evidence: It is about creating yourself" (George Bernard Shaw); and "It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years" (Abraham Lincoln), among others. A Launch participant working on her accordion book project in one of Crystal Bridges’ studios. Students discuss these quotes in class prior to their visit to the Museum, so each visit includes a rich discussion about how the selected quote and a work of art relate to one another. For example, at our session this month, the Abraham Lincoln quote above was paired with an exploration of Asher Brown Durand’s painting Kindred Spirits in the Picturing the Americas exhibition. The painting celebrates the friendship of artist Thomas Cole and poet William Cullen Bryant, both depicted in the painting. Durand was commissioned to create the painting, which was gifted to Bryant a year after Cole’s untimely death at the age of 47. The group discussed the painting, examining the details and symbols within it, and made connections between the quote, the painting, and Cole’s life and legacy. Following the gallery portion, we moved to the studio where everyone created an accordion-style book, filling it with symbols to tell stories about their own lives.