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APRIL 1-78

DEAR JAKE & GWEN-

I WAS UP TO SEE YOUR EXHIBITION ON OPENING DAY & RAN INTO WILLIAM WILLIAMS & HERB GENTRY & BILL HUTSON & SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS. MS. DINTENFASS TELLS ME SHE GOT MARRIED - "LOVELY LADY" WELL JAKE THE EXHIBITION WAS MOST INSPIRING - WITH SEVERAL TWISTS. LIKE THE SELF-PORTRAITS - THE ONE HOLDING THE BRUSHES IS REALLY GREAT- I LIKE THE WAY YOU OVERLAPPED THE COLORS - ITS LOOKS LIKE A COLLAGE. I WENT TO AN EXHIBITION OF MERTON SIMPSON AND SAW ROMARE THERE - HE HAS REALLY SLIMMED DOWN. CLIFF JACKSON FROM SWEDEN - WHO WAS HERE DURING THE FIFTIES - IS BACK AFTER 21 YEARS FOR A 1 MONTH VISIT. I SAW HIM AND HARVEY CROPPER LAST YEAR IN LAGOS - AT THE FESTIVAL. 

NEXT WEEK IS RETROSPECTIVE OF BEAUFORD DELANEY AT THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM. BENNY ANDREWS JUST HAD A SHOW AND MEL EDWARDS. I HAVE A FEW THINGS AT ZERRER & HELLEN GALLERY AT 75 & MAD, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MY GALLERY CLOSED DOWN LAST OCT & BECAME PRIVATE DEALERS - I'VE JUST STARTED WORKING ON SOME NEW PAINTINGs. WE WERE IN HATI FOR 10 DAYS IN FEB, SO WE MISSED SOME OF THE SNOW. I AM LEAVING TOMORROW FOR LANCASTER PA - I HAVE AN OPENING SHOW AT FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE

THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP - SO CYNTHIA DECIDED TO STAY HOME. ITS 4 1/2 HOURS BY BUS. I GOT A JOB WITH THE CETA PEOPLE - I'M WORKING AT THE HENRY ST ART CENTER - ACROSS FROM MY HOUSE. I MET PHILOME OBIN (WENT TO HIS HOUSE) IN CAP HATIAN - HE DID SOME OF THE MURALS IN TRINITY CHURCH - IN PORTO PRINCE / CYNTHIA SAID HE REMINDED HER OF YOU - VERY GRACIOUS MAN - HE WAS PAINTING WHEN WE WALKED IN-