Gratitude Report - Northwest African American Museum

Gratitude
2012 Report
Table of Contents
Message from the President
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Who We Are
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Our Exhibitions
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Your Support In Numbers
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Enrich, Investigate & Celebrate
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“Learning about African American history is
important because we are learning about
our past…We are also learning that bullying others because of their appearances is
wrong. Also, African Americans made lots
of great achievements. If segregation still
existed, American would not be the same.”
— 2nd Grade Visitor
Gratitude Report 2012
Visitors to book of the bound: mixed-media collages by
Carletta Carrington Wilson were invited to add their own
message to the victims of slavery in this installation
piece titled chain letter of debtors.
Photo by Robert Wade.
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Message from the Board President
Dear Friends,
2012 was a remarkable year for NAAM! We celebrated the opening of
Bearing Witness from Another Place: James Baldwin in Turkey—
Photographs by Sedat Pakay and published our first attendant catalog. Additionally, we presented book of the bound: Mixed Media Collages by
Carletta Carrington Wilson in the newly configured PACCAR Gallery. After nearly five years, NAAM continues to optimize its space to better
serve our community and public. The Genealogy Center was moved to
the front of house for better visibility and community access. And our
Museum Store also received a makeover to better align with our exhibitions and public programs. I am proud to report that NAAM
welcomed more than 18,000 visitors. Over 1,150 were tour participants,
917 of which were students grades
K–12. Lastly, after a nine-month process of active board and staff participation, our strategic plan was
adopted and will now serve as a
roadmap to guide us through the
next five years of growth.
NAAM is close to my heart. I applaud
and thank you for your philanthropic
support of our mission and programs,
and extend our warmest gratitude.
Board of Directors
Officers
Norman B. Rice
NAAM Board President
Debbie Bird
Vice President
Janis Harwell
2nd Vice President
Ezra Teshome
Secretary
Ken Bounds
Treasurer
Board Members
Kirk Clothier
Susan Davis
Mimi Gates
Janie Hendrix
Mack Hogans
Ruby Smith Love
Michael Malone
Dr. Charles Mitchell
Thomas L. Purce
Anna Richards
Sherry Williams
Danna K. Johnston
Marlene Y. Price
Norman B. Rice
NAAM Board President
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Investigate. Who We Are
Our Mission
To spread knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the histories,
arts and cultures of people of African descent for the enrichment of all.
We accomplish our mission by working with others to:
Present and preserve the connections between the
Pacific Northwest and people of African descent.
Investigate and celebrate Black experiences in
America through exhibitions, programs and events.
Our Vision
A Pacific Northwest region where the important histories, arts and
cultures of people of African descent are embraced as an essential part
of our shared heritage and future.
NAAM Staff
Barbara Earl Thomas
Executive Director
Brian J. Carter
Deputy Director & Curator
Ginger Chaffin
Finance Manager
Alex Curio
Development Manager
Bryan Hill
Events Manager
Kay Hubbard
Development Director
Maurice Jones
Facilities & Security Coordinator
Leilani Lewis
Volunteer Manager
Olivia Littles
Grants Manager
Anne Melton
Membership Assistant
Chieko Phillips
Curatorial Assistant
Absorbed in thought, visitors pause to examine excerpts from James Baldwin’s literary works
at the opening of the exhibition Bearing Witness from Another Place: James Baldwin in Turkey,
Photographs by Sedat Pakay.
Photo by Robert Wade.
Katie Williams
Museum Educator
“Your story has not been forgotten. Every day we continue to move ahead.
You would be proud to see the progress that was born out of your bondage.
I pray we can break our mental chains, especially in Seattle.”
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Enrich. Our Exhibitions
NAAM presented four stellar exhibitions viewed by more than 18,000 visitors in 2012.
Each exhibition was augmented by programs designed to engage, entertain and enrich our
understanding of the dynamic African American experience in our own neighborhoods and abroad.
Xenobia Bailey: The Aesthetic of Funk
(October 29, 2011 – May 6, 2012)
In this exhibition featuring fiber artist and Seattle native Xenobia Bailey, the artist’s imaginative crochet
works explore the ways history, memory, style, spirituality and social performance intersect and incorporate
a vast array of social and visual issues. Bailey’s solo show at NAAM transformed the gallery into a gathering/
viewing/participatory space where the domestically-charged crochet objects incited conversation and
public engagement.
The Test: The Tuskegee Project
(May 26, 2012 – September 30, 2012)
The Test is a traveling exhibition telling the story of the first
African American aviation units in the U.S. military to serve
in combat. It examines the major campaigns and operations
in which the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th FS and the 332nd
FG participated, the aircraft they used, and the prejudice and
racism they faced during a time when many doubted African
Americans were fit to serve as fighter pilots.
Bearing Witness from Another Place:
James Baldwin in Turkey,
Photographs by Sedat Pakay
(October 20, 2012 – September 29, 2013)
This exhibition shares rarely seen photographs of James
Baldwin in Turkey taken by his friend Sedat Pakay. Piercingly
intimate and beautifully candid, these images capture the
vibrant world of acquaintances, friends and collaborators
Baldwin cultivated while living intermettently in Turkey from
1961to 1971.
Retired Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Ed Drummond stands
with his wife (right) and a NAAM volunteer (left) at the
opening of The Test: The Tuskegee Project, an exhibition
that tells the story of the first aviation units of African
Americans in the U.S. military to serve in combat.
Photo by NAAM Staff.
book of the bound: mixed media collages
by Carletta Carrington Wilson
(December 15, 2012 – July 28, 2013)
To close the year, we showcased book of the bound in our
new PACCAR Gallery, a moving display of the artist’s most
recent series of mixed-media collage which layers symbols
of language, silence, bodies, and bondage to honor the
unheard voices of the enslaved.
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The exhibition book of the bound explored the untold stories
of slaves through the mixed-media work of artist Carletta
Carrington Wilson.
Photo by Robert Wade.
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Celebrate.
Your support in numbers
Legacy Circle ($10,000 - $50,000+)
Educator’s Circle ($1,000 - $4,999)
4Culture
Eve & Chap Alvord
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Costco Wholesale
Ty Cramer & Steve Romein
Juli Farris
Mimi Gardner Gates
Gladmar Trust
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Margot Kenly
Microsoft Corporation
Muckleshoot Charity Fund
The Boeing Company
Verizon Wireless
Anonymous Donor
ArtsFund
Bank of America
Bill Speidel Enterprises
Ken & Linda Bounds
Boylston Family Foundation
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Richard & Minnie Collins
James Dwyer
Albert & Marilyn Gantt
Greater Seattle Chapter of The Links, Inc.
Wanda Herndon
Mack Hogans
Bavan & Pete Holloway
Holloway Family Charitable Fund
Barbara Johns & Richard Hesik
Danna & Jim Johnston
Dr. Charles & Nancy Mitchell
Marlene Price
Franklin Raines
Anna Richards & Leroi Brashears
Carla Saulter & Adam Edwards
John Steel
Symetra Financial
Ezra Teshome
The Seattle Foundation
Mikal & Lynn Thomsen
Rae Tufts
Maggie & Douglas Walker
Wyman Youth Trust
Director’s Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Amazon.com
Kirk Clothier & Deborah Boylston Clothier
Comcast Cable Communications
Ellen Ferguson
Micki & Bob Flowers
D. Wayne & Anne Gittinger
Janis Harwell
Janie Hendrix
Humanities Washington
Michael & Barbara Malone
Norman & Constance Rice
Safeco Insurance Foundation
Swedish Medical Center
U.S. Bank
Washington State Arts Commission
Wells Fargo
“I’m glad I went to NAAM for I had
no clue such wonders were held in
a place so close to where I’ve
always been.”
From left, NAAM volunteer Wadiyah Nelson, Executive
Director Barbara Earl Thomas, and local artist Carletta
Carrington Wilson.
Photo by Robert Wade.
We have made every effort to be thorough and to represent each name accurately. If you note an error or omission,
please contact the NAAM Development Office at 206-518-6000 ext. 114 so that we can correct your listing.
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Curator’s Circle ($500 - $999)
Miller Adams & Cheryl Roberts
Sally Behnke
Debbie Bird
Dulcie Claassen
Rich Cohan
Cathy Davis
Vicki Giles Fabre
Michael Greer & Steve Bryant
George Griffin, III
Bruce & Joanne Harrell
Dan Nye & Norman Sigler
Thomas L. Purce
Seattle Mariners
Ann Wyckoff
Wyman Youth Trust
Master storyteller Eva Abram enchants young
visitors at our free 3rd Thursday storytellings.
Photo by NAAM staff.
Archivist’s Circle ($1 - $499)
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Anonymous Donor
Joan Alexander
Kevin Allen
Lonnie Anderson
Kate Anthony
B
Lillian Baer
Brandon Bain
Cherry & James Banks
Pamela Banks
Ruth Bardach
Denby Barnett
Douglas Q. Barnett
Peter & Vaughnetta Barton
Patricia Bayonne-Johnson
Kimberly Bell
Jeannine Bennett
Phillip & Rhonda Berry
Patricia Biller
Black Genealogy Research Group
Jacqueline & Floyd Blackwell
J. Paul & Robin Blake
Eleanor Boba & Alan Humphrey
Trudi Bons
David Branch
Harold Brandford
Bobbe & Jon Bridge
Herb Bridge
Jerry Brim & Phyllis Turner-Brim
Fabienne & Herbert Brooks
Fredia Brooks
Brookshire Green Foundation
Adriane Brown
C. Sybil Brown
Carol & Buster Brown
H. Deon & Kippy Brown
Jacqualine & Shayla Brown
Janice Brown
Michael Brown
Deryl Brown-Archie
Michael Buchanan
Freda Burns
Michelle Butler
Carol Butterfield
Julia Byrd
Frank & Phyllis Byrdwell
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Consuelo & John Cannon
Linda Cannon
Lorrie Cardoso
Frances & Luther Carr
Kimberlee Carr
Janaya & Brian Carter
Eugene & Vaugnetta Cash
Adrienne Caver-Hall & Michael Hall
Rachel Ceballos
Ginger Chaffin
Lou Annie Charles
Patricia Chatard
Julie Stein & Stan Chernicoff
Belinda Chin
Cassie Chinn
Theresa-Ann Clark
Ken & Jean Colling
Bill Collins & Mona Pitre-Collins
Gordon & Myrna Conger
Geraldine Cook
Nancy Cope
Troy & Wendie Costello
Juan Cotto
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Susan & Eddie Davis
Anna Davis Rudd & Tom Rudd
E. Carolynn Daye
Julius & Darlene Debro
James DeLong
Cynthia Devereaux
Gwen Dixon
Harriet Dockstader
Kikora Dorsey
Jim Douglas & Sasha Harmon
Robert & Paula Driessnack
Patricia Dunston
Jean Durning
Balin Durr
Mearon & Virginia Durr
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Pamela & Kenneth Eakes
Sheila Edwards Lange
Lorraine Emerson
Olivia & Timothy Erickson
Robert Eschenbach
Renee & Banks Evans
Jack Falk
F
Jerome Farris
Beverly Ferrell
Richard Fisher
Melvin Flowers
Anne Focke
Stacie Ford-Bonnelle
Elvis Fraser & Karen Smith
Tanya Friberg & Michael Decampo
Micaela Fujita
Traci Fuller
G
Olivia Gallegos & Jole’ LeFlore
Keashia Garner & Arrance Sellers
Ouida Garrett
Carver & Carmen Gayton
Gary Gayton
Thomas Gayton
We have made every effort to be thorough and to represent each name accurately. If you note an error or omission,
please contact the NAAM Development Office at 206-518-6000 ext. 114 so that we can correct your listing.
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Guela Gayton Johnson
Noel & Charlene Gerken
Shirley Gilford
Angela Gilliam
Lisa & Craig Gillin
Rob & Tia Glover
Harold Glucksberg
Susan Golub & Paddy Freeman
Nancy Goodyear
Nyra & Thomas Gray
Karen Green
Bernadine Griffin
Carl Griffin
Sean & Bernie Griffin
Sonja Griffin
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Linda Ishem
Lita Israel Chung
Ellen Ito
Joyce Ito
J
Vicki Halper
Gina Hamilton
John Hampton
Sonja Hampton
Margaret Hardin
Henry & Arlene Hardnett
James Harrington
Nicole Harris
Paula & Ron Harris-White
Robert & Bernadean Harvey
Bettye Harwell
Gerald J. Hatcher
William Hawkins
Grover & Wanda Haynes
Robert & Malver Haynes
Capper Heffernan
Hendrix College
Michael & Julia Herchensohn
Joni Herwick
Chris Higashi
Deborah Hilsman
Ladson & Darlene Hinton
Lawrence Holland
M. Sue Holland
Winona Hollins Hauge
Louise Holloway
Robin Holt
Hannah Hong & Jasen Frelot
Michele Horwitz
Paula Houston
Gwendolyn Howard & David Brooks
Heather Howard
Amanda Howell
Karl & Sally Hufbauer
Sarah Hufbauer & David True
Cynthia Huffman
Julie Hungar
Mimi Hunter
Winky & Peter Hussey
Douglass Jackson
Vernon Jackson
Sandra Jackson-Dumont
Dean & Carolyn Jacobsen
Charlotte & David Jahn
Michael & Roaseanna James
Robert & Sandra Jeffcoat
Pam & David Jensen
Charles Johnson
Lisa & Ariana Johnson
Norman Johnson
Paul & Ricole Johnson
Shirley Johnson
Kimberly Johnston
Katrina Jones
Roderick & Tara Jones
Christine Jun
April Little
Betty Littles
Hubert Locke
Rachel Lodge
Joanna Lohkamp
Toni Long
Ruth Lynch
Steven & Jeanne Lyon
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Jeannette Kahlenberg
Reşat Kasaba
Mike Kasprzak
Marion Kee
Becky Kelley
Carolyn Kelly
Jim Kelly
Steve Kersch
Grace Kim
Michael Kimerling & Anne
Dumoulin
Jane King & Allen Cheadle
Jan Kinney
Beverly Kirk Gayton
Laura Knudson
Petrus Korver
Ruthann Kurose & Nathan Rothman
Olaf Kvamme
Joe Mabel
Allison Manch
Dorothy Mann
Frankie Manning & Theresa Crimi
Carol Martin & Keith Grate
Leroy Martin
Susan Mask
Cheryl Mathews
May Will
Rachel Mayer
Marc Mazique
Norm McAdory
Marie McCaffrey
Henry McGee & Victoria Kill
Juli McGruder
Loretta & Lisa McIver
Herman & Norma McKinney
Rev. Samuel B. McKinney
Judith McQuarrie
Anne Melton
Zelda Menard
Anena & Anthony Metoyer
MFR Law Group
Jevne Micheau-Cunningham
Rakisha Miller
Arlene Mitchell
Vanetta Molson-Turner
Sammie Monroe
Andre & Kristin Moore
Barbara Moore
Myron & Marvin Mosley
Florence Moss
Kareem Muhammad
Esther & Donald Mumford
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N
K
Phyllis Lamphere
Victor & Luana Langford
Amelia Larry
Denise & Raymond Lawrence
Jacqueline Lawson
Jerry Lawson
Owen Lawson
Rae Levine
Carla Lewis
Rayburn Lewis
Richard & Dorothy Lipsky
Beverly Naidus
Afua N’Diaye
Annette Nelson-Shimabukuro
Jane Nishita
Elaine Nonneman
Charles Nordhoff
Faith Nyirenda
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M. Salamah O’Brien
Wilson & Carol O’Donnell
We have made every effort to be thorough and to represent each name accurately. If you note an error or omission,
please contact the NAAM Development Office at 206-518-6000 ext. 114 so that we can correct your listing.
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Kit Oldham
Joseph Olegario & Ty Kocher
Pinar Ozhal
Eve Rutherford
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Lavina Sadhwani
Lillie Sanders
Ry-Yon Sao
Norie Sato
Jerry Saulter
Barbara Schnabel
Jane & Michael Schwab
Judy Schwab
Joyce Scoggins
John Scott & Annette Bowen
Crystal Shaw
Kindle Shaw
John Sheets
James Shillaber
Golda Simon
Rick Simonson
Joan & Edward Singler
Bruce Siqueland & Tani Lih Lindquist
Sharyn Skeeter
Joseph Small
Al & Kristine Smith
Charles Smith
Eleanor Smith
Joann Smith
Laura Smith
Stephen Sneed
Pat Soden
Arve & Ida Solomon
Donald Spanel
Mehlanie Spears
Georgia Spencer
Lesa Sroufe & Matt Barnes
Janet Staub
John Stearns
Cheryl & Bradley Steele
Stephanie Steibich & Michele Johnson
Susan Stephens
Loyci Stockey
Josephine Stokes
Charmaine & Fred Stouder
Lynn Stowell
Donna Stringer
Chaney Sukthavy
Suzanne Suneson
Louis Swan
Coralie Swanson
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Sedat & Kathy Pakay
Michael Parham
Joan & Debra Patterson
Esta Pekow
Annalisa Peterson
Chieko Phillips
Pamela Phillips & Paul Nichols
Gerald Phipps
Barbara & Denis Pistoresi
Clayton Pitre
Susan Platt & Henry Matthews
Amy Poel & Mary Tripoli
Stephen Polyak
L. Darell Powell & Yvonne Terrell-Powell
Anne & Leon Preston
Morris & Joyce Price
Lucy & Herb Pruzan
Allen Puckett
Mary Pugh & Michael Scoggins
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Donnell Quinitchette
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Carl Rabun
Ed Raftis
Jonathan & Cynthia Rainey
Anne Ramsay-Jenkins & William Jenkins
Raney-Ernst Family
Albert Ratcliffe
Erik Ray
Kimberly Reason
Dorothy Reed
Andy Reynolds
Maudette & Eddie Richards
Dan Roach & Jessica Scalzo
Kathleen Robel
Shawn Roberts Hensley
Sherman Robinson & Yvonne Robinson
Thomas & Janice Robinson
Anne Rochon
Rebecca Roe
Paul Rogers
Kathryn Rood
Lonnie Rosenwald
Esther Ross
Sandra Roston
David Rowe
Lewis Rudd
Renee & Michael Rudd
Lee & Shaney Rudolph
Leonard Russell
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Beth Takekawa
David & Shawn Taylor
Nora Taylor
Selome Teshome
Pam Tharl
Barbara Earl Thomas
Ovid Thompson
Philip Thompson
Eric & Maria João Thuau
Olivia Thurmond
Judy Tobin
Janice Totey
Karen Tsutsumi
James & Sue Tupper
Kwame Turner
Robert Tuschhoff
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Dr. Nina Valerio
Cathryn Vandenbrink
John & Callie Vassall
Earl & Joyce Vinson
Jeanette Vinson
Juliet Vong
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Marian Wagner
Frank Walton
Linda Walton
Joseph & Ella Ward
Carl Washington
Terry Wean
John & Chrystan Weinberg
Kirsten Weiss
Torsten & Samantha Welte
Lacie West
Patricia West
Carol & Ken Whitaker
Jeri White
James Wigfall
Lenny & Marilyn Wilkens
Etta Williams
Floyd & Vivian Williams
Narcissie Williams
Rosetta Williams
Sherry & Ray Williams
Carletta Carrington Wilson
Linda Wilson
Gayle Wilson Rose & Sherman Hoy
Wing Luke Elementary School
Pat Woodley
Virginia Wyman
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Elizabeth Yates
Loria & Joseph Yeadon
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David Zapolsky
Zion Preparatory Academy
We have made every effort to be thorough and to represent each name accurately. If you note an error or omission,
please contact the NAAM Development Office at 206-518-6000 ext. 114 so that we can correct your listing.
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In-Kind Gifts of Goods & Services
4Culture
AdvisArts, Inc.
Anonymous Donor
Barbara Earl Thomas
BBQ Pit
Chateau Ste. Michelle
CD Forum
Columbia City Hospitality
Galen Hunt
Janis Harwell
Judkins St. Café
Kim Freeman
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
Ninkasi Brewing Company
Quality Food Centers
Reel Grrls
Robert Wade Photography
Samarya Yoga
Seattle Community College
Wood Technology Center
The Seattle Rep
Silver Fork
Stanley Perryman
The Wing Luke Museum
Works Consulting
Matching Gift Partners
The Bill & Melinda Gates
Matching Gifts Program
Boeing Company Gift Matching Program
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
SAP Matching Gifts Program
Honorarium Gifts
In honor of Bavan and
Peter Holloway’s 25th anniversary
Kim Bell
Phyllis & Jerry Brim
Fredia Brooks
Carol Brown
Janice Brown
Balin Durr
Mearon & Virginia Durr
Melvin Flowers
Traci Fuller
Carver & Carmen Gayton
Noel & Charlene Gerken
Rob & Tia Glover
Sonja Griffin
Bill Hawkins
Louise Holloway & Family
Vernon Jackson
Rob & Sandi Jeffcoat
Lisa Johnson
Roderick & Tara Jones
Kip & Sheila Edwards Lange
Raymond & Denise Lawrence
Susan Mask & Joe Knight
MFR Law Group
Kareem Muhammad
Marlene Price
Jonathan & Cynthia Rainey
Anna Richards
Lee & Shaney Rudolph
Mehlanie Spears
Beverly Terrell
Jeanette Vinson
Earl & Joyce Vinson
In honor of Robert & Virginia Lewis
Rayburn & Elizabeth Upton
In honor of Barbara Earl Thomas
Micki & Bob Flowers
In honor of Marlene Price’s birthday
Traci Fuller
Anena Metoyer
Carver & Carmen Gayton
Olivia Thurmond
Winona Hauge
Robert Tuschhoff
Joni Herwick
James Wigfall
Memorial Gifts
In memory of Daniel L. Roscoe
Kimberlee Carr
In memory of Carol Marble
Harriet Dockstader
In memory of Chris & Nora Hatter
Lillie Sanders
Participants in the 2012 Youth Curator Program listen
intently to poetry readings performed by their peers.
Photo by Robert Wade.
We have made every effort to be thorough and to represent each name accurately. If you note an error or omission,
please contact the NAAM Development Office at 206-518-6000 ext. 114 so that we can correct your listing.
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Enrich, Investigate & Celebrate.
2012 Revenue
2012 Expenses
“It is a pleasure to know that the elementary school
I attended 40 years ago is now used to represent the
culture, lives, and people of African Americans.”
Credits
On the Cover:
ledger of the lost by
Carletta Carrington Wilson, 2012
Photo by Robert Wade
Layout & Design:
Pepe Etxeberri of All Our Art
Art Direction:
Rosanna Sharpe
Copywriting & Editing:
Alex Curio
NAAM Entryway.
Photo by Pepe Etxeberri.
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Visitors’ quotes are part of the
James Baldwin and the book of
the bound exhibitions, as well as
quotes from the students who
visited the museum through our
educations programs.
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