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Chapter members met for the 15th annual meetings at the Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) on the afternoon of November 3, 1989. The group was treated to the exhibition "Light and Time: 150 Years of New Orleans Photography" in the Williams Gallery of THNOC. A reception in the Counting Room Courtyard followed. The annual business meeting took place in the Counting Room of THNOC. The evening was capped off by dinner at Ralph and Kacoo's on Toulouse Street in the Quarter.

On the Saturday, November 4th, there was a continental breakfast in the Counting Room Courtyard. The groups was then given a tour of THNOC by its docents. Bob Heriard and Yvonne Morse made presentations which were concluded by a discussion of the Art and Architecture Thesaurus by Cathleen Whitehead from Williamstown, MA. On Saturday afternoon, Bob Heriard led a tour called The Avant-Garde on Julia Street: a Tour of the Res Nova, the Arthur Roger Gallery, and the Galerie Simonne Stern. Our host, Floyd Zula, led a tour of the Hermann-Grima House and the Gallier House. A reception at the pool of LeRichelieu was followed. The rest of the evening was left free for members to explore New Orleans on their own. Bob Heriard had tickets to an opera of which several of us were fortunate to attend.

On Sunday morning, November 5th, the group left from LeRichelieu's parking lot for the New Orleans Museum of Art. Wanda O'Shello, the editor of THE ARTS QUARTERLY discussed Museum Publications: the Rites of Creation. There was even some free time, followed by lunch at the Cafe Degas on Esplanade Avenue.