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Keyboard Conversations Returns with Musical Pictures elebrated pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns to open the 2015-2016 Keyboard Conversations® season with a concert celebrating the powerful visual imagery that music can evoke with Musical Pictures, 8 p.m. Saturday, September 26 in the Museum of Art Auditorium.

Chosen specifically to complement Monet to Matisse: The Age of French Impressionism, this concert includes the visually inspired, gloriously colorful music of Rachmaninoff, Debussy and the ever-popular Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky.

September 26 • 8 p.m.

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and intricacies of these great works. The evening concludes with a session of questions and answers with Mr. Siegel.

Admission for MWPAI members is $37.50; general admission is $42.50; student tickets are $22.50. Flexible subscriptions are also available. For tickets contact the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 797-0055 or 800-754-0797. Tickets are also available online at www.mwpai.org.

The extremely popular Keyboard Conversations format offers listeners the opportunity to discover the influences that affected the creation of the music being presented. Mr. Siegel shares details about each composition that lead the audience to realize the subtleties

Sponsored by Dr. Cynthia Parlato, Dr. Kenneth Novak, and Dr. Douglas Hurd

Take a Class at the School of Art School of Art Community Classes begin September 14!

Look for our new print catalog for full course descriptions.

Register through the online catalog at mwpai.org/learn.

Welcome New Ceramic Instructor

The School of Art welcomes Veronica Juyoun Byun to the new position of Assistant Coordinator and Instructor of Ceramic Arts. Veronica is a 2013-2015 Artist-in-Residence at MWPAI and teaches community ceramics classes. She will bring new and exciting clay offerings to the School.

Veronica was born in Seoul, Korea and educated in the United States, receiving her M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, R.I. and her B.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y. She has exhibited in galleries and public institutions in New York, Philadelphia, Palm Beach, Chicago, Providence, Attleboro, San Angelo, Maryland, Seoul, Korea, Varazdin, Croatia, Kapfenburg, Austria, Taipei, Taiwan, and Fienza, Italy. She is represented by Loveed Fine Arts in New York City. Artist’s Website: www.veronicabyun.com

Moonlight Serenade, 2015, ceramic, dimensions variable

MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAMS Monet to Matisse Gallery Series Enrich your Monet to Matisse experience by attending unique gallery presentations.

First Friday Shorts Friday, September 4, 1:10 p.m.

Childe Hassam, American Impressionist Free and Open to the Public This 15-minute talk, will focus on a single artwork and explore it in depth.

Art and Yoga For Mind, Body and Spirit Saturdays, September 5, 12, 26 and October 10, 17, 24, 31 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

Full session: $50 MWPAI Member; $75 General Admission Drop-in fee: $10 MWPAI Members; $15 General Admission For full session, please pay in advance through the Ticket Office, 315-797-0055. Drop-ins pay at the door.

Each class offers a 15-minute introduction to art in the gallery followed by one hour of yoga. All levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat. For more information contact the Museum Education Department at 315.797.0000, extension 2158.

TICKETS AND REGISTRATION 315-797-0055 OR MWPAI.ORG Childe Hassam, American, (1859-1935), Amagansett, Long Island, New York, 1920, oil on canvas, framed: 29 x 39 x 2 1/4in. Museum Purchase, 58.7

Guided Tours Monet to Matisse: The Age of French Impressionism Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 p.m.

Fridays at 1 and 6 p.m.

Free with Exhibition Admission

Gallery Talk: Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne (French, 1839 – 1906), Trees and Rocks near the Château Noir, ca. 190006, oil on canvas, 24 3/8 x 20 ¼ inches. Collection of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis

Friday, September 18, noon Mary Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art $7.50 MWPAI Members $20 General Admission (includes Monet to Matisse admission) Tickets, 315-797-0055.

Peasants and Parisians: French 19th-Century Graphic Arts Sunday, September 13, 2 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public.

Collection Tour Sunday, September 27, 1:30 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public.

Claude Monet Character Talk

Bon Appétit!

September 25 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, September 25, noon $7.50 MWPAI Members; $20 General Admission (includes Monet to Matisse admission) Tickets, 315-797-0055.

In this program, created especially for MWPAI, meet Claude Monet, Impressionist pleîn air painter well known for his images of the lush gardens at his home in Giverny. Presented by the Templeton Players from Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY.

Edward W. Root Sculpture Court

Tour Monet to Matisse and Peasants and Parisians

The Clark Art Institute, The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home and Gardens, The Red Lion Inn Thursday, September 3, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. $125 MWPAI Members; $150 General Admission Tickets, 315-797-0055

Art Travel

Travel by coach to Williamstown, Lenox, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Begin at The Clark Art Institute to view their extensive collection of French Impressionism and the special exhibition Van Gogh and Nature.

A short trip from The Clark is the grand Edith Wharton Home with its European-inspired gardens. End the day with a relaxing dinner at the historic Red Lion Inn. Fee includes mu-

Sample champagne, desserts, bread, and cheese, all from local vendors Enjoy chamber music by Jewel Winds performing a repertoire of French music 20% Museum Shop discount on coffee mugs

The Mount, photo by David Dashiell

seum admissions, tours, and dinner.

Lunch or snack is on your own; The Clark has two cafés from which to choose.

Vincent van Gogh, (Dutch, 1853-1890) A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, 1889, oil on canvas, 72.1 x 90.9 cm, Collection of the National Gallery, London, in Van Gogh and Nature.

Ross King’s The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism Thursday, September 17, 6 p.m.

Facilitated by Anna D’Ambrosio, Director and Chief Curator, Museum of Art $5 MWPAI Members; $10 General Admission Tickets, 315-797-0055

Book Discussion

King’s story chronicles the rise of French Impressionism and artist Édouard Manet, and the fall of Ernest Meissonier, academic painter who achieved critical fame in the 19th century yet remains Claude Monet, (1840 – 1926), Port of largely unknown today.

Dieppe, Evening, 1882, oil on canvas, 23 x 28 3/8 inches. Collection of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis

High School Students Be a Part of Something Big! n the Museum Careers Program, high school students will learn first-hand about museum careers. They work directly with museum curators, educators, designers, and technicians on the development and installation of museum exhibitions. Participation in the program requires the endorsement of a teacher or career counselor from the student's school. A total of eight meetings will be held at the museum throughout the school year, from 10 am to 1 pm. The first meeting is scheduled for October 22.

For more information and an application, please call April Oswald at 797-0000 ext. 2144 or email aoswald@mwpai.org. Applications are also available for download from the website, www.mwpai.org, click on Museum of Art, and then Tours and Education. Applications are due October 2.

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Students in the Museum Careers Program gave gallery talks at the Members’ Opening of the Monet to Matisse exhibition on May 15. From left are: From Clinton, Eliana Carter (Senior), from New Hartford, Kate Casler (Junior), Anna Jandura-Cessna (Senior), Erin Hernon (Senior), Olivia Danis (Senior), Julia D’Ambrosio (Senior), and Andrew Sandock (Senior).

Caldwell Gallery Hudson Opens Easton Pribble: A Retrospective he Caldwell Gallery Hudson opens its fall exhibition schedule with the first retrospective and sale of artist Easton Pribble’s bequest to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, to be sold to benefit MWPAI’s Museum and its School of Art. Easton Pribble: A Retrospective will be on view in Hudson, NY, from September 12 through October 25.

held as an artist. “My work has been eclectic because I love the contradictions in the world around me, and the richness of those experiences,” Pribble said.

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Pribble stipulated that his paintings and drawings be sold to benefit the Museum’s art acquisition fund as well as the School of Art. Museum of Art Director, Anna T. D’Ambrosio, states, “The Museum of Art owns 18 Pribble paintings and drawings. In his wisdom, Easton asked the Museum to work toward sharing his legacy with a larger audience.” Easton Pribble: A Retrospective features more than 50 of the nearly 200 works which are available for purchase from this generous bequest. A comprehensive digital catalogue of the collection will be available.

The exhibition highlights a lifetime of work by a beloved teacher and exceptional artist who lived from 1917-2003. “Our gallery is honored to be working with an arts organization of the stature and mission of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute to bring Easton Pribble’s extraordinary artistic legacy to the world,” notes Caldwell Gallery principal Joe Caldwell.

After launching a successful career in New York, exhibiting at such prestigious galleries as The Pinacotheca and The Charles Alan Gallery in the 1950s, Pribble moved to Central New York in 1957 to teach painting and drawing at the MWP School of Art. His teaching career would span more than four decades.

Pribble simultaneously maintained an active studio practice, employing Modernist stylistic methods to render landscape, architecture and still life, and he never stopped working to reconcile the concerns he

Located in the heart of Hudson’s bustling Warren Street, Caldwell Gallery Hudson is open ThursdaySunday and by appointment or chance. The gallery features regularly rotating exhibitions of American art.

Easton Pribble (1917-2003), Billboard Tower, 1960, oil on canvas, 36 x 30 1/16 inches.

New Works by Local Artist in Museum Shop

he Museum Shop at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute prides itself in offering work by local artists and craftsmen. This month we present works by Jeannine Papelino.

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Inspiration comes in many forms. As an artist, Jeannine Papelino discovered her true calling through art classes she first took at Munson-WilliamsProctor Arts Institute. As her interest in the arts grew, so did her creativity. By the time she finished her Fine Arts program through Mohawk Valley Community College, she discovered graphic design and photography could easily be incorporated into her artistic pursuits. As a new artist to the Museum Shop, Jeannine enjoys painting watercolor scenes like quaint cafe’s and restaurants, detailed architectural elements, bakeries, and images she's captured through travel excursions. From her collection of photos, Jeannine chooses images based on the subject's intricate detail, vivid colors, and a balanced composition to challenge her creativity. She loves to accentuate color and as a visionary artist, she believes that color and detail attract a viewer's attention - which is why it's become a significant style of all her creative work.

SCHOOL OF ART HAPPENINGS

PrattMWP Faculty Show Friday, September 4 through Friday, October 16 Reception will be held on 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, September 4.

School of Art Gallery Free and open to the public

Greg Lawler, Whisper, 2015, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”

Stephen Arnison, Daniel Buckingham, Chris Cirillo, Mark DiOrio, Chris Irick, Cindiana Koren, Gregory Lawler, Rita Lombardi, Leah McDonald, Ken Marchione, Bryan McGrath, Jenna North, Beth Post, Sandra Stephens, Sean Usyk, Kim Carr Valdez, Lisa Gregg Wightman, Mara Zoltners

MWP Bon Appétit Friday Night - September 25 All Impressionism Fine Bone China Coffee Mugs 20% Off 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. only Museum Shop Hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Sunday - 1 to 5 p.m.

Upcoming in October Concerts in the Court Hot Club of San Francisco featuring Isabelle Fontaine Meet Me in Paris–Gypsy Jazz

Saturday, October 3 8 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

Art Alive!

For Kids and Families DuffleBag Theatre Company Snow White

Columbus Day Monday, October 12 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Campus Store Back to School Sale Monday, August 31 through Friday, September 11

Brush and Pencil Cases - 25% OFF Storage Boxes and Totes - 25% OFF Art Portfolios 24” x 36” - 25% OFF Highlighters and Sharpies - 25% OFF White Nylon 3 Brush Set - 30% OFF Golden Intro 6 Tube Acrylic Set - 30% OFF Select 12 Sketch Pencil Set - 30% OFF The Campus Store is located at 1216 State Street in the Student Center Hours: Monday- Friday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Museum of Art Auditorium

Film Series Improvements Underway

The Film Series will take a short break at the end of August and into September in order to accommodate the Digital Projector Conversion and other enhancements to the Museum of Art Auditorium. The regular film schedule will resume when the project is complete in just a few weeks. Please check our website for updates. Thank you for your patience and support!

Films are shown on Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All films are shown in 35mm format and BluRay digital cinema, with a state-of-the-art Dolby surround sound system.

Comfortable seats give 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. Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.

Film Passbooks for discounted admission to ten screenings are available for MWPAI members for $55 and Non-Members for $75. For information call the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 797-0055, 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 797-0055 or on our website mwpai.org.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS (and renewing members providing additional support at higher levels)

Business Members 310 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502

Leader Christie’s

Members Fountain Elms Society

Family/Household

Jody Guarnieri Dr. & Mrs. Raouf Kodsy John and Catherine McEnroe Earle C. Reed Vincent J. Rossi, Esq. Francesca Zambello & Faith Gay

Anne Andrianos Eileen M. Augustyn & Jerry LaPlante Mitchell & Tracy Bearse Lisa Berardino Albert & Vincenza Casatelli Cynthia Cesare Ruth & Michael Cosgrove Barbara & Donald Davidson Wynn Egginton Benita C. Eisenhut Steven & Alyx Evans Kevin Fairbanks Gale R. Farley Karha & Jill Farnham-Us Ann Furner Alison & Scott Gaffney Grant & Laura Garramone Rocco & Gracie Garro Candy Grant Judith A. Kirkpatrick Sabrina & Robert Langdon John Lauber & Jerome Anderson Ann & Peter Maher Lorraine Martin Deborah & Chris McGrath Albert & Shirley Meola Castani Wendy Miller & Patricia Wiley Sheila & Jack Mineo Angela Orsaio Delia Powers & Kelly Cook Janice T. Reilly Taryn & Brian Rio John & Anne Sonne Kathleen Thomas Chelsea Tupaj William G. Wood

Patron

Mr. & Mrs. E. Burrell Fisher Dr. & Mrs. Carl Krasniak

Contributor

Ernest & Vivian Berkowitz Charles & Barbara Brown Rebecca Caldwell Dr. & Mrs. S. Richard Chazin Linda Cohen & Sarah Cohen Mark & Kathy Donovan Kathleen & Donald Falkenstern Dawn & Anthony Hamlin Gene & Elaine Herman Mrs. Kevin M. Kelly Dr. John S. & Susan B. Kowalczyk Kim Lambert & William Wheatley David L. Moore Family of Jean & Thomas Morris Stanley Olkowski Stephen & Nancy Pattarini Aaron & Amanda Perrine Deborah & Christopher Riddell Marie T. Scialdone Mrs. Gloria Shaheen Lynn & Daniel Tomaino Michael Waters

Individual

Paula Angerosa Susan Capecelatro Alexis Carro Lynne Cleveland Linda Croghan Laurel Ferson Marianne Gillmore Steve Grotevant Charles Kieler Marie-France Kunkel Eileen McIntyre Amber Dawn Rudwell Kimmarie Sullivan Florence Walter

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Information and Hours Museum Hours (including Fountain Elms): Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5p.m., Fridays 10 a.m.-8 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., Fridays 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Sun. 1-5 p.m., School of Art Gallery Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-noon.

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

Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fridays 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.,

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 Gift Gallery, and outstanding rental facilities ideal for public programs and private events.

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute 310 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502 Telephone (315) 797-0000 Fax (315) 797-5608 www.mwpai.org Free Parking

For information, call (315) 797-0000 (Voice and TDD) General program support for the Museum of Art, performing arts and film presentations is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

SEPTEMBER EVENTS 3 Thursday

12 Saturday

15 Tuesday

25 Friday

Art Travel The Clark Art Institute, The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home and Gardens, The Red Lion Inn 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., preregistration required, off-campus.

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

French Wine and Food Pairing 6 p.m., preregistration required, off-campus.

Character Talk: Claude Monet Noon, Museum Galleries.

4 Friday First Friday Shorts: Gallery Talk Childe Hassam, American Impressionist 1:10 p.m., Museum of Art.

13 Sunday Second Sunday Guided Tour Collection Tour includes Peasants and Parisians 2 p.m., Museum of Art.

17 Thursday Book Discussion Ross King’s The Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism 6 p.m., Museum of Art.

18 Friday Gallery Talk: Paul Cezanne Noon, Museum Galleries.

Exhibition Opening PrattMWP Faculty Exhibition Reception 4 to 6 p.m., on view through October 16, School of Art Gallery.

MWP Friday Night: Bon Appétit!

5 to 8 p.m., Museum of Art.

26 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m., Museum of Art. Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® Musical Pictures 8 p.m, Auditorium.

27 Sunday Collection Tour 1:30, Museum of Art.

5 Saturday

Chamber Music Society of Utica Walden Chamber Players 2:30 p.m., Auditorium.

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

Mark Your Calendars for the Art Alive Family Days Monday, October 12 - Columbus Day

Thursday, February 18 - Winter Break

Tuesday, December 29 - Holiday Break

Thursday, April 28 - Spring Break

Guided Tours Monet to Matisse: The Age of French Impressionism Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 p.m.

Fridays at 1 and 6 p.m.

Free with Exhibition Admission

Collection Tour Includes Peasants and Parisians: French 19th-Century Graphic Arts Sunday, September 13, 2 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public.

Collection Tour Sunday, September 27, 1:30 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public.

Please Note The Film Series will take a short break in order to accommodate the Digital Conversion and other enhancements to the Auditorium.

The schedule will resume in a few weeks.

Thank you for your patience and support!

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