MARSHALL M. FREDERICKSSCULPTURE MUSEUM

2016 A LOOK BACK

JANUARYHWEH - GEEH RETURNING AGAIN, JINWON CHANGCAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT DONUTS, JAE YONG KIM

FEBRUARYMUSEUM ADVOCACY DAY

Marilyn Wheaton was one of more than 200

museum professionals from around the country who

attended the 8th annual Museums Advocacy Day on

Capitol Hill on Feb. 23. The Michigan delegation

visited Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters

and their respective House members' offices.

L to R: Lisa Craig Brisson, Erin Millbeck

Wilcox, Sen. Peters, Marilyn Wheaton,

Tobi Voight

MARCHMEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT PROGRAM

A membership

recruitment campaign

was launched.

MARCHMEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT PROGRAM

APRILINTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE DAY

The Museum invited students and the

public to take part in a flash mob

sculptural experience in honor of

International Sculpture Day, a worldwide

annual celebration sponsored by the

International Sculpture Center. The

resulting sculpture was the work of over

60 collaborators.

MAYKIDS DISCOVER ART DAY

387 students, teachers and chaperones from Saginaw, Bay City, Reese, Kingston, Pigeon and Unionville

enjoyed a free one-hour museum tour and art activity.

JUNEREGIONAL BIENNIAL JURIED SCULPTURE EXHIBITION

Eugene A. Jenneman, Executive Director of the Dennos Museum

Center in Traverse City, Michigan adjudicated 53 artworks by 43

artists for the 5th Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition, which

was on display at the Museum June 4 – Sept. 17.

Grant funds from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

and the National Endowment for the Arts supported the exhibition.

1st place Merit Award ($2,500) was sponsored by

the Doll-Loesel Foundation

Todd Erickson, Betsie River II

Farmington Hills, MITodd, Sheila and Aileen Erickson

2016 RBJSE

Dan Hoops, Charles McGee and

Marcus Raymond

2nd place Merit Award ($1,250) was sponsored by

MAXWELL K. PRIBIL MEMORIAL FUND,

administered by FirstMerit PrivateBank

Charles McGee, Heaven’s Gateway

Detroit, MI

3rd place Merit Award ($850) was sponsored by

MAXWELL K. PRIBIL MEMORIAL FUND,

administered by FirstMerit PrivateBank

Dawnice Kerchaert, Purlune

Pontiac, MI

Marilyn L. Wheaton and Dawnice Kerchaert

2016 RBJSE

2016 RBJSE

4th place Merit Award ($400) was

sponsored by MAXWELL K. PRIBIL

MEMORIAL FUND, administered by

FirstMerit PrivateBank

Andrew Kline, Untitled

Grand Rapids, MI

Andrew Kline, Marilyn L. Wheaton and

Sue Vititoe

2016 RBJSE

$100 Honorable Mention was

supported by the Marshall M.

Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Marcia Polenberg, Marcel

Ann Arbor, MI

Marcia Polenberg and Marilyn L. Wheaton

2016 RBJSE

$100 Honorable Mention supported by the

Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Howard Haarer, Cast Her Concept

Ann Arbor, MI

Howard Haarer and Marilyn L. Wheaton

2016 RBJSE

$100 Honorable Mention was

supported by the Marshall M.

Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Herb Babcock, Tara Traveler

Ann Arbor, MI

Marilyn L. Wheaton and Herb Babcock

2016 RBJSE

$100 Honorable Mention supported by the

Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

William Allen, Drifter

Maple City, MI

Bill Allen

2016 RBJSE

$100 Honorable Mention supported by the

Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Kenneth Thompson, Wooden Columns: Triangle

Blissfield, MI

JUNEGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

Nick Hartigan, a fifth-year doctoral student at the

University of Michigan, completed research residency in

the Museum Archives this summer.

Hartigan's residency is part of a newly established

program at the university, the Fredericks-Follett-

Roethke Graduate Fellowship in the Arts & Humanities,

which invites scholars to study the art and literature of

these three renowned figures.

JUNEADULT ART CAMP

The Museum’s newest program,

adult art camp, took place from June

13 to 17. Sanford Buchalter taught a

sculpture workshop; Sally Giroux

taught the art of meditation; Phil

Hanson taught photography as

painting; and Howard McLean taught

an introductory watercolor class. Its

popularity ensures that it will be on

the schedule for next year.

JULYSUMMER ART CAMPS

45 students attended summer art camps this year.

Scholarships were provided by Avril and Mervyn

Roundtree Scholarship Fund, Ernie Paulick Scholarship

Fund, Madeline and Denis Burke Scholarship Fund, Jim

Jaime Scholarship Fund, Tom and Carol George

Scholarship Fund, Kelly Fabiano Scholarship Fund,

Johnny Burke Children’s Foundation and the Eric J.

Blair Memorial Scholarship Foundation.

AUGUSTMUSEUM APP

Museum staff has been working diligently in collaboration with the SVSU Art

and Computer Science departments to develop a mobile application for the

Museum. The app will provide visitors with more in-depth information about

the museum, its collections, and temporary exhibitions in a fun, easy, and

efficient manner. It should be available for visitors to download on both iOS

and Android devices in early 2017.

SEPTEMBERKIOSK

Thanks to S.C. Johnson & Son, the Sculptor’s Studio

at the Museum has a new video screening area and

wide touchscreen monitor where visitors can

comfortably sit and watch videos and look at

photos of Marshall Fredericks at work in his studio.

OCTOBERSAINTS, SINNERS AND SONG

Saints, Sinners and Song was attended by 300 happy people.

SAINTS, SINNERS AND SONG

SAINTS, SINNERS AND SONG

OCTOBERUNWOVEN LIGHT, AN INSTALLATION BY SOO SUNNY PARK

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OCTOBERSTILLNESS AT DAWN, PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL JACKSON

Bill Jackson gave a gallery talk for SVSU

students about environmental variables for

shooting his photos early in the morning and

the process he uses in his post processing.

OCTOBERARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Detroit artist-in-residence Vito Jesus

Valdez lectured numerous SVSU classes.

Students in the 3-D Design class created

small sculptural forms with repurposed

wood pieces, and a finished sculpture

will be placed permanently on the SVSU

campus.

OCTOBERFAMILY WEEKEND

Family Weekend and SVSU Open

House

The Museum hosted more than 540 visitors

during SVSU Residential Life Family

Weekend and open house on Oct. 29. The

museum participates annually in this

program. Photo: Mike Randolph

OCTOBERREGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATION HALLOWEEN PARTY

Sixty students had a great time at the RSO’s Halloween party at the Museum.

NOVEMBERNEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED

A new website was designed and

launched in late November. Check it

out at marshallfredericks.org.

WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Heather Duggan, Brighton Victor Aviles, Saginaw Kate Nigro, Midland

DECEMBERNEW GARDE RECEPTION

The Museum’s auxiliary group NEW GARDE

welcomed several potential new members to

tour the museum and exhibitions with

Director Marilyn Wheaton.

DECEMBERHOLIDAY PARTY

SVSU faculty and staff

joined museum staff and

board members for a

festive holiday party at the

museum.

MUSEUM RECEIVES NEH PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT

The Museum received a NEH Preservation Assistance

Grant to support the purchase of data loggers to monitor

temperature and relative humidity in the Museum and its

storage areas. A team of environmental consultants will use

this data to develop conceptual improvement alternatives

of the HVAC systems, controls and building enclosure, in

order to establish appropriate conservation environments

for the collection. The results of this study will identify a

systematic path forward to defining the most effective and

efficient planning and implementation process for long

term improvements and establishment of a high quality

conservation environment for the Museum.

SHOP THE MUSEUM STORE

Shop in person or online for a wonderful

selection of holiday gifts.

Thank you for all of your support in 2016. We look

forward to new collaborations in 2017.

May your holidays be glorious.

Marilyn Wheaton, Andrea Ondish, Geoffe Haney, Laurie

Allision and Melissa Ford

THANK YOU