The Life behind the Rabbit: Beatrix Potter

Betsy Bray is based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Following a career as a children’s librarian, she was the first overseas trustee elected to the Beatrix Potter Society, with which she has been a member for almost forty years. She has spoken at several of the Society’s International Study Conferences and given illustrated talks to various groups in the United States, United Kingdom, Africa, and Australia; she also lectured about Beatrix Potter on a transatlantic crossing of the Queen Mary 2. She has a BA in history from Curry College, in Milton, Massachusetts, and a Master of Library Science from St. John’s University, New York.

Andrew Westover is the Eleanor McDonald Storza Director of Education at the High Museum of Art. An educator and ethicist, Westover helms the learning team at the High, which recently rearticulated its focus: connecting people with art and ideas to inspire better civic life. Westover’s previous positions include posts at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Phoenix Art Museum. Westover began their career as a classroom educator, and prior to museums, worked for schools, districts, and universities across the United States and abroad. Westover holds an MEd from Arizona State University, an MA in Religion from Claremont School of Theology, and an EdM and a PhD in education and ethics from Harvard University.