2014 2014 A Look BackMarshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

20142014 A Look Back

You, our friends and donors, helped make 2014 a very good year 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: art conservation and digitization projects; temporary exhibitions that were seen by 18,000 visitors; the John Bredar lecture and Seungmo Park video interview; student intern project; dedication of the new museum entrance and the Jo Anne and Donald Petersen sculpture garden; youth educational programs and teacher workshops; and the Saints, Sinners and Shenanigans gala.

You delight and inspire us in all we do.

Marshall Fredericks in the Museum 1988

Preserving the Legacy of Marshall M. FredericksLegacies are worth preserving, especially those like Marshall Fredericks. A person’s legacy is defined by what they accomplished, how they lived their lives, and how others will characterize and celebrate that person. Marshall Fredericks created and left the world a magnificent legacy, one that his family and friends are proud of an will honor always. Things that are worth keeping, honoring and celebrating must be preserved. Three museum endowments--education, conservation, exhibitions--are in need of growing so that we can preserve the legacy of one of America’s most important 20th century public sculptors and the integrity of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum.

Please consider making a donation today to support the Preserving the Legacy of Marshall M. Fredericks Campaign.

JANUARYJANUARYFamily and Justice Reliefs Installed

It was seven below zero and a snow day for the university when the 4 restored Family and Justice reliefs were installed in The Sculptor’s Studio. The restoration of the reliefs was done by Scott Slocum, former assistant to Marshall Fredericks, and funded by a generous grant from The Alden and Vada Dow Family Foundations.

JANUARYJANUARY Richard Hunt, The Art of This Century

Chicago artist Richard Hunt has completed more public art than any other artist in the country. A generous grant from the Saginaw Community Foundation made it possible to bring this renowned sculptor’s work to the Museum.

FEBRUARYFEBRUARY The President’s Photographer: 50 Years Inside the Oval Office

The exhibition of 50 photographs by official presidential photographers presented a fresh and candid viewpoint on life and work behind the famous façade of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama. The exhibition was made possible with a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

FEBRUARYFEBRUARY John Bredar Lecture

John Bredar, executive producer of National Geographic Television, three-time Emmy Award winner, and author of "The President's Photographer: 50 Years Inside the Oval Office” lectured on the exhibition of the same title at SVSU.

MARCHMARCHStudent InternThird year SVSU student, Bailey McCarthy Riley, served as an intern on the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) digitization grant project. During her internship, she learned fundamental skills in archives management, online content management and digitization. An aspiring art conservator, Bailey also learned about art handling and the various types of media and techniques artists use during their creative process.

MAYMAY New Entrance Dedication

A ceremonial ribbon cutting and dedication of the Jo Anne and Donald Petersen Sculpture Garden took place on May 2. More than a hundred friends and supporters attended the event and enjoyed the sculpture garden while they walked between the rain drops.

MAYMAY Kids Discover Art Day

Kids Discover Art Day attracted over 250 K-12 students to the Museum where they enjoyed a one-hour program that included a museum tour and art activity. Grant funds from Meijer Inc. made it possible for the Museum to provide transportation subsidies to schools in need. Student groups came from Carrollton, Hampton, Herig, Marshall Greene, McAlear Sawden, Nouvel and Reese Schools.

MAYMAYFrench Student Exchange ProgramEach year French teacher Beth Ann Fall at McAlear Sawden Elementary School in Bay City coordinates an exchange program with 5th grade students from France and her classroom. She always arranges a visit to our Museum. In 2014 the students from Paris visited the Museum and enjoyed a tour.

JUNE JUNE Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition

E. Jane Connell, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Muskegon Museum of Art, juried 38 artworks by 37 artists. The exhibition represented a wide variety of media, content and styles by artists living within a 200 mile radius of SVSU. Five Merit Awards were presented at the June 7 opening reception: $2,500 1st place award went to Doug Cannell of West Bloomfield; $1,250 2nd place award went to Gabriel Craig and Amy Weiks of Detroit; $850 3rd place award went to Mary Ann Rutledge of Sterling Heights; $400 4th place award went to Gary Eleinko of Detroit; and a $200 Honorable Mention award went to Tom Zaroff of St. Joseph.

The exhibition and merit awards were sponsored by the MAXWELL K. PRIBIL MEMORIAL FUND administered by FirstMerit PrivateBank, Doll-Loesel Foundation, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and National Endowment for the Arts. THANK YOU!

JUNE JUNE Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition

Top left: Doug Cannell of West Bloomfield,Wound and Unwound

Top right: Diane Kramer of Howell, Wooden Woman

Bottom left: Gabriel Craig and Amy Weiks of Detroit, Ornata Industrata Americana

Bottom right: Emmy Heger of Midland, As I Sleep Dreaming

JUNE/JULY JUNE/JULY Summer Art Camp

Fifty-eight students ages 8 to 18 attended Summer Art Camp in June and July. Classes were designed and taught by SVSU art education majors Autumn Reyes and Beth Hazen. Scholarships were provided by the Johnny Burke Children’s Foundation, and the Josephine Ondish, Dan Veresh and Sara Clark, Bill and Sue Vititoe, Avril and Mervyn Roundtree, and Ernie Paulick Scholarship Funds.

JUNE/JUNE JUNE/JUNE Summer Art Camp

Students show off their art to parents.

Creating a masterpiece. President Bachand and his

granddaughters.

So much great Art!

AUGUSTAUGUSTTeacher WorkshopThe museum hosted a teachers’ workshop in screen printing for a week in August. Seven regional teachers and educators learned about cut stencil, and photographic and hand applied stencils for water-based screen printing. The teachers represented all grade levels and are applying their newly learned skills in their own classes. Teachers earned their State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECH) for this program.

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER Saints, Sinners and Shenanigans

Saints, Sinners & Shenanigans was a whopping success. It’s no Irish shenanigans when an event raises $75,000, thanks to title sponsor The Dow Chemical Company and many other sponsors; our fabulous co-chairs, Madeline Burke and Avril Roundtree and a dedicated planning committee; an outstanding SVSU Conference Center and Dining Services, Art Department, Theatre Department, Office of University Communications, and Graphics Center; 56 regional artists whose donated works were bid up feverishly during the silent and live auctions; a cadre of volunteers – and – a sell-out crowd of event-goers who made the evening come alive.

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER Saints, Sinners and Shenanigans

Shenanigans were everywhere!

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER Saints, Sinners and Shenanigans

Musicians, auction bidding and winning, and happy co-chairs Madeline Burke and Avril Roundtree made for a great event.

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER Seungmo ParkMeticulously Snipped and Wrapped

Just when you thought you had seen every type and genre of art, an artist and his unique work arrive that leaves everyone who sees it asking, “How does he do that?” That was the number one question at the Museum while Seungmo Park’s Meticulously Snipped and Wrapped exhibition was at the Museum. The Dennos Museum Center was the originator of the exhibition.

Watch video interview with Seungmo Park

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBERIMLS Grant

In September, Archivist Melissa Ford finished a yearlong project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to digitize 815 of Marshall Fredericks's project drawings. Completion of this project provides art scholars, historians, students, and artists with access to the drawings for research and education, enhancing understanding of the artist’s artistic process and development. Digitization will also protect this fragile artistic material from excessive handling and resulting deterioration.

OCTOBEROCTOBERBrightening the Archives

Thanks to a generous donation by the city of Royal Oak and Greg Walter, former Program Director at WROK, Royal Oak’s Municipal AccessCable station for bringing the outdoors in to the archives.

The 10 x 15 foot canvas backdrop that was donated brings the outdoors inside to the archives.

NOVEMBERNOVEMBERTheodore Roethke Poetry Slam

The Museum hosted the kick-off event for the week long Theodore Roethke Poetry and Arts Festival with a poetry slam. More than 100 poets and poetry lovers were in attendance.

NOVEMBERNOVEMBERNorth American Reciprocal Museum Program (NARM)

The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum became a member of NARM so that we can offer $100 and above members access to over 700 arts/cultural institutions throughout North America; member discounts at other NARM member institutions’ gift shops; member discounts on ticketed events; and free admission.

DECEMBERDECEMBERCreative Cardinals Invitational

The Creative Cardinals exhibition showcases the many talents of 25 faculty and staff at Saginaw Valley State University.

DECEMBERDECEMBERCreative Cardinals Invitational

Professor Barron Hirsch retired in 2014 after teaching at SVSU for 44 years.  While he taught several art media, his printmaking was perhaps the best known, as can been seen in the serigraphs that are being exhibited alongside the Creative Cardinals exhibition.The serigraphs will be on permanent display at the University when they leave the Museum.

2014 2014 New Board Members

Bob Rogers. Bay CityIsabelle Weiss, Detroit

Nancy Lamb, MidlandDeborah Huntley, Saginaw

Holiday ideas from your gift shop

Shop online or at the Museum gift shop through Dec. 20.

In Memory…

Two long-time devoted friends of the Museum passed this year. We miss them and honor their memory today.

Alma Williams Gilmore Doud

Eldon Graham

What’s ahead for 20152015?

Jan. 24 – May 16, 2015Exhibition: 19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronze Sculpture

April 6Lecture: Yao-Fen You will speak about Intersections in 19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronzes, Time T.B.D.

May 23 - Aug. 29, 2015Exhibition: Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams

June 2Lecture: Sam Mihara will speak about the Japanese American relocation/internment camps where entire families were moved to during WWII. Time T.B.D.

Sept. 25, 2015 - Jan. 23, 2016Exhibition: FRAGMENTA: Jay Holland/Sergio DeGiusti

Oct. 2Saints, Sinners and Silk gala

Andrea, Geoffe, Laurie, Marilyn and Melissa wish you the happiest of holidays.