Two birds with one stone

Friday, 3:51 P.M. I walk into the museum and a gentleman in his 40's greets me at door. I ask where the presentation is being held and he shows me the way.
4:05. The same gentleman who greeted me at the door walks to the front of the room and gives an introduction to the presenter. He
talks about about how he and the presenter met. He transfers the intro to a woman who tells a story about meeting the artist and her work. She describes their first encounter and says "She tricked me into buying more work."
The room laughs at the joke. She introduces the artist.
4:09. The artist, a Native American woman in her 40's walks up to the front of the room and says hello. A few people in the room reciprocate. The artist then asks, "Who knows what ute is?"A few people raise their hands. There are various ages of people attending. There are many College aged attendees and a few  senior citizens. In the front row a woman in her 50's drinks coffee while another woman in her 30's listens attentively. An interracial couple sits in a row behind them. The male has his arm around her and she snuggles closer. In the row behind them sit two women. One in her 30's the other is 50.
4:13. A young female walks in late and sits in a chair right in front of me. I see three other students from Anthro sitting to my side. Two are female and the 3rd is male. The 2 girls are listening and eating snacks that were offered at the door. The male is tearing through a bag of sour patch kids. He kills the bag of kids  and he throws the empty bag on the ground.The artist begins to describe art methods, colors and the use of beaver quills. As she describes the usage of yellow in her collection, the older woman in front row exclaims"Yes, yellow!"
A few people in the room laugh.
The young hispanic girl who showed up late takes notes. The girl sitting next to her grabs her cup of coffee from the ground and takes a sip. Sitting in front of them is a girl in her early 20's. She nods in approval as each new piece of artwork is displayed.
4:20. The projector displaying the artwork shuts down. An audience member tries to guide her in turning it on. She tries the  computer then the projectors remote. Nothing. A museum worker runs up to the front to try to help. No luck.
4:24 A handful of audience members take advantage of the break and get coffee. I'm half dead from the day and do the same.
4:26 The projector is dead but the program continues. The artist pulls out a piece made of beads, wood and string.
4:28 The male museum worker from earlier walks to the front of the room with a new projector. A woman follows behind him to assist. They run through the wires and start connecting a computer while she walks through the audience showings designs she made.
4:34 She makes it to a group standing in the back of the room then makes her way to the front.
4:35 I recognize another female from the Anthro class walk in late.  As she makes her way to her seat the new projector comes up with an image of a knife holster made up of beads and cans. The next image comes up showing a dress made of beads. The room reacts in awe. An image of moccasins and leggings comes up on the screen.
The older lady who keeps interrupting, exclaims, "WOW! They look like yours, huh?"
The artist answers somewhat annoyed, "Yeah."
4:40 artist shows a turqoise colored belt. She begins describing the design and the woman in front row interrupts her with a question. She answers the question and carries on.
4:43. The artist shows a cradle board holding a baby. The artist explains the baby is her newborn niece. The room reacts " Awww."
4:47 The artist says,"and thats it!" The same woman from up front exclaims," Thats it?!" The artist doesn't answer and invites the room to look at the display in the other room. The lights come up and everyone begins to get out of their seats and collect their things.
Some of the group checks out the pieces in the next room while others leave. That's my cue.