The 2024 Danforth Annual Report by danforthartmuseum

2024 Annual Report

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message from Museum Director and Curator

Jessica Roscio

“There are times when life moves so quickly it is hard to believe another year has gone by. Fiscal year 2024 brought a number of exciting new things to the Museum, but also a welcome sense of consistency. It is very nice to feel like you have found a rhythm and established a firm footing, and I have such confidence about the path the Museum is on. While it is gratifying to look back on a year filled with exhibitions that were both a challenge and joy to produce, along with new programming and strengthening connections with the University, I realize that absolutely nothing could be accomplished at the Danforth without the commitment from our staff. When I think about consistency, I think about the people I have been lucky enough to call my colleagues over the past six years since we became part of Framingham State. They bring an incredible range of talent, and you will see the result of that in the following pages. They are committed to the belief that art should be accessible to all, and together we seek to make the Danforth experience vibrant and innovative. For however the Danforth touches you—through the collection, exhibitions, programming, membership, or donor support—I hope you feel the same sense of excitement for what we can do together.”

A message from Art School Director Noelle Fournier

“Over the last year, my work at the Art School has been focused on a spirit of growth and fiscal sustainability. As we continue to welcome new students, families and teachers in the studios, we have refined staff positions to provide more efficient and effective service to participants, with an eye to building new programs to become more robustly self-sustaining. We have been looking back at the history of how this lively institution came to be, recognizing the values of community and excellence in education that have been our hallmark for 52 years. Educational initiatives at the Danforth, taking place at the Art School, in the Museum and beyond, are all imbued with these values as we provide learning experiences in art for a new generation of community members. I so enjoy seeing our long-term students returning each session, learning about their lives and watching their artwork develop over the years. Once in a while, if I am lucky, I even get to teach a class, reminding me how much joy there is in learning with our students. All this serves as a wonderful reminder of how art can transform our lived experiences.”

Staff Highlights

Barry Burlingham Gifts and Stewardship

“As we enter our 50th anniversary year, we are grateful for the foresight of some committed supporters who understand the importance of providing for the longterm stability of the Danforth. By including us in their will, they have joined the Paul G. & Elaine S. Marks Society, giving us confidence that the next half century will see a strong Museum and Art School,

continuing to bring art and art education to the MetroWest region. Encouraging as well are the endowment funds established last year with the aid of the Massachusetts Endowment Incentive Program, created by the Board of Higher Education. With the aid of these matching funds, in 2024 three generous donors added over $182,000 to our endowment in support of the Museum and Art School – an encouraging start for our next fifty years!”

Kathryn DeAntonio Summer Arts Manager

“After working as a teacher for the Art School for about a year, I was delighted to be brought on as Summer Arts Manager in the spring. I have been training alongside the director and been impressed by the collection of creative and amazing teachers here. I am impressed by the opportunities we create for our community, through the Assistantship program that empowers

teens to work in classrooms and alongside teachers, to weekly art shows for students that put on display the creative intelligence of the teaching staff and inspiring abilities of our students.”

Highlights

Mary Erickson

Visitor Services & Community Engagement Manager

“I really enjoyed working with Julia Csekö and Raquel Fornasaro on our bilingual Community Conversations Through Art. I loved meeting these Brazilian-American artists in their studios, and I learned about their culture and how it impacts their art and process. Both artists are agents for change—social and environmental—and their

passion was immediately apparent. I interviewed each artist on Framingham Access Television–which was a new and fun experience! The intention for these artist talks was to welcome Framingham’s large Brazilian population to the Danforth. This project ignited my fire to make our museum more accessible to immigrant populations by creating multilingual collateral and making our events welcoming to non-native English speakers.”

Laura Gayton

Marketing Communications & Design Manager

“The highlight of my year was recording sponsorship testimonials at radio station 88.9 WERS. Jessica Roscio and I visited the WERS recording studio on the Boston Common to record sound bites with legendary morning show host George Knight. With the mike in front of me, I talked about what it’s like to be a

WERS sponsor. Even though I kept stumbling over my words, George was patient and encouraging, and the studio engineers covered all my errors and made me sound so polished. For months afterward, people would tell me, ”Oh, we heard you on the radio talking about the Danforth! It was so fun to hear you guys on air.” (And this is only one example of why my job is amazing!)”

Rachel Passannante Collections Manager

“This year had a few firsts for me. I have curated exhibitions with works from our permanent collection, but this year was my first curatorial experience with artists from outside of our institution in Harvest, Foraged, Found. It was a rewarding process that resulted in an amazing exhibition with five talented and deserving artists. The other was publishing my first journal article in Women’s Art Journal on Meta Fuller’s scrapbook. I had been working on this paper

since the scrapbook’s donation, and finally being able to share it with a wider audience this Spring was a great way to end the fiscal year. Having the ability and support from the Danforth Staff and FSU to explore and try new things has been a wonderful experience!”

Katherine Tako-Girard

Learning & Engagement Manager

“One of the great joys experiences that provoke of experiencing the Museum. and traditions, built on embodied entity of emotions, many journeys of discovery This year, my favorite adults with memory loss, partners. Instead of a conversation, in front stories which resulted positive outcomes between in front of art being the from this day close to and here he was super

Chandra Taylor Manager of Events & School Programs

“This year, we focused on brainstorming and implementing new ways to reach the Framingham community, and to focus on our goal of being the Art Museum and School for Framingham and surrounding area. The creation of our community arts event, Hype the Arts, came about this year with the goal to welcome the community into our

space, introduce our exhibitions and programs and to highlight the arts in a fun, free and accepting way. It is exciting to be a part of the planning for this event, since the enthusiasm and drive surrounding the mission is palpable. To highlight and celebrate art, while making it accessible to everyone in our community, is a crucial part of what we strive for here at the Danforth. I look forward to continuing this mission with our school programs and public events.”

joys of my work is to create responsive museum provoke encounters which change our habitual ways Museum. These experiences go beyond the norms on seeing our visitors of all ages holistically—as an emotions, body, spirit, and mind. I am lucky to witness discovery during my museum education programs. moment was during an art-centered program for loss, including Alzheimer or dementia, and their care a traditional museum tour, we talked and shared. Our of one particular work of art, elicited vivid personal resulted in a powerful collective journey. I observed many between the care partners, connecting with each other the greatest of them. I carry a touching expression to my heart: ‘My husband is usually so quiet at home, super active and lively’.”

Fall Exhibitions

October 7, 2023 – January 28, 2024

Marisa Companion

Performative Realities

These exhibitions focus on the work of three New Englandbased artists working across media, approaching themes of perseverance, resilience, and acceptance. The powerful images of Marisa Companion speak to chronic illness and our fraught relationship with self-image and digital culture. Kate Holcomb Hale uses painting, sculpture, installation, and video to explore how an artist develops a unique visual voice in the face of adversity while Torrance York’s work is quiet, contemplative, thoughtful, and poetic.

Kate Holcomb Hale lean, STAND,

Torrance York Semaphore

Spring Exhibitions

February 17, 2024 – June 2, 2024

Harvest, Foraged, Found

Including work by Madge Evers, Lynda Goldberg, Bob Kephart, Saberah Malik, and Sarah Sockbeson

The Spring Exhibitions at the Danforth Art Museum merge the past with the present and create a space for storytelling, discovery, and understanding. In three exhibitions, artists peel back layers of history and confront the past through visual interpretations that bring a broader understanding of the present. Each artist uses their chosen medium, lived experiences, and connection to place to explore history, culture, the natural world, collecting, and personal agency—all while urging us to be proper stewards of the world in which we live.

Unearthing Sandra Matthews

Not a Story to Pass On

Jennifer Davis Carey and Scarlett Hoey

The Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition

June 2024

The Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition aligns with our mission by presenting a novel perspective each year, showcasing innovative work, and introducing new artists. Once again, we had a panel of three jurors, representing the region, the university, and the Danforth. This year’s jurors are Marie Craig, Co-Founder of Fountain Street Art Gallery in Boston, Keri Straka, Professor of Art at FSU, and Noelle Fournier, Director of the Danforth Art School. The works in this exhibition represent a wide range of media and processes. There is something to inspire everyone.

Juried Exhibition Artists on our mobile app

With so many artists in the Juried Exhibition, we want to be able to provide a way for both artists and visitors to expand upon the work on view. Artists were asked to provide recorded or written statements about their artwork, their artistic process, or what inspires them as an artist. Through our Danforth App, visitors can then plug in the number next to the works on view to hear directly from the artist or read their statement! 41 out of 77 artists participated, which is an amazing total. Even better, these statements can be accessed anytime, at the museum or from home, so people can continue to interact with the exhibition wherever they are!

Artist Talks Series

During a five-part Sunday Spotlight Series, Museum staff interviewed 15 artists represented in the Danforth’s second Annual Juried Exhibition. We invited small groups of the juried artists to discuss their work in the context of a theme:

Portraying the Self: Fran Forman, Bekka Teerlink, Maria Wood Mertinooke

The Figure in Art : Kaffe Kang, Lori Mehta, Patricia Schappler

Family, Memory, and Identity : Monica DeSalvo, Kathryn Geismer, Sung Ji Lee

Materials Matter : Elizabeth Cohen, Virginia Mahoney, Andrea Pritchard, Sylvia Vander Sluis

Constructed Worlds : Robert Caras, Jackie Heitchue, Gordon Saperia

Marketing Taking bold steps

Over the last year, the Danforth advertising—as well as old fashioned media influencers.

We started out the fiscal year for eight months. Our campaign the WERS weekly newsletter

We worked closely in collaboration influencer Colleen Blair (@travelikealocalma participated in a press tour focused afternoon visit to both the Museum

In the spring, we partnered with included radio spots for nine weeks digital newsletter.

We also ran an advertisement BAR also included a series of

In an exciting development, WERS testimonials. Director/Curator Manager Laura Gayton visited Knight. The testimonials aired quite a bit of favorable attention.

We continue to reach out to our social media. Our email open social media climbs steadily.

Marketing Initiatives

steps to increase brand exposure

Danforth has strengthened our presence through radio, print, and digital fashioned face-to-face contact with members of the press and social by sponsoring the popular, independent radio station 88.9 WERS campaign included not only continuous radio spots, but also placement in as well as web tiles on the WERS homepage. collaboration with the Metrowest Visitors’ Bureau by welcoming popular @travelikealocalma with 69.9 K followers) in September. In March, we focused on arts, culture and history hosting five journalists for an Museum and School.

with Boston’s NPR News Station WBUR for a campaign which weeks and a full week of coverage in WBUR Today - their daily

advertisement in the spring print edition of Boston Art Review. Our campaign with banners in their weekly digital newsletter.

WERS reached out to the Danforth to record sponsorship Jessica Roscio and Marketing Communications and Design visited the WERS station to record with beloved morning host George aired consistently for the last three months of FY24 and garnered us attention.

our growing community of followers through bimonthly emails and rate holds strong at an impressive 42%, and our presence on

Museum Education

Adult Programs

Throughout the year, Learning and Engagement Manager Katherine Tako-Girard panel discussions which provided special opportunities for museum visitors and exhibitions.

During a five-part Sunday Spotlight Series, she along with Alex LeBlanc, Fellow, interviewed 15 artists represented in the Danforth’s second Annual Katherine paired artist Torrance York with Dr. David Rose, a Harvard neuropsychologist, creativity, the brain, and neurodegenerative diseases as it related to her Photographer Sandra Matthews was joined by Museum Director Jessica Yale University, and Billie Mantle from MassArt to discuss how her artwork places.

In collaboration with Framingham Reads Together, Katherine gave a slide Rosie Riveters and Jennifer Davis Carey’s Dellie the Riveter assemblage, part of the war effort during WWII.

Katherine invited FSU Professor Alexander Hartwiger to moderate an Jasmine Chen, Saberah Malik, and Stephen Marc about contemporary and visual culture.

Family Programs

Our free Drop into Art program continued to fuel the love of art and art-making. of this drop-in program welcomed people of all ages. Katherine designed materials which changed regularly and were inspired by the Museum’s generations of one family coming together to look at art in the Museum the Art School studio.

Education Initiatives

Tako-Girard planned many talks and visitors to learn about the collection

nc, FSU Learning & Engagement

Annual Juried Exhibition. neuropsychologist, to talk about her exhibition, Semaphore

Jessica Roscio, Dr. Laura Wexler from artwork interprets culture, gender, and slide lecture about the history of Black assemblage, bringing attention to an important engrossing discussion with artists contemporary artistic diasporas, identity formation, art-making. Eight separate sessions designed thematic activity sheets and Museum’s exhibitions. We often saw three Museum followed by an art-based activity in

Community Initiatives

Beyond Our Walls

Starting a few years ago, Beyond Our Walls was one of the Danforth’s first community initiatives. This year as roving reporter, Visitor Services & Community Engagement Manager Mary Erickson wrote about Art on the Cochituate Rail Trail; this glorious project by Studio Without Walls was up in fall 2023 along the Natick and Framingham trail. Mary also met with local plein air artist Karen Walter and Alla prima painter Annelyse Reinertson.

Meeting the Community from Behind a Table

Mary Erickson stood behind our Danforth table at many different events with Danforth collateral, FSU students and a button maker. The Danforth could also be seen at the Framingham Farmers Markets, New England Center for Children’s 5K run, La Festa Junina, Framingham City Hall Pride Event.

One-on-one Meetings

In promoting the two bilingual Community Conversations through Art and the bilingual Drop into Arts, Mary enjoyed meeting the local owners of the downtown Framingham businesses as she distributed flyers. She met with many community members and leaders, connecting for the sake of knowing our neighbors in Framingham. This created an opportunity to share ideas and

resources with each other and think about ways to collaborate. She met staff members of churches, Literacy Unlimited, Progente, Open Spirit, the Framingham History Center, The Latino Health Insurance Program, New England Center for Children, Downtown Framingham Inc., ATAC, Dia Feliz, Jeff’s Place.

Community Program Development

As an educational institution, the Danforth offers programs that represent diverse people, various modes of learning, and accessible spaces. During the spring, Katherine Tako-Girard stewarded a new program, called Hype the Arts, a community day. She led lively brainstorming sessions with the Danforth Art Museum and School staff to plan for this event, including program intention and purpose, logo and banner design, program content, marketing, fundraising, and community outreach. Katherine worked closely with Chandra Taylor in the preparations for this celebration of art and community. Together, they focused on creating a fun and welcoming setting and highlighting Danforth’s various offerings, while prioritizing access for broad audiences. We look forward to sharing the results from this new initiative in next year’s annual report.

Art School Initiatives

The Art School enjoys a slow and steady increase in registrations and especially in the important metric of new-to-us students. Our efforts in outreach and advertising have been effective, as has the word of mouth that studying here is a truly positive experience for all ages and for folks from all backgrounds.

We were lucky in FY24 to place a dedicated Summer Arts Manager to help with this very complicated and busy program. Kathy DeAntonio has been a teacher at the Danforth and demonstrated an exceptional level of leadership potential. Her approach to teaching and her deep understanding of art education bring a welcome new voice to the Art School team.

The selection of classes and workshops at the Art School included continuing study in a variety of media in addition to a series we call Museum Inspiration Workshops . These are designed for students to study a specific theme, method or material used by exhibiting artists at the Museum. When possible, these workshops are taught by the artists themselves, which is another unique feature of the Danforth, making the art and artists accessible to the public.

In response to demand, we added Fashion Design and Comic Art & Illustration classes throughout the year for our middle and high school students. These genres are growing in popularity with this age group and the Danforth has enjoyed welcoming new students and families to our studios to provide exceptional study for these subjects.

In memorium: Wilber Blair

The Danforth community is grieving the loss of a prominent artist, beloved teacher and friend, Wilber Blair. Will started sharing his passion for visual arts after earning a B.F.A in painting at Boston University in 1974 and a M.F.A. in painting from the University of Michigan in 1978. He began teaching at Monserrat College of Art in 2003 and at the Danforth in 2006. Since then, Wilber has guided countless students in their artistic development, teaching a myriad of classes in figure studies, drawing and painting. His depth of knowledge of art history and artists was exceptional, and provided an invaluable resource to his students as they worked through an idea or technique.

Studio Assistantship program

The Danforth Assistantship Program welcomes up to 20 highly motivated young people annually in this leadership experience, providing opportunities to work in art studio and museum settings. Assistants train in the spring to work during the busy Summer Arts session, and return throughout the year to provide tours in the museum and help during public programming. Danforth Assistants often move on to study education in college and return year after year to work with us in building more impactful programming for youth. In FY24, the Danforth Assistantship Program continued to strengthen as we refined recruitment and training procedures.

Once again this year, we enjoyed the return of several assistants. At this point, each new DA cohort consists of some ‘veterans’ who serve as leaders within the group to help guide peers through the experience of working with children and leading tours in the museum. This is an incredibly fulfilling team to supervise, as they each bring their own brand of wisdom to the larger experience of Summer Arts and help us to serve the public with more effectiveness and impact.

Summer Arts

This year, our Summer Arts Program was bursting at the seams. We had wait lists in almost every class in every week and welcomed dozens of new children and families to the Danforth. As in years past, each Friday during the summer featured an exhibition of student work, demonstrating the elevated level of study across all ages. This was followed by a small reception in the Museum for families in an effort to connect our two entities and to allow children to show their grown-ups around in the Museum. Our young students tend to feel a great deal of ownership for ‘their’ Museum!

Collaborations with

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2023-2024 Curatorial Fellow was FSU student AJ Green. A sophomore fellowship, he had already developed a love of curating and museums. His primary project was the January installation of the Museum’s Eyre permanent collection Gallery, which took the form of “gritty expressive figuration.” piece incorporated a human figure in scenes depicting themes of life, despair, courage, and uncertainty. AJ also curated our Summer Arts focusing on the theme of Opposites, which was used weekly by the Art School summer program. His quick wit and quiet sense of humor time fly during his fellowship, and we are excited to have him continue active with the Danforth during the remainder of his time at FSU!

Katherine Tako-Girard continued to work with a growing number of departments at the university. The revision of RAMS 101, a first-year seminar, opportune moment to present various methods to the 29 instructors the resources in the Museum to augment learning. The outreach presentation inspired many instructors to request custom Museum lessons students. In addition to teaching RAMS 101 students in the museum, also provided instruction to classes of undergraduate and graduate studying Visual Communication, English, History, and Education.

spring, Katherine employed four FSU students as the inaugural corps Museum Ambassadors. After a series of comprehensive trainings, they developed their own unique Detours, a new Saturday afternoon drop-in tour for our visitors. Katherine also worked with FSU Professor Bart and the Center for Digital Humanities in contributing to their IMLS workshop series for High School Social Studies and English teachers. taught the educators various ways to rely on the Danforth’s collection exhibitions in their classroom teaching.

Danforth videos

videos & catalogs

Acquisitions to the Permanent

Meg Birnbaum, If Only, 2021. Archival pigment print on paper. Gift of the Artist, 2023.54

Louise Weinberg, Duck, Duck, Goose, 2014. Oil on canvas. Gift of David Weinberg, 2023.55

Ben Aronson, Albany, 20th Century. Charcoal, graphite on paper. Gift of Janet Buchwald and Joel Moskowitz, 2023.56

Leonard Baskin, Jacques Gamelin, n.d. Woodcut engraving on paper. Gift of Dr. Arthur and Mrs. Barbara Block, 2023.57

Mitchell Siporin, Judith and Rachel in the Forum, 1966-67. Oil on canvas. Gift of Judith and Rachel Siporin in Memory of their Parents, Mitchell and Miriam Siporin, 2023.58

Mitchel Gordon, Spring Snow, 1987. Oil on canvas. Gift of Martha Tepper Takayama in Honor of Janet and Arnold Levenson and Family, 2023.59

Olga Antonova, Garlic, 1995. Monotype on paper. Gift of Martha Tepper Takayama in Honor of Janet and Arnold Levenson and Family, 2023.60

Tomie Ohtake, Untitled, 1996. Monotype on paper. Gift of Martha Tepper Takayama in Honor of Janet and Arnold Levenson and Family, 2023.61

Renan Cepeda, Birosca, 2005. C-Print on paper. Gift of Martha Tepper Takayama in Honor of Janet and Arnold Levenson and Family, 2023.62

Laurent Elie Badessi, Petroleum I, New York, 1995. Photograph on paper. Gift of Martha Tepper Takayam in Honor of Janet and Arnold Levenson and Family a, 2023.63

Antia Pan in Honor of Janet and Arnold Levenson and Family tin, Untitled, 1992. Pastel on paper. Gift of Martha Tepper Takayama in Honor of Janet and Arnold Levenson and Family, 2023.64

David Headley, on paper. of Janet Sonja Tanae Archival Martha Tepper Arnold Levenson the artist’s Mary Macaluso, Becky Behar, Print. Museum Museum Boston bronze, is made Jessica Art Museum 2023.68.1-.18, Thaddeus media encaustic

This Bequest French and the Danforth University, Mireille Clap, Bequest

Recognition

Roscio’s Museum

Ruth Fields, graphite Bequest French and the Danforth

Permanent Collection

Headley, Finale Monotype I, 1992. Monotype paper. Gift of Martha Tepper Takayama in Honor and Arnold Levenson and Family, 2023.65

Tanae Fort, Home Range, 2018. Digital print on Hahnemule Buryata paper. Gift of Tepper Takayama in Honor of Janet and Levenson and Family. Dedicated in honor to artist’s big sister, Dianne Fort, and in memory of Macaluso, 2023.66

Behar, Kitchen Shelf, 2019. Archival Pigment Museum Purchase from the Danforth Art Museum Acquisitions Fund, 2023.67

Sculptors Box, 1972. Wood, rope, plastic. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest in Recognition of Katherine French and Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.68.1-.18, a&b.

Thaddeus Beal, Desert Storm 7, 2006. Mixed encaustic on panel. Bequest of Nan Tull. Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.69

Clap, Wings, 1998. Mesh, steel sculpture. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.70 Fields, Drawing for a New Day, 2001. Ink, graphite on paper. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State

University, 2023.71

Judy Haberl, Traces B, 2017. Drypoint etching on Hahneumule Etching paper. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.72

Jane Goldman, Human Realm 11, 2007. Watercolor on paper. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.73

Maren Kloppman, Pillow Vessel VI, 2013. Glazed clay scuplture. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.74

Mary McDonnell, Tether, 2012. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.75

David Ortins, Couple, 1988. Oil, encaustic on linen. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.76 Greg Parker, Untitled, n.d. Graphite on paper. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.77

Acquisitions to the Permanent

Ellen Schön, Red Well, 2015. Burnished clay sculpture. Bequest of Nan Tull. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.78

John Walker, Untitled, 1994. Monoprint on paper. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.79

Yu-wen Wu, Full Moon II, 2018. Silver paint on Duralar. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.80

Yu-wen Wu, Constructed Drawings VII (Chichi), 2009. Pen, ink on rice paper. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.81

Yu-wen Wu, Midnight, 2010. Mixed media painting on canvas. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.82

Yu-wen Wu, Constructed Drawings XI (Taptap), 2009. Pen, ink on rice paper. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.83

Yu-wen Wu, Not All Alike XII, 2015. Gilded tea leaves on paper. This Bequest is made in Recognition of Katherine French and Jessica Roscio’s work as Directors of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, 2023.84

Jenna Billian, How Bad Could it Get?, 2023. MDF, wood, epoxy clay, enamel, acrylic. Museum Purchase from the Danforth Art Museum Acquisitions Fund, 2024.1

Torrance York, Untitled Archival pigment from the Danforth 2024.2

Eila Hershon, Untitled paper. Gift of Tom Blake Ogden, Botanical print on paper. Gift Jill Slosberg-Ackerman, Gouache on vellum. Steven Trefonides, Oil on canvas. Museum Art Museum Acquisitions Dan Dowd, Untitled 2017. Found rubber, from the Danforth 2024.7

Dan Dowd, Untitled 2020. Found and from the Danforth 2024.8

Edwin Andrews, aluminum, paint. Jessica Straus, The the Artist, 2024.10

Jessica Straus, On Gift of the Artist, David Ricci, Engine Type C Print. Gift David Ricci, Lawnmower, Type C Print on Dibond. 2024.13

Nathan Goldstein, Renee Rothbein Woodblock print Fishman and Nathan

Permanent Collection

Untitled #6293, 2021, printed 2024. print on paper. Museum Purchase

Danforth Art Museum Acquisitions Fund,

Untitled (Dog), c. 1960s. Etching on Tom Asher, 2024.3

Botanical 01, 2001. Photographic Gift of Tom Asher, 2024.4 Slosberg-Ackerman, Floating Object, n.d. vellum. Gift of Tom Asher, 2024.5 Trefonides, Through a Glass Slightly, 1979. Museum Purchase from the Danforth Acquisitions Fund, 2024.6

Untitled from Found Object Portraits, rubber, wool shirts. Museum Purchase

Danforth Art Museum Acquisitions Fund,

Untitled from Gifted Object Portraits, and gifted fabrics. Museum Purchase

Danforth Art Museum Acquisitions Fund,

Hacksaw Geegaw, 2020. Laser cut Gift of Murray Dewart, 2024.9

The Dance, n.d. Wood, paint. Gift of 2024.10 a,b,c

On the Verge II, n.d. Wood, paint. 2024.11

Engine Blocks, 1995. Archival Digital Gift of Lorraine Heidemann, 2024.12 Lawnmower, 2003. Archival Digital Dibond. Gift of Lorraine Heidemann, Goldstein, 2022.41.35

Portrait of an Old Woman, n.d. on rice paper. Gift of Harriet Nathan Goldstein, 2022.41.36

Michael P. Cannon +

Barbara Carter

Jasmine J. Chen

Selina Chow

Gary & Doris Christelis + City of Framingham

Debra A. Cleveland

Sara Cline

Merill Comeau

Leland & Felice Cott

Marie A. Craig

Danforth Art Alliance, Inc.

Charlotte Davidson

Matthew C. DeFronzo

Christine Devereux *

Katherine & Robert Eyre *+

Henry Field & Beryl Bergen

Foundation for MetroWest

Elizabeth Funk +

Dennis Geller & Catherine Bertulli

Jean Gibran

Rosalie Glovsky

James & Jeanne Gonthier

Robert Grady *

Eric P. Gustafson

Nancy Halpern

Tammy Harris

Katie Hebert

Antoinette Hopkins

David Hornfischer

Joel A. Hurwitz

Timothy A. Johnson *

Douglas Johnson *

Paula C. Johnson

Nina & John Jordan

Joseph Kasputys

Milly & David Katzman

Margaret E. Kauffmann *

Alicia Kim-Shen

William R. Kobertz

Susan Lapides

Roberta Leis

Lois B. Levick

Peter Lipsitt

Anna-Marie Lochiatto

Michelle A. Lord

Jean Maguire

Halcyon C. Mancuso +

Sandra Matthews

Susan Meeker

MetroWest Tourism & Visitors Bureau

Middlesex Savings Bank

William Miniscalco

Peter Mitchell

Eliott Morra & Kim Gurlitz

Julia C. Olander

Barbara Palefsky

Jane Paradise *

Carla L. Pepka

Richard & Margie Perse

Reed Pike

E. Linda Poras

Kristen Porter-Utley + Deborah Quitt

Judith E. Ravindra

Richard & Cheryl Roscio

Marcia Rosenberg (FT)

Gail Rosenberg

Sheila R. Rosenblatt

Karin Rosenthal *

Gail Samuelson *

Kathy Sastavickas

Robert & Mary Louise Schecter

Judy Schneider

Ruth Scotch *

Judith S. Scott

Rhonda M. Smith

Kurt T. Steinberg +

Sean Sullivan

Michael & Betsy Swartz (FT)

Jessica Sweet

Jodi Tucker

Christine Van Zadelhoff

Nadine Wallack

Karen Walter *

David Weinberg +

Susan Westerling

Karen & Craig Williams

Ellen Wineberg

Delanie Wise *

Evelyn T. Wolfson +

Kenneth R. Yelle

Ellen Zimmerman

* = Donors who are also members

+ = Danforth Volunteer leadership

FT = Founding Trustee

CC = Collections Committee member

Gifts of $10,000 - $100,000

Katherine & Robert Eyre *+

Middlesex Savings Bank

Kathy Sastavickas

David Weinberg +

Gifts of $5,000 - $7,500

Anonymous Donation

Antoinette Hopkins Foundation for MetroWest

Gifts of $1,200 - $4,550

Robert Alter & Lisa de Lima *

Danforth Art Alliance, Inc.

Peter & Hinda Drotch *

Diane & Milton Finch + City of Framingham

Jean Gibran

Michelle A. Lord

MetroWest Tourism & Visitors Bureau

Marcia Rosenberg (FT)

Michael & Betsy Swartz (FT)

Gifts of $500 - $1,000

Michael P. Cannon +

Gary & Doris Christelis +

Eastern Foundation

Patricia Epperly

Ruth Fields

Rosalie Glovsky

David Hornfischer

Joseph Kasputys

William R. Kobertz

Susan Lapides

Susan Meeker

Richard & Margie Perse

Gail Samuelson *

Ellen Wineberg

Gifts of $150 - $390

William Betcher

Mark Borreliz

Laura Soul Brown CC

Jasmine J. Chen

Marie A. Craig

Rebecca Feldman

John Foster

Elizabeth Funk +

James & Jeanne Gonthier

Robert Grady *

Eric P. Gustafson

Tammy Harris

Katie Hebert

Milly & David Katzman

Alicia Kim-Shen

Halcyon C. Mancuso +

Sandra Matthews

Peter Mitchell

Eliott Morra & Kim Gurlitz

E. Linda Poras

Deborah Quitt

Richard & Cheryl Roscio

Gail Rosenberg

Kurt T. Steinberg +

Susan Westerling

Evelyn T. Wolfson +

Gifts of $75 - $100

Eleanor F. Anbinder + Lisa A. Barthelson *

Nina Bohlen

Barry Burlingham *

Barbara Carter

Selina Chow

Debra A. Cleveland

Sara Cline

Gifts of $75-$100 (continued)

Leland & Felice Cott

Joanna Fink

Andrea M. Frank

Dr. John L. Fuller, Sr.

Dennis Geller & Catherine Bertulli

Timothy A. Johnson *

Roberta Leis

William Miniscalco

Jane Paradise *

Carla L. Pepka

Kristen Porter-Utley +

Judith S. Scott

Gifts under $75

Jeanne & Robert Adler

Susan Berkowitz

Doris Ann Birmingham

Margaret Birnbaum *

Steve Blossom

Irwin Blumer

Sally J. Brecher

Aileen L. Callahan

Merill Comeau

Charlotte Davidson

Matthew C. DeFronzo

Christine Devereux *

Carolyn Evans *

Henry Field & Beryl Bergen

John Fisher

Marion C. Foster

Richard Freeman

Nancy Halpern

Joel A. Hurwitz

Douglas Johnson *

Paula C. Johnson

Gifts under $75 (continued)

Nina & John Jordan

Margaret E. Kauffmann *

Lois B. Levick

Peter Lipsitt

Anna-Marie Lochiatto

Jean Maguire

Julia C. Olander

Barbara Palefsky

Reed Pike

Judith E. Ravindra

Sheila R. Rosenblatt

Karin Rosenthal *

Robert & Mary Louise Schecter

Judy Schneider

Ruth Scotch *

Nadine Wallack

Karen Walter *

Delanie Wise *

Kenneth R. Yelle

Ellen Zimmerman

* = Donors who are also members + = Danforth leadership FT = Founding Trustees CC = Collections Committee

Gifts in Honor & in Memory

In Memory of Anne Lambert

Kenneth & Gail Buie-Yelle

In Memory of Paul Rosenberg

Gail Rosenberg

In Memory of Barbara Marder

Barbara Palefsky

In Honor of Paul Lipsitt Brooke

Peter Lipsitt

In Honor of Jessica Roscio

Halcyon Mancuso

In Honor of Nan Hass Feldman

Rebecca Feldman

In Memory of Laura Riegelhaupt

Marcia Rosenberg

In Memory of Sinclair Korman

Gail Samuelson

In Memory of George Laiks

Jodi & Tim Tucker

The Paul G. & Elaine S. Marks Society

Established in 2023, the Marks Society was created to secure the lasting financial health of the Danforth Art Museum and Art School by building an endowment to supplement and support the operating budget. We extend our thanks and gratitude to the far-sighted individuals listed below who have generously remembered the Danforth in their estate planning or have contributed to Society member funds. In doing so, they have helped to ensure the fiscal vitality and mission of the Museum and Art School well into the future. We welcome our supporters to continue the Marks’ vision of providing art and art education to MetroWest by becoming a Paul G. & Elaine S. Marks Society member.

Zoe Gravitz

Paul G. Marks

Elaine S. Marks

Tracey A. Marks

Robbin S. Marks

Lynne K. & Richard T. Montross

Marcia B. Rosenberg

Dwight M. & Judith S. Scott

FSU Foundation Funds

Danforth Art Museum Acquisitions

Begun by the Weinberg Family in 2019, this fund

The Paul B. & Marcia B. Rosenberg

Established in 2020, this endowed fund helps to supplies, the popular Sunday Drop Into Art program, to the region.

Joan E. Murtaugh ’61 Art Conservation

This endowment was established in 2022 with

Betty & Ralph Funk Endowment for Given in 2022, this endowment was given to

The Lee A. & Stuart B. Bauer Family

Established in 2023, this endowment was created support all aspects of exhibition development

Nan Hass Feldman Art School Scholarship

Established in 2022, this endowed fund provides enrolled in classes at the Danforth Art School.

The Marks Family Endowment: $36,787

Established by the Marks family to provide Center at Framingham State University.

Katherine & Robert Eyre Endowment:

Established in 2024, this permanent endowment Museum and Danforth Art School.

Danforth Young Artists Scholarship:

Established in 2024, the purpose of the fund at the Danforth Art School. Scholarships

The Gail & John Samuelson Endowment:

Established in 2025, this endowment was operating budget of the Danforth Art Center

Funds and Current Values

Acquisitions Fund: $78,225 fund is not endowed, but is maintained by the family with the periodic addition of gifts.

Rosenberg Fund for Museum Education: $75,362 to underwrite Museum educational programming such as the purchase of educational program, and other areas of need related to the Museum’s mission to bring art education

Conservation Fund: $92,464 with the purpose of repairing and restoring existing and newly acquired artwork. for Curatorial Operations: $30,471 to serve a broad range of possible curatorial needs of the Museum.

Family Endowment Fund: $18,500 created to provide funds for the Danforth Art Museum. When fully funded, it will development and implementation of the exhibition program.

Scholarship Fund: $53,483 provides annual scholarships for students with demonstrated financial need, who are School.

$36,787 provide supplemental funds in support of the operating budget of the Danforth Art

Endowment: $167,100

endowment fund will provide general operating support for the Danforth Art

Scholarship: $25,000 fund is to support K-12 students, for any class session, through scholarships are utilized with a small family contribution towards the cost of the class.

Endowment: $11,833 was created for the purpose of providing supplemental funds in support of the Center at Framingham State University.

This year, the Danforth was thrilled to receive multiple generous gifts from Trustees Robert and Katherine Eyre, all of which greatly enhanced our programmatic and operational capabilities. Bob and Katie gifted $100,000 to establish an endowed general operations fund for the institution, an incredible investment that helps to ensure the long-term sustainability of the organization. In addition, they gifted $15,000 to fund an on-air and digital marketing campaign with Boston NPR station WBUR, which launched in spring 2024. We continue to receive positive feedback for our participation with WBUR as well as recognition that our marketing efforts are reaching a broader audience. Finally, the Eyres once again provided the funding to support our Curatorial Fellowship, which offers a year-long curatorial experience to an FSU student, and is currently in its fourth year of operation. We are so grateful for their support.

“We were both exposed to the power and lasting impact of art as college undergraduates. Colleges and universities are now incorporating art and museum collections as an integral part of the educational process across all disciplines, and we felt that the Danforth Museum and Art School should play an important role in that process. The staff are amazing and the exhibits and programs they offer are superb. Providing endowment funds helps to ensure the future of this important community resource, and we are pleased to offer our support to help the Danforth fulfill its mission...”

- Bob & Kate Eyre, Danforth Trustees

Danforth Corporate Members

Danforth Volunteer Leadership

Elinor Anbinder

Trustee, Danforth Art Alliance, Inc.

Gary Christelis

Vice President & Trustee, Danforth Art Alliance, Inc.

Michael Cannon

Trustee, Danforth Art Alliance, Inc.

Katherine Eyre

Trustee, Danforth Art Alliance, Inc.

Robert Eyre, MD

Trustee, Danforth Art Alliance, Inc.

Diane Finch