The Miniatures and Curious Collections Museum Board of Directors:
Elaine W. Howe, Nancy Fleming, Patty Buckley, Margie Boles, Melinda Gonzalez, Marifrank DaHarb*, Florine “Flo” Matthews*, Anne Puma
*both Marifrank and Flo passed away in 2020 and will be greatly missed.
Mission:
The Miniature & Curious Collections Museum inspires imagination, creativity, and play through the preservation and exhibition of miniatures and unique collections, telling their stories through engaging experiences for children and adults.
Museum volunteer staffers:
Elaine W. Howe (miniatures), Nancy Fleming (graphics, curious collections), Brinkman Randle (curious collections)**, Tom Howe (construction), Miranda Howe (go-to-gal), Carolyn Madison (finance), Jessica Parham (gift shop), Susie Knadle Glass (greeter), Miriam Bertlshofer (greeter)
**Brinkman passed away in 2021 and will be greatly missed.
The Roswell Area Arts Council (aka Roswell Interarts Organization) Board of Directors:
Jessica Parham, Caroline Madison, Miranda Howe, Michael Beitz, Jose Rivera, Jane Ann Oldrup, Ann Baker
RAAC/RIO is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to aid, encourage, advise, and correlate activities dedicated to the promotion of arts and cultural activities in the Roswell area.
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A few more details who we are:
Elaine Howe, artist, retired founder and former director of the Creative Learning
Center (the Roswell Independent School District’s Art in the Schools Program), Roswell, NM
Nancy Fleming, artist, art educator, former director of the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Margie Boles, miniaturist, former member of Los Pocos Locos Miniature Club, Houston, TX
Patty Buckley, miniaturist, retired children’s theater director, Decatur, GA
Jessica Parham, Director of Education, Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
Carolyn Madison, treasurer of RAAC/RIO, accountant, Roswell