Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
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About this organization
Mission
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.
About
Museum of Art - The museum opened eight temporary exhibitions and several smaller permanent collection shows of remarkable breadth in subject, time period and materials. These were accompanied by dynamic educational programs that enhanced visitors' encounters with art. The variety of noteworthy artworks on view attracted a more diversified visitorship. We were also fortunate to add 33 new works of art to the permanent collection through purchases and gifts. The year in exhibitions opened with Kimono! The Artistry of Itchiku Kubota, a show of 48 truly exceptional landscape works of art in kimono form, on view from June 10-September 16, 2018. Visitors as far as Texas and California traveled to Utica specifically to see this legendary collection at MWPAI, the only venue in the United States for the traveling exhibition. The museum offered a comprehensive experience for visitors with two parallel exhibitions-Modern Sensibilities in Japanese Landscape Traditions, a showcase for the museums 20th century Japanese woodcut prints and Global Splendor: Traditions in Ceremonial Dress, which featured special-event clothing from Utica's refugee and immigrant community. Following Kimono!, the museum hosted two photography exhibits by artists originally from Central New York. The first, Rose Marasco:Index, September 8, 2018-January 6, 2019, was organized by the Portland Museum of Art and featured prime examples from Marasco's myriad series of still life, street photography, photomontage and artist's books. Marasco, a Portland, Maine resident, grew up in Utica and in the late 1970s, created the photography department at the MWPAI School of Art. Tommy Brown: Upstate, February 9-April 7, 2019 was Brown's first-ever museum exhibition of black and white and color photographs. Brown has lived most of his life in largely rural communities of Central New York and his consistent subject is the spirit of place, its natural and fierce beauty, the relationship of people to the land and the marks of the past on present-day life. American Indian Art from Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection was on view from October 13-December 30, 2018. Organized by Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, the project was generously supported at MWPAI by a grant from the Eugene V & Claire E Thaw Charitable Trust. Thousands of school children and visitors alike discovered the great achievements of North America's first artists in the exhibition. The Museum of Art was honored to have been selected as one of four museums to work with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in a pilot project funded by Art Bridges and the Terra Foundation. Through a series of three exhibitions, the MFA, Boston will share aspects of its collection with MWPAI. For phase I of this innovative multi-year endeavor, MWPAI borrowed the MFA's iconic painting The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder (1836-1923). The work was the centerpiece of the exhibition Mysterious, Marvelous and Malevolent: The Art of Elihu Vedder which explored the artist's fascination with ancient myths and legends of the monstrous within the context of the horror and destruction engendered by the American Civil War. With funding from Art Bridges, the museum education department developed an unusual interpretive game with the Vedder exhibition as its starting point. The museum education department has four full-time professional staff and 32 volunteer docents. There is a PrattMWP docent corps as well, called the Museum Renegades. The department produced a remarkable 486 successful programs for all age groups, to enhance visitors' understanding and appreciation of these exhibitions and the museum's collection. The varied events included art and yoga, Art Alive Family Days, Art Story (a reading and looking story time for preschoolers) lectures, workshops, artist demonstrations, films and food and wine pairings. Meet Me at MWP, a program initiated five years ago to serve individuals with memory loss, has expanded its reach, and is one of the many vital collaborations with community partners. Thanks to these efforts, the museum education department served 14,237 visitors who learned about art and cultures from numerous perspectives. In addition, the education department was also awarded a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services that funded the new Acoustaguide tour, Patron, Artist, Muse: Women of MWP. The museum offers thought-provoking tours for all levels of school-aged children. This year 3,043 children from five counties engaged in discussions and hands-on activities in our galleries. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) tours, Mythology in Contemporary Art and exhibition-based tours are presented by our highly trained docent corps. We are indebted to their hard work and dedication. The Museum of Art continues to build its renowned collection. Acquisition highlights include several generous gifts such as the drawing donated by Bernard and Jeanne Brown in honor of Director Emeritus Paul Schweizer, In the Catskill Mountains (1861) by James M Hart (Scottish, 1828-1901). Photographer Steve McCurry also donated one of his images, A Monk Studies Buddhist Scripture, Aranyapraphet, Thailand (1996), a staff favorite. In addition, the museum purchased an important work by Richard Long (British, born 1945). Titled Half Moon (2015), this floor sculpture is created with red slate quarried in Granville, New York, along the Vermont border: as such the sculpture can be understood in part as a modern-day rumination on the grandeur of landscape in the tradition of Hudson River School paintings from nearly 200 years ago. Long was not previously represented in the collection, so the museum's ability to tell the story of contemporary sculpture is enhanced enormously by this acquisition.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's aim, as stated in the filing, is “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.”.
When referring to its actions, they were outlined as: “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.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal obligations by reporting their state of operation as NY.
- The non-profit's address in 2020 is noted in the filing as 310 GENESEE STREET, UTICA, NY, 13502.
- The non-profit's form for 2020 reports a total of 302 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $1,670,166.
- The organization has 8 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1919.
- The organization pays $7,362,933 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
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