The PHO 112 class is having a Photo Exhibition today from 4-6pm at Jalapeno's Mexican Grill, in Cooper Texas. Cooper is one of my favorite little East Texas towns, and Jalapeno's is definitely my favorite restaurant in the region. The food is very good, and very fresh. Everything is prepared on-site, the chicken and beef are first-rate. Most importantly, the owners, Jose and Hilda are wonderful, caring people.
It's my hope to have a new show at Jalapeno's every semester. I'd love it if we could work with Cooper High School and have a show of their students work, or even have a show from Paris Junior College. I'd also like to find a few other venues for exhibiting the students work. My plan is to make one set of frames each semester until we're swimming in them. This semester alone I've made (with the generous help of Jeremy Newton) one hundred frames from maple boards.
The images for this exhibition were all taken in Cooper, and are really nice. My hope for the future is that we'll have a nice system for hanging the work on wires from the ceiling in the restaurant. I think it also be smart to include the Music Department and/or the English Department when we have openings. Wouldn't a poetry reading or some live music be cool?
