Samantha Singleton is the Director of the Hapeville Depot Museum and a board member of Idea Capital. She designed and launched a new model for artists and historians to partner on innovative storytelling, exhibits, and programming in a museum setting. Through this new collaborative workshop and model, she seeks to connect disparate ideas and thinkers with the world. Samantha Singleton is a graduate of Smith College. She has partnered with historic sites, archives, art museums, and more. She was named an exceptional young leader in historic preservation and the arts by Open Space Institute which earned her the Barnabas McHenry Hudson River Valley Award. More recently, she has been awarded a creative residency at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences.