Kusamono Reception July 2007

On the evening of July 12 the National Bonsai Foundation hosted a reception for the opening of the Kusamono Display exhibit. These are some photos of guests at this happy event.
 
Left to right: Sun Hee Lee, friend of Kusamono artist Young Choe: Jung Hee Lee and her husband, Byung Chul Choi, Bonsai Specialist and Professor at Kun-kuk University, Seoul, Korea; Young Choe; Myung Sook Kim, Vice-President of Korean American Artist Association; and her husband, Tai Pyung Kim.
 

NBF President, Felix Laughlin, talking with Young Choe
 

Young Choe with NBF Board member, Jack Cardon and his wife Edyth
 

Friends of the National Arboretum, Executive Director, Kathy Horan and NBF Board Member, Janet Lanman
 

Dr. Robert Griesbach, Research Geneticist with the Agricultural Research Service
 

U.S. National Arboretum Director, Tom Elias with Young Choe and Ron Lang
 

Assistant Curator, Kathleen Emerson-Dell, and Young Choe welcoming guests
 

NBF Executive Director, Johann Klodzen; Young Choe; Curator, Jim Hughes; and Assistant Curator, Kathleen Emerson-Dell
 

Guests admiring the bonsai!
   
   
   
   

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