We expected to see Palm Beach, Broward and Dade schools coming to the museum. But we're getting school groups booked from as far away as Wisconsin. That gives a whole new meaning to Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale.

I did not predict the full range of creativity.

There were many museums competing for this show, so there was a bit of 'who you know' involved in our getting it. They knew we could accommodate a show of this scale, and South Florida had the audience to support it.

The staircase will remain as a permanent work of art.

Sometimes you don't receive because you don't ask. Schools are competitive. They want numbers. They want the school full.

He designed the courtyards at Moss and Campbell schools, and did a master plan for the high school involving the fields project. He designed an outdoor environmental classroom at Edgar Middle School, and he worked with the Friends of Tommy's Pond on a planting design for it, for which students from his classes at Rutgers would also produce designs. Steve also designed the Carol Leach Memorial Garden at the First Presbyterian Church.