>> JOINING ME IN THE KITCHEN THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> I AM REALLY THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART.

>> IT HAS BEEN IN SPRINGFIELD SINCE 1952.

WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR 75th ANNIVERSARY AND WE ARE THE ONLY SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE ART MUSEUM IN THE STATE OF OHIO, WHICH IS A REALLY FUN DISTINCTION.

SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF AND WE JUST COMPLETED OUR FIRST MAJOR BUILDING RENOVATION IN 30 YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.

PLEASE COME BACK AND SEE US BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT.

YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

THAT IS SO EXCITING.

I AM PUMPED TO LEARN MORE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON THIS DELICIOUS AND QUICK RECIPE.

WE ARE MAKING HAM AND CHEESE SLIDER BUNS.

CANNOT BE SIMPLER.

EASY INGREDIENTS, GREAT FOR A PARTY, GREAT FOR A CROWD.

LET'S GET STARTED.

>> GREAT.

OUR THREE QUARTERS OF A CUP OF MELTED BUTTER, 1 1/2 TABLESPOONS OF DIJON MUSTARD, 1 1/2 TEASPOONS OF WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE, 1 1/2 TABLESPOONS OF POPPY SEEDS, 1 TABLESPOONS DRY MINCED ONION, 24 SLIDER BUNS, ONE POUND THINLY SLICED COOKED DELI HAM, ONE POUND THINLY SLICED SWISS CHEESE.

>> JESSIMI, BEFORE WE GET STARTED ASSEMBLING THIS DELICIOUS SLIDER BUNS, TELL ME WHAT SOMEONE CAN EXPECT WHEN THEY VISIT THE MUSEUM.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART , WE ARE SITUATED IN BEAUTIFUL VETERANS PARK IN SPRINGFIELD.

IT IS RIGHT BETWEEN WITTENBERG AND DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD.

WE ARE NESTLED BETWEEN TWO BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS.

IF YOU LOVE ART MUSEUMS AND YOU LOVE PERKS, WE ARE THE PLACE FOR YOU TO GO.

WHEN YOU COME INSIDE THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE PERMANENT COLLECTION OBJECTS AND WE HAVE SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS THAT ROTATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

OR PERMANENT COLLECTION IS ABOUT 2000 OBJECTS .

AT ANY INDIVIDUAL TIME, WE WILL HAVE MAYBE 5% OF THE COLLECTION OUT FOR VISITORS TO SEE AND, THEN AS I MENTIONED, OUR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS CONTINUE TO ROTATE.

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW WHEN YOU ARE COMING TO THE MUSEUM.

>> THAT IS WONDERFUL.

I KNOW WE ARE HERE IN COLUMBUS.

IT IS A QUICK DRIVE.

>> I CAME IN THIS MORNING AND IT WAS 50 MINUTES DOOR TO DOOR.

SUPER EASY.

>> LOTS TO DO IN SPRINGFIELD.

>> GREAT.

I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE IT A GO.

THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE IS, I LIKE TO MAKE IT SUPER EASY.

YOU HAVE THIS SLAB OF SLIDER BUNS, A 9 BY 13 PAN, WE HAVE GREASED IT AND I JUST FED IT IN THERE, FULLY ATTACHED .

WE ARE GOING TO SQUISH THEM IN.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THE LID OFF.

HOPEFULLY THEY STAY TOGETHER, FRIENDS.

FLIP IT OVER HERE.

THEY HAVE PULLED APART A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVE OUR MELTED BUTTER AND ALL OF OUR YUMMY FLAVORS AND THEY CAN ALL GET DUMPED AND STIRRED.

THEY CAN ALL GO IN THIS BOWL AND YOU CAN MIX IT UP.

AND POUR IT OVER THE TOP.

>> SO, MIX ALL OF THESE TOGETHER.

WILL WE BUTTER THOSE LATER?

>> ANY ORDER YOU WANT.

IT CAN GO MUSTARD FIRST, WE CAN WING IT.

JUST PRESS THE ZEN.

IT REALLY IS JUST VERY SIMPLE.

A QUICK BITE, HOW WE LIKE TO ROLL AROUND HERE.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

IT IS ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE THE QUICK BITES.

>> MY MOM USED TO MAKE A RECIPE LIKE THIS BUT IT A SEPARATE.

SHE WOULD MAKE A BUNCH OF BUNS AND WRAP THEM SEPARATE AND PUT THEM IN THE OVEN.

I WAS LIKE, WHAT IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT?

>> THERE ARE LOTS OF VERSIONS OF THIS RECIPE.

>> IT IS NICE TO GET THE BUNS THAT ARE ALL CONNECTED.

>> YOU HAVE CERTAINLY MADE THIS REALLY EASY.

I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THIS AT HOME.

>> WILL PROOF.

>> OKAY.

>> THERE IS VERSATILITY.

YOU COULD SPREAD THIS WITH MUSTARD OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO.

NEXT STEP WILL BE TO LAYER.

WE ARE GOING TO LAYER OUR HAM.

YOU HAVE A MELT THE BARRIER.

WE WILL PUT THE LID BACK ON AND THEN WE WILL PUT THE BUTTER ON TOP.

>> GREAT.

>> YOU HAD ME AT MELT THE CHEESE BARRIER.

>> BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR FINAL STEPS, TELL ME ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU ARE BRINGING ART INTO THE COMMUNITY.

>> I LOVE THAT QUESTION.

FOR OUR MUSEUM, CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT.

IT IS PART OF OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH IS TO EXPAND CREATIVITY AND VITALITY BY CONNECTING ART AND COMMUNITY.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE HAVE BEEN ASKING OURSELVES WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE A COMMUNITY CREATING MUSEUM.

A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN COME AND VISIT US ANY DAY AND DROP IN MCS BUT WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS.

THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WE PARTNER WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR FESTIVALS AROUND SPRINGFIELD BUT WE ALSO PARTNER WITH SEVERAL EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS , HEADSTART, THE MIAMI VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS, CLARK PRESCHOOL IN SPRINGFIELD AND OUR EDUCATOR SEES OVER 500 PRESCHOOLERS FOR THEIR VERY FIRST MUSEUM VISIT EVER.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS SO IMPORTANT.

DO WE CONNECT PEOPLE FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO MUSEUMS AND RECOGNIZING THAT MUSEUMS ARE POSSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO SIGNIFICANT.

WHAT A CORE MEMORY YOU ARE CREATING FOR ALL OF THOSE LITTLE KIDS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT ART BELONGS TO ALL PEOPLE.

THAT IS PART OF OUR MANTRA AT THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.

WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT THOSE WHO HAVE DEMENTIA AND WE BRING ART TO THOSE WHO HAVE DEMENTIA AS A WAY TO GET IN THE MOMENT AND TO SPARK JOY AND TO FIND JOY AND CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND TO ALLEVIATE SOME STRESS.

ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT THE MUSEUM AS WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS BY SUPPORTING DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND THEY COME TO THE MUSEUM AND HAVE GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS IN OUR GALLERIES, USING ARTWORK AS A SPARK TO TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS IN THEIR LIVES AND THEN THEY GO AND THEY CREATE ARTWORK IN OUR STUDIOS.

WE ARE REALLY FINDING THAT THIS EXPERIENCE HELPS REDUCE LEVELS OF STRESS AND INCREASE FEELINGS OF WELL-BEING AND IT IS ALSO A POSITIVE HABIT.

IT IS A POSITIVE HOBBY TO HAVE AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR RECOVERY JOURNEY.

>> I LOVE THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST EXPERIENCING THE MUSEUM BY CREATING THEIR OWN ART.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SOME DELICIOUS SLIDER BUNS NOW.

WE HAVE OUR YUMMY BUTTER SAUCE READY TO GO ON TOP.

WE ARE GOING TO ASSEMBLE.

I LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR BARRIER OF CHEESE .

IF YOU WANT TO BUT MUSTARD OR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU CAN.

TOTALLY A PERSONAL CHOICE.

I AM JUST GOING TO GRAB THIS AND LAYER IT UP.

WE DON'T WANT ANY EXPOSED BREAD.

WE WANT CHEESE.

THEN WE ARE JUST GOING TO DO THE HAM.

>> IT IS A FLAT LAYER WITH THE BREAD GOING ON TOP.

IT IS NOT REALLY A PILED HIGH KIND OF SITUATION.

>> WE WILL DO A LITTLE MORE CHEESE ON TOP.

>> THE SECOND HALF OF THE CHEESE BARRIER.

>> NOW WE HAVE OUR CHEESE, HAM, CHEESE.

I AM GOING TO TRY TO DO --LOOK AT THAT.

LET ME GET MY HAND OUT OF THERE.

WE GOT THE LID ON.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO POUR THAT EVENLY OVER, I HAVE OUR HANDY- DANDY PASTRY BRUSH.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AT HOME, THAT IS OKAY.

I WILL MOVE IT AROUND SO IT GETS ALL OVER THE BUN.

THIS JUST ADDS FLAVOR AND GIVES THAT BUTTER TOUCH.

>> IT CRISPS UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

ABSOLUTELY.

I AM GOING TO START PUSHING THIS AROUND.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PASTRY BRUSH, YOU CAN USE A KNIFE OR SPOON.

GET ALL OF THAT GOODNESS.

THEN, WE WILL POP IT IN THE OVEN.

>> WE WILL POP THIS IN THE OVEN, 350 DEGREES.

IT IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

YOU WANT THE CHEESE TO BE GOOEY AND COOKED DELICIOUS.

>> AND WE GO.

>> WHILE THOSE ARE IN THE OVEN, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION.

>> I LOVE THE STORY OF THE ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION.

THIS IS A JURIED EXHIBITION AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

SO, FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THIS EXHIBITION ACTUALLY PREDATES THE MUSEUM AND WAS PART OF HOW THE MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED.

78 YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO LOVED ART AND ARTISTS GOT TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS EXHIBITION AND IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY STARTED TO DO IT EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT AND THEN THE SPRINGFIELD ART ASSOCIATION CAME OUT OF IT WHICH GREW INTO THE ART MUSEUM.

THIS YEAR, THOSE WHO ENTERED THE SHOW INCREASED BY 50%.

WE HAVE A HUGE INCREASE IN THE EXHIBITION THIS YEAR AND WE SEE PEOPLE --WE HAVE 150 PEOPLE IN THE SHOW THIS YEAR FROM OVER NINE STATES.

PEOPLE SUBMITTED WORK FROM BOTH COASTS, FROM CONNECTICUT AND CALIFORNIA AND OREGON.

WE WERE THRILLED BY THE TURNOUT THIS YEAR.

IT IS GREAT BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE THE CREATIVITY FROM FOLKS FROM ACROSS OUR REGION AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT IS AN AMAZING WAY TO CELEBRATE THE CREATIVITY THAT WE HAVE AROUND ART.

>> WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE LEGACY.

>> OKAY.

THE MOMENT HAS COME.

THE MINI SLIDER BUNS BAKED UP ALL NICE AND CRISPY ON TOP AND GOOEY IN THE MIDDLE.

>> THEY SMELL AMAZING.

WE TOOK A FEW OUT.

YOU CAN SERVE THEM HOWEVER YOU WANT.

YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE PULL THEM APART, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

BEFORE WE DAGAN TO THESE DELICIOUS BITES, WHAT IS ONE MORE THING YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART?

>> WE BELIEVE THAT ART BELONGS TO ALL PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO COME TO THE MUSEUM CAN COME.

WE ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ELIMINATE ALL OF THE BARRIERS TO COMING TO THE MUSEUM, REAL OR PERCEIVED.

ONE OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE KNOW THAT CAN BE VERY REAL IS ECONOMIC BARRIER.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE FREE ADMISSION TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME.

CHILDREN 17 AND UNDER ARE ALWAYS FREE AT THE MUSEUM AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL PROGRAM CALLED MUSEUMS FOR ALL.

FOR ANYONE WHO BENEFITS FROM S.N.A.P.

OR WIC CAN SHOW THEIR EBT CARD AND GET INTO THE MUSEUM FOR FREE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WANTS TO ENJOY ART CAN COME TO THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART AND DO SO.

>> SO GREAT, SO THOUGHTFUL AND A GREAT WAY TO BE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A BITE.

LET'S SAY OUR GOODBYES BEFORE WE DIVE IN AND GET POPPYSEED EVERYWHERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN AND THESE LOOK REALLY GOOD.