MWPAI Bulletin February 2019

E T A T S P U : N W O R B Y M TOM February 2019

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

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FEBRUARY EVENTS

February 1 Friday

Gallery Talk A Closer Look A Magical Nocturne: Charles Burchfield’s “The Sphinx and the Milky Way” 1:10 p.m.

Museum of Art Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Exhibition Opening Jonathan Kirk Reception, 4 p.m.

Fountain Elms Terrace On view through February 28 PrattMWP Gallery First Friday Happy Hour Music by Nick & Jay 5 p.m.

Museum of Art

February 2 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

The Met: Live in HD Georges Bizet: Carmen 12:55 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

February 3 Sunday

Chamber Music Society of Utica Ying Quartet with Jon Manasse 2:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

February 5 Tuesday

Sweet Escape at the Terrace Café reopens!

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

February 6 Wednesday

February 15 Friday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

February 16 Saturday

February 8 Friday

February 17 Sunday

Art Story A Pop-Up Storytime 10:30 a.m.

Art Odyssey Interactive Gallery

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

Museum Highlights Tour 2 p.m.

Museum of Art ‘

PrattMWP Sophomore Gallery Openings 4 p.m.

McCulley Gallery, 14 Cottage Place

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

February 9 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

Exhibition Opening Tommy Brown: Upstate On view through April 7 Museum of Art Reception 3 to 5 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

February 10 Sunday

B Sharp Musical Club 3 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

February 13 Wednesday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

SHOW US YOUR ♥ ON VALENTINE’S DAY It’s a Valentine’s Day tradition! Visit the Museum of Art between February 7 and 14, pick up a sticky heart at the Museum reception desk or Museum Shop and place your heart on the label next to the artwork of your choice. Love can be complicated and quirky – show us what you love and see what others love. The hearts will remain on display through February 28.

Above: Art Alive! December 27, 2018 Cover: Tommy Brown, Madison County (Vertical), 2018

February 20 Wednesday

February 21 Thursday

Art Alive!

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Museum of Art 11 a.m. Haudenosaunee Dancers Family Film 1 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

February 22 Friday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium PrattMWP Sophomore Gallery Openings 4 p.m.

McCulley Gallery, 14 Cottage Place

February 23 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

February 27 Wednesday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

PICTURES TELL A BOLD STORY – TOMMY BROWN: UPSTATE February 9 through April 7

Haywagon, 1983 ©Tommy Brown Pictures of people, farms, and the striking landscapes of Central New York populate Tommy Brown: Upstate. This retrospective is a definitive look at photographer Tommy Brown’s decades-long study of his home in and around Chenango and Madison counties.

Brown’s earliest images include black-and-white portraits of startling frankness. His color photographs of farm structures resonate with the poetic geometry of Modernist American paintings by artists such as Charles Sheeler or Georgia O’Keeffe. Brown describes his most recent work as “pictures of nothing”; these can be remarkably simple—a single corn stalk against the horizon— and their simplicity is the distillation of all Brown has worked at for four decades, his desire to see.

Brown is sensitive to the effects of regional light in passing seasons. His consistent subject is the spirit of this place: its natural and fierce beauty, the relationship of people to the land, and the marks of the past on present-day life. Ultimately, he just wants to make a good photograph.

Born in Norwich, NY, Brown earned his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. Tommy Brown: Upstate is the first museum exhibition of the remarkable photographs Brown has composed during a lifetime of looking.

Join Us for an

Opening Reception and Meet the Artist

TOMMY BROWN: UPSTATE Saturday, February 9 3 to 5 p.m

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Museum of Art TALKS AND TOURS

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

GALLERY TALK A CLOSER LOOK A MAGICAL NOCTURNE: CHARLES BURCHFIELD’S “THE SPHINX AND THE MILKY WAY” Friday, February 1 1:10 to 1:30 p.m.

ART AND YOGA FOR MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT Saturdays, February 2, 9, 16, 23 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

Paul Gonyea, Museum of Art Docent Free and open to the public

Drop-in fee: $10 MWPAI members; $15 general public Drop-ins please pay at the door.

All levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat.

ART STORY A POP-UP STORYTIME Wednesday, February 6 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Free and open to the public It’s not your average story time! At MWPAI, the interactive Art Story program fosters visual literacy while introducing children ages 3 to 5 to outstanding art in picture books and in the Museum of Art galleries.

For more information, contact the Museum Education Department at 315-797-0000, ext. 2158.

Charles Burchfield, (American, 1893-1967), The Sphinx and the Milky Way, 1946, opaque and transparent watercolor, chalk, and crayon on wove watercolor paper, 52 5/8 x 44 3/4 in., Museum Purchase, 48.45

ART ALIVE!

Thursday, February 21 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Kids’ Crafts and Activities

11 a.m. Haudenosaunee Dancers perform traditional social dances.

Sweet Escape at the Terrace Café will be open with a family-friendly menu.

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

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Performing Arts Events CARMEN IN THE MET: LIVE IN HD The 2018-2019 The Met: Live in HD continues with Georges Bizet’s tragic masterpiece, Carmen, 12:55 p.m., Saturday, February 2 in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium.

Richard Eyre’s stunning production of Bizet’s masterpiece was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 2009.

Remounted for the 2018-19 season, mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine leads the cast as ultimate seductress Carmen—a gypsy woman desired by every man but determined to remain true to herself. Roberto Alagna is Don José, the soldier who falls under her spell and sacrifices everything for her love, only to be cast aside when the toreador Escamillo (Alexander Vinogradov) piques Carmen’s interest. With dances created by star choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and conducted by maestro Louis Langrée, this production brings every aspect of Bizet’s tale to thrilling life, from its lighthearted beginning to its inevitably tragic climax.

Live content from The Metropolitan Opera House begins at 12:55 p.m. with the curtain rising at 1:05 p.m. Tickets for The Met: Live in HD are $24 for MWPAI members, $28 for the general public, and $14 for students. Flexible subscription packages for the series are also available. Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 315-797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797. Tickets are also available at mwpai.org.

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, The Neubauer Family Foundation.

Global sponsorship of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Met: Live in HD series is supported by Rolex.

The HD broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers.

The Cinema Event Series at MWPAI is sponsored by Bank of Utica

Concert in the Court We Banjo 3 Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

COMING IN MARCH

The Met: Live in HD The Met: Live in HD La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti Die Walküre by Richard Wagner Saturday, March 2 at 12:55 p.m.

Saturday, March 30 at Noon Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium Films are shown Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All films are shown in high definition following our recent conversion to Digital Cinema Projection and Sound using state-of-the art technology and equipment. Comfortable stadium seating in our Museum of Art Auditorium provides every patron an unobstructed view of our large screen.

Admission for all screenings is $8 for the general public and $6 for MWPAI members.

Admission for students with valid identification is $4 at all screenings.

Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.

Film Series Sponsor:

Film Passbooks for discounted admission to 10 screenings are available for MWPAI members for $55 and non-members for $75. For information, call the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 315-797-0055, 1-800-754-0797.

If you’d like monthly film email updates, sign up for our Performing Arts film email by contacting Bob Mortis at bmortis@mwpai.org, calling 315-797-0055, or on our website at mwpai.org.

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PrattMWP and School of Art

JONATHAN KIRK

February 1 through February 28 The PrattMWP Gallery is pleased to host British-born sculptor Jonathan Kirk in a solo exhibition. Kirk has shown widely in group and solo exhibitions and his work is included in permanent collections throughout the East Coast. He continues to live and work in Utica.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 1, 4 to 6 p.m.

Artist Talk: 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.

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

Jonathan Kirk, Passage, wood, glue, epoxy, 2018

Upcoming Exhibition:

SOOJIN KIM AND CAROLINE VOAGEN NELSON:

Artists-In-Residence Exhibition

March 8 through April 4 Opening Reception: Friday, March 8, 4 to 6 p.m.

Caroline Voagen Nelson, Aquacade, film still, animation, 2017 6

Soojin Kim. Memorial No. 2, plastic Oreos and plants, 2013

PrattMWP and School of Art 2019-2020 CALL FOR ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE The MWPAI Artists-in-Residence program (AIR) is an education-based residency which allows two emerging artists from different disciplines to live and work on the MWPAI and PrattMWP College of Art and Design campus for one academic year.

Applications for the 2019/20 AIR program are now being accepted from national and international artists in photography or painting/drawing.

Disciplines rotate each academic year.

The AIR program is designed for emerging artists or recent visual arts MFA graduates interested in art education on both a community and college level while receiving support to develop a vibrant, self-directed studio practice. Programming includes presenting a lecture to PrattMWP students and the public, teaching community arts education classes, holding a public open-studio event, and designing and implementing accessible community projects at the Museum of Art. Artists receive financial support, housing, meals, studio, and a two-person exhibition in the Museum of Art PrattMWP Gallery.

Applications may be submitted now through Monday, Feb 25, 2019, midnight EST. Complete information and the online application may be found at mwpai.org/learn.

The 2019-2020 AIR program is made possible with the generous support of Francis J. and Ruth A. Pugliese and Sunithi S. Bajekal

Top: AIR’s Ella Weber and Azita Moradkhani, Open Studio, Bottom: AIR Eeva Siivonen during Art Alive, AIR Brianna Miller giving a gallery talk 7

Museum Shop and Campus Store MUSEUM SHOP SWEETHEART SALE

Friday, February 1 through Friday, February 15

William Morris Compton Silk Scarf from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

$60 Klee Structural Silk Tie from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

$65 Clara Beau Swarovski Crystal Necklace $59.95 and Earrings $34.95

All non-consignment Jewelry, Scarves, and Ties will be 20% off (30% off for MWPAI Members).

Receive a free polishing cloth with every jewelry purchase of $50 or more.

Museum Shop Hours Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.

Campus Store SWEET ART SUPPLIES SALE

Monday, February 11 through Friday, February 22

Winsor & Newton University Brushes for acrylic and watercolor – 30% off Strathmore Black Canvas Paper 300 Series 12” x 16” – 25% Off Kozy Country Knits Stay warm with the locally knitted PrattMWP logo color hats – $20 Monday, February 11 through Friday, February 15 receive a sweet treat with every purchase.

The Campus Store is located at 1216 State St., in the Student Center.

Hours: Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Saturday and Sunday I 315-797-0000 ext. 2227 8

Development TREAT YOUR VALENTINE TO ART If you worry about what to do for Valentine’s Day, here’s an idea: bring your Valentine to the Museum of Art. Come to a movie and tour the galleries, then have a romantic dinner at one of the lovely restaurants nearby. Visit the Museum Shop, which has a fabulous selection of jewelry, artist-made cards, scarves, books, and other great things.

Consider giving your special someone a gift of membership. A membership to MWPAI lasts for an entire year. It fits all sizes. It works for men and women of all ages. It makes people new to the area feel welcome and it makes those who have lived here for many years feel part of something special—which they are.

We appreciate our members and thank them with extra discounts, invitations to exhibition openings and special events, and more.

Treat your Valentine to a year of art. It’s easy.

Phone 315-797-0000 ext. 2104 to learn more.

FIRST FRIDAYS HAPPY HOUR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Celebrate the cozy start of February in the Museum of Art Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court!

Nick & Jay’s lively acoustic tributes make for a lovely evening.

Sample wares from some of CNY’s best shops and businesses.

The Museum Shop will feature all non-consignment jewelry, scarves, and ties 20% off (30% off for MWPAI members).

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Trustees NEW TRUSTEES NAMED TO THE BOARD We are pleased to announce that F. X. Matt, III, Emma Golden, and Robert Knight have been named to the MWPAI Board of Trustees.

Matt, a corporate transactional attorney with more than 30 years of legal experience, is the founder and managing partner of The Matt Law Firm, PLLC, an affiliate of Barclay Damon, LLP. He has served as chair of the MWPAI Board of Trustees and is past president of the Utica Public Library Board of Trustees, former member of the Sculpture Space Board of Trustees, and former member of the board of directors for the Revolutionary Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

F. X. Matt, III

Golden is artist residency program director for the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, communications assistant for Golden Artist Colors, and is affiliated with Upstate Residency Consortium. She is past residency program intern for the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY; program associate for The New York Foundation for the Arts; and board member for the Chenango Arts Council.

Knight is an award-winning photographer whose works have been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally. He is currently associate professor of photography at Hamilton College. Knight has served on the faculty of the New England Institute of Art, and as a visiting lecturer at Massachusetts College of Art and the Emma Golden Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His photographs have appeared in Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, Boston Home magazine, and New England Travel magazine, as well as the books Integrated Design in Contemporary Architecture by Kiel Moe, and The Nix Houses by Roy Pachecano. Knight serves as treasurer for the Society for Photographic Education Northeast Chapter, and is exhibition committee chair for Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY.

Matt, Golden, and Knight will join the board of 12 trustees that governs MWPAI and its divisions, including Museum of Art, Performing Arts, and School of Art with PrattMWP College Robert Knight of Art and Design. Trustees are appointed to an initial term of three years. Under the board’s guidance, MWPAI in 2018 served more than 146,480 people through 12 major Museum of Art exhibitions, 14 live performances, and 147 community arts classes. The PrattMWP College of Art and Design welcomed 91 freshmen and 107 returning sophomores from around the world.

The MWPAI Board of Trustees includes: Chair Vige Barrie, Vice Chair Mark D. Levitt, Secretary William C. Craine, Steven J. Brown, Michael D. Cominsky, Emma Golden, Richard R. Griffith, Donna Harkavy, Robert Knight, Steven R. Kowalsky, F.X. Matt, III, and Peggy O’Shea. Michael D. Damsky and John B. Stetson serve as Trustee Emeriti.

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MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Vige Barrie, Chair

Steven R. Kowalsky

Mark D. Levitt, Vice Chair

F.X. Matt III

William C. Craine, Secretary

Peggy O’Shea

Steven J. Brown

Michael D. Damsky, Trustee Emeritus

Michael D. Cominsky

John B. Stetson, Trustee Emeritus

Emma Golden Donna Harkavy

Anna D’Ambrosio, 6 President & CEO

Robert Knight

ART ALIVE! DECEMBER 27, 2018

MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE INFORMATION AND HOURS Museum Hours, including Fountain Elms: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.

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

PrattMWP Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.

Art Research Library: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. Noon-5 p.m., Sun. 3-8 p.m.

Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 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 research library, an active membership program, a Museum Shop, Terrace Café, and outstanding rental facilities ideal for public programs and private events.

MWPAI 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 Reference and Music Libraries, 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 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502 (315) 797-0000 mwpai.org

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