Last night was the "Grand Opening Celebration" for the new CVA Photo Lab. (BTW, if you aren't a fan of the CVA Photo Lab on Facebook, become one now!) There were a lot of people there, and I was able to chat with some old and new "photo friends."
Here are some photos from last night:
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Goodies (many of them were made by members of our own photo faculty)
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The "loungy" area directly outside of the B&W lab - notice
the magnetic wall used for instant critique space!
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Faculty, staff, and students starting to file-in to the new studio
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Ann Ledy (the president of CVA in the red glasses) thanking those who made
the new labs possible - there were a LOT of people who did a LOT of work!
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Students getting ready to present thank you gift baskets
to Shawn, Grant, John, and I. Thanks students!
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Some of my work-study lab assistants found the extra food once everyone had left...
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My gift basket from the students
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Probably the most random gift basket I've ever received... Thanks photo students (and Emma!)
Thanks to EVERYONE who showed up in support of the Photo Program last night! What a fun time!
I'll have some pretty dramatic "before-and-after" photos of the photo lab spaces posted in the next week or 2. Check back for those and become a
fan of the CVA Photo Lab on Facebook!