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Premier Society Travel:
Boston
The Art of Giving:
The Legacy of Leona Sobel
Pack your bags and travel with the
CMA to Boston this fall! Premier Society
members gain new insights and fresh
perspectives on art and culture on
specially planned trips featuring exclusive
access and behind-the-scenes tours.
These travel opportunities are exclusive
benefits for Premier Society members.
For information about joining the
Premier Society, please contact Kit Porter
at 803.343.2210 or
[email protected].
Coming late spring –
The Art of Giving
The Museum is excited to launch a
new program, free with admission
or membership, to help our patrons
navigate the sometimes confusing
world of planned giving. Each quarter
the Museum will host The Art of Giving
program led by experts in the field.
Please plan to join us for our first Art of
Giving program with special guest U.S.
Trust on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
for a lively discussion on making your
planned gift easy.
Join us over coffee and pastries and
learn quick steps for creating a will and
planning for your estate, find creative
ways to express your philanthropy—we’ll
break down IRS language into easy to
understand concepts, and much more!
For more information on The Art of
Giving, contact Lowndes Macdonald,
director of development, at 803.343.2172
or [email protected].
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Her impact can be seen throughout the
Museum. From Breenbergh’s St. Paul
and Barnabaus at Lystra to art glass and
porcelain in galleries 6, 13 and 14, to the
nearly 200 works waiting to be displayed
in the collection vault, Leona Sobel’s legacy
lives on.
Leona and her sister, Ethel Brody, first gave
to the Museum in 1978, a hand-painted
ceramic ewer, a brilliant addition to the
collection. Constantly working with staff,
the sisters learned of gaps in the Museum
holdings and sought to purchase muchneeded pieces to round out the collection.
Their generous contributions were on
display with the fall 2012 exhibition, A
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