The Jefferson Trust
Progress Report
Please use this format to complete your progress report:
1. Summary of the project to date.
· Ansel Adams: A Legacy exhibition at the Fralin Museum of Art
o Curated by Bill Wylie and Bill Sherman
o 1st rotation opened on June 7, 2013; 2nd rotation opened on August 16, 2013; closes on October 13, 2013
· Looking at the New West: Contemporary Landscape Photography exhibition at the Fralin Museum of Art
o Curated by Bill Wylie and Bill Sherman
o June 7 –December 15, 2013
· Reunions Weekend Special Tour of the Ansel Adams Exhibit
o June 8, 2013 | 2 - 3 pm Fralin Museum of Art
o Approximately 80 visitors
· Opening reception for the Photography exhibits at the Fralin Museum of Art
o Held on June 15, 2013 in collaboration with Look3 Festival
o Approximately 200 guests
· OpenGrounds Forum: Art and Environmental Action: Changing Views: Photography and Environmental Action
o September 27, 2013 | 10 am – 1 pm, Dome Room of the Rotunda
o Forum Publication: Changing Views
§ With contributions from each of the Forum participants
§ 64 pages, including 3 photography portfolios and four essays
o Forum Participants
§ Finis Dunaway, a cultural philosopher from Trent University,
§ Artist Mike Osborne, whose work is featured in the “Looking at the New West” exhibit
§ Artist Terri Weifenbach
§ Brian Richter, the Director of Global Freshwater Strategies for The Nature Conservancy
§ Julie Bargmann, an internationally recognized landscape architect, designer, and UVa faculty member.
o Approximately 60 attendees
· Photography Challenge: Changing Views: Looking at Charlottesville
o August 16 – September 27, 2013
o Received 130 submissions
o Forum participants selected the top 3 submissions:
§ 1st Place:
§ 2nd place:
§ 3rd place:
· Student Scholars program launched on September 27, 2013. Proposals will be due on November 15, 2013.
· Tour of the Ansel Adams Exhibit
o September 28, 2013 | 2 - 3 pm Fralin Museum of Art
o Approximately 150 visitors
2. Total cost to date for the project?
$42,000 ($28,000 from the Jefferson Trust allocation)
3. Is the project completed at this time? If not, when do expect to see the project completed?
No, the project will be completed by the end of 2014.
4. If there is an available remaining balance, how much do you plan to spend?
We plan to spend the remaining $30,000 for the Student Scholars program.
5. What problems, if any, have you faced as you rolled out the project?
N/A
6. What was the total number of people working on the project?
15, and we will likely engage at least 5 additional faculty in the course of administering the Student Scholars program.
7. How many students were involved in the project?
It is hard to know the exact number of students who have been involved in the project. See below for more information re: student attendance at events at the Fralin Museum. 10 OpenGrounds student interns have assisted with administering various components of the project (photographing events, publicizing events, etc.).
8. What successes can you report coming out of the project? How many people did the project impact? Do you feel that the project has had an impact on the University and /or the University community?
The attendance records at the Fralin Museum of Art have been breaking records consistently throughout the run of the Ansel Adams exhibit:
· Total visitors for August broke 2400, another record for the museum.
· Students who came to "Final Fridays" August: 608, the best opening for Final Friday ever.
· Students who came to "Final Fridays" Sept: 468
· K-12 (Writer's Eye program) students coming to see all Fralin exhibitions between Sept-Nov, 2013: 3,000+
· University students coming with a class to see all exhibitions: 94
· University students coming with a class for just Ansel Adams: 68
· Adults on Stephen Margulies tour of Ansel Adams Sept 10th: 24
The Photography Challenge received 130 submissions from students, faculty, staff, and community members. 1st prize went to a UVA faculty member, 2nd prize to a student, and 3rd prize to a community member.
The Forum publication included essays and photography from 17 artists and scholars. Each of these people will be sent copies of the publication, which they will be able to share with their own communities.
The Forum drew an audience of 60 eager and engaged attendees, including a group of High School students who travelled from Lynchburg for the event. The participants all expressed their gratitude for being invited to participate in what they found to be a rich and meaningful discussion, and a well-organized and overall enjoyable experience. Gweneth West, former chair of the Faculty Senate, told us that she felt the Forum was the most interested conversation she has ever attended in her time at UVA.
We feel that the project has had a significant impact on the University community thus far, and we look forward to the impact it will continue to have through the Student Scholars program.
9. Are there plans for the project to continue once this funding cycle is complete? If so, what are those plans?
We hope to use this project as a model for future projects and collaborations. We have applied for funding from the Parents Committee to create a series of workshops that will include a Forum in the Dome Room, modeled after the Forum we held for this project. We are also pursuing philanthropic funding so that the Student Scholars program will become a consistent OpenGrounds program, offered on an annual basis.
10. Any other comments that you would like to share concerning this project:
Thank you so much for your support in making this project possible! We are deeply grateful to the Jefferson Trust for their generosity and support.
Progress reports and any additional information related to your grant may be uploaded through the Jefferson Trust website: http://jeffersontrust.org/grant-recipient/