b'from the directorand collecting plans, enriching SCMAs day-to-day efforts while fortifying our future. This includes plans for an exhibition in celebration of the museums centennial in 2020, and I look forward to sharing more about our plans as they unfold.In a departure from SCMAs norm, two of our primary exhibitions this past year were traveling shows, which was a strategic decision given all the curatorial transitions. We believed both exhibitions had a valuable place in our programming and would be great projects with which to usher in our newest curators. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlighten-ment: French Art from the Horvitz Collection proved the perfect platform for introducing Curator of Painting and 2 Sculpture Danielle Carrabino to our community, and for Danielle to introduce, in turn, the compelling, layered, timeless and timely debate about womens roles in society. Danielle brings incredible historical expertise to her work and we look forward to the years ahead to see how that knowledge sheds new light on our collection.ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS JOB Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, and there are manyis the daily reminder that art hasMaterials, organized by the Palmer Museum at Penn the power to transform people and places, in big andState University, is an exhibit we identified several yearssmall ways.ago for its value and relevanceand it was everything Art can be both a breath of fresh air or an oldwe hoped for and more, resonating broadly andfriend; it introduces us to new ideas while also puttingproviding a point of entry for an issue that can feelus in touch with parts of ourselves, giving us pause,overwhelming. Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford 83 insight and inspiration. This idea that art sits at theCurator of Contemporary Art, did a beautiful job crossroads of connection and reflection certainly bo eoverseeing the installation at SCMA; it was a wonderful out in our strategic planning process, and is at the heartproject for us, generating a record-breaking Night at of our mission and all that we do at SCMA. Your Museum event (page 50), a lot of faculty engage-After a period of remarkable curatorial growthment (page 38), and creative PreK12 teaching (page 21). and change, this year marked the first with our full team Collaborating with community partners is an important in place, and its been really exciting to see the seedsway we extend our reach and impact, and this exhibi-we planted take root and blossom. Individually andtion offered abundant opportunity. I invite you to read together, our curators continue to develop their visionmore about the outreach Gina Hall, educator for school from the director'