The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum The Year In Review 2020
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Board of Trustees Eric Diefenbach Chair Contents Diana Bowes Vice-Chair Linda M. Dugan Treasurer Page 3 Letter from the Chair Claude K. Amadeo Secretary Page 5 Letter from the Executive Director Janine Brown Page 6 The Year in Review—2020 Exhibitions Gail Gluckman Michael Joo Page 8 Frank Stella’s 56-Year History with The Aldrich Patricia Kemp Page 10 The Year Ahead—2021 Exhibitions Kristina Larson Neil Marcus Page 12 Artist Interview—Karla Knight Amy Pal Page 14 Artist Interview—Tim Prentice Julie Phillips Andrew J. Pitts Page 16 Financial Overview Kathleen O’Grady Page 18 Report of Gifts—Donors Chair Emerita Georganne Aldrich Heller Page 22 Report of Gifts—Members Honorary Trustee Page 25 In the Galleries Martin Sosnoff Trustee Emeritus Page 26 In an Instant: Polaroids for The Aldrich Page 28 2020 Public Programs and Education Cybele Maylone Executive Director Larry Aldrich (1906-2001) Founder Aldrich Council Sonia Attkiss Christine Boris Justin Christopher Carafotes Rachel Carr Goulding Cover: Genesis Belanger Seasonal Switch, 2020 George Mueller Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Photo: Pauline Shapiro Ernest and Josie Newborn Left: Karla Knight Sonia Skindrud Road Trip (OUM-3) (detail), 2020 Courtesy of the artist Rachel Sondheimer
Letter from the Chair The annual report affords an opportunity to reflect on the prior year and to thank the many who helped to make it possible. Writing this in early 2021, I suspect we will all be reflecting on 2020 for some time but it’s already clear that the Museum accomplished much last year to be proud of, and has much to be thankful for as well. While The Aldrich continued to embrace the steady and thorough work it is known for — presenting exhibitions developed over years, complimented by ambitious publications, and supported by engaging programs — last year the Museum demonstrated just how nimble and flexible it can be working with artists in real time to engage the world around us. Untethered by a permanent collection and always collaborating with living artists, The Aldrich proved well-suited for last year’s challenges. (top left, clockwise) When the Museum needed face masks for staff for our reopening, Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart proposed Rudy Shepherd commissioning handmade masks by an artist, and Laleh Khorramian’s BEAKSHIELD project for was born. The Jacob Blake, 29 years old shot seven times in the back and paralyzed by Kenosha, WI police while three of his Aldrich also commissioned Lucia Hierro, Byron Kim, Rudy Shepherd, and Oasa DuVerney to create works children sat in the backseat of his car, 2020 for our postcard series that spoke to the year as it unfolded and brought art into the homes of our audience. Courtesy of the artist Hierro’s work, produced in the pandemic’s early days, reminded us of the importance of hygiene; Kim’s work Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art alluded to the ever-present Zoom; Shepherd’s work depicted Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, WI last Museum, September 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021, Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli August, and DuVerney reminded us of the power of poetry. Eric Diefenbach, Chair of the Board, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Musuem These special projects were only possible because of the incredible generosity and continued Lucia Hierro engagement of the artists above and the many others at the heart of The Aldrich and our mission. The Cleanliness Is Close To Godliness, 2020 Courtesy of the artist and Latchkey Gallery, New York Museum’s current exhibition, Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey, is an excellent example of the relationships developed and sustained between The Aldrich and today’s artists. Stella first exhibited at The Aldrich in 1965 and has returned to the Museum again and again to present his work over the last 56 years. The Aldrich’s collaborations with artists are thoughtfully managed by Exhibitions Director Richard Klein and Smith-Stewart, whose deep relationships and continued discovery and exploration of the contemporary art landscape are central to The Aldrich’s vibrancy. Their work, and the work of everyone on the Museum’s staff, were critical to our successes in 2020 and I thank them all for their incredible dedication to the institution over the past year. Our Executive Director Cybele Maylone tackled the unexpected challenges of her second full year at The Aldrich with unflappable determination, steely-eyed focus, and calm grace. She has proven to be an inspirational leader. I also have the privilege and luck to work with a talented and committed Board of Trustees, whose focus and determination were instrumental in navigating the year’s choppy waters. Finally, I sincerely thank The Aldrich’s visitors and friends, both live and virtual, old and new, near and far, who supported the Museum this past year. The incredible generosity of our diverse audiences provided the critical sustenance essential to continuing our mission. We look forward to welcoming you to experience the exhibitions and programs The Aldrich has in store for 2021. Sincerely, Eric Diefenbach Chair of the Board 2 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR LETTER FROM THE CHAIR 3
Letter from the Executive Director What a year it was…. None of us could have predicted what the year 2020 would have meant for The Aldrich, or for the world, but despite incredible challenges the Museum remained a vital and vibrant place—both in person and online—during an unparalleled time. As always, the life of the Museum revolves around artists. The Aldrich’s closure from mid-March through the end of June upended many projects that had been in the works for years and we scrambled to reschedule, expand, or reconfigure exhibitions with very little sense of what lay ahead. The artists in this year’s program rode the waves of a tumultuous spring and we were thrilled to eventually welcome visitors back in person to see Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle, Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey, Rudy Shepherd: Somebody’s Child, and Twenty Twenty. The Aldrich’s commitment to the art and artists of our time felt even more urgent this year, as the events of the world around us continued to shift under our feet. Because the Museum works with artists in real time, our exhibitions and programs saw the world reflected back to us as the year unfolded. Not only was this notable in the prescient exhibition Twenty Twenty, a group exhibition featuring seven artists, which was conceived to respond to the Presidential election but expanded as the pandemic and social unrest gripped the world, but also in Somebody’s Child, which brought Rudy Shepherd’s watercolor portraits of Black and brown victims of police violence to our walls, and the commissioned face masks by artist Laleh Khorramian worn by Museum Attendants in the galleries. These exhibitions and projects would have been ambitious under the most normal of circumstances but pulling them off this year was a testament to the Museum’s incredible staff and the unwavering partnership of the artists. I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize our audience, who has gone along with us on this journey and found new ways to engage with artists and the life of The Aldrich. For the time being we have said (top left, clockwise) goodbye to our busy Third Saturday workshops in The Studio and in-person talks and tours, but we have been thrilled to see the response to our virtual programming for children and families, at-home Aldrich Genesis Belanger You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get, Creative Kit series, and commissioned artwork postcards. Additionally, our Sculpture Garden has 2020 Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin become a place of respite during this difficult time, where we see families (and pets!) exploring works of Photo: Pauline Shapiro art long before the Museum opens and into the evening after we close. Rudy Shepherd: Somebody’s Child (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, July 18 to November 29, 2020, Courtesy of the All of this is thanks to the incredible support that the Museum receives from our Board of Trustees and artist, Photo: Christopher E. Manning the many individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose philanthropy is critical Cybele Maylone, Executive Director, in in bringing The Aldrich to life. In this annual report we offer thanks to all of those who made our work in front of Genesis Belanger, Manifest Destiny (detail), 2020, Courtesy of 2020 possible and highlight some of the things we are looking forward to in the brighter days ahead. the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, Photo: Claire Ritz Andy Mister, Paris; Barcelona; La All the best, Paz; Gaza; Beirut (left to right), all 2020, Courtesy of the artist and TURN Gallery, New York, Twenty Twenty (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, October 12, 2020 to March 14, 2021, Photo: Christopher E. Manning Aldrich Care Box, January 31 to December 31, 2021, Photo: Christopher E. Manning Cybele Maylone Executive Director 4 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5
2020 “In the beginning, in a certain way, you could say I owe everything to The Aldrich.” – Frank Stella in The Ridgefield Press, October 8, 2020 Exhibitions Nari Ward: APOLLO / POLL Weather Report June 12, 2019 to January 10, 2020 October 6, 2019 to August 23, 2020 Curated by Richard Klein and Curated by Richard Klein Amy Smith-Stewart Sculpture Garden Zoë Sheehan Saldaña: There Must Be Some Way Out of Here Tony Tasset: Deer November 24, 2019 to October 4, 2020 June 12, 2019 to July 20, 2020 Curated by Glenn Adamson Curated by Richard Klein and Amy Smith-Stewart Rudy Shepherd: Somebody’s Child Sculpture Garden July 18 to November 29, 2020 Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Tom Friedman: Hazmat Love May 7, 2019 to July 26, 2020 Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye Curated by Richard Klein and of a Needle Amy Smith-Stewart September 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021 Sculpture Garden Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Radcliffe Bailey: Vessel III Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey May 10, 2019 to July 26, 2020 Indoor Installation: September 21, 2020 to Curated by Richard Klein and May 9, 2021 Amy Smith-Stewart Outdoor Installation: September 21, 2020 Main Street Sculpture to September 7, 2021 Curated by Richard Klein and Eva LeWitt: Untitled (Mesh A–J) Amy Smith-Stewart October 6, 2019 to August 23, 2020 (top to bottom) (top to bottom) Galleries, Sculpture Garden, Tony Tasset, Deer, 2015, Collection of Frank Stella, Nessus and Dejanira Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Gregg Rechler and Mitchell Rechler, Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta, (installation view), 2017, Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky and Main Street Sculpture Chicago, Photo: Christopher E. Manning Gallery, New York and Aspen, Frank Stella’s Stars: A Survey, The Aldrich Radcliffe Bailey, Vessel III, 2018, Contemporary Art Museum, September Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York © Radcliffe Bailey, 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021, © 2021 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Twenty Twenty Photo: Christopher E. Manning New York. Photo: Jason Mandella Jennifer Steinkamp, Fly to Mars 2 Genesis Belanger October 12, 2020 to March 14, 2021 (installation view), 2004, Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul, Weather Old Fashion, 2020 Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Photo: Pauline Shapiro Curated by Richard Klein Report, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, October 6, 2019 to March 29, Gil Scullion 2020, Photo: Jason Mandella Voter, 2019-2020 Courtesy of the artist 6 2020 EXHIBITIONS 2020 EXHIBITIONS 7
Frank Since The Aldrich’s founding in 1964, Frank Stella has participated in fifteen group shows, and yet, Frank Stella’s founder of Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles and later Tyler Graphics Ltd. in Westchester County, New York. Amid Stella’s 56- Stars, A Survey marks the first exhibition great excitement, two of the three prints dedicated solely to the artist at the have returned fifty years later—Star of Museum. It is this kind of long-lasting Persia I and II grace The Aldrich’s walls Year History relationship with artists—one that follows yet again in Frank Stella’s Stars. their careers and ever-evolving bodies of work—that is a hallmark of The Aldrich’s Before The Aldrich deaccessioned its with The exhibition program. Frank Stella’s Stars collection in the 1980s in order to fully not only shines a light on the artist’s dedicate itself to the presentation of recurring use of the star form for the first contemporary art, Larry Aldrich and his time, but also underscores the decades- wife, Wynn, owned two Stella paintings: Aldrich long history between the artist and Khurasan Gate III, 1968, and Bam, the Museum, making for a momentous 1966. Khurasan Gate III, part of Stella’s (top, bottom) occasion rooted in past and present. infamous Protractor series, 1967–71, Frank Stella, Louisiana Lottery Co., 1962 (left), Botafogo I, 1975 (right), Changes (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art was on view in four exhibitions at The Museum, May 22 to September 11, 1983, Courtesy of the artist © 2021 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York In 1965, shortly after the newly Aldrich between 1968 and 1978. Bam, By Caitlin Monachino, established Larry Aldrich Museum one of Stella’s early shaped canvases, Frank Stella’s Stars: A Survey (installation view), The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, September 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021, Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen © 2021 Frank opened its doors, the exhibition Art was presented in Exhibitions Fall 1973. Curatorial Assistant Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jason Mandella of the ‘50s and ‘60s was mounted, Composed of bands of color that meet showcasing a selection of works from the at two points, Bam suggests the illusion painting was later exhibited at The collection of the prominent art collector of movement through three distinct Aldrich in 1979 in the exhibition The Richard Brown Baker. On view in this sections. The progression of these Minimal Tradition, alongside works by show was a 10 x 9-inch colored pencil illusory kinetic effects is evidenced in Robert Mangold, Agnes Martin, Robert and graphite drawing by Stella titled Frank Stella’s Stars, as the star evolves Morris, Mary Miss, Richard Serra, and Tetuan, 1963. Stella’s persistent practice from two-dimensions to three. Jackie Winsor. in reproducing and recreating works at varying scales—which continues to this The Aldrich’s history with Stella extends Steadily exhibiting Stella’s work since day and is exemplified in Frank Stella’s beyond the Museum’s own walls to its onset, The Aldrich has witnessed Stars—generated a larger, fluorescent The Museum of Modern Art in New many seasons of the artist’s vehement translation of Tetuan in Tetuan II, 1964, York. Dedicated to supporting new experimentation over the years, now part of The Glass House’s collection and emerging artists, Larry Aldrich presenting myriad works from multiple in nearby New Canaan, Connecticut. established a purchase fund at MoMA in of his acclaimed series. Tantamount to 1959 with the sole purpose of acquiring the stars he creates, Stella’s prismatic Shortly after, in 1969, The Aldrich works by American artists that were not vitality is a wellspring of awe, and as presented Young Artists from the already represented in their collection. we look back through the artist’s long- Collection of Charles Cowles, which The Marriage of Reason and Squalor standing relationship with the Museum, Frank Stella, Star of Persia II, 1967, Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, exhibited a set of three 1967 lithographs II, 1959, one of Stella’s breakout Black it is clear that Frank Stella’s Stars reveals Courtesy of the artist © 2021 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), by Stella: Star of Persia I, Star of Persia Paintings, was purchased by MoMA the breadth of the zealous exploration New York, Photo: Strode Photographic II, and the Irving Blum Memorial Edition. through the Larry Aldrich Foundation central to his practice. These prints were made in collaboration Fund—the first of many works by the with master printer Kenneth Tyler, artist to enter their collection. The 8 FRANK STELLA’S 56-YEAR HISTORY WITH THE ALDRICH FRANK STELLA’S 56-YEAR HISTORY WITH THE ALDRICH 9
2021 Exhibitions Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye Tim Prentice: After the Mobile of a Needle Indoor Installation: March 29 to September 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021 October 4, 2021 Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Outdoor Installation: September 19, 2021 to April 24, 2022 Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey Curated by Richard Klein Indoor Installation: September 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021 Clarity Haynes: Collective Outdoor Installation: September 21, 2020 Transmission to September 7, 2021 April 28 to September 6, 2021 Curated by Richard Klein and Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Amy Smith-Stewart Galleries, Sculpture Garden, and Main Lucia Hierro: Marginal Costs Street Sculpture June 9, 2021 to January 2, 2022 Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart Twenty Twenty October 12, 2020 to March 14, 2021 Hugo McCloud: from where i stand Curated by Richard Klein June 9, 2021 to January 2, 2022 Curated by Richard Klein Aldrich Care Box January 31 to December 31, 2021 Karla Knight: Navigator Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart and October 17, 2021 to May 1, 2022 Namulen Bayarsaihan Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart (top to bottom) (top to bottom) William Powhida, Possibilities for Lucia Hierro Representation, 2020 (2/7/2021 Mandao 1, 2019 updated installation/detail, Joe Biden Courtesy of the artist (Democratic President Elect), 2020), Photo: Freddie L. Rankin II Courtesy of the artist and Postmasters Gallery, New York, Twenty Twenty, Hugo McCloud The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 5 on #7, 2019 October 12, 2020 to March 14, 2021, Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody Photo: Christopher E. Manning © Hugo McCloud Aldrich Care Box, January 31 to December Karla Knight 31, 2021, Photo: Christopher E. Manning Fleet 2 (Big Pink), 2020 Courtesy of the artist Tim Prentice, Large White Carpet, 2005, Courtesy of the artist 10 2021 EXHIBITIONS 2021 EXHIBITIONS 11
Artist Karla answered a few questions about her upcoming exhibition at The Aldrich. Interview: Q As a Connecticut-based artist, what does it mean to you to have an exhibition at The Aldrich? Karla A As a Connecticut-based artist, I am thrilled to have a solo exhibition at Knight The Aldrich. Any artist living in this state would be! The Aldrich’s rich history of giving extraordinary artists their first museum shows is wonderful to be a part of. I live in Redding and have driven past the Museum countless times in the last 20 years. Karla Knight has spent the last forty years creating an impressive body of work Dream come true. that spans painting, drawing, and photography. Navigator, her first institutional solo show, will take the form of a focused survey, charting the development Q You’ll be debuting a new body of work of her far-seeing language over a four-decade-long career. Knight’s imagery is you refer to as “tapestries” in your steeped in science, the occult, early twentieth century abstraction, Surrealism, exhibition. What do you hope visitors and Native American art. Her visual language is purposefully impenetrable— will take away from this new work? she offers no clues or methods to its decoding. For her, its true meaning must remain unnamed, as it is ultimately inspired by “the mysteries and absurdities A My new “tapestry” series is coming to of life.” Her dense paintings and works on paper swirl with graphic shapes, fruition just in time for my Aldrich show. I diagrams, and ciphers that appear both archaic and spaced-aged. have been leading up to it for years. The tapestries are made of vintage seamless The exhibition will track the vast range and evolution of Knight’s pictographic grain sacks sown together, then painted lexicon—the spaceships, floating orbs, and eyeballs, as well as the and drawn with my usual imagery, as well (left) Artist Karla Knight hieroglyphic-like lists, charts, codes, alphabets, and other invented symbols— as some embroidery. They are influenced (top, bottom) that embody these all-over compositions. Similar to the trailblazing abstract by Native American art, specifically Lakota Karla Knight Spaceship Note (The Fantastic artist Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) and the far-sighted symbolist Agnes Pelton winter counts, which were used as calendars Universe), 2020 Courtesy of the artist (1881–1961), Knight’s enigmatic image databank channels a passionate of indigenous life and cosmology. In my Karla Knight engagement with spiritual or nonphysical realms. The exhibition will also debut case, I hope they act as windows into Tapestry (detail), 2020 Courtesy of the artist an entirely new series, featuring what Knight refers to as “tapestries.” Using otherworldly imagery and language, whose reclaimed cotton cut from circa 1940s–50s seed and grain bags purchased underlying system is not known. on eBay, Knight sews pieces together to form a patchwork composition. Unstretched, she draws and paints directly on the surface with flashe, colored Q How do you stay inspired in the studio pencil, and graphite, while hand embroidering select sections. This exhibition, and at home? organized by Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart, will open on October 17, 2021 and will be on view through May 1, 2022. A I am inspired by the universe at all times, especially in the studio. My head is constantly full of cosmic information. It just flows out, regardless of location and circumstance. 12 ARTIST INTERVIEW:KARLA KNIGHT ARTIST INTERVIEW:KARLA KNIGHT 13
Artist Tim answered a few questions about his exhibition and working with The Aldrich. Interview: Q As a Connecticut-based artist, what does it mean to you to have an exhibition at The Aldrich? Tim A I was invited by The Aldrich to participate in a group show in 1995 Prentice and expressed my gratitude by filling one of the galleries with a blizzard of yellow turkey feathers. I am thrilled that the Museum thinks well enough of my current work to invite me back. As a Connecticut based artist I can’t think of a higher honor in the state than Tim Prentice (b. 1930) is known for his innovative work in the field of motion to have a show at The Aldrich. in sculpture. Prentice has been a resident of Connecticut since 1975, and After the Mobile marks his first solo museum exhibition since 1999. The title Q How do you expect visitors’ experiences of the exhibition refers to Alexander Calder, a former Connecticut resident of your work change between the indoor who in the 1930s adopted the term mobile at the urging of Marcel Duchamp galleries and Sculpture Garden? to describe his balanced, moving wind-driven constructions. Calder’s playful Mobiles, and later George Rickey’s delicately balanced minimalist, A The indoor works must be lightly kinetic sculpture, each defined their time. Prentice’s contribution to the constructed in order to catch the field strongly relates to the rise in the past half century of systems theory, gentlest air currents to best effect. the understanding that cohesive systems are interrelated and independent Pieces that are exposed to the parts are resilient to external disruption, having the ability to move but always unpredictability of the weather must returning to their original form. Prentice’s seemingly complex but simple perform at two widely spaced extremes: systems of bent, articulated wire and metal or plastic planes are incredibly to show interesting movement on a calm sensitive to moving air and seem to be extremely fragile, but are actually day and also be able to stand up against quite robust, giving in to the wind’s force, but always recovering with their the violence of a gale force wind. motion revealing the rippling and fluid patterns of moving air. Q How do you stay inspired in the studio After the Mobile, organized by Exhibitions Director Richard Klein, will feature and at home? twenty indoor works, five outdoor works, and a video portrait of the artist, presented both in the Museum’s galleries and Sculpture Garden, with the A Deadlines. indoor exhibition on view from March 29 to October 4, 2021, and the outdoor installation on view from September 19, 2021 to April 24, 2022. (left) Artist Tim Prentice (top, bottom) Tim Prentice Square Square, 2016 Courtesy of Prentice Colbert Tim Prentice Two Yellow Zingers, 1997 Courtesy of Tim Prentice 14 ARTIST INTERVIEW:TIM PRENTICE ARTIST INTERVIEW:TIM PRENTICE 15
2020 FY19 REVENUE Endowment Revenue $1,681,931 FY19 EXPENSES Exhibitions $721,393 Financial Grants and Contributions $587,208 Programs $369,620 Events $365,035 Facilities $323,336 Overview Admissions and Programs $106,683 General & Administrative $468,272 Gift Shop, Retail, and Rentals $72,396 Development $443,311 Marketing $360,601 Total $2,813,255 Retail & Rentals $9,337 Events $90,385 The impact of COVID-19 was deeply felt at The Total $2,813,255 Aldrich in 2020, both in our mission and in the bottom line. The staff and board moved swiftly following the Museum’s closure in March to recast projections and reduce expenses, while FY20 REVENUE FY20 EXPENSES finding support from government entities like the Small Business Administration. While expenses l Endowment Revenue $1,207,526 l Exhibitions $628,524 were down and government support was up, the l Grants and Contributions $822,165 l Programs $302,760 Museum also received an incredible response from l Events $227,902 l Facilities $268,272 individual donors. Despite being closed for over 3 months, membership numbers between 2019 and l Admissions and Programs $52,352 l General & Administrative $449,062 2020 remained steady. The Museum also received l Gift Shop, Retail, and Rentals $62,651 l Development $357,068 several new, significant gifts from individuals and l Marketing $335,990 family foundations in 2020, part of The Aldrich’s continued effort to increase contributed revenue. Total $2,372,597 l Retail & Rentals $9,008 l Events $21,913 The Museum’s 2020 budget was 15% less than 2019, and that reduction helped the Museum to continue to reduce our dependence on the Total $2,372,597 endowment. And while expenses were watched closely, The Aldrich also remained focused on FY20 REVENUE FY20 EXPENSES our mission as a platform for artists, increasing 0.4% 1% commissions, honoraria, and opportunities during an incredibly challenging year. 2% 3% 10% 14% 26% 15% 51% 35% 13% 19% 11% 16 2020 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 2020 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 17
Report of Report of Gifts–Donors Gifts–Donors 2020 presented some significant challenges for The Donors The O’Grady Foundation Raymond Learsy Carol LeWitt Aldrich, and fundraising was no exception. Our spring This list reflects all gifts, Julie Phillips Josie and Ernest Newborn Christine and Philip Lodewick gala—the Museum’s largest fundraiser of the year—was including Contemporary Council Kirsten and Andrew Pitts Rachel Renchner-Kelly and Justin Lisi and Neil Marcus cancelled, along with an event being planned for the Fall. memberships and above, made Ridgefield Thrift Shop Christopher Carafotes Annie Milligan In addition, many of the ways that we connected with to The Aldrich between January Speyer Family Foundation Ridgefield Education Foundation The Milton and Sally Avery Arts our supporters evaporated overnight. Gone were visits 1 and December 31, 2020. Wagner Foundation Marion and Steve Ryan Foundation Inc. to artist studios and in-person gallery tours, events that Membership listings begin on Marion and Bill Seibold Joanne and Mike Murray were suddenly replaced by Zoom everything. page 22. Patron Sonia Skindrud and Bill Covell Nina W. Werblow Charitable Trust Diane Allen Cynthia Smith Annette and Daniel J. O’Brien While we searched for a way forward, our community Philanthropist Sonia and Keith Attkiss Sabina and Harlan Stone Frances and Wallace Palmer of supporters showed just how important The Aldrich is The Amadeo Family Pam and Jack Baker Anna Phillips to them. A spring fundraising campaign generated 40 Diana Bowes and James Torrey Jenn and Greg Ezring Friend Emma Phillips gifts, almost half from first-time donors. Motivated by this Connecticut Humanities Michele Gage Sabeth and Aaron Albert Jen Posner generosity, members of our Board matched these gifts, Department of Economic The Gage Fund Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Isabelle Schiavi and Andres motivating other Trustees to do the same throughout the and Community Development, Sarah Gondell and Jean-Jacques Foundation Recoder year. When our gala was officially cancelled, donors who Connecticut Office of the Arts Chaltiel Nancy and Ian Ashken Carla Shen and Christopher Schott had bought tickets and tables to the event generously Eric Diefenbach and Martha and Rich Handler Ashken Family Charitable Susie and Gary Singer turned those gifts into direct contributions. And 9 James Keith Brown Jack Shainman Gallery Foundation Sara and Joshua Slocum months after the pandemic began, our Fall annual appeal The Leir Foundation Jill and Peter Kraus Eve Biddle and Josh Frankel Talbott and Carter Simonds saw a 55% increase over 2019. Kraus Family Foundation Elena Bowes and Ken McPhail Foundation Leader New England Foundation for Gretchen and Lance Bylow Maya and Robert Tichio We are so grateful to the people, foundations, and Anne S. Richardson Fund the Arts Bobbi and Barry Coller Wadsworth Lewis Trust corporations listed here, whose support of The Aldrich Institute of Museum and Library Elizabeth and Edward O’Reilly Roberta and Steven Denning Amanda Weiss and Tobey Ritz during this incredibly challenging time was truly Services Madeleine K. Rudin Patricia and Wayne Devoe Audrey and Richard Zinman extraordinary. Thank you! National Endowment for the Arts Ruth | Catone Robert E. Diefenbach Sarah Tod Fund Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Sustainer Benefactor Hermina Seiden and Martin Carol and Dave Foster Jeannette Montgomery Barron Janine Brown and Peter Weinbach Margulies George Galbraith and James Barron The Coby Foundation Elena Shulman Sunny and Brad Goldberg Lori and John Berisford Anita and Nick Donofrio Rachel and Joseph Sondheimer Agnes Gund Eryn Bingle Linda and Michael Dugan Julia Vlock Christine and Andrew Hall Melinda and Brian Carroll Kathryn T. Farley, Ph.D. Julia S. Vlock Charitable Fund Thomas Harris Janis and Charles Cecil Gail and David Gluckman David Hochberg Mariah Chase Liz and Steven Goldstone Sponsor Nancy Moore Hulnick and Peter Colwell The Goldstone Family Foundation Georgia and Charlie Adams Donald Hulnick Adrienne Conzelman Rachel Carr Goulding and Peter Bank of America Sacha Janke and Andrew Petah Coyne and Lamar Hall Goulding Deborah Barnett-Brandt and McCormack Sue Davis-Gillis Highurst Foundation Robert Brandt Meagan and Alexander Julian Jeff Dreiblatt Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Matthew Berler Mary Kenealy and Richard Klein Ashlea Ebeling and Craig Bloom Patricia and Lawrence Kemp Christine and Jeffrey Boris Ellen Kern Melissa and Trevor Fetter Kristina and Philip Larson Fairfield County Bank Laura and Dale Kutnick Vida Foubister Richard Mumby Helena Hernmarck Kutnick Foundation Elizabeth Fuller Kathleen O’Grady J.P.Morgan LatchKey Gallery Janna Greene 18 REPORT OF GIFTS–DONORS REPORT OF GIFTS–DONORS 19
Report of Report of Gifts–Donors Gifts–Donors Joshua Grey Audrey Conrad Supporter Cyriaco Lopes Donna and Nicolas Cheftel In-Kind Support Mark Grimmer Vanessa and Jonathan Curry Steven and Ann Ames Jane R. Lubin Catherine Courter and Craig Ancona’s Wines & Liquors Heather Gaudio Fine Art Jacqueline and Michael Duke Katherine and Brandon Barone Kathy Lynch and Jonathan Clapp Intinarelli Genesis Belanger Kimberly Henrikson Christina and Woodson Duncan Michael Barraco Virginia McDonald Amanda Curtin and Jonathan Connecticut Cottages & Rebecca Hoblin Elizabeth Essner Videen and Christopher Bennett Michel de Montaigne Giving Fund Winn Gardens (CTC&G) Gillian and Simon Hornby Catherine and Michael Farello Nathalie Berger Caroline Moore Erin Dodd Crozier Jaclyn and Brian Hyla Colin Fernandes Sophie Bielders Robert Nixon Ecka Blaire Faulds Claire Gladstone and David Randye Kaplan and Gerald Sandi Haber Fifield Louise Blackburn and Bennett Cebert Noonan Pasquale Festa Gelfman Blitstein Hilary and Sean Flanagan Blackburn Ester Partegàs Barbara and Michael Fisher Rachel Carr Goulding and Peter Kitty and Jack Keane Francesca Furio Susie and Wessel Boshoff Heather and Todd Payne Gina Furnari Goulding Joan and Steven Kraus Ginny Gold Jen and Matt Breitfelder Pam and Eric Pooley Anne Giroux HamletHub Miriam G. Martinez and Roger Marcia and Mark Goldstein Keri and Nick Cappiello Nancy Delman Portnoy Alva Greenberg Lucia Hierro Restaino Helen and William Gore Debra Carideo Madison Potter and Christopher Naomee Guest Michael Joo Allison and Stuart Meyler Margaret and Stuart Gray Erika Chamberlain Preston Barbara Hager Eva LeWitt Norma and Sheldon Minkowitz Francis Greenburger Allen Chang Pam Robey Mary Harold Christopher Lockhart Caitlin Monachino Francis Greenburger Charitable Roz Chast and William Franzen Linda Rost and Diederik van Georganne Aldrich Heller Macaroni Kid Kenneth Naigus Fund Jeanette and Walter Ciciora Renesse Samantha Heller Caitlin Monachino Adam and Glori Norwitt Jeffrey Grove and Clint Smith Jennifer Cohen Lynne and Gil Scullion Peter Lutz Polaroid USA Rachael Palacios Annette and Peter Grueterich Barbara and Robert Covell Rick Shaefer Katherine Malin and Bruce Smith James Prosek Jean and Jim Prusko Holly Lapine Randie and Robert Creamer Elizabeth and William Siemers Dorothy McClure Rosamund Purcell Connor Rossner Emily and Michael Leighton Emily Devoe and Bradley Gehan Olivia Song Nicole McDonough Ramona Scott Sanders Alexandra Lunt Laurie Donlon Kate Tabner and Michael Alexander Mir Peter Stewart Pam Schafler Cybele Maylone and Steven Seltz Kelly Dougherty Boardman Cecilia Moy-Fradet TypoGraphic Services, Inc. Gary Staudt Josephine Mayo Kathryn Emmett and David Golub Christie Tashjian Amy Pal and Kevin Manley WSHU Public Radio Group Allison and Jon Stockel Sean Mellyn Jacquelyn Etling Jessica and Briggs Tobin Alexandra Pearl Margaret Sullivan and Rick Gregory Miller and Michael Francine Even and Roger Brouard Abigail Wattley and Kevin Shaunna and Thierry Prissert Matching Gifts Companies Lawrence Wiener Rachel Feinberg Kingman Adriana Reis Alliance Bernstein Matching Gift Margaret and James von Helen Mills and Gary Susan Finkelstein Tracy and Jonathan Wendell Diane Rosenblatt Program Riesemann Tannenbaum Lesley Flanigan and Tristan Perich Claire Werner and Justus O’Brien Jackie and Howard Rosenstein Benevity Sandra Whiteley and Russell Larkin Nash Eleanor and Brian Flatow Susan and Alan Winsor Hilary Saltus Greenlight Capital Maylone Anita and Arnold Newman David Flinchbaugh Nancy and Michael Yurgeles Sally and Jack Sanders IBM Matching Gifts Bernice Wollman and Warren Robin and John Phillips Sharon Flynn Michael Schwarzchild Strada Education Network Rubin Linda Pilgrim Wendy Goidell Contributor Suzan Shutan-Almeida and Mario Synchrony Ragnar Poulsen Joann Graham Anne and Art Aaronson Almeida Donor Ashley and Stephen Prymas Christine Grounds Gail and Jack Abrams Dee Strilowich Dalal and Zachary Arnold Kim and Andrew Purcell Deirdre and Jon Halper Susan Ahlstrom Marion L. Ward The Ashforth Family Sue and Alan Ravitz Harriett Hanlon and Mark Riser Pamela Arciero and A. Stephen Carey and Doug Weber Brooke Bento and Thomas Stop & Shop Ginny Hutchins Lanza Aaron Williams Robinson Merry Thornton and Brian Murphy Ayumi Ishii Alyson Baker and Zach Hadlock Betsy and Alfred Bergman James Tilney Barbara and Charles Jennes Bruce Barry Josée Bienvenu Marci and Edward Tregurtha Gina Keidong Nancy Bowen Christine Bosco Kathryn Yarrington Lisa Kirk Arden Byrne Paula Burton Torrance York and Greg Walters Marjeta and Edward Lederman Michael Cady 20 REPORT OF GIFTS–DONORS REPORT OF GIFTS–DONORS 21
Report of Report of Gifts–Members Gifts–Members Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Kathryn T. Farley, Ph.D. Pam Schafler Leana and Will Fisher Pam Robey Membership Jeanne Donovan Fisher Vida Foubister Isabelle Schiavi and Andres Hilary and Sean Flanagan Rochelle and Mark Rosenberg This list reflects all paid Thomas Harris Elizabeth Fuller Recoder Riley Flanagan-Brown Gualberto Ruano Aldrich memberships received Randye Kaplan and Gerald Blitstein Michele Gage Hermina Seiden and Martin Lesley Flanigan and Tristan Perich Marcia Ryan and Neil Farrow between January 1 and Joan and Steven Kraus George Galbraith Margulies Eleanor and Brian Flatow Michelle Schaffer December 31, 2020 Miriam G. Martinez and Roger Ginny Gold Carla Shen and Christopher Schott Penelope Forman Kimberly and Christopher Schmitt Restaino Marcia and Mark Goldstein Elena Shulman Meghan and Dave Friedland Tracy and Jonathan Seem Aldrich Collects Joanne and Mike Murray Liz and Steven Goldstone Talbott and Carter Simonds Damon Gergar Mary Ann Sherry and Michael Deborah Barnett-Brandt and Jen Posner Sarah Gomer and Christopher Gary Staudt Elizabeth Getter and David Groff Bresnan Robert Brandt Alison Pratt and Todd Forrest Lockhart Peter Stewart Lisa and Nicholas Gillis Ashley and Kevin Slane Matthew Berler Amelie Sanchez Janna Greene Allison and Jon Stockel Margaret and Stuart Gray Jennifer Soudagar and Ian Tesar Diana Bowes and James Torrey Mark Grimmer Margaret Sullivan and Rick Joshua Grey Alla Stremlin-Avidon and George Linda and Michael Dugan Young Patrons Circle Melanie Grossbard Lawrence Ellen and Bob Grimes Avidon Jenn and Greg Ezring Brooke Bento and Thomas Jeffrey Grove and Clint Smith Merry Thornton and Brian Murphy Harriet Hanlon and Mark Riser Justine Tassitano Sarah Gondell and Jean-Jacques Robinson Agnes Gund Maya and Robert Tichio Lin and Stephen Jamison Alan Taylor Chaltiel Vanessa and Jonathan Curry Christine and Andrew Hall Mary Tobin and Richard Bauer Julie and Richard Jochum Michael Tocci Anna Phillips Catherine Lewandowski Martha and Rich Handler Julia Vlock Sandy and Brad Johnson Cynthia and Stanley Twardy Rachel Renchner-Kelly and Justin Alexandra Lunt Kimberly Henrikson Margaret and James von Laura and Samuel Kaplan Abigail Wattley and Kevin Christopher Carafotes Emma Phillips Gillian and Simon Hornby Riesemann Elke Katz Kingman Marion and Steve Ryan Nancy Moore Hulnick and Donald Margot Wilbanks Nancy and John Katz Ann Williams and Andrzej Marion and Bill Seibold Contemporary Council Hulnick Linda and Jeff Krulwich Tymowski Cynthia Smith Diane Allen Meagan and Alexander Julian Family The Lordi Family Jessica Williams and David Brown Rachel and Joseph Sondheimer Pam and Jack Baker Sameea Kasim Heidi and Steve Aishman Catherine and Joe Magnano Torrance York and Greg Walters Sabina and Harlan Stone Jeannette Montgomery Barron Kitty and Jack Keane Amanda Almstead Molley Maloney and John Lord and James Barron Ellen Kern Laurie and Peter Bachmann Ruth Mannes Dual Friend Collectors Circle Tish Beitzel and Robert Jill and Peter Kraus Katherine and Brandon Barone Pina and Louis Manzone David Bedell Elena Adams Vredenburgh Jennifer and John Labriola Meredith and Michael Bergmann Teresa McManus and Brian Claudia Caffuzzi and Thomas Georgia and Charlie Adams Betsy and Alfred Bergman Emily and Michael Leighton Marnie Berk and Jon Silvan Truskowski Flory Sabeth and Aaron Albert Eve Biddle and Josh Frankel Carol LeWitt Susan Betterly John McNamara Elizabeth Cogan Carol and Dave Foster David Black Christine and Philip Lodewick Sarah and Mark Blandford Leigh Montville Anne Cox and John Koster Sunny and Brad Goldberg Tiffany Black Allison and Stuart Meyler Susie and Wessel Boshoff Caroline and David Moore Nina and David Diefenbach Helena Hernmarck Christine Bosco Annie Milligan Jennifer and Ken Caron Joanna and Charles Moschos Peter Diefenbach and Michael Nancy Jacobowitz Elena Bowes and Ken McPhail Norma and Sheldon Minkowitz Becky and Matt Carpenter Adelaide and George Mueller Caravetta Sacha Janke and Andrew Gretchen and Lance Bylow Richard Mumby Jen Cilia Francine Normann Michele Ellerin-Diefenbach and McCormack Melinda and Brian Carroll Anita and Arnold Newman Amanda and Robert Cordano Elizabeth and David Nowak E. Michael Diefenbach Dawn Learsy Mariah Chase Elizabeth and Edward O’Reilly Amanda Curtin and Jonathan Katherine and William Nowak Lauren Festa Raymond Learsy Bobbi and Barry Coller Frances and Wallace Palmer Winn Marnie and John Olson Sara Gooyandeh Susie and Gary Singer Audrey Conrad James Perakis Melissa DeMeo and Christopher Eliot and Will Patty Mary and Jim Himes Sara and Joshua Slocum Petah Coyne and Lamar Hall Robin and John Phillips Belden Amy Piantaggini Lesley and Kevin Lambton Audrey and Richard Zinman Patricia and Wayne Devoe Linda Pilgrim Jennifer and Arny DiLaura Roberta Poretta Erika Long and Mark Braithwaite Robert E. Diefenbach Jean and Jim Prusko Elizabeth and Alfred DiMaio Cynthia Quell Puches and Emory Caitlin Mulkeen Collaborators Circle Jeff Dreiblatt Kim and Andrew Purcell Hans Dorsinville Puches Jean Nadell Lori and John Berisford Ashlea Ebeling and Craig Bloom Sue and Alan Ravitz Lori Cochran Dougall Shira and Allen Purkiss Barbara O’Shea Emily Corrigan Elizabeth Essner Madeleine K. Rudin Meta Ann and David Ela Kristin Quell-Garguilo and Mike Maize Pelusio Amanda Dranow Catherine and Michael Farello Scott Sanders Ruth and Rich Feldman Garguilo Mary Pytko 22 REPORT OF GIFTS–MEMBERS REPORT OF GIFTS–MEMBERS 2325
Report of Highlights Gifts–Members from 2020 Jessica and Briggs Tobin Ursula and Kenneth Olsen Peter Colwell Cathy Vanaria and Mark Savoia Lois and Richard Pace Kimberly England Maria Vanoni and Richard Heyman Steven Paggioli and Olaf Soltau Bonnie and Tom Figgatt Juliana Han Witt and Jared Witt Wendy Roseberry and Brian Barbara and Michael Fisher Whelan Edward Fleischli Library Linda Rost and Diederik van Matty and Andrew Fruchtman Brewster Public Library Renesse April Garston Danbury Public Library Pamela Salvatore Charles Geiger Ferguson Public Library Eliza Shanley-Carone and James Anne Giroux Kent Public Library Carone Mary Harold Lewisboro Library Meryl and Henry Silverstein Joseph Heyman Mahopac Public Library Melinda and Donald Weber Debra Keiser Mark Twain Library Lois and Gilbert Weingarten Elaine Kelemen Ossining Public Library Susan and Alan Winsor Diane Kerner Poughkeepsie Public Library Niki and Jeffrey Ketchman The Pound Ridge Library Friend Wanda Kosinski Southbury Public Library Paula Burton Jane Lubin and Riaz Lalani Westport Public Library Nicole Carney Ann Magnin and Michael Stein Wilton Public Library Jane and Charles Crawford Cindy Mahan Robert Diefenbach Jr. Ann and Thomas Maher Dual Senior Monica Johnson Meryl Marcus Kathy and John Abbott Nicholas Lechich Cynthia Mas Laura and Elliott Agisim Claudia Menezes Bonnie Mausolf Pamela Arciero and A. Stephen Robert Nixon Virginia McDonald Lanza Elayne Prince Mary McGowan Susan Ault and Peter Authier Claire and Cotten Seiler Meredith Mulhearn Lynn and Vincent Balzano Katherine Sokol Randi Nussbaum Mary and Donald Bostwick Ursula Tan Roseann Press Cyndy and Tim Byrnes Ronald Rendell Deborah Carlson and Errol Antzis Artist, Educator, Senior, Karen Royce Linda and John Costa Student James Russell Marjorie and Bill Davidson Susan Abken Christie Salomon Karin and Christopher Fallon Lewis Andrews Robin Simon James Featherstone Lynne Aubert Janet Slom Susan and David Frail Mitchell Banks Karen Stewart Helen and William Gore Nina and Richard Bentley Debra Teitsworth William Gratz and James Bruno Thomas Biederer Dana Tolbert Sally and Frank Greene Eleanor Blake Kathleen Trestka Phylllis Hattis Michael Boodro Viviana Tul Susan Kelley and William Roy Lucienne Buckner Debra Turkat Visitor in Rudy Shepherd: Somebody’s Susan and Lawrence Lapine Art Caplan Dawn Watson Child, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, July 18 to November 29, 2020, Kathy Lynch and Jonathan Clapp Darby Cardonsky Diane Wendel Photo: Claire Ritz Helen Mills and Gary Tannenbaum Erika Chamberlain Molly Williams Visitors in Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle, The Aldrich Kathleen and Robert Moriarty Donna and Nicolas Cheftel Dolores York Contemporary Art Museum, September 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021, Photos: Claire Ritz Marsha and George Nichols Naomi Clark 24 REPORT OF GIFTS–MEMBERS IN THE GALLERIES 2527
In an The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Participating Artist List was profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with significant Huma Bhabha losses to critical revenue streams. As a Instant: Janet Biggs virtual fundraiser, the Museum launched Sebastiaan Bremer In an Instant: Polaroids for The Aldrich, David Brooks from July 6 to 13, 2020 on a dedicated Marti Cormand Polaroids microsite, where over two dozen artists Petah Coyne created new work to sustain the Museum Michael De Feo in its mission of serving emerging and Jeanne Finley under-recognized artists. Kate Gilmore for The Jessica Jackson Hutchins The Museum sent thirty-one artists Lisa Kereszi Polaroid cameras and asked them to Joyce Kozloff return eight photographs each. The artists Michelle Lopez Aldrich responded with glorious creativity, making Anissa Mack work that was fun, serious, moving, and Suzanne McClelland provocative. The works for sale were made Richard McGuire within the constraints of the Polaroid Sean Mellyn medium and their working spaces while Jason Middlebrook sheltering in place. Each work was priced David Opdyke at $175, unframed. Frank Poor Hayal Pozanti In solidarity with the movement to end Peggy Preheim systemic racism and in recognition of Rosamond Purcell the crucial importance of Black artists David Scanavino to a vibrant and healthy arts community, Michelle Segre The Aldrich contributed $5,000 from In Alyson Shotz an Instant to Black Art Futures Fund, a Tony Tasset philanthropic fund that supports Black arts Penelope Umbrico organizations. Cheryl Van Hooven Allan Wexler B. Wurtz (left) Michael De Feo Untitled, June 11, 2020 Courtesy of the artist (top, bottom) B. Wurtz Untitled, 2020 Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York Hayal Pozanti 23 (KAMGU) – IN THE GARDEN, June 8, 2020 Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery 26 IN AN INSTANT: POLAROIDS FOR THE ALDRICH IN AN INSTANT: POLAROIDS FOR THE ALDRICH 27
2020 At the beginning of 2020, we were performance, and the audio plays employ preparing numerous live performances, humor and time-travel to activate ongoing talks, and workshops with exhibiting social and political debates over racism, Public artists and museum educators, offering fascism, and gender equality, featuring our audience opportunities to connect, local historical figures including women’s learn, and find inspiration. Artist Risa suffragist Alice Paul and former Connecticut Programs Puno joined our award-winning Common NAACP President William Webb. Ground program, a museum/classroom- based artist residency for middle school Other new commissioned artist projects students. In March, Madeline Hollander’s and include the participatory ILSSA Ballot performance Your Move was presented for Twenty Twenty, by Emily Larned to an intimate audience in the Museum’s and Bridget Elmer, and Scores for the galleries on the occasion of Eva LeWitt’s Stars, by Ander Mikalson. These projects Education solo exhibition Untitled (Mesh A-J), and on mark a shift for Aldrich Education, as the eve of impending pandemic closures. we expand our support for artists and increase audience participation. Our latest Later in March, we pivoted all of our public initiative is the Aldrich Care Box, inspired programming online, launching free by isolation, social distancing, and video By Namulen Bayarsaihan, family programs including mindfulness, fatigue, prompting us to commission poetry, and tours, as well as Aldrich-at- new tactile works from five artists around Director of Education Home activities for free download. We themes of care and grief. A limited edition re-imagined our adult programs virtually, of five boxes are offered for temporary including conversations with exhibiting circulation to the public in 2021, extending artists, curators, and staff. We held limited a unique opportunity to handle works of in-person programs outdoors, including contemporary art in the comfort of home. a live performance by Weather Report artist Sean Salstrom and a two-part As museum educators, we are committed concert series in the Sculpture Garden to building empathy and incorporating in collaboration with the Ridgefield anti-racist, inclusive, socially-responsible Symphony Orchestra. The Aldrich Teen practices both personally and Fellows continued to meet virtually each professionally. We take this opportunity week, creating collaborative projects, to thank our team of remarkable educators including a ‘zine, video interview, film for transforming our public programming (top to bottom) presentation and more, all inspired by the during this unprecedented time, as well as Child holding artwork exhibitions on view. the artists, schools, community partners Aldrich Teen Fellows who share in this work, and our wonderful Madeline Hollander, Your Move, The Teen Fellows also co-wrote and participating audience. performed on March 12, 2020, in Eva LeWitt’s Untitled (Mesh A–J) (site- performed in the final episode of Hindsight specific installation view, detail), 2019, The Aldrich Contemporary Art is, a three-part dramatic podcast series Museum, October 6, 2019 to August 23, 2020, Courtesy of the artist and VI, we commissioned from Piti Theatre Co., VII, Oslo, Photo: Emily Devoe alongside the Twenty Twenty exhibition. Emily Larned and Bridget Elmer: ILSSA Ballot for Twenty Twenty (installation The podcast format was a clever view), November 3, 2020 to March 14, 2021, Photo: Claire Ritz response to COVID-19 limitations on live 28 2020 PUBLIC PROGRAMS 2020 PUBLIC PROGRAMS 29
Staff Listing Cybele Maylone, Fundraising and Will Landowne Executive Director The Year Membership Betty Stolpen Weiner Jack O’Neill Tessa Rosenstein Education In Review Director of Development Hannah Hurricane Namulen Bayarsaihan Kris Honeycutt Sanchez Director of Education Head of Membership Lorena Sferlazza and Annual Giving Museum Guides Education Assistant Jamie Pearl Susie Buckley Head of Special Events Lisa Canter Exhibitions and Rentals Dayne Encarnaction Richard Klein Brenda Finkel Exhibitions Director Marketing and Carole Glaser Amy Smith-Stewart Communications Barb Jennes Senior Curator Emily Devoe Holly Lapine Mary Kenealy Director of Marketing and Cecilia Moy-Fradet Registrar Communications Angela Rountos Chris Manning Gretchen Kraus Head of Exhibitions and Design Director Teaching Artists Facilities Claire Ritz Oasa DuVerney Caitlin Monachino Digital Media Assistant Risa Puno Curatorial Assistant and Zoë Sheehan Saldaña Publications Manager Visitor Services Barbara Toplin Claudia Lonkin Educators Volunteer Archivist Visitor Experience Jennifer Chun Coordinator Justin Christopher Finance Brianna Halek Carafotes Jacqueline Duke Visitor Experience Alanna Fagan Director of Finance and Assistant Hilary Nordholm Administration Alissa Siegal Jen Wieland Museum Attendants Anabel Siegal Accountant Debby Carideo Lisa Scroggins Sarah Carideo Haley Conde Jack Coyle Betsy Davidson Seamus Edson Suzane Filipe Christine Flannery
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