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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 329 East 68th Street, New York, New York 10021 Tel. 212 861-9270 Summer: Box 449, Skowhegan, Maine 04976 Tel. 207 474-9345
Board of Trustees (?) John W. Payson, Chariman Mr. Lawrence E. Brinn, President C. Richard M Grath, Tresurer JoAnn Chuba, Secrtary Charlton H. Ames Alexandra Anderson Mrs. Milton Avery Kingsbury Browne, Jr. Mrs. McCauley Conner Robert Cronbach H. King Cummings Charles A. Dana, Jr. John Eastman, Jr. William Mellon Eaton Joan C. Franzen Luiz C.P. Gastal Henry W. Grady, Jr. Mrs. Hugh McB. Johnston Alex Katz John W. Kluge Ann Landreth Henry Luce III Gail Marcus Steven A. Martindale Mrs. Minot K. Milliken Mrs. John D. Murchison Louise Nevelson Anne Poor Mrs. Martin E. Revson Aye Simon Bonnie Ward Simon Richard S. Zeisler
Board of Governors: Janet Fish, Chairperson Anne Arnold Jake Berthot Elmer Bischoff Isabel Bishop Ronald Bladen Charles Cajori Vija Celmins Robert Cronbach Martha Diamond Mark di Suveto Lois Dodd Rackstraw Downes David Driskell Xavier Gonzalez Richard Haas Richard Hunt Robert Indiana Yvonne Jacquette William King Jacob Lawrence Robert Mangold James McGarrell Louise Nevelson Abbott Pattison Howardena Pindell Anne Poor Mrs. Ben Shahn Joel Shapiro Susan Shatter Sidney Simon William Wegman William T. Williams Jane Wilson
Advisory Committee: John I. H. Baur, Chariman Thomas N. Armstrong III Robert T. Buck, Jr. Philippe de Montebello James Elliott Sarah Faunce Martin Friedman Lloyd Goodrich Hugh J. Gourley III Wilder Green William S. Lieberman Harry Lowe Jack R. McGregor Kynaston McShine Agnes Mongan Grover E. Mouton III Richard E. Oldenburg Perry T. Rathbone Charles A. Ryskamp Maurice Tuchman John Walker
Administration: Roy Leaf Executive Director Sidney Simon Academic Director JoAnn Chuba Administrative Assistant
January 12, 1984
Memebers of the Board of Governors:
In seeking candidates for the post of Academic Director, the Search Committee is asking each Governor and selected past faculty members to make a recommendation of the one person they feel can most appropriately permanently fill this job with the reasons for your choice.
Remember, it is full time in the summer and an average of 2-3 days in the winter as now structured.
Among the possibilities, it was suggested that we consider persons now working as artists, writers, critics, gallery staff and arts administrators.
If they are currently living in the New York area, it would probably be a plus given the difficulty of finding new housing here.
The Committee asks that you make this suggestion confidentially to us and not approach the person you are suggesting at this early date.
Your reply to this request for your prime selection will be appreciated by February, so that the names submitted can be considered by the Committee individuals before our meeting next month.
Sincerely,
J.F. [signature] Janet Fish Chairperson
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Members of Committee elected at Dec. 13, 1983 general Board of Governors meeting:
Mildred Brinn Charles Cajori Sidney Simon (advisory) John Payson Yvonne Jacquette Susan Shatter Janet Fish Robert Mangold William T. Williams Roy Leaf (advisory)
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Introducing CARIBBEAN & AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS
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In cooperation with the National Center of Afro-American Artists and Dr. Lois Jones Pierre-Noel, we are proud to introduce this exciting new series. 78 color slides covering 70 artists including works by: Edmonia Lewis, Augusta Savage, Lois Mailou Jones, Elizabeth Catlett and Betye Saar. The works offered here are a rich sampling of Third World Women Artists. Dr. Joned, former pro fessor of design at Howard Univeristy compiled this collection as a "celebration of women artists themselves." and as an introduction to a vast but neglected field of art. It is an area which deserves far greater recognition. Do not miss this opportunity to add a very important set to your collection!
am55-4 Special Set Price Unmounted $45.00 Cardboard $66.00 Gepe Glass $86.00
Christo Surrounded Islands Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida In May of 1983, eleven islands were surrounded in 6.5 million square feet of pink polypropylene fabric. Fantastic! - Another creation that only Christo could conceive of, let alone achieve. Add to your collection these 20 vibrant color slides photographed by JeanneClaude Christo. Price: Glass Mounted ..... $35.00 Cardboard ..... $29.00 Unmounted ..... $19.00
Christo "An artist, politician, economist, environmentalist, sociologist ..." These 93 color slides with on-sight photos as well as sketches and models were selected by Chirsto as representative of his work. This set does not include the Surrounded Islands Project.
Price: Glass Mounted ..... $109.00 Cardboard ..... $89.00 Unmounted ..... $69.00
Botero Magic & Reality This presentation focuses on the works of the Columbian painter, Fernando Botero. These 40 color slides, accompanied with an audio cassette in both English and Spanish, develop such pertinent themes as: the symbolic importance of scale in Botero's work, economics and politics as cultural fantasy, and his exploration of man's isolation in time and space. This program is an excellent audio-visual introduction to contemporary Latin American art and culture. Photographed from a recent exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Price: $75.00
Recent Latin American Drawings A recent exhibition at the Center for the Inter-American Relations is the souce of this excellent sound/slide presentation. "... the great, great excitement of this exhibition lies ... in the nascent creation of a new pictorial culture", 110 color slides, a bilingual audio cassette in English and Spanish, and brochure with essay by Barbara Duncan, touch upon such themes as, the Latin American search for individual identity, European influence vs. native culture, the opposition of urban and rural existence, man's oppressions, and the role of magic and mysticism in Latin life. A must for any collection. Price: $125.00
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Selections from the Collection of the Alex Hillman Family Foundation This important private collection of paintings and drawings includes the work of such artists as Cezanne, Klee, Matisse, Picasso, ToulouseLautrec, and other artists of the School of Paris. The collection will soon be on view at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas.
Frank Stella: Prints 1967-1982 This exhibition, which shows the development of Stella's activity in lithography and screenprinting, is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the sixth stop of its eighteen-museum tour.
Hans Hofmann as Teacher: Drawings by Hofmann and His Students The aim of this exhibition is to show how Hofmann inspired and influenced three generations of artists. Included is the work of Hofmann's students as well as a small group of drawings by Hofmann himself. The exhibition opens soon at the Community Gallery of Art in Gainesville, Florida.
Great Drawings from the Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects Including eighty-two drawings ranging in date from the late fifteenth century to the early 1980s, this exhibition will open at the end of February at the Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler, Texas.
Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Painting of the 1930s This exhibition focuses on the urban artists of the 1930s and the ways in which their social concerns influenced their aesthetic, thematic, and stylistic concerns. Beginning in mid-February, the exhibiton will be presented at the Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art in Laurel, Mississippi.
Kanban: Shop Signs of Japan Beginning in the seventeenth centruy and through the early twentieth century, Japanese shops traditionally displayed signage that represented the product being sold. This exhibition, which will be on view at the Honolulu Academy of Arts beginning in March, presents 106 examples of these signs.
The Photography of Imogen Cunningham: A Centennial Selection Now on view at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, this project was initiated in March 1980 to celebrate what would have been Cunningham's 100th birthday. By the end of the tour in 1986, it will have been presented in eighteen museums.
The Art of the European Goldsmith: Silver from the Schroder Collection This exhibition just closed at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and is now on its way to the Art Institute of Chicago. It includes virtuoso goldsmith's work of the late thirteenth through nineteenth centuries.
TOURS STARTING IN 1984:
Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest After its presentation in Phoenix, this exhibition will travel to seven other museums, ending its tour in 1985 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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1981 Whitney Biennial Film Exhibition This selection of new films by American artists had its most recent screening at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.
1983 Whitney Biennial Film/Video Exhibition This program spans even more diverse styles and subjects than its predecessors, including super-8 film and video, along with 60-mm films. In the midst of an international tour, this show includes December, January, and February presentations at the Tate Gallery in London, the Institute for North American Studies in Barcelona, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris.
Mr. McElfresh added that the AFA also holds over 100 documentary films on art. These films are drawn on and used as programs, with individual institutions doing the grouping to suit their specific needs.
Mr. McElfresh concluded with a brief progress report on Before Hollywood: Turn-ofthe-Century Film from American Archives, a forthcoming program consisting of rare and important early films made during the first decade of the cinema (between 1895 and 1913). These films have seldom been seen outside the walls of the archives since their original turn-of-the-century release. For its planning stage, this program has attracted a generous amount of funding from both the National Endowments, as well as the New York State Council on the Arts. An implementation grant has been awarded by the NEA, and additional grants are pending with the NEH and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Mr. Green thanked Mr. McElfresh and Ms. Tai for their reports and then introduced Michael Fox, Director of The Heard Museum, whom he first thanked for his warm hospitality.
Mr. Fox said he was delighted to have the group at the Heard and expressed his appreciation to the AFA for their cooperation and professionalism as it related to Mimbres Pottery and also an earlier exhibition, Generations in Clay. He also expressed his thanks to Virginia Ullman, a very special friend to the Phoenix community.
On motion made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned.
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Section 5.3. Qualification of Trustees. Each Trustee shall be at least twenty-one years of age.
Section 5.4. Election and Term of Office. Each Trustee shall be elected for a term of three years, and one class of Trustees shall be elected in each year of a cycle of three successive years, so that the term of office of all the Trustees of one of the three classes shall expire each year upon the election and qualification of their respective successors.
Section 5.5 Vacancies. In the event that any vacancy shall occur in the Board of Trustees, by reason of newly created trusteeships or otherwise, such vacancy may be filled by the Trustees. Any Trustee elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the term of the trusteeship in which the vacancy occurred.
Section 5.6 Meeting Place. All meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held at such time at the offices of AFA in the City of New York, or at such other place within or without New York City as the Board shall determine.
Section 5.7 Quorum. At such time as the number of the entire Board is fixed at fifteen Trustees or less, one third of the entire number of members of the Board shall constitute a quorum thereof, and at such time as the entire Board consists of more than fifteen Trustees, a quorum thereof shall consist of five members plus one additional member for every ten members or fraction thereof in excess of fifteen.
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