Impressions | Summer 2017

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IMPRESSIONS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Tom Frost Chairman Toby Calvert President Barbie O'Connor Vice President Lucille Oppenheimer Travis Secretary Kirk Safell Treasurer John W. Feik Don Frost Walton Vandiver Gregory Sarah E. Harte Harmon W. Kelley, MD John C. Kerr Shon J. Manasco J. David Oppenheimer Brad Parman Carolyn Jeffers Paterson Harriett Romo, PhD George F. Schroeder Amy Stieren Smiley

Opposite page: Albert Contreras, Untitled (detail), 2013. Acrylic on panel. Collection of Lainey and Dr. Michael Berkus. Image Courtesy of Peter Mendenhall Gallery.

Juan de Dios Mora, Chu Cho Revolucionario (detail), 1989.

Linocut. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of Harriett and Ricardo Romo.

Director's Message This summer, as we revel in the final weeks of Monet to Matisse: A Century of French Moderns and gear up for the greatly anticipated exhibition Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too, the McNay Art Museum looks within to celebrate our home, our collection, and our community. Inspired by a commitment to five powerful words, Mi McNay Es Su McNay, our team transforms lives across the Alamo City by welcoming you back home and reconnecting you with soul-enriching works of art— from the Museum’s iconic outdoor sculpture by Luis Jiménez, Man on Fire (which graces this issue’s cover), to the newest addition indoors: Juan de Dios Mora’s humorous and political interpretation of his native border region, a transformative gift to the McNay from Harriett and Ricardo Romo. On June 8, art and architecture come alive through dance with the vision of Hilary Schroeder, Semmes Foundation Intern in Museum Studies, in collaboration with the San Antonio Dance Umbrella.

And throughout the summer, from Memorial Day through Labor Day, all active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families are welcomed back home with free general admission, thanks to the Museum’s partnership with the national Blue Star Museums initiative.

This summer, artists, too, claim the McNay as their home. For a third consecutive year, we bring back our popular pop-up exhibition in the Tobin Exhibition Galleries of the Jane & Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions. This summer’s presentation, 6 Texas Artists | 8 Summer Days | 1 Cool Museum, celebrates the newest creations of five San Antonio–based and one Austin–based visionary working across media and subject matters. When the show ends, parts of the newly reconfigured Stieren Center for Exhibitions close for the remainder of the summer for necessary roof repairs. But the McNay’s robust exhibition programming continues as we shift the season’s focus to the Frost Galleries, with To See Is to Have: Navigating Today’s Art Ecosystem; to the Charles Butt Paperworks Gallery, with Juan Mora: Culture Clash; to the Jerry Lawson Print Gallery, with California Dreaming: Works by Ruscha, Hockney, and Others; and to the Pat & Tom Frost Octagon, with Groovy: A Psychedelic Summer.

This season, we also invite you to make the McNay—your home—even stronger by supporting the McNay’s pioneering Fund-A-Bus education program during the online support campaign The Big Give, on May 4. And on June 3, we welcome you back to Monet to Matisse to close this spellbinding exhibition in avant-garde Parisian style with our ninth annual Spring Party, Moulin Rouge at the McNay. We wish you a sensational summer, and look forward to seeing you back home—your home—this fall, for a celebration of the life and art of beloved San Antonio artist Chuck Ramirez, and so much more.

Beth Van Hoesen, Traci (detail), 1988. Colored pencil and graphite on paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust in honor of Lyle W. Williams.

Andy Villareal, The Blue Jaguars Transport the Warriors to the Battle (detail), 2016. Oil on panel.

Image courtesy of the artist.

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Robert Gordy, Women and Cushions (detail), 1969. Acrylic on canvas. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from Barbara and Harvey Goldstein.

Richard Aste Director Richard Aste, Director, and Toby Calvert, President of the Board of Trustees

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To See Is to Have Navigating Today’s Art Ecosystem.............................................. 4

Juan Mora Culture Clash........................................................................................ 6

Curt Anastasio Laura Bertetti Baucum Steve Blank J. Bruce Bugg Jr. Jonathan C. Calvert Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD Barbara Seale Condos E. H. Corrigan Raye B. Foster Betty Murray Halff Marie M. Halff Joan Buzzini Hurd Jane Stieren Lacy Peggy Pitman Mays Bill McCartney Charline McCombs Connie McCombs McNab Allan G. Paterson Jr. Ethel Thomson Runion Thomas R. Semmes Alice C. Simkins Gaines Voigt Joe Westheimer

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California Dreaming Works by Ruscha, Hockney, and Others................................... 7

Mrs. Nancy B. Negley

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FREE admission for teens 19 and under provided by the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation of the San Antonio Area Foundation.

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May 18 | August 6, 2017

To See Is to Have

Navigating Today’s Art Ecosystem

The inspiration behind To See Is to Have: Navigating Today’s Art Ecosystem is to make private art public, and to share with every member of our community selections from the diverse collections of members of the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum (MCCF). The artworks on view open doors to new worlds of discovery, and have been selected from the personal collections of the members of MCCF, who dedicate themselves to learning about, engaging with, and collecting contemporary art.

By presenting a diverse group of objects not typically on public view, this exhibition reinforces the McNay’s commitment to providing life-changing experiences through engagement with the visual arts for all visitors.

MCCF sponsors many programs, including trips to national and international destinations. In total, members of MCCF have traveled to more than 40 cities together. In each location, they visit artists, curators, art dealers, and fellow collectors in the spaces where those individuals live and interact with art, and they learn about the unique characteristics of various art communities.

Like a biological community of organisms interacting in nature, the art world thrives when it functions as an ecosystem of interconnected artists, art dealers, curators, and collectors.

Each part works together to drive the creative production and exchange of art works in studios, galleries, museums, and art fairs around the world. Although the practice of collecting art is often thought of as an activity reserved for only a select few, this exhibition proves that the world of art can be explored at any level of experience.

Accompanied by an illustrated gallery guide that attempts to break down the barriers to collecting art, To See Is to Have: Navigating Today’s Art Ecosystem encourages and emboldens visitors to embark on their own journeys of discovery of contemporary art.

This exhibition is organized by Jackie Edwards, Assistant Curator, McNay Art Museum.

The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition. Additional support is provided by the AT&T Foundation and Alan Beckstead.

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Victoria Suescum, Shrimp Cocktail (Copa de camarones), 2015. Acrylic on paper.

Collection of Liz and Bill Chiego. Image courtesy of Victoria Suescum.

Ralph Bourque, Mute Swan, 2009. Ink on paper. Collection of Terry and Dr. Dave Zolock. © Ralph Bourque.

Clockwise from top Jesse Amado, Will Work for Free and Forever (Let’s Provide Yves Klein Blue to Street Beggars), 2015. Polychrome Le Corbusier on paper, mirror. Collection of Pam Wagner.

Image courtesy of Ruiz-Healy Art. Celia Eberle, The Mind of God, 2014. Papier-mâché, clay, acrylic, and styrofoam. Collection of Cynthia Toles. © Chris Worley Fine Arts.

Dario Robleto, Untitled (Shadows Evade the Sun I), 2012. Suite of nine archival digital and lithographic prints on Hahnemuhle Pearl paper. Collection of Terri and Glenn Huddleston.

Image courtesy of Dario Robleto/Inman Gallery.

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June 8 | August 13, 2017

Juan Mora Culture Clash

Juan de Dios Mora went to high school in Laredo, Texas. He received his MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he now teaches printmaking. His intricately carved linoleumblock prints reveal the artist’s keen social awareness and tell stories of the clash and mix of cultures along the Texas-Mexico border in intensely detailed images full of a cultural iconography unique to the border region. In his Asunción del Emigrante (Immigrant's Assumption), for instance, the main figure of the immigrant ascending to heaven is surrounded by angels who offer plastic bottles of water for his journey, while a pinto bean and a single rose wear halos. It is an image of the faith and hope carried by the immigrant on his often perilous journey, with a bit of dark humor thrown in.

Bien Arreglada (Well Arranged) is typical of a body of work in which Mora celebrated the make-do culture of the border.

What the artist calls “devices” are really ramshackle vehicles built of many found parts. In this case, the device is assembled from a gas tank with the Dallas Cowboys logo in Spanish, a banner reading “free as the coyote,” and a huge V-8 engine providing power from behind the driver’s seat.

Hybrid vehicles such as this are, according to Mora, symbolic of the “freedom, hope, and style of the crafty owner.”

All of the prints in Juan Mora: Culture Clash are gifts of Harriett and Ricardo Romo, who have been longtime supporters of the artist. This is the first time this wonderful collection is exhibited at the McNay.

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This exhibition is organized by Lyle W. Williams, Curator of Prints and Drawings, McNay Art Museum.

The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition.

Juan de Dios Mora, Asuncíon del Emigrante, 2009. Linocut. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of Harriett and Ricardo Romo.

Juan de Dios Mora, Bien Arreglada, 2011. Linocut. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of Harriett and Ricardo Romo.

May 18 | August 6, 2017

California Dreaming

Works by Ruscha, Hockney, and Others

A growing part of the McNay’s collection of prints and drawings is a fantastic group of contemporary prints by California artists.

The very name California immediately conjures up images of Hollywood, sandy beaches, palm trees, and abundant sunshine.

And while some of our prints, by such California artists as David Hockney and Ed Ruscha, do conform to that vision, others show a different side of the Golden State. For instance, Beth Van Hoesen, a consummate printmaker who worked in the Bay Area, asked people she met on the streets of her San Francisco neighborhood, the Castro, to pose for her. Her beautifully printed portraits of Traci and Steve are the epitome of excellence in etching, and challenge our perception of California as being populated by blue-eyed, blond-haired surfers. Traci and Steve exemplify the state’s counterculture.

Also included in California Dreaming, to provide a different perspective on the state of California and its stereotypes, are a number of works by contemporary Latino artists. These printmakers represent a parallel track to that of better-known,

more mainstream artists—a track that celebrates the state’s diversity. Another work in the exhibition, John Valadez’s Clavo and Alice depicts two friends who often visited the artist in his studio.

The monumental figures of this diptych powerfully represent a contemporary California and Latino vision of Adam and Eve. This exhibition is organized by Lyle W. Williams, Curator of Prints and Drawings, McNay Art Museum.

The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition.

Ed Ruscha, The End, 1991. Lithograph. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of the Friends of the McNay. © Ed Ruscha.

Beth Van Hoesen, Traci, 1988. Colored pencil and graphite on paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust in honor of Lyle W. Williams.

Beth Van Hoesen, Steve (detail), 1990. Aquatint, hardground etching, and drypoint with electric engraving, burnishing, and roulette plate. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust.

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June 17 | June 25, 2017

May 9 | August 27, 2017

6 Texas Artists

Groovy

8 Summer Days

1 Cool Museum

Since 2015, the McNay brings together works of art by South Texans in a pop-up exhibition, this year in the newly renovated Tobin Exhibition Galleries. Five individuals from the San Antonio area, plus one based in Austin, present works in a wide range of materials and exploring diverse subject matter, selected by René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs. Embracing the McNay’s purpose—to open new doors through empowering artists—6 Texas Artists | 8 Summer Days | 1 Cool Museum invites both the participating artists and Museum visitors to celebrate the rich artistic visions and vibrant creative communities of South Texas.

Jane Dunnewold’s most recent objects explore antique quilts originally made from salvaged clothing and fabrics as sources for new sculptural compositions. Based in San Antonio, Dunnewold is a fiber artist, teacher, and author.

Ana Fernandez’s recent paintings depict landscapes from her San Antonio neighborhood, with a particular emphasis on Latino culture and elements of the fantastic and supernatural.

Kelly O’Connor creates psychedelic collages using popular imagery from the 1950s and 1960s. Iconic characters from pop culture and magazine advertisements evoke fantasy and nostalgia in the work of this San Antonio artist.

San Antonio–based Curt Slangal combines graphic art, nature, spirituality, and personal history in pop-art images. Texas flora and fauna, religious iconography, and family photographs come to life in vibrant color.

Andy Villarreal’s paintings burst at the frames with bold colors and vibrant figures. His most recent canvases reference early Mesoamerican culture and pre-Columbian mythologies. Villarreal lives and works in San Antonio.

Sally Weber, based in Austin, investigates how light occupies space and its relationship to the viewer through a range of mediums, including large-scale color photography.

This exhibition is organized by René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs, McNay Art Museum.

The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition. Additional funding is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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A Psychedelic Summer

Groovy: A Psychedelic Summer presents artworks that explore color, pattern, and new technology during a time when contemporary art as we know it was in its infancy. Throughout the summer, the McNay highlights this collection of works by Edna Andrade, Robert Gordy, and Joe Tilson in the Frost Octagon, in conjunction with Nam June Paik and John Godfrey’s seminal 1973 video, Global Groove. Paik prophetically described the work as being “a glimpse of the video landscape of tomorrow, when you will be able to switch to any TV station on the earth, and TV Guide will be as fat as the Manhattan telephone book.” Known as one of the first major works of video art, Global Groove is an enduring example of excellence and innovation in a genre that has now been explored by artists for over half a century.

This exhibition is organized by René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs, McNay Art Museum.

The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition.

Nam June Paik in collaboration with John Godfrey, Still image from Global Groove (detail), 1973. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York. Image courtesy of Nam June Paik Studios.

Through June 4, 2017

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Don’t miss the final weeks of Monet to Matisse: A Century of French Moderns—a must-see exhibition presenting more than 60 paintings and sculptures by French modern masters in the radically reconfigured Tobin Exhibition Galleries. The exhibition features works from the Brooklyn Museum’s French collection and highlights selections from the McNay Art Museum’s own collection, with other key works on loan from private collectors.

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The McNay’s commitment to artistic excellence has already been recognized by thousands of visitors and rave reviews from press.

"Paintings, sculptures, and prints that fall within the genres of portraiture, landscape, and still life, which were redefined in radical ways."

"La idea de traducir esta gran exhibición al español responde al deseo [del McNay] de ser inclusivos e invitar a la comunidad hispanoparlante a disfrutar el arte en este lugar.

The idea to translate this great exhibition into Spanish shows the [McNay’s] desire to be inclusive and to invite our Spanish-speaking community to enjoy this place."

—Adda Montalvo La Prensa de San Antonio

—Rocío Guenther The Rivard Report "Laden with works by artists who are much-beloved by today’s audiences, Monet to Matisse reminds viewers that many of them were viewed as radicals and subversives in their time."

—Elda Silva San Antonio Express-News

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"Now, education and art appreciation can occur simultaneously."

—Kathleen Petty San Antonio Magazine

Museum News

New Acquisition Ben Shahn, This is Nazi Brutality American Realist painter Ben Shahn created the large-scale color lithograph This Is Nazi Brutality in 1942, following the massacre of the village Lidice, in what is now the Czech Republic.

Adolf Hitler had ordered that the village be erased in reprisal for its residents allegedly having hid the assassins of a high-ranking Nazi officer. Shahn’s print, distributed by the United States Office of War Information, became a rallying cry against the Third Reich. The international awareness of the events at Lidice raised by the poster demonstrates the power of printmaking as a tool for social change and justice. This poster is a gift of donors M. Mary Flanagan and Michael J. Lichtenstein, and is featured in the upcoming exhibition Art & Activism: Goya, Orozco, Shahn, on view August 24–January 14, 2017.

Visit mcnayart.org/gallery for an Art Minute Feature on this work with Curator of Prints and Drawings Lyle W. Williams.

Ben Shahn, This is Nazi Brutality, 1942. Off-set lithograph. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of M. Mary Flanagan and Michael J. Lichtenstein. © 2017 Estate of Ben Shahn/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

New Acquisition Juan de Dios Mora, Nave Espacial Maya del 2012 Juan de Dios Mora’s Nave Espacial Maya del 2012 is one of twenty prints recently given to the McNay by Harriett and Ricardo Romo.

This image is about the wide-spread misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar as a prediction of the end of the world in 2012. Mora imagines in a humorous and ironic way what an apocalyptic escape pod might look like.

Juan de Dios Mora, Nave Espacial Maya de 2012 (Mayan Spaceship of the Year 2012), 2011. Screenprint. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of Harriett and Ricardo Romo.

Gauguin Works on Loan to Major Exhibition Paul Gauguin’s Portrait of the Artist with the Idol and Eve are joining the exhibition Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, on view June 25 through September 10, 2017, at the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition then travels to Paris, where it is on view at the Réunion des musées nationaux–Grand Palais, October 9, 2017 through January 21, 2018.

Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist is the first exhibition to explore Gauguin’s radical experiments in the applied arts.

It underscores his highly personal achievements not only as a painter but also as a sculptor, ceramist, printmaker, and decorator.

Paul Gauguin, Portrait of the Artist with the Idol, ca. 1893. Oil on canvas. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, bequest of Marion Koogler McNay. Paul Gauguin, Eve, 1889. Watercolor and pastel on paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, bequest of Marion Koogler McNay.

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Museum News

International Museum Day and Kiki Smith With an outstretched hand and interrogative gaze, Kiki Smith’s Woman with Arm Raised encapsulates the spirit of International Museum Day. Observed on May 18, 2017, this year’s theme is Museums and Contested Histories: Saying the Unspeakable in Museums. This delicate white porcelain figure, as if a curious museum visitor, looks to the world around her, almost as if she is questioning it. Her seated stance is passive and grounded, yet active as her mind listens and explores. Smith’s sculpture aptly reflects museums’ pivotal role in service to their visitors as centers for revealing contested and traumatic histories to promote healing, knowledge, and peace worldwide.

What is the Big Give?

The Big Give is a 24-hour day of online giving to support nonprofits in Central South Texas, held on May 4, 2017. Your contribution to the McNay’s Big Give campaign supports Fund-A-Bus.

What is Fund-A-Bus? With budgets tightening in many San Antonio school districts, bringing an entire class to an art museum can be a costly feat.

The McNay’s Fund-A-Bus program takes the load off our local schools and gets kids to the McNay for a day of learning, fun, and exposure to the arts.

We are proud to FUN D-A-BUS partner with every school AL ON HELPS LOC YOUR DONATI district TO THE McNAY! UDENTS GET ST in Bexar County, in addition to many more throughout South Texas. In 2016 alone, Fund-A-Bus brought 130 school buses to the McNay, and made it possible for more than 5,000 children to experience the Museum. For many of these kids, it was their first visit to any museum. It only costs $250 to fund a busload of 40 children, and with your help, the McNay could welcome thousands of additional children each year.

Kiki Smith, Woman with Arm Raised, 2005. Porcelain. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, purchase with the Helen and Everett H. Jones Purchase Fund. © Kiki Smith.

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Are field trips some of your happiest childhood memories, too?

Join us in bringing San Antonio’s children to the McNay, and help them create memories that will last a lifetime. Keep an eye out for our Big Give Fund-A-Bus campaign on May 4!

Contributions to the McNay’s Fund-A-Bus program are tax-deductible.

Free Admission to Military Families May 29 | September 4 For the eighth consecutive summer, the McNay participates in the Blue Star Museums initiative, in which free general admission is offered to all active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. In appreciation of the sacrifices made by military families, the McNay, along with more than 2,000 museums across America, encourages the U.S. military community to take advantage of the rich cultural heritage they defend and protect. Free admission for up to five immediate family members is available with presentation of military I.D. The Blue Star Museums initiative involves a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, along with the American Alliance of Museums, the Association of Art Museum Directors, the Association of Children’s Museums, and the American Association of State and Local History. MetLife Foundation has provided leadership support through Blue Star Families.

Thomas Hart Benton Celebrating the McNay’s commitment to the Blue Star Museums program, which provides free admission to active service members and their families every summer, these two lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton from the McNay collection represent the sacrifices made by our military community. In Morning Train (A Soldier’s Farewell), a mother hugs her son for the last time before he goes off to war. Letter from Overseas depicts a woman, possibly the wife or sister of a soldier, reading a letter by the light of a lantern. The mail truck has just moved on to the next mailbox, and stormy skies suggest the dangers of military service in distant lands.

Thomas Hart Benton, Letter from Overseas (detail), 1943. Lithograph. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of Mrs. Frank Rosengren and Frank Duane in memory of Frank Rosengren. © 2017 T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Left: Thomas Hart Benton, Morning Train (A Soldier's Farewell), 1943. Lithograph.

Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of Mrs. Frank Rosengren and Frank Duane in memory of Frank Rosengren. © 2017 T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/ UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

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Museum News

Real Space: Danced Explorations Thursday, June 8, 2017, 6:00–8:00 pm For Real Space: Danced Explorations, San Antonio–area choreographers transform the McNay’s galleries with site-based performances. Inspired by architectural details, current exhibitions, and objects from the Museum’s collection, each dance enlivens the visitor’s experience and invites new interpretations of the works on view, as well as exciting connections through movement. Performances take place in the Semmes Lobby, Brown Sculpture Pavilion, and Tobin Theatre Arts Gallery, among other galleries.

The project is curated by Hilary Schroeder, 2016–2017 Semmes Foundation Intern in Museum Studies, in partnership with the San Antonio Dance Umbrella, a nonprofit organization that ensures that dance remains a vital part of the community.

The Semmes Foundation provides the opportunity for interns to pursue a project of their own design. Schroeder’s efforts establish a greater relationship between the McNay and the San Antonio dance community while providing visitors with new ways to engage with and learn from the Museum through live performance. In addition to having funded a curatorial internship since 1999, the Semmes Foundation supports education, exhibition, and special projects at the McNay, and has been responsible for tremendous growth and success at the Museum for over 30 years.

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McNay Makeover Watch for gallery closures as we make needed roof repairs throughout the Museum!

The project is being done in stages—there will always be exhibitions and programs to enjoy when you visit the McNay, but over the next few months, some galleries must be closed to safely complete the repairs.

This summer, the Tobin Theatre Arts Wing and parts of the Jane & Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions close.

In the fall, repairs to the Jerry Lawson Print Gallery and Jack & Adele Frost Galleries follow. Shortly after that, work begins on the tile roof of the historic core of the Museum: the McNay Mansion.

By the end of 2017, work shifts to back-of-house spaces, including collection storage. Finally, in early 2018, the project concludes with a new roof for Leeper Auditorium.

Thank you for your patience as we make the McNay even better!

Special Events

9TH ANNUAL SPRING PARTY

Dining with the French Masters Friday, February 24, 2017 On February 24, Dining with the French Masters guests experienced a magical evening as they celebrated the inaugural McNay fundraiser of Richard Aste, Director. Guests were honored to be the first to view Monet to Matisse: A Century of French Moderns, which features works from the Brooklyn Museum, the McNay Art Museum, and loans from private collections, all on view in the radically reconfigured Tobin Exhibition Galleries of the Jane & Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions.

This once-in-a-lifetime celebration opened with ballerinas, strolling musicians, and plein-air painting, accompanied by exquisite hors d’oeuvres and French 75 cocktails in the Blackburn patio. The highlight of the evening was the unique opportunity to enjoy a French-themed dinner within the exhibition space, surrounded by the works in Monet to Matisse. After dinner, guests were invited to the sculpture terrace for dessert and dancing.

A memorable evening was had by all.

SATURDAY, JUNE 3 8:00 PM–MIDNIGHT $95 PER PERSON

Walton Vandiver Gregory, Connie McCombs McNab, and Amy Stieren Smiley led as chairs of this remarkable celebration in honor of donors to McNay Transforms Lives: The Fund for Exhibitions and Education. The Fund supports the McNay’s ability to provide all visitors with extraordinary art and learning experiences, and to serve as a true reflection of our city’s vibrant and incredibly diverse cultural fabric. The evening’s atmosphere was full of joy and excitement for the McNay’s transformative and bright future.

Chairs Walton Vandiver Gregory Connie McCombs McNab Amy Stieren Smiley

Lead Underwriter The Tobin Endowment

Party like it's 1899! Live entertainers take you back in time to enjoy a fun and festive atmosphere inspired by turn-of-the-century Paris nightlife. Live musical entertainment, decadent food stations, and signature cocktails give you a taste of the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge.

To purchase tickets, visit mcnayart.org/moulinrouge or call 210.805.1772.

McNay Director, Richard Aste, Walton Vandiver Gregory, Amy Stieren Smiley, and Connie McCombs McNab.

Trey Evans, Chair Lyn and Omar Akhil Emma and René Farret Cassie Jones Ruth Morris Eric Schluter Kelly Strait Alejandra Zertuche

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The Collection Transforms Lives The mission and purpose of the McNay Art Museum is to engage a diverse community in the discovery and enjoyment of the visual arts. Because having a personal connection to a work of art and seeing it at the McNay is a truly transformative experience, we asked McNay staff, docents, Members, and Teen Art Guides to share with us how works in the collection have inspired them. #mcnaytransformslives

The promise of seeing Water Lilies (Monet) originally brought my son to the Museum. The painting is a friend now, drawing us (myself and three young children!) inside to enjoy more. Now, instead of just looking, we can discuss and wander farther. All because of one special painting!

— VERONICA ROUSE Victoria, Texas McNay Member since 2013 Claude Monet, Nympheas (Water Lilies) (detail), ca. 1916–19. Collection of The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.

¡Fue fascinante e inspirador ver las acuatintas de Mary Cassatt en persona dentro de la exposición De Monet a Matisse: Un Siglo de Modernistas Franceses! Es un grupo de imágenes que me conmueven mucho.

It was fascinating and inspiring to see Mary Cassatt’s aquatints installed in Monet to Matisse: A Century of French Moderns!

That grouping of images truly moves me!

— LILIA ALEMAN Veracruz, Mexico McNay Docent since 2016 Mary Cassatt, Mother's Kiss (detail), ca. 1891.

Drypoint and aquatint. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, gift of Margaret Batts Tobin.

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The quiet heroism of Rodin’s Burghers of Calais truly impacted me both as a student of art history, watching the Hundred Years War come alive, and as an admirer of beauty and talent, in awe of the sculpture’s pure emotion. I always return to it, no matter how often I visit.

— MEG BURNS San Antonio, Texas Teen Art Guide since 2016 Auguste Rodin, Pierre de Wissant from the Burghers of Calais, late 1890s.

Bronze. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of the Tobin Foundation.

I first encountered Luis Jiménez’s fiberglass version of his Man on Fire at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in Washington, DC. I was greatly impacted by the strong image of an indigenous figure standing prominently among the works of so many other renowned artists.

As a Latino and artist myself, I admired his integration of nontraditional mediums to produce this sculpture.

I was pleased to encounter Man on Fire, in its bronze manifestation, at its permanent home at the McNay. — RUBEN LUNA San Antonio, Texas Lead Preparator & Exhibitions Designer McNay Employee since 2014 Luis A. Jiménez Jr., Man on Fire, 1969, cast 1999. Bronze. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts. © 2017 Estate of Luis A. Jiménez Jr./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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Gifts

Director's Circle as of February 28, 2017

$25,000 & above Mr. & Mrs. Tobin R. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Tom C. Frost Jr. Betty Murray Halff Marie Halff Mr. & Mrs. Houston H. Harte Sarah E. Harte & John S. Gutzler Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Hurd Mr. & Mrs. John C. Kerr Jane & Bill Lacy Peggy & Lowry Mays Mr. & Mrs. B.J. McCombs Mr. & Mrs. Sandy McNab Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. O'Connor III Mrs. Frederic J. Oppenheimer Carolyn & Allan Paterson Mr. & Mrs. George Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Semmes Alice C. Simkins The Tobin Endowment The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund

Leadership Members as of February 28, 2017

Philanthropist $10,000 Charles Butt Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Hurd Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. O'Connor III Amy Stieren Smiley & Chase Smiley Benefactor $5,000 Mrs. Lawrence Bertetti Mrs. Walter F. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Tobin R. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Jim Dicke II Donald J. Douglass Mr. & Mrs. John Feik H. Rugeley Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Harmon Kelley Noelle & Shon Manasco Mr. & Mrs. Travis Mathis Mr. & Mrs. Sandy McNab Claire O. O'Malley Mr. & Mrs. J. David Oppenheimer Mrs. Jesse Oppenheimer Carolyn & Allan Paterson Roxana McAllister Richardson & Bruce Richardson Laura & Jack Richmond Mr. & Mrs. George Schroeder

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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Semmes Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Spigel Lucille & Jim Travis Sponsor $2,500 Mr. & Mrs. Rowan Altgelt Mr. & Mrs. Curt Anastasio Mr. & Mrs. William D. Balthrope Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Cheever Jr. Flora C. Crichton Thomas H. Edson Mr. & Mrs. John Paul Gould Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. John L. Hendry III Karen & Tim Hixon Mr. & Mrs. H. Glenn Huddleston Mr. & Mrs. Michael Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. David Meriwether Rebecca & Scott Nathan Bradley J. Parman & Tim Seeliger Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Saffell Erika Ivanyi & Matthias Schubnell Alice C. Simkins Conrad K. Sterrett Mrs. Louis H. Stumberg Courtney J. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Westheimer Jr. Associate $1,500 Margaret Anderson & Bill Crow Ann Griffith Ash Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Azar II Mrs. Sam Barshop Drs. Maryan & Otis Baskin Mr. & Mrs. Steve Blank Mr. & Mrs. Guy Bodine Alison & Taylor Boone Mr. & Mrs. Scott Brittain Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Brown Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Ronald K. Calgaard James S. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Calvert Barbara Carrizales Edward E. Collins lll Barbara Seale Condos Mr. & Mrs. William E. Dreyer Dr. & Mrs. Charles Du Val Susan Toomey Frost & Craig Bunch Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Goebel Mr. & Mrs. Curtis C. Gunn Jr. Dr. P. Allen Hartsell Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer Mr. & Mrs. Reagan Houston IV John S. Jockusch

Dianne Kamolsri Mr. & Mrs. Darrell J. Kirksey Kim Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Clark R. Mandigo Mr. & Mrs. Peter Margolis Dr. & Mrs. James McMullan Dr. & Mrs. Alfred A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Moiles Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence B. Nicholas Jane Cheever Powell & Thomas L. Powell Jr. Ethel T. Runion Mr. & Mrs. William Scanlan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Curtis T. Vaughan III Mr. & Mrs. Gaines Voigt Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Watson Jr. Mrs. Leon Wulfe Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Phrixos O. Xenakis

Corporate Partners as of February 28, 2017

Philanthropist $10,000 Bank of America Broadway Bank The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Frost Bank HEB Grocery Company Luther King Capital Management Mejia Engineering Company Rackspace Valero Energy Foundation Benefactor $5,000 Argo Group, Inc. Cram Roofing Co., Inc. Entrust Technology Consulting Services JP Morgan Chase Securities Lucifer Lighting Company Paratus Group II, Inc. Educational $5,000 Alamo Community College District Trinity University University of the Incarnate Word Sponsor $2,500 BDO USA LLP Catto & Catto LLP Schroeder Interests LLC

Associate $1,500 Bolner's Fiesta Products, Inc. Christie's—New York & Houston Data Projections, Inc. Ford, Powell & Carson, Architects & Planners, Inc. North American Development Bank Phyllis Browning Company Salient Partners LP Business Partner $1,000 Anne Zanikos Art Conservation Mission Pharmacal Porter Loring Mortuaries Voya Financial Business Partner $500 Crossvault Capital Management LLC Hamlin Capital Management LLC Service Mechanical Group, Inc.

Honoraria

November 1, 2016–February 28, 2017 Dr. Richard Aste Dr. Sandra L. Ragan Kate Carey & the McNay Education Dept.

Dr. Sandra L. Ragan Dr. William J. Chiego The Tobin Endowment Jane Stieren Lacy Mr. Brad Woolbright Caroline Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kimmel Carolyn H. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kimmel Mr. & Mrs. Frank & Judith Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kimmel Mr. & Mrs. James & Jane Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kimmel Judith Martin Ms. Danielle Martin Connie McNab Catherine N. Cooke & Geary Atherton Marjorie Miller René Paul Barilleaux & Tim Hedgepeth Mr. & Mrs. H. Glenn Huddleston Dr. & Mrs. Barry Portnoy

Memorials

Library

Mrs. Renate M. Beebe Robert W. Beebe Pat Chumney Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hayne Rebecca C. Landez Anna Sosa-Martinez Jimmy John Maniatis Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer McNay Docent Council Charlotte Robinson Leonard & Sally Alne Carole E. Thompson AMCORP, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beverly Dr. & Mrs. Adam J. Fiedler Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer McNay Docent Council Dr. & Mrs. K.V. Speeg Dr. Bruce Thompson Dr. & Mrs. George J. Vassar Byron Trott McNay Docent Council Susan Annette McReynolds Mr. & Mrs. Fred Schellenberg Nancy Drought Wallace Eleanor H. Lamb Mr. & Mrs. John T. Steen Jr. Mrs. Alex R. Thomas Jr. Linda Wilk Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beverly Dr. & Mrs. William J. Chiego Frances P. Goodman Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer COL & Mrs. William V. Hill McNay Docent Council Susan Annette McReynolds Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Senter Clarence James Young Jr. COL & Mrs. William V. Hill

Susan Toomey Frost Ann & Glenn Jones In Memory of Mrs. Renate M. Beebe Robert W. Beebe In Memory of Martha Pattillo Siv Mr. & Mrs. H. Glenn Huddleston In Honor of Margaret L. Ziperman Dr. Don B. Ziperman

November 1, 2016–February 28, 2017

as of February 28, 2017

Special Thanks

Central Market HEB Grocery Company

Richard Aste’s Pillars of Leadership As the third Director of the McNay Art Museum, Richard Aste is uncompromisingly committed to the Museum’s brilliant future and mission to engage a diverse community in the discovery and enjoyment of the visual arts. These five Pillars of Leadership guide all efforts set forth by the McNay, its Director, and staff: SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS—Moral leadership, or doing the right thing, to ensure that the McNay is a champion for equity and inclusivity in all its endeavors.

TRANSPARENCY—Placing cultural leadership at the forefront by increasing access to the McNay and improving communications within and outside the organization.

EXCELLENCE—A commitment to strengthening our collections, exhibitions, and programs to make the McNay an artistic leader in San Antonio, Texas, the nation, and the world.

PURPOSE—To serve San Antonians with determination and provide points of entry for ALL people to be challenged, inspired, and empowered to ultimately give back to the community.

STRENGTH—To ensure our future through solid financial health by expanding fundraising and properly caring for the Museum’s resources.

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Cover: Luis A. Jiménez Jr., Man on Fire, 1969, cast 1999. Bronze. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts. © 2017 Estate of Luis A. Jiménez Jr./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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