Turkey Study Trip 2002 - 2008 -- Testimonials
Dear Friends:
The Turkey Study Trip is for US & Canada
Museum Executives, College & university Meeting & Facilities
Planner, who wish to explore Turkey to organize tours for
their members. Since 2002, we have hosted over 100 museum
directors in Turkey. Mediterranean Travel Management, a
division of Mediterranean Travel Magazine, Inc., has been
supported by the Turkish Culture & Tourism Ministers,
Turkish Airlines, many local hotels, and Mediterranean
Travel Magazine & Directory. Being a member of ASTA,
USTOA, ISMP, we’re committed to offer the best services for
Turkey & Greece destinations.
If you have any doubt, you may contact:
Hasan Zongur, Attaché
Turkish National Tourist Office
821 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Tel:(212) 687-2194
Fax: (212) 599-7568
I hope you will be able to join this unforgettable Study
Tour. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Ivo Braggiotti, Jr. Vice President
Mediterranean Travel Management
420 East 80th Street # 6H,
New York, NY 10075
Tel: (212) 744-4669
Turkey Study Tour 2007 Participant List:
- 1, 2- Anna L Koster & William M. Kirkpatrick, Stanford University (Cantor
Art Center), CA
- 3, 4-Elizabeth Turco, The Museum of Arts & Sciences, FL
Director Visitor and Retail Services & Jacqueline Davis
- 5, 6- Raul Magdaleno & Zulema Martine Southern
Methodist University, TX Office of the Dean
- 7.Theodore Griffith Decker, Arizona State University Art
Museum
- 8, 9-Bernice Mummery & Frank Mummery, Eva Brook Donly Museum, Canada Member
- 10. Kate Bedding, Haldimond-Norfolk R.E.A.C.H., Canada Board Member
- 11, 12-Catherine Suprun & Anthony Suprun Women in Norfolk, Canada
- 13,14,15- Judith Albers & Carolyn Drake & Todd Allen McMillen, Dennos Musuem, MI
- 16, 17- Keith & Joyce Flexman, Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise/ Haldimand Norfolk Alzheimer Society,
Canada
- 18, 19- Noreen Parker &Peter Parker, Sweet Briar Alumnae Association, VA
Participants' Testimonals:
Dear Isik Braggiotti, I want to thank you
very much for the Study Tour that you provided for me and my
colleagues through so much of Turkey in November of 2006. It
was a wonderful experience; and I appreciated you, our
guide, for offering us so much. It is important for you to
know how much our group appreciated the wealth of knowledge
and experience that you brought to each sight that we
visited.
As an Art Educator, Curator, and Director of an Art
Gallery, I appreciated the focus on culture, history, art,
and archaeology. Turkey has so many artefacts, and so much
art and architecture, it is important for everyone to have a
chance to learn about our past with a knowledge of the
people who have gone before us. Many tours let you see
'things,' but your study tours offer an academic and
educational benefit that most do not. I really appreciated
the tours you offer, and the resources you offer as a guide.
You know your way around Turkey and did an excellent job of
arranging visits, coordinating tour guides, hotels, and
travel plans. I would happily take another tour and
encourage friends or colleagues to join one of your tours.
My colleague who teaches art history at Malaspina
University-College was so grateful for all the images I
brought back related to the underground cities and
especially the imagery on the hidden churches. She said "you
can't get this kind of material unless you actually go
there!" So many others that I show my photos to, now want to
come to Turkey!
As a Curator, I was also interested to see
how works are protected, exhibited, and a proud part of the
Turkish people. Education is a major component of what
galleries and museums do, and it was wonderful to see the
way the Turkish government is protecting and promoting its'
past.
The Nanaimo Art Gallery board was happy to hear of
my experiences, and we want to look at some options of
offering a gallery event which would include a visit to
several sights in western, central, and southern Turkey. I
will be in touch with you further in this regard, in the
future.
An intellectual tour in a region of the world that
is is looking for more understanding and acceptance to
important at time when the world is becoming one community.
As a humanitarian and teacher, I feel that the benefit of
these kinds of tours are important for all people who can
participate.
Thank you very much for the valuable and
enjoyable experience, and I hope to see you again in new
York or Turkey.
Sincerely, Robin Field
Professor of Visual Art Malaspina-University College
Executive Director and Curator Nanaimo Art Gallery
Thank you and your family for all kindnesses to me. I began with much embarrassment
because of my cancelled passport. Your family responded. I
then needed medical attention, you responded. How
supportive and kind you are. Thank you for including me. I
love Turkey and will visit as often as I can.
Thank you.
BEATRICE BLOOM
Dear Isik: Thank you again for the
wonderful experience in Turkey.You are a very special
person! I also hope we can keep in touch.
Vicky Huband & Steve Williams
Dear Ivo or Isik, First I want to thank you
for a WONDERFUL trip, my dream trip of a lifetime. One day,
hopefully with our museum tour, I will go back to Turkey.
Thank you so much for your patience and good humor. I have
been telling everyone since we got home that Turkey is a
must to visit. Again, thank you for a wonderful experience
in Turkey, and thank you most of all for your friendship.
Sincerely,
Eugene A. Jenneman
What fun we had and I too am
feeling like I am missing the Study group very much. Thanks
God we all had such a great time and I am glad to hear you
are doing well. Please keep us here in Canada in your
thoughts.
Regards,
Nataley
Several of Museum who joined Turkey Study Trips:
- Benjamin Whine, NEW MUSEUM-NY - Membership Programs Manager
- 2- Martha Longenecker, MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM-CA - Founder & Director
- 3- Marc Linton Gardener, MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM-CA - Membership Programs Director
- 4- Maggie G. Lyko, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART-NY - Director of the Junior Associates
- 5- Marijo Dougherty, ALBANY UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM - Director
- 6- Norman Bauman, ALBANY UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM - Member of the President’s Club
- 7- Jose Koes, WINNIPEG ART GALLERY-CANADA - Chairman
- 8- Michael P. Mezzatesta, DUKE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM-NC - Director
- 9- Donald R. Friary,DEERFIELD HISTORIC MUSEUM-MA - Executive Director
- 10- Karen Carr, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART-OH - Director of the Constituent Relations
- 11- Barrett Carr, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART-OH -Director of the Membership Programs
- 12- Susan Stevens Jaros, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART-OH - Deputy Director
- 13- Carey Jaros, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART-OH - Associate Curator
- 14- Hitomi Iwasaki, THE QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART-NY - Associate Curator
- 15- Sandra London, SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART-KS - Director of Membership & Development
- 16- Robert Milnes, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY-CA - Director
- 17- Karen Milnes, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY-CA - Director of the Advisory Council
- 18- Kimberly Camp, THE BARNES FOUNDATION-PA - Executive Director & CEO
- 19- Paola Morsiani, HOUSTON CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - Associate Curator
- 20- Raul M. Oyuela, LATIN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM-FL
- 21- Angela Maria Zapata, LATIN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM-FL
- 22- James T. Hanley, DELAWARE ART MUSEUM-DE - Deputy Director
- 23- Jon Carrol, FRESNO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM-CA - Associate Director
- 24- Dolores Richard, BOLINAS MUSEUM-CA - Director
- 25- Deirc Keman, Academy Of Sciences Travel Office - Travel program Director
- 26- Kathie Harvey, Travel Office Manager
- 27- Cecelia Barry, Porttand Community College - Educational Travel Director
- 28- Sara Bentley,Program Assistant
- 29- John Dadabay, State Historical Museum-ID - Director
- 30- Eugene A. Jenneman, Dennos Museum Center Director
- 31- Nataley Nagy, Textile Museum of Canada - Director
- 32- Diane Camber, BASS Museum Director
- 33- Denise Wolpert, Membership Associate
- 34- Jennifer Rexroad, Museum of Contemporary art San Diego
- 35- RENEE WALASAUAGE, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
- 36- KATHLEEN COLLINS, Columbia Gorge Discovery
- 37- CAROLINE RAO, Berkeley College
- 38- NANCY RAO, Berkeley College
- 39- CELESTE MOURE STROM, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Science Center
- 40- CARRIE BANASKY, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Science Center
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