MMoCA Newsletter - Winter 2024

MEMBERSHIP & GIVING
MMOCA CIRCLE BREAKFAST
Monday, April 8 • 10 AM
You’re invited to 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. To learn more
about planned giving, join us for a conversation, coffee, and an array of breakfast foods followed by a
brief presentation and a tour of the Teen Forum exhibition on view in the Henry Street Gallery. RSVP by
contacting us at membership@mmoca.org or 608.257.0158.
MEMBERS MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Join or Renew Your Membership Today
Community support is vital to MMoCA’s success. Membership contribution directly assists the mission to
provide transformative experiences that educate, reflect, and inspire us as individuals and as a community.
Gifts of any size help to support the Museum’s dynamic exhibitions, robust education programming, and
engaging events offered free of charge to the public.
MMoCA is committed to being an inclusive and welcoming resource with membership accessible to all.
Recognizing the barriers that have existed in traditional membership models MMoCA offers free membership
tier. Every member enjoys invitations and free admission to MMoCA openings, and events such as
films, discussions, and lectures. They also receive a subscription to MMoCA’s newsletter and membership
mailings; a subscription to MMoCA Notes e-newsletter; and more!
To view a list of membership benefits, renew, or join as a member, visit mmoca.org/membership.
Questions about membership? Contact us at membership@mmoca.org or 608.257.0158.
HELP OTHERS TO LIVE MORE
ARTFULLY
Generous supporters like you allow MMoCA to provide wide and diverse audiences with free admission
and targeted programming. Your support enables the Museum to be a hub for contemporary art and
independent film, and a place to see, learn, enjoy, laugh, wonder, and share inspiration.
Support the Museum and its mission to provide transformative experiences that educate, reflect, and
inspire us as individuals and as a community with a gift. Contributions can be made at mmoca.org/donate
or by calling 608.257.0158.
NEW LANGER SOCIETY MEMBERS, AUGUST 15, 2023–JANUARY 15, 2024
Sarita Field, Quinn Kozik & Carisah Gerdin, Eric Smithback
NEW MEMBERS, AUGUST 15, 2023–JANUARY 15, 2024
Dianné Jean Aldrich, Alexandra Allard, Baran Ataei Ardestani, Josh and Pelin Arnold, Michele Bahl,
Samantha Bebel, Morgan Blackmore, Jacob Bong, Tom Bragg, Santhia Brandt, Wes Broske, Emily Cai,
Diane Chapeta, Andy Chea, Bert Chee, Stat Cornia, Gabrielle Cornish, Eileen Cumming, Anne Eisenman,
Maureen & Fran Ellsworth, Nadar Elovitz, Jackie Espinosa, Frank Fang, David Flegel, Matt Frater, Gideon
French, Isaac Gammon, Jared Garcia, Amanda Gatewood, Lan Gou, Samuel Grassman, Yaron Greenwald,
Ambreen Hamadani, Jeff Hamlett, Jessica Hannebert, Sonja Hanson, Jake Henderson, Erik Hertel,
Meggen Heuss, Allison Hochmuth, Drew Hunkins, Tom Johnson, Cheryl Johnson, Andrew Kelleher,
Amira Khatabi, Brian King, Harald Kliems, Christine & Michael Krueger, John Lazowski, Julia Lepe, Ben
Lewis, Selina Li, Paula Ludwig, David Lynch, Maria Davila Martinez, Alex Mikev, Miguel Pingol, Robin
Reisenfeld, Kyle & Jessica Richards, Andrew Rogers, Robert R. Santurri, Theo Shulman, Madison Smith,
Colleen Foy Sterling, Anne Stoner, Sheila Sullivan, Michael Szewczyk, T.J. Terrien, Andrew Van Roekel,
Ann & Michael Varda, Kevin Walker, Keith Waz, Anita Winston, Ada Zhang
BUSINESS, FOUNDATION,
& GOVERNMENT DONORS
MMoCA gratefully recognizes the businesses, foundations, and government agencies making contributions
to Museum exhibitions, education programs, events, and ongoing operations. Thanks to this support,
MMoCA can offer compelling and thought-provoking programming, which makes this community and
region more vibrant. Through their gifts, the organizations below have established themselves as engaged,
generous community leaders. MMoCA thanks the following for their support.
BENEFACTOR ($10,000+)
The Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts
Block 100 Foundation
Eugenie Mayer Bolz
Family Foundation
The DeAtley Family Foundation
John J. Frautschi
Family Foundation
W. Jerome Frautschi
Foundation
The David and Paula Kraemer
Fund
Madison Community
Foundation
MMoCA Volunteers
National Endowment
for the Arts
Nimick Forbesway Foundation
Pleasant T. Rowland
Foundation
Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith
Family Foundation
US Bank Foundation
Wisconsin Arts Board
SPONSOR ($5,000)
Artful Home
Cummings Christensen
Family Foundation
The Evjue Foundation
Findorff
Hooper Foundation
Johnson Financial Group
Frank Beer Distributors, Inc
SMS Foundation
State Farm
Summit Credit Union
SupraNet Communications Inc.
Venture Investors
Waunakee Remodeling
Wildwood Productions
Wisconsin Heartland Dealers
LEADER ($2,500)
Access Information
Management
All Energy Solar
The Capital Times Kids Fund
Dane Arts
Dirigible Studio
Isthmus
Leaf Home
Madison Magazine
Madison Media Partners
Magic 98
GIFTS IN TRIBUTE
In memory of Seymour & Shirley Abrahamson: Abrahamson Family
Fund
In memory of Susan Axelrod: Jon Axelrod
In honor of Christina Brungardt: Robert Leschke & Tony Lucchesi
In memory of Stephen Fleischman: Betsy Abramson and David
Seligman; Anonymous; Art Students League of Denver; Brenda Baker
and Dean Gore; Barbara Banks; Ellis and Susan Bauman; Barbara
Beckert; David Bernhardt; Marcia Bloomberg; Bonaiuto Family
Charitable Fund; Sheri and Richard Castelnuovo; Survival Coalition of
Wisconsin Disability Organizations; Ellen Efsic; Eggl Binter Family;
Laurie Elwell and Rick Niess; Family Voices; Brigit Frank; Maria
Heide; Give until it Hirts Fund; Julie Hood Shinnick; Michael and
Debbie Kazamias; Valerie and Andreas Kazamias; David and Paula
Kraemer; Lake Effect HR & Law LLC; Deborah Leopold and David
Sacks; Leslie Melmen; Steven Morrison and Goldie Kadushin; Beth
Moss; A. Jeanne Myers; Linda Newman; Opsal Family; Mary Pickard;
Paul J. Reckwerdt and Ellen S. Rosner; Lynn Renner; The Sidrans;
Eve-Lynn Siegel; Bob Sorge; Barbara Spierer; Beth and Cara Swedeen;
UW-Madison Waisman Center; Liz Whitesel; Margaret Zutter
Milawukee Valva Company
Next Door & Window
Wisconsin Lottery
Wisconsin State Journal
WKOW TV
PARTNER ($1,000)
Custer Financial Services
DoubleTree by Hilton Madison
Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison
Lake Effect HR & Law
Madison Arts Commission
The Sow’s Ear
The Terry Family Foundation
Venture Investors
Widen Enterprises
DONOR
Kinship LLC
Perkins Coie
PRL Keystone
Tegria Services Group, Inc.
SUPPORTER
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Blue Scissors Media
UW Madison
Division of the Arts
MMoCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Colin Good, President
Juliet Page, Vice-President
Leslie Smith III, Vice-President
Tina Virgil, Vice-President
Jennifer Ridley Hanson, Treasurer
Erin Bemis, Secretary
Dan Abrahamson
Matthew Braunginn
Gina Carter
Max Duckworth
Veronica Figueroa Velez
Erica Fox Gehrig
Evan Gruzis
Chele Isaac
Valerie Kazamias, Life Trustee
Jennifer Pruitt
Francesca Rodriquez
Douglas Rosenberg
Eric Smithback
Jonathan Stenger
Tracy Tompkins
In memory of Theodora Zehner: Anonymous; Bobette F. Heller;
Barbara Katz and Stephen Fleischman; Katie Dowling-Marcus and
10 Ben Marcus; Brian Merson; Kathie Nichols; Vitale Kind Family Fund
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