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FALL 2014
Current Exhibit Brings Hawaii to Ukiah by Karen HolmesStaff members at the Grace Hudson Museum often wear while in Hawaii, along with letters and other objects that many hats, and this is true for the current exhibit, Days of help tell Hudson's Hawaiian story.
Grace: California Artist Grace Hudson in Hawaii. Director Grace viewed her Hawaiian year (undertaken as a rest Sherrie Smith-Ferri and Registrar Karen Holmes added to cure following a period of overwork) as one of the most their usual roles by co-curating the exhibit, and co-authoring significant in her life. She used the time away from home to its companion catalog (available now in the Gift Shop). reflect on her career and her marriage, and to take a break from professional pressure. Rather than painting to support herself and her husband, John, as she had been, Grace gave Grace Hudson in Hawaii, probably on the grounds away many of her Hawaiian pieces to new friends in the of her hotel, The Royal Islands. She returned home refreshed and re-committed to Hawaiian, in Honolulu. 1901, her marriage. We hope you visit this landmark exhibit to photographer unknown. learn more about Grace's Hawaiian experiences, and to see Collection of the Grace her lovely portraits of the Hawaiian people. The show runs through December 28th in the main gallery. The exhibit examines the life and work of Hudson GHM Around the World! during the 11 months she spent in Hawaii in 1901–mostly in Honolulu and Waikiki, on the island of Oahu, and in We are pleased to report that lately we have been receiving Hilo, on the island of Hawaii. As with all her professional exposure around the globe. The Days of Grace exhibit and oil portraits, Grace entered information in a painting catalog were profiled by Sonoma County Historian Gaye diary about the 26 oils featuring Hawaiian women and LeBaron on September 14th in the Santa Rosa Pres Democrat, children she completed there. She also took photos of the and a new article about the show will be in the November- pieces before they left her possession. Beginning with these December issue of American Art Review, available nation- primary sources–in the collections of the Museum–Karen wide. A modified version of the show heads to the Honolulu and Sherrie tracked down the whereabouts of as many of Museum of Art in Hawaii in November 2015. Grace's Hawaiian pieces as possible. Additional help came In other news, china from our col ections that belonged from Searles Boynton's notes on the owners of Hudson's to Grace Hudson's grandmother, Clarina Nichols, will be paintings that he made in the 1970s while working on The on display February through October 2015 at the Smithsonian Painter Lady, the most complete book on Hudson's career. Anacostia Community Museum in Washington DC, in Grace recorded that three of her Hawaiian pieces were the exhibit, How the Civil War Changed Washington. On destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Of the page 5, see Curator Marvin Schenck's comments about the surviving 23 Hawaiian portraits, Karen and Sherrie were Grace Hudson exhibit now at St. Mary's College Art successful in locating 11 for display–thanks to many generous Museum in Moraga, California. And Director Sherrie lenders–along with several of Hudson's Hawaiian landscapes, Smith-Ferri is representing the Grace Hudson Museum at and preparatory sketches. The co-curators supplemented the the Kunstkamera Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where exhibit with ethnographic artifacts collected by Hudson she is studying the early Pomo baskets they hold there.
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President's Letter museum & Sun House Dear Friends: As 2014 draws to a close we find much to celebrate here
Hours: Wed thru Sat: 10 am–4:30 pm at the Grace Hudson Museum. Plans are well underway for gardens and (first Friday of the month til 8:00 pm), educational facilities that will complete a new cycle in our evolution. Sun: 12–4:30 pm. (707) 467-2836 In the past three decades our incredible journey has taken us far from our humble beginnings when the City of Ukiah purchased the Sun House and its grounds from the heirs of Grace and John Hudson; to the development and opening of the Grace Hudson Museum; and now Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House Staff to the creation of gardens and facilities that will allow us to share the Mendocino County that the Carpenters and Hudsons knew in their Sherrie Smith-Ferri, director everyday interactions with the local Pomo people. Grace's paintings Marvin Schenck, curator have given us faces to go with John's notes on how these remarkable Karen Holmes, registrar people lived lightly in their lands, and how the wilderness paradise set- tlers first observed was in fact a carefully-cultivated land that provided Kristen Marrow and Diana Thomas, food and shelter, and the raw materials for some of the finest, most receptionists & docent powerful and intricately woven baskets in the world.
Our permanent collections, together with a panorama of changing Marian Scalmanini, store manager exhibits, has given Ukiah a central gathering place that combines a great sense of fun, community, past and present history, and artistic inspiration.
Every day I meet someone on the street or in the Museum who tells me what the Grace Hudson means to them and how proud they are that we have a world-renowned museum right here in Ukiah. It's in our DNA, a part of what we celebrate as people who have chosen a Paige Marie Poulos, president cultured country life.
Gudrun Dye, 1st vice-president Please do enjoy all that the Grace Hudson has to offer you as a visitor, a member, and a lover of art and culture. Plan to visit often Lucille Mirata, 2nd vice-president in the year ahead, and bring your family and friends to share the fun. Holly Brackmann, secretary Sincerely yours, Paige Marie Poulos, President, Sun House Guild Candace Horsley, treasurerRobyn Gibbs, Matisse Knight, New Guild Members Lauren McPhaul, Paloma Patterson, Kathy Rough, Ann Thornhill, Pat Tysoe, and Miles Van Dusen, trustees Pastor Martha & Frank Stump Jessica & Ted Kimball Carole & Ted Hester Paloma Patterson Capriece & Jeffrey Weber Grace Hudson Museum Endowment Fund Kathleen & Jerry Hicks Monte Hill, chair Deana & John Mullin Wanda Mannon, vice-chair Iverina Rasmussen Sarah Harrison, treasurer Mary Jane Sheppard Linda Filer Wiley John Moon, investment chair Eddie Eversole, Mike Geniella, Myrna Oglesby, Paige Marie Poulos, Janice Stokes, and Steve Ward, directors Year-End Giving Life Member & Commemorative Donations In the Season of Sharing, please do consider a 100% Memorial and Honorary Donations and Life tax-deductible gift in any amount to the Grace Hudson Memberships are assigned to the Grace Hudson Museum Endowment Fund. These funds are invested Museum & Sun House. Visit the Grace Hudson for the future of the Grace Hudson Museum & Sun Museum website at www.GraceHudsonMuseum.org
House, and are not used for daily operating expenses.
and hit the Donate button to make an online New Life Members
donation with a credit card, or use the envelope Linda & Stephen Nelson enclosed to send a gift to the Sun House Guild to help support Family Jan & John Chan Fun at the Museum and other community programs, acquisitions to Miles Van Dusen our collections, and underwriting of exhibits and special events. Or Norma Person choose the Endowment Fund, every dollar of which helps us build to a principal balance that will ensure the long-term sustainability of the Memorials
Museum and its programs.
In Memory of Joan Louie The choice is yours: invest in the short term or invest in the long Helena Bell term. Either way, you win! And so does your family for generations
In Memory of "Mr. Mac" McDade To discuss significant gifts, naming opportunities in the new gardens Carrie & Margaret Russel , Indi Nelson and galleries, challenge grants to inspire matching funds, charitable In Memory of Floyd Ross bequests or annuities, please contact the Museum at (707) 467-2836 to Barbara & Walter Eversole, Paige Poulos arrange an appointment for a private meeting.
& John Wool ey, Sarah & Dann Falk Happy Holidays
In Memory of Donna Rosetti Barbara & Walter Eversole In Memory of John Parducci Thank You
William Smith, Martha & Charles Barra, for
Tommy & Ann Thornhil , Mary Louise Giving Right Here at Home!
& Leroy Chase, Leah Middleton, Paige Poulos & John Wool ey, Mark Bowers New Guild Members In Memory of Al Beltrami Helena Bel , Paige Poulos & John Wool ey Peggy & Tom Purcell In Memory of Merle Fenter Barbara & Walter Eversole In Memory of Lila Lee Katharine Elliott Leah Middleton In Memory of Donna Mattern Helen & David Menasian Barbara & Walter Eversole Karen Feeney-Ferraiuolo In Memory of Adolph Parducci Muhasibi Shalom Andrade Eleanor Hamilton Barbara & Walter Eversole, Mary Louise & Mary Flannery-Kraut Leroy Chase, Paige Poulos & John Wool ey Patricia Roberts In Memory of James Smith Barbara & Walter Eversole, Leroy & Christopher & Joleen Logan Mary Louise Chase, Juanana Todd

"Days of Grace" Luau Event Sponsors: Savings Bank of Mendocino County,
Fundraiser 2014 Thanks Magruder Ranch, K-Wine & K-Max Radio, Saracina Vineyards; Event Co-ordinators: Gudrun Dye, Lucille
Mirata, and Candace Horsley; Flowers and Decorations:
Lauren McPhaul; Caterer: Kristen Meyer & Sy Ramos;
Music & Sound: Ken Steely; Dancers: Wildfire Dancers;
Donors of Auction Items, Beer & Wine: Parducci Wine
Cellars & the Thornhill Family, Barra of Mendocino, Patterson, left, and her sister, McNab Ridge Winery, Frey Vineyards, Gordon Bourke, Paige Poulos & John Woolley, Eagle Distributing Co., Redwood Empire Fairgrounds, Robert & Beth Keiffer, Aloha spirit.
Gary Nix & Tom East, Rolla Ogle, Doug Crane, Little River Inn, Disneyland Resorts, Tommy Thornhill, Jr., Sherrie Smith-Ferri & Family, Guinness McFadden, Napa Val ey Museum, Reliable Mill, Bob & Lucille Mirata, Gary This year the Grace Hudson Museum's annual fundraiser & Pat Mirata, Mark & Adriane Pardini, Candace Horsley, was a Hawaiian-themed luau to complement our current exhibit on Grace Hudson's year in Hawaii. The roast pig dinner and auction were a success, with the Sun House Guild netting $45,000, of which $17,425 was allocated After dark, entertainment to the Museum Endowment Fund. For the first time, the was provided by the annual event was held outside in the Carpenter-Hudson Wildfire Dancers.
Park, where participants could better envision the gardens of our future outdoor education center. Though a nearby wildfire prevented some of our stalwart supporters from attending, the event was filled to capacity, with attendees dressed in their best Hawaiian attire. Fresh orchid leis, mai tais, tiki torches, and fire dancing gave the evening a festive air. As always, fantastic silent and live auction items were Right: Watching the available for bidding, thanks to many generous donors.
Magruder Ranch pig roast.
Testa Vineyards, Jan Hoyman Studio, Dorothy Ledford, Holly Brackmann, Pamela's Products, John Lattimore–State Farm Insurance, Ukiah Valley Golf Course, Craft Distillers, Kathy Rough, Secretary, greets Three Sisters, Kerwin Galleries, Happy Woman Jewelry, arriving guests with fresh orchid leis.
Tango Beauty Bar, Habitat, Shoefly & Sox, Pine Ridge Studios, Kristin Marrow, Marjorie Chan, Leroy & Mary Louise Chase, Marvin Schenck, Integrated Massage Therapy, Danny Schaffer, Roger Foote, North American Organics, Bob Brewer, Lynn Thompson, Moniker Wines, The Dakin The fundraiser would not have been possible without Family & Leonard Lake Reserve, Tom Liden Photography, everyone who attended, bid on auction items, and donated Mendocino Brewing Co., Watters O. Martin, Jr., Katie wonderful things. In addition there were many volunteers Gibbs, Michael Horikawa, Kate Marianchild, Vichy working behind the scenes to get ready for the big night Springs Resort, Heyday Books, Kristen Meyer, City of and keep it running smoothly. As you can see in the adjacent Ukiah; Auctioneer: Sheriff Tom Allman. Event Volunteers:
list, many people contributed to the evening's success. To Marian Scalmanini, Kathy Starback, Rachel Smith-Ferri, all of you who made an immeasurable contribution to our Kristin Marrow, Desiree Dudley, Pat Mirata, Buck Jordon, future: Mahalo–many thanks! Russ Troxler, Bob Mirata, George Gibbs, Diana Thomas.

Guild & Endowment Paddle Pledges With Exhibit at St. Mary's College, at the 2014 Fundraising Luau A Collection Milestone is Reached! This year donors could allocate their pledges to Due to the wonderful generosity of our donors and lenders to the either the Sun House Guild or Grace Hudson Grace Hudson Museum collections, the Museum now has a sufficient Museum Endowment Fund, or both. Thank number of paintings and other materials to produce–for the first time you so much to all our generous donors.
ever–three separate Grace Hudson exhibitions simultaneously. First is Charles & Wanda Mannon, Monte & Kay Hill, the landmark Days of Grace: California Artist Grace Hudson in Hawaii, Walter & Barbara Eversole, curated by Karen Holmes and Sherrie Smith-Ferri currently on view Paige Poulos & John Woolley, Stephen Ward, in the Grace Hudson Museum's main gallery through December 28th. Janet King, Roger Foote & Holly Brackmann, Second, the ongoing Grace Carpenter Hudson permanent exhibit in Glenn Morgan,Candace Horsley, the Ivan B. and Elvira Hart Gallery has lately undergone a re-hanging Jonathan & Katrina Frey,Charlie & Martha Barra, to feature recent gifts and loans. Finally, Curator Marvin Schenck has Guil & Gudrun Dye, Max & Joan Schlienger, assembled a traveling exhibition surveying Grace Hudson's career for John & Karen Moon, Roger Bell, the Saint Mary's College Museum of Art in Moraga, California. The David Arkin, Lance & Jamie Stornetta, exhibit, Grace Hudson: Painter of the Pomo People, is on view through December 7, 2014. It is being shown with two other Native American Karen Holmes & Eric Neilson, Richard Cooper, exhibitions: Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Pottery, and The Leslie West, Tom & Mary Thomas, Native American Collection of Roger Epperson. For more information, go Dee & Jerome Dix, Mike & Therese Geniella, to www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum or call (925) 631-4379. We hope the and Jeff Oldham show will introduce Grace's talent to a new audience and entice Bay Area residents to come explore Ukiah and the Grace Hudson Museum. $13,275 to the Sun House Guild $17,425 to the Endowment Fund Our Thanks for Collection Gifts to: Bob Brewer: for several important historic publications and photos, including
two A. O. Carpenter studio portraits.
Chinese Child Sitting The Lauer Family Trust: for a booklet on Indian uses of native plants once
in Doorway, Painting #189, 1901, was belonging to Mark and Melissa Carpenter, and a scrapbook of oil paintings recently donated to by Grace Hudson. Robert Lee and family: for photos, glass plate negatives, and film negatives
from the Bob J. Lee Collection. Boyce family.

Michael Rubenstein and Bob Brewer: for photos by anthropologist and
linguist, Samuel A. Barrett.
Special Thanks to: E. Jane Boyce and James Boyce Jr.: for the charming original Grace Hudson
oil painting #189, Chinese Child Sitting in Doorway, from her Hawaiian year.
Watters O. Martin, Jr. and Michael Horikawa,
Board Members of the Honolulu Museum of John Marcucci: for the adorable original Grace Hudson oil painting #197,
Art: for coming all the way from Honolulu to Punahele, done during Hudson's year in Hawaii.
attend the opening of our Days of Grace exhibit, Norma Holland-Dunham: for an interesting sculpted metal souvenir cup
and contributing to our fundraiser's silent auction. with Ukiah-area scenes, circa 1902-1905. Nicholas and Valerie Brownrigg, Ruth Anderson,
and Patricia Bowers: for recent donations to the F. Jack Liebau: for the lovely original Grace Hudson oil painting #342,
Endowment Fund.

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Grace Hudson Museum Calendar of Events Saturday, September 6–Sunday, December 28, 2014 Through Sunday, December 7, 2014 Days of Grace:
Grace Hudson:
California Artist Grace Hudson in Hawaii
Painter of the Pomo People
This exhibit tells the story of Hudson's eleven months in At St. Mary's College Museum of Art, Hawaii in 1901. Her rare portraits of the people of Hawaii Moraga, California. (At left: Hudson's are gathered together here for the first time for display. painting Matu, 1912, from our collections.) Developed by the Grace Hudson Museum. Saturday, January 10– Sunday, March 8, 2015 Tuesday, November 18, 2014, Noon Jules Tavernier: Artist & Adventurer–The Illustrations
Gallery Tour of Days of Grace Exhibit
Early California artist Jules Tavernier (1844-1889) adapted Join co-curators Grace Hudson Museum Registrar Karen the Barbizon aesthetic of his native France to scenes of the Holmes, and Director Sherrie Smith-Ferri, for a guided American West. This exhibit features his early transconti- exhibit tour. Free with Museum admission. nental illustrations for "Harper's Weekly." It was organized by the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Saturday, December 6, 2014, 10:00 am–3:00 pm
Annual Holiday Open House and Book Signing
Sunday, March 22–Sunday, May 17, 2015 Arts and crafts vendors, tours of the Sun House, visits with Ignite! The Art of Sustainability
Santa, seasonal refreshments, raffle for decorated Christmas An exhibit of dynamic, multimedia works by thirteen of tree, and book signing of Days of Grace catalog by Karen California's foremost environmental artists. From Exhibit Holmes and Sherrie Smith-Ferri. Free admission. Envoy, funded by The James Irvine Foundation.

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