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Show from the director UMFA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marcia Price, Chair Ron Allen Cynthia Sue Anderson Robert F. Bennett Toni Bloomberg Jim Bradley* Fred Esplin* Suzanne Ferry* Lynn Fey John H. Firmage Jonathan Freedman Clark P. Giles Michael Hardman Wesley G. Howell, Jr. John C. Jarman Lucinda L. Kindred Georgianna Knudson* Mihail S. Lari Jack Livingood Michele Mattsson* W. Brent Maxfield Mary S. McCarthey Kathie Miller Nicole Mouskondis Dear Members and Friends ... What a fun and wild summer we are having here at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. If you haven't yet ventured to the UMFA to see Speed:The Art of the Performance Automobile, I encourage you to make the trip. These "rolling sculptures" are amazing objects with fascinating histories, and they will be on view in our galleries until September 16. When viewed in the setting of an art museum, we see the cars in Speed in an entirely new light It is interesting to note that the Museum of Modern Art in New York City first exhibited automobiles in 1951 in an exhibition entitled Eight Automobiles. In recent years, the Portland Art Museum, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Louvre in Paris have showcased automobiles in popular exhibitions. We are thrilled to have these remarkable objects in our galleries for our many visitors to see. We are presenting a wonderful array of public programming to complement the Speed exhibition. Join us for a free lecture and a fabulous film screening, or register to attend the special "Hoods Up" event featuring the exhibition's guest curator in conversation with Jay Leno, America's best-known car enthusiast and host of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As always, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts will continue to strive to be a source of delight and inspiration for our community.Thank you for your ongoing support of the UMFA. I hope to see you in the galleries soon. Joseph J. Palmer Rashelle Perry Chris Redgrave Robert H . Rose Ann B. Scott Joanne F. Shiebler Diane Stewart Naoma Tate Elizabeth F. Tozer Raymond Tymas-Jones* Marva Warnock Jenny Wilson * Ex-Officio Gretchen Dietrich, Executive Director THEU UNIVERSITY OF UTAH The UMFA gratefully acknowledges the continuing support it receives from the University of Utah, Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks Program, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City Arts Council, C. Comstock Clayton Foundation, Estate of Aurelia B. Cahoon, Anne M. and David S. Dolowitz, Helene Druke Shaw Family, Katherine W. Dumke & Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Foundation. George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Marriner S. Eccles Foundation, The William Randolph Hearst Foundations, Emma Eccles Jones Foundation, Wilma T. Gibson Family. Jeanette and 0. Ernest Grua, Jr. Family, Estate of John W. and Helen B. Jarman, National Endowment for the Arts, LaReta C. Madsen Family, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation, John & Marcia Price Family Foundation, S. J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation, Joseph and Evelyn Rosenblatt Family Foundation, George Q. Morris Foundation, Estate of E. Frank Sanguinetti. Ms. Suzanne M. Scott, State Office of Education , Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Paul L. & Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, UMFA Board of Directors, Benefit Council, Docent Council, Special Exhibitions Council, Friends of the Art Museum, Young Benefactors. Friends of Utah & Western Art and UMFA Members. |
