The Phillips Collection

Management and maintenance of The museum's permanent Collection of nearly 6,000 works was originally created beginning in 1913 by duncan Phillips and later his wife marjorie Phillips and opened to The public in 1921 as The nation's first museum of modern and contemporary art. Our new acquisitions reflect The museum's efforts to enhance and diversify The Collection by embracing works that reflect a narrative of modern and contemporary art beyond The traditional focus on european and american art and speak to communities we are working to serve. Activities include conservation, acquisition of new works through both gift and purchase, digital reproduction for publications and for presentation on The museum's website, artstor, google art, and The multi-museum app bloomberg connects. (continued on schedule o)the high quality of works in The Collection presents many opportunities for collaboration with other museums both for exhibition partnerships and for sharing works to enhance exhibitions at other venues. The Phillips also develops exhibitions which travel to other venues to give those living outside The dc area The opportunity to enjoy The treasures we hold. The Phillips Collection library supports research on works of art in The museum's permanent Collection, special exhibitions, and The history of The museum. In coordination with The celebration of our centennial year, non-gallery space in The museum and at thearc was transformed with site-specific artworks. Victor ekpuk's bold, graphic installation, state of The union: things have fallen apart, can The center still hold? Welcomed visitors to a sense of a spiritual sacred space as they crossed The threshold. Nekisha durrett's airshaft created a sacred place within two bridges joining The original Phillips house and The goh annex; wesley clark's installation new beginning at phillips@thearc challenged visitors to view transformation as a concept as a series of creative choices.

Development and presentation of special exhibitions including works from The museum's own holdings, loans from individuals and other institutions, and collaborations with other venues. Highlights from fy22 included The continuation of inside outside, upside down, a juried invitational comprising works across media by 64 artists of The greater dc region that responded to The global covid-19 pandemic and recent social upheavals; david driskell: icons of nature and history, offering The first comprehensive examination of The paintings, collages, prints, and drawings of The celebrated american artist, art historian, and educator; alma w. thomas: everything is beautiful, which provided a fresh perspective on The artist's dynamic long life (1891-1978) and multifaceted career that was defined by (continued on schedule o)constant creativity; one-on-one: bridget riley/pierre august renoir, in which celebrated british painter bridget riley (b. 1931) selected three of her works to be displayed vis--vis luncheon of The boating party (1880-81) by pierre-auguste renoir; picasso: painting The blue period, which explored The creative process of pablo picasso at The outset of his career; marta perez garcia's intersections project restos-traces which addressed The increase in domestic violence during The pandemic; portraits of resilience, an ongoing photo series by british photographer jonathan banks presented in collaboration with The survivors and torture abolition and survivors support coalition international; and lou stovall: The museum workshop, which reexamined The history and legacy of The dupont center, an artist's museum founded in Washington, dc, in 1969.

The Phillips Collection returned to onsite events in early fy22, engaging with our audiences through onsite, digital, and hybrid programs including member art tours and exhibition openings, sunday concerts and others. We connected with both current and potential members and visitors through our website, social media, e-newsletters, local and regional marketing and advertising, and our participation in The bloomberg connects app. While our caf remained closed in The interests of ensuring a safe environment for our visitors due to its intimate size and limited ability for social distancing, we re-imagined and utilized The space as a pop up to extend The offerings of our popular museum gift shop. With The relaxation of covid restrictions, we were again able to offer our museum as a (continued on schedule o)unique and captivating location for external events, with some limitations. Our popular 1st thursday of The month program, Phillips after five, remained on hold during fy22 due to capacity restrictions.

The Phillips presented a broad range of programming designed to appeal to The museum's expanding visitor demographic. Through The museum's 12-week arts integration course, prism.k12: connecting to The core curriculum, held october 2021-march, 2022, 18 educators of different subjects and grade levels had The opportunity to blend The visual arts seamlessly into their core curriculums, using The Phillips's prism.k12 arts integration strategies and resources. Additionally, The museum expanded its model for arts integration to create a model for culturally responsive teaching httpswwwphillipscollectionorgpris... and added 25 new lesson plans to The website. We reached 147 teachers through 4 additional professional development sessions, and 27 teachers participated in a week-long summer teacher institute. We reached 1,012 pk-12 students within The dc public and charter schools, Maryland, and Virginia during The fiscal year through 50 tours. The museum's multi-visit school partnership program, art links, reached 322 students from 8 schools. The Phillips Collection's workshop and gallery at The town hall education arts recreation campus (thearc) provides a space to view, discuss, make, and exhibit art. Our programs are co-created with our partners and participants to encourage authentic community dialogue, community planning, and community action. From its very inception, The Phillips has focused on The healing power of art. Our creative aging partnership with iona senior services and arts for The aging (afta) transitioned to virtual events in april 2020. Iona's new campus near thearc allows The Phillips to serve more older adults in wards 7 and 8. Our most popular virtual offering with an average of 70 participants each week is our art-based meditation program, consisting of an art discussion led by The Phillips's head of experiential learning and guided meditation led by The museum's resident yoga teacher. Despite The pandemic, The Phillips continued to provide services in The community, assembling wellness kits for distribution by building bridges across The river.the 2021-22 season of conversations with artists engaged several artists exploring topics ranging from digital media to religion and visual culture.