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January 8, 1992
The David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Collection, major gift to Photography Department; The Intuitive Eye, exhibition 161-162
January 10, 1992
African American History Month, programs 163-165
January 22, 1992
Museum shop, Valentine’s Day gift ideas 166-168
January 23, 1992
Nils-Ole Lund: Collage Architecture, exhibition featuring images of Chicago and AIC, related publication 77, 169-170, 250
January 30, 1992
Mark Strand, poetry reading, hosted by Reginald Gibbons and sponsored by Lannan Foundation 171-172
January 1992 Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 173-178
Men in America: Photographs by Tom Arndt, exhibition 173
At the Edge of Shelter: Homelessness in Chicago, photography exhibition sponsored by Focus/Infinity Fund of Chicago; complementing exhibition titled Keepers of the Flame: Lewis Hine and Walter Rosenblum 173
Imaging the Body: From Fragment to Total Display, Permanent collection exhibition concurrent with show titled Metaphors of Biological Structure/Architectural Construction organized by AIC Ryerson and Burnham Libraries in conjunction with The University of Chicago Centennial Symposium 173-174
February 12, 1992
Master European Paintings from The National Gallery of Ireland: Mantegna to Goya, exhibition venues and catalogue; remarks by AIC Director and President James N. Wood 179-181, 251, 272-273
February 14, 1992
Museum Studies, AIC semiannual (v. 18, no. 1) cataloguing exhibition titled Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono; Noh drama costumes; James T. Ulak and Betty Siffert of Asian Art Department, et. al., 182-184
Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On This Sleeve of Fondest Dreams, exhibition; opening of renovated galleries of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Art 77, 182-189, 212, 272
February 18, 1992
Galleries of Chinese, Japanese and Korean Art, renovation, announcement of the opening date; Chairman of The Board of Trustees Marshall Field; AIC Director and President James N. Wood; Curator of the Department of Asian Art Yutaka Mino; gallery arrangement, Japanese screens gallery designed by Tadao Ando; The Asian Study Center; Asian Art, AIC publication; the Government of Japan, Mitsubishi Bank, Mr. T. T. Tsui of Hong Kong, Rice Foundation, McCormick Foundation, and Susanne and Richard Barancik, funding; the Asahi Shimbun endowment for The Asian Study Center; Mr. Masao Kato, acquisition fund 190-194, 272, 276
February 1992 Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 197-200
March 24, 1992
Patrick Tosani: Photographer, exhibition organized by curator of Photography Sylvia Wolf in collaboration with Association Francaise d’Action Artistique, Ministere des Affaires Entrageres, venues and catalogue 201-202, 251, 274
March 25, 1992
Museum shop, Easter and Passover holiday gifts, Chagall’s American Windows, adaptation from stained glass panel; gifts inspired by Beatrix Potter’s Tales of Peter Rabbit; Alice in Wonderland, set of playing cards from AIC Prints and Drawings collection, adaptation 203-206
March 26, 1992
Kraft Education Center, grant from Chicago Community Trust’s Special Projects Initiative in support of interactive exhibition titled Art Inside Out; AIC Director and President James N. Wood; Executive Director of Chicago Community Trust Bruce L. Newman; Dr. Scholl Foundation 207-208, 257, 266-267
Li-Young Lee and Jonathan Spence, evening of reading and conversation sponsored by The Lannan Foundation 209-210
March 30, 1992
Homer’s The Odyssey, performance by Odds Bodkin, storyteller 211
March 1992 Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 212-218
April 20, 1992
Museum shop, Mother’s Day gift ideas, jigsaw puzzles featuring paintings from Museum’s collection; AIC publications European Decorative Arts and Glass Paperweights(the Arthur Rubloff Collection); calligrapher service 219-223
April 27, 1992
Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of Narrative Paintings, Hampton University Museum, VA, exhibition venues and catalogue 224-225, 251, 275
April 1992 Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 229-233
May 13, 1992
Luis Gonzalez Palma, Lucas Samaras, Witnesses of Time: Photographs by Flor Garduno, contemporary photography exhibitions organized by The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, and sponsored by AIC Auxiliary Board as a part of Columbus’ quincentennial celebration; complementary show for major exhibition The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes 77, 234-235, 250, 253, 255
May 20, 1992
Museum shop, wedding gift ideas, Asian Art collection, adaptations; Blenko Glass; Eickholdt Glass Studio 236-240
May 1992 Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 75-81
Patrick Tosani: Photographer, French Culture Month, exhibition organized in collaboration with Association Francaise d’Action Artistique and Ministere des Affaires Artistique, exhibition venues and catalogue 75, 201-202, 251, 274
From America’s Studios: Twelve Contemporary Masters, exhibition of distinguished SAIC alumni organized by curator of 20th Century Art at AIC Neal Benezra (appointed chief curator at The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.) 75, 227; 273; correction for the exhibition dates 226
Architecture in Miniature: Furniture Designed by Josef Hoffman, exhibition, the Vienna Secession; included textiles by Hoffman and Carl Czeschka 76, 253
English Silver: Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden from the Vivian and David M. Campbell Collection (Toronto, Canada), exhibition organized by David A. Hanks & Associates, N.Y., and Smithsonian Institution (SITES); AIC showing coordinated by curator of European Decorative Arts Department Lynn Springer Roberts 76, 252-253
Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone: A Series of Lithographs by Theodore Gericault, exhibition; Chicago Gericault Album 76
Metaphors of Biological Structure/Architectural Construction, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries exhibition as a part of the University of Chicago symposium 76, 173-174
Art and Craft: British Prints from the Permanent Collection, exhibition 77
Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On this Sleeve of Fondest Dreams, exhibition of Noh drama costumes and design books from Ryerson and Burnham Libraries 77, 182-189, 212
Nils-Ole Lund: Collage Architecture, exhibition featiring images of Chicago and the Art Institute; The Architecture Society, Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard, Seymour H. Persky Fund for Architecture, project funding 77, 169-170, 250
Luis Gonzalez Palma, exhibition 77, 234-235, 250
Lucas Samaras, photography exhibition, donation of the artist’s works by Robert and Gayle Greenhill (CT) 77, 234-235, 253
June 1, 1992
Museum’s Garden Restaurant named one of the top of ten outdoor restaurants by Travel & Leisure magazine; After Hours Jazz program, Ray Bailey Quintet 241-242
Evenings Around Sculpture Court, special program in Roger McCormick Memorial Sculpture Court 243
June 4, 1992
Museum shop, Father’s Day gift ideas 244-247
June 20, 1992
1992-1994 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE (248-265)
Greek Islands Embroidered Textiles, exhibition, the Burton Yost Berry Collection 254
A Year for Giving, exhibition series on American printmaking: American Prints 1900-1945, Part I, the Ashcan School, the Harlem Renaissance; American Wood Prints; American Modernist Prints Before 1960, 254
Reflections of Weimar Germany: Portfolios by Beckmann and Corinth, exhibition, acquisition of two sets of lithographs in Prints and Drawings Department 255
Joel Sternfield, exhibition from American Prospects series, promised gift 255
European Architecture and Interiors 1890-1940: Portfolios from Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, exhibition 256, 311
Sitting Pretty: Photographs by Debora Hunter and Sue Packer, exhibition 256
Henri Rousseau’s The Dream (1910), The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; Henri Matisse’s Bathers by the River (1916), AIC; paintings on loan, museum exchange 256, 318
Transitions in Form: Modernism and Songye Stool (working title), exhibition, acquisition in the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas 257
Pre-Columbian Codices in Facsimile from the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries’ Collections, complementary show for major exhibition The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes 257, 339
The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes, AIC traveling exhibition, organized by curator of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Richard Townsend; exhibition venues and catalogue 258, 339-340
Photographs by Rose Mandel, exhibition; the Mandel Collection; Lucia Woods Lindley and Daniel A. Lindley, Jr., acquisition funding 259, 340
Building in New Spain: Contemporary Spanish Architecture, traveling exhibition organized by AIC and The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation Gallery in Madrid, Spain 259, 340
News from a Radiant Future: Soviet Propaganda Porcelain from the Craig and Kay Tuber Collection (Chicago), exhibition 260, 340
What’s New: Prague, exhibition, second of What’s New series 260
Mexican, Central, and South American Textiles: A Living Legacy, show in conjunction with exhibition The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes 260, 341
Max Klinger’s A Glove (working title), exhibition, the German Symbolist Movement 261
Marc Chagall: The Moscow Jewish Theater Murals from The State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow, exhibition 261, 360-362
Magritte, traveling exhibition organized by Hayward Gallery, London, catalogue 261-262
The Moscow Avant-Garde Architecture: 1955-1991, exhibition, guest curator Eugene Asse 262
Constructing the Fair: Platinum Photographs of the World’s Columbian Exposition by C. D. Arnold, exhibition from AIC Ryerson and Burnham Libraries holdings, catalogue 262
Thonet Furniture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Steinfeld, exhibition including textiles from Permanent collection, catalogue 263
Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1933: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis, exhibition, sequel to the 1987-1988 AIC exhibition titled Birth of a Metropolis; installation by Stanley Tigerman, et. al.; curator John Zukowsky, monograph publication 263
Gates of Mystery: The Art of Holy Russia from The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, exhibition of religious icons, medieval textiles, manuscripts, and other objects produced in The Armory of Moscow Kremlin; catalogue 264
Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism, exhibition catalogue and venues 264-265
Thinking is Form: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys, exhibition organized by Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., 265
June 20, 1992
The Samuel R. and Marie Louise Rosenthal Gallery, Collection of Honore Daumier bronzes, promised gift 266
Kraft General Foods Education Center, renovation project, opening dates 266-267
June 23, 1992
Arts and Crafts in Vienna: Furniture Designed by Josef Hoffman, exhibition, the Vienna Secession; included textiles by Hoffman and Carl Czeschka 76, 253, 268
English Silver: Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden from the Vivian and David M. Campbell Collection (Toronto, Canada), exhibition organized by David A. Hanks & Associates, N.Y., and Smithsonian Institution (SITES), curator of European Decorative Arts Department Lynn Springer Roberts 76, 252-253, 268-269
June 29, 1992
American Prints 1900-1960: Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection, exhibition series featuring the Ashcan School, the American Scene, the Harlem Renaissance, the Work Progress Administration (WPA), et. al.: American Prints Before World War II, American Wood Prints, American Modernist Prints; catalogue published by AIC Department of Prints and Drawings 254, 270-271, 291, 314, 321
June 1992 Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 272-279
Galleries of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Art, renovation and reinstallation, announcement of opening; Department of Museum Education, programs celebrating Asian culture; benefactors 190-194, 272
Master European Paintings from The National Gallery of Ireland: Mantegna to Goya, exhibition organized in cooperation with AIC, exhibition venues and catalogue; remarks by AIC Director and President James N. Wood 179-181, 251, 272-273
From America’s Studios: Twelve Contemporary Masters, exhibition of distinguished SAIC alumni, curator of 20th Century Art at AIC Neal Benezra, (at the time appointed as Chief Curator in The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.) 75, 227, 273; correction for exhibition dates 226 ; From America’s Studio: Drawing New Conclusion, SAIC complementary show 273
July 17, 1992
Joel Sternfeld, exhibition from American Prospects series; AIC color photography archiving and conservation project 255, 280, 342
July 29, 1992
Museum shop, variety of Chicago travel books, maps and videos; The Sky’s The Limit, edited by curator of Architecture Pauline A. Saliga with essays by curator of Architecture Department John Zukowsky and associate director of Museum Education Department Jane H. Clarke; Chicago Architecture 1872-1922, edited by John Zukowsky; AIC periodical Museum Studies (v. 14, no. 1) featuring the history of Museum’s architectural structure 281-285
July 1992 Monthly calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 291-298
August 10, 1992
Special AIC publications: Textiles by curator of Textiles Department Christa C. M. Thurman; Asian Art by curator of Chinese Art Elinor Pearlstein, curator of Japanese Art James T. Ulak, and Deborah Del Gais Miller, with introduction by curator of Asian Art Department Dr. Yutaka Mino; Feasting: A Celebration of Food in Art by SAIC professor James Yood; The Ancient Americas: Art of Sacred Landscapes, exhibition catalogue edited by curator of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Richard F. Townsend; Building in a New Spain: Contemporary Spanish Architecture, exhibition catalogue edited by curator of Architecture Pauline Saliga; News from a Radiant Future: Soviet Propaganda Porcelain from Craig H. and Kay A. Tuber Collection, exhibition catalogue by curator of European Decorative Arts Ian Wardropper, et. al., 299-303
August 19, 1992
Ilya Sandra Perlingieri, professor at San Diego State University, CA, lecture on Renaissance woman artist Sofonisba Anguissola 304-305
August 21, 1992
Museum shop, offerings in conjunction with exhibition The Ancient Americas; exhibition catalogue and monograph titled The Aztecs by Richard Townsend, textiles, jewelry by Don Lucas and Luis Cue, Huichol Indians’ masks, Michoacan boxes 306-310
August 1992 Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 311-317
Kraft General Foods Education Center, renovation project, announcement of opening; benefactors; inaugural exhibition titled Art Inside Out; Illustrations by Tomie dePaola, exhibition 266-267, 318, 324
September 1992 Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 318-326
October 1, 1992
Museum shop, bronze bookends newly designed by SAIC faculty member Roy Tijerina depicting Edward Kemeys’ Lions (1893), sculptures located at Museum’s main entrance; Centennial of AIC architectural structure 327
October 15, 1992
News from a Radiant Future: Soviet Propaganda Porcelain from the Craig and Kay Tuber Collection (Chicago), exhibition, curator of European Decorative Arts Ian Wardropper 260; 332-335, 341; catalogue 302-303
“Skrebneski on Skrebneski”, program sponsored by The Community Associates of AIC; discussion and film screening featuring photographer Victor Screbneski; SAIC alumnus 336
October 22, 1992
Gary Snyder poetry reading, hosted by Edward Hirsch 337-338
October 1992 Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 339-348
November 9, 1992
Christa Mayer Thurman, Head of the Department of Textiles, 25 years of work in the Department; $1 million anonymous endowment for curatorial chair named after Mrs. Thurman; comments by AIC Director and President James N. Wood and Chairman of The Board of Trustees Marshall Field; dinner hosted by Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Corporation and Chairman of The Committee on Textiles in AIC John H. Bryan; contribution to Textiles acquisition fund from 155 donors 349-351
November 1992 Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center352-359
December 7, 1992
Marc Chagall: The Jewish Theatre Murals from The State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow, exhibition organized by Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in cooperation with Chagall Biblical Message Museum, et. al; group tours and hotel packages 261, 360-362
December 14, 1992
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, appointed Hispanic Studies Coordinator in the Teacher Services Division of the Department of Museum Education, SAIC faculty member 363-366
December 1992 Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures. Kraft Education Center 367-374
