The men below are Win Pe and Paw Oo Thet. Who are the women?  Could one be Ann Roher (spelling?), who worked for USAID?  She and her boss Bill Small used to hold shows for the artists at their residences.  Another big supporter was Ken Mohler.  The date of this photo is the early 1960s.  [...]

After 200 KPH winds hit Yangon, friends were helping friends and strangers were helping strangers. When I arrived three weeks later, one of my first stops was to see Khin Maung Yin.  He looked OK as my taxi pulled up, perhaps wondering who is this guy taking my picture? All Ok, only a few roofing [...]

Many thanks to Gill Pattison of River Gallery for an invitation to the Myanmar Contemporary Art Awards2008 Exhibition of Finalists reception held at the Strand Hotel on May 30th. Scheduled for only weeks after devastating Cyclone Nargis, the organizers decided the community could benefit by carrying on as planned. This was a good decision; spirits [...]