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SBC Loans Art Collection To Women's Museum
SBC Loans Art Collection To Women's Museum
Published 09-12-00
Submitted by SBC Communications Inc.
SBC Communications has provided 27 works by historical women artists to The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, in its continuing efforts to support the nation's first museum dedicated solely to women and their contributions to society.
"The addition of this collection of impressive works provides the Women's Museum with an artistic cornerstone that complements the hi-tech, educational, historical and cultural elements that make the museum a complete picture of women's accomplishments," said Candace O'Keefe, executive director for the museum.
The works on loan to the museum include acrylic and oils on canvas or panel, works on paper and photographs.
Since the collection's inception in 1985, SBC has been committed to sharing and exposing its selection of American art not only to its employees and their families, but also the community at large. SBC utilizes its collection to enrich and educate the communities served by SBC Communications as well as those that might not otherwise be so fortunate to have arts and museum representation within local proximity.
The Women's Museum: An Institute For the Future officially opens its doors September 29 in Dallas. The museum was made possible in part by a $10 million grant from the SBC Foundation, the largest corporate contribution ever given to a women's organization or program in the history of the United States.
SBC's gift ensured that the museum would become a reality by encouraging other corporations to support this important initiative. The museum, a Smithsonian program, is the first major museum in the world dedicated solely to honoring and celebrating women's achievements.
Featured artists in the collection include women whose works have made major contributions to the art world.
Georgia O'Keeffe, a prolific painter from the first generation of American Modernists, and the foremost modern artist of the natural and spiritual terrain of the southwestern desert landscapes of New Mexico. Her paintings have ranged from pure abstraction to Precisionist Realism.
Helen Frankenthaler, for four decades, she has been creating images of beauty and power, influencing countless other artists. Her work, Tahiti, a 1989 mixograph print on handmade paper is a part of the collection.
Georgia Engelhard, niece of legendary photographer Alfred Stieglitz, who was a figure of extraordinary importance during the first half of the 20th century. While at her uncle's retreat at Lake George, she would often paint with her mentor Georgia O'Keeffe.
Lois Mailou Jones, a prolific artist who has been honored at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and was thus the first black artist to have a single-person show at that museum. She was also honored by the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
The exhibit will be on display until March 31, 2001. The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, in association with the Smithsonian Institution, is the first comprehensive national women's history museum. It will feature stories of American woman through high-tech, interactive exhibits, innovative programming and technology.
The SBC Foundation addresses community needs in the areas of education, community economic development, health and human services, and culture and the arts. Since its formation in 1984, the SBC Foundation has distributed nearly $600 million in grants, United Way support, and employee outreach programs focused primarily within SBC's core service areas. It is an independent foundation funded by SBC Communications Inc. and its family of companies.
SBC Communications Inc. (www.sbc.com) is a global communications leader. Through its subsidiaries' trusted brands - Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, Pacific Bell, SBC Telecom, Nevada Bell, SNET and Cellular One - and world-class network, SBC's subsidiaries provide local and long-distance phone service, wireless and data communications, paging, high-speed Internet access and messaging, cable and satellite television, security services and telecommunications equipment, as well as directory advertising and publishing. In the United States, the company currently has 61.2 million access lines, 12.2 million wireless customers and is undertaking a national expansion program that will bring SBC service to an additional 30 markets. Internationally, SBC has telecommunications investments in more than 20 countries. With approximately 219,000 employees, SBC is the 13th-largest employer in the U.S., with annual revenues that rank it among the largest Fortune 500 companies.
