V'Ann Cornelius (by Robert Lang)

V'Ann was a tireless supporter of the origami community and of OrigamiUSA and worked to support local area groups all over the country. But most notably, she, more than probably anyone else in the U.S., is responsible for bringing origami into acceptance in the mainstream art world; not only through the groundbreaking "Origami Masterworks" exhibition at the Mingei and various follow-on exhibitions, but also through her devotion every year to the exhibition at the OrigamiUSA annual convention and her unswerving attention to the quality of the exhibition and presentation.

Personally, I will greatly miss her unflappable good nature and flashes of wry wit which often caught me off guard and were delightful.

She will be sorely missed by all of us.