THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC

EXHIBITIONS:IN 2024, THE ALDRICH OPENED SIX NEW EXHIBITIONS, THREE ALDRICH PROJECTS, ONE MAIN STREET SCULPTURE PROJECT, AS WELL AS UNVEILED A NEWLY DESIGNED SCULPTURE GARDEN BY THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM STIMSON.IN JANUARY, WE OPENED OUR FIRST ALDRICH PROJECT: AMANDA MARTINEZ | CANTA Y NO LLORES. IT FEATURED A SERIES OF WALL RELIEFS AND FREESTANDING SCULPTURES, ALL SITED IN THE MUSEUM'S LEIR ATRIUM. IT WAS ON VIEW JANUARY 10 TO MAY 5, 2024. ALSO, IN JANUARY, WE OPENED LOIE HOLLOWELL: SPACE BETWEEN, A SURVEY OF TEN YEARS, THE ARTIST'S FIRST MUSEUM SURVEY AND FIRST MUSEUM PRESENTATION ON THE EAST COAST. IT WAS ON VIEW JANUARY 21 TO AUGUST 11, 2024, AND THEN TRAVELED TO THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, WHERE IT OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2024, AND REMAINS ON VIEW THROUGH MARCH 9, 2025.IN APRIL, WE OPENED TWO FIRST SOLO MUSEUM DEBUTS: LAYO BRIGHT: DAWN AND DUSK AND ELIZABETH ENGLANDER: EMINEM BUDDHISM, VOLUME 3. BOTH SHOWS FEATURED NEW AND BORROWED WORKS AND WERE ON VIEW APRIL 7 TO OCTOBER 27, 2024.IN MAY, WE INSTALLED THE SECOND ALDRICH PROJECT: ESTHER RUIZ: UNCHARTED IN THE MUSEUM'S LEIR ATRIUM. IT DEBUTED NEW SCULPTURES AND A RECENT WORK AND WAS ON VIEW MAY 8 TO SEPTEMBER 2, 2024.IN AUGUST 2024, WE PRESENTED A SEQUENCE OF THREE SOLO PRESENTATIONS OF VIDEO ART BY ARTISTS EVA RICHARDSON MCCREA, WINNIE TRUONG, AND MAYA JEFFEREIS. THE ALDRICH VIDEO SERIES WAS ON VIEW FROM AUGUST 19 TO OCTOBER 20, 2024.IN SEPTEMBER, WE OPENED THE THIRD ALDRICH PROJECT: MILES HUSTON | OVERSHOOT. HUSTON PRESENTED WORKS FROM HIS OVERSHOOT SERIES IN THE LEIR ATRIUM. IT WAS ON VIEW SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 TO JANUARY 5, 2025. IN NOVEMBER, WE OPENED TWO MAJOR EXHIBITIONS: MARTHA DIAMOND: DEEP TIME AND A GARDEN OF PROMISE AND DISSENT AS WELL AS THE MAIN STREET SCULPTURE PROJECT, MOKO FUKUYAMA: MENAGERIE. MARTHA DIAMOND: DEEP TIME IS THE ARTIST'S FIRST MAJOR TRAVELING MUSEUM SURVEY. IT WAS CO-ORGANIZED WITH THE COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART AND IS ON VIEW NOVEMBER 17, 2024 TO MAY 18, 2025. A GARDEN OF PROMISE AND DISSENT INAUGURATES THE ALDRICH'S NEWLY RENOVATED CAMPUS AND SCULPTURE GARDEN. THIS INTERGENERATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION OF TWENTY-ONE ARTISTS SPANS THE MUSEUM'S FIRST FLOOR GALLERIES (ON VIEW: OCTOBER 31, 2024 TO MARCH 16, 2025) AND GROUNDS (ON VIEW: NOVEMBER 17, 2024 TO NOVEMBER 2025). MOKO FUKUYAMA: MENAGERIE DEBUTS A NEW OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SPECIALLY MADE FOR THE ALDRICH. IT IS ON VIEW NOVEMBER 17, 2024 TO OCTOBER 19, 2025.FIVE EXHIBITIONS AND THREE ALDRICH PROJECTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS. FOR THE THREE ALDRICH PROJECTS, WE PUBLISHED 'ZINES. FOR LOIE HOLLOWELL: SPACE BETWEEN, A SURVEY OF TEN YEARS WE PUBLISHED THE ARTIST'S FIRST MONOGRAPH, A HARDCOVER BOOK, 96 PAGES, CO-PUBLISHED BY THE ALDRICH AND GREGORY R. MILLER & CO. FOR LAYO BRIGHT: DAWN AND DUSK AND ELIZABETH ENGLANDER: EMINEM BUDDHISM, VOLUME 3 WE PUBLISHED 34-PAGE, SOFT COVER BOOKS. FOR MARTHA DIAMOND: DEEP TIME WE PUBLISHED THE ARTIST'S FIRST HARDBOUND BOOK, 192 PAGES, AND CO-PUBLISHED WITH THE ALDRICH, COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, AND DELMONICO BOOKS. FOR A GARDEN OF PROMISE AND DISSENT WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A 64-PAGE CATALOGUE.

PUBLIC AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS:JANUARY 2024:CHIFFON THOMAS PRESENTED HIS WORK ALONGSIDE A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH DR. ALYSSA COLLINS, EXPLORING THEIR SHARED INTEREST IN OCTAVIA E. BUTLER'S LITERARY WORKS. THE DISCUSSION DELVED INTO THEMES OF EMBODIMENT, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND SPECULATIVE MODES WITHIN BOTH BUTLER'S WRITING AND THOMAS'S ART.FEBRUARY 2024:CHIFFON THOMAS PREMIERED POLISH, A PERFORMANCE CREATED OVER THE PAST YEAR, INSIDE HIS SCULPTURES IN THE SOUTH GALLERY. THE EVENT, WHICH FEATURED AN INTRODUCTION BY AMY SMITH-STEWART, EXPLORED HEALING AND REGENERATION THROUGH CHOREOGRAPHED MOVEMENTS, PERCUSSIVE SOUND, AND SYNCHRONIZED LIGHTING. THE MUSEUM ALSO HOSTED A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARTIST YVETTE MAYORGA AND DR. MEREDITH MARTIN, FOCUSING ON MAYORGA'S MAXIMALIST AESTHETIC AND ITS CONNECTION TO NEO-ROCOCO INFLUENCES.MARCH 2024:THE ALDRICH HOSTED ITS FIRST ALDRICH AFTER HOURS, WITH A CURATOR-LED HIGHLIGHTS TOUR OF LOIE HOLLOWELL'S EXHIBITION, FOLLOWED BY A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY XONDRA. WE ALSO WORKED WITH MERCY LEARNING CENTER, HOSTING 30 STUDENTS FOR GALLERY TOURS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO YVETTE MAYORGA AND LOIE HOLLOWELL'S WORK. ADDITIONALLY, WE HELD A SOLD-OUT SCREENING AND TALK-BACK WITH ARTIST HELENA HERNMARCK, DISCUSSING HER MONUMENTAL TAPESTRIES FOR 35 HUDSON YARDS.MAY 2024:LOIE HOLLOWELL RETURNED FOR A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION ON HER CURRENT EXHIBITION, JOINED BY AMY SMITH-STEWART.JUNE 2024:THE SECOND ALDRICH AFTER HOURS INCLUDED A COLLAGE WORKSHOP WITH MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM AND FLAT VERNACULAR, A CURATOR-LED EXHIBITION TOUR, AND ORIGINAL COCKTAILS INSPIRED BY LAYO BRIGHT AND ELIZABETH ENGLANDER'S WORK. ON JUNE 22ND, WE PRESENTED GOSSIP, A DANCE PERFORMANCE BY ALEXA WEST, COMMISSIONED BY THE MUSEUM AND INSPIRED BY LOIE HOLLOWELL'S EXHIBITION, WITH TWO SHOWINGS FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION FOR BOTH ALEXA WEST AND ARTIST ESTHER RUIZ. WE ALSO HOSTED A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH LAYO BRIGHT AND AINDREA EMELIFE, CURATOR AT THE MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART.JULY 2024:CAMP ALDRICH 2024 RAN FOR THREE WEEKS, WITH 63 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING, INCLUDING 23 CAMPERS IN EACH OF THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. TEACHING ARTIST ROBERT BERBST LED GALLERY VISITS AND ART-MAKING SESSIONS, AND CAMPERS CREATED MULTIPLE PROJECTS INSPIRED BY THE EXHIBITIONS. THE PROGRAM CULMINATED IN AN ART SHOW FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT THE END OF EACH WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, WE REVIVED OUR "GETTING" CONTEMPORARY ART SERIES, WHERE 20 ADULT PARTICIPANTS ANALYZED AND DISCUSSED CONTEMPORARY WORKS ON VIEW. WE CONCLUDED JULY WITH A HYBRID ARTIST TALK FEATURING ELIZABETH ENGLANDER AND EDUARDO ANDRES ALFONSO, STREAMED LIVE FROM THE MUSEUM.SEPTEMBER 2024:A MEDITATION SERIES INSPIRED BY ELIZABETH ENGLANDER'S SCULPTURES TOOK PLACE IN THE GALLERIES, WITH KRISTEN DAVIS, HEAD OF BROOKLYN ZEN CENTER'S BOUNDLESS MIND TEMPLE, GUIDING PARTICIPANTS THROUGH SEATED ZAZEN POSTURES.OCTOBER 2024:WE CONTINUED OUR FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIDGEFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, PRESENTING THE RSO QUARTET IN A SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCE INSPIRED BY LAYO BRIGHT'S EXHIBITION. ON OCTOBER 20TH, WE HOSTED A GLASS MOSAIC WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST COURTNEY MCCLOSKEY AND LAYO BRIGHT, WHERE 30 PARTICIPANTS LEARNED THE BASICS OF MOSAIC TECHNIQUES INSPIRED BY BRIGHT'S WORK.NOVEMBER 2024:FRITZ HORSTMAN, EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT THE ALBERS FOUNDATION, LED A SOLD-OUT HANDS-ON WORKSHOP EXPLORING COLOR RELATIVITY AND TRANSPARENCY, CONNECTED TO JOSEF ALBERS'S INTERACTION OF COLOR. THE OPENING OF THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AND CURRENT EXHIBITIONS WAS CELEBRATED WITH A FREE COMMUNITY DAY, ATTRACTING ABOUT 500 VISITORS FOR TOURS, FAMILY WORKSHOPS, AND A SPECIAL LOOK AT THE CAMPUS RENOVATION.DECEMBER 2024:THE ALDRICH CO-HOSTED A BOOK LAUNCH FOR MARTHA DIAMOND'S CATALOGUE AT SKOWHEGAN'S NYC OFFICE, FEATURING A CONVERSATION WITH ARTISTS NICOLE WITTENBERG AND ANN CRAVEN MODERATED BY ART CRITIC AND CURATOR ROB STORR. WE ALSO OFFERED A CURATOR TOUR OF MARTHA DIAMOND: DEEP TIME WITH AMY SMITH-STEWART.ONGOING PROGRAMS:OVER 1,200 STUDENTS VISITED THE MUSEUM FOR SCHOOL TOURS, INCLUDING LOCAL PRESCHOOLS, SCOUTS, AND HOMESCHOOL GROUPS. THE COMMON GROUND RESIDENCY CONTINUED WITH ARTIST AMANDA MARTINEZ WORKING WITH 7TH-GRADE STUDENTS AT SIDE-BY-SIDE CHARTER SCHOOL FOR A WEEK-LONG ENGAGEMENT BEGINNING WITH A MUSEUM TOUR AND THEN IN CLASSROOM SESSIONS GUIDING STUDENTS THROUGH AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF HER WORK AND PROCESS, WHICH LED TO PERSONALIZED ART PROJECTS. ON AVERAGE 115 FAMILIES JOIN US ON THIRD SATURDAYS EACH MONTH FOR PROGRAMMING IN THE STUDIO FOR STORYTIME AND ART-MAKING AND IN THE GALLERIES FOR AN ALL-AGES TOUR. IN MARCH, WE HOSTED OUR FIRST BILINGUAL SPANISH/ENGLISH STORYTIME, FEATURING THIS HOUSE IS MADE OF MUD - ESTA CASA EST HECHA DE LODO BY KEN BUCHANAN.THE ALDRICH TEEN FELLOWS PROGRAM MET FOR TWO SESSIONS, FOCUSING ON LOIE HOLLOWELL'S EXHIBITION AND CULMINATING IN A FIELD TRIP TO NYC AND A FINAL PROJECT INSPIRED BY HOLLOWELL'S WORK. IN THE FALL, TEEN FELLOWS VISITED DIA BEACON AND MET WITH THEIR TEEN PROGRAM AND CREATED A FINAL PROJECT INSPIRED BY MARTHA DIAMOND: DEEP TIME AND THE A GARDEN OF PROMISE AND DISSENT EXHIBITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED A VIDEO PIECE AND WALL ART EXPLORING PERSONAL, INNER LANDSCAPES.ACCESS PROGRAMS:THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE MUSEUM RAN MONTHLY ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS, ADULTS, AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, INCLUDING COLLABORATION WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, RIDGEFIELD STATION, RIDGEFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY, RIDGEFIELD TRANSITION PROGRAM, AND WATERSTONE WESTCHESTER. NEW PROGRAMS WERE DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY AND RVNAHEALTH, SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION AND INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE.