BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Opening Reception for "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston"

DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Opening Reception for "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston":

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Description of Pictures: The Canadian Embassy invites you to the opening recepiton of For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston. The artists will be in attendance.
Introductory remarks were made by Denis Chouinard (Counsellor, Public Affairs, Embassy of Canada) and Katherine Baird (Head of the Washington Secretariat).
Folks in the audience included Martha Kennedy, Sara Duke, Mike Rhode, Barbara Dale, Carolyn Belefski, Teresa Roberts Logan, Dana Maier

Same Event: Wait! There's more! Because I took too many pictures, photos from this event were divided among the following pages: [Display ALL photos on one page]:

2019_DC_EC_Johnston: DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Exhibit: For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston (212 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_Johnston_190912: DC -- Embassy of Canada -- Opening Reception for "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston" (123 photos from 2019)

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. JOHNST_190912_042.JPG: Martha Kennedy, Mike Rhode, Sara Duke, Marda Harris Robillard, Barbara Dale
2. JOHNST_190912_063.JPG: Lynn Johnston, Barbara Dale. Martha Kennedy in background.
3. JOHNST_190912_064.JPG: Martha Kennedy, Sara Duke, Lynn Johnston, Sara Duke, Marda Harris Robillard
4. JOHNST_190912_075.JPG: Carolyn Belefski, Barbara Dale, Marda Harris Robillard
5. JOHNST_190912_085.JPG: Katherine Baird, Lynn Johnston
6. JOHNST_190912_089.JPG: Carolyn Belefski and her mother
7. JOHNST_190912_094.JPG: Teresa Roberts Logan, Sara Duke
8. JOHNST_190912_101.JPG: Denis Chouinard, Katherine Baird, Lynn Johnston
9. JOHNST_190912_112.JPG: Katherine Baird
10. JOHNST_190912_169.JPG: Kate Grumbacher (curator of the exhibit here at the embassy)
11. JOHNST_190912_230.JPG: Lynn Johnston
12. JOHNST_190912_273.JPG: Stephanie van Doleweerd, Katherine Baird
13. JOHNST_190912_298.JPG: Martha Kennedy, Mike Rhode, Sara Duke, ???, ???
14. JOHNST_190912_302.JPG: ???, Ronn Levine
15. JOHNST_190912_305.JPG: Martha Kennedy, Teresa Roberts Logan, Dana Maier, Mike Rhode
16. JOHNST_190912_312.JPG: Mike Rhode, Lynn Johnston
17. JOHNST_190912_321.JPG: Sara Duke, Teresa Roberts Logan
18. JOHNST_190912_322.JPG: Carolyn's mother, Lynn Johnston, Carolyn Belefski
19. JOHNST_190912_332.JPG: Lynn Johnston, Dana Maier
20. JOHNST_190912_342.JPG: Lynn Johnston, Teresa Roberts Logan
21. JOHNST_190912_345.JPG: Lynn Johnston, Barbara Dale
22. JOHNST_190912_350.JPG: Marda Harris Robillard, Lynn Johnston, Barbara Dale
23. JOHNST_190912_402.JPG: Kate Grumbacher, Lynn Johnston
24. JOHNST_190912_411.JPG: Lynn Johnston ("For Better or For Worse"), Bruce Guthrie
25. JOHNST_190912_413.JPG: Lynn Johnston ("For Better or For Worse"), Bruce Guthrie
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2019 photos: Overnight trips this year: (May, August, October, December) Four trips to New York City (including the United Nations, Flushing, and the New York Comic-Con), (July) My 14th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Utah). (August) Massachusetts (Boston, Stockbridge, and Springfield) to experie/nce rain in another state, and (August) Asheville, NC to visit Dad and his wife Dixie. Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: about 582,000.
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