Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Winter 2016 newsletter

MADISON MUSEUM
OF CONTEMPORARY ART winter 2016

EXHIBITIONS
FRANK STELLA PRINTS
A RETROSPECTIVE
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Frank Stella, an American artist best known for his
powerful metal-relief paintings and meticulous,
innovative prints, was recognized in the early 1960s as
an important proponent of the new geometric abstraction.
In a career of over five decades, his art has evolved
from minimalism toward greater complexity and exuberance
of color, creating a body of work that established
him as one of the most prominent abstract artists
of our time.
On view February 6 through May 22, Frank Stella
Prints: A Retrospective is the first major overview of the
artist's prints since 1982, and draws upon generous
loans from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Collection and Jordan
Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection. The Jordan
Schnitzer Family Foundation is also the publisher
of Frank Stella Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, authored
by MMoCA’s senior curator, Richard H. Axsom. Organized
by MMoCA and traveling to museums across the
country, this ambitious and career-spanning exhibition
includes over 100 prints that demonstrate how Stella’s
highly experimental endeavors opened up traditional
print media to new possibilities.
Stella began making prints in 1967. Since then
he has produced over 300 editioned prints, primarily
in collaboration with master printer Kenneth Tyler at
Gemini G.E.L. and Tyler Graphics Ltd. In the beginning,
Stella’s paintings directly informed his printmaking,
as seen in Star of Persia II, a lithograph based on
the Notched V Paintings of 1964–65. In the early 1980s,
the prints, although still linked to the painting series,
became larger scaled and increasingly independent in
their imagery and incorporated actual scrap materials
and methods from the paintings and prints into their
production. New directions in Stella’s printmaking also
included a complex use of intaglio printing, variously
combining etching, relief, lithography, screenprinting,
woodcut, and hand-coloring, resulting in prints often
editioned on color-stained handmade paper. Pergusa
Three (1983) dramatically reveals these shifts. In his
later work, Stella continued to challenge the boundaries
of artistic medium and imagery. The inclusion in the
exhibition of a mixed-media painting makes evident the
ways in which Stella's prints are forever entangled with
the pictorial ideas and materiality of the paintings, metal
reliefs, and sculptures.
Stella’s titles are allusive and often add a haunting
dimension to his richly layered art. They range
in meanings from the historical, geographical, and
political to the personal and literary, the latter reflecting
the artist’s emerging interest in “abstract narration”
in the 1980s. Each work in the The Moby Dick
Prints series, for example, is named after a chapter

or section from Herman Melville , s magisterial novel.
Steller’s Albatross (1977) is one of several prints from
the Exotic Birds Series, whose titles poignantly name
extinct and endangered birds.
Frank Stella's dedication and imagination have
shaped an artistic endeavor of singular achievement and
perpetual invention. His abstraction has ranged from
precise geometry to free and ebullient gesture, from
stark black and gray to luminous color. He has created
a body of work of remarkable dimension that encompasses
solemnity and antic humor, the elegiac and the
ecstatic. His reinvigoration of the expressive potential
and power of abstraction remains his most profound
legacy. Stella’s prints recapitulate and expand upon the
remarkable scope of his work in other media. They stand
as an authentic index to the genius of his art.
Support for Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective has
been made possible by a grant from the Jordan Schnitzer
Family Foundation.
Opening Reception
Friday, February 5
6–9 pm
with a Lussier Family Lecture
at 6:30 PM
Frank Stella
IN CONVERSATION WITH
Jordan Schnitzer, print collector
Kenneth Tyler, master printer
Richard H. Axsom, MMoCA curator
Stephen Fleischman, MMoCA director
The lead corporate sponsor of the exhibition is
BMO Private Bank.
Generous support has also been provided by Sylvia
Vaccaro; the Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family
Foundation; Marc and Astrid Vaccaro; TravelWisconsin.
com; the Steinhauer Charitable Trust; Madison Print Club;
Peggy and Tom Pyle; Mildred and Marv Conney; National
Guardian Life Insurance; Terry Haller; Sara Guyer and Scott
Straus; Nancy Doll and Michael Bernhard; Perkins Coie
LLP; Dane Arts with additional funding from the Evjue
Foundation, charitable arm of The Capital Times; Hooper
Corporation/General Heating & Air Conditioning; RSM;
a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the
State of Wisconsin and National Endowment for the Arts;
and MMoCA Volunteers.
EXHIBITIONS
COVER: Frank Stella, Pergusa Three, TP II, from Circuits, 1983. Relief and woodcut on white TLG, handmade, hand-colored paper, 66 x 52 inches. Collection
of Jordan D. Schnitzer. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. OPPOSITE TOP: Frank Stella, Extracts, from Moby Dick Deckle Edges,
1993. Lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief, and screenprint on white TGL, handmade paper, 34 ½ x 42 ¾ inches. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. THIS PAGE TOP: Frank
Stella, Star of Persia II, from Star of Persia Series, 1967. Lithograph on English Vellum graph paper, 26 x 31 inches. Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family
Foundation. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. THIS PAGE BOTTOM: Frank Stella, Steller’s Albatross, from Exotic Bird Series,
1977. Lithograph, screenprint on white Arches 88 mould-made paper, 33 7 /8 x 44 7 /8 inches. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 1979. ©
2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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EXHIBITIONS
Curious Worlds: The Art of Ellen Lanyon
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Drawing from its strong holdings in the expressive,
figurative art of the Chicago School, MMoCA
presents an exhibition of paintings and prints by Ellen
Lanyon, a key figure in Chicago’s artistic community.
On view through April 17, Curious Worlds: The Art of
Ellen Lanyon focuses primarily on works from Lanyon’s
Magic Period, an artistic phase that marked an important
shift in her style and subject matter.
In the late 1960s, Lanyon began to find inspiration
in her personal collection of curios and decorative
objects. In a unique blend of realism and surrealism, she
created fantastical still lifes that juxtapose illustrations of
her eclectic collectables with imagery of a resplendent
nature filled with birds, rabbits, amphibians, reptiles,
and insects. Seemingly imbuing her compositions with
metaphysical powers, Lanyon often animated the inanimate,
depicting her objects as though they could come
alive and interact in unexpected ways with a multitudinous
animal world.
Lanyon’s subject matter underwent another evolution
in 1976, the year she received a commission from
the U.S. Department of the Interior to document wildlife
in the Everglades and create a painting for America ’76, a
bicentennial exhibition. In her own words, she was “awakened
to the environmental crisis,” an experience that led
to an increasing focus on flora and fauna. As her work
continued to progress, she brought together flowers and
machines in nocturnal settings, as seen in the painting
Arabian Nights (1998). Mayflies hover over a bed of irises
and cavort around what appears to be a vintage candlestick
telephone, oddly without its headset. Are they mesmerized
by a story broadcast from the mouthpiece, much
as the sultan was by the magical tales of Schérazade that
were gathered in the folkloric compilation known as The
Arabian Nights? As with her other works, in this painting
Lanyon reflects an uncanny sense of transformation, of a
continuously surprising world around us that the artist
poeticizes and imbues with the mythic.
Although not linked to the Monster Roster of the
postwar period or the Imagists who dominated the later
1960s and 70s, Lanyon was likewise drawn to eccentric
figuration, the fantastical, and Surrealism. Referring to
her works as “dreamscapes,” Lanyon said of her art: “The
putting together of a visual poetry is intended to be independent.
It stems from and hopes to speak to private
regions of the intellect—that landscape of day and night
dreams where symbolism liberates itself from textbooks
and develops an autonomous and unique intensity.”
ABOVE: Ellen Lanyon, Arabian Nights, 1998. Acrylic on canvas, 44 x 52 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift from
the Estate of Ellen Lanyon. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP LEFT: Claire Stigliani: Drawing, 2015. Acrylic, colored pencil, and wax on rice paper, 19 x 25
inches. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP RIGHT: William Kentridge: Felix in Exile, 1994. Still from 35mm film transferred to video. Collection of Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, Gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM:
Warrington Colescott, Death in Venice: A Frightful Dream, from the portfolio Death in Venice, 1971. Etching, 12 x 16⅜ inches (image size). Collection
of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Museum Purchase, in memory of Lois Hartshorne.

Claire Stigliani
William Kentridge
EXHIBITIONS
In May, 2016, MMoCA will open an exhibition featuring
work by Claire Stigliani, a Brooklyn-based artist
and UW-Madison Art Department alum. Stigliani
is known for her mixed-media drawings that fuse references
to fairytales, personal iconography, and pop culture
to interrogate contemporary notions of femininity.
For her show at MMoCA, the artist is combining drawing,
collage, painting, sculpture, and video to present
semi-autobiographical stories, all of which probe more
deeply into the psychological longing and latent sexuality
that underpin her established practice.
In a style that is as whimsically clumsy is as it is
exuberantly complex, Stigliani develops hybrid narratives—voyeuristic
scenes that blur fiction and reality.
Often depicting herself within the deeply layered compositions,
dioramas, and videos, she becomes a reoccurring
character who plays out the artist’s own struggles
with navigating the uncertain relationship between
power and vulnerability, desire and innocence. As such,
the spaces she creates within her work become places
where she can safely transgress the real life limitations
surrounding expectations of gender, sexuality, and class.
Stigliani’s work exudes an innocent authenticity while at
the same time reveling in the dualities of life.
From January 22 through April 24, 2016, MMoCA
will present two films by South African artist
William Kentridge. On loan from the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago, Felix in Exile (1994) and
History of the Main Complaint (1996) are the fifth and
sixth works, respectively, in Kentridge’s animated film
series titled 9 Drawings for Projection, which address
the history of South Africa's shift from apartheid to
post-apartheid society.
Set in the ravaged landscape south of Johannesburg,
the films depict the ongoing racial inequalities of
contemporary life, while also reflecting on the human
condition—the psychological traumas that remain as
vestiges of South Africa’s devastating sociopolitical past.
Kentridge created both works by photographing his
charcoal and pastel drawings with 35 mm film. Each
scene is comprised of a drawing he continuously altered
by erasing and layering with new imagery. Traces of
the drawing’s successive stages remain, functioning as
a physical reminder of Kentridge’s theme of individual
and collective memory.
Generous support has been provided by Nancy
Gross, Raven Software, and Hiebing.
Warrington Colescott
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he exhibition Death in Venice: Warrington Colescott
and Thomas Mann is on view through
April 17. A leading American printmaker and satirist,
Colescott reflects his own personal response to
Mann's dark narrative in his illustrations for a deluxe
livre d’artiste. The exhibition brings together the preparatory
material and sketches, vibrant color prints as
well as dramatic monochromatic versions.
Exhibitions in the Henry Street Gallery are generously
funded through an endowment established by
the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.
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EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
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Friday, February 5, 6:30–7:30 pm
Lecture hall
Frank Stella: A Conversation
Characterized by art critic Robert
Hughes as “one of the great
partnerships in modern American
Art,” Frank Stella’s and master printer
Kenneth Tyler’s collaboration exemplified
the artist’s drive to continuously
experiment and innovate, and opened
up traditional print media to new possibilities.
MMoCA director Stephen Fleischman
will be joined by Stella, Tyler,
MMoCA curator Richard H. Axsom,
and print collector Jordan Schnitzer in
a conversation about the artist’s prints.
The talk is free for MMoCA members/$10
MMoCA Nights admission
for non-members. Overflow viewing will be provided.
Thursday, March 3, 1–1:45 pm • Main galleries
Cause and Effect: Frank Stella’s Prints
Frank Stella’s inventive explorations of the
boundaries of printmaking will be examined
by artist John Hitchcock.
John Hitchcock is a professor in the UW-Madison
art department where he teaches printmaking
and installation art.
Thursday, March 10, 1–2 pm • Main galleries
What You See Isn't All You See:
Frank Stella and Abstract Narration
Richard H. Axsom, MMoCA's senior curator and
organizer of the exhibition, will discuss Frank
Stella's turn to narrative themes in the early 1980s. In
his earlier abstract work, Stella disavowed any literary
content and emphasized the expressive power of pure
shape and color—famously declaring “What you see
is what you see.” In later series, however, notably Illustrations
after El Lissitzky's Had Gadya, Italian Folktales,
and The Moby Dick Prints series, he began to explore
the potentials of “abstract narration.” Dr. Axsom will
discuss what this means, how it is visualized in Stella's
prints, and its great influence on contemporary art.
Education programs at
MMoCA are free
except where noted.
Talks and Tours
Friday, March 11, 6:30–7 pm • Main galleries
Frank Stella’s Moby Dick
TL Solien will discuss Frank Stella’s The Moby Dick
Prints series, in which the artist continued his innovative
experiments with form, imagery, and process, incorporating
motifs from Hermann Melville’s epic novel.
TL Solien is professor of art at the UW-Madison
whose recent work has explored Melville’s Moby-Dick
alongside Sena Jeter Naslund’s revisionist book, Ahab’s
Wife: Or, The Star Gazer.
Friday, April 8, 6:30–7:30 pm • Lecture hall
Cesar Pelli: In Conversation
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the iconic
MMoCA building, its architect returns to Madison.
Join us for a rare opportunity to hear internationally recognized
and celebrated architect Cesar Pelli in dialogue
with MMoCA director Stephen Fleischman.
The talk is free for MMoCA members/$10
MMoCA Nights admission for non-members. Reserve
seating will open first to members. Overflow viewing
will be provided.
Saturday, April 9, 1–1:30 pm • Main galleries
Italian Folktales
Join Professor Ernesto Livorni in a lively discussion of
the literary references in Frank Stella’s Italian Folktales
series, which was inspired by and named after Italo
Calvino’s collection of Italian folk stories.
Ernesto Livorni teaches in the UW-Madison
department of French and Italian as well as Comparative
Literature and Folklore Studies. His research
includes modern and contemporary Italian literature,
avant-garde literature and the visual arts, literary theory
and criticism, and cultural studies.

Thursday, April 21, 1–1:30 pm • Main galleries
Frank Stella and the Had Gadya
What is the history of the Passover Seder? Was this
the last meal that Jesus ate? What is the meaning
of the Passover song Had Gadya? Why is modern
matzah often square? Come hungry to learn the answers
to these, and other, questions!
Jordan Rosenblum is associate professor the UW-
Madison Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
where he teaches courses on Rabbinic Judaism, Biblical
Interpretation, and Food and Religion, among other
subjects.
Drop-In Tours
Drop by MMoCA for lively and informal discussions
about the museum’s exhibitions and Cesar
Pelli-designed building. The tours are free and depart
from the museum’s lobby.
Saturday, February 13 • 12–12:30 pm
Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective with
docent David Griffeath
Saturday, March 12 • 12–12:30 pm
Curious Worlds: The Art of Ellen Lanyon with
docent Patricia Carlson
Saturday, April 9 • 12–12:45 pm
MMoCA Behind-the-Scenes: An Architectural Tour
with Ralph Jackson, Flad & Associates
3–3:30 pm
Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective with
docent Gil Hillman
Sunday, April 10 • 12–12:30 pm
Curious Worlds: The Art of Ellen Lanyon with
docent Beckie Artos
3–3:30 pm
Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective with
docent Bob Leschke
Celebrate MMoCA's
Anniversaries
10 years in the iconic
building on State Street.
115 years serving Madison.
Friday, April 8–Sunday, April 10
2016 marks the 115th anniversary of MMoCA's
founding in 1901 and the 10th year in its Cesar
Pelli-designed facility, which was the gift of
Jerome Frautschi. The weekend-long celebration
will include a special MMoCA Nights reception,
tours, and family activities.
MMoCA Nights
Friday, April 8 from 6–11 pm
6:30 pm conversation with Cesar Pelli
Look for details about priority reservations for
members in MMoCA Notes emails. Sign up for
emails at mmoca.org.
Poetry Speaks: An Open Call
Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10
To celebrate MMoCA's anniversaries, poets are
invited to submit works that animate, celebrate,
and deliberate on the value of the arts to a community.
Sara Sadie Busse and Wendy Vardaman,
of Cowfeather Press and Madison's fourth Poets
Laureate, will select poems for presentation.
For more information go to mmoca.org.
Poetry Speaks: An Open Call continues MMoCA’s
long-standing commitment to highlighting the
connections between visual art and poetry.
EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
OPPOSITE PAGE: Frank Stella, La penna di hu, from Italian Folktales, 1988. Relief, etching, woodcut, screenprint, stencil, hand-coloring on
handmade paper, 55½ x 66 inches. Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York. THIS PAGE: Frank Stella, Swan Engraving Square I, from Swan Engravings series, 1982. Etching on white TGL, handmade paper, 53½
x 51 inches. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002. © 2016 Frank Stella /
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Free Family Resources
Kids' Art Adventures
Kids’ Art Adventures invite families to make art together in MMo-
CA’s classroom following guided discussions of art on view in the
museum’s exhibitions. Six- to ten-year-olds and their families should
meet promptly at 1 pm in MMoCA’s lobby; children must be accompanied
by an adult. Space at Kids’ Art Adventures is limited to thirty
children.
Sunday, February 14, 1–2:30 pm
Help raise awareness of extinct animals by memorializing them in an
abstract collage. We’ll take inspiration from Frank Stella’s Exotic Bird
Series, in which the artist created colorful abstractions of endangered
and extinct birds. In the workshop, choose your animal from a list of
recently extinct species, and study their defining features. Then, make
a Stella-inspired abstract collage to help keep that unique animal in our
collective memory.
Sunday, March 13, 1–2:30 pm
Imagine a nighttime dreamscape and bring your surreal creation to life
with watercolors and glow in the dark paint! Explore the magical flora
and fauna in Ellen Lanyon’s painting, Arabian Nights, then create your
own surrealist work inspired by her “curious worlds.”
Learning Centers
MMoCA's Learning Centers
offer families a variety of fun
and engaging resources for exploring
MMoCA’s exhibitions. Children’s books
and a range of kid-friendly activities promote
imaginative play inspired by works
of art. Learning Centers are available for
Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective and
Death in Venice: Warrington Colescott and
Thomas Mann.
Families may also use the
MMoCAkids ArtPack, a shoulder bag
filled with a flexible set of interactive
creativity tools for use in the galleries
and at home.
American Family Insurance
is the Presenting Sponsor of
MMoCA’s Free Family Resources.
Sunday, April 10, 1–2:30 pm
Check out the expressive and colorful compositions in Frank Stella’s
Imaginary Places series, and learn how the artist used many different
creative processes to create a single artwork. Then, dream up your
own imaginary place and create a three-dimensional collagraph print
inspired by Stella’s visual language.
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MMoCAkids ArtPack
Stop by the museum’s lobby welcome desk and ask for the MMoCAkids
ArtPack, the museum’s hands-on discovery kit for exploring art. Inside,
find a special art activity designed for Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective.

Save the date for two upcoming MMoCA Nights celebrations.
MMoCA Nights are held in conjunction
with exhibition openings, film screenings, and other
special events. The evenings feature music, seasonal hors
d’oeuvres from Fresco, a cash bar, and engaging visual
art programs.
MMoCA Nights are sponsored by Newcomb Construction
Company and The Alexander Company with
additional support from Fresco and media support from
Isthmus.
Photography © Robert Stebler.
MMoCA Nights
Friday, February 5, 2016 • 6–9 pm
Frank Stella has created a significant body of abstract
art for over 50 years, and at this MMoCA Nights celebration
guests will view the artist’s first major print
retrospective since 1982. Beginning at 6 pm, guests
may view Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective in the
main galleries. At 6:30 pm, Frank Stella will be in conversation
with MMoCA director Stephen Fleischman,
master printer Kenneth Tyler, MMoCA senior curator
Richard H. Axsom, and art collector Jordan Schnitzer.
Guests will be treated to live music from Brandon
Beebe and passed hors d’oeuvres in the lobby.
Free for MMoCA members/ $10 for non-members.
To reserve a seat in the lecture hall, please RSVP at
mmoca.org/events/mmoca-nights. Seating is open first
to MMoCA members. Overflow viewing of the Stella
talk will be provided.
Experience MMoCA after-hours at Under the
Influence on Thursday, February 11. Begin the evening
with a brief discussion of works in Death in Venice:
Warrington Colescott and Thomas Mann in MMoCA’s
Henry Street Gallery. Then, move to the museum’s
education workshop to enjoy selected food and beverage
pairings from Fresco as you create your very own
masterpiece, influenced by the works you’ve just seen.
Doors open at 6:00. Program begins at 6:30. Supplies
for Under the Influence are generously donated by Artist
& Craftsman Supply. For more information, please
visit mmoca.org/undertheinfluence or contact Kaitlin
at 608.257.0158 x224 or kaitlin@mmoca.org.
Mark your calendars for the 2016 series:
February 11
May 12
August 11
Under the Influence
Death in Venice: Warrington Colescott
and Thomas Mann
Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective
TBD
November 10 2016 Wisconsin Triennial
Gallery Night
PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Friday, April 8, 2016 • 6–11 pm
2016 marks the 115th anniversary of its founding and
the 10th year in its Cesar Pelli-designed home. As a part
of its anniversary celebrations, MMoCA will host a special
MMoCA Nights event this spring. The evening will
culminate with a not-to-be-missed discussion with internationally
recognized and celebrated architect Cesar
Pelli, and MMoCA director Stephen Fleischman. Guests
can explore four exhibitions, and enjoy music, hors
d’oeuvres, behind-the-scenes tours, and more.
Free for MMoCA members / $10 for non-members.
Look for details about priority reservations for members
in MMoCA Notes emails.
Friday, May 6, 2016 • 5–9 pm
Showcasing the city's vibrant arts community, Gallery
Night is a long-time Madison tradition. Organized
each spring and fall by MMoCA, Gallery Night offers art
lovers and art novices alike an opportunity to enjoy a wide
variety of exhibitions, receptions, special events, demonstrations,
and refreshments at venues throughout the city.
Gallery Night is sponsored by The Roman Candle and
Isthmus.
Under the Influence and Gallery Night photography © Tom Klingele.
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PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Design MMoCA
Guests enjoying the Design MMoCA Preview Gala 2014.
Photography © Amandalynn Jones.
The
museum
will host
the fifth biennial
Design MMoCA
from April 30–
May 8, 2016. This
event gives designers
from a variety
of disciplines the
power to break free
from routine and
produce one-of-akind
design installations
inspired by
works from the
museum’s permanent
collection.
See how these creative professionals use the museum’s
art to influence their thinking and push themselves to
Break the Pattern.
Installations created by Design MMoCA participants
will be on view in the museum’s galleries and lobby
for 9 days, open free to the public. During the event,
the museum will also host a variety of related activities,
including a public
meet-and-greet with the
designers, gallery talks,
and more.
Past participants
have created a wide
variety of installations
including rich interior
spaces, interactive
digital design projects,
and products—real
and imagined—from
industrial design firms.
The 2016 Design
MMoCA participants
represent the disciplines
of architecture,
landscape architecture, and interior, graphic, industrial,
fashion, and textile design. Participants include Ayres
Associates; Chapa Design + TheoryThree Interactive;
Credo; Cricket Design Works; Design Concepts,
Inc.; Jordan D. Gehman; Karina Cutler-Lake; Mali
Mrozinski; OPN Architects; Strang, Inc.; Wei Dong;
Yeonhee Cheong; and Yifei Zha + Kyle Neuser.
Bus Trip
April 30, 7:30 am–8 pm
Save the date for a trip to Chicago with MMoCA.
Join us for a day in the Windy City as we travel
to the Art Institute of Chicago and
the Museum of Contemporary Art
to view exciting new exhibitions.
For more information, visit mmoca.org
Visit Chicago with MMoCA!
STAY IN TOUCH
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mmoca.org/mmoca-notes
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Photography © Robert Stebler.

MMoCA’s corporate members – known as the MMoCA Business Council – support a vibrant community by
contributing to museum exhibitions, education programs, and ongoing operations. With these important
contributions, MMoCA can offer compelling, thought-provoking programming – and Business Council members
become known as generous community leaders. For information on corporate membership and its many benefits,
contact Elizabeth Tucker at elizabeth@mmoca.org or 608.257.0158 x245. MMoCA thanks the following businesses
for their generous lead support over the last year:
Benefactors
Ajenda Interactive Media
American Family Insurance
BioSentinel, INC.
BMO Private Bank
CUNA Mutual Group
Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family
Foundation
Flad Architects
Hiebing
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.
Madison Community Foundation
Madison Magazine
Madison Print Club
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
MMoCA Volunteers
National Endowment for the Arts
National Guardian Life Insurance
Nimick Forbesway Foundation
Perkins Coie, LLP
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
Promega Corporation
Raven Software
Steinhauer Charitable Trust
W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
Sponsors
Affiliated Engineers
The Alexander Company
American Transmission Company
Artful Home
Brava Magazine
The Century House
CYC Fitness
Dane Arts
The Evjue Foundation, Inc., the
charitable arm of The Capital
Times
Faith Technologies
Great Dane Pub & Brewing
Company
Habush, Habush & Rottier S.C.
Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison
ImagesPlus
Isthmus
MG&E Foundation
maiahaus
Mid-West Family Broadcasting
MillerCoors
MINI of Madison
Newcomb Construction Company
On the Avenue Marketing
Pepsi Cola of Madison
Phillips Distributing Corporation
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Staff Electric Co., Inc.
Summit Credit Union
Venture Investors, LLC
MMoCA’s Business Council
Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation,
Inc.
Wildwood Productions
WISC-TV3 and Channel3000.com
Wisconsin Arts Board
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin State Journal
WKOW 27
Leaders
Access Information Management
Associated Bank
Capital Newspapers
Cricket Design Works, Inc.
Culver's VIP Foundation
The Cummings Christensen
Family Foundation
Design Concepts
Dines Incorporated
Domain Apartments
Double Tree by Hilton Madison
Food Fight Restaurant Group
Hooper Corporation—General
Heating & Air Conditioning
Johnson Bank
Roman Candle
RSM
Smith & Gesteland, LLP
Terry Family Foundation
Think Ink & Design
US Bank
Whole Foods Market
Wisconsin Lottery
Woodman’s Food Markets
Yelp Madison
Partners
Aveda Institute Madison
Atmosphere Commercial Interiors
Axley Brynelson
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
The Capital Times Kids Fund
Colony Brands, Inc.
Custer Financial Services
DeWitt Ross and Stevens
Econoprint
First Business Bank
Fiskars Brands Inc.
Future Foam
GMA Engineers
Hausmann Johnson Insurance
Klein Dickert Company
Knothe & Bruce Architects
Knox Family Foundation
Lycon
M3 Insurance
Madison Arts Commission
Metcalfe's Market
Milwaukee Value Company
RBC Wealth Management
The Rock Agency
Sara Investment Realty
Sport & Spine Clinic
Tom McInvaille Photography
Total Administrative Services
Corporation
Urban Land Interests
UW-Madison Department of
Vue Apartments
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Zebradog
Special Project
Underwriters
Amajor anonymous gift continues
to support the museum’s
free admission policy. A major
gift from the Nimick Forbesway
Foundation supports the museum’s
general operations.
American Family Insurance
is the Presenting Sponsor of all of
MMoCA’s Free Family Programs and
School Programs.
Brand strategy and design support
is contributed by Hiebing.
Design and technical guidance for
MMoCA’s website, mmoca.org, is
donated by Ajenda Interactive Media.
Private Events
Artful dinners. Stylish celebrations.
Refined receptions.
Elegant weddings.
MMoCA is the perfect place to
host your next event. With
gorgeous spaces such as the lobby and
the rooftop sculpture garden as well as
an elegant and high-tech lecture hall,
MMoCA discounted rental rates are
available for Langer Society members,
Business Council members, and nonprofit
groups.
Contact Bob Sylvester at
bob@mmoca.org for more information.
MEMBERSHIP AND GIVING
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MEMBERSHIP AND GIVING
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MMoCA Board
of Trustees
Officers
Jim Yehle, President
Joe Alexander, Vice-President
Jan DeAtley, Vice-President
Jason Knutson, Vice-President
Kathie Nichols, Secretary
John Sylla, Treasurer
Trustees
Eric Barber
Elizabeth Barden
Marian Bolz, Life Trustee
Karen Christianson
Charlotte Cummins
Tami Dodge
John Fritsch
Sara Guyer
Cedric Johnson
Valerie Kazamias,
Chair, The Langer Society
Rick Phelps
Margaret Pyle
JoAnne Robbins
John Ronzia
Ellen Rosner
Katie Howarth Ryan
John Sims
Leslie Smith III
Sylvia Vaccaro
Marc Vitale
Kathleen Woit
New Langer Society
Members
August 1–November 30, 2015
Sarah Balgord and
Matthew Stran
Fred Behrens and Amy Papsun
Frank Bendewald and
Madelaine DeWinkel
Lauri Beranek and
Samy Desouky
Allison and Alec Budzinski
Marie Bush
Christine Caneba and
John Dibb
Carla Dillman and Greg Wold
Sonja and Charles Durkee
Lexie Garber and Tom Kallio
Wendy Johnson and
Aaron Gilson
Elizabeth Koller and Matt Kalua
Andrew Licht and
Stephanie Kreuser
Tsubasa Matsui and
Austen Chase
Nina Spelter and Alex Kress
Isabelle Spotts and
Benjamin Lisser
Megan Tenboer and Craig Trost
Wendy Weiler and Avery Erb
Kimber Wilkerson and
Craig Berridge
Taylor Zientara and
Sultan Ahmed
New Regular Members
August 1–November 30, 2015
Faisal Abdu’Allah, Adan Abu-Hakmeh, Julio Angeles and Rachel Castillo, Will
Anzenberger, Jane Bartell, Marilyn Bazinski, Amanda Bender, Katy Berggruen,
Aris Blevins and Ashley Russell, Chase Boston, Mary Braskamp, Timothy Brayton
Mark Bridges and Helen Hawley, Joyce Bromley, Kyle Burke, Lara Carlson, Ellen
Carthew, Jeff Chandler, Robert Chybowski, Ric Cleary, David Cloninger. Betty
and Steve Cohen, Halie Conyers, Kate Coveney, Kathy Cramer, Kathe Crowley
Conn and Jeffrey Conn, Dr. Jack E. Daniels, III, Monika Dargis, Nancy David,
Michelle Dayton, Susan De Vos, Lois DePiesse, Andrea Dow, Susan Ecroyd and
David Flanders, Marianne Fairbanks and Anthony Burton, Xiaojing Fan, Lisa
Fishering and Kraig Kumfer, Carol Fleishauer, Samantha Floody, Kristina Fullerton
and Devin Judge-Lord, Priscilla Garhart, Rev. Dr. Alex Gee, Nils Gibson,
Alexey Glukhov, Ada Gonzalez and Franciso Luna, Hannah Graber and Pat Johnson,
Brenna Graham and David Boffa, Brandi Grayson, Brandon Gries and Ashley
Gries, Grant Gustafson, Olivia Harris, Erika Herrera, Sharon Hirsch, John and
Valerie Hoch, Laurie Hutzler and Jim Charne, Rachel Imsland, Natalie Ivanov and
Chase Young, Ashley Johnholtz, Dan Johnson, Michael Johnson, Kristen Johnson
Chloe Kiefer, Constance Kilmark, John Kim and Kori Acquah, Shannon Kim,
Woo Young Kim, Candis Klalia, Travis Korosh, Russ and Peg Kowalski, Erik
Kramer, Jeri Krohn, Angela Kullmann and Russell Grace, Doreen Kunert, Abbie
Lang, Emma Laube, Vanessa Lauber, Doris Laufenberg, Kimberly Lauth, Stephanie
Lifshutz, Feng Lin, Wiley Lin, Efrat Livny and Ken Baun, Kristen Loutensock
Brian Lu, Lloyd Wesley Luke, MaryBeth and James Madden, Jacklyn McLean,
Jeremy Mendoza, Annette Miller, Xu Mingxi, Mahlon Mitchell, Gary Morton,
Samantha Negrin, Reggie Newson, Krista Nowicki, Morgan O'Leary, Ismael
Ozanne, Joseph Pabst, Janie and Dave Peck, Lisa Perkins, Brianna Piddington, Yi
Hao Poh, Samuel Poore, Lex Poppens, JoAnne Pow!ers, Ashley and Brady Price
Anne Pringle and David Johnson, Laurie Ranney, Nancy Rinehart and David
Young, Allison Roberts, Paul and Katie Rogers, Dr. Floyd Rose, Judith Rothschild,
John Rush, Lupe Salmeron, Anna Sanders-Eigler, Andrea Sapon, Jennifer and
Steve Sauer, Jessica Schmidt, John Shea, Haley Shilts, Brian Shore, Carol Siewert
Karen Singer, Lauren Sklba, Netzahualcoyotl Smith and Iana Vladimirova, Phil
Stadler, Sarah Sullivan, Lena Taylor, Martha Taylor, Kristin Thompson and David
Bordwell, Randall Tiedt and Lisa Tiedt, Bruce Tulloch, Emily Walden, Katie Waller
Theresa Walske, Eric Welch, Ryan Williams, Claire Wilson, Rachel Yen, Jonathan
Zarov, Siyu Zhu
Planned Giving
Join the MMoCA Circle and leave
a legacy for future audiences. The
MMoCA Circle recognizes and honors
individuals who have established
a planned gift for the museum.
Gifts can be designated to support a
favorite program or add funds to the
museum endowment, providing free
admission to MMoCA audiences for
generations to come.
MMoCA Circle members
are welcomed as special guests at
museum events.
If you’d like more information
about the MMoCA Circle, and
making a legacy gift to the museum,
contact Elizabeth Tucker at elizabeth@mmoca.org
or 608.257.0158
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Frank Stella, Double Gray Scramble, 1973. Screenprint on white Arches 88 mould-made paper, 29 x 50 3/4 inches. National Gallery of
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5 6–9 pm MMoCA Nights • Opening Reception:
Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective
6:30–7:30 pm A Conversation with Frank Stella
11 6:30–9 pm Under the Influence
13 12–12:30 pm Drop-In Tour: Frank Stella Prints
14 1–2:30 pm Kids' Art Adventure
3 1–1:45 pm Talk: Cause and Effect: Frank Stella’s Prints
10 1–2 pm Talk: What You See Isn't All You See:
Frank Stella and Abstract Narration
11 6:30–7 pm Talk: Frank Stella’s Moby Dick
12 12–12:30 pm Drop-In Tour: Curious Worlds
13 1–2:30 pm Kids' Art Adventure
8 6–11 pm
6:30–7:30 pm
MMoCA Nights • Anniversary Celebration
A Conversation with Cesar Pelli
9 1–1:30 pm Talk: Italian Folktales
12– 12:45 pm Drop-In Tour: MMoCA
Behind-The-Scenes: An Architectural Tour
3–3:30 pm Drop-In Tour: Frank Stella Prints
10 12–2:30 pm Drop-In Tour: Curious Worlds
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3–3:30 pm Drop-In Tour: Frank Stella Prints
CALENDAR OF EVENTS ( TEAR OUT AND ENJOY)
22 1–1:30 pm Talk: Frank Stella and the Had Gadya
29 7–10 pm Design MMoCA Preview Gala
30 7:30 am–8 pm Bus Trip to Chicago
* Design MMoCA is on view April 30–May 8, 2016.
Check mmoca.org in April for related talks and tours.
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ABOUT
Located on the rooftop of the
Madison Museum of Contemporary
Art, Fresco is a modern dining
space boasting panoramic views of
the city. Enjoy exceptional views of
Madison while sipping cocktails and
sampling artfully prepared food.
Serving dinner or small plates
and cocktails. Visit www.frescomadison.com
to see a menu, regularly
changing with the seasons,
always fresh.
MEMBERS MAKE IT
POSSIBLE.
Support from members of
the Madison Museum of
Contemporary Art ensures
outstanding exhibitions and
educational programs remain
free for all.
THANK YOU!
About the Museum The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
is an independent, nonprofit organization presenting exhibitions by local,
regional, national, and international artists. A permanent collection of over
5,000 works of art is maintained and enlarged through gifts and purchases.
The museum’s education department presents programs to increase public
understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art.
Hours Museum hours are Tues–Thurs: noon–5; Fri: noon–8; Sat: 10–8;
and Sun: noon–5. The museum is closed on Mondays. Administrative offices
are open Mon–Fri: 9–5.
MMoCA Members
Receive a 10% discount
at Fresco and all Food
Fight ​restaurants.
Accessibility Exhibitions, lectures, tours, and special events at the
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art are accessible to people with
disabilities. Please contact the museum at 608.257.0158 regarding accommodations
for persons with limited mobility, sight, or hearing. Relay Service
is available by dialing AT&T @ 711.
Membership MMoCA members enjoy many privileges, including free
admission to exhibition openings and MMoCA Nights; discounts at the
Museum Store, at Fresco and other Food Fight restaurants, and on films,
education programs, and travel opportunities; invitations to special membership
events and previews; opportunities to meet artists; a subscription to
MMoCA’s newsletter; and tax deductions for contributions.
Change of Address Please notify the office of address changes so that
your mailings are not interrupted.
Join Our Email List MMoCA Notes, the museum’s email bulletins,
will keep you informed about upcoming events and exhibitions. Sign up
online at mmoca.org.
To Contact the Museum
608.257.0158 • info@mmoca.org • www.mmoca.org
© Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Artworks © the artist unless
otherwise noted. Artworks may not be reproduced without permission of
the copyright holder.
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Holiday Art Fair
Photography © Annik Dupaty. Photography © Cherry Lam.
Thousands came out to enjoy the Holiday Art Fair, as MMoCA celebrated
the 45th anniversary of the event. The fair featured over 70
artists, performances, and purveyors of epicurean delights. The fair was
supported by hundreds of volunteers, and was generously sponsored by
Summit Credit Union; Custer Financial Services; Ho-Chunk Gaming
Madison; Cricket Design Works; and Think Ink & Design; with media
support from Madison Magazine; Magic 98; Wisconsin Public Radio;
WKOW; and Yelp.
Photography © Annik Dupaty.
Photography © James Knuteson. Photography © James Knuteson. Photography © MMoCA.
EVENTS AND SUPPORTERS
Bret and Rachel Newcomb and friends.
Paul Reckwerdt and Ellen Rosner.
Arts Ball
On Saturday, November 14, friends of MMoCA
and the MSO celebrated the 45th anniversary
of the Arts Ball at Nakoma Golf Club. Following a
cocktail hour featuring drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and
a first look at silent auction tables, guests enjoyed
a gourmet dinner and a night of dancing. Arts Ball
was generously sponsored by National Guardian Life
Insurance Company; Anonymous; Images Plus; JH
Findorff & Son Inc.; Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP;
Phillips Distributing Corp.; Tom and Peggy Pyle; and
Woodman's Food Market. All proceeds directly support
the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and
the Madison Symphony Orchestra.
Beth Donley and friend get down with the band.
Jennifer Tutewohl, Leigh Arora, Tonya Prosser, and Jessica Yehle.
All Arts Ball photography © Larry Chua.
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