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Touch a Piece of the Moon and Mars! BOARD of TRUSTEES Fiscal Year 2019 THE WITTE MUSEUM MEMBERS MAGAZINE SPRING 2019 IN THIS ISSUE: WITTE EXCLUSIVE: Touch a piece of the Moon and Mars! BOARD OF TRUSTEES Fiscal Year 2019 Officers JJ Feik, Chair Dirk Elmendorf, Vice Chair Ryan Berg, Secretary From the President Jack Stein, Treasurer Dear Witte Members, Don Gonzales, Past Chair Standing on 93 years of history Peggy Walker Capital Campaign along the frontier, the Witte looks to the future, especially in 2019, Bill Anderson with several ground breaking Last, but certainly not least, we Messaging Committee exhibitions. The first to launch is are pleased to announce that the cover story, Planet Pioneers: the Witte Museum will host an Walter Embrey Explore, Adapt, Survive, which opens unprecedented exhibition and book, Facilities Committee on February 2nd, offering young Art of Texas: 250 Years, opening and old a chance to find out what May 5. Texas art scholars Ron Tyler Mary Arno it takes to be a pioneer on an alien and Michael Duty, well known Collections Committee planet. Planet Pioneers received rave authorities on Texas Art, curate Jesse Travis reviews recently during its run at this groundbreaking exhibition. Development Committee Space Center Houston. An accompanying book, The Art of Texas: 250 Years is a tour de force, Michael Bolner As always, we are Witteizing the making a comprehensive case for Mark H. Metcalfe exhibition with the help of geologist the illumination of Texas history, Mary West Traylor and attorney Phil Mani who donated landscape and interpretations. The pieces of the Moon and Mars to the Witte Museum has a long history Trustees Witte…and you get to touch them! with Texas Art, as evidenced by the Eddie Aldrete In addition, Mani is also loaning Art for History’s Sake catalog of the Iñigo Arzac Heather Chandler meteorites from billions of years museum’s collection published in David Dunham ago and, again, you can touch them. 1993, but also because of founding Anthony Edwards curator of Texas art, Eleanor Rob Finney The creative preparations forOnderdonk, who amassed a great Bryan Grundhoefer sustaining life on a far away planet art collection on behalf of the Witte Robert Hunt will serve us all well for the summer and worked diligently with the Texas Rob Killen blockbuster exhibition, Survival: Art League to host major Texas Art Esteban Lopez How to Stay Alive Anywhere. We exhibitions and competitions. As an Deborah Gray Marino are proud to host the World Debut homage to that work, the Witte is Susan Naylor Amy Rhodes of this exhibition at the Witte once again working with the Texas Lane Riggs Museum. Created by Imagine, the Art League on an art competition. Elizabeth West same innovative exhibition and The Witte is also hosting the second experience firm that created Planet annual Conference on Texas May 4 Pioneers, Survival will test your and 5, with this year’s theme: "Art EDITORIAL instincts and teach you skills to for History’s Sake," focusing on Katye Brought master any environment on Earth, social, political and artistic issues DESIGN from deserts to jungles, arctic cold arising from Art of Texas. Konnor Frazier to dry mountains, and at the end of the journey, you can fly over From the past to the future, the global challenges you have just the Witte is a place to propel COVER TRACKS weathered, on a….Zip Line! (Or you new visions, versions and most The tracks featured can just walk back.) important, a place to learn how to in this Members Magazine are those survive the most rugged landscapes, of astronauts! Explore Planet These exhibitions are key to the a true Texas tradition. Pioneers to learn more about Witte’s commitment to offer space exploration, and what engaging experiences in Nature, Sincerely, it takes to be an explorer. Science and Culture. We search the planet, literally, for the best exhibitions, and as you have told us in surveys, you expect the Witte to host the very best for San Antonio Marise McDermott and Texas. President & CEO 1 Contents PAGE 3-6 PAGE 7 - 14 PAGE 15 - 18 Planet Pioneers Texas Art Witte Game Dinner Special Exhibitions Education Witte Trip Tips Witte Museum Camp Calendar of Events Blast From The Past: Fiesta 1969 It was the spring of 1969 and San Antonio’s Fiesta celebration captured the spirit of the day. Fiesta gowns from the Order of the Alamo’s Court of Time and Space will have you reaching for the stars with designs inspired by the science and technology that helped the United States put a man on the moon in July of that year. Visitors are invited to separate science fact from science fiction with fiesta gowns and costumes inspired by comic books, film and art. From the Queen of Soul to El Rey Feo, 1969 was also a time when Fiesta royal traditions began to evolve to reflect the atmosphere of the civil rights movement and embrace the beauty and diversity of San Antonio. Learn how Fiesta royalty in 1969 helped pave the way for fiesta royalty today. Save the date! This year the Members Fiesta Party will be held on April 17, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Blast from the Past: Fiesta 1969 is generously supported by the Fiesta San Antonio Commission, Inc. 2 FEBRUARY 2 - APRIL 7, 2019 | $5 PLUS MUSEUM ADMISSION Do you have what it takes to survive on another world? Leave Earth behind and travel into the unknown for an extraordinary, extraterrestrial experience. Strap on your space boots for Planet Pioneers! Travel to another world where you will explore, adapt and survive on a brand-new planet. Planet Pioneers puts budding astronauts and space explorers to the test as they attempt to source their own food, air and shelter while solving problems in an unknown world. Drive a 4-D Surface Exploration Vehicle, land a rocket, experience G-Forces in a spinning capsule and master 14 other interactive activities designed to test your skills. Excited about the latest Mars landing? Find out about the planets in our solar system and what it takes to visit them. Learn how to successfully pack the right equipment for the voyage to a distant planet, recruit the perfect crew and set up a base of operations. Challenge yourself and discover where to find sources of water and oxygen, grow food in an alien atmosphere and build shelter to survive the elements. Visit Planet Pioneers for an out-of-this-world adventure! TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! Visit www.WitteMuseum.org to get your tickets today! 3 DISCOVER How to successfully pack the right equipment for the voyage to a distant planet and set up a base, and explore over 17 hands-on interactives, including experiencing G-Forces in a spinning capsule! TOUCH An alien world from hundreds of thousands to millions of miles away– meteorites from the Moon, Mars and beyond! Do you think you will live on another planet? EXPLORE The exhibit first-hand at Spring Break Camp! See page 13 for more information on Planet Pioneers Spring Break Camp. Planet Pioneers is generously supported by the Orr Family Foundation and Radiant Point, Ltd. 4 Summer of SurvivalPRODUCED BY: SUMMER 2019 zipline over the exhibit Survive Earth’s most extreme frontiers this INTERACT summer inadventure the world premiere of Survival: How to Stay zoneAlive Anywhere. Adventure awaits you as you test your survival skills in CLIMBING WALL immersive environments& ZIPLINE from the open water MESSAGEto the heights of the mountains. Gaming Survival senarios can be scary and challenging, but that shouldn’t keep you from being outdoors and seeking adventure.technologies Survival skills build and confidence hands-on and will help challenges teach you to react quickly in tough situations. Use your new- foundscientific survival know-how toprinciples tackle a climbing wall behind and key survival zipline across the exhibit. ENVIRONMENTtactics and encourage quick reactions and climb and rapel A mountain-like climbing wall with marked handholds. At theproblem-solving. top is a zipline that overlooks theWith entire exhibit. inspiring stories of INTERACT Safety crash pads are placed beneath the bouldering portionsurvival of the wall and at a safety every net is stretchedturn, beneath master your fear and the zipline. Staff members are available for instruction, to help visitors in and out of climbing harnesses, and to aid infind belaying. the strength inside to survive. YOU ARE HERE ADVENTURE desert birds lead you to water WATER desert ZONE LISTEN FIRE FOOD & TOOLS water SIGNALING & SHELTER ORIENTEERING MESSAGE & SAFTEY first aid Water is life. The human body can survive 3-4 days without water, longer in cooler conditions, less in extreme heat. Understand how to safely drink water in intro theater the wild, recognize the signs of dehydration, and how to find and conserve water. filter water ENVIRONMENT INTERACT The American Southwest. Layered sandstone, endless plains of sage and mesquite dotted by 26a few cacti. A © IMAGINE EXHIBITIONS, INC. SURVIVAL: THE EXHIBITION natural land bridge arcs across the space, providing a little shade beneath the blistering sun. Insects chir and a water from a hot breeze blows bits of grit across the landscape. venomous snakes cactus The Witte is tackling new frontiers with the INTERACT LEARN YOU ARE HERE ADVENTURE help of you and many others. Join us for the WATER ZONE FIRE FOOD & TOOLS ride and get your tickets now, or give some as SIGNALING & SHELTER ORIENTEERING & SAFTEY first aid intro a gift! We are certainly up for the challenge! theater 20 © IMAGINE EXHIBITIONS, INC. SURVIVAL: THE EXHIBITION 5 WITTE MUSEUM MEMBERS MAGAZINE SPRING 2019 MY HEART IS NOT BLIND JANUARY 5 - MARCH 31, 2019 My Heart is Not Blind: On Blindness and Perception explores the latest works by photographer and documentarian Michael Nye.
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