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Letter from the Executive Director

Volunteer News

2013 Annual Dinner

Zach in Time By james "zach" zachariasFlorida's French Connection

The Family of Napoleon Bonaparte

Giving News By jessi jackson smithDouble the Impact of Your Next Donation

MOAS Guild News By joan horneff

Winter Programming Calendar

Over & Out By seth mayoBeginning to See the (star)Light

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IN ThIS ISSuE

Meet the Parents......brothers, sisters, wives and extended family of French military leader and emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, in this feature devoted to exploring his family history. Then, join us at MOAS to

discover more at "Napoleon: Empire and Heritage" on exhibit through February 2014.

MOAS STAFF Letter from the eXecUtiVe Director

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Dear frienDs,The beginning of 2014 finds the Museum in the midst of an exciting period of expansion, reconstruction and revitalization. With each visit, youll notice the evolution of the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of

Art, the Root Family train car enclosure and the new Planetarium siteand soon, the rest of the West Wing.This past fall, the ceremonial last beam was placed atop the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. The outside structural work continues and soon, the internal construction will be the main focus. In the coming months, we will welcome further pieces from the Browns collection for display in our lobby. The selections focus on the history of St. Augustine and will be the second in our series of preview exhibits for the new Museum. In addition to work on the train enclosure, the careful and conscientious process of refurbishing the Root Family train cars themselves will begin shortly. This process will ensure the preservation of these popular and important pieces of the Museums collection, as will the newly enclosed, climate controlled space. The new train enclosure will also allow the Root Familys sizeable railroad collection to be exhibited alongside the railcars. Its always great fun to celebrate the railroads rich history in fact, when I arrived, it was a nice surprise to find the Great Northern Railway sign which is from a railroad that ran through my hometown in England.The construction of the new Planetarium is the initial part of the West Wing rebuild, which will start in full this coming spring. The Museum is working painstakingly to ensure our visitors and members have

access to much of the West Wing features during this reconstruction process. Planetarium shows will continue and will be held in the auditorium in the Root Family Museum. Artwork will be temporarily re-located in the North Wings Ford Gallery during this time. We are looking forward to exhibiting and highlighting pieces from each of the galleries and hope you will enjoy seeing some of your favorites in a different light.The Annual Dinner and Meeting saw the Museums new Board of Trustees installed. These dedicated volunteers continue to drive the Museum forward into a bright, innovative and modern future for both the Museum itself and the arts in our community. Their hard work is greatly appreciated and I am looking forward to the coming months and years as the Museum of Arts & Sciences continues our growth as the cultural center of the region.Even with all the future excitement, we are focused on delivering special exhibits and programming for you to enjoy now. Through February, two exhibitions including works from the MOAS Collection are highlighted in the North Wing. Great Impressions: The Intaglio Process features etching, wood and metal engraving, aquatints and lithography. Artists include Rembrandt, Piranesi, Audubon, Renoir and Dali. In addition, many pieces from the Museums comprehensive Napoleonic collection feature in Napoleon: Empire and Heritage. There is a great deal of energy around the Museum and the greater Daytona Beach area, and we are so appreciative of all the support weve received from our members and guests, as well as our community and its leaders. We thank all of you for your continued support as the Museum makes great strides to serve as the cultural heart of a community which is thriving. We look forward to sharing the Museums growth and successes with each of you and as always, we look forward to seeing you around the Museum during this New Year.

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Executive DirectorANDREW SANDALL

Administration StaffRENE BELL ADAMS, Director of Communications

SHERMAN COLEMAN, Director of FinanceERIC GOIRE, Director of Operations

JESSI JACKSON SMITH, Director of Grants and DevelopmentBRANDY MAHLER, Development Assistant

ISRAEL TAYLOR, Physical Plant AssistantPATRICIA NIKOLLA, Guest Relations Manager

JENNIFER GILL, Visitor ServicesDAN MAYNARD, Facilities Assistant

ROBERT WOHLRAB, Security and Visitor ServicesTYLER K. ADAIR, Security

LEE ASHTON, SecurityROGER BOWERS, SecurityBILL CHRISTIAN, SecurityCODY ROGERS, Security

ROY SHAFFER, JR., Coordinator - Dow Museum of Historic Houses

Curatorial StaffCYNTHIA DuVAL,

Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts and Gary R. Libby Curator of Art

J. ZACH ZACHARIAS, Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History

SETH MAYO, Curator of AstronomyLuIS ZENGOTITA, Science and Education Associate

ERIC MAuK, Collections Manager and RegistrarBONNIE JONES, Conservator - PaintingsED VAN HOOSE, Conservator - Furniture

Executive Director EmeritusGARY R. LIBBY

EditorRENE BELL ADAMS

Contributing WritersRENE BELL ADAMS

CYNTHIA DuVALJOAN HORNEFF

JESSI JACKSON SMITHBRANDY MAHLER

SETH MAYOJ. ZACH ZACHARIAS

Art DirectorNIKKI MASTANDO, MASTANDO MEDIA

ANDREW SANDALL

MOAS ExEcutivE DirEctOr, AnDrEw SAnDAll, with hyAtt AnD cici BrOwn, SignS thE lASt ExtEriOr BEAM Of thE cici AnD hyAtt BrOwn MuSEuM Of Art.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM BoarD of trUstees anD sPonsors

Arts & Sciences is published quarterly by the Museum of Arts & Sciences, 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114, telephone 386.255.0285, web site

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2014 BoarD of trUsteesCarol Lively Platig, President

Jill Warren, Vice President Amy Workowski, Second Vice President

Melinda Dawson, SecretaryChris Lydecker, Treasurer

Thomas Zane, Trustee LiaisonCici Brown, Past President

Bridget Bergens Liz Chanfrau

Thurman Gillespy, Jr., MDLinda M. HallThomas HartJanet Jacobs

J. Lester KaneyJanice Allen-Kelsey, PhD

Kim A. Klancke, MDCarl W. Lentz III, MDEvelyn Lynn, EdD

Eileen McDermottBill McMunn

Ellen OShaughnessyCory Walker

Linda WilliamsBarbara Young

Allison Morris Zacharias

honorary trUsteesMiriam Blickman

Anderson Bouchelle (Deceased)J. Hyatt Brown

Alys Clancy (Deceased)Tippen Davidson (Deceased)

Susan FeiblemanHerbert Kerman (Deceased)Chapman Root (Deceased)Jan Thompson (Deceased)

REPRESENTATIVESJoan Horneff,

President of the Guild of the Museum of Arts & Sciences

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ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

The Museum of Arts and Sciences is a not-for-profit educational institution, chartered by the State of Florida in 1962 and accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Museum collections and research include Cuban and Florida art, American fine and decorative arts, European fine and decorative arts, pre-Columbian and African artifacts, Pleistocene fossils, Florida history and regional natural history. Permanent and changing exhibitions, lectures, and classes highlight educational programs. The Museum houses changing arts and sciences exhibition galleries, permanent collection galleries, a gallery of American art, paintings, decorative arts and furniture, Cuban Fine and Folk Art Museum, a planetarium, library, the Frischer Sculpture Garden, maintains nature trails in a 90-acre preserve in adjacent Tuscawilla Park, and operates Gamble Place in Port Orange and the Dow Museum of Historic Houses in St. Augustine. The Museum also houses the Charles and Linda Williams Childrens Museum.

The Museum of Arts and Sciences is recognized by the State of Florida as a major cultural institution and receives major funding from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

Major Museum programs and activities for members, school children and the general public are also supported by grants from the County of Volusia, the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences, the Junior League of Daytona Beach, Target, Elfun Community Fund, and the uCF Educational Partnership.

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