My gratitude to

Professor Thomas Neff

without whom this exhibition would not have taken place.

Derek Bell, Vivien Lehman, Jim Myers, Gillian Sims

Mary Jackson, Dot Garlow, Morgan, John Jackson, Sam Hsu, Sean Khamphouang, Jamie Baldridge, Eric Julien, Tim Barbier, and Prof. Lisa Unterbrink

who constantly gave me advice and courage.

My love to my patient son,

Alex Bordei,

and my gratitude to my friends who took care of Alex while I was in the dark room:

Gresna Doty & Jim Trayham, Greg Cavenaugh, Jeff Corbett, Albert Hamilton,

Deborah Facey, Barbara Nielsen, and Lisa Swartzel.

To Deirdre Carney,

who patiently and enthusiastically edited my diary fragments.

To Dr. Michael Bowman,

whose class in qualitative research made me more sure of the quality of my work.

My many thanks for the help, kindness, and steady moral support that I was given by

Rev. Roger Templeton

without whom this exhibition, again, wouldn't have taken place.

Thanks to the University Methodist Church, Rev. Ken Irby, Rev. Shawn Anglim and Phil Woodland

and

hostess Elle Jefferis who cooked this wonderful supper.

Thanks to my family back at home and Camelia Arion, computer geekess.

To Gabriel Liebermann

who made risky investments in me.

To Kenneth Porter-Shirley,

who inspired me through his conduct in the sustained effort required

to get the fucking job done.