http://www.nationalportraitgallery.org/ I’ve met a few terrific people from the National Portrait Gallery — Kim Sajet, who’s the Director, and Lindsay Gabryszak, who’s their Major Gifts Officer. On the basis of what they’ve told me they’re doing there, we gave them a small check of support for their “Elaine De Koonig” exhibit. Since I wasn’t able…
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www.welcometolace.org/ I met Sarah Russin at the end of a welcome reception for the interim President of Rhode Island School of Design, Rosanne Somerson when she came to Los Angeles last week. Sarah gave me her business card and told me she worked for “LACE”, which seems to be a way to feature artists. Since…
Jeff D. works hard, and his office is not around the corner from where we had a “Welcome” event for RISD alumni. Even so, he was in good spirits and gave us a bright smile when he arrived with his daughter Andie & her roommate Xavier. I appreciated his bringing his daughter, who’s now in…
… Kuu, who’s a sophomore at University of Oregon, is a leader with Camp Kesem there. (It’s a camp that lets children whose parents have died or are dying of cancer attend for no cost and find other kids who are also dealing with life and death issues.) For her birthday, Kuu asked her friends…
After I had my blog launch, I took my friend Gloria G. (age 88) to the Westside Pavilion so we could shop for Hanukkah. I explained what the “blog” was all about, how it works, and why writing my notes of appreciation is important to me. “Oh, it’s very important,” she nodded. “We bundle up…
