FORMER STUDENTS HOLD PARTY AT RAINFOREST ART FOUNDATION

Dr. JC Fann is the Chairman and President of the United States Alumni Association of Taiwan National Normal University.  Celebrating their 45 th Anniversary Celebration at the Rainforest Art Foundation in Long Island City, special guests included the President and Vice President of the University along with seven high ranking professors all who flew in from Taiwan. 

They were: Professor Frank Yung-Hsiang Ying -  Executive Vice President of National Taiwan Normal University; Professor  Greg Chung-Mou Lee - Executive Vice President of National Taiwan Normal University; Professor  Chiou-Lan Chern - Dean, College of Liberal Art; Professor  Kwun-Min Chen - Dean, College of Science; Professor  Tian-Ming She - Previous Dean, Department of Education, College of Education: and Professor  Hsiang-Lin Liu - Vice President, Office of International Affair. 

Fann is also the President of Hakka Association of New York. Hakka is a Chinese cultural of people who tended to move about China and living in different areas. There are a large number that moved to Taiwan and tend to speak in their own dialect. 

Cheng –Chih Wu is the President of Taiwan National Normal University.  Although Wu has heard of Marlene, it was only 3 years ago that they met when Marlene took a trip to Taiwan.  “It is the first time that I am here at the studio. It is remarkable.  Her paintings are amazing.  We have a Fine Arts Department at the University and I can easily say that she is one of the ‘Masters’.”

An Art Museum has recently been constructed at the University of which several of Marlene’s prints will be part of it.  Wu said that the museum should be open next year at which time he will invite Marlene.  

Along with a sumptuous buffet that Marlene cooked up, raffle tickets gave attendees the opportunity for various prizes including three of Marlene’s signed and framed artwork that she donated.

It certainly was not a surprise that Marlene received an award plaque from the Alumni Association.

Written in Chinese, Fann later gave me the translation. “Good behavior and merit. Well known globally.

It means that she volunteered to do many good things, such as providing free venue and free dinner for 

NTNUAA Anniversary Celebration, and therefore got this merit. Her artistic merits are also well known

globally.”