Mead Art Museum at Amherst College Annual Report for the Year 2012–2013 1 Mead Art Museum TABLE OF CONTENTS at Amherst College report from the Director .................... 2 Annual Report for the Year 2012–2013 Acquisitions ................................ 4 Loans ..................................... 12 research ................................... 14 Grants ..................................... 16 Curricular Collaborations ..................... 18 Volunteer Student Docents ................... 26 Exhibitions ................................. 27 Publications ................................ 29 Programs .................................. 30 Attendance ................................ 38 Security and Facility ......................... 39 Staff, Interns, Docents, Friends, Advisors ....... 40 Strategic Plan, Status Report.................. 46 ABOVE: Students in Professor Timothy Van Compernolle’s First Year Seminar “Space and Place.” Photo by Mark Idleman ’15 COVEr: Visitors to the Mead on Family Fun Day. Photo by Mark Idleman ’15 BACk COVEr: Photo by Cole Morgan ’13 A student in Professor Maria Heim’s “Introduction to Buddhist Traditions” viewing Buddhist sculptures. Photo by Jessica Mestre ’10 REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR them, used the Mead’s resources for the first time and added those listings to the consortial catalogue out in the final hours of the show. The major spring in 2012–2013. Twelve of the college’s twenty-seven of the Five College art museums. presentation, Art for All: Additions to the Collection small, discussion-based, writing-attentive First-Year from Antiquity to Today, marked the first of three Two scholarly catalogues. Five distinguished lec- Seminars met at the Mead, a meaningful increase Propitiously, these and other important education- exhibitions to explore recent acquisitions from tures published online. Seven special exhibitions. from the ten held at the museum during the preced- al initiatives seem certain to continue in the years numerous world cultures and historical eras. Sixteen external publications of museum artworks. ing year. Over the five years since the Mead began ahead, thanks to a generous pledge of support Ninety public programs. One hundred twenty recording such data, curricular use of the collection from Dwight M. Poler, Class of 1987, and Kirsten Also in 2012–2013, the Mead launched a complete college-class visits. One hundred thirty-two acqui- has increased by an extraordinary 362%. Cooper Poler, Class of 1988, which promises to redesign of its website, making it clearer, more sitions. Twenty-two thousand visitors. Five hundred allow the museum to meet the terms of its endow- attractive, and easier to navigate. The museum thousand dollars in grants and donations. The If teaching with the museum’s collections is becom- ment challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon opened a virtual store on Amazon, simplifying transformational acquisition of a rare Roman antiq- ing ubiquitous at Amherst, classes taught in the Foundation, and thereby to underwrite by 2015 online purchases of Mead publications and increas- uity. The best-attended exhibition in the museum’s Mead are anything but predictable. The museum’s the Curator of Academic Programs position held by ing awareness of those volumes for an interna- sixty-four-year history. By any measure, 2012–2013 ongoing program of faculty orientation sessions and Pamela russell. tional audience of prospective readers. For similar marked another remarkable year for the Mead. faculty seminars on the collection ensures that pro- reasons, the Mead reached an agreement with the fessors have access to the most effective pedagogi- The volunteer student docents continued their suc- Bridgeman Art Library to distribute museum images cal strategies for teaching with original works of art. cessful program of Evenings at the Mead cabaret- requested for publication. The museum bookshop The ongoing grant-sponsored digitization project and-museum-tour events, complemented by tradi- and café introduced numerous improvements to its (which has illustrated 88.6% of the museum’s col- tional tours on weekend afternoons, and seasonal equipment and procedures, providing visitors with lection in the online catalogue to date) helps faculty Family Fun Days. During the summer academic a better experience, and laying the groundwork for members identify the most relevant objects for break, the curators led the increasingly popular It’s additional enhancements in the year ahead. their inquiries. As course-related inquiries shine Cool at the Mead series of gallery talks. new light into once-dark corners of the collection, The year 2013–2014 promises to be equally suc- and curatorial records for those illuminated objects The year 2012–2013 brought further changes to cessful. A new book club, Mead Reads, will offer are refined, new opportunities arise for further the museum’s professional staff: Bettina Jungen opportunities for community discussions of fiction discoveries, and the cycle of deepening knowledge was promoted to Senior Curator and Thomas P. and nonfiction books on topics involving art and continues. In the past year, our curatorial team had Whitney ’37 Curator of Russian Art; Rachel Rogol art museums. The Mead’s exceptionally extensive the opportunity to share news of these initiatives, was promoted to Executive Assistant to the open hours will expand further, to a remarkable and to replicate a class visit experience, in a suc- Director and Media & Marketing Coordinator; eighty-three hours per week when the college is in cessful “Amherst Today” master class for alumni. Maggie Dethloff became Acting Curator of session, and forty-three hours per week at other American Art; and Mason Fields became the grant- times of the year. The incremental introduction Of course, opportunities for learning need not be funded Digitization Project Data Specialist. As this of LED lighting to the galleries will continue, and a restricted to the classroom, and in the past year annual report goes to press, in July 2013, two new vibrant series of lamppost banners will alert cam- the Mead continued to work to foster independent colleagues are about to join our ranks: Bradley pus visitors to the museum’s presence. This Just In! Photo by Jim Gipe © Pivot Media student research involving the collection. As an in- Bailey, as the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Additions to the Collection from Pompeii to Today centive, the Mead established a new academic prize Postdoctoral Curatorial Teaching Fellow in Japanese will feature a fresh selection of recent acquisitions, Museum attendance continued to grow: on-site in 2012–2013, awarded to the graduating student Prints for 2012–2014; and Sheila Flaherty-Jones, as including a Roman sea nymph sarcophagus, an general attendance rose by 13.1%, special event at- in any major whose senior thesis most effectively Curatorial and Editorial Assistant. exquisite Dürer engraving, and much more. All of tendance by 21.2%, college student course-related engages an object from the collection. Leslie Quiroz, these activities will be shaped by the Mead’s new, attendance by 30.1%, and school and community Class of 2013, earned the inaugural Wise Award for The Mead’s exhibition schedule addressed topics interim Strategic Plan, recently adopted by the group attendance by 66.3%. The past year’s steady Collection Research for her thesis in Art and the His- ranging from ancient Mesopotamian artifacts to museum’s Advisory Board and documented at the increase in visitors ran counter to the general tory of Art addressing a Picasso print at the Mead. 20th-century Russian émigrés, from a sound instal- conclusion of this annual report. standstill in museum visitation nationwide, but lation in Stearns Steeple to a student-researched ex- extended a trend at the Mead that has brought a Other student research projects grew from mu- ploration of never-executed equestrian monuments But why take my word for it? Visit the Mead 267% increase in visitors over the past seven years. seum internship experiences. Lindsay Oxx, Class to Lord Jeffery Amherst on the college campus. The yourself in the months ahead to see all of these of 2014, delivered a paper on one of the Mead’s major autumn presentation, Reinventing Tokyo: projects and programs in action. Our website and The dramatic growth in curricular use of the collec- Assyrian palace reliefs in the first Undergradu- Japan’s Largest City in the Artistic Imagination, publications offer a virtual glimpse of the museum’s tion, likewise, continued apace. Seventy-five cours- ate Paper Session at the Annual Meeting of the emerged from a team-taught course developed by offerings, but nothing compares to the real es—from Dance to Psychology, German to Geol- Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle, Samuel Morse, Timothy Van Compernolle, and Trent experience of being here. ogy—held at least one class session in the museum Washington. Jennifer Morales, Class of 2013, com- Maxey. Described by the Boston Globe as “thought- during the past academic year, a 20.9% rise from pleted the digitization and preliminary cataloguing fully … put together” with a “subtle” and “inspired” 2011–2012. Importantly, forty-two of those courses, of the 218-object art collection of another Amherst installation, the exhibition set a new attendance Elizabeth E. Barker, Ph.D. and twenty-four of the faculty members who led College institution, the Emily Dickinson Museum, record for the Mead, and the related catalogue sold Director 2 3 ACQUISITIONS Michael Collins (British, born in India, 1961), Hube Coal Breaker, Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Cactus at Henry French’s Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage Interior I, Ashley PA, 2011. Digital chromogenic print. Gift in Spread. Near Cashel, North Dakota, 1981, 1990. Chromogenic design for Boris Godunov; (IV) The Inn, 1947. Black chalk, ink, honor of Frederick Borden Shipley (Class of 2013) (2013.21) contact print on Kodak Professional Paper, edition 6/15. Gift of graphite, gouache on tan wove paper mounted on paper. Gift of GIFTS (alphabetical by artist) Ray Mortenson (2012.360) Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.332) David T. Culverwell (American, 1944-2013), Stones, Pt. Lobos, Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte (French, March 1980. Type R color print. Gift of Charles C. Eldredge (Class Jim Dow (American, born 1942), The Scotch Douche, the Union Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage 1787-1858) after Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (French, 1758-1823), La of 1966) in memory of the artist (Class of 1966) (2013.22) Club. New York, NY, 2002, 2002. Chromogenic contact print on design for Boris Godunov; (V) Untitled, Tsar’s Apartments, 1948. Vierge, 1847. Lithograph. Gift of George McKee (2012.352) Kodak Professional Paper, edition 1/25. Gift of Ray Mortenson Black chalk, ink, graphite, gouache on tan wove paper. Gift of Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878), Moonrise, 1861. (2012.361) Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.333) Etching on wove paper. Gift of George McKee (2012.348) Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Window at Jess’s Lunch. US 11 design for Boris Godunov; (VI), Untitled, Probably interior room & 33. Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1998, 1998. Chromogenic contact at Sandomir Castle, Poland, 1947. Black chalk, ink, graphite, print on Kodak Professional Paper, edition 4/25. Gift of Ray gouache on tan wove paper mounted on paper. Gift of Polly Mortenson (2012.355) Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.334) Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Bar at Mrs. Turner’s Restaurant. Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage New Orleans, Louisiana, 1977, 1990. Chromogenic contact design for Boris Godunov; (VIII), Kronig (Revolution), 1947. Black print on Kodak Professional Paper, edition 1/15. Gift of Ray chalk, ink, graphite, gouache on tan wove paper. Gift of Polly Mortenson (2012.356) Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.335) Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Facade of the Martin Theatre. Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage Talladega, Alabama, 1978, 1990. Chromogenic contact print on design for Boris Godunov; (IX), Untitled, The Palace of the Facets Kodak Professional Paper, edition 5/15. Gift of Ray Mortenson in the Kremlin, 1948. Black chalk, ink, graphite, gouache on tan (2012.357) wove paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.336) Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Dairy Queen at Night. Iowa City, Iowa, 1988, 1991. Chromogenic contact print on Kodak Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Professional Paper, edition 2/15. Gift of Ray Mortenson Untitled, costume design for officer with costume sketches (2012.358) along right margin, 1939. Gouache and graphite on paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.337) Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Untitled, costume design for Louise by Gustave Charpentier, Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Dairy Queen at Night. Iowa 1932. Graphite, pastel, ink on paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, City, Iowa, 1988, 1991. Gift of Ray Mortenson (2012.358) in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.338) Beth Van Hoesen (American, 1926-2010), Traci, 1990. Gift of E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust (2012.317) Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Foyer & Stair, the Union Club. Untitled, costume design depicting food-server picking his nose, New York, NY, 2002, 2002. Chromogenic contact print on 1928. Pastel and graphite on L’Ecolier C&F tan laid paper. Gift of Peggy Bacon (American, 1895-1987), Marsden Hartley, ca. 1931. Kodak Professional Paper, edition 1/25. Gift of Ray Mortenson Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.339) Crayon on paper. Gift of Randall Griffey, Curator of American Art (2012.362) (2008-2012), in honor of Charles C. (“Jynx”) Eldredge (Class of Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), 1966) (2012.345) Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Tailor Shop Window. Covent Untitled, costume design for harem woman, 1920. Pencil on Garden, London, 1986, 1995. Chromogenic contact print on tan laid paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000), Baskin 1992, AET S Kodak Professional Paper, edition 5/25. Gift of Ray Mortenson Lewis Allen (2012.340) 70 (Self-Portrait), 1992. Gouache on paper. Gift of Robert and (2012.363) Muriel Lazzarini (2012.319) Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Kitchen, Estancia Aceline, near set for play, Anne of England, Acts II and IV, 1941. Black chalk, Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000), Grotesque, 1992. Vela, Argentina, 1990, 1990. Chromogenic contact print on graphite, ink, pastel on wove paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, Etching, artist’s proof. Gift of Robert and Muriel Lazzarini Kodak Professional Paper, edition 31/35. Gift of Ray Mortenson in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.341) (2012.320) (2012.364) Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Sarah Berman (American, born in Ukraine, 1895-1957), Untitled Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage Jessica Tandy as Abigail Hill in the play “Anne of England,” (rainy street scene, New York City), 1940. Oil on board. Gift of design for Boris Godunov; (I) Prologue: The Cloister, 1947. Black 1941. Pastel, graphite on paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in Steven M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.16) chalk, ink, graphite, gouache on tan wove paper mounted on memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.342) paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Natvar Bhavsar (American, born in India, 1934), Untitled, Allen (2012.329) Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), 1984. Oil on canvas. Gift of Steven M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) Barbara Everest as Queen Anne in the play “Anne of England,” (2013.15) Meisen kimono with design of geometric patterns (Japanese, Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage 1941. Graphite on paper mounted on board. Gift of Polly 20th century). Gift of John C. Weber (2013.10) design for Boris Godunov; (II) The Coronation, 1947. Black chalk, Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.343) Zahit Büyükişleyen (Turkish, born 1946), Das Ende der Welt, III ink, graphite, gouache on tan wove paper mounted on paper. Phase, ca. 1974. Etching on heavy wove paper, edition 3/15. Gift Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), of Professor Hugh Hawkins (2012.322) Jim Dow (American, born 1942), Stand Selling Tomatoes. (2012.330) Costume design for La Reine de Nuit for the opera Manon (ballet Jean-Baptiste-Claude Chatelain (French, 1710-1758) after Yardley, Pennsylvania, 1979, 1990. Chromogenic contact print in opera), 1939. Watercolor, gouache, graphite, silver on paper. Philips de Koninck (Dutch, 1619-1688) formerly attributed to on Kodak Professional Paper, edition 1/5. Gift of Ray Mortenson Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669); published by Arthur (2012.359) design for Boris Godunov; (III) Untitled, Chudov Monastery (2012.344) Interior, 1947. Black chalk, ink, graphite, gouache on tan wove Pond (British, 1701-1758), Untitled after Wide River Landscape paper mounted on paper. Gift of Polly Reynolds Allen, in by Philips de Koninck, 1744. Etching. Gift of George McKee memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.331) (2012.351) 4 5 Victor Khromin (American, born in Russia, 1948), Beast Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Front Room Reflected in Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver Trapper, 2008. Oil on canvas. Gift of Vladimir A. von Mirror, The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947, printed print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Tsurikov and family (2012.354) 1980. (2013.01.4) M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.3) Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806), Making Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Barbershop, Weeping Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver Wine with Mount Fuji in the Distance, ca. 1800. Water, Nebraska, 1947, printed 1980. (2013.01.5) print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Woodblock triptych. Gift of Irene and Norton Starr M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.4) (2013.23) Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Dresser Drawer, near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947, printed 1980. (2013.01.6) Alphonse Legros (French, 1837-1911, active in France and England), Sir Edward John Poynter, ca. 1877. Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Model T in Shed, The Etching on laid Portfolio paper. Gift of George McKee Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947, printed 1980. (2012.349) (2013.01.7) Alphonse Legros (French, 1837-1911, active in France Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Barber Pole, and England), Jean Dalou, ca. 1880. Eching on laid Weeping Water, Nebraska, 1947, printed 1980. (2013.01.8) Portfolio paper. Gift of George McKee (2012.350) Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Juke Box, Southern Gerson Leiber (American, born 1921), Follow the Indiana, 1950, printed 1980. (2013.01.9) Sign of the Times, 1969. Etching and aquatint. Gift of Jeannot R. Barr (2013.19) Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Church Facade, near Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii (Russian, 1875-1957), Stage Rahway, New Jersey, 1940, printed 1980. (2013.01.10) design for Boris Godunov; (VIII), Kronig (Revolution), 1947. Gift of Joel D. Levinson (American, born 1953), California Flea Market Polly Reynolds Allen, in memory of Irving Lewis Allen (2012.335) Series, Untitled #15, 1975. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Linda and Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Powerhouse and John Hillman (Class of 1966) (2012.365) Palm Tree, near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1940, printed 1980. (2013.01.11) Dennis Farber (American, born 1946), Untitled, 1990. Polarcolor Joel D. Levinson (American, born 1953), California Flea Market print. Gift of Steven M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.12) Series, Untitled #23, 1976. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Linda and Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Uncle Harry, The John Hillman (Class of 1966) (2012.366) Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947, printed 1980. Oriole Farb Feshbach (American, born 1931), In Time III, 1984. (2013.01.12) Offset color lithograph 8/35. Gift of the artist (2012.326) Michael Collins (British, born in India, 1961), Hube Coal Breaker, Joel D. Levinson (American, born 1953), California Flea Market Interior I, Ashley PA, 2011. Gift in honor of Frederick Borden Series, Untitled #41, 1976. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Linda and Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver Oriole Farb Feshbach (American, born 1931), In Time III, 1986. Shipley (Class of 2013) (2013.21) John Hillman (Class of 1966) (2012.367) print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Color photo collage on cream handmade paper. Gift of the artist M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.1) (2012.327) Joel D. Levinson (American, born 1953), California Flea Market Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver Series, Untitled #29, 1976. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Linda and print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Claude-Ferdinand Gaillard (French, 1834-1887) after Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767-1824), François-René, John Hillman (Class of 1966) (2012.368) M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.5) vicomte de Chateaubriand, after Girodet, 1856. Engraving. Gift Joel D. Levinson (American, born 1953), California Flea Market Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver of George McKee (2012.353) Series, Untitled #59, 1977. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Linda and print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Chaim Gross (American, born in Austria, 1904-1991), Two Heads, John Hillman (Class of 1966) (2012.369) M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.6) 1959. Ink on cream wove paper (Raffaello - C.M. Fabriano). Gift Jacques Lipchitz (French, 1891-1973), Bellerophon Taming Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver of Philip and Patricia Winterer (2012.370) Pegasus, ca. 1964-1966. Lithograph; edition 120/200. Gift of print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Samia A. Halaby (American, born 1936), Aluminum and Steel, Warren Hollinshead (Class of 1957) and Marilyn Hollinshead M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.7) (Parents Class of 1981) (2012.316) 1971. Graphite and red colored pencil on graph paper. Gift of Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver the artist (2012.301) Sean Mellyn (American, born 1965), Crème Brûlée, 2000. Oil on print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Samia A. Halaby (American, born 1936), Study for “Aluminum canvas mounted over stretcher and board. Gift of Steven M. M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.8) Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.17) and Steel,” 1971. Graphite and blue colored pencil on three Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver pieces of graph paper taped together. Gift of the artist J.H. Miller (American, active 1867-1876), New Hampshire School print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven (2012.302) House, 1867. Oil on canvas. Gift of Professor Hugh Hawkins M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.9) (2012.324) Samia A. Halaby (American, born 1936), Study for “Aluminum and Steel”; verso: Study for “Aluminum and Steel,” 1971. Emil Nolde (German, 1867-1956), Der Tod als Tanzerin, 1918. Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Wright Morris Portfolio, Etching, aquatint, and open-bite on heavy, wove Van Gelder Graphite and pink ink on tracing paper. Gift of the artist 1981. Clothbound portfolio box, leather label, silver gelatin Zonen paper. Gift of Professor Hugh Hawkins (2012.321) (2012.303) prints. Gift of Stephen Arkin (Class of 1963) in memory of Samia A. Halaby (American, born 1936), Sketch for no. 257, Benjamin De Mott (2013.01.1-12) Lynn Peterfreund (American, born 1952), Perching and Pecking 1971 (Aluminum and Steel), 1969. Oil on board. Gift of the artist (two impressions on single page), 2011. Etching. Gift of the artist Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Gano Grain Elevator, (2012.305) (2012.304) Western Kansas, 1940, printed 1980. Gift of Stephen Arkin (Class Dietmar Ullrich (German, born 1940), Fußballspieler, ca. 1974. Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, born in Prague, 1607-1677, active of 1963) in memory of Benjamin De Mott, AC 2013.01.1 Gift of Professor Hugh Hawkins (2012.323) Lynn Peterfreund (American, born 1952), Crazed, 2011. Etching. in Germany, Flanders, and England), Prospect of the Inner Part of Gift of the artist (2012.306) Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Ed’s Place, near Norfolk, Tangier with the Upper Castle from South East, ca. 1670. Etching Nebraska, 1947, printed 1980. (2013.01.2) Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961), The MoMA, 1996. Gelatin silver Lynn Peterfreund (American, born 1952), Crazed, 2011. Etching. on laid paper. Gift of George McKee (2012.347) print mounted on museum board, edition 4/10. Gift of Steven Gift of the artist (2012.307) Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), House in Winter, Eastern M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.18.2) Alex Katz (American, born 1927), Day Lily I (Maravell 23), 1969. Nebraska, 1941, printed 1980. (2013.01.3) Lynn Peterfreund (American, born 1952), Talking, 2011. Etching. Color lithograph on wove Arches paper. Gift of Philip and Gift of the artist (2012.308) Patricia Winterer (2012.371) 6 7 Lynn Peterfreund (American, born 1952), Talking, 2011. Etching. Beth Van Hoesen (American, 1926-2010), Traci, 1990. Gift of the artist (2012.309) Hardground etching, aquatint, and drypoint with electric engraving and roulette and handcolored watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream BFK Rives paper. Gift of E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust (2012.317) Beth Van Hoesen (American, 1926-2010), Steve, 1990. Aquatint, hardground etching, and drypoint with electric engraving, burnishing, and roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream BFK Rives paper. Gift of E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust (2012.318) William Watts (British, 1752-1851) after Paul Sandby (British, 1725-1809) published by George Kearsley (British, active 1725- 1813), Montreal, the Seat of Lord Amherst, 1777. Engraving, hand-coloring. Gift of George C. “Skip” Corson, Jr. (Class of 1956) (2012.328) James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903), Nocturne: Palaces from Twenty-Six Etchings (Second Venice Set), 1879-1883. Etching and drypoint. Gift of Philip and Patricia Winterer (2012.372) Joan Witek (American, born 1943), Drawing for “It’s a Jungle Out There . . . ,” 1983. Ink and graphite on wove paper. Gift of Steven M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.13) Mary Ellen Mark (American, born 1940), Shane and Shawn Riggins, 29 years old, Shane older by 3 minutes, Twinsburg, Ohio, 2001. Museum Purchase with Richard Templeton (Class of 1931) Photography Fund (2013.09) Lynn Peterfreund (American, born 1952), Pecking, 2011. Etching. Gift of the artist (2012.310) Lynn Peterfreund (American, born 1952), Perching, 2011. Etching. Gift of the artist (2012.311) David Row (American, born 1949), Study for #129, 1991. Oil on palette paper. Gift of Steven M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.11) Henry Tresham (British, born in Ireland, 1751-1814), Ascolta e Spera from Le avventure di Saffo, 1784. Aquatint on laid paper. Gift of James A. Bergquist (2012.299) Henry Tresham (British, born in Ireland, 1751-1814), Il Mesto Convito from Le avventure di Saffo, 1784. Aquatint on laid paper. Gift of James A. Bergquist (2012.300) Dietmar Ullrich (German, born 1940), Fußballspieler, ca. 1974. Serigraph. Gift of Professor Hugh Hawkins (2012.323) Unknown Japanese artist (20th century), Meisen kimono with design of geometric patterns, 20th century. Raw silk, plain weave, stencil-dyed warp and weft. Gift of John C. Weber (2013.10) Sonia Delaunay-Terk (Russian, 1885-1979), Disque, 1915. Gift of Thomas P. Whitney (Class of 1937) (2001.03) Unknown Northern European artist (17th century) after Gentile Wright Morris (American, 1910-1998), Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas, 1940, printed 1980. Gift of Stephen Arkin (Class of 1963) in Bellini (Italian, ca. 1429-1507), Portrait of a Woman Holding a memory of Benjamin De Mott, AC 2013.01.1 Joan Witek (American, born 1943), It’s a Jungle Out There . . . King Charles Spaniel, ca. 1650. Oil on canvas. Gift of Trina and not because of the gorillas but because of the ants, 1983. Oil on Donald S. Cohan (Class of 1951) (2012.379) canvas. Gift of Steven M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) (2013.14) 8 9 PURCHASES (alphabetical by artist) Motoda Hisaharu (Japanese, born 1973), Indication - Shibuya Center Town, 2005. Lithograph. Museum Purchase with gift of Anne Allen (British, active 1790-1800) after design by Jean funds from Scott H. Nagle (Class of 1985) in honor of Samuel Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808), Ornament design from C. Morse, Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell Professor of the Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l’usage des dessinateurs History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations (2012.378) et des peintres. Inventés et dessinés par Jean Pillement. Gravés par Anne Allen, ca. 1796- 1798. Etching with colored inks à la poupé on off-white laid paper. Museum Purchase with the Samuel B. Cummings (Class of 1926) Art Fund (2012.325) Rachel Gross (American, born 1970), Trapping, 2011. Intaglio with chine collé, woodblock relief, and spraypaint stencil on wove paper; edition 1/1. Museum Purchase, Trinkett Clark Memorial Student Acquisition Fund (2013.02) Rachel Gross (American, born 1970), Tablet, 2010. Two-plate intaglio with spraypaint stencil on wove paper. Purchase, Trinkett Clark Memorial Student Acquisition Fund (2013.03) Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841-1927), Repos sur les berges de la Seine à l’arbri d’une charette, 1882. Lithograph on chine volant. Purchase with William W. Collins (Class of 1953) Print Fund (2013.08) Victor Khromin (American, born in Russia, Koizumi Kishio (Japanese, 1893-1945), Nihonbashi Decorated on 1948), Beast Trapper, 2008. Oil on canvas. a Holiday, 1934. Museum Purchase with funds from Scott Nagle Gift of Vladimir A. von Tsurikov and family (Class of 1985) (2012.314) (2012.354) Koizumi Kishio (Japanese, 1893-1945), Broadcasting Station Oda Kazuma (Japanese, 1882-1956), Ginza Series #2 (Complete at Atagoyama, #31 from series 100 Pictures of Great Tokyo in set with original numbered lithograph folders), 1929. Lithograph Showa, 1932. Woodblock. Museum Purchase with funds from on paper. Museum Purchase with William W. Collins (Class of Scott Nagle (Class of 1985) (2012.313) 1953) Print Fund (2012.312.1-6) Koizumi Kishio (Japanese, 1893-1945), Nihonbashi Decorated Oda Kazuma (Japanese, 1882-1956), #1 Girl Selling Dolls from on a Holiday, #44 from the series 100 Pictures of Great Tokyo in Ginza Series #2, 1929. (2012.312.1) Showa, 1934. Woodblock. Museum Purchase with funds from Scott Nagle (Class of 1985) (2012.314) Oda Kazuma (Japanese, 1882-1956), #2 Shinbashi at Night from Ginza Series #2, 1929. (2012.312.2) Koizumi Kishio (Japanese, 1893-1945), Suehiro Street in Senju, #96 from the series 100 Pictures of Great Tokyo in Showa, 1937. Oda Kazuma (Japanese, 1882-1956), #3 Bar Sourire from Ginza Woodblock. Museum Purchase with funds from Scott Nagle Series #2, 1929. (2012.312.3) (Class of 1985) (2012.315) Oda Kazuma (Japanese, 1882-1956), #4 Sukiya Bridge at Night Otto Lange (German, 1879-1944), Woman in Green (Dame from Ginza Series #2, 1929. (2012.312.4) in Grün), 1918. Woodcut on imitation Japan paper. Museum Purchase with William K. Allison (Class of 1920) Memorial Fund Oda Kazuma (Japanese, 1882-1956), #5 Strollers from Ginza (2012.298) Series #2, 1929. (2012.312.5) Mary Ellen Mark (American, born 1940), Shane and Shawn Oda Kazuma (Japanese, 1882-1956), #6 Ginza - Late Night, Rain Riggins, 29 years old, Shane older by 3 minutes, Twinsburg, Ohio, from Ginza Series #2, 1929. (2012.312.6) 2001. Polaroid print. Museum Purchase with Richard Templeton (Class of 1931) Photography Fund (2013.09) Lillianna Pereira (American, born 1980), Circular Ruins, 2009. Paper collage. Museum Purchase, Trinkett Clark Memorial Benjamin Mendez (Class of 2014E) (American, born 1989), Student Acquisition Fund (2013.04) Ceramic Head/Red Netting, 2013. Ceramic, plastic netting produce bag. Museum Purchase, Wise Prize (2013.20) Lillianna Pereira (American, born 1980), The New World (Circular Ruins), 2011. Photopolymer intaglio with collage elements Miyoshi Kōzō (Japanese, born 1947), Nihonbashi, 2001. Gelatin on sewing paper mounted on book page. Museum Purchase, Clockwise, from upper left: Lillianna Pereira (American, born 1980), Circular Ruins, 2009; The New World (Circular Ruins), 2011; silver print. Purchase with Richard Templeton (Class of 1931) Trinkett Clark Memorial Student Acquisition Fund (2013.05) Firebird (Circular Ruins), 2011; American Visitor (Circular Ruins),2011. Purchase, Trinkett Clark Memorial Student Acquisition Fund Photography Fund (2012.373) (AC 2013.04-07) 10 11 Lillianna Pereira (American, born 1980), American Visitor OBJECTS LENT BY THE MEAD Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971), Workers of the World, (Circular Ruins), 2011. Photopolymer intaglio (monotype) Unite!, 1937, wood engraving, Museum Purchase (PR.1937.1), (alphabetical by artist) on book page. Museum Purchase, Trinkett Clark Memorial to 50 Great Americans, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport Student Acquisition Fund (2013.06) News, Virginia (October 20, 2012–January 13, 2013), Taubman William Blake (British, 1757-1828), Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia (February 15–June 2, 2013) Lillianna Pereira (American, born 1980), Firebird (Circular Illustration of the Book of Job: Behold Ruins), 2011. Photopolymer intaglio (monotype) on book Now Behemoth Which I Made with page. Museum Purchase, Trinkett Clark Memorial Student Thee, 1825, engraving on wove Acquisition Fund (2013.07) paper, Museum Purchase (1966.6), to exhibition held in conjunction Satō Shintarō (Japanese, born 1969), Shinkoiwa, with International Word and Image Katsushika-ku (Snow), 2005. Chromogenic print. Purchase Conference: Re-Readings and Re- with Richard Templeton (Class of 1931) Photography Fund Viewings of Sacred/Archetypal (2012.374) Narratives in Literature and the Arts, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Satō Shintarō (Japanese, born 1969), Asakusa, Taito-ku College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, (Hanayashiki), 2007. Chromogenic print. Purchase with Massachusetts (June 26–June 28, Richard Templeton (Class of 1931) Photography Fund 2013) (2012.375) Sonia Delaunay-Terk (Russian, 1885- Unknown (Roman, ca. 165-180 C.E.), Sarcophagus with 1979), Disque, 1915, gouache on Sea Creatures, ca. 165-180 C.E. Carrara marble. Museum paper, Gift of Thomas P. Whitney Purchase (2012.346) (Class of 1937) (2001.03), to Electric Paris, Sterling and Francine Ushioda Tokuko (Japanese, born 1940), Setagaya Ward, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Tokyo, 1981. Gelatin silver print. Purchase with Richard Massachusetts (February 16–April 21, Templeton (Class of 1931) Photography Fund (2012.376.a, b) 2013) Yamaguchi Hidenori (Japanese, born 1976), Industrial Robert Scott Duncanson (American, District, 2012. Ink on paper. Museum Purchase with gift 1821-1872), Maiden’s Rock, Lake of funds from Scott H. Nagle (Class of 1985) in honor of Pepin, 1862, oil on canvas, Gift of Samuel C. Morse, Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell William Macbeth, Inc. (1950.8), to Professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Robert S. Duncanson: An Antebellum Civilizations (2012.377) African American Artist, Miriam and Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971), Workers of the World, Unite!, 1937. Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia Museum Purchase (PR.1937.1) University, New York, New York BEQUESTS (none) (September 5–December 8, 2012) Phyllis Galembo (American, born TRANSFERS (none) 1952), Big Devil, Little Devil from Carnaval à Jacmel series, 1997, DEACCESSIONS (none) cibachrome print, Purchase with Wise Fund for Fine Arts (2004.13), to Monsters, Smith College Museum LOANS of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (October 19, 2012– LENDERS TO THE MEAD February 3, 2013) Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College Childe Hassam (American, 1859- Carolyn and Lindsey Echelbarger (Class of 1974, Parent 1935), Bois de Boulogne, 1888, oil 2004) on canvas, mounted on cardboard, Julia Meech Museum Purchase (1953.1), to Mori Art Museum, Mori Building Co., Ltd, Tokyo Electric Paris, Sterling and Francine Motoda Hisaharu Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Massachusetts (February 16–April 21, Private Collection, Tokyo 2013) Smith College Museum of Art Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Winslow Homer (American, 1836- Ushioda Tokuko and Port Gallery T, Osaka 1910), The Fisher Girl, 1894, oil on Otto Lange (German, 1879-1944), Woman in Green (Dame in John C. Weber canvas, Gift of George D. Pratt (Class of 1893) (P.1933.7), to Grün), 1918. Museum Purchase with William K. Allison (Class of Yamaguchi Hidenori Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine, Portland Museum 1920) Memorial Fund (2012.298) Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York of Art, Portland, Maine (September 20–December 30, 2012) Michael Huey (American, active in Austria, born 1964), Pompeii, W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978), Bridges at Night, 2008, C-print, diasec-mounted on aluminum, Partial Gift of the ca. 1955-1956, gelatin silver print, Gift of Shana L. Rasmus Artist (Class of 1987) and Partial Purchase with Funds donated (1991.97), to Shaping the View, University Museum of by Peter O. Brown (Class of 1962) and Nancy Brown (2011.56), to Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection, Massachusetts (April 3–May 12, 2013) Detail of: Phyllis Galembo (American, born 1952), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (February 24–July 7, Big Devil, Little Devil, 1997. Purchase with Wise Fund for 2013) Fine Arts (2004.13) 12 13 RESEARCH of the reclusive poet. Ms. Morales added the 218 A Poet Participates… Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. Poet Laureate paintings, prints, and photographs to the Five Col- Richard Wilbur, Class of 1942 and John Woodruff In this sarcophagus, two children lie American art: Maggie Dethloff, Acting Curator of lege Art Museums and Historic Deerfield Collec- Simpson Lecturer in English, offered a moving Whose mother’s eyes shall nevermore be dry. American Art, conducted research on a variety of tions Database, making this little-known resource translation of the Latin poem inscribed on the Her husband’s gone, who sired these luckless dears. new acquisitions in preparation for the exhibition accessible to international scholars. She also Mead’s newly acquired Roman sarcophagus Art for All: Additions to the Collection from Antiqui- drafted an engaging script for Dickinson Museum His childless widow faces empty years. (2012.346). ty to Today. Most notably, Ms. Dethloff identified a docent-led tours. Ms. Morales extended her re- unique drawing in the museum’s new group of 250 search into the academic year as part of an intern- artworks by Jared French as Lynched (AC 2012.253), ship at the Mead Art Museum and in support of her which he created for the 1935 NAACP-organized senior thesis, which considered the collection in exhibition An Art Commentary on Lynching. the context of nineteenth-century collecting trends and the couple’s conflicted relationship. Ancient art: In January 2013, Lindsay Oxx, Class of 2014, delivered a paper at the Annual Meeting of Photo by David Dashiell the Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle, WA, entitled “The Part and the Whole: An Assyrian John Twilley, art conservation scientist of Stony Miloslava Waldman, Study Room Supervisor, initi- Synecdoche,” as part of the first Undergraduate Brook, New York, submitted his report document- ated, researched, and arranged for repairs to the Paper Session. She examined how and why one slab ing his thorough examination of the silver amph- binding of the rare album of Francisco Goya’s The of the Mead’s renowned group of Assyrian palace oriskos (1958.125) in the Mead’s collection and Disasters of War (AC 1951.1115.xx). The project, reliefs (S.1855.4) was incorrectly restored in the concluded it is an authentic work of the Classical including minor conservation treatment of a few 1850s. She demonstrates how this “alien” element, Greek period. Stylistic analysis suggests a date sheets in the volume, was completed by Northeast recognized last year by Dr. Pamela Russell, sheds of 400–350 B.C.E. He employed stereobinocular Document Conservation Center in March 2013. The light on the reception and interpretation of the re- microscopy with oblique lighting and coniscopic volume has a special custom phase storage box and liefs when they first arrived in bucolic Amherst from lighting, X-radiography, and scanning electron mi- will become available for viewing by classes and exotic Mesopotamia. Ms. Oxx presented her find- croscopy with X-ray spectrometry. In summary, the the general public in September 2013. ings at the Mead in April 2013 in a lecture co-spon- vessel is constructed of cast sections of 94–96% sored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Mead Director Elizabeth Barker continued her metallic silver, although the handles may be Vasilii Dmitrovich Ermilov, (Russian, 1894-1967), A Monument Western Massachusetts Society, and repeated her research into William Blake’s The Raising of to Comrade Picasso, 1967. Gift of Thomas P. Whitney (Class of post-antique additions. There is evidence that the 1937) (2001.563) presentation for a reunion gathering in May 2013. Jairus’s Daughter (AC 2011.54) for a forthcoming archaeological corrosion products were filed away publication. Dr. William A. Weary, Class of 1964, recognized prior to its sale at auction in 1908, and the surface two landmarks familiar from his extensive travels was repatinated with silver bromide as well as wax. Russian art: Bettina Jungen, Thomas P. Whitney, in Frederick Edwin Church’s Al Ayn (AC 1972.109). Class of 1937, Curator of Russian Art, continued European art: Curatorial volunteer Sarah Bernatas American Art intern Jennifer Morales, Class of 2013, her ongoing research into the Mead’s russian art (M.A. Art History 2012, UMass Amherst) identified conducted further research on the two architectur- collection. Her findings include the designations Peter Ipsen (Danish, 1815–1860) as the maker of al achievements, Rumeli Hisari (Fortress of the Land of Mikhail Nesterov’s seven small Sketches for a a nineteenth-century ceramic amphora executed of the Romans) and Yeni Valide Camii (Yeni Valide Church Decoration, which were made for a church in the style of an ancient Greek red-figure vase Mosque), and wrote a new interpretative wall label. in Abastumani (Republic of Georgia), and of Bilibin’s (AC C.XX.2). The source of its painted scene with drawing Persian Woman (AC 2001.204), the context As the inaugural Mead/Dickinson Summer Research Asclepius and Hygeia was traced to a design of which she was able to reconstruct with the help Intern, Jennifer Morales, Class of 2013, catalogued created by neoclassical artist Bertel Thorvaldsen of a recent Russian publication of the artist’s letters the art collection of The Evergreens, the home (Danish, 1770–1844) for a relief panel at the from Cairo. In addition Dr. Jungen was able to nar- of Emily Dickinson’s brother, Austin, and his wife, Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. row the date of Konstantin Somov’s Weeping Angel Susan, and the best-preserved visual environment Mead-Dickinson Summer Research Intern, Jennifer Morales ’13. Photo by Maggie Dethloff. (AC 2001.525) to the period around 1897. 14 15 GRANTS AWARDS GIVEN • Manuel Guerero, Class of 2014, Curatorial and Gender Studies Department; Celebrating Architec- Program Intern, The Mexican Museum, San tural Studies: Perspectives from Five Young Alumni GRANTS RECEIVED The 2013 Wise Award for Studio Art was presented Francisco, CA panel presentations with Amherst College Architec- to Benjamin Mendez, Class of 2014, for his • Heather Lee, Class of 2015, Development Re- tural Studies Department; and the lecture The Part In March 2012, the Toshiba International Founda- sculpture Ceramic Head/Red Netting, which will search Intern, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and the Whole: An Assyrian Synecdoche with the tion awarded the Mead a $9,000 grant to support be added to the museum’s collection. Archaeological Institute of America, Western Mas- events held in conjunction with the Reinventing • Hana Tran, Class of 2014, Education Intern with sachusetts Society. Tokyo exhibition, including a Butoh dance per- the Museum Ambassador Program, M.H. de formance by Dawn Akemi Saito and a film series Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA presented at Amherst Cinema. In May 2012, the DONATIONS RECEIVED Japan Foundation awarded the Mead a ¥2,000,000 Generous support from individuals, organizations, ($25,225) grant to support the publication of the and academic departments allowed the Mead to Reinventing Tokyo exhibition catalogue. complete its successful past year. The Mead was fortunate to receive a leadership gift from Dwight M. Poler, Class of 1987, and Students in Professors Catherine Epstein, Sean Reddy, and Ellen Kirsten Cooper Poler, Class of 1988. Thanks to Boucher’s First Year Seminar “Genocide” in the Rotherwas the Polers’ exceptionally generous support, the room. Photo by Cole Morgan ’13 museum is on a stable course to meet the terms of Leslie Quiroz, Class of 2013, was the recipient of the Students in Professor Maria Heim’s “Introduction to Buddhist its endowment challenge grant from the Andrew first Wise Award for Collection Research. This new Traditions” class viewing a Buddhist sculpture. Photo by Jessica W. Mellon Foundation, and so to endow the vital Mestre ’10 award is presented each spring to a student in any position of Curator of Academic Programs by 2015. academic department whose senior thesis, in the DONATIONS MADE judgment of the Mead Art Museum’s curators and director, most effectively analyzes, interprets, or re- Photo by Mark Idleman ’15 In the 2012–2013 fiscal year, the Mead co-spon- sponds to an object in the museum’s collection. Ms. sored several events: a reception for alumni fami- Quiroz’s thesis for the Department of Art and the In October 2012, the Butler Family Foundation lies of first-year students organized by Alumni and History of Art was titled “Mirrors of Self-Destruc- presented the Mead with a $35,000 grant to sup- Parent Programs; a reception for the Classics De- tion: Picasso and His Bull Figures.” In preparation port the museum’s operations. The grant was made partment conference Caesar: Writer, Speaker and for her thesis, Ms. Quiroz researched the Picasso in memory of Kate Butler Peterson, a long-time Linguist; a kickoff celebration of the Art in Place/ prints Sueño y mentira de Franco (Dream and Lie of Trustee of the Foundation and supporter of the The Place of Art Copeland Colloquium; a reception Franco) (2003.93.1–5) from the Mead’s collection. Mead, who passed away in January 2011. for new faculty in the Department of Asian Lan- guages and Civilizations; eight artists’ performanc- The Mead Art Museum and the Department In December 2012, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Car- A student in Professors Catherine Epstein, Sean Reddy, and es for the Amherst Biennial Celebration organized of Art and the History of Art awarded Summer Ellen Boucher’s First Year Seminar “Genocide” in the museum’s penter Foundation awarded the Mead a $68,000 by the Town of Amherst; Anime Film Series with William Green Study Room. Photo by Cole Morgan ’13 Fellowship grants to five students for participating grant to create an eighteen-month postdoctoral cu- the Student Anime Club; a reception for the 39th in internship programs or undertaking individual ratorial and teaching fellowship in Japanese prints. A generous gift of funds from Andrew J. Shilling, Annual New England Medieval Conference, Objects projects related to art history, studio art, or Class of 1989, and Kirsten N. Shilling; Jennifer S. In the same month, the Julia A. Whitney museum careers: of Desire: The Materiality of the Middle Ages; a Stein, Class of 1993, and Josh B. Stein; and A. Gary Foundation continued its transforming support reception for retiring professors of English; a meet- • Maria Darrow, Class of 2015, Creation of a col- Shilling, Class of 1959, and Margaret B. Shilling of the Whitney Collection of Russian Art with a ing of the International Foundation for Cultural laborative mural, Portland High School and allowed the Mead to purchase more than 250 munificent award of $62,000. Property Protection; a reception for the Classics Falmouth Food Pantry, Portland, ME artworks by the distinguished alumnus artist Jared Department’s Mellon Conference; the symposium • Thea Goldring, Class of 2014, Pre-Program In- French, Class of 1925. Mediating Public Fears with Amherst College Office tern, Modern Art Conservation, New York, NY of the President and Five Colleges Women’s and 16 17