It was a busy year at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. Take a look back at all you helped us accomplish.

1. The Marshall M. Fredericks
Sculpture Museum
A look back at 2018…

2. January
Gerhardt Knodel, Minglings: A Journey Across Time

3. January
Chinese Folk Pottery, The Art of the Everyday

4. January
Happy 110th Birthday Marshall

5. February
Gerhardt Knodel Gallery Talk

6. February
Thank You Meijer Inc.
Meijer’s $2,700 grant for school transportation subsidies at work.

7. February
Fat Tuesday
200 donuts were served to students on Fat Tuesday

8. March
Theodore Roethke Poetry Slam
Over 100 people attended the Theodore
Roethke Poetry Slam at the Museum.

9. March
Marie Woo Gallery Talk

10. April
Spirit of Detroit Animated Film Released
Click to view the animation created by designer Bill Holland

11. April
International Sculpture Day
75 students and staff participated in International Sculpture Day at the Museum where they
created a forest of “Societrees.”

12. May
Spirit of Detroit 60th Anniversary Celebration at One Woodward
Avenue in Detroit, May 12

13. May
Spirit of Detroit 60th Anniversary Celebration at One Woodward
Avenue in Detroit, May 12

14. May
Spirit of Detroit 60th Anniversary Celebration at One Woodward
Avenue in Detroit, May 12

15. May
Spirit of Detroit 60th Anniversary Celebration at One Woodward
Avenue in Detroit, May 12

16. May
Spirit of Detroit 60th Anniversary Celebration at One Woodward
Avenue in Detroit, May 12

17. May
Spirit of Detroit 60th Anniversary Celebration at One Woodward
Avenue in Detroit, May 12
Sue and Bill Vititoe were awarded the first Marshall
M. Fredericks Legacy Award.

18. May
Memorial Day Program
Local servicemen place a wreath at the Eaton War Memorial in the
Jo Anne and Donald Petersen Sculpture Garden at the Museum.

19. May
Kids Discover Art Day

20. June
6th Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition
Merit Award winners Mark Beltchenko, left, and
Robert Bielat, right

21. June
Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition
Merit Award winners Kathyrose
Pizzo, left, Virginia Torrence,
center, and Bill Allen, right

22. June - July
Summer Art Camps
More than 60 children ages 8 - 18 from the Great Lakes Bay Region attended summer art camp.

23. July - August
Summer Art Camps

24. August
Museum App Released
The museum app, designed by
SVSU Cardinal Solutions
students, was released for both
Android and iOS, allowing
museum visitors to conduct their
own tour of 20 sculptures in the
Main Exhibition Gallery.

25. September
Brown Bag Lunch with Kathyrose Pizzo
Fourth-place merit award winner of the Regional Biennial Juried
Sculpture Exhibition, Kathyrose Pizzo discussed her work at a
brown bag lunch lecture.

26. September
Artist-in-Residence
Michigan artist Bill Allen spent a week-long
residency at the Museum.

27. September
Brews and Brushes

28. October
Saints, Sinners and Spirit

29. October
Saints, Sinners and Spirit

30. October
Saints, Sinners and Spirit

31. October
Saints, Sinners and Spirit

32. October
Saints, Sinners and Spirit

33. October
Motor City Icon: The Spirit of Detroit
text

34. October
Motor City Icon: The Spirit of Detroit
text

35. October
Senator Gary Peters visits the Museum

36. October
Yearly Sculpture Maintenance and Cleaning
Giorgio Gikas of Venus Bronze Works is dedicated to
preserving Marshall Fredericks’s artwork on campus
annually.

37. October
Archivist Melissa Ford ends successful tenure at the Museum

38. November
Director Moves on…
After 12 good years as director of the
Museum, Marilyn Wheaton is leaving to
return to Detroit full-time.

39. November
Passport to the World

40. December
Volunteer of the Year
Sara Clark has been the museum’s consistent Saints and
Sinners volunteer for 12 years.

41. December
Legacy Wall
Installation of the Preserving the Legacy of Marshall M. Fredericks campaign donor wall at the
Museum.
Graphic design by Craig Snook; production design and installation by ZENTX Media Group Inc.

42. Best Wishes…
Current student employee Mitch Sansiribhan,
right, and former student employee Adam
Sharnas are moving out into the non-student
world. We’ll miss them!

43. The Museum Board gifted a
sculpture garden bench to
Marilyn and her husband
Paul Duffy at her farewell
soiree.
Thank you Marilyn Wheaton for 12 years

44. Introducing Megan McAdow
Please welcome Megan McAdow as the new director of
the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. Megan will
be on board full-time January 2.

45. Thank You
Museum staff, left to right clockwise,
Geoffe Haney, Laurie Allison, Marilyn
Wheaton, Melissa Ford (former
archivist), and Andrea Ondish wish you
a glorious holiday season and thank
you for your support of the Marshall M.
Fredericks Sculpture Museum.

46. Thank You to our 2018 Major Supporters