Our Grand Opening was truly a grand event. Art lovers and enthusiasts came from all over the country. No check that. From all over the world but, more on that in a minute. The day started out with Joni Pavarnik - one of our potters doing a demonstration right on the sidewalk in front of the gallery. 
Passerby's were treated to a wonderful show by one of our more colorful artists. Everyone had fun and some were convinced to come inside to see what this was all about. Later it was Bonnie Dents turn. Bonnie does pastels, watercolor and more. Today she was drawing free portraits of who ever would sit in the chair.
She was followed up by Mary O'brien who does watercolors which is what she was working on. Several customers asked her about classes which the gallery will be offering in the winter.At 6 pm the real festivities began. Kerry-Lynn provided some wonderful music. Check her out and even listen to her at http://www.kerry-lynn.com You will get a good taste of what we enjoyed.
Helen Gorney one of our artist - oil provided the food and wine. It was a great spread please check out our FaceBook page to see more pictures of the event. If you go to our website Thegalleryinwilliams.com click on contact and then click on FaceBook it will take you to our page.
As I said before we had people from all over. Arizona residents from Williams, Flagstaff, Kingman, St Johns, Phoenix, Parks, and Prescott. We also had people from California, Ohio, Florida, Oregon, and a little farther away as from England, British Columbia, Australia, and I even sent one of my sculptures off to live in Belgium.
What a wonderful night. I just want to thank all of our patrons, artists, the mayor who made an appearance, the Williams Chamber of Commerce http://www.experiencewilliams.com/ , and all of the locals, friends, and family who support us. Also thank you to our readers. I hope you all have the chance to come visit us in the future. Please introduce yourself.
Thank you for reading
Tom Williams
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