STMA Executive Committee President Don Roman with Lisa Thomas Conner presented “House by Pond,” a Steffen Thomas original drawing, to Board Treasurer Bob Cuellar (center), whose term recently expired. Board VP Brian Titus also has timed out from STMA’s board, but he was not present at the Aug. 19 meeting.
Outgoing STMA Board Member Connie Shumake (center) was clearly thrilled to also receive an original Steffen Thomas piece of art from Don Roman and Lisa Thomas Conner during the museum’s annual end-of-fiscal-year meeting.
According to new STMA Museum Director Alyson Vuley, “it is vitally important to the future of STMA that we continue to reach new audiences.”
With her husband, Dr. Charles Conner in the audience, Lisa Thomas Conner, youngest daughter of the museum’s namesake, delivered perhaps her final official public statements on behalf of the rural Buckhead art museum.
Earlier this month, Steffen Thomas Museum Board President Don Roman expressed great confidence in Alyson Vuley officially taking over as museum director after likewise thanking Lisa Thomas Conner for her stewardship in the position periodically over the past 26 years.
Officials of the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art (STMA) delivered the organization’s annual financial report Aug. 19 to a small group of patrons and benefactors attending a meeting at the museum in rural Buckhead, near Madison.
Lisa Thomas Conner, the youngest of Thomas’ daughters, spoke first, describing the monetary facts for Fiscal Year 2023, which saw a gross profit of $289,644 w...
