HENRY ART GALLERY FISCAL YEAR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
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A LET TER TO OUR COMMUNIT Y The Henry has championed new artists and new work since our doors opened in 1927 as the first art museum in the State of Washington. During fiscal year 2021 we acted upon our mission to engage all people in the transformative power of contemporary art and ideas through a robust roster of exhibitions, programs, and collaborations with regional partners—onsite, online, and in our community. During the pandemic, we delivered art across Seattle with Set in Motion, a citywide public art exhibition, featuring works by ten artists from the Pacific Northwest and beyond, which were displayed on King County Metro public buses. Our outward-facing engagement also included a drive-in art movie series held with On the Boards, and robust online programming, such as our Re/frame collection highlight series, which deepened our support of artists and attracted new audiences. On February 27, we reopened our doors with new exhibitions, including Illustrating Injustice: The Power of Print that highlighted the impact of printed material to communicate social and systemic injustices; Plural Possibilities and the Female Body, which took up questions of beauty and gender binaries; and the experimental film essay and installation Bambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law. A new commission by Gary Simmons provided a platform for residencies by Seattle musicians; new work by Elaine Cameron-Weir reflected on the nature of human vulnerability; and Hostile Terrain 94 engaged with human rights and American immigration policies. Our holdings of over 27,000 objects were enhanced by 256 gifts, including works by Mary L. Bennett, Martin Soto Climent, Fiona Connor, Catherine Opie, Amanda Ross-Ho, and Carrie Yamaoka. We continued our efforts to shape an equitable organization, diversifying our staff and board, and inviting a broad range of voices into our artistic program and collection. Throughout the year, we worked to advance knowledge about the creative practice, in collaboration with over 40 partners across campus and our region. The Henry is small enough to be nimble and large enough to be bold, which allows us to respond to the cultural moment. At this time of evolution and change, we are able to grow with the support of our members, peers, UW colleagues, artists, and friends who share our vision of a world where art leads everyone to discover new possibilities in themselves, others, and the world around them. Thank you!
SYLVIA WOLF John S. Behnke Director
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(Right) Sylvia Wolf Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit
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A YEAR IN REVIEW
F I S CA L Y E A R 2021 (J U LY 1, 2020 – J U N 30, 2021)
The Henry believes in the power of art to challenge norms, transform hearts, and build community. Artistic innovation and creative inquiry are critical to advancing a progressive, contemporary culture. We seek a world where lives are enhanced by first-hand experiences with living artists and original works of art, and where dialogue and debate about the complex ideas of our time are encouraged.
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E XHIBITIONS Free Them All: Portraits from La Resistencia FALL 2020 – WINTER 2021
We Own Our Own Words FEB 27 – MAY 9, 2021
Hostile Terrain 94 SEP 2020 – OCT 2021
Elaine Cameron-Weir: STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH APR 3 – SEP 12, 2021
Set in Motion: A Public Art Exhibition DEC 2020 – FEB 2021, OFFSITE Bambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law FEB 27 – MAY 9, 2021 Viewpoints: A Dialogue Between JeanFrançois Millet and Jeanne Dunning FEB 27 – MAY 30, 2021
Gary Simmons: The Engine Room APR 3 – AUG 22, 2021 2020 – 2021 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition MAY 29 – JUNE 27, 2021 Viewpoints: A Gee’s Bend Quilt by Mary L. Bennett JUN 12 – OCT 3, 2021
Illustrating Injustice: The Power of Print FEB 27 – MAY 9, 2021
Sonolocations: A Sound Works Series JUN – AUG 2021, ONLINE
Plural Possibilities and the Female Body FEB 27 – MAY 9, 2021 5
KEY PROGR AMS & EVENTS 7/16/2020 Re/frame: Order & Chaos
F I S CA L Y E A R 2021 (J U LY 1, 2020 – J U N 30, 2021)
12/6/2020 ArtVenture: Animal Mappings with Rachel Kessler
7/18/2020 ArtVenture Online: Outdoor 12/17/2020 Fairy Homes with Robyn Jordan Re/frame: All Together Now 8/20/2020 Re/frame: Still Life 9/12/2020 MELTED RIOT: RBG 9/17/2020 Re/frame: Tell Me a Tale/Show Me a Story 9/19/2020 MELTED RIOT: CMYK 9/26/2020 MELTED RIOT: SATURATION 10/15/2020 Re/frame: Abandoned 10/27-30/2020 Migration, Art, and Politics Film Screening: Border South/ Frontera Sur
1/15/2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Skawennati 1/21/2021 Re/frame: Animals and People 1/22/2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Sung Tieu 1/27/2021 Set in Motion – Artist Panel 1/29/2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: SoiL Thornton 2/5/2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Hồng-Ân Truong 2/6/2021 Disappearance Landscape with Maria Gaspar
10/29/2020 Migration, Art, and Politics Lecture: Can Art Reduce Border 2/7/2021 Violence? A discussion with Raúl ArtVenture: Magic Patterns Paz Pastrana and Jason de León Washi Tape Animation on Film with Jackie Argo and 11/1/2020 Devon Damonte ArtVenture: Dia De Los Muertos Ancestral Dance with 2/14/2021 Alicia Mullikin ArtVenture: Magic Patterns Washi Tape Animation on Film 11/19/2020 with Jackie Argo and Re/frame: Still Motion Devon Damonte 12/4-6/2020 Drive-In at On the Boards
2/18/2021 Re/frame: Love’s Many Forms 6
2/18/2021 Monsen Photography Lecture: Deborah Willis 2/19/2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Eva Barto 2/26/2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Divya Mehra 3/2/2021 Fermented Face with Candice Lin 3/5/2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Dolores Dorantes 3/7/2021 ArtVenture: “Listen, Let Go, Connect, Build, Move” Dance Workshop with Cheryl Delostrinos 3/18/2021 Re/frame: In the Forecast 3/18/2021 Talks & Performances: Dolphins, ships, and other vessels 4/11/2021 ArtVenture: Soundscapes Instrument-making with Susie Kozawa 4/15/2021 Re/frame: In Reference To… 4/27/2021 Art Reflection and Writing Workshop with Brittney Frantece 5/1/2021, 5/8/2021, 5/15/2021 Drive-In at On the Boards
5/2/2021, 5/9/2021 ArtVenture: Memories of Home - Poetry and Performance Workshop Series with Carlynn Newhouse 5/18/2021 Gary Simmons and Jazmyn Scott in Dialogue 5/20/2021 Re/frame: Pop Up Edition 5/29/2021 The Engine Room Residencies: The Black Tones
5/30/2021, 5/31/2021 Henry Art Liaison Tours 6/6/2021 ArtVenture: Fade - An Active Writing Workshop with Rell B Free 6/8/2021 Art Against Borders: Hostile Terrain 94 & #FreeThemAll 6/10/2021 Re/frame: Food Glorious Food
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6/24/2021 Black Spatial Elegance: An Evolutionary History of Visual Art and Music 6/26/2021 The Engine Room Residencies: Ishmael Butler
BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Steve Hoedemaker
TREASURER Ross Henry
PRESIDENT Julie Syrdal
SECRETARY Mito Alfieri
F I S CA L Y E A R 2021 (J U LY 1, 2020 – J U N 30, 2021)
TRUSTEES Geoffrey T. Barker Kristen Becker Bassem Bejjani Joanna Hess Callahan Andy Comer Rebecca Cummins Alyx Fier Jamie Fish Adam Glant Lynne Graybeal Seth Grizzle
VICE PRESIDENT Dawn Chirwa
Michael Hatch Jen Milliman Higgins Liz Lee Linda McDougall Lewis Pako Macias Paul Schlachter Kristen Scott Molly Jae Vaughan Robert Wade Kathleen Warren Amy White
FINANCIALS Support from the University of Washington 25%
Administration 14%
Contributions & Grants 32%
Development 8%
Special Events, net 3% Donated In-Kind Facility Support 29%
Program Services 78%
Earned Income 11%
INCOME
E XPENSES
CONTRIBUTED INCOME Contributions & Grants 1,589,950 Special Events, net 127,339 Support from the University of Washington 1,213,339 Donated In-Kind Facility Support 1,452,480 Total Contributed Income $4,383,168
Program Services 3,762,460 Administration 654,389 Development 380,495 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES Change in Net Operating Assets
EARNED INCOME Investment Income 540,391 Other Earned Income 722 Total Earned Income $541,113 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME $4,924,281
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$4,797,344 ($126,937)
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HONORING OUR DONORS
F I S CA L Y E A R 2021 (J U LY 1, 2020 – J U N 30, 2021)
The Henry thanks the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and public funders for their gifts of art and annual contributions to the Henry Gallery Association between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. The generosity of these donors advances contemporary art and ideas. PR O D U C IN G PA R T N ER S Anonymous 4Culture ArtsFund National Endowment for the Arts Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Small Business Administration UW Jones Endowed Fund in the Arts Virginia and Bagley Wright Foundation S U S TA IN IN G PA R T N ER S Anonymous Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff Fund for the Decorative and Design Arts Ned & Kayla Skinner Arts Enrichment Fund Hoedemaker Pfeiffer King County Krekow Jennings Inc. Microsoft Corporation Sidney Pinch Fund ARTIST’S CIRCLE Anonymous Mito Alfieri and Norman Cheuk Geoffrey and Anne Barker Bassem Bejjani and Lisa Burns The Clifford-Bush Family Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Carolyn and Gerald Grinstein Elizabeth and Michael Hilton Steve Hoedemaker and Thomas Swenson Susan and Furman Moseley Roberts Family Foundation Julie and Bryan Syrdal
C H A IR M A N ’ S C IR C LE Anonymous Sarah and Richard Barton Kristen and Saul Becker Shari and John Behnke Susan Brotman Dr. Sally Browning and Dr. Richard Pelman Joanna and Michael Callahan Dawn Chirwa and Andrew Fanara Andy Comer and Rachel Greene Alyx Fier and Sally Ketcham Lynne Graybeal and Scott D. Harron Seth Grizzle Ross and Kelsey Henry Linda McDougall Lewis TJ and Suzanne McGill Alison and Glen Milliman Eleanor and Charles Pollnow Jennifer Hintz Roberts and Christopher Roberts Paul Schlachter and Kathy Myers Kristen and Glen Scott Amy White and Lacey All D I R EC TO R ’ S C IR C LE Anonymous Erin and Don Blakeney Bruce and Ann Blume James and Mary Dunnam Mimi Gardner Gates and William H. Gates, Sr.* Adam Glant Jennifer Higgins and Ash Higgins Carla and Don Lewis Michael and Barbara Malone 10
Lesa Sroufe and Matthew Barnes Venandi Creative Washington State Art Commission/ArtsWA Sylvia Wolf and Duane Schuler C O LLEC TO R ’ S C IR C L E Anonymous Chap and Eve Alvord Tasha and Shane Atchison Dr. Barbara Billings and Ernest Vogel Dennis Braddock and Janice Niemi* Paul Carlson Perkins Coie Gary and Vicki Glant Beth Glosten Goethe Institut Jodi Green and Mike Halperin Kirsten Murray and Tim Griffith Racha and Wassef Haroun John Hoedemaker Alan Veigel and Laura Parma-Veigel Greg Kucera Laird Norton Wealth Management Elizabeth Lee James and Christina Lockwood Francisco J. Macias and Zack Huston Samantha Temple Neukom Lucy and Herbert Pruzan Robert* and Shaké Sarkis Kabir and Noreen Shahani Walker Family Foundation
C O LLEC T I O N B EN EFAC TO R S Anonymous Edie Adams Shari and John Behnke Philip A. Bernstein and Luisa Recalcati Dennis Braddock Danny Comden Fiona Connor Martin Werner Dreyer Sean Elwood and Yvonne Puffer Cecelia Janet Barker Fudala Estate Galerie Lelong & Co. Robert V. Gunderson Jr. and Anne D. Gunderson Maren Monsen and Jeffry Grainger Julia W. McClure David McCracken Tim Rayburn Amanda Ross-Ho The Saul Steinberg Foundation The Buddy Taub Foundation The True Family Estate of Virginia B. Wright
ART UNBOUND The following donors have invested in the transformative power of art and ideas through generous campaign gifts (as of December 31, 2021). Art Unbound is providing critical support for the Henry to commission artists to create new works, expand partnerships throughout the community, and center education and equity as a vital part of the museum experience. Anonymous The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Shari and John Behnke Friday Foundation in honor of Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Jodie Ireland and Chris Baker Janet Wright Ketcham Susan and Furman Moseley Jacqueline S. Pinch Theiline S. Scheumann* Lee Rhodes and Peter Seligmann Drs. Robert and Robin Stacey William True Sylvia Wolf and Duane Schuler Charlie and Barbara Wright Virginia* and Bagley Wright*
I N-K I N D D O N O R S Graduate Seattle KEXP Pako Macias *Deceased
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Cover: Public Reopening [documentation of event, March 6, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Page 4: Top: Artwork: Nikita Gale, Find One Another, 2017/2020. Image courtesy of Sound Transit. Bottom, left: Public Reopening [documentation of event, March 6, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Page 5: The Engine Room Residencies: Ishmael Butler [documentation of performance, July 3, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Installation view of Elaine Cameron-Weir: STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Page 7: Left: Works Cited: experiments in dismantling texts with Elaine Cameron-Weir and Amaranth Borsuk [documentation of program, September 11, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. Photo: Robert Wade. Right: The Engine Room Residencies: The Black Tones [documentation of performance, May 29, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Page 9: Public Reopening [documentation of event, March 6, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Page 11: Public Reopening [documentation of event, March 6, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit. Back Cover: Undocumented Migrant Project. Installation view of Hostile Terrain 94, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.
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