event; other activities included performancesby local children’s theater group Rags to Richesand building a community mobile. Support forthe Nasher Museum’s education programs wasprovided by the Fox Family Foundation, Nordstrom,and SunTrust Foundation. In-kind support wasprovided by The Container Store ® .For the second year, the “Summer Make andTakes” program grew in popularity on Tuesdaysand Thursdays. Visitors of all ages made slitheringsnakes inspired by Outsider artists, table-topstabiles and mobiles inspired by Alexander Calder,memory books and “picture pies” inspired by thepermanent collection, and shiny jewelry inspiredby Containing Antiquity.About 200 teachers earned continuing educationcredit by attending five free workshops thatgave them field trip materials and suggestionsfor connecting the museum experience withstate curriculum standards. Chevalier and othermuseum curators also led three “Art With theExperts” talks, a series of Sunday afternoon talksat the Durham County Library about exhibitionsat the Nasher Museum.Connecting with the Community3328031_Text.indd 3311/28/12 1:37 AM
acquisitions to the collectionPaintingVicente Carducho, attributedItalian, 1570-1638, active in Spain1585-1638The Virgin Contemplating Instruments ofthe Passion, c. 1620 - 1630Oil on canvas52 3/4 x 43 11/16 inches (134 x 111 cm)Museum purchase, John A. Schwarz IIIand Anita Eerdmans Schwarz FamilyEndowment Fund2011.2.1Anderson JohnsonBorn in Virginia,1915-1998Untitled (Self-Portrait), c. 1984 - 1991Paint on corrugated cardboard20 1/4 x 17 7/8 inches (51.4 x 45.4 cm)Gift of A. Everette James, Jr., M.D. andNancy J. Farmer2012.2.1Kerry James MarshallBorn in Birmingham, Alabama, 1955Portrait of the Artist & a Vacuum, 1981Acrylic on paper63 x 52 1/2 inches (160 x 133.4 cm)Museum purchase with additional fundsprovided by Nailya Alexander; Maya andAnatol Bekkerman; Jeff Bliumis; Dr. RobertE. Falcone; Alexandre Gertsman; MarilynJ. Holmes (T’72); INTART - InternationalFoundation of Russian & Eastern-EuropeanArt, Inc.; Virginia Kinzey; Jacques Leviant;Innessa Levkova-Lamm; Mina E. Litinsky;Fran and Robert Malina; Teresa and JosephMasarich; Marjorie Pfeffer; Anthony T.Podesta; Maya and Michael Polsky; Estateof Alek Rapoport; Vladimir Rapoport; Mrs.W. A. Y. Sargent in memory of Dr. WinstonSargent; Natalia Sokov; and Drs. Irene andAlex Valger, by exchange2011.23.1Fahamu PecouBorn in Brooklyn, New York, 1975Nunna My Heros: After BarkleyHendricks’ ‘Icon for My Man Superman,’1969, 2011Acrylic, gold leaf, and oil stick on canvas63 x 49 1/2 inches (160 x 125.7 cm)Gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine, T’84, P’162012.8.1PhotographyAnsel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Monolith, the Face of Half Dome,Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1927(printed 1981)Gelatin silver print19 3/8 x 14 1/2 inches (49.2 x 36.8 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.1Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from LonePine, California, 1944 (printed 1980)Gelatin silver print15 x 19 1/2 inches (38.1 x 49.5 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.2Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Aspens, Northern New Mexico, c. 1959(printed 1979)Gelatin silver print19 x 15 inches (48.3 x 38.1 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.3Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Lodgepole Pines, Lyell Fork of theMerced River, Yosemite National Park,California, 1923Gelatin silver print10 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches (25.7 x 32.7 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.4Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Dogwood, Yosemite National Park,California, 1938Gelatin silver print9 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches (24.1 x 34.6 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.5Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, c. 1960(printed 1981)Gelatin silver print19 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (49.5 x 36.2 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.6Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Trailside, near Juneau, Alaska, 1946(printed 1980)Gelatin silver print18 1/2 x 14 inches (47 x 35.6 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.7Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Orchard, Early Spring near StanfordUniversity, California, c. 1940 (printed 1980)Gelatin silver print15 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (38.7 x 48.9 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.8Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Tenaya Lake, Mount Conness, 1946(printed 1981)Gelatin silver print15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (39.4 x 49.5 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.9Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, c. 1960Gelatin silver print15 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (38.7 x 48.9 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.10Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death ValleyNational Monument, 1948 (printed 1980)Gelatin silver print18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.11Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Georgia O’Keeffe and Orville Cox, GhostRanch, 1937Gelatin silver print7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (19.1 x 26.7 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.12Ansel AdamsBorn in San Francisco, California,1902-1984Winnowing Grain, Taos, New Mexico, 1929Gelatin silver print13 x 9 5/8 inches (33 x 24.4 cm)Gift of the Aubrey Courtney Shives, Jr.(T’66) Trust2011.8.1334 Acquisitions28031_Text.indd 3411/28/12 1:37 AM
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Page 31 and 32: TOP LEFT: The study storage program
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