Regarding plans to expand the Autry National Center

From an e-mail message written by Native Voices Managing Diretor, David Burton.

I want to share with you the ... letter [below] from our CEO John Gray reflecting an important decision made yesterday by our Board of Trustees. The Trustees decided to end plans to expand our facilities in Griffith Park. As you will see from the letter, we are excited to refocus our energies on creating and delivering quality programming to our constituent communities. This includes Native Voices at the Autry. (And now that we are no longer expanding, I do not anticipate any interruptions performing in the Wells Fargo Theater.) We will undertake new plans to redesign our current exhibit galleries within the existing structure, as well as continue the work of saving the collections of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and its historic building.

You can find additional information about this decision by visiting the Autry National Center web site at www.autrynationalcenter.org. Click on "Letter to Board of Referred Powers" and/or "Resolution."

Thank you for your ongoing support of Native Voices at the Autry, as well as the larger Autry mission. Please feel free to forward this to friends and colleagues if you feel it appropriate. And please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Best always, David