"Because this is Auburn" Acquisitions Campaign

JULE COLLINS SMITH MUSEUM OF FINE ART

1072 SOCIETY

At JCSM, we foster the

TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART. Through the presentation of COMPELLING EXHIBITIONS. With programming for our DIVERSE AUDIENCES.

The 1072 Society is comprised of friends of the museum who contribute funds annually for the purpose of acquiring new art for JCSM’s permanent collection.

YOUR CHARITABLE GIFT WILL… STRENGTHEN JCSM’s collection in new and existing areas.

EXPAND the range of what we can plan to exhibit.

CONNECT visitors to actual artworks and a wide range of art history.

There is tremendous power in every gift supporting the 1072 Society. As support for the 1072 Society grows, so does the pool of resources with which we can purchase the very best of what the competitive art marketplace has to offer our university.

Many K-12 students have their first fine art encounter with JCSM. Here they discuss the Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Collection, a cornerstone of the museum’s holdings.

IT’S UP TO EACH OF US.

WHY

DO WE PRESERVE, RESEARCH, ENHANCE, AND INTERPRET THE COLLECTIONS ENTRUSTED TO US?

THIS IS AUBURN. Auburn’s art museum reinforces the university’s mission of instruction, research, and outreach. Students from kindergarten to college to retirees participating in programs like the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Auburn experience the permanent collection in meaningful ways. Researchers write and produce catalogues to accompany exhibitions, with expanded object labels for added perspective. Items are loaned to peer institutions nationwide. Community activities, scheduled in conjunction with exhibitions, provide fun and educational visits for the entire Auburn family to enjoy.

Then and now: Alabama Polytechnic Institute students in the late 1940s (this page) and Auburn University students today (next page) observing a selection from the Advancing American Art Collection. JCSM recently loaned this work, Circus Girl Resting by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

WHY

IS THIS COLLECTING GROUP NAMED THE 1072 SOCIETY?

Because our efforts continue a legacy.

Your gift of $1,072 in support of the 1072 Society commemorates a landmark moment in both the university’s history and American art history. Early shades of what we would later label “McCarthyism” halted an exhibition called Advancing American Art, which featured a melting pot of American artists. The U.S. State Department assembled the collection in 1946 to tour Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America but later closed the exhibition over public outcry and sold the paintings at a war surplus auction in 1948.

Alabama Polytechnic Institute purchased 36 pieces at that auction. With the 95 percent discount for tax-exempt institutions, the purchased totaled $1,072. The museum established the 1072 Society in 2008 to pay homage to what became the foundation of our collection and the impetus to build a museum.

WHY

SUPPORT THE 1072 SOCIETY?

JCSM’s Advancing American Art Collection at Montgomery Museum of Fine Art circa 1984

“Since my college days, art has remained a strong interest of mine. The 1072 Society is a way I can help increase the number of works in the collection and the ones that are shown so I can share them with visitors on tours or enjoy them for my own contemplation. I’m always someone who has had a great deal of intellectual curiosity. I am very committed to helping the museum grow and develop in any way I can. I remember a time when there wasn’t a museum. You had to go to Birmingham, Montgomery, or Columbus to see art.”

—Lynn Barstis Williams Katz D O N O R , D O C E N T, A N D A D V I S O R Y B O A R D M E M B E R

A UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM AND A WELL-ROUNDED ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ARE IMPORTANT TO

“There’s no substitute for visiting something in person and seeing the physicality of the works I’m interested in.”

—Nathan Coker AU B U R N , A L A B A M A S E N I O R , B FA

“Little Art Talks encourage art history students to develop their visual analysis skills by working directly with the objects and considering issues of materiality that are not as apparent in studying reproductions...These talks allow for a constant opportunity to reinterpret the collection and make it accessible to the Auburn community.”

—Dr. Emily Burns A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R O F A R T H I S TO R Y D E PA R T M E N T O F A R T A N D A R T H I S TO R Y, AU B U R N U N I V E R S I T Y

From Baroque prints to Tibetan bronzes, Dr. Burns’ students experience a wide array of objects to reinforce classroom instruction.

BECAUSE I WANT MY COMMUNITY TO HAVE

SUPPORT OUR MISSION TO JOIN THE 1072 SOCIETY: Mail your contribution of $1,072 or more using the enclosed remittance envelope to: JCSM Office of Development, 901 South College Street, Auburn, Alabama 36849.

Please make your check payable to “Auburn University Foundation” with “JCSM-1072 Society” in the memo line.

Make an online gift using a credit card by visiting jcsm.auburn.edu/1072-society Make your gift by telephone by calling 334.844.3005.

Contact Cindy Cox in the JCSM Office of Development at 334.844.3005 or cindycox@auburn.edu if you have any questions.

Your philanthropic donation to the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art 1072 Society may be tax deductible as a charitable contribution. No goods or services have been provided to you in exchange for the gift.

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JCSM’s collections are held in the public trust for the citizens of Alabama.

WE COLLECT THOUGHTFULLY AND PURPOSEFULLY ON BEHALF OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY. —Marilyn Laufer, PhD D I R E C TO R , J U L E CO L L I N S S M I T H M U S E U M O F F I N E A R T, AU B U R N U N I V E R S I T Y