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FALL 2019
magazine
CONTENTS From the Executive Director 1
Board of Trustees
Elizabeth S. Murphy
President
Thomas B. Lillie
executive director 1 education 31–35 The Art of Collecting
First Vice-President
Mark L. Lippincott
Second Vice-President
exhibitions 2–10 art school 36–38 Elisabeth Saab
“Collecting” in general is not a rare pursuit
Secretary
acquisitions 11–13 founders travel 39 Martha Sanford
but a fundamental trait of being a human
Treasurer
art on loan 14 contributions 40–41 Thomas J. Mitchell being. The things people collect vary—from
Immediate Past President
films 15–17 membership 42–44 Eleanor Brownell stamps to rocks to fine works of art—but the
Ann K. Chan
news & programs 18–31 museum shop 45
James D. Draper impulse is the same. Collecting is a rewarding
Founders Society President
Mona Hardas activity that can change the way one sees the
calendars 19, 21, 27 Carol Hurand
Lynne Hurand world.
Raymond J. Kelly III
FIA Representative to FCCC Board Collectors of art are vital to museums as
Alan Klein
Office Hours Admission Jamile Trueba Lawand they often gift great works of art that provide
Eureka McCormick
Mon–Fri, 9a–5p Adults $10.00* William H. Moeller an enriching aesthetic experience for the
12 & under FREE Jay N. Nelson
for collectors through our biennial Art of
Gallery Hours
Students w/ ID $8.00* community. Of the 8,500 works in the FIA
Mon–Fri, 12p–5p; Sat, 10a–5p;
Karl A. Olmsted Collecting exhibition and the FIA Print Fair,
Dr. Brenda Rogers-Grays
Sun, 1p–5p
Senior citizens 62+, $8.00* collection, more than 90% of them have been
active military, & veteran
Michael Rucks held on the alternate year, in November.
Ira A. Rutherford
Closed on major holidays received as gifts from individual collectors.
Mary Coe Ryan Both events are great ways for art lovers to
FIA Theater Hours Sharon A. Simeon This fall, we celebrate three Michigan
Fri & Sat, 7:30p; Sun, 2p
Patricia Spangler start or enrich their collection, with prices that
Theresa A. Stephens-Lock collectors in the FIA galleries through
Museum Shop & Tiffany Stolzenfeld fit a wide variety of pocketbooks.
Lynne A. Taft-Draper exhibitions of new gifts and borrowed works
Art School Gallery While the process of building a collection
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* Free to FIA members and FOMA President
810.234.1695 Genesee County residents Greg Viener including: highlights from Detroit area
Jan Werschky is never complete, it can be equally
Mon–Sat, 10a–5p; Sun, 1p–5p
Shannon Easter White Richard Manoogian’s stellar collection of
Dean Yeotis challenging just to get started. My advice is
The Palette Café
Website American paintings on loan from the Detroit
810.249.0593 FCCC Board Representative to spend time really looking at art to discover
flintarts.org Institute of Arts; selections of recent gifts to
Mon–Fri, 9a–5p; Sat, 10a–5p; David Stickler
your interest and refine your taste. Your
Sun, 1p–5p Address Honorary Trustee the FIA of works on paper from Ann Arbor
1120 E. Kearsley St. Elizabeth Neithercut museum is a great place to begin. Once you
The Museum Shop, Art School collectors Myron and Barbara Levine; and the
Flint, MI 48503 have some idea what you are looking for you
Gallery, and The Palette Café are
open late for select special events. Telephone Administration highly impressive collection of antique and
John B. Henry shouldn’t hesitate to purchase an affordable
810.234.1695 Executive Director contemporary paperweights from Lansing-
Michael A. Melenbrink item that you discover at a commercial
Fax Director of Finance & based Eileen Ellis. These collections reflect
810.234.1692 Administration gallery, artist’s studio, auction, or private
Kathryn K. Sharbaugh the unique perspective of the individual
Director of Development sale. Keep in mind, the opposite of the term
Tracee J. Glab collectors’ as well as demonstrate the wide
Curator of Collections &
“buyer’s remorse” is “buyer’s regret,” so don’t
range of collectable art, which we hope might
This magazine, made possible through a generous donation by Lynne Hurand, Exhibitions
Monique M. Desormeau
miss out on an opportunity to own something
is published four times per year for mailing to FIA members, museums, and influence others to start their own collections.
libraries around the country.
Curator of Education that may not be available at a later date—at
Donovan Entrekin
It is within the museum’s ability and best
Director of the Art School least at a price you can still afford.
Sarah Mullane
interests to foster connoisseurship and assist
The FIA is a non-profit, equal FIA Exhibitions and Programs are Director of Member &
opportunity employer, and made possible in part with the
Guest Relations collectors in making collecting decisions.
provides programs and support of the Michigan
John B. Henry,
services without regard to Council for Arts and
Both are integral to our past and essential
Executive Director
race, color, religion, national origin, age, Cultural Affairs, a partner cover image to our future. We do this by presenting
sex or handicap. agency of the National Jane Peterson
Operating support for the FIA is Endowment for the Arts. American, 1876–1965 exhibitions of some of the world’s most
provided in part by the Charles Women and Children in the Park
(detail), 1908 outstanding collections and by organizing
Stewart Mott
Oil on canvas
Foundation and 18 × 24 inches tours of neighboring museums, and private
the Genessee Manoogian Collection
County Millage. collections. We also create opportunities
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CLOSING SOON ON VIEW 3
Isabelle de Borchgrave From the Flame
Fashioning Art from Paper through 10.6.19
through 9.8.19 Harris-Burger Gallery
Hodge & Henry Galleries From the Flame is a juried exhibition
highlighting the tremendous range and
flameworking as an art form. The artists
come from across the country, as near as
Isabelle de Borchgrave southeast Michigan and as far as southern
Belgian, born 1946
Mantua, 2011
California. Some have been in the field for
Mixed media, acrylic, ink, years—working, writing, and teaching—while
metallic powder and adhesive others are breaking through with innovative
on paper
59 x 94¼ x 25 inches concepts and laying the foundation for the
Collection of the artist. next generation. Through October 6, visit the
exhibition and vote for your favorite artwork.
You can cast your ballot one time per visit,
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
so stop in often! The winner of the People’s
Choice will receive an award as will the juror-
selected winners of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Reception Jacqueline Bishop Graphics Gallery
American, born 1955 is sponsored by
9.27.19 • 5:30p–8:30p Peach Tree, 2014
Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper explores the Watercolor over collage
history of fashion through life-size paper sculptures. From replicas Lobby & Hot Shop on paper
24 x 18 inches
of Italian Renaissance gowns to re-creations of the modernist Museum purchase with
The exhibition reception, From the Flame,
costumes of the Ballets Russes, the exhibition spans 500 years of funds raised by the Flint
includes an awards ceremony, a reception Print Club, 2016.43
fashion. Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave uses her knowledge
with a cash bar, open museum galleries, and
of art, history, and fashion to create intricately painted paper
Cut & Paste
exciting demonstrations in the Hot Shop. This
sculptures inspired by historic costumes spanning centuries.
event is FREE and open to the public.
Included in the exhibition is a sculpture based on the portrait
of Maria Maddalena of Austria and her son, the future Ferdinand
II, by Justus Sustermans from the FIA’s permanent collection.
The Art of Collage
Maddalena’s wedding gown that appears in the portrait was re- through 10.13.19
created by de Borchgrave.
Kari Russell-Pool Graphics Gallery
American, born 1967
A Conversation White Wish Bowl, 2016
Glass
The technique of collage was embraced
8 x 11 inches by artists in the early 20th century,
9.7.19 • 6:00p Courtesy of the artist after it had long been a favored
FIA Theater
pastime of children and amateurs
From the Flame (making scrapbooks, for example).
Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper closes on Prizes courtesy of The artists in this exhibition, including
Sunday, September 8. Enjoy one last viewing and experience a Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella,
conversation between artist Isabelle de Borchgrave and Frank and Wangechi Mutu, bring the art of
Verpoorten, Director of the Baker Museum in Naples, Florida, in collage into the late 20th and early 21st
the FIA Theater. Seating is limited. centuries, adapting and using it to fit their
Members: $10 Non-members: $20 individual artistic expressions addressing
such themes as identity, gender,
No one will be admitted without a reservation. Reserve your environmental issues, and popular
tickets online at flinarts.org, by phone at 810.234.1695, or in culture.
person at the FIA Visitor Services desk.
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ON VIEW OPENING IN OCTOBER 5
Philip Haas Industry
The Four Seasons 10.5.19 – 12.30.19
through 11.15.19 Henry Gallery
Hurand Sculpture Courtyard This exhibition demonstrates the fascination artists
have had in depicting aspects of industry in the
The Four Seasons is a large-scale homage to the United States. Since the early 19th century, American
Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo artists have taken the buildings and factories in which
(1526–1593), who painted a series of the same raw materials are processed to manufacture goods
name for Habsburg Emperor Maximilian II. as their subject. Some artists
Contemporary artist and filmmaker Philip Haas portrayed these buildings in
conceptualized the transformation of the optimistic and idealized ways John Dempsey
portraits from two-dimensional paintings to as symbols of prosperity, while American, born 1950
three-dimensional, 15-foot-tall others show factories in a
Plant #31, Buick City, Flint,
Michigan, 2009–2010
sculptures. more critical light, reflecting Acrylic on canvas
Paul Stankard As in Arcimboldo’s paintings, on factories’ dehumanization 117 x 72 inches
American, born 1943 Gift of Margo Lakin and
the physical features of the four
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
Flowers, Fruit and Honeybees Bouquet,, 2006 and environmental impact. John Dempsey, 2018.45
Glass sculpted figures are rendered in
31/4 inches diameter
Private collection
botanical forms appropriate to
each season. Each sculpture is
Small Worlds
made up of hundreds of sections.
Welders created supporting steel
infrastructures for the monumental
through 10.27.19 figures. The museum and Haas’s staff
assembled the figures on site over
Ann K. Walch-Chan Gallery the span of nearly a week.
Closing in October, Small Worlds
not only features a vast collection of
historical European paperweights
An Evening of
from the FIA’s permanent The Four Seasons
collection but also a large variety
of contemporary paperweights 9.24.19 • 6:00p–8:00p
from private collections. The
FIA Isabel Hall and Hurand Sculpture Courtyard
exhibition explores the world of
paperweights from the 19th century, The Flint Institute of Arts and Flint Institute of
the classic period of production, Music celebrate the beginning of fall and the
Philip Haas
to present day contemporary wonders of nature with art and music at the FIA. American, born 1954
weights. Paperweights continue to Enjoy a performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Autumn (After Arcimboldo),
2011
be a popular art object today, and Seasons in Isabel Hall followed by cocktails and Painted and pigmented
manufacturers and artists all over hors d’oeuvres in the Hurand Sculpture Courtyard, fiberglass
the world have enlarged the scope, surrounded by the monumental sculptures of 17915/16 x 111 x 12915/16 inches
Courtesy of the artist
scale, design, and fabrication of Philip Hass’s The Four Seasons. Music from the
these small artworks. Flint Symphony Orchestra and dance from the Flint
School of Performing Arts. Exhibition Sponsors of Philip
Haas: The Four Seasons
$50/person in advance
$65/person at the door Susie’s
Hope
Host Bar. Cocktail attire. Seating is limited.
Fund
Tickets available online at flintarts.org, by phone
at 810.234.1695, or in person at the FIA Visitor
Services desk.
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OPENING IN OCTOBER 7
Visions of American Life Karel Appel
Dutch, 1921–2006
Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, 1850–1940 Floating Face, 1969
Lithograph on paper
211/2 x 291/2 inches
10.5.19 – 12.30.19 Gift from the Collection of
Myron and Barbara Levine,
2018.79
Hodge Galleries © 2019 Karel Appel
MEMBERS
Foundation / Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York / c/o
Pictoright Amsterdam
PREVIEW
Visions of American Graphics Gallery
is sponsored by
Life: Artists in Their
Time
10.4.19 • 6:00p
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
FIA Theater Harmony in Expression
Benjamin The Myron and Barbara Levine
Colman
DIA Associate Print Collection
Curator of
American Art
10.19.19 – 1.12.20
Graphics Gallery
This lecture
explores paintings This exhibition of 20th-century prints by European and American
from Visions of John George Brown artists, including Karel Appel, Jim Dine, Ruth Weisberg, and Adja
American, born England,
American Life to decipher the ways 1831–1913 Yunkers, highlights the recent gift of Myron and Barbara Ruth
artists examined complex and A Liberated Woman, n.d. Levine. As collectors, Myron and Barbara (“Mike and Bobbie”)
Oil on canvas
competing visions of American 47 x 32 inches
were unified in their tastes, acquiring works that they both liked
politics, culture, and identity in their Manoogian Collection and which had expressive meaning for them. They were drawn
work. early on to collect prints, especially those of the artist movement
Amid the cultural, political, and economic shifts Benjamin Colman joined the CoBrA, a group formed in 1948 by artists from Copenhagen,
Visions of American
that shaped the decades between 1850 and 1940, Detroit Institute of Arts as Associate Life: Paintings from the Brussels, and Amsterdam, whose style was highly expressionistic.
American painters developed fresh ways of depicting Curator of American Art in 2015. His Manoogian Collection, As avid travelers, the Levines collected at least one object or work
the country and its people, creating new visions specialty is American decorative arts, 1850–1940 is organized of art wherever they went. They not only frequented local and
of life in the United States. Through their diverse design, and painting from the 17th by the Detroit Institute of international galleries to purchase works, but also became friends
Arts and made possible
representations, the artists in this exhibition, including to 20th centuries. He is a graduate by the Richard and Jane with artists, often buying directly from them. Among their travels,
Childe Hassam, Thomas Moran, John George Brown, of Yale and holds an MA from the Manoogian Collection. they often visited the Flint Institute of Arts.
William Glackens, and Jane Peterson, allow us to look Winterthur Program in American This is one in a series of Together for 62 years, the Levines lived with their collection
back in time and consider a period of great change in Material Culture. Prior to joining American art exhibitions in a modernist Ann Arbor home. Mike (1926–2012) joined the
created through a multi-
the nation’s history. the DIA, he worked at the Florence year, multi-institutional University of Michigan’s Department of Human Genetics as
These paintings highlight many aspects of American Griswold Museum, Historic Deerfield, partnership formed by the Associate Professor in 1961 and remained active in the department
life, capturing intimate scenes in the home and and Yale University Art Gallery. He has Detroit Institute of Arts as for more than 50 years, committed to education and research.
suggesting the boisterous energy of public spaces. In published and curated exhibitions part of the Art Bridges + Bobbie (1929–2018) worked as the community education
Terra Foundation Initiative.
unexpected ways, these works offer clues about past on topics from the broad history of Generous support is coordinator at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, where she
national politics, culture, and identity. From sweeping American art including 17th- and provided by the Richard started as a docent. She continued her work in the arts following
landscapes to still-lifes, the exhibition features 18th-century furniture, American and Jane Manoogian her retirement in 1996 and was on the exhibition committees of the
paintings drawn from the Manoogian Collection of Impressionism, modern art and Foundation. Jewish Community Center of Ann Arbor and at the Turner Senior
American Art on loan from the Detroit Institute of Arts. design, and studio craft. Resource Center.
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OPENING IN OCTOBER OPENING IN NOVEMBER 9
Double Take Useful and Beautiful
10.26.19 – 2.23.20 Decorative Arts Highlights
Harris-Burger Gallery 11.16.19 – 7.26.20
Have you ever looked at a work of art and wondered, “What is that Ann K. Walch-Chan Gallery
made of?” Perhaps it’s a ceramic vase that looks like glass, or a wood
sculpture that looks like bone. Artists often manipulate the properties Referring to the aesthetic movement, with its
of one medium to appear like something else. The contemporary Liberty & Co. emphasis on beauty over substance, Oscar
objects in this exhibition build on the historical tradition of trompe
British, founded London, Wilde wrote in his preface to The Picture of
1875
l’oeil, which translates from French to “deceive the eye.” While some Chalice, ca. 1890 Dorian Gray, “All art is quite useless.” This
artists intentionally try to make one material look like another, others Pewter and glass exhibition demonstrates that art can be both
6 x 5 x 5 inches
are simply exploring the versatility of the medium. Gift of Janis and William beautiful and useful, highlighting decorative
Whether intentional or not, artworks featured in Double Take Wetsman, 2016.23 arts from the FIA collection. Decorative arts
toy with your eyes to raise questions about the nature of art and as a category was created in Europe after
perception. Rather than focusing on the natural beauty of glass, the Renaissance in distinction from the “fine
William Morris uses the medium’s ability to transform into wood, arts” of painting and sculpture, designating
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
bone, fiber, and sinew. Steven Montgomery’s painted ceramics objects that are utilitarian but also artfully
explore the changes caused by time and environment. What looks to crafted. During the 19th-century Arts and
be an old rusted nut is, in reality, a hand-painted ceramic sculpture. Crafts movement in England and the United
These objects are sure to keep you guessing and may just make you States, there was a greater appreciation for
do a double take. the decorative arts, with many championing
the idea that there was no meaningful
difference between fine and decorative. In
other cultures, such as in Chinese art, this Styles reflect the period in which they were
distinction would not have been relevant, made, and designs are often derived from
William Morris as the most valued works include those that the natural world, including plant forms and
American, born 1957 could be categorized as “decorative.” animals, but also geometric designs and
Zande Man, 2001
Blown glass, steel stand Decorative arts includes objects such as abstract shapes. This exhibition features
26 x 16 x 16 inches vases, teapots, dinnerware, candlesticks, highlights from the FIA collection, including
Courtesy of the Isabel
Foundation, L2017.120 and musical instruments. These objects recent acquisitions that have never been
Photo credit: Douglas were made with a wide variety of materials, on view, demonstrating the broad variety of
Schaible Photography
including glass, ceramics, metal, and wood. objects both useful and beautiful.
Postscript
11.16.19 – 7.26.20
Decorative Arts Corridor
This display of important paperweights
Cristallerie de Pantin from a local collector acts as a “postscript”
French, 1850–1915
Salamander, 1878 to the recent Small Worlds exhibition of
41/2 inch diameter weights from the FIA collection and private
Collection of Eileen Ellis
Photo: Paul Dunlop
collections. Featuring 60 weights from the
collection of Lansing-based Eileen Ellis, this
exhibition highlights major works by such
manufacturers as Pantin, Baccarat, and Clichy,
as well as weights by contemporary artists.
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MEDIA ARTS GALLERY FEATURED ACQUISITION 11
September Harvey Littleton
Generated Petals Harvey Littleton is considered to be the founder of
Interpolation the American Studio Glass movement because of his
pivotal role as an educator and advocate for progress
Using the former Bell Labs complex in in glassmaking. Born and raised in Corning, New York,
New Jersey as her setting, Sarah Meyohas and, along with his father, a physicist who developed
executed her latest performance, Cloud Pyrex for Corning Glass Works, Littleton had both science
of Petals. Sixteen workers photographed and glass in his blood. Earning his MFA in ceramics from
100,000 individual rose petals, compiling Cranbrook Academy of Art, Littleton used his knowledge
a digital database of their findings. of working with clay in kilns to conduct research on glass.
Using the information gathered, the In June 1962, after years of experimentation, he led two
artist developed an artificial intelligence algorithm Made possible by Sarah Meyohas workshops at the Toledo Museum of Art, where he
that generated new, unique petals. Generated French-American, b. 1991 demonstrated that artists could mix and melt glass
Generated Petals
Petals Interpolation is the result of this project. Interpolation, 2018 in small furnaces. This innovation allowed artists to
The installation features unique and continuously Installation at the blow glass in individual studios, thereby enabling
Wasserman Projects, Detroit
morphing digital petals that undulate on the screen. them to work outside of a traditional manufactory
setting.
EXHIBITIONS
COLLECTIONS
October As an educator, Littleton served on the faculty
of University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1951 to
In Ictu Oculi 1977, where he established the first glass curriculum
In Ictu Oculi (“in the blink of an eye”) is in the United States. One of his first students was
concerned with the experience of time. The Dale Chihuly, who also championed innovative
work’s title, which alludes to the brevity of education programs for glass, founding the Pilchuck
human existence, is shared by a number Glass School in Washington State. Littleton retired
of vanitas paintings from the 17th century. from teaching in 1977 and moved to North Carolina,
A dinner table, laden with plates of food where he set up a glass studio to produce his own
and wine bottles, its chairs waiting to be works. There he created some of the most
occupied, stands in a semi-mountainous technically challenging and physically
landscape, a breeze flickering its tablecloth. The table’s placement Greta Alfaro demanding work of his career. During
alludes to Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. From out of the blue,
Spanish, b. 1977 the 1970s and 1980s, he continued
In Ictu Oculi, 2009
vultures descend cautiously, bringing instability to the implied order 10:37 minutes to refine his work and explored
of the scene. The meal’s duration, and its strange quietness, lend it a Image courtesy of the artist the physical possibilities of glass,
human quality. The birds act out a travesty of human vanities: gluttony, creating large and vibrant sculptures,
selfish aggression, and the coveting of what will quickly pass away. such as Sliced Form of 1987. In
addition to experimenting with color,
he finished these works through the
November
cold-working techniques of cutting
SSS and polishing.
The self-proclaimed “grandmother of performance
art,” Marina Abramović collaborated with multi-
media artist Charles Atlas to create SSS, an
Harvey Littleton
autobiographical performance in which Abramović American, 1922–2013
delivers a personal chronology. This brief narrative Sliced Form, 1987
Blown and drawn glass,
history, which references her past in the former cut and polished
Yugoslavia, her performance work, and her 251/2 x 6 x 3 inches
collaboration with and separation from long Museum purchase with
funds donated by Jack
time partner Ulay, is intercut with images of her and Stephanie A.
engaged in symbolic gestures and ritual acts, such as scrubbing her Marina Abramović and Neal, 2019.1
Charles Atlas
feet or staring like Medusa as snakes writhe on her head. Closing her SSS, 1989
litany with the phrase “Time past, time present,” the artist invokes the 6 minutes
personal and the mythological in a poignant affirmation of self. Courtesy of Electronic Arts
Intermix (EAI), New York
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ACQUISITIONS 13
Wesley Adderegg Rafa Pérez Churchill Ettinger C. Jac Young Robert von Sternberg Sheila Pinkel Daniel Buren
American, born 1960 Spanish, born 1957 American, 1903–1984 American, born Germany, American, born 1939 American, born 1941 French, born 1938
Way Back Cup & Saucer, n.d. Vessel, 2014 A Corner of the Cove, 1938 1880–1940 San Simeon, California 2017, Light Bulb, 2016 1 + 2 = 3, 1998
Painted earthenware Ceramic Etching on paper Singing Birches, 1938 2018 Xeroradiograph inkjet print Woodcut on paper
9 × 41/2 × 41/2 inches 5 × 8 × 8 inches 73/4 × 113/4 inches Etching on paper Archival inkjet print 10 × 15 inches 195/8 × 153/4 inches
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara 71/4 × 10 inches 11 × 161/2 inches Gift of Sheila Pinkel, 2018.196 Gift of Bennett and Sylvia
Harris Burger, 2018.156 Harris Burger, 2018.165 in memory of her parents, Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara Gift of the artist, 2018.186 Engelman, 2018.204
Alice Stemsrud and Herman in memory of her parents, Sheila Pinkel
Michael Blair Mary Scheier Shlionsky, 2018.172 Alice Stemsrud and Herman Robert von Sternberg American, born 1941
American American, 1910–2007 Shlionsky, 2018.177 American, born 1939 Palmos Stereo Camera,
Ear of Corn Vessel, n.d. Edwin Scheier Gordon Grant Sunrise, Bastion Point, 2012–2016
Celadon ceramic American, 1910–2008 American, 1875–1962 Robert von Sternberg Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia Archival inkjet print Gilles Demarteau
121/2 × 7 inches Vessel, 1984 Hauling in the Nets, 1937 American, born 1939 2010, 2018 20 × 20 inches French, 1722–1776
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Stoneware Lithograph on paper Best Western Chateau, Big Archival inkjet print Gift of Sheila Pinkel, 2018.197 Venus sur un Dauphin, n.d.
Harris Burger, 2018.157 13 × 12 inches 9 × 113/8 inches Bear Lake, California, 2018 11 × 161/2 inches Crayon engraving on paper
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara Archival inkjet print Gift of the artist, 2018.187 Bonnie Schiffman 113/8 × 167/8 inches
Robert Burger Harris Burger, 2018.166 in memory of her parents, 12 × 161/2 inches American, born 1950 Gift of Dr. Jamile Trueba
American, born 1938 Alice Stemsrud and Herman Gift of the artist, 2018.178 Barry Andersen Andy Warhol 1976, 2018 Lawand, 2018.210
Honeycomb Sphere, n.d. Shlionsky, 2018.173 American, born 1945 Inkjet print
Porcelain Robert von Sternberg Connemara Mountains, Peat 191/2 × 13 inches Edward Moran
8 × 9 inches Irwin D. Hoffman American, born 1939 and Sky, Ireland, 2004 Gift of the artist, 2018.198 American, born England,
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna American, 1901–1989 Car Wash, Tuscon 2013, 2018 Archival inkjet print 1829–1901
Harris Burger, 2018.158 Pastoral - Puerto Rico, 1938 Archival inkjet print 10 × 14 inches Bonnie Schiffman “Deigindisch”, Night Scene
Etching on paper 11 × 161/2 inches Gift of the artist, 2018.188 American, born 1950 Cathy Richardson with Fisherman and Boat on
Gary di Pasquale 9 × 11 inches Gift of the artist, 2018.179 Ed Ruscha 1985, 2018 American, born 1949 Shore, 1895
COLLECTIONS
COLLECTIONS
American, born 1954 Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara Barry Andersen Inkjet print Homage to Margaret Mee, Etching on paper
Shaped Vase, 2003 in memory of her parents, Robert von Sternberg American, born 1945 153/4 × 153/4 inches 2018 173/4 × 115/8 inches
Ceramic Alice Stemsrud and Herman American, born 1939 Grindavik 2, Iceland, 2016 Gift of the artist, 2018.199 Glass Gift of John and Janice Henry,
24 × 7 × 8 inches Shlionsky, 2018.174 Chesterton, Indiana 2015, Archival inkjet print 27/8 × 27/8 × 11/4 inches 2018.211
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Bobby Silverman 2018 12 × 18 inches Bonnie Schiffman Gift of the artist, 2018.205
Harris Burger, 2018.159 American, born 1956 Joseph Margulies Archival inkjet print Gift of the artist, 2018.189 American, born 1950 Albert Young
Stacked Bowls with Vase, 2001 American, born Vienna, 11 × 161/2 inches Frank Gehry 1985, 2018 Douglas J. Becker American, born 1951
Anne Hirondelle Ceramic 1896–1984 Gift of the artist, 2018.180 Barry Andersen Inkjet print Amoeba, 1985 Untitled (Commission for
American, born 1944 8 × 20 inches Light and Shadow, 1937 American, born 1945 15 × 20 inches Glass Robinson Lawn), 1999–2000
Vessel, n.d. Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Etching on paper Robert von Sternberg Salt Flat Pool, Carmargue, Gift of the artist, 2018.200 25/8 × 27/8 inches Steel, cast glass
Stoneware Harris Burger, 2018.167 10 × 71/2 inches American, born 1939 Arles, France, 2013 Gift from the Estate of Margaret dimensions vary
8 × 11 inches Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara Grand Canyon, Arizona 2005, Archival inkjet print Melanie Walker J. Clinton, 2018.206 Gift of the Family of Jack A.
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Toshiko Takaezu in memory of her parents, 2017 12 × 18 inches American, born 1949 and Aviva Robinson, 2018.212
Harris Burger, 2018.160 American, born Japan, Alice Stemsrud and Herman Archival inkjet print Gift of the artist, 2018.190 Tobacco Field (Self Portrait) Murano
1922–2011 Shlionsky, 2018.175 11 × 16 1/2 inches 1972, 2018 Italian Richard Meitner
Lynn Kuhn Vase, 2000 Gift of the artist, 2018.181 Kenda North Inkjet print Millefiori, ca. 1920 American, born 1949
Swiss Stoneware American, born 1951 12 × 12 inches Glass Untitled, n.d.
Shell Bowl, n.d. 3 × 3 inches Robert von Sternberg Bliss, 2012–2018 Gift of the artist, 2018.201 21/2 × 3 inches Blown glass
Faience Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna American, born 1939 Ultrachrome pigment print Gift from the Estate of Margaret Gift of the Family of Jack A.
3 × 51/2 inches Harris Burger, 2018.168 Highway 1, Catayina, Mexico 17 × 22 inches Clarence Morgan J. Clinton, 2018.207 and Aviva Robinson, 2018.213
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna 1984, 2018 Gift of Kenda North, 2018.191 American, born 1950
Harris Burger, 2018.161 Joan Takayma-Ogawa Archival inkjet print Zelda, 2017 Roman Naoko Serino
American, born 1955 8 × 12 inches Kenda North Lithograph on paper Cup, 1st-3rd century Japanese, born 1962
Anna Metcalfe Made in Pasadena: Let Us Gift of the artist, 2018.182 American, born 1951 16 × 16 inches Glass Untitled, n.d.
American, born 1979 Cultivate Our Decadence, 2007 Descent, 2012–2018 Gift of Max Lepler and Rex L. 23/4 × 25/8 inches Jute
A Living Topography: Stories Ceramic, metal, mixed media Robert von Sternberg Ultrachrome pigment print Dotson, 2018.202 Gift of U.S. Sugar, 2018.208 Gift of the Family of Jack A.
from Lake Superior, n.d. 5 × 8 × 8 inches American, born 1939 17 × 22 inches and Aviva Robinson, 2018.214
Porcelain, monofilament, steel Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Grant Wood Huntington Beach, California Gift of Kenda North, 2018.192 Audrey Flack
frame Harris Burger, 2018.169 American, 1891–1942 1988, 2018 American, born 1931
30 × 57 inches Shrine Quartet, 1939 Archival inkjet print Kenda North Maquette for Civitas, 1988
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna John Steuart Curry Lithograph on paper 8 × 12 inches American, born 1951 Patinated and gilded bronze,
Harris Burger, 2018.162 American, 1897–1946 71/4 × 12 inches Gift of the artist, 2018.183 Red Shoes, 2012–2018 cast glass frame
Missed Leap, 1934 Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara Ultrachrome pigment print 571/2 × 12 × 17 inches
Tom Otterness Lithograph on paper in memory of her parents, Robert von Sternberg 17 × 22 inches Gift of Mrs. Susan P. and Mr.
American, born 1952 163/4 × 93/4 inches Alice Stemsrud and Herman American, born 1939 Gift of Kenda North, 2018.193 Louis K. Meisel, 2018.209
Standing Couple, 1982 Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara Shlionsky, 2018.176 Palisades Park, Santa Monica,
Plaster in memory of her parents, California 1975, 2018 Sheila Pinkel
111/2 × 73/4 × 5 inches Alice Stemsrud and Herman Archival inkjet print American, born 1941
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Shlionsky, 2018.170 93/8 × 12 inches Bausch Lomb Protar, Zeiss
Harris Burger, 2018.163 Gift of the artist, 2018.184 Lens, 2012-2016
Archival inkjet print
Gustavo Pérez John Steuart Curry Robert von Sternberg 20 × 20 inches
Mexican, born 1950 American, 1897–1946 American, born 1939 Gift of Sheila Pinkel, 2018.194 Jennifer Bartlett
Vaso Cortado, 2000 Summer Afternoon, 1939 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1967, American, born 1941
Stoneware Lithograph on paper 2018 Sheila Pinkel House: Dots, Hatches, 1999
7 × 61/4 inches 10 × 14 inches Archival inkjet print American, born 1941 Screenprint on paper
Gift of Dr. Robert and Deanna Gift of Anne Lindell Hagiwara 8 × 12 inches Ilex Lens, 2012–2016 38 × 38 inches
Harris Burger, 2018.164 in memory of her parents, Gift of the artist, 2018.185 Archival inkjet print Gift of Bennett and Sylvia
Alice Stemsrud and Herman 20 × 20 inches Engelman, 2018.203
Shlionsky, 2018.171 Gift of Sheila Pinkel, 2018.195
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The artworks listed here are on loan from the FIA to the following exhibitions: The Friends of Modern Art (FOMA)
film series is made possible Film Society Membership Form
The Early Celebrity of The Color of the Moon through support from membership
in the FIA Film Society, beginning o $100 Ticketholder o $1,000 Leading Actor/Actress
Peter Paul Rubens James A. Michener Art Museum
o $500 Supporting Player o $2,500 Screenwriter
Legion of Honor Fine Arts Doylestown, Pennsylvania its eighth year. We invite you to
Museums of San Francisco 6.1.19 – 9.8.19 support our great 2019–20 film Total Amount Enclosed $__________________
San Francisco, California Thomas Chambers series by joining today.
American, born England, 1808–1869 2 Payment Plan Option
4.6.19 – 9.2.19 $100 Ticketholder Basic Benefits
Old Sleepy Hollow Church, ca. 1850
$ _____________ by 12/31/19 $ _____________by 5/31/20
Art Gallery of Ontario Oil on canvas • 36 transferable tickets good
183/4 × 243/8 inches
Toronto, Canada for any screening during the Exact name of the individual/company/foundation to appear
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler
10.5.19 – 1.5.20 Garbisch, 1968.18 membership year (excludes on all recognition and donor listings:
special series films)
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Peter Paul Rubens • A monthly “Hello, Film Lovers”
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Angel, 1610–11
Oil on modern support transferred from
Schirn Kunsthalle Associate Curator of Film
wood panel Frankfurt, Germany Contact Information
801/2 × 57 inches 10.10.19 – 1.12.20 $500 Supporting Player & $1,000
Gift of Viola E. Bray, 2005.158 Leading Actor/Actress Benefits _______________________________________________________________________________________
Zentrum Paul Klee Name
• Basic benefits
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Bern, Switzerland
• Recognition in FIA Magazine, _______________________________________________________________________________________
Roger Brown: Virtual Still 2.7.20 – 5.10.20
FIA annual report, and film pre-
Address
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Nature’s Nation: American Bilbao, Spain City State Zip
Museum of Arts and Design • A generous tax deduction
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New York, New York Phone Email
5.2.19 – 9.15.19 Crystal Bridges Museum of Lee Krasner $2,500 Screenwriter Benefits
Roger Brown
American Art American, 1908–1984 • Basic benefits and above
Happy Lady, 1963 Method of Payment
American, 1941–1997 Bentonville, Arkansas Oil on cotton duck • Listing on film posters
Virtual Still Life #15: Waterfalls and 5.25.19 – 9.19.19 58 × 753/4 inches • Logo and link on FIA website o Check payable to “FIA Film Society” Please return this
Pitchers, 1995 Purchased with funds from the National
Oil on canvas with mixed media
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371/2 × 50 x 9 inches Grant and the Samuel and Alma Catsman Flint Institute of Arts
Museum purchase, 2011.324
Slum Lad, ca. 1960
Foundation, 1978.59
For more information, contact the _________________________________________________________
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26 x 32 inches
Courtesy of the Isabel Foundation, Inlander or vbailie@flintarts.org. _________________________________________________________ Flint MI 48503
Collection, L2003.80 Signature
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mu The Communities First Inc. Culture Shock
com program, in partnership with the FIA,
presents the first events in a four-film
series dealing with African American
save the date themes and culture in the FIA Theater.
For up-to-date information, visit
JANUARY 25, 2020 communitiesfirstinc.org or flintarts.org
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FOMA FILMS 17
Admission Film titles are Films are Preview Additional
$5 members subject to change. supported by sponsor sponsors
$6 non-members
$4 FOMA members
NOV 1, 2 @ 7:30p, NOV 3 @ 2:00p
SEPT 6, 7 @ 7:30p, SEPT 8 @ 2:00p
Sword of Trust
Tolkien (U.S., 2019) Directed by Lynn Shelton, 88 min., rated R
(U.S., 2019) Directed by Dome Karukoski, 112 min., Michaela Watkins (TV’s Trophy Wife), Jillian
rated PG-13
Bell, and comedian Mark Maron lead the
We open the 2019–20 FOMA movie season
cast of a comedy about two women who aim
with a look at the formative years of future
to collect a strange inheritance: an antique
author J.R.R. Tolkien (played by Nicholas
sword believed to be proof the South won
Hoult of Mad Max: Fury Road), who rose to
the Civil War.
fame despite a difficult boyhood.
NOV 8, 9 @ 7:30p, NOV 10 @ 2:00p
SEPT 13, 14 @ 7:30p, SEPT 15 @ 2:00p
Official Secrets The Last Black Man in San
(United Kingdom/U.S., 2019) Directed by Gavin Hood, Francisco
FILMS
FILMS
112 min., rated R (U.S., 2019) Directed by Joe Talbot, 120 min., rated R
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, and Matthew An African American man raised in San
Goode co-star in a fact-based thriller about a Francisco returns to reclaim his childhood
British whistleblower who leaked a top-secret home, only to find that the city he loves has
NSA memo exposing a U.S./U.K. spying left him behind.
operation.
NOV 15, 16 @ 7:30p, NOV 17 @ 2:00p
SEPT 20, 21 @ 7:30p, SEPT 22 @ 2:00p Long Day’s Journey Into Night
The Souvenir OCT 4, 5 @ 7:30p, OCT 6 @ 2:00p OCT 18, 19 @ 7:30p, OCT 20 @ 2:00p (China, 2018) Directed by Gan Bi, 138 min., subtitled,
(United Kingdom/U.S., 2019) Directed by Joanna Hogg, The White Crow After the Wedding not rated
120 min., rated R (United Kingdom/France, 2019) Directed by Ralph (U.S., 2019) Directed by Bart Freundlich, 110 min., This epic Chinese drama (unrelated to the
A young film student’s life is changed by Fiennes, 127 min., rated R rated PG-13 same-titled Eugene O’Neill play) concerns
a toxic relationship. This coming-of-age The magic of famed ballet dancer Rudolf Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, and Billy a man who returns to his hometown as he
drama co-stars Tilda Swinton and her real-life Nureyev plays out in a tense Cold War- Crudup head the cast of a drama in which a recalls the death of an old friend and the
daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne. set bio-drama that revisits its subject’s manager of an orphanage in India travels to profound ache of lost love.
controversial defection from Russia to the New York to meet a benefactor. A remake of
SEPT 26 @ 7:30p, SEPT 28 @ 4:00p, West in 1961. the 2006 Danish film of the same name. NOV 22, 23 @ 7:30p, NOV 24 @ 2:00p
SEPT 29 @ 4:00p Wild Rose
Framing John DeLorean OCT 11, 12 @ 7:30p, OCT 13 @ 2:00p OCT 25, 26 @ 7:30p, OCT 27 @ 2:00p (United Kingdom, 2019) Directed by Tom Harper,
(U.S., 2019) Directed by Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce, Give Me Liberty Ophelia 101 min., rated R
109 min., not rated (U.S., 2019) Directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky, 110 min., (United Kingdom/U.S., 2019) Directed by Claire As a musician from Glasgow yearns to
Revolutionary or con artist? Watch this not rated McCarthy, 114 min., rated PG-13 achieve the unlikely goal of country stardom
compelling documentary about the In a comedy set in segregated Milwaukee, an Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) portrays the character in Nashville. Irish singer Jessie Buckley
unconventional auto executive—and the car ambulance driver is torn between a promise from Hamlet as the film retells the classic earned critical raves for her breakout
made famous in Back to the Future—and to transport a group of elderly Russians to a story from her point of view. Naomi Watts and performance in a lively musical drama.
decide for yourself. funeral or helping a young African American Clive Owen also star.
woman with ALS. NOV 29, 30 @ 7:30p, DEC 1 @ 2:00p
SEPT 27, 28 @ 7:30p, SEPT 29 @ 2:00p OCT 31 @ 7:30p, NOV 2 @ 4:00p, The Fall of the American Empire
All Is True OCT 17 @ 7:30p, OCT 19 @ 4:00p, NOV 3 @ 4:00p (Canada, 2019) Directed by Denys Arcand, 127 min.,
(United Kingdom, 2019) Directed by Kenneth Branagh, OCT 20 @ 4:00p Midsommar rated R
101 min., rated PG-13 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (U.S./Sweden, 2019) Directed by Ari Aster, 147 min., After a shy, insecure delivery-truck driver
The final days of William Shakespeare play (Canada, 2018) Directed by Jennifer Baichwal and rated R inadvertently picks up two bags of dirty
out in a well-acted tale with a top cast: Edward Burtynsky, 87 min., subtitled, not rated We celebrate Halloween with a well-crafted money and hides them in his truck, two
Kenneth Branagh (who plays The Bard and This ambitious documentary travels to six horror mystery in which a group of friends bumbling detectives get on the case in a
also directed), Judi Dench, and Ian McKellen. continents and 20 countries to record the travel to Sweden for a festival—and find satirical crime thriller set in Montreal.
impact humans have made on the planet. themselves under the control of a pagan cult.18
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SEPTEMBER 19
The FIA welcomes the following members to the Board of Trustees.
4 WED
12:15p
18 WED
12:15p
26 THU
7:30p
Lynne Hurand returns Dr. Sharon A. Art à la Carte Art à la Carte FOMA Film
to the Board this year, Simeon moved to Troublemakers: The Painted Land: In Search Framing John
where she previously Flint, Michigan in the late Story of Land Art for the Group of Seven DeLorean
served as trustee and 1980s. An avid art lover
6 FRI 27 FRI
1:30p
president. A Founders since childhood, the Book Discussion:
Society member and retired teacher consultant Part One
longtime FIA docent, 7:30p 5:30p
for the Flint Community FOMA Film
Almost Nothing: The
Exhibition Reception
Lynne also serves on the Schools has been a 20th-Century Art & Life
Board of Directors of Tolkien From the Flame
student at the FIA Art of Józef Czapski
7 SAT
the Flint Cultural Center 7:30p
School for many years FOMA Film
Corporation, the Whiting Governing Council, studying several mediums. Currently working All Is True
and is a Flint Community Players Trustee. Her part-time at Powers Catholic High School 6:00p
art collection began during her studies at the
University of Michigan, and she is “mom” to
as a tutor, she is also a volunteer with the
American Red Cross, as well as a caseworker
Event
Isabelle de Borchgrave: 28 SAT
4:00p
two rescue dogs, Bottom and Thisbe. at East Central Bay Restoring Family Links.
A Conversation
7:30p FOMA Film
Dr. Simeon holds an Associates degree
NEWS & PROGRAMS
CALENDAR
Thomas A. Lillie FOMA Film Framing John
from Mott Community College, BS from the
is a Director at Lewis Tolkien DeLorean
University of Michigan-Flint, MA in teaching
8 SUN
& Knopf, CPAs, P.C., 7:30p
from both Marygrove College and Saginaw FOMA Film
heading up the firm’s
Valley State University, and a Doctorate of
Financial Planning 2:00p
All Is True
Education from Wayne State University.
Division. He serves in FOMA Film
various capacities for Greg Viener is Tolkien
the Flint Institute of Arts,
11 WED
president of Huntington
including as a member
20 FRI 25 WED
Bank’s Mid-Michigan
of the development and Region. Previously, he was 12:15p
exhibition committees. Treasury Manager at the Art à la Carte 7:30p 12:15p
Tom is a member of the investment University of Michigan,
committee for the Community Foundation
Levitated Mass FOMA Film Art à la Carte
Senior Treasury Analyst for
13 FRI
The Souvenir Craft in America:
of Greater Flint. He holds a BS in Accounting Coors Brewing Company,
21 SAT
Landscape
from Central Michigan University. He enjoys and the Assistant Cash
golf, international travel with his wife, and 7:30p
Manager at United Artists
spending time with his eight nieces and FOMA Film 2:00p
Theatre Circuit. Prior to starting his career in
nephews. Official Secrets Youth Membership
financial services, he served nine years in the
14 SAT
Four Seasons: Artists
U.S. Air Force as a noncommissioned officer.
Elisabeth Saab
29 SUN
Inspiring Artists
The Genesee County resident serves on
works for Sorensen 7:30p 7:30p
several boards, including the Flint Downtown FOMA Film
Gross in Flint Township. FOMA Film 2:00p
Development Authority (treasurer), United
A long-term volunteer on Official Secrets The Souvenir
FOMA Film
Way of Genesee County (vice chair), and
22 SUN
several FIA committees,
15 SUN
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. All Is True
including those for 4:00p
The Party and Art on 2:00p FOMA Film
2:00p
Tap, Elisabeth currently FOMA Film Framing John
FOMA Film
serves on the boards The Souvenir DeLorean
Official Secrets
of the Foundation for
Mott Community College, Metro Community
Development, and the YWCA of Greater Flint.
24 TUE
6:00p
She is also a member of the Flint Women Event
and Girls Fund Advisory Committee at the An Evening of The
Community Foundation of Greater Flint. Four Seasons20
OCTOBER 21
Be a Part of
The Contemporaries! 2 WED
12:15p
18 FRI
11:00a
25 FRI
12:00p
the Art à la Carte Preschool Playdates Installation
con- The Contemporaries is an affiliate group of the
Craft in America: Arranging Leaves
6:00p
Observation
tempo-
Borders Martin Blank
Flint Institute of Arts, geared towards FIA members 1:30p Art on Tap 7:30p
ages 21–45. Members gain exclusive access to Book Discussion: Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ FOMA Film
raries 9 WED
Part Two 7:30p Ophelia
the FIA through special events, tours, workshops,
Almost Nothing: The FOMA Film
and networking with other young professionals. 20th-Century Art & Life 12:15p After the Wedding
Flint Institute of Arts
19 SAT
Membership in The Contemporaries is $50 for one of Józef Czapski Art à la Carte
4 FRI
person and $75 two people. You must be an FIA Craft in America:
Sponsor of The Neighbors 10:00a
member at the Individual level ($30) or higher.
11 FRI
Contemporaries
11:00a Exhibition Opening
For more information on The Contemporaries Art Explorers Harmony in Expression
or to join, go to flintarts.org/join-and-give/ Exploring Lines 7:30p 4:00p
the-contemporaries. 6:00p FOMA Film FOMA Film
Members Preview
NEWS & PROGRAMS
CALENDAR
Give Me Liberty Anthropocene: The
Visions of American
12 SAT
Human Epoch
Life: Paintings from the 7:30p
26 SAT
2019–20 SCHEDULE Manoogian Collection, FOMA Film
1850–1940 7:30p After the Wedding
September 19–22, 2019
7:30p FOMA Film
20
EXPO CHICAGO, The International 10:00a
Exposition of Contemporary & FOMA Film Give Me Liberty
SUN Exhibition Opening
13 SUN
Modern Art The White Crow
2:00p
Double Take
Get the VIP experience at EXPO 11:00a
FOMA Film
CHICAGO, a leading international art 2:00p Family Activity
After the Wedding
fair with more than 135 exhibitors in FOMA Film Halloween Ghosts and
4:00p
Navy Pier Festival Hall. Give Me Liberty Goblins
FOMA Film
November 8, 2019 2:00p 3:00p
Anthropocene: The
Fall Into Art Family Program Artist Talk
Human Epoch
Work on your own seasonal art piece, Martin Blank
23 WED
At look back at 2018–19 Baby Tour
inspired by the exhibition Philip Haas: 3:00p 7:30p
The Four Seasons in the FIA Art School. Family Program FOMA Film
Family Yoga 12:15p Ophelia
February 21, 2020
27 SUN
Art à la Carte
15 TUE
The FIA Legacy Documenting the Face
Tour the galleries, learn more about
of America
works donated to the museum by 2:00p
5 SAT
6:00p 1:30p
members of the Flint community, and Thompson Lecture FOMA Film
Book Discussion:
chat with legacy members about their Ophelia
support of the FIA. 10:00a
Protecting the Price- Part One
30 WED
less: History in Peril! The Shadow Catcher
Exhibition Opening
16 WED
May 2, 2020 7:00p
Visions of American
The Kentucky Derby Affair The Sheppy Dog 12:15p
Life & Industry
Make a Run for the Roses at the 2nd Fund Immersive Art à la Carte
7:30p 12:15p
Annual Kentucky Derby Affair. Watch the Experience
race as you enjoy food, music, and fun. FOMA Film Art à la Carte Ken Burns’ America:
The White Crow First Face of America Irish Folk Tales and Thomas Hart Benton
31 THU
July 18, 2020 Halloween Legends:
Mystery Road Trip
Hit the road for secret art adventure! 6 SUN
2:00p
17 THU An Evening of
Storytelling
7:30p
7:30p
FOMA Film FOMA Film FOMA Film
The White Crow Anthropocene: The Midsommar
Human Epoch22
L E CT U R E 23
29th Annual Thompson Lecture
October 15 • 6:00p • FIA Theater
FIA members- Protecting the Priceless: History in Peril!
only event
Guest Lecturer: Robert K. Wittman
The Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third
Reich (Harper; Hardcover) by New York Times bestselling author Robert
K. Wittman chronicles Wittman’s dramatic 2013 recovery of the long-
lost private diary of Alfred Rosenberg, who, as the Nazi Party’s chief
ideologue, laid the philosophical foundations for the Holocaust. The
diary had been lost for more than 60 years. Rosenberg is known as
the man who made Hitler into Hitler. The book mines the diary’s long-
hidden contents to create a groundbreaking, page-turning account
of the Nazi rise to power, the Final Solution, and Germany’s brutal
occupation of the Soviet Union.
Wittman discusses his new book and the importance of the
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NEWS & PROGRAMS
protection and recovery of manuscripts and lost artworks. Known in
some circles as the FBI’s real Indiana Jones, Wittman has recovered
Robert K. Wittman
more than $300 million in lost and stolen artwork and cultural property.
He chronicles many of these thrilling recoveries in “Protecting the
Priceless: History in Peril!”
Wittman joined the FBI as a Special Agent in 1988. He served as
the agency’s investigative expert involving cultural property crime.
Because of his unique experience, Wittman coauthored the FBI
Cultural Property Investigative Manual in 2001. In 2005, he created the
FBI’s rapid deployment
The Thompson national Art Crime Team
Lecture was (ACT). Wittman has
established in 1991 conducted investigations
by Dr. and Mrs. across the globe and
Jack W. Thompson instructed international
to enable the
police and museums
Flint Institute of
Arts to present
in recovery and use
a distinguished of high-asset value
speaker in the arts security techniques. He
or humanities each has written two books,
year. The Thompson including the best seller
Lecture is one of The Devil’s Diary, and
the Institute’s few been featured on the
members-only events History Chanel. Wittman
and was established,
is president of Robert
in part, to attract new
members to the FIA.
Wittman Inc., which
specializes in consulting
in art matters, including
expert witness testimony,
investigation, and
collection management.
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The Sheppy Dog Fund Grayce Scholt Benefit the FIA with
October 23 • 7:00p • FIA Theater
The FIA honors and remembers Grayce Scholt. Your IRA Distribution:
Grayce served on the Board of Trustees, donat-
There may be new
Free and open Irish Folk Tales and Halloween Legends: ed works of art to the permanent collection, and
to the public was a dedicated student of ceramics in the Art requirements!
An Evening of Storytelling School. Her legacy continues through a bequest
to the Art School endowment. Currently, individuals 70½ are required
Storyteller: Mark Ó Géaráin by the IRS to take annual Required
This evening recalls legends and tales, for an adult audience, of the Minimum Distributions from their
ancient feast known now as Halloween. retirement accounts. If the impending
Irish Storyteller Mark Ó Géaráin presents the origins of Samhain SECURE Act is passed, the age
(pronounced SAH-win) through shadowy, twisted stories marking will change to 72. Check with your
the beginning of the dark half of the year. These mythologies have financial advisor to verify the required
inspired and protected Irish people for generations. Ó Géaráin gives age. Please consider directing your
a raw and darkly funny look at the stories and traditions that have distribution to the Flint Institute of Arts.
shaped the legend’s life. The FIA is a 501(c)(3) which qualifies
Ó Géaráin is the Experience Manager of the National Leprechaun you to take a tax-free distribution from
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Museum in Dublin, Ireland, the world’s only museum dedicated your retirement plan. This is an excellent
Mark Ó Géaráin Take-A-Seat Form way for you to make gifts and receive
to Irish folklore and mythology. He grew up in the foothills of the
Dublin Mountains, surrounded by tales of Gods and warriors, heroes Payment Options tax benefits in return.
and monsters. Coming from a background in fine art and sculpture, Seat - $1,000
Ó Géaráin found the medium of the spoken word to be more fluid o A one time payment
and flexible than o A pledge of $500 per year for two years
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a commonality Brass Plaque Inscription
which allows Please clearly print the text as you would like it to appear
people from all on your brass plaque. It can be your name, a family
backgrounds and name, a business name or a tribute to another person
cultures to come (three lines maximum, one character per box, blank
spaces count as one character).
together. He
firmly considers • Contact the broker or investment
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there are people Address____________________________________________________________
distribution. Please remember: if you
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