Fort Wayne Art Institute
Membership 1967-68
Membership contributions are used for free education at the Museum. We all know how increases in the cost of living and the birth rate have affected our schools, colleges and churches. These factors also effect the Museum. As the community grows the scope of the Museum’s educational activity and commitments must of necessity increase. Without membership contributions the Museum cannot activate its educational programs that are so vital to the well rounded and steady cultural growth of Fort Wayne. The Museum has a two-fold purpose to fulfill in an expanding community-to educate-to stimulate. At the Museum research and testing of new techniques in both adult and children’s art education is taking place. Hopefully, the results of this work will be a totally new concept in visual art education. Your membership contributions are vital to the development and growth of these educational programs.
MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES
INSTITUTE MEMBERSHIP ... $5.00 entitles you to:
1. Participation in and support of the growth of a vital cultural-educational program.
2. Free subscription to the News Bulletin and catalogs of exhibitions.
3. Invitations to preview parties and special events.
4. Use of the Art Institute Library.
5. Free admission to a special series of art films planned for members only.
INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES MEMBERSHIP … $12.00 entitles you to 1 through 5 plus:
6. Voting for members of the Board of Directors.
7. Discount in the Museum Shop.
8. 10% Tuition discount on non-credit classes.
9. Choice of one of the following programs:
Decorative Arts Workshop
Decorative Living Series
Exploring Arts Series V or VI
Moring Lecture Series
INSTITUTE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP … $25.00 entitles you to 1 through 9 plus:
10. One Moring Lecture Series and your choice of two of the following programs:
Decorative Arts Workshop
Decorative Living Series
Exploring Arts Series V or VI
One additional Moring Lecture Series
11. 10% Tuition discount on Children’s Art Classes (Saturday or Summer).
12. 10% Tuition discount on non-credit classes (for adults in the immediate family).
Additional Decorative Arts Workshop, Decorative Living or Exploring Arts Series are available on Activities or Family Memberships for $6 each. A third Moring Series requires another Activities Membership.
BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP … $40.00 entitles the organization to:
1. Select a painting, sculpture, print or drawing from the Art Rental Gallery once every six months and keep it for one month.
2. Give two of its employees tickets to attend one of the Exploring Arts Series.
Established in 1920 the Fort Wayne Art Institute offers an active program of exhibitions and events which present important developments in the Fine and Decorative Arts. The Museum of Art and the School of Fine Arts are sustained in these efforts by individual and business members through their memberships in the Art Institute. You are cordially invited to join in the support of this vital cultural-educational program.
LAURA B. MORING EVENING PROGRAMS
October 17
November 14
December 5
January 16
February 13
March 5
April 16
May 7
These eight programs will include a world news analyst, a national art critic, two technicolor films, a "Travel to Art" program, and three authorities in the field of Fine Arts to give pleasure and awareness to men and women, teachers, business and professional members. Past programs have included: John Canaday, Margaret Mead, Karl Haas, Roscoe Drummond and films such as Van Gogh-Self Portrait, The Louvre, The Story of Ulysses … The Laura B. Moring Evening Programs are held on Tuesday evenings in the Art Institute Auditorium. Mrs. S. Allan Jacobs, Chairman. For further information please call the Museum of Art. Telephone: 743-8248
DECORATIVE LIVING 1967 1968
October 4 American Influence in Glass
October 18 Flowers Arranged for the American Home
November 1 Train Trip
November 15 America's Distinctive Furniture
November 29 Christmas Workshop
December 6 An American Christmas-At Home
January 17 America's Designs-1968
February 7 American Art-As You Like It!
February 21 The Art of Hanging Pictures
March 6 Music in Entertaining
March 20 Gourmet Foods
April 17 Your Garden-Americana
The Decorative Living Series is designed to be an informative program in different areas of the arts. A trip and a Christmas Workshop are planned. Programs will be held in the Art Institute Auditorium at 9:30 after which there will be coffee served and a short gallery talk concerning the current exhibits in the Museum of Art.
DECORATIVE ARTS WORKSHOP 1967 1968
October 10 & 24 Creative Paper Design
November 1 Train Trip with Decorative Living
November 14 & 28 Creative Paper Design
January 9 & 23 Printmaking
February 13 & 27 Printmaking
March 12 & 26 Weaving without a Loom
April 9 & 23 Weaving without a Loom
This series of craft workshops offers four sessions devoted to each of three subjects. In each case the first meeting will be an introduction to, and history of the craft in the form of a lecture, illustrated with slides and examples, and a discussion of design, materials, and tools. The three following meetings will be spent actually working in the medium. There will be a minimal materials charge for each craft. Classes will be in the Art Institute Auditorium on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month with the choice of a morning (9:30-11:30) or an afternoon session (1-3). Membership is limited in size.
EXPLORING ARTS 1967 1968
The Development of a Tradition
September 27 Meeting with Exploring Arts VI
October 10 Art of India
October 24 Bus Trip
November 7 Persian Manuscript Painting
November 21 Byzantine Empire
December 12 Art of China and Japan
January 9 Chinese Painting
January 23 Japanese Prints, 17-18-19th Centuries
February 13 Manet
February 27 Whistler
March 12 Van Gogh-Gauguin
March 26 Bus Trip
April 9 Modern Japanese Prints
April 23 Summary
Twelve thoughtfully planned illustrated lectures will cover four Impressionist Masters and the important influence which the Art of the Orient had upon their work. There will be two bus trips scheduled, the destinations to be announced at a later date. Exploring Art V meets Tuesday morning at 9:30 A.M. at the Museum of Art.
EXPLORING ARTS VI 1967 1968
Museums in Focus
September 27 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City-Meeting with Exploring Arts V
October 11 William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
October 25 Bus Trip
November 8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, New York City
November 22 The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
December 13 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
January 10 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
January 24 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
February 14 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 28 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
March 13 The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
March 27 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
April 10 Bus Trip
April 24 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Twelve thoughtfully planned illustrated lectures will cover the top museums in the United States and utilizing their famous collections will survey the history of art. There will be two bus trips scheduled, the destinations to be announced at a later date. Exploring Arts VI meets Wednesday morning at 9:30 A.M. at the Museum of Art.
