In December, the organization spread the fun (and the wealth), heading to Washington, D.C., for the first time and
holding a one - evening display of a new collection of nine out - of - the - box community cat shelters, designed by D.C. - area
architectural firms.
Named for its founder, William Rutherford Mead (an 1867 graduate of Amherst College and a partner in the storied
architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White), the Mead
holds the art collection of Amherst College, celebrated for its American and European paintings, Mexican ceramics, Tibetan scroll paintings, English paneled room, ancient Assyrian carvings, Russian avant - garde art, West African sculpture and Japanese prints.