I enjoy it very much and it helps keep me active. I like to be busy, and teaching is a two-way street. I have the opportunity to help others and in turn I learn from the young minds who are in our classes. We have to get more young people involved in helping to perpetuate the arts in this area.

We don't keep score, we don't call fouls. That age, it's just teaching them the game. If they do something wrong, we correct it.

I was so happy when she returned to the area last year. What they're doing here is very commendable.

This is wonderful. All of these paintings are beautiful, and it's terrific that they're available for people to enjoy and appreciate here in Charleroi, in the Mon Valley. These are quality works by three talented artists.

She's doing an outstanding job. I've always admired her diligence, her passion for art, and I like what she's doing.

Teaching is like flying a plane. You leave school one day feeling like you're spiraling down toward the trees, expecting that the next day the crash will come. You brace yourself for the impact, only to find that things have leveled out at treetop height, and you climb and enjoy the remainder of the flight.