{"id":31963,"date":"2024-01-10T16:20:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T21:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/?p=31963"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:37:27","slug":"acquisition-alert-black-sheep-by-sophie-glenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewestmoreland.org\/blog\/acquisition-alert-black-sheep-by-sophie-glenn\/","title":{"rendered":"Westmoreland Society 36th Annual Dinner & Acquisition of “Black Sheep” by Sophie Glenn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was another exciting night at the Museum as Members of the Westmoreland Society gathered on December 1, 2023, for the 36th<\/sup> annual Westmoreland Society Dinner. The evening began with cocktails and a special preview in the Robertshaw Gallery of the two art selections up for vote, along with a showcase of important acquisitions made possible by the Westmoreland Society over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the Westmoreland Society gathered at the Museum for the 36th Annual Dinner on Dec, 1, 2023.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Westmoreland\u2019s Board President Helene Conway-Long welcomed guests for dinner, followed by Westmoreland Society Officer Paul Nickoloff, who officially opened the meeting by thanking fellow Westmoreland Society Advisors Karen Douglas, Sande Hendricks, and Linda McKenna Boxx. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Board President<\/strong>
Helene Conway-Long <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Westmoreland Society Officer <\/strong>
Paul Nickoloff<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Westmoreland Society Advisor <\/strong>
Sande Hendricks<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Society Members also gave a very warm welcome to the Museum\u2019s new Richard M. Scaife CEO\/Director Dr. Silvia Filippini-Fantoni, attending her first annual dinner. Silvia spoke about the remarkable journey of the Westmoreland Society and its profound influence on the Museum\u2019s collection over the past 36 years. Because of the generosity of Society members, the Museum has added 53 artworks by 50 artists, of which seven are women, to the permanent collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard M. Scaife Director\/CEO Dr. Silvia Filippini-Fantoni<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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For this year\u2019s voting consideration, Chief Curator Jeremiah William McCarthy presented works by two contemporary women artists: Sophie Glenn and Lena Wolff.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first work presented was Sophie Glenn\u2019s sculpture Black Sheep<\/em>, 2020, a sculpted corner chair crafted entirely from steel, with trompe l\u2019oeil effect to evoke wood, and a rush seat of hand-spun steel wool.  The work received first prize in sculpture for the 2023 Art of the State exhibition organized by the State Museum in Harrisburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second work presented was Lena Wolff\u2019s Full Moon Star<\/em>, 2021, a piece of hand-milled walnut, beech, and maple joined in a patterned marquetry and finished with wax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By popular vote of Westmoreland Society members, Black Sheep<\/em> by Sophie Glenn won for accession to the Museum\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophie Glenn, Black Sheep<\/em>, 2020, painted and rusted steel, hand-spun steel wool<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sophie Glenn’s Black Sheep, 2020 (L) with <\/strong>
Lena Wolff,’s Full Moon Star<\/em>, 2021 (R)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By popular vote of Westmoreland Society members, “Black Sheep” by Sophie Glenn <\/em>won for accession to the Museum\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p> <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Richard M. Scaife Director\/CEO Dr. Silvia Filippini-Fantoni, Board Trustee Susy Korb, and Westmoreland Society Member Joe McInerny<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Members voted to acquire Black Sheep<\/em> by Sophie Glenn for the Museum’s permanent collection<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Anila Agha, whose work Flowers (Blue and Red Circle)<\/em>, 2017,  was acquired last year,<\/a> thanked Society members through video for selecting her work at the 2022 dinner and for supporting contemporary artists like her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah also thanked Society members for their generosity to the Museum\u2019s general art acquisition fund, which made it possible to acquire two works in 2023: Dorothy Dehner\u2019s Landscape with Two Suns<\/em>, a large tabletop bronze from 1962, and Isabel Bishop\u2019s portrait, Gina<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dorothy Dehner, Landscape with Two Suns<\/em>, 1962, bronze. Gift of William W. Jamison and Thomas Lynch Art Endowment Funds, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Isabel Bishop, Gina<\/em>, around 1945, oil and egg tempera on masonite. \u00a0Gift of the William W. Jamison and Thomas Lynch Art Acquisition Endowment Funds, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The coming year will be a transformative one for elevating the visibility of important women artists. Dehner\u2019s work will hold pride of place when the Museum\u2019s modern and contemporary galleries are refreshed in early 2024; Bishop\u2019s portrait will be on view during the Museum\u2019s exhibition The Great Search: Art in a Time of Change, 1928\u20131945, <\/em>opening June 2024; and Anila Agha will be presented in her major survey exhibition in fall 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westmoreland Society members ended the night by generously donating $31,500 more for art acquisition, adding to the more than $1.3 million in contributions raised by the Society to date!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Westmoreland Society Members Richard Lopretto, Phyllis Lopretto, and Terry Graft<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Curator Emerita and Westmoreland Society Gold Medalist Barbara Jones and Westmoreland Society Member Susan Ciarimboli<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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 The Committee for The Westmoreland President Kitty Hricenak, Committee Vice President Susan Tanto, and Richard M. Scaife Director\/CEO Dr. Silvia Filippini-Fantoni
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Director of Collections and Exhibition Management Doug Evans, Board Trustee Jim Broadhurst, and Westmoreland Society Member Suzy Broadhurst
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Patti Gibbons, Westmoreland Society Past President and Gold Medalist Bud Gibbons, and Westmoreland Society <\/strong>
Member Barbara Ferrier<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Abby Kroh and Board Trustee and Westmoreland Society Gold Medalist Pam Kroh<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Westmoreland Society members ended the night by generously donating $31,500 more for art acquisition, adding to the more than $1.3 million in contributions raised by the Society to date!<\/strong><\/p> <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Linda Assard, Director of Collections and Exhibition Management Doug Evans, and Lisa Gordon<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Director of Learning, Engagement and Partnerships<\/strong> Dr. Erica Nuckles and Assistant Curator Danny Volk<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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L-R: Susan Tanto, George Austin, Linda Austin, Diane Nickoloff, Paul Nickoloff, Bill Kofmehl, Tom Tanto, and Elizabeth Kofmehl<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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