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A cool night in Tucson.

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[CHEERING]

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Welcome.

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Thank you all for being here.

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I'm Laura Copelin.

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I'm the deputy director and one
of the curators here at MOCA.

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So grateful to see all of you.

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What a beautiful crowd.

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And to be here for
CAConrad's reading.

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So I just want to say a few
really quick thank yous.

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First off, huge
thank you, CA, to you

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for a beautiful exhibition and
for doing a million workshops

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this week and for just being
with us back here in Tucson.

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I also want to
Thank our partners

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at The Poetry Center, Tyler,
Paola, Julie, the whole team.

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You guys have been such
incredible partners

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for the exhibition
and for this program.

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Thank you so much.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you to all of the
MOCA members out here.

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If you're not a
member already, we're

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about to launch into
our membership drive.

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So become a member, support
artists, experimental practices,

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free programs.

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Support us.

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And thank you to all the
ambassadors, trustees,

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all the people who are
here that support us.

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And yeah, welcome
to Third Thursday.

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For some of you who are
new to Third Thursday here

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for the reading, we do
this every third Thursday

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of the month and KXCI are
our incredible partners.

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They're always
playing music here.

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The museum's open late for free.

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It's our free night.

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And Sundays now are
also pay what you wish.

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So good things to note.

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Trying to just be more and more
and more free in all the ways.

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But just make sure that you
get a beer or a hot water

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from our partners at Brick
Box who are showing up for us

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tonight.

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And please order lots
of delicious food

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from Ensenada Street
Food behind you.

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And yeah, I'm going
to pass it over.

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I just want to also say
thanks to the MOCA staff

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and volunteers.

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You guys are the best.

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But I want to pass it along

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To Tyler who's
going to keep going.