ndmoa fall 2009 newsletter
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NDMOA Fall 2009 NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
Arturo Duclos, Untitled, 1995, 75 human femurs and screws, 11.5 x 17.2 feet
from The Disappeared exhibition.
CHILDREN AND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
HAMPSTEN STAGE COMPANY PRESENTS OLIVER
Charles Dickens’ favorite classic Oliver TwistMonday, November 9, at 9:30, 1:30 and 7 pmSchool groups encouraged to attend 50-minute performances
Evening performance for families and community
Workshop: Making My HomeSaturday, November 21, 10 am - noon
Ages 6 - 12, $8 Museum members, $10 non-members
Workshop: Recipe For FunSaturday, December 5, 10 am - noon
Ages 6 - 12, $8 Museum members, $10 non-members
Art Making PartySaturday, December 26, 12 - 4 pm
End of the year celebration for adults, and children. Free for
everyone. Drop in for a few minutes or stay all day creating art
collages while enjoying music and refreshments. Bring your
friends and family. No experience is necessary and no registra-
tion is required. Bring old magazines and pictures to add to
your creation if you like, however, materials will be supplied
as well.
The University of North Dakota and Office of Multicultural Student Services
salutes Suzanne Fink Museum Curator of Education
with its 4th Annual Frida Khalo Phenomenal Woman Award,
“A quiet soul who does not seek attention or admiration.
We are here because you made a sacrifice.”
(April 17, 2009)
Museum Hours: 9 - 5 weekdays1 - 5 Saturday and Sunday
No admission charge261 Centennial Drive
Grand Forks, North Dakota701.777.4195
www.ndmoa.com
AVIV QUARTET TO PERFORM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2 PM IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES
Formed in Israel in 1997, the quartet was awarded the GrandPrix and four special prizes at the 3rd International MelbourneChamber Music Competition (1999, Australia), the SchubertPrize at the Schubert Competition (2003 Graz, Austria), 2ndprize (no 1st prize awarded) at the Bordeaux International StringQuartet Competition (2003, France) and 1st Prize (“AmadeusPrize”) at the Charles Hennen Competition (1999, Holland).They have also been awarded several national prizes, such asthe Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize (2001), the German Ministryof Education Award (1999), and a Prize of the Israeli LotteryFoundation — Ensemble of the Year 2003.
In 2003, Naxos released the quartet’s debut CD (Hoffmeister’sString Quartets op 14). Between 2004 and 2006 the Aviv Quartetrecorded several Shostakovich Quartets for the Israeli label DaliaClassics.
North Dakota Museum of ArtAUTUMN ART AUCTION
EXHIBITION OCTOBER 18 - November 7, 2009
LIVE AUCTION NOVEMBER 7 IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES
Ten years ago the Museum established its first live auction. Thegoal was to build a buying audience for artists who live in ourregion—maybe we could keep a few closer to home to enrichour own cultural life. Museum Director Laurel Reuter decidedto chose the work herself as a nudge to visit artists’ studios—asummer activity. She also decided to put time and money intoproducing a serious catalog as a way of tracing the history of ourown artists. NDMOA defines the region to include all of NorthDakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, plus artists who have ongo-ing relationships with the Museum.
Artists are never asked to donate their work, although some do.Rather they set their minimum price and only after that isreached does the Museum begin to share proceeds 50/50.
Unable to come? Bid by phone or place your bids in advance.The evening begins at 6:30 with wine and hors d’oeuvres do-nated by local restaurants. At 8 pm Ross Rolshoven opens thelive auction. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 at the door.
The catalog is funded by Museum patrons, supporters, contrib-utors, and advertisers. Contact us if you wish to receive a catalog.And remember, buy local. Read the sponsor pages to learn aboutthose who invest in the Museum and in our community. This pastyear a Museum supporter looked up a realtor in the catalog andasked him to handle a property sale. Supporting the Museumworks.
Adam Kemp, Cows, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 28 inches.
Above, Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline, Rupertsland Handicrafts, 2007,
screenprint on Mylar, 17 x 11 inches.Bottom left: Tim Schouten, further westward (Treaty 4), 2008,encaustic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches.
Below: Matt Anderson, Adaptation, 2009, hand drawing with Adobe Illustra-tor, printed on archival paper, 34.5 x 85 inches.
RURAL ARTS INITIATIVE SCHEDULE
ANIMALS: THEM AND US
Pekin, ND: October 18 – 30, 2009Ellendale, ND: November 10 – 24, 2009
Steele, ND: November 30 – December 14, 2009Bismarck, ND: January 4 – 31, 2010
Dickinson, ND: February 2 – 25, 2010
SNOW COUNTRY PRISON
Park Rapids, MN: September 1 – 25, 2009Mahnomen, MN: October 6 – 20, 2009
Cando, ND: November 3 – 13, 2009Roseau MN: November 27 – December 10, 2009
Memo Guardia’s Ceramics WorkshopsCavalier, ND: October 26 – 29, 2009
Ellendale, ND: November 16 – 20, 2009Steele, ND: December 7 – 11, 2009
Minnesota sites funded by MetLife Foundation. North Dakota sites funded by the State Legislature.
Keep the Museum Lights Bright
MUSEUM FINISHES FISCAL YEAR IN THE BLACK
Thanks to the generosity of many, the North Dakota Museum ofArt finished the current fiscal year on June 30, 2009, in the blackand with adequate resources to move into the next season, thatis, to pay salaries for the first two months. This is in marked con-trast to cultural institutions throughout the United States whohave been forced to cut programs and staff. For years, NDMOAhas maintained a slim but highly skilled staff. Our goal was tokeep our core crew intact, which we did. During the Museum’sKeep the Lights Bright Campaign, $74,653 came, mostly desig-nated for general operating. Total individual gifts came to$203,716 during the year. The Trustees and the Staff of the NorthDakota Museum of Art thank you for your essential and deeplyappreciated on-going support.
FEDERAL STIMULUS PROGRAM: Other good news bodes well
for the coming seasons. The Museum was one of only two NorthDakota cultural entities to receive Federal Stimulus money forsalaries in 2009-2010. The National Endowment for the Arts con-sidered over 2,400 requests for grants of either $50,000 or$25,000 and awarded 617 including sixty-three to museums.The Museum will receive $50,000.
RURAL ARTS PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH: The bright
spot is increased funding from the State of North Dakota for theMuseum’s Rural Arts Initiative. This season we are adding week-long ceramic workshops and that will be conducted by Peruvianartist Guillermo (Memo) Guardia, the newest member of the Mu-seum Staff.
BUSH FOUNDATION SUPPORT AT $100,000 ANNUALLY: The
Museum has completed its eleventh year in the Bush Founda-tion’s Regional Arts Development Program. Subsequently, theMuseum will launch the Rural Arts Institute with an Interna-tional Summit held in Grand Forks to explore new methods ofarts delivery for rural communities in the twenty-first century.
MARGARET CARGILL FOUNDATION invited five-hundred entities
from across the U.S. into its inaugural Foundation Charitable Com-munity, each receiving the same $50,000 over five years plusstock, or an equivalent stock gift. NDMOA is the State’s sole invi-tee. The Foundation, which does not accept unsolicited requestsfor support, is responsible for identifying appropriate charitable or-ganizations and making grants in the areas of arts, environment,humane treatment of animals, and quality of life.
THE DISAPPEARED EXHIBITION
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 - JANUARY 17, 2010OPENING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 4 - 8 PM
The Disappeared was organized by the North Dakota Museumof Art and opened in North Dakota in March 2005. Subse-quently it toured to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo,Uruguay; Antigua, Guatemala; Santiago de Chile; and Bogota,Colombia in addition to five sites in the United States includingEl Museo del Barrio, New York City; Museum of the Americas,Washington, DC; Site Santa Fe in New Mexico; University ofWyoming; and the University of Texas at El Paso. The Museumof Art is bringing an expanded version of the show home in No-vember 2009 as the final showing before dispersal.
DISAPPEARED SYMPOSIUM
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 2, 2009
Symposium Theme: How people and countries move forwardinto a more humane future after great suffering.
Presentors:
ISHMAEL BEAH, former boy soldier from Sierra Leone who servesas an international ambassador for children damaged by war.His book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier on theNew York Times best seller list for months.
SARAH CAHILL, pianist, will perform A Sweeter Music, works shecommissioned by eighteen contemporary composers chargedwith envisioning peace. She performs against a backdrop ofvideos created for each work by collaborator John Sanborn.
EMMANUEL JAL, former boy soldier from Sudan who became aninternational hip-hop artist and composer, human rightsspokesman, and author of War Child.
FATHER JACK DAVIS, pastor among Peru’s poor since 1974. A NorthDakota native who was himself hunted by the Shining Path dur-ing the terrible years of Peru’s civil war.
KATE DOYLE, Senior Analyst for the National Security Archive inWashington, D.C., has led the Guatemala Project to archive the“death squad dossier,” the molding records of thousands killedduring Guatemala’s civil war.
REPRESENTATIVE from International Center for Transitional Justice
founded in 2001 to assist countries pursuing accountability forpast mass atrocity or human rights abuse. ICTJ most often works
in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict.
The Disappeared returns to NDMOA
We must see that peace repre-sents a sweeter music,
a cosmic melody that is far su-perior to the discords of war.
Martin Luther KingNobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Luis Gonzales Palma, Hermetic Tensions, 1997. Diptych, silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 20.5.
Promised gift to the North Dakota Museum of Art.
RURAL ARTS INITIATIVE SCHEDULE
ANIMALS: THEM AND US
Pekin, ND: October 18 – 30, 2009Ellendale, ND: November 10 – 24, 2009
Steele, ND: November 30 – December 14, 2009Bismarck, ND: January 4 – 31, 2010
Dickinson, ND: February 2 – 25, 2010
SNOW COUNTRY PRISON
Park Rapids, MN: September 1 – 25, 2009Mahnomen, MN: October 6 – 20, 2009
Cando, ND: November 3 – 13, 2009Roseau MN: November 27 – December 10, 2009
Memo Guardia’s Ceramics WorkshopsCavalier, ND: October 26 – 29, 2009
Ellendale, ND: November 16 – 20, 2009Steele, ND: December 7 – 11, 2009
Minnesota sites funded by MetLife Foundation. North Dakota sites funded by the State Legislature.
Keep the Museum Lights Bright
MUSEUM FINISHES FISCAL YEAR IN THE BLACK
Thanks to the generosity of many, the North Dakota Museum ofArt finished the current fiscal year on June 30, 2009, in the blackand with adequate resources to move into the next season, thatis, to pay salaries for the first two months. This is in marked con-trast to cultural institutions throughout the United States whohave been forced to cut programs and staff. For years, NDMOAhas maintained a slim but highly skilled staff. Our goal was tokeep our core crew intact, which we did. During the Museum’sKeep the Lights Bright Campaign, $74,653 came, mostly desig-nated for general operating. Total individual gifts came to$203,716 during the year. The Trustees and the Staff of the NorthDakota Museum of Art thank you for your essential and deeplyappreciated on-going support.
FEDERAL STIMULUS PROGRAM: Other good news bodes well
for the coming seasons. The Museum was one of only two NorthDakota cultural entities to receive Federal Stimulus money forsalaries in 2009-2010. The National Endowment for the Arts con-sidered over 2,400 requests for grants of either $50,000 or$25,000 and awarded 617 including sixty-three to museums.The Museum will receive $50,000.
RURAL ARTS PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH: The bright
spot is increased funding from the State of North Dakota for theMuseum’s Rural Arts Initiative. This season we are adding week-long ceramic workshops and that will be conducted by Peruvianartist Guillermo (Memo) Guardia, the newest member of the Mu-seum Staff.
BUSH FOUNDATION SUPPORT AT $100,000 ANNUALLY: The
Museum has completed its eleventh year in the Bush Founda-tion’s Regional Arts Development Program. Subsequently, theMuseum will launch the Rural Arts Institute with an Interna-tional Summit held in Grand Forks to explore new methods ofarts delivery for rural communities in the twenty-first century.
MARGARET CARGILL FOUNDATION invited five-hundred entities
from across the U.S. into its inaugural Foundation Charitable Com-munity, each receiving the same $50,000 over five years plusstock, or an equivalent stock gift. NDMOA is the State’s sole invi-tee. The Foundation, which does not accept unsolicited requestsfor support, is responsible for identifying appropriate charitable or-ganizations and making grants in the areas of arts, environment,humane treatment of animals, and quality of life.
THE DISAPPEARED EXHIBITION
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 - JANUARY 17, 2010OPENING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 4 - 8 PM
The Disappeared was organized by the North Dakota Museumof Art and opened in North Dakota in March 2005. Subse-quently it toured to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo,Uruguay; Antigua, Guatemala; Santiago de Chile; and Bogota,Colombia in addition to five sites in the United States includingEl Museo del Barrio, New York City; Museum of the Americas,Washington, DC; Site Santa Fe in New Mexico; University ofWyoming; and the University of Texas at El Paso. The Museumof Art is bringing an expanded version of the show home in No-vember 2009 as the final showing before dispersal.
DISAPPEARED SYMPOSIUM
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 2, 2009
Symposium Theme: How people and countries move forwardinto a more humane future after great suffering.
Presentors:
ISHMAEL BEAH, former boy soldier from Sierra Leone who servesas an international ambassador for children damaged by war.His book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier on theNew York Times best seller list for months.
SARAH CAHILL, pianist, will perform A Sweeter Music, works shecommissioned by eighteen contemporary composers chargedwith envisioning peace. She performs against a backdrop ofvideos created for each work by collaborator John Sanborn.
EMMANUEL JAL, former boy soldier from Sudan who became aninternational hip-hop artist and composer, human rightsspokesman, and author of War Child.
FATHER JACK DAVIS, pastor among Peru’s poor since 1974. A NorthDakota native who was himself hunted by the Shining Path dur-ing the terrible years of Peru’s civil war.
KATE DOYLE, Senior Analyst for the National Security Archive inWashington, D.C., has led the Guatemala Project to archive the“death squad dossier,” the molding records of thousands killedduring Guatemala’s civil war.
REPRESENTATIVE from International Center for Transitional Justice
founded in 2001 to assist countries pursuing accountability forpast mass atrocity or human rights abuse. ICTJ most often works
in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict.
The Disappeared returns to NDMOA
We must see that peace repre-sents a sweeter music,
a cosmic melody that is far su-perior to the discords of war.
Martin Luther KingNobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Luis Gonzales Palma, Hermetic Tensions, 1997. Diptych, silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 20.5.
Promised gift to the North Dakota Museum of Art.
Arturo Duclos, Untitled, 1995, 75 human femurs and screws, 11.5 x 17.2 feet
from The Disappeared exhibition.
CHILDREN AND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
HAMPSTEN STAGE COMPANY PRESENTS OLIVER
Charles Dickens’ favorite classic Oliver TwistMonday, November 9, at 9:30, 1:30 and 7 pmSchool groups encouraged to attend 50-minute performances
Evening performance for families and community
Workshop: Making My HomeSaturday, November 21, 10 am - noon
Ages 6 - 12, $8 Museum members, $10 non-members
Workshop: Recipe For FunSaturday, December 5, 10 am - noon
Ages 6 - 12, $8 Museum members, $10 non-members
Art Making PartySaturday, December 26, 12 - 4 pm
End of the year celebration for adults, and children. Free for
everyone. Drop in for a few minutes or stay all day creating art
collages while enjoying music and refreshments. Bring your
friends and family. No experience is necessary and no registra-
tion is required. Bring old magazines and pictures to add to
your creation if you like, however, materials will be supplied
as well.
The University of North Dakota and Office of Multicultural Student Services
salutes Suzanne Fink Museum Curator of Education
with its 4th Annual Frida Khalo Phenomenal Woman Award,
“A quiet soul who does not seek attention or admiration.
We are here because you made a sacrifice.”
(April 17, 2009)
Museum Hours: 9 - 5 weekdays1 - 5 Saturday and Sunday
No admission charge261 Centennial Drive
Grand Forks, North Dakota701.777.4195
www.ndmoa.com
AVIV QUARTET TO PERFORM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2 PM IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES
Formed in Israel in 1997, the quartet was awarded the GrandPrix and four special prizes at the 3rd International MelbourneChamber Music Competition (1999, Australia), the SchubertPrize at the Schubert Competition (2003 Graz, Austria), 2ndprize (no 1st prize awarded) at the Bordeaux International StringQuartet Competition (2003, France) and 1st Prize (“AmadeusPrize”) at the Charles Hennen Competition (1999, Holland).They have also been awarded several national prizes, such asthe Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize (2001), the German Ministryof Education Award (1999), and a Prize of the Israeli LotteryFoundation — Ensemble of the Year 2003.
In 2003, Naxos released the quartet’s debut CD (Hoffmeister’sString Quartets op 14). Between 2004 and 2006 the Aviv Quartetrecorded several Shostakovich Quartets for the Israeli label DaliaClassics.
North Dakota Museum of ArtAUTUMN ART AUCTION
EXHIBITION OCTOBER 18 - November 7, 2009
LIVE AUCTION NOVEMBER 7 IN THE MUSEUM GALLERIES
Ten years ago the Museum established its first live auction. Thegoal was to build a buying audience for artists who live in ourregion—maybe we could keep a few closer to home to enrichour own cultural life. Museum Director Laurel Reuter decidedto chose the work herself as a nudge to visit artists’ studios—asummer activity. She also decided to put time and money intoproducing a serious catalog as a way of tracing the history of ourown artists. NDMOA defines the region to include all of NorthDakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, plus artists who have ongo-ing relationships with the Museum.
Artists are never asked to donate their work, although some do.Rather they set their minimum price and only after that isreached does the Museum begin to share proceeds 50/50.
Unable to come? Bid by phone or place your bids in advance.The evening begins at 6:30 with wine and hors d’oeuvres do-nated by local restaurants. At 8 pm Ross Rolshoven opens thelive auction. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 at the door.
The catalog is funded by Museum patrons, supporters, contrib-utors, and advertisers. Contact us if you wish to receive a catalog.And remember, buy local. Read the sponsor pages to learn aboutthose who invest in the Museum and in our community. This pastyear a Museum supporter looked up a realtor in the catalog andasked him to handle a property sale. Supporting the Museumworks.
Adam Kemp, Cows, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 28 inches.
Above, Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline, Rupertsland Handicrafts, 2007,
screenprint on Mylar, 17 x 11 inches.Bottom left: Tim Schouten, further westward (Treaty 4), 2008,encaustic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches.
Below: Matt Anderson, Adaptation, 2009, hand drawing with Adobe Illustra-tor, printed on archival paper, 34.5 x 85 inches.