Collections Fall 2010 Volume 85 | Page 2

FROM THE EXECUTIVE Director To enhance your knowledge and interest in our wonderful Museum, we are bringing to you a new focus for Collections. With a newly designed layout, Collections has more entertaining and informative art-focused articles and bigger color pictures for you to really get a good sense of the works, the exhibitions, and the artists we are featuring. Major Exhibitions I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill October 1, 2010 – January 23, 2011 Lesley Dill (b. 1950) Dress of Inwardness 2006 white painted bronze, unique Collection of Karen and Robert Duncan, Lincoln, NE Gallery Installations Taylor Made: The Art of Anna Heyward Taylor October 12, 2010 - January 2, 2011 Compelling articles will bring you inside the Museum to learn more about us in a variety of ways throughout the year: see works discussed in depth from our art collection, enjoy “behind-the-scenes” looks at areas such as art conservation and how we take care of the work in our collection, exhibition insights, expressive and enlightening connections through art education and community outreach, program highlights (from meditation sessions to cabaret), and much more. To get calendar listings and our Museum news, we have expanded our outreach to you. If you like the virtual world, just sign up for our e-newsletters and bi-monthly art school e-blasts, plus our full calendar of activities is on columbiamuseum.org with the calendar icon on the home page for easy clicking. You’ll still see us arriving in your mailbox with this magazine, membership mailings, invitations, and monthly postcards outlining our programs and events. This new dissemination of information will be more educational, opportune and economical. We hope you enjoy this art-?lled issue. The fall Collections issue is always a special one for me as it includes our annual report of donors. Our momentum and dynamism are because of you and your commitment to quality and to artistic excellence. With our dedicated and creative staff, we excite and introduce people of all ages and backgrounds to experience art, and by extension, life, in new, profound and thoughtful ways. Anna Heyward Taylor American, 1879-1956 Macrophylla, No. 1 (Bigleaf Magnolia), 1938 woodblock print on rice paper Gift of Mrs. Howard E. Manning CMA 1967.26 Support Support for the Columbia Museum of Art is provided by Richland County, the City of Columbia, the Contributors to the United Arts Fund of the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, citizens and corporations of the Columbia Riverbanks Region and by the Commission of the Columbia Museum of Art. Upcoming Major Exhibitions Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History February 25 – May 22, 2011 Henry Diltz Tina Turner, taken 1985, printed June 2009 digital print from 35 mm transparency 24 x 20 in. Henry Diltz/Morrison Hotel Gallery © Henry Diltz Board Member Highlight Luther J. Battiste I have had a love for art since my freshmen year in college, when I bought an oil painting of jazz musician Miles Davis. It has been with me since that time and is a focal point of my collection. Being a community volunteer is a core value for both me and my law firm. Serving on the museum board allows me to pursue my passion for art and hopefully use my political and legal background to bring a unique perspective to the Museum. Any city that aspires to be great must have a vibrant art museum for its citizens. In addition to serving as the Vice President of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Nomination Committee, I am delighted to be part the new African-American Art and Culture Committee. It is important for everyone to feel that the Columbia Museum of Art is their museum and one that they can support and be proud of.