MWPAI Bulletin August 2021

Bulletin August 2021

Live Performances ARE BACK!

AUGUST EVENTS S IG N U P F OR UP DATES Join our mailing list to receive updates and announcements for future programs by contacting Barb Pratt at bpratt@mwpai.edu.

August 4 Wednesday

Special Screening Smithsonian Archives of American Art Emma Amos First Look 11:30 a.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium Film Series 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

August 6 Friday

Film Series 5 and 8 p.m.

Live Music by Isreal Hagan and Stroke Museum of Art Front Lawn First Fridays 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

August 7 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

August 10 Tuesday

Adult Workshop Class I Pictorial Tapestry Weaving: Outside Your Window 6 p.m. online

For information on the Munson-Williams Film Series, please visit mwpai.org/film, or phone 315-797-0055 and press 3.

August 11 Wednesday

August 20 Friday

Film Series 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

Film Series 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

August 13 Friday

August 21 Saturday

Film Series 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

August 14 Saturday

August 24 Tuesday

Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

August 17 Tuesday

Gallery Talk Mary Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art An Insider’s View of Emma Amos 5:30 p.m.

Museum of Art Adult Workshop Class II Pictorial Tapestry Weaving: Outside Your Window 6 p.m. online

August 18 Wednesday

Film Series 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

Adult Workshop Class III Pictorial Tapestry Weaving: Outside Your Window 6 p.m. online

August 28 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

REDISCOVER THE EXCITEMENT OF

Live Performances Performing Arts 2021-2022 Season Events

GINA CHAVEZ

CONCERTS IN THE COURT SERIES SPONSOR: Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D. KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS SERIES SPONSORS: Dr. Cynthia Parlato, Dr. Douglas Hurd, Dr. Kenneth Novak, and Dr. Lorna W. Grant FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES SERIES SPONSOR: Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL

The Glorious Music of Chopin!

Saturday, September 11, 7:30 p.m.

CONCERT IN THE COURT

Barron Ryan: Classic Meets Cool Saturday, September 18, 7:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Northland Communications

KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL

Fantastic Fantasies!

FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES

Charlotte Blake Alston

Stories and Songs in the Oral Tradition Saturday, February 19, 11 a.m.

This engagement is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL

Evocative Visions

Saturday, April 2, 2 p.m.

Saturday, October 30, 2 p.m.

CONCERT IN THE COURT

FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES

Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets Wednesday, November 11 (Veterans Day), 11 a.m.

Sponsored by Jackie and Bill Craine

FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES

The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Dynamic Duo Thursday, December 30, 11 a.m.

Sweet Honey in the Rock Saturday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the F. X. Matt II Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties.

KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL

My Favorite Brahms

Saturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m.

CONCERT IN THE COURT

Gina Chavez

Saturday, May 14, 7:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Vincent J. Rossi, Esq. 3

Museum of Art EXHIBITION

Call & Response: Collecting African American Art Representing: Figures or Abstraction?

Artists create from their intellect, skill, and emotions—from their humanity—and express a point of view that is both personal and universal. Because the Call & Response artists are African American, their work reflects the experience of living as a Black person in the United States during the last 70 years. That makes for a shared experience but by no means a monolithic one. Artists use the elements of art—scale, color, texture, composition—to create something that is visually satisfying and serves their meaning. In Call & Response the results are as varied as the individuals; the artworks on view express joy, wonder, curiosity, or anger about topics as wide-ranging as atomic energy, nature, civil rights, everyday life, the representation of women, and history.

During the Civil Rights era, Black artists sometimes felt pressured to express the African American experience in direct, representational ways.

Throughout Call & Response, visitors will find imagery by artists such as William E. Smith, Kara Walker, or Carrie Mae Weems, whose artworks might encourage, uplift, or bear witness to injustice. Artists like Norman Lewis, however, have felt inspired by an abstract visual language, which they feel is more universal and unlimited by a specific time or place.

William E. Smith (American, 1913–97), Lamp Post, 1938, linoleum cut: ink on paper, 11 1/8 x 7 1/8 in., Museum purchase, 94.10

Norman Lewis (American, 1909–79), Echoes, 1950, ink on white wove paper, 19 x 24 1/8 in., Edward W. Root Bequest, 57.173

EXHIBITION

Emma Amos: Color Odyssey EXPERIENCE IT IN PERSON Cool off during August’s dog days of summer in the comfort of the Museum, taking in the rich stories and textures of Emma Amos’s remarkable works of art.

Don’t delay! The exhibition closes in mid-September.

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Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020), Baby, 1966, oil on canvas, 45 x 50 1/8 in., Whitney Museum of American Art / Studio Museum of Harlem. Purchased jointly by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee; and the Studio Museum in Harlem, Museum purchase with funds provided by Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee 2019.1a–b

Education Programs ART AND YOGA: FOR MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT In-person All levels | Saturdays, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

August 7, 14, 21, 28 Drop-in fee per class: $10 Munson-Williams members, $15 general public Drop-ins pay at the door.

Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary Murray highlights works from the collection, setting the intention for the yoga practice that follows. The art talk is followed by a short poem and one hour of yoga with certified instructor Jeri George. Participants at all levels of ability are welcome.

SPECIAL SCREENING

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Emma Amos First Look Wednesday, August 4, 11:30 a.m.

Free and open to the public, space is limited.

Join us for a special screening of an Archives of American Art event—a first look at the Emma Amos papers donated by the artist in 2020 as part of the Archives' African American Collecting Initiative funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. The 2020 collection joins two oral history interviews with Amos in the Archives’ holdings.

Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020), Targets, 1992, acrylic on canvas with handwoven fabric and African fabric borders, 57 x 73 ½ inches. Amos Family, Courtesy RYAN LEE Gallery

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Museum of Art WORKSHOP

Pictorial Tapestry Weaving: Outside Your Window JANET LOREN HILL, 2019/20 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Tuesdays, August 10, 17, and 24, 6 to 8 p.m. (3 classes) $70 Munson-Williams members, $75 general public Ages 18 and up, all levels Register at 315-797-8260 or online at mwpai.org Inspired by Emma Amos: Color Odyssey, artist Janet Loren Hill leads a conceptually engaging weaving workshop exploring some of Amos's rich tapestry works and series of window paintings.

Learn how to create a cardboard tapestry loom and develop basic tapestry-weaving techniques from the comfort of your home.

Students create a sketch of the view outside their home window that will be the guide to weave the scene into a small 8 x 10-inch tapestry. Materials list provided.

Emma Amos (American, 1937-2020), First Avenue Window, 1966, oil on canvas with handmade, hand-painted frame by the artist, 61 × 50 inches Amos Family, courtesy RYAN LEE Gallery

GALLERY TALKS

An Insider's View of Emma Amos: Color Odyssey MARY MURRAY, CURATOR OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART Tuesday, August 17, 5:30 p.m. $10 MWPAI members, $25 general public Tickets: 315-797-0055, space is limited Take an exclusive tour of Emma Amos: Color Odyssey with Munson-Williams curator Mary Murray. Learn about the extraordinary life and explore pivotal works of art of Emma Amos in this major retrospective that features work by the artist from 1958 to 2015.

Emma Amos with paintings, 2011; photo by Becket Logan.

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Museum of Art GALLERY TALKS

Call & Response: Collecting African American Art APRIL OSWALD, MUSEUM EDUCATION DIRECTOR Friday, September 10, 12:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public, space is limited, registration required at 315-797-0055.

Explore this exhibition of work drawn from the Museum’s collection. April Oswald takes viewers through the process of working with eight community members as they developed a collection of Tom Miller (American, 1945-2000), Maryland Crab Feast, 1994, screenprint on paper, 24 ½ x 32 in., Museum purchase, 95.4

responses to work in the exhibition via a multi-media app, using music, personal history, and comparative works of art. Oswald will discuss their powerful and meaningful contributions.

Development Munson-Williams: A Haven for Life-Long Learners Munson-Williams offers an extraordinary range of opportunities

Joan have set up an endowed fund to benefit the Museum’s Learning

to learn and explore. From the interactive Art Odyssey Gallery

program for students from pre-K through grade 12.

to Community Arts Education classes for students of all ages. From college programs at PrattMWP to exhibition-related workshops and

Anyone can make a difference in the lives of students and visitors at

docent-led tours, anyone with a desire to learn can find something

the Institute by helping endow performing arts programs, museum

satisfying among our many offerings.

learning, acquisitions, or scholarships at the PrattMWP School of Art. If you would like to join Paul and Joan in setting up your own legacy

While this community owes much to the Munson, Williams, and Proctor

at Munson-Williams, please call John Murphy, Director of

families, we also owe a debt of gratitude to more recent supporters

Development and Donor Relations, at 315-797-0000 ext. 2297.

of the Institute, whose contributions facilitate exploration in the Art Odyssey and scholarships for early learning workshops as well as

SOME POSSIBILITIES TO EXPLORE:

grants to PrattMWP students who are beginning their fine arts

• Endow a Performing Arts program or sponsor a series or performance this year;

degrees.

One exciting new initiative is the Kotwica-DeNigris Fund for Museum Learning, established

by Paul and Joan Kotwica in honor of Paul’s aunt, Sally Kotwica-DeNigris. Inspired by Sally’s dedication to education—particularly her mission to offer opportunities for students at risk of missing out

• Endow a scholarship at PrattMWP to educate a promising young artist; • Endow a scholarship or workshop through our Community Arts Education program; or • Sponsor an upcoming exhibition (Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper, October 16 through January 9; or Unchained: Allan Rohan Crite, Spirituality and Black Activism, February 19 through May 8).

on an education—Paul and Sally Kotwica-DeNigris 7

School of Art and PrattMWP PrattMWP Gallery in the Museum of Art COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

Mary Giehl, Dancing Neurons , 2019, glass beads, silk organza, velvet, 17.5 in x 17.5 in x 1.5 in

Marc-Anthony Polizzi, No More Birds, mixed media, 2014

Current Exhibition LOCAL ARTIST SHOWCASE MARY GIEHL AND MARC-ANTHONY POLIZZI Friday, July 2, through Thursday, August 5 Installation artist Marc-Anthony Polizzi (Utica, NY) and multi-media artist Mary Giehl (Syracuse, NY) will present their work in an exciting exhibition as part of the PrattMWP Gallery’s annual Local Artist Showcase.

Upcoming Exhibition PRATTMWP FACULTY EXHIBITION Tuesday, August 24 through Thursday, September 16 The PrattMWP Gallery is pleased to host the talented faculty from PrattMWP in a multi-media exhibition showcasing current faculty and their personal art practice outside of the classrooms. The show provides PrattMWP students and local community an opportunity to examine the varied approaches that these instructors take in creating their art.

Reception: Friday, September 3 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public

The PrattMWP Gallery is located in the Museum of Art, Fountain Elms

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Ken Marchione, Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Drawing and Painting, Vague Memory of the Siren’s Song, 2020, mixed media on paper

Register Now and Get Creative!

FALL ART CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 20

Six-week Saturday morning art classes return for kids ages 4 to 12.

Check out the new lineup of classes and workshops for adults,

Spread the word! Need-based scholarships available for all

teens, and kids at the School of Art. Registration is open now at

ages. Applications are available at mwpai.org or by contacting

mwpai.org or 315.707.8260.

mwpsoa@mwpai.edu.

Take advantage of our new student discount and receive 10% off tuition for first-timers of any age.

Many thanks to our scholarship sponsors: • Elizabeth R. Lemieux Children’s Scholarship Fund • Ellen Marie Geiersbach Memorial Children's Scholarship Fund

New Adult Classes this Fall:

• Carmen E. Guarnieri Scholarship Fund

• Animation

• Fashion Sewing

• Community Arts Education Scholarship Fund

• Printmaking

• Mixed Media Drawing

• Character Design

• And more . . .

Application deadlines are one week before the start of each semester.

Welcome Artist-in-Residence Amy Bruning The School of Art welcomes this year's Artist in Residence, Amy Bruning, from London, to campus this month.

Amy is a visual artist, illustrator, and animator whose artwork focuses on themes of body positivity and identity. Her animations and illustrations are full of play, color, and cute “derpy” characters. Amy attended the Edinburgh College of Art. Her work has been featured in Vogue Italia, The London International Animation Festival, The World Animation Festival Varna, and more.

You can check out more of Amy’s work on her website amybruninganimation.com, and you can actually learn animation from Amy in her limited-edition community animation course this fall. Register now at mwpai.edu. _________ The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Artists–in–Residence program (AIR) is an education-based residency that invites one to two emerging international artists to live, work, and teach at Munson-Williams and PrattMWP College of Art & Design for one academic year.

The AIR program is designed for artists interested in art education in community arts and college curricula while receiving support to develop a vibrant, self-directed studio practice. Upcoming programming includes a public lecture, specialized community arts education classes, public open studio event, and collaborations with the Museum of Art education program. Artists receive financial support, housing, meals, a studio, and an exhibition in the Museum’s PrattMWP Gallery in the spring.

The 2021/22 Artist in Residence is generously supported by Sunithi J. Bajakal.

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Enhance your visit!

Shop with a Purpose at the Museum Shop When you make a purchase at the Museum Shop, you help support exhibitions and programming at Munson-Williams while also supporting the work of many local artists, authors, and artisans. Shop today and make a difference with your purchase.

Museum Shop Hours in August Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

315-797-0000 ext. 2155

Missed a Film Series Showing?

Borrow It from the Library!

New movies have been added to the collection, including some shown in the Film Series.

Aggie: An Incredible Story of Art and Justice Bacurau David Lynch: The Art Life Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy Gringo Trails Hill of Freedom I Am Not a Witch Kajillionaire Martin Eden Minari The Paris Opera Score: A Film Music Documentary

Two-week borrowing is free for Munson-Williams members.

Portable DVD players are also available for loan.

Members of the public may use these materials on site.

The DVD collection has been reorganized by genre and country of origin to enhance in-person browsing.

Call 315-797-0000 ext. 2123 or visit mwpai.org/visit/library/ for more information, to search the catalog, to recommend a movie, or to schedule a curbside pickup or return.

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MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES William C. Craine, Chair F. X. Matt, III, Vice-Chair Robert Knight, Secretary Rev. Sharon Baugh Dr. Steven J. Brown Michael D. Cominsky Emma Golden Donna Harkavy Dietra Harvey

Christian Heilmann Betty Krulik Mark Levitt C. Sonia Martinez Richard Griffith, Trustee Emeritus John B. Stetson, Trustee Emeritus Anna D’Ambrosio, President & CEO

O U T D O O R S E AT I N G I S N O W O P E N !

Lunch | 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SANDWICHES • SALADS • DESSERTS

Reservations are welcome 315-797-0000 ext. 2212

MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE INFORMATION AND HOURS Hours Museum of Art including Fountain Elms: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. Noon-5 p.m.

Performing Arts Ticket Office: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., one hour before performances and 30 minutes before films. Phone: 797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797 PrattMWP Gallery: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. Noon-5 p.m.

Museum Shop Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. Noon-5 p.m.

School of Art Offices: Mon.-Fri. 8:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

Art Research Library: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. Noon-5 p.m.

For information, call (315) 797-0000 (Voice and TDD)

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is a fine arts center serving diverse audiences through three program divisions—Museum of Art, Performing Arts, and School of Art. The Institute also offers an Art Library, an active membership program, a Museum Shop, and outstanding rental facilities ideal for public programs and private events.

Munson-Williams receives funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

The following areas are accessible to the physically challenged: Museum of Art Galleries, Auditorium, and Sculpture Court, Art Odyssey: Interactive Gallery, Museum Shop, Art Library, Performing Arts Office, School of Art Gallery, Studio D, and the Pottery Studio, the Academic Center, and Student Center.

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PrattMWP

COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

310 G E N E S E E S T R E E T U T I C A, N E W YO R K 13502 315.797.0000 mwpai.org

First Fridays Returns!

Friday, August 6, 5 to 8 p.m.

Live Music by Isreal Hagan and Stroke Museum of Art Front Lawn The first drink is free for members with their Munson-Williams membership card.

Cash Bar and Food Gallery Tours Art Activities $5 General Admission