SUMMER 2016
DANA
A M AGA Z I N E FO R M E M B E R S O F T H E N E WA R K M U S E U M
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A MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS OF THE NEWARK MUSEUM
Summer 2016
ISSN 2472-9701
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DANA
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A MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS OF THE NEWARK MUSEUM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1
Message from the Director
2
Featured Exhibition
Modern Heroics: 75 Years of African-American
Expressionism at the Newark Museum
4
Featured Exhibition
Newark Stories: Four Newarkers Who
Made a Difference
5
Exciting Changes in the Arts of Global
Africa Gallery
6
Membership
8
Development
10 Education
14
Impact
15
Exhibitions continued
16
Behind the Scenes
17
Programs
18
Members Travel
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Cover image:
Newark Museum main entrance,
circa 1929, Courtesy of the
Newark Museum Archives
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Welcome to the first issue of DANA, the Newark Museum’s
new publication for members. It has been several years
since the Museum’s last printed magazine, so it is high
time to bring ink and paper—rather than just pixels
and data—back into the homes and businesses of our
community. The name DANA has special meaning for
the Museum, the city and the entire museum community
across the United States. Our members’ magazine has
been christened after our founder, the visionary educator,
librarian and museum director John Cotton Dana. The
Museum is most grateful to the Prudential Foundation for
helping to make this publication possible.
Dana’s new museum model that was founded in 1909,
the Newark Museum, was a bold experiment that was
relevant, accessible and educational, assuring access to
arts and science for everyone. In 1926 on the occasion of
the opening of the Museum’s new home on Washington
Street, which is pictured above, Dana wrote an essay
entitled, “A Museum Of, For, and By Newark.” The title
alone illustrates his deep commitment to Newark and
its citizens.
The diversity that Dana encountered when he arrived in
Newark inspired him with opportunity. Nearly two-thirds
of the city’s population was foreign born, an immigrant
workforce that powered the machines of Newark industry.
Steven Kern
Dana’s museum would serve everyone. Programs and collections
reflected the city’s tastes, interests and heritage, leading today to one
of the largest and most diverse collections in the country. We may
have started out as a local treasure, but our impact and influence
quickly grew global.
As we celebrate the 350th anniversary of our great city, the deep
connection—now more than a century old—between Newark and
its Museum, offers an important touchstone in understanding our
success. The exhibitions we have mounted to mark this occasion
only hint at the love, loyalty, invention and vision that built one of
America’s great museums. Newark Stories: Four Newarkers Who
Made a Difference; Newark: Maker City; Modern Heroics: 75 Years
of African-American Expressionism. Each reveals a chapter in the
story of leadership and innovation that set the bar high for
museums and community service. Thank you to PSEG Foundation
for its generous support of the Museum’s celebration of the 350th
anniversary of Newark.
The Newark Museum is a remarkable institution, like no other. We
could, indeed, fill many more pages with our stories and programs.
This magazine is designed to inform you, yes, but also to build
curiosity in new ideas and activities alongside the tried and true.
See you at the Museum!
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FEATURED EXHIBITION
MODERN HEROICS
75 Years of African-American Expressionism at the Newark Museum
Building on the Museum’s historic role as a leader
in collecting and exhibiting art by African-American
artists, Modern Heroics: 75 Years of African-American
Expressionism at the Newark Museum features thirty-four
works of painting and sculpture by leading modern and
contemporary artists. Using the permanent collection to
trace a period of time—from the 1940s to the present—the
exhibition is comprised almost entirely of selections from
the Museum’s permanent collection of American Art.
Some highlights of Modern Heroics include large-scale
paintings by Norman Lewis, Purvis Young, Emma Amos,
Bob Thompson and Mickalene Thomas, among others;
and sculptural works by Chakaia Booker, Thornton Dial,
Kenseth Armstead and Kevin Sampson.
The Newark Museum is known for its very early and sustained
support of African-American art and folk and self-taught art;
Modern Heroics draws from both of these notable collections.
Mythical and universal subject matter, the bold use of color,
expressive brushwork and a direct engagement with materials are
some of the themes that Modern Heroics explores. Approximately
half of the works on display—several of which will be exhibited for
the first time—have been created by self-taught artists. Combining
works from the permanent collection with those by living artists
who may not be represented at the Museum allows us to bring
new perspectives to the permanent collection. This process of
exhibiting and collecting in tandem has allowed the Newark
Museum to grow from a collection of a single work by an AfricanAmerican artist in 1929—Ossawa Tanner’s The Good Shepherd,
(1922)—to a collection that today numbers more than 360 objects.
In 1931 Newark hosted an exhibition dedicated to African-American
art for the first time —a group exhibition organized by the Harmon
Foundation, one of the earliest supporters of African-American art.
From 1944 onward, the Museum has organized numerous original
group shows of African-American art, an exhibition program that
serves to showcase Newark’s rich holdings and to bring new artists
into the growing collection.
Modern Heroics traces a lineage of expressionist
strategies from Beauford Delaney’s small,
vigorously painted The Burning Bush (1941)
to Mickalene Thomas’s monumental collage
painting Landscape with Camouflage (2012).
Delaney’s work refers to the Old Testament
passage in which God appears to Moses as a
burning bush. The artist conveys the divinity and
the drama of the story by depicting the sky, the
bush and the surrounding landscape united in
a surging, multilayered abstract form. Similarly,
a number of other paintings in the exhibition
combine conceptual and narrative approaches,
relying on expressive distortions of the human
form to set a mood. For instance, in Purvis
Young’s description of the street life of his Miami
neighborhood, the artist conveys emotion through
the expressive gestures of his abstracted figures.
Beauford Delaney, The Burning Bush, 1941. Oil on paperboard, 20 ¾ x 24 ¾ in. Purchase by exchange, 1988. Gift
of Emilie Coles from the J. Ackerman Coles Collection, Mrs. Lewis Ballantyne and the Bequest of Louis Bamberger
88.225 © Estate of Beauford Delaney, courtesy of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court-Appointed Administrator.
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Many of the other artists represented in Modern
Heroics have strong connections with Newark and
with the Museum. In fact, several were either born
in Newark or live and work here, including Chakaia
Booker, Dmitri Wright, Kevin Sampson, Gladys
Grauer and Shoshanna Weinburger. Beauford
Delaney—whose 1943 gift of the drawing Portrait
of a Man helped to build the collection—and
Norman Lewis, Carnival, 1957. Oil on canvas, 39 x 58 ¼ in. Bequest of Irene Wheeler, 2004 2004.38.1 © Estate of Norman W. Lewis; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
LLC, New York, NY.
Norman Lewis are two of the older generation of artists who have
historical connections to the Newark Museum. In 1944 and 1971, Lewis
lent several of his paintings for exhibitions at the Museum. In 2004
a group of works by Lewis entered the Museum’s permanent collection
through the bequest of Irene Wheeler, two of which are on view in
Modern Heroics, including the large-scale oil painting Carnival (1957).
—Tricia Laughlin Bloom, Ph.D., Curator of American Art
Modern Heroics: 75 Years of African-American Expressionism at
the Newark Museum has been documented with a fully illustrated
catalogue, published by the Newark Museum and available in the
Museum Shop.
SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, October 15, 2016, (9:30 am–3 pm)
Modern Heroics: Revisiting African-American Art
at the Newark Museum
This one-day symposium will bring together scholars of AfricanAmerican art and artists from the exhibition. Speakers will include
Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator Emerita, Museum of Arts and Design,
and Leslie King-Hammond, Graduate Dean Emeritus and Founding
Director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute
College of Art. Hrag Varntanian, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of
Hyperallergic will moderate a panel discussion featuring artists from
the exhibition. For more information, visit newarkmuseum.org.
Mickalene Thomas, Landscape with Camouflage, 2012. Rhinestones, acrylic, oil and
enamel on wood panel, 108 x 144 in. Purchase 2012 Helen McMahon Brady Cutting
Fund 2012.22 © Mickalene Thomas and the Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.
MODERN HEROICS SUPPORTED BY:
The Robert Lehman Foundation Newark Museum Volunteer Organization
Arlene Lieberman Judith Lieberman Sotheby’s
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:
The Marie and Joe Malone Exhibition Fund for American Art
Elizabeth Richards Family Exhibition Endowment Fund
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EXHIBITIONS
NEWARK
STORIES
Four Newarkers Who
Made a Difference
As part of the City of Newark’s year-long
celebration of the 350th anniversary of its founding,
the Newark Museum, one of the oldest cultural
anchors in the city, will showcase four Newarkers
who were key benefactors of this institution in
a special exhibition. Each of these individuals
brought to the Museum different interests and
perspectives; and their collections—as well as their
ideas—helped shape the Museum in the first half of
the twentieth century.
Lida Clanton Broner was an
African-American resident of
Newark, who traveled to South
Africa in 1938 with savings from
a lifetime of work as a hair stylist
and housekeeper. The trip was
motivated by not only a sense
of ancestral heritage but also
by Broner’s involvement in
the Council on African Affairs,
an important anti-colonialist
organization based in New York
City and led by Paul Robeson
Xhosa artist, South Africa. Necklace,
1930s, Glass beads, agapanthus root,
and W. E. B. Du Bois. During
button. Gift of Lida Clanton Broner,
her nine months of travel, she
1947 47.94
circulated among South Africa’s
black intellectual elite and lectured at schools and universities.
She also assembled a collection of more than 100 works of pottery,
beadwork, mission school crafts and other personal items, carefully
noting where she acquired each object and who the makers were.
In 1943 the Museum displayed her collection in what was possibly
the first exhibition of South African art in an American museum.
Broner subsequently donated much of her collection to the Newark
Museum, a gift that has been augmented by her diary, photo albums
and other mementos recently bequeathed by her grandsons.
Lida Clanton Broner’s story is remarkable and in many ways
unprecedented, providing a unique window into black South Africa
in the years leading up to apartheid and its connections to AfricanAmerican political and social concerns of the time.
Caroline Bamberger Fuld
Lida Clanton Broner
Howard Hayes
Clark Symington
Caroline Bamberger Fuld was
the sister of Louis Bamberger,
and a co-founder of Newark’s
L. Bamberger & Company, one
of America’s most famous
department stores. She was also
the wife of Louis Meyer Frank,
and later Felix Fuld, both partners
in the hugely successful store.
Mrs. Fuld served on the Newark
Museum’s Board of Trustees
from 1929 until her death in 1944.
John Sloan. Picture Shop Window,
She was an important supporter
1907. Oil on canvas, 32 x 25 Gift of
of Jewish charities as well as a
Mrs. Felix Fuld, 1925 25.1163
fervent patron of the Museum,
her numerous gifts supporting
the young institution’s desire to acquire the work of living American
artists with numerous gifts. In 1924, anticipating the completion of
the Museum’s new building (funded by her brother), Fuld donated
$10,000 for the purchase of works by living American artists.
After her husband’s death in 1929, She established a memorial
endowment that has funded the acquisition of hundreds of works.
Caroline Bamberger Fuld’s support of the Museum’s modern art
acquisitions followed the Museum’s founding commitment to the
“art of today,” supporting living American artists at a time when
most museums in the United States were focused on acquiring
European Old Master paintings.
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EXCITING CHANGES
IN ARTS OF GLOBAL
AFRICA GALLERY
There’s a lot happening behind the scenes as we plan for the 2017
reinstallation of the Arts of Global Africa collection in the Museum’s
flagship gallery on the first floor. In the meantime, however,
there are works to see in the current galleries on the second floor,
including impressive recent acquisitions.
The biggest change is the addition of a new gallery dedicated
to video art, featuring A Land So Far (2010) by Zak Ové, which
was acquired by the Museum last year. Based on contemporary
celebrations of Carnival in Trinidad, Ové combines footage in
mirrored frames to create a kaleidoscopic landscape of intertwining
masqueraders. The video begins with daytime parades of
masked characters dancing through the streets of Port of Spain,
accompanied by the sounds of drumming. It then shifts to the
nighttime performances in the hills of Paramin, where battling “blue
devils”—performers with bodies covered in indigo blue dye—spout
streams from lit aerosol cans ending with an explosion of flames
in the sky.
Other new acquisitions are on view in Present Tense, our gallery
devoted to the Museum’s collection of contemporary art from
the African diaspora. The tight rectangular geometry of Serge
Nitegeka’s abstract painting Fragile Cargo XV, Studio Study V
(2015) captures the shapes and sharp lines of shipping crates—
commonplace objects used in human trafficking, shipping
and transportation. They are a metaphor for physical and
psychological displacement, which Nitegeka experienced when,
due to the civil war, his family fled Burundi for Rwanda and then
migrated again during the Rwandan genocide.
Featured elsewhere in the gallery are recent gifts to the collection
including a factory print textile from Monrovia, Liberia, circa
Unidentified Dyula artist. Wrapper, early 20th century. Savanes region,
Côte d’Ivoire. Cotton, indigo, 50 ¼ x 78 ½ in. Purchase 1928 28.836
1969, celebrating the impact of “swinging sixties” fashion on the
continent. This work is part of a larger donation of twenty-five
factory-printed textiles, an important addition to our internationally
known collection of African textiles. It complements one of the
first textiles collected by the Museum, an exceptional example
of weaving by a Dyula artist from Côte d’Ivoire, acquired by our
founder, John Cotton Dana in 1928, and now on view as well. At
the entrance to the galleries, you’ll also encounter another gift to
the collection: a group of puppets representing the diversity of
characters in Sogo bò, a puppet tradition performed in southcentral Mali. Sogo bò—meaning “the animals come forth”—is
inspired by the everyday world and examines the human condition,
often in a humorous way, through performances organized and
staged by young men in youth associations.
These changes in the galleries are the work of the entire department,
which includes Curatorial Fellow Kimberli Gant and Research
Associate Roger Arnold.
—Christa Clarke, Ph.D., Senior Curator, Arts of Global Africa
Still from Zak Ovè, A Land So Far, 2010. Video (8:31 minutes) Museum Purchase 2015 TR18.2016
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MEMBERSHIP
When you become a member of the Newark
Museum, you receive free unlimited admission
to one of the finest museums in the country,
plus many other benefits. Membership dues
also support initiatives such as programs for
children, families and seniors, workshops and
lectures. Your contribution also helps conserve
and present the Museum’s world-class
collections for all to enjoy.
FREE MEMBERSHIP FOR
NEWARK RESIDENTS
This Museum has been a public treasure in the city of
Newark for more than 100 years. Today we continue
our mission to educate and inspire Newark residents by
providing free admission and access to our collections
and educational programs.
Recently, we received a generous grant from the
Prudential Foundation, making it possible for us to
take this tradition one step further: offering all Newark
residents a free year-long family-level membership to
the Museum.
Whether you have been here recently to view our
impressive collections, or have not visited since you were
a child, we invite you to make the Newark Museum your
Museum today. To become a member, contact us at
[email protected] or call Leland Byrd,
Membership Associate, at 973.596.6686.
CALLING ALL
MUSEUMKIDS!
Nothing makes us happier than to see children exploring our galleries,
investigating our natural science exhibition, Dynamic Earth: Revealing
Nature’s Secrets, and simply making the Museum their own. To foster
a lifelong sense of ownership, we invite the children of our members—
family level and above—to enroll as MuseumKids.
Children up to the age of twelve in a member household can receive a
personalized membership card, a special birthday greeting and other
surprises throughout the year.
Museum members may enroll other children
special to them for an additional charge of $10
per child. For more information, contact us at
[email protected]
or call Leland Byrd, Membership Associate
at 973.596.6686.
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines is
the official mascot of MuseumKids.
VOLUNTEERS HELP
MAKE IT HAPPEN
Volunteers are one of the Newark Museum’s greatest assets.
Do you have a special skill you’d like to share? Consider joining
the Newark Museum Volunteer Organization family. Make new
friends, share your talents, and give back to this vital community
resource. There are a variety of opportunities available, and
hours are flexible to accommodate any schedule. Volunteer
opportunities include giving tours, working in the Museum Shop,
providing administrative help, and assisting at fundraising and
benefit events such as the Annual Tea and Hot Chili & Cool
Brew. If you would like more information, contact Amanda
Waters, Manager of Membership and Volunteer Services at
973.596.6699 or [email protected].
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2016 NEWARK MUSEUM
LEGACY GALA
CELEBRATING
MUSEUMS FOR ALL
Thank you to all who helped make our “2016 Newark Museum
Legacy Gala—Celebrating Museums for All” a huge success! As
a result, we are able to continue to serve more than 200,000
adults and children throughout the year with inspiring galleries
featuring our art and science collections, as well as related
lectures, workshops, film and music programs.
SAVE THE DATE:
2017 Newark Museum Legacy Gala
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Contact Kristin Curry for information
at [email protected].
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DEVELOPMENT
THE HORIZON FOUNDATION FOR
NEW JERSEY AND SECOND SUNDAYS
The innovative work of the Newark Museum is made possible in part by strong partnerships with
generous corporate and foundation organizations. Thanks to leadership support from The Horizon
Foundation for New Jersey, the Museum is able to present Second Sundays, a new public program
series that showcases the richness of the
Museum’s exhibitions and permanent
collections through free programming for all
ages. Offerings include a variety of musical
performances throughout the day; lectures
by artists, scientists and community leaders;
and demonstrations and workshops for
hands-on “maker” experiences. The Horizon
Foundation for New Jersey is dedicated to
improving the public health and quality of
life in New Jersey, and is an ideal partner
for this creative program that provides
opportunities for families to engage
in hands-on cultural and educational
experiences. “The Newark Museum is a
renowned cultural institution and we are
proud to support their new series,” said
Jonathan R. Pearson, Executive Director,
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. “With its diverse programming, Second
Sundays is an ideal opportunity for people
of all ages and backgrounds to experience all
that the museum has to offer.” The Museum
is grateful for The Horizon Foundation for
New Jersey’s support in helping to bring
Second Sundays to hundreds of children,
adults and families from throughout
New Jersey each month.
BANK OF AMERICA AND NEWARK BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
The Newark Museum is grateful for Bank of America’s continuing support of the Newark Black Film Festival, which
celebrates its 42nd season this year. The Festival brings together audiences of diverse backgrounds to screen films
that portray life, history and culture of the black experience, and is one of the most anticipated programs of the
summer. Featuring films for adults, a youth cinema series and the biennial Paul Robeson Awards to recognize
new cutting-edge filmmakers, the NBFF fosters creativity and opportunities for cross-cultural learning experiences
that strengthen our communities, goals shared by the Museum and Bank of America. “The Newark Museum has
contributed to New Jersey’s cultural vibrancy since its inception,” said Bob Doherty, New
Jersey President, Bank of America. “Through cinema, its Black Film Festival helps expose
residents from all backgrounds to both art and culture.” The Newark Museum greatly
appreciates Bank of America’s dedication to partnering with nonprofit organizations to
serve community needs and help them grow and thrive.
For this year’s film lineup, see page 17.
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THE POWER OF PARTICIPATION
Each gift to the Newark Museum, regardless of size, makes a powerful statement
about the educational, inspirational and transformative experience we provide visitors.
Participation is as important as the amount you give. Last year, the Annual Fund received
370 gifts totaling more than $420,000 to support the mission of the Museum.
WHY I GIVE—
The Newark Museum’s
Annual Fund
The Annual Fund is the Newark Museum’s
yearly giving campaign. It provides
immediately available funding that
supports the Museum’s educational
programs and the care, study and
exhibition of our permanent collection. This year, we invited donors to tell us why
they support the Newark Museum.
“The Newark Museum is an
educational landmark. It is truly a
source of pride for the children in
Newark and for future generations.”
—Michele M. Elia
“A vibrant museum is essential to
the livability of our city.”
—Mr. and Mrs. R. Wise “The Newark Museum is a treasure.”
—Kathleen P. Galop
and Phillip J. Falco
Visitor interacts with art in the Asian gallery.
RECURRING GIFTS
Because annual gifts are used in the year they are given, they have immediate impact
on our activities. For that reason, it is important to make a gift to the Annual Fund each
year. You can elect to set up a recurring—or monthly—gift using a credit card. This allows
you to maximize your investment by spreading it out over time. To set up a recurring
gift, visit newarkmuseum.org/monthly-gift.
For more information about the Annual Fund, or to make a gift, please call 973.596.6626
or send an e-mail to [email protected].
Thank you!
“A great museum and a key player
in the restoration of Newark.”
—Rabbi and Mrs. Norman Patz “I think the Newark Museum is a
gem, an outstanding museum with
beautifully curated, interesting
exhibits. I’ve been visiting the
museum since I was a child in
the 1940s.”
—Charlotte Gelfand Your 100 percent tax-deductible donation can be a
wonderful way to honor or memorialize someone.
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EDUCATION
INSPIRED BY THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTIONS,
VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME MAKERS
Since its founding more than a century ago,
the Newark Museum has been an institution
of art, science and industry. These principles,
guided by the philosophies of self-guided,
hands-on and interactive learning have come
together, once again, in the newly expanded
MakerSPACE at the Newark Museum.
The facility inspires visitors to be artful,
scientific and industrious in order to gain a
greater appreciation and understanding of
the objects on view in the Museum’s galleries.
Visitors of all ages are encouraged and
guided in the making of art that is inspired
by explorations of the Museum’s collections
and by their own interests. By using
low-cost everyday tools and materials—
as well as state-of-the-art technology—
participants can develop innovative designs
and solutions for creative problems, scientific
inquiries and design challenges.
MakerSPACE invites users to both play and discover. Equipment
and supplies range from everyday castoffs, such as cardboard and
plastic, to traditional art materials such as silk screens, pottery
wheels and sewing machines, as well as the newest technology,
including 3D-modeling software and printers and laser cutters. By
utilizing rapid fabrication equipment and recyclables, visitors have
the freedom to experiment, fail and try again. While the high-tech
tools in the MakerSPACE are accessible, they are not essential for
creating innovative designs and engaging works of art.
The artifacts in the science collections and the works of art in
the Museum’s historic and cultural collections provide a unique
environment and serve as inspiration for today’s makers. We
invite visitors to explore and understand how things were
traditionally made—and challenge them to find new ways
to transform materials.
“Through the process of making, visitors to the
MakerSPACE uncover their hidden strengths,
interests and aesthetic sensibilities.”
Museum educators facilitate the experience and guide
makers through the creative process, leaving ample room for
experimentation, concrete experiences, critical reflection and
refinement of concepts and techniques. This maker-led process
helps visitors connect more deeply with the Museum’s collections
and cultivates critical observational skills, which will, hopefully,
enable them to view the objects in the galleries with a greater
understanding of the tools and techniques used, as well as the
historical, political and social contexts in which the works
were made.
—Ryan Reedell, MakerSPACE Manager and producer of
the Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire, held annually
at the Museum. He is also a maker.
MAJOR SUPPORT FOR MAKERSPACE INITIATIVES IS PROVIDED BY:
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The Nicholson Foundation
PSN Family Charitable Trust
The New York Community Trust,
Wattles Family Charitable Fund
The Eleanor Upton Charitable Foundation
The Charles E. and Edna T. Brundage
Charitable Foundation
MUSEUM’S SCHOOL AND
TEACHER PROGRAMS
ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO
SLOW DOWN AND LOOK
Each year more than 100,000 schoolchildren and their
teachers visit the Museum’s galleries and take part in
programs ranging from art to science to astronomy.
This influx of students from grades K through 12,
has been going on since the Museum’s earliest days.
That’s because the Museum’s founder, John Cotton
Dana, insisted that the Museum promote curiosity and
questioning as the path to learning. Today’s School and
Teacher Programs Department reinforces Dana’s vision
of the Museum as an institution that reinvents itself to
meet the needs of our communities and a changing
world. The Museum’s art, science and humanities
collections stimulate wonder and curiosity in students
and teachers alike, engaging them in interactive
experiences that reinforce observation and inquiry skills,
students are encouraged to explore, follow their own
interests and enter into their own “conversations” with
museum objects and exhibits.
In each of our single gallery visits, gallery-studio
programs, multiple visit programs and whole-school
partnerships, Museum educators encourage students
to “slow down” and look closely at objects, reinforcing
them to notice and articulate what they see. These
observations help students discover connections
between the Museum’s collections, the curriculum
they are studying at school and their personal lives.
While art-making and science experiments have always
enhanced the gallery experience, the Museum’s new
MakerSPACE (see page 10) provides an opportunity
for more intentional STEAM (science, technology,
engineering, arts and math) projects. By breaking
down the traditional boundaries between the sciences
and arts, Newark Museum programs open up new
perspectives and skills. Using high-tech and
low-tech tools, young people are challenged to reveal
their own creative impulses and use their voices
to propose innovative solutions for the important
challenges facing our nation and the globe.
EDUCATING TEACHERS
The Museum provides a range of professional
development programs for pre-K to high school
teachers, emphasizing different possibilities for
using the Museum to reinforce and enhance
classroom learning. Each session offers educators
the opportunity to explore the Museum as
a professional, and then focuses on learning
theory and age-appropriate, museum-based
teaching practices that promote slow looking
and observation, critical thinking skills, language
development and discipline-based content research
that can also be incorporated into classroom work.
Captions here for photos on this page
Most programs are interdisciplinary, addressing the
core curriculum standards established by the New
Jersey Department of Education. Shirley Thomas,
Director of Education at the Museum, is optimistic
that the Museum’s School and Teacher program will
continue to grow. “In coming years,” says Thomas,
“we look forward to expanding our partnerships
with educators, administrators, and districts across
New Jersey to ensure that all learners in the Greater
Newark region take advantage of the Museum and
the incredible resources that support and promote
educational excellence through visual learning.
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EDUCATION
LEARNING FROM OUR VISITORS
Protective goggles and foam earplugs in place, the hammering
began. The goal? To transform a flat strip of brass into a bracelet
inspired by the masterpieces on view in the Museum’s own Lore
Ross Jewelry Gallery. The task, everyone quickly realized, was
more challenging than it seemed.
With support from a grant from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS), the Newark Museum has spent the last
three years working with a professional museum evaluation
consultant to help rethink the visitor experience—both in the
galleries and hands-on programming—leading up to the opening
of the new MakerSPACE at the Newark Museum, which opened
on April 30. As part of this effort, several weeks earlier, on March
12, the Museum welcomed a diverse focus group of thirteen to
tour the galleries, try their hand at jewelry making and share
their personal experiences and opinions about their day at the
Museum.
After touring the Lore Ross Jewelry Gallery, portions of the
Ballantine House and the American, Native American and
African art galleries, the group got a behind-the-scenes look at
prototypes of interactive programs stations to be featured in the
MakerSPACE area. The group then entered the classroom, ready
to get to work. Following a quick and informative lesson on the
history of brass and the tools used to manipulate it, participants
began the bracelet-making activity. Once the hammering started,
what began as a polite group of strangers was transformed into a
boisterous gathering of new friends comparing techniques, sharing
frustration and laughing at their own mistakes and successes as
they wielded their ball-peen hammers. In addition to proving to
be a great social experience, the making activities gave everyone
a deeper appreciation for the technical and design mastery of the
artists featured in the Jewelry gallery, as well as an understanding
of how the physical characteristics of particular natural and
artificial materials both constrain and inspire jewelry making.
An engaging discussion followed the activity, and participants’
feedback will help inform the Museum’s ventures into interactivity
in all its forms, from touch-screen exhibit components to handson making activities. Although the group will return for a second
round of activities and conversations, there is one thing we
know for sure: everyone who participated in the tour and making
activities reported feeling more creative afterwards—a sentiment
we hope to inspire in all of our visitors.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL
Early education is receiving increased attention nationwide for the
important role it plays in shaping children’s developmental potential
and preparing them for success in the twenty-first century. Recent
studies confirm that museums provide excellent accessible resources
for young children that can establish a foundation for lifelong habits of
learning. The Newark Museum’s Early Childhood Programs have grown
from serving approximately 3,000 three- to eight-year-olds in 2008 to
an almost overwhelming 23,000 children and their caregivers in 2015.
The Newark Museum provides a safe place filled with wonderful
objects and opportunities to delight young learners. Programs
are designed to stimulate curiosity and learning through gallery
experiences with art, natural science, cultural and historic objects,
as well as hands-on activities and conversations that open new
possibilities for discovery.
In 2009, with the support of TD Charitable Foundation, “Museum
Beginnings” was started as a partnership with pre-schools from
Newark, Elizabeth and Paterson. The ongoing programs include
on-site learning experiences for young learners in pre-K to 2nd
grades, and professional development for their teachers. For
example, children study the Alexander Calder mobile suspended
high in the Museum’s North Atrium gallery. The children practice
their vocabulary by describing the colors, lines, shapes and forms
they observe, then use paper fans to stimulate wind currents that
“magically” cause the pieces to move. In the studio, they make their
own mobiles from found objects and master the art of balance and
movement through their own creative whims.
A recent grant from The Nicholson Foundation builds on this work
by providing family learning opportunities, with a particular focus
on addressing the needs of at-risk children and their caregivers.
“Creative Play” is a series of on-site weekend programs at the
Museum where young children make discoveries, develop language
and knowledge, and connect their natural curiosity with the wider
world. In one session, groups explored family portraits from around
the world and throughout history—children and their companions
understood the importance of recognizing relationships and
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY:
capturing stories, before responding to the question, “What makes
a family?” in order to develop their own portraits. Also included in
the initiative are parent workshops, off-site introductions to the
Museum and free transportation to encourage greater participation
in activities.
All Early Childhood programs are based on evidence that museum
experiences support the educational needs of early learners.
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Enriching experiences for young learners at the Museum
establish critical thinking and language arts skills that
will enable them to be more successful as they progress
through school.
The Museum provides a stimulating environment for
young learners at the stage when they are just beginning
to classify and organize their understanding of their
communities and the world.
Young learners and their families benefit greatly from
consistent use of the Museum as a resource for out-ofschool sharing and learning.
The Museum helps young children connect with art and
science in a manner that serves as the foundation for
future learning.
The programs encourage parents to begin to regard
the Museum as a valuable educational resource for
themselves and their young children.
The Newark Museum’s Early Childhood Programs were cited in
a recent scholarly publication about museum programs for early
learners. Newark-area residents, however, don’t need an academic
stamp of approval—they just know to come to the Newark Museum
in early June for “Pre-School Night at the Museum.” More than
1,400 children and their caregivers participate in this annual event
designed to showcase resources that support and encourage yearround learning. Activities throughout the evening reinforce the role
that the Museum plays in a young child’s education.
Another example of the Museum’s ongoing commitment to early
learning is the new MakerSPACE (see page 10). Here “mini-makers”
can explore the 3D representation of Joseph Stella’s The Voice
of the City of New York Interpreted and learn to use language,
movement, sound and creativity to engage with the world
around them.
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IMPACT
NEWARK MUSEUM ENHANCES
RENOWNED JEWELRY HOLDINGS
WITH KREMENTZ AND CO.
MANUSCRIPTS
With the recent acquisition of manuscripts from the famous
Newark-based jewelry company Krementz & Co., the Newark
Museum is now home to the nation’s most comprehensive jewelry
design archive accessible to the public. These documents further
enrich the Museum’s already extensive jewelry holdings, which are
part of the Decorative Arts collection.
Founded by George Krementz, a German immigrant raised in
Indiana with relatives in Newark, the company was the largest and
longest-lived of all of Newark’s jewelry manufacturers, operating in
the city from 1866 to 2009.
In 2013 Richard (“Rick”) Krementz, the former chairman of the
Board and great-grandson of the founder, made a gift to the
Museum’s Library and Archives of approximately 150 objects,
comprising the complete design archives from 1864 to 1969. The
majority are ledgers that record the design and cost of making
thousands of pieces of jewelry–, many including designs and
photographs. A second donation of archival materials came to the
Museum’s Library and Archives in 2015 thanks to Emily Rebmann,
a graduate student in the Winterthur Program in American Material
Culture at the University of Delaware, now the Engagement Officer
at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Rebmann was the first graduate
student to write her master’s thesis using the Krementz archive.
(Her topic was men’s jewelry.) The second group of records consists
of forty scrapbooks of advertisements dating from the 1890s to
the 1970s. It also includes patents, trade catalogues, brochures and
pamphlets, photographs and other financial and
legal information. In addition, a number of rare
books on jewelry, which served as design sources for
Krementz & Co., were transferred to the Library’s
Rare Book Collection.
This important manuscript collection is now housed
in the Newark Museum’s Library and Archives,
where it is available to all researchers: from museum
professionals and academics to independent
scholars and students of all ages.
“Like the Museum itself, the Library and Archives
actively encourages the study, appreciation,
understanding and enjoyment of the fine arts,
decorative arts and natural sciences, striving to
connect objects and ideas to the needs and wishes of
its researchers,” said William A. Peniston, Ph.D.,
the Museum’s Librarian and Archivist.
The Library and Archives is open by appointment
only Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
To schedule a visit, call 973.596.6625.
“Celebrated in the jewelry industry for its one-piece
collar buttons, Krementz produced a vast range of
stylish jewelry in 14-karat gold for the burgeoning
middle-class market. Brooches, bracelets, necklaces,
gold-mesh purses, cufflinks and all kinds of
accessories were part of the company’s output,” said
Ulysses Grant Dietz, the Museum’s Chief Curator
and Curator of Decorative Arts Collection. “Like all
Newark jewelry makers, Krementz sold its finest
products anonymously to upscale jewelry stores
all over the United States, including Tiffany & Co.
The Krementz brand was known in the retail world
because of the company’s “gold overlay” jewelry,
produced from the early twentieth century until the
family sold the business in 1997.”
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EXHIBITIONS
Continued from page 4
A dynamic Yale-educated
attorney, Howard W.
Hayes was a celebrated
litigator, Newark judge
and New Jersey Assistant
District Attorney in the
late nineteenth century.
But it was as a patent
lawyer that he attained an
international reputation,
becoming the personal
counsel for Thomas
Alva Edison’s massive
manufacturing enterprises.
Maintaining offices in
Meiping Vase with Five Horses and Willow Tree,
both New York and
China, Kangxi period (1661–1722). Porcelain,
London, Hayes built an
underglaze cobalt blue and copper-red,
international reputation
18 ½ x 9 in. Gift of Mary Vanderpool Pennington,
1949 Howard W. Hayes Collection 49.482
as a patent lawyer and
was celebrated for his ability to navigate the complex legal issues
surrounding technology patents during the industrial expansion
of the Gilded Age. Hayes was a passionate art collector and had a
particular love of Asian works in porcelain and bronze. For a collector
like Hayes, Chinese porcelains and bronzes were as much works of
art as paintings and sculptures. By the time of his untimely death at
the age of forty-five in 1903, Hayes had amassed a fine collection,
which was given to the City of Newark. Because Hayes died before
the Newark Museum was founded, his collection was for many years
on deposit at the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark. By the
1940s it was clear that the collection didn’t fit the society’s mission,
and the city, in collaboration with Hayes’ widow, Mary Vanderpoel
Hayes Pennington, ultimately decided that the collection should be
transferred to the Newark Museum, where it became a gift in 1949.
The gift of the Howard W.
Hayes Collection amplified the
important holdings of Asian art
that began with the Museum’s
founding in 1909, adding
individual masterworks as fine
as any in the country.
W. Clark Symington was a
Newark industrialist and a
longtime trustee of the Newark
Museum during the 1940s
Eliza Godfrey, London, Basket, 1743. Silver.
and 1950s. A graduate of Yale,
Gift of W. Clark Symington, 1959 59.106
with business interests in New
England as well as in Newark,
Symington traveled extensively and collected objects specifically
for the Newark Museum’s growing decorative arts collection. One of
his passions was English silver. Unlike other American collectors of
his generation, Symington was not interested in noble provenance.
Influenced by the Newark Museum’s focus on art in the design and
production of everyday objects, Symington paid particular attention
to the way silver objects were made, how they expressed the
artistic skill of their makers and how they were used in a
domestic setting.
Symington’s gifts were displayed in the Museum’s 1953 exhibition
An Introduction to Silver, which was organized by Decorative Arts
Curator Margaret White as the first in a series of projects known
as “dictionary exhibitions.” They were intended to explain the
design, making and use of a wide array of household objects for
the general public. After his death, Symington’s widow created
an acquisition fund in her husband’s memory, which has made
possible the purchase of many important additions to the
collection over the past fifty years.
As the City of Newark celebrates this important historic milestone,
all Newarkers—indeed all New Jerseyans—can be proud of the
Museum’s vast collections showcasing artistic endeavors from
every part of the globe. Thanks to people like these four Newarkers,
the Museum now has one of the largest art collections among
American’s museums and is internationally known for the treasures
in its care. Every one of us continues to benefit from the generosity
of hundreds of individuals over the course of the Museum’s
107-year history.
Members of the Lida Clanton Broner family attended the exhibition opening reception.
NEWARK STORIES SUPPORTED BY:
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:
Community Gallery Endowment Fund
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BEHIND THE SCENES
NEWARK’S GLOBAL TREASURE
The Newark Museum has long been a magnet for scholars from
around the world, who have been attracted by our broad, deep
collections and rich history. For this year’s summer of study, the
Museum is hosting two distinguished scholars: one an academic
and the other a curator.
Dr. Chin-Hau Lei, a new faculty member at the Education University
of Hong Kong, is completing a survey of the Museum’s early Chinese
ceramics collection with Dr. Katherine Anne Paul, Curator of the Arts
of Asia. Dr. Lei’s study trip is made possible with generous funding
from Sophia and Abel Sheng.
Emilio Ruiz Pérez is Curator at the Museo Nacional de Artes
Decorativas/National Museum of Decorative Arts in Havana, Cuba.
As the first Cuban decorative arts curator to come to the United
States, Mr. Ruiz is studying the Museum’s silver collection, assisting
Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts, Ulysses Dietz, with an
upcoming installation of American silver in the Ballantine House.
Ruiz’s visit is the first part of an exchange that will be completed
when Mr. Dietz leads a Museum group on a tour to Cuba this fall
(see back cover). The study trip for Mr. Ruiz is made possible, in part,
with funding from the Camin Foundation and Louise Devenish.
TEXTILE GROUP VISITS MUSEUM
More than forty rug and textile collectors and enthusiasts visited
the Museum on Wednesday, March 30, sponsored by Roger
Pratt and The Hajji Baba Club of New York City. Roger Pratt is the
immediate past president of The Hajji Baba Club, and is a trustee
of the Schumann Fund for New Jersey. Generous support from
the Schumann Fund made possible the conservation of some of
the textile works being shown in the Museum’s spring exhibition,
Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam through Time & Place.
The group included members and past or current board members
of The Hajji Baba Club, the Princeton Rug Society and the Textile
Museum. After being welcomed to the Museum by its Director
and CEO Steven Kern, the group took a private tour of Wondrous
Worlds and enjoyed a exclusive showing of textile works from the
Museum’s collection.
Private showing of rugs, textiles and
costumes from the collection of the
Newark Museum
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The tour was led by
co-curator Kimberli Gant,
Mellon Curatorial Fellow at
the Newark Museum, who
explained the significance of
the pieces selected for this
exhibition, which features
more than 100 works from the
Museum’s collection including
carpets, apparel, jewelry,
Emilio Ruiz Pérez and Dr. Chin-Hau Lei
ceramics, metal works, paintings and
photographs, ranging from the ninth
century through the present. Highlights
for the group included appliquéd tent
hangings acquired in Egypt in 1929
by Museum founder John Cotton
Dana and a Mucur prayer rug from
nineteenth-century Anatolia.
Dr. Katherine Anne Paul
discusses a rug and hat with
members of the Hajji Baba Club
The group was especially thrilled by
an exclusive showing of textile works
by Katherine Anne Paul, Ph.D., Curator, Arts of Asia. A selection of
fourteen works were chosen from the Museum’s collection by Dr.
Paul and included clothing, scarves, rugs and wall hangings.
The Hajji Baba Club in New York City meets monthly to gain a
greater understanding of rugs, carpets and textiles. The Princeton
Rug Society is a group of Oriental rug enthusiasts with interests
in handspun, dyed, embroidered and woven textiles from around
the world. The Textile Museum is located on the campus of George
Washington University, in Washington, DC, and has a collection of
more than 20,000 textiles and related objects.
For those who missed this remarkable exhibition or would
like further information, an online catalogue is available at
newarkmuseum.org.
PROGRAMS SUMMER 2016
NEWARK BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
JAZZ IN THE GARDEN
Wednesday evenings, 7 pm
Visit newarkmuseum.org/nbff for details.
June 29
What Happened, Miss Simone?
July 6
The Watsons Go To Birmingham
July 13
A Ballerina’s Tale
July 20
The Hon. Donald M. Payne, Sr; Lee Hagan:
Connecting Generations; We Came & Stayed
July 27 Ayanda
August 3 Paul Robeson Awards
Thursday afternoons, 12:15–1:45 pm
Members FREE; Non-members $5
Youth Cinema: July 6 – August 10
Wednesday afternoons, 1 pm
July 6 I Lost My Tooth in Africa; Cliques:
Phonies & Other Baloney; Tar Beach
July 13 Dancing in the Light: The Janet Collins Story;
Galimoto; The Hunterman and the Crocodile
July 20
The Golden Blaze
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop; Global Wonders July 27
Around the World; An Apple for Harriet Tubman
August 3 The Anansi; Spider Collection; Robinita Hood
August 10 Polly
July 7
Lenny White – Drummer
July 14 Brandee Younger – Harpist
July 21 Charenée Wade – Vocalist
July 28 Mino Cinelu – Reunion Drum Trio
August 4 Woody Shaw Legacy Ensemble
Friday evenings, 6:30–9 pm
August 12
Jam session and performance
Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith
Members FREE; Non-members $10
September 16
An Evening of Jazz with Ron Carter
“Jazz House Kids” to open evening
Members $25; Non-members $40
To purchase tickets, call 973.596.6690 or
visit newarkmuseum.org
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FAMILY AND
YOUTH PROGRAMS
Unless otherwise noted, all events are
included with museum admission.
ALICE & LEONARD
DREYFUSS PLANETARIUM
CREATIVE PLAY
FAMILY WORKSHOPS
Through August 12
Wednesday & Friday, July 6–August 12
11 am-noon
Children ages 3-5 and their families explore
the Museum.
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday,
July 6–August 12: 1, 2 & 3 pm
Children ages 5-12 and their families
participate in themed gallery experiences
and related hands-on projects.
SECRET OF THE
CARDBOARD ROCKET
Mommy & Me
Wednesday
Moms and their young ones participate in a variety
of activities within the galleries.
Color Tours
Friday
Search and discover the wonders of the Newark
Museum in color!
Family gallery programs are made possible in part by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services. Creative Play
supported by a grant from The Nicholson Foundation.
Storytelling: Wednesday
Explore stories in our collections, then
create a different kind of book—storyboards,
flip-books, pop-up books—each week.
Music: Thursday
Enjoy Jazz in the Garden and learn how
natural sounds and music relate to ways
that artists create.
Maker: Friday
Inspired by how artworks in our galleries
are made, transform natural and man-made
materials into unique creations.
CAMP NEWARK MUSEUM
That’s Amazing!
Monday thru Friday, July 5–August 12
Six one-week sessions for ages 3-14.
Sign up for one or more weeks. Space limited.
Register today at newarkmuseum.org/camp
Wednesday thru Saturday, 1:30 pm
For ages 6 to 9, 35 minutes
Join us for a fascinating tale of a brother and
sister who set out on a rocket ship made from
a cardboard box. Using an astronomy book
from the library they take a spectacular
whirlwind tour of the Solar System—from
sizzling hot Mercury to icy Pluto!
BLACK HOLES
Wednesday thru Saturday, 2:30 & 3:30 pm
For ages 10 and up, 35 minutes
They lurk in the universe like cosmic dragons;
unseen voids with the energy of a million suns.
Discover their true nature as you journey with
us to the black holes!
PLANETARIUM ADMISSION
Adults $6; children under age 12,
seniors, and college students $4
Members: Adults $4, children & seniors $3
Planetarium tickets are not included in
General Museum Admission and must be
purchased at the front desk upon entering
the Museum.
Please note, the planetarium will be closed for
maintenance August 13 thru early September.
SAVE THE DATE
AN EVENING
OF “HOT CHILI
& COOL BREW”
Thursday, October 20, 2016, 6 pm
For details, Call 973.596.6559
Newark Arts Council
Open Doors
October 20– 23
Members Morning
October 29, 10 am– noon
newarkarts.org/opendoors
Masterpiece & Merlot:
A paint and sip event
October 29, 4– 6 pm
& 7–9 pm
Exhibition Opening
Members Reception
October 21, 7– 9 pm
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Nonprofit
Organization
PAID
Newark, NJ
Permit No. 2803
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102-3176
TRAVEL IN STYLE WITH THE NEWARK MUSEUM
CULTURAL EXCHANGE TO CUBA
Tuesday, October 25 to Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Approximately $4,150 per person (not including air)
For further details, or to reserve your spot, contact Merle Lomrantz, Director of Travel, at 973.596.6643.
The Newark Museum is an experienced leader
in Museum travel, having provided specialized
travel to a host of destinations near and far
for more than 35 years. Over the past several
years, the island of Cuba has become a
popular destination for Museum members,
with an emphasis on cultural interaction
with the Cuban people. This fall is your next
opportunity to travel to the artistically rich
island nation with the Newark Museum,
led by the Museum’s Chief Curator,
Ulysses Grant Dietz.
We will be hosted by a variety of local scholars
and artists who will offer in-depth commentary
on art, history, architecture and religion. Expert
guides will give us a privileged behind-thescenes view, seldom granted to American
visitors. The vibrant, contemporary art scene will
play a prominent role in the itinerary, and we
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