Collections Spring 2011 Volume 87 | Page 2

FROM THE EXECUTIVE Director Major Exhibitions Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present February 25 - May 22, 2011 EL60.50 Henry Diltz Tina Turner, taken 1985, printed June 2009 digital print from 35 mm transparency 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm) Henry Diltz/ Morrison Hotel Gallery © Henry Diltz Gallery 15 The Presence of Absence January 18 - May 1, 2011 Lee Friedlander American, born 1934 Canyon de Chelly, 1983 Upcoming Major Exhibitions An Artist’s Eye : A Journey through Modern and Contemporary Art with Sigmund Abeles June 17 – October 23, 2011 Edward Hopper, American, 1882-1967, Night Shadows, n.d, etching, Museum purchase CMA 1980.6 Michael Kenna: Venezia July 16 - October 23, 2011 Six Gondolas, Giardini ex Reali, Venice, Italy, 1980, gelatin silver print Children with an education rich in the arts are proven to score higher on standardized tests and learn valuable life and business skills such as strong critical thinking and creativity. Even in this rough economy, especially in the state, it is important that we work together to keep art and art education alive. The Museum offers more opportunities for art and art education than any other institution in the area. Charitable gifts are vital to the Museum’s vibrancy in that they enable us to pursue initiatives core to our mission of inspiring, educating and enriching lives through art. The Annual Fund is the best and easiest way to help us sustain our extraordinary collection through proper study, exhibition and preservation of the world-class art we are so honored to share with South Carolina and beyond. A contribution to the Annual Fund supports a wide variety of educational programs for children and people of all ages, designed to increase learning, participation and enjoyment of the arts. To give you a personal look at how the gifts to the Annual Fund make an impact, I’d like to tell you the story of Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Moore. They graciously supported a major conservation treatment of a very large oil painting by 17th-century artists Jan Brueghel and Hendrick van Balen. This painting is important to the collection, as it is the only painting of a mythological narrative from the Renaissance and Baroque periods that we own. The painting was in desperate need of conservation; it had suffered through a series of earlier restoration attempts of varying quality and skill. A considerable amount of overpaint hid portions of the artists’ original work. Thanks to this gift, conservation of the painting was completed by the esteemed Williamstown Art Conservation Center in Massachusetts, where it was retouched in a more sensitive way to better reveal the beauty of the original painting. The curatorial staff is working on a small focus show to highlight the conservation of this painting—stay tuned. I encourage you to take a stand for the arts, leave your footprint in this community and donate to the Annual Fund. Your gift will provide the Museum with the important resources to sustain our wonderful institution and enduring commitment to excellence. For more information on charitable giving and the Annual Fund, visit our website, columbiamuseum.org or contact Scott Nolan, director of development at 803.343.2172 or [email protected]. Board Member Highlight: Melissa Blanchard Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters November 17, 2011 - April 1, 2012 Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848, Catskill Creek, N.Y., 1845, Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 36 in. (67.3 x 91.4 cm) Frame 37 5/8 x 47 5/8 x 4 ½ in., The Robert L. Stuart Collection, S-157 2 columbiamuseum.org I have been on the board for six years and currently serve on the nominations committee. The Turner to Cézanne exhibition is my proudest accomplishment so far. It was very gratifying for the Blanchard Family to partner with the  museum to bring an exhibition of this caliber to Columbia and the region. Finally, people in Atlanta, Charlotte and Charleston had to come to Columbia to see great art and not the other way around. The diverse and quality programming makes the Columbia Museum of Art a leader in art education and culture in South Carolina.