SUMMER LEARNING INSTITUTE PROGRAM GUIDE INSIDE!
vol. 33 no. 3
IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL SECTION: MOAS EDUCATION 9 Summer Learning Institute 4 Letter from the
Executive Director
6 Volunteer & Staff News
Volunteer of the Quarter and Intern Spotlight
20 Spring
Programming Calendar
Program Guide and Registration Form. MOAS Summer Camp, offering everything from art to aviation!
14 MOAS Education:
Lifelong Learning
A comprehensive look into education for all ages and interests at MOAS BY ZACH ZACHARIAS
17 Lights, Camera, Action:
Movie-Making at MOAS
Spotlight on this very popular Summer Learning Institute Program BY LOUIS ZENGOTITA
24 Guild News
BY JOAN HORNEFF
26 Florida Art Unveiled
Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art opens to the public
18 Discovering the Universe
through Science Education The new MOAS Planetarium increases science education. BY SETH MAYO
28 Over & Out
A Long Trek to Pluto BY SETH MAYO
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MOAS STAFF
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Executive Director ANDREW SANDALL TYLER ADAIR, Security LEE ASHTON, Security JARRETT J. BUFFINGTON, Security MARK CARRUTHERS, Guest Services Assistant JENELLE CODIANNE, Director of Marketing and Public Relations ALISON CODY, Guest Services Assistant COREY COOK, Guest Services Assistant DEAN CORMIER, Facilities Assistant STEVEN DALLAS, Security AMANDA EMERICK, Security MEGAN FINLEY, Curatorial Assistant ERIC GOIRE, Director of Operations KELSEY HANSEN, Education Assistant AUSTIN HARDIN, Security LORI HOEPFINGER, Guest Services Associate JESSI JACKSON SMITH, Director of Development LYNETTE LUFF, Guest Services Associate BRANDY MAHLER, Membership and Development Manager ERIC MAUK, Curator of Exhibits DAN MAYNARD, Facilities Assistant SETH MAYO, Curator of Astronomy MONICA MITRY, Guest Services Assistant AMANDA NEELY, Director of Sales and Special Events PATRICIA NIKOLLA, Guest Relations Manager FREDRIKA PAULIG, Guest Services Associate JENNIFER ASHLEY PIPES, Guest Services Assistant CODY ROGERS, Security ROY SHAFFER, JR., Maintenance Supervisor LISA SHAW, Guest Services Associate CARLYN SWAIN, Finance Associate ISRAEL TAYLOR, Physical Plant Assistant AIMEE VAN VARICK, Guest Services Associate ROBERT WOHLRAB, Curatorial Assistant J. “ZACH” ZACHARIAS, Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History LUIS ZENGOTITA, Science and Education Associate
Editor JENELLE CODIANNE Assistant Editors LYNETTE LUFF BRANDY MAHLER Contributing Writers JOAN HORNEFF SETH MAYO J. “ZACH” ZACHARIAS LUIS ZENGOTITA Art Director NIKKI MASTANDO, MASTANDO MEDIA
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A RIBBON CUTTING CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF THE CICI AND HYATT BROWN MUSEUM OF ART TOOK PLACE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2015 OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOORS OF THE NEW MUSEUM. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARE FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE, KEN DETZNER, J. HYATT BROWN, CICI BROWN AND MOAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANDREW SANDALL.
Dear friends, What an amazing year it has already been for us at the Museum of Arts and Sciences! After the hard work over the past few years, it was an ANDREW SANDALL incredible day for everyone when we opened the doors to the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art in February. We were so excited to see the reactions of the public finally getting a chance to visit the building they’d been watching rise on Nova Road. I don’t think anyone was quite prepared for the overwhelming response that we received. I will always remember standing at the podium to make my speech to the elected officials at the ribbon cutting ceremony and catching a glimpse of the crowd of several hundred people who had already gathered outside! If you have not made it over to see the new Museum yet, I really would encourage you to do so as soon as possible, it has been worth the wait. Our plan is to leave the exhibits currently installed in place for the first year to give everyone ample chance to see those galleries as they were on opening day. We will then begin the process of installing new exhibits in the smaller galleries every few months, with the main gallery continuing to show the highlights of the Brown Collection. Of course, we are not resting on our laurels and summer will see the completion of the newly rebuilt West Wing, which I can promise will not disappoint. As I write this, we are just about to submit a grant
application to the Volusia County ECHO Program to hopefully provide funding for a new entrance lobby to the main Museum. This will bring the front doors out toward the parking lot and will free up existing buildings to provide more exhibit space. I hope to be able to bring you good news on that grant by the next magazine. If we are successful, it will be the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle that will have taken five years to complete. In this issue of the magazine we celebrate our Summer Learning Institute, which has been one of our most popular programs for over 40 years. If you need further proof of how important this program is, I can point you to a number of people I met during the opening gala events for the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. These people told me of their first experience with MOAS – either attending or bringing their children to the Summer Learning Institute and what a positive experience it had been. Our education programs provide a vital service in our community and it is wonderful to hear they have not been forgotten and continue to create such positive memories of the Museum. The work that we do at the Museum would not be possible without our donors and supporters. I write this to show the impact of our work at MOAS. If you have not visited the Museum for a while, I hope you will join us soon to see the great things that we have been working on. Maybe you will catch a glimpse of the Summer Leaning Institute students as they take their classes at the Museum – their enthusiasm is infectious! I look forward to seeing you all around the Museum.
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2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Thomas Hart, President Melinda Dawson, Vice President Bridget Bergens, Second Vice President Linda M. Hall, Secretary J. Lester Kaney, Assistant Secretary Chris Lydecker, Treasurer Cory Walker, Assistant Treasurer Carol Lively Platig, Past President Cici Brown, Trustee Liasion Liz Chanfrau Thurman Gillespy, Jr., MD Lucas Haber Joan Horneff, MOAS Guild Representative Todd Huffstickler Janet Jacobs Kim A. Klancke, MD Carl W. Lentz, III, MD, FACS Evelyn Lynn, EdD Eileen McDermott Katherine Hurst Miller Ellen O’Shaughnessy Maria Rickling Amy Workowski Barbara Young Allison Morris Zacharias HONORARY TRUSTEES Miriam Blickman Anderson Bouchelle (Deceased) J. Hyatt Brown Alys Clancy (Deceased) Tippen Davidson (Deceased) Susan Root Feibleman (Deceased) Herbert Kerman (Deceased) Chapman Root (Deceased) Jan Thompson (Deceased)
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ABOUT THE MUSEUM ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The Museum of Arts and Sciences is a not-forprofit 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, preColumbian 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, the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum, the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, the Cuban Fine and Folk Art Museum, a stateof-the-art 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. 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. MUSEUM HOURS: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays The Museum of Arts and Sciences is committed to the Americans with Disabilities Act by making our facility and programs accessible to all people. If you have any special requirements, suggestions, or recommendations, please contact our representative, Andrew Sandall, at 386.255.0285. If you prefer, you may contact the Cultural Council of Volusia County representative at 386.257.6000, or the Division of Cultural Affairs, The Capitol, Tallahassee 850.487.2980, or TT 850.488.5779. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. THE TOLLFREE NUMBER IS 1.800.435.7352. FLORIDA REGISTRATION #CH-1851
VOLUNTEER & STAFF NEWS
Volunteer of the Quarter Megan Finley Megan has lived in Florida for most of her life. She attended both Daytona State College and the University of Florida graduating with a B.A. in history with a minor in classical studies. During her time at Daytona State College she interned at the Halifax Historical Museum in Daytona Beach. She began interning at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in April of 2014. As an education intern and then as a volunteer for the Education Department, she worked with both school groups and the SLI program. Working with the Education Department gave her the opportunity to learn how museums can work to teach all age levels. She is now employed at MOAS as a Curatorial Assistant for the Root Family Museum Renovation Project.
Intern Spotlight Shelley Albee Shelley Albee has been an intern at the Museum of Arts & Sciences since January of 2015. She recently graduated from the University of Florida with Bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology and Linguistics. Shelley hopes to eventually work as a Curator at a natural history museum and is excited that her time here at the Museum of Arts & Sciences will be of a great benefit to her future goals. As an intern, she assists the education department with various research projects, has attended several school science fairs, and is a docent at the newly opened Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. She has spent her last two summers on an archeology dig in Trim, Ireland and is a long time photographer.
Museum Volunteers Needed We are still looking for additional volunteers to work as docents and to staff our Admissions Desk and Gift Shop in the Museum of Arts & Sciences and the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art at MOAS. With the help of these dedicated volunteers our gift shop is bright and cheerful, our Admissions Desk is staffed by friendly faces, and visitors are able to enjoy educational and entertaining tours provided by our fabulous docents. If you are interested in becoming a part of this group of people committed to the success of the Museum, please email bmahler@moas.org for a volunteer application. 6 ARTS ARTS&&SCIENCES SCIENCESMAGAZINE MAGAZINE
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Week : June 8 - 12 9am-12pm
Dinosaur Crazy Your young paleontologist will enjoy an exciting handson opportunity to touch, hold, and discover real dinosaur fossils from the Museum’s private collection. Students will sort, dig, and discover the life and times of dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era. Junior paleontologists will learn about meat eaters, plant eaters and the difference between mammals and reptiles.
1pm-4pm
Art Adventure Let your imagination be your guide! Paint, draw, sculpt and create art that is all your own. Create prints, pottery, and crazy art that will impress your whole family. Enjoy hands on activities and take a tour around the world with our amazing art galleries.
Week 2: June 15 - 19 9am-12pm
My Five Senses There is no better place to explore your senses than the Museum. Vision, sound, touch, smell and taste will be explored while your camper visits the Museum galleries and participates in related activities. This multi-sensory journey will explore artifacts, paintings, sculpture, food, and more as you take a journey around the world.
1pm-4pm
I Want To Be A Builder Build this! Build that! We have tons of blocks, Lego’s and other materials to build all types of cool stuff, like wacky sculptures, buildings, towers, cars and more! Builders will learn engineering, balance, design, color, and most importantly, will use their imaginations! Students will explore the Museum galleries and discover sculptures, paintings, and objects that represent the art of building!
Week 3: June 22 - 26 9am-12pm
Week 4: July 6 - 10 9am-12pm
LEGO® King Let’s build with LEGOs! Let your imagination run wild and create your own cityscape, futuristic vehicle or abstract sculpture. Explore basic concepts of engineering, design, balance, physics, and more! Work with the Museum’s collection of over 120,000 LEGOs as well as other materials. 1pm-4pm Junior Picasso Create art that is one of a kind in this class that lets you explore the world of art. Tour Museum galleries and be inspired to paint, sculpt, draw, and construct unique pieces of beautiful art that would make Picasso himself proud.
Week 5: July 13 - 17 9am-12pm Backyard Naturalist Learn about native ecosystems that exist in your own backyard. Discover the relationships of animals, plants, insects and how they live together in different environments. Use the Museum’s collection of natural history artifacts to learn about the world outside. 1pm-4pm I Want to Be A Scientist The Museum has over 100 interactive hands-on science kits that will teach your young scientist about sound, light, physics, astronomy, paleontology and more. Conduct your own science experiments; visit the planetarium and the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum.
Week 6: July 20 - 24 9am-12pm Pirate Attack!!! Shiver Me Timbers! Dress up like a pirate, design your own pirate flag, create your own treasure coin and learn about life at sea as a pirate. Enjoy pirate stories, arts and crafts, and a fun dress up pirate party. Landlubbers need not apply!
I Want To Be An Astronaut Learn about the stars, planets and Milky Way Galaxy and discover the life of an astronaut. Learn about rockets and visit the Museum’s new 1.6 million dollar planetarium for an incredible show. Make a solar system diorama and a cool space ship that will whisk you away to the stars and beyond.
1pm-4pm Art Makes the World Go Round Your imagination is the limit in this painting, printing, drawing, and construction class. Art made the world, and students will learn about portraits, landscapes, sculptures and more! Students will make their own masterpieces using a variety of art media.
1pm-4pm
Week 7: July 27 - 31
Animals Around the World Animals come in all shapes and sizes. They fill all corners of the world. During this class students will learn about the diversity of animals from A to Z. Learn how animals communicate, move and how they acquire food.
No Classes June 29 - July 3
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9am-12pm Science Big Shot Discover a world of physics, astronomy, and fossils. Learn how science is all around and affects our lives every day. Work with electrical circuits, magnetics, robotics and more! 1pm-4pm Art Crazy Print, paint, and splatter your way through the world of art. Take a trip around the world and learn about art using the Museum’s extraordinary collection of fine art. Make prints, pottery, crazy art, finger paints, and more!
ar Olds 7, 8 and 9 Ye Week 1: June 8 - 12 9am-12pm Block Party Fun It’s a party with music, dj lights, fun snacks and you’re invited, so let the fun begin! Everyday there is a new LEGO® challenge building cars, wacky sculptures, buildings, planes and more. Explore basic concepts of engineering, physics, design and more. We have over 120,000 LEGOs to engage your creativity and to build your wildest dreams. 1pm-4pm Paleontology 1000 Learn about the fascinating world of fossil animals from the past such as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, dinosaurs and other extinct animals. Learn how to dig up fossils and identify bone material using the Museum’s extensive collection of real fossils. Take a journey back through time and discover our world of ancient life.
Week 2: June 15 - 19 9am-12pm Time Warp Join us for time travel back to the ancient world! Learn about mummies, pyramids, ancient temples, and the art of long lost cultures. Discover geography, art, engineering, history and ancient inventions that changed the world. Play our very own version of Ancient Jeopardy!. 1pm-4pm Master Rembrandt Create portraits, landscapes, folk art and more! Learn about master painters from history and discover the Museum’s world-class collection of fine art. Be inspired and create a masterpiece. Visit the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art and learn about the master painters who visited Florida.
Week 3: June 22 - 26 9am-12pm Digital Nation Experience the latest in computer imaging as you create fantastic multimedia presentations using Bryce 3-D, iMovie, digital photography and more. Back by popular demand, create your own music using “Garage Band” digital recording studio. 1pm-4pm Mad Professor Science is more important than ever and gives students a head start for the next school year. Get hands-on experience with electrical circuits, force and motion, astronomy, biodiversity, archaeology, and more. Take a trip to the planetarium and zoom through the outer reaches of our universe. Learn about famous scientists and create your own conclusions.
No Classes June 29 - July 3
Week 4: July 6 - 10 9am-12pm Race to Space Take a galactic journey through the universe and visit our new 1.6 million dollar digital planetarium. Discover cool constellations, planets, galaxies, and other wonders that make up our place in the universe. Learn how our planetarium works, how to use a telescope, and what it takes to be an astronaut. 1pm-4pm Art Studio 1000 The Museum’s fine art collection is world class! Use this as your backdrop to paint, draw, construct, print and create your own fantastic art. Visit the galleries including the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art and learn about the masterpieces from all over the world.
Week 5: July 13 - 17 9am-12pm Florida Naturalist Learn about the native ecosystems that exist in your own backyard. Discover the complex relationships of animals, plants, and insects past and present that live together in different environments. Use the Museum’s collection of natural history artifacts to learn about the world outside. 1pm-4pm LEGO® Sensation Explore the wonderful world of LEGOs and create dazzling sculptures, buildings, racecars, and many other sensational pieces. Use the Museum’s impressive collection of over 120,000 LEGOs to construct your masterpiece. Visit Museum galleries, the planetarium, and nature preserve to inspire your creations.
Week 6: July 20 - 24 9am-12pm Aviation 101 Try your hand at the controls of our awesome flight simulators. Learn the basics of aviation, including the science and history of flight. Investigate the concepts of pitch, roll, altimeter and more! Discover how airports work and how pilots land and take off. 1pm-4pm MOAS Archaeology Lab If you like artifacts and ancient civilizations, this is the class for you. Learn about the science of archaeology and how societies change over time. Learn about the tools, art, and artifacts that ancient people used every day. Discover the tools, the methods and how archaeologists excavate sites.
Week 7: July 27 - 31 9am-12pm MOAS Challenge: I Want to be a Reality Show Star Are you a ham? Do you have an outgoing personality? If so, join us for this one-of-a-kind class where you can star in a reality show. While on camera, compete with your team to win games! Be prepared to be interviewed and talk about your experience on our “webisode.” Students in the 10-13 year old class will produce the show from footage recorded earlier in class.
1pm-4pm Fossil Detectives We love fossils! Check out our massive collection of fossils from dinosaurs to ice age mammals. Make your own fossil molds, dig in our fossil pit and learn about extinct life on Earth. Discover the story of our Giant Ground Sloth and get hands-on experience using the Museum’s extensive collection of fossils.
Year Olds 13 d n a 12 11, , 10 Week 1: June 8 - 12 9am-12pm LEGO® King 120,000 LEGOs can make life just about perfect! Enjoy a build off everyday and create buildings, towns, planes, abstract sculptures, and other LEGO creations. Visit Museum galleries to gain inspiration for your LEGO art and take a cruise through the cosmos in our new planetarium.
No Classes June 29 - July 3 Week 4: July 6 - 10 9am-4pm Claymation Movie Masters Utilizing story boarding, set design, construction and Claymation animation, participants will create original Claymation productions. Discover the editing and production techniques that will inspire budding animators of the 21st Century. Learn how to sculpt, create soundtracks, design titles, and use digital cameras. Week 5: July 13 - 17 9am-4pm Digital Effects Lab Use digital special effects to create wild and wacky videos. This one-of-a-kind class teaches the young film director to use special effects such as reverse film, green screen, and aged film as well as camera techniques, transitions, and basic digital sound recordings.
1pm-4pm Art Strong Improve your visual art skills with this fun class designed to help young, budding artists create portraits, landscapes, prints and more. Fun for students of all abilities, this class will make your child think in abstract ways. Learn art history through our amazing collection of fine art from all over the world and visit the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art.
Week 6: July 20 - 24
Week 2: June 15 - 19
Week 7: July 27 - 31
9am-12pm Art Funtastic Discover your hidden talents, practice your favorite techniques, and build new skills as you take a journey through the art world. Work with wood, clay, fabric, paint, and chalk to create art that would make Picasso happy! Explore the Museum’s world-class collection of fine art and more!
9am-4pm MOAS Challenge: Film Producers Learn how to setup video equipment, shoot video, direct and create storyboards as you film a TV show called “I Want to be a Reality Show Star.” Students will learn the basics of digital editing, film production, and soundtrack creation. Students will produce a show using footage from our “I Want to be a Reality Show Star” for 7-9 year olds.
1pm-4pm CSI Daytona Learn what it takes to become a criminal detective. Dust, identify, and learn the science of fingerprints. Figure out how to crack codes, crimes and how to investigate a crime scene. Learn how the police investigate and use evidence to solve crimes and unravel mysteries.
Week 3: June 22 - 26 9am-12pm Classic Games Join us for a different type of history lesson. Try your abilities at our Atari games center. Learn how to play great games of skill, strategy and mental abilities such as backgammon, Yahtzee, dominoes and other classic games. Create your own computer game. It could become part of history! 1pm-4pm Sensational Science Science makes the world go round! Young scientists will learn through hands-on experiences the science of electricity, Newton’s Laws, astronomy, physics, fossils and more! Visit our new 1.6 million dollar planetarium and be blown away by the vastness of our universe!
9am-4pm Short Movie Making Young film directors will learn how to create a storyboard, edit their film digitally, use digital video cameras, setup tripods, and create soundtracks using “Garage Band”. Then on Friday, film students will have a red carpet preview in our auditorium.
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A one-hour supervised “bring-your-own lunch” break between morning and afternoon sessions will be provided for all campers that will be staying for both morning and afternoon sessions.
Also offering Extended Care from 4pm - 5:30pm! See student registration form for details! THANK YOU TO 2015 SUMMER LEARNING INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS: Daytona Beach Kennel Club Florida Power and Light Stuart L. Sixma, First V.P. - Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Thomas J. Yuschok, M.D., Radiology Associates Imaging Centers Continued on next page
EASY REFERENCE COURSE SCHEDULE AGE GROUPS
JUNE 8-JUNE 12
JUNE 15-JUNE 19
JUNE 22-JUNE 26
JULY 6-JULY 10
JULY 13-JULY 17
JULY 20-JULY 24
JULY 27-31
Backyard Naturalist
PIrate Attack!!!
Science Big Shot
4-5-6 Years Morning
Dinosaur Crazy
My Five Senses
I Want To Be An Astronaut
LEGO® King
4-5-6 Years Afternoon
Art Adventure
I Want To Be A Builder
Animals Around the World
Junior Picasso
I Want To Be A Scientist
Art Makes the World Go Round
Art Crazy
7-8-9 Years Morning
Block Party Fun!
Time Warp
Digital Nation
Race To Space
Florida Naturalist
Aviation 101
MOAS Challenge: Reality Star
Mad Professor
Art Studio 1000
LEGO® Sensation
MOAS Archaeology Lab
Fossil Detectives
Claymation Movie Masters
Digital Effects Lab
Short Movie Making
MOAS Challenge: Film Producers
7-8-9 Years Afternoon
Paleontology 1000 Master Rembrandt
10-11-12-13 Years Morning
LEGO® King
Art Funtastic
Classic Games
10-11-12-13 Years Afternoon
Art Strong
CSI Daytona
Sensational Science
10-11-12-13 Years All Day
Student Registration Form 2015
Name_________________________________ Age _______Address________________________________ City/State_____________________________Zip________Phone __________________________________ Parent(s)________________________________________Email ___________________________________ Additional registration forms and information can be found online at www.moas.org
NOTE: Tuition fees are indicated by museum member discount price first, followed by the general admission fee.
Programs Ages 7, 8 & 9
Programs Ages 4, 5 & 6
❏ Dinosaur Crazy ❏ Art Adventure ❏ My Five Senses
❏ I Want To Be A Builder ❏ I Want To Be An Astronaut ❏ Animals Around the World ❏ LEGO® King ❏ Junior Picasso ❏ Backyard Naturalist ❏ I Want To Be A Scientist ❏ Pirate Attack!!! ❏ Art Makes the World Go Round ❏ Science Big Shots ❏ Art Crazy
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❏ Block Party Fun! ❏ Paleontology 1000
$80/$90 $80/$90 ❏ Time Warp $80/$90 ❏ Master Rembrandt $80/$90 ❏ Digital Nation $80/$90 ❏ Mad Professor $80/$90 ❏ Race To Space $80/$90 ❏ Art Studio 1000 $80/$90 ❏ Florida Naturalist $80/$90 ® ❏ LEGO Sensation $80/$90 ❏ Aviation 101 $80/$90 ❏ MOAS Archaeology Lab $80/$90 ❏ MOAS Challenge: Reality Star $80/$90 ❏ Fossil Detectives $80/$90
Payment
Reservations for each class are confirmed by your payment. Fees are non-refundable, but the Museum will make every effort to find an alternative placement for a student in another session if cancellation occurs.
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Programs Ages 10, 11, 12 & 13
❏ LEGO® King
$80/$90 ❏ Art Strong $80/$90 ❏ Art Funtastic $80/$90 ❏ CSI Daytona $80/$90 ❏ Classic Games $80/$90 ❏ Sensational Science $80/$90 ❏ Claymaton Movie Masters $160/$180 ❏ Digital Effects Lab $160/$180 ❏ Short Movie Making $160/$180 ❏ MOAS Challenge: Film Producers $160/$180 Extended Care Program Extended Care Program will be offered from
4pm - 5:30pm for $25 per week. Extended Care students picked up after 5:30pm will be charged $10 for every 10 minutes of additional care provided. Please mark the weeks which your student will attend:
❏ june 8 - june 12 ❏ june 15 - june 19 ❏ june 22 - june 26 ❏ july 6 - july 10 ❏ july 13 - july 17 ❏ july 20 - july 24 ❏ july 27 - july 31 Make check payable to: MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Mail to: Museum of Arts and Sciences Attn: Summer Learning Institute 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
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SPECIAL SECTION | MOAS EDUCATION
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By J. ”Zach” Zacharias Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History
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ducation programs abound for all interests at the Museum: science, history, and art are just some of the subjects we explore. No matter the age, background or community, our Education Department maintains an open arms policy for all who visit. MOAS has developed programs to fit community needs ranging from public and private schools, church groups, adult education, homeschoolers, and underserved children. The Education Department has developed and maintained programs that enhance understanding of the Museum’s vast collections. The largest clients served by our Education Department are the public, private and homeschool groups who frequent the Museum every year. School groups usually visit MOAS in the morning and stay for an average of 2.5 to 3 hours. Almost every school group visiting the Museum joins Seth Mayo, Curator of Astronomy, for a curriculum-guided tour through our solar system, galaxy and universe. Along with the Planetarium, groups choose a variety of additional activities on their visit like our popular interactive stage shows, gallery tours, Children’s Museum, or nature tour. Our stage shows have been a longstanding hit for over 18 years and feature curriculum driven programs such as, The World of Energy, The World of Fossils, Back to Ancient Egypt and Colonial America. The World of Energy features interactive demonstrations showcasing
electricity, sound, force and motion, and light energy. Colonial America presents a unique look at the history of our colonies beginning with the portraits of children from early America and ending with famous paintings of George Washington. Our fossil show introduces students to prehistoric animals with a focus on Florida’s Ice Age animals and the world of the Giant Ground Sloth. Many school groups choose to take a trip through our magnificent galleries. A guided tour to see the oldest resident in Volusia County, the Giant Ground Sloth, is always a crowd favorite. The Root Family Museum is also a popular stop, with students giving an "Aww, look at that!” after turning the corner to see race cars, trains, Coca Cola® artifacts and teddy bears. The Education Department uses docents to guide students through our galleries. Tours are aligned with the Sunshine State Standards for social studies, art and science. Most of our school tours include a visit to the ever-popular Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum. With dozens of hands-on exhibits, from engineering to imagination play, it is a must-see for school field studies. Students love the free time to explore and learn on their own in a safe and exciting environment. Most school groups will spend anywhere from half an hour to several hours in the Children’s Museum. It has become one of our most important galleries for families because it provides an opportunity where parent and child can learn together.
MOAS has developed programs to fit community needs ranging from public and private schools, church groups, adult education, homeschoolers, and underserved children. The goal of the Children’s Museum is to provide a rich environment that stimulates children’s natural curiosity and creativity. Engineering, exploration and imagination play are themes prevalent throughout. The Kim A. Klancke, M.D. and Marsha L. Klancke Environmental Education Complex in Tuscawilla Preserve is another popular destination. School groups touring the nature preserve can reconnect with and understand the significance of their natural environment. Students learn about the importance of preserving our natural resources and the uniqueness of the ecosystem, while discovering flora and fauna that have made a last stand in this urban preserve. Tuscawilla, with its jungle-like forest, gives students a glimpse of this environment before people arrived. Of course, no discussion about educational programs would be complete without mentioning our ever-popular Summer Learning
From left: MOAS Education Department intern, Shelly Albee, tours visitors around the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art; High school hands on natural history class after school program.
Institute, the Museum's longest running program with over 40 years of summer camps. The seven week program with approximately 35 classes gives students ages 4-13 years old the opportunity to enjoy classes normally not taught in the school system or with such depth of content. Classes cover topics like pirates, claymation movie making, fossils, LEGO’s and art. These are a small smattering of the popular classes provided in this program. Science outreach is a more recent program, now in its 8th year of service to both public and private schools. In a partnership with General Electric (GE) Volunteers, the Museum has developed nearly 100 tabletop hands-on science stations made for visits in an afterschool enrichment program. “Family Science Nights” are held at schools in the evening hours from 6:00pm to 7:30pm and are a fantastic opportunity for families to learn about science in an informal learning environment. For Family Science Nights, we provide 15 hands-on stations, including our 30-seat portable planetarium in which families can journey through the cosmos from the comfort of their own school. Our team designed stations based on the most current science standards and have worked closely in partnership with Jim Kotas, Chairman of the Florida Atlantic Coast GE Volunteers, and his team. GE grants and other community partners like Thompson Pump of Port Orange and 16 ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE
Mediatech of Holly Hill, help fund and build some of the interactive exhibits. Stations such as electrical circuits, Newton’s Laws, magnetics, fossils and sound energy are just a small sample of what is available to students. From this program, the Education Department has expanded and created five separate Family Science Nights: General Science, Math Night, Ecology Night, Astronomy Night, and Combo Night (a combination of all). The next type of Family Night that we hope to create is an Art Night. Education doesn’t stop with children and students. Adult programs are an important component of the Museum’s educational plan. We offer guided tours of the collection to adult groups, but go beyond that with lectures, walkthroughs, classes, and other special events. One of the most popular adult programs has been our Coffee, Chocolates and Collections program. This program focuses on various museum collections or topics such as the Art of the Horse, the African collection, Napoleonic art, the outer planets, and Florida History. The hour and a half program starts with coffee and delectable chocolates and ends with discussions in the gallery. Another popular adult program is our afternoon with Florida History. This quarterly Saturday Afternoon program features guest speakers covering local and state history from Civil War Florida to the history of Ormond Beach. Other
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Education doesn’t stop with children and students. Adult programs are an important component of the Museum’s educational plan. Septembers with the Smithsonian, Natural History Festival, Zoo Paint, and LEGO® Day have made the Museum’s programming a one stop shop. There is an exciting program to suit everyone’s taste! The Museum’s educational programs are important because they draw attention to our impressive collections and go beyond the exhibit, giving each visitor deeper context and meaning. They give people a reason to visit and others a reason to return. The Museum, providing enlightening, entertaining and thoughtful programming, has established itself as a center for learning in the community. The commitment to education over the years has provided many firsts for the Museum such as; Family Science Nights, the children’s summer movie making school, Natural History Festival, education trunks, Scout programs, Smithsonian Webinars and more. These programs are unique to our museum and would be difficult to find at any other institution. Look for a program that is interesting to you in our event calendar or on our website and join us in the Museum’s “shared humanity”.
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By Luis Zengotita, Science and Education Associate
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he Summer Learning Institute has a long tradition of movie making and this year we are going to be in High Definition. Thanks to a generous donation from the Friedrich Oettel Foundation we were able to buy brand new Apple Macintosh computers, HD cameras, and new equipment. Over the past 27 years, children in our Summer Learning Institute have been taught how to create a storyboard, make characters, build sets, shoot film, edit film, make soundtracks and add voice-overs. The length of the movies range from one minute to an hour and a half. Video is a perfect blend of art and science. Here at MOAS we offer several different options to discover the possibilities of this medium in our annual Summer Learning Institute.
older class (children 10-13) is in charge of the production. They make the games, film, and edit the film. Their part is more technical, but just as necessary as the content. The final episodes can be found on youtube.com.
We hope to see all of you this summer in one of our movie making classes.
“Claymation,” “Short Movie Making” and “The MOAS Challenge” are three of these offerings and many of their components are shared. All use cameras to capture the action and require a set and “actors”, as well as directors. A healthy dose of creativity is also an essential ingredient. In the “Claymation” class, students create and manipulate their actors as well as the miniature set. We use nondrying clay in a dozen colors that can be mixed to make additional new colors. Students are reminded that the tiny sculptures should look impressive and need to be able to withstand thousands of movements. Even using the best technical program available it still takes at least two hours to record one minute of film. Upon completion of their film, students use Macintosh computers to change the speed, remove any unwanted shots and add sound. In “Short Movie Making” the students employ other students as living actors and the sets are much larger! The advantage is that the filming takes far less time. The students are asked to shoot a documentary, commercial, true story, original story or a special effects short film. This past year was the first time a student chose to create and direct a scary movie. In “The MOAS Challenge”, students ages 7-9 get to star in a reality show. For the challenge, teams play games of strength, strategy and luck. The
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SPECIAL SECTION | MOAS EDUCATION
By Seth Mayo, Curator of Astronomy
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reating memorable and meaningful experiences is the central role the Planetarium serves in the educational mission of MOAS. The Planetarium has a legacy that spans over four decades. Now entirely brand new with upgraded facilities and powerful digital technology, the unique environment of this domed theater allows us to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in the most effective way. When we point out the celestial wonders that are imprinted onto the sky, we are hoping to cultivate not only increased knowledge and an understanding of new concepts, but to develop the inspiration to be curious and observant of the fascinating universe around us. The true power of the Planetarium
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comes from the ability to teach science in a variety of learning styles: visual, auditory, and even kinesthetic (tactile). These methods become vitally important when attempting to explain the very abstract nature of astronomy. This can certainly be seen in the daily shows that we offer to general visitors. In the previous Planetarium, we ran about 14 shows per week. The new state-of-the-art facility allows us to present more than 30 shows over the same time frame, exposing larger and more diverse audiences to science each year. Many of the shows we run are automated, full-dome video presentations in surround sound that cover a whole range of astronomical topics including the history of Galileo, telescopes, future moon missions, and Greek mythology. Our library of shows is rotated throughout the year to diversify
the schedule, as well as aligning them with particular astronomical occurrences and spaceflight events. These pre-recorded shows are fully animated with breathtaking visuals that whisk audiences away to other worlds - hopefully invigorating their imagination. Alongside the automated shows, we believe that live programming is an essential part of our daily schedule. There is nothing to replace a passionate science promoter who can connect with an audience on a level that automation cannot match. A traditional audience favorite is our "Sky Tonight" program, where we unveil that evening's night sky. This dynamic show is always changing - ebbing and flowing with the intricate clockwork of celestial cycles. This is where we can tell ancient stories, explore beautiful objects found within
throughout Volusia County and beyond. We recognize the challenges many schools are faced with when deciding where to take their students, tackling issues like funding, transportation, and finding useful experiences to augment classroom studies. We have carefully incorporated Florida Standards into interactive planetarium shows adapted for varying audience ages to make a field trip fully worthwhile for a school group. Throughout each new school year, we alter our programming to fit in curriculum changes that may occur. We use the standards as a starting point to share all the wonders of the universe and to reveal to students that these concepts can be learned. We strive to make shows enjoyable and understandable by incorporating the students into our shows, instead of just displaying flashy images and listing facts that are easily forgotten. We allow them to claim ownership of the content we are presenting by having the students participate through the various learning styles, and this has proven to be compelling. When we want to talk about a bright planet or significant star, we have them guess which one it is and point it out themselves. Sometimes if we are teaching a fundamental concept like rotation, revolution, or gravity, we like to have the students say it out loud, to familiarize them with keywords. Since even simple physics in space can be counter-intuitive and abstract, we have them do hand motions that mimic the concept. These techniques aren't just little tricks and silly practices, they are paramount in making new connections to different ideas that are fun and engaging.
constellations, and discuss current astronomical events that are unfolding. We aspire to make this type of show interactive and thought-provoking, hoping to convince an audience to trek outside on their own to observe the heavens. Special live shows we create from scratch are also found on the schedule and highlight a specific topic we dig deeper into. The customizable nature of the visualization software found within the new technology allows us to - fairly quickly - explore the universe in a dramatic fashion, and gives us the ability to create those “wow� moments. One of the unseen sides of the Planetarium for our general visitors is our dedication to the pre-school through high school students who visit us from public and private schools
The Planetarium is also a stimulating environment for ESE (Exceptional Student Education) students with disabilities. We customize our shows to cater to the needs of all children. The students of one of Florida's largest blind schools have attended the Planetarium on numerous occasions. The public is usually shocked when we talk about the great time that blind or visually impaired students can have in a live show. By creating hands-on 3D models of the constellations, we have been able to successfully teach these determined blind students the beauty of the night sky. We have also created a hands-on solar system, complete with Braille to be used outside of the Planetarium - connecting them with concepts that should be taught to everyone. These same principles are used for shows that we offer to summer groups and to the students in our own summer camp,
The true power of the Planetarium comes from the ability to teach science in a variety of learning styles: visual, auditory, and even kinesthetic (tactile).
the Summer Learning Institute (SLI). This type of planetarium programming hopefully makes science and astronomy cool subjects to pursue for the younger generations we serve. For the last couple of years, MOAS has been fortunate enough to be able to share the Planetarium outside the confines of the permanent facility. Our ever popular portable planetarium, with a 20-foot diameter blowup dome and digital projection system, has enabled us to spread this element of education to thousands more children and adults that aren't always able to attend the primary facility. After a quick 30 minutes of setup time, we are able to transport smaller audiences to far off places throughout the universe inside libraries, cafeterias, gyms, large classrooms, and stages. The same teaching principles discussed earlier can also be found in the portable planetarium, recreating those meaningful experiences anywhere. Shorter programs can be held here, and although this constrains the time we can offer lessons on astronomy, it serves the purpose of igniting a spark of inspiration for those who attend. As education in all realms continues to evolve and adapt to 21st century needs, we strive to keep the Planetarium ahead of the curve and moving forward. As we continue to explore the universe at MOAS and elsewhere, we hope the education we offer inspires an urge to keep wondering. A job well done is when we witness the lasting mark that the Planetarium can have on one's life.
Spring Exhibits APRIL
Cuban Museum and African Art Through Spring 2015
3D Solar System: Stunning Anaglyph Images of Celestial Bodies
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Our Cuban Museum and African Art Collections are currently on view in new temporary gallery spaces during the reconstruction of the West Wing. Enjoy a different perspective on these rich collections in this newlyimagined space.
April 14 through Summer 2015
Through Spring 2015 A fascinating yet little known grouping of contemporary art in a variety of sizes and media from the MOAS collection. Artists include Antoinette Slick, Hiram Williams and James Rosenquist as well as David Swoyer, whose study in mixed media on paper is both a serious and delightful fantasy.
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Contemporary Paintings from the MOAS Collection
Grab a pair of 3D glasses and witness fascinating NASA images of Mars and various solar system bodies in the brand new Planetarium lobby. Captured by high resolution cameras, the collection of anaglyph red-cyan images are the result of numerous spacecraft and rovers that have explored far-off worlds. This exhibit is in collaboration with and sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a Florida Space Grant.
Exhibits and dates subject to change.
SPRING PROGRAMS April April 9 3:00pm-4:00pm Meet Me in the Gallery: Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art Paintings of the Everglades Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James “Zach” Zacharias, and learn about the paintings portraying the nation’s largest subtropical wetlands. Learn about the artists, the culture, and natural history of this amazing watershed. Space is limited. RSVP to the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members or with paid admission. April 10 4:00pm-4:45pm Special Planetarium Show: Humans in Space Just before the anniversary of the first person launched in space and the inaugural Space Shuttle flight, we will take a journey into the past, present, and future of human space exploration with a special talk in the Planetarium. We will explore the challenges of space flight that have pushed us to new heights. This immersive program will also delve into the changing climate of space exploration as commercial companies begin to shape the future of these endeavors. $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children, free for members. April 11 3:00pm-4:00pm History of the Black Seminole Join James Bullock, Florida historian and Seminole War reenactor, for a presentation of the history of the Black Seminoles in Florida who were descendants of free blacks and escaped slaves. The black portion of the Second Seminole War was not widely known. It was occasionally reported in the national press, but rarely in any detail, and almost never in direct language. Discover this little known, but important history of Florida and other Seminole leaders such as Wild Cat and Osceola. $7.00 for general admission or with paid Museum admission, free for members.
portion of the program will discuss the end of the Civil War in Florida. $7.00 for general admission or with paid Museum admission, free for members.
May May 2 10:00am-3:00pm Model Ship Builders Show The Port Orange Model Ship Builders Club will be holding a one-day expo in Root Hall. Come see amazing hand-made models of ships of all shapes, sizes and types. Talk with ship modeler craftsmen and learn about the history of famous and beautiful bygone ships. Take a tour of the Museum’s collection of ship portraits. Free for members or with paid admission. May 2 11:00am-4:30pm MOAS Space Day In conjunction with International Space Day, the Museum will host a fun-filled celebration of all things space. We will take a look at how the universe around us shapes our lives, and how we explore it with the most advanced technology and science. There will be special Planetarium shows, talks from scientists and professors, and hands-on activities in and outside the Museum. Free for members or with paid admission. May 5 2:00pm-3:00pm Meet Me in the Cuban Gallery with Juan Junco With all of recent developments between the United States and Cuba, the island nation once again has moved to the forefront of our foreign policy. Join Cuban Docent, Juan Junco, and discover the amazing history and culture of Cuba through the collection of art and other related artifacts. Free to all Volusia County Residents and MOAS Members or with paid admission.
April 11 7:00pm-9:45pm Second Saturday Laser Rock Concert 7:00 p.m. Hypnotica – Techno and electronic music 8:00 p.m. Laser U2 9:00 p.m. Pink Floyd – The Wall $5.00 for one show, $7.00 for two shows or $9.00 for three shows
May 6 5:30pm-6:30pm First Wednesdays: Yoga in the Gallery Take a break from your week and explore the world of yoga at the Museum! Meet in the Museum lobby to join registered yoga instructor, Ashley Brooks of Holistic Movements, in our new monthly yoga series held the first Wednesday of each month. This hour-long session will provide an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses. Class is open to all levels. Please bring a mat, towel, and water. Space is limited, registration is required. RSVP to the Museum at 386-255-0285. $10.00 for general admission, $5.00 for members.
April 17 2:00pm-3:00pm On the Porch at Gamble Place: Spanish Missions of Florida Enjoy a beautiful spring day on the front porch at Gamble Place in Port Orange and learn about the Spanish Missions of Northeast Florida. Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James “Zach” Zacharias, will discuss the rise and fall of the Spanish Missions from St. Augustine to Tallahassee. $5.00 for general admission, free for members.
May 7 3:00pm-4:00pm Elegant Abodes of Volusia County Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James “Zach” Zacharias, and learn about the historic mansions that still exist in Volusia County. From Debary to Oak Hill and Daytona to Ormond Beach, many large and wonderful historic abodes have stood the test of time. Learn about the history, people and architecture of these extant homes. Free for members or with paid admission.
April 25 3:00pm-4:30pm Afternoon with Florida History Join famed historian, Joseph Vetter, and learn about the “Real McCoy”, legendary local rumrunner and ship builder from Holly Hill, William McCoy. Discover how he pursued the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to Florida and the Eastern Seaboard. The second
May 9 7:00pm-9:45pm Second Saturday Laser Rock Concert 7:00 p.m. Laser Vinyl – Rock songs from the 70’s and 80’s 8:00 p.m. Laser Metallica 9:00p.m. Laser Zeppelin $5.00 for one show, $7.00 for two shows or $9.00 for three shows
May 12 4:00pm-4:45pm Special Planetarium Show: Beyond Our Universe Does anything lurk outside of our Universe? Could there be other universes beyond ours? Although these ideas were once science fiction, today many scientists endorse some form of a Multiverse, or a many universes interpretation of our cosmos. Learn about this incredible view of the cosmos in our special talk in the Planetarium on the Multiverse. $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children, free for members. May 15 2:00pm-3:00pm On the Porch at Gamble Place: Henry Flagler, an East Coast Legend Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James “Zach” Zacharias, at Gamble Place in Port Orange for a talk about the influence of Florida railroad tycoon, Henry Flagler. Discover his influence on art, culture, and tourism that still resonates today. $5.00 for general admission, free for members.
June June 3 5:30pm-6:30pm First Wednesdays: Yoga in the Gallery Take a break from your week and explore the world of yoga at the Museum! Meet in the Museum lobby to join registered yoga instructor, Ashley Brooks of Holistic Movements, in our new monthly yoga series held the first Wednesday of each month. This hour-long session will provide an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses. Class is open to all levels. Please bring a mat, towel, and water. Space is limited, registration is required. RSVP to the Museum at 386-255-0285. $10.00 for general admission, $5.00 for members. June 4 3:00pm-4:00pm Meet Me in the Gallery: Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art Natural history abounds throughout the magnificent collection of Florida art at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James “Zach” Zacharias, and learn about the flora and fauna which make these paintings so important. Space is limited. RSVP to the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members or with paid admission. June 13 7:00pm-9:45pm Second Saturday Laser Rock Concert 7:00 p.m. Laseropolis – An eclectic mix of rock, grunge, and alternative music 8:00 p.m. Laser Beatles 9:00 p.m. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon $5.00 for one show, $7.00 for two shows or $9.00 for three shows June 23 2:00pm-3:30pm Coffee Chocolates and Collections: Buildings, Skylines, and Bridges Meet us at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art and discover the many landmarks that artists painted and documented throughout Florida history. Join Senior Curator of Education and Curator of History, James “Zach” Zacharias, and discover the art, history and culture behind such landmarks as the Biltmore Hotel, the Old City Gates, and more! Space is limited. RSVP to the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members or with paid admission.
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GUILD NEWS
MEMBERS FROM THE MOAS GUILD CELEBRATING A RECORD BREAKING YEAR OF FUNDRAISING ON A MYSTERY CRUISE.
MOAS Guild: It Doesn't Get Any Better MOAS Guild President Joan Horneff concludes a successful two-year term By Joan Horneff, Guild President
I was very fortunate to be among the guests at the Black Tie event that celebrated the opening of the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. As guests entered the Museum we were each greeted by Cici and Hyatt Brown. My friend couldn’t resist telling Cici how thrilled and surprised I was to see my name on the plaque in the foyer of the 24 ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE
Museum. The truth was, I was shocked and it brought tears to my eyes. Cici graciously responded “Well, of course Joan. You have been a part of this.” Wow! To think that I have been even a very small part of this wonderful museum will make me proud forever. What a way to conclude my term as President of the Guild of the Museum of Arts
and Sciences. It doesn’t get any better. Next month the Guild will install its new officers and I will step down after two years of fun and fundraising. It has been an honor to lead a group of such hardworking men and women. As the Museum has gone through so many changes, Guild members have risen to the occasion and had two record breaking years of raising much needed
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funds for the Museum. Everything ran smoothly thanks to Diane Rogers, 1st Vice President, at my side, overseeing all Guild fundraising and Kathy Wilson, Treasurer, taking care of our finances. A big thank you to those members who made the following events so successful: Our major fundraiser, The Halifax Art Festival, still struggles to get the message out that it is sponsored by the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences but continues to grow because of the over 85 members who worked many hours before and during the festival. George Fortuna, our amazing Committee Chair, managed to increase the Festival’s profits by more than $10,000 over the previous year. The Festival of Trees committee, under the very hardworking leadership of CarolAnn LaRoza, decorated a record number of trees and managed to fill the room to capacity. Over 25 members made The Children’s Museum Golf Classic fundraiser the best ever, even if I didn’t win a trophy. Thank you to Mike Armstrong and George Fortuna and their amazing committee. Our Artful Interludes were sold out social events for our Guild members. They included a trip to the Morse Museum in Winter Park, a search into our own ancestry, a visit to Gamble Place and a Canvas and Cocktails event. Still to come we have a traditional High Tea at the River Lily B&B to look forward to on May 21, 2015, all thanks to the planning and organization of Sue Fream and Marilyn Willhoit. In addition to the fascinating monthly programs, our Vice President, Marilynn Sternberg, organized our Fall Fashion show and is still working on our Garden Party, scheduled for April 14, 2015. We also managed to fit in a Crab Dinner, a Casino Night, a Mystery Cruise, and a Holiday Give Back party that was great fun and collected 411 pounds of food for local food banks. Thank you to Andrew Sandall and his staff at the Museum for supporting us in our efforts and The Board of Trustees for welcoming me as the Guild Representative and making me feel our efforts were truly appreciated. Thank you also to Jackie Harrison, my parliamentarian, who promised to keep me out of trouble even though it wasn’t easy. As you can see it has been an incredible year. I invite all of you that are not already members to come to a meeting and join us. We meet the second Tuesday of each month, 10:00 a.m. for coffee and 10:30 a.m. for our business meetings. You can be as involved as you like and there are plenty of activities to choose from. In conclusion, I’ll say with much pride, “Thank you for two wonderful years and I hope to see you at the Museum(s)”!
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Hyatt Brown and Cici Brown outside of the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art after having just cut the ribbon, marking the Museum open to the public.
Florida Art Unveiled: The Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art Opens to the Public
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he Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art opened to the public on the afternoon of Sunday, February 8, 2015 with a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the Museum’s front doors. Hundreds of visitors gathered in anticipation as Cici and Hyatt Brown and MOAS Executive Director, Andrew Sandall, stood in front of the Museum doors surrounded by members of the MOAS Board of Trustees and elected officials from the city of Daytona Beach, Volusia County and the state of Florida. Once the ribbon was cut the crowd cheered and waited to be let into the building for the first time. The first visitors welcomed into the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum
of Art were the winners from our social media contest, Jason and Cindy Williams, Linda Dixon and Jo Smith.
MOAS was honored to have the winners of our social media contest present for the brunch and ribbon cutting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art on February 8, 2015. From left to right and top to bottom are Jo Smith, Linda Dixon, Jason Williams and Cindy Williams.
With the doors of the Museum held open by Cici and Hyatt Brown, the four winners walked in as its first
official visitors. In the first afternoon of operation, the new Museum saw over 600 visitors. It was such a rewarding day for the Museum of Arts & Sciences as visitors marveled over the beautiful collection of art, breathing new life into the building. Cici and Hyatt spent most of the day visiting with guests and showing everyone around the collection, giving their own personal stories of the meaning behind the artwork. Since opening day, the Museum has seen thousands of visitors. We encourage everyone to come see the new collection of Florida art and to learn about the history that it represents. You never know, you may even recognize some of the places in the paintings from your travels around the state.
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BY: SETH MAYO, CURATOR OF ASTRONOMY
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hen Clyde Tombaugh made his monumental discovery of Pluto in 1930, he saw a tiny speck in the infinite void of space. Using a device called a blink comparator at the Lowell Observatory, he painstakingly flipped between photographic plates of the same section of the night sky, taken at different times, until he noticed a point of light that moved slightly against the back drop of the glittering star field. This faint point of light, then proclaimed as the ninth planet and appropriately named after the Roman god of the dark underworld, completely altered the fundamental understanding of the solar system - bringing us closer to a cold and
far off territory beyond the orbit of Neptune. Fast forward 85 years and, surprisingly, we know very little about Pluto. At this small world's great distance, even one of the most powerful astronomical devices ever conceived, the space-based Hubble Space Telescope, has only been able to resolve it as a messy smudge a few pixels across. Now, we are finally on the cusp of looking at it with brand new eyes during the much anticipated first flyby of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft this summer. It is hoped that the mission will shed new light on this dark and mysterious world.
Original photographic plates of Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto, 1930. Credit: Lowell Observatory Archives
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Since Tombaugh's discovery, Pluto has always been known as a solar system oddity. When compared to its neighborhood of planets, it is easy to notice its weirdness. First, its path or orbit around the sun is severely tilted and stretched. While most of the other planet's orbits pretty much lie within the same plane (known as the ecliptic), Pluto's is inclined by more than 17 degrees. As it makes its whopping 247 earth-year journey around the sun, this celestial body's very elliptical (more oval than round) orbit brings it as far out as 4.5 billion miles from the sun, and 2.8 billion miles during closest approach. This means that Pluto is sometimes farther from the sun than Neptune, and sometimes closer during its long plutonian year. Pluto's well known trademark is its small size. After you pass the gas giant planets that boast diameters hundreds of thousands miles across, Pluto's diameter amounts to a mere 1,500 miles. This makes it even smaller than our moon at only two thirds its size. It is so small that its largest moon Charon, at half of
its size, doesn't even orbit around Pluto. The small mass of Pluto doesn't produce the gravitational tug required to bring Charon around it, so they orbit around a common center in between the two worlds. While Charon was discovered as recently as 1978, Pluto's other even smaller four moons (called natural satellites) have also not been known for very long: Nix and Hydra were found in 2005, Kerberos in 2011, and Styx in 2012.
definition for planets, which Pluto did not fit into. The new term, "dwarf planet", was devised and Pluto's prime reason for not making the planet cut came from the fact that it hasn't "cleared its local neighborhood" of debris, the Kuiper Belt, due to its low gravity. There is still contentious debate among many in the public, including the science community about this re-categorization.
The unique and probably most significant aspect of Pluto is its location inside the Kuiper Belt. Described as transNeptunian objects (TNOs), the Kuiper belt is a vast field of rocky, metallic, and icy debris that reach out to 4.8 billion miles from the sun. Pluto is the largest of these objects, considered the primordial bits from the early formation of our solar system, 4.5 billion years ago.
Although Pluto has a dwarf planet designation, it doesn't mean that scientists have turned their backs on this distant world. Reminiscent of the Voyager missions of the 1980's that brought twin spacecraft to accurately study the outer gas giants and to fly by Uranus and Neptune for the first time, the aptly named New Horizons spacecraft will do much the same with its sights set to Pluto instead.
Even farther out from the Kuiper Belt was the surprising discovery of Eris in 2006, which turned out to be just a bit larger than Pluto. The findings led the international governing body of astronomers, the IAU (International Astronomical Union), to declare a new
About the size of a grand piano, New Horizons is a 650 million dollar craft built primarily by the Southwest Research Institute and the John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. The mission is part of a NASA program dubbed New Frontiers, and its principal investigator, Continued on next page
Artist's rendering of New Horizons spacecraft on its flyby of Pluto and its moon Charon. Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI)s
From left: Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, and Hydra. Credit: NASA, ESA; Image of Pluto and Charon taken with the telescopic Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on New Horizons on January 25, 2015. Credit: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI; Image of Pluto and its dim moons, Nix and Hydra, with the telescopic Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on New Horizons. Credit: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI
Alan Stern (former NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate), heads the project. Stern is well known for his discontent with the dwarf planet status that Pluto received. Launched in January 2006 aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, New Horizons became the swiftest spacecraft ever launched, attaining an enormous velocity of 36,000 mph, or 10 miles per second. Putting the distance of our solar system in perspective and space in general, it still has taken New Horizons over nine years to reach its plutonian destination. Every day it travels close to 1,000,000 miles, and as it barrels toward Pluto, the time it takes to communicate with the spacecraft has increased to over four hours. Live control of communication with the spacecraft is not possible due to the constricting speed of light.
After nine years of on and off hibernation, a slingshot around Jupiter, and a three billion mile overall trek through space, New Horizons had its final wakeup call in December of 2014. It did so with great success, with a follow-up of crucial instrument tests weeks later. The first approach phase began on January 25th, 2015 with the spacecraft's first images of Pluto 126 million miles away - just before what would be the 109th birthday of Clyde Tombaugh if he was still alive. Using a telescopic imager called LORRI (Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager), scientists on the ground were able to use a very pixelated Pluto for initial course-corrections needed to maintain navigational accuracy. It was no surprise that the first images taken were so fuzzy. Even after traveling billions of miles, the dim nature of Pluto is still quite challenging to capture. As the
spacecraft travels leaps and bounds, each image has grown in pixel size leading up to a dramatic arrival. Along with LORRI, there is an entire suite of six instruments which will reveal Pluto in unprecedented detail. We already have an idea of what Pluto is composed of: frozen nitrogen, rock, and possibly water ice. Its thin atmosphere may contain nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide gases. We will have a better understanding of all this with the spectrometers aboard New Horizons, that will break up the components of light bounced off Pluto to determine its composition. This in turn will unravel clues into where it comes from and how it formed. One characteristic of Pluto that scientists have almost no understanding of is its extremely cold surface. The various photographic instruments utilized will provide stunning images of this plutonian surface to be sent back to Earth which will allow intricate maps to be produced. These pictures may reveal features never imagined - a representative look at what trans-Neptunian objects are like. Pluto's moons will also get an up close examination, hopefully helping scientists discover their origin and composition. Scientists are not even sure if there are more moons than what have already been found, so this system may be a bit more crowded than expected. There are also devices on New Horizons to help us understand how the sun, and its powerful solar wind, interacts with Pluto. At the extreme distance that this world inhabits, there are still many unknowns on how the sun's energy influences this environment. The crescendo of the mission will certainly be its closest approach to Pluto at 7:50 a.m. on July 14th, 2015. On that
day, New Horizons will be 4.2 billion miles from Earth and will skim over Pluto's surface at just over 6,200 miles high. At that height, if New Horizons were to fly over New York City, it would be able to differentiate between its network of streets. High resolution images won't be available immediately due to the extreme distance of the spacecraft, but for months after the momentous flyby, data will be continually streamed to Earth for scientists to study for many years to come. After the close approach to the Pluto system, the mission is far from over. NASA will direct New Horizons into deeper space where it may rendezvous with another Kuiper Belt object. There is a plethora of objects still to be explored in the outer solar system, and taking advantage of such a long and difficult journey will surely maximize the spacecraft's full potential. Analogous to an ancient explorer stepping foot onto a new land, the observations and science being revealed by this mission are treading on new ground. The vast amount of research being conducted through New Horizons is not only helping us to understand the Kuiper Belt region, but also to gain new insight about where we come from and the history of the entire solar system.
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