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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I would like to introduce our museum community to the Institute for Natural History Arts. The INHA is a US-based, nonprofit organization with a mission to preserve and improve upon the traditional methods of preparation for natural history exhibits and collections through research and education. The Institute is supported and driven by our board of advisors, all of whom are respected professionals from our museum community, both here in the US and internationally. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Part of our work is to provide training in the form of online and in person workshops, including collections care and field collecting. We have workshops scheduled for all of 2024, so please take a look at our website <a href="http://www.naturalhistoryarts.org/" target="_blank">www.naturalhistoryarts.org</a> to learn more about these along with our other outreach and research projects. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Through the website, you can also create a login and sign-up to receive our newsletters. Follow us on social media and of course, reach out directly with thoughts, ideas, and questions. We’re excited to see this community grow and welcome all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/naturalhistoryarts">https://www.facebook.com/naturalhistoryarts</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.instagram.com/institutefornaturalhistoryarts/">https://www.instagram.com/institutefornaturalhistoryarts/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>George <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=198 height=99 style='width:2.0666in;height:1.0333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA8BF9.A2CB21F0"><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>George A. Dante, Jr., BA, FLS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>George Dante Studios, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>192 Lackawanna Ave. Unit 104<br>Woodland Park, NJ 07424<br>P: 973-890-1516<br>E: <a href="mailto:george@georgedantestudios.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>george@georgedantestudios.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/georgedantestudios/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=30 height=30 style='width:.3083in;height:.3083in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DA8BF9.A2CB21F0" alt="Icon
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