EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND WORKS OF ART:OVER 300 WORKS OF ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS ARE ALWAYS ON DISPLAY. EXAMPLES OF OUR MASTERPIECE-QUALITY WORKS INCLUDE CLAUDE MONET, BRICE MARDEN, JOHN SINGER-SARGENT, FRANCIS BACON, FRANK STELLA, CECILY BROWN, PHILLIP GUSTON, JEAN ARP, ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, CONSTANIN BRANCUSI, LOUISE BOURGEOIS, AND ALBERTO GIACOMETTI. IN ADDITION, SEVEN SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS WERE PRESENTED IN 2020. THESE EXHIBITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DIALOGUES SURROUNDING CONTEMPORARY ART AND INCLUDED HEDDA STERNE: IMAGINATION AND MACHINE, KARLA BLACK, RESEARCHER: WOMEN ARTISTS INSPIRED BY SCIENCE, AND BLACK STORIES, THE LATTER OF WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE STRONG PRESENCE OF BLACK ARTISTS IN OUR PERMANENT COLLECTIONS. RESPONDING TO OUR HOME STATE, WE PRESENTED THE IOWA ARTISTS 2020: RACHEL COX, AS WELL AN EXHIBITION OF THE VIDEO WORK "JUDITH LOVES MARTHA" BY IOWA-BORN ARTIST ANNA GASKELL. WE PUBLISHED ONE MAJOR CATALOG AND SEVERAL SMALLER BROCHURES TO ACCOMPANY THESE PROJECTS. ARTWORKS ENTERING THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS CAME FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD, SHOWCASING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR HOLDINGS AND FULFILLING OUR DESIRE FOR MULTIPLE AUDIENCES TO "SEE THEMSELVES" IN THE MUSEUM. IN 2020, WE ACQUIRED IMPORTANT WORKS OF ART THROUGH GIFT AND PURCHASE BY HENRY TAYLOR, HEDDA STERNE, LUIS GISPERT, LEONOR FINI, FRANK BIG BEAR, ELIZABETH CATLETT, WENDY RED STAR, ROGER SHIMOMURA, RENE MAGRITTE, AND CARA ROMERO, AMONG OTHERS. THESE ACQUISITIONS INCLUDE WORKS BY INDIGENOUS, BLACK, ASIAN, AND LATINX ARTIST, AS WELL AS SPANNING IMPORTANT ART MOVEMENTS FROM THE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY TO TODAY. OPEN TO VISITORS SINCE SEPTEMBER 2009, THE JOHN AND MARY PAPPAJOHN SCULPTURE PARK FEATURES ARTWORK BY 28 OF THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED ARTISTS. RELATED EDUCATION PROGRAMS REACHED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$3.2MProgram 2 [2020]
EDUCATIONTHE ART CENTER'S PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE COMMITTED TO CONNECTING PEOPLE AND ART BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEELING, IMAGINING, DREAMING. FURTHERMORE, WE AIM TO PROMOTE CURIOSITY AND EMBRACE CRITICAL AND EMPATHETIC THINKING WITH A SPIRIT OF OPENNESS, STRIVING TO BE A WELCOMING AND EQUITABLE CULTURAL RESOURCE. OUR EFFORTS INCLUDE OPERATING A PUBLIC ART SCHOOL, ENGAGING IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH NUMEROUS SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, OFFERING ON- AND OFF-SITE SCHOOL ENRICHMENT CURRICULA, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILD-CENTERED LEARNING AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, LEADING GUIDED VISITS OF THE MUSEUM AND PAPPAJOHN SCULPTURE PARK, AND HOSTING VARIED PUBLIC EVENTS THAT FOSTER CONTINUED LEARNING. WITH THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN MARCH OF 2020, THE ABILITY TO HOST IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT, BUT OF COURSE, THE NEED FOR ACCESS TO THE ARTS DID NOT WANE, IT WAS NEEDED MORE THAN EVER. CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING KICKED IN AND NEW VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES WERE DEVELOPED, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE ART ACCESS BRANCH OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS ABLE TO SERVE 28 COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH A COMBINATION OF LIVE VIRTUAL SESSIONS AND RECORDED PROGRAMMING. OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS, SIX OF OUR PARTNERS WERE PROVIDED WITH ROUGHLY 500 "ART KITS AND INSTRUCTION WAS PROVIDED BY EITHER A ZOOM ART LESSON OR PRERECORDED VIDEO. IN SUM, 60 PROGRAMS, MANY OF WHICH WERE MULTIWEEK CLASSES, WERE REALIZED. WE CONTINUED SERVING 20 TEENS WITH WEEKLY SESSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WHO WERE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR TEEN ACADEMY, AS WELL AS OFFERED VIRTUAL ART CLASSES FOR VETERANS. MUSEUM EDUCATION TOOK A HARD LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING TO MAKE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEOPLES' LIVES IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC AND FOCUSED ON ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO HONOR SELFCARE AND WELLBEING IN PROGRAMMING AND DIGITAL MATERIALS. EXAMPLES INCLUDED A CALL FOR ENTRIES TO AN EARTH DAY COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY SLIDESHOW, OUTDOOR WALKING GUIDE OF THE SCULPTURES ON THE ART CENTER GROUNDS, AND A THREE-PART VIDEO SERIES THAT ELEVATED ESSENTIAL WORKERS BY THANKING THEM AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR WORK IN THIS FRAUGHT TIME AND THEN TAKING A FEW MOMENTS OF RESPITE TO PARTICIPATE IN A FUN CONVERSATION ABOUT ART WITH A MUSEUM EDUCATOR. FURTHERMORE, DOCENTS CREATED PRESENTATIONS THAT CAME TO BE CALLED "ART CALLS" THAT SERVED TO REACH QUARANTINED RESIDENTS OF SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES. ALSO OF NOTE, THIS PERIOD ENABLED US BOLSTER ONLINE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND FAMILY LEARNING. NUMEROUS RECORDINGS WERE ADDED OUR AUDIO TOUR, 10 "CREATIVE CONNECTIONS" LESSON PLAN PACKAGES WERE DEVELOPED, AND AS A PIVOT FROM IN-PERSON TOURING, WE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF VIRTUAL VIEWING VIDEOS WITH OUR DOCENTS TO ENCOURAGE CAREFUL OBSERVATION AND OPENING-ENDED DIALOGUE ABOUT AT WORKS IN OUR COLLECTION. FURTHERMORE, WE DIGITIZED SOME IMPORTANT ARTIST AND SCHOLARLY LECTURES FROM PRIOR YEARS AND MADE THEM ACCESSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE. STUDIO PROGRAMS, OUR THIRD BRANCH OF EDUCATION, ALSO ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIMES. THREE TERMS OF CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS INCLUDING ANIMATION, CERAMICS, DRAWING, JEWELRY MAKING, PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND MORE ARE OFFERED ANNUALLY AND SERVED APPROXIMATELY 1,080 STUDENTS (CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES) IN 2020. OF THOSE STUDENTS, APPROXIMATELY 16% (OR 67 PEOPLE) RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.3MProgram 3 [2020]
MUSEUM EDUCATIONTOOK A HARD LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING TO MAKE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEOPLES' LIVES IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC AND FOCUSED ON ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO HONOR SELFCARE AND WELLBEING IN PROGRAMMING AND DIGITAL MATERIALS. EXAMPLES INCLUDED A CALL FOR ENTRIES TO AN EARTH DAY COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY SLIDESHOW, OUTDOOR WALKING GUIDE OF THE SCULPTURES ON THE ART CENTER GROUNDS, AND A THREE-PART VIDEO SERIES THAT ELEVATED ESSENTIAL WORKERS BY THANKING THEM AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR WORK IN THIS FRAUGHT TIME AND THEN TAKING A FEW MOMENTS OF RESPITE TO PARTICIPATE IN A FUN CONVERSATION ABOUT ART WITH A MUSEUM EDUCATOR. FURTHERMORE, DOCENTS CREATED PRESENTATIONS THAT CAME TO BE CALLED "ART CALLS" THAT SERVED TO REACH QUARANTINED RESIDENTS OF SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES. ALSO OF NOTE, THIS PERIOD ENABLED US BOLSTER ONLINE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND FAMILY LEARNING. NUMEROUS RECORDINGS WERE ADDED OUR AUDIO TOUR, 10 "CREATIVE CONNECTIONS" LESSON PLAN PACKAGES WERE DEVELOPED, AND AS A PIVOT FROM IN-PERSON TOURING, WE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF VIRTUAL VIEWING VIDEOS WITH OUR DOCENTS TO ENCOURAGE CAREFUL OBSERVATION AND OPENING-ENDED DIALOGUE ABOUT AT WORKS IN OUR COLLECTION. FURTHERMORE, WE DIGITIZED SOME IMPORTANT ARTIST AND SCHOLARLY LECTURES FROM PRIOR YEARS AND MADE THEM ACCESSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$136.2K
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