The four hour reception went by so quickly, there wasn't time enough to go around to answer all the questions, or give individual tours to each person. We could have easily had the opening run until twelve midnight. Some people were just showing up to the show as we were locking the gallery up for the evening.

Displaying artwork for anyone to critique has to be one of the most exciting and the most scary experience an artist can go through. Receiving such positive comments and support through sales and future projects made the ordeal totally worth it. Doing art for art's sake is great, but if you can make it your lively hood, all the better.

After the art show a group of people met at the sushi restaurant down the street called Papagin. The food put a great cap on a great evening. We were able to discuss what went great during the opening, as well as what things we needed to work on for the next show.

One suggestion for the next show would be to have a host greet people as they arrived. The host would provide the pamphlets and point out the artists featured in the show. Quite a few people at the opening didn't even know we had pamphlets containing small descriptions of each piece.

Another suggestion that came up was to have the show at a venue with more flexible operating hours. This would have helped during our opening night. Later on we found out that this would have also helped people who missed the opening, who wanted to stop by the show after work in the early evening.

All the suggestions that came up during our little afterset were great. Everyone thought the show came together quite nicely. There was so many things that had to be taken care of to pull off a smooth evening. All the hours of work spent hanging the photographs, arranging and rearranging them, setting up the lighting, cleaning the gallery for the show, acquiring the food and drinks for the evening, not to mention creating an add campaign for the Chicago Reader and sending out postcards for the show. All the work paid off in the end.

I would like to thank everyone that contributed to the support and promotion of the KIC show. Our little rag tag team of doers didn't always see eye to eye on everything, and there were times where I questioned whether all this work and tension was worth it. Through some very late evenings and many heated discussions, somehow things came together.

Let me thank Teri for all the support she has given me to create and pursue my artistic endeavors. Without you there would be nothing. Your ability to listen to me rant and rave about whatever is on my mind is only exceeded by your impeccable sense of self, human kindness, and visionary guidance.

Without Ed, I would have so many more typographical errors. Sending you the ad copy for review brought me back to the days we worked together at Ameritech. Bernard will not win any cinematic awards, yet. But he has come up with a rough video of our auspicious evening. Gerard recieves the Best Dressed Award for his stunning suit. He'll be our Host at the next show. Gracie knows too many people. Whatever the situation, whatever the context, she has a contact that can help in some form or fashion. Thanks to the Filipino constituency for their support: Natalie from work, Ruth and Alvin from Bourbanais, way to represent.

To all those that came and supported the show, we are very grateful and are looking forward for the next one.