From the top: Emily for the flyer and poster design; Kurt for the sidewalk sign; Karen, Martha, Jon, Andrea, Hank and Robert for help moving all those boxes(!); and on the day of the sale, Cheryl, Eric, Katherine (along with her mom Jan and her boyfriend Troy), Blair, Ryann and Kimberly for all their help and Carol for cashiering most of the day!
And it wasn't just staff - members helped too, including Doris Anne Bradley moving boxes and on Saturday, Karen Wolff, Shaunda Bailey, Verna Witt, Judith Toman, Mona Radiloff and of course the dynamic duo - Mary Lou and Donald Freund!
And then the real diehards: Shawn Reynolds and Doris Anne Bradley (back to help more!) who worked virtually non-stop all day on Saturday! And last but not least, Anna Goslen who did so much prep beforehand and helped out during the sale too.
THANK YOU ALL! We raised over $2500.(!) for the conservation of the library's special collections and gained some much needed space! And we all had fun! I mean it was wild! I just can't thank you enough.
On the tube
Great clip from NPR: Sam Maloof, the gifted studio furniture artist, is still working at 93! Listen to the audio segment from NPR's All Things Considered aired April 22: "Carved Success: Sam Maloof's Handmade Life" Maloof's gorgeous pedestal table pictured here is in the Mint collection.New stuff!
- Thank you to Daisy Bridges for her gift of the Lerner's Encyclopedia of US Marks on Pottery, Porcelain & Clay - a whopping great reference for marks from manufacturers AND studio potters - Indispensable!
- Remember writing letters? Well, maybe not . . . but 2 new books in the library contain artists' correspondences that provide an intimacy other sorts of writing can just not match. Revolutionaries of Realism: The Letters of John Sloan and Robert Henri reveals the remarkable thirty-year friendship of these two American artists and insights into their circle. The second book of letters provides a glimpse into the art world of an earlier America. Letters & Papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham 1739-1776 "throws valuable light upon Copley and his early paintings."
Movie night anyone?
- Is this a trend? Two films coming out in May are set in museums: The Maiden Heist starring William H. Macy, Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken; and Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian with Ben Stiller. The setting for Maiden was based on the Worcester Art Museum; and some shooting of Night was actually done at the Smithsonian. Both are comedies that feature museum guards in the lead roles. Melvin? Tell Mr. DeMille you are ready for your close-up! :o)
- Which got me thinking about one of my all-time favorite movies - also centered around an art museum - the wonderful How to Steal a Million with Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. Ahh . . . better put it on the queue!The power of art
- The first visual artist to be named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador is painter Ross Bleckner who recently worked with 25 Ugandan children - all either former abductees or ex-soldiers of the region's rebel forces - to create over 200 paintings to be sold at a benefit in May. Read the NY Times article and view a slide show of the children's art here.
Nick in the news
Last month I noted Nick Cave's write-up in the NY Times. This month his work is the cover story of the latest issue of Art Papers! Read all about it!
We'll miss you!
Volunteers Anna Goslen and Rebecca Stockin are both moving on! Hate to see them go - they have both contributed so much to the library. Rebecca took over the MintWiki once Joe left and has done a fabulous job. She got an opportunity to move to DC and is jumping on it.
Anna has been focusing on organizing and weeding our periodicals as well as handling much of the book sale preparation. She is going on to grad school at Chapel Hill for (yes!) library studies. Know you'll do great!
Thank you both for all the great work you've done!
