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Dear Friends of the Gallery,<br>
Here is a reminder of our special event for tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept
19, 2007:<br>
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<p><span class="mailingstyle"><strong>Art Criticism -- How Does It
Affect Artists and Their Art?</strong></span><br>
<strong>7:00-9:00 pm, Wednesday, September 19 at the gallery.</strong> <br>
Reviewers and artists discuss the purpose of critical reviews of visual
art shows and the role of the critic/reviewer. Noted panel participants:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Jesse Bennett,</strong>
jazz musician, music teacher and saxophonist in several local groups.
Jesse spent his early career performing and teaching in Germany and
Europe.</li>
<li><strong>Nancy Hasty</strong>, actress,
playwright, and acting teache. She is a former resident of New York
City, where one of her plays was produced on Broadway. She now lives in
Scranton, Pa.</li>
<li><strong>Deborah Jones</strong>,
sculptor and lecturer in art history at Tompkins Cortland Community
College with a special interest in women and minorities in the arts.
She is one of the founding members of the Greater Ithaca Art Trail.</li>
<li><strong>Frank Robinson</strong>,
director of the Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell University campus.
He is a man keenly aware of the role the art museum plays in the
careers of visual artists and an enthusiastic supporter of local
artists.</li>
<li><strong>Wylie Schwartz</strong>,
visual art critic and art historian with a particular interest in the
"new" and having a balanced perspective toward art criticism.</li>
<li><strong>Ben Sherman</strong>, sculptor and member of the State of
the Art Gallery. Ben is the evening's moderator.</li>
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