19 days remaining in the Trust for Ancient
Art's crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo. We.ve so far raised $417 of
our $2,000 goal (about 21%).
We have some exciting developments to tell you about.
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We are in discussions with the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC
about initiating a temporary gallery of ancient Mediterranean art
sometime next year. This would utilize the Mint's existing collection of
antiquities (long hidden in storage and never shared with the public),
gifts from our own Clio Ancient Art, and from private owners. As the
Trust has now gifted all its holdings and is working to acquire more
(part of the idea behind this campaign), Clio will offer several high
quality items for display in this exhibit, part of a 1-year loan.
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We have completed the process of working with the Mint Museum to
properly classify and catalog the 120 or so antiquities so long hidden
in their basement, allowing us to assist them in possibly purging the
collection of less display-worthy items.
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source for several quality Trust acquisitions for next year. Once this
campaign has ended we will share more details on this point.
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Finally, curatorial staff at the Mint Museum continue to share their
enthusiasm for the 14th Century Medieval English floor tile gifted to
them by the Trust last month. They recognize it as an important
addition, filling a major gap in their extensive holdings of English
ceramic materials.
Thanks again to everyone who has made a
gift so far. Your perks will mail out the last week of September. And
please continue to share information information about our campaign to
all who might be interested, at http://igg.me/at/Ancient-Art-Education-for-All/x/4074220
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