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Jewels of the Court: A Journey Through Fiesta’s Coronation March 7-May 3, 2015 Board of Trustees

Officers Mark H. Metcalfe, Chair Don Gonzales, Vice Chair J.J. Feik, Secretary Jack Stein, Treasurer Peggy W. Walker, Past Chair Ryan Berg Michael J. “Mike” Bolner Sam Dawson Ty Griesenbeck Jack Judson Kate Rogers Letter from the President Trustees Eddie Aldrete Mary Arno Craig Browning John Edwards Dirk Elmendorf Betty Feldman Bryan Grundhoefer Jim Halff Dear Friends, Esteban Lopez Debbie Marino There is no more daunting experience than to walk into a beloved Witte Museum gallery Mary Margaret McAllen that has been emptied after three decades. The Wild dioramas have been redone and Susan Moulton The Witte Museum’s collection, exhibition, collection, about 300,000, will be newly Lynn Murphy reframed several times over the past several decades, but never removed until now. Each Ryan Pape curatorial teams, as well as other museum housed in state-of-the-art, conservation Justin Peeler diorama was carefully, painstakingly deconstructed — first, the beautiful taxidermy specimens, Richard Prior including animals now extinct, and second, the exquisite plants, some made of wax, with tiny professionals and amazing volunteers, safe storage, with the exception of the Matt Proffitt insects affixed to petals and stems. Manuel Quiñones packed and photographed every artifact stellar artifacts on display in the Robert J. Lane Riggs The authenticity of the dioramas is what has made them so beloved: Adults today remember, Edward Steves in new housing for their move and storage and Helen C. Kleberg South Texas Heritage Mary West Traylor as children, encountering the black bear in the Piney Woods and then, across the gallery, a Amy Banner Updegrove male turkey along a Hill Country river, or a mule deer felled by a mountain lion in far West as we prepare for the New Witte. By Center and the B. Naylor Morton Research Jill Vassar Elizabeth West Texas. The journey from one astonishing Texas landscape to another is the power of a diorama, this spring, every artifact in the Witte’s and Collections Center. Reed Williams an up-close experience with wildlife only possible in a museum. We are fortunate that because Senior Staff of the nature of these particular dioramas, the origins of which are on McLean family ranches Marise McDermott from all parts of Texas, the McLean Family wished to preserve and bring them back in a larger, President & CEO more modern Texas Wild gallery in the New Witte. In their honor, the gallery will be called the Bea Abercrombie McLean Family Texas Wild Gallery. The McLean family members shared our anxiety as the Vice President of Administrative Services dioramas were deconstructed, but to the joy of all, the great Witte exhibition, collections and Thomas L. Adams, Ph.D. curatorial teams ensured the success of the move. (Among the most sensitive and complex Curator of Paleontology and Geology removal were the murals in the dioramas, but we are pleased to report that Conservator Ann Bryan Bayles, Ph.D. Curator of Anthropology and Health Zanikos and her assistant, Scott Jennings, carefully rolled the murals off their curved walls onto large rollers so they could be cleaned and preserved until reinstallation.) The dioramas Mark Belden Director of Information Technology and thousands of additional artifacts will move to a newly purchased, state-of-the-art storage building where they will be conserved and prepared to return to the modern new galleries. Kim Biffle Vice President of External Affairs Although we miss the squeals of children as they entered the galleries in the Main Building, Amy Fulkerson we only have to stroll to the H-E-B Body Adventure or to the Robert J. and Helen C. Kleberg Curator of Collections South Texas Heritage Center to hear school children roaring with laughter or families and Linda Gerber busloads of tourists humming along as they listen to vaqueros, cowboys and Chili Queens Director of Retail Services InterActors, or the cinerobotic Tejano Freighter as he prepares to rest after a long journey Sue Millican across the rugged terrain. Chief Financial Officer

Sarita Rodríguez We are pleased to note that beginning Spring Break, the Witte Main Building will again be Director of Public Programs receiving visitors for blockbuster exhibitions in the Kathleen and Curtis Gunn Gallery, including Heather Welder Russo the Fiesta exhibit, Jewels of the Court: A Journey Through Fiesta’s Coronation, with more than Vice President of Development 30 coronation gowns and elements of the Battle of Flowers Parade. Next, Discover the Ice Bruce Shackelford Age will open May 23 as the summer blockbuster, with 10 animatronic creatures, including the South Texas Heritage Curator Wooly Mammoth, Terror Bird and Sloth, among others – all breathing icy cool fun in the hot Harry Shafer, Ph.D. summer months. Curator of Archeology

Mike Sprague Change is hard, but growth is good. Come share the transformation of your Witte Museum. Vice President of Facilities

Ralph Voight Vice President of Visitor Experience CONTENTS Randall Webster Vice President of Exhibitions Amy Westerman Marise Mc Dermott Exhibitions Director of Sales and Events President & CEO ------7 Events Katye Brought Editor 9

René Limón MISSION STATEMENT Designer The Witte Museum promotes lifelong learning through Public Programs innovative exhibitions, programs and collections in natural 12 history, science and South Texas heritage. 14 Come celebrate Fiesta like never before at the Jewels of the Court: A Journey Through Fiesta’s Coronation Witte Museum. The 2015 Witte Museum Fiesta Members’ Fiesta! Jewels exhibition, Jewels of the Court: A Journey Wednesday, April 15 of the Through Fiesta’s Coronation, will showcase the 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. two-year process for planning and executing

Gold Join your fellow members for a dazzling Fiesta® event. Hobnob with Fiesta® royalty in Pantone 2985 C ourt the Order of the Alamo Coronation, Fiesta’s Pantone 235 C C Pantone 427 C A Journey most glamorous event, and will feature more real life and on display as you take in the grandest Fiesta® exhibit in the Witte’s history, Jewels of the Court: A Journey Through Fiesta’s Coronation. Musical entertainment and glittering crowns, dresses and trains than ever Through Fiesta’s refreshments will be provided. before. More than 30 coronation robes from 2015 oront a ion WITTE MUSEUM C the early 1900s to today will provide historical The 2015 Witte Fiesta Pin will be available for purchase in the Witte Museum Store. perspective to the Fiesta royalty fashion. For more information, please call 210.357.1863 or email [email protected]. Visitors will learn about the many events that led up to the actual coronation to the Battle of Flowers Parade, the last official appearance of the royal court. Jewels of the Court Birthday Party Add-On This exhibit is more wonderful than can be imagined and not to be missed! Limited Edition! Daytime Party add-ons available March 7 thru May 3, 2015 (starting at $150) Feel like Fiesta royalty as you enjoy the grandest Fiesta exhibit in the Witte’s history, complete with glamorous gowns and glitzy jewels. This limited edition birthday party package is in conjunction with the special exhibit Jewels of the Court: A Journey through Fiesta’s Coronation. Includes: • The use of a private party room for two (2) hours • Admission for thirty (30) guests to the Witte Museum, H-E-B Body Adventure, and the Robert J. and Helen C. Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center • A Birthday Party Coordinator on-site to check you into your party room and greet your guests PLUS… • A royal present for the birthday child • Free admission for members and a discounted admission price for non-members to the Jewels of the Court: A Journey Through Fiesta’s Coronation exhibit • Create Your Own Crown activities for up to fifteen (15) children ages 12 and under For a full list of rates and guidelines please visit our website at www.WitteMuseum.org. To book your Jewels of the Court Fiesta party, please call 210.357.1866 or email Jose Lerma, Birthday Party Coordinator, at [email protected]

The Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Join us for a talk and tour of the exhibit, Jewels Lecture Series of the Court: A Journey through Fiesta’s An Evening Among the Jewels Coronation, with former Witte curator Michaele Dr. Michaele Haynes Haynes, Ph.D, who will whisk us away April 22 to Fiesta years past. Explore these Wednesday | 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. elements of the exhibit: a timeline of Fiesta fashion starting with Admission is free for An the vision of the Mistress of the Evening Among the Jewels. Robes; “Show us your Shoes” as Reservations are required, call we imagine being on the float 210.357.1910. Admission to the in the Battle of Flowers Parade Jewels of the Court Exhibition and the grandeur of coronation is free for members; $3 traditions. Light refreshments March 7 – May 3, 2015 surcharge for non-members. will be offered.

3 Jewels of the Court: A Journey Through Fiesta’s Coronation at the Witte Museum is generously supported by C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. The Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Lecture Series is generously supported by the Estate of Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner. 4 THE BIG SHOW! A WITTE BLOCKBUSTER OR YOURS

The Mays Family Center for Exhibitions and Special Events at the New Witte Museum will be THE place for corporate events, foundation dinners, fundraising galas, large weddings, Fiesta® parties…and much more.

In October 2016, the Mays Family Center will open the doors to its new, state-of-the art event and exhibit space. Over 10,000 square feet offers banquet space for up to 800 people and reception space for up to 2,000 people. Pre-event space with stunning river vistas can be seen through the Marie and Hugh Halff, Jr. Riverside Gallery. The Zachry Family Acequia Garden will seat up to an additional 1,000 people with one of a kind views of the River in natural riparian habitat. A variety of entry points to the museum are available giving each event a unique look, including the Tex Elliott Family South Texas Heritage Court. Be among the first to reserve the Mays Family Center for your next event! Non-profit discounts on rental spaces are available. To reserve a date, please contact Amy Westerman, Director of Sales and Events at the Witte Museum at 210.357.1896 or [email protected].

During the summers, blockbuster exhibits are already lined up: Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed (Summer 2016) and Whales: Giants of the Deep (Summer 2017). Stay tuned for more details!

Thank you to the Mays Family Foundation for the exceptional gift to create The Mays Family

Center. We would also like to thank the G.A.C. Halff Family Foundation, the Zachry Foundation and Zachry Construction, the Tex Elliott Family, and the Bexar County Improvements Project.

New Witte Over the next few months, major construction will begin on the main building of the New Witte. We thank contributors to the galleries, labs and exhibitions in the New Witte Campus expansion. Kittie West Nelson Ferguson SWBC Live Lab People of the Pecos Gallery Capital Group Companies Lifeways Lab Valero Great Hall Zachry Foundation T-Rex H-E-B Lantern Entry Marty and Steve Hixon‑Quetzy McLean Texas Wild Gallery the Quetzacoatlus 5 Nancy Smith Hurd Rock Art Lab 6 EXHIBITIONS The Witte Becomes a Smithsonian Affliate The Witte Museum was named a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, COMING SOON! on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 by Marise McDermott, President and Discover the Ice Age CEO of the Witte Museum, Mayor Ivy Taylor, her daughter Morgan May 23 – September 7, 2015 and Harold A. Closter, Smithsonian Affiliations Director, at a press Kathleen and Curtis Gunn Gallery conference at the Witte Museum. $4 Members, $5 Non-Members The Smithsonian Affiliations program, established in 1996, Mammoths, saber-tooth cats, bears and gigantic is designed to facilitate a two-way relationship between “terror birds” make Discover the Ice Age an exciting Smithsonian Affiliates and the Smithsonian to increase discovery and educational exhibition about life during Earth’s and inspire lifelong learning in communities across America. last Ice Age. Discover the Ice Age features fossils, Estimates in 2011 indicate that more than 33 million people visited casts and several life-sized animatronic models of Smithsonian Affiliates and gained exposure to the Smithsonian via animals with scientifically accurate movements, exhibitions, programs, performances, events, media recognitions coloration, sounds and fur. This exhibition provides and business initiatives. a unique and exciting walk through the Ice Age epoch for families and visitors of all ages. Discover the Ice Age at the Witte Museum is generously supported by the City of San Antonio Department for Culture and Creative Development. Battle of Flowers 90th Annual Oratorical Contest TeXas Marks the Spot! Exploring Our Treasured Past at “Texas Historic Sites” Friday, February 27 | Preliminaries at 9 a.m.; Finals 1 p.m. generations. Celebrate the blooms of spring and summer with selections from the Witte Travel along with the Battle of Flowers on a Texas-sized treasure Bluebonnets in the Rain hunt to destinations rich in Lone Star history which are designated Julian Onderdonk Museum’s renowned Texas Art Collection. Make Oil on Canvas sure to visit the Laura and Sam Dawson Gallery as “historic sites” by the Texas Historic Commission. Contestants Remembering Dr. Garret to see Healing Beauty: Medicinal Plants by Mary representing numerous Texas colleges will deliver memorized Peter and Golda Coley Motz Wills. Best known for watercolor portraits speeches about one of nineteen historic locations around Texas in Robertson, Friends of the Onderdonk Family and of Texas wildflowers, Wills had her first museum competition for the coveted first prize of $3000. Learn why a sugar Witte Museum exhibit at the Witte Museum 80 years ago. plantation near Brazoria that held Santa Ana as a prisoner of war, a Today, the Witte Museum celebrates the artistic small caliche block house situated along the Camino Real in San Antonio and an isolated and scientific legacy of her work through an Texas Flora: Nature’s Paintbrush West Texas army post experimenting in the military use of camels share this official exploration of native Texas plants and their designation. Grab a fellow Texas history enthusiast and come hear fascinating orations January 24 - April 5, 2015 medicinal uses. about these Texas treasures! Contest admission is free but seating in the Memorial Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery Texas Flora: Nature’s Paintbrush at the Witte Museum is generously supported by the City of San Antonio Department for Auditorium is limited. Visit www.BattleOfFlowers.org or Facebook at As the weather warms and replenishing rains Culture and Creative Development. BattleOfFlowersOratorical for more information. fall, the Texas landscape is transformed with a colorful bounty that has inspired artists for

Free Tuesdays Free Tuesdays hours! Because of their generosity, Aloha Y’all! Welcome Zenshin Daiko over 60,000 visitors were able to enjoy exhibi- to the Witte Museum Zenshin Daiko performance The Witte Museum would like to extend a special tions, programs, and lifelong learning at the Witte is generously sponsored by thanks to the generous sponsors of our weekly for free last year. Sunday, March 15th | 2 p.m. the Will Smith Foundation. Mark your calendar and join us for a special performance all the way from Maui. Zenshin Daiko teaches taiko, a form of Japanese drumming, to children ranging in ages from 2 to 17 years old. Zenshin Daiko has performed in over 800 cultural and Over 10 years 2 years 7 years 2 years community events all over Maui and the neighbor islands. Zenshin Daiko has performed in of Free Tuesdays! of Free Tuesdays! of Free Tuesdays! of Free Tuesdays! California, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Japan. In addition to a very busy performing schedule, Thank you for your support! Zenshin Daiko also makes their own drums from used wine barrels and builds and repairs Join the Witte Museum for weekly Free Tuesdays hours, Every Tuesday, 3:00-8:00 p.m. taiko drums all over Hawaii. 7 FREE General Admission. 8 Presented by EVENTS The Witte Museum recognizes and appreciates these outstanding businesses for their contribution of support and in-kind services:

Accu-Print AT&T 2014 Texas Trailblazer’s Luncheon AVTS The Witte Museum Texas Trailblazers Luncheon Bud Light / Silver Eagle JOIN US in 2015! Distributors, L.P. Cheesy Jane’s The Witte Museum in partnership with Te­­­­­­ xas Pearl Stable, 303 Pearl Parkway, San Antonio Cinco Vodka Monthly invites you to a special luncheon Stay tuned for additional information! The Gambrinus Company celebrating a Texas Trailblazer, for their continued Illusions Rentals focus on improving natural history and education Purchase tables for $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000. Industrial Communications for all Texans. Individual tickets available for $150. KENS Television Join event co-chairs Tracee and J.J. Feik, and For more information and to purchase tickets, please 44th Annual Witte Game Dinner Lee Michaels Rita and John Feik, for a fascinating address contact Alexandra Barrett at 210.357.1922 Overstreet Photography by John L. Nau, President and CEO of Silver or via email: [email protected] Was Record Breaking! Rebecca Creek Whiskey Eagle Distributions, about the importance of transforming history programs through interactive All funds raised provide valuable support for the programs, On Monday, October 20, 2014 the Witte Museum celebrated Rhonda J Designs exhibits, and collections of the Witte Museum. and multisensory experiences that engage the 44th Annual Game Dinner presented by Wells Fargo with The RK Group students and empower adults. huge success! Here are some highlights: Texas Monthly

• Welcomed a record 1,650 guests. The Witte thanks Live Auction Gross revenue of over $602,000 raised towards donors for the success of the • Game Dinner Live Auction: essential operations of the Witte Museum. The largest amount in Witte Game Dinner history! ARTS San Antonio The Scholarship Scramble raised over $11,000 to ensure • Crossfire Feeders & Supply, Inc. no student is ever turned away for a field trip to the Witte. HeartBrand Beef Incorporated/ the Beeman Family This record breaking Hiblers Taxidermy and Wild Game Processing Game Dinner would not have been possible without Kurt and Susie House the unparalleled leadership Tio and Chris Kleberg of 2014 Game Dinner chair, Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Save the Date! Jessica Erin Elliot! and Distinctive Gifts Bryan and Ashley Jones 4th Annual Witte Museum Boot Scoot and 5K admissions, program and exhibition fees and bus Overstreet Photography Madame Make-Up Saturday, April 11 transportation for students. The Witte Museum Boot Scoot features a special Witte twist! Save the Date for the 45th Annual Witte Game Morris Kaye and Sons Furs 7 a.m. Registration Everyone is encouraged to change in to western Mountain Equestrian Trails 8 a.m. Run Dinner on Monday, October 19, 2015 and boots after the run for a short boot scoot to Justin Peeler, Akaushi Rancher 9 a.m. Family Boot Scoot music along the front drive of the Witte. Dance reserve your table today! Ranch at the Rim $30 Adults to impress! Style awards will be given! Ranch Hand Truck Accessories $10 Children 11 & Younger Find updates and register online Southwest Airlines $75 Boot Scoot Family 4 Pack (2 adults & 2 children) at www.WitteMuseum.org. Tyneil & F.A. Spurs Sports and Entertainment $25 Race from my Pillow Sponsorship opportunities are available. For Northcott McFaddin II The Sutherland Family $35 April 8 – Race Day Party Favor Sponsor Fireworks Sponsor questions about sponsorship or race registra- The RK Group $25 Per Person Team Entry (10 person minimum) tion, please call Lauren Richmond, Fundraising Venado Blinds & Feeders This morning run/walk benefits the Witte’s Events Coordinator at 210.357.1905 or email Dr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Voight, Sr. educational programs by underwriting [email protected]. Printing Sponsor Magazine Sponsor Broadcast Media Sponsor 9 10 The Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner One of the many perks of a Witte Museum membership are the family events. Lecture Series • Meditation 101: Our Public Programs team works hard to bring you fun, education filled days. Taming the Mind with Body Adventures: The Mind-Body Connection Joy and Compassion Make sure to mark your calendars! Wednesdays | 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. March 25 Suggested donation is $5 for members and students, $10 for adults Join us as the Witte Please call 210.357.1910 for reservations Museum’s Curator of Full Body Saturday Culinary Saturday Anthropology and New Year, New You Future Chefs Yoga for Every-Body: The Health • Health, Dr. Bryan January 24 April 4, 11, 18 and 25 Effects of Yoga Bayles demystifies Noon – 4 p.m. 2 p.m. February 18 the tradition of Experience the H-E-B Body Adventure Powered Meet the star chefs Empower yourself as Witte Curator of meditation and by in a new way! What from local high schools Anthropology and Health, Dr. Bryan explores the does your blood pressure, heart rate and choles- and college culinary arts Bayles, and special guest, Nydia Darby, profound health and terol numbers really mean? The whole family can programs who will show discover more about what it means to stay healthy you how to create their demonstrate how all of us have the tools joy that come from with empowering activities for all ages, and a guest favorite easy, yummy to develop a powerful, personalized yoga simple meditation exercises. In addition to appearance by University Health System. and healthy recipes! practice for health, regardless of ability or working with indigenous Mayan and South age. Renowned yoga instructor and owner Texas folk healers, Dr. Bayles has studied and STEM Saturday Did you spot Sarah Benedetti, of Nydia’s Yoga Therapy studio, Ms. Darby is practiced meditation for more than 15 years Build It! Manager of the H-E-B Body February 28 Adventure Programs on a licensed physical therapist and specializes with renowned monks and scholars in the KSAT’s SA Live promoting the Noon – 4 p.m. in orthopedic, spine, women’s health and Tibetan Gelukpa lineage (the lineage of the Future Chefs program? cancer rehabilitation. Dr. Bayles and Ms. Dalai Lama). Drawing upon these teachings, Explore, design, build, destruct and explode Darby will inspire and ignite your wellness Dr. Bayles will answer your questions and your way through our annual Build It! Family Day. Discover how STEM inspires curiosity with journey, while also discussing the scientific guide visitors through several different styles hands-on activities for all ages. evidence for yoga’s impacts on the mind of focus, visualization and relaxation. and body. The Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Lecture Series is generously supported by the Estate of Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner.

Spring Break Adventure Camp Monday: How Much More? at the Witte Find out how to balance just the right amount of ingredients for a yummy result. South Texas Family Excursion Day-long or week-long adventures for children Tuesday: Recipe Reactions March 7 in grades 1-2 and 3-5. Why do egg whites foam and popcorn pop? 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Discover chemistry in the kitchen. Fee: $35 per person includes transportation and Wednesday: Food Force a box lunch. Find out the force behind the physics of your Reservations are required; please call 210.357.1910 food. What does having a healthy body have For more information please email to do with being a chef? [email protected]. Thursday: Delicious Designs What does your perfect recipe taste like? Don’t miss this exclusive members’ only family Work with a group to plan and design your STEM Saturday excursion at the Witte Museum and the Land own delicious recipe! DiscovEARy Heritage Institute! Kids In The Kitchen Friday: Serve it Up! March 28 Monday, March 9 – Friday, March 13 • Explore never before seen artifacts from Show off your new skills as you and your Noon – 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. the Witte collection with education staff team present your delicious designs. Tune in to an exciting and curators new family day that Let’s get cooking! In the new Children’s Hospital • Investigate how these artifacts were used Cost per week is $180 for members and $230 dives into the human ear of San Antonio™ Demonstration Kitchen, you and hearing loss with a in the 19th century at the Land Heritage for non-members; cost per day is $45 for will whip up your very own tasty and healthy series of interactive activities. Institute, a 1,200 acre living land museum members and $55 for non-members. Children on the banks of the Medina River kitchen creations. Learn tricks of the trade from Visit the DiscovEARy Zone may be dropped off at 8:30 a.m. and picked up guest chefs and experts, uncover real science exhibit, at the Witte for a • Be the first to see the site where the by 5:30 p.m. limited time! in the kitchen and more! Explore how making Witte’s log cabin will find a new home healthy choices can lead to a Super You! • Soak up nature while enjoying a picnic For more information and to make reservations STEM Saturdays are generously supported by the Boeing Company. lunch with your family! 11 call 210.357.1910. 12 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

March 28, Noon – 4 p.m. JANUARY MARCH STEM Saturday DiscovEARy January 14, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. March 7, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Witte Campus Salud! Culinary Nights South Texas Family Excursion Included with museum admission New Cuisine for a New Year with Chef Zach $35 members Lutton of Zedric’s For reservations call 210.357.1910 or email NEW! Hard Hat Level H-E-B Body Adventure [email protected] $45 members, $50 per person APRIL March 7 – May 3, 2015 Includes souvenir wine glass During the incredible transformation to the New Witte, the Quillin Society invites you to join in Jewels of the Court: A Journey Through Call 210.357.1910 for reservations April 4, 2 p.m. the Witte’s success at NEW! Hard Hat Levels. This is your chance to witness first-hand the Witte’s Fiesta’s Coronation Culinary Saturdays Kathleen and Curtis Gunn Gallery January 24, Noon - 4 p.m. Future Chefs growth from the ground up through special events and behind the scenes tours! The Hard Hat Free for members, $4 per person New Year, New You H-E-B Body Adventure levels – Patron and above – are available as a one year or multi-year commitment. H-E-B Body Adventure March 9 – 13, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Included with museum admission Included with museum admission Spring Break Adventure Camp: Kids in the Kitchen April 8, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Quillin Philanthropist $25,000 and above Take advantage of the three year Hard Hat January 24 - April 5, 2015 Grades 1-2 and 3-5 Salud! Culinary Nights 1 Year commitment beginning at $25,000 commitment and receive a discount of $500 Texas Flora: Nature’s Paintbrush Per week: $180/members; H-E-B Body Adventure Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery $230/non-members $45 members, $50 per person -or- 3 Year commitment beginning at per year! Included with museum admission Per day: $45/members; Includes souvenir wine glass $24,500 per year $55/non-members Call 210.357.1910 for reservations Call 210.357.1910 for information The Quillin Society is a dynamic and growing April 11, 2 p.m. March 11, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Culinary Saturdays Quillin Steward $10,000 - $24,999 group of committed individuals with a passion FEBRUARY Salud! Culinary Nights Future Chefs H-E-B Body Adventure H-E-B Body Adventure 1 Year commitment beginning at $10,000 for the history and ecology of South Texas. February 11, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. $45 members, $50 per person Included with museum admission -or- 3 Year commitment beginning at Generous annual gifts provide critical support Salud! Culinary Nights Includes souvenir wine glass H-E-B Body Adventure Call 210.357.1910 for reservations April 18, 2 p.m. $9,500 per year for the education, research, and public $45 members, $50 per person Culinary Saturdays Includes souvenir wine glass March 15, 2 p.m. Future Chefs programs of the Museum. Zenshin Daiko Call 210.357.1910 for reservations H-E-B Body Adventure Will Smith Amphitheater Quillin Benefactor $5,000 - $9,999 Included with museum admission Included with museum admission 1 Year commitment beginning at $5,000 For more information on the Quillin Society February 18, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Lecture Series March 20, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. April 22, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. -or- 3 Year commitment beginning at or to set up a payment plan, please contact Body Adventures: The Mind-Body Witte Society March Party Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Lecture Series Connection-Yoga for Every-Body: The Health $4,500 per year Alexandra Barrett, Annual Fund Officer, at Witte Campus Body Adventures: The Mind-Body Connection- Effects of Yoga For more information call 210.357.1888 or An Evening Among the Jewels 210.357.1922 or via email: Suggested donation $5 members and student email [email protected] Suggested donation $5 members and student $10 adults $10 adults March 25, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Quillin Patron $2,500 - $4,999 [email protected] Call 210.357.1910 for reservations Call 210.357.1910 for reservations Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Lecture Series 1 Year commitment beginning at $2,500 Looking Forward: The Mind-Body Connection February 28, Noon - 4 p.m. April 25, 2 p.m. -Meditation 101: Taming the Mind with Joy -or- 3 Year commitment beginning at Members have more fun! Don’t miss out on all the events Build It! Culinary Saturdays Witte Campus and Compassion this Spring. Renewing is easy! Simply cut this card out Future Chefs $2,000 per year Suggested donation $5 members and student and mail with payment to: Included with museum admission H-E-B Body Adventure $10 adults Included with museum admission Witte Museum Call 210.357.1910 for reservations Attn: Membership Quillin Sustainer $1,000 - $2,499 3801 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78209

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The Witte Museum’s Public Programs are supported in part by grants from The Will Smith Charitable Foundation, The Boeing Company, the Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, the William Knox Holt Foundation, the Semp Russ Foundation of the San Antonio Area Foundation, and Rackspace Hosting. South Texas Heritage Educational Programming is generously supported by Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Traylor. Scholarship support is provided by Rackspace Hosting, the Harvey E. Najim Family Foundation, the Witte Society’s Fund a Field Trip Campaign, Nora and Steve Burkhart, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Traylor, Julie and Justin Peeler, Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Dooley, Jr., and History Heroes. The Witte Museum also receives general operational support from the City of San Antonio Department for Culture and Creative Development, the Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, the Wade Richmond Foundation, the George and Fay Young Foundation, H-E-B, the USAA Foundation, the Edouard Foundation, the Bank of America Foundation, the Brown Foundation, the Parker Foundation, the O’Conner & Hewitt Foundation, the Graham B. and Anne E. Knight Foundation, and the George Weldon Sheffield Fund, the Carol Lee Jones Educational and Cultural Fund, and the Orsinger Family Trust of the San Antonio Area Foundation. Free Tuesdays are generously supported by Bolner’s Fiesta Products, Inc., BBVA Compass, Macy’s, and NFA Wealth Management. COMING SOON

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May 23, 2015 thru Sept. 7, 2015