FY23 Annual Report

STORIES

FROM THE YEAR OCTOBER 2022–SEPTEMBER 2023

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ANNUAL REPORT

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2023 Year in Review

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Letters

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Members Matter

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Supporting Your Speed

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A Museum for Everyone

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Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

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Programming

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Speed Cinema

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Exhibitions

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Conservation Efforts

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Building Our Collection

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Thanking Our Supporters

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A Financial Overview

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2023 A LOOK BACK October 1, 2022– September 31, 2023

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2023 Year In Review

Celebrating Our Collection

Dear Friends, I look back at 2023 with great pride in our accomplishments and with poise towards next year and beyond. 2023 has been a year of continued institutional foundation building with great investments in our staff, buildings, IT, and collections. Very excitingly, it has been a year of applying what we learned from the COVID 19 pandemic and racial uprisings that confronted cultural institutions across the nation with core questions around purpose, relevance, and safety.

At the Speed, we took the opportunity in the summer of 2022 to begin the museum’s first comprehensive strategic planning process in several years. In the past 18 months of boards and staff co-creating our new strategic plan, we debated how our mission statement, “invite everyone to celebrate art forever” does, or should look like in practice. Our conversations about this question have remained at the forefront

Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview

The past year, we took a few deliberate steps towards broadening our invitation into the museum. Our Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Al Shands Collection was a gorgeous installation of one of the most significant collections of contemporary art ever gifted to the Speed. It is a collection that brings together many extraordinary Kentucky artists with artists from around the globe celebrating both artists from home and abroad in equal measures. Mary and Al Shand’s unparalleled bequest of art to our museum corroborated the importance of the Speed as a Kentucky arts organization both supporting local talent and bringing international artists to the Commonwealth.

Of equal importance was Louisville’s Black Avant-Garde: Robert L. Douglas, the first exhibition in a series of 6 culminating in a major project in 2027 of artists that were part of the Black Avant-garde in Louisville. This curatorial initiative of exhibitions and publications is designed to produce scholarship and draw critical attention to Louisville as a historically and culturally significant arts ecosystem led by Black artists between 1950 - 1980. We are humbled and thrilled to share this important aspect of the cultural history of our city.

of our minds. We view it as an institutional

Furthermore, and critically important to fostering a sense of

imperative as well as a valuable creative exercise,

belonging for marginalized communities, we are complementing our

challenging ourselves to design new ways to

collections with critical “truth and acknowledgement” research and

make the museum an inviting and welcoming

interpretation that sheds light on the dark side of Western civilization,

space of community belonging; to continually

progress, and domination. In our Kentucky Gallery, the exhibition

expand the communities to whom we are

The Bitter and the Sweet: Kentucky Sugar Chests, Enslavement,

extending the invitation; and to rethink how we are

and the Transatlantic World 1790-1865 re-examines the Kentucky

inviting visitors to engage with the museum, our

sugar chest—an antique object often shrouded in nostalgia and

collections, space, and programs.

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appreciation for craftsmanship—within the

of engagement to discover what resonates or sparks their interest, prioritizing their own

broader, intertwined contexts of the Trans-Atlantic

experience, personal inquiry, and growth as much as the knowledge shared traditionally in

trade economy of the time, with its vicious human

the museum context.

toll of enslavement, and complex transportation and merchant systems that brought sugar to Kentucky.

Finally, we hosted the ground planting celebration for the Speed Art Park, a major milestone that will transform the 3 acres around the museum into a new green space filled with native plants, comfortable seating, and our growing collection of outdoor sculptures. Free and

We have continued our significant undertaking of

open to the public 24/7/365, our new ungated art park will take “open invitation” to another

re-installing our galleries and had the opportunity

level, creating the ability for community members to view and engage with works from

to acquire important works of art from diverse

our collection at any hour, at no cost, beyond the physical walls that obscure the galleries

makers across time and geographies, including

from passersby.

Henry Gudgell’s Walking Stick (previous, page 92), Chiffon Thomas’s Uvea, and a once-known Peruvian artist’s portrait of Saint Martin de Porres (right, page 95). Complementing this shift in

Our new Speed Art Park is intended as a welcoming destination for the whole community to connect with art, nature, and each other, creating art-filled spaces for contemplation and recreation alongside wellness-focused programs like yoga, meditation, and outdoor learning.

curatorial practice, our Learning, Engagement,

None of our initiatives are possible without the generous support of our many members,

and Belonging team has leaned into an

donors, sponsors, and daily visitors. We are grateful beyond measure for your tremendous

interpretive framework of “mirror/window/door”

generosity. The Speed comes to life through and with all of you and your belief in our

that is shaping our approach to visitor materials,

institution makes us who we are today.

exhibition text, and overarching experiential goals: art can act as a mirror, where we see ourselves reflected; a window into a new world, opening our minds to new perspectives; and a door, helping us transform as human beings. On a practical

Warmly, Raphaela Platow, Director of the Speed Art Museum

level, this has included providing resources for contemplative practice, such as guided journaling exercises and open-ended prompts throughout the galleries. In doing so, we aim to invite visitors in with a varied array of interpretations and points

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MEMBERS MATTER Our greatest advocates and most enthusiastic participants are Members of the Speed! The Speed is an engaging and energized hub of creativity because of our members. Being a Member of the Speed Art Museum is more than a financial contribution, it is strength in numbers.

Your membership contribution makes a big impact. General Members of the Speed Art Museum represent our broadest base of support. That general membership core grew from 3,250 to over 3,500 households, with more than 500 new members. This impressive growth provided critical operating support for the Museum that helps fund programs and exhibitions that engage all people.

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Meaningful Memories Membership is your ticket to experience the Speed Art Museum on a deeper level! The Speed is a gathering place where you can join family, friends, and fellow Members in the appreciation of art and good company. Whether you get excited by After Hours, casual art afternoons, a date night or family day, Speed Membership offers you the best access to everything the Museum offers.

This year we immersed ourselves in the beauty and history of Art Nouveau with the works of Alphonse Mucha. We celebrated the accession of over 100 pieces of contemporary art from the Mary and Al Shands collection, and we launched our four-part annual series of Louisville’s Black Avant-Garde with the paintings, drawings and sculptures of Robert L. Douglas.

The Year Ahead The success and vitality of the Speed Art Museum continues to rely on the involvement and commitment of our Members. As we grow and continually gauge your values and interests, you will see new incentives to join or renew your membership. We welcome your feedback as we work to improve your experience of the Speed. We value your dedication and thank you for supporting art and culture in your community.

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SUPPORTING YOUR SPEED Patron Circle In appreciation of their dedicated support of the Speed, Patron Circle members enjoy exclusive opportunities to engage with the Museum throughout the year. Members range from young professionals to artists to corporate executives, all of whom provide critical support to the Museum and its operations.

International Benefactor Circle As leaders in providing vital annual support for the Speed, members of the International Benefactor Circle (IBC) enjoy a unique relationship with the Museum. Due to their dedicated support, the Speed can serve our community through diverse and ambitious exhibitions, the conservation of priceless artwork, and quality education programs.

Corporate Partnerships The Speed’s Corporate Partnerships promote the alliance of business and art in the Greater Louisville community and help ensure that great art and related programming is available for future generations, while providing tangible benefits for area businesses.

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A MUSEUM FOR EVERYONE Learning and Engagement programs at the Speed allow guests of all ages to discover the power of art and creativity. From guided tours to workshops and summer camps, the Speed provides something for everyone.

School and Teacher Programs In our first full year of offering in-person K-12 school tours postCOVID-19, the Speed engaged 3,156 students in guided and self-guided tours at the Museum, an increase of 215% from the 2021-2022 school year. This engagement success is a significant first step toward meeting our Strategic Plan goal of meeting or exceeding pre-pandemic school engagement by 2027. Surveys of teachers following these experiences showed us how impactful they were: “Some of my students had never been to a museum before…The experience changed them, and they were excited to get back and create.” “My students LOVED the field trip. They were so inspired and talked about the trip for the rest of the school year.”

According to those surveys, 92% of students were engaged with learning activities such as exploration of the interactive Art Sparks gallery. 92% of teachers said the Museum visit inspired their group, reinforced skill development and classroom learning, and supported the development of critical thinking skills and creativity.

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Our school engagement team reinvigorated our Art Detectives program this year to rave reviews from teachers: “I loved the hands-on approach to investigation with the white gloves.”

“This program provides an opportunity for our students who may not get many chances to visit a museum.” 1,127 JCPS elementary students experienced the Art Detectives program at ten Title I elementary school sites participating in the summer JCPS Backpack League, through support from Brown-Forman Foundation. Over four hours of programming at each site, Teaching Artists used the STEAM crate to explore objects and provided art-making materials for hands-on creative activities. Chris Burba, Director of Title I, II, and IV and Summer Programming at JCPS commented, “I love, love, love this partnership!

Thank you for joining us this summer.”

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In August and September 2023, thanks to support from Caesar’s Foundation, the Speed served 863 students in 36 Fourth Grade classes across Floyd County. “Art Detectives gave my students a chance to learn about important history by using a hands-on experience, making the learning more fun/interesting for them. They had a great

“ Art Detectives helps students to be curious, ask questions, and investigate.”

time with this activity!” -Teacher from Grant Line Elementary. The Speed’s Teaching Artists brought Art Detectives crates containing artworks and

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other objects to all nine Floyd County elementary schools, engaging students in a fun introduction to the study of material and visual culture. Students thought more deeply about the objects, looked for clues about the origin and purpose of the objects and how the objects were made, and worked with other students to find answers.

As additional ways to support teachers, we continued collaborating with the Curatorial team and area teachers to develop and test K-12 curriculum units and make high-resolution photographs of the Speed collection available to teachers so they can explore art with their students in their classrooms. The Speed’s Teacher Professional Development Workshops during the 2022-2023 focused on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), through topics such as “Relaxation and Abstract Art,” “What Makes You So Spectacular?”, and “Repurposed on Purpose.” Each workshop had the goals of providing teachers with a classroom-ready activity featuring a specific art-making process and a focused SEL strategy to help students and teachers reflect and develop ways of supporting themselves and each other. We also welcomed 701 university students to the Museum for tours and conversations around the Speed collection and special exhibitions.

Youth and Family Programs To provide early experiences with art and opportunities for families to connect with each other, we reinvigorated early childhood and family programs at the Speed early in fiscal year 2023. These programs also connect with our Strategic Plan goal to expand opportunities for lifelong learners, families, youth, and audiences who are not currently engaged with the Speed. We presented our first Family Day at the

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Speed in December 2023 and have continued to welcome families for seasonal celebrations during which multi-generational families spend time together enjoying activities like scavenger hunts through the galleries, art-making activities, performances, storytelling, exhibit tours, and family Chat Spots. Our family programming also included participating in the 2023 Louisville Cultural Pass and presenting a special Summer Family Night in July.

Beginning in February 2023, we started offering Baby Playdates on the first Wednesday and Toddler Takeover on the second Wednesday of each month. Through surveys, parents have shared that they value these programs because they offer opportunities for their kids to interact with other kids; experience the art at the Speed; and enjoy sensory and tactile activities, movement-based games, and art making. Through the year, 346 parents and children attended one of the programs and each month we continue to see regular attendees, along with a steady increase in new families joining the fun.

Five, week-long summer day camps offered a variety of fun, handson activities that encourage youth and teens to be creative thinkers, bold art makers, and playful collaborators. Campers interacted with practicing artists, spent time in the Speed galleries, and showcased their personal creativity to their families and the Speed team. Make a Mural campers got to paint directly on the walls in the Art Sparks classrooms. “I was a little bit nervous to meet people, but I just knew it was going to be fine because I was just going to be doing what I love,” said Sadaya Smith, a participant in the Make a Mural Camp. The Intro to Animation campers got to screen their films on the big screen in the Speed Cinema. And the Teen Portfolio Intensive participants got a head start on artistic and college applications,

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with lasting impact. To expand the inclusion and sense of belonging for the camps and welcome additional communities, we increased the number of scholarships offered to young participants, making it possible for 12 youth to participate in a camp at no cost. This included three teens from the Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs who participated in the Teen Portfolio Intensive due to a new partnership with that organization.

“I thought it would be great to get this opportunity to work with them, especially with kids from all over the city and Kentucky. They came up with their own designs, we all did a design workshop, so they all created different pictures and something they wanted to see.” -Jaylin Stewart, Make a Mural Camp instructor.

Teen and Adult Programs Attendance for our monthly Clothed Figure Drawing series has steadily increased through FY2023. This coincided with program adjustments made to increase the diversity of representation in the models and make unique connections to Speed exhibitions and collection. Connecting with the Global Speed Lecture Series on Japan, we partnered with Japan America Society of Kentucky (JASK) to offer special sessions of Clothed Figure Drawing. Local drag queen Chyna Versace modeled for the June session. The September session was inspired by our exhibition, Louisville’s Black Avant-Garde: Robert L. Douglas, and offered a unique Clothed Figure Drawing experience related to Douglas’ works Clothed Sinobia: I’m Thinking of You and Nude Sinobia: Now I’m Only Thinking of Me to shed light on the duality of his work as an artist, mentor, and thinker. The updated approach to this program has also helped us to

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strengthen existing community partnerships and begin relationships to reach new audiences.

We have also welcomed new presenters and strengthened connections to Speed exhibitions for the Adult Workshop series, which provides opportunities for participants 16 years and older to explore their creative side and learn new art making skills. This includes a collaboration with No More Red Dots; Studio Sessions with Letita Quesenberry and Vian Sora, two artists featured in Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Al Shands Collection; and an exploration of portraiture with Lance G. Newman II, connected with the exhibition Louisville’s Black Avant-Garde: Robert L. Douglas.

Adult guests and families can also connect with their creative sides during After Hours by participating in our open studio artmaking activity that connects with the event theme and offers fun for all ages.

We have continued our rewarding partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association to present Memories at the Museum, a monthly program for those living with early- and middle-stage memory loss and their care partners. This meaningful program that combines a tour of a gallery or special exhibition with a hands-on artmaking activity reaches those in our community who benefit from tapping into their own creativity, along with social connections with others.

During this period, the Learning, Engagement, and Belonging team also created new approaches to gallery interpretation at the Speed.

For the special exhibition, Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Alfred Shands Collection, we created audio content to share multiple voices and perspectives, designed a gallery guide and a children’s activity book, and created three response walls across the Museum

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for guests to share their thoughts and experiences. In addition to the drop-in Collection Highlights Tours led by our Docents that guests of all ages enjoy, we began a new program in October 2022 called Speed Chat Spots to encourage informal conversation in the galleries. Each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 2-3pm one or more Speed Docents wearing large “Let’s Chat!” buttons welcome guests to the galleries and invite them into conversation about the exhibitions. This program has been popular with Docents and guests alike!

To facilitate reflection and conversation around the exhibition, Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Breonna Taylor: In the Garden, we partnered with Mental Health Lou and No More Red Dots Peace Through the Arts team to present two series of programs in the exhibition. The first, Celebrate You Sundays, offered guests the chance to explore their internal landscape through a guided meditation workshop, followed by an open-ended participatory art-making experience. Inspired

by Felix Gonzales-Torres’ work on view in this installation, guests created rubbings of inspirational statements to keep and share with others. The second series, Community Conversations, were drop-in conversations facilitated by Mental Health Lou intended to support members of our community in learning and healing together.

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EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING Community Days Community Days are a celebration of art, culture, and people that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. Community Days bring artist-led sessions, music performances, explorations of Speed exhibitions, and other unique experiences to guests. Over fiscal year 2023, Community Day topics included: a Dia de los Muertos event; a New Year celebration featuring the creation of vision boards and self-care exercises; a celebration of Black culture centered around the exhibition Kentucky Women: Helen LaFrance; a celebration of Women’s History Month; the opening celebration for the exhibition Space for Belonging: I Am Here; two events centered on the exhibition Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Breonna Taylor: In the Garden that featured Louisville artists Braylyn Resko Stewart and Sara Noori who created a site-specific mural for this installation; and Aflora 2023 at the Speed, presented with La Casta Center.

Cultural Gallery Experiences Cultural Gallery Experiences for schools and community partners occur throughout the year at the Speed. These experiences are planned with groups that have a certain cultural topic of interest or need that could be served by the experience. These programs can be tours only or can include specific art experiences for the

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students. Programming this year included an indepth experience for students at W.E.B. DuBois Academy with teachers from AA Clay Ceramics Studio and multiple “Beyond the CROWN” experiences at the Speed for students from Grace James Academy.

Platinum Collective Community Connections is an umbrella of programming that gives a platform to marginalized and underrepresented voices through artmaking.

The Platinum Collective is a community of energetic and curious people (aged 55+) who connect over art, shared experiences, and conversation. In 2023, the Speed engaged the Platinum Collective in a series of eight-week jewelry-making workshops that culminated in a public event at the Speed. Each session, held either at the Speed or at the Americana Center, included a light lunch and time for socializing, along with the instruction and jewelry-making, providing opportunities for the participants to connect with others while learning a new creative process and then sharing pride in their creations.

The jewelry workshops led to new and deeper friendships, along with continuing connections to the Speed. Many of the participants shared that the “biggest takeaway” for them were the friendships they forged during the program. The

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culminating event was a warm, intimate gathering and the space was filled with a sense of delight from the participants in seeing each other, meeting family members, and showing off their creations. The teachers also prioritized providing inclusive learning environments for all students and incorporating flexibility into their teaching methods to meet participants’ access needs. Participants shared that the experience gave them: “friendship, joy, a chance to not think about cancer treatments, challenge, a mental vacation, art therapy, sharing ideas, amusement, compassion, and revitalization.”

Speed For All The only program of its kind, Speed for All is our unique and highly successful membership program that provides a free family Museum membership to anyone for whom cost is a barrier. Speed for All is an important part of inviting everyone to the Museum. This signature membership program expands access to the Museum and allows us to reach more people, diversify our audience, and create relevant and engaging programming for a wide range of communities. Speed for All is an opportunity to build lasting relationships with our community by not only providing free admission, but inviting all members to return year-round for events, exhibitions, and programs.

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PROGRAMMING After Hours Music. Drinks. Art. After Hours shined in 2023 with unique performances and community partnerships.

January kicked off the year with the final days to view Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary with over 1000 guests in attendance. The event included a performance

by Sky Creature, a movement, visual art, and music experience. Throughout the year, musical performances by local and out-of-state performers headlined each month’s event. Some highlighted performances included local acts Producing a Kind Photo by Supply Lab Media

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Generation, DJ Always, Phourist and the Photons, and Roadie. We welcomed New Orleans based Trumpeter and composer Jelani Bauman, and Texas based Bobby Falk Contemporary Jazz for their album release. June was a 90’s themed night where many guests came dressed for the occasion and enjoyed the opportunity to get on stage and sing with Full Contact Karaoke. December ended the year with a highly anticipated Prom theme. Guests came ready to dance the night away with DJ JohnQ, enjoyed gallery talks in Stories Retold: American Art from the Princeton University Art Museum, and taking their photo to commemorate their night.

In 2023 we were able to partner with artists, community partners, and local businesses.

Performances and collaborations included Redline Performing Arts, local artist panel talks, Lipstick Wars, Asia Institute Crane House, Ambo Dance theater, University of Louisville Cultural Center, and more.

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Lecture Series Lecture series were presented on our 1st Thursdays and free Sundays for all to attend and enjoy. In 2023 the Global Speed series featured Japan. Speakers included Miwako Tezuka who spoke on a variety of Japanese artists and the “making-of” the field of postwar Japanese art and its continuing impact on the world of Art History.

Mira Locher from the University of Manitoba also joined us for a historical review of Zen Gardens in Japan. To round out the series Janice Katz presented on the Japanese print collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

In August we hosted local artist, Vian Sora in conversation with Contemporary Curator Tyler Blackwell for the Alfred R. Shands III and Mary N. Shands Master Series. The audience enjoyed learning more

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about Vian Sora’s start in her career in Iraq and how it continues to evolve now that she calls Louisville home.

In September, the Adele and Leonard Leight Series: Art, Design and Innovation hosted Susie Silbert, an independent curator and writer in the glass field. Her lecture shared how artists use the power of reflection to reanimate Indian craft traditions that have been lost over time, interpreting movement in the glass shops as hip hop, and building community through glassblowing.

Additional talks this year included a presentation from Current Speed Artist, Sky Hopinka and a conversational talk on Louisville’s Black Avant Garde: Professor Robert L. Douglas with moderator, Jabani Bennet and professors from University of Louisville David Anderson and Brandon McCormick.

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Sunday Showcase The second Sunday’s of the month featured free programming for all to enjoy. This includes our Movement in the Museum series of free movement classes that include yoga, Pilates, barre and tai chi. Free performance this year included a showcase from students of the Louisville Academy of Music, University of Louisville’s Brass Ensemble, Canto Vocal Programs “A Taste of Opera”. During the run of Rounding the Circle: The Mary And All Shands Collection we hosted Great Meadows artist for several programs including artists talks with Kiah Celeste and Mark Williams whose work was featured in the show and the Artist Speed Round a PechaKucha style energetic slide presentation of their work, process or research.

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SPEED CINEMA Community Partnerships 502 Film Alley Cat Advocates Alliance Française Crane House Floyds Fork Environmental Association Hyphen Film Center Kentucky College of Art and Design Kentucky Foundation for Women Kentucky Humane Society Louisville Academy of Music Louisville Children’s Film Festival Louisville Film Society Louisville Jewish Film Festival Queer Trans Asian American Pacific Islander Week Rotary Club of Louisville United Nations America-USA Kentucky Division University of Louisville Association of University Women Still from Black Barbie

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University of Louisville Center for Healthy Air, Water, and Soil University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute University of Louisville Department of Comparative Humanities University of Louisville Department of Music University of Louisville Latin American Film Festival University of Louisville Prevention Education and Advocacy on Campus and in the Community Vocal KY Women in Film-KY

Monthly Highlights October 2022 » Sunday Showcase screening of Art and Krimes by Krimes with post-screening discussion with Jesse Krimes about art and mass incarceration highlighting his organization assisting formerly incarcerated artists Right of Return, USA. » Screenings of five recently restored films by François Truffaut including The 400 Blows, Bed and Board, and Stolen Kisses.

Still from The 400 Blows

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November 2022 » Screening of Utama with post-screening discussion by Dr. Karl Swinehart, Comparative Humanities Department, University of Louisville who is a linguist specializing in Quechua language, a key part of the film. » The Fall Short Film Slam presents 9 locally produced films and awards the first-ever cash prizes.

December 2022 » Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio screens exclusively at the Speed with a family art activity. The film is later awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. » The Speed Cinema also exclusively screens Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes which is nominated for a Best Feature Documentary Oscar.

January 2023 » The Speed Cinephiles host the first gathering of the cast and crew of the film Wildcat shot in Louisville with Ethan Hawke introducing a screening of Terrence Malick’s Badlands. » The Speed Cinema offers exclusive runs of the Oscar-nominated films Close, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, and EO.

Still from Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

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February 2023 » The Speed Cinema partners with the University of Louisville’s Comparative Humanities Department for screenings of a new restoration of I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing and Mansfield Park with post-screening discussions with director Patricia Rozema. » Recent Macarthur Fellow Sky Hopinka’s Malni: Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore screens at Sunday Showcase related to his Current Speed exhibition.

March 2023 » The Speed Cinema partners with the Louisville Children’s Film Festival to present three programs of 20 international short films and a family art activity after their original screenings were canceled due to a power outage due to a storm. » The Talk Cinema presentation of Let It Be Morning is followed with a discussion with director Eran Kolirin via Zoom.

Still from I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing

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April 2023 » World premiere of Will Oldham and Ryan Daly’s music and film presentation Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You was sold-out and supported the Louisville Academy of Music. The program went on to tour the world and was recently featured on the Criterion Channel. » Helen LaFrance: Memories is presented at Sunday Showcase with a post-screening discussion with Executive Producer Bruce Shelton hosted by Speed Art Museum Chief Curator/Mary & Barry Bingham Sr. Curator of Painting and Sculpture Erika HolmquistWall and Speed Curator of Film Dean Otto. A tour of Kentucky Women: Helen LaFrance led by Holmquist-Wall followed the discussion. » The Speed Cinema exclusive run of Joyland featured introductions and post-screening discussion with producer Oliver Ridge who recently moved to Lexington.

May 2023 » The Sunday Showcase screening of Ursula Von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own with post-screening tour of Rounding the Circle which included work by Von Rydingsvard. » The Speed Cinema exclusive screenings included Cristian Mungui’s R.M.N and Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch’s The Eight Mountains.

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June 2023 » The Speed presented a Sunday Showcase program Save Our Stories: Appalshop’s Archival Emergency with Appalshop’s Archivist Caroline Rubens with musicians Leo Shannon and Kelian Aplin. » The Speed Cinema presented new digital restorations of Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso, and Toshio Matsumoto’s Funeral Parade of Roses (with the support of Crane House).

July 2023 » Louisville native director Imani Dennison presented her film Bone Black: Midwives vs. The South with a post-screening discussion on the urgent need for support for Black maternal health initiatives. » Director Chad Stockfleth, who also grew up in Louisville, presented his documentary The Elephant 6 Recording Co. about the collective of 1990s psychedelic rock bands. » The annual Flyover Film Festival, a partnership with the Louisville Film Society, showcased 13 films that were tied to Kentucky and featured sold-out screenings of the documentaries King Coal with director Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Fleeting Reality with director Richard Van Kleeck.

Still from Bone Black: Midwives vs the South

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August 2023 » The 2023 edition of CatVideoFest attracted 1,216 fans and generated support for Alley Cat Advocates and the Kentucky Humane Society. » Lagueria Davis’ documentary Black Barbie connected with over 735 viewers resulting in four of the six screenings selling out.

Thandisizwe Jackson-Nisan presented her spoken word piece on Black Barbie at one screening and many audience members had their pictures taken with an original Black Barbie after screenings.

September 2023 » Elijah Yetter-Bowman returned to the Speed to present his new documentary Burned, about how firefighters who put their lives on the line for the public also put their health at risk though exposure to forever chemicals in their gear. The presentation helped strengthen the film program’s interest in environmental concerns. » The Speed Cinema partnered with the Louisville Photo Biennial’s keynote speaker Lawrence Schiller to present the restoration of his film (along with co-director L.M. Kit Carson) The American Dreamer following Dennis Hopper as he created his film The Last Movie. » The area premiere of Mutt was followed by a post-screening panel featuring lead actor Lío Mehiel and a panel highlighting the work being done to support the Trans community regionally

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EXHIBITIONS Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary October 21, 2022 – January 22, 2023 Czech-born Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939) was one of the most celebrated artists in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. As an influential force behind the art nouveau movement, he created sumptuous posters and advertising—promoting such everyday products as cigarette papers and tea biscuits—that transformed the streets of Paris into open-air art exhibitions. Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary celebrated the Mucha Trust Collection’s first major U.S. tour in 20 years, featuring a vast array of posters, illustrations, ornamental objects, and rarely seen sculpture, photographs, and self-portraits. Detail of Daydream (Rêverie), 1897 Color lithograph 28 5/8 × 21 3/4 in. © Mucha Trust 2022

Alphonse Mucha Detail of Gismonda, 1894 Color lithograph 851⁄16 × 293⁄16 in. © Mucha Trust 2022 Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary was organized by the Mucha Foundation, Prague. The exhibition was curated by Tomoko Sato.

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EXHIBITIONS Current Speed: Sky Hopinka November 16, 2022 – February 19, 2023 For this installation, the Speed presented three major film works made by Hopinka over the last six years: I’ll Remember You As You Were, not as What You’ll Become (2016), Lore (2019), and Mnemonics of Shape and Reason (2021). These fantastical, abstracted videos urge us to consider our own relationships to life, landscape, and memory as colorfully romantic, somewhat delirious contemplations assembled on both digital and 16mm film. Hopinka’s works sometimes veer towards experiments in evoking nostalgia, made more potent by intermittent threads of poetic text or historical prose. He is deeply invested in language as a cultural signifier and tool; his films sometimes feature words in Chinuk Wawa (an endangered pidgin “trade” language that originated in the Pacific Northwest in the 19th century) or Ho-Chunk. The artist has said “Indigenous art is the art of the indescribable things that you can’t think of in English. The meaning isn’t the shape of words, but rather it’s found in those crevices between the facts and the information we’ve been taught to understand of ourselves, those slick spaces where the spirit slips through that I don’t have the words for, that you don’t have the words for. All the things that surprise us—by not only our humanity, but the humanity of others.”

Current Speed is a new series of changing contemporary art exhibitions that introduces the Kentuckiana community to new and emerging artists as well as celebrated mid-career artists previously underrecognized in the region. The Current Speed exhibition series is initiated and organized by Tyler Blackwell, Curator of Contemporary Art at Speed Art Museum.

Sponsored by: James and Leslie Millar Charitable Fund

Sky Hopinka I’ll Remember You as You Were, not as What You’ll Become, 2016 HD video, stereo, color 12 minutes and 32 seconds Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton, Berlin and Los Angeles

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EXHIBITIONS Kentucky Women: Helen LaFrance August 26, 2022 – April 30, 2023 Gathering together works drawn from the Speed’s collection and private loans, Kentucky Women: Helen LaFrance explored the art and life of this remarkable artist. LaFrance documented her western Kentucky rural and small-town experiences, rooted in Mayfield and around Graves County. Her sense-memory paintings feature moments recalled from everyday life: church picnics, shared meals, parades, and quilting bees. Working across a variety of mediums, including collage, sculpture, painting, and dollmaking, LaFrance’s vibrant and life-affirming artwork documents a century’s worth of Kentucky living.

The Kentucky Women exhibition series offers a closer look at the work of important Kentucky women artists.

Helen LaFrance (American, 1919 – 2020) Detail of Quilting, 1998 Oil on canvas 12 × 24 in.

Purchased through the generous donations of Jeff and Susan Callen, Richard H.C. and Elizabeth Clay, Hardscuffle, Inc., Spencer Harper III, Anne Brewer Ogden, Dr. Kenneth and Shelly Zegart, West Louisville Women’s Collaborative, Lisa Brendel Ewen, Caroline Guthrie, Elmer Lucille Allen, Chenoweth and Tyler Allen, and Ramona Dallum Lindsey and Faith S. Lindsey, with additional support from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund 2021.4

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Exhibition season sponsored by: Cary Brown and Steven E. Epstein Paul and Deborah Chellgren Arthur J. and Mary Celeste Lerman Charitable Foundation Debra and Ronald Murphy DavFam Art Fund

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EXHIBITIONS Space for Belonging: I Am Here April 30, 2023 – June 4, 2023 Space for Belonging: I Am Here is an exhibition that explores the power of sharing your personal story. ‘I Am Here,’ is a bold declaration that demands a claim to the space in which an individual stands. Throughout this digital photography exhibition, led by visual storyteller, T.A. Yero, participants explored the craft of storytelling through still photographs. Lighting, composition, and movement can visually give words to our lives, and they paint stories that intrigue and engage many. During this 8-week art program participants were able to see how their unique stories also find ways to intersect with others in theme and acquaintance. This exhibition series extends an invitation to relate and respond to the photographs that paint the narrative of others’ lived experiences.

Through the Community Connections program, the Speed Art Museum seeks to positively impact our community by creating artistic platforms that amplify the voice of individuals and groups that have been largely unheard of. We do this by strengthening our connection with others by building reciprocal relationships based on shared understanding and compassion.

La Bravia S.J. Jenkins Detail of John Hancock, 2023 Cell phone photograph Oil on canvas 12 × 24 in.

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EXHIBITIONS Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Al Shands Collection March 24, 2023 – August 6, 2023 Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Al Shands Collection celebrated the extensive and significant collection of contemporary artworks assembled by the late Alfred R. Shands III (1928-2021) and Mary Norton Shands (1930-2009). This presentation also commemorated the transformative gift of art made to the Speed Art Museum, numbering over 100 artworks.

It was Al Shands’s wish that the contemporary art collection he and his late wife, Mary, amassed at their Great Meadows estate in Crestwood, Kentucky be displayed together in a public exhibition before being dispersed to museums across the state. In this way, he sought not only a closure to the collection’s life at Great Meadows, but also a bridge to the works’ future lives in other contexts. Shands, a former Episcopalian priest, hoped to mount an exhibition that would be dynamic but also contemplative—a place where museum visitors could be inspired and explore what meaning the works could spark in their own lives.

Artists in the exhibition included such renowned figures as Anish Kapoor, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Siah Armajani, Petah Coyne, Olafur Eliasson, Elizabeth Murray, Afredo Jaar, Betty Woodman, Sol LeWitt, and Tony Cragg, alongside leading Kentucky artists such as Vian Sora, Cynthia Norton, Kiah Celeste, and Sandra Charles.

Elizabeth Murray (American, 1940-2007) Descending Heel, 1988 Oil on shaped canvas Promised gift of The Mary and Alfred Shands Art Collection

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the huskKY fund Susan and Allan Lavin Christina Lee Brown Cornelia W. Bonnie Mr. Donald G Wenzel Jr. and Mr. Ron Darnell Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Jane Feltus Welch

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EXHIBITIONS Louisville’s Black Avant-Garde: Robert L. Douglas June 30, 2023 – October 1, 2023 Robert L. Douglas (1934-2023), Professor Emeritus at the University of Louisville, was a visual artist, community organizer, teacher, and mentor to generations of artists and thinkers. Featuring paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures, this exhibition presented rarely seen work from throughout the artist’s career, demonstrating the breadth of his artistic practice and depth of his impact locally and regionally.

The exhibition was organized by the Speed Art Museum and curated by Dr. fari nzinga, Curator of Academic Engagement and Special Projects at the Speed, with support from Sarah Battle, Coordinator of Academic Programs and Publications, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, whose oral history research project, Painting a Legacy: the Black Artistic Community in Louisville, 1950s-1970s, provided a scholarly foundation for the exhibition.

Through a generous donation from Eleanor Bingham Miller, general admission to the Museum was free Wednesdays through Saturdays for the duration of Louisville’s Black Avant-Garde: Robert L. Douglas.

Robert Douglas American, 1934 – 2023 Universal Me, 1988 Oil on Canvas Loan courtesy of the artist Image credit: Bill Roughen for the Speed Art Museum

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Exhibition presented by: Eleanor Bingham Miller Additional support for this exhibition provided by: The Louisville Chapter of The Girl Friends

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EXHIBITIONS Kentucky Women: Alma Wallace Lesch May 19 – October 29, 2023 Kentucky Women: Alma Wallace Lesch explored the wide-ranging, fiber-based artistic practice of Alma Wallace Lesch (1917-1999) through the themes that defined her work: ruminations on place, memory, nature, faith, female identity, and creative experimentation. The exhibition featured significant works by the artist from the Speed’s collection, including a massive nine-foot-tall by fifteen-foot-wide wall hanging, Full Bloom (1966), originally created as commission for Louisville’s former First Lincoln National Bank. Other exceptional pieces came from the holdings of the University of Louisville and from a private collection.

Born in western Kentucky’s McCracken County, Lesch learned as a child the familiar needle arts of quilting, embroidery, and sewing. Working as a professional fiber artist beginning in the 1960s, she took these traditional skills, as well as those of weaving and vegetable dyeing, and transformed them to create complex, richly layered compositions that quickly gained her national and international recognition.

Lesch became especially well-known for her collaged fabric portraits. Making innovative use of found and reworked materials, she created faceless, abstracted compositions that frequently centered women as strong, independent figures within the small-town life familiar to Lesch. Her explorations of female identity were only one aspect of her continual experimentation; throughout the works in the exhibition, one experiences her endlessly creative combinations of pattern, Alma Wallace Lesch American, 1917 - 1999 Full Bloom, 1966 Various fabrics, yarns, other materials 106 x 180 in.

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texture, and color.

Lesch’s further contributions to art and artists came through her role as a lifelong educator.

Beginning as an elementary school teacher, she returned to college in her forties to receive an M.Ed. at the University of Louisville with a focus on fiber. Afterward, she taught at the late Louisville School of Art from 1961 to 1978 and at the University of Louisville from 1975 to 1982.

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EXHIBITIONS ¡Afloramos!

March 18 – August 21, 2022 ¡Afloramos! Una exhibictión de artistas latinx | An exhibit of Latinx artists We are here and we FLOURISH! Curated by Ada Asenjo.

The Latinx community is often seen as a homogenous entity. We are, in fact, quite diverse. Each country has its own flavor, and though we may be similar, each is quite distinct. Some of us have lived in the US for many years and are adept at code-switching. Some have just arrived and struggle with adapting. All of us are here and continuously interacting with the differences within our community as well as dealing with the different cultural values of the greater society and North American sensibilities. Despite this, we cultivate a sense of place because the land on which we stand roots us, and therefore we FLOURISH! This exhibition consisted of multi-varied expressions of who we are, expressions of our heritage, the longings of our souls, and our heart’s desires. This has been the goal of Aflora which started at La Casita Center in 2019 as an organic movement that gathered talented artists from the Latinx diaspora in an effort to empower our people as we decolonize art. In 2022 a grant from the Curate Purchase Inspire program of Louisville Visual Art allowed us to establish a permanent exhibit in the “events building” at La Casita. This building, previously an unused Catholic school gym, is alive with the energy of those that move in its midst. The art in this exhibit will now accompany those individuals and families who come for assistance, as well as those fighting for positive and life-enhancing systemic changes.

Sebastian Duverge Detail of Flamboyan tree in the Dominican Republic, 2002 Watercolor mosaic 14 x 11inches, framed 18 x 14 inches

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EXHIBITIONS Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Breonna Taylor: In the Garden June 7 – November 26, 2023 In the Garden was a special installation centered around Amy Sherald’s portrait of the late Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was murdered by Louisville Metro Police officers who illegally entered her apartment in March 2020. In the wake of this event and other violent instances like the Minneapolis murder of George Floyd, massive protests demanding justice and renewed social equality for Black and brown bodies commenced across the world.

Sherald’s painting of Breonna Taylor was originally commissioned for Vanity Fair magazine’s September 2020 issue as a public memorial to Taylor’s life and the ongoing quest for social justice. In 2021, the portrait was jointly acquired by the Speed Art Museum in Louisville and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. In the Garden, which was sited throughout Galleries 1-2, was a special presentation mounted to invite reflection, dialogue, and community contemplation. This installation, which also featured artworks by leading contemporary artists Anthony Akinbola, Firelei Báez, Andrea Bowers, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, vanessa german, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ebony G. Patterson, Nari Ward, T.A. Yero, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, explored themes of loss, joy, injustice, growth, and sorrow. Comprised of collection artworks and special loans, it was partially inspired by “Breonna’s Garden,” a virtual reality experience co-created by Ju’Niyah Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s younger sister. In addition, Louisville artists Braylyn Resko Stewart and Sara Noori were invited to create a site-specific mural for this installation. Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Breonna Taylor: In the Garden was developed with significant guidance from Breonna Taylor’s family.

Throughout the course of this installation, the Speed offered public and community programming around the topics of personal healing, gun violence, and empowerment.

Installation view

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EXHIBITIONS Stories Retold: American Art from the Princeton University Art Museum September 29, 2023 – January 7, 2024 This prestigious loan exhibition was an opportunity to present the best of the celebrated collections of American art from the Princeton University Art Museum. Nearly one hundred works spanning four centuries of American art history were showcased in a wide-ranging exhibition that examined how the meanings of objects change over time, and in different contexts. Museum collections slowly evolve over the decades to reflect shifting priorities and perspectives, and as a result, objects and artworks are considered and presented in ever-changing ways. Stories Retold: American Art from the Princeton University Art Museum revealed many of the fascinating, challenging, and even controversial stories that have been told about these artworks over time – and offered us compelling new ways of seeing these works to reflect the times in which we now live.

This exhibition was made possible by the leadership support of the Terra Foundation for American Art and organized by the Princeton University Art Museum.

Leading Sponsors: Carol Sharpe Harper, Grafton Harper, and Spencer Harper III DAV FAM Art Fund Contributing Sponsors: Carol and Tracy Farmer Max and Ellen Shapira Renee Cox (born 1960, Colgate, Jamaica; active New York, NY) The Signing, 2018, printed 2020.

Inkjet print; 121.9 × 213.4 cm.

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Charles and Lisa Barr Connie B. Goodman Paula and Frank Harshaw Debra and Ronald Murphy John David & Mary Helen Myles

Judy, Adam and Ian Shapira Jim and Marianne Welch Ann and Darrell Wells Laura Wells and Osman Biranis Mary and Orme Wilson Martha and Kenneth Wertz Ruth H. Cloudman Lucy Beam Hurst and Tom Ehrbar Larry Sloan Anonymous Media sponsor:

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EXHIBITIONS Sam Gilliam (1933 – 2022) September 16, 2022 – February 18, 2024 In honor of his recent passing, the museum has dedicated a gallery to displaying the works of the eminent abstractionist, Sam Gilliam. The installation, Sam Gilliam (1933 – 2022) is a celebration of his life and legacy as a Louisville-bred, world-renowned figure in modern and contemporary art. Gilliam transgressed boundaries, rejected convention and in the process taught us all how to see and think about art and life in new and more challenging ways. Featuring five career-spanning examples of Gilliam’s work from the museum’s permanent collection, the installation highlights Gilliam’s groundbreaking explorations of intense color, improvisational techniques, and geometric elements that meld painting with sculptural form.

Renee Cox (born 1960, Colgate, Jamaica; active New York, NY) The Signing, 2018, printed 2020.

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CELEBRATING OUR COLLECTION We’re pleased to announce that 68 objects were collected during the 2023 fiscal year.

Dame Laura Knight British, 1877 - 1970 Detail of Emigrants, 1923 Oil on canvas Gift of the Charter Collectors 2022.19

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GROWING & CARING FOR THE COLLECTION Its permanent collection is the cornerstone of much of a museum’s work. It reflects the spirit and values of the organization, inspires creativity and reflection, provides a meaningful and familiar touchstone to regular museumgoers, and excites and engages fledgling art lovers. In many ways, a collection is an organic thing that develops and changes as the organization—and the larger artistic community—evolves. At the Speed, the curators are constantly assessing, refining, and growing the collection to better serve the needs of our community, and behind the scenes we constantly strive to improve how we present and care for the objects entrusted to us.

In 2023, sixty-eight new works of art were added to the collection. Acquisitions were wide-ranging, building on strengths within the existing collection while simultaneously expanding the diversity of artists represented. Highlights include a seventeenthcentury Dutch painting of ships along a coastal town by Isaac Willaerts, a rare, reliefcarved walking stick by nineteenth-century African American artist Henry Gudgell demonstrating the cultural legacies of the African diaspora, a 3D animated video work by contemporary artist Jacolby Satterwhite, and a group of twenty drawings and prints by famed New Yorker magazine illustrator Saul Steinberg.

As work on Phase I of Speed Outdoors commenced, planning was well underway During lighting test Jaume Plensa Spanish, born 1955 White Shadow, 2009 Welded and baked steel The Mary Norton Shands and Alfred R. Shands III Art Collection Bequest P2022.2.116

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for the future installation of thirteen pieces of outdoor sculpture. On a warm summer evening, landscape architects and lighting designers converged on the Speed, and, together with Curator of Contemporary Art Tyler Blackwell, they conducted lighting studies, envisioning how the outdoor sculpture might look illuminated at night. Midwest Art Conservation Center conservators Megan Emery and Courtney Murray also traveled

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to Louisville to examine all the works slated to be installed in the new sculpture garden, preparing detailed condition reports, making recommendations for conservation treatment, and advising staff on strategies for the long-term care and preservation of the sculptures. Simultaneously, their colleagues Megan Randall and Rachel Moore cleaned and rewaxed Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure: Angles.

Other artworks conserved throughout the year included paintings by André Derain, Eugène Louis Boudin, and Jimmy Wright, drawings by Elihu Vedder and Donato Creti, and a sugar chest featured in the exhibition The Bitter and the Sweet: Kentucky Sugar Chests, Enslavement, and the Transatlantic World 1790–1865, among others. Whether it is cosmetic treatment to improve the visual appearance of a painting or interventions to prevent the future deterioration of objects, ensuring that works in the collection are preserved and well maintained for future generations is integral to our mission of inviting everyone to celebrate art forever.

Lending works from the collection to other museums is another way the Speed makes its collection accessible to a wider audience. In 2023, works from the Speed’s collection were featured in important exhibitions nationwide. Bob Thompson’s SelfPortrait in the Studio was displayed at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles as part of Bob Thompson: This House is Mine, the first museum exhibition devoted to the artist in more than twenty years. Yinka Shonibare’s Three Graces was featured in a mid-career retrospective of the artist’s work that served as the inaugural exhibition of the newly renovated galleries at the Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. María Magdalena Campos-Pons’s Butterfly Eyes (for Breonna Taylor) was included in María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. This mid-career survey of the artist’s work, showcasing four decades of work across diverse media, was organized by the Brooklyn Museum of Art and will later travel to the J. Paul Getty Museum. Participating in such exhibitions increases awareness of the Speed and its collection, builds and strengthens relationships among museums, and contributes to new scholarship.

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Pre-conservation / During conservation Henry Moore British, 1898–1986 Reclining Figure: Angles, 1979 Bronze Gift of Sara Shallenberger Brown in memory of her husband W. L. Lyons Brown 1981.21

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CONSERVATION EFFORTS Conservation André Derain Landscape at Martigues, 1908 Oil on canvas Bequest of Drs. Frederick K., Jr., and Elizabeth P. Cressman 2022.6.3 Henry Moore British, 1898–1986 Reclining Figure: Angles, 1979 Bronze Gift of Sara Shallenberger Brown in memory of her husband W. L. Lyons Brown 1981.21

Outgoing Loans Yinka Shonibare, CBE British, born 1962 Three Graces, 2001 Printed cotton textile, three fiberglass mannequins, three aluminum bases Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Accessions Trust 2002.6 ac

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Bob Thompson American, 1937–1966 Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1960 Oil on board Museum Purchase with Alice Speed Stoll Accessions Fund and funds generously donated

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Speed Outdoors Lighting Test Jaume Plensa Spanish, born 1955 White Shadow, 2009 Welded and baked steel The Mary Norton Shands and Alfred R. Shands III Art Collection Bequest P2022.2.116

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ACQUISITIONS African Art Asante artist [Ghana] Stool, early 20th century Wood Gift of Wallace Bowling, Jr., and Douglas Dawson

Contemporary Art Rita Ackermann American, born Hungary, 1968 Camp of Ascent, 2022 Oil and China marker on canvas Gift of Herman Leyba, Regina Scully, and Private Collection (US) 2023.22 Anthony Akinbola American, raised Nigeria and America, born 1991 Lift Every Voice, 2022 Durags, acrylic on wood panel Museum purchase with funds generously donated by Jim Gray, Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, Erik Eaker and John Brooks, Sarah and Chuck O’Koon, and Ruth Simons 2023.4

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Hannelore Baron American, 1926 - 1987 Untitled, 20th century Mixed media on paper Gift of Joan Brennan 2023.19 Hernan Bas American, born 1978 Conceptual Artist #11 (Performance based, his work centers on discomfort), 2022 Acrylic on linen Museum purchase with funds generously donated by a private collection 2023.5 Gloucester Caliman Coxe American, 1908 - 1999 Exodus #4, 1985 Oil on canvas Expanding the Circle Fund for Contemporary Art 2023.25

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Gloucester Caliman Coxe American, 1908 - 1999 Exodus #16, 1980 Oil on canvas Expanding the Circle Fund for Contemporary Art 2023.9 Sonia Delaunay French, born Ukraine, 1885 - 1979 The Round, 1967 Lithograph Bequest of Benjamin F. Few, Jr. and Sarah McNeal Few in honor of Franklin Page, the former Director of the Museum, and Ruth Cloudman, the former Chief Curator of the Museum 2023.3.6 Keltie Ferris American, born 1977 Torso (Bodyprint), 2022 Oil and powdered pigment on paper Gift of the artist and BOFFO Inc., New York 2023.2 Magalie Guérin Canadian, born 1973 Untitled, 2017 Oil on canvas on panel Gift of Katie and Amnon Rodan 2022.9 Doron Langberg American, born Israel, 1985 Sleeping, 2023 Oil on linen Museum purchase with funds generously donated by Zakir Patel 2023.24

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A Financial Overview Amani Lewis American, born 1994 My Name is C5IVE, 2021 Acrylic, glitter, screen print, and digital collage on canvas Gift of Dr. Joseph Nguyen and Tamie Tong 2023.21 Danielle Mckinney American, born 1981 Silence, 2022 Acrylic on canvas Museum purchase with funds generously donated by Rishabh and Lopa Mehrotra, Colin and Woo Speed McNaughton, Lloyd Speed and William Ciccariello, and Deb and Ron Murphy 2022.13

Angel Otero American, born 1981 Backyard, 2022 Oil paint and fabric collaged on canvas Museum purchase with funds generously donated by Gary Steele and Steven Rice, Jill and Peter Kraus, and Alberto Chehebar and Jocelyne Katz 2023.23 Ebony G. Patterson American, born Jamaica, 1981 Strange Fruitz, 2013 Mixed media on paper Gift of Lois Madison 2022.18 Nellie Mae Rowe American, 1900 - 1982 Untitled, 1980 Mixed media on paper Gift of Judith Alexander Foundation in honor of former Speed Art Museum Director Peter Morrin 2023.11 Jacolby Satterwhite American, born 1986 We Are In Hell When We Hurt Each Other, 2020 HD color video and 3D animation with sound Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund 2023.13

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Stan Squirewell American, born 1978 Atsidi & Belinda Mae, 2021 Mixed media collage with carved shou sugi ban frame Museum purchase through the gift of Speed Contemporary, and funds generously donated

by Brooke Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun, Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, Jim Gray, Susan and Allan Lavin, Mark and Susan Blieden, Jeffrey and Susan Callen, Rishabh and Lopa Mehrotra, Sarah and Chuck O’Koon, Linda and Chris Valentine, Juliet Gray and Mathias Kolehmainen, and Colin and Woo Speed McNaughton 2022.12

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Gio Swaby Bahamian, born 1991 Where I Know You From 2, 2023 Cotton fabric and thread sewn on muslin Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund 2023.12 Chiffon Thomas American, born 1991 Uvea, 2022 Tweed fabric, acrylic ink spray dyed, pastel, torching, stencil torching, embroidery thread Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund 2022.14 Charles H. Traub American, born 1945 Assisi, Italy, 2017 Digital inkjet print Gift of Paul R. Paletti, Jr. 2022.21.1 Charles H. Traub American, born 1945 Dubai, UAE, 2011 Digital inkjet print Gift of Paul R. Paletti, Jr. 2022.21.2 Charles H. Traub American, born 1945 Louisville, Kentucky, 2004 Digital inkjet print Gift of Paul R. Paletti, Jr. 2023.1.1

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2023 Year In Review Charles H. Traub American, born 1945 Monument Valley, Utah, 2008 Digital inkjet print Gift of Paul R. Paletti, Jr. 2023.1.3 Charles H. Traub American, born 1945 Padua, Italy, 2004 Digital inkjet print Gift of Paul R. Paletti, Jr. 2022.21.3 Charles H. Traub American, born 1945 Tuscon, Arizona, 2010 Digital inkjet print Gift of Paul R. Paletti, Jr. 2023.1.2 Jimmy Wright American, born 1944 Flowers for Ken: Sunflower Stem, 1988 - 1991 Oil on canvas Gift of Speed Contemporary 2022.11

Decorative Arts & Design Chester Cornett American, 1913 - 1981 Child’s Rocking Chair, about 1975 Oak Gift of Gordon Baer and Shirley VanAbbema 2023.8 Henry Gudgell American, 1826 or 1829 - 1895 Walking Stick, about 1865 Wood Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund; Gift of Anna and Allan Weiss; Museum purchase, by exchange; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jouett Ross Todd, Gift of Dr. Scott W. Cole, Gift of the William S. Kahnweiler Collection, presented by his wife, Mary Steele Tillman, Bequest of Miss Carolyn Apperson Leech, Gift of Mrs. Clifford Alderson, by exchange 2023.27 Sara Sax American, 1870 - 1949 Vase, 1918 Porcelain Gift of Michael and Barbara Foster 2022.20

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A Financial Overview The Kentucky Handweavers, Inc. Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky Coverlet, 1936 - 1950 Wool, cotton Gift of Margaret C. Hawk 2023.18 Ida Belle Galbreath Thompson American, 1887 - 1971 Lydia Thompson American, 1880 - 1971 Ophelia Foley American, 1865 - 1955 Martha Floyd American, 1900 - 1953 Marjorie Floyd American, 1897 - 1956 Mary Weller Schachner American, 1869 - 1956 Louisville, Jefferson County Bench, 1926 Oak, pine Gift of Rowland D. Miller 2023.15

Bohemian Covered Goblet, 1850 - 1870 Amber-stained, cut, and engraved glass Bequest of Benjamin F. Few, Jr. and Sarah McNeal Few in honor of Franklin Page, the former Director of the Museum, and Ruth Cloudman, the former Chief Curator of the Museum 2023.3.4 a,b

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Paintings Dame Laura Knight British, 1877 - 1970 Emigrants, 1923 Oil on canvas Gift of the Charter Collectors 2022.19

Helen LaFrance American, 1919 - 2020 The Tornado, 1990s Oil on canvas Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund 2023.16 Marcel Lempereur-Haut Belgian, 1898 - 1986 Fleurs (Flowers), 1934 Oil on canvas Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund, Connie Goodman, Mr. Spencer E. Harper III, Alan and Shelly Ann Kamei, Mrs. Amelia Frazier Theobald, Ann and Darrell Wells, Roger and Kathie Cude, Lucy Beam Hurst and Thomas Ehrbar, Betsey and Bob Vaughan, and Edith S. Bingham 2023.6

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Gilbert Stuart American, 1755 - 1828 Portrait of Cumberland Dungan Williams, 1812 Oil on board Gift of Stiles Tuttle Colwill in honor of Christina Lee Brown (Mrs. Owsley Brown II) 2022.17 Isaac Willaerts Dutch, about 1620 - 1693 A Dutch Three-Master and a Papal Gallery with Other Shipping Along the Coast of a Fortified Town, 1662 Oil on panel Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund 2023.26 Unknown artist Peruvian, 18th century Saint Martín de Porres, 1790 1810 Oil on canvas, laid down on board Gift of an anonymous donor 2022.15

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Sculpture

Works on Paper

Malvina Hoffman

Milton Avery American, 1893 - 1965 Reclining Nude, 1941 Drypoint Bequest of Benjamin F. Few, Jr. and Sarah McNeal Few in honor of Franklin Page, the former Director of the Museum, and Ruth Cloudman, the former Chief Curator of the Museum 2023.3.2

American, 1887 - 1966 Pavlova and Novikoff in ‘La Péri’, 1921 Bronze Gift of the Barr Family Sculpture Fund 2023.14 Prince Paul Petrovich Troubetzkoy Russian, active France and United States, 1866 - 1938 Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney (Gertrude Vanderbilt), 1910 Bronze Gift of the Barr Family Sculpture Fund 2022.16

Studio Craft Anthony Amoako-Attah Ghanaian, born 1989 Take Me Home VII, 2023 Screen printed and kilnformed glass Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund and partial gift of Heller Gallery, New York 2023.7

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Hans Collaert the Elder Flemish, about 1530 - 1581 After Marten de Vos the Elder Flemish, 1532 - 1603 The Shunammite Woman Riding Out to Elisha, about 1579 From the series The Story of Elisha Engraving on laid paper Bequest of Benjamin F. Few, Jr. and Sarah McNeal Few in honor of Franklin Page, the former Director of the Museum, and Ruth Cloudman, the former Chief Curator of the Museum 2023.3.1

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Joan Miró Spanish, 1893 – 1983 Young Girl in the Moonlight, 1951 Lithograph on wove paper Bequest of Benjamin F. Few, Jr. and Sarah McNeal Few in honor of Franklin Page, the former Director of the Museum, and Ruth Cloudman, the former Chief Curator of the Museum 2023.3.3 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Dancing Couple, 1965 - 1974 Lithograph on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.9 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Dancing Couple, 1965 - 1974 Lithograph on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.10 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Horse, 1945 Pen and black ink on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.1

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A Financial Overview Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Las Vegas, 1995 Lithograph on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.18

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Preferendum 70, 1970 Lithograph on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.12

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Luxor, 1971 Lithograph on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.13

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Provincetown, 1984 Etching and drypoint on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.16

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Mme. Stibal, about 1971 Screenprint in colors on wood panel Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.14 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Mme. Stibal, about 1971 Screenprint in colors on wood panel Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.15

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Rudy, about 1988 Oil crayon and black pencil on paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.17 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Ten Women, 1983, published 1997 Etching on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.19

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(above) Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, 1956 - 1959 Pen and black ink, brush and brown ink, crayon, graphite, and Conté crayon on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.2 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, 1956 - 1959 Pen and black ink over graphite, water color on wove paper, mounted on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.3 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, 1956 - 1959 Pen and brush and black ink and crayon on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.4

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Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, 1956 - 1959 Pen and black ink, and colored pencil on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.5

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Recto: Untitled; verso: untitled, about 1959 Pen and black ink on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.8

(below) Saul Steinberg

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, about 1968 Lithograph on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.11

American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, 1956 - 1959 Pen and black ink, watercolor, gouache, and crayon on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.6 Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, 1958 Pen and black ink, watercolor and crayon on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.7

Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999 Untitled, 1956 - 1959 Black pen and ink on wove paper Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.10.20

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THANKING OUR SUPPORTERS Please Note: These are gifts received between 10.1.21–9.31.22, which is the Museum’s 2022 Fiscal Year.

A list of donors and Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023 Board members follows.

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$50,000+ Art Bridges Foundation The Paradis Family Victoire and Owsley Brown III Helen C. Powell Brown-Forman Foundation Great Meadows Foundation, Inc. Jann Wenner and Matt Nye Rose Mary Toebbe Trust Commonwealth of Kentucky James Graham Brown Foundation, Inc. Ambassador Matthew Barzun and Mrs. Brooke Brown Barzun Ford Foundation Jim and Irene Karp Ms. Eleanor Bingham Miller Mrs. Christina L. Brown Mr. Ronald J. Murphy and Mrs. Debra M. Murphy Mr. William L. McMahan Mrs. Deana Paradis and Mr. Michael Paradis Mrs. Carol W. Hebel Mr. Roger L. Cude and Mrs. Kathie L. Cude Mrs. Judy Ogden WLKY-TV Fund for the Arts Inc. Mr. Todd P. Lowe Ms. Fran C. Ratterman Victoria and Paul Diaz Mrs. Lindy B. Street

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Mrs. Susan Dabney Lavin and Mr. Allan G. Lavin Brown Forman Corporation Bill Walters Zakir Patel Mr. Bruce C. Merrick and Ms. Karen M. McCoy Anonymous Sociable Weaver Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Ellen H. Shapira and Mr. Max L. Shapira Mrs. Connie B. Goodman Dr. Steven E. Epstein and Ms. Cary N. Brown The Honorable and Mrs. John D. Myles Mr. J. M. Barr II and Mrs. Sally Barr Mr. Alan K. Kamei and Mrs. Shelly A. Kamei DAV FAM Art Fund Fifth Third Bank Mr. Matthew A. Thornton and Mrs. Fran H. Thornton Gary Steele and Steven Rice The Gheens Foundation, Inc.

$25,000–$49,999 Mrs. Woo Speed McNaughton Mrs. Lopa J. Mehrotra and Mr. Rishabh Mehrotra LG&E and KU Energy LLC Justin Bridgeman

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Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview Mrs. Ann C. Wells and Mr. Darrell R. Wells Rabbit Hole Distillery Mr. and Ms. Thomas O’Grady Mr. James R. Voyles and Mrs. Elizabeth H. Voyles Mr. Richard H. C. Clay and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Clay Jill Kraus Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. Prestige AV & Creative Services Mrs. Spencer E. Harper Jr. Ms. Laura Lee Brown and Mr. Steve Wilson Ms. Anne B. Ogden Kentucky Arts Council Louisville Metro Government Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Republic Bancorp Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Farmer Anonymous EA Michelson Hardscuffle, Inc. Irvin F. and Alice S. Etscorn Charitable Foundation JP Morgan Chase Bank Land Rover of Louisville Northern Trust

$10,000–$24,999 Dr. Emily S. Bingham and Mr. Stephen R. Reily Matthew Burke Truist Mr. Frank Harshaw and Mrs. Paula C. Harshaw Mr. and Mrs. James E. Haynes Peter Leight and Margaret Bruzelius Ms. Jenna Leight Dr. Jeffrey P. Callen and Mrs. Susan M. Callen David Hussung Mrs. Carolyn M. McBride Mrs. Anna C. Tatman and Mr. Jeff Tatman Mr. R. F. Lussky and Mrs. Abby A. Lussky Mr. Parker Theobald and Ms. Amelia Frazier Theobald Mr. and Mrs. Campbell P. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Leight The Voice-Tribune Mrs. Linda B. Valentine and Mr. Christopher Valentine Mr. J M. Blieden and Mrs. Susan R. Blieden Ms. Lloyd R. Speed and Mr. William Ciccariello Baird Trager Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Russell

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2023 Year In Review Mr. Matthew E. Hamel and Mrs. Lena B. Hamel Mrs. Martha A. Wertz and Ken Wertz Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Frost Brown Todd LLC Gray Development NTS Development Company Oxmoor Auto Group Sterling Thompson Company Dr. Paula and Mr. Michael J. Grisanti Ms. Penelope T. Morton and Mr. Clay L. Morton Mrs. Martha W. Slaughter and Dr. Mark S. Slaughter Bardstown Bourbon Company Ms. Sandal H. Gulick Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Ms. Holly H. Gathright and Mr. Joseph R. Gathright Jr. Dr. Nancy C. Martin and Dr. Fred J. Hendler Ms. Carol B. Matton Ms. Lois Madison Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Morton Ms. Virginia L. Speed Ms. Linda M. Dabney Ms. Nina E. Bonnie Altsheler-Durell Foundation, Inc. Mr. Douglas Grissom and Mrs. Ann Grissom Green River Distilling Co

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Beam Suntory Mr. David Mindell Ms. Jennifer M. Blair Mrs. Jane F. Welch Neil Cukale Ms. Brookes Pope and Mr. Greg Pope Mrs. Judith Shapira Mr. Stephen P. Campbell and Ms. Heather McHold Mr. W. Patrick Mulloy II and Mrs. Francie O. Mulloy Mr. James S. Welch Jr. and Mrs. Marianne C. Welch Mr. Joshua T. Watkins and Mrs. Mandy Watkins Mr. Greg Pope and Ms. Brookes Pope Mr. Donald G. Wenzel Jr. Mr. Donald A. Snow and Mrs. Carolyn M. Snow Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Latts Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Ballantine Mr. and Mr. Jim P. Gray II Glenview Trust Co.

$5,000–$9,999 Mr. Charles O. O’Koon and Mrs. Sarah C. O’Koon Mr. Scott Joseph Mr. Thomas Ehrbar and Ms. Lucy Beam Hurst

Celebrating Our Collection

Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview Ms. Victoria Russell Mr. Erik Eaker and Mr. John E. Brooks Major General Dillman A. Rash Fund Mr. Donald C. Storm Louisville Paving and Construction McCarthy Strategic Solutions Old National Bank PNC Bank Stites & Harbison PLLC Stock Yards Bancorp Inc. Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC University of Louisville Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP Ms. Miriam E. Ballert Stuart Bitting Ernst & Young LLP Mr. Douglas H. Owen Jr. and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Owen Annual Fund Donor Anonymous and Mr. Spencer E. Harper III Mrs. Ann E. Georgehead and Mr. Glen D. Georgehead Mr. W. Thomas Halbleib Jr. and Mrs. Edith F. Halbleib Mr. Mathias L. Kolehmainen and Ms. Juliet C. Gray Ms. Ruth M. Simons Dan Hogan Ms. Patricia W. Ballard Esq. Mr. George Bailey and Ms. Porter Watkins

Mrs. Leslie H. Millar and Mr. James H. Millar Mrs. Brenda P. Balcombe and Dr. Kenneth L. Balcombe Mr. Trace Mayer and Mrs. Karen Mayer Dr. M. Regina B. Puno and Dr. Rolando Puno Mrs. Jackie R. Rosky Mr. John J. Werst III and Mrs. Marilyn U. Werst Mr. Marc N. Abrams Mrs. Mary C. Lerman Mr. Robert E. Kulp Jr. Fred Mozenter Mr. Tawanda Chitapa Mr. and Mr. Scott Schaftlein Mr. Stanley K. Macdonald and Mrs. Sally D. Macdonald Dr. Catherine Newton and Dr. Gordon D. Strauss Mr. J. Paul Keith III and Mrs. Sarah B. Keith Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Vine Baxus The Honorable and Mrs. John David Myles Ms. Terrian C. Barnes Ms. Janet M. Denuyl Mrs. Carolyn Speed Mr. Stacey Wade and Dr. Dawn Sibley Wade Mrs. Ann F. Cobb

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Celebrating Our Collection

Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview Mr. Mark H. Oppenheimer and Mrs. Gail C. Oppenheimer Mr. Orme Wilson III and Mrs. Mary Wilson Mr. John C. Bajandas and Mrs. Natalie B. Bajandas Mr. Edward W. Rhawn and Mrs. Helen D. Rhawn Automated Systems Integration Inc. Jefferson Community & Technical College Kelley Construction

$500–$4,999 Association of Art Museum Directors Estate of Herbert F. Boehl Mr. Shawn R. Hadley and Mr. David McGuire In Bloom Again Mrs. Alexandra Ortiz and Mr. Isaac Ortiz Mrs. Helen Fugitte and Mr. James R. Fugitte Mr. Jed Hayden Mr. Christopher Welsh and Mr. Curtis R. Conlin Mr. James R. Gillespie Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Joseph III Ms. Susan K. Moremen Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughan

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Mr. Richard C. Chilton and Mrs. Stefi N. Chilton Mr. David B. Ratterman and Ms. Lois S. Louis Mr. and Mrs. Brook T. Smith Reverend John G. Eifler Mrs. Marianne R. Rowe Ms. Ruth H. Cloudman Log Still Distillery Mr. Brett H. Corbin and Mrs. Samantha J. Corbin Dr. Kenneth Zegart and Mrs. Rochelle W. Zegart Marguerite Montgomery Baquie Memorial Trust Ms. Tinker S. Zimmerman Dr. Jonathan Hodes and Mrs. Janet W. Hodes James Bradham Mark Highbaugh Mr. Joe Kelley and Mrs. Teresa Kelley Danielle Brown Dr. and Mrs. Roy J. Meckler Ms. Alyce Weixler Mr. Harry A. Talamini and Mrs. Catherine Talamini All Occasions Event Rental Ms. Susan G. Ford Ms. Maxine F. Bird Ms. Kathleen Murphy Ms. Kaye Bowles-Durnell Mr. Vertner D. Smith III and Mrs. Barbara K. West

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2023 Year In Review Mr. Lee W. Kirkwood and Mrs. Rosemary T. Kirkwood Mr. Erskine H. Courtenay III and Mrs. Dawn C. Courtenay Mr. John R. Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Paramore Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hale Mr. and Ms. Jamie Brodsky Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ayotte Mr. and Ms. Thomas A. O’Grady Dr. Maynard L. Stetten Brad Smith Anthony Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thom Little Mr. Nicolas Melhuish and Mrs. Ursula Melhuish Mrs. Karen A. Casi and Mr. Paul A. Casi II Mrs. Catherine B. Werner and Mr. James Werner Drs. Jeben and Dana Berg Mr. William Mudd and Mrs. Michelle Mudd Mrs. Amy D. Lapinski and Mr. Sterling A. Lapinski Mr. Stephen T. Owen Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. William A. Musselman Jr. Dr. Steven D. Glassman M.D. and Mrs. Sylvia J. Glassman Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dougherty Jr. Dr. Jeffrey D. Glazer and Dr. Karen J. Abrams

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Louisville Chapter of Girl Friends Inc. Mr. Lawrence A. Shapin and Ms. Ladonna M. Nicolas Mr. Daron M. Van Vactor and Mrs. Jennifer M. Van Vactor Leslie Sheehan Republic National Distributing Company Dr. and Mrs. T. Bodley Stites Mr. David Wunderlin Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fuller Traditional Bank Inc. Mrs. Mollie M. Creason and Scott Creason Mr. Thomas A. Van Dr. Kimberly A. Boland and Mr. Conor H. O’Driscoll Mr. Frank F. Weisberg and Mrs. Barbara F. Weisberg Mr. and Mrs. Stewart R. Ogden KBD Reverend Suzanne M. Warner Kiel Butterfield Mrs. Mary Jo J. Davis Mrs. Lauren Hook Mrs. Annie M. McLaughlin and Mr. Paul V. McLaughlin Mr. Dixon Dedman Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Nixon Dr. Kaveh K. Zamanian and Dr. Heather B. Bass May Wetherby Jones Foundation Orme and Mary Wilson

Celebrating Our Collection

Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview Ms. Carla E. Dearing and Mr. Erik C. Shultz Ms. Lisa B. Ewen Mr. Nick Nessan Mr. John J. Davis III and Mrs. Ann P. Davis Dr. Roy J. Meckler and Mrs. Lynn Meckler Mr. and Mrs. Prewitt Lane Rick Johnson Mr. Guthrie L. Zaring and Mrs. Lisa S. Zaring Mr. Gregory Buccola Mr. and Ms. Mark R. Mick Mr. Stacy Griggs Mr. Matthew Brown Mr. and Mrs. D. Brett Hale Tiffany B. Maloney and Mr. Garrett Maloney Sarah Devasher-Wisdom Ms. Yamilca Rodriguez Ms. Colleen Devlin Mr. Stephen McCreary and Mrs. Sandra McCreary Mr. Patrick D. McLane and Mr. Todd T. Cain Mr. and Mrs. H. Hewett Brown Jon Cecil Drs. Sean and Brigitte L. Owens Mr. and Mrs. John S. Greenebaum Mr. and Mrs. Barry G. Allen Kevin Adams and Maggie Adams Dr. Jules M. Marquart Dr. and Mrs. John D. Stewart II

Cassie Armstrong and Mr. Bryan Armstrong Debra Stemler and Kerry Stemler Dr. Glenn E. Lambert Jr. and Mrs. Carol A. Lambert Dr. Frederick W. Arensman and Mrs. Barbara K. Arensman Mrs. Michelle B. White and Dr. David C. White John LaRoy Ms. and Dr. Kimberly T. Ding Mr. Ernest Tacogue and Mrs. Annabelle Tacogue Clint Smith Dr. Mary Rademaker Mr. William K. Steinmetz and Mrs. Donna L. Steinmetz Mr. Joseph L. King Mrs. Ann B. Zimmerman Dr. Laman A. Gray Jr. and Mrs. Juliet H. C. Gray Ms. Tawana Bain Ms. Susan H. Norris Rev. James F. Hackett Ms. Jennifer Moore Ms. Constance G. Story and Mr. Larry Pierce Mrs. Mo M. Howe and Mr. Scott Howe Mrs. Suzanne M. Spencer Mrs. Chenault V. W. James and Mr. Ed James Mrs. Elizabeth Kristofek and Mr. Brian Kristofek

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2023 Year In Review Mrs. Caroline Heine and Dr. Timothy A. Heine Mrs. Elizabeth P. Spalding and Mr. Jon J. Spalding Mr. Stuart Pollard Mr. Walter Shannon and Mrs. Cathy B. Smith Shannon Mr. Walter D. Clare Mr. Wayne F. Wilson and Mrs. Christie Wilson Mr. Martin Ray and Mrs. Trudy Ray Mr. Kenneth H. Hagan Jr. and Mrs. Angela Hagan Mr. Myron Hobbs and Mrs. Janna Flowers Mr. John Potter and Mrs. Eugenia K. Potter Mr. Douglas H. Owen III and Mrs. Shari W. Owen Mr. Clayton A. Gentile Mr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Flowers Mrs. Maud C. Welch and Mr. John MacLean Miss Michela Grant Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. Heine Dr. Robert L. Mullins Jr. and Mrs. Sharon M. Mullins Dr. and Dr. Guy Silva Tim Ratliff Ms. Hedy E. Fischer Ms. Seema Sheth Ms. Sharon P. Pfister Tom Perronne Ms. Marguerite A. Davis

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A Financial Overview

Ms. Mary C. Stites Ms. Jane E. Burbank Mrs. Sherry K. Jelsma Mrs. Peggy Patterson and Mr. Charles E. Patterson Mr. Russell H. Saunders and Mrs. Theresa L. Saunders Mr. Gregory Pilotte Mr. John W. Condon Mr. C. Barret Birnsteel and Mrs. Laurie A. Birnsteel Mr. Benjamin Worth Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bruckheimer Mr. and Mrs. Hood Harris Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Thieneman Jr. Mr. Allen F. Steinbock Dr. Charlotte G. and Mr. John C. Stites Dr. Janine C. Malone Dr. Keith Auerbach Mrs. Kelly H. Hanna-Carroll and Mr. Charles S. Carroll Eden Bridgeman Sklenar and Greg Sklenar Robert J. Loftus and Mrs. Jenifour M. Jones Ms. Kristina C. Thompson Mrs. Ruth N. Wukasch Dr. and Mrs. Edward Rothschild II Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company Ricky George Mr. William S. Borden and Mrs. Carol C. Borden

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2023 Year In Review Christopher Glasser Charles H. Dishman III Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. David Rue Mr. Dale J. Boden and Mrs. Chenault C. Boden Ms. Lee L. Cochran Mr. Bob Doligale Dr. Frank S. Wood and Mrs. Keitt M. Wood Mrs. Mandy W. Decker Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clark IV Ambassador Theodore Sedgwick Brandon Bersuder Mr. Hunter A. Rankin and Mrs. Audra Rankin RD1 Spirits Mr. Steven H. Stern and Ms. Ingrid M. Osswald Mr. Andre Guess Robert Byrne The Honorable Danny J. Boggs and The Honorable Judith S. Boggs Ms. Sharon D. LaRue Ms. Noelle Penta Ms. Nancy D. Bush Ms. Paula T. Hale Ms. Kyle A. Citrynell Ms. Jamie W. Friedman Ms. Kyra Frederick Ms. Linda C. Rice Ms. Jessica Schumacher and Dr. John W. Gamel II Ms. Hamilton Thiersch and

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Ms. Cathy C. Wilson Ms. Elizabeth C. Bleakley Ms. Christy Hoke Ms. Elizabeth Thornberry and Ms. Leslie Texas Ms. Arlette K. McDaniel and Mr. Robert D. Uhl Mrs. Pat L. Miller and Mr. Steve L. Miller Mrs. Susan E. Ochs Mrs. Suzanne E. Dougherty and Mr. Matt J. Dougherty Mrs. Stephanie L. Weaver Mrs. Randolph Brown Ms. Arlene P. Tuttle Mrs. Tiffany Cardwell and Mr. Shawn Cardwell Mrs. Vycki Goldenberg-Minstein and Mr. Anthony N. Minstein Mrs. Sandra R. Bryant and Mr. Alan O. Bryant Mrs. Beverley H. Ballantine Mrs. Leslie Wilson Mrs. Cindy R. Grissom and Mr. Greg G. Grissom Mrs. Erin George Mrs. Emily Coleman and Mr. Kirby Coleman Mrs. Jessica Flores Mrs. Linda W. Hester Mrs. Chandra Irvin and Dr. Nathaniel Irvin Mrs. Lane Roland Mrs. Buff Fallot and Mr. Mike Fallot

Celebrating Our Collection

Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview Mrs. Blake Cornell Mrs. Marcia E. Dorman Mrs. Kaitlyn J. Brown and Mr. Sherman Brown Mrs. Heidi H. Potter and Mr. Patrick M. Potter Mr. William M. Altman and Mrs. Carlyn L. Altman Mr. William P. Donley Jr. and Ms. Terri Burt Mr. Trey Zoeller Mr. William T. Allen Mrs. Aubrey C. Hord Mr. Terry Miller Mr. Thomas R. Herman and Mrs. Amy T. Herman Mr. Robert S. Brown II and Mrs. Mattie S. Brown Mr. Michael E. Hayes and Mrs. Jeanette A. Hayes Mr. Max White Mr. M. Gregg Fowler and Mrs. Leslie J. Fowler Mr. Richard A. Schwartz and Ms. Tamar R. Schwartz Mr. Laurence J. Zielke and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Cox Mr. Robert S. Michael and Mrs. Barbara J. Michael Mr. Patrick Bruenderman and Mrs. Elizabeth Bruenderman Mr. R. Charles Moyer and Mrs. Sally Moyer

Mr. Gary M. Tate and Ms. Helen R. Tate Mr. Joseph E. Shiprek and Mrs. Winona E. Shiprek Mr. Jim Seiler and Ms. Robin Seiler Mr. Henry M. Potter and Mrs. Sharon S. Potter Mr. John Tiano and Mrs. Alice F. Tiano Mr. Izaak J. Prats Mr. Ed C. Krebs and Ms. Susan L. Hamilton Mr. John Burke Mr. Julien Robson Mr. James D. Caudill and Mrs. Patricia Lambert Mr. Charles P. Marsh and Mrs. Jennifer Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Fitzgerald III Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Toutant Mr. and Mrs. William T. Scovil Mr. Darrick Wood and Ms. Damaris Phillips Mr. Clyde D. Coatney Mr. and Mrs. Marshall C. Bassett Mr. Craig S. Kamen and Mrs. Abby S. Kamen Mr. and Ms. William T. Young Dr. Susan G. Zepeda and Dr. Fred P. Seifer Esq. Frederic J. Cowan and Ms. Linda S. Cowan Jeffrey Greenberg and Stacia O’Sullivan

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Celebrating Our Collection

Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Thurstone Miss Jessica Fey Grace Parker Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Thornewill Mitchell Rapp Dr. John B. Roth M.D. and Mrs. Bonnie R. Roth Dean Harrison and Rhonda Harrison Dr. Greg Steinbock and Mrs. Beth M. Steinbock Anne Hampton and Michael Hampton Chris Vaughn Dr. John Martin-Rutherford Dr. and Dr. Arthur L. Shechet Dr. Rebecca A. Terry and Mr. Peter Thompson Dr. Barton H. Reutlinger and Mrs. Marchant T. Reutlinger Dr. Kiran K. Gill and Mr. Ankur N. Gopal Cheryl Fultz and Dan Fultz Neat Bourbon & Bottle Shop Mr. Larry Sloan Mrs. Anne H. T. Moore Derby City Litho Ms. Debra Douglas Mrs. Nancy Hatcher JW May Mrs. Catherine C. Luckett Reed Ms. Kelly M. Zullo Mrs. Phyllis E. Florman and Dr. Larry D. Florman

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Mrs. Cathy W. Leist and Mr. Edward Leist Mrs. Phyllis C. Shaikun and Mr. Michael G. Shaikun Tiara Alonso Orantes Peter Brandt Ms. Sandra A. Frazier Will Vaughn Ms. Jill L. Force and Mr. Patrick Mattingly Mrs. Miriam Ostroff Ms. Barbara B. Jarvis Ms. Anne Sheret Mrs. Denise Kirzinger and Dr. Stephen Kirzinger Mrs. Angela Curry and Dr. Jason Curry Mr. Walter L. Kunau Jr. and Mrs. Lynn S. Kunau Mr. Tim Osting and Mrs. Kim Osting Mr. Michael R. Hasken and Ms. Ann B. Oldfather Mr. Robert Knabel and Mrs. Lauri Knabel Mr. and Mrs. Todd W. Currie Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Baker III Dr. Stanley A. Gall M.D. F. Richard Margaret Bowen Dr. Craig J. McClain and Mrs. Marion P. McClain V.V. Cooke Foundation

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Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview

Condensed Statement of Activities & Financial Position Fiscal Year 2022 Statement of Activities

Statement of Activities

Gifts, grants, memberships, and scholarships

Revenue Gifts, grants, memberships, and sponsorships

$7,752,570

Auxiliary activities

$2,539,926

Net investment return, endowment

$7,113,226

Federal grant - Employee retention credit

$781,449

Total Revenue

$18,187,171

Net investment return, endowment

Expenses Program Services

$12,182,457

Management and general

$2,159,432

Fundraising

$1,341,709

Total Expenses

$15,683,598

Change in Net Assets

$2,503,573

Auxiliary activities Federal grant- Employee retention credit Revenue $7,752,570 $7,113,226 $2,539,926 $781,449

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Statement of Activities

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Thanking Our Supporters

A Financial Overview

Statement of Financial Position Assets

Program services

Management and general Fundraising

Expenses

Cash and cash equivalents

$4,938,359

Receivables

$4,597,625

Investments, restricted and unrestricted

$72,477,892

Property and equipment, net

$48,143,073

Other

$1,213,590

Total Assets

$131,370,539

Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts payable and other liabilities

$2,537,490

Net Assets

$128,833,049

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$131,370,539

$12,182,457 $2,159,432 $1,341,709

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