NSU Artwork Museum Fort Lauderdale Unveils New Members to Curator Circle Committee 

NSU Artwork Museum Fort Lauderdale chosen new members to its Curator Circle Committee. In search of passionate people deeply concerned locally and dedicated to philanthropy, the Curator Circle Committee appointed Theresa Christie, Lori Franke, Daybreak Elise Hamilton, Sheryl Maher, Mark R. Richards, Lauren Sperber and Zachariah “Reggie” P. Zachariah, Jr. to its Curator Circle Committee. As leaders of the Curator Circle membership, the brand new members provide a singular alternative to immediately take part within the museum’s everlasting assortment by contributing to the Acquisition Fund to pick and buy artworks. Members can even get pleasure from stimulating and interesting occasions and unique entry to the artwork world.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Theresa Christie, Lori Franke, Daybreak Elise Hamilton, Sheryl Maher, Mark R. Richards, Lauren Sperber, and Zachariah “Reggie” P. Zachariah, Jr., to NSU Artwork Museum Fort Lauderdale’s Curator Circle Committee,” Bonnie Clearwater says, Director and Chief Curator for NSU Artwork Museum Fort Lauderdale. “Every new committee member brings a singular perspective and experience to the expansion of Curator Circle, the latest affinity group designed for the Subsequent Era of artwork fans, aspiring collectors, and Museum supporters.” 

The newly appointed Curator Circle Committee members embody: 

• Theresa Christie graduated with a B.S. in Regional Improvement from the College of Arizona and was previously a instructor for Mesa Public Faculties, the place she taught Geography and American Historical past. Moreover, she loved educating Microsoft Phrase, Excel and HTML courses at Avaya, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Christie served on the Beaux Arts Board for 4 years and is presently a member of Beaux Arts Fort Lauderdale, being concerned in fundraising for NSU Artwork Museum all through these years. She is the spouse of Ted Christie and the mom of two youngsters. She enjoys taking part in tennis, operating, snowboarding, artwork, studying and touring in her free time.
• Lori Franke and her husband Kirk have been avid collectors of latest artwork and have supported the NSU Artwork Museum in Fort Lauderdale for a very long time. She had performed a big function within the museum’s progress, initially as one of many founding members of Cobra Circle and later increasing her membership to Curator Circle. Throughout her two-year tenure as Beaux Arts’ president, the museum’s auxiliary group, she served on the Board of Governors as Ex Officio. Lori is presently a Regional Account Govt with AbbVie, and he or she is a mom to 2 teenage boys, Carson and Crosby. Regardless of her busy schedule, she continues volunteering for Beaux-Arts and Broward County Faculties.
• Daybreak Elise Hamilton is the proprietor and principal designer of DawnElise Interiors Worldwide, Inc., an inside design agency primarily based in Fort Lauderdale. She was raised within the New York metropolitan space and obtained a bachelor’s diploma in Artwork Historical past from Columbia College. After finishing her diploma, she labored at a number of world-renowned museums, together with the Whitney Museum of American Artwork, El Museo del Barrio, and The Museum of the Shifting Picture. Daybreak’s ardour for design led her to launch DawnElise Interiors in 2006 after transferring to South Florida, and he or she has since constructed a popularity as a top-tier inside designer.
• Since retiring as a Chief Advertising Officer from Phillips PetFood and Provides and VP of Gross sales and Advertising at Virbac Laboratories, Sheryl Maher has grow to be enthusiastic about fundraising for significant organizations. She serves on varied boards, together with the Basis Board for the Lehigh Valley Constitution Arts College, Bethlehem, PA, and has been president and vice chairman for a number of years. Sheryl has co-chaired 4 galas and several other different occasions within the final six years and is the previous President of PAWS for the Broward County Humane Society. Maher has not too long ago developed an curiosity in artwork and has been gathering mid-century and trendy artwork for the final eight years. Whereas she has collected some necessary items, the true worth of an artwork piece for her is when it speaks to her.
• Mark R. Richards is a extremely skilled working government, with over 30 years of senior-level expertise, together with over 20 years within the C-Suite managing giant, international industrial companies. With twenty years of board expertise, Richards has held varied roles, together with board chair and serving on all standing committees. Richards can also be a founding chapter President and member of the Non-public Administrators Affiliation (PDA), a number one nationwide non-profit group devoted to driving wonderful apply in board formation and governance inside personal and household companies. Moreover, Richards holds the certification of Board Management Fellow from the Nationwide Affiliation of Company Administrators (NACD), the best degree of credentialing for company administrators and company governance professionals. He’s enthusiastic about selling performing and wonderful arts, wellness programming, and entry to healthcare. He has served as a Trustee for nationally acknowledged organizations such because the Appleton Performing Arts Heart, an award-winning performing arts middle, and Thedacare Hospital, a frontrunner in making use of lean ideas to manage prices whereas bettering care. Richards has additionally been an energetic fundraiser for varied non-profit organizations, together with United Manner, Trout Museum of Artwork, Habitat for Humanity, and Catalpa, a novel supply system addressing community-wide adolescent behavioral well being points in rural counties. As well as, Richards co-founded Fusion, a girls’s affinity group centered on management improvement and C-Suite sponsorship, which has grown to over 700 members.
• Lauren Sperber, a Fort Lauderdale native, is a philanthropist and co-founder of the Childhood Most cancers Venture. She has additionally supported the NSU Artwork Museum for a number of years. Sperber is an inside designer with a ardour for the humanities. She can also be the mom of three youngsters and the spouse of Andrew Sperber.
• Zachariah “Reggie” P. Zachariah, Jr. is a shareholder within the Company Follow of a agency positioned in Fort Lauderdale. His apply particularly focuses on personal fairness transactions, mergers and acquisitions, company restructurings, counseling boards and senior administration on strategic enterprise issues, company formation and governance, and monetary and transactional issues. Reggie has gained in depth trade expertise in healthcare expertise and companies, training, insurance coverage, manufacturing, franchises, retail, and infrastructure. Earlier than attending legislation college, he labored as a monetary analyst, specializing in mergers and acquisitions for a public firm.

The brand new members shall be acknowledged throughout an upcoming unveiling reception. This reception additionally marks a brand new milestone in NSU Artwork Museum’s historical past with the addition of two work: Excessive Tide by Miami artist Zoe Schweiger and Tout Moun Se Yo Moun by Haitian artist Kathia St. Hilaire. Because of the distinctive dedication and assist of Curator Circle members, this was the primary time artworks had been added to the everlasting assortment. The museum extends its congratulations to the 2 gifted artists on this honor.

The second version of the Curator Circle Unveiling Reception is about to happen on Monday, April 8 on the NSU Artwork Museum. Curator Circle members eagerly anticipate the revealing of the art work and artist they voted for in March to enter the museum’s everlasting assortment. The occasion is made attainable by the beneficiant assist of assorted sponsors, together with Andres Bonell – Bryn Mawr Belief of Delaware, Ted and Theresa Christie, Matthew and Whitney Lane, Blaine Phillips and Sheryl Maher, Brian Reas – Northwestern Mutual, and an nameless contribution, with extra assist offered by Daybreak Elise Hamilton and Way of life Media Group. The goal is to boost $20,000 for the occasion by means of silent public sale, raffle drawing, and pledges, with all proceeds going in direction of the NSU Artwork Museum and Artwork Acquisition Fund. Daoud’s High-quality Jewellery has offered a beneficiant donation for the raffle, an expensive pair of Diamond Coronary heart Dangle Earrings, for which the organizers are deeply grateful as it can assist them obtain their objective.

The Diamond Coronary heart Dangle Earrings Raffle Tickets might be pre-purchased right here. Donations might be made by buying one ticket for $50 or three tickets for $125. The raffle drawing is scheduled on the Curator Circle Unveiling Reception on April 8, 2024, at 7 p.m. Attendance just isn’t required to win. 

The group expresses profound gratitude to Christie’s; Privee – The Colonnade Shops at Sawgrass Mills, and Spirit Airline Basis for his or her beneficiant donations of remarkable gadgets to be auctioned off to assist its mission. The net public sale will start on April 1 at 12 p.m. The group counts on every individual’s assist to realize its objective.

NSU Artwork Museum, positioned within the coronary heart of Downtown Fort Lauderdale, is a premier vacation spot for exhibitions and applications encompassing all sides of civilization’s visible historical past. The museum is extensively identified for its vital assortment of Latin American and modern artwork, with an emphasis on artwork by Black, Latin American, and ladies artists. It additionally options works by American artist William Glackens and the European CoBrA group of artists.