Annual Report July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Table of Contents Mission Statement……………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………3 Board of Trustees…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………….4 Arkansas Arts Center Foundation…………………………………………………………………………………….………..5 Financials………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………...6 Staff………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………….8 Attendance…………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………..11 Exhibitions & Publications……………………………………………………..…………………………………………………12 Curatorial…………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………….14 Children’s Theatre………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………….….17 Development…………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………...21 Membership…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….32 Museum School………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………..34 Education & Library………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………36 State Services…………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………….40 Volunteers…………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………43 Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Awards………………………………………………………………………………….47
Mission Statement The Arkansas Arts Center is an art museum with a children’s theatre and a studio school. Founded in 1960, its mission is to ensure that learning, inspiration and creative expression in the arts flourish throughout Arkansas, for people of all ages and backgrounds. The AAC realizes this mission by developing, preserving and exhibiting its outstanding permanent collection, offering a rich variety of art from other collections and presenting programs for the education and cultural benefit of the public.
Mission Statement
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2011-2012 Board of Trustees OFFICERS
TRUSTEES
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Belinda Shults Chair
Janet Alley
Mark Stodola Mayor, City of Little Rock
Charlotte Bradbury President Bob Birch Vice President Mary Ellen Vangilder Treasurer W. Wilson Jones Secretary Todd Herman Executive Director
Sharon Bailey Sara Hendricks Batcheller Lisa Baxter Steve Bova Jay Cranford Matt De Luca* Merritt Dyke Cindy Feltus
Patrick Henry Hays Mayor, City of North Little Rock Phyllis Barrier Fine Arts Club Hillis Schild Fine Arts Club Josie Felton Junior League of Little Rock Errin Dean Junior League of North Little Rock
John P. Fletcher Rush Harding
Honorary Members
Kaki Hockersmith
Missy Anderson****
Barbara Hoover
Jeane Hamilton
Howard Hurst Mike Maulden John Meyer** Marie-Bernarde Miller Marla Johnson Norris*** J. Shepherd Russell Terri Snowden Ricardo Sotomora, MD A. Henry Thomas, MD Van Tilbury *Resigned 02/15/12 **Resigned 08/15/11
Board of Trustees
***Resigned 03/26/12 ****Deceased 09/26/11
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Arkansas Arts Center Foundation The Arkansas Arts Center Foundation was incorporated on November 22, 1972, to receive, manage and distribute the Endowment Fund, and to receive and hold in trust the permanent collection. The Endowment supports the Arkansas Arts Center’s operating budget and provides funds for acquisitions. The Foundation is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2011-2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
DIRECTORS
SPECIAL DIRECTORS
Warren Stephens Chair
Sandra M. Connor
Belinda Shults Chair, Arkansas Arts Center Board of Trustees
Ben Hussman Vice Chair George O’Connor Treasurer Todd Herman Secretary
Phil Cox Claiborne P. Deming Curtis Finch, Jr.*
Charlotte Bradbury President, Arkansas Arts Center Board of Trustees
Robyn Horn Robert W. Tucker John Tyson James T. Dyke Director Emeritus *Term expired 12/31/12
2011-2012 ACQUISITION FUNDS Collectors Group Elizabeth Fletcher Dishongh Charitable Trust Herbert Blair Trust Memorials and Honorary Gifts Tabriz Fund
2011-2012 GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Kent Kretchmar
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation
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Financials Profit and Loss Statement
Budgeted Fiscal Year 2012 Income Expense Net
Actual Fiscal Year 2012 Income Expense
$110,125
$556,665
($446,540)
$119,748
$592,626
($472,878)
66,260
30,827
35,433
66,260
41,276
24,984
523,755
458,208
65,547
515,436
469,815
45,621
7,150
102,410
(95,260)
8,847
99,743
(90,896)
581,662
657,868
(76,206)
556,801
661,332
(104,531)
State Services
52,755
156,691
(103,936)
53,170
150,499
(97,329)
Marketing
43,700
495,290
(451,590)
19,294
533,253
(513,959)
1,500
16,366
(14,866)
1,000
14,686
(13,686)
Museum Shop
225,000
226,584
(1,584)
146,433
196,372
(49,939)
Administration
0
864,110
(864,110)
1,705
937,613
(935,908)
102,000
996,656
(894,656)
109,526
1,042,723
(933,197)
2,233,228
511,092
1,722,136
1,859,440
512,266
1,347,174
150,000
75,000
75,000
125,500
94,311
31,189
Subtotal From Operations
$4,097,135
$5,147,767
($1,050,632)
$3,583,160
$5,346,515
($1,763,355)
Other Income/Expenses: City of Little Rock Support
$200,000
$0
$200,000
$250,000
$0
$250,000
AAC Foundation Support
1,145,000
0
1,145,000
3,315,001
0
3,315,001
6,000
0
6,000
10,478
0
10,478
0
5,921
(5,921)
264
2,444
(2,180)
30,553
0
30,553
35,715
0
35,715
Miscellaneous Income
0
0
0
141,705
0
141,705
Depreciation
0
325,000
(325,000)
$0
324,713
(324,713)
Subtotal From Other
$1,381,553
$330,921
$1,050,632
$3,753,163
$327,157
$3,426,006
Total
$5,478,688
$5,478,688
$0
$7,336,323
$5,673,672
$1,662,651
Exhibitions Community Gallery Museum School Museum Education Performing Arts
Library
Facilities Development Fundraising Event
General Gifts Interest Income/Expense Lease Income
Financials
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Net
Sources of Operating Revenue Percent of Total 18.4%
EARNED REVENUE a) b) c) d)
3.9%
25.9%
Ticketed Exhibition Museum School Children’s Theatre Other
$281,196
a) Museum Shop b) Studio Party c) Other
146,433 40,650 94,113
DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS
SUPPORT REVENUE a) b) c) d) e)
0.5%
AAC Foundation City of Little Rock AAC Foundation Restricted City of North Little Rock Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
GRANT REVENUE a) Arkansas Arts Council b) Other
0.1% 100.0%
Financials
0 450,714 549,925 350,422
SALES REVENUE
a) Memberships b) Gifts Including Sponsorships 51.2%
$1,351,061
AUXILIARY GROUPS & MISCELLANEOUS Grand Total
$1,900,622 317,356 1,583,266 $3,756,470 3,315,001 250,000 136,135 40,000 15,334 $36,488 22,488 14,000 $10,486 $7,336,323
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Staff ADMINISTRATION
Todd Herman, executive director (JULY 2011)
Miranda Young-Rice, prop master
(APRIL 2010 – JULY 2011) Sharon Howell, executive assistant (MAY 2006)
Marsha Scullark, part-time usher
Joseph Lampo, interim director
BUSINESS OFFICE
Laine Harber, deputy director of operations (APRIL 2010)
Denise Woods, human resources manager
(FEBRUARY 1997) Debra Ball, business office coordinator (MARCH 1998 – JUNE 2012) Debra Ball, part-time business office coordinator (JUNE 2012) Bea Plant, business office coordinator (MAY 2002) Linda Gill, database administrator (DECEMBER 1998) Shannon Speer, controller (JULY 2009)
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Bradley Anderson, artistic director
(JULY 1979)
Alan Keith Smith, associate director (NOVEMBER 1984)
Jimi Brewi, technical director/actor
(AUGUST 1985) Erin Larkin, costume designer (JULY 2004) Mark Hansen, resident actor (MAY 2007) Sinovia Mayfield, production stage manager (AUGUST 2010) Nikki Webster, costumer/designer (OCTOBER 2009) Linda Carson, part-time usher (SEPTEMBER 2010) Cara Clemmons, part-time house manager (MARCH 2011) Penelope Poppers, lighting designer/operator (JUNE 2011)
Staff
(JUNE 2011)
(SEPTEMBER 2011)
DEVELOPMENT
Kerri Daniels, director of development (SEPTEMBER 2011) Alysia Colón, development coordinator (JUNE 2003) Toni Roosth, associate director of major gifts (MAY 2008 – JUNE 2012) Martha Carothers, administrative assistant (AUGUST 2008 – DECEMBER 2011) Matthew Cleveland, member services manager (AUGUST 2008) Marci Robertson, part-time associate director of foundation relations (JANUARY 2012)
EXHIBITIONS
Joseph Lampo, deputy director of programs &
curator (APRIL 2004) Thom Hall, registrar (APRIL 1975) Keith Melton, assistant registrar/preparator (AUGUST 1998) Alex Moomey, preparator/curatorial assistant (AUGUST 2007) Caroline Brown, curatorial assistant (JANUARY 2008 – DECEMBER 2011) Matthew Smith, curatorial assistant (OCTOBER 2010)
INTERN
Sarah Finley
FACILITIES
John Pagan, facility manager (FEBRUARY 1971) Jean Heslip, facility sales associate (AUGUST 2002)
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Fabian Matthews, facility associate
(MARCH 2001) Patrick Ellis, facility associate (JULY 2011) Todd Hennessey, facility associate (AUGUST 2011) Preston Noland, security supervisor (NOVEMBER 2011)
MARKETING
MUSEUM EDUCATION
Louise Palermo, curator of education
(MARCH 2009)
MUSEUM SCHOOL
Andrea Tompkins, museum school manager (JANUARY 2007)
Angela Cummings, pottery department manager (JULY 2001)
Janet Uchendu, museum school registrar
Heather Haywood, deputy director of marketing
(JUNE 2008)
Lyndsay Bradshaw, marketing associate
(APRIL 2010)
(MARCH 2002)
(SEPTEMBER 2005)
Laura Connor, marketing associate
(OCTOBER 2009) Joann Sullivan, part-time receptionist/visitor information (MARCH 1988) Dee Welsh, part-time receptionist/visitor information (FEBRUARY 2002)
AUDIENCE SERVICES
Courtney Chitwood, audience services supervisor (AUGUST 2008) Laurie Tippy, part-time box office ticket representative (MAY 2006) Ellen Goodman, audience services representative (AUGUST 2009 – SEPTEMBER 2011) Heyman Dannawi, part-time box office ticket representative (SEPTEMBER 2010) Sarita Riley, part-time sales associate (JANUARY 2011) Authur Smith, Jr., part-time sales associate (FEBRUARY 2011 - MARCH 2011) Authur Smith, Jr., audience services representative (MARCH 2011) Heather Canterbury, part-time box office ticket representative (SEPTEMBER 2011) Rhonda Converse, audience services representative (OCTOBER 2011)
LIBRARY
Heather Hignite, part-time librarian (FEBRUARY 2010)
Staff
Lauren Lowe, museum school assistant registrar
Jennifer Fitzhugh, artist-in-residence (SEPTEMBER 2011)
FACULTY
McLees Baldwin, jewelry Selma Blackburn, painting – watercolor Sharon Boyd-Struthers, children’s art Nancy Brillos-Henderson, jewelry Laura Brooks, jewelry Rachel (Carroccio) Roberts, pottery Stephen Cefalo, painting Bryan Clifton, digital photography David Paul Cook, painting–watercolor; plein air Angela Cummings: pottery – department chair Amy Davenport, digital photography Carla Davis, pottery – portrait & figure sculpture Virmarie DePoyster, pastels David Dodson, digital photography Hamid Ebrahimifar, pottery Kelly Edwards, pottery; glass Dr. E. Kim Fifer, woodturning Jennifer Fitzhugh, pottery Gary Fults, woodworking Cookie Golden, children’s art; Junior Arts Academy Endia (Gomez) Bumgarner, pastels; painting – oil, acrylic, encaustic; batik
Jann Greenland, jewelry Marlene Gremillion, painting – watercolor & collage; jewelry
Patricia Holifield, glass Julie Holt, pottery Burke Johnston, jewelry Kandy Jones, mosaic Jacqui Kaucher, painting – watercolor
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Denise Kimbrough, pottery; glass-fused, slumped, mold making Kevin Kresse, pottery – portrait & figure sculpture Beth Lambert, pottery Fletcher Larkin, pottery Michael Lierly, Junior Arts Academy Kathy Lindsey, digital photography; alternative photographic processes Jessica Lowder, figure drawing Earl Magnuson, woodworking – department chair Barbara Middleton, pottery, children’s art Shep Miers, woodworking Jean Mross, pottery Cindy Nahlen, children’s pottery; young adult pottery Deborah Poe, children’s art – department chair; Junior Arts Academy Patrick Ralston, film photography Artis Selby, jewelry Jackie Sheppard, pottery Teresa Smith, jewelry Dr. Mary Ann Stafford, drawing; pastels Celia Storey, pottery Eileen Turan, art history Amber Uptigrove, children’s art Donna Uptigrove, pottery; children’s art; Junior Arts Academy Nancy Wilson, jewelry – department chair Emily Wood, painting – oil & acrylic; children’s art Miranda Young-Rice, children’s art; Junior Arts Academy; printmaking (adult & children)
WORKSTUDY STUDENTS
Gary Ahlstrom, pottery James Allen, pottery Greg Butler, pottery Nancy Conley, pottery; sculpture Dain Couch, pottery Wade Hankins, pottery Cheri Holt, painting Judy Henderson, pottery Elaine Luber, pottery Kim Lynch, glass
Staff
Barbara Middleton, pottery Sandy Newberg, pottery Chad Oppenhuizen, pottery Cheryl Pride, pottery Jackie Sheppard, pottery Sigrun Simons-Rank, jewelry Ann Spatz Nichols, pottery Brandon Toney, woodworking Jennifer Waymack, painting D. Wharton, pottery
MUSEUM SHOP
Kim White, shop manager (NOVEMBER 2000) Rhonda Converse, part-time sales associate (OCTOBER 2009 – OCTOBER 2011) Rachael Huntley, part-time sales associate (NOVEMBER 2010 – JUNE 2012) Rachael Huntley, sales associate (JUNE 2012) Tracy Penland, part-time sales associate (APRIL 2011- JULY 2011) Jennifer Grant, part-time sales associate (MAY 2011) Jaqueline Rivera, part-time sales associate (NOVEMBER 2011) Donita “Star” Decanini, part-time sales associate (FEBRUARY 2012)
STATE SERVICES
Ned Metcalf, manager (OCTOBER 1997)
Virgil Lawrence, artmobile specialist (FEBRUARY 1987)
Michael Lauderdale, artmobile driver (OCTOBER 2005)
WOODWORKING VOLUNTEERS Dale Brady Gary N. Fults Frank B. Nelson Geoffrey Rushton
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Attendance Attendance* July August September October November December January February March April May June Total Attendance
10-11
11-12
22,322 14,043 15,642 12,577 15,341 25,513 14,195 12,374 29,676 21,458 25,739 25,269 234,149
20,310 13,704 18,136 19,146 15,482 17,975 15,543 14,803 23,473 17,107 30,186 18,133 223,998
*Attendance figures include visitors to the Arkansas Arts Center including Children’s Theatre, Museum School and Elizabeth Prewitt Taylor Library.
Arkansas Arts Center Community Gallery At the Terry House State Services Artmobile Traveling Exhibitions Children’s Theatre on Tour Little Rock National Airport Gallery
10-11 4,585
11-12 6,563
10-11 45,299 230,606 38,449
11-12 47,875 238,668 48,450
10-11 38,400
11-12** 23,335
**The Little Rock National Airport Gallery was closed for 5 months in AAC FY11-12 for renovations.
Total Attendance
Attendance
591,488
588,889
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Exhibitions *Masterworks: Selections from the Permanent Collection Ongoing installation, revised: APRIL 23, 2012 *Paul Signac Watercolors and Drawings: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Signac Gallery Ongoing installation, revised: MARCH 6, 2012
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*54 Annual Delta Exhibition Juror: Tom Butler, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia Townsend Wolfe Gallery JANUARY 27 – MARCH 28 *Masters of American Watercolor Jeannette Edris Rockefeller Gallery JANUARY 27 – MARCH 28, 2012
*Building the Collection: Art Acquired in the 1980s Winthrop Rockefeller Foyer and Gallery JULY 15 – OCTOBER 9, 2011
*Building the Collection: Art Acquired in the 1990s Winthrop Rockefeller Foyer and Gallery FEBRUARY 10 – MAY 13, 2012
In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America Organized by Kevin and Michele Rivoli in collaboration with International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C. Jeannette Edris Rockefeller Gallery JULY 29 – SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
*Mind’s Eye: Still Lifes of G. Daniel Massad Virginia and Ted Bailey Gallery APRIL 13 – JUNE 10, 2012
*Museum School Faculty Exhibition: Past and Present Sam Strauss, Sr. and Stella Boyle Smith Galleries SEPTEMBER 16 – NOVEMBER 13, 2011 *Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition Townsend Wolfe Gallery OCTOBER 7, 2011 – JANUARY 15, 2012 *Cast, Cut, Forged, and Crushed: Selections in Metal from the Robyn and John Horn Collection Jeannette Edris Rockefeller Gallery OCTOBER 7, 2011 – JANUARY 15, 2012 *Building the Collection: Lino Tagliapietra Winthrop Rockefeller Foyer and Gallery OCTOBER 21, 2011 – JANUARY 29, 2012 rd
*43 Collectors Show & Sale Sam Strauss, Sr. and Stella Boyle Smith Galleries DECEMBER 2 – 31, 2011 *Horizons Interrupted Curator-for-a-Day: Norwood Creech Sam Strauss, Sr. Gallery JANUARY 13 – MARCH 11, 2012
Exhibitions & Publications
The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft Organized by the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts; Fo Wilson, Curator Sam Strauss, Sr. and Stella Boyle Smith Galleries APRIL 13 – AUGUST 5, 2012 st
*51 Annual Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition Townsend Wolfe Gallery APRIL 17 – MAY 27, 2012 th
*11 National Drawing Invitational: New York Singular Drawings Guest Curator: Charlotta Kotik Jeannette Edris Rockefeller Gallery APRIL 20 – JULY 15, 2012 *The Rockefeller Influence Organized by the Arkansas Arts Center for the Winthrop Rockefeller Centennial Winthrop Rockefeller Gallery MAY 25 – AUGUST 19, 2012 Tattoo Witness: Photographs by Mark Perrott Organized by the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania Townsend Wolfe Gallery JUNE 22 – SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 *Exhibitions organized by the Arkansas Arts Center
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In addition, selections from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection were exhibited in the Jackson T. Stephens Gallery, the Winthrop Rockefeller Gallery, the Virginia and Ted Bailey Gallery, the Stella Boyle Smith Gallery, the Sam Strauss, Sr. Gallery, and the Alice Pratt Brown Atrium.
All drawing exhibitions are projects of the Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art and the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Drawing Research and Education. All Arkansas Arts Center programs are supported in part by the City of Little Rock, the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City of North Little Rock, and the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Community Gallery Exhibitions The Arkansas Arts Center maintains a gallery at the Terry House designed for community groups, artist collectives and other organizations to have a space for exhibiting their works. The space is made available free of charge and operates at the same day and time schedule as the Arts Center’s main galleries. The Photography of Hannah Birney-Breast Cancer Survivors OCTOBER 13 – NOVEMBER 13, 2011 St. Edward Catholic School Student Art Exhibition APRIL 5 – 29, 2012 Arkansas League of Artists MAY 3 – JUNE 11, 2012
Museum School Gallery Exhibitions Children’s Art, Ages 2 – 18 OCTOBER 14, 2011 – JANUARY 29, 2012 The Figure FEBRUARY 3 – JUNE 1, 2012 Digital Photography JUNE 29 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
Exhibitions & Publications
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Curatorial LOANS TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Adrian Brewer, William E. Woodruff, circa 1935, oil on canvas Adrian Brewer, Ozark Valley in Autumn, 1925, oil on canvas Howard L. Hill, Hunting Dogs, circa 1885, oil on canvas Charles Bird King, General George Izard, 1813, oil on board Samuel F. B. Morse, General James Miller, circa 1827, oil on canvas Elizabeth Price, Iris, 1925, oil and gold leaf on board after Frederic Remington, The Scout, circa 1895, oil on canvas Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, Knitted, Knotted, Twisted & Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu Mary Lee Hu, Brooch #32, n.d., gold Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, Michael Peterson: Evolution / Revolution Michael Peterson, Arbutus, 2004, chain sawn, sandblasted, bleached and textured madrone burl Michael Peterson, Birdstone & Vessel, 2001, sandblasted, bleached and ebonized locust burl, ebony base VENUES: Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, California Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, Nebraska, Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism Dale Nichols, Symphonic Silence, 1965, oil on canvas Dale Nichols, The Last Load, 1966, oil on canvas VENUES: Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, Nebraska Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah Little Rock National Airport, Arkansas Gallery Jim Bartz, Caterpillar Clog Doll, 1993, wood, metal Jerry Bleem, Analogy, 2001, found plastic, thread, staples Dennis Elliott, Bowl, 1986, lathe-turned maple burl David Leach, Untitled, 1973, glazed porcelain Margaret Sturgis, Big Top: Back Door, 1935, oil on canvas Katherine Westphal, Little Girl, 1975, crocheted plastic and viscose rayon Dhimitri Zonia, Free Offer, 1974, oil on masonite
Curatorial
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, De Kooning: A Retrospective Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1969, charcoal on paper Unicaja de Málaga, Spain and Inparce - Barcelona Gestión Cultural, Spain, Diego Rivera, Cubist Period 1903-1926 Diego Rivera, Dos Mujeres (Two Women), 1914, oil on canvas VENUES: Museo del Patrimonio Municipal, Malaga, Spain Casa de la Provincia, Seville, Spain Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain, Suite 270: Lieutenant Governor Winthrop P. Rockefeller – A Life of Service Don Lee, #1 Still Life (Big Red), 1979, oil on canvas Henri Linton, Arkanscape #2, 1989, acrylic on paper
ACQUISITIONS PURCHASES (artist, title, date, medium, designated fund) Gústav Geir Bollason, Pêcheurs de Nuages (Cloud Catchers), 2011, charcoal on paper, Tabriz Fund Lovis Corinth, Portrait Sketch of the Artist's Father, 1884, pencil on beige wove paper, mounted on wove paper, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation purchase with Tabriz funds in honor of Curtis Finch, Jr. Ian Ingram, Easter Island, 2011, charcoal, pastel, silver leaf on paper, purchased with a gift from Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. George Inness, The Old Roman Road (Porta San Girolamo, Perugia), circa 1870-1871, watercolor, pencil on paper, Tabriz Fund Luke Jerram, Large Sars 2/5, 2010, flame-worked glass, Tabriz Fund Jun Kaneko, Untitled Oval, 1994, glazed ceramic, Tabriz Fund Alfonso Ossorio, Untitled, 1948, gouache, watercolor, ink on paper, Tabriz Fund Joseph Edward Southall, Wandering Thoughts, 1904, pencil, heightened with white on prepared pink paper, purchased in part with a gift from Chucki and Curt Bradbury, in memory of Missy Anderson, our friend and editor of the writings of our late son, Cameron, and Memorial Funds
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Toots Zynsky, Roboante, 2009, fused and thermo-formed glass threads, Collectors Group Fund GIFTS (artist, title, date, medium, donor) Sigmund Abeles, Study for Alfred Brendel in Rehearsal in Jerusalem, 1989, etching on blue paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. Bill Amundson, Nervous Patriot with Logo Tie, 2004, pencil on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Anonymous, Academy Study, late 18th Century, sanguine crayon on paper, gift of Edward J. Olszewski, Cleveland, Ohio, to commemorate the appointment of Todd Herman as Executive Director of the Arkansas Arts Center Robert Arneson, Me and Jackson, 1984, 12 color lithograph, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Steven Assael, Untitled, 1992-1995, graphite, pen and wash on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Luis Cruz Azaceta, King for a Day #6, 1980, ink, black chalk on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
Stefan Hirsch, Self Portrait, circa 1927, pencil on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in memory of Missy Wright Anderson Kurt Kemp, Half of Me Is Ocean, 2001, collage, watercolor, pen and ink over etching, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Jules Kirschenbaum, Self Portrait in Army Jacket, 1954, pencil on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Marianne Kolb, Walt Whitman #16, 2004, mixed media on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Nancy Lawton, Self Portrait (Large Night Sky, Looking Up), 1990, graphite on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Jack Levine, Self Portrait, circa 1944, ink on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall David Lippenberger, Commission Wrapped in White, 2004, mixed media on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Jan Matulka, Young Woman, possibly Mrs. Matulka, circa 1925, litho crayon on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
Will Barnet, Self Portrait, 1989, pencil on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
Jennifer McCurdy, Butterfly Vessel, 2010, wheel-thrown, altered, carved porcelain, gift of Ethel and Arthur Furman, Alexandria, Virginia
Arnold Bittleman, Self Portrait III, 1981, pencil, charcoal on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
Jerome Myers, Self Portrait, Twice, 1920, crayon on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in memory of Missy Wright Anderson
Stephen Brown, My Father, 2000, graphite heightened with white gouache on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
Glenn Priestley, Markham Road, 1993, oil on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
Tarrence Corbin, Untitled (Crate Series), circa 1980s, acrylic, collage on paper, gift of Blanche and Beadle Moore Gaela Erwin, Self Portrait "Ze-bra," circa 2006-2007, pastel on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Hugo Gellert, Portrait of Edward Corsi, before 1965, black chalk, pencil on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall John Himmelfarb, Meeting Cut Short, 1990-1994, brush and ink on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
Curatorial
Patrick Rodriguez, Tribe, 1994, mixed media on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall Arnold Rönnebeck, Portrait of a Man, 1924, graphite on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in memory of Missy Wright Anderson Peri Schwartz, Self Portrait, 2003, charcoal on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall John Sloan, Nude, n.d., black ink on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in memory of Missy Wright Anderson Aj Smith, Body Gear, 1995, lithograph, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall
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Paul Thomas, Joyce Joins Telemachus at the Feast, 2005, graphite, pencil on paper, gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in honor of Thom Hall LOANS (artist, title, date, medium, lender) Thomas Hart Benton, Clay County Farm, 1971, oil on canvas, Anonymous Loan Thomas Hart Benton, Carrying Cotton, n.d., pencil on paper, Anonymous Loan Thomas Hart Benton, M. A. Jagendorf & Joe Stella, n.d., pencil on paper, Anonymous Loan Thomas Hart Benton, Sorghum Mill, 1969, lithograph, Anonymous Loan Albrecht Dürer, Title page of "The Great Passion”, 1510, wood engraving, Anonymous Loan Barbara Hepworth, Genesis II, 1966, oil, pencil on board, Anonymous Loan Barbara Hepworth, Two Heads, 1966, white marble, Anonymous Loan Rodger Mack, Four Circles, n.d., bronze, Anonymous Loan Rodger Mack, Tall Bronze, n.d., bronze, Anonymous Loan Henri Matisse, Maternity, n.d., lithograph, Anonymous Loan Joan Miró, La Pluie Matinale au Clair de Lune (Morning Rain in Moonlight), 1958, color aquatint with pochoir hand coloring, Anonymous Loan Georgia O'Keeffe, Shell Pink – 3, n.d., pastel on board, Anonymous Loan Pablo Picasso, Mother Holding a Child, 1904, reproduction, Anonymous Loan Pablo Picasso, Nude & Tambourine Player, 1934, etching, Anonymous Loan Georges Rouault, Untitled from "Passion", n.d., color aquatint, Anonymous Loan Jacques Villon, Landscape from "Dents de Lait, Dents de loup," n.d., drypoint, Anonymous Loan
Curatorial
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Children’s Theatre The Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre exists to provide high quality theatre experiences for young people and their families. Each year, Children’s Theatre produces well-loved contemporary stories and classic tales for the stage. The Children’s Theatre presented six Main Stage productions, one experimental production, and three touring productions. 2011-12 PRODUCTIONS
PUBLIC SHOWS ATTENDANCE SCHOOL SHOWS ATTENDANCE
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
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1,745
10
2,663
Cinderella: A Rockin’ New Musical in 3D
9
2,784
10
3,452
12
2,587
18
5,659
Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood
9
2,639
12
3,704
If You Take a Mouse to School
13
3,636
18
5,602
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
9
2,979
20
6,096
61
16,370
88
27,176
A Year with Frog and Toad
Subtotal Total Attendance: 43,546
2011-12 EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION Chugga-Chugga-Choo-Choo! Train!
Children's Theatre
Shows 9
Attendance 289
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Children’s Theatre offers school matinee performances to all Main Stage productions with subsidized ticket prices for any size school group. School Matinees run throughout the school year. Children’s Theatre served the following schools during 2011-2012: Abundant Life School
Chenal Elementary
Family Church Academy
Academics Plus Charter School
Chenal Valley Montessori
First Baptist Church - Benton
Adkins Preschool
Children's Corner Preschool
First Church Academy
Amber Sartain Homeschool
Children's House Montessori
Florence Mattison Elementary
Angie Grant Elementary
Christ Lutheran School
Fordyce High School
Ann Watson Elementary
Christ The King Catholic School
Forest Heights Middle School
Arkansas Baptist Elementary
Christi Gillum Homeschool
Forest Park Elementary
Arkansas Pediatric Facility
Christian Ministries Academy
Franklin Elementary
Arkansas School for the Blind
Clarendon Public Schools
Franklin Incentive Elementary
Arkansas Virtual Academy
Cleburne County Christian School
Frisby Homeschool
Avilla Christian Academy
Clinton Elementary School
Fulbright Elementary
Badger Elementary
College Station Elementary
Furnell Homeschool
Baker Elementary
Collegeville Elementary
Gandy Elementary
Bale Elementary
Columbia Christian School
Geyer Springs Elementary
Baseline Elementary
Conway Christian School
Glen Rose Elementary
Bayou Meto Elementary School
Conway Clovers 4H Club
Glenview Elementary
Bebee Elementary
Covenant Christian Academy
Good Homeschool
Benton Middle School
Crestwood Elementary
Grace Lutheran Preschool
Bethel Middle School
Crossgate Homeschool
Greenbrier Eastside Elementary
Bigelow ABC Preschool
Crystal Hill Elementary
Greenbrier Westside Elementary
Bismarck Elementary
Crystal Hill Homeschoolers
Greenville Elementary
Black Homeschool
Crystal Hill Elementary Magnet
Gurdon Middle School
Booker Arts Magnet Elementary
Cutter Morning Star Elementary
Guy-Perkins Elementary
Brady Elementary
David O. Dodd Elementary
Hampton Elementary
Bryant Elementary
Davis Elementary
Hardman Homeschool
Burrows Homeschool
Davis Head Start
Harmony Grove Middle School
Cabot Area Home Educators
Dierks Elementary School
Heart Homeschool
Caddo Hills Elementary
Don Roberts Elementary
Heber Springs Elementary
Caddo Hills Junior High School
Donley Academy
Home Educators of Little Rock
Calvary Academy
Dover Elementary
Howard Perrin Elementary
Capital City Christian Academy
Eagle Mountain Magnet School
Huda Academy
Carver Magnet Elementary
East End Elementary
Hurricane Creek Elementary
Cash Homeschool
East End Intermediate
Immaculate Conception Catholic School
Center Valley Elementary
Edgewood Elementary
Immaculate Heart of Mary School
Central Arkansas Christian School
Eiler Homeschool
Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School
Central Arkansas Homeschool
El Dorado Gifted & Talented Program
Jefferson Elementary
Central Elementary
Ellen Smith Elementary
Jolly Time Preschool
Charlotte Mason Homeschool
Episcopal Collegiate School
Judith Chunyo Homeschool
CHEC Homeschool
Fair Park Early Childhood Center
Kareer Kids - Jacksonville
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Kareer Kids - Cabot
Newport Elementary
Sims Homeschool
Kelly Lessel Homeschool
NLR Catholic Academy
Snuggle Bug Café
Kerry Pere Homeschool
North Heights Elementary
Southside Elementary
Kingsland Elementary
North Little Rock Montessori
Southside High School
Koinonia Homeschool
Northside Elementary
Southwest Christian Academy
Kristi McFarland Homeschool
Oak Grove Elementary
Springhill Elementary
Lakeside Intermediate School
Oakbrooke Elementary Oaklawn Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School
St. Edward Catholic School
Lakeside Middle School Lakeside Primary School Lamar Elementary Lane Keeter Homeschool Langston Elementary Lawson Elementary Leah Turner Homeschool Leslie Elementary
Otter Creek Elementary Ouachita-Oden Elementary Our House Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School Palestine Wheatly Elementary Pangburn Middle School
St. John’s Catholic School – Hot Springs St. John Catholic School - Russellville St. Joseph School Stauffer Homeschool Sulphur Rock Magnet School Temple Baptist Elementary Terry Elementary The Academy at Riverdale
Lisa Academy - Little Rock
Park International Magnet School Parkview Arts Science Magnet High School
Lisa Academy - North Little Rock
Passports to Success
The Huda Academy
Little Life Academy
Peake Elementary
Tolleson Elementary
Little Rock Christian Academy
Perryville Elementary
Townsend Park Elementary
Little Rock Montessori
Pine Bluff Lighthouse Charter School
University of Central Arkansas Child Study Center
Logos Homeschool
Pine Forest Elementary
Valerie Berry Homeschool
Lonoke Primary School
Pinewood Elementary
Van Buren County Home Educators
Mabelvale Elementary
Pinnacle Classical Academy
Victory Baptist School
Magnet Cove Elementary
Pottsville Elementary
Vilonia Elementary
Malvern Elementary
Pottsville Junior High School
Vilonia Primary School
Malvern Homeschool
Pulaski Academy
Vision Christian Academy
Marshall Elementary
Pulaski Heights Elementary
W. T. Daniels Special Education School
Martin Luther King Elementary
REACH Homeschool
Wakefield Elementary
Mayflower Elementary
Rector Elementary
Ward Central Elementary
Mayflower High School
Rockefeller Incentive Elementary
West Magnet Elementary School
McClellan Magnet High School
Romine Elementary
Western Hills Elementary
Meadow Park Elementary
Rose Bud Elementary
Westside Elementary - Cabot
Meadowcliff Elementary
Ruhman Homeschool
Westside Elementary - Searcy
Miss Selma's School
Rural Special School
White Hall School District
Morin Homeschool
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Whitney Family Homeschool
Morrilton Intermediate School
Salem Elementary
Williams Magnet Elementary
Mount Vernon Enola Elementary
Saline County Homeschool
Wilson Elementary
Mountain View Homeschool
Sallie Cone Elementary
Wonderview Elementary
Ms. Jenn's Jumpstart Preschool
Sequoyah Elementary
Woodrow Cummins Elementary
Murrell-Taylor Elementary
Sharon Pearcy Homeschool
Woodruff Early Childhood Center
Narcissus Tyler Homeschool
Sheridan Elementary
Wooster Elementary
Nemo Vista Elementary
Sherwood Elementary
Word of Outreach
Liberty Christian School
Children's Theatre
The Anthony School The Group School
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Educational Theatre Programs 2011-2012 Summer Theatre Academy enrollment – 154 Children’s Theatre conducted lecture demonstrations at the Arkansas Arts Center – 28,000 students participated. NUMBER OF EVENTS
Fall Quarter 2011
Theatre/Children’s Classes
Winter Quarter 2012
Theatre/Children’s Classes
Spring Quarter 2012
Theatre/Children’s Classes
Summer Quarter 2012 Theatre/Children’s Classes TOTAL
TOTAL PARTICIPANTS
4
*43
7
52
7
32
0
0
18
127
*The 2011-2012 year was the first for the theatre’s Ensemble Company. The Ensemble Company is a pre-professional training program for young theatre artists in grades 8-12. Selected by a competitive audition, the program lasts from September – May and is solely intended for those who are serious and dedicated to exploring the craft of theater. This year’s Ensemble Company had 11 students. Their enrollment is reflected in the Fall Quarter.
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Development Arkansas Arts Center “Circles” consist of individual, corporate and foundation members with an exemplary commitment to the arts. Generous annual contributions ensure that learning, inspiration and creative expression in the arts flourish throughout Arkansas, for people of all ages and backgrounds. Anonymous Arkansas Arts Council The Bailey Foundation Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Curt Bradbury, Jr. The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston Horace C. Cabe Foundation City of North Little Rock Edafio Technology Partners Fine Arts Club of Arkansas
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Rush F. Harding, III The Reverend Canon and Mrs. Christoph Keller, III Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Murphy Oil Corporation Mrs. Lisenne Rockefeller Harriet and Warren Stephens, Stephens, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Stephens Norris C. Taylor, Jr. Estate Windgate Charitable Foundation Windstream Corporation
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Sam Alley Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Friday, Eldredge & Clark Arkansas Times JPMS Cox, PLLC Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Bova Joshua Kolden Centennial Bank Nancy and Larry Lichty Central Arkansas Planning and Development District, Inc. Moon Distributors Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Connor Belinda Shults CWP Productions Target Justice and Mrs. Robert H. Dudley Tipton & Hurst Entergy Arkansas, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Tucker Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Anderson Aristotle Internet Access Arkansas Business Publishing Group Arkansas Children’s Hospital Bank of the Ozarks Sara and James Batcheller Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baxter Capital Hotel Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Dearnley Mr. Merritt P. Dyke East-Harding, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. R. Greg Feltus Mr. and Mrs. John P. Fletcher Foundation Life Insurance Company of Arkansas Mr. and Mrs. Edmond W. Freeman, III Marion Fulk and Jeff Rosenzweig Mrs. Anne Hickman Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Mrs. Barbara Rogers Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hussman, Jr. Mr. Tim Jordan Little Rock Family Martha Logue
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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Metropolitan National Bank Mid-Southern Watercolorists Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC Ms. Brenda K. Mize Mr. and Mrs. William A. Montgomery Munro Foundation Noble Strategies Sarah and Walter Nunnelly Mr. Hugh Pollard and Dr. Amy Pollard Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Mr. and Mrs. Walter Quinn, III Rebsamen Fund Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. David E. Snowden, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo Sotomora Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stephenson Stone Ward Dr. and Mrs. A. Henry Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Van Tilbury Walton Family Foundation Jane and Bob Wilson Brooks and Townsend Wolfe W. W. and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
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CURATOR’S CIRCLE Anonymous Dr. James and Eva Pappas Christie’s, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Patton Clark Bova Group Riggs Benevolent Fund Crow-Burlingame Company/Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts Store Rose Law Firm First Security Bank Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Shearson G4S Textbook Brokers Jaguar Little Rock Mr. Don Tilton Mr. and Mrs. Steve Keith Dr. and Mrs. R. Stephen Tucker The Laser Law Firm Union Pacific Foundation Ms. Ginanne G. Long Mr. and Mrs. Jason Vangilder Earl Magnuson Mr. and Mrs. George R. O’Connor 420 Martin, LLC Dr. Lee Abel and Dr. Eleanor Kennedy Philip Anderson Anonymous Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Arkansas Federal Credit Union The Andrew Aultz Charitable Foundation Delaney T. Bagwell Mr. and Mrs. John Bale Terry and James Barnes Phyllis and Michael Barrier Mr. and Mrs. Terry R. Bean BKD, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Shell Blakely Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Blakney Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Blank, Jr. Mr. Lee Bodenhamer and Ms. Beverly Brown Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bollhouse Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Bowden Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brockinton Ms. Nancy Brusenhan Dr. Bettye M. Caldwell Cathead Vodka Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Catlett, II Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chandler General (Ret.) and Mrs. Wesley K. Clark Mrs. Stuart Cobb Ms. Sandra L. Collet Mr. and Mrs. John Cone Susan D. Conley, M.D. Mr. Jay W. Cranford Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Crass Mr. and Mrs. William L. Cravens Crews & Associates, Inc. Kerri and John Daniels Mr. and Mrs. George H. Davis Dr. and Mrs. Philip James Deer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. East EGP, PLLC Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Eichler Mrs. Olivia B. Patterson
Development
MUSEUM CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. John G. Emerson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Faulkner First Security Leasing, Inc. Rick Fleetwood Mr. and Mrs. John R. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Augustus M. Fulk Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fulkerson Drs. Kimberly and William Golden Dr. Mary L. Good Greg Thompson Fine Art Mrs. Julianne D. Grundfest Mrs. Jeane M. Hamilton Mr. Laine Harber Harding Crafton Investment Properties, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Harris Dr. and Mrs. J. Charles Henry Dr. Todd Herman Ms. Kimberly A. Hillis Mrs. Carolyn Hodges Ms. Barbara M. House Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Hurst, Jr. The Janet Jones Company Dr. and Mrs. Gerald K. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jim D. Johnson Mrs. Frank G. Kumpuris Laidlaw and Lacy, Inc. Mr. Joseph W. Lampo and Dr. Terry Jefferson LEXICON, Inc. Low Voltage Systems, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Marshall Mr. Jesse Mason, Jr. and Dr. Gail Reede Jones Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. McLarty, III Mr. Allan E. Meadors Rickey Medlock and Scott Heffington Mr. Carl H. Miller, Jr. Marie-Bernarde Miller Mrs. Anne Bradford Mourning Mrs. Theodosia Nolan Briant and Ellis Noland Heather and John Pagan Paint Plus Pathology Labs of Arkansas, P.A.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. Dan Phillips Dr. Martha M. Phillips and Dr. James M. Raczynski Poe Travel Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Porter, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Powers Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ratcliff Dr. Helmut M. and Dr. Joyce E. Redetzki Marty and Tricia Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Ronnel Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Scanlon Drs. Joanna and Robert Seibert Mr. and Mrs. John S. Selig Mr. and Mrs. Greg Sheard Sir Speedy Printing Rebecca and John Slaven Sol Alman Company Martha N. Sowell Mr. and Mrs. John E. Steuri Strauss McCaskill Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William L. Terry Rebecca and Reed Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Whiteside, III Williams & Anderson PLC Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wohlleb Mr. and Mrs. James T. Womble Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Zimmerman
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Sponsorship and Program Support EXHIBITION SPONSORS Janet and Sam Alley Arkansas Business Publishing Group Arkansas Times Lisa and Sam Baxter Barbara and Steve Bova Chucki and Curt Bradbury Sandra and Bob Connor Edafio Technology Partners Entergy Arkansas, Inc. Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. Fine Arts Club of Arkansas Friday, Eldredge & Clark Foundation Life Insurance Company of Arkansas Marion Fulk and Jeff Rosenzweig JPMS Cox, PLLC Nancy and Larry Lichty The John William Linn Endowment Fund Mid-Southern Watercolorists Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. Brenda Mize Munro Foundation Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Lisenne Rockefeller Belinda Shults Andre Simon Memorial Trust Harriet and Warren Stephens Marti and Henry Thomas Dianne and Bobby Tucker Jane and Bob Wilson Windgate Charitable Foundation Brooks and Townsend Wolfe MUSEUM SCHOOL, EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPONSORS Arkansas Business Publishing Group Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Bates Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. City of North Little Rock Edafio Technology Partners Ms. Susan E. Elder Cindy and Greg Feltus Fine Arts Club of Arkansas June and Edmond Freeman The Dorothea Lawrence Gilbert Fund for Art Enrichment and Outreach Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jones Edmonda and Richard M. Logue, M.D. and Marcus Worth Logue Memorial Gift Earl Magnuson Fine Arts Club of Arkansas Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. May Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Padilla
Development
Rebsamen Fund Dr. and Mrs. G. R. Smith CHILDREN’S THEATRE SPONSORS Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. Fine Arts Club of Arkansas Joshua Kolden Landers FIAT Little Rock Family Edmonda and Richard M. Logue, M.D. and Marcus Worth Logue Memorial Gift Metropolitan National Bank Dr. James and Eva Pappas Rebsamen Fund STATE SERVICES SPONSORS Bank of America The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston Centennial Bank Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Horace C. Cabe Foundation Tim A. Jordan Target Union Pacific Foundation SPECIAL PROJECT SPONSORS Arkansas Children’s Hospital City of North Little Rock Entergy Arkansas, Inc. STUDIO PARTY SPONSORS CWP Productions East-Harding, Inc. Linda and Rush Harding Moon Distributors Inc. Noble Strategies Stone Ward Windstream Corporation STUDIO PARTY PATRONS Janet and Sam Alley Dr. Ted and Sharon Bailey Chucki and Curt Bradbury Clark Bova Group Entergy Arkansas, Inc. First Security Bank The Laser Law Firm Rose Law Firm Terri and David Snowden Eileen and Ricardo Sotomora Textbook Brokers
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GENERAL SUPPORT Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Anderson Anonymous Arkansas Arts Council The Bailey Foundation Bank of the Ozarks Sara and James Batcheller Central Arkansas Planning and Development District, Inc. Christie’s, Inc. Crow-Burlingame Company/ Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts Stores Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Dearnley Justice and Mrs. Robert H. Dudley Mr. Merritt P. Dyke Mr. and Mrs. John P. Fletcher G4S Mr. and Mrs. Rush F. Harding, III Mrs. Anne Hickman Mrs. Barbara Rogers Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hussman, Jr. Jaguar Little Rock Mr. and Mrs. Steve Keith The Reverend Canon and Mrs. Christoph Keller, III Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Ms. Ginanne G. Long Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Mr. and Mrs. William A. Montgomery Moon Distributors Inc. Murphy Oil Corporation Sarah and Walter Nunnelly Mr. and Mrs. George R. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. William L. Patton Riggs Benevolent Fund Mr. and Mrs. Walter Quinn, III
Development
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Shearon Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo F. Sotomora Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stephenson Harriet and Warren Stephens, Stephens, Inc. Norris C. Taylor, Jr. Estate Thomas & Thomas, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Van Tilbury Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Tilton Dr. and Mrs. R. Stephen Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Jason Vangilder Walton Family Foundation W. W. and Anne Jones Charitable Trust IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS Aristotle Internet Access Arkansas State Fair Arkansas Times BK Moulding Supply Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. Chucki and Curt Bradbury Capital Hotel Cathead Vodka Edafio Technology Partners The Good Earth Garden Center Judith Hudson Ellen Kaufman Moon Distributors Inc. Leslee Phillips Asha Sahita Simply the Best Catering, Inc. Sir Speedy Printing Tipton & Hurst Dale Wilcox
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Memorials and Honorary Gifts MEMORIALS
ROSEMARY “MISSY” WRIGHT ANDERSON Mr. and Mrs. H. William Allen Mr. and Mrs. Sam Alley Mrs. Carol Allin The Honorable and Mrs. Morris S. Arnold Ms. Janet L. Aronson Nancy and Jess Askew, Jr. Lisa, Sam, Bill and Samuel Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Belgrad Mr. Leonard Bellingrath Sandy Besser Ann T. Bettis Bennett Boskey Dr. William Scott Bowen Mr. and Mrs. Curt Bradbury, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Brown Charlotte and Justice Robert L. Brown Mrs. Helen C. Buchanan Frances and Sam Buchanan Diane and Phil Carroll Eugene Heide and Celia Catlett Ms. Deborah B. Coates Jennifer and Randy Coleman Sandra and Bob Connor Joy and Lee Cooper Frances and Wayne Cranford Cathy and Kevin Crass Mary Lou and Bill Cravens Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Cress Irene and George Davis Ms. Nancy DeLamar Nancy E. Dickins Helen Porter and Jim Dyke Merritt P. Dyke Mrs. Rosemary J. Dyke Nan Ellen East Mrs. Ruth English Terri and Chuck Erwin Anne Park Farella Cindy and Greg Feltus Mr. and Mrs. Danny Fisher Karen and John Flake Friday, Eldredge & Clark Grapevine Wines and Spirits Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Hammer Laine Harber Mr. and Mrs. Mark I. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hathaway, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Hazard Mrs. Anne Hickman Mr. and Mrs. J. French Hill Betsy and Cyril Hollingsworth Barbara R. Hoover Mimi and Joe Hurst, Jr.
Development
Marina B. Jacks Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jacobs Mr. Alston Jennings, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Jennings Kathy and Jim Johnson Janet and Bud Jones Frederick E. Joyce, M.D. Philip E. Kaplan Dr. and Mrs. Drew Kumpuris Levinson Cleaners Ann and Gene Lewis Susan and Ron May Cathy and Mike Mayton Mr. Hayes C. McClerkin Donna and Thomas F. McLarty, III Jane and Carleton McMullin Sheila and Mike Mehaffy Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Mr. J. T. Meriwether Susan and Richard Moore Blanche and Beadle Moore Dick Moore Mr. and Mrs. Don Munro Mary Lynn and Sheffield Nelson Heather and John C. Pagan Mrs. Lois L. Park Ann Blair and Bert Parke Mr. and Mrs. William L. Patton, Jr. Mr. Don Pfeifer Nancy and Tad Phillips Sandy and Dan Phillips Allison D. Pickell Fred Poe Poe Travel Mr. and Mrs. David M. Powell Dr. and Mrs. James A. Price Mr. and Mrs. Llewelyn G. Pritchard Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC Janet and Larry Riggs Mr. and Mrs. J. Cooper Riley Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Rose Frances Mitchell Ross Mr. William M. Shepherd Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Smith Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Judy and David Snowden Mr. David L. Spencer Mr. Robert A. Stein Harriet and Warren Stephens Judge and Mrs. John F. Stroud, Jr. Betty R. Stuckey Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Taylor Pat and Bill Tedford Dr. and Mrs. A. Henry Thomas
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Mr. Walls Trimble Julie and John Truemper Annabelle and Henry Tuck Dianne and Bobby Tucker Linda and James Tuohey Margaret M. Whillock Mr. and Mrs. James P. White Alice and Jack Williams Williams & Anderson PLC Mike Wilson Carolyn Winburn George and Sherry Worthen Mary F. Worthen Mr. and Mrs. Jim Yeary JAMES H. “BUM” ATKINS Lisa, Sam, Bill and Samuel Baxter Merritt P. Dyke Julie and Bill Haught Annis and Charles W. Hill Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jacobs Cathy and Mike Mayton Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Mr. and Mrs. J. Cooper Riley Ginna and J. D. Simpson, III Harriet and Warren Stephens Dr. and Mrs. A. Henry Thomas BEN AUBURN Molly L. Opas ELIZABETH BAKER Heather and John C. Pagan BILL BALDWIN Dr. Stanley C. Burns, M.D. PAT BARR Frances and Wayne Cranford ZELLA FAY BAUMGARNTER Ned Metcalf SANFORD “SANDY” BESSER Nancy and Tad Phillips CAMERON BRADBURY Lisa, Sam, Bill and Samuel Baxter Dr. and Mrs. J. Charles Henry Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger WILLIAM RANDALL BYARS Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger MARILYN DASHIELL CHOWNING Ann and Gene Lewis
Development
WALTER C. “BUDDY” COLEMAN Nancy and Tad Phillips Sandy and Dan Phillips GRACE M. COOK Mr. and Mrs. Dan Baw FLORITA LOUISE “RITA” WINNIE CURTIS Marilyn D. Chowning Ellen and Jim McLean MILFORD DAVIS Belinda Shults LOUISE DIERKS G. Thomas Eisele KATHRYN “KAYE” FREYGANG EISELE Allan Meadors WOLFGANG EVANS Heather and John C. Pagan FLO FRANKLIN Mr. and Mrs. J. Cooper Riley MARGARET ANN STUCK FRIER Sandra and Bob Connor H. G. “JACK” FROST, JR. Helen Porter and Jim Dyke Poe Travel Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ratcliff Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Strawn, III HARRY T. GILBERT, JR. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bloom Diane Allen and Rene Bressinck Sandra and Bob Connor Bill and Margaret Harrison Dr. Marvin D. Loyd Ms. Lucy D. Markarian Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Mendel Dr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy R. Newell Ms. Agnes Orosz Ms. Nancy L. Rosenthal Dr. and Mrs. David J. Skotko TOM GLAZE Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger MARGUERITE GOLDEN Dr. Stanley C. Burns, M.D. BOOKIE GULLEY Sandy and Dan Phillips
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MARIA HALEY Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
Belinda H. Shults Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Wood
DR. JOE HATCHER Frances and Wayne Cranford
CARL DENE MEDLOCK Dr. Stanley C. Burns, M.D. Mr. Ralph Greer and Ms. Beverly Brown
SYLVIA HOLIMAN Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Nestrud JOSEPHINE “DEANIE” HEISKELL HARRISON HOLLENBERG Charlotte and Justice Robert L. Brown MILTON H. HOWELL Doris WmSon Mapes KENNETH W. “BILL” KELTNER Doris WmSon Mapes ARTHUR EDWIN “ART” KORENBLAT Nancy and Tad Phillips Sandy and Dan Phillips RUTH KRETCHMAR Mary Lynn and Dr. Kent Kretchmar LISA KURTS Senator Blanche and Dr. Steve Lincoln ELINOR LAMPO Phyllis and Michael Barrier Sandra and Bob Connor Judy and John Fletcher Heather and Dennis Hignite Barbara R. Hoover Ms. Ginanne G. Long Ned Metcalf Heather and John C. Pagan MEGHAN NORTH LAMPO Joseph W. Lampo KATHERINE MAY LANGE Doris WmSon Mapes SUZANNE LEMIEUX Heather and John C. Pagan BILL LEWIS Doris WmSon Mapes LOUIS ALBERT “BILL” LOIBNER Doris WmSon Mapes BILL McCALLUM Doris WmSon Mapes JOANNE MEADORS Mr. and Mrs. Bob G. McKuin
Development
ALCORN MINOR Ms. Patsy W. Frost ELIZABETH “BETTY” STOCKLEY MITCHELL Blanche S. Alman Charlotte and Justice Robert L. Brown Breck Campbell Frances and Wayne Cranford Dr. Beverly Foster and T. Martin Davis Maryann and Jack East, III Karen and John Flake Jeane M. Hamilton Sue and Max W. Harris Helen and Fred Harrison Mrs. Ben M. Hogan, Jr. Rick D. Hogan Sally Stockley Johnson and Grif Stockley Mary Anne Nilles Judy and John Selig Martha N. Sowell Jane and Bob Wilson JAMES WALLACE NICHOLS Dr. Stanley C. Burns, M.D. DR. MACONDA BROWN O’CONNOR Barbara R. Hoover Mrs. Wanda Ledbetter Lynnette and Michael Watts JENNINGS OSBORNE Dr. Stanley C. Burns, M.D. TIA MARIE PALERMO Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Joe V. Arn Mrs. Barbara Baber Mr. Paul Bash Mr. and Mrs. Dick B. Clough Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Cole Flo and Dr. Jim Deer Cindy and Greg Feltus Judy and John Fletcher Mrs. Paula K. Furlough Ms. Mary Nancy Henry Ms. Mara Leveritt and Ms. Linda Bessette Ms. Ginanne G. Long Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCarley Mr. and Mrs. Bob G. McKuin Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moneyhon Mrs. Bobbye M. Nixon
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Mrs. Robin D. Parker Ms. Anna Louise Phillips Rebecca Slaven Ms. Ann West and Mr. Rod Cottrell Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wilkins, Jr.
RONALD EDWARD TABOR Ann and Gene Lewis
ORVAL REED Doris WmSon Mapes
CAROLE WHITESIDE Rickey Medlock and Scott Heffington
DOROTHY RODHAM Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
ISABEL BROWN WILSON Mrs. Wanda Ledbetter
PATRICIA “PAT” MURPHEY ROSTKER Doris WmSon Mapes
SUE GLASCO WILSON Ms. Jerri Derlikowski Mr. and Mrs. Tom Head Mrs. Sara Hirt Mrs. Patricia G. Pierret Pleasant Hills Retirement Center
ANN H. RUMSEY Heather and John C. Pagan MARGARET “PEGGY” SCHELL Sandy and Dan Phillips Dianne and Bobby Tucker
MICHAEL L. “MIKE” VERNON Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
PHYLLIS WOLTERS Doris WmSon Mapes
MARTHA SHANKS Doris WmSon Mapes
CATHY WORTH Dr. Stanley C. Burns, M.D.
ROBERT LEE “BOB” SHULTS Lisa, Sam, Bill and Samuel Baxter
HONORARIUMS
SAM STRAUSS, JR. Jeane M. Hamilton Susan and Ron May Nancy and Tad Phillips Sandy and Dan Phillips Jane and Bob Wilson BRIAN SUDDERTH Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Anderson Ken and Becca Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Dick B. Clough Dr. and Mrs. James Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Mike Duke Judy and John Fletcher Mrs. Paula K. Furlough Ms. Janet Harney Ms. Sue Hassell Terry Jefferson and Joseph W. Lampo Ms. Ginanne G. Long Mr. and Mrs. Garth A. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCarley Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Nestrud Mrs. Joanne H. Riddick Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Schaufele, III Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Shearon Rebecca Slaven Linda and Fred VanHook Mr. and Mrs. John R. Young
Development
BARBARA BABER Sandra Cone DR. AND MRS. H. A. “TED” BAILEY (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton GINGER BEEBE Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger MR. AND MRS. STEVE BOVA (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton CHUCKI BRADBURY (BIRTHDAY) Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Smith CURT AND CHUCKI BRADBURY Cindy and Greg Feltus MR. AND MRS. FRED I. BROWN (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton FRANCES BUCHANAN Rebecca Slaven HELEN AND SAM CARUTHERS Jennifer and Randy Coleman SANDRA CONNOR Rebecca Slaven
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ROSE CRANE Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
JOHN AND ROBYN HORN Laine Harber
FRANCES AND WAYNE CRANFORD Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
BEN HUSSMAN Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Dickinson
NANCY DICKINS Rebecca Slaven
LAVONA JONES (CHRISTMAS) Toni Roosth and Fred Gray
ALICE DONG (CHRISTMAS) Margaret Hatchett
JOSEPH W. LAMPO Cindy and Greg Feltus
LAURA AND MARK DORAMUS Cindy and Greg Feltus
PATTI LEDBETTER Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
CINDY FELTUS Iberiabank
MR. AND MRS. RONALD MAY (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton
MARY MEL FRENCH Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger
MRS. HERBERT McADAMS (CHRISTMAS) Sandra and Bob Connor
HARRY GERARD, III Dr. Todd Herman
SHERRY AND JOEL McKUIN Phyllis and Barry McKuin
HARRY T. GILBERT, JR. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ostner Mr. Hugh H. Pollard and Dr. Amy Pollard
NED METCALF Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Tate
MARCELLINE GIROIR (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton ANN GORNATTI Sandra and Bob Connor Rebecca Slaven EMILY HALL Mr. and Mrs. Orville J. Hall, Jr. JEANE HAMILTON Jane and Bob Wilson MR. AND MRS. LARRY HARE (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton MR. AND MRS. MAX HARRIS (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton TODD HERMAN Jeane M. Hamilton Mr. Mark J. Tarnacki ANNE HICKMAN (CHRISTMAS) Sandra and Bob Connor KAKI HOCKERSMITH Barbara and Steve Bova
Development
PAUL W. OWENS, JR. (BIRTHDAY) Ms. Ann Butler MARTHA PHILLIPS Kristy L. Bondurant FRED POE (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton TH
POE TRAVEL (50 ANNIVERSARY) Helen and Fred Harrison BILL PUMPHREY Jeane M. Hamilton Julie and Bill Haught FRANCES SHACKELFORD Jeane M. Hamilton Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger Jane and Bob Wilson REBECCA AND DR. JOHN SLAVEN Sandra and Bob Connor Pathology Laboratories of Arkansas, P.A. WARREN AND HARRIET STEPHENS Cindy and Greg Feltus LOU ELLEN TREADWAY (CHRISTMAS) Sandra and Bob Connor
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MR. AND MRS. JOHN J. TRUEMPER, JR. (CHRISTMAS) Margaret Hatchett ALICE WILLIAMS Sandra and Bob Connor Rebecca Slaven MR. AND MRS. ROBERT WILSON (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton BROOKS AND TOWNSEND WOLFE (CHRISTMAS) Jeane M. Hamilton Jane and Bob Wilson
Development
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Membership General and Leadership Members Individual - 653 Dual - 1,096 Household - 895 Advocate - 592 Contributing - 549 Associate - 151 Supporting - 44 Corporate Affiliate - 10 Student/Teacher - 160
Individual and Corporate Circle Members Museum Circle - 102 Curators' Circle - 11 Director's Circle - 38 President's Circle - 8 Chairman's Circle - 7 Corporate Museum Circle - 25 Corporate Curators' Circle - 12 Corporate Director's Circle - 14 Corporate President's Circle - 11 Corporate Chairman's Circle - 13
Total Members: 4,391 New Memberships: 665 Rejoin Memberships: 428
Membership
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Member Exhibition Previews In Search of Norman Rockwell's America JULY 28, 2011
Museum School Faculty: Past and Present SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition / Cast, Cut, Forged and Crushed: Selections in Metal from the John and Robyn Horn Collection OCTOBER 6, 2011 54th Annual Delta Exhibition / Masters of American Watercolor JANUARY 26, 2012 Young Arkansas Artists 51st Annual Exhibition / Mind's Eye: Still Lifes of G. Daniel Massad / The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft / 11th National Drawing Invitational: New York, Singular Drawings APRIL 19, 2012
Studio Party: Jazzkapelle MARCH 31, 2012 Digital Dialogues Family Festival APRIL 21, 2012 New Member Reception APRIL 25, 2012
Contemporaries Events ARTini at Cantrell Gallery AUGUST 25, 2011 Culture Shock: The ‘80s SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 Artist Studio Visit at Dave Anderson’s Home OCTOBER 13, 2011
The Rockefeller Influence MAY 31, 2012
Collectors Show and Sale Preview with the Collectors Group NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Tattoo Witness: Photographs by Mark Perrott JUNE 21, 2012
Holiday Party at the Home of Heather and Bo Brister DECEMBER 8, 2011
Member Events
Culture Shock: The ‘90s FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Welcome Reception for Dr. Todd Herman JULY 7, 2011
Museum School Clay Workshop JUNE 12, 2012
Norman Rockwell All-American Summer Family Festival JULY 30, 2012 Museum School Sale Member Night NOVEMBER 18, 2012
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Museum School The Museum School offers classes for children, teens and adults, providing instruction for art enthusiasts of every skill level. Classes are offered on a quarterly basis with day, evening and weekend classes. Museum School disciplines include Drawing, Glass (fusing, slumping, mold making), Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography (digital), Pottery / Sculpture, Woodworking, and Children’s Theatre. Special topics have included Batik, Pysanky (Ukrainian eggs), Encaustic Painting, Printmaking, and Mosaics – to name a few. Beginning, intermediate and advanced level classes are scheduled to focus on the fundamentals important to progressive development of artistic technique.
Enrollment
NUMBER OF CLASSES
TOTAL PARTICIPANTS
56 14 7 2 79
483 87 35 13 -618
55 7 9 0 71
472 161 62 0 -695
59 9 8 1 77
453 91 37 19 -600
56 6 4 14 1 81
339 74 6 107 -106 632
Grand Total (FY11-12)
308
2,545
Comparative Total (FY10-11) Comparative Total (FY09-10) *Reported by Children’s Theatre, beginning FY10-11
305 347
2,273 2,677
Fall Quarter 2011
Art / Adult Classes Art / Adult Workshops (includes satellites) Art / Children’s Classes Art / Children’s Workshops Theatre / Children’s Classes* Total
Winter Quarter 2011
Art / Adult Classes Art / Adult Workshops (includes satellites) Art / Children’s Classes Art / Children’s Workshops Theatre / Children’s Classes* Total
Spring Quarter 2012
Art / Adult Classes Art / Adult Workshops (includes satellites) Art / Children’s Classes Art / Children’s Workshops Theatre / Children’s Classes* Total
Summer Quarter 2012
Art / Adult Classes Art / Adult Workshops (includes satellites) Art / Children’s Classes Art / Children’s Workshops Theatre / Children’s Classes* Junior Arts Academy Total
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Museum School Workshops In coordination with the curatorial departments, the Museum School offers specialized workshops for teachers and artists, often led by nationally recognized figures whose work is in the permanent collection, or in conjunction with a special exhibition or program of one of the AAC auxiliary groups, such as, Friends of Contemporary Craft. An Afternoon with the Artist, featuring Sheila Parsons OCTOBER 1, 2011 Pewter Based Beakers & Cups with Visiting Artist David Clemons OCTOBER 14 & 15, 2011 The Principles of Design with Visiting Artist Tim Tyler OCTOBER 28, 2011 OCTOBER 29, 2011 Marketing Muscle for Artists with Dianna Fritzler JANUARY 12, 2012 Encaustic Painting 101 Workshop with Visiting Artist Dianna Fritzler JANUARY 14 & 15, 2012
Special Programs
Annual Museum School Holiday Sale Member Preview Party FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011 Clear Channel Metroplex Sale Day SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011 Clear Channel Metroplex Number of Artists Participating - 131 Number of Visitors – Friday Number of Visitors – Saturday
728 1438
TOTAL
2166
Educational Outreach Boy Scout Merit Badge Day MAY 12, 2012 Number of Boy Scouts present
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Judith Duff Workshop FEBRUARY 18 & 19, 2012 More Pysanky: Ukrainian-Style Ostrich Eggs with Lorrie Popow MARCH 10 & 11, 2012 An Introduction to Pysanky, Ukrainian-Style Eggs with Visiting Artist Lorrie Popow MARCH 31 & APRIL 1, 2012 Pastel on Paper: Painting Dry with Visiting Artist Dan Massad APRIL 20 & 21, 2012 Figures in Spaces with Caleb Knodell (Student of Odd Nerdrum) JUNE 4-7, 2012
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Education & Library Lectures, Artist Talks, Films & Panel Discussions Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition “Will Barnet: A Life’s Work in Context” Jessica Nicoll, Director and Chief Curator, Smith College Museum of Art OCTOBER 20, 2011
ART OF ARCHITECTURE LECTURE SERIES "Learnt in Translation" Peter Rich, Professor of Architecture, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Cast, Cut, Forged and Crushed: Selections in Metal from the John and Robyn Horn Collection “A Life in Iron” Tom Joyce, Artist and Blacksmith NOVEMBER 17, 2011
"Associates and Studio 804" J. L. Consant, Executive Director of Studio 804, Professor of Architecture At the University of Kansas School of Architecture; Principal of Rockhill and Associates DECEMBER 6, 2011
Mind’s Eye: Still Lifes by Dan Massad “Painting Dry: The Work of Dan Massad” Leo Mazow, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville APRIL 19, 2012
"Fabcraft: Crafting the Future with Digital Fabrication" Santiago Perez, Assistant Professor, Faye Jones School of Architecture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville JANUARY 17, 2012
The Rockefeller Influence “Republican Reformer: Winthrop Rockefeller’s Legacy as Governor of Arkansas” Cathy Kunzinger Urwin, Author MAY 17, 2012
“William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement” Dr. Floyd Martin, Professor of Art, University of Arkansas, Little Rock FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Tattoo Witness: Photographs by Mark Perrott “Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art” Michael Atkinson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto; Editor, Sociology of Sport Journal JUNE 21, 2012 th
11 National Drawing Invitational: New York, Singular Drawings Guest Curator Gallery Talk Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita, Brooklyn Museum of Art JUNE 24, 2012
Education & Library
FILM FESTIVALS ARTS IN MOTION FILM SERIES: 3 films focused on dance and movement Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding): 1981 A Spanish dance film, directed by Carlos Saurain. OCTOBER 5, 2011 Ballets Russes: 2005 A documentary about the foundation of modern ballet, directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine. OCTOBER 25, 2011
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All That Jazz: 1979 Roberto Gavaldon A Semi-autobiographical film, directed by American choreography legend Bob Fosse. NOVEMBER 30, 2011
PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATORS
ART OF ARCHITECTURE: Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Arkansas Produced by Mark Wilcken. OCTOBER 4, 2011
ART AND THE WRITTEN WORD: The workshop introduced students to a variety of language arts “tools” creating connections to works of art. Students learned to use images to inspire original poetry, experimenting with forms, meters and language. Students created original poetry and translated it visually through exploration of various periods in art history and created visual representations from a particular style. Connections to Arkansas Department of Education Standards in the Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Art History, Studio Arts, Language Arts and Performing Arts, and key connections to Core Curriculum Standards. OCTOBER 15, 2011 DECEMBER 3, 2011
WILL BARNET AT THE ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Will Barnet: Tracing the Soul of the Work A documentary, directed by Dale Schierholt. DECEMBER 13, 2011 THE ART OF POETRY FILM SERIES: 3 films focused on poetry and language The Raven: 1963 A humorous look at Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, directed by Roger Corman. FEBRUARY 1, 2012 Slam Nation: 1996 A documentary about the National Poetry Slam competition, directed by Paul Devlin. MARCH 7, 2012 Poetry : 2010 A South Korean cinematic masterpiece, directed by Lee Chang-dong. APRIL 4, 2012
Education & Library
TEACHER ACADEMIES: Educators earn six professional development credits for each academy attended.
THE WORLD IN WHICH IMPRESSIONISM GREW: Impressionism is an expression of the world at a particular moment in time. This workshop not only explored the science of color theory and the lives of the artists, but also the historical context in which artists looked at the world through dashes of pigment. Teachers learned how to blend history, science and art-making practices of the day through hands-on experiences. Connections to Arkansas Department of Education Standards in the Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Art History, World History, Language Arts and Science, and key connections to Core Curriculum Standards. JANUARY 21, 2012 DIGITAL DIALOGUE: Innovations that have expanded the level of human expression were explored in this historical, scientific, and artistic journey. This Teacher Academy prepared students to look at, understand, and experience The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft as well as creative outlets that use technologies from flip books to computers. Connections to Arkansas Department of Education Standards in the Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Art History, Technology, Language Arts and Science, and key connections to Core Curriculum Standards. MARCH 10, 2012
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EDUCATION PROGRAMS POETRY SLAM Collaboration with Rock Town Poetry/Poets in the Streets staged monthly competitions of performance poetry. These competitions resulted in the selection of the National Poetry Slam Team representing Arkansas. SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 OCTOBER 12, 2011 NOVEMBER 9, 2011 DECEMBER 14, 2011 JANUARY 11, 2012 FEBRUARY 15, 2012 MARCH 14, 2012 APRIL 11, 2012 MAY 9, 2012
ART IN MOTION: AN EVENING OF INSPIRATIONAL DANCE Through collaboration with UALR Dance Department, advanced students from the choreography classes interpreted the Arkansas Arts Center collection through dance. These students performed their pieces in the gallery near the object interpreted. MAY 2, 2012 ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS Tattoo artists from The Golden Lotus JUNE 24, 2012
FAMILY FESTIVALS: “Norman Rockwell All-American Summer Family Festival” Collaboration with UALR, Junior League of Little Rock, St. Edward School, Little Rock Fire Department, Miss Arkansas Pageant, and C.A.R.E. for activities connecting to works of art inside the exhibition In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America. JULY 30, 2011 “Futuristic Family Fun” Collaboration with Junior League of Little Rock, St. Edward School and Dippin’ Dots for activities connecting to the exhibition The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft. APRIL 21, 2012 ND
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER 2 ANNUAL EKPHRASTIC POETRY SLAM This slam invites nationally ranked poets to engage in the Arkansas Arts Center collection and interpret it in new ways. Poets create original poetry which is performed live in front of a projection of the poet’s selected work of art from the collection. Poetry and performances are judged for originality and connection to the work of art. Eight poets from six states competed this year, and eleven formal poems were also submitted with the same requirements. FEBRUARY 25, 2012
Education & Library
THE ART OF MOTION: TANGO The greater Little Rock dance community enjoyed a tango event (Milonga), complete with a lesson. SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 DECEMBER 8, 2011
DOCENT TOURS In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America: 49 tours Cast, Cut, Forged and Crushed Selections in Metal from the John & Robyn Horn Collection: 2 tours Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition: 1 tour Masters of American Watercolor: 1 tour th 54 Annual Delta Exhibition: 5 tours The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft: 3 tours The Rockefeller Influence: 1 tour Free Galleries: 51 tours
DOCENT CONTINUING EDUCATION The docents are required to attend continuing education sessions. The second Monday of every month is reserved for these classes at 9:30 a.m. With the addition of new docents, these educational experiences are repeated in the evening at 5:30 p.m. for inclusion of a greater number of docents. In addition, the fourth Monday of each month is reserved for voluntary docent continuing education.
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LIBRARY The Elizabeth Prewitt Taylor Memorial Library continued to add materials to the collection, through purchases, donations and exchanges with other museums. These materials were catalogued into the online catalog to provide access for patrons of the CALS system. The library continues to attract users from the main CALS library through the online catalog. The library’s collection of artist catalogs was weeded so that only materials pertaining to artists in the Arts Center’s permanent collection were retained. Materials that were no longer needed were donated to local art teachers. The library has expanded its collection of instructional DVDs. These materials are used by the Curator of Education and the Arkansas Arts Center staff. MEMBERSHIPS College Art Association National Art Education Association ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG Central Arkansas Library System, Dr. Bobby Roberts, Director Ongoing cooperative partnership, technical support and training for online catalog.
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STATE SERVICES
State Services touring programs were delivered to 68 Arkansas communities in 49 counties during the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Total Attendance for all touring programs: 334,993
Artmobile The exhibition aboard the Artmobile for the 2011-12 touring year was Faces & Places. Comprised of works from the Arts Center’s permanent collection, this exhibition featured portraits and landscapes that are abstract and evocative, real and imagined, familiar and strange. The works were placed in the context of social studies, language arts and visual arts. The exhibition was divided into two complete shows in order to protect the artwork from exposure. For the first time, the exhibition catalog and educational materials were available only on-line through the Arts Center’s website. Communities and organizations served by the Artmobile included: AETN, Conway Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock Arkansas State Fair, Little Rock ArtsFest, Conway ASU-Beebe Baxter County Library, Mountain Home City of Mammoth Spring Cross County Arts Council, Wynne Crossett Public Schools Daffodil Festival, Camden Green Forest Public Schools Hot Spring County Library, Malvern Marshall Public Schools
State Services
Milam Library, Perryville Mountain View Middle School Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville Ozark Mountain School District, St. Joe Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock Riverfest, Inc., Little Rock SAU Tech, Camden Searcy Arts Council, Searcy South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado Southeast Arkansas College, Pine Bluff U of A Community College at Batesville West Side Public Schools, Greers Ferry
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Traveling Exhibitions
Curated exhibitions from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection or artist loan were sent to galleries throughout the state, including: Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock East Arkansas Community College, Forrest City Episcopal Collegiate School, Little Rock Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities University of Arkansas – Fort Smith University of the Ozarks, Clarksville These exhibitions included: Abstract Prints Henry Moore Prints Inez Whitfield – Arkansas Wildflowers Mid-Southern Watercolorists Otto Lange: Drawings from Life How To Kill – Watercolors by Robert Andrew Parker Selections from the Permanent Collection Young Arkansas Artists – the 2010-2011 Tour
Five touring components of the Arkansas Arts Center’s annual Young Arkansas Artists Competition and Exhibition visited 34 schools and community organizations, including the following locations:
South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Timbo Schools West Side Public Schools, Greers Ferry Western Hills Elementary, Little Rock Williams Magnet Elementary, Little Rock
Children’s Theatre on Tour
Children’s Theatre on Tour, a division of the Arts Center’s resident Children’s Theatre, toured three professional theatre productions during the fiscal year. The season included: A Christmas Carol NOVEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 16, 2011 The Arkansas Traveler FEBRUARY 7 – MARCH 16, 2012 Goldilocks & Little Red Riding Hood APRIL 2 – MAY 11, 2012
The touring theatre troupe presented 115 performances during the year for public and private schools, community performing arts centers, festivals, and libraries. Performance locations for the year included:
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7 Street Elementary, North Little Rock AETN, Conway Arkansas River Valley Arts Center, Russellville Batesville Area Arts Council Baxter County Library, Mountain Home Blytheville School District Bradley County Historical Museum, Warren Bryant High School Cabot High School Central Magnet Elementary, Forrest City Christ the King Catholic School, Little Rock Crestwood Elementary, North Little Rock Elm Tree Elementary, Bentonville Fort Smith Public Schools Gibbs Magnet Elementary, Little Rock Glenview Elementary, North Little Rock Highland Middle School, Hardy Indian Hills Elementary, North Little Rock Kingsland Elementary Little Rock Christian Academy Lynch Drive Elementary, North Little Rock Mammoth Spring High School McGehee Elementary Norfork High School North Heights Elementary, North Little Rock Roberts Elementary, Little Rock St. Joseph School, Conway Saline County Public Library, Benton
State Services
Arkansas Education Association Convention, Little Rock Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock Arts & Science Center for Southeast AR, Pine Bluff ASU-Newport Bald Knob Middle School Baxter County Library, Mountain Home Bismarck Elementary Boys & Girls Club, McGehee Brinkley Elementary Central Elementary, Corning Central Elementary, Dumas Clarendon Elementary Clarksville Primary School Clinton Public Schools Columbia Christian School, Magnolia Columbia County Library, Magnolia Concordia Christian School, Jonesboro Cross County Arts Council, Wynne Cross County School District, Cherry Valley Crossett Public Schools Damascus Public Library DeQueen School District DeWitt Chamber of Commerce Drew-Central School District, Monticello Dupree Elementary, Jacksonville Durham Elementary, Mena Eastside Elementary, Magnolia
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El Dorado Gifted & Talented Program England Elementary First United Methodist Church, Benton Fountain Lake Schools Gardner Magnet Elementary, Hot Springs Garland County Library, Hot Springs Grand Prairie Center, Phillips Community College/U of A, Stuttgart Harmony Grove Elementary, Camden Harrisburg Elementary Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce Heber Springs Public Schools J. Austin White Cultural Center, Eudora Kingsland Elementary KIPP Delta Schools, Helena Lakeside High School, Hot Springs Langston Elementary, Hot Springs McCrory Elementary Midland Elementary, Floral Monticello Middle School Ozarka College, Melbourne Park Elementary, Corning Pathfinder Pre-School, Jacksonville Pine Haven Elementary, Bauxite Pulaski Academy, Little Rock Rialto Community Arts Center, Morrilton
Southside-Bee Branch Public Schools St. Mary’s Catholic School, Lake Village Two Rivers School District, Ola University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville Van Buren County Library, Clinton Warren Cultural Center West Side School District, Greers Ferry Woodruff County Library, Augusta Yellville-Summit Elementary
State Services Touring Programs (outreach totals) Variance between last 2 years
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
53,064
45,299
47,875
+ 2,576
234,135
230,606
238,668
+ 8,062
Children’s Theatre On Tour
45,463
38,449
48,450
+10,001
Total Attendance
332,662
314,354
334,993
+20,639
Artmobile Traveling Exhibitions
State Services touring program sponsors for 2011-12 included: Bank of America; Horace C. Cabe Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston; Stella Boyle Smith Trust; Centennial Bank; Union Pacific Foundation; and Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. In addition, Target Stores sponsored Children’s Theatre on Tour. State Services programs were also funded, in part, by grants from the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, and the National Endowment for the Arts. State Services programs remain extremely indebted to the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and Pat Salmon & Sons for their continued support.
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Volunteers Volunteers donated over 10,000 hours to the Arkansas Arts Center this year serving as docents, Museum Shop sales clerks, members of the Children’s Theatre Guild, Fine Arts Club, Contemporaries, gardeners who maintain the Butterfly Garden and grounds at the Terry Mansion, Master Gardeners who help beautify the grounds of the Arts Center, wood workers, staff aides, exhibition aides and interns, Board of Trustees, Foundation Board members, TABRIZ and Studio Party Volunteers.
Volunteer Hours Volunteer Area AAC Board of Trustees, AAC Foundation Board of Directors and Board Committees Children’s Theatre (Actors) Committee on Call Contemporaries Advisory Committee Curatorial Aide/Staff Aide/Interns Docents Fine Arts Club Board Members Friends of Contemporary Craft Advisory Committee Gardens/Florals Museum School Committee Museum Shop Clerks Reception Hosts State Services Theatre Guild Woodworkers Total
# of Volunteers
# of Hours
65 30 6 14 47 29 23 18 17 1 4 21 1 32 7
1,005.55 5,178.50 30.75 218.00 1,015.00 987.80 253.80 89.50 244.51 3.00 81.00 120.50 6.00 650.60 198.45
315*
10,082.96
*Total number of volunteers reflects the number of volunteers at the Arkansas Arts Center; some volunteers assist in more than one area of service.
Volunteer Awards
Each year the volunteers of the Arkansas Arts Center are honored at an appreciation dinner. At the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, the following volunteers will be recognized for their contribution to the Arts Center: 2000 Hours Rebecca A. Slaven 1000 Hours Sandra Connor Belinda H. Shults Elizabeth K. Terry 500 Hours Jennie G. Cole Florence Deer Merritt Porter Dyke Cindy Feltus Curtis Finch Walter Hussman Ginanne G. Long Frank B. Nelson Bobbye M. Nixon Robin D. Parker
Volunteers
Anna L. Phillips Shirley Jo Pine Judy Selig Libby Sheard Lynn R. Sudderth
150 Hours Joseph Arn Paula Aultz Paul Lee Bash Curtis Bradbury Elizabeth Brandon Frances Buchanan Bonnie Clough Lynn C. Coates Mary Gayle Corley Libby Davis Augusta Fitzgerald Judy W. Fletcher Anna T. Frost
Paula Furlough Robyn Horn Jeanne Y. Joyner Diane Leon Morgan Maxwell Owen Kyong-McClain Carl Napolitano Julie E. Newsum Sarah Nicholson Will Nicholson Caitlin Ramsey Sveta Rostomashvili Becky Scott John Selig Robert W. Tucker Mary Ellen Vangilder Janice Waggoner Jalin C. Wesley Ann G. West
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Auxiliary Groups Docents conduct gallery tours of the Arts Center’s permanent collection and special exhibitions. They introduce students to the richness and diversity of the visual arts. Through their tours they stimulate creativity, critical thinking and judgment skills in students. Docent tours place visual arts in context with history, social studies and science. 2011-2012 Docent Executive Committee Chair, Lynn Sudderth Past Chair, Ginanne Long Rising Chair, Gaye Anderson Secretary, Anna Louise Phillips/Flo Deer Member-at-Large, Ann West 2011-2012 Docents Gaye Anderson Joe Arn Barbara Baber Paul Bash Courtney Bufford Bonnie Clough Jennie Cole Flo Deer Cindy Feltus Judy Fletcher Paula Furlough Gail Gerard Mary Nancy Henry Ginanne Long Anne McCarley Mary Ann McKuin Jeanne-Marie Meyer Bobbye Nixon Robin Parker Anna Louise Phillips Rebecca Slaven Lynn Sudderth Ann West Kathy Wilkins Jessica Wright Docent Class of 2012 Susan Day Tessa Davidson Callie Jackson Susan Moneyhon Debbie Weidl
Volunteers
The Fine Arts Club of Arkansas provides educational programming, volunteer support and financial support to the Arkansas Arts Center for members and the public, and also provides financial and volunteer support for specific programs of the Arts Center. They also sponsor the biannual TABRIZ event that raises funds for art acquisitions and educational programs. 2011-2012 Fine Arts Club Board President, Phyllis Barrier President Elect, Hillis Schild Vice President (Programs), Julie Cheek Associate Vice President (Programs Assistant), Annamary Thompson Vice President (Publicity), Paula Jennings Recording Secretary, Debra Thalmueller-Johnson Corresponding Secretary, Laurie Osborne Treasurer, Robin Reid Assistant Treasurer, Rachel Reid Parliamentarian, Diana Smithson FACSheet Editor, Diana Shearon Government Liaison, Debra Grandle Historian, Gail Gerard Hospitality, Paula Aultz and Jane Sawyer Luncheons, Peggy Jones and Donna Rogers Membership Directory, Mary Kay Burton Nominating, Diana Smithson Children’s Theatre, Marcia Safirstein Courtyard Gardener, Lorene Wright Docents, Gaye Anderson Museum School, Sarah Henry Museum Shop, Kathryn Price Murphy Receptions, Barbara Biedenharn and Ann McCollum Friends of Contemporary Craft are a dynamic group that promotes education about works made in contemporary craft media. FOCC presents a quarterly lecture series, Conversations, which features the country’s most well-known craft artists in a variety of media including ceramics, jewelry, glass, wood, textiles, furniture and metal. 2011-2012 Friends of Contemporary Craft Advisory Committee Chair, Martha Phillips Vice Chair, Terri Murdoch Secretary, Gayle Corley Anncha Briggs David Clemons
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Brad Cushman June Freeman John Harris Robyn Horn Sammye Johnston Beth Lambert Janell Mason Mindi Jones Moore Marilynn Porter Lana Rahn Judy Selig Liz Smith Colin Thompson The Children’s Theatre Guild promotes the activities of the Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre by providing volunteer support to opening night receptions, Summer Theatre Academy, auditions, concessions, and financially by providing annual funds for scholarships for Junior Arts Academy students. 2011-2012 Children’s Theatre Guild Board Chair, Alison Nicholson Secretary, Peggy Brenner Treasurer, Michelle Mann Opening Night Coordinator, Nechi Fullerton The Contemporaries participate in monthly programming aimed at fun, social art education including studio visits, private collection tours and special events. 2011-2012 Contemporaries Advisory Committee President, Ross Cranford President Elect, Erin Wood Justin Bank Heather Brister Michael Cook Jay Cranford Erin Cullum Daniel Felton Vesna Foster Amy Freer Autumn Jacob Becca Krukowski Chris Smith Robert Tucker, Jr.
Volunteers
The Terry House grounds are maintained by volunteers from the Little Rock Garden Club. These volunteers have taken the responsibility for the design, planting and maintenance of the Butterfly Garden, beds and grounds. 2011-2012 Little Rock Garden Club Board President, Emily Thom st 1 Vice President, Frances Buchanan nd 2 Vice President, Gladys Whitney Recording Secretary, Susan Davis Corresponding Secretary, Lee Cress Treasurer, Mimi Hurst Historian, Susan Borné Chair, Terry House Project, Maggie Koone Members of the Pulaski County Master Gardeners are assigned to the Arkansas Arts Center courtyards. These master gardeners are responsible for the design and maintenance of the beds within the courtyards and for the container gardening. Volunteers work throughout the year to add to the beauty and enjoyment of the Arts Center courtyards. Pulaski County Master Gardeners Arkansas Arts Center Project Committee Co-Chairs, Barbara Patty and Linda Anderson Shirley Acchione Mimi Cross Dana Downes Maureen Gallagher Trudy Kumpe Brenda Mize Paul Pilkington Jenny Smith Nao Ueda Lorene Wright Terry Wright Mary Zehr
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The Arkansas Arts Center presented Studio Party: Jazzkapelle on March 31, 2012, at the Arts Center. The party’s “Roaring 20s” theme was inspired by a 1921 Max Beckmann drawing from the Arts Center’s permanent collection titled Jazzkapelle, which, in German, means jazz band. The atrium was converted into a speakeasy atmosphere, where guests danced the night away to the sounds of Liquid Pleasure from Atlanta. Proceeds from the event will be used for exhibition and educational programs. 2011-2012 Studio Party Host Committee Lila and David Ashmore Todd Bagwell Lindsey and Danny Binz Ginger and Thomas Blackmon Erin and Justin Brady Laura Connor Chris Cranford Jay Cranford Ross Cranford Errin and David Dean Erin Cullum and Jeff Marcussen Ashley and Haskell Dickinson, III Josie and Daniel Felton Annie Feltus Mary Katherine and Andrew Hastings Nikki and Lee Hastings, IV Olivia Hussman Kelly and Jason Imhoff Autumn and Jason Jacob Wendy and Stephen LaFrance Jeffrey Landers Jennifer and Mark McCarty Rachael and Dan Oberste Ashley Saer Chris Smith Elizabeth and Van Tilbury
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Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Awards The Rockefeller Memorial Award is presented each year to honor those who serve and support the arts and the Arkansas Arts Center beyond the normal call of duty, a duty so well demonstrated by the late Winthrop Rockefeller for whom the award is named. The awardees are selected by a committee of past recipients, who are by definition the experts in public service through the arts.
PAST RECIPIENTS 2010-11
No Award Presented
2009-10
Arkansas Arts Center Staff
2008-09
Louise and Fred Dierks
2007-08
Anne Hickman Phyllis Brandon
2006-07
Maurice Mitchell
2005-06
Sandra Connor
2004-05
Harriet and Warren Stephens
2003-04
Bradley Anderson
2002-03
Elsie and Howard Stebbins Lee A. Davis
2001-02
Robyn and John Horn
2000-01
Carrie and Tyndall Dickinson
1999-2000
William E. Clark Thom Hall
1998-99
Junior League of Little Rock Fine Arts Club of Arkansas Community Center of Arts and Sciences
1997-98
John C. Pagan
1996-97
Jackson T. Stephens
1995-96
Iris Cantor
1994-95
Andre Simon
1993-94
Curt Bradbury
1992-93
No Award Presented
1991-92
Will Barnet
1990-91
Curtis Finch
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1989-90
Jane Faust
1988-89
Ben Hussman
1987-88
Virginia Bailey
1986-87
Jane Lee Wolfe Winthrop Rockefeller Special Awards to: City of Little Rock City Board of Directors Mayor Lottie Shackelford J.W. “Buddy” Benafield Charles Bussy Tom Milton Sharon Priest Tom Prince F.G. “Buddy” Villines
1985-86
Sandy Besser Winthrop Rockefeller Special Awards to: Max Milam, Marion Burton, Donal O’Brien, Richardson Dilworth
1984-85
Finley Vinson
1983-84
Manolo Agullo
1982-83
Raida Cohn Pfeifer
1981-82
ALCOA
1980-81
Missy Anderson
1979-80
John Truemper
1978-79
72nd General Assembly – State of Arkansas
1977-78
Jim Dyke
1976-77
Evelyn McCoy
1975-76
Sam Strauss, Sr.
1974-75
Jeane Hamilton
1973-74
Jane McGehee Wilson
1972-73
Townsend Wolfe
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