The National Museum of American Illustration
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SHANGHAI ART
DELEGATION
VISITS NMAI IN ANTICIPATION
OF FIRST EXHIBITION
OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION
IN CHINA
The National Museum of
American
Illustration (NMAI)
is hosting a Delegation from the Shanghai Art
Museum (SAM), the Shanghai Art Research Institute
and the Shanghai Municipal
Government
on June 6th and June
7th, 2007. This is the
first such Delegation from China to visit Rhode Island
and they come to discuss the first exhibition of
American Illustration
Art in China at the Shanghai Art Museum, organized
by the
NMAI.
"We are striving to cultivate a global understanding
and
appreciation of
American culture through the rich illustration images
in our 'American Imagist Collection...these images
reflect American history and its future," said
Laurence S. Cutler, Chairman and Co-Founder of the
NMAI. "This opportunity marks a triumphant global
advancement of the art, vitality, and spirit of
America."
The Delegation comprises
a number of officials from the
SAM including Ms. Wang Xinhua
(Vice Director), Mr. Xu Lei
(Chief of Exhibitions), Mr. Ni
Qingzhong (Vice Chief of
Collections), and Ms. Wu Wenwen
(Secretary for Foreign Affairs), two officials from the
Shanghai Art Research Institute: Mr.
Gao Chunming (Director), Ms. Wu Xiaoyan
(Head of Research), and also two officers
of the Shanghai
Municipal Government Administration of Culture,
Radio, Film and TV: Mr. Zhang Zhe (Deputy
Director General) and Ms.
Shen Zhunan (Art Manager).
The Delegation will arrive at
the NMAI on the
evening of June 6th to attend a reception dinner
which the NMAI and Laurence and Judy
Cutler (Co-Founder and Director) are
hosting in their
honor. The
guest list
includes
several NMAI Board Members including Dr. Milo
Cleveland Beach (retired Director of the Smithsonian
Institution's Freer Gallery
of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery), Ralph
Emerson Carpenter, (Founder of the Museum of
Newport History, Christie's Newport Symposium
and foremost expert on American Furniture), Paul
Choquette (Chairman and CEO, Gilbane Building
Company), Darwin D.K. Lin (Maxfield Parrish
Collection), Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Milligan
(Owners of Astor's Beechwood Mansion, Newport)
and Joan SerVaas (President of Curtis Publishing
Company, Saturday Evening Post). On June
7th, the Shanghai Art
Delegation will tour
the
NMAI and view works from the 'American Imagist
Collection' which will be included in the exhibition.
The NMAI plans to discuss
a reciprocal exhibition whereby the NMAI will
feature an exhibition loaned by the Shanghai Art
Museum in 2009.
Image above: View of Vernon Court, The National
Museum of American
Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island
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NMAI FOUNDERS SIGN LETTER OF INTENT WITH
SHANGHAI ART MUSEUM
Judy and Laurence
Cutler and
the NMAI
formally agreed to loan their 'American Imagist
Collection' with the Shanghai Art Museum by signing
a joint Letter of
Intent with Mr. Li Lei, Director of the
SAM, in May of 2006. The SAM held a press
conference announcing the exhibition and the
signing of the Letter of Intent, which was televised on
all major stations and radio networks throughout the
Peoples Republic of China. Additionally, articles
appeared in every major magazine throughout
China. The prospect of this impending
exhibition has continued to generate an astounding
interest in American Illustration ever since.
Above: Mr. Laurence S. Cutler and Mrs. Judy Cutler at
SAM's
press
conference, signing the Letter of
Intent with Mr. Li Lei, Director of the SAM.
Laurence and Judy Cutler shake hands with
Mr. Li Lei, Director of the SAM, after signing the Letter of
Intent.
Above: Seen left to right, Mr. Darwin
D.K. Lin (Maxfield Parrish Collection), Mr. Li Lei,
(Director of the
SAM), Mr. Laurence S. Cutler (Chairman and Co-
Founder of the NMAI), Mrs. Judy Goffman Cutler
(Director and Co-Founder of the NMAI).
Above: Laurence and
Judy Cutler answering questions at the SAM press
conference, while being
filmed by a major Chinese television network.
The Museum is open every
Friday starting June 15 from 11AM to 4PM on a
General Admissions basis. Group tours
are welcome by reservation year-round. Tickets $25:
Seniors
60+ and military w/id, $22, Children 12 & under not
admitted.
For more information telephone 401-851-8949 ext.
31 or
www.americanillustration.org
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Lee Ann Scotto, Assistant to the
Director, The
National Museum
of American Illustration-492 Bellevue Avenue,
Newport, RI
02840. T:401-851-8949 ext.31- F: 401-851-8974-
lascotto@americanillustration.org-
www.americanillustration.org
The National Museum of
American Illustration is a
nonprofit
independent, educational, and aesthetic
organization. It is
located in Newport, RI on Bellevue Avenue at Vernon
Court
(1898), a Beaux-Arts adaptation of an 18th century
French
chateau built by architects, Carreré & Hastings. It is
the first national museum devoted
exclusively
to American illustration art. Illustration consists of
original
artwork created to be reproduced in books,
magazines,
newspapers and advertisements. 'Golden Age'
paintings by
such luminaries as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield
Parrish, NC
Wyeth, and 75 others are displayed in 'Gilded Age'
architecture, creating a unique union of art and
architecture-
a national treasure. The Museum is administered by
the
American Civilization Foundation, a nonprofit
organization
with the goal to present the best possible venue for
appreciating the greatest collection of illustration art;
the
most American of American art.
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