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THE FIRST FOLIO AT THE TWEED By Bruce Hansen /////////////////////////////MUSEUM HOURSTues 9am-8pmWeds-Fri 9am-4:30pmSat & Sun 1pm-5pmwww.d.umn.edu/tma

SEPT 2016

On October 6th at 5:30 p.m. at the Tweed Museum of Art there will be a grand opening and kickoff of one of the most significant exhibitions with related events that has ever graced the campus of the Uni-versity of Minnesota Duluth – Shakespeare’s First Folio. This event, unique in Minnesota and part of a national sched-ule of exhibitions of one of the folios in each of the states, ar-ranged by the Folger Shake-speare Library in Washington

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sept 13 6:30-8pmBook Club: Sally Mann

Sept 15 6-7:30pmCoe-Colescott: Curator Talk

Oct 3-26Shakespeare’s First Folio

Oct 11 6:30-8pmTweevening: Reframing Ophelia

Oct 15 2-4pmA. Aune - Folio Family Day

Nov 15 6:30-8pmBook Club: Steve Martin

Nov 17 6:00-8pmUn-typing Casta

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Florence CollinsBarb GaddieBeverly GoldfineBea LeveyPeggy MasonMike SeyferDee Dee Widdes

Patricia BurnsMary EbertTom EllisonDebra HannuBruce HansenJane JarnisRobert LeffSharon MollerusAlice B. O’ConnorTerry RobertsDan ShogrenMiriam Sommerness

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This last June the Tweed Ad-visory Board met in retreat to review the current strategic plan for the museum, the better to see what has been accomplished and how our museum can best move for-ward. The board determined that one important long-term goal would be that of ac-creditation by the American Alliance of Museums. Sim-ilar to the accreditation of educational institutions, ac-creditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) gives a prestigious seal of approval to a museum. Only ten percent of museums na-tionwide are so accredited. The AAM was founded in 1906 as a collaborative effort by individuals, not by institu-tions or government. Since then the AAM has been a scholarly and authoritative body that provides great

credibility to its members. Benefits of membership in-clude: national recognition of excellence and profes-sional standards; credibil-ity with funding agencies and donors; faithfulness to the mission of the institu-tion; clarity of the strengths, goals, priorities and mission of the museum; and better relationships with other mu-seums. Membership is also a means to attract support for capital improvements, to be seen as a better risk by the insurance industry, to have a governing body that is better informed on museum stan-dards, and to be a valuable tool in lobbying state and lo-cal governments.

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D.C., will celebrate the arrival of the First Folio at the Tweed and the beginning of many re-lated events, all in commemo-ration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. May-or Emily Larson will open the celebration of this Folio, and Dr. Paul Cannan will talk about the making of Shakespeare.Shakespeare wrote thirty-sev-en plays covering a variety of topics and a diversity of indi-viduals. Following first pub-lished “quartos” (pages folded

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twice) came the publication of his plays in 1623, in a “folio” (pages folded once). Some 750 copies were printed orig-inally, of which only 234 cop-ies are extant today.

But, while we all learned about Shakespeare in school and read his plays, why is his legacy important to us to-day? Born in 1564 in the small town of Stratford-Upon-Avon northwest of London, he died in 1616. Why are his writings The Globe Theater stage, watercolor by C. Walter Hodges, (1909-2004),

Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Collection.

In February 2015, the Tweed Museum of Art was notified of its selection as one of the museums that would host a traveling exhibition of Shake-speare’s First Folio, organized by the Folger Shakespeare Library in partnership with the Cincinnati Museum Center and the American Library As-sociation, and the anticipation has been building ever since. Initially published in 1623, the First Folio is the original comprehensive volume of the Bard’s plays, the publica-tion and compilation of which was made possible by two of Shakespeare’s contemporar-ies, John Heminge and Hen-ry Condell. As fellow actors of Shakespeare in the same company, Heminge and Condell would have had ac-cess to the play scripts and, as scholars have postulated, may have worked from the original manuscripts to pro-duce the first edition. Their ef-forts to assemble all 36 plays in one volume was laborious and involved collecting the plays previously printed and those that were not. Only 18 of Shakespeare’s plays appeared in print during his lifetime, and many were either corrupt or pirated. The First

Folio contains 36 plays, 18 of which were published for the first time, salvaging such works as The Tempest and Macbeth from likely extinc-tion. The Folio is scheduled to arrive at the Tweed during the last week of September and, along with the accompany-ing text panels that complete the exhibit, will take approxi-mately three days to install. It will be transported via FedEx Custom Critical White Glove Service, which provides a sealed and temperature-con-trolled environment for the shipment of highly sensitive

HOW UMD GOT TO HOST FIRST FOLIO! By Krista Twu //////////////////////////UMD competed with a num-ber of other sites in Minnesota for the honor of hosting the Folger Shakespeare Library’s traveling exhibition of Shake-speare’s First Folio. Our ap-plication’s success resulted from three outstanding fea-tures:1. UMD’s Interdisciplinary Academic Strengths: The Hu-manities & Arts programs, the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and the Tweed Museum of Art pro-vide intellectual and creative leadership throughout the Northland. The Humanities & Arts programs offer a rich scholarly environment that features research and educa-tion in the area of Book History and Culture and will support learning opportunities across the disciplines. The Library’s Ramseyer-Northern Bible So-ciety Collection will provide a unique complementary set of texts with which to contextu-alize the First Folio, offering materials for student service learning and supplementing visitors’ experience with par-allel historical works. And the Tweed Museum will provide state of the art facilities and expert curation for the First Folio. It will also present two special exhibits on the art and stagecraft of Hamlet to run concurrently and enhance the presentation of the First Folio.

2. UMD’s Community Part-nerships: With over 40 cam-pus and community partners, UMD’s First Folio program-ming offers something for everyone. We will celebrate Shakespeare on the page and the stage and the silver screen, through art and music, from Renaissance fanfares to rock-and-roll meditations, and even with Elizabethan era sci-ence and technology.3. Service to Greater Minne-sota: Duluth’s beautiful loca-tion on Lake Superior already draws tourists from across the Upper Midwest, and its position midway between the Twin Cities and the Canadian

border will allow many under-served communities across the Northland unprecedent-ed access to this world class cultural event. School groups and families of all ages will find many enriching activities to enhance their experience of the First Folio and make the most of a day trip to Duluth.

To complement the main exhibit, Shake-speare’s First Folio, the museum gift shop has a number of items you can take home with you to remember this experience. The shop has journals, books, greeting cards, and even magnets! Shakespeare’s Sonnets has an illus-tration to match each poem shared; it’s truly beautiful! Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare: The World as Stage is a humorous and entertain-ing read. Who can forget the famous Romeo & Juliet—a romantic greeting card with Juliet pictured calling out for Romeo.

Come shop the fun!

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PREPARING FOR THE FIRST FOLIO By Anneliese Verhoven ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////objects. Once the Folio is secured within the museum, it will remain encased for a 24-hour acclimatization pe-riod. This will insure that the Folio has adequate time to adjust to the Tweed’s humid-ity and temperature levels, preventing the type of dras-tic exposure to a new envi-ronment that could cause it to expand or contract and produce damage. Also ac-companying the Folio will be a small team of trained mu-seum preparators whose job it is to install and secure the Folio at each host location.

This team, along with Tweed staff, will be responsible for setting up the display case, testing the case alarm sys-tem, lighting, and overseeing the condition inspection. For the safety of the Folio, all ac-tivity will be sealed off from the public and will take place after hours. Amidst all of the work and excitement, we at the Tweed know that host-ing Shakespeare’s First Folio is a spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity not only for the Museum, but also for UMD and Duluth at large.

read and plays still attended and admired worldwide to-day? What draws us to them today as much as they did in his day? What does this pro-vincial writer of sonnets, blank verse, and plays with plots from other sources have to do with us?

Perhaps it is because when we experience Shakespeare we come face to face with our own experiences and we are constantly surprised by some-thing we thought only we were afraid of or experienced or did not understand. We resonate with the emotions found in

his plays. He helps us under-stand the whole picture of hu-manity. He sees life with zest, and he does not judge. And we delight in his wit and mas-tery of language, his use of double meanings, and classi-cal references. We have only to overcome the distance cre-ated by time and changes in language.

At a televised celebration of Shakespeare on April 16 this year in Washington, DC, Ellen Stofan from NASA said her work is to help “…scientists and engineers bring not just the detail but the why, who

cares, how did we get here, how does this affect my life and my place on this plan-et, and what is our future?” Shakespeare does this. Col-lege president William Adams, talking about King Lear at a seminar for non-profit execu-tives, found they understood a Lear who, after being a king giving orders, and then, hav-ing given his kingdom to his daughters, is at a loss as to how to live with others. It is dif-ficult for persons in positions of great authority then to lose that sense of authority and be just a person again.

Let us end with Will’s view of the purpose of plays (and of the arts more generally) “…at the first and now was and is to hold as ‘twere the mirror up to Nature.”

What goes together bet-ter than art and reading? An idea from a Tweed focus group in 2012 has resurfaced and is taking form at the museum this fall. A new reading group starts on September 13th from 6:30-8:00pm and will take place every oth-er month, alternating with Tweevenings. The series begins with a discussion of photographer Sally Mann’s memoir Hold Still moderated by Tweed do-cent Bill Shipley. Mann’s photograph The Ditch is currently on display as part of the Reframing Ophelia exhibit.

The round-table discus-sions will be held in the Tezla Library and will feature different modera-tors with each book. The coming year’s reading schedule includes The Muralist by Barbara Sha-piro led by Claire Kirch, editor at Publisher’s Weekly; the essay “Air Guitar” by Dave Hick-ey led by Ann Klefstad, artist and essayist; and comedian Steve Martin’s book An Object of Beau-ty: A Novel, led by muse-um preparator Anneliese Verhoeven.

A Facebook group has been formed to connect group members and offer announcements and dis-cussion at https://www.facebook.com/groups/tweedbookclub. Here we welcome thoughts on books and art as well as title and moderator ideas for future sessions.

NEW!TWEED BOOK CLUB

OUR VISIONTo become valued and promoted as our region’s destination art museum

OUR MISSIONTo bring art and people of our commu-nities together for delight, to discover and to learn