THE CAUSE OF ART IS THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE Those words byWilliamMorris, inscribed in stone above the museum’s front entrance, exemplify our longstandingmission to bring the power of art to the greatest possible number of people. Your support for the museum continues this important tradition of connecting art and the public. Learn more at amam.oberlin.edu/support. CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE ALLEN? Search the entire collection online: amam.oberlin.edu/collection Take a deep dive into highlights from the collection with the Allen App: allen.stqry.app Visit the galleries, changing exhibitions, and the Frank LloydWright house virtually with Allen Augmented Reality: amam.oberlin.edu/aar DON’T MISS A THING Follow us @allenartmuseum Sign up for our e-newsletter: amam.oberlin.edu/e-news GROUP TOURS Free guided tours are available for adults and K–12 visitors. For information, please call 440-775-8166 or email education.amam@oberlin.edu. FROM THE DIRECTOR It is a pleasure to address you here in the opening pages of the debut issue of the museum’s semiannual magazine, newly-designed in a larger, more inviting, andmore informative format than that of the past. The redesign was masterminded by Stacie Ross, who joined the museum’s staff in August as Communications Manager. In addition to her reconceptualization of print materials, Stacie has already made significant contributions to our marketing strategies and to the presentation of information both inside and outside the museum’s walls. I know you will enjoy reading about—and, given that we are a visual arts institution, seeing, through more and better images—what’s happening at the Allen, in this issue and in those to come. As 2023 gets underway, so too does work as part of the museum’s new strategic plan, a living document that sets out our institutional direction during the next five years. The plan was conceptualized during the past two years with input from the entire museum staff, as well as from the Visiting Committee, students, faculty, College staff and alumni, volunteers, community partners, andmembers of our broader public, ably assisted by a specialized consultant and with the guidance and support of Dean David Kamitsuka. I will share with you more in future issues about this work, which aims to center inquiry, collaboration, and care in all that Cover: A visitor looks at Zēng Fánzhì 曾梵志 (Chinese, b. 1964), Mask Series #7, 2000. Oil on canvas. Ruth C. Roush Contemporary Art Fund, 2002.24. Photo by Mike Crupi. This page: Marie-Elisabeth Lemoine (French, 1761–1811), Self-Portrait with StrawHat and Palette, ca. 1790–95. Oil on canvas. R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 2022.23. Top right: María Josefa Sánchez (Spanish, active mid-17th century), The Crucified Christ, 1652. Oil on cross-shaped panel. Oberlin Friends of Art Fund, 2016.31. Bottom right: Sofonisba Anguissola (Italian, ca. 1532–1625), Double Portrait of a Boy and Girl of the Attavanti Family, 1580s. Oil on panel. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.84. 87 North Main Street Oberlin, Ohio 44074 440-775-8665 amam.oberlin.edu Tue–Fri / 10 am–5 pm Sat / 1–5 pm Sun, Mon / Closed Always Free
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