Artscene January–June 2018 | Page 3

10–11 12–13 14–15 Current and Upcoming Exhibitions The retirement of a long-time director is always a You will continue to see many familiar moment for reflection and change, and that is programs, but we are also actively evaluating doubly true when the director has shaped the how we do the work of the museum, what it institution as profoundly as Russell Panczenko means to be a university art museum in the shaped the Chazen during his thirty-three years twenty-first century, and how can we both grow the institution in a healthy way, and sustain that “This collection is a vision of the fantastic.” here. I am grateful for his leadership in overseeing the transformational growth of the museum. Every day I look out my office window at people growth into the future. I hope you will meet me at the Chazen soon. crossing the bridge between our two remarkable buildings, and I am reminded of his legacy. The Chazen Museum of Art began its institutional life almost fifty years ago. We are beginning to plan for an incredible birthday year PLATO at the Chazen A Generous Gift from the Baker/Pisano Collection —Stephen Korshak Amy Gilman, Director Chazen Museum of Art in 2020, not only for the museum, but for the Elvehjem building, both of which were dedicated and opened to the public on September 12, 1970. Hubert Rogers (American, 1898-1982), Crisis in Utopia, 1938, cover for Astounding Science Fiction, 1940, oil on panel, 21 x 21 ½ in., The Korshak Collection. Meet Amy Gilman November 17, 2017–February 4, 2018 friends, Fantastic Illustration from the Korshak Collection 2–9