WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART   Annual Report 2018

ANNUAL REPORT 2018

WA D SWO RT H AT H E N E U M M U S E U M O F A RT

Contents
2 Report from the President and the Director & CEO
6 The Changing Role of the Public Art Museum
10 The Future American Art Museum
12 Exhibitions & Acquisitions
24 Program Highlights
42 Governance, Philanthropy & Professional Staff
64 Financials

Cover: Sculpture on Main Street, Summer 2018.

Left to right: Enoch Smith Woods, Nathan Hale (American, 1755–1776), 1889, Bronze, Gift of James J. Goodwin, 1892.1; Conrad Shawcross,
Monolith (Optic), 2016, Galvanized steel and stainless steel, Private Collection; Sean Scully, 30, 2018, Aluminum and automotive paint, Courtesy
of the artist; Tony Smith, Amaryllis, 1965, Painted steel, Purchased by exchange and with funds contributed by Joseph L. Shulman, 1967.2
 Report from the So much of the Wadsworth Atheneum’s success this
past year can be attributed to the stronger relationship
President & Director the museum enjoys with its audiences, both here in
Connecticut and across the world. We welcomed visitors
of every kind — from over 12,000 school children to
professional colleagues, and every audience in between.
Simultaneously, we served numerous communities by
lending works of art to special exhibitions, continuing
our collaboration with prominent international
and regional institutions. Caravaggio’s undisputed
masterpiece, Saint Francis in Ecstasy was on view in
Milan last winter in a major exhibition of his work and
here in Connecticut; three works by Winslow Homer
were loaned to the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury as
part of their Homer project. Looking back, there is every
reason to think of the past year as one in which we
squarely met our mission: Holding our collection in trust
Henry R. Martin Thomas J. Loughman, Ph.D.
for all people, we create meaningful experiences with
art for everyone.
Among the greatest moments of the past year was the
celebration on June 21st of our latest installation of
major outdoor sculpture, reenergizing our presence
and building on the Wadsworth’s 100-year history of
presenting sculpture on Main Street. The accompanying
displays inside (MATRIX 179: Conrad Shawcross and
a retrospective look at the neighborhood’s important
history of embracing contemporary sculpture since the
1970s) helped remind us of the power of the medium.
These were among the most visible incarnations of the
museum’s commitment to our role as both a catalyst
of public conversation about art and as a beacon for
sculpture. Indeed, this was a year in which we turned
particular attention to sculpture and design. We
showcased the art of Herbert Ferber as both painter
and sculptor and increased the presence of design and
sculpture in our galleries with a new installation of our
Dutch gallery featuring newly-acquired delftware at its
center. We celebrated the museum’s holdings of work
by mid-twentieth century sculptors such as Barbara
Hepworth and Harry Bertoia, and instigated marvelous
conversations about recent sculpture within the Main
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Street entrance hall, Gray Court, through a focused
installation of David Smith’s work (“Dwelling and Figure,”
on view from late January to July) followed by Ai
Weiwei’s Grapes on view August to the present.
A dynamic series of programs and exhibitions drew
critical attention and a growing audience to the
Wadsworth. Last autumn’s Morgan: Mind of the Collector
received national press and was the impetus for
convening an important symposium focused on Pierpont
Morgan’s 22-year career as the world’s most voracious
and remarkably discerning collector. Important
gatherings in the fall included our hosting of the French
American Museum Exchange (FRAME) consortium—
leaders from the 15 North American and 15 French
institutions came together at our invitation over three
days in October. The public flocked to Gorey’s Worlds,
which captivated the press and the imagination of many
from across the state and beyond in late winter and
spring. The spring brought a strong lineup of lectures,
activity-based experiences, films, and performances
including a new balletic work by Yvonne Rainer and
Emily Coates. Among the more memorable events
was an evening spent in the theater with renowned
artist Mierle Ukeles (MATRIX 137) who returned to
the Wadsworth, the site of her first labor-conscious
performance piece in 1973, to deliver the 2018 Tremaine
Lecture as a summary of her public career. Visitors
were inspired by Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage
which also received critical acclaim including reviews in
national outlets such as The Wall Street Journal.
We are grateful to the talented staff and passionate
supporters for efforts this past year. In November 2017
we welcomed two new trustees and five electors, all
of whom reflect the museum’s commitment to arts
advocacy and excellence. They hail from points around
the state. Staff leadership participated in a variety of
advanced training and a number of key roles—from
marketing to facilities to education and development—
attracted new talent from across New England. This
year also marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding
of the museum’s docent corps, our partners in serving
over a half million guided visits to the Wadsworth
since 1968. It was with deep sadness that we learned
of the sudden death on New Year’s Day of our longtime
senior preparator, Steve Winot. There was no one more
passionate about the collection, and as open-hearted
as Steve among us, and hardly a day goes by without a
reminder of his good natured spirit and wit. Preceding
even Steve’s tenure was one of our greatest champions:
long time trustee and Goodwin Medal recipient Joan
Kohn, who passed on October 4th.
In the realm of facilities upgrades, we continued our
multi-year effort to convert our gallery lamps to LED
technology. Enabled by substantial gifts made through
the Neighborhood Assistance Act and a grant from
the Avangrid Foundation, our early work in the Avery
Memorial has expanded to a plan to re-lamp the Morgan
Memorial spaces systematically through the year and
into 2019. We also capitalized on the opportunity to
remove many decades of gallery modifications (and
at least 80 coats of paint!) in the ground floor gallery
of the Avery Memorial used for our MATRIX series of
exhibitions. The walls were stripped of several layers of
drywall, revealing the original finishes and architectural
logic of the space. Much of that 1933 character has
been recovered and, in the process of this refit, we have
learned the materials and techniques of this 85-year-
old building. That knowledge will prove valuable when
refreshing the rest of the building in the future.
We commenced in earnest on our master planning
activities for the future of American art. More than
a strategy for the reinstallation of collections, the
Masterplan starts with a questioning of what kinds
of storytelling and experiences our museum will
endeavor to create over the coming decade. Over the
past months we received major grants from the Henry
Luce Foundation and The William and Alice Mortensen
Foundation to support a fundamental rethinking and
presentation of our famed collection of silver, to be
completed in the next two years. We have reinstalled
 four galleries around key themes—Becoming America, Other projects—from the largest presentation in memory
1740-1790s; Closing of the West and Nostalgia after of our extraordinary collection of textiles related to the
the Civil War; American Belle Epoque; Leisure in early American bedchamber, to the return of MATRIX
the Countryside, and Work in the City—sensitively to its usual spaces, and to projects next summer that
integrating collections of all kinds and materials. This recognize the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall
work is at the heart of our identity as America’s oldest riots—deepen our appreciation across a broad cultural
art museum, founded by one of the great patrons of spectrum and through a variety of perspectives. It is our
contemporary art and architecture of his day, Daniel ambition to serve that special role of the art museum in
Wadsworth himself. both the regional and international dimensions, a calling
which is informed by our history, shaped by our own
Autumn 2018 brings into focus a different moment times, and has the power to inspire the future.
in the history of art, that of the emergence of the
Surrealists’ reaction to the spread of Fascism and the We are looking forward to welcoming you on your next
coming of the Second World War. Their art became visit to the Wadsworth, and thank you for all you do to
known on these shores at the Wadsworth, and Hartford ensure the healthy future of this community,
has been a place for engagement with the masterworks
of Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, René Magritte,
Yves Tanguy, and other Europeans as well as their
American counterparts whose work they inspired: Henry R. Martin Thomas J. Loughman, Ph.D.
Roberto Matta, Dorothea Tanning, Kay Sage, Alexander President, Board of Trustees Director & C.E.O.
Calder, Isamu Noguchi, and David Smith among them.
Every generation faces the pressures and crises of
their day, and the Surrealists cleverly encoded their
anxiety and fears in the monsters and myths of antiquity.
Our joint project with the Baltimore Museum of Art,
Monsters and Myths (opened October 20) is a major new
contribution to the public appreciation of Surrealism.
This exhibition prompted a revision of one of our most
visible spaces, Avery Court, which hadn’t significantly
changed in more than 20 years. In February, we open
Sean Scully’s Landlines, the first museum presentation
of his recent body of work abstracted from nature,
though we have had the benefit of his newest and
largest outdoor metal sculpture in the landline series,
Stack 30 (2018), designed for the Main Street façade and
installed on the turf since July.

Right: Spencer Finch, Western Sky (over

New York City, February 25, 2004, 7 am to
6 pm, at one hour intervals), 2004; Twelve
fluorescent lamps, fixtures, and filters;
Unique; Gift of Samuel R. and Martha M.
Peterson, 2018.4.1

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 The Changing Role of the Public Art Museum

Important conversations are happening among professionals We often forget that the public art museum is still a relatively young phenomenon.
It was only in the later eighteenth century that the idea of a place for all people to
in museums around the world. This year, the United States
interact with art came into being with the establishment of the National Gallery in
National Committee of the International Council of Museums London, and that it would take another century before entities such as the Wadsworth
(ICOM-US), led by chairs Lonnie G. Bunch III and Tom Loughman, Atheneum and the Cincinnati Art Museum—two of the earliest public galleries in
convened a working group to interview a cross section of museum the United States still in operation—would be launched. The early missions of the
American galleries were to provide broad access to the fine arts. The art museum was
professionals in group settings. They discussed four questions as a function of the idealism present in these most affluent cities in our growing nation,
did museum leaders in over 82 other countries, as follows: an idealism for creating a civic life that would rival their European counterparts in
terms of cultural sophistication and an earnest aspiration to welcome all. A devotion
1 What do you think are the strongest 3 What do you think are the strongest to poetry, architecture, literature, and music was natural for the early civic leaders,
trends and the most serious trends and the most serious but it was the art museum that stood out as a more permanent institution, with needs
challenges faced in your country in challenges faced by museums in particular to the display of paintings and sculpture.
the coming decade? your country in the coming decade?
Successive generations situated their institutions to meet their own era’s progressive
2 What do you think are the most 4 How do you think museums need ideas—the museum in the park as a leisure-time escape was one idea; the museum of
relevant and important contributions to change and adapt our principles, industrial arts as an educational opportunity for factory workers was another.
which museums can make to society values, and working methods over the
The greatest innovation made within the past generation is the strong link between
in the coming decade? next decade to meet these challenges
public schools and art museums. It is only in the past fifty years that this has become
and enrich our contributions?
an essential role for museums. In 1961, in a special summer edition of Art in America
devoted to the question, “What Should a Museum Be?” Wadsworth Director Charles
Cunningham oriented his answer to the matter of public-facing education teams:
Elegantly simple, these questions elicited thoughtful and passionate responses. In
would art museums be able to expand their staff capabilities, and the budgets to
the United States, three groups held conversations in April and May of 2018. They
support them, in the service of providing school children with meaningful interactions
reveal a remarkable dedication to the museum as a place of engagement for all and
with the fine arts? The very idea of student engagement was only a fledgling hope for
a sensitivity to our unique role as perpetual stewards of a forward-looking, public
the future-minded leadership of the field, beautifully realized and synonymous with the
conversation about culture.
art museum today.

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 From left to right: Lonnie G. Bunch, III; Melissa Rinne;
David de la Torre; Amy Bornkamp; W. Richard West, Jr.;
Dr. John Wetenhall; Sally Yerkovich; Deborah Ziska
Lonnie G. Bunch, III
Founding Director, National Museum of African American
History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
“It seems to me the most important contribution a
museum can make is to consciously decide to make
a country or region better. They must be places that
regardless of the subject matter are as much about
today and tomorrow as they are about yesterday.”
Melissa Rinne
Associate Fellow, General Affairs, Kyoto National Museum
“I believe that the traditional mission of museums—
including exhibitions, research, education, and
conservation—are still central to what museums need
to do. At the same time, I believe they also need to bring
their content to broader audiences and to create more
engaging ways for audiences to interact with objects
in the collection. Museums must be able to adapt to
changing social norms and trends to remain relevant
going forward.”
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David de la Torre
Curator of Exhibitions, Katz Snyder Gallery,
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
“I believe that museums should serve as a gathering
place and forum for engagement and interaction on the
many challenges that we face as a society. Museums
should serve as a meeting place for people and ideas.
We need to provide programs for the broader public
which are learning-based to stimulate curiosity and a
desire to learn more about our world.”
Amy Bornkamp
Senior Traveling Exhibitions Manager,
Planning & Operations, Field Museum
“The strongest trend is maintaining relevance, be it
the arts, science, or culture. How can we maintain
relevance through the collections that we care for and
the education we offer? How do we remain welcoming
to a new generation of visitors that are learning in
much different ways? How do we appeal to a generation
focused on technology and social learning?”
W. Richard West, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Autry National Center of the American West
“I consider museums to be civic and public space. They
are gathering places and should be inclusive of the
many elements of the community and society in which
they sit. Museums must act on that inclusive basis, and
in doing so will become effective and dynamic forums
where a broad diversity of ideas can be discussed and
debated, even when controversial, thus creating a safe
place for even unsafe ideas to be addressed. If they
accomplish this high aspiration, they will vastly expand
their footprint and will be far more relevant to the
communities they serve.”
Dr. John Wetenhall
Director, The George Washington University Museum &
The Textile Museum
“We need to remind ourselves that we are custodians of
important objects that can be transformative in the lives
of visitors. Communicating with people about their own
aspirations can help us build connections of relevance
and meaning, activating the treasures that we hold to
help people understand the magnificence of the world
around them.”
Sally Yerkovich
Director of Educational Exchange and Special Projects at
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
“Museums need to continue to maintain their strong
educational role. They need to continue to become
places where everyone is welcome, where everyone can
learn and engage one another in dialogue. They must
be responsible stewards not just of their collections but
also in presenting balanced and objective information to
allow people to become informed and make judgments
on their own.”
Deborah Ziska
Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University,
Master of Arts in Museum Studies Program
“I believe that there is a lack of fundamental
understanding of our shared history, our global
relationships and how we can come together to
solve challenges that we all face, be it economic,
environmental, or multicultural. I am very concerned
that we have growing groups of people that are feeling
excluded, marginalized, vulnerable, and fearful.”
 The Future
American
Art Museum
Kathy Dwyer Southern
Professor, Museum Studies Program
George Washington University
For more than 35 years, Kathy Dwyer Southern has
provided leadership in museums, cultural and philanthropic
organizations, associations, and government.
As our culture continues to shift and evolve, leaders in the
museum field are considering what the next innovation
will be. To think with us and share her perspective on the
future of museums, Kathy Dwyer Southern graciously
agreed to this interview.
What are you hearing from your museum studies
students?
In my discussions and conversations with students
over the past five years, I have been struck by some
of their assumptions about museums and what they
are in today’s world. These are assumptions which
were not widely held several decades ago and I am
heartened by the field’s progress these assumptions
reflect. In particular, the role of education in the
museum stands out. As a priority in art museums, as
Tom has pointed out, education was only a hope several
decades ago, but today it is a reality in our budgets, in
our programs and exhibitions, in our staff organizational
charts, and most importantly in the expectations of our
visitors. Sticky fingered children are now welcomed,
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embraced, and seen as a part of our mandate as public
institutions. I joined Bonnie Pitman and others in AAM’s
1992 landmark report, “Excellence and Equity,” which
reaffirmed this mandate for the field. Its first key
finding, “the commitment to education as central to
museum’s public service must be clearly expressed in
every museum’s mission and pivotal to every museum’s
activities.” Education departments no longer exist in the
turrets and basements of our nation’s art museums, but
as valuable components of the museum’s senior team.
My GW students do not question this reality which is, of
course, the way it should be, and many of these same
students look forward to careers in these education
departments. If graduating museum studies students
regularly seek and find jobs and careers in museum
education, this hope is indeed becoming a reality.
How do you see the process of listening making an
impact on museums and how they function?
I joined Tom in the ICOM listening sessions which were
held earlier this year in countries around the world.
These discussions brilliantly highlighted the commitment
and knowledge our colleagues bring to their institutions
and raised a series of important questions which we
now must face: Why listen? Listen to whom? What have
we learned? What do we do with what we have heard?
There are no short answers to any of these questions but
here are a few highlights from these discussions as we
examine what it is to be “listening institutions.”
Our American colleagues in the ICOM sessions agreed
that we should be inclusive, not exclusive, institutions; a
place where people can be at ease and safe to discuss
challenges. A gathering place. A civic place. A public
place and an appropriate forum where a diversity of ideas
can be discussed, debated, and addressed. To fulfill this
mission of inclusivity we must listen to our many publics
to curate our exhibitions, to serve our communities, to
fulfill our missions. But to whom should we be listening?
This is an area of change for museums. Internally, we
have always listened to our staffs, our colleagues, our
boards, our funders, and our stakeholders. We have also
begun to listen to our visitors and as our visitors become
more diverse, we have the opportunity to become more
inclusive institutions. Our listening must also extend
beyond our visitors however, to the neighborhoods and
underserved communities we hope to reach. We cannot
address their interests and needs without hearing
from this potential and diverse audience, not once but
in an ongoing way to focus more on relationships than
imparting knowledge. What we do with what we have
heard, needs to live within the overall mission of our
institution. I encourage us all to review and deepen our
commitment to inclusivity. We know in great institutions,
listening is a way of life, from colleague to community.
It is a concept incorporated into our mission, policies,
and practices to help insure that we are the diverse,
all-embracing institutions that we esteem to be.
What should we keep in mind as we go forward in
our efforts to become global spaces for exchange
and understanding?
This is a second area where I am heartened by my
graduate students who see themselves as citizens of
the world. George Washington University is situated in
a community that is, by its nature, international, and
this is a strong characteristic of our student population.
But for our students this also is a part of their self-
definition and how they see the museum field today.
This global perspective is reflected in the publications
they read—Artsy Magazine, Artnet News, Hyperallergic,
The Art Newspaper, Artdaily, Freight+Volume—as well as
their internships and volunteer work in the Washington
community. As the new professionals entering the
field, these students bring their essential assumption
that museums should be global spaces for exchange
and understanding. I am heartened as well by my
professional colleagues’ passionate commitment to
inclusivity that surfaced in these ICOM listening sessions
earlier this year. We are witnessing museums around the
world expand their social role to engage underserved
communities. American museums are joined by their
international colleagues in tackling contemporary
social issues and we can learn from each other. In the
recent issue of Museum, Yael Grauer reminds us of the
importance of getting outside the museum to become
global spaces for exchange and understanding. He
encourages us to: “think local; make time to listen;
embrace new ways of operating; learn from peers; be
patient!” Grauer notes that for community engagement
and social inclusion to occur, museums need to view
social inclusion as their responsibility. There are of
course many ways for museums to become global
spaces for exchange and understanding, but I think the
growing commitment of American museums to inclusion
and the engagement with community by our colleagues
abroad provide fertile ground for our international work.
And these exchanges and partnerships are needed today,
more than ever.
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 Exhibitions & Sponsors
Sustaining support for the Wadsworth Atheneum
provided by Newman’s Own Foundation and the Greater
Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign.
Hand-Painted Pop!
Art and Appropriation, 1961 to Now
April 29–August 13, 2017
Supported in part by Jeffrey G. Marsted and Marcia Reid Marsted.
Simply Splendid:
Rediscovering American Design
May 13–August 13, 2017
Sublime North:
Romantic Painters Discover Norway:
Paintings from the Collection of Asbjørn Lunde
September 7, 2017–January 15, 2018
Supported in part by Jeffrey G. and Marcia Reid Marsted.
Educational programming support provided in part by The Royal
Norwegian Consulate. 
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Morgan: Mind of the Collector
September 23–December 31, 2017
Major support provided by the Decorative Arts Council of
the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Zachs Family
Foundation, Duffield Ashmead and Eric Ort, and The David T.
Langrock Foundation.
Additional support provided by JPMorgan Chase & Co., the Morris
Joseloff Exhibition Fund, Dr. Tim McLaughlin and Dr. Marian Kellner,
Michael and Genevieve Pfaff, Agnews Gallery, London, and Mr. and
Mrs. David Horvitz.
Educational programming support provided by The Gladys
Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and
Connecticut Humanities.
Exhibition program support provided in part by the Frazar B. Wilde,
Jr. Trust.
Herbert Ferber: Space in Tension
January 27–July 29, 2018
This exhibition was organized by the Lowe Art Museum, University of
Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Major support provided by Iris and Adam Singer.
David Smith: Figures & Dwelling
January 27–July 29, 2018
Gorey’s Worlds
February 10–May 6, 2018
Major support provided by Connecticut Humanities, The Edward
C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, Clifford Ross, the National
Endowment for the Arts, James B. Lyon, and the Howard Fromson
Exhibition Fund.
Program support provided in part by the Richard P. Garmany Fund at
the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Generous support provided by Karen A. Kelleher and Kenneth D.
Anderson, The Saunders Foundation, and Clare and Jared Edwards.
Additional support provided by IFPDA Foundation, Susan R. Chandler,
and Robert and Sharon Smith.
Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage
June 2–August 26, 2018
This exhibition has been organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by the
Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation.
Additional support has been provided by the National Endowment for
the Arts. A significant loan of objects has been provided by Cooper
Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Major support provided by Mrs. John M. Gibbons Jr. and The Gladys
Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Generous support provided by the William O. and Carole P. Bailey
Exhibition Fund, Duffield Ashmead and Eric Ort, The Cheryl Chase
and Stuart Bear Family Foundation, Sharon and Henry Martin, Dr. Tim
McLaughlin and Dr. Marian Kellner, and Joseph Solodow.
Program support provided in part by the Richard P. Garmany Fund at
the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
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 Collection Installations &
Sponsors
John Trumbull:
Visualizing American Independence
November 5, 2016–July 23, 2017
Keith Sonnier:
Three Neons / Three Decades
January 28–October 8, 2017
Supported in part by Jeffrey G. Marsted and
Marcia Reid Marsted.
Sèvres’ Vase de l’Adour:
A Closer Look
February 18, 2017–February 25,
2018
Mirror, Mirror
December 1, 2017–June 3, 2018
Fine Prints and Drawings by
Rembrandt and His Contemporaries
March 10–July 15, 2018
Sculpture circa 1950
Opened April 25, 2018
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MATRIX
The MATRIX program is generously
supported in part by Jeffrey G.
Marsted and Marcia Reid Marsted
and the Wadsworth Atheneum’s
Contemporary Coalition.
Mika Tajima/MATRIX 177: After Life
June 1–September 3, 2017
Major support provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Additional support provided by 11R,
New York.
Sam Messer/MATRIX 178:
Denis the Pirate
October 5, 2017–February 11, 2018
Major support provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Conrad Shawcross / MATRIX 179
June 21–October 21, 2018
Major support provided by the Talcott
Stanley Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust.
Exhibition program support provided in part
by the Frazar B. Wilde, Jr. Trust.
Outdoor Sculpture
Installations
Sean Scully (American, born
Ireland, 1945). 30, 2018.
Aluminum and automotive paint.
Courtesy of the artist
Conrad Shawcross (English, born
1977). Monolith (Optic), 2016.
Galvanized steel and stainless
steel. Private Collection
Additional Installations &
Sponsors
Museum Menagerie
July 22, 2017–April 1, 2018
Hartford Youth Art Renaissance
April 28–May 27, 2018
Made possible through the on-going
partnership between the Wadsworth
Atheneum Museum of Art and Hartford
Public Schools.
Exhibitions, The Amistad
Center for Art & Culture
The Amistad Center operations
are supported by the Department
of Economic and Community
Development, the Greater Hartford
Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign,
Comcast NBC Connecticut, The
Hartford, Institute of Museum and
Library Services, and Hartford
Foundation for Public Giving.
Educational programs are funded
by Lincoln Financial, MassMutual,
The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts
Foundation, and Travelers.
30 for 30: Art, Agency, Legacy
March 25, 2017–March 11, 2018
Pictures, Words, and Music
Opened March 31, 2018
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New Acquisitions
American Art
Frederic Remington
American, 1861–1909
The Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co.
Founders, New York
The Bronco Buster, modeled 1895, cast
1899
Bronze, inscribed no. 51
The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy
Potter Smith Fund, 2017.19.1
American Decorative Arts
Marking, c. 1980
American, New York
Dorothy Hafner
American born 1952, for Tiffany and Co.
Slip cast porcelain with under glaze
decoration and clear cover glaze
Gift of Garrett Reynolds, 2017.29.1a,b
Library table, No. 410, c. 1900–1
American, Eastwood, New York
Gustav Stickley
American, 1858–1942
Oak with original leather and tacks
Gift of Nancy A. McClelland, 2017.30.1
Plate (Trees and Clouds), c. 1905
American, Detroit, Michigan
Pewabic Pottery, founded 1903
Glazed earthenware
Gift of Nancy A. McClelland, 2017.30.2
Plate (Dragonflies), c. 1910–11
American, Detroit, Michigan
Pewabic Pottery, founded 1903
Glazed earthenware
Gift of Nancy A. McClelland, 2017.30.3
Stand, c. 1885
American, Meriden, Connecticut
and French, Meurthe-et-Moselle
Brass manufacturer: Bradley & Hubbard
Manufacturing Company, 1852-1940
Ceramics manufacturer: Longwy
Cast brass and glazed earthenware
Gift of Margaret and Gregory Hedberg
in honor of William Hosley, Curator
of American Decorative Arts at the
museum from 1984 to 1997, 2017.33.1
High chest of drawers, 1700–20
American, probably Providence, Rhode
Island
Maple and maple veneer; white pine,
yellow poplar, and chestnut
The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy
Potter Smith Fund, 2018.1.1
Right: Frederic Remington, The Bronco
Buster, 1895, Bronze, #51 of an approximate
edition of 64, The Douglas Tracy Smith and
Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, 2017.19.1
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 Contemporary Art Mark Dion Jack Beal
American, born 1961 American, 1931–2013
David Levinthal The Stork, 2017 Danaë I, 1965
American, born 1949 Screenprint on paper; ed. AP X/X Oil on canvas
Four (4) Untitled works from the series Gift of the artist, 2017.22.1 Gift of Drs. Marcella Halpert and Morton
American Beauties Glickman, 2017.31.2
Seven (7) Untitled works from the series Mark Dion
Barbie Janet Fish
American, born 1961
Seven (7) Untitled works from the series American, born 1938
Baseball Shark Barr, 2017 George Platt Lynes Larry Collins Opposite left: Philip Pearlstein, Female
Still Life with Five Packaged Oranges, American, 1907–1955 American, born 1945 Model with Rug and Mirror, 1968, Oil on
Seven (7) Untitled works from the series Screenprint on paper; ed. H.C.
1969 canvas, Gift of Drs. Marcella Halpert and
Blackface Gift of the artist, 2017.22.2 Blanchard Kennedy, 1936 Haircut, Camp Evans, Vietnam, 1968 Morton Glickman, 2017.31.1
Ten (10) Untitled works from the series Oil on canvas
Gelatin silver print C-print from original 35 mm Opposite right: Janet Fish, Still Life with
Mein Kampf Gift of Drs. Marcella Halpert and Morton
Angelo Filomeno Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Ektachrome color transparency; from an Five Packaged Oranges, 1969, Oil on canvas,
Five (5) Untitled works from the series Glickman, 2017.31.3
American, born Italy, 1963 Collection, 2017.32.3 edition of 15 Gift of Drs. Marcella Halpert and Morton
Wild West
Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Glickman, 2017.31.3
Polaroid Polacolor prints Haunted Land (Silver Tree on the Rock), Robert Mapplethorpe Collection, 2017.32.6
2007 Henri Cartier Bresson Above: Henri Cartier Bresson, Boys and
Gift of an anonymous donor, 2017.18.1-.40 American, 1946–1989
French, 1908–2004 Dogs, Japan, 1965, Gelatin silver print, Gift of
Embroidery and crystals on silk
Roger Koch, 1983 José Alemany the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Collection,
shantung stretched over linen
Philip-Lorca diCorcia Boys and Dogs, Japan, 1965 Spanish, 1895–1951 2017.32.4
Gift of Linda Cheverton Wick, 2017.23.1 Gelatin silver print
American, born 1951 Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Beach Grass #1, 1935
Collection, 2017.32.1 Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art
Roy, ‘in his 20’s,’ Los Angeles, California, Angelo Filomeno Gelatin silver print
Collection, 2017.32.4
$50, 1990–92
American, born Italy, 1963 Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art
Chromogenic print; ed. 12/20 George Platt Lynes Collection, 2017.32.7
Haunted Island, 2007 Henri Cartier Bresson
Alexander A. Goldfarb Contemporary Art American, 1907–1955
Acquisition Fund, 2017.20.1 Embroidery and crystals on silk French, 1908–2004
shantung stretched over linen Chester Nielson, 1940 José Alemany
Pantry Work, Eton College, Great Britain, Spanish, 1895–1951
Gift of Linda Cheverton Wick, 2017.23.2 Gelatin silver print
Bosco Sodi 1962
Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Beach Grass #2, 1935
Mexican, born 1970 Gelatin silver print
Collection, 2017.32.2
Philip Pearlstein Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Gelatin silver print
Muro (Wall), 2017
American, born 1924 Collection, 2017.32.5 Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art
Fired clay Collection, 2017.32.8
Courtesy the artist and Paul Kasmin Female Model with Rug and Mirror, 1968
Gallery, 2017.21.1 Oil on canvas
Gift of Drs. Marcella Halpert and Morton
Glickman, 2017.31.1

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 José Alemany Spencer Finch Herbert Ferber Costumes & Textiles Hooked mat, c. 1936–38 Burano lace, 18th century
Spanish, 1895–1951 American, born 1962 American, 1906–1991 Canadian, St. Anthony and Harrington Italian, Burano
Ring, mid-19th century Harbour, Labrador, Newfoundland Linen
Wharf, 1935 Western Sky (over New York City, Homage to Piranesi IV B, 1963–64
Gold, human hair, and crystal Grenfell Labrador Industries Gift of Ann Faude Newbury, 2017.34.1
Gelatin silver print February 25, 2004, 7 am to 6 pm, at one Bronze
hour intervals), 2004 Unidentified maker Silk/rayon, cotton, and brin hooked into
Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Gift of Edith Ferber and Waqas Wajahat, a fine brin (burlap)
Collection, 2017.32.9 Twelve fluorescent lamps, fixtures, and 2018.8.1 American Wedding dress, c. 1763
filters; Unique Gift of Sally A. Conrad & Family,
Gift of Helen Lehmann, 2017.24.1 Pair of shoes, 1763
2017.27.2
Gift of Samuel R. and Martha M.
José Alemany Herbert Ferber Pair of pattens, c. 1740s–50s
Peterson, 2018.4.1
Spanish, 1895–1951 American, 1906–1991 Beach pyjamas, c. 1935−40
Hooded “dickie” or jacket, c. 1935 Corset, 1763
Probably American
Marsh Grass, 1935 Conrad Ventur Pittington III, 1979–81 Canadian, St. Anthony and Harrington Dress, c. 1800
Cotton, rayon, plastic buttons, and metal Harbour, Labrador, Newfoundland
Gelatin silver print American, born 1977 Bronze
snaps Pair of shoe buckles, c. 1763
Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Gift of Edith Ferber and Waqas Wajahat, Grenfell Labrador Industries
MM #9, 2011 Gift of Karen Locke Thoms, 2017.26.1a,b Handkerchief, 18th century
Collection, 2017.32.10 2018.8.2 Grenfell cloth (densely woven cotton),
Digital c-print from a scanned 35mm sealskin, woven wool bands, and metal Baby’s stocking, 18th century
negative, ed. 2/5 Hooked mat, c. 1930s snap closures
José Alemany Felrath Hines Thread holder, 18th century
Gift of Louis Wiley Jr., 2018.5.1 Canadian, St. Anthony and Harrington Gift of Sally A. Conrad & Family,
Spanish, 1895–1951 American, 1913–1993 2017.27.3 Gift of the Museum of the City of New
Harbour, Labrador, Newfoundland
York, 2018.6.1-.9
Footprints, 1935 Herbert Ferber Untitled, 1985 Grenfell Labrador Industries
Gelatin silver print American, 1906–1991 Oil on linen Silk/rayon, cotton, and brin hooked into Hat, c. 1935–45
a find brin (burlap) base Above left: Herbert Ferber, The Martyr,
Gift of the Michael Sodomick Queer Art Gift from the Estates of Jean Volkmer American, Hartford, Connecticut
The Martyr, 1947 1947, Lead, The Douglas Tracy Smith and
Collection, 2017.32.11 and Tosca Zagni, 2018.9.1 Gift of Sally A. Conrad & Family, Marianne Hopkins Studio
Lead Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, 2018.7.1
2017.27.1
Velvet and wool felt
The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Above right: Hooked mat, c. 1936–38,
Potter Smith Fund, 2018.7.1 Gift of the American Textile History Grenfell Labrador Industries, Silk/rayon,
Museum, Gift of the Peggy Cone cotton, and brin hooked into a fine brin
Above: José Alemany, Footprints, 1935, Collection, 2017.28.1 (burlap), Gift of Sally A. Conrad & Family,
Gelatin silver print, Gift of the Michael 2017.27.2
Sodomick Queer Art Collection, 2017.32.11

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 European Art European Decorative Arts Deaccessioned
Maurice de Vlaminck Johann Baptist Cetto Objects
French, 1876–1958 Austrian, 1671–1738

House by a Lake, n.d. Resurrected Christ as a Gardener, American Decorative Arts

Watercolor on paper
Gift of Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett on behalf
of Alfred Jaretzki III, 2017.25.1
Luis de Morales
Spanish, c. 1510–1586
Christ, the Man of Sorrows, c. 1565
Oil on panel
The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary
Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, and The
Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter
Smith Fund, 2018.2.1
Above: Maurice de Vlaminck, House by
a Lake, n.d., Watercolor on paper, Gift of
Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett on behalf of Alfred
Jaretzki III, 2017.25.1
Recognized by Mary, c. 1700
Wax Secretary, c. 2013-15
Evelyn Bonar Storrs Trust Fund, Unidentified maker, American
2018.3.1
Previously attributed to members of
Connecticut’s 16th Volunteer Infantry
and possibly IX Army Corp
Walnut, oak, ebony, poplar, pine, maple,
metal, glass, muslin, silk, bone, horn,
abalone, and Seth Thomas movement
The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy
Potter Smith Fund, 2015.2.1
Right: Luis de Morales, Christ, the Man
of Sorrows, c. 1565, Oil on panel, The
Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin
Sumner Collection Fund, and The Douglas
Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Smith
Fund, 2018.2.1Sally A. Conrad & Family,
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Program Highlights
Adult Programs
Lectures and Conversations
Programs activated the collections and major exhibitions Morgan: Mind of
the Collector, Gorey’s Worlds, and Frederic Church: A Painter's Pilgrimage,
exploring historical, social, and creative contexts.
Glenn Ligon & Huey Copeland
in Conversation
Glenn Ligon, artist
Huey Copeland, Dean and Professor of
Art History at Northwestern University
Co-sponsored with The Amistad Center
for Art & Culture
An Evening with Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones, MacArthur Fellow and
Professor of Art History at Columbia
University
Co-sponsored with The Amistad Center
for Art & Culture
Artful Collaborations:
J. Pierpont Morgan and Mark Twain
Linda Roth, Senior Curator and Charles
C. and Eleanor Lamont Cunningham
Curator of European Decorative Arts
James Golden, Director of Education at
The Mark Twain House & Museum
Kit Webb, Mark Twain impersonator
Piero di Cosimo and
the Art of Magical Thinking
Dennis Geronimus, Professor of Art
History at New York University
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Mierle Laderman Ukeles giving
Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art
The Invention of the
American Art Museum, 1870–1930
Kathleen Curran, Professor of Art
History at Trinity College
Supported by the Trinity College Art
History Department and the Decorative
Arts Council of the Wadsworth
Atheneum
Dreaming Vertically:
Northern Land into Landscape
Patricia Berman, Professor of Art
History at Wellesley College
Artistic Collaborations:
Sam Messer & Jonathan Safran Foer
Sam Messer, artist
Jonathan Safran Foer, writer
Edward Gorey:
Theater & Dance Enthusiast
Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director at
Hartford Stage
Robert Greskovic, dance critic
Erin Monroe, Robert H. Schutz, Jr.,
Associate Curator of American Paintings
and Sculpture
Top: Artist Glenn Ligon and Huey Copeland
Bottom: Gorey panel discussion with
Erin Monroe, Darko Tresnjak and Robert
Greskovic
An Evening with James Prosek
James Prosek, artist
Sol LeWitt at the Wadsworth Atheneum
James Meyer, Curator at the National
Gallery of Art
Docent Council 50th Anniversary
Lecture Series
Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art:
Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, artist
Beauty, Money, and Power:
The Transformation of Taste
in America’s Gilded Age
Ulysses Grant Dietz, Chief Curator at the
Newark Museum
Co-sponsored with the Decorative Arts
Council
Auerbach Art Library’s Book Talks
Laura O’Brien, conservator
Brandy Culp, Richard Koopman Curator
of American Decorative Arts
Erin Monroe, Robert H. Schutz, Jr.,
Associate Curator of American Paintings
and Sculpture
Sponsored by the Auerbach Library
Associates
David Smith, Herbert Ferber &
Abstract Expressionist Sculpture
David Getsy, Professor of Art History at
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Conflict and Cultural Heritage
in the Middle East
Nasser Rabbat, Professor of Islamic
Architecture at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Sean Anderson, Associate Curator
of Architecture at the Museum of
Modern Art
Sacred Geographies:
Frederic Church, the Holy Land,
and the Hudson Valley
Jennifer Raab, Professor of Art History
at Yale University
Docent Council 50th Anniversary
Lecture Series
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 Gallery Talks, Demonstrations and Tours
Curators and educators, academics and artists provide focus for the
collections and special exhibitions. Docents present public tours of the
museum’s highlights and special exhibitions.
The Austin House
Janna Israel, Adult and Academic
Programs Manager
Hand-Painted Pop!
Art and Appropriation, 1961 to Now
Lauren Cross, Youth and Community
Programs Manager
Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine
Curator of Contemporary Art
Simply Splendid:
Rediscovering American Design
Brandy Culp, Richard Koopman Curator
of American Decorative Arts
MATRIX 177
Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine
Curator of Contemporary Art
Mika Tajima, artist
John Sloan and the City
Angela Parker, Docent and Tour
Programs Manager
Piety and Liberation:
Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt
and His Circle
Oliver Tostmann, Susan Morse Hilles
Curator of European Art
Morgan: Mind of the Collector
Linda Roth, Senior Curator and Charles
C. and Eleanor Lamont Cunningham
Curator of European Decorative Arts
MATRIX 178
Sam Messer, artist
Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine
Curator of Contemporary Art
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Sublime North:
Romantic Painters Discover Norway
Oliver Tostmann, Susan Morse Hilles
Curator of European Art
Asher Miller, Curator at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Museum Menagerie
Anne Butler Rice, Georgette Auerbach
Koopman Director of Education
Mirror, Mirror
Eileen Doyle, Curatorial Fellow
Gorey’s Worlds
Erin Monroe, Robert H. Schutz, Jr.,
Associate Curator of American Paintings
and Sculpture
Demonstration: Gorey & Topiary
Dan Christina, Chief Horticulturist at
Green Animals Topiary Garden
Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage
Erin Monroe, Robert H. Schutz, Jr.,
Associate Curator of American Paintings
and Sculpture
Herbert Ferber & the New York School
Phyllis Tuchman, art critic
Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine
Curator of Contemporary Art
MATRIX 179
Conrad Shawcross, artist
Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine
Curator of Contemporary Art
Exploring 18th-Century America
Brandy Culp, Richard Koopman Curator
of American Decorative Arts MATRIX artist Conrad Shawcross
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Symposium
Morgan: Mind of the Collector
This international symposium held in conjunction with
the exhibition examined the latest research about
Morgan’s collection and how he shaped the identity of
the collector in the modern age.
Concerts and Performances
A number of ensembles enlivened the galleries with
music inspired by the collections and special exhibitions.
The Sunday Serenades Chamber Concert Series,
presented in collaboration with the Hartford Symphony
Orchestra, celebrated its tenth anniversary with Strauss
and the Sublime to complement Sublime North: Romantic
Painters Discover Norway, Shostakovich & Gorey for
Gorey’s Worlds, and Beauty & Beethoven paired with the
Hudson River School collections. Four Nations Ensemble
presented Redefining Rococo in conjunction with Morgan:
Mind of the Collector and Saints and Sinners inspired
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Opposite: Morgan conference gallery
viewing
Below: Incarnations dance performance
with Emily Coates and Yvonne Rainer
by the Counter-Reformation and Baroque collections.
A theme central to the Cabinet of Art & Curiosity, the
Alchemy and Faith program paired a presentation by
Tara Nummedal of Brown University and Donna Bilak
of Columbia University with a performance of early
modern music based on alchemical symbols by the
choral ensemble Les Canards Chantants. The exclusive
dance performance Incarnations, choreographed and
performed by former New York City Ballet dancer Emily
Coates, with acclaimed filmmaker, Yvonne Rainer, was
presented in conjunction with Gorey’s Worlds.
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School and Teacher Programs
Student Tours
Docent-guided visits are available to PreK–12 students
and are designed to correlate with state and national
curriculum standards. This year 12,570 students toured
the museum from 133 schools across all eight counties
in Connecticut and represented 49 cities and towns in
the state, in addition to schools from Massachusetts and
Rhode Island.
Studio Programs
Studio programs continued to draw strong attendance
this year, serving 2,647 students. Specially developed
themes stimulate imagination, dynamic discussion, and
creative expression in programs that combine a gallery
tour with a studio art experience. Studio programs
are available during school hours and after school
(Community Arts Program). Themes include Animals in
Art; Color My World; Be the Curator; Making Myths; Art
and Poetry; Studio Photography; and STEAM: Sketch Like
a Scientist, each structured for specific grade levels.
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Museum on the Move: Art and Literacy Outreach Program
This six-part program for grade 4 students explores
landscapes from the museum’s permanent collection to
develop descriptive writing skills. Seven Hartford Public
Schools participated.
Art and Writing
This curriculum for grades 3–5 builds students’ narrative,
descriptive, and expository writing skills through the
investigation of figurative artworks. Seventeen schools
participated from Hartford, Avon, Bloomfield, Cheshire,
and Meriden. A new curriculum for grades 6–8 was
piloted in the spring with six Hartford schools, focusing
on three themes chosen to correspond to the middle
school curriculum: Historical Perspectives, City Life, and
Mythology.
Hartford Youth Art Renaissance
The 45th annual exhibition featured art created by PreK–
12 students in Hartford Public Schools. The museum
hosts the exhibition and awards ceremony.
Left: Teens sketch natural specimens and other objects in the
Cabinet of Art & Curiosity during an after-school studio program.
Right top: Summer Community Studio instructors teach a
printmaking lesson inspired by Hand-Painted Pop!
Right bottom: A student showing off a habitat created during the
Animals in Art studio session.
Partnership with Connecticut’s Old State House
Students learn about the meaning of objects and
architecture illustrating local and state history as they
discover their place within this cultural narrative. Visits
include hour-long tours at the museum and Connecticut’s
Old State House.
Partnership with the Connecticut Science Center
Students discover the connections between art and
science in this multisite visit. They explore the elements
of art through close looking and discussion in Learning to
Look/Artwise (grades K–12) or focus on close observation
and innovation in Looking Like a Scientist (grades 6–12).
Partnership with Hartford Stage
In Act out Art! (grades 6–12) students participated in a
theater workshop with a teaching artist at Hartford Stage
and experienced a docent-guided tour of the museum’s
special exhibition Gorey’s Worlds.
Summer Pre-Collegiate Program
Two Hartford high school students, from Great Path
Academy and Pathways Academy of Technology and
Design, were awarded scholarships to attend the Hartford
Art School’s Summer High School Visual Arts Portfolio
Program and participated in associated museum visits.
Evening for Educators
PreK-12 teachers and administrators joined museum
staff for gallery talks, educator-led activities, and hands-
on workshops focusing on featured exhibitions Museum
Menagerie and Gorey’s Worlds.
Teacher Workshops and In-Service Training
Professional development sessions provide educators
with tools to incorporate the visual arts into their
classroom instruction. Half- and full-day sessions are
offered in addition to Election Day and Summer STEAM
teacher workshops.
 Right: Families enjoy a performance by Sea Tea Improv during
Second Saturdays for Families.
Below: Fall Community Day with chalk artist Corey Payne
Bottom Right: Families sketch and listen to a recorded interview in
the Gorey's Worlds exhibition.
Community and Youth Programs
Community Days
The Wadsworth Atheneum and The Amistad Center for
Art & Culture offered three Community Days, providing
free admission all day and extensive programming for
visitors of all ages: Fall Community Day, Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, and Juneteenth Family Day. The museum
also participated in First Night Hartford, a festive program
on New Year’s Eve.
Community Arts Program
The Community Arts Program offers hands-on studio
programs to after-school groups from Hartford
organizations. Some groups attending this year include
the Renzulli Academy Art Club, the Boys & Girls Club at
West Middle, Organized Parents Make a Difference, and
Real Art Ways.
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Academic Programs
University Tours
Docent-guided visits are available to college and
university classes and groups, including curriculum-
structured tours tailored to a specific academic course
or topic. This year 1,711 students toured the museum
from 29 colleges and universities in Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Maine, and New York.
Encounters
In collaboration with Hartford Public Library, the
University of Connecticut’s Humanities Institute, and
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, the Encounters
series encourages informed and informal conversations
about issues that affect our lives. Programs were held
at various locations and included Encountering the Voting
Rights Act, The Gospel of Wealth, Citizenship, Gorey’s
Worlds, and Faith.
Internship Program
Eleven interns from 7 universities worked approximately
760 hours in 5 departments, including: Curatorial,
Communications, Development, Education, and Museum
Services. Summer diversity internships were awarded to
Brittany Lewis from Wake Technical Community College
and Naomi Perry from Elon University.
Second Saturdays for Families
Second Saturdays for Families continues to inspire
families to experience art together. Through hands-
on art projects, family-centered tours, music, and the
performing arts, families connect with art and the
Wadsworth Atheneum. The program takes place every
month and has served nearly 50,000 visitors since it was
conceived in 2009.
Summer Community Studio
Youth from ten community organizations including
Manchester High School, True Colors, Freedom School
at Milner, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Our Piece of the
Pie, St. Monica’s Episcopal Church, Boys & Girls Club
at Trinity, Billings Forge, Hispanic Health Council, and
Hartford Public Library participated in free docent-
guided tours and a hands-on printmaking activity
inspired by Pop Art.
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Docent Program
Docent Council 50th Anniversary
Formed in 1968, the Wadsworth Atheneum’s Docent
Council shares a passion for art, a desire to engage and
inform the public about the collections, and extraordinary
dedication to teaching. In celebration of 50 years of
service, the docents sponsored a three-part public
lecture series (see Adult Programs above); engaged with
50 artworks in talks during the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Community Day; visited over 50 libraries, senior centers,
and community organizations across the state to present
interactive talks on the museum’s collection; and are
writing and recording new family-oriented stops for the
museum’s TAP mobile tour.
Access Programs
Wadsworth Welcome
Free admission for Hartford residents is offered through
Wadsworth Welcome. More than 3,200 residents who
speak 43 languages have registered for Wadsworth
Welcome since its launch in August 2016.
Library ARTpass
ARTpasses are available for check-out at 178 town and
school libraries, providing free admission for two adults
and a discount for films.
Free Family Passes
All non-Hartford students who participate in a docent-
guided visit receive a pass to return to the museum to be
a tour guide for their families.
Teacher Discovery Passes
All educators who book a visit for their students receive
a free pass to explore the museum’s collections and
exhibitions in preparation for planning curricular
connections to classroom activities.
Docent-in-Training Class
Docent candidates finished coursework in Fall 2017 and
moved to the mentoring phase of the training program.
Five of the candidates graduated and became active
members of the council in May 2018. Two candidates plan
to complete mentoring in Fall 2018.
Eileen S. Pollack Docent Education Lecture
‘Everywhere various wonders are hidden here…’: Dutch Still
Life Painting in the Golden Age
Alexandra Onuf, Professor of Art History at the University
of Hartford
Interpretation
In-gallery spaces
The Education staff develops in-gallery interactives in
conjunction with exhibitions and the collection. This year,
participatory spaces were created for Morgan: Mind of the
Collector, Gorey’s Worlds, and Frederic Church: A Painter’s
Pilgrimage. The Connections Gallery featured the bilingual
exhibition Museum Menagerie/Museo Zoológico.
Family Gallery Guides
Ten new bilingual gallery guides were produced
as a resource for families to encourage engaging
conversations. Each guide explores one work of art in
the collection: Monet, Dalí, O’Keeffe, Frankenthaler, Psiax,
Crola, Cole, Wiley, Rivera, and the Bactrian Camel.
Mobile Tour
The mobile tour allows visitors to access a multimedia
tour of permanent collection objects and special
exhibitions on their own device at tap.thewadsworth.org
or on a free iPod from the Information Desk. Tours were
created for Morgan: Mind of the Collector, Gorey’s Worlds,
and Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage.

During FY2018, ninety-one docents volunteered more

than 9,000 hours to training and providing 1,900
tours. They engaged over 20,000 visitors of all ages
on guided encounters with the museum’s exhibitions
and collections. Docents attended 15 training sessions
Above: Docent (Carol Genco)
relating to exhibitions, collections, and touring strategies leading a school tour.
led by education and curatorial staff as well as outside
Right: Docent (Marcia Machuga)
guest speakers. leading a school tour.

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Partners
Program Collaborators
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture
Connecticut Center for Nonviolence
Connecticut’s Old State House
Connecticut Science Center
The Four Nations Chamber Ensemble
Hartford Art School
Hartford Consortium for Higher
Education
The Hartford History Center at the
Hartford Public Library
Hartford Performs
Hartford Public Schools
Hartford Stage
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Hillstead Museum
The Mark Twain House & Museum
RE-Center: Race and Equity in Education
Trinity College Art History Department
University of Connecticut’s Humanities
Institute
Artists, Filmmakers,
Musicians and Performers
Donald Boudreaux, artist
Dan Christina,
Green Animals Topiary Garden
Emily Coates, dancer
Connecticut Slam Poetry Team,
performers
Patricia Cronin, artist
Nancy Doherty, artist
Judy Dworin Performance Project,
performers
Lindsey Fyfe & Dan Tressler/
The Bluegrass Pals, musicians
Karen Gorst, artist
Goza Latin Jazz Band, musicians
Zoe Grinfeld, fashion designer
Hartford’s Proud Drill,
Drum & Dance Corp, musicians
Hartt School Community Division,
musicians
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Peter Kirkiles, artist
Amy and Tao LaBossiere, artists
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, artist
Les Canards Chantants, musicians
Brittany Lewis, artist
Glenn Ligon, artist
Marquis of Granby Junior Ancient Fyfe &
Drum Corps, musicians
Sam Messer, artist
Moxie Dance Center, performers
Corey Pane, artist
Jocelyn Pleasant/J Plez, musician
Sonia Plumb Dance Company,
performers
James Prosek, artist
Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker
Christopher Roque, artist
Jonathan Safran Foer, writer
Sea Tea Improv, performers
Conrad Shawcross, artist
Bonnie Rose Sullivan, artist
Surcari, musicians
Mika Tajima, artist
Benjamin Tint, musician
Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble,
musicians
Kit Webb, Mark Twain impersonator
Scholars, Educators and Experts
Amaryllis, youth contributor to mobile tour
Blaise, youth contributor to mobile tour
Liam, youth contributor to mobile tour
Teddy, youth contributor to mobile tour
Ellenor Allcorn,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sean Anderson, Museum of Modern Art
Laurel Archambault,
Simsbury Public Schools
Arnold Arluke, Northeastern University
Sidney Babcock,
The Morgan Library & Museum
Colin B. Bailey,
The Morgan Library & Museum
Right: Visitors explore the
Cabinet of Art & Curiosity.
Patricia Berman, Wellesley College
John Bidwell,
The Morgan Library & Museum
Donna Bilak, Columbia University
Christine Brennan,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jo Briggs, Walters Art Museum
Alexandra Carvache, Navigate Om
Lauren Clark, culture reporter
Connecticut Historical Society
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Huey Copeland, Northwestern University
Kathleen Curran, Trinity College
Michael Danti,
American Schools of Oriental Research
John Davis, Smithsonian Institution
Krista DeVellis, Hartford Stage
Ulysses Grant Dietz, Newark Museum
Nancy Doherty,
Greater Hartford Arts Academy
Barbara Drake Boehm,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
James Edwards,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Helen Evans,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
David Feinstein,
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Andrew Fotta,
Connecticut Science Center
Dennis Geronimus, New York University
David Getsy,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
James Golden,
The Mark Twain House & Museum
Robert Greskovic, dance critic
Neil Harris, University of Chicago
Lyle Humphrey,
North Carolina Museum of Art
Kellie Jones, MacArthur Fellow,
Columbia University
Declan Kiely,
The Morgan Library & Museum
Wolfram Koeppe,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sheri LaRowe Cooke, Ed.D.,
curriculum and instruction specialist
Jennifer Lazaroff, Naylor Elementary
Griffith Mann,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
James Meyer, National Gallery of Art
Asher Miller,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kenneth Myers, Detroit Institute of Arts
Mystic Seaport Museum
Tara Nummedal, Brown University
Laura O’Brien, conservator
Alexandra Onuf, University of Hartford
Alison Paul, University of Connecticut
Barbara Pezzini,
The National Gallery, London
Nectarios Platsis, Wish Elementary
Mark Prezorski, The Olana Partnership
Jennifer Raab, Yale University
Nasser Rabbat,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inge Reist, Center for the History of
Collecting at The Frick Collection
Catherine Scallen,
Case Western Reserve University
Kevin Shortsleeve,
Christopher Newport University
Allison Slaby, Reynolda House Museum
of American Art
Steven Tinney,
University of Pennsylvania
Chrissy Tocionis, Kinsella Magnet School
for the Performing Arts
Jennifer Tonkovich,
The Morgan Library & Museum
Darko Tresnjak, Hartford Stage
Phyllis Tuchman, art critic
Charlotte Vignon, The Frick Collection
Nicolas Villagra,
Connecticut Science Center
Courtney Waring,
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Daniel Weiss,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Roger Wieck,
The Morgan Library & Museum
Karol Wight, Corning Museum of Glass
Funders
Major funding provided by:
Aetna Foundation
Anonymous (2)
The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts
Foundation
Ensworth Charitable Foundation
FRAME, North America
The Hartford
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Inc.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
National Endowment for the Humanities
S&S Worldwide
Travelers Foundation
UnitedHealthcare
Wells Fargo Foundation
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Richard P. Garmany Fund at the
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Additional support provided by:
Bradley, Foster and Sargent, Inc.
Charles Nelson Robinson Fund,
Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
CTFastrak
Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial
Charitable Trust
George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation,
Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
Legrand
SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Society for the History of Collecting
Norwegian Royal Embassy
The Decorative Arts Council of the
Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum endowed funds for education:
Docent Memorial Fund
Eileen S. Pollack Docent Education Fund
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Georgette Auerbach Koopman Director
of Education Endowment
The Joseph and Robert Cornell
Memorial Foundation Fund
The Saunders Foundation
Music Endowment
General Operating Support for the
Wadsworth Atheneum is provided in part
by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s
United Arts Campaign and the Connecticut
Department of Economic and Community
Development Office of the Arts, which
also receives support from the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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Film and Theater Programs
Films
The Aetna Theater film program continued to offer an
eclectic mix of cinema and special events, including
feature films; shorts; documentaries related to
exhibitions and the permanent collection; outdoor
showings of classic films preceded by dinner and
live music in Gengras Court; independent and foreign
cinema; art films preceded by tours of the permanent
collection; and film festival weekends. Introductions
by film scholars or special guests and post-film
discussions led by Curator of Film & Theater Deborah
Gaudet enhanced audience experiences. Highlights this
year included a full-house 50th Anniversary showing
of The Graduate preceded by an “insider’s” talk with
producer, director, and actor Tony Bill; a weekend of
Norwegian films in celebration of exhibition Sublime
North: Romantic Painters Discover Norway; the popular
Above: Art After Dark Caribbean celebration 20th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival; the
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“Gorey’s Visit: A Hartford Dream”
by Anne Cubberly, Casey Grambo,
and Rosanna Karabetsos
“Shaping Social Change” series in collaboration with
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture and the Harriet
Beecher Stowe Center, which included Connecticut
premieres of Life and Nothing More and The Rape of
Recy Taylor; the Closing Night Film and Reception of the
Connecticut LGBT Film Festival; the well-attended 7th
Annual Italian Film Weekend; the 5th Annual Interfaith
Film Series “A Question of Faith” in collaboration with the
Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding and
the National Conference for Community and Justice; the
favorite “Food and Film” events, which feature a food-
themed film such as Mostly Martha, followed by dinner
in the Untitled Bistro; and screenings of Bombshell:
The Hedy Lamar Story–along with the display of three
Hedy Lamar movie costumes from the John H. Davey
Collection, New York, NY–which drew close to 1,000
people to the theater.
Music
The highlights of the year comprised a rousing, full-house
performance of traditional Irish, old time, and bluegrass
music performed by We Banjo 3; three sold out operas
performed by CT Lyric Opera held in Morgan Great Hall;
a gallery-held concert of Scandinavian music by Haven
String Quartet in celebration of the exhibition Sublime
North: Romantic Painters Discover Norway; monthly
Sunday Jazz Brunches held in the Untitled Bistro–several
of which were sold out–featuring local musicians and
vocalists; a concert by award-winning Blues singer
Shemekia Copeland; and The Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus
annual performances in December and May.
Dance
In December, the Aetna Theater hosted CONNetic Dance,
which presented its annual The Nutcracker Suite and
Spicy. In February, The Dance Collective premiered
works in various galleries inspired by the Atheneum’s
collection. In conjunction with Gorey’s Worlds, an
exclusive dance performance–choreographed and
performed by former New York City Ballet dancer Emily
Coates, with acclaimed filmmaker, Yvonne Rainer–was
presented in the Aetna Theater.
Theater
In a nod to Gorey's Worlds, “Gorey’s Visit: A Hartford
Dream” featured vignettes created by Hartford artists
Anne Cubberly, Casey Grambo, and Rosanna Karabetsos.
The performance included local performers Joey Batts,
Studio 860, the Sea Tea Improv comedy troupe, and
the cast of Night Fall, Hartford’s annual celebration of
autumn. Local artist Joey Batts brought to the theater
“Joey Batts & Rudy Present ROY G. BV,” a sensory journey
through the “visible spectrum,” featuring all original
music and accompanying visuals to highlight the moods
of each color. Special guests included the Hartford hip
hop supergroup UZOO.
Art After Dark
Our reimagined evening program series was held in
August, November, February, April, and June. The event—
which draws hundreds of participants—features live
music, tours and talks, art activities, and film screenings.
Themes included a Caribbean celebration, a College
Night, and programs highlighting the exhibitions, Gorey’s
Worlds and Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage.
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 Corporate Underwriters Underwriters
Barnes Group Foundation, Inc. Auctioneer Underwriter
Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc. Tim McLaughlin
Simsbury Bank & Trust
Invitations Underwriter
Sonepar USA
Hy and Remy Schwartz
Grand Patrons
Patron Gala Underwriter
Duffield Ashmead & Eric Ort MetroHartford Alliance
Mary & David Dangremond
Emilie & Raul de Brigard Staff & Volunteer Dinners
Underwriters
Sharon & David Jepson &
JCJ Architecture Laura R. Harris
Sara & Thomas J. Loughman Karen Cronin Wheat
SPLENDOR X James B. Lyon Splendor General
Joyce & Andrew J. Mandell Underwriters
October 21, 2017 Sharon & Henry R. Martin Susan Chandler
Agnes & William Peelle Crest Mechanical
Thank you to everyone who attended or supported
Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. & Cate and John Grady-Benson
Splendor. Inspired by the major exhibition, Morgan: Ms. Esther Pryor Christopher Larsen
Mind of the Collector, Splendor welcomed 350 guests
for an unforgettable evening of art and grandeur. Your Patrons Splendor Gifts Underwriter
commitment to the arts and the Wadsworth’s place in Susan Chandler Emilie de Brigard
the community ensures the future of our programs. CT Public Broadcasting
Photography Underwriters
Mary P. Gibbons
Marcia and Jeff Marsted
Nancy D. Grover
2017 Sponsors John and Garrett Reynolds
Marian Kellner &
Timothy McLaughlin
Gala Committee
Lead Sponsor Christopher Larsen
Duffield Ashmead IV
Eileen & Elliott Pollack
Cynthia Bulaong
Robin & Matt Schaefer
Sara Loughman
Sharon & Frank Travis
Samuel P. Peterson
Founding Sponsor Corporate Sponsor
Table Hosts Susan A. Rottner
Barbara Ward
Simon Abrahms
Linda Cheverton Wick
Carol L. Covello & The
Honorable Alfred V. Covello Karen Cronin Wheat (Advisor)
Corporate Table Sponsors
Dr. James &
TH E C H E R Y L C H A SE &
Mally Cox Chapman
STUA R T B E A R FA M ILY Laura Harris &
FO UN DATIO N
Joseph B. Solodow
Gerry Lupacchino &
Lynn Beaulieu
Jay Morton &
Michael Phillips
Eileen & Elliott Pollack
Linda & David Roth
Susan & Joel Rottner
Marie-Claire & Jean-Pierre
Paula & Anthony Viscogliosi
Barbara & Thomas Ward
TH E Z AC H S FA M ILY
Karen Cronin Wheat &
WAQ A S WA JA H AT
FO UN DATIO N , IN C . John H.P. Wheat

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 Governance, Philanthropy & Professional Staff
Governance
The museum is grateful to those who serve as part of its governance
structure. These passionate individuals are dedicated to the realization
of the Wadsworth’s vision, serving as ambassadors and supporting the
museum intellectually and philanthropically.

Officers Board of Trustees
Henry R. Martin Duffield Ashmead IV
President Marta Bentham
David W. Dangremond Jeffrey N. Brown
Past President
Susan R. Chandler
Duffield Ashmead IV
Cheryl A. Chase
Vice President
Halsey Cook
Cheryl A. Chase
Vice President Frederick C. Copeland, Jr.
William R. Peelle, Jr. Carol L. Covello
Vice President Mally Cox-Chapman
Hy J. Schwartz David W. Dangremond
Vice President Emilie de Brigard
Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. David G. Jepson
Treasurer Brion Johnson
Esther A. Pryor Michael F. Klein
Secretary
Merrill F. Mandell
Emilie de Brigard
Jeffrey G. Marsted
Assistant Secretary
Henry R. Martin
Timothy McLaughlin
Yvette Meléndez
Mary Pescatello Melvin
William R. Peelle, Jr.
Samuel R. Peterson
Eileen S. Pollack
Esther A. Pryor
Hy J. Schwartz
Filomena M. Soyster
Jean-Pierre van Rooy
Barbara G. Ward
Henry M. Zachs
Honorary Trustees
Coleman H. Casey
Mary G. Dowling
Clare C. Edwards
Carole B. French
Mary P. Gibbons
Helen B. Gray
Arnold C. Greenberg
Nancy D. Grover
Joan J. Kohn
Christopher Larsen
James B. Lyon
Stephen B. Middlebrook
John H. Motley
Claire M. Pryor
Susan A. Rottner
Robert H. Smith, Jr.
Karen Cronin Wheat
Linda Cheverton Wick
Ex Officio Trustees
Kate M. Coley
President, Women’s
Committee
Richard Alleyne
President, The Amistad
Center for Art & Culture
Sally Wister
President, Docent Council
Jay Morton
Governor Malloy’s Designee
Cynthia Bulaong
Designee of the Mayor of
Hartford
Executive Committee Audit Committee Board of Electors
Henry R. Martin David G. Jepson, Chair Linda Alexander Carol R. Hall
President Phoebe Allen Gerald Incandela
David W. Dangremond Austin House Committee John Alves Louise Kaufman
Past President; Chair
Susan R. Chandler, Chair Robert M. J Annon, Jr. Todd Kaufman
Emeritus, Curatorial
Committee John A. Berman Karen A. Kelleher
Duffield Ashmead IV Eleanor Blake Tai Soo Kim
Curatorial Committee
Vice President; Chair, Diane Brainerd Lee G. Kuckro
Curatorial Committee Duffield Ashmead IV, Chair
Karen K. Byrne Leena K. Langeland
Cheryl A. Chase John Byrnes Gerard Lupacchino
Vice President; Chair, Development Committee Jay Cantor Marcia Reid Marsted
Facilities Committee
William R. Peelle, Jr., Chair Howard L. Carver Leigh A. Newman
Emilie de Brigard
Bonnie Castellani Marlene Passman
Assistant Secretary; Liaison
Education Committee Francine Christiansen Genevieve Pfaff
to The Amistad Center for Art
and Culture Kate M. Coley James Prosek
Michael F. Klein, Chair
Frederick C. Copeland, Jr. Tina Collias Brie Quinby
Treasurer; Chair, Finance
Facilities Committee Michelle Cook Janet Flagg Rawlins
Committee
Mary H. Crary Sonia Shipman
David G. Jepson Cheryl A. Chase, Chair
Eric D. Daniels Linda Bland Sonnenblick
Chair, Governance Committee
Jeanna Doherty Thomas Soyster
William R. Peelle, Jr. Film and Theater Committee
Vice President; Chair, Renee Dubin Keith Stevenson
Jay Morton, Co-Chair Robert Firger Charles Tingley
Development Committee
Timothy McLaughlin, Co-Chair Susan Fisher J. Frank Travis
Esther A. Pryor
Secretary Letty Fonteyne Sharon Travis
Hy J. Schwartz Finance Committee Claire Galli Eugenia Villagra
Vice President Frederick C. Copeland, Jr., Robyn Gengras Judith Wawro
Chair
Alden Gordon Judy Zinn
JoAn K. Hagan
Governance Committee
David G. Jepson, Chair
Investment Committee
Jeffrey G. Marsted, Chair

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Philanthropy
$50,000+
Daniel Wadsworth Level
Anonymous
Aetna Inc.
Duffield Ashmead IV and
Eric Ort
Avangrid Foundation
The Cheryl Chase and Stuart
Bear Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David W.
Dangremond
Greater Hartford Arts Council
Estate of Louise W. Korder
The Henry Luce Foundation
The Andrew J. and Joyce D.
Mandell Family Foundation
Newman's Own Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William R.
Peelle, Jr.
Ms. Esther Pryor
Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. and
the Pryor Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roth
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Mr. and Mrs. Adam Singer
The Douglas Tracy Smith and
Dorothy Potter Smith Fund
at the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving
Travelers
Estate of Joan H. Wister
Estate of Charles G.
Woodward Trust
$49,999–$25,000
J. Pierpont Morgan Level
Estate of Eva Andrews Trust
Bank of America
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Copeland, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Raul R.
de Brigard
The Gladys Krieble Delmas
Foundation
The Edgemer Foundation, Inc.
Richard P. Garmany Fund at
the Hartford Foundation for
Public Giving
Mrs. Mary P. Gibbons
The Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc.
Kohn-Joseloff Foundation
The David T. Langrock
Foundation
Lincoln Financial Foundation
Mr. James B. Lyon
Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin
Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and
Dr. Marian F. Kellner
The J.P. Morgan Chase
Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R.
Peterson
The Edward C. and Ann T.
Roberts Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Clifford Ross
The Saunders Foundation
Estate of Charles H. Schwartz
Dr. James and Mally
Cox-Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Jared I.
Edwards
FRAME, North America
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold C.
Greenberg
Mrs. Nancy D. Grover
Ms. Laura R. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. David Jepson
Mr. and Mrs. Brion Johnson
Ms. Karen Kelleher and
Mr. Kenneth Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Klein
Mr. and Mrs.* Christopher
Larsen
Mr. Gerard M. Lupacchino
and Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G.
Marsted
Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin
National Endowment
for the Arts
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pfaff
Mr. and Mrs. Hy Schwartz Charles Nelson Robinson
Fund, Bank of America, N.A.,
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre
van Rooy Trustee
Mr. and Mrs. Joel J. Rottner
The Vincent Dowling Family
Foundation, Inc. Sotheby's
The Zachs Family Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Foundation, Inc. Soyster
Mr. J. Frank Travis and Mrs.
Sharon M. Rizikow Travis
$24,999–$10,000
University of Connecticut
Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt
Level University of Hartford
Anonymous Mr. Waqas Wajahat and
Mrs. Shari Jones
J. Walton Bissell
Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Barbara G. Ward and
Dr. Thomas P. Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman H.
Casey Wells Fargo Foundation
Ms. Susan R. Chandler
Connecticut Department of $9,999–$5,000
Economic and Community Samuel Putnam Avery, Jr.
Development Level
Mr. Halsey Cook and Ms. Anonymous
Michele Cook The William H. and Rosanna
T. Andrulat Charitable
Foundation
Barnes Group Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.
Brainerd
Mr. Jeffrey N. Brown and
Ms. Virginia Gascon
Estate of Harriet Bundy
The Burton & Phyllis
Hoffman Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Jason T. Busch
Professors Jean Cadogan
and Alden Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Howard L.
Carver
Cheney Family Fund at the
Hartford Foundation for
Public Giving
Connecticut Humanities
The Honorable Alfred V.
Covello and Mrs. Carol
Covello
Dr. Harry M. Day Charitable
Foundation
Eversource Energy
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Fox
Ms. Alva G. Greenberg
The Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and Insurance
Company
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S.
Hoffman
J.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.
The Elizabeth M. Landon
and Harriette M. Landon
Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mandell
The Katharine K. McLane and
Henry R. McLane Charitable
Trust
Mintz & Hoke
Mr. Jay Morton and
Mr. Michael Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott B. Pollack
The Robert Lehman
Foundation
Ms. Emily Roth and
Mr. Drew Makar
SBM Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Schaefer
Mrs. Linda Bland Sonnenblick
Dr. Oliver Tostmann and
Mrs. Margaret Heiner
TRUMPF, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. P. Wheat
Linda Cheverton Wick and
Walter Wick
Estate of Frazer B. Wilde Jr.
Trust
$4,999–$1,500
James Lippincott Goodwin
Level
Mr. Simon E. Abrahms
Ms. Jill Adams and
Mr. William Knight
Mr. Joel B. Alvord
Mrs. Nora B. Anthony
Arthur Murray Dance Center
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey
Ms. Jan M. Beatty and
Mr. Michael Park
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Berman
Ms. Eleanor W. Blake
Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc.
Estate of Nancy C. Braender
Ms. Erica Roggeveen Byrne
and Mr. David Byrne
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Byrne
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Byrnes
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cantor
Mr. and Mrs. David E. A.
Carson
Mr. Gary L. Carter and
Ms. Elizabeth York
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Castellani
Mrs. Elaine L. Charendoff
Mr. and Mrs. Stephan L.
Christiansen
Ms. Sara Marcy Cole
Clarence B. & Joan F.
Coleman Charitable
Foundation
Mrs. Kate M. Coley
Dr. and Mrs. James Collias
Connecticut Natural Gas
Connecticut Public
Broadcasting
Dr. and Mrs. Martin Cooper
Mr. Joseph Costa and
Mr. James Northrop
Mr. James T. Cowdery and
Mrs. Linda Alexander-
Cowdery
Mr. Timothy B. Curtin
Mr. and Mrs. John B.
D'Agostino
Mr. Robert Dance and
Mr. Robert Loper
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J.
Dowling
Ms. Mary Jane Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Dan R. Eudy
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony A.
Ferrante
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Fisher
Mrs. Letty Fonteyne
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Franklin
Mr. John French and
Mrs. Carole Bailey French
Mrs. Robert E. Galli
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Gawlicki
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Gersten
Peter S. Gersten and
Ana N. Lawler
Mrs. Harry B. Gray
Mrs. JoAn K. Hagan
Ms. Kimberly Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Hess
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Hill
David and Francie Horvitz
Family Foundation, Inc.
The William Horvitz Family
Fund
IFPDA Foundation
Mr. William Ishmael and
Mr. David Gibson
Dr. Mark W. Izard and
Ms. Denise Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Jarvis
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 JCJ Architecture, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kamerschen
Mr. and Mrs. Tai Soo Kim
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kluger
Konover Coppa Family Fund
at the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving
Ms. Diane W. Korntheuer and
Mr. Peter Grzybala
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto
Mr. Lee G. Kuckro
Dr. Leena K. Langeland
Mrs. Margaret Lawson
Legrand, North America
Mr. and Mrs. Alan I. Leibowitz
Mrs. Carol LeWitt and
Mr. Bruce Josephy
Mrs. Helen Lewtan
Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Loeb
Mr. Frank K. Marandino
Mrs. Leta W. Marks
Ms. Kathleen Coville Marr
Mr. and Mrs. David McHale
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B.
Middlebrook
Ms. Marjorie E. Morrissey
Attorney Ann B. Mulcahy
Mrs. Heather Nadeau and
Mr. Edwin Nadeau, III
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. David Peck
Anne P. and Andrew Pinto
Fund at the Hartford
Foundation for Public Giving
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Pulito
Pullman & Comley, LLC
Ms. Brie Quinby and
Mr. Evan Cowles
Dr. Wayne S. Rawlins and
Ms. Janet Flagg Rawlins
Mr. John M. Reynolds and
Mr. Garrett Reynolds
Mrs. Belle K. Ribicoff
Mr. Douglas H. Robins
Mrs. Marguerite Rose and
Dr. Robert Rose
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Mr. Stephen Roth
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph B.
Sappington
Mrs. Mary T. Sargent
Ms. Jeannette B.
Schermerhorn
Mr. George Schoellkopf and
Mr. Gerald Incandela
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Schwedel
Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Seymour
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shipman
Mr. Edwin S. Shirley and
Mrs. Patricia C. Shirley
Simsbury Bank and Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Sly, Jr.
Mr. Grant Smith and
Mr. Richard Marker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Smith, Jr.
Mr. Joseph B. Solodow
Mr. and Mrs. Keith A.
Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Stout
Trinity College
University of Saint Joseph
Ms. Hope W. Vath
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Viscogliosi
Mrs. Edith Whitman
Ms. Sally Wister and Mr.
Robert D. Parrott
The Alexander M. and
Catherine Maus Wright
Charitable Trust
The Eric and Jessica Zachs
Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Jacob Zachs
Mr. and Mrs. John Zinn
$1,499–$500
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Adams
Ms. Maria Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G.
Adkins
Aldo DeDominicis
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Annon, Jr.
Arkco Sales, Inc.
Ms. Susan Azano
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bartucca
Mr. Barry Baskind and
Ms. Eileen Fitzgerald
Mr. Michael Bassock
Mr. Julian Bazalar
Ms. Marta Bentham and
Ms. Sally Levering
Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns
Mrs. Nancy P. Bernstein
Mrs. Susan Blair and
Mr. Michael Blair
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bloom
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blumberg
Ms. Tracy Bodine
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bozzuto
Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. Brittan
Mrs. Jane E. Britton
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Bromberg
Ms. Marian Browning and
Mr. David Beers
Ms. Ann Bryan and
Mr. Eliot Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C.
Buckingham, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Budd
Mr. Jay Cantor
Mrs. Eleanor N. Caplan
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Carey, Jr.
Carmody Torrance Sandak &
Hennessey LLP
Mr. Robert E. Carroll, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Carroll
Dr. Angelee Diana Carta and
Dr. Tris J. Carta
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S.
Casinghino
Mr. Edward L. Cave
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold L. Chase
Ms. Carol L. Cheney
Mr. Blair Childs
CohnReznick
Mr. Rick Conary
Ms. Sandra E. Conlin and
Mr. Joseph J. Puzzo
Connecticut Council
for Interreligious
Understanding
Ms. Audrey B. Conrad
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.
Corcoran, III
Mrs. Mary H. Crary
Crest Mechanical Services,
Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R.
Crookes
Ms. Brandy Culp
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Curtis
Ms. Catherine R. Daly
Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Daniels
Ms. Alison D. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Deasy
Mr. and Mrs. John Detweiler
Mrs. Elizabeth Dexheimer
and Mr. Larry Dexheimer
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Dickstein
Ms. Marianne S. Donahue
Miss Elizabeth Doughney
Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin
Sara R. and Alan A. Dun Fund
at the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving
Mrs. Enid Storm Dwyer
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan I.
Edwards
Ms. Karen Eustis
Mr. and Ms. Mark A. Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Feldman
Mr. Lawrence R. Fish
Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Fleischmann
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fletcher
Mrs. Barbara L. Flynn
Dr. Rhona Free
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fuller
Ms. Christiana N. Gianopulos
and Mr. Paul H. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Steven P.
Goldenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goldfarb
Ms. Rona Gollob
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Gray
Greater Hartford Chapter
UNICO National
Mr. and Mrs. R. Nelson Griebel
Mr. and Mrs. Welles R.
Guilmartin
Mr. Stanley A. Guzek and
Ms. Trish Bowen
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J.
Gworek
Hill-Stead Museum
Shepherd Monson Holcombe
Fund No. 3 at the Hartford
Foundation for Public Giving
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Holden, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Horvitz
Ms. Margaret M. Hoskins
Mrs. Ann D. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Ilg
Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Jacobs, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas John
Mr. Henry P. Johnson
Ms. Paula M. Jones and
Mr. George K. Gough
Mr. and Mrs. Randall N. Judd
Dr. Reinhard K. Kage and
Dr. Barbara Kage
Ms. Mary Kraft and Mr.
Jeffrey L. Kaufman
Mr. and Mrs. Joel M. Kleinman
Mr. and Mrs. Keith L. Knowlton
Mr. Bradford Korder
Mrs. Kathleen G. Kraczkowsky
Mr. and Mrs. Andres N. Kukk
Ms. Marta Jo Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Peter LeBlanc
Mr. Charles LeDray and
Mr. Matt Wieland
Mr. Gerald Lemega and
Mrs. Nancy Lemega-Watt
Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Levine
Mr. Jonathan Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Lips
Mr. Peter Little and
Mr. Geraldo Neves
Ms. Sihui Liu
Ms. Adlyn and Mr. Ted
Loewenthal
Mr. and Mrs. Peter G.
Lombardo
Ms. Elaine T. Lowengard
Mrs. Cynthia Mackay
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Macris
The John G. Martin Foundation
Dr. Daniel J. Mastella and
Mrs. Karen S. Mastella
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Mayer
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Mayo
Ms. Sharon McCormick
Mr. Earl F. McMahon and
Ms. Dina Plapler
Mrs. Yvette Melendez and
Mr. Carl T. Chadburn
MetroHartford Alliance
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Miller
Mr. Nicholas F. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Monroe
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G.
Montstream
Mr. and Mrs. James Moses
Mr. Stanley Newman and
Dr. Brian Rosenthal
Mr. James Northrop
Mr. Victor A. Oberting III
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Parker
Mrs. Marlene Passman
Ms. Elizabeth Pergam
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Philip
The Preservation Society of
Newport County
Douglas Rae and
Ellen Shuman
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rarus
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Rea
Ms. Elenor G. Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Richter
Sali Godard Riege Fund at
the Hartford Foundation for
Public Giving
Mr. Albert Rizzo, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G.
Rohback
Ms. June M. Rosenblatt
Ms. Rosalie Roth
Royal Norwegian Consulate
General
Mrs. Peter Russell
Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Schreiber
Mr. John R. Schroeder, AIA
The Shulansky Foundation,
Inc.
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 Mr. Christopher Shyer and
Mr. David S. Ehrich III
Mrs. Virginia S. Smith
Mr. Tyler Smith and
Ms. Lyn Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sowa
Mr. Craig J. Stalk and
Mrs. Kathleen M. Stalk
Mr. Henry "Skip" Steiner
Ms. Amy Stepnowski
Mr. Jonathan E. Stone and
Mr. Thomas C. Flanigan
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Storrs
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Theodorou
Mrs. Beverly W. Thomas
Mr. Dennis H. Thornton, Jr.
and Mr. Steven B. Regis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R.
Trumble
Mr. Ira Unschuld
Mr. and Mrs. H. Alex Vance, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Victor G. Villagra
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J.
Vondohlen
Ms. Karen L. Wadman
Mr. and Mrs. David Wadstrup
Mr. Cliff W. Wagner and
Ms. Kimberly Burris
Mrs. Margery C. Warren
Mrs. Cynthia West Reik
Mr. Ernest C. Wignall
Ms. Roberta Woronow and
Mr. Theodore Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Zacchei
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zakarian
Mr. and Mrs. David Zwiener
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Gifts in Kind Institutional Members
Data-Mail, Inc. American School for the Deaf
Mr. Stanley A. Guzek and Avon Old Farms
Ms. Trish Bowen Capital Community College
Mr. Marvin Hoshino First Church of Christ in
Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Martin Hartford
Ms. Meredith Newman Hartford Seminary
Popcorn Movie Poster The Loomis Chaffee School
Company, LLC Miss Porter's School
S&S Worldwide, Inc. Polish Cultural Club of
WondriskaRusso Associates Greater Hartford
The Taft School
Corporate Members Trinity College
Aetna Inc. University of Connecticut
Arthur Murray Dance Center University of Hartford
Bank of America University of Saint Joseph
Barnes Group Foundation
Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc. *deceased
Christie's
CohnReznick
Cowdery & Murphy, LLC
Data-Mail, Inc.
Discover RE Insurance
Dowling & Partners
Securities, LLC
Hartford Business Journal
The Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc.
The Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection & Insurance Co.
KPMG LLP
Landmark Partners Inc.
Lincoln Financial Group
Locke Lord LLP
McCarter & English LLP
The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
Pierre and Tana Matisse
Foundation
Pullman & Comley, LLC
Robinson & Cole LLP
RT Specialty, Inc.
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
Travelers
 Premier Members
Society of Daniel Wadsworth
J. Pierpont Morgan Society
$50,000 and above
The Cheryl Chase and Stuart
Bear Family Foundation
The Andrew J. and Joyce D.
Mandell Family Foundation
Ms. Esther Pryor
Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr. and
the Pryor Foundation
Chick Austin Circle
$49,999–$25,000
Mr. and Mrs. David W.
Dangremond
Mr. and Mrs. Raul de Brigard
Mrs. Joan J. Kohn
Mr. and Mrs. William R.
Peelle, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roth
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre
van Rooy
Director’s Council
$24,999–$15,000
Duffield Ashmead IV and
Eric Ort
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Copeland, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Jepson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Klein
Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R.
Peterson
The Zachs Family Foundation,
Inc.
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Benefactor
$14,999–$5,000
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Brown
Professors Jean Cadogan
and Alden Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Howard L.
Carver
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman H.
Casey
Ms. Susan R. Chandler
Mr. Halsey Cook and
Ms. Michele Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Fox
Mrs. Mary P. Gibbons
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold C.
Greenberg
Mrs. Nancy D. Grover
Mr. and Mrs. Brion Johnson
Ms. Karen Kelleher and
Mr. Kenneth Anderson
Mr. and Mrs.* Christopher
Larsen
Mr. Gerard M. Lupacchino
and Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu
Mr. James B. Lyon
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mandell
Mr. Jeffrey G. and Ms. Marcia
Reid Marsted
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin
Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and
Dr. Marian Kellner
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott B. Pollack
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Rottner
Mr. and Mrs. Hy Schwartz
Mrs. Linda Bland Sonnenblick
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Soyster
Mr. J. Frank Travis and Mrs.
Sharon M. G. Rizikow Travis
Mrs. Barbara G. Ward and
Dr. Thomas P. Ward
Mr. and Mrs. John H. P. Wheat
Patron
$4,999–$2,500
Mr. Joel B. Alvord
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. John Berman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.
Brainerd
Ms. Erica Roggeveen Byrne
and Mr. David Byrne
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Byrnes
Mr. and Mrs. David E. A.
Carson
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Castellani
Mrs. Elaine L. Charendoff
Mr. and Mrs. Stephan L.
Christiansen
Dr. and Mrs. James Collias
The Honorable Alfred V.
Covello and Mrs. Carol L.
Covello
Dr. James and Mally
Cox-Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. John B.
D'Agostino
Mr. Robert Dance and
Mr. Robert Loper
Mrs. Mary G. Dowling
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Eudy
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Fisher
Mrs. Letty Fonteyne
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Franklin
Mr. John French and
Mrs. Carole Bailey French
Mrs. Claire S. Galli
Mrs. Helen B. Gray
Ms. Laura R. Harris
Dr. Mark W. Izard and
Ms. Denise Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kamerschen
Mr. Tai Soo Kim and
Ms. Ryoung Ja Kim
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kluger
Ms. Diane Korntheuer and
Mr. Peter Grzybala
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto
Mr. Lee G. Kuckro
Mrs. Margaret Lawson
Mrs. Carol LeWitt and
Mr. Bruce Josephy
Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. David McHale
Ms. Marjorie E. Morrissey
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pfaff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Pulito
Dr. Wayne S. Rawlins and
Ms. Janet Flagg Rawlins
Mrs. Belle K. Ribicoff
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B.
Sappington
Mrs. Mary T. Sargent
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Schaefer
Ms. Jeannette B.
Schermerhorn
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Schwartz
Atheneum Associates
Mr. and Mrs. Alan R.
Schwedel Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Ms. Mary Jane Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Alan I. Leibowitz Mr. Tyler Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Seymour Adkins Dr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Levine Ms. Lyn Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shipman Mr. and Mrs. Philip Allen Ferrante Adlyn and Ted Loewenthal Mr. Joseph B. Solodow
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mr. Henry "Skip" Steiner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Macris
Annon, Jr. Fleischmann
Jr. Mrs. Leta W. Marks Mr. Jonathan E. Stone and
Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Mrs. Barbara L. Flynn Mr. Thomas C. Flanigan
Ms. Kathleen Coville Marr
Stevenson Ms. Eleanor W. Blake Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Edward L.
Mr. Earl F. McMahon and
Dr. Oliver Tostmann and Ms. Marian Browning and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Storrs
Ms. Dina Plapler
Mrs. Margaret Heiner Mr. David Beers Gersten Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Stout
Mrs. Yvette Melendez and
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mr. and Mrs. John O. Byrne Mr. Peter S. Gersten and Mrs. Ruth K. Shulansky
Mr. Carl T. Chadburn
Viscogliosi Mr. Jay Cantor Ms. Ana N. Lawler Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B.
Mr. Waqas Wajahat and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cantor Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goldfarb Middlebrook Theodorou
Mrs. Shari Jones Mrs. JoAn K. Hagan Mr. Ira Unschuld
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Carey, Jr. Mr. James Northrop
Linda Cheverton Wick and Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Holden, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Alex Vance, Jr.
Ms. Sara Marcy Cole Mrs. Marlene Passman
Walter Wick
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Jarvis Mr. and Mrs. William V. Philip Ms. Hope W. Vath
Mr. Eric M. and Mrs. Jessica
Corcoran, III Mr. and Mrs. Douglas John Ms. Brie Quinby and Mrs. Margery C. Warren
P. Zachs
Mr. James T. Cowdery and Mrs. Kathleen G. Mr. Evan Cowles Mrs. Edith Whitman
Mrs. Linda Alexander- Kraczkowsky and Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Ms. Sally Wister and
*deceased Cowdery Gregory Kraczkowsky, Jr. Scherer, Jr. Mr. Robert D. Parrott
Ms. Marianne S. Donahue Dr. Leena K. Langeland Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mr. and Mrs. John Zinn
Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin Mr. and Mrs. Peter LeBlanc Schreiber
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 Special Contributions
Legacy Society
The museum is delighted to recognize the following
donors who have provided for the Wadsworth Atheneum
in their estate plans. Their foresight and generosity
will play a key role in ensuring the institution’s future
growth and success.
Anonymous
Duffield Ashmead IV and
Eric Ort
Isabel M. Bernfeld*
Richard and Barbara Booth
Robert E. Carroll, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard L.
Carver
Coleman H. and Jo Champlin
Casey++
Susan R. Chandler
Mary H. Crary++
Mr. George David++
Emilie and Raul de Brigard
Mrs. Ronnie A. Deck*
Mrs. Alice M. DeLana++
Muriel and Karl
Fleischmann++
Frank Garofolo and
Donald Osborne
Nancy D. Grover++
Mrs. Frederick Hamilton*
Ms. Helen S. Kaman*
Ms. Lillian N. Kezerian++
Christopher and Janet*
Larsen++
Mr. Henry J. Link
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Trust and Estate Gifts In Memoriam Gifts
Anonymous In Memory of
Michalina Bordonaro
Estate of Eva Andrews Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A.
Estate of Nancy C. Braender
Bordonaro
Estate of Harriet Bundy
Estate of Louise W. Korder In Memory of
Estate of Charles H. Schwartz Gertrud Bourgoyne
Estate of Frazer B. Wilde Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Currie
Mr. Gerard M. Lupacchino
Trust Mr. and Mrs. David Eckert
and Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu
Estate of Joan H. Wister Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Edwards
James B. Lyon++
Estate of Charles G. Ms. Judy Egan
Marily MacKinnon and
Charles Gorrondona++ Woodward Trust Jeffrey G. and Marcia Reid
Laura L. McIntyre Marsted
Andrew and Bonnie McKirdy Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B.
Middlebrook++ Mr. John Teahan
Barbara Mooney++
In Memory of
Mr. Richard M. Murray
Anne Carter Harrison Carroll
Ms. Ann S. Parkhurst
Mr. Robert E. Carroll, Jr.
Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.++
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Carroll
John M. Reynolds and
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Gray
Garrett Reynolds
Amy and Lee Parker Family
Henry and Patty Sprague
Mrs. Marie St. John++ In Memory of
Mr. and Mrs. Talcott Elizabeth diMauro
Stanley++* Mr. Kenneth Anderson and
Melinda Martin Sullivan and Ms. Karen Kelleher
Dr. Paul R. C. Sullivan++
In Memory of
John H. P. Wheat and Joseph G. Howard
Karen C. Wheat++
Ms. Susan Akkad
Ms. Joan H. Wister*
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P.
Albanesi
++charter member Friends at Allan S. Goodman,
*deceased Inc.
Arkco Sales, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bennett
Ms. Margaret Bliss
Ana Boissonnerault
Ms. Alice Burgess
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Byrne
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Callery
Mr. Paul M. Canning and
Ms. Marie Lavendier
Mr. and Mrs. William Case
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Cavo
Ms. Susan R. Chandler
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold L. Chase
Ann Czeslaw
Ed Delaney
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J.
Dowling
Ms. Katie Doyle-Hummel
Ms. Marie Dudley
Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Edwards
Dr. David Fearsoon
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Flaherty
Mr. James T. Flynn
Mr. and Mrs. David Freeman
Ms. Margaret Fuller
Gasser Law Firm
Mr. and Mrs. John Grocki
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Hires
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G.
Huntington
Dr. Mark W. Izard and
Ms. Denise Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson
Mr. Kenneth Anderson and
Ms. Karen Kelleher
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kleinman
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory
Kraczkowsky, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. David Lund
Mr. Sharon Lesser Maguire
Mr. Patrick Mahon
Jeffrey G. and Marcia Reid
Marsted
Ms. Virginia Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G.
McGee
Dr. Timothy McLaughlin and
Dr. Marian F. Kellner
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mueller
Mr. and Mrs. David Noonan
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Pequignot
Dr. Evelyn Phillips
Dr. and Mrs. Sedrick J.
Rawlins
Mr. and Mrs. Finbar Regan
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Restelli
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shipman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Smith, Jr.
Ms. Lorraine Sted
Ms. Mary Tebel
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Thalheimer
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre
van Rooy
Mr. Thomas Walsh, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Zinn
Mr. and Mrs. David Zwiener
In Memory of Conrad Mallet
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Smith, Jr.
In Memory of
Dr. Robert Rosson
Ms. Judith A. Pitt
In Memory of Bob Whitman
Mr. Kenneth Anderson and
Ms. Karen Kelleher
In Memory of Sally Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Szafir
In Memory of Steve Winot
Mr. and Mrs. David Eckert
Dr. and Mrs. Michael C.
Trager
In Memory of Susan Zito
Mr. and Mrs. John Silander
In Honor Gifts In Honor of Mimi Greenberg
In Honor of Ms. Fern Ellen Blood
Robert G. Allen's birthday
In Honor of Christopher Hoyt
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Ayars
The Estate and Business
In Honor of Duffield Ashmead
Planning Council of
Mr. and Mrs. David Peck Hartford
In Honor of the 60th Wedding In Honor of Michael Klein
Anniversary of Glenn and Ms. Susanne Cook
Ann Bradley
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ader In Honor of David Roth
David and Francie Horvitz
In Honor of Mary Busick Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Jared I. Edwards
In Honor of
In Honor of Dana DeLoach Linda Roth's birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Berkwitt
Malnati David and Francie Horvitz
Family Foundation, Inc.
In Honor of Mary Jane Dunn
Mr. Stephen Roth
Mr. Mike Zurcher
In Honor of the 50th Wedding
Anniversary of Clare and
Jared Edwards
Mrs. Mary H. Crary
Mr. Kenneth Anderson and
Ms. Karen Kelleher
Mr. Gerard M. Lupacchino
and Mr. Lynn C. Beaulieu
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 Special Interest Groups
Special interest group contributions help the Wadsworth Atheneum fund programs
and initiatives central to its mission. The museum appreciates the generous donors
who founded and/or support these special groups each year.

Auerbach Library Patricia and Gilbert Hatch Contemporary Coalition

Associates William W. Horvitz Duffield Ashmead IV and
Pauline Arendt Margaret M. Hoskins Eric Ort
Duffield Ashmead IV and Taka Iwashita Richard and Diane Brainerd
Eric Ort Katherine D. Kane and Jo and Coleman H. Casey
Jeffrey T. Atwood John R. Kelsey Susan R. Chandler
Barbara and Peter Bartucca Karen Kelleher Cheryl A. Chase and
Jan Beatty and Michael Park Dorothy Bosch Keller Stuart D. Bear
Elizabeth and Ellison Berns Elise LaFosse Emilie and Raul R. de Brigard
Eleanor W. Blake Leena K. Langeland Alva G. Greenberg
Edlyn Blitzer Billie M. Levy Laura R. Harris
Donna Bozzuto Sherwood and Gwen Lewis Jeffrey G. and Marcia Reid
Nathan Brody Miriam Lloyd-Jones Marsted
Karen and John Byrne Laverne H. Mahoney Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.
Jean Cadogan and Leta W. Marks Esther Pryor
Alden Gordon Laura L. McIntyre Agnes and William R.
Costume & Textile Society Marianne Donahue Susan Kline Susan Rottner
Robert E. Carroll Peelle, Jr.
Timothy McLaughlin Clare Edwards Eileen Kluepfel Maisie Russell
Susan and Joel Rottner Victoria Albert
Anne and Frederick Castellani Lorraine Parsons Linda Espinosa
Duffield Ashmead IV and Sharon Kocay Renee Samuels
Susan R. Chandler Oliver Tostmann and
William R. Peelle, Jr. Eric Ort Emily Estes Monika Krawczyk Sonia Shipman
Margaret Heiner
Charles F. Corcoran III Samuel Peterson Harriet Belding
Linda Cheverton Wick and Karin Fester Leena Langeland Robert and Sharon Smith
Mally Cox-Chapman Eileen S. and Elliot B. Pollack Margaret Bliss
Walter Wick Susan Fisher Sylvia Lazarus Linda B. Sonnenblick
Sheila D'Agostino Brie Quinby and Evan Cowles Christine Bogino Muriel Fleischmann Rosalind Leibowitz Carolyn Spencer
Robert Dance Marguerite and Robert Rose Barbara Boutot
*deceased Terry Gaudet Gwendolyn Love Sharon G. Travis
David W. Dangremond Susan and Joel Rottner Diane Brainerd Sarah Gessner Cynthia K. Mackay Susan Turner
Patricia A. Day Sharon W. and Robert H. Mary Busick Ruth Ann Graime Leta W. Marks Hope Vath
Raul and Emilie de Brigard Smith, Jr.
Karen Byrne Cynthia Grogan Kathy Marr Paula Viscogliosi
Elizabeth Di Mauro Linda B. Sonnenblick
Elizabeth Carter Gloria Gworek Sharon and Hank Martin Barbara G. Ward
Ann and John Drake Anne Paul Swett
Helena Carvalho JoAn K. Hagan Sharon McCormick Rosanne Warmoth
Clare and Jared Edwards John Teahan
Carol L. Cheney Carol Hall Margaret Myers Karen C. Wheat
Anita and Anthony Ferrante Sara S. Titus
Bridget Civitello Laura Harris Nancy Neff Edith Whitman
Claire S. Galli Melinda Trummel
Hyla Cohen Carolyn Harris-Burney Lorraine Parsons Pamela Wood
Terry Gellin and Hope W. Vath
Tina Collias Barbara Hess Genevieve Pfaff Virginia Yohe
Samuel Schrager Lawson Ward
Isabel Compasso Ann Howard Joanne Pierce Suzanne Zajac
Mary P. Gibbons Sally Wister
Carol Covello Kelly Jarvis Sofia Podgorski Judy Zinn
Eunice Groark* The Zachs Family
Shelia D’Agostino Dianne J. Jones Eileen Pollack
JoAn K. Hagan Foundation, Inc.
David and Mary Dangremond Karen A. Kelleher John and Garrett Reynolds
Laura R. Harris Judy Zinn
Emilie de Brigard Virginia Kemp Rosalie Roth

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 Decorative Arts Council Linda Alexander-Cowdery Tita and Douglas Hyland John M. and Garrett J.
and Jamie Cowdery Kelly and Jonathan Jarvis Reynolds
Simon Abrahms
Brie Quinby and Evan Cowles Louise and Todd Kaufman Denise Robinson and
Karen Kelleher and
Mally and Jim Cox-Chapman Mark Izard
Kenneth Anderson Gale and Bernard Kosto
Sheila and John D’Agostino Marguerite and Bob Rose
Duffield Ashmead IV and Lee G. Kuckro
Eric Ort Mary and David Dangremond Linda and David Roth
Leena Langeland
Beverly and Shepard Baker Emilie and Raul R. de Brigard Susan and Joel Rottner
Anna N. Lawler and
Lynn Beaulieu and Mary G. Dowling Peter Gersten Sharon W. and Robert H.
Gerard Lupacchino Smith
Vincent J. Dowling, Jr. Rosalind and Alan Leibowitz
Eleanor Blake Filomena and Thomas
Clare and Jared Edwards Kathleen Coville Marr
Soyster
Diane and Dick Brainerd Anita and Anthony Ferrante Marcia Reid and
Donna and Sam Stout
Karen and John Byrne Susan and Robert Fisher Jeffery G. Marsted
Marie-Claire and J.P.
Marla and John Byrnes Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Sharon and Hank Martin
Van Rooy
Jean Cadogan and Letty Fonteyne Marian Kellner and
Hope Vath
Alden Gordon Tim McLaughlin
Deborah and John Fuller Paula and Anthony
Susan Chandler Marjorie E. Morrissey
Claire S. Galli Viscogliosi
Sandy and Arnold Chase James Northrop
Sandy and Aaron Gersten Barbara and Thomas Ward
Francine and Stephan Lorraine and Mark Parsons
Mary P. Gibbons Karen C. and John H. P. Wheat
Christiansen Marlene Passman
Beverly and Arnold C. Edith and Bob* Whitman
Sara Marcy Cole Martha and Samuel R.
Greenberg Linda Cheverton Wick and
Betsey and Jeff Cooley Peterson
JoAn K. Hagan Walter Wick
Susan and Rick Copeland Genevieve and Michael Pfaff
Laura R. Harris Linda Sonnenblick and
Anna and Charles Corcoran Eileen and Elliott B. Pollack Henry Zachs
Holly and Stuart Holden
Carol and Tim Covello Alexis and William Popik Judy and John Zinn
Ann and Joseph* Howard

Docent Council Bonnie Castellani Taka Iwashita Lisa Rarus

Sally Wister, President Russell Chicoine Judi Jurich Carol Raza
Joanne Eudy, Vice President Marlene Clarke Diane Kopp Marguerite Rose
Ann Mulcahy, Treasurer Carol L. Covello Carolyn Kornblee* June Rosenblatt
Elizabeth Malley, Secretary Tim Curtis Elise LaFosse Lisa Michele Smith*
Sheila D’Agostino Leena K. Langeland Virginia S. Smith
Maria Adams Jean Davis Tracy Lawlor Lorelei M. Sowa
Linda Alexander-Cowdery Patricia Day Stuart Levy Henrietta Stargardter
Phoebe Allen Michelle DeGagne Gwen Lewis, Emerita Mervyn F. Strauss
Pauline Arendt Elizabeth Doughney Sihui Liu Maureen Tesoro
Carolyn Backmender Ann Drake Miriam Lloyd-Jones Sara S. Titus
Judith Barton Ann Marie Drury Grace Loeffler Lauren Toppin
Janet Beatty Mary Jane Dunn Yolanda Lowell Carol A. Urick
Lisa H. Beede Ramon Espinoza Marcia Machuga Hope W. Vath
Elizabeth Berns Deborah Fuller Diane S. Macris Sandra Voice
Carol Bingham* Claire S. Galli Leta W. Marks Lawson Ward
Eleanor W. Blake Terry Gaudet Pamela Mays Rosanne Warmoth
Edlyn R. Blitzer Carol Genco Laura L. McIntyre Josa Weatherwax
Donna Bozzuto Sue Gillen Susan B. Meisler Marion Zaffino, Emerita
Jack Brin Augusta Gonzalez Kristina Metcalfe Judy Zinn
Nathan Brody Joyce Goodwin-Brin Christi Moraga Susan Zito
Cassandra A. Butler JoAn K. Hagan Lee Oliver, Emerita
Karen Byrne, Emerita Laura R. Harris Lorraine Parsons *deceased
Susan L. Carey Della Hennelly Madeline Pesanti

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 Women’s Committee of Terry Gaudet Dottie O’Meara
the Wadsworth Atheneum Audrey J. Gervais Valerie Orefice
Museum of Art
Mary Gibbons Paula Passaretti
Marlene Adkins Linda Gooden Joyace Peoples
Sally Alubicki Dee Gordon Helen B. Perry
Anne S. Alvord Judy Gunning JoAnn Phelon
Cheri Bertus Patricia Hadlow Ann Louise Price
Susan Bigelow Alice Hagan Shirley Randazzo
Susan Blair Sherry Harriman Alyce Rawlins
Christine Bogino Susan Hatch Janet Flagg Rawlins
Elissa Breiling Anita Herbst Anna Rice
Jane Britton Susan Horn Eleanor Rohfritch
Helene Y. Brown Lynn B. Horne Elaine Romeo
Ann L. Bryan Ann Howard Noriko Rossi
Elizabeth Carter Karin James Susan Rottner
Anna Maria Cerza Bunny Jones June Roy
Geri Chamberlain Mary King Susan Scherer
Lisa Chapman Marjorie Kniola Ginny Schneider
Francine Christiansen Joyce I. Kopper Sharon Serow
Nancy Clark Kathy Kraczkowsky Sonny Shipman
Marlene Clarke Nancy La Perla Lalitha Shivaswamy
Lisa Cole Kathleen Lamy Mary Ann Souza
Kate Coley Lee Lester Beverly Thomas
Tina Collias Jo-Ann Librio J.J. Tillinghast
Isabel Compasso Jane Loeb Jean Vogel
Sandra E. Conlin Marily MacKinnon Donna Wadstrup
Emilie de Brigard Bernadette Mayer Barbara G. Ward
Kathleen Walsh Deasy Marylou McGonigle Janet Ward
Pauline Dickstein Carolyn McGrattan Margery Warren
Penny Dix Francesca G. McIntyre Judith Wawro
Carol Doeg Beth Montgelas Melissa Wildfong
Judy Drake Jackie Morrill Sarah Winter
Renee Dubin Deborah Key Mundair Jaime Wisneski
Mary Jane Dunn Enid Myers Joan Wojciehowski
Delores Dworak Martha Rea Nelson Jan Wright
Melissa Erdman Margaret Neville Barbara Zakarian
Karen Eustis Patricia O’Brien Angham Zakko
Susan Fellingham Gwen O’Connell Carol Zapadka
Irene Gaffney Pat O’Connell Rose Zbikowski
Nancy K. Galligan

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 Professional Staff
Director’s Office Curatorial
Thomas J. Loughman Linda H. Roth
Director and CEO Senior Curator and Charles
C. and Eleanor Lamont
Jennifer K. Bordiere
Cunningham Curator of
Executive Administrator
European Decorative Arts
Brandy S. Culp
Richard Koopman Curator of
American Decorative Arts
Patricia M. Hickson
Emily Hall Tremaine Curator
of Contemporary Art
Marci L. King
Curatorial Administrator
Erin C. Monroe
Robert H. Schutz, Jr.
Associate Curator of
American Painting and
Sculpture
Vanessa Sigalas
Fellow – European
Decorative Arts
Oliver Tostmann
Susan Morse Hilles Curator
of European Art
Aetna Theater /
Audio Visual Services
Deborah Gaudet
Curator of Film and Theater
Richard Bogdan
Audio Visual Technician
Erik Bowen
Film and Exhibition
Technician
Anne Dunne
Theater Services
T. Brent Stroud
Theater Services
Conservation
Allen Kosanovich
Associate Conservator
Nicholas Shifrin
Conservation Technician
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Development Visitor Services
Nancy Harvin Susan L. Carey
Director of Development Visitor Services Manager
(Interim)
Courtney Hebert
Mary-Ellen Callahan Visitor Services Supervisor
Membership Annual Fund
Megan Edmondson
Associate
Information Desk Attendant
Ann Marie Drury
Julianna Mendoza
Events Captain
Information Desk Attendant
Tabitha Hujar
Ashley St. Pierre
Development Events
Visitor Services Assistant
Associate
Jessica Martel
Finance
Development Events
Associate Cindy Martinez
Chief Financial Officer
Julie Barnofski Portfolio
Grants Manager Francis S. Kida
Beryl Simpson Accounts Payable
Development Associate Administrator
Frank Gordon Quiroga Rosa Roman
Events Captain Accounting Manager
Yvette Prudente
Accountant
Education
Anne Butler Rice
Georgette Auerbach The Museum Shop Museum Design, Exhibition Facilities, Protective Registrar Interns
Koopman Director of Stacey M. Stachow Management, and Imaging Services, and Information
Edward G. Russo Aboubacar Bakayoko
Education Museum Shop Manager Technology
Cecil B. Adams Head Registrar Elizabeth Barbeau
Lindsey Fyfe Kate Riotte Director of Museum Services Leonard Sabia, Jr.
Mary C. Busick Ashley Beals
School and Teacher Museum Shop Associate Facilities Manager
Jon Eastman Registrar for Loans and Andrew Biedermann
Programs Manager Senior Preparator Willard Coppedge Exhibitions
Jennifer Lassman Sierra Coniff
Denise Giannino Museum Shop Assistant Property Services Supervisor
David Borawski Paige Culbert Annabella Correa-Maynard
Fellow for Adult and Preparator Noreen J. Farrow Associate Registrar
Emily Clifford
Academic Programs Information Systems
Christopher Roque
Human Resources Technician Elizabeth Fretty
Marisely Gonzalez Preparator
Youth and Community Michael Dudich Library and Archives Frank Gordon-Quiroga
Stephen Gerich
Programs Manager Director of Human Mark Giuliano Amy Kilkenny Anna Neville
Protective Services
Resources and Special Senior Exhibition Designer Head of Library and Archives
Jama R. Holchin Supervisor Lucy Pereira
Initiatives Adria L. Patterson
Education Assistant Crayton Barnes Caroline Evans
Exhibitions Manager
Janna Israel Custodial/Maintenance Assistant Librarian and
Adult and Academic Marketing and Allen Phillips Archivist
Ismael Colon
Programs Manager Communications Collections Imaging and
Custodial/Maintenance
(Academic Leave) Publications Manager
Kim Hugo
Ursula Rivera
Angela Parker Director of Marketing
Custodial/Maintenance
Docent and Tour Programs
Manager Curtis L. Smallman
Custodial/Maintenance
Carrie Ricciardelli
Resident Teaching Artist Carmen R. Vega
Custodial/Maintenance
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Board of Trustees
Officers Trustees Honorary
Richard Alleyne Dane Dudley R. Eileen Baccus
President Anjanette Ferris-Senatus Eleanor Blake
Emilie de Brigard Carol Garlick Sanford Cloud Jr.
Vice President Wm. Frank Mitchell David Driskell
Maisie Russell Joelle Murchison Bevery Morgan-Welch
Secretary Elizabeth J. Normen John Motley
Martin John Claire Pryor The Honorable Denise
Treasurer Janelle Ricketts Nappier
Ellen Nurse Maisie Russell Teri Trotter
Vice President Vanessa Williams Joyce Willis
JoAnn Price
Ex-Officio
President Emerita
Thomas J. Loughman
Henry R. Martin

Staff
Wm. Frank Mitchell
Executive Director
Stacey Queen
Education Associate
Volunteers Yulani Fagan Aida Nunez Staff Publications
Maddie Farrar David Pontrelli Stacy Pringle
Classical Magnet School Thomas J. Loughman,
Curatorial & Administrative
Volunteers Mia Garza Abigail Prosper Wadsworth Atheneum
Assistant
Alexandra Gray Paul Mason Ricciardelli Museum of Art: Uncommon
The Hartford Volunteers
Legacy (Wadsworth
Jennifer Hayner Kadijah Richards-Johnson
Trinity College Volunteers Atheneum Museum of Art,
Elisabeth Houle Ana Romano-Pringle Hartford, CT, in association
UnitedHealthCare Volunteers
Shania Hunt Marguerite Rose with Scala Arts Publishers,
Kiran Ishaq Cynthia Ryan Inc., New York, NY, 2017).
Maria Adams Thomas J. Loughman, lead
Robert Jeffreys Lance Saddler
Marina Babushkin author; with contributions
Margo Jones Lisa Sansone
Joe Barber by Lynne Zacek Bassett,
Amina Khokhar Ojaswini Sawarkar Eileen Doyle, Patricia
Jan Beatty
Sobia Khokhar Michael Sawyer Hickson, Marci King, Erin
Alia-Mae Blake Monroe, Linda H. Roth, and
Patrick Kilkenny Jeremy Schmitt
Sofia Bliek Oliver Tostmann.
Maryann Kurth-Garza Dalton Scott
Wynipher Brito Erin Monroe, Gorey’s Worlds
Jean Kurth-Zubretsky Seh Seh
Carolyn Brown (Wadsworth Atheneum
Elise Lafosse Julie Toto Museum of Art, Hartford,
Tom Bruhn
Elizabeth Larson Davey Vernier CT, in association with
Gabby Butler
Dayna Latina Mary Lou Wall Princeton University Press,
Karen Byrne Princeton and Oxford,
Josephine Lianon Tania Pichardo Weiss
Gina Caliva 2018). Erin Monroe, lead
Katherine Loomis Kyler Wesner author; with contributions
Anthony Casarella
Adrian Manning Clara Williams by Robert Greskovic,
Dave Casarella
Lauren McGill Tianna Wilson Arnold Arluke, and Kevin
Elsa Chase Shortsleeve.
Patrick McGuire Hannah Wu
Emily D'Eugenio
Samuel Montoya Natalia Zagula
Raena Davis
Kendall Musgrave Olivia Zagula
Kateria Edwards
Nancy Neff
Yolanda Fagan

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 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets
Financial Statements
Without With
Donor Restrictions Donor Restrictions 2018 Total 2017 Total
Traveling Exhibition Profit Operating revenues, gains and other support:
$30 Contributed income $ 3,015,942 $2,026,679 $5,042,621 $3,734,654
Enterprise Activity
$972 Earned income 1,660,722 - 1,660,722 1,789,237
Investment income used by operations 2,917,089 - 2,917,089 2,815,195
Endowment Draws Net investment income from funds held in trust by others 321,051 694,757 1,015,808 596,725
$4,341
Net assets released from restriction 6,410,970 (6,410,970) - -

Total revenues, gains and other support 14,325,774 (3,689,534) 10,636,240 8,935,811

Expenses:
Revenue Profile FY18 Actuals Programs:
Total Operating Revenues Collections and exhibitions 4,157,051 - 4,157,051 3,963,588
in thousands
of $9.2m Education 886,576 - 886,576 828,447
Auxiliary, shop & rental activities 1,058,051 - 1,058,051 1,077,502
External affairs & membership 655,983 - 655,983 664,072

Total program expenses 6,757,661 - 6,757,661 6,533,609

General and administrative 1,716,070 - 1,716,070 1,569,059

Fundraising 846,178 - 846,178 592,652
Contributed Income
Total expenses 9,319,909 - 9,319,909 8,695,320
$3,817
Special Exhibitions &
Public Programs
$332 Change in net assets from operations 5,005,865 (3,689,534) 1,316,331 240,491
Staff & Office
$729
Non-Operating income (expenses):
General Operating Support
Depreciation (1,932,957) - (1,932,957) (1,919,110)
$2,652
Acquisition of works of art (1,933,286) - (1,933,286) (467,341)
Galleries & Conservation
Interest expense (41,937) - (41,937) (48,515)
$1,126
Total value at Contributions to perpetual endowments - 5,302,353 5,302,353 -
June 30: $104m Contributions from funds held in trust by others - 6,596,966 6,596,966 -
Proceeds from sale of collection items - 306,343 306,343 -
FY18 Investment
Total return from long-term investments (2,744,937) 5,452,658 2,707,721 8,497,277
Base and Draws Additions to Perpetual
in thousands Endowment: $5.3m (6,653,117) 17,658,320 11,005,203 6,062,311

Change in net assets (1,647,252) 13,968,786 12,321,534 6,302,802

Net assets at beginning of year 42,530,940 91,950,824 134,481,764 128,178,962

Net assets at end of year $ 40,883,688 $ 105,919,610 $ 146,803,298 $ 134,481,764

Art & Books
$2,330
The condensed statement of activities are derived from the Wadsworth Atheneum’s financial statements as of June 30, 2018, which have been audited by CohnReznick, LLP,
independent auditors, whose report expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

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Photography:
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