Friends of Fenway Court Patron Preview

Families are at the heart of the Gardner Museum’s fall exhibitions. But families are complicated. How might the depiction of these relationships through the lens of a camera or the stroke of a brush unearth tangled roots, memorialize joyous connections, or catalyze new creation? How might families spark artistic creativity? Three exhibitions from radically different artists relating distinct dynamics remind us of the importance of kin as inspiration in the past and present. This fall, join us for Manet: A Model Family; Mary Ellen Mark: A Seattle Family, 1983-2014; and Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She’s a Beauty, 2009.  

THE EVENING WILL INCLUDE 

Remarks by Peggy Fogelman 
Norma Jean Calderwood Director 

Curatorial insights from Diana Greenwald 
William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection 

Performance by Tom Gold Dance with 
vocalist Olivia Chindamo and pianist Matthew Sheens 

Cocktails and light bites

Space is limited.
Please reply by September 23 to patrons@isgm.org or 617 264 6045
Valet parking is available for a fee.

This reception is a benefit of the Friends of Fenway Court Patron Program. To learn more about the program and its year-round engagement opportunities, please click here.

Image credit: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883), Interior at Arcachon, 1871. Oil on canvas, 39.2 x 54 cm (15 7/16 x 21 1/4 in.) Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. Image courtesy Clark Art Institute. clarkart.edu 

Manet: A Model Family is supported in part by the Ford Foundation, Amy and David Abrams, Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, Susan Adams Taylor, and by an endowment grant from the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The conservation of Madame Auguste Manet was sponsored by the Richard C. von Hess Foundation. 

Mary Ellen Mark: A Seattle Family, 1983-2014 and Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She's a Beauty, 2009 are supported in part by the Ford Foundation, Amy and David Abrams, and the Barbara Lee Program Fund. 

The Artist-in-Residence program is directed by Pieranna Cavalchini, Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art.  
Funding is also provided for site-specific installations of new work on the Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade on Evans Way. 

The Museum receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.