On Saturday, my mom and I headed down to New York City for the day. We first stopped at the Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design. There we saw several exhibits, but our favorite by far was Ingo Maurer’s exhibit that includes mostly sculptural and installation pieces with light. We then went out for some lunch and headed downtown to the Jen Bekman Gallery. (Photo below of Kate and Mike signing books. The other two people are Natalie and Ben, two great people that I met!)

When we walked in we were imediately recognized by Kate Bingaman-Burt who has been great to me as we have been in contact online for some time now. It was great to finally meet her in person, seeing that she lives in Mississippi! I had arrived early to film some interview footage and we set to work on that. After that Mike Perry showed up and it was great to finally meet him as well! I have greatly enjoyed both of their work and they both are contributing artists to Grab Bag Book (the collaborative visual book that I am making). We talked for a little bit and then shot some footage with Mike. People started arriving around now and we got ready for a talk by Kate and Mike. (Photo below of Mike and Kate’s shoes during the talk)

After the talk we hung out for a bit and talked to Kate and Mike more about there work, college, and more. I got Hand Job, Mike’s book that recently came out and that Kate is in, signed by the both of them. At this point we hugged, shook hands, and said our goodbyes. Thanks to Mike and Kate for being so great to me!