“Our job is to make the museum come alive,” says Ruth Lentini, her eyes bright. Since becoming a docent 11 years ago, she has done just that, logging over 5,500 volunteer hours while touring adults and school groups, authoring tour-themed documents, mentoring docent trainees, and serving as the group’s secretary/treasurer and also as chair for five years during COVID.
If you had told the Connecticut native that the Vero Beach Museum of Art would play such an important role in her life, she probably wouldn’t have believed you. In fact, if it weren’t for friends who invited Lentini and her husband to come for a visit, she would never have known about Vero Beach.
“We found Vero to be a lovely, beautiful community in so many ways, so after renting for a while, we bought a house here,” says Lentini, pausing before adding, “My husband passed away before we moved, but I wanted to follow the dream we had, so I did…