TMA YEAR IN REVIEW2016

Celebrating “Sneaker Culture,” 475 people attended Hardcore Detroit’s “Hip Hop 101” Performance in the Great Gallery

January

In the Peristyle Theater, Toledo Ballet performed ‘Awkward Girl’—a ballet

inspired by TMA’s Edgar Degas sculpture Study for Little Dancer of

Fourteen Years

January

Cynthia Thompson succeeded Deke Welles as Chair of the TMA Board of Directors

January

January

February

Collectors Charles and Valerie Diker visited TMA

for a Master Series Lecture

February

TPS students, in collaboration with Radiant City Arts, celebrated the diversity of hip-hop culture and the creative process through dance-offs, beat battles, poetry slams, and visual art

February

Circle 2445’s Murder Mystery event was a success! Nearly 200

participants helped solve the mystery of who-done-it

February

TMA took home multiple awards from the 2016 ADDY Awards in Toledo, including Gold for The Rise of Sneaker Culture exhibition commercial.

February

TSO hosted Pink Martini in the Peristyle.

Handcrafted martini pitchers and glasses were made in the Hot Shop for the occasion

March

Production in the Hot Shop increased substantially in 2016, including Volo—a glass sculpture made for ProMedica’s new Health and Wellness Center

March

TMA made their first submission to the Museum Dance Off Competition,

winning one of three “Best in Competition” accolades

March

April

April

COO Carol Bintz was named “Museum Professional of the Year” by the Ohio

Museum Association

April

Docent trip

April

TMA Docents traveled to Nashville to visit the CheekwoodBotanical Garden and Museum of Art

Over 250 people were in attendance for Circle 2445’s annual Kentucky Derby Party, held in the Glass Pavilion in honor of the building’s 10th

anniversary

May

The TMA Ambassadors traveled to Washington, DC for their annual trip

May

The Georgia Welles Apollo Society

selected a Flavian Matron, 81-96 A.D.,

to donate to the museum

June

June

June through July, docents conducted monthly “twilight tours” of Human Landscape. At 80 participants each, all 3 tours were sold out!

June

The Rita B. Kern Sensory Garden opened, followed by another successful Community Block Party!

June

Jutta-Annette Page received the 2016

Lifetime Membership Award from the Glass

Art Society during their annual

conference in Corning, New York

June

July

Fiscal Year 2016 ended with growing attendance numbers in studio art classes, public programming, and overall visitation.

July

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391,

516

371,

886

374,

590

346,

216

406,

878

457,

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Annual Attendance (Fiscal Year)

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

July

Fiscal Year End 2016Total Revenue & Support $15,891,257

Investments59%Contributions

19%

Earned Income22%

Investments Contributions Earned Income

$3.5M

$3.0M $9.4M

July

Artist Godfrey Reggio’s films Anima Mundi and Visitors were screened on the walls of the GP

for visitors to enjoy under a starry night sky

August

TMA and TSO put on a 24-hour music marathon—Bach Around the Clock. 2,227 people attended one or more of the 14 venues throughout the day, and 8 people made it through all 24 hours!

August

GAPP in Residency artist, Ben Schonberger, gave a lecture discussing his most recent works, Beautiful Pig (2013) and Hammer (2016)

August

September

September

Architecture and planning firm, Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB),

was selected to create the first comprehensive

campus master plan for TMA

October

Congratulations to our TMA Ambassadors!

The Glass Fashion Show

October

October

TMA Ambassadors traveled to Chicago and visited museums, private collections, and the EXPO CHICAGO contemporary art fair

October

Sculptor and performance artist Doreen

Garner at work in the hot shop

during her GAPP residency

October

Adam Levine and Mike Deetsch conducted a seminar on Visual Literacy at the National Safety Council Congress in Anaheim, CA

October

Chinese Private Art Museum Development Forum

November

Director Brian Kennedy was invited to speak about TMA and

Visual Literacy in Leuven, Belgium, and Shanghai, China.

November

Contemporary artist Gabriel Dawe’s Plexus no. 35 opened in the Great Gallery

November

TMA was ranked “Best Art Museum” by Ohio Magazine

November

Ranked #1 “Thing to do” in Toledo

December

Annual winter celebration The

Great Art Escape returns December

27-January 1. Free performances and

art activities will fill the galleries,

Glass Pavilion, and Peristyle

Thank you TMA sponsors