First,
we want to thank you for your tremendous response to our survey of
exhibition proposals for the next MoMS exhibition. Your comments were
rich and insightful. We also sent surveys to all of the communities
that have hosted a MoMS exhibition in the last couple of years and had a
huge response from them, as well.
In
the end, it was a pretty level playing field, none of the proposals stood
out as the clear front runner, but instead we had passionate expressions of
interest for all of them. After studying the surveys, working through
the feasibility of each of the proposals, and the timeline for the
development, we picked…drum roll, please…”Hometown
Sports”.
We
are pulling together an curatorial advisory committee that will meet in late
February to begin conceptualizing the exhibition themes and outline.
Our plan is to launch the new tour in March,
2013.
So,
strap on your running shoes, pull your baseball bat out of the closet, put
on your football pads, and get ready for what promises to be a wonderful
look at sports in society and the role it plays in small towns across
America. It’s a wonderful story to tell!