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        <ExplanationTxt>THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY AND ART COLLECTIONS HELD BY THE MUSEUM IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE MADE FROM PROCEEDS OF DEACCESSIONS AND GIFTS OF CASH AND INCOME FROM CERTAIN TRUSTS RESTRICTED BY DONORS FOR ART AQUISITIONS. THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 15,000 OBJECTS INCLUDING PAINTINGS, WATERCOLORS, SCULPTURE, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS (PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE HOMESTEAD). CONSISTENT WITH THE MUSEUM'S MISSION STATEMENT, THE COLLECTION EMPHASIZES WORKS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY ARTISTS WHO HAVE WORKED IN MAINE. AS A WHOLE, THE COLLECTION PRESENTS A SURVEY OF MAINE'S ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. THE MUSEUM CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY COLLECT AMERICAN ART THROUGH PURCHASE AND GIFTS. ALL WORKS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION ARE ASSIGNED A UNIQUE "ACCESSION" NUMBER AND PLACED IN SECURE STORAGE WHEN NOT ON EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OR ON LOAN TO OTHER MUSEUMS. THE MUSEUM ONLY LENDS TO GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS THAT MEET PRESCRIBED SECURITY AND CLIMATE STANDARDS AND PROVIDE ALL RISK INSURANCE CONVERAGE. RECORDS, INCLUDING OBJECT, ARTIST AND DONOR FILES, ARE MAINTAINED FOR EACH WORK OF ART. THE COLLECTION IS SPOT INVENTORIED ANNUALLY BY STAFF AND QUALIFIED CONSERVATORS ASSIST AS NECESSARY. THE MUSEUM MAINTAINS A BLANKET INSURANCE POLICY OF $60 MILLION FOR THE COLLECTION AND WORK ON LOAN. ALTHOUGH A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION, THE COLLECTION IS MAINTAINED, ADDED TO, EXHIBITED AND INTERPRETED FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>EXHIBITIONS ANDY AND KOSTI LINDA BEAN FOLKERS GALLERY, WYETH CENTER MAY 30 -NOVEMBER 1, 2015 THIS EXHIBITION EXPLORED THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN FELLOW ARTISTS ANDREW WYETH (1917-2009) AND KOSTI RUOHOMAA (1913-1961). BOTH WYETH, AN ACCLAIMED PAINTER IN THE REALIST TRADITION, AND RUOHOMAA, A SUCCESSFUL DOCUMENTARY AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, FOUND IN MAINE INEXHAUSTIBLE SUBJECTS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR WERE CAPTIVATED BY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ITS PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THROUGH A SHARED ARTISTIC VISION AND A COMMITMENT TO DOCUMENTING TRADITIONAL VESTIGES OF AN ISOLATED WORLD ON THE VERGE OF CHANGE, THEY EXPRESSED THEIR PASSION, DEDICATION, AND LOVE OF MAINE AND THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED IT HOME, CREATING ICONIC DEPICTIONS OF RURAL MAINE LIFE. THE WYETHS, MAINE, AND THE SEA MARYLOUISE TANDY COWAN GALLERY, WYETH CENTER REOPENED MAY 30, 2015-JANUARY 3, 2016 THE ART OF THE WYETHS N.C., ANDREW AND JAMIE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH AND FASCINATION FOR LIFE ALONG MIDCOAST MAINE, REACHING BACK TO N.C.'S DECISION TO BRING HIS FAMILY TO THE AREA IN 1920. THE WYETHS' INTERESTS HAVE INCLUDED THE COAST'S DRAMATIC SHORELINE AND ISLANDS, INCLUDING MONHEGAN, THE LIVES OF FISHERMEN AND FARMERS, AND THE BOATS, HOUSES, BARNS, LIGHTHOUSES AND OTHER STRUCTURES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE MIDCOAST. THEIR INTEREST IN THESE SUBJECTS IS PART OF A LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF WORK DONE BY ARTISTS AND ARTISANS IN MAINE SINCE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. IN ADDITION TO WORKS BY THE WYETHS, THE EXHIBITION INCLUDED A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS BY JAMES G. BABBIDGE, GEORGE BELLOWS, WALTER DEAN, JAMES FITZGERALD, ROCKWELL KENT, FITZ HENRY LANE, WILLIAM EDWARD NORTON, WILLIAM PIERCE STUBBS, FREDERICK WAUGH, AND ANDREW WINTER; AND A SELECTION OF SHIP MODELS THAT INCLUDE THE RED JACKET CLIPPER SHIP, THE SEVEN MASTER SCHOONER THOMAS LAWSON, AND THE ONLY KNOWN SHIP MODEL BY JOHN HALEY BELLAMY. MAINE COLLECTS MICAH, SAM &amp; TIM GALLERIES, MOREHOUSE WING JUNE 20, 2015- JANUARY 3, 2016 THE EXHIBITION, MAINE COLLECTS, FEATURED PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, SCULPTURE, TEXTILES, AND OTHER WORKS FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN MAINE. INCLUDED WERE WORKS BY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN ARTISTS, REFLECTING THE DIVERSE INTERESTS AND LONG TRADITION OF MAINE'S COLLECTORS. AMONG THOSE WHO WERE REPRESENTED IN THE SHOW WERE THE AMERICAN ARTISTS ANSEL ADAMS, WILL BARNET, LEONARD BASKIN, FRANK BENSON, ROBERT INDIANA, JOHN MARIN, LOUISE NEVELSON, WALDO PIERCE, ELIOT PORTER, NORMAN ROCKWELL, JOHN SINGER SARGEANT, NEIL WELLIVER, N.C., ANDREW AND JAMIE WYETH, AND WILLIAM ZORACH. ABOUT BUILDINGS LIBRARY GALLERY FEBRUARY 13, 2016- FEBRUARY 5, 2017 ARCHITECTURE SIGNIFIES STRUCTURE: SHELTERS THAT PROVIDE A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS, OR LANDMARKS THAT DEFINE THE CHARACTER OF A TOWN, OR QUALITIES OF BUILDINGS THAT WE PASS EACH DAY. WHILE THE REACH OF ARCHITECTS OFTEN EXTENDS INTO THE REALMS OF INDUSTRIAL, TEXTILE AND OTHER FORMS OF DESIGN, AND THE TERM ITSELF IS APPLIED TO MANY BRANCHES OF LEARNING, THIS EXHIBITION FOCUSES MAINLY UPON BUILDINGS AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. ABOUT BUILDINGS TOOK A GENERAL APPROACH TO THE NOTION OF ARCHITECTURE, IN WHICH LANDMARKS AND DETAILS OF THE DISCIPLINE WERE SEEN IN A VARIETY OF DEPICTIONS OF BUILDINGS IN MAINE, BOSTON, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, CHICAGO AND TAOS--ALL SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE FARNSWORTH MUSEUM. ANDREW WYETH: MAINE TEMPERAS AND WATERCOLORS HADLOCK GALLERY APRIL 30, 2016- MARCH 12, 2017 THIS EXHIBITION FEATURED A SELECTION OF WATERCOLORS AND TEMPERAS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANDREW AND BETSY WYETH. ANDREW WYETH: THE DORY WYETH STUDY CENTER GALLERY APRIL 23, 2016-MARCH 19, 2017 THIS EXHIBITION FEATURED A SELECTION OF WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANDREW AND BETSY WYETH, WITH A FOCUS ON ANDREW WYETH'S REPRESENTATION OF DORY'S. FROM THE SMALLEST LEAF: PHOTOGRAPHS OF KOICHIRO KURITA CROSMAN GALLERY APRIL 16- SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 BORN IN MANCHURIA IN 1943 AND EDUCATED IN JAPAN, KOICHIRO KURITA WORKED AS A YOUNG MAN FOR A TOKYO ADVERTISING AGENCY BEFORE BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. AT FORTY YEARS OLD, MOVED BY HIS READING OF THOREAU'S WALDEN, KURITA DIRECTED HIS PHOTOGRAPHY AWAY FROM COMMERCIAL WORK AND TOWARD MEDITATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF HIS CONNECTION TO NATURE. KURITA NOW FOCUSES HIS IMPRESSIONS OF THE NATURAL WORLD--QUIET NEW ENGLAND WOODLANDS, REMOTE BOUNDARY WATERS LAKES AND ROCKS OF MINNESOTA AND CANADA, AND NATURAL FEATURES OF CALIFORNIA AND JAPAN--EXTRACTING POETIC DETAILS FROM THE GREATER LANDSCAPE, AND CONVEYING THESE IMPRESSIONS BY WAY OF MONOCHROMATIC PRINTS, THE RESULT OF PLATINUM PALLADIUM, ALBUMEN AND SALT PRINTING PROCESSES ON JAPANESE AND OTHER PAPERS. THIS SELECTION OF HIS MAINE PHOTOGRAPHS ENCOMPASSES NATURE AS KURITA SEES IT IN TERMS OF "CHI SUI KI, OR EARTH, WATER AND AIR, AND THE BORDERS THAT EACH OF THESE REALMS SHARE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND OURSELVES. EAT RETURNS FROM EARLY MAY THROUGH EARLY NOVEMBER 2016 ROBERT INDIANA'S EAT SCULPTURE AGAIN GRACED THE ROOFTOP OF THE FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM NEAR THE CORNER OF MAIN AND ELM STREETS WHEN IT EMERGED FROM WINTER INDOOR STORAGE. CONSTRUCTED OF FIVE METAL CIRCLES ARRANGED IN A RAILROAD CROSSING X, WITH THE WORD, EAT SPELLED OUT ALONG EACH AXIS; THE SCULPTURE STANDS TWENTY FEET TALL. THE PIECE WAS INSTALLED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2009 AS PART OF A FARNSWORTH EXHIBITION, ROBERT INDIANA AND THE STAR OF HOPE, ORGANIZED BY CHIEF CURATOR MICHAEL K. KOMANECKY. THAT WAS ITS FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE THE 1964 WORLD'S FAIR, WHERE IT WAS AMONG SEVERAL WORKS COMMISSIONED BY PHILIP JOHNSON FOR HIS NEW YORK STATE PAVILION. IT HAS BEEN INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF THE FARNSWORTH EVERY SUMMER SINCE THE 2009 EXHIBITION. UNSEEN TREASURES: THE CAWLEY COLLECTION OF WYETH ARCHIVAL MATERIAL LINDA BEAN FOLKERS GALLERY, WYETH CENTER MAY 21- OCTOBER 30, 2016 IN 2015, THE FARNSWORTH WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A TREASURE TROVE OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL ON N.C., ANDREW, AND JAMIE WYETH, ALL COLLECTED BY THE LATE CHARLES CAWLEY AND HIS WIFE JULIE. ACQUIRED OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS, THIS MATERIAL INCLUDES BOOKS, JOURNALS, MAGAZINES (SUCH AS AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN HERITAGE, DOWNEAST MAGAZINE, THE MENTOR, SCRIBNERS, AND VANITY FAIR, AMONG OTHERS), AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES AND BROCHURES IN WHICH THE WORKS OF THE WYETHS, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY PATRIARCH N.C., ARE FEATURED. THIS EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTED A SELECTION OF WORKS FROM THE CAWLEY GIFT AS WELL AS WYETH ARTWORKS GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM BY THE CAWLEYS AND MBNA, THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CREDIT CARD COMPANY FOUNDED AND LED BY CHARLES CAWLEY. NC WYETH: PAINTER MARYLOUISE TANDY COWAN GALLERY, WYETH CENTER MAY 21-DECEMBER 31, 2016 NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945) IS BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST BOOK AND MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATORS OF HIS ERA. BORN AND RAISED IN NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, N.C. WYETH LEARNED DRAFTING AT THE MECHANICS SCHOOL AND THEN STUDIED AT THE MASSACHUSETTS NORMAL SCHOOL (NOW MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN). HE WAS ADVISED BY ONE OF HIS TEACHERS TO BECOME AN ILLUSTRATOR, AND HE SOON FOLLOWED TWO OF HIS STUDENT FRIENDS TO STUDY ILLUSTRATION IN 1902 UNDER THE RENOWNED AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR HOWARD PYLE IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. IN FEBRUARY 1903, WYETH GOT HIS FIRST COMMISSION, FROM SATURDAY EVENING POST. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN WHICH HE ILLUSTRATED MORE THAN A HUNDRED BOOKS, AMONG THEM MANY POPULAR NOVELS FOR SCRIBNER'S, INCLUDING TREASURE ISLAND, KIDNAPPED, ROBIN HOOD, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, ROBINSON CRUSOE, AND RIP VAN WINKLE. HIS FAME AND SUCCESS AS AN ILLUSTRATOR NOTWITHSTANDING, WYETH ALSO WANTED TO BE KNOWN AS A PAINTER, AN ARTIST WHOSE SKILLS WENT BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS OF ADHERING TO THE NARRATIVES FOR WHICH HIS ILLUSTRATIONS WERE COMMISSIONED. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, IN FACT, HE DID MORE THAN 200 LANDSCAPES, 30 STILL LIFES, AND 60 PORTRAITS AND OTHER PRIVATE SUBJECTS. THIS EXHIBITION FOCUSED ON SOME OF HIS MORE AMBITIOUS INDEPENDENT LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE PAINTINGS, RANGING IN DATE FROM 1917 TO 1941. THESE WORKS WERE DONE IN AND AROUND HIS TWO HOMES, HIS PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN CHADDS FORD, PENNSYLVANIA, AND A SUMMER HOME IN PORT CLYDE, MAINE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>PUSHING BOUNDARIES: DINE, GRAVES, LICHTENSTEIN, RAUSCHENBERG AND ROSENQUIST MICAH, SAM &amp; TIM GALLERIES, MOREHOUSE WING JUNE 18, 2016-JANUARY 22, 2017 COLLABORATION IS A VOYAGE FROM THE KNOWN TO THE UNKNOWN WITH PEOPLE OF COMMON COMMITMENT WHO BOTH STEER AND FOLLOW. ART HISTORIAN, ART EDUCATOR, AND ARTIST, DONALD SAFF HAS BEEN THE FORCE BEHIND SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE WORKS IN LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN ART. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS CAME ABOUT THROUGH HIS FOUNDING OF GRAPHICSTUDIO IN 1968 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT CREATION OF SAFF TECH ARTS IN OXFORD, MARYLAND IN 1990. A PRINTMAKER HIMSELF, SAFF WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH MAJOR FIGURES OF THE PERIOD JIM DINE, NANCY GRAVES, ROY LICHTENSTEIN, PHILIP PEARLSTEIN, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, JAMES ROSENQUIST, AND JAMES TURRELL. HIS WORKS WITH THESE ARTISTS WERE COLLABORATIONS IN WHICH SAFF'S ENERGY AND INSPIRATION BROUGHT ABOUT THE CREATION OF PAINTINGS, PRINTS, AND SCULPTURES THAT PUSHED BOUNDARIES, OFTEN GIVING FREEDOM TO THE ARTISTS WITH WHOM HE PARTNERED TO TAKE RISKS AND TO PRODUCE THINGS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE COME INTO BEING WITHOUT HIM. THIS EXHIBITION CELEBRATED THEIR JOINT ACHIEVEMENTS. COLLECTION INSTALLATIONS AMERICAN TREASURES JAMES GALLERY, MOREHOUSE WING JUNE 20, 2015- ONGOING THIS EXHIBITION FEATURED MASTERWORKS FROM THE FARNSWORTH'S HERALDED COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS BY ARTISTS ACTIVE IN MAINE IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. AMONG THOSE INCLUDED WERE WORKS BY FITZ HENRY LANE, MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE, EASTMAN JOHNSON, GEORGE INNESS, JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN, CHILDE HASSAM, FRANK BENSON, BRUCE CRANE, ROBERT HENRI, GEORGE BELLOWS, ROCKWELL KENT, MARSDEN HARTLEY, AND OTHERS. CELEBRATING MAINE ROTHSCHILD GALLERY MARCH 29, 2014-FEBRUARY 12, 2017 THIS EXHIBITION CELEBRATED A SELECTION OF THE BEST AND MOST ICONIC WORKS OF THE COLLECTION DONE BY ARTISTS WHO EITHER LIVED AND/OR WORKED IN MAINE, INCLUDING GEORGE BELLOWS, ROCKWELL KENT, LOUISE NEVELSON, AND ROBERT INDIANA. TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS WYETH: ANDREW AND JAMIE IN THE STUDIO DENVER ART MUSEUM, DENVER, COLORADO NOVEMBER 8, 2015 FEBRUARY 7, 2016 MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA IN MADRID, SPAIN MARCH 1- JUNE 19, 2016 THIS EXHIBITION EXPLORED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO AMERICAN ARTISTS WHO SHARED ARTISTIC HABITS OF MIND WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR OWN UNIQUE ARTISTIC VOICES. NEVER BEFORE HAD AN EXHIBITION DISPLAYED ANDREW WYETH'S AND JAMIE WYETH'S WORK ON THIS SCALE AND IN THE SHARED CONTEXT OF THEIR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, STUDIO PRACTICES, AND IMAGINATIONS. WONDERFUL WORLD OF OZ FIGGE ART MUSEUM, DAVENPORT, IOWA JUNE 11-SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 DRAWN FROM THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MATERIALS RELATING TO THE WIZARD OF OZ STORY AND CHARACTERS THIS EXHIBITION, ORIGINALLY ORGANIZED BY THE FARNSWORTH, FEATURED 110 OBJECTS, FROM THE FINEST KNOWN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION/FIRST STATE OF L. FRANK BAUM'S 1900 BOOK, TO ORIGINAL SKETCHES, COSTUMES AND PROPS FROM THE BELOVED 1939 MOVIE STARRING JUDY GARLAND, TO OZ SPINOFFS SUCH AS PUPPETS, TOYS AND POSTERS FROM OTHER PRODUCTIONS LIKE WICKED AND THE WIZ. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MGM FILM INCLUDE THE HOURGLASS THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST USES TO SHOW DOROTHY HOW MUCH TIME SHE HAD LEFT, THE GREEN LOLLIPOP GUILD MUNCHKIN COSTUME (THE MOST COMPLETE SURVIVING COSTUME FROM THE FILM) AND DOROTHY'S SCREEN-TEST DRESS. THE WILLARD CARROLL/TOM WILHITE COLLECTION WAS SHOWN AT THE FIGGE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE COLLECTORS, AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>EDUCATION STATEMENT: THE FARNSWORTH'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFER NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION, EXHIBITIONS, LIBRARY AND HISTORIC SITES THROUGH THE MULTITUDE OF PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE EDUCATION STAFF. TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS, WE OFFER TALKS, TOURS, FAMILY DAYS, ART CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND MORE. PROGRAMS MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN VISUAL ARTS AND OTHER ART FORMS SUCH AS FILMS, MUSIC, THEATER, LITERATURE AND MORE. OUR PARTNERS ARE DOCENTS, CURATORS, TEACHERS, ART HISTORIANS, CULTURAL HISTORIANS, THOUGHT LEADERS, MUSICIANS, ACTORS AND PERFORMERS TO NAME ONLY SOME. OUR AUDIENCES ARE BOTH THE BEGINNER IN ART TO THE EXPERT IN ART AND INCLUDE PRESCHOOLERS, K-12 COMMUNITY, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, RESIDENTS, VISITORS, SENIORS AND YOUNG PEOPLE. WE WELCOME THE PUBLIC BOTH ON SITE AND ONLINE TO INTERACT, IMAGINE AND BE INSPIRED BY THE ART ON VIEW. CHANGE IN EDUCATION STAFF: ROGER DELL, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, RETIRED IN JUNE 2016 TO PURSUE OTHER PROJECTS AND VASUNDHARA PRABHU WAS HIRED TO JOIN THE STAFF IN FALL OF 2016 AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, AND SENIOR STAFF ADMINISTRATION. VAS PRABHU IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ART MUSEUM EDUCATOR. SHE IS KNOWN FOR CREATING INNOVATIVE EDUCATION/INTERPRETATION PROGRAMS AND FOR CREATING PERMANENT EDUCATION SPACES AT THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART; THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM IN SALEM, MA; THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM AND THE LEGION OF HONOR IN SAN FRANCISCO; AND THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LOS ANGELES. HER COLLABORATIONS WITH ARTISTS, TEENS, COLLEGES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE INCREASED PARTICIPATION BY DIVERSE AUDIENCES, AND HAVE REVITALIZED THE NOTION OF AN ART MUSEUM?MAKING THEM VISITOR?CENTERED FOR ALL AGES. VAS HAS SERVED ON GRANTS PANELS AND WON A VARIETY OF AWARDS FROM THE MUSEUM, ART EDUCATION, AND GRAPHIC DESIGN FIELDS FOR HER WORK. PRABHU IS A GRADUATE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND THE MUSEUM LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AT BANK STREET GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. THE ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR FY 2015 (OCTOBER 2015-SEPTEMBER 2016) ANDREA CURTIS ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER, JOINED THE MUSEUM IN SPRING 2011AND DEVELOPED THE FARNSWORTH'S ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO CREATING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS TO CLASSROOM LEARNING THROUGH ARTS-INTEGRATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH AREA SCHOOLS. SHE COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL EDUCATORS AND TEACHING ARTISTS TO CREATE IMAGINATIVE LESSON PLANS THAT ENCOURAGE STUDENT CREATIVITY. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE STORIES OF THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE PROGRAM, MULTI-VISIT SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, THE WEEKLY EDUCATOR COHORT SESSIONS, AND THE ARTS IN EDUCATION WEBSITE. CURTIS ALSO CURATES AN ANNUAL MULTI-MEDIA STUDENT EXHIBITION FOCUSED ON VISITOR ENGAGEMENT. CURTIS HOLDS DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AND THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, AND IS TRAINED IN LINCOLN CENTER AND PROJECT ZERO METHODOLOGIES. AS PART OF OUR EXPANSION MODEL, IN FALL 2015, THE FARNSWORTH PILOTED A YEARLONG AND A SEMESTER LONG STORIES PROGRAM TITLED RESPECTIVELY STORIES YEAR AND STORIES SEMESTER. FOLLOWING THE STUDENT EXHIBITIONS IN SPRING 2016 (ONE AT THE FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM AND TWO OFF-SITE AT SCHOOLS) WHICH FEATURED OVER 400 STUDENTS' WORK, PARTICIPATING EDUCATORS IN BOTH PROGRAMS WERE CONVENED IN A SUMMER FOCUS GROUP TO DISCUSS OUTCOMES OF EACH PROGRAM. THIS FEEDBACK ALONG WITH PROGRAM EVALUATIONS WAS INCORPORATED INTO A REMODELED ARTS-INTEGRATION APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED FOR THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR. DURING THE TIME PERIOD COVERED IN THIS 900 REPORT, THE MUSEUM WORKED WITH 56 TEACHERS AND 400 STUDENTS, SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES OVER TEN MONTHS. THE ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS A ROBUST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CALLED THE EDUCATOR COHORT. BEGUN IN 2011, THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO HOST MONTHLY WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS WHO AS LEARNERS, EXPLORE IN THE FARNSWORTH'S GALLERIES AND ART-MAKING STUDIO. THESE EDUCATORS COLLABORATE ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND GRADE LEVELS TO CREATE ARTS-INTEGRATION LESSONS FOR THEIR STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS BY TEACHING ARTISTS AND MUSEUM EDUCATORS, EDUCATOR COHORT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTATIONS AT THE MUSEUM AND IN-SCHOOL WITH THE ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER. TOPICS DURING FY 2015 INCLUDED SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION WITH A FOCUS ON NATIVE MARINE ECOLOGY, USING CARTOONS AS A CATALYST FOR WRITING, AND A GALLERY GAME NIGHT. A TOTAL OF 82 TEACHERS PARTICIPATED IN COHORT SESSIONS DURING FY 2015. FINALLY, WE CONTINUE TO CREATE INTEREST IN ARTS IN EDUCATION ONLINE, WWW.FARNSWORTHARTSINEDUCATION.ORG OUR EDUCATION WEBSITE, DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR EDUCATORS, WHICH OFFERS FREE ONLINE RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS INTERESTED IN TEACHING THROUGH THE ARTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM. LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 2016, THE WEBSITE GAVE TEACHERS ACCESS TO PAINTINGS FROM THE FARNSWORTH COLLECTION, RELATED LESSONS PLANS AND ACTIVITIES, AND ARTS-LEARNING UNITS. THIS SITE HAS ALSO BEEN HELPFUL IN PROGRAM REGISTRATIONS, MARKETING FREE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS, AND SHARING INFORMATION WITH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. THE SITE HAD 657 UNIQUE VISITORS AND 2,514 PAGE VIEWS. 990 SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND DOCENT PROGRAMS FY 2015 (OCTOBER 2015 TO SEPTEMBER 2016) DENISE MITCHELL HAS OVERSEEN THE SCHOOLS AND DOCENT PROGRAM AT THE MUSEUM FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, ORGANIZING AND PLANNING MUSEUM VISITS FOR K-12 STUDENTS. SHE WORKS WITH THE MUSEUM'S DOCENTS TO PROVIDE ENGAGING, INTERACTIVE TOURS FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING THE MUSEUM'S NEWEST PROGRAM, MEMORY GALLERY, INVOLVING ADULTS WITH EARLY STAGES OF MEMORY LOSS. IN ADDITION, SHE OVERSEES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, COLLABORATING WITH EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS LINCOLN CENTER AND DANCE EXCHANGE, TO MAKE ART MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EDUCATORS. A CORNERSTONE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROGRAM IS SCHOOL TOURS. DURING THE 2015 FISCAL YEAR, THERE WERE 94 SCHOOL GROUPS FROM AROUND MAINE, TOTALING 2,621 STUDENTS THAT VISITED THE MUSEUM. THESE STUDENTS RANGED FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND EACH GROUP HAD A GUIDED TOUR EXPERIENCE LED BY DOCENTS AND EDUCATION STAFF, AND HANDS-ON ART MAKING EXPERIENCES WHEN REQUESTED. IN ADDITION TO STUDENT TOURS, MUSEUM DOCENTS GAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF ADULT TOURS IN FY 2015: CRUISE LINES, BUS COMPANIES, HIGHLIGHT TOURS, AND SPECIAL GALLERY TOURS, INCLUDING THE NEWLY PILOTED MEMORY GALLERY PROGRAM, WERE CONDUCTED FOR MORE THAN 2,000 VISITORS. WITH THIS BUSY SCHEDULE, THE DOCENTS WERE HAPPY TO WELCOME FOUR NEW RECRUITS WHO COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING IN TIME FOR THE BUSY SPRING AND SUMMER SCHEDULE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>PUBLIC PROGRAMS FY 2015 (OCTOBER 2015-SEPTEMBER 2016) KELLY FINLAY, COORDINATOR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS JOINED THE MUSEUM IN SPRING 2009 AND ORGANIZES COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PUBLIC TALKS, COLLABORATIVE FILM PROGRAMS, AND STUDIO ART PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF ARTIST-CENTRIC, INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROJECTS INCLUDING AN ANNUAL THEMATIC ARTIST PANEL ARTISTS ON ART. SHE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING ORGANIZERS OF PECHAKUCHA NIGHT MIDCOAST MAINE, AND HAS FACILITATED TWO LARGE-SCALE MURAL ARTS PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN ROCKLAND. FINLAY WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ASSISTANT CURATOR AT THE CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART WHERE SHE WORKED WITH OVER 2,000 MAINE ARTISTS. SHE IS A GRADUATE OF BATES COLLEGE AND HOLDS AN MA FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. TWENTY SEVEN PUBLIC TALKS AND LECTURE PROGRAMS TOOK PLACE DURING FY 2015. MANY WERE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AND INVOLVED OUR CURATORIAL STAFF, THOUGH A NUMBER WERE ON SPECIALIZED TOPICS AND WERE COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE. RETIRED MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR NADIA MARGOLIS GAVE A TWO-PART LECTURE ABOUT THE VISUAL HISTORY OF JOAN OF ARC. WE COLLABORATED WITH THE ROCKLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT A LECTURE ABOUT ROCKLAND-BORN POET EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY. A COLLABORATIVE ARTIST'S TALK WITH PAINTER EMILY EVELETH WAS PART OF A COMMUNITY EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE INVENTION OF THE DOUGHNUT. SCHOLAR THOMAS DUMM PRESENTED OUR 2016 WILL BARNET LECTURE, AND WE ALSO HOSTED JAMES DUFF OF THE BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM FOR OUR 2016 WYETH DAY LECTURE. TWO KEY PROGRAMS CENTERED ON OUR MAJOR SUMMER EXHIBITION PUSHING BOUNDARIES, INCLUDING CURATOR MARILYN KUSHNER AND MASTER PRINTMAKER DONALD SAFF. OVERALL, THESE PROGRAMS SERVED OVER 1,300 INDIVIDUALS. THE FARNSWORTH'S ROBUST FILM PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR NEIGHBOR, THE STRAND THEATRE. THE WINTER MONTHS SAW A CONTINUATION OF OUR CLASSIC FILM SERIES AND IN THE SPRING, WE FEATURED A BEHIND-THE-SCENES DOCUMENTARY SERIES CALLED EUROPEAN MASTERS ON SCREEN. OUR ONGOING FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES INCLUDED 10 SCREENINGS FOCUSED ON ART AND ARTISTS. WE COLLABORATED WITH OUR NEW NEIGHBOR, CMCA, IN A SCREENING OF A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LOCAL ARTIST HAROLD GARDE. WE ALSO SCREENED A SERIES OF ANIMATED SHORT FILMS IN TANDEM WITH OUR SHARE THE WONDER FAMILY CELEBRATION. OVERALL ATTENDANCE AT THESE VARIOUS FILM PROGRAMS TOTALED OVER 1,900. THE FARNSWORTH HOSTED 16 FAMILY PROGRAMS AND STUDIO PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN IN FY 2015. IN THE WINTER AND SPRING, WE CONTINUED A COLLABORATION WITH THE ASHWOOD WALDORF SCHOOL IN OFFERING A NUMBER OF PUPPET PLAYS IN OUR LIBRARY. WE HOSTED SIX ART CAMPS, BOTH DURING THE SCHOOL VACATION WEEKS AND IN THE SUMMER. WE PARTICIPATED IN THE MIDCOAST MINI-MAKER FAIRE HOSTED BY THE CAMDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY. IN THE SPRING, WE PRESENTED A PUNCH &amp; JUDY SHOW, PERFORMED BY NANCE PARKER OF SHOE STRING THEATRE ON ROCKLAND'S MAIN STREET DURING SUMMER SOLSTICE. NANCE PARKER RETURNED IN THE FALL FOR A WEEKLONG MASK AND PUPPET MAKING WORKSHOP, WHICH CULMINATED IN THE FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL PARADE. OUR SHARE THE WONDER HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING INCLUDED VARIOUS CRAFT ACTIVITIES AND A GINGERBREAD HOUSE DECORATING WORKSHOP. THESE PROGRAMS SERVED OVER 1,900 CHILDREN IN THE MIDCOAST. OUR STUDIO WORKSHOPS AT THE FARNSWORTH'S GAMBLE EDUCATION CENTER TOOK PLACE YEAR-ROUND WITH INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN THE WINTER MONTHS. CLASSES VARIED FROM ONE TO TWO DAY LONG INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS, TO ONGOING, MULTI-WEEK WORKSHOPS, SUCH AS SAM CADY'S 10-WEEK DRAWING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE SPRING AND FALL. WORKSHOP TOPICS INCLUDED SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION, VISUAL JOURNALING, PAPER MARBLING, VARIOUS WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES, PLEIN AIR PAINTING, POETRY WRITING, ENCAUSTICS, BOOKMAKING, INDIGO DYING, PRINTMAKING, AND MORE! OVERALL, WE HELD 23 CLASSES WITH 225 PARTICIPANTS. IN FY 2015 WE ALSO HELD A FEW NEW "OUTSIDE THE BOX" PUBLIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING AN ART HISTORY &amp; POP-CULTURE TRIVIA NIGHT AT FOG BAR &amp; CAFE. WE ALSO HOSTED A NOONTIME SIT SERIES IN OUR GALLERIES, WHERE A LOCAL YOGA INSTRUCTOR LED A WEEKLY MIDDAY MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION SESSION. WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH EVERYMAN REPERTORY THEATRE TO PRESENT A SERIES OF DRAMATIC READINGS IN OUR AUDITORIUM OF TONY-AWARD WINNING PLAYS, A NUMBER OF WHICH WERE SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES.</ExplanationTxt>
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