{"id":46512,"date":"2015-03-05T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=46512"},"modified":"2020-12-07T19:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T00:26:36","slug":"fwmoa-announces-major-gift-to-permanent-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/03\/05\/fwmoa-announces-major-gift-to-permanent-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"FWMoA announces major gift to permanent collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/08\/FWMoA_logo.png\" alt=\"Fort Wayne Museum of Art logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38482\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>News release from the Fort Wayne Museum of Art:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>FWMoA Announces Major Gift to Permanent Collection<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Celebrated painter and printmaker Steven Sorman donates print archive to FWMoA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(February 27, 2015) &#8211; The Fort Wayne Museum of Art is pleased to announce a major gift to its permanent collection, the print archive of internationally acclaimed American artist Steven Sorman.<\/p>\n<p>Although the FWMoA has collected artwork by Sorman since 1985, it wasn&#8217;t until nearly 20 years later when FWMoA&#8217;s Sorman collection began to blossom, thanks to gifts from local collectors and strategic purchases. Sorman&#8217;s work had always been a favorite of FWMoA CEO and Chief Curator Charles A. Shepard III since he encountered it as a graduate student at Williams College while helping organize the now-famous 1984 exhibit The Modern Art of the Print at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Shepard&#8217;s relationship with Sorman continued at his first directorship at the University of Maine Museum of Art, where his first purchase for the collection was a Sorman work. Over the next 20 years, Shepard purchased Sorman work at each museum he directed, and he continued to do so after he took the helm at FWMoA in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2013, FWMoA began laying the groundwork for this gift, with curator&#8217;s visits orchestrated by Associate Curator of Exhibitions Joslyn Elliott to Sorman&#8217;s studio in upstate New York to form the scope of what would be the largest acquisition of Sorman&#8217;s work by any institution in the world. In June of 2014, more than 230 prints and paintings made by Steven Sorman from 1972-2014 were delivered to Fort Wayne, with more gifts of art promised as the artist continues to create work.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1970, over 80 one- artist exhibitions have featured Sorman&#8217;s work in galleries in Singapore, Sweden and the United States. In the 1970s, prestigious exhibits included the &#8220;Paper as Medium&#8221;, Smithsonian Institute; The National Print Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and the 13th International Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. His work is in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, both in New York City; the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, among others. Sorman won the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Merit World Print III Award in 1980, the Rockefeller Foundation American Center Artist in Residence in Paris in 1982, and the 2nd Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints Merit Award in 1991 (Bhopal, India).<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of the art world, in particular the print community, commend Sorman for his talent and celebrate this gift to the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Rudy Pozzatti and David Keister, founders of Echo Press in Bloomington, IN, invited Sorman to be one of the first artists to work at Echo Press. &#8220;Steve thrived in the collaborative atmosphere and produced work of great scale and complex imagery. These factors will always be assets to his continuous development as he reaches full maturity with a powerful, clear, and unique voice. The Fort Wayne Museum of Art is indeed fortunate to receive the Sorman archives as he is a gifted artist serious in intent who has already produced an impressive body of significant work,&#8221; Pozzatti said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Simon of Amy Simon Fine Art in Westport, CT, said, &#8220;He is a technical master, but unlike many artists who find a comfortable niche, he is always pushing the envelope. Steven is striving for something beyond the material.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fort Wayne Museum of Art will display selected prints and paintings from the Steven Sorman archive with a major exhibition opening March 28, 2015. Public events will be planned. More information can be found at www.fwmoa.org.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Fort Wayne Museum of Art<\/strong><br \/>\nBeginning with art classes in 1888 given by J. Ottis Adams and later William Forsyth, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art has evolved into a center for the visual arts community in Northern Indiana. Regularly exhibiting nationally acclaimed artists, the FWMoA also boasts an extensive permanent collection of American and related art. FWMoA is committed to the collection, preservation, presentation and interpretation of American and related art to engage broad and diverse audiences throughout the community and region, and add value to their lives. The Fort Wayne Museum of Art is a funded partner of Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151504.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Gathered Crowd at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='c9bdff775cf1b9d98b57a5a373b5524d' data-image-id=\"6226\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151504.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151504.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Gathered Crowd\" data-description=\"Gathered Crowd at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Gathered Crowd\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Gathered Crowd\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6226\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151504.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151505.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Ethan Manning (representing Dr. John Crawford, City Council At-Large candidate), Republican Mayoral candidate Paula Hughes and Republican City Clerk candidate Zach Bonahoom at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; 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Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='c9bdff775cf1b9d98b57a5a373b5524d' data-image-id=\"6237\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151537.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151537.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Mitch Harper\" data-description=\"Republican incumbent in the City Council&#039;s 4th District, Mitch Harper at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Mitch Harper\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Mitch Harper\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6237\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151537.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151541.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Republican challenger Ben Hall for the City Council 4th District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; 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Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='c9bdff775cf1b9d98b57a5a373b5524d' data-image-id=\"7079\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwmoa\/baker.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwmoa\/thumbs\/thumbs_baker.jpg\" data-title=\"Do The Dance\" data-description=\"Lesley Baker&#039;s &quot;Do The Dance&quot; in porcelain, 2012. 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