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Art as We Are: Creative Community Care
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The Ripple Effects of Collective Artmaking - Izabela’s Story
The Ripple Effects of Collective Artmaking - Izabela’s Story
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The Ripple Effects of Collective Artmaking: Rehearsing More Caring Futures
The Ripple Effects of Collective Artmaking: Rehearsing More Caring Futures
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Come As You Are (but really): raia’s story
Come As You Are (but really): raia’s story
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Come As You Are: Co-creating Caring Spaces through Collective Artmaking
Come As You Are: Co-creating Caring Spaces through Collective Artmaking
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Pay it Forward Arts Fund forms partnership with Art Not Shame
Pay it Forward Arts Fund forms partnership with Art Not Shame

The Pay it Forward Arts Fund (PIFAF) is a gift of artist Barbara Salsberg Mathews and her husband Bruce Mathews. The award helps local artists, in any discipline, fund art projects that “pay it forward” and benefit the community.

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The Brown Bag Art Club
The Brown Bag Art Club
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Crown Shyness: reflections on F*ck Perfect from Aubrey Szabo
Crown Shyness: reflections on F*ck Perfect from Aubrey Szabo

Artist Witness for Fuck Perfect, Aubrey Szabo, reflects on their experience and what their work, Crown Shyness, means to them.

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