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“Embedded Messages” Exhibition Examines The Current Polarized Political Climate

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Justyne Fischer, The Sunshine State, Ink, Voile, stretcher bars, floater frame, 50" x 50".

"Embedded Messages" is a multi-media, multi-medium installation of artwork by eight women artists: Sally Edelstein; Justyne Fischer; Karen Gutfreund; Penny Mateer; Sinan Revell; Debra Thompson; Linda Vallejo; and Margi Weir. Collectively, they ask the viewer what is happening with America, can we still identify the American dream and if so, who does the dream apply to?  An … [Read more...]

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