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Join the High Museum of Art

You’re invited to join the High Museum of Art as a member of our exclusive Circles or Director’s Circle programs. Both groups bring together people who share an appreciation for the arts and a personal commitment to strengthening the High and the impact we make on our community.

In return for your generous support as a Circles or Director’s Circle member, you will enjoy insider access to the High’s renowned collections and exhibitions, exclusive events, and the most exciting art experiences in the Southeast

Collectors Evening at the High

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Mark your calendar for Collectors Evening, the High Museum’s highly anticipated night of elegance, art, and entertainment. Your support of this event gives you the opportunity to make a difference by casting your vote for your favorite work of art to add to the High Museum’s collection. Purchase your tickets now and help shape the future of the Museum!

May, 2017 Meeting

At the May 18th meeting, we’re honored to have as speakers Tread Davis and John Orr of the Atlanta Regional Commission. They will discuss the Commission’s recently-adopted Walk, Bike, Thrive! plan for Regional Trails, a network of hiking and biking trails extending outward from the Beltline and covering the entire Atlanta Region. The implementation of the Plan is on a fast track and the basic framework should be in place within the next five years.

Tread and John will report on the plans, discuss recent encouraging developments, and obtain members’ thoughts on priorities and ways to improve the Plan.

John Orr is the Manager of the ARC’s Transportation Access and Mobility Division. Before joining the ARC in 1999, he was a senior planner for the Athens-Clarke County planning department. John has an MS in Planning from the University of Tennessee and a BA in Business and Public Administration from the University of Virginia.

Tread Davis is a long-time Roundtable member, Senior Counsel of Dentons, and a long-time member of the Board of ARC. He heads an ARC task force which proposed a system of trails for our Region, and the proposal was unanimously approved and adopted by the ARC Board last month.

April, 2017 Meeting

At our April 20th meeting, our resident, world-renown BBQ expert Bob Herndon will have BBQ samples from around Atlanta. After our traditional Capital City Club meal, you will taste and judge the BBQ. The kitchen staff and catering staff will also participate.

The BBQ is for tasting only—it does not replace the Capital City Club fare. We’ll be judging three samples of pulled pork. Tasting and judging procedures of the Kansas CIty BBQ Society will be in effect. Bob will instruct us on judging for taste, appearance, and texture. His presentation will include an assessment of the state of BBQ in Georgia and its wider potential to bring together a deeply-divided nation.

Bob Herndon is president of the Atlanta BBQ Club and has run the popular Atlanta BBQ Festival for the last eight years. Bob has appeared on “Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey”, “BBQ Pitmasters” and the Emmy award-winning GPB “The BBQ Show”. He is a certified BBQ judge in the Kansas City BBQ Society, the Memphis BBQ Network, and the International BBQ Association. He has been a guest judge at international festivals in Sweden and Germany.

Bob graduated from Emory University and is retired from the Decatur City Schools system His daughter, also an Emory graduate, is currently a student at Columbia University. He has a son at Georgia Tech.

March, 2017 Meeting

At our March 16h meeting, we’re honored to have as speaker, Margaret “Marjy” Stagmeier, a founding partner of TriStar Investments. Ms. Stagmeier has received considerable attention for her innovations in providing and managing affordable housing. A recent AJC article describes her concept of caring capitalism that transforms communities and still makes a profit for investors.

Her topic will be “Stabilizing Failing Schools Through Housing”.

Ms. Stagmeier has over 25 years of experience providing asset management and fund development for European and U.S. high net-worth individuals and institutions. She is the author of the book Real Estate Asset Management: Executive Strategies for Profit-Making, a landmark book in its third printing.

Ms. Stagmeier has Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Finance from Georgia State University. She is a Distinguished Toastmaster, past board member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, and serves on the board of the Atlanta Food Bank. She lives in Midtown with her husband, John.