UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME - Key Persons
Art has managed to be a constant in much of Amy Tyler's life.
Amy, a six-year member of the Friends of the Snite Museum board of directors and its past secretary, is by profession a nurse. However, for the past five years, she has been pursuing her bachelor of fine arts degree at the Art Institute of Chicago.
"I grew up in Indianapolis with a single mom and realized the importance of a good, stable career," she says of her decision to become a nurse. Even as a student at DePauw University, Greencastle, she did take art classes, acknowledging that "art took a hobby form. I put my love of art on the back burner."
After she and her husband, Matthew, started their family, Amy's focus shifted to children and volunteering. They have three children, Brian, 16, a sophomore at St. Joseph's High School, and Jack, 14, and Hannah, 12, at Schmucker Middle School. Life is busier than ever, juggling the kids' activities, volunteer work -- much of it now with the kids' schools -- and driving to Chicago for her own classes.
"When I turned 40, I realized I needed to make some decisions -- go back to work or go back to school," she says.
School won out and she finds herself enjoying studio work in three mediums -- ceramics, fiber art and painting -- as well as art history. "I love all forms of art. It has been therapeutic for me since I wasn't forced to focus on it."
Friends of the Snite Museum has been a perfect fit for her. "I want to see the arts thrive in our community and the Friends is a good way to contribute," she says. In addition to being secretary, she has worked on the Christmas benefit and on the nominating committee. But she believes that what she's given to the Snite isn't as much as what the Snite has given to her.
The Friends of the Snite Museum of Art are very pleased to introduce you to board member, Angie Chamblee. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Angie was just two weeks old when her family moved to East Lansing, Michigan, where her parents were attending graduate school. Angie first came to our South Bend area in the Fall of 1969 to attend college and then settled here after graduate school and marriage. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame and received a graduate degree in Educational Psychology from Michigan State. Soon after graduate school, Angie returned to Notre Dame as an advisor in the Freshman Year of Studies and 38 years later she retired as the Senior Associate Dean of the First Year of Studies, specializing in transitional issues of university first year students.
Angie Faccenda tells that when her husband, Phil, served on the Friends of the Snite Museum of Art Board, she was always interested in what was going on and asking him a lot of questions. When his terms expired, he nominated her to be on the board. "He thought I'd enjoy it and I do. I just love it," Angie says.
Now into her second three-year term, Angie finds being on the board more fun and enlightening than she had even anticipated.
After serving as vice president of the Development Division which includes working with the chairs of the Christmas benefit and with the marketing chair to encourage membership growth, she is now finishing up her term as President. She's also involved with developing sources of funds for activities of the Friends, increasing the visibility of the museum, and introducing new ideas to the administration and executive committee.
Along with Kathy Reddy-White, Angie co-chaired one of the Christmas benefits. "Everybody thinks that sounds so daunting, but Heidi (Williams, former program coordinator for the Friends) had it all down. She made it easy for us," Angie says. Of the board, Angie says that members aren't pressured into becoming involved, but if they are looking for something to make themselves feel more a part of the Snite Museum and the Friends, there are a lot of ways to actively participate. "You can enjoy the luncheon meetings, or you can chair a committee" says Angie, who recently became a docent as well.
"I'm very excited about that (being a docent), but let me tell you, it was intensive training for nine months, for both the South Bend Museum of Art and the Snite Museum. We train for both. Talk about an amazing education in art history ..."
A native of South Bend, the former Angie Rose and Phil were high school friends at St. Joseph's High School, but didn't start dating until they were seniors in college, she at Miami University and he, at Notre Dame. Today, they find themselves busy keeping up with their three sons, P.J., Matthew, and Luke. A golden retriever, Charlie, rounds out the family.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director
- Director
In this month of Thanksgiving, the Friends of the Snite Museum of Art are very pleased to introduce you to Founding Friends member, Anne Hillman!
Anne (Mossberg) Hillman has spent a large portion of her life enjoying, promoting and supporting the arts and as a Founding Friends member we are honored to spend some time with her reminiscing about her early Snite memories and her current art interests and activity in the community.
Having attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, Anne majored in Political Science. Her late husband, Charles (who passed in 2012), also attended DePauw and majored in Economics. Together and throughout their 58-year marriage, Anne and Charles through both their personal lives and their printing and communications business, Mossberg & Company, Inc., demonstrated a remarkable impact within our South Bend community and the greater region. Today, Anne carries on their family legacy of progressive support and constructive influence.
Anne recalled one of her earliest memories of the Snite, reflecting, "I think my earliest memory actually was of the first Christmas Benefit Dinner, and that was so very lovely. Pat Decio was the chair, and the table appointments were beautiful. I believe we had appetizers in the O'Shaughnessy Gallery and then went into the Museum for dinner. Father Hesburgh was there, and it was not a really large crowd. Our table appointments included a beautiful little ceramic angel that Pat had as a favor for all of us. That angel remains, genuinely, one of my Christmas treasures ever since."
Anne is very proud of the Friends' impact over the years: "I'm so proud of being part of the Friends. Some Friends have served as docents, which I have not done, but I have several good friends who have. Hearing them talk about the joy it is for them to help children to open their eyes … to help them understand there's another world through art, and that they are eager to begin exploring it. I think the world is changed, in part because of the internet where we have access to so much more information and pictures of art. But, the personal experience of seeing art [in person] and its impact has not changed."
Anne has participated in a variety of community service roles, ranging active civic leader, champion of the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, service on the DePauw Board of Visitors, work and development with the South Bend Civic Theatre, The History Museum, REAL Services, the Junior League and supported programs like the Alcohol and Addictions Resource Center, and with the recent Studebaker Fountain restoration project.
Wondering about how art has directly affected her personal life in a question, Anne shared, "Well, it's not just seeing it. I have, over the course of the years, taken many lessons. I do like to watercolor. I've taken drawing. I'm not good at all, but it helped me grow in my appreciation and understanding. So, it's not just looking. It's training your eye to see what's there. Painting is hard work. The cartoons you see of them out in the field with a brush makes it look like they're just having a party. If you're really serious about it, it's hard work, but it's very rewarding. Mine isn't anything I'm ever going to share with the world, but for me I enjoy it."
Asked about a painting that hangs in her home that she and Charles enjoyed for many years, Anne shared, "It's from out west. For several years after my husband retired, we wintered away and spent some of the winter in Scottsdale, Arizona, and one of my favorite places to go was Sedona. There was a gallery there from where we purchased several things that the metal sculpture out of front that's going around slowly now and two pieces of art by an artist named Lindburg. Charles just really liked that particular coyote painting, and we put it above his desk. It was very satisfying for him when he had to sit there and write checks and pay bills, and there was that coyote! Coyotes can be very, very still. I remember seeing one, obviously hunting for ducks or maybe a swan near a pond. You would be sure it was a cement statue! I mean you could stand there for five minutes and that coyote wouldn't move."
Anne and her belated husband Charles' interest and support also included the South Bend Civic Theatre. During the South Bend Civic Theatre's closing performance of "Oliver!" this past summer, Anne's 90 th birthday was celebrated with an audience comprised of 200 of her loving friends and family members, and Anne was named a legendary CIVIC benefactor.
Barb Henry always has a few items on her plate.
It was mid-September and she was working as interim manager at the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. The symphony office, where she's been for several years working in fundraising, was undergoing a bit of a change since the executive director, operations manager, and sales and marketing manager all left within weeks of each other.
As if her workplace wasn't keeping her busy, she was also serving as chairman of the Friends of the Snite Museum's Annual Christmas Benefit Dinner at the Morris Inn. "Working on the benefit is actually fun, and Mary (Rattenbury, program director for the Friends) is terrific; she keeps everybody on task," Barb says, downplaying her own role. It was months ago when Barb, Mary and the committee sat down to plan the direction of the benefit and discuss who the honoree would be the late Rev. Theodore Hesburgh.
"It was a very interesting and fun discussion," she says. "It was a real celebration of Father Ted's contribution to the arts at Notre Dame. Several of us commented that when he died, a lot of wonderful things were said about his enormous contributions to the church, the world and the university, but little was shared about his significant contribution to the arts at Notre Dame. Father Ted never missed one Christmas Benefit, ever."
A lifelong resident of South Bend, Barb has long had an interest in the arts, calling herself "an appreciater, not a practitioner." Barb graduated from Saint Mary's College and jokes that if anyone ever suggested she'd stay in South Bend after graduation, she'd call them crazy. She and her husband Geoff, a Notre Dame graduate, ended up staying and raising their daughter, Jane, here. Saint Mary's has been a fixture in Barb's life as she worked for nearly 17 years at Saint Mary's as director of alumnae relations.
"I really do appreciate South Bend. It's such a nice community," she says. "And I have learned how important the arts are to a community, especially to the education of children."
Numerous Snite Museum functions focus on youth, just one of the reasons Barb finds the Museum so impressive. "I have really been involved (with the Snite Museum) for a short time, but I am very impressed with everything about it and I look forward to the time when the museum collection will be housed in a facility that is more accessible to the public and will really show off the collection."
Job Titles:
- Curator of Education
- Curator of Education, Academic Programs
Job Titles:
- Member of the Collections Management Team
- Collections Database Coordinator
Carmi Murphy has served on the Snite Museum Advisory Council since 2007 and is a life board member of WNIT. She served for 15 years on the Saint Mary's College board of trustees and now sits on the President's Circle. She serves on the boards of the Michiana YMCA, Memorial Health Foundation and the Family and Children's Center. Four of the Murphys' children have Notre Dame degrees.
Job Titles:
- Lead Security Monitor, Notre Dame Police Department
Job Titles:
- Curator of European and American Art before 1900
- Curator of European Art / Development Liaison
Cheryl Urlich's life has taken her around the world.
From Illinois to Austria, Florida to Canada, she has now landed in Indiana. But with all of that transition, there has been one constant for Cheryl - her passion for volunteering for arts organizations.
She shared, "I love the theatre. So, during my family's six years in Vienna, Austria I wanted to to find an outlet to give back to the community, while still working on something I truly love. Lucky for me, I found the Vienna International School." Although she had many hats to wear in this volunteering role, her favorite was working on the production of plays. Cheryl explained, "Each year the school would put on a myriad of plays and theatre events. I was thrilled to be involved in organizing and creating the costumes, makeup, hair, and sets. To see them come together and be realized by the students on stage was a joy for me."
Job Titles:
- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of 1st Source Corp.
Chris Murphy is chair, president and chief executive officer of 1st Source Corp. A 1968 Notre Dame graduate, he has served as CEO of 1st Source since 1977 and as a board member for 45 years. In addition to the Morris Inn, he and Carmi have supported Raclin-Carmichael Hall, the 1st Source Bank Commercialization Award and multiple other projects at Notre Dame. Chris Murphy serves on Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters Advisory Council, and he and Carmi are members of the President's Circle and Gift Planning Advancement Committee. In addition to serving on the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, he is chair of the Medical Education Foundation and the Indiana Academy Board of Regents and is a member of the Board of the Independent Colleges of Indiana.
Although her career began in the fields of finance and banking, Cindy Dunn has long loved the art world.
"I think I have always been interested in art," she says. So much so that she did her undergraduate degree in Interior Design, completing a Bachelor's of Fine Arts at the University of Memphis. While a busy student at Memphis she also managed her own interior design company, being in the right place at the right time, commercial and residential clients found her.
She also had two booths in an antique mall. "The booths were a perfect way for me to realize my dream of owning a gift and antique shop," Cindy said. "Plus, it was an ideal way for me to take what I learned in my BFA and put it into action."
And while her career ultimately landed her a long-term role as a Product Development and Relationship Manager at Fiserv Lending Solutions in South Bend, her passion for art continued. Today, Cindy continues to explore her love of the arts as a student at Indiana University South Bend, where she is currently studying printmaking.
"I am in constant search of opportunities to grow and enhance my printmaking skills. While I know I have a lot to learn, I am excited about continuing to complete this printmaking course so that I can bring my skills and contribute to a printmaking shop or studio," she said.
Cindy's relationship with the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame began in 2014, when she was accepted into the Docent Training Program, a partnership between the Snite Museum and the South Bend Museum of Regional Art. This nine-month training program involved learning the collections at these museums, touring strategies, and techniques for sharing information about the collections with all age groups. Cindy's relationship with the Snite continued in 2015, when she was appointed to the Board of the Friends of the Snite Museum. When talking about the museum, one can tell that this is a true joy in her life.
"While my favorite thing about the Snite is, of course, its world-class collection of artwork, I am a firm believer in its mission to share engage and educate the community," said Cindy. "Working to share the Museum's bounty with City of South Bend and the wider community is a highlight for me. Feeling like I am making a contribution makes me so happy." Cindy contributes currently by serving on the Executive Committee, was past High School Art Day Chair, and most recently chaired the 2017 Christmas Benefit Committee which netted the largest fundraising effort in its 36 year history!
Job Titles:
- Manager of Museum Security and Guest Services, Notre Dame Police Department
Job Titles:
- Vice President of the Community Relations Division
Dana Trowbridge's passion for life readily becomes obvious ... and infectious. And one of the happy recipients of this passion is the Friends of the Snite Museum of Art.
It may seem like an odd fit for a guy who basically flunked art in middle school. "I got kicked out of art in eighth grade; they recommended typing," Dana jokes, displaying his trademark broad grin, then quickly adds, "But my interest in art has never waned. I love art. I love going to art museums. I can't do it myself but I have a strong appreciation for those who can."
He says he might be able to attribute his outgoing personality to the fact that as a child, he moved around a lot due to his father's work in sales. Born in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, he lived in Milwaukee, Golden and Colorado Springs, CO., and New Jersey before ending up in South Bend.
"It's great! Now I have friends all over!" he says, adding that moving around as a child can have two effects on a person -- it can make them extraverts, reaching out to people, or introverts who shy away from making new friends. Dana became the extravert and has enthusiastically embraced a couple of careers including restaurant management and insurance and mutual funds before landing in banking, which he loves.
After getting degrees in management administration and finance from Indiana University South Bend, he has worked for a few banks and is now Vice President of Business Banking of First State Bank, "a wonderful small, community bank" headquartered in Middlebury; he works out of their Edison Lakes office. "I love my job. I wanted to get into banking to help people grow and prosper. My focus is to help my customers and connect them with other businesses. Their businesses will grow and that will come back around to help all of us," he says.
Married to Karen Nevorski, a trust officer at Lake City Bank, he has two sons, Collin and Ryne, and two stepchildren, Karenna and Davis. When he's not involved with family or work or his numerous community volunteer activities, Dana's likely to be found in the kitchen, admitting that he still carries an interest in food -- "Cooking is my number one hobby."
He enjoys volunteering with other endeavors such as the Gigot Entrepreneurship Center at Notre Dame's Mendoza School of Business, the SPA 504 Loan Program and REAL Services.
Beginning his third year on the Friends board, Dana serves as Vice President of the Community Relations Division. Under his umbrella are the Snite's Family Days and Third Thursdays coordinated with Sarah Martin, curator of education, public programs at the Snite Museum. Special exhibition receptions and these Friends Forum articles that introduce the members to the community are under his leadership as well.
"I love the art camaraderie. Everyone has different art interests and here they all come together -- the true artists, the art lovers, the art experts. The Snite is one of the best-hidden gems in the community. It is a world class museum at a world class university and EVERYONE in the community should take advantage of it," Dana says, adding, "My favorite thing about the Snite Museum is seeing the inside people and the outside people being as enthusiastic as they are about art."
Name: David Acton
Position: Curator of Photographs
Email Address: dacton1@nd.edu
Phone Number: (574) 631-4722
What is the most rewarding aspect of your position?:
Working with original works of art; forming and refining collections
How did you get into museum work?:
Ph.D., University of Michigan; twenty-nine years as Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts
David Acton, Curator of Photographs at the Snite Museum, states "In the latter half of the nineteenth century, Napoleon Sarony was regarded as the leading photographic portraitist in New York. From his studio in Union Square, he also produced fashionable celebrity photographs, mostly in the small, collectible carte-de-visite format. Sarony photographed virtually every star of the New York stage during the 1860s through the 1890s, his work helping to create and perpetuate his subjects' fame."
In 1882, at age twenty-six, Oscar Wilde arrived in New York. He had just published his first volume of poetry and had recently enjoyed acclaim in London social circles for his epicene character and sharp wit. To promote his career in the US, Wilde signed with agent Richard D'Oyly Carte, who was also the producer of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Patience; or Bunthorne's Bride. Wilde embarked on a lecture tour in association with the opera, a work that tells the story of the rivalry between two poets-Bunthorne and Grovesnor-for the attention of female admirers. The opera satirizes the English aesthetic movement in literature and art, and the pretension of all stylish fads. Appearing on stage dressed in knee-breeches and pumps, Wilde both celebrated and poked gentle fun at aesthetic movement poetry and Pre-Raphaelite art with his trademark witty self-deprecation.
Job Titles:
- Program Manager
- Housekeeper
Emilio Sanchez (Cuban, 1921 - 1999), House with Yellow Fence, 1979 - 1989, oil on canvas. Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, 2010.011.002. The painting depicts a little yellow Caribbean style house with a deep porch, bright green door, and a steel and cement fence post. The house is evocative of houses commonly found in Cuba, and in American cities where Cuban immigrants took up residence (such as Miami's famous Little Havana). As a Cuban-American, Sanchez's work resonates with me on a deeply personal level. When I see this painting, I am instantly reminded of the sights, sounds, and smells of some of my best childhood memories.
Ernestine Raclin is a Trustee Emerita of Notre Dame, a community leader and a generous supporter of the University. The Carmichael Foundation and her family made a lead gift to Notre Dame in 2011 to fund the renovation of the Morris Inn, the full-service on-campus hotel initially constructed in 1952 with a gift from her parents, the late Ernest M. and Ella L. Morris. She also contributed to Raclin-Carmichael Hall, the home to Notre Dame's W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research and the Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend.
Job Titles:
- Author
- Marketing and Public Relations Program Manager
- Public Relations & Marketing
- Public Relations and Marketing Specialist
Notre Dame, IN: The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Jared Katz to the position of Associate Curator of the Americas and Africa. Dr. Katz comes to the Snite Museum from the Denver Art Museum, where he served as Consulting Curator for the Art of the Ancient Americas. Additionally, he taught at the University of Denver. Katz has a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of California, Riverside.
At the Museum, Katz will initially focus on the reinstallation of the Mesoamerican and Native American galleries. After the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art opens, he will work on a myriad of exhibitions on the Ancient Americas, and continue research on the Museum's renowned collections.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Director at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies
"Double Domer" Grant Osborn was born on Long Island, New York. His father, a policeman and detective, moved the family to New Hampshire upon his retirement. Grant attended Saint Johnsbury Academy in neighboring Vermont and, after high school, intended to enroll in the Air Force Academy. But, due to a broken collar bone, Grant opted not to defer college for a year and instead enrolled at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences with minors in English, and Film, Television, and Theater. He then continued his education at the University with a Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
While studying at Notre Dame, Grant met Kari, a teacher, and his future wife. Together for fifteen years and married for eleven, they are parents to two sons, Gael and Grady, ages nine and six, respectively. Grant is an example of someone arriving at Notre Dame for school and then staying in the area to raise a family. He and Kari, a South Bend area native, are assets for the campus and the local community.
Employed at the University for over nine years, Grant currently serves as the assistant director at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. He is a faculty liaison who also oversees communications, external grant writing, and special projects. Before joining the Institute staff, he worked for several years as part of Notre Dame Research, where he also managed grants along with marketing and communications duties. Grant feels very blessed to be working at the Nanovic Institute and loves the office facilities located in the Jenkins and Nanovic Halls, one of the newer buildings on campus.
Museums have always played a significant role in Grant's life. As a child, he had the opportunity to visit many of the great museums in NYC, and as a Notre Dame student, Grant became a regular visitor to the Snite Museum. As a Master's student in a poetry class, he and his fellow students used the Museum in a non-traditional way, a practice Grant truly appreciates that the Museum provides its visitors. He firmly believes that any experience takes on a new depth of meaning when one is surrounded by art. Looking forward to the completion of the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, Grant hopes that programs and events there will continue to provide unique experiences in a new aesthetic environment. He's hoping the museum will create an app or other interactive experiences for the new space.
Job Titles:
- Associate Curator of the Americas and Africa
Name: Jared C. Katz
Position: Associate Curator of the Americas and Africa
Email address: jkatz2@nd.ed u
Joanne Fahey, a former Friends Board Member, introduced Grant to the Board in a conversation they had as work colleagues. Grant expressed interest in joining the Board and now serves as Chair of the Nominations and Board Development Committee. Next year, he will assume the role of Secretary on the Executive Committee. He also is a regular volunteer for various museum events, so look for him during your next visit to a Snite Museum event!
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director & Curator
- Director and Curator of Sculpture
Job Titles:
- Friends Board of Director
Job Titles:
- Academic Advancement Director for Arts and Architecture / Academic and Global
- Academic Advancement Director for Arts and Architecture, Academic and Global Advancement Campus Department: Department of Development
Job Titles:
- Administrative Assistant
- Director
- Admin. Assistant
Leopoldo Mendez's relief print Homage to Posada. Mendez created a masterful composition and tour de force of mark-making while paying his respects to the father of modern Mexican printmaking.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Curator of Education, School Programs
- Asst. Curator of Education
Job Titles:
- Coordinator
- Membership Coordinator, Friends
Job Titles:
- Digital & Special Projects, Program Manager
Notre Dame, IN: The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame has added to its impressive collection of over 10,000 photographs with the addition of a cabinet card portrait of the writer Oscar Wilde taken by Napoleon Sarony.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Curator of Education, Student Engagement & Campus Programs
- Asst. Curator of Education / Student Engagement & Campus Programs
Job Titles:
- Curator of Education
- Curator of Education, Public Programs
Job Titles:
- President - Elect of the Friends of the Snite Museum Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Collections Management Team
- Registrar
William J. Gallagher Jr. passed away in the fall of 2017. His widow, Maureen Smith Gallagher, remarked that
Notre Dame was always central to my husband's life, and he ended up becoming friends with Doug Bradley, the late curator of Mesoamerican art at the Snite Museum of Art. As a result of this friendship, Bill developed an interest in Mesoamerican culture and the Snite Museum of Art. I wish to honor my husband by donating these artifacts to the Snite Museum so that others can, likewise, gain an interest in and an understanding of not only Mesoamerican culture but also an appreciation of the fine collections at the Snite.
"We are honored by the longstanding support and thoughtfulness of the Gallagher family. Their contributions to our Mesoamerican collection and their desire to honor the Museum and its staff are deeply appreciated." - Joseph Antenucci Becherer, Director, Snite Museum of Art
The donated objects are a Monte Alban IIIb Zapotec Goddess Effigy Urn, a Tres Zapotes IV Verzcruz Ritual Performer Tripod Figure, a Colima Tripod Olla, a Veracruz Tlazolteotl Priest Figure, and a Colima vessel in the shape of a pair of ducks.Mesoamerican Gift From Gallagher Family