MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE
310 GENESEE STREET, UTICA, NY 13502 www.mwpai.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE IS A FINE ARTS CENTER DEDICATED TO SERVING DIVERSE AUDIENCES BY ADVANCING THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS. THE ART INSTITUTE AIMS TO PROMOTE INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS AND STIMULATE ARTISTIC SELF-EXPRESSION AND PERSONAL CREATIVITY. MWPAI CONTINUES TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY ROLE FOR THE ARTS IN UTICA, NY.

MUNSON WILLIAMS PROCTOR INSTITUTE IS A REGIONAL FINE ARTS CENTER SERVING DIVERSE AUDIENCES THROUGH THREE PROGRAM DIVISIONS: MUSEUM OF ART, PERFORMING ARTS, AND SCHOOL OF ART.

MUSEUM OF ART - THE 2019-20 FISCAL YEAR WAS FULL OF EXCITING EXHIBITIONS, DYNAMIC ACQUISITIONS AND THOUSANDS OF NEW VISITORS TO OUR GALLERIES DESPITE HAVING TO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC FOR 3 & 1/2 MONTHS AND SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THE EXHIBITION PROGRAM DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SEPTEMBER 2019 MARKED THE CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF MUNSON-WILLIAMS AND THE ORGANIZATION ALSO LAUNCHED MWP 2025, A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT OUTLINES AN AMBITIOUS VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND PROVIDES A BLUEPRINT FOR INNOVATIVE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND DEEPER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS EXPLORED VARIOUS SUBJECTS, PERIODS AND MATERIALS. LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY: TREASURES FROM THE DRIEHAUS COLLECTION (JUNE-SEPTEMBER 2019), THE MUSEUM'S FEATURED SUMMER EXHIBITION, PRESENTED MORE THAN 60 OBJECTS, SPANNING 30 PLUS YEARS OF TIFFANY'S PROLIFIC AND CELEBRATED CAREER. THE EXHIBITION EXPLORED CRAFTSMANSHIP, INGENUITY AND THE PURE AESTHETIC BEAUTY OF TIFFANY GLASS AND EXAMINED THE ROLES OF 19TH CENTURY WOMEN ARTISANS AND INNOVATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY. ROBERT HUOT PAINTINGS (OCTOBER 2019-JANUARY 2020) WAS A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT THE ARTIST'S CORE MOTIVATION FOR 60 YEARS OF CREATING CONCEPTUALLY INTERESTING AND SKILLFULLY CRAFTED PAINTINGS. HUOT PAINTED EXPRESSIVELY ABOUT THEMES THAT ENGAGED HIM HIS ENTIRE LIFE: ART HISTORY, CONTEMPORARY POLITICS AND MOST CRITICALLY, THE NATURE OF PAINTING ITSELF. DANIEL BUCKINGHAM, REGIONAL ARTIST AND PROFESSOR OF SCULPTURE AT PRATTMWP COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN PRESENTED NEW LUMINOUS WORKS IN MEMORYSCAPE (FEBRUARY-DECEMBER 2020).TWO EXHIBITIONS WERE DRAWN PREDOMINATELY FROM THE MUSEUM'S RENOWNED PERMANENT COLLECTION. ASTONISHING BRILLIANCE: ART, LIGHT AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE (AUGUST 2019-DECEMBER 2020) FEATURED PAINTINGS, WORKS ON PAPER AND DECORATIVE ARTS. THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF OBJECTS EXPLORED HOW 19TH CENTURY ARTISTS INCORPORATED THE SCIENCE BEHIND NEW LIGHTING DISCOVERIES INTO THEIR ARTISTIC PRACTICE. CELEBRATING SUFFRAGE: WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE COLLECTION (FEBRUARY-DECEMBER 2020) MARKED THE 100TH ANNIVERSERY OF CONGRESS'S RATIFICATION OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. THIS EXHIBITION SURVEYED THE ROLE OF ART AS A VEHICLE FOR WOMEN, AS INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS, TO REFLECT, REFORM, OR CHALLENGE SOCIAL BELIEFS AND POLITICAL PRACTICES OF THEIR ERA.THE RICH ARRAY OF PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE MUSEUM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REACHED THOUSANDS AND DEEPENED OUR AUDIENCE'S UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR ARTWORK. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS FOUR FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND 30 VOLUNTEER DOCENTS. THERE IS A PRATTMWP DOCENT CORPS, AS WELL, CALLED THE MUSEUM RENEGADES. THE DEPARTMENT PRODUCED A REMARKABLE 5807 PEOPLE THROUGH 618 PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCED VISITORS' UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF EXHIBITIONS AND THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION. THE VARIED EVENTS INCLUDED ART AND YOGA, ART ALIVE FAMILY DAYS, ART STORY (A READING AND LOOKING STORYTIME FOR PRESCHOOLERS)LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS, FILMS, AND MEET ME AT MWP, A PROGRAM THAT SERVICES INDIVUALS WITH MEMORY LOSS.A SPECIAL EVENT, THE SPECTACULAR HOT GLASS ROADSHOW FROM THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS BROUGHT NEARLY 9000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO A FULL RANGE OF PROGRAMS OFFERED ON THE MUSEUM'S FRONT LAWN OVER NINE DAYS IN AUGUST 2019. EVENTS INCLUDED A FIRE AND ICE PARTY, SPECIAL TOURS OF THE TIFFANY EXHIBITION ACCOMPANIED BY LIVE GLASS-BLOWING DEMONSTRATIONS, DEVELOPMENT EVENTS AND GLASS CAMP FOR KIDS, AMONG OTHERS.IN 2019 THE MUSEUM OF ART RECEIVED ONE OF THE LARGEST BEQUESTS IN ITS 101 YEAR HISTORY-72 PAINTINGS, WORKS ON PAPER AND SCULPTURES FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES H DUFFY (1934-2019). THIS BEQUEST IS SIGNIFICANT BOTH IN SCALE AND IN CONTENT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS WORKS BY ARTISTS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION, INCLUDING JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-88), KEITH HARING (1959-90), BRYAN HUNT (BORN 1947), KATIA SANTIBANEZ (BORN 1964)AND SCULPTOR DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-75). LIKEWISE, THE DUFFY GIFT ADDS DEPTH TO THE MUSEUM HOLDINGS BY ADDING WORKS BY ARTISTS ALREADY REPRESENTED SUCH AS GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963), ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976), HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011), ALEX KATZ (BORN 1927), MALCOLM MORLEY (1931-2018), LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988) AND PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973). THE DUFFY GIFT WILL BENEFIT GENERATIONS OF VISITORS AND ENABLE THE MUSEUM TO BETTER SERVE OUR AUDIENCES.WHEN FORCED TO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC FROM MARCH 20 THROUGH JULY 9, 2020, THE MUSEUM QUICKLY PIVOTED ITS PROGRAMS TO DIGITAL FORMATS. THE ARTS HELPED SUSTAIN US THROUGH THE GLOBAL CRISIS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND DEMONSTRATED THE POWER OF VISUAL CULTURE TO EXPRESS EMOTION, CALL ONE TO ACTION AND EXPLORE OUR COMMON GROUND AND HUMANITY.

SCHOOL OF ART - THE NASAD SCHOOL OF ART IS COMPRISED OF THREE MAIN PROGRAMS: THE PRATTMWP COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS. THE PRATTMWP PROGRAM FUNCTIONS AS AN EXTENSION CENTER OF PRATT INSTITUTE IN BROOKLYN, NY IN WHICH STUDENTS PURSUING A BACHELORS OF FINE ARTS, COMMUNICATION DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY OR ART EDUCATION DEGREE CAN ELECT TO SPEND THEIR FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS AT OUR UTICA CAMPUS, AND COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE BY DOING THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS AT THE PRATT CAMPUS IN BROOKLYN. THE AFFILIATION IS IN ITS TWENTIETH YEAR.IN THE 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEAR, PRATTMWP'S ENROLLMENT CONSISTED OF 104 FRESHMAN AND 80 SOPHOMORE FULL TIME STUDENTS. OF THE 184 STUDENTS, 172 STUDENTS WERE LIVING IN THE RESIDENTIAL HALLS UNTIL THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC REQUIRED THE INSTITUTE MOVE TO REMOTE LEARNING IN THE SPRING. OUR FRESHMAN CLASS HAS 25 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING 5 COUNTRIES AND DOMESTIC STUDENTS REPRESENTING 21 STATES. THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL 19 INTERNATIONAL SOPHOMORE STUDENTS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS NUMBER 44.THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM ENROLLS APPROXIMATELY 1,090 STUDENTS OVER THREE SEMESTERS ANNUALLY OF ALL AGES, IN 136 CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS. THE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM HOUSES 2 ARTISTS FOR A 10 MONTH PERIOD WHO WORK AND TEACH IN BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND CREDIT PROGRAMS.

PERFORMING ARTS - DURING THE 2019-2020 SEASON, THE PERFORMING ARTS DIVISION OF THE MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE FULFILLED ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF QUALITY PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PERFORMING AND CINEMATIC ARTS. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE 2019-2020 SEASON OFFERED AN ABBREVIATED SCHEDULE, WITH MANY EVENTS POSTPONED TO FUTURE DATES. THE DIVISION PRESENTED 7 LIVE PERFORMANCES, 7 LIVE OPERA SIMULCASTS, 144 FILM SCREENINGS AND 2 MEET THE ARTIST OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOR AN OVERALL ATTENDANCE OF 9,524. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEASON INCLUDE; THE ALWAYS-POPULAR KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS SERIES, MET LIVE IN HD, FAMILY-FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS INCLUDING PIANIST ROBIN SPIELBERG. A SPECIAL CONCERT IN THE COURT FEATURED A CELEBRATION OF SPANISH FOOD, WINE AND MUSIC WITH GUITARIST PABLO SAINZ VILLEGAS.

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