This thing takes a village like you would not be - lieve, so you guys, I know this was amazing and hard work, and it looks beautiful. I hope you all en - joy it as much as I have. Before I say a few words about the exhibit, I would like to ask everyone to get out your tickets for the door prizes. We had you do that when you came in. We have three wonderful baskets courtesy of Stephen Shooster and they’re going to draw them, and I’m going to read them and if you have the win - ning ticket please come forward. The first winner is 705765, there is a lot of Shoosty fun in this basket. Our second winner is 705787, oh my god this is the lucky table. Our last winner is 705769. They are wonderful, Stephen and Diane, thank you for donating all of this. A couple of years ago, our Senior Curator of His - tory, Zack Zacharias, introduced me and our team to Stephen Shooster. He came to the museum with a portfolio of incredibly colorful bug creations. We were impressed with his style, his inspiration, his process, and his story. The seeds of this exhibit were planted then. Tamara Joy, our Chief Curator, joined us soon after, and has been with us a lit - tle over a year, and actually took the lead on this project and became the Lead Curator. She and the team have been working very closely with Stephen to curate and install what you’re going to see to - night. I would like to now introduce Tamara Joy our Chief Curator to say a few words about Stephen, our artist this evening.
Wendy Leuchter with Diane Shooster
Rachel Sacks-Tippet
8
Made with FlippingBook Annual report maker