b'the next year, including her return to deliver the annualrepresentation, and the findings we e a fascinatingMiller Lecture in Art in February 2020 and the creationset of oppositions. SCMA is a place for reflection andof a site-responsive artwork that will be unveiled nexta place for dialogue. A place for studying and a place fall. Theres much more to share about this wonderfulfor kicking back with friends. An academic museum and residency, and all of our visiting artists, beginning ona community resource. We realized that we are all of page 32. In Amandas words, these are the times thatthe above, and that these things need not be mutually art is made. exclusive. Hence the slanted line or edge in our new Whether serendipitously or with intention,logotype, giving expression to the productive tension this connecting of the dots of the who, how andthat defines and distinguishes us.e owe a debt of what for creates a meaningful picture. In recentgratitude to The Brown Foundation, Inc. for generous years, especially, we have aspired to make what we dosupport of our rebrand and new website, in addition to increasingly visible, leveraging resources across depart- ongoing funding for our post-baccalaureate fellowships mentsand the collegeto enhance our collaborativefor emerging arts administrators.culture and create a more porous institution. A lovelyAll of this reflection on SCM s identity leads example that offers insight into our efforts, quite literally,me to our centennialand what a privilege it is to arrive5is the series of time-lapse videos our installation andat this moment. Im enamored with this notion of looking marketing teams collaborated on to show elements ofback to look forward, investigating our history in a way Plastic Entanglements being put into place: Mark Dionsthat inspires us to think about the museum we want to be wall-mounted case of colorful, oddly shaped plastic labtoday and in the future. As we explore how to make that specimens and Willie Coles chandelier of plastic bottlesmanifest in the years ahead, we are grateful for generous being hoisted, which was a feat of engineering. I whole- investment in support of current projects and others in heartedly believe that offering fresh perspective bringsdevelopment from many individuals and foundations in-more meaning to the work we do, and the art itself. Imcluding the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park excited to share more such behind the scenes contentService; the Wyeth Foundation for American Art; and The in the future on our new website, as well as on page 26,Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. where you can read about the work of our preparators.One such project involves our commitment Speaking of our new website, Im delightedto the appropriate care and keeping of our world-class that it is up and runningalong with a new brandcollection, and we are so appreciative of The Fullgraf that reflects our distinct institutional identit . One ofFoundation for its lead pledge in our effort to expand the priorities emerging from the strategic plan wasour on-site storage space, which will prove a game adopting a tone and personality that is welcoming andchanger in maintaining as much access as possible toaccessible while uniquely expressing who we are as athe art itself. world-class collection with teaching and learning at ourSmiths commitment to forming a collection, core. Working closely with Minelli Inc., a Boston-basedin fact, dates back to the founding of the college in the brand strategy and communications firm, we engaged 1870s. The centennial marks the moment in 1920 when in a thoughtful, thorough process to arrive at an authenticthat collection was declared a museum, and were using'