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2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAJOR SPONSORS Executive Director Thomas Hart, President ANDREW SANDALL 4 exective director report Melinda Dawson, Vice President GOLD Bright House Networks Administration Staff Bridget Bergens, Second Vice President Brown & Brown, Inc. ASHLEY ADAIR, Security Linda M. Hall, Secretary Cici and Hyatt Brown JUSTIN ALISA, Security 5 board president report J. Lester Kaney, Assistant Secretary LEE ASHTON, Security Guild of the Museum of Arts & Sciences JOHN BRUCE, Security Cory Walker, Treasurer Halifax Health MARK CARRUTHERS, Guest Services Associate 6 operating summary Amy Workowski, Assistant Treasurer Travel Host Magazine JENELLE CODIANNE, Director of Marketing and Public Relations Zgraph, Inc. Carol Lively Platig, Past President STEVE CONKLIN, Director of Finance ROBERT CONSOLO, Planetarium Educator 8 exhibitions Cici Brown, Trustee Liaison SILVER COREY COOK, Guest Services Associate Liz Chanfrau Bethune-Cookman University DEAN CORMIER, Facilities Assistant STEVEN DALLAS, Head of Security Todd Huffstickler Cobb Cole 11 events Daytona Beach News-Journal ERIC GOIRE, Director of Operations Janet Jacobs KELSEY HANSEN-KRAUSE, Education Assistant Daytona Beverages, LLC Kim A. Klancke, MD AUSTIN HARDIN, Security Daytona International Speedway 12 grants and development Carl W. Lentz, III, MD, FACS NICOLE HARPSTREIT, Guest Services Associate Jon Hall Chevrolet WAYNE HARRIS, Security Chris Lydecker Mastando Media LORI HOEPFINGER, Guest Services Associate Eileen McDermott NASCAR ® ASHLEY HOLLIS BUSSEY, Planetarium Educator 14 gifts Katherine Hurst Miller RLF Architects NICHOLAS INCANNELLA, Security JESSI JACKSON SMITH, Director of Development Ellen O’Shaughnessy BRONZE ARIEL JENNIS, Planetarium Educator 16 building and grounds Allison Morris Zacharias Bahama House DAN MAYNARD, Facilities Assistant NICOLE MESSERVY, Education Associate Best Western Aku Tiki Inn PETER MILLER, Maintenance Assistant 17 collections Bomar Construction ANTHONY MILLSAP, Security HONORARY TRUSTEES Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University AMANDA MITCHELL, Security Miriam Blickman Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center MONICA MITRY, Membership and Volunteer Coordinator 18 rentals and events Anderson Bouchelle (Deceased) Gary R. Libby Trust AMANDA NEELY, Director of Sales and Special Events J. Hyatt Brown Giles Electric Family HANH NGUYEN, Guest Services Associate Tom and Peggie Hart PATRICIA NIKOLLA, Guest Services Manager Alys Clancy (Deceased) FREDRIKA PAULIG, Events Assistant 20 educational programming Tippen Davidson (Deceased) Consuelo and Richard Hartmann Ed and Pat Jackson ANGELO PIERCE, Security Susan Root Feibleman (Deceased) CODY ROGERS, Security Jon Hall Chevrolet JASON SCHREINER, Planetarium Educator 24 marketing and public relations Thurman Gillespy, Jr., MD Dr. and Mrs. Kim A. Klancke Herbert Kerman (Deceased) ERIN SCHWEITZER, Security Jill Simpkins and L. Gale Lemerand ROY SHAFFER, JR., Maintenance Supervisor Chapman Root (Deceased) Stuart and Lisa Sixma LISA SHAW, Guest Services Associate 26 new planetarium update Jan Thompson (Deceased) David and Toni Slick ISRAEL TAYLOR, Physical Plant Assistant SunTrust Bank JEREMY WALKER, Security Curatorial Staff 28 guild REPRESENTATIVES MEGAN FINLEY, Curatorial Assistant Kathy Wilson, RUTH GRIM, Chief Curator President of the Guild of the ERIC MAUK, Curator of Exhibits 29 annual awards Museum of Arts & Sciences SETH MAYO, Curator of Astronomy ROBERT WAHLRAB, Curatorial Assistant J. “ZACH” ZACHARIAS, Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History Executive Director Emeritus GARY R. LIBBY Art Director NIKKI MASTANDO, Mastando Media involved knew how spectacular the Board of Trustees Report executive director report space was going to be. With so much space under construction during 2013 2015!! What a year of celebration for the Museum! and 2014, it was gratifying to see our visitors and donors still supporting The Museum of Arts and Sciences has just concluded an exceptional year us and letting us know that they were of completed activities, marking the successful culmination of multiple as eager as we were to enjoy the new years of loss, recovery, watchful waiting, thoughtful planning, complicated spaces. design, timely and economical construction, and joyful display of new facilities. Just summarizing everything that has been accomplished is We had also kicked off the 2015 breathtaking. year with the unveiling of the newly reimagined Root Family Museum Train Heading the list was the completion of the enclosure of the Root Family Station, allowing visitors to enjoy the Museum Train Station in November 2014, followed by the reinterpretation spectacular Hiawatha and Silver Holly of the collections in the Root Family Museum. With the continued support railcars in a comfortable and fresh and generosity of the Root Family Foundation, the project has updated and environment. Benefitting from a total enhanced one of the most popular experiences for visitors to the Museum. exterior restoration, these two icons from a more elegant age provided Another highly anticipated event was the February Gala Opening of the the centerpiece of a dedicated Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. This new museum was a gift to the railroad history display. The newly air- community at large to last for generations which will showcase the entire conditioned building gave us the ability collection of Florida art acquired by the Browns. The festivities were also to bring many railroad artifacts out of the opportunity for the announcement of the campaign for the Brown MOAS Executive Director, Andrew Sandall, with Cici and Hyatt Brown at the ribbon cutting for the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art in February 2015. storage to be put on display, some for Endowment for operating support of the Brown Museum, which was well the first time ever. The Train Station was on its way to reaching its $15 million goal by yearend. just a part of the work we undertook in It would be difficult to not look back on 2015 as a initial concepts went through many iterations, the Root Family Museum to help better Closely following the Root Family Train Station opening came the multi- pivotal year for the Museum of Arts & Sciences – mostly trying to wrangle with the issue of scale tell this story of a family at the center day celebration of the completion of the West Wing Renovation. Together one that would bring the organization well, and as it proved difficult to find architectural forms of one of the greatest success stories with the relocation of the Planetarium in 2014, the construction of the new truly, into the next phase of its storied existence. that retained their integrity once taken up to the in American industrial history. Now West Wing addressed prior flooding vulnerabilities and gave new homes The devastating floods of 2009 not only damaged 26,000 square feet (the size of the final building). visitors are even more deeply engaged to the Giant Ground Sloth and the Prehistory of Florida Gallery, the Cuban the Museum’s buildings, but also took a mental The solution came by reversing the question to in one of the most popular areas of the Collection, the Karshan Center of Graphic Arts, the Marzullo Gallery, and the toll on the whole institution as the work to find a vernacular architectural style that was of Museum. Gillespy Gallery. Less visible to visitors but of great significance to Museum rebuild slowly began. By the end of the calendar that size to begin with. The result was to create operations, the West Wing now provides spacious, fully usable “back of year, we could proudly tell the community that a totally state-of-the-art museum building that With so much of the Museum campus house” space for collection gathering, storage and maintenance, and we finally had the entire Museum reopened and represented a modern take on a North Florida professional office space for curatorial staff. The 6+ year adventure with under construction, it would be easy the West Wing that began with a May 2009 flood reached its conclusion had truly put the flooding behind us. tobacco barn. The interior followed that stylistic to view 2015 as a difficult year, but we theme, but the featured systems rivaled any art with the help of FEMA funds through an alliance with the City of Daytona were buoyed throughout by the kind Beach and a County of Volusia ECHO grant. The reimagined space of the West While 2015 would again be a year dominated museum in the world to the benefit of such an words and support from our visitors, by construction, it was also the year where the important collection. Wing will enable special exhibitions, events, and programming for decades donors, and the community. Our to come. pieces finally fell into place and long awaited education programs remained popular, projects reached their completion. No project When the Museum finally opened to the public, it and the new Planetarium in particular WHEW! And if that was not enough, the Board of Trustees acted on an was as eagerly awaited as the opening of the Cici was a magnificent celebration shared with many drew visitors and schools in record and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art in early February of our friends and supporters. I can still vividly opportunity that arose late in the year, to move forward with a new project numbers. Our Museum Guild continued to construct a new Guest Services Entry Hall that will enhance visitor and 2015, marking not only the end of a 3 year remember standing at the podium, speaking to stay busy, raising much needed construction project, but also the culmination to the audience of elected officials and trustees guest experiences in a truly professional way. This will be funded through funds for our operations. Our Board a generous gift from Dr. Thurman and Elaine Gillespy to match another of a decade long dream of two of our museum’s that preceded the ribbon cutting ceremony of Trustees got to work in shaping the County ECHO grant. Design and construction are targeted for 2016, with a – and indeed our community’s – most ardent and seeing the crowds growing at the entrance organization, ready for it to emerge projected opening in 2017. supporters. Built to house their internationally- in anticipation of being the first to see the new from this period of dramatic change significant collection of Florida art, the opening Museum. The moment the doors opened, I both leaner and more focused. The common thread that runs through everything summarized above, of this museum was very much a ‘game changer’ swelled with feelings of both pride and relief starting with conception of projects, planning, implementation and for MOAS and one that piqued significant public that we had not only brought this new museum In closing, it would be impossible not celebration, is the amazing support of a wide range of people. This starts interest as the structure slowly grew by the to the community, but the feedback we were to thank our staff, Board of Trustees, with our active, engaged and enthusiastic Board of Trustees, in conjunction Museum’s entrance on Nova Road. getting suggested that we had also exceeded volunteers, donors, and supporters for with experienced administrative leadership and staff, gifted curatorial expectations. rallying around us during the past year. staff, front line employees and dedicated volunteers. The financial support One of the delights of managing the project was We are proud of what we are achieving of the business community and the general membership, as well as the knowing that the people gazing in awe at the Of course the opening of the Cici & Hyatt Brown here at MOAS and so happy to finally be involvement of the visitors and general public who enjoy our programming building as exterior features were installed, had Museum of Art is only part of the story of 2015. We sharing the results of our hard work with are all to be recognized and thanked. no idea just how spectacular the interior would had opened our new planetarium the previous you all as each project ends and opens. I be! From the beginning, one of the underlying summer as the first phase of the new West Wing thank you all once again for supporting This has been a remarkable year in the life of the Museum of Arts and aims of the project was to create a uniquely construction project, and as the year came to the arts and culture in your community, Sciences. The coming year will be different, but it is our belief that 2016 Floridian home for a world-class collection of an end, were within days of opening the main and look forward to sharing many more will be remarkable in its own right. Come and be a part of it and help the Florida art. The design process looked at many wing back up to the public. Due to its location, wonderful experiences with you. Museum continue to be exceptional! ways that this could be achieved, taking time the project to replace and raise the original part to consider what architectural style would best of the Museum was going on largely unnoticed - Andrew Sandall, - Thomas Hart, Board of Trustees, President capture the essence of our home state. The at the rear of the main building, but those of us MOAS Executive Director

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1) Federal, state, local and foundation grants* $2,981,651 14% A) Exhibits and educational programs** $2,858,941 76% 2) Individual contributions** 15,520,853 77% B) Dow Museum and Gamble Place operations 33,751 1% 3) Corporate contributions 624.530 3% C) Marketing and development 497.412 13% 4) In-kind contributions 184,469 1% D) Management and general services 136,101 4% 5) Benefits and fundraisers 132,216 1% E) Museum store and catering inventory, supplies 149,741 4% 6) Membership, admissions, and programs 595,396 3% F) Guild expenses 82,810 2% 7) Investment income -299,419 -1% $3,758,756 100% 8) Other revenue (store, publications, rentals, etc.) 453,802 2% $20,193,498 100% **In addition to revenues from individual donors, major sponsors, appeals, and other stable annual giving programs, in 2014-2015 the Museum established a new endowment for the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, nearly $12 *This year, the Museum completed the West Wing Reconstruction Project, which was funded by federal FEMA as well million in cash of which was received in this fiscal year. Moreover, this year the Museum received generous financial as Volusia County grant dollars, shown here in addition to annual state and county operating grants. assistance toward start-up costs and outfitting of the new Brown Museum of Art facility.

6 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT 7 ERAU and MOAS that will go on display of different sizes and media. Artists in the periodically. collection included Antoinette Slick, Hiram Williams, James Rosenquist, and David exhibitions Faces from the Past: Swoyer. Portraits from the MOAS Collection Forms of Fancy: August 2015 – February 28, 2016 Sculpture from the This exhibit was displayed in MOAS Collection the Edward E. and Jane B. Ford September 2015 – Current Gallery and contained portraits in a variety This exhibit is in the of mediums from the MOAS Collection Bouchelle Changing Gallery that dated from the 18th century through and showcases a variety of the 20th century. sculptures from the MOAS collection with the oldest piece being John James an ancient tomb figure from China and Audubon: A Selection the newest piece being a 21st century of Prints from the painted ceramic “Kitty Hawk.” This exhibit MOAS Collection represents 2,000 years of sculpture from August 2015 – February 28, 2016 across the globe. This exhibit, shown in the North Wing corridor, was of During the 2014-2015 fiscal year, MOAS prints by John James Audubon, a French- celebrated the opening of a brand American ornithologist noted for his bird drawings and paintings. After being new Museum on the north side of the educated in France, he came to “Mill campus. The Cici and Hyatt Brown Mars, NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, Crater in Meridiani Planum; from the ERAU-MOAS Anaglyph Collection Grove,” the Audubon estate outside of Museum of Art opened in February Philadelphia where he first experimented The 2014-2015 fiscal year followed a 3D Solar System: Stunning with bird-banding and migration. 2015 and contains a collection of similar trend to the year prior with Anaglyph Images of Celestial Eventually he devoted his life to painting Florida art with pieces dating back to many more changes to the MOAS Bodies birds and other animals. Audubon earned the early 1800s. The Museum contains campus. In the main Museum, due to April 2015 – September 2015 a living painting portraits and for a time, In collaboration with Embry-Riddle taught drawing in New Orleans. He took his a large permanent gallery as well as six the construction of the new West Wing Aeronautical University and partially bird paintings to a publisher in Edinburgh, changing galleries. During the first year and the temporary relocation of many funded by a Florida Space Grant, the Scotland, and they were printed in Birds of of operation, the following temporary of the Museum’s collections, no outside Planetarium and Curatorial Department America between 1827 and 1838, with the exhibits were displayed. exhibits were hosted. put together 25 large posters of NASA 3-D text, Ornithological Biography, appearing anaglyph images that were displayed in in five volumes between 1831 and 1839. The Cuban Foundation Museum remained the lobby of the Planetarium. The red/blue William MacGillivray, a Scottish naturalist, Florida Weather in the Ford Gallery awaiting the West images primarily were close up shots of collaborated with Audubon on the text Wing’s opening, along with the African Mars, taken by rovers, and distant views of and supplied most of the scientific data. February 8, 2015 – Current The Florida Weather artifacts in the North Wing corridor. Both the red planet as well that were captured Audubon had completed more than 400 exhibit, currently on of these exhibits were removed in July by orbiting spacecraft. The exhibit also paintings by 1838. Because he was one display on the south 2015 in preparation of reinstallation into contained images of the Sun, Moon, and of the first U.S. naturalists, the Audubon side of the France Family Gallery, provides their new homes in the West Wing. The the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. societies of today were named for him. guests with the opportunity to experience Giant Ground Sloth skeleton, which was When viewed through red/blue glasses, a myriad of Florida weather in just one located in the Bouchelle Changing Gallery, the scientific images would display a Contemporary day. The Florida Weather gallery offers a was disassembled and moved to the West sense of depth that allowed for a great Paintings from the look into Florida weather as represented Wing for reassembly in August 2015. deal of detail to be pronounced. Embry- MOAS Collection by art. Florida is known for weather that Riddle graciously printed and laminated Fall 2014 – January 17, 2016 changes with uncanny speed. Sun, rain, The Museum was able to exhibit three new the posters, while MOAS put together the The Contemporary Paintings wind, clouds, storms, and fog all play a shows in the newly available exhibition labels and hung the exhibit. The anaglyph from the MOAS Collection part in what the artist sees and wants to spaces. images are now a joint collection between exhibit continued to be displayed in Root Hall as well as capture. The color, technique, rhythm and texture are all focused to evoke the full (Opposite page) Column One: Portrait of Caroline Heam Cowl, Alphonse Jongers, Circa 1905; Fish Hawk or Osprey, Robert Havell, the Museum lobby. This grouping of after John James Audubon; Woman as Vessel, Antoinette Slick contemporary art pieces were in a variety sensation of what is Florida’s revealing Column Two: King Solomon, Alexander Archipenko; “Matheson Hammock, Coral Gables,” ca. 1930, Ernest Lawson environmental trait.

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2014-15 EVENTS

October 24, 2014 May 2, 2015 Night of the Paranormal MOAS Space Day Attendance – 154 Attendance – 82 November 5, 2014 May 2, 2015 Root Family Museum Train Station Model Ship Builders Expo Opening Attendance – 10 Attendance – 147 July 14, 2015 November 14, 2014 Pluto-Palooza! Astronomy Night Attendance – 229 Attendance – 25 August 26, 2015 December 5, 2014 Science of Beer Night Sky Celebration Attendance – 178 Attendance – 57 September 19, 2015 December 8, 2014 Florida Natural History Family ABOVE: “Mary’s Diner, Cortez, 1962”, David Davidovich Cherson Burliuk Festival BELOW: “Kites Over Fort, 1987”, Langston Moffett; “Carriage Ride on Cuna Street, St. Augustine,” ca. 1965, Emmett John Fritz Annual Meeting, Dinner and Awards Presentation Attendance – 150 Attendance – 91 Naïve Florida on display on the north side of the France September 25, 2015 February 8, 2015 – Current Family Gallery. This exhibit showcases December 10, 2014 Septembers with the Smithsonian, The Naïve Florida exhibit that is on display paintings that exhibit typical Florida com- MOAS Holidays in the Galleries Renaissance Society Reception with in the A. Worley Brown & Family Gallery munities and their occupants in daily and Attendance – 68 Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks gives visitors a look at a timeless genre that labor activities. These paintings date back Orchestra (SJMO) includes prehistoric cave paintings, regional from the mid-19th century to the late 20th February 13, 2015 Attendance – 87 and tribal works, and early religious art. The century. Date Night Under the Stars Attendance – 65 September 26, 2015 term “naivism” is usually applied to a style of Septembers with the Smithsonian, art that indicates that the artist lacks training Volusia County March 18, 2015 Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks in formal art principles and methods. These February 8, 2015 – Current Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Orchestra Saturday Matinee Concert paintings showcase naivism in Florida art The Volusia County exhibit is shown Art Opening Renaissance Society Attendance – 187 and the easily understandable and often throughout two galleries and contains Reception idealized scenes of everyday life. paintings with the county as the subject. Attendance – 50 September 26, 2015 Volusia County has encouraged both well- Septembers with the Smithsonian, Lost Colony known and less-known artists to portray March 20, 2015 Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Evening Concert February 8, 2015 – February the environments and people from the MOAS Member Appreciation Day Attendance – 220 20, 2016 county from the last quarter of the 19th Attendance – 50 The Lost Colony ex- century and on. March 20, 2015 hibit contained art- LEFT: MOAS Members in the Hiawatha train car on the opening night of the Cosmic Cosmos: Classic Cocktails in Root Family Museum Train Station in November 2014. work produced by a group of artists During the past fiscal year, the curatorial the Planetarium MIDDLE: Guests enjoying the photo booth at the Cosmic Cosmos social event who painted in St. Augustine in the division presented curator-led adult Attendance – 120 hosted by the MOAS Young Philanthropists in March 2015. early to mid-20th century. Given the lectures on the arts, decorative arts, and RIGHT: Members of the MOAS Young Philanthropists and Director of Devel- collective name “The Lost Colony” artists, opment, Jessi Jackson Smith at the MOAS Holidays in the Galleries event. the group developed into the largest art social history to 917 members of the colony in the south. The work of these art- community including college students. ists has been recognized as an important Tours of the exhibits were given to over contribution to American regional art. 1,296 people made up of art leagues and Florida other community organizations. Exhibit Communities tours were also presented to 8,799 members February 8, 2015 – Current of youth school groups from Volusia The Florida Communi- County and other surrounding areas. ties exhibit is currently

10 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT private collection. The bottles significance assist with ongoing exhibit design and grants & development was further highlighted by a celebration construction in the Museum’s Charles of the 100 year anniversary of the award of and Linda Williams Children’s Wing. the Root Glass Company’s Coca-Cola bottle These funds, together with funding and patent. support from other community business partners, will be used to create fun and As the fiscal year ended, the Museum exciting hands-on exhibits for visitors of completed the West Wing Reconstruction, all ages. funded by a FEMA Flood Mitigation Grant Award of $4,379,816, a $1,600,000 MOAS was awarded a $76,483 Volusia Volusia County ECHO Grant Award, and County Community Cultural Grant to Museum funds, along with donations support the Museum’s general operations for the Prehistory of Florida gallery for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. These installation. Since its opening last year, funds, for which the Museum applies our new state-of-the-art Planetarium has annually, support, in part, many of its been extremely popular and attendance key artistic, technical, and administrative has more than quadrupled. Substantial staff positions as well as marketing of construction of the remaining original West its exhibitions and programs. Over the Wing was completed in June of 2015, and years, the Volusia County Community the grand reopening followed in October. Cultural Grant has been crucial to the Our internationally recognized Cuban Museum’s continued growth and overall Foundation Museum, the African Arts success. This year, thanks to full cultural gallery, and changing exhibit galleries arts program funding by the Florida state The MOAS West Wing, made possible by a FEMA Flood Mitigation Grant, a Volusia County ECHO Grant and Museum funding. returned to the West Wing, along with legislature, the Museum also received its The West Wing officially opened to the public in October 2015. our iconic 13-foot Giant Ground Sloth total request of $150,000 in operating fossilized skeleton. support from the State of Florida Division of Cultural Resources General The new 26,000 square foot Cici Through the end of fiscal year 2015, Program Support Grant. and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art nearly $13 million in cash and pledges The Museum received, for the fourth opened in February 2015, thanks year in a row, a VISIT FLORIDA Small was raised toward the goal, including The annual Major Sponsors Program to the generous contribution of $14 Business Grant. MOAS was awarded gallery naming and designated area continues to thrive with the generous million by Cici and Hyatt Brown. $5,000 in marketing funds to assist in naming sponsorships by the France support of nearly three dozen individual The facility is home to the Brown’s Family, the A. Worley Brown Family, promoting its annual Septembers with significant Florida art collection, the Smithsonian education series to a and corporate donors. Children’s Florida Hospital, Consolidated-Tomo- programs, including the Summer featured in a grand gallery with a ka Land Co., and Chris and Charlie much broader Central Florida market. mezzanine and six smaller galleries. Learning Institute, fundraisers like Lydecker. Through these VISIT FLORIDA funds over The February opening celebrations four years, the Museum has been able to the annual Passport Gala, special marked the commencement of events such as Septembers with the Other multi-year donor-funded projects extend its advertising reach and procure the Brown Museum Endowment Smithsonian, membership in the continued, including ongoing Root additional newspaper, cable TV, radio, and campaign, established to ensure online advertising. With the assistance Renaissance Society, our endowments, the ongoing operation of the new Family Museum renovations funded by and our planned and matched giving a generous $1.2 million donation from of these grants, our Septembers with facility for generations to come. the Smithsonian events featuring the programs have received solid financial With every donor dollar contributed the Root Family. Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra support from the community this year. All being matched by an additional two have seen record-breaking sellouts. of these important giving initiatives will dollars by the Browns, the goal of the This year, new interpretation began be areas of focused philanthropic growth endowment is to raise, at a minimum, in the Coca-Cola exhibit, featuring MOAS is grateful for its continuing in the coming year, and will be vital to $15 million, which will provide the objects never before displayed. In the Museum’s ongoing efforts to build necessary support for long-term addition, the Museum now features an partnership with the GE Volunteers, which through its Florida Atlantic Coast upon the world-class services we provide capital improvement and major original Coca-Cola bottle – one of only across our much expanded and enhanced replacement needs for the facility. Chapter, secured $15,000 this year to two in existence from the Root Family’s Museum campus.

12 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT 13 Bethune-Cookman University, Inc. Lydia M. Simko Dr. Richard W. Dodd & Katherine P. Dodd Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Moddle Mrs. Mary Ann Biechler-Batten Ms. Olive E. Simpson Ms. Marilyn M. Doster Mr. & Mrs. Al Mohn Bob Fritze School of Real Estate Clement L. Slade & Kathleen O. Slade Mr. & Mrs. John D. Downey Ms. Annette Moore Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boggs Ms. Marjorie Snell Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Drago Mr. Louis Moore gifts Ms. Jean Morano Mr. & Mrs. Jay Bond Southeast Automotive Management, Inc. Ms. Alice Drish Mr. Lloyd Bowers & Mr. Chris Wickersham Ms. Laraine A. Spina & Mr. Karl Betar Ms. Margaret Duffney Ms. Judith Morrin MOAS would like to extend a special thanks to the many individuals, Ms. Kaye Boyer Ryan & Mr. Michael Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Storch Ms. Lee Dunkel Mr. & Mrs. Tom Morrissey Mrs. Renata Bradley Glenn D. Storch. P.A. Mr. & Mrs. Ian Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Kent Morton organizations and companies who contributed to capital expansion Dr. Kay Brawley & Mr. John Hakemian Anthony Strianese Mr. Ray Edwards Mr. & Mrs. James B. Moseley Claude R. Bridges & Victoria J. Bridges Mr. Hal Stringer & Mr. Kevin Miller Ms. Carol W. Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Ken Murkett initiatives, endowment campaigns, annual appeals, program and Mr. & Mrs. Carl Brigandi Mrs. Joann Stump Ms. Evelyn K. Eubank Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Murphy event sponsorships, and the Renaissance Society this fiscal year Dr. B. Thomas Brown Dr. & Mrs. Jim Surratt Mr. Robert F. Evans & Mr. Jim Bishop Mr. Gene Neithold Carrie R. Brown & P. B. Brown James T. Sutton, MD, PA Mr. & Mrs. Mike Farb Mrs. Merceda G. Nicholson (October 2014-September 2015). Mrs. Alice Burt Thermocon Inc. Ms. Mary A. Farrant Mr. Robert M. Nickell Mr. Kevin Butler & Dr. Julie Schneider Daryl Tol & Stacey Tol Mrs. Joyce Fassel Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Ohlsson Mr. & Mrs. Joe Cameron Mr. & Mrs. Brooks Tomblin Drs. Gregory and Roberta Favis Mrs. Dagny O’Keefe DONATIONS OF $1,000,000 OR MORE Mr. Tony Grippa Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Carbiener Tomoka Periodontics & Implant Dentistry Ray Ferguson & Judy M. Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. John Olgren Cici and Hyatt Brown Gulamabbas J. Abdulhussein & Fatima Abdulhussein Charles Wayne Properties, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. George Toney Mr. Wesley A. Fink Mr. & Mrs. William L. Olivari, Sr. The France Family Hall Construction Company Mr. Richard Y. Clark & Ms. Susan C. Morrow Mr. & Mrs. Alan Topper Mr. & Mrs. David B. Finney Mr. Frederick Wallen & Ms. Laurie Page Joan Haskell Dr. & Mrs. Walter Craig, Jr. Ms. Rose Ann Tornatore Ms. Eva Finney Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Page DONATIONS OF $100,000 TO 999,999 Forough Hosseini Dr. & Mrs. Edwin D. Davis Mr. Alex Urchuk Mr. & Mrs. C.E. Fisher, Jr. Ms. Lynn Pardee-Manton The Clements Family Mrs. Carolyn Keene Mr. Thomas Davis Vann Data Services, Inc. Mr. Richard Fisher Ms. Marie Payne Florida Hospital Mr. & Mrs. James Kotas Mr. & Mrs. William Davison Mrs. Rosemary Voges Mr. & Mrs. Frank Flasterstein Mr. Harry T. Peet, Jr. Rolf and Brigitte Gardey Lowell L. Lohman & Nancy R. Lohman Mr. & Mrs. Rick Dawson Michael S. Vollmar & Beth G. Vollmar Ms. Valerie Flynn Dawn A. Pod A. Worley Brown and Family Dr. Evelyn J. Lynn Daytona Beach Kennel Club The W Agency Daytona Mr. & Mrs. Myron Fottler Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Portway Ms. Jo An Macdonald Suresh Desai & Pramila P. Desai Mr. & Mrs. Dan Warren Dr. & Mrs. Joseph M. France Ms. Anita Post & Mr. Ulrich Stolze-Rhau DONATIONS OF $50,000 TO 99,999 Ms. Claris Mac’Kie Mrs. Melissa B. Devriese Dr. Helen M. Wessel Capt. & Mrs. Preston Freburger Ms. Imogene Powell Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences Judge & Mrs. Michael R. McDermott Arun K Dhand, M.D. PL. Drs. John and Andrea White Ms. Audrey W. Fremaux Mrs. Janet Rabin Mr. L. Gale Lemerand and Ms. Jill Simpkins Dr. & Mrs. Harry Moulis Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Dodd Mr. Mark W. White Ms. Doris J. Gaitor Mrs. Rachel Ramsey Chris and Charlie Lydecker Michael Redding & Jane A. Redding Dr. & Mrs. Paul Dodd, Jr. Mr. Terrence M. White Mr. Dean O. Garrett Julie A. Rand Mary and Jim Rubright Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz, Inc. Mrs. Celeste Doliner Mr. & Mrs. Charles Williams Mr. Douglas G. Geddes Ms. Drucilla Raymond Cory T. Walker David and Mardi Sacks Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Doliner Ms. Kathleen Wilson & Mr. Robert Ledone Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gherlone Mr. & Mrs. James Register Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. William P. Douglass Mr. & Mrs. Theodore E. Yaeger III Mr. & Mrs. John Gianini Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Rhodes DONATIONS OF $15,000 TO 49,999 Mrs. Judith Shinn Samuel G. Dunn & Cheryl O. Dunn Conrad Yelvington & Margaret Yelvington Dr. and Mrs. Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Mary A. Richardson Bright House Networks Mr. & Mrs. Allen Smith Mrs. Ernie Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Decker Youngman Ms. Dorothy Gleason Ms. Maria Rickling Brown & Brown, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Snyder, Jr. Edgewater Power Boats LLC Mrs. Barbara Golan John E. Rollins & Uta C. Rollins Cobb Cole Richard R. Swann Mrs. Don W. Emery DONATIONS UP TO $249 Mrs. Ione Golden Mr. Harry Rosenthal Christine Downs Mr. & Mrs. Leon G. Van Wert Mr. & Mrs. Joe Eubank Mr. & Mrs. Robert Alex Mr. & Mrs. Jack Goldey Mrs. Sandra Rossmeyer Halifax Health Ms. Lorraine Wahl Mr. Jeffrey G. Feasel Ms. Patty Alexander Ms. Velma Grasseler Mrs. Margaret Russo Jennifer and Len Marinaccio Dr. & Mrs. Robert Young Mr. and Mrs. John Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. John E. Allaben Ms. Sybil Greening Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ruttan Vicki and Lenny Marinaccio Mr. & Mrs. Zach Zacharias Ms. Cynthia A. Ferrara & Ms. Mariann Darcangelo Mrs. Deborah B. Allen Ms. Sonya Guidry Ms. Mary Ann Ruzecki Joseph and Lisa Mirante Dr. & Mrs. P. T. Fleuchaus Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Anastasio Mr. Rudolph Habermann, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Schoch Mr. James L. Robo & Ms. Meredith B. Trim DONATIONS OF $500 TO $999 Peter C. Flores & Pamela G. Flores Dr. Eduvigia Ancaya Mr. & Mrs. David Haines Ms. Virginia Schow Gene and Diane Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Acquaro Flores-Hager & Accociates, Inc. Mr. Gerald Anderson Halifax River Yarch Club Ms. Nancy Schwenker Jill K. Simpkins Mr. & Mrs. Jay Adams Dr. Robert Ford & Dr. Marilyn Chandler Ford Ms. Harriet M. Anderson Harmon-Meek Gallery Inc. Mrs. Lola Scoggins Travel Host Magazine Mr. & Mrs. Will Akers III Mr. James Ford Mr. & Mrs. William Arndt Dr. Charles A. Harrell & Anna E. Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Ray Scory Zgraph, Inc. Ms. Joie Alexander Ms. Suzanne Fream Ms. Mary Ellen Baird Mr. & Mrs. Marion Harrington Ms. Jody W. Settlemyre Bryan M. Bergens, D.D.S., P.A. Mr. & Mrs. Art Giles Mr. Shawn Bruce Barker & Mrs. Patricia Jacunski Mr. & Mrs. Trey Harshaw Drs. Robert and Joye Shaffer DONATIONS OF $7,500 TO $14,999 Dr. & Mrs. Bryan Bergens Mark C. Gillespy & Jill B. Gillespy Ms. Susan Bayley Mrs. Sally W. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shaw Bethune-Cookman University Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bruno, Jr. Dr. Braxton O. Godwin, D.D.S. Ms. Misao Beckert Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Michael Simonetti James and Sharon Broadhead Dr. & Mrs. James Bryan Ms. Jean Goldman Ms. Jennifer C. Becks Mr. & Mrs. Howard Heinbuch Ms. Mary A. Singer Checkered Flag Committee Burchard Galleries, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Gummey III Mr. & Mrs. Roy A. Benjamin Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Henze Mrs. Nancy L. Smead Daytona Beach News-Journal Mr. & Mrs. David A. Burt Mr. & Mrs. Lance Hall Mr. & Mrs. Julius C. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. William Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Doug Smith Daytona International Speedway Dr. & Mrs. Tom Cartledge Mr. Richard Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Bernstein Don Holton Mr. Murray R. Smith Florida Power and Light Mr. & Mrs. Bill Chanfrau Daniel Harvey Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Black Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Horton Mr. Wayne L. Smith Brenda and Richard Freebourn Mr. & Mrs. William Chanfrau, Jr. Peter B. Heebner, P.A. Mr. Donald F. Bogardus & Mrs. Ann M. Foss-Bogardus Daniel W. Houser Mr. & Mrs. Roger Somerville Eli and Julie Freidus Mr. & Mrs. Larry Clifton Mr. & Mrs. John Heist Mr. & Mrs. David Bonis Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hulett Mr. Roger Sonnenfeld & Ms. Tura Schnebly Tom and Peggie Hart Marshall Criser & Paula P. Criser Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hoitsma Ms. Joan T. Bonnevier Ms. Joan E. Jacobsen Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Steele Angela and Lewis Heaster Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Dyer Ms. Joan Anita Horneff & Mr. Thomas Flemming Mrs. Patricia Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Jacques Jacobsen Mrs. Betty Stern Jon Hall Chevrolet Ms. JoAnne Eaton-Morriss Indigo Dental Inc. Mrs. Tabea Branka Ms. Jeanne Jeffs Mr. John Stitt Honorable Suzanne Kosmas Dr. & Mrs. Julius Erlenbach Mr. & Mrs. Oliver J. Inscoe, Jr. Mr. H K. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Stroud Dr. & Mrs. Carl Lentz III Mr. & Mrs. James Foster Ben Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brown Mr. & Mrs. Don F. Johnson Ms. Bernice Sturak Mastando Media Mrs. Betty Jane France Dr. John P. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Ken Buell Mr. & Mrs. Robert Johnson Sunburst Chapter David and Judy Monaco Mr. Brian Z. France & Ms. Deborah Lester Jon Kaney Ms. Marilyn Y. Burhoe Ms. Anne Jones Mrs. Joan Swenson NASCAR Mrs. Sally Gillespie Mrs. Gloria Keay & Mr. Bill Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Hal Burroughs Ms. Tatiana G. Kaledin Ms. Gwen Swertfager RLF Architects Halifax Media Holdings Ms. Lesa France Kennedy Mrs. Barbara J.W. Burt Ms. Joanne Kaspert Mrs. Natalie Tenney Stuart and Lisa Sixma Mr. & Mrs. Christy Harris Mr. & Mrs. James Kenning Amy S. Byrd Ms. Renee Keller Mrs. Nancy Tennstedt Bill and Susan Voges Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hayes Dr. Michael Kohen Bryant E. Byrd & Amy S. Byrd Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kenney Mr. & Mrs. John L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Todd Huffstickler Mr. & Mrs. Edward Konikowski Mr. & Mrs. Marc Cadarette Richard Keough Dr. & Mrs. Paul Thompson DONATIONS OF $2,500 TO $7,499 Mr. & Mrs. F. Robert Huth, Jr. Margaret E. Lee Mr. Ronald Caiazza & Ms. Jeanne Cygan Mr. & Mrs. Kim Klancke, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George Timm Bahama House Mr. & Mrs. Alin Jacobs Dr. & Mrs. Roger Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Carbonell Mr. & Mrs. James Kowalski Mrs. Norma Tinkoff Bayshore Capital Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David Jacobs Dr. Wendy B. Libby James E. Carley & Denise M. Carley Dr. & Mrs. Edward Kupic John T. Tolland & Loretta R. Tolland R. M. Beall & Aldona K. Beall Robert L. Johnson & Kandyce K. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Loesch Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Caron James Lackemacher & Andrea P. Lackemacher Mrs. Alice M. Trevithick Best Western Aku Tiki Inn Mr. & Mrs. Bill Lenssen Mr. & Mrs. William E. Loucks Mr. Mark Carruthers Ms. Patricia Lagoni Mr. & Mrs. Robert Truilo Bomar Construction, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Carl Lentz III Ms. Margaret C. Lyon Dr. Jennie M. Celona Ms. Betty Larkin Mr. Philip Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brown Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Lloyd Majority in Congress PAC Mr. & Mrs. Donald Cheney Ms. Pauline LaRue Barbara A. Tumbleson Mrs. Michelle Carter-Scott Mr. & Mrs. Van Massey Mr. & Mrs. Robert Manthey Ms. Carol Chrissis Ms. Annette Lawrence & Mr. Richard Rossi Ms. Nelle Tyrrell L. William Chapin, II, FAIA Mr. & Mrs. William McMunn Robert F. Markham & Nancy L. Markham Ms. Mary Ann Clark Ms. Evelyn T. Leard Mrs. Dorothy Janis Vergani Consolidated-Tomoka Land Company Mr. Arthur C. Miller & Ms. Katherine Hurst Miller Donald McCormick & Sharon McCormick Ms. Barbara M. Clement Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Liebelt Ms. Dolores Vitullo Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University David D. Montana & Claudia L. Montana Mr. & Mrs. Garrett McKernan Mr. Joel W. Clement Mrs. Theresa Lindberg Mr. & Mrs. Peter Vollstadt FBZ Archivos Foundation, Inc. Ms. Kathryn Morris Mr. & Mrs. Ward Mead Mr. & Mrs. Robert Coffman Ms. Phyllis Lober & Mr. James Doumas Ms. Jacqueline A. Vowell Kip and Linda Freidus Mr. & Mrs. David Neubauer Dr. David Meese & Mary Jo Hennen Mrs. Eleanor P. Cohan Mr. & Mrs. Walter Lott Mr. & Mrs. David Walsh Giles Electric Family Mr. & Mrs. James O’Shaughnessy Steven Miles & Nancy Miles Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Connelly Ms. Joan K. Lynn Ms. Jacqueline Waltz Dr. & Mrs. Richard Hartmann Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Page Sanford Miller Ms. Judith Conte & Mr. John Battenfield IV Mrs. Norma MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Adam Warren Ed and Pat Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pape Michael E. Milthorpe & Kathy H. Milthorpe Ms. Sheryl Cook Mr. Joseph Macious & Ms. Maureen Mahoney Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wehr Lester and Elan Kaney Perryman Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Weinstein Dr. & Mrs. Kim A. Klancke Mr. & Mrs. Gary Randall H Lee Moffitt Tom Cook & Gloria H. Cook Mainland Class of 57 Mr. Gary R. Libby Mrs. Helene B. Roberson Rebecca M. Nagy Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Cooney Mr. & Mrs. David Manowski Ms. Winifred M. Weld Macklowe Gallery Dr. Joan Roberts Odyssey Travel, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James Cooper Mrs. Halina Marquand Charles T. Wells Mrs. Jeanne Morris Root Company Michael Panaggio Ms. Courtney Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert Martin, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kirk F. White Mr. & Mrs. E. Raymond Platig Mr. & Mrs. John Root Panaprint, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ross Coslow Mrs. Pat Masotti-Abernathy Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Widen Bill and Trina Rambo Mr. & Mrs. Neil Samuels Mr. & Mrs. William Parks Ms. Carole E. Crouch Ms. Linda Matkovich Mr. & Mrs. David Williams Mr. & Mrs. Preston Root Mr. & Mrs. John Saunders Dr. Elizabeth L. Paul Dr. Patricia L. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Robert May Ms. Barbara J. Wilson Leonard and Evelyn Sacks Edward E. Schatz Mr. & Mrs. Michael Pepin Ms. Sherry B. Davis Dr. Ross Mayfield & Mrs. Stephanie L. Mayfield Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wilson David and Toni Slick Mr. Robert Semmens Barbara J. Petrock Daytona Eye Center Ms. Anne Maze Mr. Ty Wilson & Ms. Lynda Wilson Suntrust Bank Mr. Robert Shelton Mr. James Phillipp Mrs. Margaret de Lisle Ms. Susan McClanahan Dr. John Wilton Mrs. Connie Treloar Staed Family Associates, LTD. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Phillips Mr. Richard & Mrs. Brenda de Treville Mrs. Muriel McCoy Mr. & Mrs. Steve Worthington Mr. Calvin Willard & Mr. Thomas Bush Mrs. Ben J. Tarbutton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Phillips Mr. & Mrs. R.C. Debrauwere James E. McDonnell, M.D., PLC Mr. David M. Wozniak Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Yuschok Mr. Yi Tsien & Dr. Carole Wharton Mr. & Mrs. King Pickett Mrs. Rosemarie DeLuca Ms. Nancy W. McElvoy Ms. Susan Wright Mr. & Mrs. John Upchurch W G. Pickett & R A. Pickett Mr. & Mrs. Michael DiFranco Ms. Alphia Jo McMahon Ms. Marie E. Yost DONATIONS OF $1,000 TO $2,499 Steven C. Voorhees Dr. & Mrs. Howard Pranikoff Terry Dill Mercer Advisors Team Mr. & Mrs. Austin Zicht Mr. & Mrs. Don Ariel Dr. & Mrs. James White Ms. Katherine L. Reilly Mr. Alfred Dirska & Ms. Diane Jackson Dr. Bob Merrell & Mrs. Linda Merrell Mr. & Mrs. George A. Ziegler Mrs. Dawn Asher Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Workowski Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Ritter Mr. & Mrs. Richard Disantis Mr. & Mrs. Russell Miller Mrs. Hollis Zwart-Duryea James P. Brown & Nancy H. Brown Ms. Sang Roberson Carter Electric Co. DONATIONS OF $250 TO $499 Mrs. Connie Rodriguez Chanfrau & Chanfrau Mrs. Elizabeth Harding Aikens & Ms. Virginia Rue, Ziffra & Caldwell In addition to these donations, MOAS would also like to thank all those who generously supported the Cinematique of Daytona Elizabeth Harding Mrs. Patricia L. Rybak-Thayer Museum through a general membership, by attending our programs, special events and fundraisers, Ms. Melinda Dawson Mr. & Mrs. William L. Armour Dr. Kathleen Santi Kenneth E. Sassaman by contributing valuable donated goods and services, by donating to the Museum collection, and Mr. & Mrs. Lew DeWitt Kenneth R. Artin & Gail G. Artin Mrs. Donna L. Schoder Dr. & Mrs. Victor Doig Mr. & Mrs. Alan Baltz through support of the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences. Any questions or inquiries related to Linda S. Downs Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Berghoff Ms. Madeline Shaddix D Sharples & Linda Sharples contributions should be directed to Jessi Smith in the development office at [email protected]. 14 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT building and grounds

Gamble Place The Cici & Hyatt Brown The internal and external maintenance of Museum of Florida Art this property is an ongoing process. The On February 8, 2015, the much anticipated curatorial team continues to uphold the grand-opening of the Cici and Hyatt Brown historic pieces within the homes while Museum of Art took place and the Museum maintaining and preserving the buildings’ was officially opened to the public. The historical integrity and aesthetic appeal. Museum is over 24,000 square feet and Scheduled programming tours and is equipped with the most up-to-date air lectures by the Williams family (Cracker and heating, security, and audio systems. Creek Canoeing) have resulted in increased Daily building maintenance is scheduled visitor and community participation. and monitored, as well as the lush grounds surrounding the property. The grounds and nature trail are cleared of debris on a rotating schedule. Building maintenance is routinely done to provide a pleasant and safe environment for all our Museum of Arts and Sciences lighting in this visitors. The Garden Club of the Halifax Country area are in the continues their efforts in maintaining the works. Dow Museum of Historic Museum’s sensory garden and flower beds Houses along the pond with an array of colors, Inside the Mu- The Dow Museum of Historic Houses was smells, and textures to enhance the beauty seum, routine sold in mid-November of 2014. of our natural surroundings. maintenance and inspections The Kim A. Klancke, M.D. and Marsha of all air-con- L. Klancke Environmental Education ditioning and Complex is routinely cleared of debris to heating systems ensure the safety of all our visitors. The throughout COLLECTIONS Windows-in-the-Forest Education Building the Museum’s area is routinely cleared of debris and 100,000 square restrooms are made readily available for feet continues. During the 2014-2015 fiscal year, MOAS accepted 102 objects worthy of addition to the groups wanting to utilize this area. collection, gifted by generous donors. The Root Family Museum recently had a The Abraham and Dorothy Frischer new air conditioning system installed and One of the pieces donated was a painting by Don J. Emery, circa 1945, of a scene along Sculpture Garden located on the south programmed into the Museum’s Trane® the Halifax River. The painting was donated by Peggy Heinisch. It belonged to her side of the Museum campus continues to System, which monitors the flow of air be an enjoyable area for school groups throughout the Museum. In November grandfather and hung in the bar (owned by her grandfather and uncle) of the Breakers as an educational component to their 2014 the Root Family Museum Train Sta- Hotel in Daytona Beach. The painting is of a scene of an underdeveloped Halifax River. visit and as a location to gather for lunch tion enclosed was completed and opened or breakout sessions. Plans for updating to the public.

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In the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the Museum center of the Museum. The capacity for this room your special event in mind. This location can Social Events hosted over 5,000 guests who attended is 136 people seated and 179 people reception accommodate up to 160 people seated at tables In addition to the Facility Rental program, the style. or 220 people seated theater-style. Museum has also expanded its social event 42 different events through the facility offerings. In December 2015, the Museum rental program. With the opening of Root Family Auditorium, a 255 seat auditorium Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, Florida opened its doors to the community for the the Planetarium and the Train Station that is a perfect location for lectures, seminars, Hospital Courtyard, the perfect outdoor Holidays in the Galleries event. Guests received in the Root Family Museum, the main performances, or wedding ceremonies. location for your event. This space is ideal for gallery tours and learned how other cultures Auditorium amenities include sound, PowerPoint, large gatherings such as wedding receptions, celebrated the Holidays, enjoyed a Holiday laser Museum increased in functional DVD, and a projector. fundraising events, reunions, and anniversary show and performances from Embry-Riddle’s rental space from two to four spaces. celebrations. The capacity is 312 people seated Acafellas, and decorated Holiday cookies. Additionally, with the opening of the Root Family Museum Train Station, a newly or 400 people standing. remodeled space that is perfect for any reception. In March 2015, the Museum’s Young Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, Consolidated Philanthropist group hosted a Cosmic Cosmos in February 2015, and the reopening This location has a capacity of 96 people seated at round tables or 126 people at high top tables. Tomoka Education Room, an ideal space for event, which provided a fun social atmosphere, of the newly rebuilt West Wing in meetings and workshops. The Consolidated complete with classic cocktails, delicious food, a October 2015, the Museum now has Tomoka Education Room is equipped with a LCD photo booth and live shows and laser light shows West Wing Main Corridor, our newest space projector and screen. This room is perfect for in the Planetarium. a total of ten unique spaces to host at the Museum of Arts & Sciences. This main programs that require tables, chairs, or a more birthday parties, weddings, receptions, corridor of the West Wing was designed to hold educational environment. The location can also Finally, to close out the year, the Museum hosted corporate events, and meetings. ceremonies, receptions, or private corporate be used as a buffet room for your special event the Science of Beer event in August outside in the dinners. With a capacity of over 300 people when using the Main Hall. The capacity is 58 Florida Hospital Courtyard at the Brown Museum. seated, this space can easily accommodate large people seated. This event was a collaboration with Tomoka The facility rental program has seen many repeat groups or presentations. corporate businesses using locations around the Brewery to allow guests to socialize while tasting Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, Chris and a variety of brews and food. Brewmasters from MOAS campus to host meetings and receptions. Planetarium, a truly unique rental experience. The In December 2014, the Museum was rented out Charlie Lydecker Conference Room, the perfect Tomoka Brewery also educated the crowd on the new state-of-the-art Planetarium is equipped space for small meetings. This location is process of brewing craft beer. in its entirety to host a Holiday party for a large with 94 seats that can be used for meetings, local corporation. With the addition of the Brown equipped with a 22 person board table and LCD lectures, conferences, and concerts under the projector and screen. Museum, the MOAS campus is becoming an stars. No food or beverage is allowed in the increasingly popular venue to host weddings. Planetarium. Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, Permanent Opposite Page: Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, Permanent Gallery Rental spaces include: Gallery, perfect for a wedding ceremony. The Left: (top) West Wing, Main corrider Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, Main Hall, Permanent Gallery features a central grand (bottom) Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art Main Hall Root Hall, a perfect location for birthday parties, located at the entrance of the Museum. The Main staircase that is sure to provide a unique setting Right: Science of Beer Event receptions, or dinners. Root Hall is located in the Hall of the Brown Museum was designed with to anyone’s special day.

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Outreach The Education Department has General Electric (GE) Volunteers. Led by continued to offer extensive outreach James Kotas, these dedicated individuals programs for many different groups. The helped to maintain the exhibits in the Museum’s “Family Science Nights” is the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s outreach program that serves the largest Museum, created new exhibits, and group. Most outreach is conducted in helped with science outreach. One of different area schools in an after-hours the new exhibits that was installed for program. The Education Department the Museum was the Magnetic Wall, continues to offer a wide array of which used the forces of magnetism and afterschool programs, such as General gravity that children can explore. The Science Night, Family Math Night, GE Volunteers have also received grants Astronomy Night, and Ecology Night. from their parent company to pay for the As always, these hands-on programs, expenses of new exhibits and upgrades. along with the science kits used, follow the curriculum mandated by the State The Museum has partnered with the of Florida. Outreach programs continue Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to be significant revenue generators for to create a high school internship the Museum. Last year, the Education program at MOAS. This program, in Department conducted 80 school conjunction with the Smithsonian, outreach programs that served 3,807 is called the “YES” (Youth Engaging students. in Science) program. Funded with a generous stipend, this afterschool MOAS Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, Zach Zacharias, leads a tour in the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art Other popular outreach programs program introduces high school were also conducted for many adult students to the Museum’s natural history groups. A monthly Florida History collection as a basis for creating projects. lecture series at Victoria Gardens, a 55 The program includes a webinar from and older community, is in its 5th year. the Smithsonian scientists, student educational programming Many other presentations are given to presentations, and instructions on local and regional community clubs conducting research. This program The Museum’s Education such as Rotary, anthropology clubs, is only open to low-income students Tours history clubs, and more. These outreach of need and is limited to Atlantic and Department has created many Providing tours of the collection remains presentations are a great way to create Mainland High School. an important function of the Education an increased awareness of the Museum’s programs that cater to visitors Department. There has always been strong presence in the community. The Education Department has a a strong demand for this service from and members of all ages. From partnership with Volusia County Schools visitors. The Education Department has Partnerships to work with 3-D printers. This program is preschool classes, history and created many different tour packages During the last fiscal year, the Education for visiting adults and school groups. Department’s main partners were the (Continued on page 22) art lectures, to themed festivals, Most school groups visit the Museum for 2.5 hours and choose to have a gallery the Education Department tour and a trip to the Planetarium and continues to fulfill its mission to the Children’s Museum. Last year, the Museum served 149 different schools teach art, science, and history. with a total attendance of 9,818 school children from Pre-K through high school. MOAS has continued to develop programs to fit community Adult tours have continued to grow in popularity with many groups wishing to needs for public and private see the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. Many of these adult groups come schools, church groups, and from the surrounding areas including adult education. These programs Jacksonville and Orlando, or as far as Gainesville. During the 2014-2015 year, enhance the understanding of the Museum conducted 89 adult tour the Museum’s collections and groups that served 1,793 visitors. beyond.

Curator of Astronomy, Seth Mayo, giving a gallery talk on 3D Solar System images on display in the Planetarium lobby.

20 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT 21 per month, presentations are given on the back porch of the Cracker House at Gamble Place highlighting topics such as steam boating on the Ocklawaha River or on John James Audubon’s travels through Florida.

Other special programs that continue to be popular with our adult audience include the Natural History Festival which is held in conjunction with Septembers with the Smithsonian. Last year we featured the Orlando Fossil Hunters Club, Halifax Audubon Association, Lyonia Preserve, and many others. At the 2015 festival, MOAS featured world-renowned shark investigator, George Burgess, from the University of Florida. 2015 Summer Learning Institute The 2015 Sum- mer Learning Institute was a record year. The Museum served 560 students in a seven-week “I Got Rhythm” Exhibit in the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum program. The program fea- tured 35 classes that focused on art, sci- conducted through the school system’s rhythms. This multi-media exhibit is Florida History. This quarterly program ence, and history for ages 4 through 13. teacher on assignment, Louise Chapman, designed for families with children ages features various topics on Florida history More than half of the classes were filled Science Specialist. This program is 0-5 years old. Shakers, electric drums, from beach racing all the way to Civil War to capacity. Classes such as LEGO Block only open to high school students gongs, and bongo drums are some of history. This program has served close to Party, Claymation Movie Making, Time and teaches the fundamentals of 3-D the types of instruments found in this 500 adults in attendance for the year. Tunnel, and Digging for Dinosaurs were printing technology while integrating exhibit. This exhibit opened in January repeat sellouts. Community donors are the natural sciences. Students pick 2016. Another popular adult program that was always important to the Summer Learn- natural history specimens to research just added recently is called Lunch and ing Institute as they provide monetary and learn about, then they print a 3-D The Magnetic Wall is another new exhibit Learn and is held at the Cici and Hyatt contributions that go towards schol- copy of the specimen which will be used that was created by the GE volunteers Brown Museum of Art. The first time this arships for families in need. Last year, in the traveling hands-on exhibits that with funds from the General Electric program was offered, it was completely 28 scholarships were given out to stu- go out to elementary schools. Education Grant. This exhibit features sold out. This event features a catered dents of low-income families. The Mu- a massive metal wall with tubes that lunch from the HoneyBaked Ham Café at seum would like to give special thanks Charles and Linda Williams create unlimited patterns. Children of the Brown Museum and a presentation and recognition for the generous sup- Children’s Museum all ages can make a track and drop a ball on particular paintings in the collection, port of Bright House Networks, Florida The Children’s Wing is a big draw for through the tubes and watch gravity pull followed by a walkthrough. Power and Light, Daytona Beach Ken- the school system tours as well as for it to the ground. This exhibit can be used nel Club, Stuart Sixma, First V.P. Wealth families who are visiting for the day. It is by the child alone or cooperatively with Special lectures and programs, such as Management, Morgan Stanley Wealth one of the most important parts of the their parents. the Talk and Walk and the Porch Talks at Management and Thomas J. Yuschok, Education Department. This year, we Gamble Place, have been a regular part of M.D., Radiology Associates Imaging Cen- installed a new exhibit that was funded Adult Education the yearly programming for adult visitors ter. Important monetary contributions by a grant from PNC Bank called “I Got The Education Department has and MOAS Members. One example of a made by these businesses and individu- Rhythm.” This exhibit explores the many continued to provide an array of special lecture was when artist Sandra als help to reduce the cost of attending types of drums, percussion instruments, programs for adults. One of the most Lloyd came to the Brown Museum for a the Summer Learning Institute for chil- and sounds that can make up different popular programs is the Afternoon with talk in the gallery about her work. Once dren of low-income families.

22 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT MOASMOAS 2014-15 2014-15 ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT REPORT 23 21 marketing and public relations Museum of Art was also produced to advertise Sentinel, St. Augustine Record, Old City Life permanent collections and new exhibits. The Magazine, and WMFE Radio. Marketing and Public Relations Department also creates invitations and programs for all Museum Print and Online Ads sponsored events as well as promotional signage Throughout the year, the Museum created over to be used in the Museum lobby, on www.moas. 40 different print and online ads placed with over org, and on social media sites such as Facebook 25 publications – ranging from our local Daytona and Twitter. Beach News-Journal to magazines with a much broader reach, like Art in America and Arts & Advertising and Press Antiques. In addition, trade advertising appeared Advertising and in publications of the Daytona Tortugas, Peabody press, both local- Auditorium, and the Daytona Beach Symphony ly and regionally, Society. The ad campaign “Come See What’s New” are vital to gener- continued to run throughout the year, driving ate awareness, in- attention to the newly reopened Train Station in terest, and visits the Root Family Museum, the new Cici and Hyatt to the Museum. Brown Museum of Art, the Planetarium, and the Both are impor- much anticipated opening of the reimagined tant to the overall West Wing. growth each year. Radio and Cable Ads The opening of the Cici and Hyatt Brown Advertising with the radio station 99.5 WLOV The Museum of Arts & Sciences 74,507 visits while direct traffic, received when a Museum of Art in February 2015 contributed to through Southern Stone Communications was uti- lized for the Museum’s 2014 Holidays in the Galler- continues to take advantage of the visitor types in the actual URL, increased by 36% an increased amount of press coverage, both to 28,809 visits. Another form of advertising the locally and nationally including the Daytona ies social event. With the opening of the Cici and many communication tools that are Museum takes advantage of by way of a Google Hyatt Brown Museum of Art in February 2015, the at its fingertips while continuing to Beach News-Journal, the Hometown News, Grant is a paid search tool called Google AdWords. the Ormond Beach Observer, WNDB, a local Museum took advantage of commercials with keep current on the newest forms of This year traffic driven by paid search increased news radio station, Maine Antique Digest, The Bright House in local markets as well as Orlando advertising and also looking for new and by 21.5% to 4,917 visits. Google AdWord search Magazine Antiques, My Coast Magazine, the local and Tampa. Capitalizing on all of the new things creative ways to market information to terms and ads are managed by the MOAS Pennysaver, the New York Times, and American to see at the Museum, MOAS participated in the Marketing and Public Relations Department. Art Review. Lucky Local Campaign throughout the summer the community it serves. These include with radio ads on WNDB and 99.5 WLOV through traditional media such as print, radio, Other search engines, such as Yahoo, Bing, Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Southern Stone Communications. Another re- cable, and outdoor as well as new media Advertising the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum was Bureau, Trip Advisor, Orlando Sentinel, Reddit, done throughout both local and regional markets cord year with the annual Smithsonian Jazz such as digital, mobile, and social. The Volusia County Moms, and AOL all rank in the top through the use of print, digital, cable, outdoor, Masterworks Concert could be partly attributed Museum chooses the best and most cost 15 in the number of visitors driven to www.moas. and social media marketing. The opening of the to Bright House advertising throughout Orlando efficient and effective tools to convey its org. Facebook has been a large component of new Museum allowed for the opportunity to try a and Tampa bringing guests from outside markets advertising this past fiscal year and continues to new form of social media marketing through the to the Museum. Radio ads on 90.7 WMFE public message based on the event and target radio for Central Florida were also used. audience – including, but not limited increase in power with 1,049 visits over last year’s use of sponsored advertising with a sweepstakes 744 visits. to, sponsors and patrons, visitors and element. To coincide with the ribbon-cutting Social Media ceremony, the Museum targeted an audience Facebook market- potential visitors, and members – which Arts & Sciences magazine is a key communication that was interested in art and museums in the include local residents and in-state and ing and advertis- tool for the Museum which is sent to all MOAS surrounding areas to present them with the ing (facebook.com/ out-of-state visitors, schools, and more. members and is distributed at the Museum. The opportunity to enter to win a chance to be the moasdaytona) is an magazine can also be found at each Chamber of first visitors at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum increasingly high- MOAS Publications Commerce for the local communities and select of Art. Two sets of winners were selected to be performance and The MOAS website (www.moas.org) continues area resorts. Over 5,500 copies of the publication a part of the invitation-only brunch and were cost effective tool to be the most far-reaching and widely used are distributed quarterly. also the first four people to be welcomed into in the Museum’s communication tool that can reach diverse the new Museum by Cici and Hyatt Brown media list. With an audiences throughout multiple markets. The The Museum of Arts & Sciences eNewsletter is themselves. The giveaway generated 680 entries increased use of website is used by visitors to learn about sent out to over 10,400 subscribers each month. and 215 new Facebook likes. The Cici and Hyatt sponsored advertis- upcoming exhibits, calendar events, and the Over the past year, the number of subscribers Brown Museum of Art continues to impress ing in the 2014-2015 most current museum information. Website has increased by 16.8% with an average open the community and attracts visitors and travel year, event messaging could be targeted towards visits for the past fiscal year are at 134,762, a rate of 28% and an average click rate of 9.9%, an writers from all around the United States to the specific demographics and the platform con- 38.5% increase over the prior fiscal. Mobile increase over last year. Daytona Beach area. tinued to grow with a 15.7% increase in “Likes.” traffic continues to climb with visits at 50,725 Maintenance of a strong post schedule filled with from 29,075 the previous period. Google organic Each year, MOAS produces a number of Another large media campaign that was put the latest information on social and education search is a tremendous form of advertising. It is collateral pieces to help promote the Museum, together was to promote Septembers with events, lectures, special planetarium shows and important to attract an audience with unpaid membership, and sponsorship opportunities. the Smithsonian and the Smithsonian Jazz laser light concerts, new exhibits, and commu- content. A continued increase in organic traffic For example, the Major Sponsor brochure helps Masterworks Orchestra Concert. With funding nity involvement has helped keep Facebook one means that the content that is put out is aligned generate participants into the program and is by VISIT FLORIDA, the Museum was able to of the primary sources of information for MOAS to what customers are looking for. Organic traffic produced annually. A new brochure for the main purchase advertising with the Daytona Beach members and followers. on the MOAS site increased this year by 33.5% to museum as well as the Cici and Hyatt Brown News-Journal, Bright House Networks, Orlando

24 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT 25 NEW PLANETARIUM UPDATE February was also a momentous occasion Planetarium Lobby Exhibit Space for the Planetarium when a partnership with The new Planetarium lobby has been a very Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University allowed useful space for many of the events that we have for a special visit by world-renowned Nobel held throughout the year. It has also served as prizing winning physicist, Dr. John Mather, who an exhibit space to showcase science in differing gave a talk called, “From the Big Bang to Now, ways. For much of the year, our permanent Observing the Universe with the James Webb celestial map collection has been on display to Space Telescope.” With only a week’s notice, his highlight how the night sky has been observed talk brought in a full audience filling every one of throughout history. the 94 seats located under the dome. In March we added an important historical piece In March, the event “Cosmic Cosmos: Classic to the lobby when the local General Electric (GE) Cocktails in the Planetarium,” jointly created with Volunteers placed the old MS-10 star projector the MOAS Young Philanthropist group, was a from the previous Planetarium onto a specially huge success attracting a young demographic. designed stand. The GE Volunteers enlisted the The event comprised of a show about pop help of Hall Construction and FABCO Steel to culture and astronomy as well as a laser show. move the old projector and build the impressive metal exhibit stand to hold the several hundred To celebrate International Space Day in May, pound machine. we hosted our very own MOAS Space Day in MOAS Planetarium Interior the Planetarium. We invited Embry-Riddle clubs From April through September, a collaboration such as the Commercial Space Operations Club between MOAS and Embry-Riddle allowed for the and ERFSEDS Rocket Club to display their work creation of the exhibit, 3D Solar System: Stunning The Planetarium had a wonderfully Comet Exploration,” “A Deeper Dive Into Space: and present in the Planetarium. We also hosted Anaglyph Images of Celestial Bodies. Working stellar year after its initial opening A New Chapter for NASA,” “Humans in Space,” Embry-Riddle professors: Dr. Pedro Llanos, who with Dr. Jason Aufdenberg, Associate Professor of in August 2014. With a larger staff, “Beyond Our Universe,” and “Iconic Hubble spoke about the Hubble 25th anniversary, and Physical Sciences, the Planetarium Department Dr. Jason Kring, who discussed human factors searched through thousands of NASA red/blue new technologies and shows, and an Images in Full Dome.” Automated full dome shows were a significant part of the schedule that issues on Mars to interested audiences. 3D images of Mars, the Sun, the Moon, and a increased programming schedule, the covered topics on the exploration of the moon, comet to pick a collection of some of the best to Planetarium Department was primed Galileo and telescopes, and the Solar System The summer brought the event, “Pluto-Palooza! exhibit. Graciously sponsored by Embry-Riddle to dramatically improve educational geared towards children and adults. Celebrating the Historic Flyby of the New and a Florida Space Grant, the chosen images Horizons Spacecraft.” We ran special shows and experiences and audience reach. were made into large prints that were eventually Field Trips documentaries about Pluto and how the July displayed in the Planetarium lobby. Guests of all flyby of a spacecraft to view the small dwarf ages had an opportunity to put on a pair of red/ Another major and vitally important source of For FY 2014-2015, the Planetarium was able to planet was a historic moment in Solar System blue glasses to see the 3D effect of the images, Planetarium attendance comes from the many share the wonders of the universe with 38,645 exploration. We were also fortunate to have Dr. giving them a unique perspective of other sights K-12 students from all over Volusia County and guests of all ages and demographics. This is a Terry Oswalt, Professor and Department Chair of in the Solar System. leap of 53% from the old Planetarium’s last full beyond. Just over 8,200 students attended ERAU’s Physical Sciences, speak on “Why I Helped fiscal year in operation. live Planetarium shows about the universe Kill Pluto and Why it Had it Coming.” in an immersive and interactive way. While Portable Planetarium The blow-up Portable Planetarium had a big Daily Shows aligning with Florida Standards, the Planetarium In September, in conjunction with the department was able to create shows that year spreading astronomy education beyond The biggest portion of this attendance comes Septembers with the Smithsonian annual event, excited students about space exploration and the permanent facility. For FY 2015, the Portable from the daily shows that are run for regular we were pleased to have NASA’s very own astronomy. Planetarium was taken to 23 facilities that guests of the Museum, which has increased from Director of Engineering, Dr. Patrick Simpkins, to include 19 Volusia County Schools, the Kennedy just 14 shows per week in the old Planetarium to speak on “What’s Now and What’s Next in Space Events and Speakers Space Center Visitor Complex, STEM Expo at over 30 a week in the new facility. Our popular Exploration.” the News-Journal Center, and the Ocean Center Space-themed events and specially invited “The Sky Tonight” program - continued from 2050 Convention. Taking into account all of the speakers, hosted by the Planetarium, were a big the old Planetarium - has been a crowd favorite To round out the year, in September we hosted facilities visited that year, close to 3,000 guests part of the successful year. This was kicked off by where we highlight the evening’s notable a lunar eclipse viewing party presenting special experienced the Portable Planetarium. celestial happenings in a new digitized format. our first Night Sky Celebration in early December shows about the moon and provided telescopes 2014 where live shows were presented on the outside the Planetarium attempting to catch the The new “universe software,” Uniview, has “Splendors of Stargazing,” which also included rare celestial occurrence over the Museum. enabled the Planetarium staff to create custom telescope viewing outside the Planetarium in the live shows covering a whole range of scientific Museum entrance courtyard. Laser Shows themes and topics. A successful new live show Our ever popular Second Saturday Laser that ran three times a week, produced in-house, In February of 2015, we hosted a Valentine Concerts ran throughout the year bringing in was called “Flight Through the Universe,” where themed evening presenting “Love and the just over 2,100 guests. Presenting shows such as the audience was transported to planets within Cosmos” – a show that explored how love and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon or Laser our Solar System, star clusters, nebulae, and to romance are weaved into the cosmos. We also Beatles allows us to expose many visitors to what galaxies far beyond our own Milky Way Galaxy. played a laser show with love inspired songs to the Museum offers and is a good source of extra We were also able to produce one-time shows end the event. revenue to continue our educational mission. throughout the year that included “Giant Leap for MS-10 Star Projector on display in MOAS Planetarium Lobby 26 MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT MOAS 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT 2725 guild of the moas MOAS ANNUAL AWARDS

At this year’s Annual Trustee is a very rare and very special recognition, one that hasn’t been granted Dinner, the MOAS Board by the Museum since 1992. Dr. Gillespy of Trustees recognized and his wife Elaine, have been integral those who have made some to the development of the Museum throughout the last nine years. The first of the most significant year that Dr. Gillespy was appointed to contributions to the the Board of Trustees in 2006, he and his Museum’s efforts with wife contributed generous funding that allowed for the renovation of a gallery these awards: that become known as the Elaine and From left to right, MOAS Trustee Ellen O’Shaughnessy, Executive Director, Andrew Sandall, Guild President, Kathy Wilson, Guild Treasurer, George Fortuna, Guild Past President, Joan Horneff, and Pat Abernathy. Thurman Gillespy Jr. Gallery. It is through The MOAS Marge Sigerson Volunteer our memories that we will recall this The Guild of the Museum of Arts & each year: The Halifax Art Festival, of the Year Award, which recognizes gallery, as it has now been replaced with a Sciences is proud to have contributed the Festival of Trees and the Festival exceptional volunteerism with the beautiful new gallery that bears the same another stellar year of “fun” raising in Gala, and the Children’s Golf Classic. Museum was presented to Marion name in the newly reopened West Wing 2015. In addition, the annual Fashion Show Whelton. of the Museum. and the Garden Party Luncheon bring The major highlight of the year was the members and friends together with The MOAS Award of Distinction offered The couple has remained committed to award recognition by the Museum of Arts sold out crowds. The common thread in honor of longtime support and and engaged in the life and the growth & Sciences at the National Philanthropy throughout the year is supporting outstanding service to the Museum was of the Museum of Arts & Sciences. Most Day, held on November 20, 2015. This the Museum of Arts & Sciences, which presented to MOAS Trustee, Barbara recently, they made the lead gift that particular award supports the great includes the Charles and Linda Williams Young. allowed the Museum to obtain the grant relationship which the Museum staff Children’s Museum and the Cici and funding to construct a new museum and Guild members enjoy to reach our Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. In 2015 fundraising goals. Our Guild volunteers the Guild contributed over $77,000 to It was the Museum’s great pleasure lobby, which is scheduled to open in logged 7,579 in volunteer hours to the Museum. All of this activity helps to present Dr. Thurman Gillespy Jr. 2017. We thank Dr. Gillespy for all that support these efforts. to build the Museum’s recognition as with the title of Honorary Trustee. The he has done and continues to do for the a true “gem” in the Southeast region of achievement of becoming an Honorary Museum. The Guild members work tirelessly at our the country. three major events that are presented Photos from left: Marge Sigerson Volunteer of the Year Award recipient, Marion Whelton and MOAS Executive Director, Andrew Sandall; Honory Trustee, Dr. Thurman Gillespy, Jr. and MOAS Board of Trustees President, Thomas Hart; Andrew Sandall and MOAS Award of Distinction recipient and Trustee, Barbara Young

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