I followed Dr. Petr Bilek (the professor who taught Art, Literature and Architecture, Charles University) through the narrow streets of Prague traveling from Vyšehrad to Prague Castle, through the Jewish Quarter, Old Town, New Town, and out into the more remote areas of the city, beyond the throngs of tourists. We talked of writers, artists, architecture, legends, history, and politics over pivos in a pub.

I was introduced to art as I roamed through various museums and galleries, eagerly awaiting each Thursday's publication of the English version of the Prague Post. Highlighting and underlining each and every art opening and activity that was happening, I planned my days in search of art. Fortune smiled, and I was introduced to Dr. Otto Urban (New York University, Prague), and he walked myself and several students through the floors and decades exhibited in the Veletržní Palác (Exposition Palace). The seed of CD – ID was planted, and Professor Urban and I began to discuss the possibilities of an exhibition at the University of Toledo's Center for the Visual Arts Gallery.

Here we are 4 years later, with 6 very accomplished and creative artists, a new Co-curator, Martina Pachmanová, numerous grant proposals written, my talents as a "pitch(wo)man" much improved, and Cultural Domestication – Instinctual Desire is a reality.

This project is dedicated to my "Czechoslovakian" grandparents, Joseph and Ann (Gall) Kmetz, and Mary (Visoky) Davis.