05/22/2026
This was a program not to be missed! It was beautiful, fascinating, unusual and exciting!!
Vice President Leanna opened the meeting with The Pledge of Allegiance and a Rotary Moment about Family.
Susan Garlinghouse introduced Erin Dragotto the Executive Director of the new Museum of Art and Light in Manhattan. This is the program I mentioned at the beginning. The Museum is a combination of Immersive Technology and Traditional Art. It is arranged to be very open with new movement in Digital Arts. It is clearly not white walls in many sections. It is both Digital and and Physical Art. In photographs were saw Renoir painting lit up and covering walls beside traditional works on paper by Picasso.
Ben Coates and his wife have been and Ben said after the first visit they became members and have returned several times.
Erin is well traveled and well educated in Museum Management and is a native of Manhattan a is clearly excited to head this outstanding Museum. It is also available for events and can seat 400 people. It is open from Wednesday through Sunday with slightly different hours on Sunday.
I think we should all make the trip to Manhattan to see this!
We sang Happy Birthday to a slightly embarrassed but very happy Todd Payne.
We welcomed Guests:
Sherri Vaughn
Kristin O'Shea
Ryun Graves
