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5M allow museum to anchor key jobs Friday March 4, 2011 WILLIAMSTOWN Thanks to two gifts totaling $4.5 million, two fundamental jobs at the Clark Art Institute will be permanently funded from endowment proceeds, freeing museum operational funds for other important purposes. Proceeds from a $2.5 million gift from Robert and Martha Berman Lipp of Manhattan will fund the position of senior curator, and proceeds from the $2 million gift from Sylvia and Leonard Marx of Greenwich, Conn. will fund the position of director of collections and exhibitions. As a result of the gifts, the two positions will be "named," meaning the titles will carry with them the names of the donors. "This is an endowment that will enhance the collections and exhibitions," said Michael Conforti, director of the Clark. "It's an investment in maintenance and care of the collections, and the expansion of our exhibition programs." Both donors have very long relationships with the Clark, and have been involved with the museum's board of trustees to varying degrees. "Both couples have long been associated with the museum," said John Skavlem, senior director of development at the Clark. He has curated other major exhibitions, including "The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings," which traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kathleen Morris is now the Sylvia and Leonard Marx director of collections and exhibitions. She is also the Clark's curator of decorative arts. Morris coordinates the museum's exhibition program, including traveling exhibitions such as "Collecting the Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute," the first national tour of works from the Clark that was presented in seven museums between 2005 and 2007. Eye to Eye is on view at the Clark through March 27. "The role of a curator is of supreme importance to any museum," Conforti said. "As stewards of the collection, curators safeguard the museum's treasures, oversee acquisitions, coordinate exhibitions and new scholarship, and interpret the collection for ever changing audiences. These generous gifts are a tremendous acknowledgment of the outstanding work of the Clark's curators and the international significance of our curatorial program." Martha Berman Lipp is the former CEO and owner of Merchants Travel Inc., and taught English at Butler University. She currently serves on the Clark's board of trustees, as well as the board of trustees of The Children's Aid Society of New York. Robert Lipp is a senior advisor at JP Morgan Chase Co. and serves on the boards of MASS MoCA and the New York City Ballet. The Marxes have been interested in decorative arts since their first visit to the Clark in 1972. In making their gift, the Marxes recognized the strength of the Clark's decorative arts collection and its leadership in the area of exhibitions. Sylvia Marx is an accomplished concert pianist and a trustee of the Marlboro School of Music. Mrs. Marx serves on the visitors board of the Yale School of Music, and has served as a trustee of Connecticut College. Leonard Marx, Jr. was the chairman and CEO of Merchants National Properties. "They are such generous couples, truly committed to the arts, and they were actually flattered by our proposal," Skavlem said. "This was the result of very genuine philanthropy." In 2007 a gift from the Manton Foundation endowed the position of Manton curator of prints, drawings, and photographs currently held by Jay A. Clarke. With these latest gifts, the Clark realizes the goal of endowing all three of its senior curatorial positions.