"I thought that it was amazing! I liked it when you played your guitar. I cannot believe that you have all of the originals. I was amazed by your generosity to share that with us. I really loved that you came to my school,"

- Ryan, 4th grader

 

"I am going to pursue my dreams of becoming a graphic artist. Thank you for your personal encouragement for me. I am going to achieve my dreams of being the best that I can be."

- Justin, 12th Grader

 

"Thank you for bringing us the art work and letting me hold it."

- Charles, 2nd Grader

 

"Thank you so much for bringing those wonderful works of art to the school for us to see. I realize that it might be the only time in my life that I see works of art up to that caliber."

- James, 7th Grader

 

"I thought that it was amazing! I liked it when you played your guitar. I cannot believe that you have all of the originals. I was amazed by your generosity to share that with us. I really loved that you came to my school,"

- Ryan, 4th grader


"I am going to pursue my dreams of becoming a graphic artist. Thank you for your personal encouragement for me. I am going to achieve my dreams of being the best that I can be."

- Justin, 12th Grader

"Thank you for bringing us the art work and letting me hold it."

- Charles, 2nd Grader


"Thank you so much for bringing those wonderful works of art to the school for us to see. I realize that it might be the only time in my life that I see works of art up to that caliber."

- James, 7th Grader

"It meant so much to me that I had the opportunity to come so close to such beautiful and real art. I send all of my thanks to you for taking the time to spend with our class. You have inspired me in plentiful ways."

- Kayleen, 11th Grade

 

"I want to learn how to play the violin and your words and your guitar playing inspired me. I will never forget you Mr. Lee. Please come back again."

- Chelsea, 10th Grade

 

"I am a member of the high school band and your incredible musical talent has inspired me to work harder and practice more so that I can become a better player."

- Corinna, 12th Grade

 

 

This high school student poses with Christian Thomas Lee
while holding a hand beaded Swarovski baguette

This third grader is happy to be holding Clyde Leon Keller's impressionistic oil painting,
Hills of Lavendar, painted in 1930

"A lot of things you said I never knew. I learned a lot of new things."

- Aaron, 3rd Grade

 

"I enjoyed your presentation. It was the coolest thing I've ever seen."

- Brandon, 3rd Grade

 

"Your art collection has made me like art even more than I do now. I want to paint more now."

- Ian, 3rd Grade

"You opened my eyes to whole new perspective of art and what it means to us in our every day life."

- Danny, 9th Grader

 

"When our teacher told us you were coming I thought, this is really going to be boring. You are not boring!! I begged my parents to take me to the museum when I got home so I can see more art."

- Brianna, 6th Grader

 

"You should come back every year. Everyone talked about you for the rest of the day."

- Morgan, 4th Grader

 

"Thanks for coming! What my classmates and I saw was not an everyday experience."

- Douglas, 10th Grader

Students enjoy this ostrich egg containing hand-painted images of the nativity

These 6th graders are really paying close attention to Christian as he shares Pablo Picasso's 1954, Pour Bernard with them

"Thank you for showing me your art. It was amazing. You are a generous man. I hope you will come back to my school. My favorite was the spoon."

- Ryan, 5th grader

 

"It was a once in a lifetime experience to see such great pieces of art right in front of our eyes such as Fabergé and Picasso."

- Sara, 6th Grader

 

"You are so nice to us and so nice to bring pretty art and teach us. You are really nice and we love you."

- Jennifer, 3rd Grader

 

"Dear Mr. Lee, I will always remember February 8, 2000 because of what a fun and educational day it was."

- Basai, 6th Grader

 

"I thought you were going to be boring but you turned out to be a once in a lifetime deal."

- Kai, 9th Grader

Students examine The Raising of Lazarus, an important engraving by Boetius Bolswert from 1620

" I loved the art work. I can't believe you brought this stuff all the way from your place! I wish you would come again so I could thank you again. It was totally awesome when you played your guitar too."

- Aaron, 3rd grader

 

"I think you are a thoughtful person because you thought of something nice to do for us and then you did it by showing us your art."

- Alex, 3rd Grader

 

"Your presentation was outstanding. It was such an honor to hold the paintings."

- Max, 5th Grader

Christian Thomas Lee, performing in Santa Rosa, California,
for the student body during Celebrate the Arts Week

 

 

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