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WINTER 2020-2021
Muskegon Museum of Art
296 W. Webster Ave.
CONTENTS Board of Trustees
Muskegon Museum of Art
2 Muskegon, MI 49440 Foundation
231.720.2570 From the Director 3 Frank Bednarek, Chair
muskegonartmuseum.org Kimberly Van Kampen, Vice Chair
Exhibitions 4
The Journal is a quarterly Claudia Berry, Secretary
publication of the John Pridnia, Treasurer
Muskegon Museum of Art
Collection 10
Nancy Crandall
Vol. 37, Issue 2
Education 11 Gayle R. Davis
Hours* Tom DeVoursney
SUN 11 am – 4 pm Friends of A r t 12 Robert A. Dubault
MON CLOSED Trip Johnson
TUES 11 am – 4 pm Suppor t 14 Michael Olthoff
WED 11 am – 4 pm
Eric Ringelberg
THURS 11 am – 4 pm Volunteers 18 Gil Segovia
FRI 11 am – 4 pm
SAT 11 am – 4 pm John Swanson
* Please check our website. Jonathan Wilson
May vary due to COVID-19
restrictions. Museum of Art Staff
Admission Kirk Hallman
$10 Adult | $8 Senior 65+ Executive Director
Visit our website and social media channels for
$6 Student 17 & up with I.D. Catherine Mott
Free through age 16 updated information as it becomes available. Assistant Director
Free for MMA Members Val Anderson
Download fun learning resources from our Membership Assistant
website’s Education page, including: #SSfromHome, Dee Arnold-Johnson
Head Custodian
Chalk it Up!, Collection Coloring Book, activity Lee Brown
sheets created by Michigan children’s book Preparator
Museums for All gives free Marguerite Curran
admission for EBT card holders,
illustrators, Family Origami projects, and Museum Director of Marketing
up to 4 people per card. Alphabet Cards. Cathleen Dubault
House Manager
Ann Healey
MMA E-News! Sign up for MMA E-News at Museum Store Manager
muskegonartmuseum.org/e-newsletter Kelli Hepler
Executive Assistant
Program support is provided by the Art muskegonartmuseum.org Courtney Jackson
Curator of Education
Bridges Foundation, the Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, an Shawnee Larabee
affiliate of the National Endowment for Accounting Manager
the Arts and the Michigan Humanities Art Martin
Council, an affiliate of the National
Director of Collections &
Endowment for the Humanities.
Exhibitions/Senior Curator
James Milostan
Collections Manager
The Muskegon Museum of Art is fully
accredited by the American Alliance Terrance Guardipee (American - Blackfeet, born 1968)
of Museums. Blue Bird Woman
Oil pencil and collage, 2011
Gift of the Roger and Peggy Dicken Schwer Fund of the
Community Foundation for Muskegon County in honor
of the 100th Anniversary of the Muskegon Museum of
Art
2011.51
From
The Director
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Kirk Hallman
Photo by Frederic Reinecke
Have you tired of Zoom meetings, scrolling through social media or endlessly
staring at computer screens?
Put down the devices and refresh in our Galleries. The quiet contemplative time
you can have with a great painting is guaranteed to recharge, calm and reset
your mind. It will get your creativity flowing. It will reawaken the parts of your
brain that have been worn down during this past year. It’s soothing meditation
without having to try!
This winter there will be plenty to recharge with at the Muskegon Museum of
Art starting with The Walker Legacy: Defining the Museum, which showcases 80
years of gifts from the Walker family that have helped make this museum what
it is today.
Our major winter exhibition, The Art of the People: Contemporary Anishinaabe
Artists, is organized in partnership with Grand Valley State University Art Gallery
and brings a fresh and exciting take on Native American artists in Michigan.
Companion shows include Jim Denomie’s thought provoking work and Levi
Rickert’s photography of Standing Rock.
We round out the winter season with a stunning Ansel Adams show from our
permanent collection and a celebration of Friends of Art’s 100th anniversary.
If after all this you still feel the pull of social media, make sure you follow the
MMA’s. We provide a lot of interesting and artful content.
These exhibitions and much more are detailed here in your Journal.
Thank you for your support!
—Kirk Hallman, Executive Director
December 10, 2020 The Art of the People
through Contemporary Anishinaabe Artists
February 28, 2021 L. C. and Margaret Walker Gallery A
Featuring nationally recognized and early career Native
4 American artists, The Art of the People: Contemporary
Anishinaabe Artists showcases artworks in a wide array
EXHIBITIONS
of media that combine cultural traditions and imagery
with contemporary sensibilities and themes. Organized
in partnership with the Grand Valley State University Art
Gallery and guest curator Jason Quigno, this invitational
show will appear concurrently at the Muskegon Museum of
Art and GVSU. Incorporating sculpture, painting, ceramics,
beadwork, mixed media, and photography, the exhibition
explores the ways in which these artists express their
experiences in both traditional and non-traditional media,
techniques, and subject matter. Through representational
and abstract imagery and design the artists address issues
of craft, history, identity, social and political justice, and
popular culture.
Underwritten by
Warner Norcross + Judd, LLP
Summer Peters
Jonathan Thunder, Quarantine at Gramma’s House
Curator
Guest curator Jason Quigno is a sculptor and member 5
of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe. He works in in a
EXHIBITIONS
variety of stone—granite, basalt, marble, limestone,
and alabaster—transforming raw blocks into flowing
forms. His work has garnered significant recognition
and awards and he has completed numerous public
commissions for communities (including Muskegon)
and institutions around Michigan.
The Artists
Exhibiting artists include Le’Ana Asher, Adam Avery,
Shirley Brauker, Kelly Church, Wally Dion, Dino
Downwind, Cherish Parrish, Summer Peters,
Jonathan Thunder, Robin Waynee, and Jason Wesaw.
Exhibition Partner
Le’Ana Asher, Aunt Becky
Related Programming
Exhibition at Grand Valley State University
Art Gallery
January 11 – February 26, 2021
Q & A with Jason Quigno:
Virtual Artist Talk
January 2021
Online Panel Discussion:
The Art of the People
February 2021
December 10, 2020 Jim Denomie
through Challenging the Narrative
March 14, 2021 L. C. and Margaret Walker Gallery B
Jim Denomie is a nationally recognized, collected, and
6 award winning Ojibwe artist. His colorful, humorous
paintings directly address historical, political, and
EXHIBITIONS
cultural issues facing Native Americans in the U.S.
Using traditional imagery, stereotypes, comic symbols,
and pop culture imagery, Denomie presents playful,
alluring narratives that, on closer inspection, reveal
biting and thought-provoking challenges to historic
and contemporary misperceptions, prejudices, and
injustices.
This Muskegon Museum of Art organized exhibition
features new and favorite paintings by the artist,
revealing the continuity and ongoing explorations
within his work.
Jim Denomie
Four Days and Four Nites, Two Moons Denomie has won numerous awards including the
Bush Foundation and the McKnight Foundation
fellowships. In 2015 Denomie was awarded a
Painters and Sculptors grant from the Joan Mitchell
Foundation. His work is found in the collections
of the Denver Art Museum, the Walker Art Center,
the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Eiteljorg
Museum in Indianapolis, among others.
December 10, 2020 Levi Rickert
through Standing Rock, Photographs of an Indigenous Movement
February 28, 2021 L.C. and Margaret Walker Gallery A
Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is
the founder, publisher and editor of Native News
Online. This collection of photographs documents
Rickert’s journey to Standing Rock in 2016 as part of
the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. These images
capture not just the news making conflicts and
clashes between protestors and private security firms
at the site but also the day to day experiences of the
men and women joined in their shared call for action.
Underwritten by
Levi Rickert
Photo at Standing Rock
The Walker Family Legacy
through
Defining the Museum February 7, 2021
Alcoa Foundation Gallery
In the 1940s, L.C. and Margaret Walker began to
purchase significant prints for the Muskegon Museum 7
of Art, including those by Rembrandt, Albrecht Dürer,
EXHIBITIONS
and Francisco Goya. Today, the Walker Print Collection
is a defining facet of our museum and boasts
numerous rare, highly prized etchings and engravings.
The Walker gifts also include paintings by Camille
Pissarro, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard. Indeed,
the Walker gifts have come to define the MMA and its
internationally recognized collection. This exhibition
presents highlights from the Walker family gifts,
calling attention to their magnificent legacy.
Louis Carlisle Walker was a prominent business
leader and philanthropist as well as a leader of
the MMA for a number of years. Walker and Arch
Wilkinson Shaw were the founding partners of the
Shaw Walker Furniture Company, an iconic West
Michigan firm. After L.C. Walker’s death in 1963,
Shaw Walker took over the family business and
continued, with his wife Betty, to support the
community and the Muskegon Museum of Art.
Shaw Walker passed away in 2009. Mrs. Walker
continues the Walker legacy today.
Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528)
St. Eustace, engraving, circa 1501
Gift of the L.C. and Margaret Walker Fund
1951.21
through
Russell Prather: Layers and Light January 17, 2021
Michael and Kay Olthoff Gallery
Russell Prather, a Michigan artist and Professor Virtual Q & A Artist Talk with Russell Prather
at Northern Michigan University, creates his
and Virtual Tour
multi-layered artworks from mylar, paint, and
various hardware, establishing hybrid sculptures Visit our YouTube channel or our website at
that shift in form with the viewer’s perspective. muskegonartmuseum.org/exhibition/russell-prather-
Multiple flat layers of opaque and translucent layers-light/ to learn about Prather’s philosophy and
surfaces combine to create illusions of three work and to take a virtual tour of the exhibition.
dimensional forms. Combined in many instances
with light, Prather’s work is intended to confound
our habitual way of understanding what we see,
and in that dilemma, opens ourselves to new
ways of perceiving and understanding.
January 28 Friends of Art
through 100 Years
May 2, 2021 Michael and Kay Olthoff Gallery
In 2021, The Friends of Art celebrates its 100th Anniversary as
8 an organization dedicated to the study of the visual arts and the
support of the Muskegon Museum of Art. In recognition of their
EXHIBITIONS
long legacy of support, the MMA is excited to feature a selection
of almost 30 artworks donated by the Friends to the museum’s
own permanent collection over the decades. Visitors will discover
a rich diversity of objects along with some of the museum’s most
significant works of art, including pieces by James Richmond
Barthé and Paul Howard Manship and one of our signature
paintings, Tunis Ponsen’s Yacht Club Pier. Read more about Friends
of Art history on page 12.
Media Sponsor
Tunis Ponsen (American, born Netherlands, 1891-1968)
Yacht Club Pier, oil on canvas, 1931
Gift of the Friends of Art
1931.1
February 18 Ansel Adams
through The Photographs of Yosemite Suite
May 9, 2021 Alcoa Foundation Gallery
The artistic and technical contributions Ansel Adams
made to photography established him as a legendary
figure in American art. Seen by millions of viewers
during his lifetime, Adams’s images documented the
American wilderness, capturing transitory moments
of light and weather that gave his subjects an
emotive power not previously seen in landscape
photography.
This exhibition features 24 iconic images of Yosemite
National Park, the location and pictures that
defined Adams’s internationally celebrated career.
The Photographs of Yosemite reveal the emotionally
evocative power of the photographer’s eye and
technical prowess, establishing unforgettable scenes
of America’s natural grandeur.
Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Gates of the Valley, Winter
Silverprint photograph, 1948 The suite was a gift of the Friends of Art and is
Gift of the Friends of Art presented as part of our celebration of their 100th
1989.146.9
Anniversary year.
Underwritten by
Our Voice March 11
Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Book Awards through
L.C. and Margaret Walker Gallery A
May 23, 2021
The Coretta Scott King Award is
presented annually by the American 9
Library Association (ALA) to African
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
American authors and illustrators
of books for children and teens that
contribute to an understanding and
appreciation of African American
culture and universal human values.
Our Voice, organized by the National
Center for Children’s Illustrated
Literature and ALA, features original
artworks by past award winners Jerry
Pinkney, Ashley Bryan, and Bryan
Collier, Leo and Diane Dillon, Kadir
Nelson, Sharon Bell Mathis, Nancy
Devard, and many others. Our Voice
celebrates this important award and
explores the ways in which artists Underwritten by John Steptoe (1988 Coretta Scott King Award winner)
can educate and elevate, offering us THE FOLKERT FAMILY Wedding festivities, from Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
FOUNDATION Watercolor on paper, 1987
new perspectives and opening our
eyes to the world and the experiences Media Sponsor
of our neighbors, inviting greater
understanding and unity.
Summer 2021
®
Summer 2021 sees the return of The Bennett Prize
with Rising Voices II: The Bennett Prize for Women
Figurative Realist Painters. The exhibition, organized
by the MMA in partnership with Prize founders
Steven Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt and
the Pittsburgh Foundation, accompanies the award
of $50,000 to a woman artist to advance her career.
Rising Voices II features the paintings of the ten 2021
finalists.
Building on the theme of celebrating and advancing
women in the artists, this summer will also feature
a solo exhibition of the works of the 2019 Bennett
Prize winner Aneka Ingold and the MMA organized
exhibitions Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Women of Studio
Glass and Women at the Forefront: Stories from the Aneka Ingold, Tributary
Collection.
CB w/ LTBP, Fountain, and Curly Fries
John Miller’s homage to Americana brings new glass to MMA Collection
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CB w/ LTBP (Cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, bacon, of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He has served as an
COLLECTIONS HIGHLIGHT
and pickle), Fountain, and Curly Fries are the Muskegon instructor at Pilchuck Glass School since 1993 and
Museum of Art’s latest additions to our significant today continues to travel extensively lecturing and
collection of studio glass. Produced as a limited teaching. He exhibits his work internationally and is
edition series in collaboration with Habatat Galleries represented by Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak, MI and
in Royal Oak, MI, these works are a continuation of William Traver Gallery in Seattle, WA. He is currently
John Miller’s fascination with classic Americana and associate professor of glass at Illinois State University.
road food. Miller recreates familiar diner classics
like burgers, hot dogs, and chicken wings in large Miller’s work is represented in the collections of
scale glass sculptures. Combining glass blowing, heat the Tacoma Museum of Glass, Chrysler Museum of
shaping, and assembly, he brings fun and whimsy to Art, Museum of Arts and Design in NYC, Pilchuck
the forefront. Glass School, and the Museum of American Glass in
Millville, NJ. Miller’s work was included in the MMA
John Miller first studied glass at Southern organized glass exhibition Fifty by Fifty, guest curated
Connecticut State University in 1987 and then in by Benjamin Moore and Stephen Rolfe Powell.
1997 earned an MFA in sculpture from the University
John Miller
(American, born 1966)
CB w/ LTBP (Cheeseburger
with lettuce, tomato, bacon,
and pickle)
Blown and assembled glass
2020
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Fountain
Blown and hot sculpted
glass
2020
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Curly Fries
Hot sculpted glass and metal
2020
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Museum Purchases,
through the gift of the
Margaret “Peggie” Stone
Estate#SSfromHome • Super Saturdays from Home
Second Saturdays of the month are FAMILY Snowflakes
FUN DAYS featuring STE(A)M* activities December 12
presented by the Muskegon Museum of Art! Create a suspended 3D layered snowflake shadow box,
inspired by Russell Prather’s artwork. 11
Enjoy #SSfromHome themed family art activities at home.
Very similar to our physical Super Saturdays, you can expect
EDUCATION
a theme related to our collection or an exhibition, a tour
component, a suggested film list that goes along with the
theme, and an easy craft to make at home.
Visit our #SSfromHome page at
muskegonartmuseum.org/education/super-
saturdays-ssfromhome-today on the dates listed on
Russell Prather
this page and click on the live links to discover:
Void in Blue
• Craft Instructions and materials Tinted acrylic medium on layers of
• Film Lists polyester film, LED light panel, 2019
Photo courtesy of the artist
• Activity Prompts with examples
• Educational Video “Tours”
*Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math
Tradition
January 9
Paper, brushes, watercolor paint, glue and salt combine to
make Anishinaabe Ojibwa inspired raised salt paint designs.
The Blues
We are happy to provide creative February 13
Singing the Blues by Benny Andrews themes this month’s
and art-filled experiences for your cool craft. Learn how to make a craft stick harmonica.
family, and look forward to seeing
you at the MMA soon!
Benny Andrews
Generous support for #SSfromHome is provided by Singing the Blues
Oil and collage, 1995
Gift of Drs. Anita and Osbie J. Herald
1997.4100 Years of the Muskegon Friends of Art
Partners with the museum and ambassadors to the community for 100 years
The Friends of Art has permanent collection, and the auditorium facelift.
And in planning and hosting receptions at the
“brought the Museum
museum, the Friends of Art have been enthusiastic
funds and fun, and most ambassadors to the community.
12 importantly, new friends,”
Another venture was the rental gallery, initiated in
as Marilyn Andersen so
FRIENDS OF ART
January, 1959, with the approval of an expenditure
aptly stated in Pictures of $500 to cover startup costs (equivalent to $4,430
of the Best Kind: The First Century of the today). With a modest beginning of 25 framed
reproductions, the rentals were immediately over-
Muskegon Museum of Art, ever since it
subscribed, and reservations were made months in
was officially incorporated as a non-profit advance. Original works of art by Michigan artists
organization on December 21, 1921. were later added. When rentals fell off, some of the
pictures would be sold and new ones added. As the
Making friends in the community got off to a great rental income grew, funds would be transferred to
start in September 1922, when the fledgling Friends the FOA account to be put toward another gift to
of Art partnered with the art gallery committee of the museum. The rental gallery generated a stream
the Board of Education to sponsor a grand public of income until 1995 when the remaining inventory
reception. The Muskegon Chronicle reported the next and financial assets totaling over $10,000 were
day that an estimated 2,000 flocked to the gleaming transferred to the museum.
museum building, far exceeding expectations.
The Friends of Art began giving an annual award for
The organization began as an informal art study an artist’s submission to the Regional Exhibition (now
group that met weekly from October through March known as the Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition)
to delve into various art topics. Early minutes show in 1961. FOA has sponsored and hosted many of the
that art topics were chosen in collaboration with Miss receptions at the opening of these annual exhibitions.
Lulu Miller, then director of the Hackley Art Gallery, Donations to the Gala silent auction and to the
as it was known at that time. Active members would Festival of Trees are another yearly tradition.
prepare a paper on some aspect of the theme and
then present it at one of the weekly meetings. In 2015, the FOA Board decided to start a series of
Fall and Spring educational lectures called ArtSmarts
The Friends also wanted to add to the museum’s to supplement the morning programs offered from
collection. One of the earliest art works purchased for October through May. Experts and artists from as far
the museum is a still life oil painting by Albert André away as Chicago, Royal Oak, and Washington, D.C.
called Corbeille de Fruit, donated in 1929. In addition have headlined these lectures on a wide variety of
to paintings, the FOA has also given sculptures to topics.
the museum. For instance, the bronze sculpture Feral
Benga by African American artist James Richmond Today, the Friends of Art looks forward to celebrating
Barthe was purchased in 1940. Watercolors, drawings, its 100th year in 2021 with an exhibition highlighting
woodblock prints, etchings, and fine photographs FOA gifts of artworks that will run January 28 through
have also been gifted to the museum. In all, the May 2, 2021. In addition, we are planning a number
museum holds 69 works of art that the Friends of Art of surprises throughout the centennial year that we
has purchased or contributed toward. hope will delight the community and continue to
draw new Friends.
Besides works of art, the FOA has helped the museum
in many other ways, paying for such diverse projects ~By Margo Atwell, Friends of Art President, 2017-20
as audio and visual equipment, appraisal of the
Friends of Art Membership
As a museum member, you are encouraged to become a member of Friends of Art. Participating in Friends of Art
programs deepens your experience of what the museum has to offer. Friends promote the Museum by offering
educational programs and assisting in the purchase of new pieces of art. A basic Friends membership is only $25,
which entitles you to participation in all programs and includes a member booklet. Contact tlamiman@gmail.com
about membership.In Memoriam
Carol Folkert From educator in the classroom to docent in the
galleries, Carol’s love of education and books,
We offer our deepest specifically picture books, launched her desire to
condolences to the support and underwrite the MMA’s annual illustration
family and many friends exhibitions. Subsequently, for the past two decades,
of Carol Folkert. Carol the Museum has been the benefactor of Carol’s 13
passed away in August giving, directly crediting the family business, Harbor
after a three-year battle
IN MEMORIAM
Steel, and the family’s philanthropic organization, The
with cancer and will be Folkert Family Foundation. Those funds have allowed
deeply missed by our us to bring the art of books alive for thousands of
Muskegon Museum of children.
Art community.
In 2008, Carol became part of the MMA Collections
Carol Folkert was Committee, eventually serving as Committee Chair.
intricately woven Her years as a docent and her own art collecting
into the fabric of the made her a perfect match for the committee. Then,
Muskegon Museum of when a trustee seat opened on the Museum’s board
Art for nearly 30 years. The type of relationship she in 2013, then MMA Director Judith Hayner suggested
built with the MMA board, staff, and docents is one that Carol would again be a natural fit, with her
that museums dream of. During her tenure, Carol institutional knowledge, volunteerism, and support—
gave of herself in so many ways and did so in the making her an ideal board member.
most unassuming way possible—quietly, passionately,
and avidly. Carol knew that educating visitors big and small
feeds the next generation of art lovers; she knew
She became a docent at the beckoning of her dear that supporting exhibitions allows the MMA to stay
friend and fellow MMA docent Karen Shields. Little vibrant and current with great art and she knew that
did she know that not only would she become a her leadership and knowledge as part of the MMA
docent in 1991, but that she would take on many board would help to lead us into the next century.
roles in the group and earn recognition for her Carol’s dedication, passion, and love for the Muskegon
dedication. She was recognized as Docent of the Museum of Art are deeply treasured and greatly
Year and MMA Volunteer of the Year twice and, most missed.
recently, awarded the MMA Star honor in 2018.
— Catherine Mott, MMA Assistant Director
Dr. Anita Herald
Dr. Anita Herald, a well regarded advocate of African
American art in our community, passed away in August at
the age of 88. Together with her late husband, Dr. Osbie
Herald, Anita had a vision for the MMA to have a great
collection of African American art. This idea may seem
mainstream now, but it was certainly not the case in the
1990s. Their vision, dedication, and funding paved the way
to a wonderful collection of African American artwork that
is on view in our galleries on a daily basis—including works
by Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, John W. Wilson, and
Palmer Cole Hayden to name a few. Dr. Herald reminded
us that our collection is for our community and that the
reflection of our community in the artwork brings voices,
ideas, and histories together to inspire learning and
celebrate diversity.Gifts
Major Underwriters
July 1 – September 30, 2020
Corporate & Foundation Gifts William & Carol Cross III Mary B. Towner
Anna S. Berg & Linnea Berg Marguerite Curran Tim Trainor & Diane
Jensen Fund - Community Allan & Anne Dake Krasnewich
Foundation for Muskegon Larry & Maggie Peter Turner
County (CFfMC) Dannemiller Constance Vallier
14 Blyth Family Fund of the Carole DeYoung Gretchen Vinnedge
CFfMC Keith Downie & Katherine Kyle Vohlken
Eaton Matching Gifts Program Bourdon Mark & Erin Walling
SUPPORT
Mary Lou & Bill Eyke Herb & Karen Driver Kathleen West
Charitable Fund Len & Cathy Drust Eleanor Williams
Hines Corporation Robert & Cathleen Dubault Kenneth & Marguerite
Jean C. & Alex H. Homberger Jackie Engel, CFP Winter
Fund - CFfMC Wallace & Jane Ewing Jan Witt
The Joel & Kathie Jarvis Floyd & Caron Farmer Jon & Catherine Workman
Charitable Fund Tom & Carolyn Fehsenfeld
In Memory of Al Kochka
Phyllis & David Laurin Fund - Charles Fisher
Fran Fisher Linda Noble
CFfMC
Robert Fles John & Jessie Martin
LeFleur Shoppe
Little Learners Carl & Carolyn Gebuhr In Memory of Carol Folkert
Preschool Fund - CFfMC James & Susan Geisler Frank & Susan Bednarek
Mart Dock Katherine Gietzen Sharon Boersma
Robert B. & Betty M. Morrison Arthur & Mary Ann Golin Linda Boeskool & Rob
Designated Fund - CFfMC Daniel Hamblin Shinn
Bonnie Olson Memorial Fund Richard E. & Diane M. Dwanna Brink
PayPal Giving Fund Harder Dan & Michele Buckley
Schierholz/Hogan Family Fund Julie Hegedus Beth Carrozza
Shoreline Insurance Agency, Neil Heyen Don Correll
Inc. Roger & Paula Hoffman Dykstra Landscape
Suarez/Polakis Family Fund - Susan Horsfall Tim & Anne Erickson
Fidelity ACH Charles & Susan Huttula Scott & Adrienne Frasier
Swanson Pickle Co. Steve & Deb Jackson Steve & Colette Heneveld
Tridonn Development Co. Bari Johnson Kirk Hochhutch
Warner Norcross + Judd, LLP Erick & Holly Johnson Dan Moody
Thelma & Paul Wiener Fund Charles & Vivian Johnson II Catherine & Jared Mott
for the Arts - CFfMC John & Lesa Jordan Neil & Diane Mullally
William G. & Phyllis K. Wood Mark & Kris Kelley Mike & Kay Olthoff
Fund Roger & Jeanne Knop Sharon Pell
Paul & Patricia Ladas ‘Nita Pellegrom
Individual Gifts Jerry & Alison Lang Sharon Reimink
Ross & Sandra Aden Valerie L. Lindeman Evan & Lois Reinders
Mary M. Appelt Dennis & Marla Major John & Marie Rycenga
Margo Atwell John & Jessie Martin Karen Shields
William J. Baldridge Steven & Caroline Deanne Stebelton
Gary & Carol Beatty Mayberry Teresa Stevens
Frank & Susan Bednarek Cynthia Mazurek John & Susan Sytsema
Steven Bennett & Elaine M. Tim & Marian Michalski Peter & Judy Theune
Schmidt Kathleen Parker Al & Kim Thigpen
Bernie & Cathy Berntson Steve & Molly Parker Dale & Barb Valentine
John & Claudia Berry Suzanne Richards Michael & Patricia Wade
Darlene Blasing David L. Roodvoets Whittemore Family
Gordon Boardman Ed & Pat Schroeder Sandra Winger
Randy & Karen Booth William & Kathy Sininger Anonymous
Jeff & Kim Burr Jack & Becky Slimko
Curtis Chambers Joan Smith In Memory of Kay Ostrom
John & JoAnne Clickner F. Remington & Ginny John & Jessie Martin
Victoria Clifford Sprague In Memory of Maxine
Jon Colburn Frank Sundquist Kantor
James & Diana Cornell Donald & Jane Tjarksen Leila Poppen Reynolds
Tony & Sue Cortese Jane Toot
Winter Wish List
Frank & Susan Bednarek Thank you for considering gifts for important behind-the-scenes equipment:
• Vacuum and chip separator for workshop dust and particle collection: $250
Kimberly Van Kampen & • New paper backdrops for photography to replace old dirty and torn backdrops: $100
Michael Crook • Rubbermaid Xtra™ Open Side Utility Cart: $224
Anonymous Please call 231.720.2571 if you’d like to contribute a gift toward to our winter wish list.Second Century Legacy Society
$25,000+ Bequest or Gift
Major Underwriters
André Aerne, by Estate Felrath Hines, by Estate Paul & Dr. Patti Roy
Roger & Marilyn Andersen Larry & Lari Hines Linda Shores & Michael Gold Sponsors
Stuart & Sherry Becker Alex Homberger, by Estate Snodgrass
Frank & Susan Bednarek Charles & Patricia Johnson Robert D. & C. Corcoran Tuttle,
Jon & Jane Blyth Donald & Sarah Johnson, by Estate
Dr. Dana & Claudia Bryant by Estate Kimberly Van Kampen 15
Bess Commodore, by Estate Trip & Nina Johnson Gary & Victoria Verplank,
Ruth Elizabeth Cook, by Estate James & Betty Korbecki by Estate
SUPPORT
Dr. Don & Nancy Crandall Larry & Lynne Larsen Michael & Patricia Wade
Barbara Fugazzotto Joan Majeski Shaw & Betty Walker
Ron & Shirley Gossett John & Jessie Martin Sara Youngman
Judith Hayner Michael & Kay Olthoff
George Hilt, by Estate Gary & Kay Ostrom by Estate
To join the MMA Second Century Legacy Society, please call Kirk Hallman at
231.720.2573.
INSPIRE Membership Program
$10,000+ contribution to the MMA Inspire endowment fund
INSPIRE Corporations/ INSPIRE Individual Trip & Nina Johnson
Foundations Roger & Marilyn Andersen Robert & Wendy Kersman
ADAC Automotive Curtis Atkisson Roger & Jeanne Knop
AGS Company William & Luanne Baldridge Dan & Sheryl Kuznar
Alcoa Howmet Stuart & Sherry Becker Brian & Jamie Lang
The Bold Companies Frank & Susan Bednarek Jane Leonard
Community Foundation for Bernie & Cathy Berntson John & Jessie Martin
Muskegon County (CFfMC) Jon & Jane Blyth Jack H. Miller
DTE Energy Dr. Harold E. Bowman Daniel & Sharon Moody
Elmer L. & Eleanor J. Andersen James W. E & Donna K. Brooks Thomas & Suzanne Munroe
Foundation Frederick & Deborah Brown Mark & Elizabeth Murray
Fifth Third Bank Lee & Darlene Collet Patrick O’Leary
Frey Foundation John Cook Steve & Deb Olsen
Grand Haven Area Community Donald & Nancy Crandall Michael & Kay Olthoff
Foundation Lowell & Nell Dana Jean Scales Pataky
Harbor Steel Janet Day Richard W. & Nancy Peters
Hines Corporation Edgar A. DeJong & Diane Paul & Margaret Potter
Hooker|DeJong Architects & Van Wesep Paul & Evelyn Reid
Engineers Jan Deur Don & Jane Rohlck
John J. Helstrom Memorial Pat & Julie Donahue Paul & Patricia Roy
Fund - CFfMC Valerie Eggert Michael & Debby Schubert
JSJ Foundation Floyd & Caron Farmer Roger & Jan Spoelman
Lorin Industries Frances F. Fisher Don & Jane Tjarksen
Loutit Foundation Carol Folkert Thomas & Elizabeth Tuttle
Marian A. & Ruth K. Sherwood Mike & Bonnie Gluhanich Anthony & Monica Verplank
Family Fund Gary Gunderson & Julia Tuttle Gary Verplank
The Meijer Foundation Gunderson Mrs. Shaw Walker
Paul C. Johnson Foundation Kimberly L. Hammond Jim & Susan Westgate
Robert D. & C. Corcoran Tuttle Judith Hayner & Charlene Judy Wilcox Deborah DeVoursney
Fund - CFfMC Romanosky Kenneth & Marguerite Winter Tom DeVoursney
Shaw & Betty Walker Matt & Amy Heisser Chris & Stephanie Witham
Foundation Larry & Roxanna Herder Richard & Marilyn Witham Robert & Wendy Kersman
Van Kampen Boyer Molinari John & Linda Hilt Jan Witt
Dan & Sheryl Kuznar
Charitable Foundation Charles E. Johnson II Michael & Martha Youngdahl
Warner Norcross + Judd, LLP Erick & Holly Johnson Anonymous The Verplank Donor
West Shore Urology, PLC F. Martin & Dorothy A. Johnson Advised Fund of the
Grand Haven Area
Community FoundationCorporate Members
Major Underwriters
July 1 – September 30, 2020
Benefactor Friend Muskegon Area Intermediate
Silver Sponsors Independent Bank Annis Water Resources School District
Jackson-Merkey Contractors, Inc. Institute Muskegon Community College
Sidock Group, Inc. Applebee’s Muskegon Muskegon Public Schools
Fifth Third Bank Beacon Recycling Muskegon Surgery Center
The Meijer Foundation City of Muskegon New School
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Nichols Paper & Supply Comerica Bank Port City Ventures
Motion Dynamics Corporation Delta Hotels by Marriott Raymond James & Associates,
SUPPORT
Edward Jones Inc.
Patron Revel
Frame and Mat Shop
Bishop Heating and Air Schuitema Moving
G & L Chili Dogs
Conditioning Se4sons Gastropub
Gary Nelund Insurance
Hearthstone Bistro Shoreline Insurance Agency, Inc.
Gielow, Groom, Terpstra &
Huntington Bank Single Phase Electric, Inc.
McEvoy, PLC
Northern Trust Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Ginman Tire Co.
PNC Bank Soils & Structures, Inc.
Gunter Accounting, Inc.
Rehmann St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Hank’s Tavern
Shape Corporation Summit Lawn Care & Snow
Hurst Mechanical
Swanson Pickle Co., Inc. Plowing
James Jackson Museum of
Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Tridonn Development
African American History
Services The Village Baker
John Grace Company
Lakeshore Custom Cabinets Village of Rosy Mound
Lakeshore Museum Center Waddell & Reed
Le Fleur Shoppe West Michigan Dock & Market
The Lewis House Bed & West Michigan Law, P.C.
Breakfast Winberg Construction Inc.
Festival of Wreath Sponsors
Event Sponsors
Presenting Underwriter
Robert Kendall
Kendall Investment Group
Co-Sponsor
Port City Ventures DPI
DOBB PRINTING, INC.
Muskegon, MI 49442
Frank & Susan Bednarek
Sherry & Pete Brown
Roni K. Devlin
ProFab/Bauer Sheet Metal
Peter & Regina Sjoberg
Ted & Judy Stojak
Anonymous
Wreath Sponsors
B & D Lawncare Huntington Bank Northland Insurance
Belasco Electric Co., Inc. John Grace Restoration | Steve & Deb Olsen
Jon & Jane Blyth Construction Pliant Plastic
Brian & Jill Boersema Nina Johnson, M.D., P.C. Quality Tool & Stamping
Core Realty Partners, LLC LightCorp Ramos & Sons Auto Body &
Custom Cove Carpet & Tile Mart Dock Towing
Dobry Law Offices, PLC Mary Towner Dr. F. Remington & Ginny Sprague
Downtown Muskegon Business Muskegon Surgical Associates - Rev. Eileen Stoffan
Improvement District Plastic Surgery Shoreline Insurance Agency
DTE Energy Foundation Muskegon Surgical Associates - The Cheese Lady
Dynamic Conveyor Corporation General Surgery Timber Run Associates, LLC
Family Financial Credit Union Muskegon Surgical Associates - Dr. Lynne Unger
G & L Chili Dogs Hand Center Waddell & Reed - Jackie Engel,
Jon & Jane Blyth Graphics House Muskegon Surgical Associates - CFP®
Michael & Pat Wade Harbor Steel Pure Medical Spa Warner Norcross + Judd, LLP
Hazekamp Premier Foods Muskegon Surgical Associates - Winberg Construction, Inc.
Hines Building - West End Vascular Surgery
Hines CorporationNew Members & Increased Level Renewals
Additional Support
April 1 – June 30, 2020
Leonard Anderson & Dona Hettle Brittney Previe
Wanda Gringhuis Anderson Neil Heyen Tim & Pam Prosch
Nancy Armitage Mark Hills & Kathryn Baum Sally Purchase
Dee Arnold-Johnson Mary Ann Howe Jane Reens
Ronald & Sherri Lee Balaskovitz Beverly Hulbert Susie Rehrer
Ric & Marilyn (Marti) Balgooyen Charles & Susan Huttula Ricardo Reyes
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John & Kay Bernard Michele Irmscher Evin & Lisa Rodkey
Lynne Boezaart Heidi Jones Thomas & Lynn Rohlf
SUPPORT
Janet Bohac & Linda Goss Julie Kastl Joan Rudolph
Randy & Karen Booth Linda Kestner Glenn & Cortney Rutkauskas Jr.
Austin & Brooke Bottorff Richard & Nancy Klassen Fred A. Rybik
Brent Bouchard
Deborah Bowen
Gary & Nancy Brezinski
Lee Brown & Martha Colburn
Diane Krasnewich & Tim
Trainor
Gay Landstrom
Jack & Marcia Lipps
Nancy Rytina
Sue Savoie & Ellie Hegedus
Ben & Marilyn Schramski
Sally Schwartz
DPI
DOBB PRINTING, INC.
Muskegon, MI 49442
Nancy Burton Michelle Lundborg Bill & Toni Seyferth
Curtis Chambers Mitzi Luttrull Vance H. & Deborah Smith
Robert & Charlotte Chessman Elisabeth Major Jim & Sheila Steffel
Judith Chiriboga Mary Malek Joan Stewart
Lonnie Clark Charles Matthews & Juanita Bernie Thomas
Steve & Susan Clay Kay Cater-Matthews Lawrence & Christina
Lynn Comried Bruce Maxwell Triezenberg
Janice Conn Sue Ellen McCreary Warren Trimble
Julie Cutler Ron & Irene McDermed Ann Trowbridge
Eleanor Dennis Paula McDowell Lynne Unger
Mary Dewys Cambria Moran Sandra VandenHeuvel
Mary J. Drueke Richard G. Morrison Harriet VanderMeer
Jeanne Earley Victoria Neiderheide Laura Sue VanHoesen
Mark & Christine Fazakerley Ken & T.J. Norris Anita Varela
Tom & Carolyn Fehsenfeld Brad Nyeholt Helga & Tonya Villarruel
Cathleen Feyt Kathleen O’Brien Cindy Vogel
Denise Fishell Joann C. Odneal John & Karen Wells
Robert & Sue Fles Jim O’Neill Liz Wilder
Frank Galante & Paula Gary Oxendale & Federico Carol A. Wininger
DeGregorio Figueroa Elizabeth Winter
Mary Anne Gorman Peggy Panici Barbara Wood
Shirley Gossett Frank & Emma Peterson Sue Young
Glenn & Janice Hafele Margaret Poort Debra Zare
Robert & Joanne Zayko
Our members are our strength!
Memberships support the Museum’s mission to:
• Foster the life-long study and appreciation of the visual arts
• Offer diverse exhibitions
• Stimulate learning and creativity through programming
• Enhance community involvement and support in a safe, accessible, and
welcoming environment
Holiday Membership Offer City of Muskegon
John & Jessie Martin
1/2 off Gift Memberships over the Holidays! Thelma & Paul Wiener Fund
for The Arts of the Community
Foundation for Muskegon
Call the Museum Store at 231.720.2580 today. County
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Public PartnersThank you, volunteers!
Thank you to the following volunteers for your service in July through
September, 2020. We look forward to seeing you all again soon!
Collections Committee Barbara Mullally Jill Jones Charlotte Olson
Rich Nelson Le Fleur Shoppe Laurie Robillard
Carol Folkert, Chair*
18 Sharon Ottens MCC FABlab Team Barbara Klingenmaier
Frank Bednarek*
Lois Reinders Cindi Mitchell Marilyn (Mimi) Kunz
Billie Bruce
Laurie Robillard Kim Montgomery Alison Lang
VOLUNTEERS
Janet Day
Don Rohlck Deb Moon Linda Stewart
Rob Dubault*
Charlene Romanosky Cathy Mott Erin Walling
Betsy Jellema
Marilyn Ruck Skeeter Parkhouse Susan Walters
Brian Lang
Karen Shields Pine Street Mercantile Sue Young
Marian Michalski
Jan Sieplinga Sheryl Reed
Mike Olthoff*
Kimberly Van Kampen*
Jane Stoepker James Rynberg – Education Committee
Bernie Thomas United Way of the Carol Folkert, Chair*
Jan Witt
Susan Tufts Lakeshore – Gayle Davis*
Betty VandeWater Newaygo County
Development Committee Marian Michalski
Pat Wade Rev. Eileen Stoffan Patricia Wade
Nancy Crandall, Chair* Erin Walling Shannon Vandermolen
Frank Bednarek* Debra Walters Richard Vanderputte-
Claudia Berry*
Mailing Assistant
Susan Walters McPherson Suzanne Selim
Amy Heisser Kathleen West Karen VanderZanden
Mike Muskovin Jerry Westgate Doreen Wabsis
John Pridnia* Arlene Wickland Wasserman’s Flowers & Marketing Committee
Shelia Steffel Marguerite Winter Gifts Jonathan Wilson, Chair*
Barb Wood Chelsea Zielinski Frank Bednarek*
Docents Susan Young Ronace Zielinski Allison Dile
Margo Atwell Sara Zimmerman Frederic Kraft
Cathy Berntson Facilities Committee LaShelle Mikesell
Jane Blyth Trip Johnson, Chair* Festival of Wreaths Michelle Ringelberg
Kate Bourdon Nancy Crandall* Organizing Committee
Al Burton * MMA Board Trustee
Kevin Donovan Helen Allshouse
Beth Carrozza Erick Johnson Sondra Burnham
Charlotte Chessman Eric Ringelberg* Sarah Hermanson
Anne Erickson Caroline Mayberry
Corrinne Erickson-Strand Festival of Wreaths Cindi Mitchell
Margarete Fochtman Designers Deb Moon
Carol Folkert* Skeeter Parkhouse
Sue Baglien
Ruth Fountain Regina Sjoberg
Beth Bessinger
Bill Fritz Richard Vanderputte-
Lee Brown
Mary Ann Golin McPherson
Ashten Buxton
Debra Brown Hendrickson
Heather Buxton
Lesa Jordan Friends of Art
Carolee Castle
Pam Kearney
Chalet Floral & Events Tricia Lamiman, President
Margaret Kivinski
Jodi Clock Margo Atwell, Ex-Officio
Tricia Lamiman President
Morgan Cook
Karen Larnard Bonnie Borgeson
Ashley Coope
Mitzi Luttrull Charlotte Chessman
Merica Dobry
Sue Ellen McCreary Lesa Jordan
Ariel Guptill
A.J. Meyer Kim Montgomery
Judy Hayner
Kim MontgomeryTogether we are more. NEW! The MMA now offers
Museums for All
Please visit our partners’ websites for the most current free admission for
EBT card holders,
event information.
up to 4 people per card.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC for EVERYONE 19
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Home for the Holidays • Video Premiere • Fri • Dec 11 • 7:30 pm All is valid during all normal operating hours.
CULTURAL PARTNERS & FRIENDS
With Diane Penning (soprano), Stas Venglevski (bayan accordion),
Peter Kurdziel (theater organ), and WMS Children’s Choir 2. Show your EBT card and photo ID at the
A Portrait of America •Video Premiere • Fri • Feb 12 • 7:30 pm
Store counter.
Featuring great American composers and violinist Tessa Lark 3. Receive FREE admission for up to four
Virtual concert tickets on sale now! individuals!
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4. Come back any time! There’s no limit to how
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SPARK YOUR PASSION
FOR THE ARTS AT ACWL-NUVEEN
Virtual & FREE Open Studio Artist Gallery
Saturday Theatre Classes
In-Person for Middle & High Rotating Exhibits Footlights Fun Camp Giving kids with disabilities
Art Classes School Students Art Walk Holiday and Spring Productions a chance to SHINE!
for a full list of classes, events,
and ways to get involved
visit: artswhitelake.org
The ACWL-Nuveen works to inspire the White Lake More than meets the eye!
community through accessible and engaging
opportunities in the arts To join in the fun, find us at
muskegoncivictheatre.org!
106 E. Colby St. Whitehall, MI 49461
231-893-2524
artswhitelake.org FIND US ON 425 W. Western Ave., Suite 401 • Downtown Muskegon • 231.722.3852 • muskegoncivictheatre.org
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you can discover!
Bestsellers | DVDs
Programs | Free Wi-Fi
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Using Hoopla, OverDrive/Libby app, and RBdigital,
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• Books & Cards
• Exhibition-related
merchandise
• Jewelry
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Winter Gifting
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