MWPAI Bulletin March 2020

Barron Ryan • Classic Meets Cool March 21 • 7:30 p.m.

Bulletin

March 2020

MARCH EVENTS March 1 Sunday

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon 1 to 5 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

March 4 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 6 Friday

A Closer Look Gallery Talk Doing It for Herself Mary Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art 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 Artists in Residence Exhibition Opening Janet Loren Hill and Michael Hicks 4 to 6 p.m. Artist talks: 4:30 p.m.

PrattMWP Gallery in the Museum of Art First Fridays Happy Hour Music by Blarney Rebel Band 5 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

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

Museum of Art

For Kids and Families DuffleBag Theatre Co. Rumpelstiltskin 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 8 Sunday

March 25 Wednesday

March 11 Wednesday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

Special screening Silent film and live musical accompaniment Mothers of Men 2 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 13 Friday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 14 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

The Met: Live in HD Der Fliegende Holländer 12:55 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 18 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 Friday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 7:30 p.m. ONLY Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 21 Saturday

Concert In the Court Barron Ryan: Classic Meets Cool 7:30 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court ArtBreak Talk at intermission Artistic Vision in the Hudson Valley: The Byrdcliffe Colony Anna D’Ambrosio, Munson-Williams President & CEO

Above: The Museum Shop artist featured this month, Delynn Orton, acrylic paint, pastels on canvas.

Cover: Concerts in the Court, Barron Ryan

Easton Pribble Lecture Series Paul Sahre 10:30 a.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

March 27 Friday

Meet the Artists Gallery Talk Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection Chris Irick, Professor of Jewelry and Metal Arts Claudine Metrick, Assistant Professor of 2D Foundations 12:30 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

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

Museum of Art

March 29 Sunday

Meet the Artists Gallery Talk Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection Sandra Hope Stephens, Associate Professor of 4D Time and Motion Arts Sarah Phyllis Smith, Assistant Professor of Photography 2 p.m.

Museum of Art

Pianist Pays Tribute to Multitude of Influences Concerts in the Court • Saturday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.

Drawing inspiration from the sounds of artists ranging from Chopin to Michael Jackson, celebrated pianist Barron Ryan brings his signature performance, Classic Meets Cool, to the Concerts in the Court series 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21.

Not content to draw upon just one influence, Ryan combines a multitude of them in a wonderful musical adventure that is vintage yet fresh, historical yet hip, classic yet cool.

After winning the Oklahoma Israel Exchange Young Artist competition in 2011, he found his true artistic voice during the Israeli concert tour. In his debut album, Classical with Attitude, he explores the exuberance of jazz and ragtime. On his latest album, The Masters’ Apprentice, he pays homage to the piano greats who inspired him.

Early intermediate to advanced music students will have the opportunity to learn the secrets of successful piano practicing, arranging, improvising, and more at a free piano workshop led by Barron Ryan at 2 p.m. in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium. Interested students can register for the workshop at 315-797-0055. Space is limited.

Tickets for this performance are $28 for Munson-Williams members and $33 for the general public.

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 also feature a cash bar and special gallery talks at intermission. For tickets, contact the box office at 315-797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797.

Tickets are also available online at mwpai.org.

Sponsored by Northland Communications Series Sponsored by Bank of Utica

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Museum of Art JOIN US ON A FABULOUS TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA The fabulous trip to Philadelphia with Munson-Williams President & CEO Anna D’Ambrosio and Director of Development Jill Maney April 17 - 20 is nearly full. If you want to join us, act now!

Here is what you’ll experience: On the morning of Friday, April 17, we will leave Munson-Williams on a private chartered bus. The bus is large and comfortable with a bathroom on board. We’ll stop for lunch and then visit Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, PA, on our way to Philadelphia. Then we’ll check into our hotel, the Windsor Suites.

Over the course of the next three days, we’ll visit a stunning private collection in a four-story brownstone that includes furniture and objects under glass; enjoy a tour of the famous Barnes Foundation, now in its new, enhanced location; and explore the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We’ll see Longwood Gardens, the famous green retreat of Pierre S. du Pont, in all its spring glory. Finally, on Monday morning, April 20, we’ll board our private bus for the trip back to Utica, with a stop in Scranton, PA, to visit the Everhart Museum.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Longwood Gardens

Longwood Gardens, Garden Highlights, Judy Czeiner, volunteer photographer

It will be a beautiful trip filled with flowers, paintings, sculptures, and blooms. Space is limited. The cost of the trip for a single occupancy room is $1,388 and the cost for two with a double occupancy room is $2,151.

Final Payment is due by March 16 To reserve your spot, contact Andrea Gaffney at 315-797-0000, extension 2138, or email agaffney@mwpai.edu.

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Museum of Art EMBRACE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WITH PERMANENT COLLECTION WORKS IN CELEBRATING SUFFRAGE The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

19th Amendment, U. S. Constitution, 1920 Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which granted women the right to vote, with the exhibition Celebrating Suffrage. The exhibition features more than 200 years of art made by women and honors women’s innovative creative pursuits before and after they were officially recognized as full citizens of the United States.

Celebrating Suffrage, on view February 29 through April 19, explores art as a vehicle for women to reflect, reform, or challenge social beliefs and political practices of their era. Works by artists including Mary Cassatt, Elaine Reicheck, Carrie Mae Weems, and others are drawn from the Munson-Williams permanent collection and by fulltime women faculty members at PrattMWP College of Art & Design, Chris Irick, Claudine Metrick, Sarah Phyllis Smith, and Sandra Stephens.

The exhibition also features art created by women of the founding families of Munson-Williams. Helen Munson Williams commissioned Fountain Elms, collected art, painted floral watercolors, and made silhouettes of people from her inner circle of friends. Because social mores of the early 1800s banned women from attending public art schools, she arranged for private art tutors to teach her daughters, Maria and Rachel, to sketch and Carrie Mae Weems, American, (born 1953), Untitled, from the Kitchen Table series, 1990, paint in watercolor. Maria excelled at painting while gelatin silver print, 28 x 28 in. 75th Anniversary Acquisition. Museum purchase, 2010.37 Rachel embraced photography as her mode of expression.

Celebrating Suffrage reveals, for the first time publicly, many works of art by these women.

Nevertheless, quilting, watercolors, and silhouettes were important means of artistic expression for women. Leaping ahead in time, by Celebrating Suffrage examines how women created their the 1970s, feminist artists embraced traditional women’s arts, such place within the larger art community, adding an as china painting or needlecrafts, and celebrated them as worthy important vision that has often been overlooked or counterparts to painting and sculpture. undervalued. This historic anniversary presents the opportunity to celebrate the contributions to subject Since the early 1900s, opportunities for women in the arts have matter, materials, and means of expression that women expanded and today there are legions of women painters, sculptors, have made to the visual arts in the United States. metalsmiths, printmakers, designers, illustrators, and videographers who are innovators in their fields. Women's suffrage served as a Throughout the 19th century women developed creative catalyst for these advances. As women continue to work towards outlets appropriate to their largely homebound equality in art and society, the right to vote is as crucial in 2020 as it circumstances. The earliest works in the exhibition was 100 years ago. demonstrate the various ways women transformed the materials and subjects available to them into works of art.

These practices historically have been dismissed as minor and their makers’ names often are unknown today.

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Museum of Art Events EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFER DEEPER INSIGHT INTO WOMEN'S HISTORY LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT

MUNSON-WILLIAMS AND ONEIDA COUNTY HISTORY CENTER PRESENT ART & FEMINISM: WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON 2020 Sunday, March 1, 1 to 5 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court Free and open to the public According to the Wikimedia Foundation, fewer than 10 percent of its contributors identify as female and less than 20 percent of all notable profiles are of women. While the reasons for the gender gap may be up for dispute, the practical effect of the disparity is not: the content is skewed by the lack of representation from and about women.

In honor of Women’s History Month and the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial, this edit-a-thon will focus on improving Wikipedia entries related to women artists in the Museum of Art exhibition Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection and notable women in local history. The event will feature communal editing tables, tutorials for beginner Wikipedians, and reference materials furnished by the Munson-Williams Art Library and Oneida County History Center. Refreshments will be provided.

Local women authors and organizations will be available to offer information, and the films Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed and Women Art Revolution! will be screened consecutively starting at 2 p.m. in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium.

No experience is necessary and you can stay as long as you like. Just bring your laptop, power cord, motivation to combat gender bias, and a belief in equal access to shape quality information resources. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.

If you’re not a fan of editing, we urge you to stop by to show your support and visit with local women’s organizations or see one of the films being screened that afternoon.

Please create a Wikipedia account before the event. You can learn how to do that at wikpedia.org, enter "create an account" under "search." For more information visit the Educational Programs page at mwpai.org.

1917 SILENT FILM SCREENING WITH LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT BY JEFF RAPSIS MOTHERS OF MEN (EVERY WOMAN’S PROBLEM) Sunday, March 8, 2 p.m.

Directed by Willis Robards, USA, 1917 (65 min.) $5 Munson-Williams members, $10 general public Tickets: 315-797-0055 Clara Madison, a prominent lawyer (Dorothy Davenport), wins a judgeship over fellow attorney Grant Williams (Willis L. Robards).

Upon earning the prominent position as judge, she finds herself walking a political tightrope with enemies all around doing what they can to cause her downfall.

This melodrama, penned by Hal Reid, was topical for 1917 when women were battling to obtain the right to vote. Mothers of Men brought a provocative voice to the suffrage movement, showing the nation how strong women could be if allowed to hold a political office.

Photo Courtesy of San Francisco Silent Film Festival 6

Museum of Art Events MEET THE ARTISTS GALLERY TALKS

CELEBRATING WOMEN: PRATTMWP FACULTY

Free and open to the public Join artists and PrattMWP faculty Chris Irick, Claudine Metrick, Sandra Stephens, and Sarah Phyllis Smith as they discuss their work on view in Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection.

Friday, March 27, 12:30 p.m.

• Chris Irick, Professor of Jewelry and Metal Arts • Claudine Metrick, Assistant Professor of 2D Foundations

Sunday, March 29, 2 p.m.

• Sandra Hope Stephens, Associate Professor of 4D Time and Motion Arts with collaborator Jeanne Proust • Sarah Phyllis Smith, Assistant Professor of Photography

Chris Irick, V&A Brooches, 2009, 14k yellow gold, sterling silver, slate, acrylic, flocking, felt

Sandra Stephens and Jeanne Proust, Breathing Skins, video installation with photography and plexi frames, Limited Edition 2 of 20, 2017

Claudine Metrick, They Gave Us These Seeds at Your Funeral, 2018, charcoal on paper, 30 x 44 in.

LOCAL HISTORY PRESENTATION

Sarah Phyllis Smith , GG (detail), 2017, pigment inkjet print

LEADING LOCAL LADIES 1848 - 1920 Rebecca McLain, Director of Education and Outreach, Oneida County History Center Sunday, April 5, 2 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium Free and open to the public Utica is fewer than 100 miles from Seneca Falls, the birthplace and epicenter of our nation’s women’s rights movement. Did this proximity impact Utica and other communities in the Mohawk Valley? What role did our local citizens play? In this illustrated presentation, Rebecca McLain will address these questions and explore the influential people and places in the local women’s rights and the suffrage movement.

1914 Suffrage Parade in Utica, courtesy Oneida County History Center 7

Museum of Art Events TALKS AND TOURS

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

A CLOSER LOOK GALLERY TALK DOING IT FOR HERSELF Mary Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Friday, March 6 1:10 p.m.

Free and open to the public

ART AND YOGA FOR MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT Saturdays, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

March 7, 14, 21, 28, and April 4, 11 Drop-in fee: $10 Munson-Williams members, $15 general public March/April Session (six classes): $45 Munson-Williams members, $65 general public Full session payment, 315-797-0055.

Join Mary Murray for a closer look at the exhibition, Celebrating Suffrage: Women Artists from the Collection.

Drop-ins please pay at the door Participants at all levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat.

ART STORY A POP-UP STORYTIME Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Free and open to the public So much more than your average story time! Children ages 3 to 5 look for visual clues in picture books and then apply these skills to artworks in the Museum of Art. The Art Story program is offered monthly September through June on the first Wednesday of the month.

Sabrina Gschwandtner, American, (born 1977), Elizabeth Keckley Diamond, 2014, 16mm polyester film, polyester thread, and lithographic ink in a light box, 15 7/8 × 16 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.

Museum Purchase, 2017.19

See You There!

ART ALIVE! Thursday, April 9 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Spring Break

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

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SAVE THE DATE! SPRING BUS TRIP NEW YORK CITY Wednesday, May 20, 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. $77 Munson-Williams members, $87 general public Tickets: 315-797-0055, non-refundable

Museum of Art Events

Art In Bloom April 17-19 The Museum of Art presents Art in Bloom, an extraordinary exhibition of fine art and flowers featuring the Museum’s collection and stunning fresh flower creations by local floral professionals, designers, and garden club members. A full weekend of special programming includes an illustrated presentation by Barbara Plantholt Melera of Sharon Springs, a floral arranging demonstration, afternoon Tea on the Terrace, an Art in Bloom Pop-up Shop, a Sunday Family Fun Day, and a closing reception with the designers. For more information, visit mwpai.org.

Ribbons and plaques will be awarded in four categories; one in each category will be awarded by a panel of Federated Garden Club of New York State judges, as well as one in each category will be the people’s choice. Visitors vote for their favorites on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday the results will be displayed with the winning floral designs.

Art in Bloom admission Free for Munson-Williams members and ages 12 and under $5 general public ART IN BLOOM KEYNOTE SPEAKER ILLUSTRATED PRESENTATION THE VICTORIANS: HOW THEY FOREVER CHANGED THE GARDEN Barbara Plantholt Melera, Sharon Springs Saturday, April 18, 1 p.m. $5 Munson-Williams members $5 District V Garden Club members and CCE Oneida County Master Gardener Volunteers $10 general public Does not include exhibition admission Tickets: 315-797-0055 Barbara Plantholt Melera is advisor to Harvesting History, an heirloom horticultural company founded to provide the finest quality horticultural and agricultural products available. Ms. Melera was president and CEO of The D. Landreth Seed Company for 13 years, the oldest seedhouse in America. She has 63 years of active gardening experience. Ms. Melera’s presentation is sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Oneida County, the Fifth District Federated Garden Clubs of New York, and Munson-Williams.

Local Vendor Booths: Museum of Art, Edward W. Root Sculpture Court Stop by the CCE Oneida County Master Gardener Volunteers and Fifth Distric Federated Garden Clubs of New York State booths for information about their programs and how you can get involved.

Booths for the MidYork BeeKeepers Association and Harvesting History (a seed and garden company) will offer information and sell honey, hierloom seeds, and garden tools.

All Art in Bloom proceeds support Museum of Art education programs.

Norman Lewis , American, (1909-79), Heroic Evening, 1963, interpreted by Ida Slagle, Professional Florist and Artist, Canastota, for Art in Bloom, 2018.

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Performing Arts Events DUFFLEBAG SPINS A NEW TAKE ON RUMPLESTILTSKIN The tale of Rumplestiltskin gets a zany makeover when the nearly-world famous DuffleBag Theatre Co. returns to the For Kids and Families series 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7 in the Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium. Rumpelstiltskin comes to life when members of the audience join the action on stage to help the princess outsmart the wily trickster.

Admission is $8 for Munson-Williams members and $10 for the general public. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the ticket office, 315-797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797, or one hour prior to the performance at the door. Tickets may also be purchased online at mwpai.org.

Sponsored by Natalie L. Brown

Irish Tunes Herald in First Fridays Happy Hour March 6 Music by the Blarney Rebel Band First Fridays Happy Hour 5 to 8 p.m. on March 6 • Spring Cleaning Sale at the Museum Shop • Food by Sarita’s Food Truck • Crafts • Micro-tours at 5:45 and 6:30 p.m.

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Performing Arts Events THE MET: LIVE IN HD The Met: Live in HD presents a new staging of Richard Wagner’s epic Der Fliegende Holländer 12:55 p.m. Saturday, March 14, in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium.

The great bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel returns to the company for the first time since 2012 in the title role of the cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity. Valery Gergiev conducts a new production

by François Girard, whose visionary 2013 take on Parsifal set the recent Met standard for Wagner stagings. With sweeping sets by John Macfarlane, Girard’s new production turns the Met stage into a rich, layered tableau reminiscent of a vast oil painting. Gifted German soprano Anja Kampe, in her Met debut, is the devoted Senta, whose selfless love is what the Dutchman seeks. Bass Franz-Josef Selig is her father, Daland, and tenor Sergey Skorokhodov is her deserted former lover, Erik.

Live content for the Metropolitan Opera House begins at 12:55 p.m. Tickets for The Met: Live in HD are $24 for Munson-Williams members, $28 for the general public, and $14 for students. Flexible subscription packages for the series are also available.

Call the 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 Events series at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is sponsored by Bank of Utica. Light refreshments, sponsored by Richard and Martha Widdicombe, will be available in the Sculpture Court during the first intermission only.

The Cinema Event Series at Munson-Williams is sponsored by Bank of Utica

Coming in April Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel ® Celebrating Beethoven Saturday, April 4, 2 p.m. matinee

For Kids and Families SMIRK! Thursday, April 9 Performance: 11 a.m.

Free Juggling Workshop: 1 p.m.

The Met: Live in HD Tosca by Giacomo Puccini Saturday, April 11, 12:55 p.m.

Films are shown Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All films are shown in high definition on our 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 $6 for Munson-Williams members and $8 for the general public.

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

Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.

Film Passbooks for discounted admission to 10 screenings are available for Munson-Williams members for $55 and non-members for $75.

For information, call the Munson-Williams Performing Arts Ticket Office, 315-797-0055 or 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 at mwpai.org.

Film Series Sponsor:

The Munson-Williams Film Series is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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PrattMWP and School of Art

JANET LOREN HILL AND MICHAEL HICKS 2019-2020 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE EXHIBITION March 6 through March 26 The PrattMWP Gallery is pleased to host the 2019-20 Artists in Residence, painter Janet Loren Hill and photographer Michael Hicks.

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

Artist Talks: 4:30 p.m.

Janet Loren Hill, No running, boisterous or rough play in the pool area, 2016, oil on fabric and knit wrapped upholstery foam, yarn, string, and push pins

Michael Hicks, In the Ballroom, 2018, Photography

The Munson-Williams Artists in Residence Program is made possible with the generous support of: Francis J. and Ruth A. Pugliese and Sunithi S. Bejekal

Save the Date

Question and Answer from Janet and Michael March 26 at 4 p.m. in the Gallery

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

PrattMWP Gallery is located in Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art at 310 Genesee St., Utica, New York 12

Enhance Your Visit MESMERIZING PAINTINGS BY NEW ARTIST AT THE MUSEUM SHOP Delynn Orton of Sherrill employs acrylic paint pouring methods to create visually colorful and organic images on freestanding canvases and jewelry, now available in the Museum Shop.

The Museum Shop Spring Cleaning Sale during First Fridays Happy Hour 5 to 8 p.m. March 6 will feature a cart full of drastically reduced merchandise. All sales are final.

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

GET PAINTING WITH THESE DEALS AT THE CAMPUS STORE As Mother Nature begins to create scenes of spring around us, the Campus Store encourages creatives to paint scenes of their own with a special sale starting Monday, March 2, through Friday, March 13.

Create unique shapes and textures with the New Age Collection Painting Knives.

These high-quality steel blades assist in controlling the spread of colors on the canvas.

Great for relief pastes as well! 25% off Posca Paint Markers, 8-piece set, water-based and non-toxic, usable on just about any surface, easily blendable and with short drying time make for a fun alternative to tube paints!

25% off Create your own paint with Gamblin’s Dry Pigments.

There are over a dozen different colors from which to choose 25% off

Campus Store Hours: Monday through Friday: 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Campus Store is located in the Student Center on the corner of State Street and Kirkland Avenue.

Please note: The Campus Store will be closed for Spring Break, Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20.

Art Library Hours February, March, and April Monday through 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 8 p.m.

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In Memoriam Ruth L. Begent Devoted Volunteer Ruth L. Begent, a longtime devoted volunteer at Munson-Williams, passed away January 5, joining her twin sister Beatrice who died November 2018.

The Begent sisters came to Munson-Williams in 1992 after both retiring from Oneida National Bank. Together they worked two hours every month until 2017, helping prepare nearly 200,000 membership renewals while delighting staff members with delightful stories from their lives together, including gathering milkweed pods that were donated to make parachutes during World War II. The sisters’ dedication to Munson-Williams was deeply appreciated and will always be remembered.

Ruth and Beatrice Begent

Joan Conboy Jewelry Student The School of Art lost a long-term student and incredible jeweler in December when Joan Conboy passed away at age 89.

For many decades Joan attended a mix of classes ranging from introduction to jewelry and metals, specialty workshops, intermediate/advanced jewelry, and most recently, beginning jewelry.

Her many years of work and study provided inspiration, suggestion, and unlimited encouragement to the other students.

Joan’s dedication to the Jewelry program was reflected in her reputation in the studio. Students loved to see what she was working on, marveled at how meticulous and detail oriented her work was, and were also delighted by the delicious homemade treats she would share with the class.

Joan will be dearly missed, and her stories will be shared in the studio for decades to come. The School of Art is thankful to have had and enjoyed such a committed and dedicated student.

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Joan Conboy

MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES William C. Craine, Chair

Dietra Harvey

F. X. Matt, III, Vice-Chair

Steven R. Kowalsky

Robert Knight, Secretary

C. Sonia Martinez

Vige Barrie

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

MUNSON-WILLIAMS NIGHT AT THE UTICA COMETS, JANUARY 24

Interactive Marketing Manager Carrie Bostick and Director of Performing Arts Bob Mortis sing the American and Canadian National Anthems.

President and CEO Anna D'Ambrosio drops the ceremonial puck.

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

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

Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.

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

Art Library: Mon.-Thur. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. Noon-5 p.m., Sun. 3-8 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 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502 (315) 797-0000 mwpai.org

Coming this Summer

FASHIONING ART FROM PAPER SAVE THE DATE! MEMBERS' GALA PREVIEW JUNE 13 Isabelle de Borchgrave, Belgium (b. 1946), Elizabeth I Court Dress, 2001, inspired by a ca. 1599 portrait by the studio of Nicolas Hilliard (English, ca. 1547-1619) at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. (165 x 86 x 87 cm)