The highlight of the morning's meeting was what followed when when someone mentioned that Barrack Obama's sister was on Maui. Someone said to (I think it was) Loraine-- do you know anyone you can call to invite her to the gallery?
She got on the phone and about 10 minutes later she announces to us all-- "she's on her way."
Five minutes earlier, photographer Lisa Yurkovic had walked in with her camera. We immediately recruited her.
Maya Soeoro-Ng walked into the gallery and quickly commented that she was impressed. "I am a schoolteacher you know," she said. "I'd love to use this as part of my curriculum."
She spent almost a half hour taking her time with the art. She was with her family and her young daughter spent some time playing in the kids room-- the kids room is draped with prayer flags hanging from the ceiling and the walls are adorned with peace art from 600 kids.
Pictured at left, Maya Soeoro-Ng and Tim Garcia in front of Tom Sewell's piece: "I Can No longer Remain Silent."
We're now waiting on the visits from campaigns of Clinton, Edwards, Kucinich... Guiliani, McCain... in fact, the Obama campaign was the first of any politician (including local) to visit the Maui War and Peace Art Show.
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