I am overwhelmed! Thanks Alex and Molly!
It was such a treat and honor to have wonderful Forum friends at the opening! You all made my day. Piety Choi and her husband were there also (we've never met before either). Thank you Piety! She recognized me first, from accross the gallery room. We exchanged compliments and she is inviting us to visit her at school (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, I also studied there). They departed just before you two arrived. Imagine that, ... four Forum dwellers in one place! I am sure we will all be seeing each other more regularly as this fall season approaches (This Friday we all will meet again at Alex's show at American College, nearby). Now you are all so much more real to me! I highly recommend Forum members meeting each other!
Alex and Molly, you have described the opening much better than I could. There are many new faces for me in the faculty make up. There are a lot of familiar old friends teaching there too. The Wayne Art Center has huge expansion plans in the works, and it will be exciting to be there on the cusp of this growth. I also admire the talent and integrity in the faculty, and know it will be rewarding to collaborate and network with them. I know I already have at least one student, and possibly several more.
As you can see from the photo below (taken with my Nikon D100 by fellow faculty member Ava Blitz, thank you!), we are really smiling! Actually we held those smiles the whole time, I think. What a great day!
Yours, truly,
Garth