Inside This Issue:
Director’s Message
SAMFA Board of Trustees
New Exhibits
Collection Spotlight
Education Update
Staff News
Memorials
Membership
Since the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts opened its doors in 1985 it has had a relationship with another educational institution in San Angelo – Angelo State University. In 1986 for the first national ceramic competition the University and particularly the art department played a key role in creating the exhibit and ceramic symposium and that relationship remains. When SAMFA moved to the current facility in 1999 the University’s ceramic studio was built as part of the Museum’s facilities. Over the years the Museum has organized ASU art faculty exhibitions and the music faculty has participated in Chamber Music Series concerts since the 1980s.
The Museum gains from the knowledge and expertise offered by the University personnel and since the 1980s SAMFA has had a member of the Board of Trustees with ties to Angelo State University. At present it is fortunate to have three Board members associated with the University: Dr. Kevin J. Lambert, former Dean, College of Liberal and Fine Arts; Maria de los Santos Onofre-Madrid, Assistant Professor of Spanish/Coordinator of Mexican Exchange Program and Dr. John E. Klingemann, Assistant Professor of History.
Each shared a perspective on serving on the Museum’s Board and how the “university connection” made a difference. Dr. Kevin Lambert has been a Board member since 2006, and will finish out his second three-year term in December. He has worked on the long range planning committee and the acquisition committee. Dr. Lambert thinks that his most positive experiences have been learning how museums operate, getting to know his fellow board members and understanding just how important SAMFA is to the community. When asked about the two institutions’ impact on the community, Dr. Lambert said, “together and separately, we improve the quality of peoples’ lives.”
Maria de los Santos Onofre-Madrid finds it is the education connection that she can appreciate while being a SAMFA board member. Ms. De los Santos Onofre-Madrid is in the middle of her second year of her first term on the Board and noted that she first became aware of SAMFA when she received a membership letter as the present building was under construction. While on the Board she has served on the education committee and has the opportunity to participate in the planning of Summer for Kids programs. She has also enjoyed helping with Family Day and Art Walk activities. Ms. de los Santos-Madrid has benefitted from her relationship with both institutions and said that, “the ceramic classes, exhibits, and some of the cultural activities [which SAMFA and ASU have shared] have been significant.”
Dr. John E. Klingemann is new to the Art Museum Board having served less than one year. When Dr. Klingemann and his wife moved to San Angelo they soon visited the Museum and were amazed at the museum’s collections. He currently serves on the collections committee, but his first connection with SAMFA came in the fall of 2010 when he worked with museum director, Howard Taylor, on the ¡Viva Mexico! exhibit, adding his expertise to the section on Mexico’s Revolution of 1910. Dr. Klingemann has enjoyed the opportunity to work with some great people on SAMFA’s Board of Trustees and sees it “as a positive experience to make significant contributions to the preservation of art in the community.” He noted that, “the opportunity to bring both institutions together as a member of the SAMFA Board of Trustees has proven exciting.” Concerning SAMFA and the University’s impact on the community he continued, “Both are educational institutions dedicated to the dissemination of information. Likewise, both seek to preserve the arts and contribute to the construction of a learning environment.”
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is fortunate to have such dedicated individuals who give of their time and talents to the Art Museum, the University, and San Angelo. The connection between the two educational institutions will continue long into the future.
Volunteer Focus:
ASU Faculty Members Serve on SAMFA Board
June 2011
John E. Klingemann and Ms. Maria de los Santos Onofre-Madrid before a recent SAMFA Board meeting; not pictured, Dr. Kevin J. Lambert
There are approximately three hundred events presented by the Museum each year. This includes such things as our very popular Chamber Music Series and our big band dance program called, Play it Again. Throughout the year we have numerous lectures, artist workshops, gallery talks and the popular third Thursday Art Walks. Our exhibition openings are great celebrations that attract between three hundred and a thousand people (with one even attracting two thousand!) and occur approximately five to six times a year. By far the greatest range of activities occurs through our education programs which include an Art Thursday program with hands-on art for children, a day-long free admission monthly Saturday Family Day, a vast range of summer programs including week-long day camps and during the course of the school year numerous other special programs done in collaboration with the San Angelo Independent School District. In that regard, we recently received a major national Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a program being jointly undertaken with the school district and the Upper Colorado River Authority. Through our education programs this past year we have directly engaged twenty thousand youth not only from San Angelo but also most of the towns and school districts in the fifteen county region. Currently on our education staff we have three full-time certified educators.
The Museum engages the community in countless other ways including participating in or often providing leadership for activities that reach out to and enhance the broader community. We are delighted at the fabulous new Stephens Central Library of the Tom Green County Library System and are proud that we assisted that project behind the scenes in numerous ways. At the core of our beliefs is our motto that “we are not just about art on our walls but also art in our lives” and that the “community is the greatest work of art.” Below is a brief listing of some of the community groups that have met at the Museum recently. It has always been our goal to be a true community crossroads.
Junior League, Baptist Retirement Community, Hospice, Piano Teachers Association, Adult Protective Services, Child Protective Services, San Angelo Cultural Affairs Council, West Texas CREO, Rotary Club, Conexion Hispana, San Angelo Schools Foundation, Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, Standard-Times, Western Shamrock, City Planning Department
In order to do all that we do it is fundamentally important that we have adequate resources, excellent facilities and a dedicated staff. The Museum has grown so substantially that we are now at a point where it is important that we expand our resource base and our facilities. To that end, we have launched a campaign called Art in our Lives: A Vision for the Future. It is our intention to raise five million dollars to enhance our endowment which helps generate income to support all of our programs and operating costs. We are simultaneously seeking two million five hundred thousand that will allow us to make some upgrades including energy efficiency improvements to our existing building and to enhance our grounds, the sculpture garden, landscaping and improve lighting and to complete the projects we have planned for our buildings on Oakes Street. This will include an invited artist apartment and studio, a small amphitheatre, an environmental education greenhouse, community gallery, restaurant and outdoor pavilion among other things. I am very pleased to report that the campaign is off to a significant start with more than three million dollars already committed to the endowment. We are also making significant progress with the capital effort and have received several hundred thousand dollars in funding with a number of grants and requests that are pending. It is always a challenge to maintain the necessary ongoing funding while seeking these larger funds for our future. It has been gratifying that many of those that have contributed already to our campaign have continued to maintain their ongoing support. As a reader of this newsletter you are most likely a member, supporter or interested party and we do hope that you will provide whatever support you are able to. We will soon post our case statement for our campaign on the internet. This is a document that explains the great successes the Museum has had, how we have used our resources in the past and the exciting future that we envision. We hope that you will examine this document and be inspired by the vision and appreciative of the unique treasure the Museum has become for our community.
Howard Taylor
Director’s Message
Sampling of community groups who have recently met at SAMFA
A City Planning meeting with delgates from Mexico takes place in the SAMFA meeting room.
SAMFA Board of Trustees
President - Frank Rose
Immediate Past President - Jan Duncan
Vice President - Debbie Cross
Secretary - Suzan Gargan
Treasurer - Sebastian Guerrero
Mrs. Patsy Cleere
Mr. Michael Collier
Mr. Jeff Curry
Mr. Mike Eckert
Ms. Tracey Ferguson
Mr. James Huffman
Dr. John Klingemann
Dr. Kevin Lambert
Mr. Pat McCarley
Ms. Maria de Los Santos
Onofre-Madrid
Mrs. Grace Ann Phillips
Mrs. Elaine Stribling
Mrs. Kam Stribling
Mr. J. Christopher Sugg
Mrs. Nancy Vincent
Mrs. Martha Visney
Mrs. Carol Whitehead
The San Angelo Junior League gathers on SAMFA rooftop.
The Miracle on 18th Praise group performs at the 2011 Juneteenth concert in the SAMFA meeting room.
NEW EXHIBITS FEATURE
3 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Exhibit Dates:
July 7 – August 28, 3011
On Thursday evening, July 7 the Museum will open a group of new exhibits. The exhibits will explore the work of 3 different, contemporary artists: George Tobolowsky and Bert Long Jr. from Texas and George Mendoza, who is based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. One artist is a painter working on canvas, another is a sculptor working with welded steel and the third works in a variety of mediums, often incorporating sculptural aspects in his paintings. Each of these artists has his own distinct vision, but all three were born in the middle of the 20th century and all became artists later in life after pursuing other careers.
George Tobolowsky, George Mendoza and Bert Long Jr. will attend the Opening Reception on Thursday night. All 3 will also be at the Museum the next day, Friday, starting at 12 noon, as each gives an Artist Talk on his exhibit.
Form & Substance: The Art of George Tobolowsky
By manipulating discarded machine parts and salvage steel artist George Tobolowsky assembles forceful and witty abstract sculptures. In order to find materials, he visits metal scrap yards where he routinely picks up 1,000 to 2,000 pounds worth of raw material from vast heaps of discarded steel. The artist transforms these industrial castoffs into complex arrangements of forms that attest to his keen eye for balance and love of undulating rhythms and geometric repetition. The artist draws upon his life experiences for his abstract assemblages ---the joys, frustrations, conflicts, triumphs and humor that are part of our shared human experience. However, long before he had his first solo art exhibit, George Tobolowsky was an acomplished attorney and businessman. In 1995 he built a sculpture studio, ostensibly for his artist friends to use, but in 2004 it occurred to Tobolowsky that perhaps the studio was for him and he began working in earnest. In 2006 he had his first solo exhibition at the Gerald Peters Gallery in Dallas. His work immediately captured the interest of the art world, and in the months following the exhibition, Tobolowsky began shifting his focus to life as an artist.
George Mendoza: Colors of the Wind
Abstract in nature and brightly colored, the paintings of George Mendoza reveal a unique inner vision. He paints with passion, culling up imagery that is derived from visual memories intertwined with dreams, visions and emotional experiences. This artist’s accomplishments are many and are even more remarkable since he was declared legally blind at age 15. Yet in spite of his visual handicap he is a man of vision and courage who went on to become a world-class runner, Olympic contender, author, and a motivational speaker to the youth and the disabled in America. In 1993 he started writing and painting full time. His artwork has been shown at museums and galleries in Colorado, Texas, Utah, New Mexico and New York. His vibrant paintings reflect optimism and a spirit of imagination combined with a unique view of the world. Recently images from Mendoza’s paintings have been selected for fabric designs by Westminster Fibers to be included in their ‘Free Spirit’ quilt fabric collections.
Whatever It Takes - Bert Long Jr.
Bert Long Jr. was born and raised in Houston’s historic Fifth Ward. After serving in the Marines he began a career in the culinary arts, attaining his first job as Chef’s assistant at the Houston Club and culminating as executive chef in charge of a major Hyatt Regency Hotel. In the late 1970s he gave all this up to become a full time artist. Over the past 3 decades he has created a body of work with his unique artistic expression, drawing upon the traditions of assemblage, dada, folk art and surrealism. In his long career he has worked as an installation artist, performance artist, printmaker, curator, poet and editor, and among his most celebrated works are a series of monumental (if temporary) ice sculptures, a skill he acquired during his career as a chef. His artistic vision is grounded in the narrative tradition, often in the day-to-day. He frequently uses his own personal experiences or the trials and tribulations of the artist’s life as subject matter. At other times he uses his art to comment on the current socio/political situation he views. Bert Long received a Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1987 and in 1990 he was awarded the Prix de Rome by the American Academy in Rome and was recognized as Texas Artist of the Year by the Art league of Houston. In 2008 he was chosen as TALA Artist of the Year (Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts).
All three exhibits will remain on display at the Art Museum through August 28, 2011. For more information call the Art Museum at 325-653-3333.
New Exhibits
George Tobolowsky
Gentleman, 2010
Welded steel
110” x 88” x 36”
George Mendoza
Flight of Feathers, 2008
Acrylic and oil on canvas
36” x 48”
Bert Long
Temptation, 1981
Acrylic on canvas with frame of
hammered metal
37 ¼” x 25 ¼”
Over two dozen new artworks were added to the museum’s collection over the past year through many generous gifts and the contributions of the museum’s Collectors Society. The national ceramic competition which the museum hosts every 2 years provides the opportunity to purchase ceramic art from some of the outstanding ceramic artists of our time. 2010 was no exception and with funds provided by the members of the Collectors Society 6 new ceramic works were acquired. The museum’s ceramic collection was also enlarged upon by the purchase of 9 new pieces from Austin’s Art of the Pot. This is an artist’s studio tour and sale which a group of ceramic artists in Austin hold every year on Mother’s Day. The organization offers our museum a grant each year for the purchase of artworks from this event to add to our collection. Furthermore the well known ceramic curators, writers, collectors and gallery owners Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio of Santa Fe, NM gave the museum 4 new ceramic works. They have been supporters of the museum’s ceramic collection for many years and have consistently been adding significant works to the collection.
The museum also wishes to acknowledge individuals in our own community who have given the museum wonderful gifts. Jack Bleakley, who has offered the museum numerous gifts of artwork over the years, recently gave the museum two new paintings, one by Elizabeth McDonald, a young artist from Plano, Texas who is currently studying in Scotland. Elizabeth was shortlisted for the London International Creative Competition in 2009 and was a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize Houston Texas 2010. The second painting is by San Angelo artist Otis Lumpkin, who taught for many years at Angelo State University. Thanks go as well to Laura and Bob Derby who offered the museum a beautiful antique copper mounted ceramic vase from the early 1900s, which adds a new dimension to the ceramic collection. Gifts were also received from Duane Hamblin, a contribution to our ceramic collection, and David Tarver, who gave the museum a group of his photographs.
Our collection not only serves as material for exhibits here in our museum, but is often sent on loan to other institutions. Recently, a large selection of the museum’s Mexican/Spanish Colonial religious collection was on view at the Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa. The exhibit, titled, The Art of Devotion: Latin American Religious Art from the Collection of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts was on display in Odessa from January to April.
In September of this year, the museum is planning an exhibit featuring selections of the permanent collection, which will highlight some of the remarkable gifts of artwork that the museum has recently received.
Susan Dewsnap
Lidded Jar Form, 2010 10” high x 10” diameter
Museum purchase with funds provided by the SAMFA Collectors Society. 2011.3
18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
Collection Spotlight
Jane Shellenbarger Pitcher
Stoneware, soda and post fired
6 3/4” x 7” x 4”
Museum purchase with funds provided by
Art of the Pot. 2011.9
Orivit Metallwarenfabrik of Cologne, Germany Untitled, ca. 1905-1910
Copper mount, glazed ceramic
35” x 16” x 12”
Gift of Laura and Bob Derby. 2011.21
The Barretts of Dallas
Dallas collectors Nona and Richard Barrett have an insatiable love of art. They fill every room of their Dallas home with their art purchases and when there’s no more room left, well, they give some of their collection away. Throughout the 1990’s they assembled a comprehensive overview of contemporary Texas art. The couple at first envisioned the creation of a center for the study, promotion, and exhibition of the lively and unique nature of contemporary Texas Art. They chose instead to give the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as an outright gift a sizeable portion of this collection. The Houston Museum in turn gave over 200 works of art from this collection to a group of 12 regional art museums in the state of Texas, including the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. In 2003 our museum received 14 works of art from the Barrett Collection via the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
And in June of this year the Barretts were at it again! They offered hundreds of works of art as a gift to both the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Dallas Museum of Art. This time the Dallas Museum chose to distribute part of the gift to a group of 11 regional art museums, and San Angelo again was included. Director Howard Taylor along with Collections Manager Karen Zimmerly and Preparator John Mattson traveled to Dallas where they spent 2 days in the process of choosing 11 works of art to add to the museum’s collection. On the evening of the first night the Barrett’s invited all the visiting museum staff members to their home for a reception and chance to see even more of their art collection.
Included in the group of artworks by contemporary Texas artists received by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is a sculpture by James Surls as well as paintings and works on paper by David Bates, Chong-Keun Chu, Bill Haveron, Gregory Horndeski, Patrick Kelley, Bill Komodore, Gail Norfleet and Gary Richardson.
Otis Lumpkin Tre Ragazze, 2006
Oil on canvas 24” x 36” Gift of Jack and
Marian Bleakley. 2011.22
Nona and Richard Barrett sit in their living room talking to a group of art museum staff members who were among the recipients of their generous gifts.
Center for Creative Energy News
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is national news thanks to the June Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS) Project Profile. Our Center for Creative Energy project, and most notably the Art/Science Fusion program for 2nd graders, was profiled on the main page of the IMLS website, and will also be featured in several paper publications. If you would like to read the project profile online, go to: http://www.imls.gov/profiles/Jun11.shtm. It is a tremendous honor to be featured as a Project Profile, particularly since our project is in its first year of a three-year long National Leadership Grant. This opportunity to share what the Museum is doing through the IMLS website with a global audience will provide us with vital feedback and visibility so that the Center for Creative Energy will continue to thrive and enrich not only our local community of students, but to provide a national model for similar projects to be initiated based on SAMFA’s model. We are proud to be a catalyst for positive partnerships in museums across the nation!
In April Curator of Education, Lillian Lewis, and Assistant Museum Educator, Megan DiRienzo had a unique opportunity to visit the beautiful “metronatural” city of Seattle, Washington, as invited speakers presenting information about institutional partnerships to art museum educators, public and private school art teachers, college art students and higher education art educators at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) annual meeting. Lillian and Megan’s session about institutional partnerships was well received and they had an opportunity to talk with other museum educators interested in entering into institutional partnerships similar to SAMFA’s Center for Creative Energy.
In May Lillian and Megan attended the American Association of Museums (AAM) annual meeting in Houston they learned about new techniques to make the Center for Creative Energy blog more useful and engaging for students, teachers and the general public. If you have not already seen our Center for Creative Energy blog, check it out at: http://artmuseumscience.wordpress.com/ This blog is meant to be a resource for additional learning, discussion and resources for San Angelo and beyond. Check the blog soon for more innovative ideas inspired by AAM!
Selected Program Highlights:
The Art/Science Fusion program has wrapped up for the school year very successfully. After making the switch from a 3rd to 2nd grade audience, we began to develop the program to work even better with our SAISD schools! This program includes a tour of the current exhibitions on view at SAMFA, science activities at the URCA’s Water Education Center, and multiple studio visits. The curriculum is aligned with state mandated educational standards and is totally hands-on, providing students with the opportunity to explore valuable community resources while building knowledge and skills that will help them succeed. This program provided art and science education in four action-packed visits to the Museum to over 250 SAISD second graders this spring. At the end of our three-year grant, we will have worked with all 17 SAISD elementary schools! That’s a lot of art and science!
The Art of Nature day camp has begun. We’re working with children ages 7 – 12 years old this summer to offer them our second year of outdoor art and science adventures. This year, we’ve enlisted the talents of several ASU faculty, including Dr. Terry Maxwell, Dr. Kit Price-Blount and Kathleen Bunker to help guide our campers through an exploration of two central themes for each week. The first week, titled Environmental Explorers, investigates the role of people in the local San Angelo environment both past and present. Campers have a chance to learn about the native Indian populations lifestyles from Kay Campbell at Paint Rock in addition to the lives of pioneer children living at Fort Concho from educator Cory Robinson. Campers also learn about the impact we presently make on our local environment from Damon at the sanitary landfill. The second theme, titled Wild Adventures, takes campers on an expedition to explore the native plants and animals of the region. Campers will enjoy a visit to the San Angelo Nature Center and the San Angelo State Park as well as a special opportunity to learn about field journaling and sketching from nature with Dr. Terry Maxwell. We were fortunate to receive many individual contributions toward scholarships for needy campers and additional local and state support for The Art of Nature so that we were able to invite over 100 campers to enjoy this action-packed June camp. If you would like more information about the camp, or you would like to help the education department with this camp next year, please contact Megan DiRienzo to share your ideas. We look forward to hearing from you!
Can you believe it? Summer for Kids is in its 26th year of operation! Every summer for over a quarter of a century we’ve provided studio art lessons to kids, and we’re still going strong! We’re so excited that we have been hosting Summer for Kids this long; this year we decided to create our summer studio class themes around time travel. Each week, children can study art from a different time period, from many global regions. One week we’re visiting medieval Europe, the next week we’re in China, and still another week we visit American pioneers on the trail west! We’ve covered a lot of ground in Summer for Kids, and we are happy to continue to blaze trails in art this summer! We hope your family can join us next summer if you missed us this summer! You never know what kinds of artistic adventures we’ll take next!
Blue Star
Museums
SAMFA is offering free admission for all active duty military personnel and their families between now and Labor Day! We are one of over 1,300 museums around the country that are participating in Blue Star Museums, a national initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families. Participating in this program is the least we could do to say thank you to our families at Goodfellow who do so much to protect our nation and support our programs! If you have any questions about this program please contact Megan.
Education
Department Staff News:
We are sad to announce that Curator of Education, Lillian Lewis will be leaving the SAMFA staff this fall. Lillian, her husband David Wilkie, and their two children will be moving to State College, Pennsylvania so that she can pursue her PhD in Art Education at The Pennsylvania State University. Lillian was offered the University Graduate Fellowship, which provides financial support that covers her tuition and a stipend for her cost of living. While we are happy that Lillian has been given such a generous offer of support for her continued education, we will miss her here at SAMFA.
In the two years since Lillian joined the team at SAMFA, positive progress has happened in the education department in many ways. The Museum has experienced higher attendance in all programs and we have drastically increased the number of annual school tours. We have provided internship, service learning and volunteer opportunities for local and regional young professionals and civic volunteers. Several new education programs have been developed to utilize traveling exhibition and permanent collection works of art in targeted and meaningful ways for a wide range of audiences.
The Museum has also been a successful recipient of many state and local grants with funding dedicated to the support of education programs for children and adults. Lillian has maintained and developed new relationships with local and regional institutions and schools as well as working with the Region XV Educational Service Center to provide in-service training to public school teachers in the area. Lillian has represented the Museum at many state and national professional conferences, presenting information about our educational programs. Lillian has also initiated SAMFA’s participation in the STEVE Museum Project, Texas Portal, a unique opportunity for SAMFA to have a portion of its permanent art collection accessible online for teachers and students to learn with and “tag” with word labels as part of their learning process, facilitated by the New Media Consortium and funded by The Marcus Institute for Digital Education in the Arts. These are a few of the beneficial changes Lillian has initiated or facilitated during her work with SAMFA.
The new Curator of Education, Megan DiRienzo, will continue her great work here at the Museum. Additionally, Rebekah Coleman has filled the Assistant Museum Educator position vacated by Megan. You may know Rebekah already, as she has been a part-time studio instructor for SAMFA since 2008. Rebekah has been one of our most favorite camp counselors, birthday party hosts, Summer for Kids teacher, and Art Thursdays studio expert. Rebekah holds a Bachelor of Art degree in painting and drawing and has also worked at Austin Elementary for one year as an Instructional Aide. We look forward to the wonderful things these two ladies will accomplish this fall!
Education Update
2011 Art of Nature campers meet with instructor Rebekah Coleman in the SAMFA Education Studio.
2011 Summer for Kids participant and her mom show off the mask she made in the class, Little Creatures: Exploring the Medieval Bestiary.
Family Day 2011-2012
Family Day has seen well over 11,261 visitors this year! Thanks to everyone who helped make these events a success. During the upcoming season we hope to make Family Day even more fantastic with special art materials, guest lecturers, and new community partnerships. Check out the 2011-2012 Family Day schedule below and be sure to mark your calendars. As always, if you have a special connection with the featured country, cultural ties, objects and experiences to share, or are just interested in helping in general during Family Day, please contact Megan at megan@samfa.org or 325-653-3333.
Family Day 2011 - 2012 Schedule
Korea - August 13, 2011
Mexico - September 10, 2011
Native American and Eco Fair - October 8, 2011
Fiji - November 12, 2011
Czech Republic - December 10, 2011
Peru - January 14, 2012
China - February 11, 2012
Japan - March 10, 2012
Cambodia - April 14, 2012
Texas & Summer Program Registration - May 12, 2012
Nigeria - June 9, 2012
Families enjoy art projects during the Australia Family Day
Education Cont.
Lamar Elementary students with Assistant Museum Educator, Megan DiRienzo at the end of their Art/Science Fusion program.
This past February, SAMFA Curator of Education, Lillian Lewis, and Upper Colorado River Authority Education Director, Christy Youker gave a presentation on the Center for Creative Energy initiative to the Informal Science Education Association of Texas Conference.
In early March Lillian traveled to Baltimore to attend a Webwise Seminar sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in conjunction with the National Leadership Grant SAMFA received in 2010. Later that month the history and development of art and science programming at SAMFA, especially the Center for Creative Energy, was again the topic of a presentation by Lillian and Megan DiRienzo, Assistant Museum Educator, at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) annual meeting in Seattle.
Prior to presenting at the NAEA meeting, Lillian and Megan had the chance to attend the NAEA Museum Educator’s Preconference. This day long intensive workshop provided the educators an opportunity to work with leading national art museum educators to tackle tough problems encountered in the field of museum education while also enjoying their surroundings, as the preconference was hosted by the Seattle Art Museum.
In May, Director Howard Taylor, Curator of Education Lillian Lewis and Assistant Museum Educator Megan DiRienzo attended the American Association of Museums (AAM) Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. This event is the largest annual convergence of museum professionals, and as such, is a storehouse of new ideas, technological innovations and cross-departmental and cross-institutional networking.
At the Houston Annual Meeting Howard Taylor was a presenter at three separate sessions on the future of museums. Howard was also recognized as an outgoing AAM Board trustee. He served two consecutive three-year terms on the Board of Trustees and during his service chaired both the Nominating Committee and the Audit Committee for AAM and was intensively involved in the creation of AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums.
Staff News
SAMFA Staff
Director- Howard J. Taylor
Collections Manager- Karen Zimmerly
Executive Assistant/Event Coordinator- Gracie Fernandez
Curator of Education- Lillian Lewis
Education Assistant – Megan DiRienzo
Programs Manager- Valerie Bluthardt
Account Manager- Janet Bingham
Giftshop Manager- Betty Connally
Maintenance Chief/Security- Joel Quintella
Maintenance – Maria De Jesus Guerrero
Preparator- John Mattson
Graphic Designer- JoElla Mendez
Special Events/Weekend Supervisor- Sylvia Grimaldo
Gallery Attendants
Lois Andrews Geneva Nelson
Austine Barker Margie Thompson
Dixie Cozad Alberta Trubenstein
Martha McCloskey
Special Events/Weekend Staff
Tiffany Andrews Johnny Grimaldo
Barbara Conoly Jesse Hickman
Diana Elrod Kim Hodge
Monica Martinez Tammy Oneil
Andrew Gonzales Sara Palmer
Jim Stone
Underwriters ($10,000 and Above)
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Amacker
Mr. Jack Bleakley
Mr. & Mrs. John Cargile
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cheek
Mr. Ken Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eckert
Ethicon
Mr. T.M. (Jud) Gray
Institute of Museum & Library Services
Mr. & Mrs. James Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Price
San Angelo Area Foundation
San Angelo Cultural Affairs Council
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Stephens
Sterling-Turner Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Stribling
Stribling Funding Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Sugg
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Sugg
Texas Commission on the Arts
Trinity Ceramic Supply
The Art & Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John Williams
Mr. & Mrs. David Winston
Patrons ($5,000 - $9,999)
Mr. Roger Allen
Angelo State University
Chicken Farm Art Center
City of San Angelo
San Angelo Civic Ballet
San Angelo Community Medical Center
Target Stores
Mr. & Mrs. Drex Vincent
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
Mrs. Anne Williams
Ms. Dee Wolff
Sponsors ($1,000-$4,999)
Ms. Laura Alcock
Alexander Construction Company
Mr. & Mrs. Don Allison
Area-Wide Phone Book
Mr. & Mrs. Devin Bates
Mrs. L. Gray Beck
Mr. & Mrs. Hampton Beesley
Mrs. Ford Boulware
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Brooks
Cactus Copy Systems
Cactus Hotel
Dr. & Mrs. John Cargile
City Lumber & Wholesale
Cleere Companies
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Cleere
Mr. & Mrs. Sonny Cleere
Mr. Randy Coleman
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Cornell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crisp
Mr. & Mrs. Reese Crowther
Dr. David Cummings
Data Management, Inc.
Mrs. Cathy Dickson
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Doggett
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ellington
First Financial Bank
Foster Communications
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Gargan
Ms. Kathleen Goss
Dr. & Mrs. Perry Gragg
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Gunter
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Harper
Mr. & Mrs. Cal Hengst, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. AL Herrington
Hester Capital Management
Mr. Craig Hester
Mr. & Mrs. David Hirschfeld
Hirschfeld Steel Company, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Holt
Mr. & Mrs. John Holtze
Inn at the Art Center
Dr. & Mrs. David Ivans
Mr. J. Willis Johnson
KCRN
KSAN/KLST
Mrs. Baugh Lewis
Lonestar & MDX
Edward & Betty Marcus Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Millard McAfee
Mr. & Mrs. Pat McCarley
Mr. & Mrs. Mark McLaughlin
Mr. Terry Mikeska
Mr. Doyle Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Pierce Miller
Moleo Gas Corp
New Media Consortium
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Noelke
Mr. Bill Pangburn
Ms. Betty Perry
Mr. & Mrs. A. Lee Pfluger
Colonel Grover Reat
Rocking Chair Ranch
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Rose
San Angelo Convention & Visitors Bureau
San Angelo Standard-Times
Ms. Gwendolyn Scherz
Mr. Reed Shahan
Silo House Restaurant
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Stribling
Sugar Daddy Desserts
Mr. Andrew Sugg
Mr. J. Christopher Sugg
Ms. Lydy Tabor
Tabor’s of San Angelo
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Templeton
Texas Roadhouse
Dr. Kenyon Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Warnell
West End Collectibles
West Texas Broadcasting
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan White
Dr. & Mrs. Bo Whitehead
Mr. & Mrs. Loyd Whitehead
Mr. & Mrs. Duke Wilson
Benefactors ($500 - $999)
A-B Distributing
Mr. William Allen
Angelo Catholic School
Angelo Security
Ann Roth Shoes Inc.
Anodyne, Inc.
Answer Angelo
Art of the Pot
Baker Street Coffee House
Mr. Bill Barrett
Dr. Henry Batjer & Dr. Jane Rider
Bodega de Milagro, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Booth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Booth, Jr.
Dr. Steve Boster & Dr. Mary Seger
Budget Blinds
Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons
Ms. Carolyn Cargile
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Carsner
Mrs. Tilly Chandler
Mrs. Susan Charles
Ms. Mary Chatfield
Dr. Edward Christensen
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Collier
Comet Cleaners
Ms. Becky Cornell
DeCoty Coffee Company
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Derby
Ms. Caron Ducote
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Early
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Frank
Gandy Ink
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Godfrey
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Hamblen
Mr. Duane Hamblin
Mr. & Mrs. Hilton Harris
Mr. Gerron Hite
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Hochberg
Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Hodges
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Holland
Holzman Moss Botino Architecture
Humanities Texas
Ms. Sharon Kopriva
Dr. Kevin Lambert
Ms. Sarah Lipsett
Livestock Weekly
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Martin
Dr. & Mrs. John McClish
Meadows Fisher Cleere Insurance
Mrs. Patricia Meadows
Mr. & Mrs. Mort Mertz
Mr. & Mrs. Mort Mertz
Miss Hattie’s
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Moore
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Moore
Pecans.com
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Phillips
Pinkie’s Liquor Stores
Mr. Jamie Poteet
Redbud Fine Arts
Ridgway Florist
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Ridgway
River Terrace Restaurant
Dr. & Mrs. Vernon Ryan
Dr. Stephen & Dr. Saundra Seifert
Shannon Clinic Pediatrics
Shannon Medical Center
Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Shipley
Mr. & Mrs. Lon Slaughter
Mr. & Mrs. Lester Smith
Smith, Rose, Finley, Harp & Price
Standard Sales Company
Mrs. Gail Stefanski
Sterling-Lamb
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Stoebner
Dr. & Mrs. Lourell Sutliff
The Wharf
Mrs. Johnell Vincent
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Visney
Mr. Howard Weiner
Welch Transfer & Storage
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Williams III
Major
Donors
2010-2011 Memorials
December-June
In Memory of
Irene Bass
Golden Phoenix
In Memory of
John Cargile
Mr. Jamie Poteet
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
In Memory of
Preston Darby
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
In Memory of
Gary Pat Elrod
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
In Memory of
Della Foster
Ms. Earlene Ham
In Memory of
Rowena Goss
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Bluthardt
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
In Memory of
Laura Jackson
Ms. Anne Bleakley Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
In Memory of
Max Hulse
Ms. Zona Earlene Ham
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Templeton
In Memory of
Michael G. Lussier
Mrs. Roseann Lussier
Mr. & Mrs. Al Burdi
In Memory of
Amy McLaughlin
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Templeton
In Memory of
Sylvia Johnston Munroe
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
In Memory of
James Scott
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Sugg
In Memory of
Nancy L. Smith
Mr. Jamie Poteet
In Memory of
Dot White
Mrs. Shelly Yokum
In Memory of
Wendy Lee Wismer Whitehead
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Gilmore
Ms. Sharon Gilmore
Mr. Matthew Peebles
Mr. Ryan Reilly
Memorials
SAMFA Members
New and Renewals
From December
2010-June 2011
Guimel and Hector Acton
Lucy Allen
William Allen II
Pat Attebery
Judy Baity
Juanita and Steve Baker
Teresa and Larry Bale
Loleta Barnhart
Jennifer Beam
Jean and Stratton Beesley
Ethel and Eugene Berger
Pat Billmeier
Edward Blackburn
Margaret Blagg
Jeanie and Kenny Blanek
Buffi and Brock Blythe
Norma Braden Gilman
Michael Brady
Niko Brandi
Jo Ann Brininstool
Mary Frances Broome
Debbie and Randy Bruno
Nicola Bumann
Pat Cain
Georgene and Joe Calibani
Patricia Clare
Cheri and Scott Cotton
Linda and Gary Cox
Melba and X. B. Cox, Jr.
Natalie and Billy Craddock
Mickey Dammann
Suzanne Daniel
Stacy and Brent Daniels
Lydia Davis
Amanda and Danny Deanda
Rejeana Diers
Susan Donaldson
Thomas Donaldson
Jill and Jason Donegan
Norma and John Dorsey
Julie and Mikel Doyle
Dr. John Harvey &
Mrs. Monica Beisel
Margaret Drake, Jr.
James Edwards
Melissa and Matthew Ellison
Linda and Roger Ellison
Shirley Eoff
Mary Fanning
Barbara Fillip
John Fiveash
Sonya and Steve Gallegos
Jay Garrett
Lu Garrett
Jan Gibbs
Terrence Giroux
Susan Graham
Erren and Wayne Graham
Annetta and Homer Gray
Earlene Ham
Glenda Hammond
Jan Harkleroad
Charlotte and Roy Harrell
Sandra Harris
Lee and Bob Hays
Ginger and Bruce Heare
Jan Heckaman
Ann Henderson
Patricia Henderson
Tom Hicks
Ann and Gene Hirschfelt
Gerron Hite
Nathalie and Robert Holladay
Jane Holtman
Vester Hughes, Jr.
Queba James
Angie and Melvin Jennings
Matthew Johnson
Stacy and Rick Johnson
Paige and Michael Jones
Elizabeth Jordan
Ruth and John Jordan
Richard Jordan
Dionica and Jesse Jurado
Betty and Lee Roy Kiesling
Mike King
Janice Knittle
Shirley and Pat Koenig
John Kouvelis
Ervilene and Stephen Kuhlmann
Myra and Karl Kujawa
Letitia and Mark Lack
Leslie and Lorenzo Lasater
Shawn Lewis
Cherry Luedtke
Lu Ann and David Lupton
Carolyn Mason
Elizabeth and Marcos Mata
Margie Matheny
Valerie and Johnny Matthews
Ronda and Arthur Mavrode
Ellen and Dale McDonald
Jean McDonald
Pilar McKeel
Sally McKinney
Jean Meek
Irene and Travis Meitzen, Jr.
Shirley and Carl Menzies
Ashley and Justin Meyer
Candy and Bill Mikeska
Amy and Brad Miles
Debbie and Wade Millsap
Sue Mims
Mrs. Roy Minor
Carolyn Minton
Melinda and Bill Montgomery
Donna Moody
Dorothy Morrison
Louisa and Robert Morton
Connie and Jeff Moxham
Lynne and William Moyer
John Multer
Helen and Dan Murray
Jane Murray
Mondie Namy- Pierce
Timothy Norton
Maria Onofre- Madrid
Edith Osborne
Don Payne and Jody White
Karen and Bobby Peiser
Donna Pesch
Beth and Harold Peterson
Jon Peterson
Verna and Douglas Pfannes
Katrina and Bob Pfluger
Kaye Pfluger
Mary Pfluger Carnes
Janet Phillips
Sharalee and Milton Pierce
Katherine Pittman
Nina Pormann
Joanne and Charles Powell
Carolyn Rankin
Danica and Bobbie Reed
Kathy and Joe Reed
Claudia Reese
Ann Ricker
Allyson Roebuck
Julia Rogge
Patricia Rosinbaum
Richard Round
Le and Edward Rowell
Toro Saniya Vaun
Kristi Saunders
Stephanie and Chip Sayers
Margaret and Henry Schmidt
Laurel Scott
Fran Sentell
Shirley Sherrill
Linda and Glenn Shirley
Patricia Shurley
Fran and John Shurtleff
Shelly and Yancey Simmons
Donna Smith
Jenifer and Frank Smith
Esther and Yates Smith
Ruth and Randy Snyder
Harold Stephens
Dorothy Stewart
Jennifer and Tye Stinson
Patty and Gary Stokes
Patsy Stowe
Barbara and Ned Strenth
Carolyn and Norman Sunderman
Paul Swets
Joy Thieman
Gisela Thompson
Pat Towler
Barbara Tweedy
Melody and Chase Twombly
Marilyn and Vance Valerio
Mary and Michael Valva
Michelle Vanderzant
Cecelia Vandewart
Joe Vara
Merrill Varien
Mary Ann and Jack Vaughan
Don and Karen Vavricka
Billy Vickers
Judy Waddell
Molly and John Walker
Debra Warrington
Hazel Waterhouse
D’Laine and Scott Westmoreland
Janice White
Linda White
Amy and Chris Wilde
Connie Williams
Susan Williams
Teresa and Tommy Williams
Abbie and John Willis
Susie and Ron Willyard
Becky and Alan Wilson
Myrl and Richard Wright
Scott Zetak
Members
Our thanks to each of our members for their support throughout the year which helps make the exhibits, educational programs, and special events a reality. Museum membership is vital in keeping your museum an asset to our community.
Total SAMFA
Membership 1,425
1 Check the membership category that appeals to you and return the form along with your payment and return to the address provided
2You will receive a membership card in the mail and your name will be placed on the current membership list.
3You can begin to enjoy the benefits of membership immediately!
It is easy to become a member of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. Our membership rates make it a reality for anyone in the area to take part in many of our activities and keep up with museum events. Take a look at what we have to offer.
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
$10 Individual $20 Family $35 Friend $50 Supporter $100 Contributor $250 Advocate $500-$999 Benefactor $1,000-$4,999 Sponsor
$5,000-$10,000 Patron $10,000-Above Underwriter
Individual, Family, Friend, Supporter, Contributor, Advocate, Benefactor, Sponsor, Patron and Underwriter members will receive the following benefits:
Free admission to the museum
Invitations to all galas and exhibit openings
Reduced ticket prices to SAMFA programs
“Members Only” special event rentals of the terrace and/or multi-purpose meeting room.
10% off gift shop purchases
E-mail notices and newsletter
$500 - $999 Benefactor benefits:
All of the above benefits, PLUS:
Benefactor rental rates for use of the museum facility
Recognition on donor plaque in the museum lobby
15% off Gift Shop purchases
$1,000+ Major Donor benefits:
All of the above benefits, PLUS:
Special private event
Personalized membership card
MEMBERSHIP FORM
Membership
Membership
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
New Member Renewal
Individual Family Friend Supporter Contributor
Advocate Benefactor Sponsor Patron Underwriter
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Check Visa MasterCard American Express Discover
Name Address City/State/Zip Phone (H) (C) E-mail Credit Card Number Exp. Signature Total Contribution $
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One Love Street, San Angelo, Texas 76903