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The Founders’ Circle of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design Susan Carol Beech
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As one of the founding members of the Art Jewelry Forum, Susan has been a driving force in the development of studio jewelry into an important category in the art and design world as well as into an important focus area at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design. Soon after meeting MMC+D Founding Director Mark Leach, Susan provided MMC+D with the seed money for an international jewelry collection. After her first visit to Charlotte and to MMC+D she says, “Here was this wonderful gem of a museum. I was so impressed.” She became actively involved with the museum and the Founders’ Circle and has served as a Founders’ Circle board member. She continues to travel to COLLECT and SOFA with MMC+D curators to advise the collection and to enjoy the mutual educational process. She says that, since jewelry is fabricated from all kinds of materials, including all the traditional craft mediums of glass, wood, clay, fiber and metals and use all the techniques required to form these materials, she views these pieces as representing the entire craft field. They are small in scale, but they carry big ideas. For her vision for an international jewelry collection at MMC+D, her generosity in continuing to provide time and support for building the collection, and her energy and enthusiasm for MMC+D and the field, the Founders’ Circle is honored to present Susan Beech this award at the Eight Annual Mint Condition Gala, Art as Adornment, September 27, 2008. |
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