MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS2019 ANNUAL REPORT

Mission: The Museum of Russian Icons inspires the appreciation and study of Russian culture by collecting and exhibiting icons and related objects, igniting the interest of national and international audiences, and offering interactive educational programs. The Museum serves as a leading center for research and scholarship through the Center for Icon Studies and other institutional collaborations.

Деятельность Музея Русских Икон направлена на создание атмосферы интереса к истории России и понимания российской культуры. Коллекционирование и экспозиция икон а также относящихся к ним предметам, призваны пробудить активную заинтересованность посетителей музея – как американских, так и иностранных – к древнему виду искусства написания икон. Музей предлагает разнообразные интерактивные образовательные программы. Музей является ведущим центром научно-исследовательских проектов и активно сотрудничает как с Центром по Изучению Икон так и с другими исследовательскими учреждениями

Vision: The Museum of Russian Icons enhances relations between Russia and the United States through the medium of art, especially Russian icons.

Музей Русских Икон укрепляет отношения между Россией и США через посредство искусства, особенно искусство русских икон.

Approved by the Board of Trustees, March 27, 2013

REPORT FROM THE CEODear Friends,

When I reflect on 2019, it is evident that none of the Museum’s success is due to one person or even one organization. Everything we have accomplished is through alliances with individuals, groups, and institutions. The strength of our partnerships indicates that we are building a strong foundation, and we are grateful to our members, trustees, volunteers, various committees, financial supporters, and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Icon Studies.

One of our major institutional partners in 2019 has been the Fitchburg Art Museum. We have a three-year partnership with them to bring contemporary art to the Museum of Russian icons. The first one of these exhibitions was a solo show by renowned Russian artist Konstantin Simun. The Sacred in the Profane, was a fascinating dialogue between ancient Russian emblems as found in icons, and deeply personal reflections of exile. The next exhibition also addressed displacement. For this show of woodblock prints by Ukraine born Jacques Hnizdovsky, the Museum partnered with the Ballets Russes Arts Initiative, whose director, Anna Winestein curated the exhibit from the collection of George and Christina Gamota.

Rounding out the exile theme was our exhibition of Emil Hoppe’s photographs of the Ballets Russes. Hoppe, one of the most famous society portrait photographers right through the 1950s was almost lost to history. In the early 20th century Seirge Diaghilev commissioned him to record the dancers

in his troupe. The result are images or rare intimacy and candor that brought to life the world of the starts of the Ballets Russes..

Meanwhile, many small exhibitions were popping up all around the Museum organized by our very own registrar Laura Garrity-Arquitt. The zhostovo folk tradition of painted trays, nutcrackers—on loan from the Nutcracker Museum in Leavenworth, WA—and small displays from local collectors, were exhibited throughout the year. The idea is to look broadly at pan-Slavonic culture to more fully understand the many contexts that surround our core collection of icons, and to provide our visitors an excellent excuse to return time and again to see new things.

Continuing the concept of Russians in exile, a spectacular show of made-in-America icons from the Prosopon School was the highlight of 2019. From the collection of Lynette Hull, over fifty contemporary icons illustrated the birth of the Prosopon School of icon painting under the guidance of Vladislav Andrejev. An immigrant himself from his homeland of Russia, Vladislav has taught the mysteries of icon painting to hundreds of students across the country.

Our final partner, but certainly the most important, are you our members, and our grant supporters. The year 2019 saw the most significant income from the Annual Appeal since the Museum opened. Individual donors, through the appeal, corporate sponsors, and the membership program are by far our largest source of income, and we are grateful to all of our supporters and members.

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Administration 

First Free Sundays, a program sponsored by the Nypro Founda-tion, continues to have a signifi-cant impact on attendance. The Museum uses these free admis-sion days to showcase some of the special programs that are specifically aimed at broad audiences to encourage member-ship and return visits. As member-ship numbers continue to rise modestly and Annual Appeal income increases, we believe that programs such as this have an impact on our community development. The Free Fun Friday event in the summer, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, was another free offering, enabling us to build new audiences and to welcome visitors to whom admission cost is a barrier. Local library member-ship also increased, and the use of free library passes provides community access.

Audience development is always

important, and looking to sustain and increase attendance is a combined venture among the departments of programming, education, curatorial, and marketing, all of which must work together to create a comprehen-sive and effective strategy. The Museum has a strong and healthy tradition of inter-department collaboration, and everyone on our small team feels empowered to make suggestions. The staff redesigned the Take It to the Curator program, which offers collectors the opportunity to show our team their treasures and obtain some idea of the age and former use of the objects. The staff organized a community holiday celebration around a magnificently decorated ten-foot holiday tree, adorned with Soviet period ornaments. This project was sponsored by Dmitri Gurevich (The Russian Store), who arranged to have renowned Russian interior decorator, Masha Goncharova, come from Moscow to decorate the tree.

2019 HIGHLIGHTS

A large number of our visitors come from Clinton, Worcester, and adjacent communities; after these, Boston and the near-sub-urbs bring our next largest attendance. We have established a strong brand in our region, and we see return visits for our varied temporary exhibitions, programs, and events. We have broadened the temporary exhibitions to embrace themes and ideas indirectly related to the Museum’s icon collection, and the associat-ed education programs provide exciting, challenging, and fun events that engage audiences and bring sometimes esoteric themes to life. Exhibitions such as Wrestling with Angels: Icons from the Prosopon School and Jacques’ Menagerie: Hnizdovsky Prints from the Christina & George Gamota Collection were accom-panied by programs, concerts, films, workshops, and lectures that brought these shows to life.

EducationIn 2019 the education department welcomed 57 groups to the Museum, including K-12 public schools, homeschool collaboratives, colleges, adult education groups, senior centers, community groups, and churches. Each group received a guided tour tailored to their interests. Education staff works closely with teachers to achieve learning goals, and incorporate a hands-on component into their visit.

The Museum hosted two paid interns over the summer, Nicole Harry and Natasha Zinos. Both students immersed themselves in the Museum’s collection, and each presented their respective areas of research. Nicole translated and cataloged a donation of Soviet anti-religious posters, and Natasha spent most of her time in the Museum’s research library connecting Dostoyevsky’s writing to iconography.

ProgrammingThe Museum implemented two new program series in 2019 to deepen visitors’ connection to Russian art and culture. The Russian Wellness Series explored three facets of Russian folk medicine. They included a cooking class, an herbalism lecture, and a lecture on bath rituals from the pagan to the Soviet era.

The second series, MoRI After Dark, is an intimate and interactive program series that allows audiences to explore the Museum’s collection after-hours. Participants gained a new understanding of the icons through “close-looking” and guided questions and left feeling more connected to the objects on view.

Featured CollaborationsProfessor Svetlana Nikitina supervised an Interactive Qualify-ing Project for which Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students assessed the Museum’s sustain-able landscaping.

WPI students Isabelle Cordova, Matthew Hlushko, Aidan Mulcahey, Hannah Rodenbush, Nicholas Willey, and John Winship identified solutions that would lead to efficient water management and more appropriate onsite plantings conducive to cost and energy savings.

WPI continued the Project Center in Moscow, which was started with Gordon Lankton’s support almost a decade ago. This year eleven students traveled to Russia and worked on a variety of projects reporting directly to Russian businesses. The Museum wel-comes the students before their departure to introduce them to some aspects of the Russian culture, including icons, food, and tea from samovars.

Visitor ServicesFree First Sundays, sponsored by the Nypro Foundation, have been a successful way to increase access to the Museum, offering visitors a no-cost experience. The Museum participates in several

Everyone enjoyed themselves on Free Fun Friday.Dancers from the Commonwealth Ballet Company perform during the opening of Emil Otto Hopé: Photographs of the Ballets Russes.

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The Museum ShopThe Museum shop expanded its selection of branded merchandise to include mugs, button pins, magnets, and keychains featuring the Museum’s logo and objects from the collection. The shop worked with several independent iconographers to amplify the number of hand-painted icons available for purchase, as well as with independent artisans to offer handmade soaps and textiles.

MarketingWebsite: 37k users, 50k sessions

Social Media: 6,689 Facebook followers 1226 Instagram follwers 435 Twitter followers

Editorial: 30 articles

Electronic mail: 66 emails sent to 201,462 addressees, 26% open rate, %7 click rate

other access programs, including the Blue Star Museums program, the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Living’s EBT Card to Culture program, and the Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Friday program.

The Museum received a 2019  TripAdvisor Certificate of Excel-lence, the highest award any public or private venue can receive from the popular review site. This is the 8th consecutive year the Museum has won this award.

Museum staff and volunteers participated in an Accessibility and Inclusion training through Open Door Arts (formerly VSA Massa-chusetts) to understand and implement best practices for inclusion.

The WPI Project Center in Moscow welcomed eleven students to Russia.

Center for Icon StudiesThe second issue of the Journal of Icon Studies (JIS), a digital publication of the Museum, went live in September. The Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed resource for the interdisciplinary study of icons around the globe, from the Byzantine period to the present. It offers an international forum for new scholarship on the history, meaning, and function of icons, their place within a broad cultural and artistic context, and their conservation, collecting, and exhibition.

Grants and Sponsorships This year saw support from a number of private foundations including the High Hill Foundation, which extended a substantial grant to present the much-anticipated exhibition The Last Days of the Last Tsar. This is a collaboration between the Museum and the Russian History Museum in Jordanville, NY.

The Pipp Family and the Plato Foundation joined a roster of private donations reaching the highest level of sponsorship and fundraising since the Museum opened in 2006. The Museum continues its partnership with the Highland Street Foundation to present Free Fun Friday, a statewide program that allows museums and cultural organization to open their doors for free to all visitors for one Friday over a 10-week summer period.

The Museum partnered with the following organizations in 2019 on a wide variety of programs, events, and exhibitions. 

Ballets Russes Arts Initiative, Blue Star Museums (National Endow-ment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense), Boston Jewish Film Festival, Briarwood Community, Catholic Charities, Clinton Community and Economic Development Office, Clinton Historical Society, Clinton Middle School, Clinton High School, Clinton Rotary Club, College of the Holy Cross, Collette Tours, Davis

Collaborations Center at Harvard University, Discover Clinton, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg State Universi-ty, Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce, North Central Mass Chamber of Commerce, Russian Jewish Film Festival, RusDocFilm-Fest—3W, St. John the Guardian of Our Lady Parish, The Item, the Nypro Foundation and Ny-pro Inc., Wachusett Reservoir Art Path, Worcester Cultural Coali-tion, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Leominster Public Schools, Open Door Arts (formerly VSA Massachusetts), Seven Hills Foundation, Massachusetts Department of Transitional Living

JOURNAL OF ICON STUDIES

MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS

VOLUME 2 | 2019

WPI students presented a water management plan for the rooftop garden.

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Opened in 2018

The Art of Alexander GasselMay 20, 2018 — February 24, 2019

Curated by Laura Garrity-Arquitt

Blending the avant-garde with traditional Russian iconography, combining ancient symbols with contemporary subjects, artist Alexander Gassel creates surrealist works that reflect both his cultural heritage and his experience of life in America.

Opulence Rediscovered: The Romanov Liturgical SilverOctober 19, 2018 — January 13, 2019

Curated by Dmitry Gurevich and Vladimir Kasykin

This extraordinary set of Orthodox silver liturgical implements were part of the Imperial dowry of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna Romanova (1853-1920), daughter of the Russian Emperor Alexander II. She married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh,

in 1874, and used this set in her private chapel in a British royal residence in London.

Matryoshki in WinterOctober 19, 2018 — February 17, 2019

Curated by Laura Garrity-Arquitt

The mini-exhibition, Matryoshka in Winter, featured a selection of nesting dolls from the Museum’s collection that celebrate Russian winter and the Christmas season.

Corncobs to Cosmonauts: Redefining the Holidays during the Soviet Era

November 9, 2018 — January 27, 2019

This holiday exhibition transformed the Museum’s West Gallery into a Russian Winter Wonderland. The centerpiece of the show was more than 150 Soviet-era ornaments displayed alongside various-sized and decorated “New Year’s Trees,” together with holiday toys, books, and cards.

Opened in 2019

Konstantin Simun: The Sacred in the ProfaneFebruary 22 — June 30, 2019

Curated by Lisa Crossman, Curator, Fitchburg Art Museum

The Sacred in the Profane offered a survey of sculptor Konstantin Simun’s unique capacity to find iconographic forms in molded plastic and other consumer objects. Simun’s story of discovery and fascination with plastic paralleled MoRI founder and former president of Nypro Plastics Gordon B. Lankton’s connoisseurship of icons.

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

Jacque’s Menagerie: Hnizdovsky Prints from the Christina and George Gamota CollectionMarch 16 — July 7, 2019

Curated by Anna Winestein, Director of the Ballets Russes Arts Initiative

This exhibition, held in the auditorium, featured works by acclaimed Ukrainian-American painter and printmaker Jacques Hnizdovsky. It included 40 of the artist’s iconic prints depicting animals, plants, cityscapes, and narrative scenes, alongside an early oil painting and several rarely seen early works.

Christina and George Gamota with Jacques Hnizdovsky’s Two Rams, 1969, woodcut.

Left: Scream (self-portrait), Konstantin Simun, bronze, 19906 7

Zhostovo: A Russian-American OdysseyApril 6 — October 20, 2019

Curated by Laura Garrity-Arquitt

A mini-exhibition of trays and boxes painted in the traditional zhostovo-style were on view in the lobby of the Museum. These treasures were created by American decorative painter and teacher Tricia Joiner, and Zhostovo Master Painter Vyacheslav (Slava) Letkov. The artists combine traditional Zhostovo tray painting techniques and American educational methods and materials.

Wrestling with Angels: Icons From the Prosopon SchoolJuly 19 – October 20, 2019

Curated by Lynette Hull

Wrestling with Angels, was an exhibition of forty-six luminous

contemporary icons by sixteen iconographers from the Prosopon School of Iconology and Iconography. Exploring the recent renaissance of this ancient tradition, the exhibition featured icons by the founder of the Prosopon School, Vladislav Andrejev, along with works by master iconographers, instructors, and apprentices.

Nuts about NutcrackersNovember 14, 2019 — March 8, 2020

Curated by Laura Garrity Arquitt

A mini-exhibition of unique nutcrackers on loan from the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum

in Leavenworth, Washington explored these object’s fascinating history.

The Lore of Saint NicholasDecember 6, 2019 — March 15, 2020

Curated by Laura Garrity-Arquitt

This exhibit, in the Museum’s auditorium, explored the mysterious and wondrous persona

of Saint Nicholas. It featured more than 40 rarely-seen icons of the saint taken from the Museum’s collection storage.

Emil Hoppé: Photographs from the Ballets RussesNovember 15, 2019 — March 8, 2020

Curated by USC Professor John Bowlt and independent curator, photo historian, and artist Graham Howe

Comprised of 85 platinum prints, this exhibition paid homage to the genius of two men: famed Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev who, more than a century ago, founded the Ballets Russes; and renowned photographer Emil Otto Hoppé, who, between 1911 and 1921, photographed the champions of that illustrious company. 

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS (continued) 2019 Earned Income

2019 Expenses (before depreciation & taxes)

Department Earned Income

Curatorial & Education

$35,322

Visitor Services $99,220

Development $96,930

Adminstration

Other Income $48,000

Grand Total $279,472

Department Expenses

Curatorial & Education

$299,214

Visitor Services $142,044

Development $146,384

Adminstration

Marketing $134,394

Occupancy $170,496

Operational $283,978

Grand total $1,176,510

2019 FINANCIAL REPORT

Visitor Services 35%

Curatorial & Education 13%

Other Income 17%

Development 35%

Operational 24%

Curatorial & Education 25%

Development 13%

Visitor Services 12%

Occupancy 15%

Marketing 11%

Lubov Tchernicheva as Cleopatra in Cleopatre, 1918 © E.O. Hoppe Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc.

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A chronological list of programs and activities with total monthly attendance figures: 

TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 10,312

JANUARY: 1,140Sunday, January 6: Free First Sunday and Russkie Posidelki Saturday, January 12: Lecture: “Ringing in Russia’s Old New Year”: A discussion of holiday traditions with Jennifer EremeevaTuesday, January 15: Docent Talk: “Sacred Time, Sacred Places” with Dennis Sardella Sunday, January 27: Contemporary Russian Lit Book Group: The Girl from the Metropol Hotel by Ludmilla PetrushevskayaThursday, January 31: Docent Talk: “A Brief History of the Formation of the Early Church” with Art Norman

FEBRUARY: 609Sunday, February 3: Free First Sunday and Russkie Posidelki Sunday, February 10: Film: Ninotchka with JoAnn DiVerdi Tuesday, February 12: Docent Talk: “Sacred Time, Sacred Places” with Dennis Sardella Tuesday, February 19: School Vacation Week Pop-Up Makerspace

Thursday, February 21: Docent Talk: “A Brief History of the Formation of the Early Church” with Art Norman

MARCH: 748Sunday, March 3: Free First Sunday and Russkie Posidelki Saturday, March 9: Lecture: “Amulets, Talismans, & Reliquaries: The Power of Adornment and Significance of Found Objects as Material and Magic” with Kendall Reiss Tuesday, March 21: Docent Talk: “A Brief History of the Formation of the Early Church” with Art Norman Saturday, March 23: Curator Talk: “The Sacred in the Profane” with Lisa Crossman

APRIL: 826Saturday, April 6: Collector’s Roundtable with Christina and George Gamota and Anna Winestein Sunday, April 7: Free First Sunday and Russkie Posidelki Sunday, April 7: Gallery Talk and Zhostovo Demonstration with Tricia Joiner Friday, April 12: Workshop: Ukrainian Egg Decorating with Hanka RobertsonSaturday, April 13: Workshop: Ukrainian Egg Decorating with Hanka Robertson

Saturday, April 27: ArtWeek! Printmaking with Styrofoam

MAY: 927Saturday, May 4: Lecture: “Hnizdovsky in Context” with Anna Winestein Sunday, May 5: Free First Sunday and Russkie Podidelki Saturday, May 11: Mother’s Day Tea with Larissa Dyan Sunday, May 19: Contemporary Russian Lit Book Group: The Burn by Vasily Aksyonov

JUNE: 661Sunday, June 2: Free First SundayFriday, June 14: Take it to the Curator Icon Assessment Saturday, June 22: Summer Solstice Concert with Yosif Feigelson

JULY: 911Sunday, July 7: Free First Sunday and Crafts Sunday, July 14: Film: Art of Faith: Christianity

AUGUST: 1,231Friday, August 2: Free Fun FridaySunday, August 4: Free First Sunday Monday, August 5: Prosopon School of Iconology Icon Writing 6-day Workshop

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Saturday, November 2: Cooking Class: Healthy Basics of Russian Cuisine with Larissa Dyan Sunday, November 3: Free First Sunday and Craft Sunday, November 3: Contemporary Russian Lit Book Group: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina Sunday, November 10: Lecture: “The History of Soap Making in Russia” with Marina Smirnov

DECEMBER: 723Saturday, December 7: Film: Brother Azari with Maria AdamovichSaturday, December 7: Talk: “Russian Holiday Tree Traditions & Soviet New Year’s Ornaments” with Masha GoncharovaSunday, December 8: Workshop: Christmas Tree Nesting Doll Sunday, December 15: Annual Winter Concert with Ivan Gusev

Sunday, August 18: Lecture: “Balancing Creativity and Tradition in Iconography” with Maureen McCormick

SEPTEMBER: 745Sunday, September 1: Free First Sunday and Craft Sunday, September 8: Lecture: “The Ancient of Days” with Christopher Helali Friday, September 20: Prosopon Workshop for Aspiring Iconographers with Maureen McCormick Sunday, September 22: Contemporary Russian Lit Book Group: Oblivion by Sergei Lebedev Saturday, September 28: Curator Talk: “Why Wrestle Angels” with Lydia Lynette Hull

OCTOBER: 948Saturday, October 5: Lecture: “Russian Folk Medicine” with Rita Bykhovsky Sunday, October 6: Free First Sunday Friday, October 18: MoRI After-Dark: “Lore and Legend: Storied Histories of the Saints” with Laura Garrity-Arquitt and Amy Consalvi

NOVEMBER: 843Friday, November 1: Take it to the Curator Icon Assessment

Russian “Holiday Tree” decorated by interior designer Masha Goncharova from St. Petersburg, Russia.

Anna Farwell works on her icon during the Prosopon School of Iconography Icon writing workshop.

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$1,000 AND ABOVE

Jane Seymour & Eric BroseSarah CuppMargery DearbornRuah Donnelly & Steven DinkelakerBarbara GerzonichAlbert & Mary Gilet in honor of Gordon & Jan LanktonThe Rt. Rev. Mary D. Glasspool in honor of David L. SanderCatherine MannickTed & Connie LapresMargaret PatelKent & Aisling RussellDavid & Sharon Stadtherr

$500-$999Jack & Leslie McCabeErnest & Barbara OskinArthur & Martha PappasEd & Lynn Philbin

$250-$499Anne ButterfieldTed & Joanne BuyniskiJoanne & David GavinKaren Lankton SchmidtBoris LevinMichael Pagano

ANNUAL SUPPORT: January 1 – December 31, 2019

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Popik in memory of Michael & Irene Popik

$100-$249

Vladislav & Olga AndrejevPeter & Patricia CooperPersis G. HamiltonJoyce Carpenter-HendersonStephen & Terri Humble in honor of Gordon LanktonElena EroshkinaNancy W. HeerJohn & Marjorie KraskouskaSandra LarsonSvetlana Nikitina & Andrew LevinEric & Lisa LowreyCecily MarshallBarrett & Mahroo MorganArt & Linda NormanGabriel & Juliana SandBrian & Susan SchanningRaoul & Mary SmithMatthew W. Panagiotu DDS Ed & Ellen Philbin in memory of Mary L. Newton, Margretta McGinis & John FitzgeraldStephen & CynthiaDonald SpringerAnn W. StammSt. Kathryn’s Parish

HomeschoolBob & Mary Ellen StraskulicSheila Tierney-CurryDonna RollVan der Wansem FoundationDonna WestNicholas & Christine Yovanovic

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSAuburn Public LibraryBerlin Public Library Bigelow Free Public Library (Clinton)Bolton Public LibraryBoylston Public LibrariesLamar Soutter Library*Clinton Rotary ClubConant Free Public Library (Sterling)Harvard Public LibraryHudson Public LibraryHopkinton Public Library*The Lawrence Library (Pepperell)Leominster Public LibraryLunenburg Public Library*Newton Free Library*Sargent Memorial Library (Boxborough)Tewksbury LibraryThayer Memorial Library (Lancaster)

Townsend Public LibraryForbush Memorial Library (Westminster)

IN-KIND DONATIONS Marina Adamovich, curator of RusDocFilmFest—3WAmy Singleton AdamsElena BoeckRita BykhovskyRobin CormackNorm Eggert PhotographyMaria Ferrante and studentsMichael FlierMaria (Masha) Goncharova Dmitry GurevichTricia Joiner Dr. Karen KetteringLeavenworth Nutcracker MuseumNicholas B. A. NicholsonNancy Paterson-SevcenkoSarah PrattThe Russian History Foundation, Jordanville, NYProfessor Wendy SalmondVera SevzovEngelina SminrnovaOksana SmirnovaProfessor Raoul SmithOleg TarasovAnna Winestein

Joan Michalski Art Norman Ellen Philbin Michael Popik Valerie Santos Dennis Sardella Maria Trout 

2019 VOLUNTEERS Julie Barrows Sarah BillottaStella BrouilletPaloma Dobski Erin DoolittleAisling Gaughan

 2019 INTERNS Nilda DeLeon Nicole HarryNatasha Zinos

MUSEUM STAFF  Amy Consalvi, Director of Education & Visitor ServicesMary Delaney,Director of MarketingDominika Dzierzynski,*Visitor Services & Event AssistantAnna Farwell,*Visitor Service Manager

Museum Members: 476Institutional: 20Complimentary for Volunteers: 61Philanthropic: 102

Platinum: 3Ruby: 1Gold: 2Silver: 7

Bronze: 89Individual, Family, Student and Senior Citizen: 293

The Museum is pleased to recognize and thank our docents, volunteers, and interns who graciously provided us with their time and support this year. 

2019 DOCENTS Barbara Blankenship B.J. Capalbo Joyce Carpenter-Henderson Larissa Dyan James Flynn Joanne Gavin Mary Hunt Patricia Kerrigan Sandra Larson Elaine Luzzetti 

Laura Garrity-Arquitt,Registrar/Assistant CuratorAlexander Gassel,*ConservatorLise Graham,*Visitor Services Assistant & Membership CoordinatorJillian Holmberg,*Visitor Services & Event AssistantSusan McKie,*Visitor Services & Event AssistantLynn Philbin,*Deputy DirectorKent Russell,CEO/CuratorMegan Senecal,*Visitor Services & Event AssistantNicholas Smaldone,*Visitor Services & Event AssistantEmily Stegner,*Visitor Services & Event AssistantSimone Tricca,*Visitor Services & Event AssistantMelanie Trottier-Mitcheson,*Event Coordinator

BOARD OF TRUSTEES  Ruah Donnelly, Vice PresidentGordon B. Lankton, President Ted Lapres, Treasurer Boris Levin Eric A. Lowrey Ann Malloy, ClerkCatherine Mannick, Vice PresidentJack McCabe, 1st Vice PresidentSvetlana Nikitina Peter Rand

*part-time  

MEMBERSHIP & STAFF

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Report copywriting: Lynn PhilbinCopy editing: Melanie Trottier-MichesonGraphic Design: Mary DelaneyPhotography: Norm Eggert

Dedicated to our friend Konstantin Simun1934 – 2019