MMoCA 2021 Winter Newsletter

WINTER 2021

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
AMY CUTLER
A Narrative Thread
STATE STREET GALLERY • FEB 20–MAY 16, 2021
Amy Cutler has garnered critical acclaim for her immaculately detailed and narratively enigmatic gouache on paper
paintings. Her solo exhibition at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), Amy Cutler: A Narrative Thread,
will highlight a new body of work the artist developed in response to an April 2019 trip to Madison, during which she
viewed a selection of Persian miniature paintings and Japanese woodblock prints at the Chazen Museum of Art and a
variety of fabric samplers held in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. MMoCA will present five of Cutler’s new
works inspired by that visit, along with other new and existing pieces in the artist’s body of work.
The imaginary worlds Cutler creates are populated by strong and determined women, who are often adorned in clothing
culled from various world regions and historical periods—these outfits hint at the psychology of the figures who wear
them. As the New York-based artist has stated, “I use fabrics to create a subtext of meaning.”
The women in Trial (2004), for instance, wear stiff, Shaker-style attire as they fly unseen objects, presumably kites.
Committed to their task, they appear unaware that the spooled kite string is one-and-the-same as the stitched thread
of their clothing. The higher the kites fly, the more their dresses unravel and reveal. Other women busily construct
a brick wall with such focus that they do not realize they have built sections of the wall over their dresses. They are
trapped unless they remove their clothing. Although they stand together, the women seem not to notice each other, or
the devastation around them, in which dozens of trees have been destroyed. As allegory, Trial instructs us that when
we become too absorbed by our own ambitions or objectives, we lose sight of our personal and civic responsibilities
to each other, and to the larger world.
To date, Presenting Sponsorship for Amy Cutler: A Narrative Thread has been provided by The David and Paula
Kraemer Fund. Major Sponsorship has been provided by Gina and Michael Carter; and the Steinhauer Charitable
Trust; with additional support from Dane County Arts with funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, the
Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of the Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant
T. Rowland Foundation; and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
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ARTWORK IMAGES
COVER: Amy Cutler, Semblance, 2019. Gouache on paper 29 1/2 x 55 in. The Menil Collection, Houston. PAGE 2: Amy
Cutler, Trial, 2004. Gouache on paper, 29 x 41 1/4 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. PAGE 3: Faisal
Abdu’Allah, Duppy Conqueror, 2017. Jacquard tapestry, 117 x 53 in. each. Edition of 3 + AP. Faisal Abdu’Allah, The Barber’s
Chair, 2017. Gold plating, leather, aluminum, cast iron, 49 x 55 x 25 in. Commissioned by Autograph ABP. Edition of 3 + AP.

FAISAL ABDU’ALLAH
Dark Matter
MAIN GALLERIES • MAY 1–SEP 26, 2021
Dark Matter is a solo exhibition of work by internationally celebrated, Madison-based artist Faisal Abdu’Allah. Through
explorations of personal identity, cultural representation, and the systems of power that structure our experiences of
the world, Abdu’Allah focuses attention on the human capacity for radical transformation.
A selection of Abdu’Allah’s existing work will serve as inflection points throughout the exhibition, highlighting specific
pieces the artist associates with personal and artistic moments of growth. For instance, the museum will reconstruct
Garden of Eden (2003), an architectural installation the artist created in collaboration with celebrated architect Sir
David Adjaye. Never before exhibited in the United States, Garden of Eden explores issues of privilege, exclusion, and
the voyeuristic gaze though an interactive experience that separates visitors based on eye color in order to undermine
our perceptions of difference and alienation.
Dark Matter will also honor Abdu’Allah’s background as a barber—an aspect of his life that informs much of his work.
The Barber’s Chair (2018) is precisely what it sounds like, but with the addition of sleek black leather fabric and gold
plating. In choosing these materials, the artist reflects the importance of the barbershop within the social and emotional
life of many Black communities. Expanding his object-based work into performance and community engagement,
Abdu’Allah focuses on the ritual of cutting hair—and how styling Black hair is a political act in society. Through his
Live Salon performances, Abdu’Allah expands his object-based work into performance and community engagement.
First performed in England in 2006, the artist offers
free haircuts to museum visitors, during which
unscripted conversations unfold between barber
and client in the middle of the gallery.
To date, presenting sponsorship for Faisal
Abdu’Allah: Dark Matter has been provided by
BMO Harris Private Bank. Additional support has
been provided by Dane County Arts with additional
funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation,
the Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of the
Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation,
and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
FULL CIRCLE
Acquisitions and Exhibitions
MAIN GALLERIES • ON VIEW THROUGH MAR 21, 2021
Full Circle traces MMoCA’s collecting and exhibition history over
the past 30 years and reflects the culmination of the work and dedication
of recently retired Director Emeritus Stephen Fleischman.
Artworks were acquired that complemented and bolstered the
strengths of the permanent collection in the areas of contemporary
photography, Chicago Imagism, and works by Midwestern artists.
Full Circle features familiar favorites alongside more recent acquisitions,
including works by Deborah Butterfield, Sam Gilliam, Jin
Soo Kim, Jacob Lawrence, Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt,
Susan Rothenberg, and Frank Stella.
Among the museum’s most recent additions to the permanent
collection is the bronze sculpture by Joel Shapiro, Untitled
(1982-85), which is installed in the museum’s Rooftop Sculpture
Garden for Full Circle. The New York-based sculptor is known
for his abstract, large-scale geometric shapes suggestive of human
forms in movement. Untitled was gifted to MMoCA by the Joel
Shapiro Foundation in honor of Stephen Fleischman.
About a dozen artists in Full Circle reflected on their work and their association with MMoCA in a special video playing
in the gallery, and available at mmoca.org. In addition, a virtual tour of the exhibition is available on our website.
Presenting Sponsorship for Full Circle: Acquisitions and Exhibitions has been provided by Jan and Bill DeAtley;
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation; and Ellen Rosner and Paul J. Reckwerdt. Major Sponsorship has been provided
by JoAnne Robbins and David Falk; and Madison Print Club with additional support from Chuck Bauer and Chuck
Beckwith; Natalie and Dan Erdman; JH Findorff & Son Inc.; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Volunteers; Diane
Seder and Bruce Rosen; Terry Family Foundation; Darcy Kind and Marc Vitale; Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from
the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts; and Jessica and Jim Yehle.
GLADYS NILSSON
Out of This World
HENRY STREET GALLERY • ON VIEW THROUGH JUN 6, 2021
Chicago Imagist and Hairy Who artist, Gladys Nilsson humorously incorporates observations from the everyday into
her densely-packed and vibrant works of art. Whether she is in the waiting room at the doctor’s office or boarding
a plane, Nilsson delights in the interactions of people, distinct pieces of clothing, and odd bits of conversation. The
resulting works underscore our flawed and shared humanity while highlighting the comical interactions that pervade
the mundane. Out of This World includes layered
collages, watercolors, paintings, and prints that
span 40 years of Nilsson’s career. Out of This
World also was selected for inclusion in the
Feminist Art Coalition’s 2020 series of cultural
events, in which various art museums and
non-profit institutions nationwide presented
concurrent commissions, exhibitions, performances,
talks, and symposia in the yearlong
runup to the 2020 presidential election. A virtual
tour of Out of This World is available for online
viewing at mmoca.org.
Exhibitions in the Henry Street Gallery are generously
funded through an endowment established
by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.
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JOJIN VAN WINKLE
The Destruction Project
IMPRINT GALLERY • ON VIEW THROUGH APR 11, 2021
Jojin Van Winkle’s new multimedia installation The
Destruction Project unpacks the concept of destruction
in three chapters: destruction as entertainment,
destruction as rejuvenation, and destruction as
irreversible. The documentary-based installation
features photographs and accompanying video and
audio. Field recordings and interviews with women
who inhabit rural spaces detail their relationship to
destruction in everyday life. These recordings overlay
theatrical explorations of the inherent beauty seen in
loss as well the beauty of renewal. Car culture, from
demolition derbies in Wisconsin to Jokkis races in
Finland, provide a lens through which to examine the
ever-present forces of destruction in our lives. The ways in which we embrace destruction intentionally are contrasted
with the slower, more passive processes of decay and decomposition. Van Winkle delves into the ways destruction and
growth intersect with choice, change, and violence—both natural and human-made.
Generous support for Imprint Gallery programming has been provided by Willy Haeberli in memory of Gabriele Haberland.
JAMES CAGLE
A Final Meditation on Art
STATE STREET GALLERY • ON VIEW THROUGH JAN 31, 2021
James Cagle’s formalist photographs transform
familiar objects and overlooked spaces into
elegant and quietly beautiful compositions, using
the language of modernist photography to draw
attention to the quotidian. The central work in
this exhibition, A Final Meditation on Art (2019),
represents the culmination of Cagle’s creative
vision: a quietly powerful photographic installation
he conceived while confronting terminal illness.
The fifteen photographs in this work range from
the purely abstract to the pointedly figurative.
Presented together in a tight grid, the images can
be observed singularly or in relationship to each
other, thereby allowing for visual connections and
narrative associations to ricochet off each other.
A renewed focus on programming centered around this exhibition will provide a new look at the ways that Cagle’s
work continues to inspire. These programs include a photography workshop that uses themes and content similar to
Cagle’s, as well as guided meditation exclusively developed for MMoCA and brought to you by the experts at Healthy
Minds Innovations, taking inspiration from the aura of tranquility found in Cagle’s work. Please check mmoca.org for
details on these upcoming programs.
We’re happy to announce that, at its December 3 meeting, MMoCA’s Permanent Collection Committee voted to accept the
works in A Final Meditation on Art into MMoCA’s permanent collection.
Major Sponsorship for James Cagle: A Final Meditation on Art has been provided by the Rona B. Malofsky Trust.
Additional support has been provided by Dane County Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company
Foundation, the Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of the Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation,
and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation; Jan Marshall Fox; Bill White; and a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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GET INVOLVED
IF ART MOVES YOU,
WILL YOU MOVE FOR ART?
Run, Walk, or Roll for MMoCA this winter
JAN 15–31, 2021
Join in the fun and help support the Museum this
winter by participating in the MMoCA Mosaic 5K,
a brand new socially distanced event. Funds raised
will be critical in keeping the Museum admission-free,
and allow us to continue fulfilling our mission to offer
vibrant contemporary art exhibitions and educational
programming.
JAN 15-31, 2021
Run, walk, or roll the 5K at any pace, anywhere—inside
or out—from January 15 through 31, 2021. MMoCA
welcomes businesses to sponsor the event.
Photos submitted by 5K participants will become part
of a vibrant photo mosaic, viewable online and in
MMoCA’s lobby Tuesday, February 23-Sunday, March
14, 2021. Also, registrants will receive a one-of-a-kind
MMoCA Mosaic 5K scarf featuring the artwork of
Madison-based artist Terrence Adeyanju.
THREE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:
Register for the 5K
mmoca.org/activities/mm5k#Register
Donate in support of MMoCA
mmoca.org/activities/mm5k#Donate
Create your own fundraising page
justgiving.com/campaign/mm5k
LEAD SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED BY
NEWCOMB CONSTRUCTION AND SUMMIT CREDIT UNION.
As of printing date, partner sponsorship has been provided by
BDO USA; First Business Bank; Hellenbrand Glass; Hooper Corporation; JF Ahern Co; J.H. Findorff and Sons, Inc;
Lycon Inc; M3 Insurance; Oak Bank; Oakbrook Corporation; John and Irene Ronzia; Selinger and Brunette, LLC;
Sketchworks Architecture, Inc; and Darcy Kind and Marc Vitale. With additional support from Ace Electric;
Air Temperature Services; and Stark Company Realtors.
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EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Photo courtesy of MMoCA
MMoCA LAUNCHES TEEN FORUM
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is excited to announce the formation of a new teen-led group, the MMoCA
Teen Forum. Members of the Teen Forum will meet virtually and bi-monthly throughout the winter and spring of
2020-21 to create materials for an upcoming Teen Art Exhibition in the MMoCA lobby.
This academic year, the Teen Forum includes the following members: Oscar Jimenez, Keomali Johnston, Thavida
Johnston, Josie Kunkle-Schoen, Sophie Kunstman, Ransom Stalker-Herron, and Z Winchester.
The program participants will receive mentorship from MMoCA Educational and Curatorial staff in order to execute
all aspects of the Teen Art Exhibition, as well as being connected with contemporary art and artists in meaningful ways.
Staff mentorship will help guide the Teen Forum members as they create the Teen Art Exhibition, including developing
an exhibition concept; setting up an application and submission method; curating works; considering layout, implementation,
and installation of the exhibition; and creating an accompanying educational programming event. The
resulting exhibition will be dynamic and multi-disciplinary. In addition, Teen Forum members will meet with members
of MMoCA staff to learn more about careers in the arts, and the everyday functions and operations of the Museum.
The Teen Forum will have the autonomy to create significant and relevant arts programming at the museum and will be
exposed to a diverse array of professional roles within the arts. The inaugural MMoCA Teen Forum will be an invaluable
group to transform the ways area teens experience and interact with MMoCA. The program will be sustained and
develop in future years, with the goal that each consecutive year of the
program the Teen Forum will be increasingly teen-led and directed.
MMoCA’s upcoming Teen Art Exhibition will be on display in the
Museum lobby from April 3 through June 6, 2021.
ARTWORK IMAGES
PAGE 4: Joel Shapiro, Untitled, (1982-1985). Bronze, 3D size 53 1/4 x 58 x 42 in. Gift of the Joel Shapiro Foundation, in
honor of Stephen Fleischman. Gladys Nilsson, Questionable Place, 2001. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 24 1/2 x 29
2/3 in. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism. PAGE 5: Jojin Van Winkle, The Destruction Project —Derby Dashes
1— Summer/Lodi, WI, 2017. Archival inkjet print mounted on acrylic in lightbox. James Cagle, Domestic Image (Diamond),
2015. Archival pigment print. 12 x 18 in. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the artist.
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
AN INTERVIEW WITH
THE CREATORS OF MASK
At the core of their work, say Argentina natives Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar, is the
enhancement of public life. The Miami-based artists weave together visual arts, architecture, and
design in their work. Their vibrant piece Mask (2008) currently on view in the MMoCA lobby, was
first installed at the Museum in 2008 as part of a three-part exhibition. The artists explain how Mask
came about, and how their collaboration with MMoCA helped shape their vision for the show.
MMoCA: You’ve been working together since you were in architecture school. What’s your secret for a successful work
and life relationship for all these years?
Roberto: Perhaps the most important for us is that we have a common interest in public life and this has been our
most important interest since we were in school. This may have assumed different forms, but the enhancement of
public life is at the very center of everything that we do. So, how can we make life just a little bit better, and beautiful,
for everyone, with the work that we do?
MMoCA: Can you talk about the meaning behind Mask?
Rosario: What’s important about Mask is that we’re providing a temporary identity to the building. It’s like, when
you use a mask you want to become somebody else. With Mask, the building becomes something completely different.
Roberto: And our idea was about more than the building. It was about the Museum itself. We’re very much interested,
as new Americans, in the common script in American culture, where people come from very, very different places,
very different geographies and experiences. The mask, for instance, is an element that belongs to Venetian culture
during Carnival, and that belongs to Latin American culture during Brazilian Carnival, and Mexican culture, and to
African culture.
MMoCA: What can Mask represent to viewers in 2020?
Rosario: What’s great about Mask is that it is within the Museum walls, but it is open to the city. You can see it from
the outside, with a feeling of celebration, or curiosity, because even though it is a mask, you are able see through the
mask. And that is very metaphoric, in a way.
Roberto: It’s a piece that belongs to the city. It asks the audience to ask themselves, ‘what is this piece of art? What
is it asking me to think about?’
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Mask, which is part of Full Circle: Exhibitions and Acquisition, will be on view through March 21, 2021.

WELLNESS PROGRAMS
YOGA IN THE GALLERIES
With Skye Moss
LIVE VIA ZOOM • JAN 17, 2021
Museum visits have long been considered portals to viewing inspiring works of art, but they’re also credited as places for
visitors to relax, find time for introspection, and to center oneself amid the hustle of daily life. Research has even shown
that there are long-term and life-changing positive impacts from visiting museums, including one 2019 British study that
found that people actually live longer if they visit museums or other arts venues, even as little as once or twice a year.
To build on MMoCA’s role in the community, the Museum will begin offering a series of wellness programs this year
that unify art, exercise, dance performances, and more in hopes of boosting participants’ health and well-being in
many ways. The first event on January 17 features local yoga instructor Skye Moss, who will lead a series of Kripalu
yoga sessions, suitable for all experience levels, from the Museum.
For Moss, yoga is an artform in itself and that’s why a partnership with MMoCA appealed to her. “It sounded like just
a really cool opportunity to give the community access to yoga. And, at the same time, playing with what the body can
do and the art that can happen through these flows in the breath and the movement.”
The Madison native has taught practitioners of all ages while at UW-Milwaukee,
through MSCR, at the Lussier Community Center, and virtually through a Green
Bay studio. She says, “My biggest goal is to provide yoga to people who wouldn’t
otherwise have access to it.” Her sessions at MMoCA will be free of charge.
Through the MMoCA sessions, Moss hopes to continue working to make yoga more
inclusive for people of color and others who may be put off by fancy (and expensive)
studios. “I would at least hope to touch one person. You know, someone who’s never
been introduced to yoga, and let them know that yoga is for everybody and every
body type, no matter your background.”
Stay tuned to MMoCA’s social media channels and website for links to this and
other 2021 wellness sessions. Be well!
Photo courtesy Skye Moss
ARTWORK IMAGES
PAGE 8: Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, Mask, 2008. Colored vinyl ribbons, 3D size: variable. Collection of
the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Anonymous gift. PAGE 9: Truman Lowe, Feather Blanket, 1997. Pastel.
30 x 42 in. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.
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MUSEUM EVENTS
MMoCA offers a variety of ways for you to stay connected, creative, and inspired this winter through livestreamed
gallery tours, artist talks, Q&As, and more. Tune in to Facebook Live for our Virtual Visit series offered throughout
the season in tandem with exhibitions on view. Videos of each program will be published to our website following the
initial livestream date.
VIRTUAL VISITS
MMoCA invites you to join us for a free virtual photo
workshop and critique, based on the photographic techniques
of artist James Cagle, whose exhibition A Final
Meditation on Art is on display at MMoCA though January
31. To prepare for the workshop, participants may view
the Virtual Gallery Talk by MMoCA Curator Emeritus Rick
Axsom, who addresses Cagle’s photographic techniques and
subjects. Visit mmoca.org/activities/talks-performances
to view Axsom’s talk. Led by MMoCA Assistant Curator
Elizabeth Shoshany Anderson, the Workshop will be a group
discussion of participants’ work that may be similar to or
inspired by Cagle’s approach. For details on viewing the
Axsom talk and to register for the workshop, visit facebook.
com/MMoCAMadison/events.
Be sure to keep an eye out on our social media and on
mmoca.org for virtual programming in 2021, including dance
performances, guided meditation, and more. Gallery talks
at MMoCA are generously sponsored by Bell Laboratories.
ARTS MEMORY CAFÉ
People living with memory loss are connecting virtually with
the power of visual art. With the need to remain socially
distanced, MMoCA’s partnership with the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin (ADAW) moved online in
June, 2020. Monthly gatherings offer docent-led discussions of art on view at MMoCA, musical performances, and
art-making experiences to registered participants. The program has expanded to include collaboration with Arts for
ALL Wisconsin and the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Dodge County.
GOOD GIFT
GIVING IS
AN ART
Inspire Others to
Live More Artfully
Membership to the Madison Museum of
Contemporary Art makes a great gift for
any occasion. Membership is also a gift
that keeps on giving—a year of inspiring
experiences and exclusive benefits all
wrapped up into one special package.
When you give the gift of MMoCA
membership, you provide the recipient
with year-round benefits while also
supporting Madison’s vibrant arts scene.
To learn more about the benefits of
membership, and to keep your
membership current, visit mmoca.org.
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FREE FAMILY RESOURCES
Explore the museum’s current exhibitions and permanent collection from home with 3D tours, printable activities,
instructions for artmaking, interactive websites, and more! Stay tuned as MMoCA continues to expand its virtual
offerings for youth, teens, and adults.
To find the latest activities, visit mmoca.org/learn/for-kids. MMoCA’s free family resources are generously funded by
the Nimick Forbesway Foundation.
ART ON TOUR
WEBSITE
Art on Tour, a partnership between MMoCA and six schools
in Dane County, has gone virtual this year! Take advantage of
this unique opportunity for interactive online learning related
to three works of art from the museum’s permanent collection.
Intended to be a self-guiding resource for elementary school
students, a web page was created with information, images, and
questions to engage youth as they explore works of contemporary
art.
Visit mmocaeducation.org/aot-y2-home to see more.
TEACHING PAGES
Designed as a teaching tool for deeper understanding of works
from the permanent collection, teaching pages may also be
used by families looking to expand educational resources for
at-home learning. MMoCA will continue to update these online
materials as we further develop virtual solutions for teachers
and families alike.
Visit mmoca.org/learn/for-teachers/teaching-page-collection
to browse the collection.
KIDS’ ART
ADVENTURES:
FREE ARTKITS!
MMoCA invites families to pick up a free Kids’
Art Adventures ArtKit complete with supplies and
instructions for at-home artmaking inspired by
exhibitions at the museum. A different project is
offered each month focused on a specific artist’s
work on view in MMoCA’s galleries.
To pick up an ArtKit, stop by MMoCA’s
lobby during the times listed below. ArtKits
are limited and available first-come,
first-served with a maximum of two kits
per family; activities are easily duplicated for
larger family groups.
SUNDAY, FEB 14 • 1–2 PM
SUNDAY, MAR 14 • 1–2 PM
SUNDAY, APR 11 • 1–2 PM
ARTWORK IMAGES
PAGE 10: Jacob Lawrence, Dining Out, 1937. Gouache. 11 1/2 x 9 in. Gift of the Estate of Janet Ela. PAGE 11: David Bigelow,
The Spy, 1981. Etching, 17 5/8 x 22 7/8 in. Gift of the Madison Print Club.
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MEMBERSHIP & GIVING
DONORS
Business, foundation, & government donors
MMoCA gratefully recognizes the businesses, foundations, and government agencies making contributions to museum
exhibitions, educational programs, events, and general operations. Thanks to this support, MMoCA can offer
compelling and thought-provoking programming, which makes this community and region more vibrant. Through
their gifts, the organizations below have established themselves as engaged, generous community leaders. MMoCA
thanks the following for their support.
BENEFACTOR
BMO Wealth Management
The David and Paula Kraemer Fund
The DeAtley Family Foundation
Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Foundation
Future Foam
Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company
J.H. Findorff & Sons Inc
John J. Frautschi Family Foundation
Hiebing
Madison Community Foundation
Madison Magazine
Madison Print Club
maiahaus
MMoCA Volunteers
Nimick Forbesway Foundation
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
Steinhauer Charitable Trust
Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith
Family Foundation
W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation
Wisconsin Arts Board
Wisconsin Public Radio
SPONSOR
Bell Laboratories, Inc.
Dane Arts
Hooper Corporation / General Heating
and Air Conditioning, Inc.
Isthmus Publishing Company, Inc.
MG&E Foundation
Midwest Family Broadcasting
Newcomb Construction Company Inc.
SMS Foundation
Summit Credit Union
SupraNet Communications Inc.
Venture Investors
LEADER
Access Information Management
Associated Bank
Big Dreamers United
Capital Newspapers
The Capital Times Kids Fund
SPECIAL PROJECT
UNDERWRITERS
Brand strategy and design support is
contributed by Hiebing, including the
development of MMoCA’s brandmark
and website.
Internet service is provided by
SupraNet Communications. Technical
guidance for MMoCA’s website is
given by Dirigible Studio.
The Cummings Christensen
Family Foundation
Custer Financial Services
Dirigible Studio
DoubleTree by Hilton Madison
Food Fight Restaurant Group
Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee Valve Company
Perkins Coie
RSM
The Sow’s Ear
Staff Electric Co.
TDS Telecom
PARTNER
Artist & Craftsman Supply
BDO USA, LLP
Casimir Jones, S.C.
Colony Brands, Inc.
Delve
Destination Madison
Exact Sciences
First Business Bank of Madison
Flad Architects
Foley & Lardner
Hausmann-Johnson Insurance
Hellenbrand Glass, LLC
Hoffman Manufacturing Corp
J.F. Ahern Co.
Lycon Inc.
M3 Insurance
Madison Arts Commission
Oak Bank
Oakbrook Corporation
Quarles & Brady LLP
RBC Wealth Management
Selinger & Brunette
Sketchworks Architecture
The Terry Family Foundation
U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
Veridian Homes Foundation
Widen Enterprises
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
DONOR
Ace Electric
Air Temperature Services
The Burish Group of UBS
Echelon Structures
Madison Veterinary Specialists
RHD Plumbing, Inc.
Sitka Salmon Shares
Stark Company Realtors
Step Inside Media
Yahara Bay Distillers
IS YOUR BUSINESS
AN MMoCA MEMBER?
SUPPORTER
Ameriprise Financial Services | Eventus
Wealth Advisors
Atmosphere Commercial Interiors
The Bruce Company of Wisconsin
UW Madison Art Department
In addition to receiving special benefits at the museum,
business members gain visibility in the community as
economic and cultural leaders, while supporting free
access to modern and contemporary art.
Membership benefits include:
• Free admission to MMoCA Openings, Spotlight
Cinema, and Rooftop Cinema for employees.
• 10% off purchase at all Food Fight restaurants.
• Recognition in printed materials and on mmoca.org.
• Discounted rental rates for private events.
• Even more benefits!
For more information on business membership,
contact Kaitlin Kropp at kaitlin@mmoca.org or
608.257.0158 x249
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TRIBUTE GIFTS
Kathy Engbretsen in honor of Sheri Castelnuovo
NEW LANGER SOCIETY MEMBERS, JUL 16–DEC 15
Christina Brungardt
Autumn Clark and Eric Sawyers
Trevor Easton and Maureen Easton Frida Tesfagiorgis
Gottlob Armbrust Family Fund
NEW REGULAR MEMBERS, JUL 16–DEC 15
Teresa Audet
Sophie Loubere
Shiva Bidar
Petra Lovrec
Jessica Brooks
Christine Mahimainathan
Mariana Cameli
Praveen Maripelly
Tabitha Dahl
Caylin McGlynn
Kagen Dunn
Maryam Mohammad
Elena Duran
Lisa Olson
Tony Duval
Valerie Reed Hickman
Jorge Escobar
Emma Senft
Madeleine Freitag
Larryn Smerling
Nicole Golownia
Jill Stangel
David Hill
Annmarie Suglio
Kathryn Hodgkins
Gayatri Visvanathan
Cullen Houser
Austin Wallenfang
Debra Jurmu
Brittany Weekley
Julie Karp
Megan White
Natalie Lambert
Karen Wyns
Xinchen Li
Kalene Yong
Monty Little
Emily Yslas
MMoCA BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
OFFICERS
Marc Vitale, President
Vikki Enright, Vice-President
Oscar Mireles, Vice-President
Bret Newcomb, Vice-President
Dynee Sheafor, Treasurer
Jennifer Ridley-Hanson, Secretary
TRUSTEES
Shiva Bidar
Marian Bolz,
Life Trustee
Benjamin
Brunette
Bryan Chan
Jim Escalante
Dave Franchino
Larry Frank
Colin Good
John Hitchcock
Cedric Johnson
Valerie Kazamias,
Chair, The
Langer Society
Nathan Kirley
Amy Paulios
Rick Phelps
Eric Plautz
John Ronzia
QuHarrison Terry
Najjah Thompson
MICHAEL J. PAGGIE FILM FUND
Michael J. Paggie was an integral part of MMoCA for fifty years. From his time serving as director of the museum’s
film program to his decades working as MMoCA’s Business Manager, the impact that Michael had on the organization
is immeasurable.
Michael was an award-winning filmmaker and held a BA in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In the summer of 2018, MMoCA exhibited some of his works in The House of Sparkling Glasses: A Celluloid Experience
by M.J. Paggie. At its December 3, 2020 meeting, the MMoCA Permanent Collection Committee voted to accept three
films by Michael Paggie, Quietus (1969, 17 minutes), The Trip (1970, 3 minutes), and Cigarette (c. 1970, 2:30 minutes.)
MMoCA is pleased to be able to establish the Michael J. Paggie Film Fund in his memory. Contributions to the fund
will support and promote MMoCA programming related to Mike’s passion for film. To date, gifts in support of this
fund have come from:
Bud and Judi Arnold
Barbara Banks
Keith and Juli Baumgartner
Michael Bernhard and Nancy Doll
Anne Bolz
John and Marian Bolz
Thomas Buresh
Gina and Michael Carter
John Fritsch and John Cannon
Sheri and Richard Castelnuovo
Carol Chapin
Tami Dodge
Annik Dupaty
Tim and Victoria Enright
Dan Erdman
W. Jerome Frautschi
Fresco LLC
Deirdre Garton
Thomas Garver
Leslie Genszler
Amy Griffin
Terry Haller
Dean and Lynn Hanson
Jennifer Ridley-Hanson and
Randall Hanson
Robert and DeAnn Hase
Jerilyn Howe
Jesse and Nancy Ishikawa
Stephen Fleischman and
Barbara Katz
Andreas and Valerie Kazamias
Marc Vitale and Darcy Kind
Gerald and Valentina Kirch
Mary and Scott Kolar
David and Paula Kraemer
Doug and Janet Laube
Jan Marshall Fox
Marni McEntee
Betty Merten
Oscar Mireles
Nancy Mohs
Duncan Moss
Lori and Donald Murphy
A. Jeanne Myers
Cynthia Paggie
Cynthia Patzner
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
Michael and Monica Rehberg
M. Ruth McNichols and
Joel Robbin
Don and Barbara Sanford
Judy Schwickerath
Barney and Dynee Sheafor
John and Kimberly Siebert
Cindy and Michael Smits
Cheryl Spencer
Trey and Shelly Sprinkman
Laurie Stacy
Troy and Juli Stinson
Bob Sylvester and JP Nichols
Tom Terry
Elizabeth and Ward Tucker
Carole Vincent
William White
Mary Alice Wimmer
Jim and Jessica Yehle
Theodora Zehner
James Zimmerman and
Nelson Graham
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ABOUT MMoCA
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ABOUT THE MUSEUM The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is
an independent, nonprofit organization presenting exhibitions by local,
regional, national, and international artists. A permanent collection
of more than 5,500 works of art is maintained and enlarged through
gifts and purchases. The museum’s education department presents
programs to increase public understanding and appreciation of modern
and contemporary art.
HOURS In order to support the community and prevent the spread
of COVID-19, MMoCA is following local and federal health guidelines
regarding museum capacity limits and other safeguards. Please check our
social media accounts and mmoca.org/visit-info for updates on Museum
opening hours, closures, and visitor information.
ACCESSIBILITY MMoCA strives to make exhibitions, lectures, tours,
and special events accessible to all visitors. Please contact the museum at
608.257.0158 regarding accommodations for persons with limited mobility,
sight, or hearing. Relay Service is available by dialing AT&T @ 711.
MEMBERSHIP MMoCA members enjoy many privileges, including free
admission to MMoCA Openings and films; invitations to special member
events and previews; opportunities to meet artists; a subscription to
MMoCA’s newsletter; and tax deductions for contributions.
VOLUNTEERING Enthusiastic volunteers are vital to MMoCA’s success.
Visit mmoca.org/volunteer for current volunteer opportunities.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Please notify us about address changes
so that your mailings are not interrupted. Contact Kelly McBride at
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© Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Artworks © the artist unless otherwise
noted. Artworks may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder.
Photo by Katherine Schmidt
CELEBRATE SAFELY AT MMoCA
MMoCA is looking forward to welcoming you back to the Museum
to celebrate in-person this summer. Take advantage of our spacious,
outdoor Sculpture Garden and reach out today to learn more about
renting space at MMoCA for an upcoming wedding, business luncheon,
networking reception, or other celebration.
MMoCA and Fresco event staff are following all recommendations and
guidelines from Public Health of Madison and Dane County, and staying
up-to-date with policies and preventative tactics to help keep our guests,
staff, and event-goers safe and healthy.
Dates are filling up fast for summer 2021 and we’re now booking for
summer 2022.
Find out more about hosting a wedding, corporate event, or private party
at MMoCA by emailing Bob Sylvester, Director of Public Operations, at
bob@mmoca.org.
Photo courtesy Menique Koos
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INSPIRING PUBLIC ART
JENNY HOLZER: YOUVOTE SERIES 2020
In October 2020, MMoCA was one of dozens of fixed and mobile sites nationwide to host a series of election-year
themed artworks envisioned by New York-based artist Jenny Holzer. MMoCA collaborated with the Madison Arts
Commission, the University of Wiscon sin–Madison Art Department, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives—First Wave
Scholars and the campus chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) on the project. The resulting mural
at MMoCA, along with other public artworks, were meant to champion broad political engagement, issue awareness,
and voter empowerment. The project illustrates the Museum’s important role in helping artists spark dialogue about
important contemporary issues impacting our community.
ARTWORK IMAGES
YOUVOTE 2020, Paint on plywood boards. Text: Sojourner Truth. © Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Photo courtesy of Shalicia Johnson, ArrowStar Photography. TOP LEFT: UW student Kaylene Yong. Photo by Shalicia
Johnson, ArrowStar Photography. TOP RIGHT: Photo courtesy Heather Schatz. BOTTOM: Photo courtesy Jim Escalante.
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