In 2016, we took art out of the confines of a century-old building and injected it into our surrounding community.

1. TMA YEAR IN REVIEW
2016

2. Celebrating “Sneaker
Culture,” 475 people
attended Hardcore Detroit’s
“Hip Hop 101” Performance
in the Great Gallery
January

3. In the Peristyle Theater, Toledo Ballet
performed ‘Awkward Girl’—a ballet
inspired by TMA’s Edgar Degas
sculpture Study for Little Dancer of
Fourteen Years
January

4. Cynthia Thompson succeeded
Deke Welles as Chair of the TMA
Board of Directors
January

5. January

6. February

7. Collectors Charles and
Valerie Diker visited TMA
for a Master Series Lecture
February

8. TPS students, in collaboration
with Radiant City Arts, celebrated
the diversity of hip-hop culture
and the creative process through
dance-offs, beat battles, poetry
slams, and visual art
February

9. Circle 2445’s Murder Mystery
event was a success! Nearly 200
participants helped solve the
mystery of who-done-it
February

10. TMA took home multiple
awards from the 2016 ADDY
Awards in Toledo, including
Gold for The Rise of Sneaker
Culture exhibition
commercial.
February

11. TSO hosted Pink
Martini in the Peristyle.
Handcrafted martini
pitchers and glasses
were made in the Hot
Shop for the occasion
March

12. Production in the Hot Shop
increased substantially in
2016, including Volo—a
glass sculpture made for
ProMedica’s new Health
and Wellness Center
March

13. TMA made their first submission to
the Museum Dance Off Competition,
winning one of three “Best in
Competition” accolades
March

14. April

15. April

16. COO Carol Bintz was named “Museum
Professional of the Year” by the Ohio
Museum Association
April

17. Docent trip
April
TMA Docents
traveled to
Nashville to visit
the Cheekwood
Botanical Garden
and Museum of
Art

18. Over 250 people were
in attendance for
Circle 2445’s annual
Kentucky Derby Party,
held in the Glass
Pavilion in honor of
the building’s 10th
anniversary
May

19. The TMA Ambassadors
traveled to
Washington, DC for
their annual trip
May

20. The Georgia Welles
Apollo Society
selected a Flavian
Matron, 81-96 A.D.,
to donate to the
museum
June

21. June

22. June through July,
docents conducted
monthly “twilight
tours” of Human
Landscape. At 80
participants each,
all 3 tours were
sold out!
June

23. The Rita B. Kern Sensory
Garden opened, followed
by another successful
Community Block Party!
June

24. Jutta-Annette Page
received the 2016
Lifetime Membership
Award from the Glass
Art Society during
their annual
conference in
Corning, New York
June

25. July

26. Fiscal Year 2016
ended with growing
attendance numbers
in studio art classes,
public programming,
and overall visitation.
July

27. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
391,516
371,886
374,590
346,216
406,878
457,003
Annual Attendance
(Fiscal Year)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
July

28. Fiscal Year End 2016
Total Revenue & Support $15,891,257
Investments
59%Contributions
19%
Earned Income
22%
Investments Contributions Earned Income
$3.5M
$3.0M $9.4M
July

29. Artist Godfrey Reggio’s
films Anima Mundi and
Visitors were screened
on the walls of the GP
for visitors to enjoy
under a starry night sky
August

30. TMA and TSO put on a 24-hour music marathon—
Bach Around the Clock. 2,227 people attended one
or more of the 14 venues throughout the day, and 8
people made it through all 24 hours!
August

31. GAPP in Residency artist, Ben Schonberger, gave a lecture
discussing his most recent works, Beautiful Pig (2013) and
Hammer (2016)
August

32. September

33. September
Architecture and
planning firm, Beyer
Blinder Belle (BBB),
was selected to
create the first
comprehensive
campus master
plan for TMA

34. October

35. Congratulations to our TMA Ambassadors!

36. The Glass Fashion Show

37. October
October
TMA Ambassadors traveled to
Chicago and visited
museums, private collections,
and the EXPO CHICAGO
contemporary art fair

38. October
Sculptor and
performance
artist Doreen
Garner at work in
the hot shop
during her GAPP
residency

39. October

40. Adam Levine and Mike
Deetsch conducted a
seminar on Visual
Literacy at the National
Safety Council Congress
in Anaheim, CA
October

41. Chinese Private Art Museum
Development Forum
November
Director Brian Kennedy was
invited to speak about TMA and
Visual Literacy in Leuven,
Belgium, and Shanghai, China.

42. November
Contemporary artist
Gabriel Dawe’s
Plexus no. 35 opened
in the Great Gallery

43. November
TMA was ranked “Best Art
Museum” by Ohio Magazine

44. November
Ranked #1 “Thing to
do” in Toledo

45. December
Annual winter
celebration The
Great Art Escape
returns December
27-January 1. Free
performances and
art activities will
fill the galleries,
Glass Pavilion,
and Peristyle

46. Thank you TMA sponsors