2016 Community Report

THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE

ART OUTSIDE THE BOX 2016 COMMUNITY REPORT

2016 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Thank you for joining us as we look back at 2016, a year of exciting changes as your Dayton Art Institute begins preparations for its centennial in 2019.

We began to implement our Centennial Master Plan, making many renovations and improvements to our historic museum building, utilizing the $2.2 million in funding received from the 2014 Ohio State Capital Appropriations Bill. From replacement of the Shaw Gothic Cloister floor, to restroom renovations, replacing gallery windows and beginning construction of an ADA accessible pathway on the museum grounds, many changes can be seen at The Dayton Art Institute.

In the spring of 2016, the museum received an additional $1 million in funding from the 2016 Ohio State Capital Appropriations Bill. This will assist in the reinterpretation of museum galleries for the centennial.

The newly reopened Native American gallery is the first to benefit from this funding.

Speaking of the collection, our curatorial team secured funding for several key conservation projects, as well as the reframing of an important Dutch painting, and the acquisition of an 18th-century George Romney painting.There is more to come.

More than 114,600 people visited the museum in 2016, with more than 23,300 people visiting special art exhibitions and nearly 25,400 visiting our Lange Family Experiencenter. Overall museum attendance declined slightly in 2016. We attribute it in part to ongoing renovations, which necessitated closing one extra day per week, as well as temporary closures of the Dicke Wing of American Art and the Berry Wing of European art in the fall and early winter.

Special exhibitions were highlighted by the “Year of Classical Elements.” This suite of exhibitions, all organized by The Dayton Art Institute, presented a year of contemporary art that was “outside the box,” including interactive light installations, dancing mechanical penguins, a digital waterfall, a monumental photograph of the Perito Moreno Glacier, and the stunning contemporary landscape photography of Edward Burtynsky and Richard Mosse. The Lange Family Experiencenter featured Eye Teasers and The Nature of Art, the latter relating back to our 2016 special exhibitions theme.

Art Ball and Oktoberfest both enjoyed record-breaking years, with these important museum fundraisers bringing large crowds and significant revenue to the museum.

We are pleased to present this Community Report as an overview of 2016. Thank you to everyone for your continued support of this Dayton treasure, and we look forward to seeing all of you at your Dayton Art Institute throughout 2017.

Best Regards,

LEADERSHIP TEAM Alexis Larsen, External Affairs Director Sally Kurtz, Interim Director of Collections and Exhibitions

Michael R. Roediger, MSLD, CFRE Director and CEO

Susan Martis, Ph.D., Curator of Education Dave Stacy, Chief Financial Officer

Edward J. Blake Chair, Board of Trustees

Kevin Tunstall, Museum Rentals and Retail Operations Director Monica Walker, HR/Administration Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS

TRUSTEES

Edward J. Blake, Chairman CEO, MV Commercial Group, CFO, Miller-Valentine Group

Stephen Allaire Managing Director AES US SBU

Daniel Davis Senior Vice President and Sales Manager of Commercial Banking Group PNC Bank

Erin Paulson,Vice Chairman Director of Marketing Emerson Climate Technologies

Brock Anderson III CEO Bonbright Distributors

Deborah A. Feldman President & CEO Dayton Children’s Hospital

Ms. Ty Stone, PhD., Treasurer Vice President, Business Operations Sinclair Community College

Jessica Barry Owner & President School of Advertising Art

Rachel Goodspeed Manager, Community Affairs Vectren

Julie Liss-Katz, Secretary Systems Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer Premier Health

Tracy Bieser Community Volunteer

Richard Haas Senior Vice President Kettering Health Network

James F. Dicke, II, Chairman Emeritus * Chairman/CEO Crown Equipment Corporation

Linda Caron, PhD. Associate Dean Wright State University College of Liberal Arts

Jennifer Harrison Partner Taft/

Pamela P. Houk Exhibition & Museum Education Consultant Bill Lukens Retired Chairman & CEO Stillwater Technologies, Inc. Mark Manuel VP Development & Information Services Crown Equipment Corporation Bear Monita Partner LWC Incorporated Amos L. Otis President & CEO SoBran, Inc. Mimi Rose Community Volunteer

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Pat Diven * DAI Docent Chair Kevin Hill * Leadership Dayton Representative Deborah Lieberman * Montgomery County Commissioner Bob Nevin * DAI Endowment Committee Chair Beth Whelley * DAI Associate Board President The Honorable Nan Whaley * Mayor, City of Dayton * Denotes Ex-officio

2016 HIGHLIGHTS & PARTNERSHIPS HIGHLIGHTS More than 114,600 people visited The Dayton Art Institute in 2016.

Implementation of the Centennial Master Plan for renovations and improvements to the museum’s historic building began in 2016, utilizing $2.2 million in funding received from a 2014 State of Ohio Capital Appropriations Bill.

Notable projects included:

30,000

GUESTS ATTENDED OKTOBERFEST

Replacement of the Shaw Gothic Cloister floor.

Renovation of four original museum restrooms.

Replacement of many original exterior

windows with high-efficiency units that

maintain the historic building’s original appearance.

Updating or replacing numerous exterior and interior doors.

Improvements to the building’s HVAC and technology infrastructure.

Construction of an ADA-accessible pedestrian walkway on the museum grounds, extending from Riverview Avenue to the Entrance Rotunda.

Construction and renovation schedules necessitated a change in museum hours, with the museum being closed on both Mondays and Tuesdays.

Leo oversees the installation of new windows in the Dicke Wing of American Art.

In the spring of 2016, The DAI received an additional $1 million in funding from the 2016 State of Ohio Capital Appropriations Bill. This money will assist in the reinterpretation of permanent collection galleries for the museum’s 2019 centennial.

The museum’s “Year of the Classical Elements” presented three contemporary art exhibitions, all organized and curated by The DAI’s curatorial team:

Into the Ether: Contemporary Light Artists, April 2–June 26, 2016

The Antarctic Sublime & Elements of

Nature: Water, July 16–October 16, 2016

In conjunction with these special exhibitions, noted contemporary artists Erwin Redl and Richard Mosse spoke at the museum. In addition, the museum partnered with the 21c Museum Hotel in Cincinnati to present a talk by Daniel Rozin at that venue.

Ravaged Sublime: Landscape Photography in the 21st Century, October 15, 2016–January 8, 2017

The “Year of the Classical Elements” brought 18,112 to the museum, including many younger and first-time visitors, while more than 23,300 people attended all special art exhibitions during calendar year 2016.

Thanks in part to the hard work and dedication of The DAI’s Associate Board (32 couples, 64 members total), it was a record-breaking year for the museum’s two biggest fundraisers, Art Ball and Oktoberfest:

More than 820 people attended Art Ball, which generated record net revenue of $169,200.

Nearly 30,000 people attended

Oktoberfest (including Friday’s

Lederhosen Lunch and Preview Party),

generating a record net revenue of $461,400.

Our curatorial team made significant strides in collection preservation. A generous gift from the Ayers family, in honor of Michael G. Ayers, enabled conservation of Pier Francesco Bissolo’s The Holy Family with a Donor in a Landscape (c.

1520).

Centuries (October 2015–January 2016) and Fractured Forms: The Impact of Paul Cézanne on Art (January–April 2016).

What Is a Masterpiece?, our interactive program that enables visitors to discover surprising backstories, explore fascinating details, and make meaningful connections with art, added 17 new objects in 2016, bringing the total number to 87. Research for 13 more objects is underway, bringing the program to its goal of 100.

The What Is a Masterpiece? website received 3,084 unique visitors and 50,885 pageviews during 2016, up 73% and 28% respectively compared to 2015!

The Lange Family Experiencenter featured the new exhibition The Nature of Art, which opened in May 2016 and continues through April 2017.

It complemented the museum’s 2016 special exhibitions, which featured the classical elements of nature. Works of art in this exhibition exemplify how artists use natural materials.

Two special installations in the exhibition featured the work of regional artists Virginia Kistler (May– December 2016) and Diane Schwob Zubrick (December 2016–April 2017).

MORE THAN

1,700

A gift from Wanda and Bill Lukens allowed us to make repairs to the mount for Auguste Rodin’s Hand of a Burgher of Calais (1884–1886).

CAREGIVERS AND YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN THE DAI’S FAMILY PROGRAMMING

Funding was also secured for conservation of Gioacchino Assereto’s Circe Mulling Wine (c.

1630), Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Lady Cecil Rice (1760s), and Thomas Gainsborough’s Portrait of John Jeffries, First Marquess of Camden (18th century).

The DAI’s educational programming brought nearly 35,761 people to the museum in 2016, including nearly 25,400 people who visited The Lange Family Experiencenter.

114,600

GUESTS ATTENDED THE MUSEUM IN 2016

Through another generous gift from Wanda and Bill Lukens, the museum acquired a rare Dutch ebonized pearwood cabinetmaker’s frame, from the second half of the 17th century, for the painting Landscape with a Waterfall and Castle (c.

1760), by Dutch artist Jacob van Ruisdael.

A significant 18th-century painting by British artist George Romney, Portrait of Mrs. Henry Ainslie , née Agnes Ford, with her son Henry (1787), was added to the collection through a generous bequest from Margie Mack Yowell.

A masterpiece by Paul Cézanne, on loan from The Cleveland Museum of Art, was on view in the Berry Wing of European Art through April 2016. It served as the basis for the focus exhibitions Toil and Leisure: The Evolution of French Landscape Painting in the 18th and 19th

This was the 15th year for the Yeck College Artist Fellows program. 2016 awardees exhibited their artwork in the museum and mentored a group of high school students. Awardees included Christa Cape from Cedarville University, Allison Parrish from University of Dayton, and Jessie Karlsberger and Stephanie Tyson from Wright State University.

More than 1,700 caregivers and youth participated in The DAI’s Super Saturdays (now called ARTventures) and Tiny Thursdays family programming.

The Art + Core Connections education program reached 960 area students.

Local arts educator Julie Anderson was awarded the 2016 Houk Award.

The Passport to Kindergarten family day, held in partnership with ReadySetSoar, brought more than 250 children and their caregivers to the museum for a family day in November.

The museum continued its popular Fourth of July member event, Red, Art & Blue. Despite wet weather, nearly 300 members and their guests attended.

HIGHLIGHTS & PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERSHIPS Community partnerships played an important role at The Dayton Art Institute during 2016. During the past year, The DAI partnered with these organizations:

The Summer Yeck program for middle school children is challenging and fun!

The Curatorial Conversations gallery talks continued to offer unique insights into works in the permanent collection, as well as behind-the-scenes tours of the year’s special exhibitions.

The Vine & Canvas series, which combined wine tastings with docent-led tours of the permanent collection, continued with a successful third year in 2016.

A new Yoga at the Museum series debuted in the spring of 2016, with the first session selling out in a matter of days. The series offered four more sessions, partnering with several Dayton-area yoga instructors.

The Dayton Art Institute participated in the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day in May and the Ohio History Connection’s Ohio Open Doors in September.

The events offered free general admission to the permanent collection on designated days.

The DAI was honored as a finalist in the Dayton Business Journal’s 2016 Innovation Index Awards, in the category of Service to Society.

In 2016, 40 weddings and receptions were held at The DAI. As of February 2017, 45 weddings have already been booked for the new year!

A total of 65 corporate and non-profit rental events were held at the museum during 2016, with more than 17,350 people attending those events. As of February 2017, 33 rental events have already been booked for the new year.

The museum’s partnership with Dayton Metro Library on the ReImagining Works initiative saw the installation of numerous new artworks by regional artists at the reopened Northwest, Brookville, New Lebanon, Kettering-Moraine, and Vandalia branch libraries. This program invites local artists to use pieces from The DAI’s permanent collection as inspiration for new artwork, to be installed at the new or renovated Dayton Metro Library buildings.

For more about the artists and their artwork, visit daytonmetrolibrary.org/works.

The DAI partnered with the University of Dayton Libraries to study and assess the collections of The DAI’s Library, which has been closed to the public since 2009. The DAI and the University created a temporary, nine-month Librarian/Archivist position to analyze the library. Nicole Lovenjak, with assistance from University of Dayton staff and interns, completed her assessment and presented recommendations to the museum in December 2016.

Ride To Art, a DAI partnership with the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, continued to provide free door-to-door bus transportation for underserved schools and youth learning centers.

Partnerships with regional artists and local schools created unique art installations for the exhibition The Nature of Art in The Lange Family Experiencenter:

Yeck Artist-in-Residence Virginia Kistler

created the art installation Agricales Illuminated.

Yeck Artist-in-Residence Diane Schwob

Zubrick, with assistance from Dayton

area school students, created the installation Designs of Nature.

The documentary short video

Transforming Nature, Shaping Art was produced in partnership with Wright State University film students and Dayton Early College Academy students.

The DAI’s Education Department continued its Passport to Kindergarten partnership with ReadySetSoar.

For the fourth year in a row, the museum partnered with WYSO to present two performances of the station’s sold-out Thanksgiving benefit concert, Such a Night: The Last Waltz Live, in the Renaissance Auditorium.

The DAI partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense to take part in Blue Star Museums, a program offering free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The museum joined the Bank of America Museums on Us® program in 2016, offering Bank of America cardholders free general admission on the first weekend of each month.

The DAI continued partnerships with the University of Dayton, Wright State University, Sinclair Community College, the School of Advertising Art and The Dayton Chapter of the Links, Inc. The DAI continued community partnerships with Congressman Michael Turner’s Office for the Congressional Art Exhibition, and the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center for the Max May Memorial Holocaust Art Exhibition.

Many local companies, organizations and notfor-profits hosted events and galas at The DAI in 2016, with notable events including the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Inspire event, Grandview Hospital’s 90th anniversary gala, and WYSO’s Such a Night: The Last Waltz Live.

The Vanguard Concert series came to a close in 2016, after 54 years at the museum. The University of Dayton has kept the tradition of the concerts alive with a series of Vanguard Legacy Concerts on the school’s campus.

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance continued to hold select Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra concerts in the Renaissance Auditorium during 2016.

Numerous community volunteer groups assisted with Art Ball and Oktoberfest.

The DAI continued its partnership with UpDayton to host the annual UpDayton Summit for Young Professionals at the museum.

SUPPORT Thank you to the individuals, companies and foundations that gave generous contributions of $5,000 or more to the museum in 2016. Major donors included: Abbott Nutrition ACCO Brands Anthem Blue Cross and

Blue Shield of Ohio Mrs. Lenore Antheil Mrs. Susan R. Ayers & Ms. Emily Ayers Mr. Charles D. Berry The Berry Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John W. Berry, Jr. Blakeney Memorial Fund Bob Ross Auto Group Bonbright Distributors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Brethen BWI Group CareSource Cavalier Distributing Ms. Johanna D. Columbro Fund Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Compton Coolidge Wall The Cornell/Nicholson Team - UBS

Financial Services The Rayman A. and

Elizabeth A. Coy Fund Crown Equipment Corporation Crowne Plaza Dayton Dayton Children’s Hospital Dayton Daily News, a product of

Cox Media Group Ohio Paul D. Moyer M.D./

Dayton Eye Associates Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Dayton International Airport Dayton Power and Light Company Dayton Power & Light Foundation Dayton Superior DEEM Mr. James F. Dicke, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James Dicke, II Mr. and Mrs. James Dicke, III ELM Foundation Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. Fifth Third Bank FotoFocus GE Aviation Systems, LLC Gosinger, Inc. Heidelberg Distributing Company Henny Penny Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hone HORAN Ms. Teresa Huber James Investment Research, Inc. Jessup Wealth Management Mrs. Anne F. Johnson Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Kettering Health Network The Virginia W. Kettering Foundation KeyBank Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Kidd The Lange Family Lexus of Dayton Mr. and Mrs. William D. Lockwood

Mr. and Mrs. William Lukens Macy’s Estate of Georgiana Malone Dr. and Mrs. Frank Mannarino The Leslie Mapp Foundation Marion’s Piazza Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Mathile Family Foundation Merrill Lynch Messer Construction Co. MetLife Mr. James A. Miller Miller-Valentine Group Montgomery County Arts

& Cultural District Montgomery County Environmental Services Morgan Stanley Morris Home Furnishings Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Nowak Ohio Arts Council Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission Oregon Printing Pickrel Schaeffer & Ebeling Co. L.P.A. PNC Premier Health Projects Unlimited, Inc. Mimi & Stuart Rose RSM US LLP School of Advertising Art Harold W. and Mary Louise Shaw Foundation Mrs. Mary Carol Short Sinclair Community College SoBran Inc. Donald M. Spindler and Dorthea Hunt Spindler Endowment Square One Salon & Spa Staffco Construction, Inc. Synchrony Financial Taft/ The Frank M. Tait Foundation Mrs. Florence Tannenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tatar Thompson Hine LLP Congressman and Mrs. Michael Turner Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC University of Dayton US Bank Vectren Mrs. Marilyn M. Watkins Private Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Leon A. Whitney, II White Allen Family of Dealerships William Gillaugh Estate WilmerHale Winsupply, Inc. Woodhull Corporation/Ricoh USA Inc. Wright State Research Institute The William and Dorothy Yeck Family Foundation Mrs. Margie M.Yowell

Every effort was made to include all those who so generously supported the efforts of The Dayton Art Institute in 2016. Any omissions were unintentional. Thank you.

Say ‘Cheese!’ A group of friends up their selfie game during the Bob Ross Auto Group’s Jazz & Beyond series.

Exhibition attendees found the artworks in Ravaged Sublime: Landscape Photography in the 21st Century to be riveting.

Over 5,900 people enjoyed tours of our permanent collection.

Young people receive direction in the arts from the best educators that the area offers.

ATTENDANCE More than 114,600 guests visited The DAI during 2016.

Museum membership included 437 new memberships, 418 rejoined and 4,542 renewals in 2016.

TOTAL ATTENDANCE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS* 2015: 123,000 2014: 122,800 2013: 129,800 2012: 143,921 2011: 122,861

114,600

Art Ball remains the premier black-tie event in the region.

GUESTS VISITED THE MUSEUM IN 2016

*Attendance figures contain a +/- 5% margin of error.

ATTENDANCE HIGHLIGHTS American Sampler: Grandma Moses and the Handicraft Tradition (November 21, 2015–February 21, 2016): 9,926 Into the Ether: Contemporary Light Artists (April 2–June 26, 2016): 6,832

Kids of all ages can find many activities to engage and inspire.

The Antarctic Sublime & Elements of Nature: Water (July 16–October 16, 2016): 6,955 Ravaged Sublime: Landscape Photography in the 21st Century (October 15, 2016–January 8, 2017): 4,325

THE “YEAR OF THE CLASSICAL ELEMENTS” BROUGHT

18,112

PEOPLE TO THE MUSEUM More than 23,300 guests attended special art exhibitions in calendar year 2016 Art Ball: More than 820 attended

Stretching the body and mind during Yoga at the Museum.

Oktoberfest: 30,000 (including Preview Party & Lederhosen Lunch) Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond: 1,781 Vine & Canvas: 305 Yoga at the Museum: 333 Summer Art Camp: 196 The Art + Core Connections program served 960 students Permanent Collection Tours (Youth & Adult): 5,915 The Lange Family Experiencenter: 25,400 visitors

Universe of Water Particles by teamLab, part of Antarctic Sublime & Elements of Nature: Water, was a mesmerizing and fascinating installation.

ECONOMIC IMPACT & FINANCIAL RESULTS The Dayton Art Institute has a far-reaching impact throughout the Dayton region. Using a calculator created by the organization Americans for the Arts (www.artsusa.org), The Dayton Art Institute had an estimated economic impact of more than $6.7 million on the Dayton Metropolitan Area during 2016.

Economic impact represents the total dollars spent by The DAI and its audiences. Event-related spending by arts and culture audiences is estimated using the average dollars spent per person by arts event attendees in similarly populated communities.

Oktoberfest is the highlight of the Dayton area festival season.

OPERATING REVENUE BY SOURCE FY 2016 (UNAUDITED) OPERATING FUND REVENUE (UNAUDITED): $4.18 MILLION Education 7% Special Exhibitions 10% Retail and Rentals 15%

The Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond series is a popular evening out for members and non-members alike.

Special Events 15% Memberships 21% Development 15% Support from Invested Funds 15% Other 2%

OPERATING EXPENSE BY SOURCE FY 2016 (UNAUDITED) OPERATING FUND EXPENSES (UNAUDITED): $3.92 MILLION Security 12%

Leo Bistro is a fun place to meet friends for drinks and dinner on Thursday evenings.

Facilities 19% Administration 17% Development 10% Marketing 7% Retail and Rentals 10% Guest Services 4% Special Exhibitions 4% Operating Fund revenue and expenses represent the day-to-day “cost of doing business� at the museum. They do not include debt service costs or facilities depreciation, which are reflected in the Property Fund of the museum.

Curatorial and Education 17%

Children and their caregivers enjoy viewing the artwork in the Dicke Wing of American Art.

MISSION 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, OH 45405

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Thursday, Extended hours until 8 p.m.

Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, Noon - 5:00 p.m.

Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.

The Dayton Art Institute is committed to enriching the community by creating meaningful experiences with art that are available to all.

VISION

GALLERY ADMISSION: Suggested admission of $8 adults, $5 seniors, active military and groups; youth (17 and under), college students (18+ w/ID) and Members free. Special exhibitions, programs and events may carry an additional charge.

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FRONT COVER: Exhibition attendees enjoy Ravaged Sublime: Landscape Photography in the 21st Century.

2017 EXHIBITION SEASON EXPLORE THE WORLD, EXPLORE YOUR MUSEUM! Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist

Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence

Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau

February 11 – May 7, 2017

June 24 – September 10, 2017

September 16 – December 31, 2017

daytonartinstitute.org/exhibitions

ABOVE LEFT: Kay WalkingStick (American, born 1935), A Sensual Suggestion, 1974, acrylic on canvas, 42 x 48 inches. Collection of the artist. Photo: Lee Stalsworth, Fine Art through Photography, LLC. Courtesy American Federation of Arts. ABOVE CENTER: Thando Ntobela (born 1979), Ankoli Bull, 2013, Glass beads sewn onto fabric, 50.5 x 65 inches. Private Collection. ABOVE RIGHT: Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860–1939), Monaco, Monte Carlo, 1897 (detail), color lithograph on paper, 29.25 x 42.25 inches. Dhawan Collection.