2022 THE YEAR IN REVIEW

including Van Gogh & European Landscapes which brought 20,000 visitors to the museum.

We continued to renovate collection galleries and acquired 439 individual items from 21 donors in 2022, growing the collection to more than 27,000 objects.

We eased back into educational programming with the opening of the Lange Family Experiencenter exhibition—Stories in Cloth; limited tours and workshops while continuing to expand our digital resource library adding 37 additional Objects of the Month and Art Vids for Kids. In total, Education programs served through in-person, live, online and outreach programs 31,829 individuals.

In addition, the education floor completed a full remodel thanks to the William and Dorothy Yeck Family Foundation providing a new conference room and updated studio classrooms, offices and accessible restrooms. Generous gifts allowed for the creation of the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Studio and the Chris Shillito Legacy Fund Clay Studio, adding to the success of the renovation.

Our Signature Events—Art Ball, Bourbon & Bubbles, and Oktoberfest came back in full force with nearly 30,000 guests and raising $550,000 to support general operating and our mission.

As we look toward the future of the museum, we enthusiastically share our new mission, vision and strategic plan entitled Intentional Momentum Mission: Through art, we create transformative and diverse experiences, strengthen community connections and inspire imagination.

Vision: Through art, we are dedicated to collection stewardship, creative engagement and inspirational experiences. With intentional momentum, we nurture inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility.

Values: We are trusted stewards of community treasures, committed to caring for the art and the historic building; We embrace the museum’s role as a vital resource, an inclusive and welcoming space that adds value to people’s lives; We are dedicated to reaching diverse audiences and expanding engagement with art; We are strong, socially responsible fiscal managers; and We are pledged to environmentally conscious practices and maintaining our green certification.

Dear DAI Friends, 2022 was a year of recovery and renewal. The DAI team worked hard to come back strong from the pandemic. We opened strategically to ensure we could welcome you, our members and guests, in a safe manner. We were fortunate to again receive an additional $1.7 million in Cares Act and Shuttered Venues funding to assist us in rebuilding a foundation and retain our stellar team. Our Development team over-achieved their goal of $1.7 million and reached $2.1 million. These funds too assisted with supporting general operating. The Events Rentals team welcomed back more the 60 weddings and corporate events adding significant revenue to the bottom line.

Running the DAI is an expensive proposition, and we are grateful to all of the generous members, donors, sponsors, foundations as well as the Ohio Arts Council, Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District and Culture Works for their continued support of the DAI during these most difficult times during the pandemic and recession.

We were thrilled to offer three beautiful and thought provoking Special Exhibitions — Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms in partnership with the African American Visual Artists Guild, Art for the Ages: Conservation at the DAI and American Myths and Memory: David Levinthal Photographs paired with Focus Exhibition Joe Fig: Other Artists and several other fascinating Focus Exhibitions

Our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (also referred to as IDEA) work advanced through new partnerships, practices and intentionality. We added works to the collection by underrepresented artists, invited diverse vendors to the table, expanded our communication efforts, strengthened the diversity of our Board of Trustees, Associate Board and staff, completed an accessibility audit and introduced free community days to welcome a more rich and diverse Dayton community.

The DAI Library Project continued. Closed since 2009, we have strived to make the library materials accessible. Through a plan, in partnership with the University of Dayton Libraries department, we determined we would share many of the resources with other academic institutions while maintaining those materials directly related to the DAI’s art collection. This was not easy task and thanks to lead library volunteer Chuck Knickerbocker, and a small team of dedicated volunteers, we gifted books and other materials to the Art Institute of Chicago, Aullwood Audubon Center, Bowling Green University, Dayton Metro Library, Marian Library at the University of Dayton, Notre Dame University, Oakwood Historical Society, Stivers School for the Arts, University of Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, University of Dayton, Wright State University, and Westchester County Historical Society. We are still a ways off from reopening the library and are seeking funds to complete the renovation of the historic library and adjacent spaces. Please consider making a gift to the Library Project and help make it a reality.

Working with strategic plan consultant and expert Jane Dockery, we have developed a plan with input from the community, members, donors, Boards and staff. The plan is built on four strategic drivers that reflect the DAI’s direction over the coming years: the art collection, educational programming, IDEA, and community connections and three strategic resources required for optimal execution of the plan: people, technology and innovation, and financial stewardship

Thank you for your unwavering support and please join us on our journey of Intentional Momentum!

With gratitude,

Michael R. Roediger, MSLD, CFRE Director and CEO

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Elaine Gounaris, Development Director

Kimberly Spurgeon, CFO & Director of Operations

Jerry N. Smith, Ph.D., Chief Curator

Monica Walker, HR & Administration Director

Mike Griest, Interim Marketing Director

Janice Goodrich, Executive Liason to the Board & Leadership

OFFICERS

Chair Stephen Allaire Community Volunteer

Vice-Chair

Daniel Davis

Senior Vice President & Sales Manager of Commercial Banking Group

PNC

Treasurer

Mark Shaker

President Shaker Strategic Solutions

Secretary Debbie Watts Robinson

CEO Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, Inc.

TRUSTEES

Linda Black-Kurek President

Liberty Health Care Corporation

Linda Caron, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita Wright State University

Mark Conway Partner

Thompson Hine

Lisa Coker

Principal and CEO

Infinite Management Solutions

Willis “Bing” Davis

Founder and Director

Willis Bing Davis Studio and EbonNia Gallery

Renate Frydman, Ph.D. Community Volunteer

Rachel Goodspeed Principal

GOODSpeed Strategies

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

Stacey Lawson

V.P. Human Services

Premier Health

Richard Manchur President

Grandview Medical Center

Dr. Jeffrey Mikutis Surgical Director Dayton Children’s Hospital

Nora Newsock Community Volunteer

Jeff Pizza General Manager White-Allen European Auto Group

Karen Spina Community Volunteer

Sally Struthers, PhD. Professor Emeritus, Sinclair College

Jeffrey Woeste Partner

Flagel Huber Flage

Danyelle Wright V.P. Employment & Labor Law and CDO

The E.W. Scripps Company

EX-OFFICIOS MEMBERS

James F. Dicke II

Chairman Emeritus *

Chairman/CEO

Crown Equipment Corporation

Kim Cullman Estess Leadership Dayton Representative

Deborah Lieberman * Montgomery County Commissioner

Audrey Starr *

DAI Associate Board President

The Honorable Jeffrey Mims * Mayor, City of Dayton

* Denotes Ex-officio

z Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War Closed January 23, 2022.

z Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26 to May 22, 2022 z Art for the Ages: Conservation at DAI June 25–September 11, 2022 z American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs October 15, 2022– January 15, 2023

z Norman Rockwell: Stories of Emotion Closed February 13, 2022 z Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection

February 5–July 24, 2022 z Van Gogh and European Landscapes March 5– September 4, 2022 z Ukranian Pysanky Eggs March 9–May 1, 2022 z The Flower Prints of Katsuhira Tokushi April 2–September 18, 2022 z Paul Laurence Dunbar: A Tribute June 18–September 4 z Netsuke and the Art of Little Wonders August 27, 2022–February 12, 2023 z Joe Fig: Other Artists October 15, 2022–January 15, 2023

In 2022, the DAI acquired 439 individual items from 21 donors. The DAI also continued to place a focus on acquiring works by under-represented artists and communities. Recent acquisitions include: z Six items were acquired for the collection out of Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms exhibition. z Four textiles by Hmong American artist Chu Cha. z A monumental outdoor sculpture by artist Bret Price. z A significant collection of twentieth century art including works by Andy Warhol, Lee Bontecou, Edward Ruscha and Roy Lichtenstein. z 165 South Asian calendar prints. z A large portrait painting by Jacob Eichholtz.

Conservation helps to protect artworks for future generations. Conservation of works from the DAI collection in 2022 included: z Alexander Liberman sculpture Firmament returned to new location following conservation. z An Indian watercolor was removed from its acidic mat window, numerous tears were repaired and damaged areas were consolidated. Conservation funded by The Kettering Fund. z A painting on paper by Gary Pettigrew had significant cockling, giving the paper a wavy appearance. It was placed in a humidity chamber to relax the paint fibers and then flattened between wool felt blotters and weight. Conservation funded by The Kettering Fund. z A painting by John Insco Williams was cleaned, removing the old, darkened varnish, and later overpaint (not by Williams) was removed, returning the painting closer to the original artist’s design. Conservation funded by Susan Ayers. z Cleaning of a Georgina Klitgaard painting was started during the exhibition Art for the Ages: Conservation at DAI. Conservator Katie Patton Bell began the work in a series of demonstrations open to the public made possible with support from Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mikutis.

Renovation and reinterpretation of the collection galleries continued throughout the year, including: z Gallery 217 for Italian Baroque Art was updated with fresh paint, new lighting and labels, and new installation. z All labels and didactic panels on the second floor have been updated and replaced using new label holders. z Updates to The Lukens Family Gallery of Native American Art (Gallery 209) were completed in 2022. z The Rotunda now features paintings by Hunt Slonem.

The Education Wing renovation was completed in June of 2022. Thanks to generous support from the William & Dorothy Yeck Family Foundation, The Jacob G. Schmidlapp Fund, and The Chris Shillito Legacy Fund, we were able to completely update the educational spaces, such as studio classrooms, meeting rooms and offices, many of which were last updated in the 1960s. Also, thanks to the creative and thoughtful designs by LWC, Inc., new space was developed into an accessible community room that incorporates technology and features new display furnishings aligned to museum field best practices. The project made updates to plumbing, lighting, ADA restrooms, storage spaces, egresses, flooring, as well as office furnishings for our Marketing and Education and Curatorial teams. DAI continues to explore new approaches to space management for our growing programs and teams!

In 2022, the Education team developed and offered more than 140 classes, programs and learning experiences for our communities.

z DAI’s “Online Learning Library” continues to grow with the addition of more than 75 new online resources this year. Learners of all ages and distances can engage with our museums through these downloadable lessons, interactive videos, virtual tours, live programs with curators and artists, and there’s more! The Learning Library now totals nearly 300 unique online offerings.

z Through a combination of on-site programs, community outreach and partnerships, and online offerings, DAI brought art into the lives of more than 22,000 this year

ƒ 3,759 attended gallery experiences, classes and workshops, or met us out in the community at area events!

ƒ 2,112 engaged with us online through attending live programs or downloading educational resources

ƒ 16,563 visited the Lange Family Experiencenter

We continued our 2 online video series, Virtual Object of the Month and Art Vids for Kids, created in collaboration with our volunteer Museum Guides.

z Virtual Object of the Month received nearly 5,000 views in 2022, and included 11 videos that featured a diverse series of artworks, such as Chinese, Tibetan and Ancient American objects, including works by African American and women artists.

z Art Vids for Kids brought an array of 11 collection artworks to families remotely and were watched more than 4,400 times.

z Since 2020, these videos have more than 42,000 total views.

z Online resources and virtual offerings reached more than 2,000 distance learners. Live programming included DAI Book Club: Language of Art, Curatorial Conversations, artmaking workshops, exhibition lectures and tours, college/university outreach visits and more.

In September, the Lange Family Experiencenter opened its latest exhibition, Stories in Cloth. Designed to engage youth and families, the exhibition teaches all about the rich world of textiles. Each artwork in the exhibition is made from cloth or fabric, created through sewing, stitching, weaving or quilting. Textile artworks tell stories, perhaps about the artist who created it or about those in the community who used it. From those who gathered to embroider together to the fancy wear artists created for their community’s most celebrated occasions, every artwork tells its own story.

z Stories in Cloth has welcomed more than 4,500 guests of all ages July – December 2021.

z ABC’s of Art closed in May 2022. Between these two exhibitions, more than 16,500 visited the LFE in 2022

The 2023 Pamela P. Houk Award for Excellence in Education was presented to Shayna K. McConville, Division Manager of Cultural Arts with the City of Kettering. DAI commends Shayna’s leadership at the Rosewood Arts Centre, initiating opportunities for civic engagement and arts advocacy.

z DAI continued its partnership with the Dayton Veterans Association Low Vision Clinic. These virtual art workshops connect area veterans with visual impairment to DAI’s collection and provide important opportunities for wellness and creativity. In December, a group of participants visited the DAI for a hands-on exploration of select collection artworks.

z DAI is again grateful for PNC’s support of the Passport to Kindergarten partnership program with Preschool Promise. Their generosity allowed DAI to provide the 354 enrolled students with in-classroom, process-based artmaking projects, as well as training for the 23 educators!

z DAI continued partnerships with Congressman Michael Turner’s Office for the Congressional High School Art Competition, and supported the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center’s Max May Memorial Holocaust Art Exhibition z In December, the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, with support from the Sister Cities program, held a collaborative workshop at the DAI for Hillel students. Interacting with a virtual instructor in Israel, the students explored illustration techniques both on-view in DAI collection and through hands-on artmaking. z A number of other programs were conducted in partnership with area organizations including: City of Dayton’s Juneteenth Celebration, Dayton Junior League’s Summer Slide event, the Ohio Art Educators Association’s Annual Conference, Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, E.J. Brown Middle School, and more. z After a three- year hiatus, the Dayton Art Institute welcomed more than 600 guests to the return of its premier black-tie gala Art Ball in 2022. z Bourbon and Bubbles also returned (this time as a Holiday Kick Off) and sold out for the 4th consecutive time. z Oktoberfest was restored to it’s previous format, and saw over 35,000 visitors in 2022. The single largest museum fundraiser brought in more than $450,000 z The Dayton Art Institute launched into the world of TikTok in April, with over 1200 followers, and 44,000 likes since it’s inception. z A brand new and expanded marketing team was welcomed to the DAI, and they are already doing big things! We can’t wait to show you what we can do with all of the talent available. z Newly renovated Museum Store includes more items by underrepresented people and companies than ever before, and provides better accessibility. z Oktoberfest Museum Store sales were $13,584 z DAI Events Team managed over 60 weddings and events in 2022, including the largest wedding hosted at the DAI in recent memory. z New Leo Event Space provides more options for smaller groups of up to 50 guests. z The DAI has saved 11 trees in the last quarter with the newly-installed electric car charging stations.

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Key museum partnerships during 2022 included: z The museum’s ongoing ReImagining Works partnership with Dayton Metro Library continued in 2022. ReImagining Works invites local artists to use pieces from the DAI’s collection as inspiration for new artwork, which are installed at new or renovated Dayton Metro Library buildings. Learn more about the project at www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/works 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 team also took part in the Downtown Dayton Partnership’s Art in the City event in August, with a collaborative community art project. z DAI is again grateful for PNC’s support of our annual partnership with Preschool Promise. This year’s Passport to Kindergarten program purchased art materials for the classrooms of more than 575 preschool students. z Annually, the DAI partners with the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Dayton Board placement program. z Congressional Art Competition for high school students sponsored by Congressman Mike Turner. Students from around the region submit works that are included in an exhibition at the DAI with winners moving forward to be hung in the State Capital. z 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 2022. z The museum also continued its partnership with the Museums for All program, offering discounted admission and membership to those receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits. z The Blue Star Museums program, offering free admission to active duty military and their families. z Two Community Days allowed any guest to attend at no charge. Thank You to Wright State University for helping 877 community members to enjoy the museum in celebration of Pride Month, and Ramona and Todd Vikan for helping 406 guests attend for free in honor of Veterans Day. z The DAI continued longstanding partnerships with the University of Dayton, Sinclair Community College and the Modern College of Design. z The DAI partnered with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild (AAVAG) to present the juried exhibition Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms This marked the seventh annual showcase of Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms organized by the AAVAG and the first time the exhibition was hosted at the Dayton Art Institute. z For more than 20 years, the DAI has partnered with the Dayton Holocaust Resource on Max May Art Exhibition for local students to express themselves through art and literature culminating in an exhibition at the DAI. z DAI staff supported our DAI Joy of Giving program by collecting needed personal items and food for three local non-profits —Artemis, David’s Place at DayBreak and the Foodbank.