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Art Business News, Feb, 2005

ROCKVILLE CENTER, NY Artist Daniel Pollera with former New York Jets Quarterback Boomer Esiason and former New York Mets Buddy Harrelson, are shown with one of Pollera's prints, "American Coast."

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MAMARONECK, NJ The Group Exhibition at the GR Art Gallery attracted an enthusiastic crowd who came to see works by several artists, including Bioagio Civale and artist and owner of GR Art Gallery, George Pali.

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CLEVELAND: Shown during an artist's reception at the Thomas Riley Gallery, featuring the works of sculptor Mark Harris are Cindy Riley, gallery owner, and Cheri Discenzo, gallery director. Bottom photo: Owner Thomas Riley with client Dr. Wulf H. Utian.

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LOUISVILLE, KY The Pot-Luck Ramblers perform at the Kaviar Forge & Gallery during a reception featuring the landscape paintings of Sather Bruguiere and ceramic artist Laura Ross.

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SHREVEPORT, LA Shown at the Kuumba Fine Art Gallery during a reception for the opening of the exhibit, "From Stories of My America," featuring the works of Atlanta artist Charlotte Riley-Webb, are Webb with painter and Gallery Director Bill Scott. Webb and Scott collaborated on the painting, "Stitching a Heritage," which is shown in the photograph. Kuumba Fine Art Gallery is a division of the nonprofit, Achievement Through Art, Inc., which identifies, teaches and mentors talented young people. A silent auction is being held as part of a February fund raiser at Kuumba to benefit the organization. For more information, call 318-213-8001; e-mail Kuumba@shreve.net.

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BILOXI, MS Artist Mary Moran and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour are shown with a print of Moran's work, which was presented at the Edgewater Rotary Club in Biloxi. Moran and her sister, Cindy, manage Moran's Art Studio in Biloxi. The two sisters are great-granddaughters of George Ohr, the early 20th-century potter.

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SANTA FE, NM Judy Ortiz, owner of The Judy Ortiz Studio Gallery, is shown with artist Robb Rael during the opening night reception of his solo show. Rael's works are gouache on watercolor paper.

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BELLEVUE, WA Shown during the "50 Years of Rock and Roll" exhibit are, left to right: Kenneth Behm, owner of Kenneth Behm Galleries; Julie Schubert, gallery director; Beth Ward, general manager, and artist Joe Petruccio, known for his Elvis Presley works.

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BEACHWOOD, OH: During a reception at the Contessa Gallery, artist Mackenzie Thorpe, represented by The Chase Group, and known throughout the world as a dyslexic who survived an extremely difficult childhood, is shown addressing society's shared responsibility for the well-being of children throughout the global community. Bottom photo: Thorpe shares a lighter moment with gallery owner Steve Hartman.

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NORTHAMPTON, MA Jane Yolen and gallery owner/author Richard Michelson with some of the more than 50 children's book illustrators, writers and editors (including luminaries such as Barry Moser, Tony DiTerlizzi, Bruce Degan and Ruth Sanderson), who paid homage to Jane Yolen on the occasion of her 250th book, during the R. Michelson Galleries' 15th Annual Children's Illustration Show.

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