This piece, Lucky Treasures, a Wealth of Mardi Gras Memories, comes from a study of and fascination with memory vessels, a Southern Black American folk art tradition, and is included in FORTUNE, an juried art exhibit extolling chance, prediction & destiny, at the Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County Gallery, 529 5th Street, Santa Rosa, CA, June 13 - July 25, 2003.