Ascension to the Fourth Floor Lights on!

Rich Morrow's Gold Medal Artwork from 2018,

 "Ascension to the Fourth Floor Studio" 

has been donated to the academy 

and fitted with glowing lights in every window.

One of the place's permanent residents, Ratatouille,

has been added to the front yard

to enhance authenticity.

Too cute by a half?

Yes it is.

But it's at least as clever

as all the high-jinx

performed by all those early members

a hundred years ago

who also had way too much time on their hands.

And I suspect that future members will be enjoying this piece

far more than any of our paintings left on the walls

long after all of us

have been summoned up to the fourth floor.