Whitney Museum of American Art

Collection and exhibitions of American artin fy22, the Whitney Museum of American Art presented 7 exhibitions. These included: the Whitney's collection: selections from 1900 to 1965 (june 28, 2019 - present); jasper johns: mind/mirror (september 29, 2021 - february 13, 2022); labyrinth of forms: women and abstraction, 1930 - 1950 (october 9, 2021 - march 13, 2022); my barbarian (october 29, 2021 - february 27, 2022); jennifer packer: the eye is not satisfied with seeing (october 30, 2021 - april 17, 2022); Whitney biennial 2022: quiet as it's kept (april 6, 2022 - september 5, 2022); and at the dawn of a new age: early twentieth-century American modernism (may 7, 2022 - february 26, 2023). (see schedule o)fy22 performances at the Museum included: my barbarian: transparency 2021 (november 5, 2021); my barbarian: songbook (december 18, 2021); my barbarian: double future (february 24 - 26, 2022); awilda sterling-duprey: blindfolded (march 20, 2022); jason rhoades: sutter's mill (april 8 - september 2, 2022); moby dick; or, the whale (april 15 - 17, 2022); and alex da corte: roy g biv (april 20 - august 8, 2022). An ongoing series of outdoor Art shown across gansevoort street from the Museum had one installation: Whitney biennial 2022: quiet as it's kept (april 6- september 5, 2022).the following exhibitions toured nationally: vantage points: contemporary photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art (taubman Museum of Art, roanoke, va); julie mehretu, co-organized with lacma (walker Art center, minneapolis, mn); and dawoud bey: an American project, co-organized with sfmoma (the Museum of fine arts, houston, tx).

Education programsduring fy22, the Whitney's education department collaborated with colleagues across the Museum to develop and strengthen the Whitney's infrastructure for hybrid programming as the covid-19 pandemic continued. All teams developed programs to engage the Whitney's world-class collection of American Art and reach the diverse online audience that typically visits the Museum. During fy22 the Museum saw a significant growth of in person visitors, and maintained a virtual international audience and online programming about the Whitney collection and exhibitions designed by Museum educators. (see schedule o)the Whitney served a total of 60,809 visitors in person and online, through school, youth, family, public, and access & community programs. An additional 947,720 asynchronous users online were served through digital engagement with interpretive content of audio guides, recorded videos of programs on youtube, and podcasts. A total of 10,242 of these in person and online visitors were k-12 students. Education staff worked within and across program areas on zoom to present dynamic programming that explored critical questions about American Art, culture, and society. The school program team completed 356 online lessons and served 9,506 k-12 students in online and in-person programming; 1,849 k-12 students were from our 9 partnership schools.in addition, the Whitney education department continued all teen youth insights cohorts with a total of 119 meetings and teen's events, serving a total of 701 teens, out of these number 101 teens participated into youth insights or a leader program. In fy22, the department offered its annual Art college night for nyc teens, on zoom. Representatives from colleges in the new york area gave information about scholarship opportunities, college essay writing tips, and much more. The Museum also continued its commitment to accessibility for visitors with disabilities to experience the richness and complexity of American Art in an accessible and inclusive environment through remote and in-person offerings. This includes visitors who identify as disabled, d/deaf, deaf-blind, neurodivergent, autistic, low vision and/or experience a range of cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disability, physical disability, chronic illness and/or sensory sensitivities. With the continuation of the covid-19 pandemic and its acute and ongoing impact on disability communities most programming remained online. The access team focused on expanding access features on the mobile guide to support visitors with disabilities as they engaged with Whitney exhibitions, during fy22 401 people attended an access tour, and a total of 1,019 students with disabilities, from 19 different schools, participated in either an in-person guided visit or online lesson.in fy22 6,971 people attended artmaking workshops, tours, and community programs. Community programs at the Whitney served as a focal point for exploration, dialogue, and self-expression for the Museum's diverse neighbors with a desire to connect to Art. Community programs developed individualized extended programs designed to meet the specific and diverse needs of our 14 different partner organizations and to provide educational and cultural opportunities for underserved audiences of all ages.public programs and public engagement presented provocative and experimental events that engage audiences in critical dialogues on Art and cultural production. The division presented 23 programs and 4 courses to 25,978 visitors; recordings of these programs have been viewed approximately 37,730 times as of june 30, 2022. Highlights included conversations, symposia, readings, workshops, and screenings in conjunction with dawoud bey: an American project, dave mckenzie: the story i tell myself, julie mehretu, jasper johns: mind/mirror, my barbarian, jennifer packer: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, making knowing, and Whitney biennial 2022: quiet as it's kept.throughout the year, the public programs mailing list continued to grow, adding nearly 5,000 new subscribers for a total of approximately 26,000 individuals, and the Museum began to collect feedback from program attendees through short surveys after programs. In july 2021, programs were developed to be in a hybrid format, enabling speakers and audiences to participate in-person or virtually, as well as creating opportunities to deepen the accessibility of these events. Two early hybrid programs were black/queer/abstract: a convening on the occasion of julie mehretu and the films of andy warhol; the annual walter annenberg lecture featuring dawoud bey was also produced in a hybrid format. Public programs focused on making events more accessible, all events were offered with closed captioning and asl interpretation when requested, as well as live spanish translation.family programs had 43 in person and online Art clubs and workshop studios serving a total of 9,901 people in person (between kids and adults). One such initiative was Whitney kids Art challenge, designed for kids and adults to do together with materials easily found in the home based on works in the Whitney's permanent collection. The family programs team lead one of the largest family events hosted at the Museum: pride on the Whitney lawn, which featured live readings from lgbtq+ poets hosted by chavisa woods, and intergenerational poetry workshops led by regie cabico, and family-friendly activities, including hands-on artmaking, performances, photo booths, giveaways, this event had more than 5,000 attendees. For more information about Whitney education, please visit whitney.org/education.

Curatorial and related supportin fy22, the Whitney Museum of American Art continued its ongoing study into the more than 26,000 objects in the collection by over 3,700 artists. The Whitney continued its work on a multi-year, cross-departmental, and cross-institutional research project to understand the origin, scope, evolution, use, and impact of the Museum's collection. The project, which will culminate in the Whitney's first ever collection strategic plan in spring 2023, will offer recommendations, goals, and objectives for the future of the Whitney's collection that is informed by the institution's history and enriched by its desire to make its holdings useful, dynamic,(see schedule o) and relevant for today and the future. The Whitney continues to refine and experiment with its strategies for displaying more of the permanent collection within its gallery spaces. The resulting collection displays create thematic, Art historical contexts and counterpoints to the ongoing special exhibitions program, and explore how the institution can contribute to new narratives about American culture and history. Rich documentation of these installations and many of the artworks within them allowed these exhibitions to remain accessible through the Museum's website. Since re-opening to the public in fall 2020, the Whitney has also continued to further develop and expand many of its digital and hybrid collection initiatives that were first initiated in response to covid-19 quarantine restrictions. Work was ongoing to digitize the Museum's collections, a project that is a crucial aspect of the increased scope of the curatorial, conservation, and research resources teams in its greatly enlarged facility. The Whitney's permanent collection remained online and available to the public as a searchable resource and is updated regularly as new works enter the collection. Important library and special collections holdings are kept on site, as well as about 16,000 works on paper that are stored in the sondra gilman study center, facilitating access to them for curators and scholars. The sondra gilman study center supports cross-medium, cross-disciplinary research, allowing Museum staff, artists, scholars, and researchers access to the collection and opportunity for close material and technical examination of objects. As such, the study center is an exceptional resource for historians and curators of modern and contemporary Art, making the Whitney's world-class holdings available for primary research and in-depth consultation. Part-way through fy22 (in fall 2021), the study center re-opened following its closure due to covid-19. Since re-opening, 33 external visits, with 115 unique visitors (20 of those being repeat visitors) were held in the study center.

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