Dayton Art Institute 2020 Community Report

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2020

COMMUNITY REPORT

2020

THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2020 marked the beginning of the DAI’s second century and what a memorable start it was! There’s very little one can say to describe 2020 that hasn’t already become overused and cliché.

Much like when the new Dayton Art Institute building opened in January 1930 with the country in the midst of the Great Depression, we navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, found new ways of bringing art to help weather the storm and bring peace and reflection to a healing community.

In difficult times, we try to look for what can be learned and what opportunities the situation presents.

2020 provided a great deal of both. Even during a crisis, the DAI and its staff are resilient, dedicated and committed to moving the museum forward and staying true to our mission.

Thank you to our staff for working so hard, and for being so flexible and collaborative, while learning new ways to communicate and remotely operate a world-class fine art museum. Additional thanks to the DAI Board of Trustees for their leadership. They have been steadfast and supportive in helping us navigate the situations at hand, and to finding solutions and opportunities.

Thank you also to the DAI Associate Board for sticking with us and committing to staying for an additional year.

Even though we had to cancel Bourbon & Bubbles and Art Ball due to the pandemic, they helped to raise more than $160,000 through our new Virtual Oktoberfest event!

As you’ll see in this Community Report, many exciting things happened at the Dayton Art Institute in 2020, even though we were closed to the public for more than five months of the year. Just a few of the highlights included:

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z We presented two exciting special exhibitions during the time we were open, our curatorial team continued gallery renovations and reinterpretations, and we accessioned 129 new works into the collection. z The curatorial and education teams shifted their programming focus to at-home and online initiatives, producing a wide range of content that reached more than 14,000 individuals. z Although we had to cancel all three of the museum’s Signature Events, our team successfully created and launched a new Virtual Oktoberfest fundraising event. z The museum launched an all-new website that included a new online learning library and searchable database of the entire museum collection. z The restoration of the Grand Staircase and historic front hillside was completed, and new LED building lighting was unveiled.

Photo courtesy of Dayton Daily News

As we present this Community Report, we extend thanks to all of you for your patience and support during 2020. We anticipate the year ahead will continue to present challenges as we enter the economic recovery from the pandemic. We ask you to continue to support us as you did in 2020 through your Annual Fund gifts and memberships and bringing others along with you to be present.

We hope that everyone who enters our doors or explores our digital offerings online feels welcome, included and finds hope for brighter days ahead knowing that their DAI stands strong and is a place for gathering and as a place for celebration of art, life and of our community.

Best Regards,

LEADERSHIP TEAM Alexis Larsen, External Affairs Director

Michael R. Roediger, MSLD, CFRE Director and CEO

Natasha Spears, Development Director Kimberly Spurgeon, CFO & Director

of Operations Jerry Smith, Ph.D., Chief Curator

& Director of Education

Brock Anderson III Chair, Board of Trustees

Monica Walker, HR & Administration Director Janice Goodrich, Assistant to the Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Chair Brock Anderson III CEO Bonbright Distributors Vice-Chair Stephen Allaire Executive Director MasTec Transmission and Substation Group Treasurer Daniel Davis Senior Vice President and Sales Manager of

Commercial Banking Group PNC Bank Secretary Mark Shaker President Shaker Strategic Solutions

TRUSTEES Jessica Barry Owner & President The Modern College of Design

Jennifer Harrison Partner in Charge, Dayton Office TAFT/

Jeff Pizza General Manager White-Allen European Auto Group

Linda Black-Kurek President Liberty Health Care Corporation

Kevin Hill Facilities Team Lead Architect Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Karen Spina Community Volunteer

Linda Caron, Ph.D. Dean, College of Liberal Arts Wright State University

Stacey Lawson Vice President, Human Services Miami Valley Hospital

Mark Conway Partner Thompson Hine

Richard Manchur President Grandview Medical Center

Renate Frydman, Ph.D. Community Volunteer

Dr. Jeffrey Mikutis Surgical Director Dayton Children’s Hospital

Rachel Goodspeed Foundation Relations Manager CareSource

Nora Newsock Community Volunteer

Debbie Watts Robinson CEO Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, Inc. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS James F. Dicke II Chairman Emeritus * Chairman/CEO Crown Equipment Corporation

Jennie Meyer * DAI Associate Board President Lindsay Maxam* Leadership Dayton Representative Bob Nevin * DAI Endowment Committee Chair The Honorable Nan Whaley * Mayor, City of Dayton * Denotes Ex-officio

Deborah Lieberman * Montgomery County Commissioner

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Despite the museum being closed for more than five months in 2020, the Curatorial Department remained busy, with special and focus exhibitions, gallery reinterpretations, new acquisitions and new digital initiatives undertaken in conjunction with the Education Department.

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS z Maker and Muse: Women and Early 20th Century Art Jewelry was in its final

weeks in January 2020.

z Samurai, Ghosts and Lovers: Yoshitoshi’s Complete 100 Aspects of the Moon opened on February

22, but the museum closed after it was on view for just three weeks. Fortunately, much of the material was drawn from the DAI collection and loans were extended, so when the museum reopened in July, the exhibition continued through mid-September. z The traveling exhibition Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage opened on October 17. It presented a vibrant look at artists’ approaches to set and costume design in the twentieth century. Once again, however, we had to close the museum to assist with public safety, this time after four weeks of showing the exhibition limited hours. Unfortunately, this exhibition’s run could not be extended. z Watch Chief Curator and Director of Education Dr. Jerry Smith’s Curatorial Conversations presentation about the exhibition:

A couple studies prints at the Member Preview for Samurai, Ghosts and Lovers: Yoshitoshi’s Complete 100 Aspects of the Moon.

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The Member Preview had a terrific turnout in early 2020.

Installation view of Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage.

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FOCUS EXHIBITIONS z Works by Daniel Blau, opened January 8,

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closing early when the museum closed in March.

Photographs from the Collection, opened January 18 and extended through midAugust when the museum reopened.

Swashbuckling Samurai, opened in the galleries for art of Japan on February 12 and extended through September 13 when the museum reopened.

Bukang Y. Kim: Journey to the East, opened November 7, shortly before the museum closed again. The exhibition will be on view through August 15, 2021.

All by Myself: Japanese Creative Prints, opened September 16 in the galleries for art of Japan. All by Myself will be on view through September 19, 2021.

Archiving Eden: Dornith Doherty Photographs, opened September 12 and closed when the museum closed in November.

Through a partnership with FotoFocus, the museum was able to produce a video documenting Archiving Eden.

Artist Bukang Y. Kim in her studio.

Daniel Blau (American, 1894–1973), Self-Portrait, 1933, red conté crayon on paper. Bequest of the artist, 1973.143

Dornith Doherty, Seedling Cabinet I, 2019, digital UV cured ink lenticular. Courtesy of the artist, Holly Johnson Gallery, and Moody Gallery.

Watanabe Sadao (Japanese, 1913–1996), Arrival of the Three Kings, 1966, stencil print with brushed pigments on paper. Gift of David P. Eller, 2019.28

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Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858), Night Attack, about 1843–1847, from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, woodblock print, ink and color on paper. Gift of Miss Annie Campbell, 1947.101.8

NEW ACQUISITIONS In 2020, the DAI acquired 129 individual objects for the collection, including: z A significant work by Helen Frankenthaler, Mercury (1978), an extraordinary example of her color field, pigment-soaked canvas technique. z A large collection of African art from the estate of Dianne Komminsk. The DAI will host an exhibition around the gifts from her in 2021. z Two works by Jo Anne Schneider, including The March (1968). z A series of paintings by Bukang Y. Kim, around which the Focus Exhibition Bukang Y. Kim: Journey to the East was built. z Nineteenth-century French paintings by Jules Dupry and Narcisse Virgil Diaz de la Pena. z The bulk of the acquisitions, 95 in total, are photographs, including works by Ron R. Geibert, Darryl Curran, Melanie Walker, William Castellana and Joan Gentry, to name just a few. z A large painting by Sita Devi, one of the most acclaimed female artists of India.

Krishna and the Gopis (about 1970), is an excellent example of Mithila paintings from India.

Bukang Y. Kim (American, born in South Korea, b. 1943), Journey to the East 9, 1999, oil paint and charcoal on mulberry paper. Gift of Bukang Yu Kim, 2020.16.9 (Photograph

by Brad Smith)

Unidentified artist, Nok culture (present day Nigeria), Bust, about 200 BCE–200 BC, terracotta. Gift of the Dianne Komminsk estate, 2020.57.

Darryl Curran (American, born 1935), Backyard Seascape (table), 1981, printed 2020, archival pigment print. Gift of Darryl Curran in memory of Carole Brient, 2020.18

Sita Devi (Indian, 1917– 2005) Krishna and the Gopis, about 1970, ink and paint on paper. Gift of John C. and Susan L. Huntington in honor of Robert and Judith Lubin, 2020.45

Jo Anne Schneider (American, 1919–2017), The March, 1968, oil on canvas. Gift of Dr. Lois Oppenheim, 2020.3

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011), Mercury, 1978, acrylic on canvas. Gift of Steve and Lou Mason, 2020.4

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CONSERVATION

GALLERY RESTORATION

Conservation of works from the DAI collection included:

With fresh plaster restoration and paint, reinterpretation of the collection galleries continued through the year with Galleries 212 (Bieser Family Gallery), 213 (Gray Gallery), 215, 216 (Epstein Family Gallery), 204 (Sharon & Matthew Price Gallery) and Korean Gallery 108.

z A recently acquired painting by Worthington Whittredge, featuring one of the earliest scenes

of Dayton, painted in 1845 from the hill on which the Dayton Art Institute now stands.

z The Korean painting Sea, Cranes and Peaches, which underwent extensive conservation

in South Korea, thanks to a generous grant from the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation. From December 2020–February 2021, it was on display at the National Palace Museum in Seoul; click the image to take a virtual tour!

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The newly-interpreted Gallery 216.

The new paint and placement of objects in Gallery 213 highlights the artwork.

Thomas Worthington Whittredge (American 1820–1910), Dayton from Steele Hill, Spring 1845, 1845, oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Dayton Art Institute Associate Board, 2019.21

MAKING THE COLLECTION AVAILABLE ONLINE With the help of Hone Registrar and Collections Fellow Jessica Heys, DAI Registrar Sally Kurtz oversaw the digitization of the museum’s collection, which was made searchable online, via the new eMuseum portal on the DAI website (see the Digital Initiatives section for more information).

Gallery 215 retained green walls, in subtle tints.

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Although the museum closed mid-March, the Education team began producing brand-new digital resources and at-home engagements within two weeks of this closure.

By the end of 2020, the education team had gone on to produce 94 new and unique online offerings, including downloadable lessons, art-making video tutorials, art appreciation videos, live programs with curators and educators, and more.

EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS z DAI’s on-site and new online educational

programming served 21,955 individuals.

z 4,325 people visited the Lange Family

Experiencenter, January–March 2020.

z More than 400 caregivers and youth

participated in DAI’s on-site ARTventures, PNC Tiny Thursdays, and Homeschool Intersections programming through March.

New digital resources and live, virtual offerings reached more than 14,000. The DAI sought to engage the community directly through new, live programming such as the DAI book club Language of Art, Curatorial Conversations, exhibition lectures and live versions of Draw from the Collection.

Some highlights include: z Draw from the Collection at home

lessons were downloaded more than 300 times. z PNC Tiny Thursdays at Home lessons were downloaded more than 650 times. z ARTventures at Home lessons were downloaded more than 280 times. z New “Virtual Object of the Month” videos, created in close collaboration with our volunteer Museum Guides, debuted in April. Nine new artworks were featured in this series in 2020, and the videos have been viewed more than 9,400 times total.

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z Art Vids for Kids were also developed

in close collaboration with volunteer Museum Guides. These interactive videos connect our youngest learners with collection artworks and can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime. Combined with “Virtual Object of the Month”, DAI’s new video resources have been viewed more than 12,000 times.

A group of the Yeck High School Scholarship students experiment with printmaking.

z Matt Flick was presented with the 2020

Pamela P. Houk Award for Excellence in Education at the DAI’s Annual Meeting on February 27, 2020. Matt has served as an instructor and administrator at The Modern College of Design for nearly 20 years.

Click to play video z In the 2019–2020 school year, the Art +

Core Connections program, which provides cross-curricular gallery and studio experiences, reached 1,904 area students. From January–March 2020, it served 846 area students despite the suspension of tours in March. z The Yeck College Artist Fellows program’s 19th season was held in 2020. The awardees met and mentored a group of high school art students from January–March and then held virtual fellowship meetings through May. Awardees included: Katie Burianek,Wright State David La Rosa, Sinclair Community College Kari Nupson, Cedarville University Emily Wick, Sinclair Community College z The first of its kind, the DAI developed an online exhibition, which has been read more than 1,100 times and in 12 countries.

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Brock Anderson, Renate Frydman, Matt Flick, Debbie Watts Robinson, Jessica Berry and Michael Roediger

z DAI is grateful for the support of PNC in

helping purchase at-home art supply kits for more than 640 students enrolled in the Passport to Kindergarten program.

z In June of 2020, DAI partnered with

ThinkTV to create a virtual camp experience designed for ages PreK-3 to help keep kids actively learning while staying safely at home. It was viewed more than 16,000 times and reached more than 47,000 online. The virtual camp included a gallery experience and an art-making tutorial that explored color, line, pattern and weaving.

New digital resources and live, virtual offerings reached more than

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When the museum closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new focus was placed on digital initiatives and digital outreach. In addition to the online offerings highlighted in the Education Department section, key digital initiatives were also included.

DIGITAL INITIATIVES LAUNCH OF ALL-NEW WEBSITE In October of 2020, the Dayton Art Institute launched an all-new responsive and mobile-friendly website. In addition to being more visual and user-friendly, it included a fully searchable database of the DAI collection and a new Learning Library Online, highlighting the Education Department’s many new digital offerings.

The Draw from the Collection program has become increasingly popular with our guests, both in-person and online.

DIGITAL RESOURCES CENTER & ONLINE LEARNING LIBRARY With the museum closed for more than five months and all in-person programs suspended for most of the year, a new Digital Resources center was created on the DAI website. It serves as a repository for the Education Department’s many online and at-home programs, including PNC Tiny Thursdays, ARTventures, Draw from the Collection, Object of the Month and Art Vids for Kids. Content is organized by both age range and series, and new programs will continue to be added regularly.

ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTION PORTAL With the help of the Hone Registrar and Collections Fellow Jessica Heys, DAI Registrar Sally Kurtz oversaw digitization of the museum’s collection, making the collections searchable online through the eMuseum portal on the DAI website. This is the fulfillment of a multi-year project.

A young learner displays the results of his PNC Tiny Thursdays...at Home project.

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2020 was an especially challenging year for the museum’s special events, wedding and event rentals, and the Museum Store. All three of the museum’s signature events, Bourbon & Bubbles, Art Ball and Oktoberfest, were canceled due to the pandemic. Many weddings and other rental events were either canceled or postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions for large gatherings, and the Museum Store shifted much of its focus to online retail. Despite the setbacks, there were still many successes.

Although the DAI was unable to host very many weddings, the few that took place were memorable.

SPECIAL EVENTS, RENTALS AND RETAIL z The museum successfully created and

launched its first ever Virtual Oktoberfest fundraising event, offering party packs featuring a unique commemorative mug, hat pin and t-shirts. Those purchasing party packs received access to a special livestream video event, which can be viewed below. Virtual Oktoberfest raised more than $160,000.

z The Museum Store’s reproduction of

Harriet Frishmuth’s Joy of the Waters— the first reproduction of its kind for a piece from the DAI collection—was an instant hit when released in July 2020.

Within a few months, the limited-edition run was sold out!

The DAI remains a regional favorite as a wedding and events venue. Photo courtesy of Casey Burns Photography.

Click to play video This reproduction was a must-have in 2020 for our Museum Store shoppers.

Director and CEO Michael Roediger distributing Virtual Oktoberfest party packs.

z Only 8 wedding ceremonies/receptions z Although the entire Bob Ross Auto

Group Jazz & Beyond series was canceled due to the pandemic, the museum was able to present a special, member-exclusive virtual jazz concert in December, featuring Puzzle of Light.

z The Museum Store shifted the majority

of its product offerings to its online store, grossing nearly $50,000 in online sales, a significant increase over 2019.

were held at the DAI in 2020, due to the museum’s closure and COVID-19 restrictions relating to large gatherings.

Many planned weddings have been postponed to late 2021 or early 2022.

We were disappointed that we were unable to host a live Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond in 2020.

z Inquiries about wedding and event rental

bookings have steadily increased during late 2020 and early 2021.

z As of February 2021, 29 weddings and 7

rental events have been booked for 2021.

Puzzle of Light, a perennial favorite, was able to help the DAI host a virtual event.

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The new IDEA Committee is comprised of members of the DAI staff and Board of Trustees. We had our first meeting on October 26 and met regularly through the remainder of 2020.

INCLUSION DIVERSITY EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY The new IDEA Committee is comprised of members of the DAI staff and Board of Trustees. We had our first meeting on October 26 and met regularly through the remainder of 2020. The Board of Trustees approved a resolution at the Oct.22, 2020 Board meeting to make the first ever standing IDEA Committee.

The Committee developed the follow IDEA mission statement:

Stacey Lawson, IDEA Committee Chair.

As we activate the mission of the Dayton Art Institute, it is critical that we are intentional in increasing access and representation so that all groups feel welcomed. We aspire to develop, promote, and sustain an organizational culture and reputation in the communities that we serve as an organization that values, nurtures and leverages inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in all that we do. We are committed to fostering inclusion by overcoming barriers to participation created by differences.

We will seek to integrate and ensure diversity of voices and viewpoints to fulfill our mission. We will champion equity in our policies, practices, and programming. We will forge new pathways to accessibility and engagement both within and outside the museum.

We will live our values and our mission through sustained action, measures and accountability for change.

Spending time with friends at Oktoberfest? Priceless.

Visiting the DAI brings us closer together.

PNC’s Passport to Kindergarten provides many opportunities for families to share a love for art and art making.

Only the joy of creating art can make a smile like that!

The Rubi Girls are a very important part of the DAI family.

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Snazzy suits, beautiful dresses, great food and drink, music, dancing... Art Ball is a true memory-maker!

Raise your glass and toast with us to Bourbon & Bubbles.

The Shaw Gothic Cloister was teeming with activity during the DAI’s 100 Bithday Party event in April 2019.

The smiles on the newlywed couple’s faces says it all.

The art in the James F. Dicke Gallery of Contemporary Art inspires contemplation.

We’re looking for a Summer Art Camp in the future.

Love is love at the DAI.

Story time during PNC’s Passport to Kindergarten draws a crowd of enraptured children.

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If you haven’t attended Oktoberfest, is it really fall?

Another great afternoon at Oktoberfest.

Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth, Kettering Curator of Photography and Special Projects, gives a presentation at PK Night Dayton Volume 42.

PARTNERSHIPS Key museum partnerships during 2020 included: z The museum’s ongoing “ReImagining

Works” partnership with Dayton Metro Library continued in 2020. ReImagining Works invites local artists to use pieces from the DAI’s collection as inspiration for new artworks, which are installed at new or renovated Dayton Metro Library buildings. Learn more about the project at www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/works.

Click here to discover more!

z The DAI also continued its partnerships

with Dayton Metro Library, Wright Memorial Public Library, Milton-Union Public Library and Troy-Miami County Public Library to make museum memberships available for checkout through those institutions.

z The Education Department also

partnered with ThinkTV to produce a segment for ThinkTV’s virtual summer camp, Imagine Your Story: Reading and Adventure Camp. Click the video block to watch the segment!

z Even though we weren’t able to hold

an in-person family day in 2020, the DAI Education Department continued its partnership with PNC Bank for the Passport to Kindergarten program.

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z Community participation was limited

due to the pandemic, but the museum continued as a partner in Bank of America’s Museums on Us® program, offering Bank of America cardholders free general admission on the first weekend of each month the DAI was open in 2020, and in the Museums for All program, offering discounted admission and membership to those receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits.

GRAND STAIRCASE RESTORATION & BUILDING LIGHTING Working with LRT Restoration Technologies and Siebenthaler’s, the restoration of the museum’s Grand Staircase and historic front hillside were completed in 2020. During the summer, the Grand Staircase fountains ran for the first time in more than 50 years! The Grand Staircase is once again open to the public (weather permitting).

A young family studies Sir Joshua Reynold’s Henry, 8th Lord Arundell of Wardour.

z The DAI continued longstanding

partnerships with the University of Dayton, Wright State University, Sinclair Community College and the Modern College of Design.

New recognition plaques are in place on the Grand Staircase, honoring those who made contributions to help support the project. Recognition plaques for the staircase are still available and are a great way to honor or remember a loved one, or celebrate a special anniversary. For more information, contact Development Director Natasha Spears, at nspears@daytonart.org.

z Although the museum was closed

for more than five months in 2020, several local organizations and not-forprofits hosted events at DAI, including DCDC, Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, NAACP and League of Women Voters. The play Death of a Lie was also presented at DAI.

z In February 2020, DAI once again

partnered with PechaKucha Dayton to present PK Night Dayton Volume 42 in the Rose Auditorium.

z The DAI’s Korean collections were

enhanced through partnership with the Overseas Korean Heritage Foundation on the conservation of the painting Sea, Cranes and Peaches, and with the National Museum of Korea for funding to update the museum’s Korean galleries.

Director and CEO Michael Roediger presents during PK Night Dayton Volume 42.

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Working with Dayton-based Scenic Solutions and funded by Signature Grants from the Dayton Power & Light Foundation, the first phase of the museum’s new outdoor LED lighting system was completed and unveiled in 2020. The historic front façade of the museum is now lit, with the ability to change the color scheme of the lighting to coordinate with holidays and other observances, as well as to program specific lighting displays. Phase two, which will light the Entrance Rotunda and Leo the Lion, will begin in 2021.

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MEMBERSHIP – THANK YOU! Our members are the lifeblood of the museum, and we thank each and every one of you for your patience and continued support during the COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to safely welcoming you back to the museum in 2021.

We here at the DAI are looking forward to our next in-person JPS Preview.

Mingling, eating, drinking and having great conversations about art are just a few things we miss about our guests.

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Exquisite prints on display in Samurai, Ghosts and Lovers: Yoshitoshi’s Complete 100 Aspects of the Moon thrilled guests.

Thank you to the individuals, companies and foundations that gave generous contributions of $5,000 or more to the museum in 2020. Major donors included: SUPPORT Bank of America

Katherine & James Dicke

Premier Health

Bilbrey Construction, Inc.

KeyBank

Renate Frydman

Blakeney Memorial Fund

Linda & James Kurek

Rick & Norma Landis

Bonbright Distributors

M. Alice Callier

State of Ohio

BusinessLabs Inc.

Margaret & Daniel French

Stephen J. Wolfe Trust

Carolyn & Harvey Smith

Martha & Mark Shaker

Susan & Charles Knickerbocker

Carolyn & Robert Brethen

Marvin & Rosemarie Kidd

Taft/

City of Dayton

MetLife

The Modern College of Design

Crowne Plaza Dayton

Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District

The Virginia W. Kettering Foundation

Culture Works

Montgomery County Auditor

The William and Dorthy Yeck Foundation

Darlene & Gordon Walbroehl

Mrs. Helen C. Cruise

Thomas R. Schiff Foundation

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.

Mrs. Margie M. Yowell

Todd & Ramona Vikan

Dayton Power & Light Foundation

National Museum of Korea

Tracy Bieser

Dorothea & Donald Spindler

Ohio Arts Council

University of Dayton

Elizabeth & Rayman Coy

Oregon Printing

US Bancorp Foundation

Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.

Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation

Virginia & Christopher Orndorff

Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal

Pamela & Keith Browning

Wanda & William Lukens

Heidelberg Distributing Company

Patty & Jerry Tatar

White Allen Family of Dealerships

Jessup Wealth Management

Paul & Susan Ayers

William & Jacqueline Lockwood

Julian G. Lange Family Foundation

Perfection Group

Kate & Stephen Hone

PNC

The generous support of our donors provides many opportunities for our guests to engage with art.

The DAI would not be able to provide all of our digital programming without our donors.

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Thank you to these individuals and organizations for making gifts to the museum’s Centennial Campaign in 2020!

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Karen & William Beagle

Donna & James Larsen

Tracy Bieser

Maggie Laselle & J.P. Gregory

Bonbright Distributors

Linda Lombard & Paul Marshall

Helen Cruise

Leslie Loper & John Webb

Grace DeVelbiss

Wanda & William Lukens

Pat & Dave Diven

Christine & Marvin Olinsky

Donna & Robert Duplain

Craig Schrolucke

Terence & Christine Horan

Mary Shancey

Macy & Jervis Janney

Linda Sowers

Donna & Emile LaChance

Wyse Family Foundation

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In 2020, the museum was open from January 2 – March 13, before closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DAI reopened to members on Friday, July 10 and to the general public on Friday, July 17, with limited hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The museum remained open through November 15, before closing the remainder of 2020 due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio.

2020 IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE Total Museum Attendance: 21,748 Attendance figure contains a +/- 5% margin of error.

Special Exhibitions: Maker & Muse: Women and Early 20th-Century Art Jewelry (October 25, 2019–January 19, 2020): 3,532* Samurai Ghosts & Lovers: Yoshitoshi’s Complete 100 Aspects of the Moon (February 22–March 13 & July 10–September 13): 5,781

Social Media Engagement: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube engagement remain key channels for reaching and engaging with existing and potential museum audiences. As of February 2021, the DAI reaches more than 35,000 followers on Facebook, more than 25,000 followers on Twitter and more than 16,400 followers on Instagram. Videos posted to YouTube were viewed more than 11,200 times in 2020, nearly double 2019.

Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage (October 17 –November 15): 1,287 * Exhibition attendance for the period January 2–19, 2020 Education (January–March): Art + Core Connections: 846 ARTventures, PNC Tiny Thursdays & Homeschool Intersections: 411 The Lange Family Experiencenter: 4,325

OPERATING FUND REVENUE (UNAUDITED): $4.03 MILLION

2020 DIGITAL REACH During the pandemic, the museum engaged with audiences through a broad range of digital content offered on its website and social media channels. Here’s a brief snapshot of the DAI’s digital reach in 2020.

DAI Website Metrics: During 2020, 116,005 unique visitors initiated 148,479 user sessions on the DAI website, totaling 355,471 pageviews.

From its public launch in October through the end of 2020, the new eMuseum collection portal received 1,480 unique visitors, initiating 2,273 sessions and 34,107 pageviews. The average session duration for the eMuseum site was 7 minutes with an average of 15 pages viewed per session.

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OPERATING FUND EXPENSES (UNAUDITED): $ $4.02 MILLION

Digital Content: z Digital resources and live, virtual offerings reached more than 14,000 individuals. z Object of the Month and Art Vids for Kids videos were viewed more than 12,500 times. z At-home projects and lessons were downloaded nearly 1,300 times. z The Yeck online exhibition brochure was viewed 1,100 times in 12 countries.

Live music and slow dancing in the Shaw Gothic Cloister during Art Ball is a top-five romatic experience.

It’s only a matter of time until you, too, can steal a kiss in the Great Hall.

We’re looking forward to resuming our excellent school programs as soon as it is safe to do so.

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