MWPAI Bulletin October 2017

Concerts in the Court, 8 p.m., October 7

October 2017

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Bulletin

MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Vige Barrie, Chair Mark D. Levitt, Vice Chair Linda B. Vincent, Secretary

Natalie Brown Steven J. Brown Michael D. Cominsky Joseph J. Corasanti William C. Craine Richard R. Griffith Donna Harkavy Steven R. Kowalsky

F. X. Matt, III Michael D. Damsky, Trustee Emeritus John B. Stetson, Trustee Emeritus

October 4 Wednesday

October 8 Sunday

October 17 Tuesday

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

October 6 Friday

First Friday Shorts Gallery Talk What Secrets Were the Hitchcock Children Hiding? A Recent Painting Conservation 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

Chamber Music Society of Utica Christopher Costanza, Cello Part I at 1:30 p.m.; Part II at 4:30 p.m.,

Concert moved to Radisson Hotel

Easton Pribble Visiting Artist Lecture Series Doug DuBois, Artist Lecture 1:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

October 9 Monday

October 18 Wednesday

For Kids and Families Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

October 19 Thursday

Art Alive!

10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Museum of Art

October 11 Wednesday

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 Live Music by Nick and Jay 5 to 8 p.m.

Museum of Art Edward Wales Sculpture Court

October 13 Friday

October 7 Saturday

PrattMWP Gallery Opening Excavation, Illusion, and Artifact: Alexis Granwell, Lauren Pakradooni and Rob Swainston Reception 5 to 7 p.m., PrattMWP Gallery in the Musuem of Art On view through November 10

Exhibitions opening Geometry in Motion: Leon Polk Smith Works on Paper on view through December 31.

The Met: Live in HD: Norma 12:55 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium The Hot Sardines 7:30 p.m., Museum of Art Edward Wales Sculpture Court ArtBreak Talk: Prohibition Concerts in the Court intermission

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

October 14 Saturday

Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art The Met: Live in HD: Die Zauberflöte 12:55 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Members’ Exhibition Reception Geometry in Motion: Leon Polk Smith Works on Paper 5 to 7 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

GUIDED TOURS Roaring into the Future: New York 1925-35 Wednesday, October 4, 1 p.m. • Friday, October 6, 1 p.m.

Saturday, October 7, 1 p.m. • Sunday, October 8, 2 p.m.

Free with exhibition admission

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium LunchArt Video Leon Polk Smith: Both Sides of the Line Noon, Museum of Art

October 20 Friday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

October 21 Saturday

Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art

October 22 Sunday

Chamber Music Society of Utica Trio con Brio Copenhagen 2:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

October 25 Wednesday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

October 27 Friday

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

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

October 28 Saturday

Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art

GROUP TOURS To arrange a private, docent-led tour of the permanent collection or other special exhibitions, please contact the Museum Education Department three weeks in advance of the requested tour date.

Call 315-797-0000, ext. 2170, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Concerts in the Court

Revel in the timeless quality of early jazz with The Hot Sardines 7:30 p.m Saturday, October 7 in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court. The concert honors the closing weekend of the exhibition, Roaring into the Future: New York 1925-1935.

This New York-based ensemble celebrates music made famous decades ago through their brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, and vocals from a chanteuse who transports listeners to the bygone era of a 1920s speakeasy with the mere lilt of her voice.

Bandleader Evan Palazzo and lead singer Elizabeth Bougerol met in 2007 after they both answered a Craigslist ad about a jazz jam session above a Manhattan noodle shop. The unlikely pair—she was a London School of Economics-educated travel writer who grew up in France, Canada and the Ivory Coast; he was a New York City-born and-raised actor who studied theater at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia—bonded over their love for Fats Waller. Influenced also by such greats as Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday, they began playing open mic nights and small gigs. By 2011, they headlined Midsummer Night Swing at New York’s Lincoln Center.

“We found ourselves in the perfect place at the perfect time,” says Palazzo. “As we explored this 100-year-old jazz, we began to look at it as a journey forward, not so much as a look back.

This is music for today.”

Tickets for this performance are $26.50 for MWPAI members and $31.50 for general admission. The Museum opens at 6:30 p.m., so patrons may view the current exhibitions, socialize, and visit the Museum Shop.

Concerts in the Court feature a cash bar and a special gallery talk at intermission. For tickets, contact the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 315-797-0055 or 800-754-0797. Tickets are also available online at mwpai.org.

ARTBREAK TALK PROHIBITION Concerts in the Court intermission Joe Schmidt, MWPAI Director of Marketing and Communications

FUTURE CONCERTS IN THE COURT KENNY BARRON TRIO Saturday, November 4 GOITSE Saturday, March 3 TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET BIRD’S EYE VIEW: THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE PARKER Saturday, April 21

New Start Time 7:30 p.m.

Sponsored by R. Robert Sossen, Jr., Attorney Series Sponsored by Caruso McLean Investment Advisors

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Leon Polk Smith Pioneer of Geometric Abstraction In the first-ever museum retrospective of drawings and collages by a pioneer of geometric abstraction, the Museum of Art proudly presents Geometry in Motion: Leon Polk Smith Works on Paper, on view October 7 through December 31. This exhibition examines Smith’s (1906-96) characteristic pieces from the 1940s, as he entered his artistic maturity, through the 1990s, when he was ever-prolific and undiminished by time.

Smith’s work is always in motion. In a 1963 interview, he discussed the energizing effects of the placement of color against color or the vibration that can be stimulated by the subtle movement of a line. His drawings and collages reflect this spirit; they are impressive in scale, with lively, expansive compositions that are full of joie de vivre.

As a graduate student in New York City, Smith had an artistic epiphany in 1936, when he saw works of art from the A.E. Gallatin Collection of European modernists at the Gallery of Living Art, New York University. Smith was particularly impressed by Piet Mondrian’s achievement of creating compositions of space-asform / form-as-space. By the mid-1950s, Smith had arrived at his nonLeon Polk Smith (American, 1906-96), untitled, 1949, paint on paper, objective style; his bold 40 ¼ x 25 ½ in., Leon Polk Smith forms and palette Foundation, 1949 D.004 combined in compositions that seem consistently (but deceptively) simple and effortlessly made. Smith did not consider himself a minimalist, though, and his paintings, drawings, and collages may be read as allusive. His desire to express “endless space,” for example, was derived from childhood and youthful experiences living in Oklahoma and the American Southwest, what he described as “the big forms big spaces [sic].”

He was similarly inspired by the space of New York City—its canyons and interstices—when he first visited in the 1930s 4

and which became his residence in 1945. Smith’s palette, too, was inspired by what he encountered in nature as a child, “My colors . . . came as only color, the sky, the sun, the earth of the dazzled S.W. [sic].”

Using different kinds of papers, some painted with saturated pigments, Smith achieved a bold expression in a variety of series. He began his torn paper Leon Polk Smith (American, 1906-96), drawings in 1958, forgoing untitled, 1968, paper on red Japanese traditional drawing paper, 35 ¾ x 25 in., Leon Polk Smith methods in favor of tearing Foundation, 1968 D.053 paper and pasting the beveled edge to the top of the colored paper from which it was torn. The Correspondences are big, organic forms and interpenetrating colors that burst with sexuality. The Form Space pieces create a pas de deux between shapes that simultaneously pull on and retreat from the other. The Constellations are compositions of linked forms that expand the visual field from the self-contained to the surrounding wall. Late in his career, Smith began to isolate line as an entity for investigation. Geometry in Motion will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog.

Members are cordially invited to a celebratory reception 5 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, October 14 in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court.

Leon Polk Smith (American, 1906-96), untitled, 1983, paper on paper, 59 7/8 x 40 in., Leon Polk Smith Foundation, 1983 D.023

COLLECTION FOCUS: GENERAL SHERIDAN’S LEGENDARY RIDE Hurrah! Hurrah for Sheridan!

Hurrah! Hurrah for horse and man!

And when their statues are placed on high, Under the dome of the Union sky, The American soldier’s Temple of Fame; There with the glorious general’s name, Be it said, in letters both bold and bright, “Here is the steed that saved the day, By carrying Sheridan into the fight, From Winchester, twenty miles away!

Excerpt from: Sheridan’s Ride, by Thomas Buchanan Read During the American Civil War (1861-65), General Philip H. Sheridan led the cavalry of the Union Army. He faced his greatest challenge on October 19,1864, in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Informed that his troops were being overrun at the Battle of Cedar Creek, he leapt on his horse and galloped some 20 miles at breakneck speed to rally his men. He arrived on the field in two hours and turned an almost-certain defeat into a victory. News of this event excited the imaginations of northerners. President Lincoln was pleased because he could not afford any setbacks on the battlefield with the presidential election only weeks away.

Artist and poet Thomas Buchanan Read visited Sheridan’s camp to make preliminary sketches for a painting of the general’s legendary ride. He also wrote a poem that helped President Lincoln get re-elected in 1864. After the war, Read completed several versions of Sheridan’s Ride, including this one, which the Proctor family owned for many years.

In 1862 Thomas Proctor entered the United States Navy as a paymaster’s clerk on the ship Brandywine of the Atlantic squadron. In 1864 he was promoted to the position of admiral’s secretary in the Pacific squadron, where he remained for two and a half years. Like many men of the era, Proctor later collected Civil War memorabilia.

Visit Sheridan and his valiant steed Winchester in the Fountain Elms Library.

Thomas Buchanan Read, American, (1822-1872), Sheridan’s Ride, 1866, oil on canvas, 25 3/8 X 20 1/8 in., Proctor Collection, PC.92

- Maureen Marton, Decorative Arts Trust Intern

SEE ROARING INTO THE FUTURE: NEW YORK 1925-1935 BEFORE IT ROARS AWAY! Roaring into the Future: New York 1925-1935, the Museum of Art’s pioneering look at the Empire State’s role in transforming America, moving us from the Jazz Age to the Modern Age, closesOctober 9.

Revere Copper and Brass Inc., Rome, NY, manufacturer; Norman Bel Geddes, designer, “Manhattan” Cocktail Service, 1934-35, chromium-plated brass, Yale University Art Gallery, Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund, 1982.31A-J

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Museum of Art Events TALKS AND TOURS GALLERY TALK FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS WHAT SECRETS WERE THE HITCHCOCK CHILDREN HIDING? A RECENT PAINTING CONSERVATION Friday, October 6 1:10 to 1:30 p.m.

Anna T. D’Ambrosio, President, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Free and open to the public

GALLERY TALK LEON POLK SMITH AND THE SEXUALITY OF ABSTRACTION Sunday, November 5, 2 p.m.

Jonathan D. Katz, Ph.D., Professor of Art History/Visual Studies, University at Buffalo Free and open to the public Refreshments follow Dr. Katz will explore the impact of Leon Polk Smith’s sexuality on the development of his signature style, how and why its consequences morphed over the years, and how—when seen from a certain angle—Smith’s painting is more deeply liberationist and politically engaged than the work of many artists who proclaim themselves to be far more radical.

Jonathan Katz is a well-known scholar of sexuality in post-war art and culture, and an LGBTQ rights activist.

Frederick R. Spencer, (American, 1806-75), Edward, Julie and Mary Ames Hitchcock, 1847, oil on canvas, 64 x 50 ½ in., Gift of Edith Byers Roberts, 95.21

Leon Polk Smith (American, 1906-96), untitled, 1959, collage, paper on paper, 23 7/8 x 17 7/8 in., Leon Polk Smith Foundation, 1959 D.002

GUIDED TOURS ROARING INTO THE FUTURE: NEW YORK 1925-1935 Wednesday, October 4, 1 p.m.

Friday, October 6, 1 p.m.

Saturday, October 7, 1 p.m.

Sunday, October 8, 2 p.m.

Free with exhibition admission

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LUNCHART VIDEO LEON POLK SMITH: BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE Thursday, October 19, noon Thursday, November 9, noon Free and open to the public Learn more about artist Leon Polk Smith (1906-96) through this 25-minute video produced by the city of Ada, Oklahoma, where Smith attended Oklahoma State College, now East Central University. After the video, enjoy a tour of select works in the exhibition, Geometry in Motion: Leon Polk Smith Works on Paper, with a Museum of Art Docent.

GROUP TOURS To arrange a private, docent-led tour of the permanent collection or other special exhibitions, please contact the Museum Education Department three weeks in advance at 315-797-0000, ext. 2170.

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

October 14, 21, 28 Drop-in fee: $10 MWPAI members $15 general admission Drop-ins please pay at the door.

All levels of ability are welcome. Bring your own yoga mat.

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

Free and open to the public The interactive Art Story program fosters visual literacy as young children learn to “read” picture-book illustrations and apply these skills to looking at art in the galleries.

The program is designed for ages three to five. For more information, contact the Museum Education Department at 315-797-0000, ext. 2158.

HOLIDAY BUS TRIP: NEW YORK CITY Wednesday, December 6 6 a.m. to midnight $76.50 MWPAI members; $86.50 general admission Tickets: 315-797-0055 Begin your NYC holiday adventure in Bryant Park, where more than 100 artisans sell their wares at the annual holiday shops, then enjoy free time. The city offers great shopping, Broadway shows, renowned museums, the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, and so much more.

Coach bus provided by Hale Transportation.

ART ALIVE! COLUMBUS DAY Monday, October 9 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free and open to the public Crafts and activities for kids The Terrace Café will be open with a family-friendly menu.

FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES TIM KUBART AND THE SPACE CADETS 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. $8 MWPAI members $10 general admission Tickets: 315-797-0055 Sponsored by the F. X. Matt II Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties

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Performing Arts Events THE MET: LIVE IN HD The 2017-2018 season of The Met: Live in HD returns to the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium 12:55 p.m. Saturday, October 7 with a new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her archrival, Adalgisa—a casting coup for bel canto fans. Sir David McVicar’s evocative production sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.

Tickets for The Met: Live in HD are $24 for MWPAI members, $28 for general admission, and $14 for students. Flexible subscription packages for the series are also available. Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 797-0055 or 800-754-0797.

Tickets are also available at mwpai.org.

Norma The series continues the following week with Die Zauberflöte 12:55 p.m. Saturday, October 14. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length German version of Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism.

Die Zauberflöte

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

Films are shown Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in high definition following our recent conversion to Digital Cinema Projection and Sound. Comfortable seating provides every patron an unobstructed view of our large screen.

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

Admission for students with valid identification is $4 at all screenings and free for PrattMWP students with valid student I.D.. Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.

Film Series Sponsor:

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

Sign up for monthly film email updates at bmortis@mwpai.org, 315-797-0055 or at mwpai.org.

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FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES TIM KUBART AND THE SPACE CADETS Monday, October 9, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. (Columbus Day) Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets blast off 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, October 9 (Columbus Day) in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium. Grammy-winner Tim Kubart and his fun-loving band, the Space Cadets, celebrate real-life kid and family moments and milestones. Their highly interactive concerts are more like frenetic dance parties for kids of all ages.

Tim discovered his passion for making music for kids and families while volunteering in the nursery of a New York City homeless shelter during college.

After discovering his vocation, he strapped his guitar on his back and sang everywhere and anywhere, performing more than 5,000 preschool music classes, 900 birthday parties, and eventually full-scale productions on national stages and theatres, leading him to be named “the kindie scene’s breakout star” by New York Family.

Admission to For Kids and Families is $8 for MWPAI members and $10 for general admission. Flexible subscriptions are also available. Tickets may be purchased in advance or one hour prior to the performance time at the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 315-797-0055 or 800-754-0797. Tickets may also be purchased online at mwpai.org.

Along the way, he picked up a Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album (Home, 2015) and became an on-camera host of the Emmy-nominated morning show for preschoolers Sunny Side Up on NBC Universal’s Sprout Channel. Tim sings songs, performs sketches, and shares mornings with a national audience of kids and their caregivers each day, alongside his co-host Chica the Chicken.

COMING IN NOVEMBER CONCERTS IN THE COURT Kenny Barron Trio 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 4 Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL The Romantic Connection: Love in Music 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 11 Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

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PrattMWP and School of Art Events

EXCAVATION, ILLUSION + ARTIFACT: ALEXIS GRANWELL, LAUREN PAKRADOONI AND ROB SWAINSTON October 13 through November 10

Curated by Assistant Professor Serena Perrone Opening Reception: October 13, 5 to 7 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Alexis Granwell, Phase Locked (detail), drypoint and monotype on askuka paper, 60 x 45, 2012

Lauren Pakradooni, Floor Routine, aquatint etching, 22 x 15, 2015

Rob Swainston, Proof 28, woodcut on paper, 37 x 25, 2012

School of Art Workshops and Classes in October For more information and pricing, and to register for classes and workshops, contact 315-797-8260 or visit mwpai.org

ADULTS Figure Painting NEW! October 7, Saturday, 1 - 6 p.m.

This six-hour workshop focuses on completing a painting of the human form.

Ceramics Salt Firing Workshop NEW! October 25 - November 15, Wednesdays, 6 - 9 p.m.

All works will be made start to finish during four sessions.

Furniture 101: Wood Joints and Finishes Monday and Wednesdays, October 2 - November 8, 6 - 9 p.m.

Learn the fundamental skills necessary to produce wood furniture.

Animated Illustration NEW! Reformat/Refocus: Collage and Mixed Media Drawing

October 21, Saturday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Create simple drawings to build one-of-a-kind animations in a single afternoon.

Photo Sesh: The Stanley Theater

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October 17, Tuesday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Explore architectural photography in this three-hour workshop.

Mondays, October 2 - November 6, 6 - 9 p.m.

Develop drawing skills while integrating many media in one work of art.

Art and Ideology: I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art NEW! Thursdays, October 26 - November 16, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Art appreciation topics for everybody.

Family Workshop NEW! Ages 18 months - 5 years Parent and Child Mask Making October 26, Thursday, 5 - 6:30 p.m.

This workshop is designed for the youngest artists and their caregivers.

EASTON PRIBBLE VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES WITH ARTIST DOUG DUBOIS

Tuesday, October 17, 1:30 p.m.

Doug Dubois, Associate Professor of Photography, Syracuse University Free and open to the public The pressure of time is absent from Doug DuBois’ work and approach. He develops a relationship to his subjects, observing for however long it takes. The theme of time and the revelation of it are key aspects of his long-term photographic projects, taken at different periods in his career.

What remains consistent in his work is DuBois’ ability to tell a story and to document the inexorable passage of time and change.

Family is a recurring theme in DuBois’ work. His first project, All the Days and Nights, took more than 20 years to complete. In 1984, DuBois began photographing his own family, tracing the complicated and nuanced relationships that unfolded as time passed and events transpired, such as his father’s near-fatal accident, subsequent recovery, and the impact on his family.

Biography: Doug DuBois’ photographs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NY, SFMOMA in San Francisco, J. Paul Getty Museum and LACAMA in Los Angeles, The Museum of Fine Art in Houston, the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. He has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, The National Endowment for the Arts, SITE

Santa Fe, Light Works, and The John Gutmann Foundation.

DuBois has exhibited at The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, The Aperture Foundation Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, Higher Pictures in New York, SITE Santa Fe, New Langton Arts in San Francisco, PARCO Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Italy, and The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.

For his series Avella, DuBois spent years photographing the residents of an old coal mining town in Pennsylvania where his grandmother had lived. He collected her stories and made a portrait of the inhabitants of an American town past its prime.

In his most recent series, My Last Day at Seventeen, DuBois traveled to Cobh, Ireland where he was an artist-inresidence at the Sirius Arts Centre. What started as a month-long residency turned into a five-year project for DuBois, who was fascinated by the complex connections between the teenagers in the insular neighborhood of Russell Heights.

He began photographing them and earned their trust to tell a coming-of-age story about the delicate moment between childhood and adulthood, filled with both confidence and uncertainty.

Some of DuBois’ photographs are candid; most often he orchestrates scenes, engaging the narrative of cinema and literature to give access to the truth and complexity of lived experience.

-- from a curatorial statement by Corey Jacobs.

Doug Dubois, Eirn and Kevin, Russell Heights, Cobh, Ireland, 2009

This lecture series is made possible by a bequest from the estate of Easton Pribble, a longtime School of Art faculty member 11

PrattMWP Welcomes Students PrattMWP Welcomes the Largest Class in School History PrattMWP College of Art and Design welcomed 115 new students, the largest incoming class in PrattMWP history. The students received important information pertinent to their success through our orientation program. Sophomore student leaders (PrattMWP Peer Advisors and Resident Assistants) helped first-year students get acclimated to campus. Other highlights of this year’s program included the improv group, Shot of Reality, providing an informative alcohol education presentation, and peace activist Ken Nwadike Jr. who gave a very moving speech about diversity and acceptance.

Photo Credit, Myles Butler

Photo Credit, Myles Butler

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Development MWPAI LEGACY SOCIETY MWPAI’s Legacy Society recognizes those who have informed us that they have named the Institute as a beneficiary of a will, living trust, charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, life insurance policy, or other planned-giving option.

MWPAI has benefited over the years from the farsighted philanthropy of donors who have remembered us in their estate plan.

These special gifts ensure that the Institute can pursue its mission to advance the arts and inpact our community for many years to come.

If you have included MWPAI in your estate plans, the Institute would like to include you in our Legacy Society. Please notify Bob Mortis at bmortis@mwpai.edu or 315-797-0000, ext. 2129.

EAT. DRINK. ART First Fridays Happy Hour 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, October 6 Kick off fall in the Sculpture Court with a cash bar, micro tours, art projects, and music provided by Nick and Jay. Enjoy a whirl of stringed tones and complex vocal harmonies.

Museum Shop Special: 30% off all non-consignment Art Deco merchandise

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Museum Shop and Campus Store NATURE ABOUNDS AT THE MUSEUM SHOP Painter David Kiehm’s inspiration comes from the natural world. As he searches for subjects, he says it is easy to become overwhelmed with the infinite possibilities that appear everywhere.

He loves that everything around him can become a painting.

The hard part to him is scaling down all that he sees to create an interesting design that will excite and challenge the eye. It is important to him as an artist to not only intrigue the viewer but also inspire.

Kiehm’s prints are now available at the Museum Shop.

He has a studio in Oneonta, New York.

Art-related 2018 calendars are now in stock at the Museum Shop.

We have mini and regular wall-size calendars as well as engagement books. Shop early for the best selection.

FIRST FRIDAYS HAPPY HOUR SPECIAL October 6 through October 9 30% off all non-consignment Art Deco merchandise MUSEUM SHOP HOURS: Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Note: The Museum Shop will be open until 8 p.m. October 6 for First Fridays Happy Hour.

OCTOBER CAMPUS STORE PROMOTIONS Brand new at the Campus Store is the 100% cotton twill PrattMWP cap. The cap has a low profile unconstructed silhouette and adjustable fabric back strap with buckle closure. As a special introductory promotion, the cap is 25% off during the month of October.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 All general pencil drawing products will be 25% off.

Charcoal, graphite and flat sketching pencils, erasers, compressed charcoal, and chalk will all be on sale.

Campus Store Hours: Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Campus Store is located in the Student Center at 1216 State Street, Utica Telephone: 315-797-0000, ext. 2227

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Welcome New Members (and renewing members providing additional support at higher levels)

CORPORATE MEMBERS CONTRIBUTOR Carl Stockbridge

MEMBERS FOUNTAIN ELMS SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. G. Leiter Doolittle Mr. Eugene V. Thaw Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D. Norman L. & Marsha L. Turner Mr. Kowalsky PATRON Chris Georges & Sarah Goldstein Raymond & Carole Zyla CONTRIBUTOR Gary & Susan Williams Donald M. & Mary Ellen Fenner

FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD Ralph & Imelda Pope S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate Maynard Laclair Robert & Maria Gregorka Bryan & Sarah Shepardson John & Bridget Zawdzki John & Marilyn Walchusky Victor & Ann Jakubowski Susan Olster-Dauch Mark and Linda Yonteff Susan Sepanski Candice Warner & Bruce Warcup Donald & Theresa Moberg Ronald & Helen McLean Thomas & Joan Dalton Jacqui Wiggins & Robert Risley Tom Keeler & Susan Spring Keeler Dr. & Mrs. Lynn Henry Fritz Barns & Kathy Cleary Linda Metzger Pamela Bush

INDIVIDUAL Judy Wolf Catherine Brennan Victoria Milideeva Ms. Rachel Bruder Mr. Richard Carnes Ms. Debbe McIntyre Alex Simon Karen Jerominek Dina Laino Eleanor Moran Phyllis Rosenthal

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: 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 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.

Library: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. noon-5 p.m.

Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5p.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 art reference and music libraries, 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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310 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502 (315) 797-0000 mwpai.org

On View through October 9