2015 A LOOK BACK…Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

2015 A LOOK BACK…You, our friends and donors, helped make 2015 a memorableyear at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. Thank you!

As you look at the slides following this message, I hope you will be pleased when you see what your support helped us accomplish at the Museum: Temporary exhibitions that wereseen by 17,000 visitors; lectures by Yao-Fen You and SamMihara; “Creative Explosion” by SVSU students; artist-inresidence program; youth learning programs; dozens of Museum tours, and the Saints, Sinners and Silk gala.

You delight and inspire us in all we do.

JANUARY19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronze Sculpture exhibition

Collector David Spear (right) of Bay City brought a concept to Museum Director Marilyn Wheaton for an exhibition of bronze sculptures “appearing to be in motion.” Together they identified four private and four public collections in the Great Lakes Bay Region, including Stuart Barbier (left), who were willing to loan one or more bronze sculptures to the exhibition.

19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronze Sculpture

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

SVSU art students creating watercolor paintings in the Museum.

MARCHMuseum staff Laurie Allison, senior secretary; Geoffe Haney, collection manager; Andrea Ondish, curator of education; and Melissa Ford, archivist were selected as SVSU’s staff members of the month for March 2015. Their nomination was made by Museum Director Marilyn Wheaton and the final selection was made by the President’s staff. In a letter to each staff member, President Don Bachand said, “Your outstanding service and dedication to the University have been greatly appreciated.”

APRILYao-Fen You lecture

Yao-Fen You, Assistant Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, lectured on “Intersections in 19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronzes,” which was attended by 60 students and Museum visitors.

APRILPassport to the World

SVSU international students and Museum staff plan activities that are designed to give children a glimpse of global cultures. Students from three Saginaw Public Schools and two Reese parochial schools toured the Museum and did an art activity.

MAYManzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams exhibition

MAY

Manzanar exhibition photographs by Ansel Adams.

Kids Discover Art Day

This is the 5th year the Museum hosted Kids Discover Art Day (KDAD). K-12 classes are invited to the Museum for a one-hour program that includes a tour and an art activity. Over 215 students from Nouvel Catholic High School, Hampton Elementary, McAlear Sawden Elementary, Immanuel Lutheran and Reese Elementary Schools attended.

Kids Discover Art Day

JUNESam Mihara LectureSam Mihara, a Japanese American citizen who lived in the Heart Mountain, Wyoming government mandated “relocation center,” also known as internment camps, from 1943-1945, lectured to over 400 students and Michigan residents while he was on campus for two days in June.

JUNE - JULYSummer Art CampsFor five weeks in June and July, 51 students ages 8 to 18 participated in summer art camps at the Museum. Classes were designed and taught by SVSU art education majors Autumn Reyes and Michele Galeener.  Art projects included drawing from life, nature prints, stone art, superhero design, polyhedron math ball, 3D sculptures, pointillism landscape and interpreting the emotion of color. You can see images of this year's art camp on the Museum Flickr site.

Summer art camp students pose with a large group mural they created.

Students work together on group projects or alone on self portraits.

JUNE - JULY

Summer art camp students work hard, then take time to pose with a finished project.

Self portraits are always a fun project at art camp.

AUGUSTNEW GARDEThe NEW GARDE inaugural event “Art After Hours” took place on August 13.NEW GARDE is a young professionals auxiliary group dedicated to preserving the legacy of Marshall Fredericks for younger generations and raising funds to support the Museum.

SEPTEMBERStudent Creativity Explosion

The Museum hosted its first ever Student Creativity Explosion for SVSU students in September. During the three week period, students mounted art exhibitions, held a poetry reading and a musical concert, and constructed a nursing lab simulation, offering students a chance to participate both as contributors and as observers. The event was a wonderful opportunity for students from many programs of study to share their creativity with fellow classmates, SVSU faculty and staff, and the general public. Events like the Student Creativity Explosion enable students to engage with the Museum in a meaningful way, enhancing their college experience.

Assistant Professor of Art Phillip Hanson’s art students take over the gallery and create magic.

Student Creativity Explosion

Kevin Simons, Assistant Professor of Music, directs the SVSU Cardinal Singers before an appreciative audience.

Lab simulation by SVSU nursing students (left).

Residence Housing Association students create art in the Museum classroom (right).

Student Creativity Explosion

FRAGMENTA: Jay Holland/Sergio De GiustiFRAGMENTA: Jay Holland/Sergio De Giusti is an exhibition of sculptures and reliefs by two Detroit artists who have been making art for more than 90 years collectively. Holland taught sculpting at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit from 1964 to 1998.  De Giusti taught art history and studio classes at Wayne State University and sculpting at the College for Creative Studies for many years. The exhibition will be at the Museum through January 23, 2016.

Left: Jay HollandRight: Sergio De Giusti

FRAGMENTA exhibition (right); Jay Holland mask; Sergio De Giusti relief.

OCTOBERSaints, Sinners and Silk

Over 300 guests attended the Museum’s fundraising gala. Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers, artists, and planning committee. You helped us raise nearly $70,000 to support exhibitions and educational programs. Join us on October 7, 2016 for Saints, Sinners and Song.

Everyone has a fun time at the Saints and Sinners event.

OCTOBER

SS&S guests look at silent auction items; ladies night out; karaoke gone bad.

Saints, Sinners and Silk

Sergio De Giusti: First Artist-in-Residence

The Museum and SVSU Art Department received a $2,500 Dow Visiting Scholars & Artists Program grant to have Detroit sculptor Sergio De Giusti as the first artist-in-residence the week of Oct. 5-9.  SVSU students in 2 sections of three dimensional design class learned methods of making a relief sculpture with hydrostone, a strong plaster compound. De Giusti lectured about his artwork and career to art appreciation classes and the public.  Nearly 180 people benefited from the artist-in-residence program, making it a huge success. The Museum and Art Department will host the artist-in-residence program annually.

Sergio De Giusti taught students how to cast in hydrostone. Students enjoyed the experience so much that he was the talk of the department for several days.

FRAGMENTA opening reception, October 24

From left:Sergio De Giusti, Jay Holland and Marilyn Wheaton

More than 120 guests attended the FRAGMENTA exhibition opening reception. Many former students of Holland and De Giusti were present, telling many stories and sharing memories.

OCTOBERFamily Weekend: October 10

Each fall the Museum participates in SVSU’s family weekend that attracts over 200 visitors to the Museum, many of whom enjoy the “Young Artist Clinic” where they create an art work.

OCTOBERThe Museum is a beautiful venue for weddings.

Photographer John Curran

NOVEMBERWhile tours in the Museum are a common occurrence, November was a particularly busy time with 300 students touring and taking art classes in the Museum. SVSU students in Mike Mosher's drawing class, Denise DeKett's Criminal Justice class, Michelle Randall's and Sara Clark’s Art 100 classes, plus 2 home school groups from the Thumb area and Holy Cross Lutheran School 3rd and 4th graders had docent led tours or art classes in the Museum.

DECEMBERSVSU faculty and staff enjoy coffee, hot chocolate and homemade desserts while doing their holiday shopping at the Museum store.

DECEMBERBoard Meeting at Detroit Athletic ClubThe board and staff spent several hours in a productive retreat where they updated the Museum’s strategic plan.

DECEMBERSVSU Assistant Professor of Art Phillip Hanson’s art students create artworks outside the Museum on paper-covered windows.

WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERSLeonardo (Len) Amat is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer-Business Operations at Chemical Bank in Midland. Len is a board member of the Mid-Michigan Innovation Center, United Way of Midland County, and Bankers Association, Service Corporation. Len and his wife have four children and live in Midland and Niles.

Thomas (Tom) George is Vice President and Co-Owner of AMT Telecom Group, LLC, an industry telecom consulting and brokerage services company in Farmington Hills. Tom and his wife Carol live in Bloomfield Hills. Their son and daughter work in the non-profit sector in Metro Detroit.

After a long and prestigious career as a professor of art at SVSU, Professor Barron Hirsch retired in April 2014. He taught for 44 years, and recently gifted to the university a series of 28 brightly colored geometric silk screen prints. The SVSU Foundation, Department of Art, Office of Provost, and the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum teamed up to create an exhibition space on the third floor of Wickes Hall to showcase the prints.

BARRON HIRSCH EXHIBIT

PETERSENS VISIT THEIR GARDEN

Jo Anne and Donald Petersen visited the Museum to celebrate Jodi’s birthday. Their visit provided a great photo opportunity to showcase the couple with Marshall Fredericks’s Otter pool in the sculpture garden.

HOLIDAY IDEAS FROM THE MUSEUM STORE/GIFT SHOP

Shop online or at the Museum gift shop.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS