Jennifer- CP 09 - 10/1/10

Tonight was the opening of the Jewelry and Ed Franklin Exhibit at LeMoyne. I had to work but I really wanted to try and share this experience with both my tutoring and conversation partners. So, for the first hour Alison, Biou, Wenbo, and Mandy all came to look around the gallery. They came around 6:00-7:00 that evening, which also happened to be when we had the most people come through. Since we were so busy, I let the girls walk around and would randomly meet up with them to answer any questions and to let them show me which pieces they liked the best. They were all very curious about the red dots that I would randomly place on different wall labels as the night wore on. I explained to them that the red dot meant that the piece had just been sold and was no longer available for purchase. Biou was able to pick out several of the pieces that she found very interesting and showed me the different images she took with her camera. They all seemed to really enjoy walking around and looking at the art. Biou was really happy and explained to me that she used to go to gallery openings a lot back in Beijing. I told her that during the next First Friday (in November) I would take her over to Rail Road so that she can see all of the different galleries that over there.