ARTIS-NAPLES INC

ESTABLISHED IN 2000, THE BAKER MUSEUM STEWARDS A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF OVER 3,000 FINE ART OBJECTS AND PROGRAMS APPROXIMATELY 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF INDOOR EXHIBITION SPACE, ALONG WITH OUTDOOR SCULPTURE GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE CULTURAL CAMPUS. IN 2020, ARTIS-NAPLES CELEBRATED THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE BAKER MUSEUM AND ADJOINING NORRIS GARDEN, WHICH CREATED NEW SPACES FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION. THE BAKER MUSEUM IS COMMITTED TO REEXAMINING THE ESTABLISHED AND FULFILLING CURIOSITY FOR THE NEW, AND THE MUSEUM'S ROBUST CALENDAR FEATURES A COMBINATION OF EXHIBITIONS DRAWN FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AND NOTED TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. THE 2023-24 SEASON FEATURED A DYNAMIC SLATE OF EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GEORGE GERSHWIN THROUGH THE EXHIBITION GEORGE GERSHWIN AND MODERN ART: A RHAPSODY IN BLUE, A MAJOR LOAN EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY THE BAKER MUSEUM EXPLORING GERSHWIN'S ROLE AS BOTH AN ARTIST AND AN ART COLLECTOR. THE MUSEUM'S CURATORIAL TEAM CHAMPIONS THE WORK OF BOTH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS BY ORGANIZING EXHIBITIONS THAT OFTEN PROVIDE ARTISTS WITH THEIR FIRST EXPOSURE TO MUSEUM AUDIENCES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS THE CASE WITH CELEBRATED ARGENTINE ARTIST TAMARA KOSTIANOVSKY, WHOSE EXHIBITION TAMARA KOSTIANOVSKY: BOTANICAL REVOLUTION REPRESENTED HER FIRST TIME EXHIBITING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND FEATURED NEW WORK INSPIRED BY THE BIRD AND PLANT LIFE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. OTHER EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED BY THE MUSEUM INCLUDED FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY 2023-24; THE FACE OF IMMOKALEE; AND DEEP CUTS FROM THE AHMET ERTEGUN COLLECTION. TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS PRESENTED AT THE MUSEUM INCLUDED THE ART OF FOOD: FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF JORDAN D. SCHNITZER AND HIS FAMILY FOUNDATION; FRANK STEWART'S NEXUS: AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNEY, 1960S TO THE PRESENT; ANDY WARHOL PORTFOLIOS: A LIFE IN POP | WORKS FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA COLLECTION; AND TRADITION INTERRUPTED. THE IMPACT OF THESE EXHIBITIONS AND THEIR RELATED PROGRAMMING WAS ENHANCED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH GROUPS INCLUDING THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS, IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION, LEE COUNTY BLACK HISTORY SOCIETY, NAACP OF COLLIER COUNTY AND NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN. THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE BAKER MUSEUM IS MAINTAINED FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION, EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH AND STEWARDSHIP IN FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THE MUSEUM MADE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS TO ITS COLLECTION DURING THE 2023-24 SEASON, INCLUDING GENEROUS DONATIONS OF PRINTS BY JOS CLEMENTE OROZCO; PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAUL STRAND, PHILIP PERKIS AND JACK LEIGH; AND PAINTINGS BY ARNOLD BELKIN AND MERNET LARSEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE MUSEUM MADE TWO SIGNIFICANT PURCHASES OF CONTEMPORARY WORKS: A TEXTILE TRIPTYCH BY TAMARA KOSTIANOVSKY AND A SITE-SPECIFIC ASSEMBLAGE AND INSTALLATION BY PEPE MAR. IN ADDITION TO BEING UTILIZED IN TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS WITHIN THE MUSEUM'S GALLERIES, SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION ARE ON VIEW IN PUBLIC SPACES WITHIN THE MUSEUM, HAYES HALL AND THE KOHAN ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, AS WELL AS OUTDOORS THROUGHOUT THE 8.5-ACRE CULTURAL CAMPUS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE MAJESTIC DAWN'S FOREST, THE LAST AND LARGEST SCULPTURE INSTALLATION BY THE EMINENT AMERICAN ARTIST LOUISE NEVELSON, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT SCULPTURES BY DANIEL BUREN, ALBERT PALEY, MANOLO VALDES AND OTHERS.