How can it be late fall already? People often comment, “Summer flew by,” and this year, summer and fall certainly seemed to go by in a blur of beautiful weather and lots of activity. I hope you enjoy reviewing the Munson event highlights on pages 10 and 11 in this issue of the Bulletin.
One of the events featured is move-in day for Pratt Munson, which is always a highlight of the year for me—seeing all of the excited and nervous students accompanied by their equally excited and nervous parents and caregivers. The first-year students bring such terrific energy and vibrancy to the Munson campus. What particularly struck me this year were my conversations with younger siblings who were genuinely sad to see their brother or sister leave home. These moments remind us that at Munson, we're not simply welcoming students to our community—we're becoming part of extended families. What truly makes each move-in day extraordinary is the dedication of our incredible Munson employees. Coworkers from every division contribute something essential, and it's the collective warmth, genuine smiles, and willing assistance of all my colleagues that transform what could be an overwhelming experience into a celebration.
In all the events and programs listed in the Bulletin, you will notice the same spirit of community throughout Munson. We strive to make Munson an organization where excellence and care go hand in hand.
As we approach the holiday season, I am filled with gratitude for the remarkable community we’ve built at Munson. Whether you are a long-time member, recent supporter, or someone in between, your connection to Munson helps sustain everything we do. As you consider your year-end giving, I hope you'll remember how Munson enriches our community throughout the year and consider including us in your holiday generosity.
I wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season.
Anna Tobin D’Ambrosio President and CEO Victorian Yuletide, Dining Room, Fountain Elms
FILM SERIES
Wednesdays and Fridays | 2 and 7:30 p.m.
$8 Members | $10 General Public | $6 Students
Join us each week for new foreign, independent, and award-winning films. Film selections are announced a week before the first series of the month.
Film tickets and descriptions: munson.art/films Student tickets: call 315-797-0055
The series is sponsored by M&T Bank and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Munson's programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Munson After Dark
Saturday, Nov. 1, 9 p.m.
Museum of Art | Root Court
$15 Members | $20 General Public | $10 Students Free for Pratt Munson Students
Art Story with Utica Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 6, 10:30 a.m.
Museum of Art | Art Odyssey Free
The Met: Live in HD: La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini
Saturday, Nov. 8, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
$26 Members | $32 General Public | $16 Students
Art Alive! Family Days with Pushcart Players Stone Soup and Other Stories
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Performance: 11 a.m., Workshop: 1 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium Free
Tali Margolin: Memories That Can Be Touched Opening Reception
Friday, Nov. 14, 3 to 5 p.m.
Museum of Art | Pratt Munson Gallery Free
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel Poetic Tone Pictures
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
$30 Members | $38 General Public | $16 Students
Reflections on the Erie Canal Screening
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium Free
Lunch & Listen: Pianist Sar-Shalom Strong and Hamilton College Students
Friday, Nov. 21, noon
Museum of Art | Root Court Free
The Met: Live in HD: Arabella, Richard Strauss
Saturday, Nov. 22, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
$26 Members | $32 General Public | $16 Students
Art Story with Utica Public Library
Thursday, Dec. 4, 10:30 a.m.
Museum of Art | Art Odyssey Free
New York City Bus Trip
Saturday, Dec. 6, 6 a.m. to midnight
$105 Members | $115 General Public
Holiday Art Market
Thursday, Dec. 11, noon to 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Museum of Art | Root Court Free
Holiday Open House at Fountain Elms
Thursday, Dec. 11, 5 to 7 p.m.
Museum of Art
Free ($5 suggested admission)
Holiday Workshop: Cookie Decorating
Thursday, Dec. 11, 5 to 7 p.m.
Museum of Art | Root Court
$8 Members | $10 General Public
The Met: Live in HD: Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano
Saturday, Dec. 13, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
$26 Members | $32 General Public | $16 Students
Lunch & Listen: Pianist Edin Hadzimujic
Friday, Dec. 19, noon
Museum of Art | Root Court
Free
Half Moon Orchestra Holiday Concerts
Saturday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
$10 Members | $15 General Public
Art Alive! Family Days with Super Scientific Circus
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Performance: 11 a.m., Workshop: 1 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
Free
ONGOING
Guided Tours: Celestial Bodies: Sculpture by Karen LaMonte
Saturdays, Nov. 1 through Dec. 27, 1 p.m.
Free with exhibition admission
Guided Tours: Victorian Yuletide: Fancy Goods
Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 11 through Dec. 28, 2 p.m.
Free
Art and Yoga
Saturdays | 10:30 a.m.
Museum of Art
Drop-in fee per class: $10 Members | $15 General Public
MUSEUM OF ART ON VIEW
Celestial Bodies: Sculpture by Karen LaMonte
On view through Jan. 4, 2026
Dr. William L. Boyle, Jr. Gallery | Free Members | $10 General Public
Don’t miss the final weeks of this rare opportunity to experience the incredible sculptures of Karen LaMonte—one of the most celebrated artists of our time! With her award-winning work in glass, porcelain, marble, and bronze, LaMonte has created an expansive, breathtaking array of figures and forms. A fully illustrated catalog is available in the Museum Shop.
Presenting Sponsor: Meyda Tiffany Lighting Lead Sponsors: Andrew Britton and David Grey; Christian and Cheryl Heilmann; Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar; Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.; Family of F. X. Matt II; and Linda and Alan Vincent Sponsors: Joseph A. Abraham; Cheryl and Fred Haritatos; Jacque and Terry Tolles Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties; Laura and Todd Wetzel MD; and Deborah and Michael Zahn
Karen LaMonte (American, born 1967), Cumulus, 2023. Cast glass.
On view Nov. 11 through Jan. 4, 2026 Museum of Art | Fountain Elms | Free
NOW OPENS BEFORE THANKSGIVING
This year, New York State will celebrate 200 years of the Erie Canal, which opened trade, spurred Westward expansion, and ushered in a new industrial era for the nation. Victorian Yuletide: Fancy Goods highlights some of the many objects produced to celebrate the canal from fine silver to useful ceramics. Come see some of the fancy goods that helped shape a legacy of shopping that defines today’s winter holiday experience!
Sponsor: Gail Kulaga
Victorian Yuletide, Dining Room, Fountain Elms
Tali Margolin: Memories That Can Be Touched
On view Nov. 14 through Dec. 12
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 14, 3 to 5 p.m.
Through a series of mixed media works, Tali Margolin depicts everyday items as a way to safeguard memories, evoke a sense of intimacy and nostalgia, and highlight the void left by the loss of a dear person. Her work provides tangible connections to the past, transforming ordinary household objects into cherished keepsakes.
PRATT MUNSON GALLERY
CURATOR'S CORNER
PICKING APART PICASSO
Few artists have captured the divergent reactions to Pablo Picasso as well as Elizabeth Olds, a skillful caricaturist and talented printmaker. Her screenprint in the Munson collection, Picasso Study Club (47.19), honors the Cubist painter while skewering art pretensions. A stylishly dressed crowd stares at canvases that reference well-known paintings by Picasso. Olds provides glimpses of his angular portraits, monumental nudes, and the fractured face of a bull. Using tonal, primary colors and expressive outlines, Olds gives the image a Jazz Age verve even as she references Picasso’s preference for blue and heavy use of line.
I’m pulling this work apart just as I imagine the study club of six modern art aficionados depicted in the print would have done. Picasso has always been a divisive figure, loved and reviled in his own time as well as today. He argued that his fractured paintings, which depict subjects from multiple perspectives at once, are more truthful than any other style of painting, especially those that “look real.” Some theoretical physicists and philosophers of his moment agreed. Munson is lucky to have a peak-period example of the style, our Pigeon in Nest with Eggs (53.210), painted in 1912.
However, as a former professor of art history, I know that laughter, even sometimes anger, are as common a reaction to the artist’s revolutionary technique as awe. And I can’t help
MUNSON ON THE MOVE
NOW ON VIEW IN SPAIN
Two masterworks from Munson's modern art collection by Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis have been included in Miro and America, a spectacular new exhibition that opened at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, Spain, in October and will travel to The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. in March of next year. These artistic ambassadors will trumpet the exceptional quality of Munson Museum of Art around the world.
but love Old’s depiction of art snobs whose vision and bodies are misshapen by their study.
Installing 20th-century art on the theme of seeing and being seen was among my first projects at Munson. As my former students know, it’s an idea that I find endlessly fascinating and revelatory. Thinking of Olds’s Picasso Study Club, I wonder if they saw my own studies on my face back in the day. I hope you’ll take the opportunity to view Picasso Study Club on the AO level before it returns to storage to rest, as works on paper must. While you’re at it, take a trip upstairs to consider Picasso’s own painting hanging in our gallery of modern art.
Picasso Study Club is on view on the ground floor of the Museum through the end of the year.
– Elizabeth Welch, Ph.D., Associate Curator of American Art
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family Auditorium–Bank of Utica Experience music that paints vivid scenes and stirs the imagination. This program features evocative works by Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Debussy, and Liszt.
Funding for Keyboard Conversations is provided by Dr. Lorna Grant, Nancy Horvath, Drs. Douglas Hurd and Cynthia Parlato-Hurd, Gail Kulaga, and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Menotti.
HALF MOON ORCHESTRA HOLIDAY CONCERTS
Saturday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m. | Sunday, Dec. 21, 2 p.m. Museum of Art | Root Court
The Half Moon Orchestra returns to Munson for its third annual holiday classical concert following two consecutive sold-out performances. This year, the ensemble expands its offering with an added matinee performance, providing more opportunities for audiences to experience the full orchestra's enchanting seasonal repertoire.
THE MET: LIVE IN HD
The Met: Live in HD is sponsored at Munson by Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.
LA BOHÈME, G. PUCCINI
Saturday, Nov. 8 | 1 p.m.
ARABELLA, R. STRAUSS
Saturday, Nov. 22 | 1 p.m.
Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times).
ANDREA CHÉNIER, U. GIORDANO
Saturday, Dec. 13 | 1 p.m.
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution.
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s production brings 19th-century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life. For tickets, visit munson.art, call
or stop by the Museum welcome desk.
ART ALIVE!
FAMILY DAYS
Art Alive! Family Days at Munson include art-making activities, free performances and workshops, and special guests. Each Art Alive! happens during a school break.
PUSHCART PLAYERS STONE SOUP AND OTHER STORIES
Tuesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day
11 a.m. Performance
1 p.m. Workshop
SUPER SCIENTIFIC
CIRCUS
Tuesday, Dec. 30, Winter Break
11 a.m. Performance
1 p.m. Workshop
Kids Crafts and Activities: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Funding for Art Alive! is provided by the MetLife Foundation, Preferred Mutual Insurance Company, Sheila and Ron Cuccaro, and Rona Lucas, in memory of Roslyn and Irving Levine.
NEW YORK CITY BUS TRIP
SATURDAY, DEC. 6 | 6AM
Depart the Munson parking lot and arrive in the midst of the Winter Village at Bryant Park. Enjoy the day doing whatever you choose: shopping, visiting museums, seeing a Broadway show, or just eating your way throughout the city. Bus will depart from Bryant Park at 7 p.m. for the return trip to Munson.
$105 Members | $115 General Public
Tickets: 315-797-0055 or munson.art/bus-trip Please register by Nov. 21.
Payment is nonrefundable after this date unless the trip is canceled.
MUNSON AFTER DARK
DAY OF THE DEAD
Saturday, Nov. 1 | 9 p.m. to midnight Museum of Art | Root Court
$15 Members | $20 General Public | $10 Students
Celebrate Day of the Dead in spirited style at Munson After Dark! Step into a vibrant evening of music by DJ Roscoe Red, dancing, drinks, and art inspired by this rich cultural tradition.
Come in costume for a chance to win prizes and enjoy a festive night filled with color, creativity, and community.
Visit munson.art/after-dark to learn more
MUSEUM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MUNSON'S CURATORS
Stephen Harrison, Museum Director and Chief Curator
Anish Kapoor: Early Works at the Jewish Museum
Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today at the Bard Graduate Center
Mary Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
In honor of Robert Rauschenberg's 100th birthday, Collection in Focus | Robert Rauschenberg: Life Can’t Be Stopped at the Guggenheim
Monet and Venice at the Brooklyn Museum
Elizabeth Welch, Associate Curator of American Art
Man Ray: When Objects Dream at The Met
Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective at MoMA
Celebrate with us during a joyful, two-month celebration at Fountain Elms, where history meets the holidays in a unique exploration of how the Erie Canal shaped gift-giving in the Mohawk Valley. Enjoy festive, family-friendly activities for all ages, and don’t miss your chance to catch not one, but two performances of a growing Munson favorite: the enchanting Half Moon Orchestra Holiday Concert.
Learn more at munson.art/holidays
Experience the MAGIC OF THE SEASON at Munson
Victorian Yuletide at Fountain Elms
On view Tuesday, Nov. 11 through Sunday, Jan. 4 Museum of Art | Fountain Elms
Munson joins organizations throughout New York State in celebrating the Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary. This holiday season, the annual Victorian Yuletide display at Fountain Elms features the creative and commercial results of 19th-century New York’s most important infrastructure project.
Victorian Yuletide: Fancy Goods highlights artworks that were both useful and luxurious, incorporating additional artworks from Munson as well as borrowed pieces from local collections, spread over two floors of galleries in Fountain Elms. Downstairs can be found products of the new kinds of manufacturing and vast wealth that developed during the canal’s construction and the generation that followed. The rooms overflow with local silver, canal-shipped finery, and personalized gifts.
Upstairs, visitors can discover how local potters developed signature decorative styles, transforming everyday stoneware into works of art. Throughout the display, advertisements from local publications show businesses competing for attention and dollars. Fancy Goods reveals how Uticans shopped as a result of the Erie Canal’s completion 200 years ago.
Victorian Yuletide is sponsored by Gail Kulaga.
Image above: Charles Meigh (British, active 1835–1861), “American Cities and Scenery: Utica” Teapot, 1840–50. Transfer-printed earthenware. 7 1/4 in. Museum Purchase, 80.35.1.a-b. Image to left: Unknown European maker, Watch Stand, 1850. Papier-mâché, lacquer, and mother-of-pearl. 7 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. Museum Purchase, 60.282.
Munson Holiday Art Market
Thursday, Dec. 11, noon to 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Museum of Art | Root Court
Free
Join us for the second annual Munson Art Market—a vibrant celebration of creativity, community, and the holiday season! Browse original artwork and handcrafted goods by Pratt Munson students, Munson faculty and staff, and Community Arts students. Find one-of-a-kind gifts, meet local creators, and experience the spirit of Munson’s vibrant arts community.
Holiday Open House
Thursday, Dec. 11, 5 to 7 p.m.
Free ($5 suggested admission)
Explore the festively decorated rooms of Fountain Elms, enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, and warm up with cookies and hot chocolate at the Terrace Café. Create a handmade ornament from recycled materials in the Root Court, listen to live music, and find unique gifts at the Munson Art Market and Museum Shop.
Holiday Workshop: Cookie Decorating
Thursday, Dec. 11, 5 to 7 p.m.
Museum of Art | Root Court
$8 Members | $10 General Public
Create your own fancy cookies to give as a gift or enjoy right away. You’ll receive a kit from Irwin’s Fine Foods on Genesee Street with three winter-themed cookies, icing, decorations, and all the tools you need to complete your decorating while at Munson.
Register at munson.art/cookie-decorating by Monday, Dec. 1.
Holiday Shopping at the Museum Shop
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
The Museum Shop is brimming with a variety of handpicked and handcrafted items, including artisanal jewelry, educational toys, and locally created artwork and items, that are one-of-a-kind picks for the holidays and all year long.
All Members receive 10% off at the Museum Shop. Exclusions apply.
Visit munson.art/holidays to learn more!
Call 315-797-0000 or stop by the Museum welcome desk.
With the holidays drawing near, now is a great time to gift memberships, classes, or performances for friends and family. Let your loved ones pick their own artistic endeavor with a Munson Gift Card, ensuring a holiday season filled with creativity and joy!
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
DR. CYNTHIA PARLATO-HURD AND DR. DOUGLAS HURD
Dr. Cynthia Parlato-Hurd and Dr. Douglas Hurd found Munson in 1987, and it has become a second home to them ever since. Cynthia, a native of Chautauqua County, and Doug, born and raised in New Hartford, have been members for over 38 years. Cynthia joined the Board of Trustees in 2000, deepening their commitment and conveying their unwavering dedication to Munson's mission.
“We feel that Munson is the heart of the community in so many ways,” say Cynthia and Doug. “Whenever we have guests from out of town, the first place we think to bring them is to Munson. Our entire family has participated in almost all that Munson has to offer, including the Museum of Art, the performing arts, and educational opportunities for all ages. Doug has taken community arts classes, and our daughter participated in the dance program when it was offered at Munson. Several of our family members have been docents. The Hurd family has been supporting Munson for decades.”
The couple have been sponsors of Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations® for the last 25 seasons and are thrilled that this classical program continues to thrive. They particularly appreciate how well curated the Museum of Art exhibits are, enhanced by workshops, seminars, and opportunities to meet the artists. What strikes them most about Munson is the sense of community it creates. They've noticed that whether it's the classical piano series, film series, Concerts in the Court, or museum exhibitions, loyal attendees return season after season, creating a family-like atmosphere for familiar and new faces.
For Cynthia and Doug, Munson has become more than just a cultural venue, it's become like home. They emphasize that the community and their lives wouldn't be the same without Munson's presence. We
YEAR-END GIVING
GIVE A GIFT TO MUNSON
Munson's 2025–26 Annual Fund Continues this Holiday Season!
We rely on unrestricted support through memberships and annual fund contributions to meet our annual budget. Your annual fund gift supports every aspect of Munson's mission—from dynamic exhibitions and exceptional performing arts programs to engaging community arts offerings, innovative museum education programs, and beyond. Please consider contributing to Munson's Annual Fund online at munson.art or by contacting Elizabeth Gustafson at 315-927-8516.
If you have already made your annual fund contribution, thank you! Your generous support makes everything we do possible.
“We feel that Munson is the heart of the community in so many ways. Whenever we have guests from out of town, the first place we think to bring them is to Munson.”
— Cynthia Parlato-Hurd and Douglas Hurd
are grateful for their 25 years of dedicated support and leadership, and their example encourages all of us to participate in making Munson a vital part of our community for generations to come.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MUSEUM OF ART
Reflections on the Erie Canal Screening
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium
Free
Learn more about the people and places involved in the history of the Erie Canal by watching this hour-long original documentary produced by WMHT Public Media to commemorate the Erie Canal's bicentennial.
Representatives from the Oneida County History Center will be on site, showcasing Erie Canal memorabilia and offering books for sale.
Lunch & Listen
Friday, Nov. 21, noon
Friday, Dec. 19, noon
Museum of Art | Root Court
Free
Lunch & Listen returns once a month through the end of the year, featuring performances inspired by the music that influenced the stunning works in Celestial Bodies: Sculpture by Karen LaMonte
CALL FOR 2026 ART IN BLOOM FLORAL DESIGNERS
Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2026
NEW! MUNSON BOOK CLUB
Starts in January 2026!
Join fellow art and literature enthusiasts for the launch of the Munson Book Club, featuring engaging discussions on books that explore the art world and its intersections with history, culture, and creativity. Beginning in January, Munson will host both daytime and evening sessions at the Pratt Munson Library.
REGISTER TODAY! Visit munson.art/book-club
Do you have a way with flowers? Whether you’re a floral designer, garden club member, horticulturist, master gardener, or artist, show off your skills at Munson! Submit an application along with three images of your floral projects, and you may be selected to design for the next annual Art in Bloom exhibition, on view April 10 through 12. Participating designers will interpret a work of art in flowers, choosing from a curated list of works on view. Floral designs are displayed next to the artwork during this popular three-day public event.
Application: munson.art/spring-weekend
For more information, contact: Barbara Pratt, Museum Education Department 315-797-0000 ext. 2158
SPRING WEEKEND AT MUNSON APRIL 10–12, 2026
MUNSON FALL EVENTS AT A GLANCE
Pratt Munson 25th Anniversary
Easton Pribble Lecture Series: Igor Vamos
Cloud Exploration Workshop: Watercolor with Annette Gurdo
First Friday: Welcome Fall
Cloud Conversation: Art and Science: Karen LaMonte with WKTV's Bill Kardas
Pratt Munson Alumni Artist Panel
Pratt Munson Student Move-in Day
The Westerlies in Concert
Pratt Munson Alumni Exhibition Opening
Pratt Munson Student Orientation
Concert in the Court: Tuba Skinny
Pratt Munson Family and Alumni Celebration
TRUSTEE SPOTLIGHT
F. X. MATT III
Munson is blessed with many volunteers, but one stands out: F. X. Matt III. He comes by his association with Munson naturally— his father was on Munson’s Board, including stints as president, for 30 years and his mother, “Duff,” was a steadfast supporter serving as a docent for 37 years. As F. X. completes his current three-year term as Board Chair in December, we are pleased to take a moment to share a bit about what Munson has accomplished under his thoughtful leadership.
F. X. joined Munson’s Board in 2007. His business acumen was vital as Munson navigated the 2008 stock market turmoil and the 2020 global pandemic. Over F. X.’s 16-year tenure on Munson’s Board, he has provided leadership as chair of the Finance Committee, vice-chair of the Board, and served on Governance and Museum of Art Advisory committees. He has served twice as chairman of the Board, 2012 through 2016 and 2023 through 2025. Under his recent watch, Munson has achieved some extraordinary things: launched its new brand, completed a Campus Master Plan, upgraded the Genesee Street landscape, was awarded a $1M grant from New York State Council on the Arts, and celebrated a 25-year collaboration with Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute in our Pratt Munson College of Art and Design.
While F. X. would be quick to credit others for these achievements, his steady hand and thoughtful counsel have helped set the stage. F. X. is an engaged listener and a consensus builder, qualities that have served Munson and the Board well.
We plan to keep F. X. close. His Board term continues through 2027. When you see F. X., please thank him for his outstanding commitment to Munson.
PRATT MUNSON ALUMNI HIGHLIGHT
FEATURED IN NYC JEWELRY WEEK
For the first time, Pratt Munson jewelry majors will exhibit their work in the official Pratt Jewelry Week as part of NYC Jewelry Week Nov. 17 through 23, giving Pratt Munson alumni Gelina Liu and Yana Moradia invaluable professional exposure and the chance to share their artistry with a broader audience, including works that they created as Pratt Munson students.
At Pratt Munson College of Art and Design, our jewelry program emphasizes both traditional craftsmanship and contemporary innovation. Under the guidance of Professor Danni Xu, a dynamic educator and practicing artist, students develop strong technical skills while exploring the conceptual and expressive possibilities of adornment.
NYC Jewelry Week features a dynamic series of lectures, conversations, exhibitions, and global virtual programs. Check out the full lineup of events at nycjewelryweek.com.
Featured work by Gelina Liu ’27, Shanghai, China
FOUNTAIN ELMS SOCIETY UPCOMING EVENTS
Meet Maestro Jeffrey Siegel
Saturday, Nov. 15 | 3:30 p.m.
Join us for a reception following Keyboard Conversations®: Poetic Tone Pictures. Enjoy some post-performance refreshments in the Root Court with this passionate communicator and artist.
RSVP to events@munson.art or 315-927-8517.
Fountain Elms Society Holiday Celebration
Thursday, Dec. 16 | 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate this special time of year with fellow Fountain Elms members for holiday merriment. We'll also raise a glass to toast F. X. Matt III for his dedicated service as Board Chair and his commitment to continue serving on the board for the next two years.
Munson is grateful to those who offer extra support as Fountain Elms Society members, sponsors, and upper-level donors.
To learn more about becoming a Fountain Elms Society Member, contact Elizabeth Gustafson at 315-797-0000 ext. 2104.
MUNSON MUSEUM SHOP
Discover curated collections of handcrafted jewelry, unique home decor, and artistic wonders that will make a wonderful gift this holiday season.
All Members receive 10% off at the Museum Shop. Consignment items are excluded.
Learn more at munson.art/museum-shop
INFORMATION AND HOURS
NOV | DEC 2025
Museum of Art, including Fountain Elms
Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Performing Arts Tickets
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Doors open one hour before performances and 30 minutes before films.
Tickets: 315-797-0055, 1-800-754-0797, or munson.art
Pratt Munson and Community Arts Offices
Monday to Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Art Research Library
Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., Sunday 3 to 5 p.m.
The following areas are accessible to the physically challenged: Museum of Art galleries, Fountain Elms, Sinnott Family–Bank of Utica Auditorium, Root Court, Art Odyssey: Interactive Gallery, Museum Shop, Art Library, Performing Arts Office, School of Art Gallery, Studio D, Pottery Studio, the Academic Building, and Student Center.
MUNSON
Presenting Sponsor
Meyda Tiffany Lighting On view through Jan. 4, 2026
Lead Sponsors
Andrew Britton and David Grey
Christian and Cheryl Heilmann
Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.
Family of F. X. Matt II
Linda and Alan Vincent
Sponsors
Joseph A. Abraham
Cheryl and Fred Haritatos
Jacque and Terry Tolles Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
