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Welcome From the DirectorDear Friends,

Our 50th anniversary is off to a roaring start. Our free Founders Day Open House, which premiered Monet to Matisse – On the French Coast and Life’s a Beach, Photographs by Martin Parr, drew more than 4,000 people. Our visitors also enjoyed a host of special programs, and children made their own artworks to take home.

Large crowds continue to experience these exhibitions, along with African American Life and Family, on the second floor. Attendance has reached 1,000 on Thursday, when the Museum is open until 8 p.m. It is doubly gratifying to see so many people in the original building savoring our world-class collection and discovering that we have spectacular French paintings and sculpture of our own.

Wine Weekend St. Pete 2015: Cheers to 50 Years!, presented by The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society on the opening weekend of our exhibitions, set records. All events sold out – a first – and bidding was enthusiastic at the Saturday auction. We are profoundly grateful to chairs Patricia Rossignol and John William Barger III, auction coordinator Carol Treichel, Stuart Society President Gail Phares, and all those who worked on and supported this mammoth undertaking.

Art in Bloom 2015, a Stuart Society-MFA project, once again filled the galleries with gorgeous flowers – and people. This is one of the community’s grand spring traditions. Inspired by works in the collection, nearly 60 talented floral designers participated, and Tony Todesco, the luncheon speaker, created a magnificent arrangement for The Junior League Great Hall. Tina Douglass was the coordinator, and Jeanne Houlton organized the installation.

You can see on this page that The Contemporaries has been revitalized. The group has begun a Lunchtime Lecture series focusing on contemporary art and for the first time, will welcome everyone to a Retro Beach Bash, the same night as the Collectors Choice Gala on Friday, April 24. Tickets are $100 each and include a one-year membership to the Museum and The Contemporaries. Collectors Choice patrons can stay for the party at no extra charge. This bash will be a blast.

Collectors Choice is critical to enhancing our collection. Funds are used to buy a new work, and members often purchase the others under consideration. Again, everyone is invited. Tickets are $250 per person. Hillary Cone and Judi Kelly are the chairs, and Seymour Gordon, one of the Museum’s best friends, is President of the Collectors Circle.

We have more special exhibitions, public programs, and special events on the horizon. You can read about many in this issue, but we have other surprises in store. The party has just begun.

Sincerely,

Kent Lydecker

On the cover:Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Figures on the Beach (detail), 1890Oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkRobert Lehman Collection

MFA Photographs: Thomas U. Gessler

The handsome catalogue for Monet to Matisse – On the French Coast features an essay by guest curator Dr. Kenneth Wayne, a foreword by MFA Director Kent Lydecker, and full-page reproductions of all paintings in the exhibition. It is the perfect memento of the MFA’s

50th anniversary and is available in the Museum Store for $25.

NEW: Lunchtime LecturesFirst Monday of the Month, noonPanel Discussions, Artist Talks, Lectures

First Program, Monday, April 6: Photographer Selina RomanShe writes: “Personal experience, dreams, fashion, as well as religious and cultural iconographies, visually inform my work.”$10 Contemporaries members; $15, plus MFA admission, nonmembers, lunch includedFor more information, please visit www.Facebook.com/TheContemporariesMFA or www.fine-arts.org.

Retro Beach BashFriday, April 24, 8 p.m.Same Evening as Collectors Choice GalaMary Alice McClendon ConservatoryEveryone Welcome, including Collectors Choice patrons at no extra charge

Open Bar, Boardwalk Bites, and Performance by SWIMMHear the announcement of the new work for the collection.$100 per person (includes one-year MFA and Contemporaries membership)

Tickets can be purchased online, www.fine-arts.org/rsvp, at the Welcome Desk, or by calling 727.896.2667, ext. 248.

The Contemporaries encourages engagement with contemporary art through programs and social events. Join today!

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Monet to Matisse – On the French CoastLife’s a Beach, Photographs by Martin Parr

Members’ Opening Reception, Thursday, February 5

Founders Day Open HouseSaturday, February 7

More than 4,000 people of all ages visited the Museum on Founders Day, the same day the MFA opened to the public in 1965. Both days were free, a gift to the community.Thomas and Donna Brumfield with

Dr. Kenneth Wayne (center), Guest Curator of Monet to Matisse. The Brumfields lent the only American

painting in the exhibition, Henry Bacon’s Wash Day in Normandy (about 1880).

Wayne Atherholt (left), Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of St. Petersburg,

with MFA Director Kent Lydecker. (Left to right) Mark T. Mahaffey, President-Elect of the MFA Board; trustee and past Stuart Society president Glenn Mosby, Chair of the Committee on Office of

Trusteeship; and Board President Howard Mills.

Carol and former trustee and Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart

with Jim Gillespie (far right).

Juri and Barbara Pill with their daughter Katherine (center), Assistant

Curator of Art after 1950.

(Left to right) Diane Fair, former trustee and Stuart Society president Mary Shuh, trustee and 50th

Anniversary Chair Fay Mackey, and Camilla Kilgroe.

Trustee Dr. Gordon Gilbert and Michele Kidwell-Gilbert.


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Life’s a Beach, Photographs by Martin ParrOrganized by the Aperture Foundation, New York

FINAL DAYS, through Sunday, April 26

British photographer Martin Parr (born in 1952) has traveled the world exploring tourist sites and the phenomenon of leisure and escape. He began his career working in black-and-white, but his images in color are his most famous.

Parr has 80 books of his own photography to his credit and has edited 30 more. Life’s a Beach was published by Aperture in 2012. Through its quarterly journal, books, exhibitions, and foundation, Aperture, headquartered in New York City, has played a central role in the advancement of photography as an art form.

Parr’s images extend from British places of escape to international playgrounds like Copacabana in Brazil, Viña del Mar in Chile, Acapulco in Mexico, Majorca in Spain, and of course, Miami. Many are off-the-beaten-track, like beaches in Latvia, the Ukraine, and China. His photography ranges from the touching, especially those with children, to the satirical and surreal.

Parr’s photography is part of the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Tate Modern in London; the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris; the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles; the George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester; and closer to home, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Life’s a Beach is the first time his inventive work has been shown at the MFA.

Martin Parr (British, born 1952)Japan. Miyazaki. The Ocean Dome (1996) from

Life’s a Beach (Aperture, 2013)©Martin Parr/Magnum Photos

Jazz Club, Pittsburgh (about 1945) by Charles “Teenie” Harris is featured in this remarkable exhibition celebrating the richness of African American culture and the MFA’s

superlative photography collection. The image is a gift of Ludmila and Bruce Dandrew from The Ludmila Dandrew and

Chitranee Drapkin Collection. The MFA’s holdings would not be where they are today without the generosity of the Dandrews and Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin.

African American Life and FamilyFINAL WEEKS, through Sunday, May 3

Self-taught artist Mary L. Proctor of Tallahassee visited the Museum with collectors Jim and Martha Sweeny on February 14, Valentine’s Day. She is pictured here with one of her signature, mixed-media doors, Dancing on the Street Pave [sic] in Gold (1996). This imaginative work was a gift of Donna and Thomas Brumfield Jr. in honor of Director Emeritus John Schloder and Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin.


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The photographers represented read like a “Who’s Who in Photography”: Henry Fox Talbot, Édouard Baldus, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Julia Margaret Cameron, Margaret Bourke-White, Berenice Abbott, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Edward Steichen, Lewis Hine, Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Kértesz, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, Minor White, Ilse Bing, Paul Strand, Aaron Siskind, Clarence John Laughlin, Richard Avedon, Jerry Uelsmann, Diane Arbus, and Kenro Izu. The list could go on and on.

The images extend from the formative days of the medium to the early twenty-first century. They encompass fine art, photojournalism, portraits, breathtaking landscapes, and recent experimentation. It reveals why photography is one of our most vibrant and popular art forms.

With the support of Museum Founder Margaret Acheson Stuart, former curator and assistant director Alan DuBois, who held an MFA

in photography from Indiana University, began forming the collection in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At that time, most museums did not even consider photography an art form worthy of being collected.

Over the years, Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin have played an historic role in the transformation of this collection. Carol A. Upham contacted DuBois early on, became the MFA’s founding president of the Friends of Photography and later President of the Board, and donated some of the Museum’s most significant photographs. Similarly, William Knight Zewadski, the Terry P. Loebel Family, and others have also contributed impressive images.

The collection took a giant step forward with the recent gifts of approximately 15,000 images from the Drapkins and Ludmila and Bruce Dandrew. This exceptional resource is rich in imagery by unknown or itinerant photographers, Americana and vernacular works, photojournalism, portraiture, and landscape. It captures great events in world history, as well as the everyday. The Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection contains almost all known photographic media, from salt prints and daguerreotypes of the 1840s and 1850s to gelatin silver prints from the mid-twentieth century.

Five Decades of Photography will take visitors on an unforgettable journey through history and around the globe, with many of the most gifted photographers in the history of the art form as their guide. This is a crowning achievement of the Museum and of the discerning donors who strove for excellence. It is an incredible anniversary gift to the community.

Private Reception with Photographer Brian OglesbeeSunday, June 21, 4 p.m.Immediately following the Gallery Talk on Five Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts by Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin at 3 p.m.$20 Members of Friends of Photography, $25 nonmembersRSVP: Robin O’Dell, [email protected]

Mr. Oglesbee is represented in the collections of the George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, in Rochester; the Brooklyn Museum; Tampa Museum of Art; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as well as the MFA, St. Petersburg. He has been featured in solo exhibitions around the world, beginning as early as 1982. He is a former photography professor at Alfred University in New York and teacher at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.

André Kértesz (American, born Hungary, 1894-1985)Satiric Dancer, Paris (1926)

Gelatin silver printCollection of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

NEA and FACF Purchase Grants

Members’ OpeningFive Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring The

Dandrew-Drapkin CollectionFriday, June 19, 7 p.m.

Be the first to see this fantastic exhibition.Cash Bar Lite Bites

Complimentary valet parking off Bayshore.

RSVP: Please go to www.fine-arts.org/rsvp.

Water Series 37 (1999) by Brian Oglesbee is one of the impressive images in Five Decades of Photography

at the Museum of Fine Arts. The artist donated this photograph to the MFA in honor of former Stuart Society president and trustee Vicki Fox.


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LECTURES | TALKS | SPECIAL EVENTS

Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and visit www.fine-arts.org for updates on public programs. These events are sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the State of Florida. The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society provides major support. Additional funds come from the City of St. Petersburg and Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg. Programs are subject to change without notice.

LECTURES & GALLERY TALKS

Free with MFA admissionGallery Talk by Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin on Monet to Matisse: On the French Coast Thursday, April 9, 6:30 p.m.

During her 20-year tenure, Dr. Hardin has organized more than 80 exhibitions, presented innumerable lectures and gallery talks, written catalogue essays, and has played a central role in the development of the collection. She collaborated with Guest Curator Dr. Kenneth Wayne on Monet to Matisse and curated Monet’s London: Artists’ Reflections on the Thames, 1859-1914, for the MFA’s 40th anniversary in 2005. That major exhibition traveled to the Brooklyn Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. She holds her PhD in art history from Princeton University.

Gallery Talk by Assistant Curator of Art after 1950 Katherine Pill on Life’s A Beach, Photographs by Martin Parr Sunday, April 19, 3 p.m.

Katherine Pill is the first curator in the history of the MFA to specialize in works created after 1950 to the present day. Her position was made possible by The Hazel and William Hough Curatorial Endowment Fund, established in 2012. At the Museum, she has curated Color Acting: Abstraction Since 1950 and Collection Conversations

and assisted Guest Curator Barbara Pollack with the installation and catalogue of My Generation: Young Chinese Artists. She has recommended contemporary works for the collection and is curating Marks Made: Prints by American Women Artists from the 1960s to the Present, which opens Saturday, October 17. She completed a three-year dual MA in art history, theory, and criticism and arts administration and policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lecture by Director Emeritus Dr. John Schloder on Images of the Floating World and Beyond: Japanese Woodblock Prints Saturday, May 9, 3 p.m., followed by a reception for members only

During his tenure as director (2001-2010), Dr. Schloder took the MFA’s Asian collection to an entirely new level. The works grew in number, quality, and diversity, and two galleries are now devoted to Asian art. Under his leadership, the entire Museum took giant strides forward. He curated Chihuly Across

Florida: Masterworks in Glass (2004), which remains the MFA’s most popular exhibition, and scheduled many other successful shows.

With President of the Board Carol Upham and Capital Campaign Chair Bill Stover, he spearheaded the addition of the Hazel Hough Wing, more than doubling the size of the building. Before joining the MFA, he was Director of both the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha and the Birmingham Museum of Art and Assistant Director in charge of education and public programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He earned his doctorate, with honors, under the Institute of Art and Archaeology at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.

Gallery Talk by Dr. Jennifer Hardin on Five Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring The Dandrew-Drapkin CollectionSunday, June 21, 3 p.m.

Dr. Hardin has played a leading role in the development of the photography collection, which, at approximately 17,000 images, is one of the largest and most respected in the Southeast. Over the years, she has curated a host of photography exhibitions, selected works for the collection, and arranged for the landmark donation of The Ludmila Dandrew and Chitranee Drapkin Collection. Her impact on the photography collection cannot be overstated.

Wayne W. and Frances Knight Parrish Lecture by Dr. Malcolm Daniel, Curator in Charge, Department of Photography, and Curator of Special Projects, at the Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonSunday, June 28, 3 p.m.

Dr. Daniel will trace the invention and early history of photography, drawing on examples from the MFA’s collection and others around the world. Before assuming his new role at the MFA, Houston in December 2013, he served at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 23 years, becoming both Senior Curator and Curator in Charge of the Department of Photography.

A specialist in nineteenth-century French and British photography, he has curated many exhibitions spotlighting key figures in the development of the medium, including Édouard Baldus, the subject of his dissertation, and his British contemporary Roger Fenton. Other shows have explored the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, the great portraitist of Victorian England; Edgar Degas, whose moody, lamplit photographs are little known; and early twentieth-century masters Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Paul Strand.

Many of his exhibitions for The Metropolitan traveled to other leading museums in the U.S. and Europe. Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives (with Sarah Greenough and Roger Taylor) went to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Musée d’Orsay. All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton (with Sarah Greenough and Gordon Baldwin) was also seen at the National Gallery, The J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Tate Britain. Edgar Degas, Photographer traveled to The Getty and the Bibliothèque nationale de France and was named “Best Photography Show” by the International Association of Art Critics for 1998-1999.

At the MFA, Houston, Dr. Daniel has already been responsible for four exhibitions, including the National Gallery’s Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, which also traveled to The Metropolitan. He has written a wealth of catalogues and journal articles and has lectured widely, including at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth; the George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, in Rochester; The Getty; and The Royal Academy of Arts in London. He has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

He holds his BA from Trinity College in Connecticut, with honors in art history and studio art, and was selected for Phi Beta Kappa. His MA and PhD are from Princeton University, also in art history.


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Richard Logan has pursued a varied career, producing paintings, photography, and mixed-media works. While he lived in the Caribbean, his paintings captured the attention of such legendary figures as Jasper Johns and Romare Bearden. His art has been widely shown and collected.

Coffee Talks with Nan Colton

Sponsored by:

Second Wednesday of the month.Free with Museum admission.

Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional. The MFA’s ever popular artist-in-residence Nan Colton creates scripts inspired by special exhibitions and the Museum collection. These 30-minute presentations introduce great artists and other historical figures, as well as the times in which they lived. Enjoy refreshments at 10 a.m., Ms. Colton’s performance at 10:30, and a general docent tour at 11:15. Visit www.fine-arts.org/coffeetalks for her complete 2015 schedule.

April 8: WitnessThe subject of Pieter Duyfhuysen’s Portrait of a Young Woman (about 1645) shares the secrets of a master at work.May 13: 1920s – Living in Downtown St. PeteMeet the loquacious and vivacious widow Mrs. Tidbit and hear all the St. Pete gossip of a bygone era.June 10: Under Palmetto LeavesMs. Colton portrays the legendary Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, as she turns her attention to the life, environment, and people of north Florida.

Free with MFA admission. Cash bar.

In celebration of Five Decades of Photography, the MFA will feature a series of films highlighting great photographers.

Thursday, June 25, 6:30 p.m.Redes (Nets),1936, directed by Fred Zinnermann and Emilio Gómez Muriel, 59 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles.

Legendary photographer Paul Strand co-wrote and gorgeously shot the documentary-like dramatization of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. The film was commissioned by the Mexican government. Redes was restored in 2009 by The World Cinema Project, a program of The Film Foundation, at Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata.

Thursday, July 23, 6:30 p.m.Berenice Abbott: A View of the 20th Century (1992), directed by Kay Weaver and Martha Wheelock, 57 minutes.

The candid Berenice Abbott, at the age of 91 and 92, takes us on a tour of her work, encompassing her portraits of the Parisian avant-garde of the 1920’s, her documentation of New York in the 1930’s, her science photography of the 1950s, and her studies of small-town America.

SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, August 27, 6:30 p.m.Office Killer (1997), Directed by Cindy Sherman, 82 minutes, Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Rated R.

During his graduate study, he held Samuel Kress, Andrew W. Mellon, and Princeton University Fellowships. He was a Thomas J. Watson Fellow from 1978-1979, allowing him to travel and pursue independent study in Europe and North Africa.

Each year, the Parrish Lecture brings outstanding speakers to the community. The Parrishes, who lived most of their lives in Washington, D.C., donated many of the MFA’s most significant pre-Columbian objects. They are displayed in a gallery named in their honor. Mr. Parrish was a successful publisher of aviation magazines and Mrs. Parrish was Director of the U.S. Passport Office from 1955-1977. This is the first time Dr. Daniel has lectured at the MFA.

Sponsored by The DMG School ProjectFree with MFA admission

Sunday, April 12, 3 p.m.Glass artist John Brekke and multimedia artist and photographer Richard Logan

John Brekke’s attention to line appears in his drawings, paintings, and glass art. His work has been shown internationally and is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum/Renwick Gallery, Corning Museum of Glass, and the Museum of Arts and Design.

Nan Colton as Mrs. Tidbit

In partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, ILLUMINATE offers participants a space to experience and interpret art with your family

and friends. Discuss art and/or express yourself through a make & take activity. Program is free. Supplies included for activities. Refreshments. Two sessions available per month (choose one).

First and Third Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m. Begins April 20, 2015.

Advanced registration and a screening are required. For more information or to register, call Mary Szaroleta at 727-896-2667, ext. 220, or email [email protected].

Talented artist John Brekke at work


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Gather on the third Thursday of every month for an offbeat art-fix or to learn a creative craft. Cash bar and delectable bites are available. Free with MFA admission, which is only $5 after 5 p.m. on Thursdays.

Random Act 5.21.15 @ 6-8 p.m.: Mastering the Art of the French ... food of course!Discover the sweet French art of “spun caramel” in a demonstration by Emmanuel Roux. Caramel is a French specialty which can take many forms and has been extensively used in the country’s desserts. At 6 and 7 p.m., Mr. Roux will demonstrate how to make a spectacular veil composed of a thousand threads of caramel over his specialty “GateauOchocolat.” The delicious mini-cakes and caramel veil will be available for tasting. Each demonstration lasts approximately 15-20 minutes.

The evening will also include French Classics: a screening of cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child’s six original black-and-white episodes of The French Chef, a wine-tasting, and more. Take time to visit Monet to Matisse – On the French Coast.

Registration for the dessert demonstration is strongly recommended. Visit www.fine-arts.org/rsvp to reserve your spot today.

The decorative arts – fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics, and glass – are all around us and in the Museum. FODA expands understanding of their variety and beauty. Plus, you will make new friends at the meetings. Annual dues are $20 in addition to Museum membership.

FODA programs are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. during season. Non-FODA members can attend for $5, plus MFA admission. Carolyn Nygren is the volunteer coordinator. Upcoming events follow:

April 14: Gifted glass artist Duncan McClellan will discuss his vibrant work, the evolution of glass as an art form, and some of his local initiatives like The DMG School Project. Through his art and studio/gallery, Mr. McClellan has been a leader in establishing the area and specifically the city as a developing glass center. Many significant figures have shown their work and lectured at his gallery, and his own pieces are part of important public and private collections.

May 12: Noted collector Jim Sweeny will introduce the Bauhaus, founded by Walter Gropius and active from 1919-1925 in Weimar and from 1925-1932 in Dessau. The school’s goal was the reunification of the arts and crafts with architecture to create a total work of art. The Bauhaus had an international impact, still felt today. The faculty included such luminaries as architects Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer, as well as Gropius, and artists Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Josef and Anni Albers, Lionel Feininger, and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.

The MFA is looking for artists in the libations medium for the second

annual BJCP/AHA sanctioned Beer Project Home Brew Competition!

Registration ends Friday, May 8.For complete rules, registration, and details,

visit: fine-arts.org/beer-project/

Friday, June 12, 7-10 p.m.BEER PROJECT: BEER + ART LOUNGE

Five brewing companies craft beers inspired by five works in the collection. Taste their “liquid” works of art in a themed lounge setting.

An evening of food, music and art! Tickets are $60 and go on sale May 1. Members can purchase tickets in advance starting Friday, April 17, for $50 by going online to www.fine-arts.org/rsvp and entering discount

code: ARTBEER. Discounted member rate ends Thursday, April 30. Limited tickets available.

Saturday, June 13, Noon-3 p.m.

BEER PROJECT: PUBLIC HOME BREW TASTING & AWARDS

Experience local talent in a home brew tasting like no other. Participate in their passion for a craft that spans centuries and vote

for your favorite. Activities include tasting, artfully designed cornhole boards and games, galleries and food. Cost: $35. Purchase tickets

starting Friday, May 15, online at www.fine-arts.org/rsvp.Follow the events on Facebook: #MFABeerProject.

Must be 21 and older to consume alcohol.


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April 4 and 18: Celebrate Earth Day by creating a unique piece for a string garden, inspired by kokedama, a Japanese art form that uses moss as a plant-container.May 2 and 16: Make a print without using a press. A variety of paper and woodblock plates will be available. June 6 and 20: Explore photography while using sunlight to make sun prints.

Drumming@The MFA!

Second and Fourth Saturday of the month, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Adults and families are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult.$5 per person

Explore the many cultures represented in the MFA collection by experiencing them to a rhythmic beat. Feel the momentum grow while you drum and use other percussion instruments to bring art alive. No experience is necessary. Just come and have fun.

Visual Metaphor: Second Annual High School Art Exhibition

FINAL DAYS, through Sunday, April 26

This show features work by many of the most talented students in the Pinellas County Schools, selected by their teachers and encompassing a wide array of media. A reception for the students and their parents and teachers will be held on Thursday, April 23, from 6-8 p.m., with awards presented at 6:30 p.m. Visual Metaphor is a partnership between the MFA and the Pinellas County Schools and is sponsored in part by The DMG School Project.

Eighth Annual Painting in the ParkSunday, April 26, 1-4 p.m. Presented by the MFA and Local Buds Artisan CollectiveSponsored in part by Keep St. Petersburg LocalSupplies included

Explore a wealth of activities, including “erupting” and bubble paintings, kite-flying, and more. You can even try graffiti art on a car. Fresh local snacks and beverages, plants, and organic products will be available for purchase. Meet some of our local artisans and learn about their craft.

Children will turn a car into a canvas at Painting in the Park.

Date Night for Parents/Book Club for KidsIn partnership with Keep St. Pete LitDrop off 5:45-6 p.m. and pick up at 8 p.m.Program 6-8 p.m.$15 per child for members, $20 per child for nonmembersPreregister by June 19Space is limited.

Enjoy a date night while your kids enjoy a book discussion, pizza, hands-on activities, and a scavenger hunt in the galleries. All

Second Thursday of the Month, 6:30 p.m.Free with Museum admission, which is only $5 after 5 p.m. on Thursday

Join Keep St. Pete Lit, a local organization that supports the literary community, for a book club connecting the visual and literary arts. Each month’s featured book will relate to the MFA’s collection or special exhibitions.

April 9: Ruby by Cynthia Bond to encourage reflection on the rural south and the photographs in African American Life and Family.May 14: The Sandman: The Dream Hunter by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by P. Craig Russell, which resonates with Images of the Floating World and Beyond: Japanese Woodblock Prints. June 11: The Language of Light by Meg Waite Clayton, in preparation for Five Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring The Dandrew-Drapkin Collection.

Youth & FamilyFirst and third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.Ages three and older$5 per person (includes admission to entire Museum). Please bring a towel or yoga mat.

Kidding Around Yoga uses the yoga poses or asanas creatively tucked into partner yoga, games and activities, original music, stories, and more. The class is designed for kids, but entire families are welcome. Practicing yoga with children creates a special bond.

Third Friday of the month, 10 a.m.ASL-accessible programFor parents/guardians and their children up to six-years-old$5 per family

Discover art and learn a new language as a family! Gain an introduction to ASL (American Sign Language) vocabulary while touring the galleries. Classes are designed and presented by certified ASL instructor and interpreter Carol Downing.

MFA: Make and Take Saturday

First and Third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Free with Museum admission. No registration necessary.For ages five and older, but entire families are encouraged to participate.

Create your own masterpiece inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions. Supplies are included.


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activities relate to the book. Please read the book before the adventure begins. To register, please visit www.fine-arts.org/rsvp or call 727.896.2667, ext. 210. On Friday, June 26, “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” by E. L. Konigsburg will be featured.

Cinema @ the MFA for FamiliesLast Sunday of the Month, 2 p.m.Starting in June$5 per person. Includes admission to the entire Museum.

Escape the heat and bring your own blanket, towel, or pillow for a cushion while watching a favorite movie inside. There will be a hands-on activity at the conclusion of the film.

June 28: Chitty, Chitty, Bang Bang (1968), directed by Ken Hughes, rated G. A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator of a foreign country sets out to take for himself. This month’s film is presented in partnership with the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

Summer Camps @ the MFA

SPC SAM (Science, Art & Math) Camp Presented by SPC College for KidsBack by popular demand!June 15-19 and June 22-268:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Drop off children as early as 8 a.m. with no additional charge. For grades three through sevenOne-Time application fee: $50$150 per student for each week. Discounts for siblings and Museum members. These one-week sessions combine science, art, and math for learning, fun, and creativity. All instructors are state-certified. For more information or to register, please call 727.341.3000.

Marine Science Yoga Art CampPresented by “Kidding Around Yoga” with KT and Rachel StoneAugust 3-78:30 a.m-3:30 p.m. (Drop off begins at 8 a.m.)For grades three through seven (Exceptions may be made.)$225 Museum members, $250 nonmembers. Sibling discount is available. Tuition includes a nonrefundable application fee of $75. Preregister by Monday, June 1, and receive a tuition discount (no additional discounts apply). Use code: CAMP. All campers must register by July 24.

This camp is led by certified children’s yoga teacher and marine scientist Katie Toth and certified art teacher Rachel Stone and features daily yoga classes, marine science instruction, and art projects. A different theme of marine ecology, conservation, and community service will highlight each day. Please register online at www.fine-arts.org/rsvp or call 727.896.2667, ext. 210.

Renaissance KidsPresented by the Drum ConnectionAugust 10-14For grades three through seven

Explore a variety of subjects that make today’s youth Renaissance kids! Music, art, and inventions from diverse cultures turn the museum into a world playground. Participants will also learn approaches to drumming and rhythm from each country studied. Please call 727.896.2667, ext. 233, for more information.

In memory of Hilda M. Barstow, mother of Steve Hack

Phyllis Zarnas

In honor of Tom B. Chesnutt Jr.’s 85th birthday

Pat Roberts Family

In memory of Mary Baynard Christian

Eric Lang Peterson

In memory of Doug ConeDr. John E. Schloder and

Terry Leet

In honor of Summer Dicus-Boydstun

Mj Dicus

In honor of the Education Department of the MFA

Donald and Ruth Campagna

In memory of Nancy EllisGeorge R. Ellis

In memory of Dr. Albert FewDavid Connelly

In memory of Dr. Ben FriedmanEileen BarteltDavid Connelly

In honor of Royce HaimanAnn Shelton

In honor of Anne Long’s special birthday

Stan and Iris Salzer

In memory of Helen B. Lydecker, mother of Kent Lydecker

Eileen BarteltJacqueline Ley BrownPattie DavisDr. Mack and Susan HicksKent and Toni LydeckerDr. Richard E. and Mary B.

PerryDemi RahallDr. John E. SchloderMichael and Beth SchneiderJack and Vicki Sofranko

In memory of Ray MurrayDr. John E. Schloder

In honor of Carolyn Nygren’s birthday

Marvin and Sylvia Rosenfield

In memory of Cecil H. Roach, father of Vicki Sofranko

Eileen BarteltDr. Richard E. and Mary B.

PerryDemi RahallDr. John E. Schloder

In memory of Joe SprainSam Dickson

In memory of Miriam Gilbart Williams

Eric Lang Peterson

Memorials & Tributes

Museum StoreThe Store continues its creative programming and special offers. Metalsmith Laura Flavin will greet the public and display her Modern Bird Jewelry on Thursday, April 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Ms. Flavin has written that “my design aesthetic has been influenced by my love of nature and modern design. I am in love with wild birds, owls, butterflies, flowers, tropical plants, flowing rivers, big trees and the sound of their leaves rattling in the wind.” She counts artists Joan Miró, Paul Klee, and Alexander Calder as influences. To see more, go to www.modernbirdjewelry.com.

The Member Sale comes just in time for Mother’s Day. Beginning Thursday, May 7, through Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10, members will receive 20 percent off all jewelry, including already marked-down pieces. Nonmembers will receive a 10 percent jewelry discount.

Lina Teixeira’s wearable art has created a sensation at the MFA, The Mahaffey Theater, and the Dunedin Fine Art Center, among other venues. In fact, some of her most imaginative designs have been inspired by the Museum’s collection. This artist, author, entrepreneur, and special concepts director will return for a trunk show on Thursday, May 21, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. She recently opened STUDIO 617, 617 Cleveland Street in Clearwater, to exhibit her creations and to meet with clients. To learn more, please visit www.linateixeira.com.

Don’t forget to bring your membership card to the Store for your regular 10 percent discount on all items. The Museum Store is the place to find the truly artistic on Beach Drive.

Lina Teixeira displays one of her pieces of wearable art.


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Escape the heat with cool summer concerts. Tickets are first-come, first-served, cost $20 for adults and $10 for students 22 and younger with current ID, and can be purchased online by going to www.fine-arts.org/rsvp. Admission to the entire Museum is included in the ticket price. Come early and have brunch in the MFA Café.

Marly Music Society members pay only $15 per concert. Please consider joining the group to support the series. You must be a Museum member to join. The Music Committee, chaired by Dr. Richard Eliason and co-chaired by Demi Rahall, plans the series. Vicki Sofranko is the staff coordinator. Concerts are sponsored in part by the Friends of Joe Sprain in his memory; the Estate of Mrs. Elvira Wolfe de Weil; the Tampa Bay Times; WUSF; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. For more information, please call 727.896.2667 or visit the website. The first concerts are at 2 p.m. on these Sundays:

June 7 Eric Lu, pianist

Seventeen-year-old sensation Eric Lu makes his debut in the Tampa Bay area after receiving first prize in the Ninth National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami. He also earned first prize in the concerto category. He will now compete in Warsaw’s International Chopin Competition in October.

Mr. Lu began studying piano at six and entered the illustrious

Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at 15, where he is currently a student. He has already received a number of top prizes in international competitions. He was awarded first prize at the Ninth Moscow International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in 2014, the Minnesota International e-Piano Junior Competition in 2013, and Germany’s 12th Ettlingen International Competition in 2010.

He has performed across the United States and in Germany, Italy, and China and has been a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Boston Civic Symphony, and the Wellesley Symphony. This is a rare opportunity to hear a talented young pianist at the very beginning of what promises to be an extraordinary career.

June 14 Trio Solisti

Comprised of violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach, and pianist Adam Neiman, Trio Solisti has been called “the most exciting piano trio in America” by The New Yorker and “consistently brilliant” by The New York Times. Noted critic Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal has written that these brilliant instrumentalists have “succeeded the Beaux Arts Trio as the outstanding chamber music ensemble of its kind.”

At the MFA, the Trio will perform Schubert’s Sonatensatz in B-flat Major (D. 28), Rachmaninoff’s Piano Trio Élégiaque No. 2 in D minor (Op. 9), and Brahms’ Piano Trio in B Major (Op. 8).

Founded in 2001, Trio Solisti has been featured on Lincoln Center’s Great Performers Series and the People’s Symphony Concerts at Town Hall in New York, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, and at Wolf Trap in Virginia. The Trio founded Telluride MusicFest in Colorado and has been ensemble-in-residence at Adelphi University for 10 years.

Among the group’s CDs are Pictures at an Exhibition with the Trio’s own arrangement of Mussorgsky’s monumental score, an all-Brahms disc, and French music by Chausson and Ravel. The Trio frequently collaborates with contemporary composers, including Paul

Moravec, who wrote his 2004 Pulitizer Prize-winning Tempest Fantasy for these exceptional musicians. All have been acclaimed for their solo recitals, appearances with important orchestras, and innovative programs.

July 19 La Catrina QuartetFounded in 2001, the Quartet has been hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as wonderful ambassadors for music. Violinists Daniel Vega Albela and Roberta Arruda, violist Jorge Martínez Ríos, and cellist Jorge Espinoza are some of Latin America’s most talented. Their study and performances have taken them to the U.S. and abroad.

All of the artists hold their Master of Music degrees. Mexican artist Daniel Vega Albela holds graduate degrees in both violin performance and chamber music, and Chilean Jorge Espinoza received the Gregor Piatigorsky Scholarship to earn his graduate performance diplomas in cello and chamber music from the distinguished Peabody Conservatory of Music. He also holds a master’s in music performance from Carnegie Mellon University.

The Catrina Quartet is known for performing works by Latin American and Spanish composers and new music, as well as the standard repertoire. They are also dedicated teachers – Mr. Vega Albela in Mexico and previously at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan and Ms. Arruda and Mr. Martínez Ríos in New Mexico. Mr. Espinoza, who is especially interested in performing and arranging Latin American folk music, has taught master classes and workshops throughout the Americas and in Europe.

Future Sunday ConcertsBrass Roots Trio, August 2Pianist Stephen Prutsman, August 16Pulse Chamber Music, August 30

Music in the Marly

The Marly Music Committee plans the MFA’s exceptional concert series. Members are (clockwise left to right) Vicki Sofranko, Assistant to the Director and staff coordinator of Marly Music; trustee Mary Alice McClendon; treasurer

Tallulah Taylor; chair Dr. Richard Eliason; Dr. Karen White; piano teacher Joan Gessler, who chaired the

committee for many years; and co-chair Demi Rahall.


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Wine Weekend St. Pete 2015: Cheers to 50 Years!Friday, February 6-Sunday, February 8

Chaired by Patricia Rossignol and John William Barger III, Wine Weekend St. Pete 2015 was exciting, elegant, and enormously successful. For the first time, all events sold out and the auction was held under a large tent on the Museum’s north lawn.

The project also set a record for a Museum fundraiser, reaching more than $750,000. Mrs. Rossignol and Mr. Barger also chaired Wine Weekend St. Pete 2013, which established the previous record. Carol Treichel organized the auction, and Stuart Society President Gail Phares was the reservations chair.

The Stuart Society and the MFA are indebted to the chairs, guests of honor Jean-Charles Boisset and Gina Gallo, the Wine Weekend committee and volunteers, all those who attended and bid on the fantastic items, and the committed sponsors, underwriters, and corporations, including:

Platinum Sponsors: duPont Registry, Patricia and Dr. Jean-François Rossignol, Marianne and Mark T. Mahaffey, and Raymond James.

Gold Sponsors: Crown Jaguar and Doyle Wealth Management, Inc.

Silver Sponsors: Brown and Brown Insurance; Levitt & Prasatthong, D.D.S., P.A.; Mustard Seed Advisors of Raymond James & Assoc.; and Northern Trust.

Bronze Sponsors: Debbie and Lee Arnold; Laura Larson Baker; Joann Barger; John William Barger III; Pam and John William Barger Jr.; Donna and Thomas Brumfield Jr.; Jacqueline and Hayward Chapman; Natavidad (Nata) and Dr. Mariano Cibran; Laren and Alexander Jansen, Christie’s Coastal Properties; Liz and William Daughtry; Gerry and Allen Davidson; Jan and Don DeFosset; Nancy and John Dunn; Kitt Garrett; Cindy and Stuart Herr; Judy and Troy Holland; Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O’Neill & Mullis; Nick Okeson and Billy Klar; and Joyce and Walter Larson.

Also Najla and Dr. Kamal Majeed; Monica and Clark Mason; Dawna and Dr. John McDonough; Joan and Harry McCreary; Maggie McQueen; Dr. Leanne Brown and Brad Meinck; Glenn and Dav Mosby; John and Jo Ann Nestor; Gail Phares; Gail and Fred Razook; Fran and Bud Risser; Matthew B. Sullivan, Esq.; William V. Roberti and Suzette Toledano; Dr. Melissa and Michael Traub; Carol and Tom Treichel; Diane and Dr. Stephen Voto; The Whittemore Law Group, P.A.; Dr. Robert Wyko; Beverly and Carlos Yepes; and Anthony Zinge.

Corporate Tables: Coastal Properties Group International/Christie’s International Real Estate, Hennessy Construction Services, and Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

For the latest information, please visit www.thestuartsociety.org. Like us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/thestuartsociety, or send us a tweet,

twitter.com/stuartsociety.

The Margaret AchesonStuart Society

Underwriters and In-Kind Contributors: The Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman Foundation; Christie’s Coastal Properties, Alex and Laren Jansen; duPont Publishing, Inc.; Elise Minkoff; John William Barger III; Patricia Rossignol; Phoenix3 Marketing; and The Shamas/Beam Family Foundation.

Dinner at Maxim’sFriday, February 6All Wine Weekend Photos: ©Thomas Bruce Studio

(Left to right) Guests of Honor Jean-Charles Boisset and Gina Gallo with Wine Weekend Co-Chairs Patricia

Rossignol and John William Barger III.

MFA trustee Robert and Chris Chapman Hilton are two of Wine Weekend’s best friends. Mrs. Hilton, a past Stuart

Society president, co-chaired the 2011 Wine Auction, and her family foundation, The Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman Foundation, was an underwriter of Wine Weekend St. Pete

2015. Mustard Seed Advisors of Raymond James and Assoc., co-founded by Mr. Hilton, was a Silver Sponsor.

Allison Canfield (left), Director of Communications and Events for The

Stuart Society, with Stuart Society President Gail Phares, who also served

as Wine Weekend reservations chair.

(Left to right) Bronze Sponsors Clark and Monica Mason with Whitney and Alex Shouppe. Mr. Mason is Secretary of the Museum Board, and Mr. Shouppe is Executive Vice President of Silver Sponsor Brown and Brown Insurance.

Bronze Sponsors Harry and Joan McCreary.

Wine Weekend Co-Chair Patricia Rossignol.


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Café Montmartre International Wine Auction Saturday, February 7

Let the auction begin!

(Left to right) Bronze Sponsors John and Nancy Dunn and William Roberti.

Michel Cornu (left), Director of Cuisine and Hospitality for the Boisset Family Estates, and Tyson Grant, Executive Chef of the

Parkshore Grill, prepared the five-star dinner.

Bradley Husted and his assistant

Lauren Iglesias of Phoenix3 Marketing,

who designed and donated all

marketing materials, including the

website, advertising, and more.

Bronze Sponsors Tom and Carol Treichel. Mrs. Treichel coordinated the impressive auction.

Auctioneers Elizabeth Flower and Jeffrey Burchard.

Mark T. Mahaffey (center), President-Elect of the MFA Board. He and his wife

Marianne were Platinum Sponsors and active bidders throughout the event.

(Left to right) Bronze Sponsor and enthusiastic bidder Carlos Yepes, Guest of Honor Jean-Charles Boisset, and Mary and Tom James. Raymond James was a Platinum Sponsor.

Fran and Bud Risser with Carlos Yepes (center). The Rissers were Bronze Sponsors

and once again donated rare wines from their collection to the auction. Mrs. Risser

is a past president of The Stuart Society.

Emcee Russell Rhodes, popular co-anchor of Good Day, Tampa Bay on FOX 13, with Platinum Sponsor Dr. Jean-François Rossignol.

Celebrity auctioneer

Tom duPont, Chairman

and Publisher of Platinum

Sponsor duPont Publishing, Inc.

Wine Weekend Co-Chair John William Barger III.

Talio Mirisha with his mother Kristina Mirisha. Talio and Kyle O’Brien created the moving video on the Museum’s programs

for children. Mrs. Rossignol generously provided the funds to produce it.


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Barbara Goss; Bet Groshong; Terry Hagstrom, Carter’s Florist and Greenhouses; Janice Hamlin; Priscilla Hobby; Jeanne Keiyo Houlton; Tim Huff; KC Jeronimo; Joanne Keohane; Barbara M. Kirkconnell; Kathy LaDuke; and Carol Lucia.

Also Mary Maloof; Betty Jean Miller; Gail Newman; G. Monique Noujaim; Signe Oberhofer; Cassie Osterloth, Wonderland Floral Art and Gift Loft; Mary B. Perry; Eric Lang Peterson; Ruth Philipon; Bea Rahter; Bryan Redman, Redman Steele Floral Design Studio; Marie-Tay Richfield; Richard Rigg, Delma’s, The Flower Booth; Joyce Scalzo; Nena Shepherd; Jan Stoffels; Cindy Stovall; Pat Strawn; Ellen Thompson; Susan H. Thorpe; Elizabeth Walters-Alison; Gretchen Ward Warren; Bruce Wilson and Josh McWilliams, The Flower Centre of St. Petersburg; Carolyn Wise; Jeri Woods; and Dale Wybrow.

Presented by The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society and the MFAMarch 13-16

Art in Bloom 2015 was glorious and extremely popular. Fifty-five imaginative floral designs enhanced the visitor experience of the MFA collection. Noted floral artist Tony Todesco not only lectured at the sold-out luncheon at the St. Petersburg Hilton Bayfront on Thursday, March 12, but also devised an impressive design for The Junior League Great Hall on Friday, March 13. A large group watched him create his masterpiece.

Artists’ Tables were the centerpiece of “Flowers After Hours” on Friday evening. Each

table included food and arrangements inspired by four paintings in the collection. Olympia Catering and Events provided the sumptuous hors d’oeuvres and Bloom Garden Shop of Tampa, the plant-scapes.

More than 900 people visited the Museum on Sunday, March 15, for “Conversations with the Designers” and additional programs. “Hot Gatherings and Cool Conversations” introduced glass artist Hiroshi Yamano, and “Music in the Marly” presented guitarist Jérémy Jouve. The film Steel Magnolias was the grand finale Monday evening.

Tina Douglass was the overall coordinator, and Jeanne Houlton organized the exhibition of floral designs. Sidney Bayne Chaney and Pam Levitt chaired the luncheon, Martha Buttner and Judy Holland “Flowers After Hours,” Barbara DeMaire sponsorships, Glenn Mosby reservations, and Debbie Baxter the program.

The Stuart Society and the Museum express profound gratitude to these supporters for making Art in Bloom 2015 possible:

Gold Sponsors: Crown Jaguar, Hancock Bank, and Nordstrom

Silver Sponsor: Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

Media Sponsor: Tampa Bay Times

The Bloomers who each donated $1,000: Joann Barger, Debbie Baxter, The Beam/Shamas Family Foundation, Barbara DeMaire, Tina Douglass, Susan Hicks, Hazel Hough, Suzanne MacDougald, Mary Alice McClendon, Mary B. Perry, Fran Risser, and Paulee W. Springer.

The underwriters: Debbie Baxter, Ellen Esteva, Jeanne Houlton, Mary Maloof, Mary B. Perry, Janet Raymond, Mary Wheeler, and Dale Wybrow.

The floral designers: Greg Alderson; Jill Anderson; Debbie Baxter; Kathy Blazowski; Walter Bowen; Tiffany Braun, Braun’s Fine Flowers; Linda Brinkmann; Betty Call; Patricia J. Carey; Gail Carlson; Ricardo C. Carrasco; Ipek Ceyhan; Patricia Eckert; Parke Finold; Janet Folsom, Beautiful Flowers; Laurel Fooks;

Sidney Bayne Chaney (left) and Pam Levitt chaired the Art in Bloom

luncheon at the Hilton Bayfront.

Cassie Osterloth of Wonderland Floral Art and Gift Shop

provided this impressionistic design for Claude Monet’s

Houses of Parliament, Effect of Fog, London (1904).

(Left to right) Mary Ann Upham Will, her mother Carol A. Upham (President of the Board, 1998-

2008), and Diane Fair at the luncheon.

Patricia Eckert of the Garden Club of St. Petersburg responded to the Pair of Red Figure Column

Craters (Apulian, 333 BCE).

Tony Todesco, who spoke at the Art in Bloom luncheon on Thursday, March 12, talked to the large crowd as he created a striking arrangement for The Junior League Great Hall on Friday morning.


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Sharing a table at the luncheon were (left to right): Barbara McCoy, Cathy Unruh, Mary B. Perry, Bonita Cobb, Michele Vogel, trustee Mary Alice McClendon, and Demi Rahall. Mrs. Perry initiated Art in Bloom at the MFA in 1997.

(Left to right) Judy Holland, her mother Judy Stanton, and Martha Buttner. Mrs. Holland

and Ms. Buttner chaired the “Flowers After Hours” party.

Gathering at the luncheon were (left to right): Dr. Susan Beaven, Stuart Society President Gail Phares, speaker Tony Todesco, Art in Bloom coordinator Tina Douglass, and sponsorships chair Barbara DeMaire.

Three generations of Stuart Society members – (left to right) Sarah Lonquist, Rachael Russell, and President-Elect Carol Russell – enjoy the luncheon with Art in Bloom installation chair Jeanne Houlton (far right).

Admiring the designs at “Flowers After Hours” were (left to right): Dr. Richard and Sue Knipe, Tim Coop of Gold Sponsor Hancock Bank, his wife Deann, and Caryn and Lee Rightmyer.

(Left to right) Floral artist Cassie Osterloth, Jan and Robert Stoffels, and Mary Maloof at “Flowers After Hours.”

(Left to right) Stuart Society Treasurer Maggi McQueen, Susan Cook Lahey (Editor of The Scene), past Stuart Society president Betty Jean Miller, and longtime friend Janet Raymond at the Friday evening party.

(Left to right) Jane and David Beam with Bonnie Kupperman at the party. The Beam/Shamas Family Foundation supported the Bloomers.


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Circle Level MembersDirector’s CircleEdwards, Bill and JoanneHough, William R. and HazelJames, Tom and MaryMahaffey, Mark T. and MarianneVinik, Jeff and Penny

Founder’s CircleDillon, Roderick and MarinaEdwards, William P. and AnnMosby, Glenn and Dav

New/Upgraded Sustainer/BenefactorBenefactorBehnke, RichardGardner, Donald and LisaSwitzer, Perry and Robin

New General MembersNovember 25-March 4

FriendBernstein, CatherineDeMenezes, Brian and JenniferGolden, Joanne and JonathanMcCathry, Brian and GailO’Neil, JeanneSink, E. Virginia and Donald F.

FamilyAffee, RonaldAhearn, John and SandraAlaimo, StephanieAllen, Lee and SusanAltfeld, LauraAnderson, Mary and RichardAnderson, SusanAverbeck, LariBanfield, Archie and LucyBarry, Mary JaneBean, JamesBeane, Lise and DouglasBeitz, DavidBen-Israel, Judy and MichaelBennett, Helen and AndrewBoltenko, Alexander and TatianaBosco, MarjorieBothwell, Amie and CarolynBraley, SuzanneBrewster, JanBronskiene, Migla and JanBrown, LoraBrown, Thomas and DeborahBrownstein, Edward and Mary LeeBryant, Carol and JimBurnette, NormaBurns, RobertCallan, NancyCalloway, IrisCast, BuddyCaunce, Mary Louise and ShelleyCederman, Eric and MarieChiesa, Alessandra and Joseph

Christian, Bill and KarenChristian, Jack and KathrynChristian, Jason and BrittanyClass, Jay and MarionCobble, Jeffrey and MichelleCooper, Kevin and BrianCotter, JeffreyCullin, JackDamashek, RichardD’Angelo, John and MonicaDenison, SteveDenson, Bruce and LynnDiNatale, AnneDonnefer, Laura and DavidDorsten, HeatherD’Souza, LoraD’Ulisse, AnnaDuncan, Bruce and LenoraEveringham, Constance and

RobertKeenan, Vivian and Robert FabbroFerguson, Carolynn and WilliamFerrara, David and JenniferFiga, Jan and MiglaFlavin, John and LauraFletcher, Shelley and Mary LouiseFontaine, Carol and RobertFord, Lani and PeterFowler, Michelle and JimFraser, Susan and Mieczkowski,

Dr. ThomasFrazer, DavidFreedman, JeffFuchs, Peter and MaryannGallucci, RonGerth, David and EllenGill, CynthiaGower, George and PaulaGraytok, JohnGreen, Herbert and ShariGreenwood, ArinGruver, Robert and TammyGustafson, KristinGutierrez, Maria AlejandraHaack, Judy and WolfgangHan, Kyewon and YounghoonHarbeitner, David and MaryHardy, Renee and WilliamHarrod, Glen and JillHart, Brittany and JasonHasbrook, Jenn and KellieHatter, Norman and PhyllisHay, Lenora and BruceHerzfeld, LuriHeverly, Charles and JanetHickie, David and LauraHill, CarolynHo, C’lamt and Seiler, ThomasHudson, RobertIngles, MarkJames, JenniferJanovsky, Nick and SallyJones, JulieKeeler, GabrielleKeenan, Robert and Vivian

Keller, Maryann and PeterKelly, MarthaKelly, Sarah B.Kohn, Inez and PaulKollar, Eileen and JohnKurtz, MauriceLandress, Harvey and SusanLaPlatney, BetteLeahy, GeorgeLehnmann, RayLeone, Janine and LarryLevenson, DorotheaLinderberger, Jim and CarolLipez, Richard and JoeLumford, LeilaLuttmann, Ed and LoriMack, Lana and StephenMadison, BillMagda, Garrett and MarianMcAndrew, Pauline ClarkMcNeela, Brian and KevinMercogliano, CatherineMiele, JonathanMorgan, Barbara and JimNegron, EdnaNevins, Ross and SamanthaNiekum, RobertO’Brien, Erin and ShannonO’Connor, Rosemary and JohnOdening, Jerry and PamelaOertle, Christine and MichaelOlsen, Elizabeth MarieOrns, JillOsmundson, LindaPannini, RoseParker, Timothy Shea and

Johnson, NancyPeterson, Kellie and JennPetkash, Andrew and HelenPickard, Jeanne and TaylorPike, Joanne and JohnPike, WesPlants, AlanPolkowski, Chris and LisaPortela, FernandoPowell, LynnPuterbaugh, Dolores and GeraldPyle, LindaQuinn, JannaRea, Mary AnnRightmyer, Caryn and LeeRose, MichelleRoyer, Carol and JoeRudolph, Ira and DavidRuetz, KathrynRyan, Corinne and MichaelSaberi, AliSadler, JakeSayre, ShannonSchaeffer, Margaret and PhilipSciarrino, ErickaScott, Michael and MarciaShanahan, Jeanne and JimSilberman, Janice and WilliamSlauqenhoupt, Danielle and Jim

Smith, David and Sarah JeanneSmith, Ronald and SherylSpencer, Elitsa and MarkSpringer, BrianStanley, Cynthia and ScottStark, Cheryl and JackStrasser, Jane and KurtTerzis, Cathy and VinceThomas, JaneTierney, Gregory and SarahToohill, D.M. and M.K.Tucker-Brown, Deborah and

ThomasUebel, ConnieWalther, Douglas and LiseWard, Marcia and MichaelWatts, Cindy and MiltonWheaton, Joe and RichardWhitermore, JamesWilliams, James and CindyWilliams, James and KazukoWilson, David and IraWinthers, DianaWoestmann, MollyWolfinger, PatriciaWurdeman, Jean and JimWysocki, Sherida

IndividualAcaster, LindaLady AllisonAurin, CindyAvallone, CareyBallenger, MildredBallew, CarolBarry, KathleenBattikha, Luce and MagdyBell, ElizabethBerg, JeanetteBowman, DavidBrewer, UneedaBronstein, KayCahill, CatherineCarpenter, ValerieCaspary, JoyceCeli, GabrielaChan, PaulChasm, ThomasClark, PattyCornelius, EdwinaCrowley, HelenCutliff, ConnieDay, KathyDempsey, DonnaDiamond, AnneDiMauro, JosephEanell, RobertEgli, RuthEhrlich, JessicaFehr, DebbieFranklin, ErinFurlott, RachelGarrett, MaryGrant, DianeHays, Stephanie


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Hendry, BarbaraHicks, Dr. FredHolden, ShonaHubbard, JacquelineJenkins, CherylJones, KimberlyKatz, HarrietKidwell-Gilbert, MicheleKinch, JanKirkman, JimKlappert, PeterKoelsch, SharonKone, Constance KellyKozak, KarynKumar, BinaMacKenzie, LynneMacMillam, LawrenceMahoney, JohnMasson, JanetMiller, JordanMurphy, KathyNess, AntoniaNeuman, DennisO’Connor, LlaniOliver, JeanneParisi, CynthiaPayne, JohnPeak, DeborahPenhallegon, JohnPleva, HelenaPorter, CandacePrance-Vitz, JudiReed, JeanneRudnicki, JoyRuta, PatrickSandler, LeahSedacca, DorisShearburn, WallySilverman, CarmenSloan, MarySomerville, MargaretStanton, Dana and MarkStory, LisaSullivan, JamesTaracido, TereTardif, CheriTolson, LibbyTurner, AlexVeitz, RichardVermeer, KimberlyViolette, PaulVon Brecht, Cathy

Weber, KathrynWhittle, DianaWilk, RobertWilliams, CatherineWilliams, Joan DunnWilson, CarolWines, RitchieZanfardino, MichaelZinchuk, Margaret

ScholarAvery, MichaelBethke, RamonaBurns, DeeCifuentes, ElenaCohen, BeverlyDicicco, CherylDillman, TroyEddy, TamaraFrank, RebeccaFrias-Sanagustin, TeresitaGerardi, DebbieGoodwillie, DonaldHodgins, SusanKaraffa, CorneliaKirschner, KellyLauring, DianaLevenson, BethanyLevin, MarcMadalena, GloriaMalizia, StefanMcGraw, CharlesMiller, MichelleNiedergang, LaurenNugiel, BatyaPatel, KantPotjunas, ColettaRiggs, LindaRutherford, SallySagristano, MaureenSalustri, CatherineSchur, RobertScott, KathrynSeckinger, CarolynSmith, SiobhanStadtler, AnnTaracido, JorgeTowery, GeneTridas, AnnTridas, EricWeber, Cynthia

New TrusteesAttorney Erin Smith Aebel is a St. Petersburg native and graduate of Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School and frequently brings her two young children to the MFA. She and her husband Bruce, also an attorney, live in Tampa.

Board-certified in health law by the Florida Bar, Mrs. Aebel is a partner with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, and is the firm’s healthcare practice co-administrator. Her clients include hospitals, physicians, physician group practices, diagnostic imaging centers, pharmacies, laboratories, and medical spas. She is also an advisor on the state’s developing medical marijuana law and frequently speaks and writes about healthcare topics. She has been published in Florida Medical Business and by the American Health Lawyers Association.

Mrs. Aebel was selected as the 2014 Businesswoman of the Year, Legal Services, by the Tampa Bay Business Journal; a Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine annually from 2008-2014; and a member of Florida Legal Elite by Florida Trend. She currently chairs the Community Leadership Board of the American Diabetes Association Tampa Bay. She has served on the board of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida and is past president of Suncoast Health Care Executives and past co-chair of the Hillsborough County Bar Health Law Section.

An art lover, Mrs. Aebel has been a member of her firm’s art committee since its inception more than six years ago and helps select works by Florida artists for its collection. Each year, the firm features a work by a new Florida artist on its holiday card. She holds her BA magna cum laude from Loyola University in New Orleans and her JD cum laude from the university’s law school.

A great friend of the MFA, Patti Novack has been a docent for 34 years. She is currently one of the key docents conducting a wealth of tours for sixth-grade social studies students in the Pinellas County Schools. She is co-chair of the Museum Education Committee and chair of the docent nominating committee and has been vice chair and corresponding secretary of the Docent Council.

Mrs. Novack earned her BA in art/art history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her MA in education from Suffolk

University in Boston. Early in her life, she taught art in the public schools of suburban Boston.

She and her husband Irwin, CEO of Kane’s Furniture, have made many contributions to the community, as volunteers and philanthropists. They have supported the Pinellas Education Foundation, All Children’s Hospital, Shorecrest Preparatory School, the Vinny Lecavalier Foundation, and the Jewish Federation of Pinellas and Pasco Counties, among many other organizations. The MFA and the public have greatly benefited from Mrs. Novack’s expertise in art education and her willingness to devote countless hours to enhancing the lives of both children and adults.

Lynda DeLogi, a close friend of Wine Weekend St. Pete co-chair Patricia Rossignol, invited trustee Bob and past Stuart Society president Chris Hilton, loyal supporters of this event, to a luncheon at her home in Malibu Beach on March 6. Supermodel and astute businesswoman Cindy Crawford was a special guest. Ms. DeLogi, who attended Wine Weekend, gave a tour of her home, with her large collection of contemporary art, and her stables, and the wine was provided by Jean-Charles Boisset. Gathering (left to right) were: Bob Hilton, Lynda DeLogi, Chris Hilton, and Cindy Crawford.

Annual Membership MeetingAll MFA members are encouraged to attend the annual membership meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, May 4, in the Marly Room. President of the Board Howard Mills and Director Kent Lydecker will report on the past year and on future exhibitions and programs. John Houser of Wells, Houser & Schatzel will summarize the audited financial statement, and the officers of the Executive Committee will be introduced. A reception will follow in the Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory.

Article VIII, Section 1 (c) of the Museum of Fine Arts Bylaws (revised 2013) state: “Nominations for Trustees may be made by a written petition representing at least one percent (1%) of the Museum’s members. Such petitions must reach the Secretary at least 21 days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting. Any member may sign only one petition. The secretary shall deliver a copy of any such petitions to Committee on Office of Trusteeship for review. The Committee on Office of Trusteeship shall review the nominee and if appropriate, make recommendations to the Board of Trustees.” For more information, please contact Clark Mason, Secretary of the Board, [email protected].


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Dr. Szépe holds her BA from the University of Chicago and her MA and PhD from Cornell University, all in art history. Her graduate study led her to medieval and Renaissance art and specifically to decorated Venetian books. She joined the USF faculty in 1990.

Chicago Art and Architecture Study TripTuesday, May 26-Friday, May 29Sponsored by:

MFA Director Kent Lydecker and Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, will lead this exceptional trip. Participants will explore the illustrious Art Institute of Chicago, known for its collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modern works. www.tripadvisor.com has named the Art Institute the #1 Museum in the World. Also on tap are an architectural tour and a stop at an architectural foundation, a conversation with the founders of the popular blog Contemporary Art Daily, excursions to West Loop galleries with a private reception at Kavi Gupta Gallery, and visits to private collections.

The price includes round-trip airfare on United non-stop and three nights at the Drake Hotel, one of Chicago’s finest. Cost is $1,599 per person double-occupancy or $1,999 single-occupancy. A $200 tax-deductible donation to the Collectors Circle Acquisitions Fund is part of the package. For reservations and more information, please contact Carlson Maritime Travel, 727.945.1930.

Collectors Circle Corporate and Foundation SponsorsAstral ExtractsBank of TampaChristie’sComegys Insurance AgencyFifth Third Private BankGreen, Henwood and Hough Investment Group, RBC Wealth

ManagementHelen Torres FoundationNorthern Trust

Lecture SeriesFree with MFA admission, open to the public

Sponsored by:

This outstanding series features some of the world’s foremost art historians, curators, artists, and collectors. The public is invited to these free lectures. An always elegant reception for Collectors Circle members, also sponsored by Northern Trust, is held one hour before the lecture. Seymour Gordon, Honorary Trustee and Past President of the MFA Board, is President of the Collectors Circle.

Thursday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.: Dr. Helena Katalin Szépe, Associate Professor, Renaissance Art History, at the University of South Florida, will focus on “Painted Manuscripts of Renaissance Venice,” her specialty. She has a book manuscript, Privilege and Duty in the Serene Republic: Painted Documents of Renaissance Venice, currently under review for publication. She is also working on a new book with Lilian Armstrong, Master of the Renaissance Book: Benedetto Bordon.

A distinguished scholar, Dr. Szépe is widely published in journals, books, and exhibition catalogues and has lectured at numerous conferences and symposia in this country, Europe, and Canada. She has also presented papers at Florida State University, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and at European universities, institutes, libraries, and museums. She has been a Visiting Scientist Fellow at the University of Padua in Italy and has received American Council of Learned Societies, Getty Postdoctoral, and Huntington Library Fellowships. She has also been a Visiting Fellow at Houghton Library of Harvard University.

Dr. Peter Fergusson of Wellesley College looked at the pilgrimage cathedral of Chartres in his Collectors Circle Lecture on Thursday, February 26.

Socializing at the reception were (left to right): Seymour Gordon, President of the Collectors Circle and Honorary Trustee; Debbie Kraujalis and Brian Glas of sponsor Northern Trust; Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator

Jennifer Hardin; and Dr. Fergusson and his wife Lilian Armstrong.

Board of Trustees 2015Executive CommitteeMr. Howard Mills, JD, President

Mr. Mark T. Mahaffey, President-Elect

Mr. Clark Mason, SecretaryMr. Wayne (Skipp) Fraser, CPA , Treasurer

Mrs. Royce HaimanMrs. Carol A. UphamDr. Kent Lydecker, Director

TrusteesMrs. Erin Smith AebelMr. Roy BingerMr. Robert ChurutiMrs. Cathy CollinsMr. Gary DamkoehlerDr. Gordon J. GilbertMr. Robert L. HiltonMrs. Hazel C. Hough

Ms. Fay MackeyMrs. Mary Alice McClendon

Mrs. Glenn MosbyMrs. Patti NovackMr. Marshall RousseauMs. Ellen StavrosMr. Harold E. Wells Jr.Mrs. Gail Phares, President, The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society

Honorary TrusteesMrs. Isabel Bishop, Honorary Memorial Trustee

Mr. Seymour A. Gordon, Esq.

Mr. Charles HendersonMr. Peter ShermanMrs. Carol A. Upham


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(Left to right) Event chair Cynthia Astrack, Cary Putrino, Mary B. Perry, and Demi Rahall. Mr. Putrino is Florida Director of Investment Advisors for sponsor Fifth Third Private Bank. Mrs. Rahall, founding president of the Collectors Circle, and Mrs. Perry, one of the MFA’s most dedicated volunteers, assisted Mrs. Astrack.

(Left to right) Collectors Circle President and Honorary Trustee Seymour and Susan Gordon, event chair Cynthia Astrack, and Sue and Dr. Richard Knipe.

Trustee Hazel and William R. Hough (left) with Sue Knipe, a former Museum docent.

Collectors CircleMember Appreciation Evening

at the home of Dr. Richard and Sue KnipeThursday, January 22

GalaCelebrating the MFA’s 50th Anniversary

and the 20th Anniversary of the Collectors Circle

Sojourn on the Côte d’Azur Friday, April 24, 6:30 p.m.

MFA Members and the Public Welcome

Photo by Maurice Aeschimann

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)Villa Chêne-Roc, Juan-Les-Pins (1931)

Oil on canvasPrivate Collection

©2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sponsored in part by

Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, gourmet seated dinner, select wines, champagne,

after-dinner party and music.

MFA Director Kent Lydecker and Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin

will present three artworks for possible Museum acquisition. Collectors Circle members in attendance will select their

favorite. Helen Torres will announce the winner.

Black-Tie Optional Complimentary Valet Parking on Beach Drive

$250 per person

Hillary Cone and Judi Kelly are the chairs. Please send check, made payable to the Museum of Fine Arts, or credit card information, including security code,

to Judi Kelly, 2413 Bayshore Blvd., #2301, Tampa, FL 33629. Reservations may be emailed to [email protected].

All proceeds support the Collectors Circle Acquisitions Fund to purchase works for the collection.

(Left to right) Susan Hicks, Mary Shuh, and

Helen Torres, who has been a sponsor

of the Collectors Choice Gala for many years. Mrs. Hicks and

Mrs. Shuh are past presidents of The

Margaret Acheson Stuart Society.

The Knipes’ landmark home was designed by C. Perry Snell and was the residence of longtime MFA benefactors Louise and Wally Bishop.


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Annual GivingThe MFA Annual Fund campaign, which began January 1, is the keystone of philanthropy for our Museum. Contributions account for close to 40 percent of our operating budget. Every donation helps us provide world-class exhibitions such as Monet to Matisse: On the French Coast, our myriad educational programs for all ages, conservation of the collection, and much more.

Making a contribution is easy as 1-2-3, online, by phone, or by mail:1. Donate online at www.fine-arts.org/annual-giving-campaign.

Click Donate to the MFA.2. Call the Development Office at 727.896.2667.3. Mail a check, made payable to the Museum of Fine Arts, to MFA

Development with “Annual Fund” in the memo line.

Participation in annual giving helps us receive grants, and employers will often make a matching contribution, doubling the impact of your gift. For more information or assistance with your gift, please contact the MFA Development Office. Thank you for helping us to connect the community to art through your donation today!

New StaffSusan Robertson brings extensive experience to the MFA as Director of Marketing. Her career in marketing, promotions, community relations, and sales has spanned more than 25 years.

For 12 years, she was Marketing Director of The Pier/Urban Retail Properties Co. She developed and administered a $500,000 budget and was in charge of all marketing projects. Her responsibilities included advertising, social media, the website, tenant and community relations, customer service, and supervision of the Concierge Center staff. She increased annual events from 150 to more than 500 and led sales to record numbers during the final three years of the Pier.

At the same time, she was very active in the community. She graduated from Leadership St. Pete in 2001 and went on to serve on its planning committee for nine years and as its chair in 2008. She has been a board member of the Leadership St. Pete Alumni Association and the Downtown Business Association and a member of Women in Tourism and the Bay Area Concierge Association.

Previously, she was the Marketing Director for ParkSide Mall/Divaris Real Estate. She coordinated promotional efforts during a multimillion dollar renovation and lowered the age demographic of shoppers. She has also held positions in marketing and promotions with Clear Channel Radio, Host Productions/DECO Productions/Hello Florida, and Coastland Center and DeSoto Square Malls.

Prior to joining the Museum staff in early December, she was Banquet Sales Manager for The Birchwood Inn on Beach Drive. She was responsible for marketing, booking, planning, and implementing receptions, corporate dinners, and special events for the 4,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom. She was part of The Birchwood’s initial start-up team and in the first year, garnered more than $1 million in sales. She was quickly placed in charge of all bookings of groups of more than 20.

Ms. Robertson has dived into her work at the MFA with confidence and expertise and is the staff liaison to the 50th Anniversary Committee, comprised of trustees. She is already playing a critical role as the Museum moves forward.

$25,000 and UpWilliam R. and Hazel HoughTom and Mary James

$10,000 to $24,999Anonymous Dav and Glenn Mosby

$5,000 to $9,999Dr. Steve and Cathy CollinsGary and Gail DamkoehlerBarbara Godfrey Smith

$1,000 to $4,999AnonymousMarvin and Lois AtkinsRuss and Andrea BarlowMargaret BowmanDonald and Ruth CampagnaBob and Tina DouglassWayne (Skipp) and Joyce

FraserMichael GrahamLynne HensleyKent and Toni LydeckerFay MackeySonya MillerBrenda Verbeck MortensenIrwin and Patti Novack Dr. Richard E. and Mary B.

PerryEric Lang PetersonJean E. RocchiT. Marshall RousseauNeil and Susan SavageDave and Carol SjolundDrs. Edwin and Dorothy SvedBurrage and Mary Lou

WarnerMary WheelerClement and Carole WhiteJean Giles Wittner

$500 to $999 Margaret A. AlleseeDr. Edward and Margaret

AmleyDr. William and Jacqueline

Ley BrownGeorge R. EllisW. Langston and Carol

HollandHelen K. LeslieJim and Deborah LongBud and Fran RisserPaul Wolfowitz

Up to $499Erin AebelPeter and Anne Appleton-

JonesDr. Raymond and Kathleen

ArsenaultMaureen A. BallingerGerald BeckerNina BerkheiserMary BookerMarcia Bradwick

Dr. Juan J. and Nancy Cardenas

Lloyd and Louise ChapinRichard Davis and Rene

Clark Marion Class Jon and Janet CookDaryl DeBerryMuriel DesloovereMj Dicus Patricia H. EckertRoberta GemmaPatricia GordonDebi GrangerJan GreenLaurel J. GreeneLyn GreeneAnn HempenEugene and Suzanne

HotchkissDr. Lyman A. and Claudia D.

HusseyEvelyn JergerJudith JourdanDr. Thomas C. and Margarita

LaughlinDeforest and Madge K. LaVoyHarold J. LeighAlvin and Dana LevineDr. James M. and Nina LightElizabeth LowerreVytas and Gerda MaceikonisKnute and Mary Malmborg Dr. Franklin S. and Anne

Massari Terence and Virginia

McCarthyFrank and Virginia K.

McConnell Joyce MillmanSarah NisensonCarolyn NygrenWiley OsbornBonnie G. OtisIsabelle R. PetersonHarry J. and Winifred PfisterEugene and Margaret

PonessaEric and Ann RascoeSusan RigginsDavid and Teddi RobbinsMarilyn A. RugaJ. C. and Carol RussellLinnea SennottDr. Julie ShamasSydni Ann ShollenbergerDr. Arthur and Peg

SilvergleidThomas and Donna Southard Bob and Carol StewartTampa International Gay and

Lesbian Film FestivalLibby TolsonLouis and Sally Wheeler Kathleen WilsonDonald and Marylee Zink

Thank YouThe MFA is grateful to the following donors who contributed

to the Annual Fund from November 22, 2014 through February 20, 2015:

Porch Parties

Sponsored by

The MFA Porch Party is fortunate to have ReMax Metro as the new 2015 sponsor, so the best porch on Beach Drive will again be the place to go on the third Thursday of every month. From 5:30-7 p.m., members can enjoy light refreshments and beverages courtesy of Lundy’s, with a cash bar for nonmembers. Extended museum hours on Thursday, combined with UNCHartED events and other programs, give you many reasons to visit. Please check www.fine-arts.org, the Mosaic, and e-news for the most recent schedule.


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Life’s a Beach, Photographs by Martin ParrandVisual Metaphor: Second Annual High School Art ExhibitionFINAL DAYS, through Sunday, April 26

African American Life and FamilyFINAL WEEKS, through Sunday, May 3

Monet to Matisse – On the French CoastThrough Sunday, May 31

Images of the Floating World and Beyond: Japanese Woodblock PrintsSaturday, May 9-Sunday, August 16

Five Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring The Dandrew-Drapkin CollectionSaturday, June 20-Sunday, October 4

General Tours, Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m.Family Tours, Saturdays, 11 a.m.

APRILSaturday/4Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m.MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Kokedama, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Monday/6The Contemporaries Lunchtime Lectures: Presentation by photographer Selina Roman, noon

Wednesday/8Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Witness, tour, and refreshments, 10-11 a.m.Memory Screening for new ILLUMINATE program, 1-4 p.m.

Thursday/9Gallery Talk on Monet to Matisse: On the French Coast by Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin, 6:30 p.m.Book Club@ the MFA, Ruby by Cynthia Bond, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday/11Drumming @ the MFA, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Sunday/12Hot Gatherings, Cool Conversations: Glass artist John Brekke and multimedia artist and photographer Richard Logan, 3 p.m.

Tuesday/14Friends of Decorative Arts: Glass artist Duncan McClellan, 2 p.m.

Thursday/16Meet the Artist: Metalsmith Laura Flavin displays her Modern Bird Jewelry in the Museum Store, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Porch Party, 5:30-7 p.m.Collectors Circle Lecture: Dr. Helena Katalin Szépe of the University of South Florida on “Painted Manuscripts of Renaissance Venice,” 6:30 p.m.

Friday/17Art and Sign Language, 10 a.m.

Saturday/18Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m.MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Kokedama, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sunday/19Gallery Talk by Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, on Life’s a Beach, Photographs by Martin Parr, 3 p.m.

Monday/20ILLUMINATE, Session B, 10-11:30 a.m.

Friday/24Collectors Choice XIV Gala, presented by the Collectors Circle, 6:30 p.m.Retro Beach Bash, presented by The Contemporaries, 8 p.m.


Sunday/26Painting in the Park, 1-4 p.m.Life’s a Beach, Photographs by Martin Parr, and Visual Metaphor close.

MAY

Saturday/2Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m.MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Woodblock Prints, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sunday/3African American Life and Family closes.

Monday/4ILLUMINATE, Session A, 10-11:30 a.m.Annual Membership Meeting and Reception, 4-6 p.m.

Thursday/7Member Sale in the Museum Store begins today and continues through Sunday, May 10.

Saturday/9Drumming@ the MFA, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Lecture by Director Emeritus Dr. John Schloder on Images of the Floating World and Beyond: Japanese

Woodblock Prints, which opens today, 3 p.m.Members’ Reception for Images of the Floating World and Beyond, 4 p.m.

Sunday/10Final Day to take advantage of the Member Sale in the Museum Store.

Tuesday/12Friends of Decorative Arts: Noted collector Jim Sweeny on the Bauhaus, 2 p.m.

Wednesday/13Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s 1920s – Living in Downtown St. Pete, tour, and refreshments, 10-11 a.m.

Thursday/14Book Club @ the MFA, The Sandman: The Dream Hunter by Neil Gaiman, 6:30 p.m.

Friday/15Art and Sign Language, 10 a.m.

Saturday/16Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m.MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Woodblock Prints, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Thursday/21Porch Party, 5:30-7 p.m.Trunk Show, presented by the Museum Store, Lina Teixeira’s wearable art, 5:30-7:30 p.m.UNCHartED: Random Acts of Culture: Mastering the Art of the French ... food of course!, 6 p.m.


Sunday/31Monet to Matisse – On the French Coast closes.

JUNEMonday/1ILLUMINATE, Session A, 10-11:30 a.m.

Saturday/6Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m.MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Sun Prints, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sunday/7Music in the Marly: Pianist Eric Lu, winner of the Ninth National Chopin Piano Competition, 2 p.m.

Wednesday/10Coffee Talk with Nan Colton’s Under Palmetto Leaves, tour, and refreshments, 10-11 a.m.

Thursday/11Book Club @ the MFA, The Language of Light by Meg Waite Clayton, 6:30 p.m.

Friday/12Beer Project: Beer + Art Lounge, 7-10 p.m.

DATES to RememberSaturday/13Drumming @ the MFA, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Beer Project: Home Brew Tasting, Awards, and more, noon-3 p.m.

Sunday/14Music in the Marly: Trio Solisti, 2 p.m.

Monday/15ILLUMINATE, Session B, 10-11:30 a.m.SPC SAM (Science, Art & Math) Camp @ the MFA, Session 1 starts, pre-registration required.

Friday/19Art and Sign Language, 10 a.m.Members’ Opening for Five Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, 7 p.m.

Saturday/20Kidding Around Yoga, 10-11 a.m.MFA: Make and Take Saturday – Sun Prints, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Five Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts opens.

Sunday/21Gallery Talk on Five Decades of Photography by Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator Jennifer Hardin, 3 p.m.Friends of Photography: Private Reception with Photographer Brian Oglesbee, 4 p.m.

Monday/22SPC SAM Camp @ the MFA, Session 2 starts, pre-registration required.

Thursday/25Cinema @ the MFA: Redes (Nets), 6:30 p.m.

Friday/26Date Night for Parents/Book Club for Kids, 5:45-8 p.m.


Sunday/28Wayne W. and Frances Knight Parrish Lecture: Dr. Malcom Daniel, Curator in Charge, Department of Photography, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 p.m.Cinema @ the MFA for Families: Chitty, Chitty, Bang Bang, 2 p.m.

JULYSunday/19Music in the Marly: La Catrina Quartet, 2 p.m.

Thursday/23Cinema @ the MFA: Berenice Abbott: A View of the 20th Century, 6:30 p.m.


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Timothy O’Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882), Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho (1874), albumen print, Gift of Dr. Robert L. and Chitranee Drapkin

Five Decades of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring The Dandrew-Drapkin Collection
