Kiki Y.Y. Sammarcelli

Kiki was a dear friend and I miss her terribly

I met Kiki at IHHS and we were in the same group of 6 friends the last year. We reconnected in the early 90's when I returned to Los Angeles. We last communicated about getting together after she attended an IHHS reunion a few years ago. Things I remember her interest and helpful suggestions and detailed explanation to me to go dancing when she heard I was not exercising, her bright sparkling eyes, her generosity inviting a group from IHHS to her home for dinner, her caring about her...

Glorious Kiki, we all love you.

Kiki appeared endlessly cheerful. Her energy sparkled like her eyes. Her voice was musical. She was a rare person and easy to love genuinely.

60 years of love and friendship. She remains in my heart and thoughts forever.

Kiki is remarkable & limitless, which calls for a couple stories. She understood so much, the important things, and from a larger perspective. She told the story of one art student's Teacher Performance Review, which said Kiki discussed more than their paintings, to include ideas that would be needed 10 or 20 years from now. Kiki smiled and said, I got through. And she did with anyone lucky enough to know her. Another story: Kiki, Don and I were the last in a very long line for an...

Kiki was a dear one and I miss our wonderful talks and getting to see her when she came to New Mexico once a year....makes me so sad

She was a dear, dear friend of mine. I met her through an Artist friend, Marilyn Cremer in 1972. I have loved her as an Artist and a friend for 50 years. I miss her spirit and will always miss her smile and love for the rest of my days...

I am so saddened to hear of the passing of Kiki. She was part of our history at the Litho Shop and Sam Francis studio who brought such a wonderful shinning, enlivened and sensual light to our environment each day. Hard to imagine this loss even though she went onto other adventures. Kiki was a marvelous artist, a great creative soul and generous with her spirit. I remember the day she introduced us to her new venture of making honey mustard! She was deeply adored and will be missed.