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"Many, many thanks for the generosity of the
artists contributing their talents and for giving so graciously of themselves.
It was exciting, informative and (for some of us senior citizens) exhausting.
I wouldn't have missed it for the world and am anxiously awaiting the
next one." -Barbara Stirling
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Richard Whitney (incoming Chairman
of ASOPAF) chats with Michael Del Priore (outgoing Chairman) at the Awards
Banquet. The New York Athletic Club provided an elegant setting for the
Awards Banquet. Richard Whitney presents Jonathan Paier, of Paier College
of Art in Connecticut, one of the three Achievement Awards for attaining
high excellence in education in Fine Arts (Paier, Savannah College of Art
and Design, and Academy of Art College in San Francisco were three host
schools for Foundation portrait events in 1999). The banquet gave participants
a chance to relax and compare notes. Daphne Todd, first woman president
of Great Britain's Royal Society of Portrait Painters, was keynote speaker
for the evening. The view from the New York Athletic Club included a panorama
of Central Park and the city skyline. Michael Del Priore presents Leon Loard
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