This Months Highlights:
- PHOTO ESSAY NIGHT
- STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, CAROLINE PREECE
- LUBA RICKET CREATIVE COMPETITION
- CONNIE FRISBEE HOUDE EXHIBIT @ SAND LAKE LIBRARY
- FOCUS ON: REMEMBERING DOW SMITH
- SELLING PRINTS ONLINE WITH FINE ARTS AMERICA, LIESL WALSH
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