 Hi, I'm Leslie McVayne. Welcome to another CTN member highlights. Today, I have Deetlan VanderSkafe with me from Mecca High. Hi, nice to see you again. I can't believe it's been a whole year since we saw you talking about the fashion show. I know. And here we are again. And last year, you had two events. And you're combining it this year and calling it mechamorphosis. Mechamorphosis. We'll tell us a little bit about how this can work. Well, it's actually a name we've used for other things in the past, but it's just so perfect. It really fits. So like you said, last year, we had two separate events. We had our fashion show, which was in April, and then we had art honors, which we typically always have in May right before commencement. So this year, we're moving to a slightly different model, really keeping it focused on our mission. And that is what we're calling mechamorphosis. So it's a celebration of our graduating class. We require our graduating students to mount a thesis installation. So between the MFA thesis installation and the BFA thesis installations, we'll have over 100 participating artists under one roof, we're saying. So that's really the first three floors of the building. And then we're also going to have the fashion show take place during the event. It is a separate ticketed portion of the event. It's the slightly higher price than coming into mechamorphosis itself. And that will take place during the evening from 7.30 to 8.30. And in the meantime, will people be able to still look at the art if they don't go to the fashion show? Sure. So the first portion of the evening, which is the general ticket, it's a general admission is $25. And that's from 5.30 to 7.30. And then you have access to the first three floors of porches. So the ICA, the Institute for Contemporary Art, that's where the MFA thesis will be. And then in June Fitzpatrick, Zahn Head, and the Friedman Galleries, as well as throughout the halls, and in artists at work, we'll have all of our BFA thesis work. And that'll also be on the second floor and third floor. And then we'll have cash bars and tapas and pastor derves. And we'll have a photo booth that's being provided by Main Home and Design, which is really exciting. I just got the props for that. And we'll also have roving musicians and live film screenings in OSHA. So there's really an interactive component to the evening. And it's really showcasing the work of our students, which is exciting. And it sounds like the place to be. I think so. And to see all these up-and-coming artists, their work, right there. I think that's, I think you've really hit it there because, I mean, I've been saying to people, you know, you can go to a lot of group shows in Portland, but how often can you see a hundred artists under one roof? So that's really exciting. And integrating the fashion show just felt so appropriate to us because the fashion show is also, we have our first graduating student who was a major in the program. And so the work that she's going to have on the runway is her thesis work, too. So it's really interactive in that regard. And a little different from last year when you had Roxane Quinby's collection. Exactly. And had a sale because you hadn't had a class yet. This is true. And Roxane Quinby is really, you know, the reason we have the program at the college now, which at the time was just a beginning program and is now actually a major that we offer. So she's a really wonderful and generous donor to the college. And what she also allowed us to do last year was take this collection of vintage and couture dresses that she had and use that as a way to sort of have a catalyst for our fashion show. We also did incorporate student work last year, but it was such a beginning program that we didn't have enough to create a fashion show just around the student work. And then last year it was also different as we work with our alums. So we had put a call out to alumni that if they wanted to create something that could be on the runway, they could do that as well. This year it's strictly our students. So we have five majors and then we have a lot of students who are in electives within the program too. That sounds really exciting. And these are the fashions that we may see on the runways in Paris and New York down the road. I certainly hope so. But I think one thing that's also really interested about our program is it's not just fashion design too, it's also textile. So I recently went up into the studio and interviewed our first graduating major. And I was just amazed to see that she was actually creating the fabric from which she was designing this, these series of coats that she's doing. So she was literally weaving on a hand knitting machine to create this beautiful fabric. And then she was doing something called fulling, which is a little different than felting, to actually make the material. Oh, well I'm excited about it. Sounds wonderful. A chance to see beautiful art and have a fun evening. And one more time, how can we find out more about it? Yes, thanks for asking. So you can go to mecca.edu backslash mechamorphosis or you can contact me in the advancement office, Dietlund van der Schaaf 207-699-5012. Well, it sounds great. Thank you so much for telling us about it. Thank you.