MWPAI Bulletin March 2019

March 2019

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

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3 O J N A B E W

SATURDAY, MARCH 23 I 7:30 P.M.

NEW HOURS!

11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Lunch To Go! Grab & Go! until 4:30

MARCH EVENTS

March 1 Friday

Gallery Talk A Closer Look Tommy Looks at Chenango County Mary Murray, Department Head, Curatorial and Exhibitions 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 First Fridays Happy Hour Music by Blarney Rebel Band 5 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

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

Museum of Art

The Met: Live in HD Gaetano Donizetti, La Fille du Régiment 12:55 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 6 Wednesday

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

March 7 Thursday

PrattMWP Sophomore Gallery Opening 4 p.m.

McCulley Gallery, 14 Cottage Place

March 8 Friday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Exhibition Opening: 2018 -19 Artists in Residence Exhibition: Caroline Voagen Nelson and Soojin Kim On view through April 4 Reception 4 to 6 p.m., Gallery Talk 5 p.m.

PrattMWP Gallery, Museum of Art

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

Museum of Art

March 10 Sunday

Gallery Talk Meet the Artist Tommy Brown, Photographer 2 p.m.

Museum of Art

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

Museum of Art

Concerts in the Court We Banjo 3 7:30 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

ArtBreak Talk William Harnett, “A Study Table”, 1882 Miranda Hofelt, Curator of 19th-Century American Art Concerts in the Court intermission Museum of Art

March 15 Friday

March 24 Sunday

March 13 Wednesday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 20 Wednesday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 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 Opening 4 p.m.

McCulley Gallery, 14 Cottage Place

Chamber Music Society of Utica Performance: Morgenstern Trio 2:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 27 Wednesday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Q and A with Artists-in-Residence Caroline Voagen Nelson and Soojin Kim 4 p.m.

PrattMWP Gallery in the Museum of Art

March 29 Friday

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

Sinnott Family -Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 30 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

The Met: Live in HD Richard Wagner, Die Walküre Noon Sinnott Family -Bank of Utica Auditorium

CONCERTS IN THE COURT WE BANJO 3 March 23 • 7:30 p.m.

Fiddle, guitar, banjo, and mandolin fuse together to create “Celtgrass,” the common ground between traditional Irish and Americana music, when We Banjo 3 brings their rousing revelry and virtuosity to Concerts in the Court 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 23 in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court.

Made up of two sets of siblings – brothers Enda Scahill (tenor banjo, vocals) and Fergal Scahill (fiddle, viola, dobro, percussion, guitar, mandolin, vocals) and brothers Martin Howley (tenor banjo, mandolin, vocals) and David Howley (lead vocals, guitar) – the group finds a natural symmetry as well as a cohesive chemistry that’s been part of the band ever since they were initially drawn to one another by their common creative interests.

For all the innovation and invention that goes into modern music, it’s the inspiration derived from one’s roots that proves the most enduring. We Banjo 3, inspired by the traditional Irish and Americana music they heard growing up, originally featured three banjo players then eventually diversified their sound while broadening their boundaries.

Tickets for this performance are $26.50 for MWPAI members and $31.50 for the general public. For tickets, contact the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 315-797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797. Tickets are also available online at mwpai.org.

The Museum opens at 6:30 p.m. so that patrons may view the current exhibitions, socialize and visit the Museum Shop.

Concerts in the Court feature a cash bar and special gallery talks at intermission.

ArtBreak Talk, William Harnett, “A Study Table”, 1882 Miranda Hofelt, Curator of 19th-Century American Art Concerts in the Court intermission Museum of Art

Co-Sponsored by Bank of Utica and PJ Green Series Sponsored by Caruso McLean Investment Advisors 3

Museum of Art NOW ON VIEW TOMMY BROWN: UPSTATE THROUGH APRIL 7 Tommy Brown: Upstate celebrates a singular vision of Central New York by photographer Brown, who grew up in Norwich, New York. He attended Colgate University and traveled through Europe before returning to graduate school at Yale University, where he earned an MFA in photography. Brown’s childhood home held a deep fascination for him and he eventually moved back to Chenango County, New York, to live and make pictures.

Brown has a particular sensitivity for seasonal light across the rural landscape as he photographs the people and their environs.

Join Tommy Brown in the Museum of Art 2 p.m., Sunday, March 10, when he gives a gallery talk about Upstate. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Tommy Brown American, (born 1957), Daryl & Raymond’s, 1984, digital pigment print © Tommy Brown

YOUR PLACE AT YOUR MUSEUM CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE COLLECTION What makes a location welcoming, intriquing, or forbidding? Visit the Museum of Art’s special exhibition to explore artists’ intrepations of the spaces we inhabit.

Recent gifts by photographer Robert von Sternberg are on view for the first time, as well as the 10-lithograph portfolio Earth Projects, 1969, by Robert Morris (1931-2018), which is on loan from the collection of Frank Kolbert and Frank Farmer. This exhibition includes work by David Baskin, Isidro Blasco, Chris Irick, Emilio Sanchez, and Hollis Sigler, among others.

The exhibition remains on view through April 21.

COMING NEXT MONTH MYSTERIOUS, MARVELOUS, MALEVOLENT: THE ART OF ELIHU VEDDER

April 5 through December 29

Take a journey into the realm of the visionary and bizarre in this exhibition of paintings, drawings, and illustrated books that search for meaning in ancient myths, legends, and stories.

Elihu Vedder, American, )1836-1923), The Questioner of the Sphinx, 1863, oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches. Bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer, 06.2430. Courtesy, Museum Fine Arts, Boston.

Reproduced with permission. ©2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved.

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Emilio Sanchez, American, born Cuban (1921-99), Persianas, St. Martin, 1968-70, lithograph, 15 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.

75th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, 2011.20.22

Museum of Art Events TALKS AND TOURS

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

GALLERY TALK A CLOSER LOOK TOMMY LOOKS AT CHENANGO COUNTY Friday, March 1 1:10 to 1:30 p.m.

ART AND YOGA FOR MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT Saturdays, March 2, 9, 23, 30, and April 6, 20, 27 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

Mary Murray, Department Head, Curatorial and Exhibitions Free and open to the public

Museum of Art Full session (7 classes) $50 MWPAI members, $75 general public Drop-in fee: $10 MWPAI members, $15 general public For full session, please pay in advance through the Ticket Office, 315-797-0055 Drop-ins pay at the door

Join Mary Murray for a closer look at the exhibition Tommy Brown: Upstate.

GALLERY TALK MEET THE ARTIST TOMMY BROWN Sunday, March 10, 2 p.m.

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

Free and open to the public Join photographer Tommy Brown for a discussion of his remarkable pictures of Upstate New York people, farms, and landscapes.

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

Free and open to the public Art Story is an enhanced storytime experience. Children ages 3 to 5 look for visual clues in picture books and then apply these skills to works in the Museum of Art. The Art Story program is offered monthly from September through June on the first Wednesday of each month.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

ART ALIVE! FAMILY DAY! Thursday, April 18 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tommy Brown, Double White, 2014, chromogenic print, © Tommy Brown

Spring Break

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Performing Arts THE MET: LIVE IN HD The 2018-2019 season of The Met: Live in HD offers two stunning productions this month with Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment, 12:55 p.m.

Saturday, March 2 and Wagner’s Die Walküre, noon, Saturday, March 30, in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium.

La Fille du Régiment

Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks in La Fille du Régiment — including the show-stopping tenor aria Ah! Mes Amis with its nine high Cs. Maurizio Muraro portrays the comic Sergeant Sulpice with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield, all under the baton of maestro Enrique Mazzola.

In Die Walküre, the second entry of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek play the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Greer Grimsley sings Wotan while Philippe Jordan conducts. *Please note the earlier start time for Die Walküre on March 30.

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.

Die Walküre

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 6

Performing Arts COMING IN APRIL Keyboard Conversations Chopin in Paris!

Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.

For Kids and Familes DuffleBag Theatre Co. Peter Pan Thursday, April 18, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Concerts in the Court Max Weinberg’s Jukebox Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

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.

LOCAL IRISH FAVORITES HIGHLIGHT FIRST FRIDAYS HAPPY HOUR FRIDAY, MARCH 1

A local music scene favorite, the Blarney Rebel Band returns to First Fridays Happy Hour to fill the night with traditional Irish music from 5 to 8 p.m., March 1.

Sweet Escape at the Terrace Cafè will have food and treats for sale.

The Museum Shop will feature drastic reductions in a variety of items as part of its Spring Cleaning Sale.

Artist-in-Residence Caroline Voagen Nelson will be presenting a special projection project in the Education Wing by Fountain Elms in the Museum of Art. There will be a microtour about the photography featured in Tommy Brown: Upstate.

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PrattMWP and School of Art

March 8 through April 4 Caroline Voagen Nelson, ȻURRĒNS Soojin Kim, Sanctuary 2018-2019 Artists-in-Residence Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, March 8, 4 to 6 p.m.

Gallery Talk from Soojin and Caroline at 5 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Cash bar available.

CAROLINE VOAGEN NELSON (New York, NY & Asheville, NC) creates animations inspired by American history and fabricated mythologies.

Caroline received a BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in digital art with a focus in animation at Pratt Institute.

Her work has been shown at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Aperture Gallery, the Florida Film Festival, Animasivo, el Festival in Mexico City, and the Museum of the City of New York. www.cvoagen.com SOOJIN KIM (Boston, MA & Seoul, Korea) is a multidisciplinary Korean artist who works in both Korea and the U.S. After receiving an MS in electrical engineering, Soojin pursued an MFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Recent awards include the Boit Award for independent studio practice, the Dana Pond Award in painting, and a MASS MoCA Artist Residency. She is represented by Gallery BOM, Boston, and Tao Water Gallery, W. Barnstable, MA. www.kimsoojin.com

Encore Q and A with Caroline and Soojin: Wednesday, March 27, 4 p.m.

The 2018-2019 AIR program is made possible with the generous support of Francis J. and Ruth A. Pugliese

Upcoming Exhibition: April 12 through May 9

PrattMWP Freshman Exhibition The PrattMWP Gallery is pleased to host the annual juried exhibition of the PrattMWP 2018-19 freshman class.

Opening Reception: Friday, April 12, 4 to 6 p.m.

Free and open to the public PrattMWP Gallery is located in Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art at 310 Genesee Street, Utica, New York.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

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KIDS HAVE CABIN FEVER? ART CLASSES ARE THE CURE! COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATION New Saturday morning six-week kids’ classes begin March 9 Drawing, painting, clay, sculpture, and animation experiences for ages 4 to 12 Check out all of the courses offered at mwpai.org or call the School of Art at 315-797-8260

Stop-motion animation for 9-to 12-year-olds

TION I B I H EX V I E W 9 1 ON 4 20 mar 27 2019 ING N E r a m 9 O P CEPTION 1 0 2 4 - RE mar pm :4 0 0 0 0 pm 6:

PRATTMWP ANNUAL LIBRARY SHOW

S E NWTILL M H S LE R ENSACKI L A B F E R ND S V A A E A B

Utica Public Library 303 Genesee Street, Utica, NY 13502 Free and open to the public Student artwork will be on view March 4 through March 27

PrattMWP COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN 9

Museum Shop and Campus Store WHAT’S NEW AT THE MUSEUM SHOP? Photo Cards featuring Montgomery and Herkimer Counties $5 Phil Scalia, a former locomotive engineer, has been a working photographer for nearly 40 years. His work has been included in The New Yorker, Elle Décor, Architectural Digest, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Vogue, National Geographic Traveler, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and many other publications.

Scalia lives in Fort Plain, NY.

Picturing America – Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art $17.99 Author Hudson Talbott takes readers on a unique journey through Thomas Cole’s life, incorporating images of some of Cole’s most beloved paintings including MWPAI’s Voyage of Life series. The book is a fascinating story of an immigrant artist who fell in love with and fought to preserve the natural beauty of his new country.

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

March 1

First Fridays Party Museum Shop Special The Museum Shop Spring Cleaning Sale will feature a cart full of drastically reduced merchandise.

All sales are final.

Campus Store CELEBRATING NATIONAL PENCIL AND CRAYON DAYS AT THE CAMPUS STORE

Monday, March 18 through Friday, March 29

In celebration of National Pencil Day, Saturday, March 30, the Campus Store is offering drawing and mechanical pencils at a special price of 25% off.

To highlight National Crayon Day, Sunday, March 31, the Campus Store is offering Conte´ crayons at a reduced price of 25% off.

Free 4B sketch pencil with every purchase $5 or more.

No additional discounts apply on sale items.

Please note: the Campus Store will be closed during Spring Break Monday, March 11 through Friday, March 15

The Campus Store is located at 1216 State St., inside 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 10

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

Development PLAN NOW TO LEAVE A LEGACY AT MWPAI Make your mark at MWPAI! You don’t have to be Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg to make a lasting impact on the Institute. To leave a legacy at MWPAI, all you need is a passion for the arts and a little planning.

Perhaps, in the future, you will have a house or other piece of property you no longer need. You may have an insurance policy, or a portion of a retirement fund, or a percentage of your estate you would like to sign over to MWPAI. The easiest way to leave a legacy is to name MWPAI as a beneficiary in your will. You can provide funding for a specific program or you can leave a gift that will help the entire Institute.

Your gift will have a wider impact as well. Did you know that students whose education is rich in the arts have lower dropout rates, higher GPAs, and score better on standardized tests?* These same students also serve their communities more cheerfully and more frequently than peers who do not have the arts integrated into their education.

When you plan a gift that supports the arts, you are supporting your community. Many people will benefit for years to come.

Then they, too, will support the arts. It’s a lovely circle.

To learn more about making a planned gift, contact Jill Maney at 315-797-0000, extension 2297, or jmaney@mwpai.edu. * “Ten Reasons to Support the Arts,” published by Americans for the Arts, March 2013.

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

SWEET ESCAPE AT THE TERRACE CAFÉ NOW OPEN FROM 11 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. Gourmet Sandwiches Delectable Salads Delicious Homemade Desserts Diverse Hot/Cold Beverages (Including Cappuccinos, Lattes, and Sipping Chocolate)

NOW!

Lunch To Go! Packaged Sandwiches and Salads

11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Prepared Fresh Each Morning The grill closes at 3 p.m., but delicious treats and chocolates are available until 4:30 p.m.

Grab & Go Hummus and Vegetables, Cheese and Crackers, and More