b'4above:Danielle Carrabino leads a members tour of Becoming A Woman in the Age of Enlightenment: French Art from the Horvitz Collectiona favorite exhortation of her father, Albert H. Gordon, Bracken Villa 65 and the bequest of Jane Herb Rinden in a Smith trustee from 1960 through 1970: Remember honor of Thor Rinden that have allowed us to launch this your roots. This spirit of stewardship is alive and wellimportant new initiative. We were thrilled to welcome among our leaders of today as we think about futurecontemporary visual artist Amanda Williams to Smith in initiatives and how to fund them, and Im grateful to June 2019 for a wonderful summer of collaboration,our Museum Visiting Committee members for their connection, creation and conversation. The timing 100 percent participation in the Next Century Fundallowed Amanda to be here with her family, which was in support of special programs and projects duringimportant to us, since all too often personal responsibil-SCMA100, our centennial year. ities prevent artists who are also primary caregivers from One initiative were piloting is an artist-in- participating in valuable residency opportunities. As a residence program to bring an emerging or mid-careerleading womens college, we believe its our obligation artist to campus for a period of creative exploration to do it differently. Amandas time with us was mutually rooted in direct, meaningful contact with our community.beneficial beyond our best hopes and the beginning oWe are very grateful for a foundational gift from Robinwhat will be a sustained engagement with Smith over from the director'