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PAPER AWESOME!
AUGUST 6 - 31, 2005

150+ ARTISTS     450+ WORKS ON PAPER
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY AUGUST 6 2005 - NOON TO 6PM

COME ON DOWN FOR AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR CELEBRATION FEATURING A SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE BY URISOV WITH CHOREOGRAPHY BY BIBA BELL AND HEADDRESSES BY LEANNE WIERBA. MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH ANTONIO ROMAN-ACALA, KYLE RANSON, RANDY LEE SUTHERLAND AND OTHERS PERFORMING.

THIS YEAR'S PAPER!AWESOME! IS AN INTERESTING LOOK AT TODAY'S CREATIVE TRENDS FROM COAST TO COAST. OVER 150 ARTISTS ARE REPRESENTED WITH DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, CUTOUTS AND COLLAGE.

JILL BLISS, JOVI SCHNELL AND SUZANNE HUSKY HAVE CREATED A MAGICAL INDOOR FORREST, AND ANDREW VOGT HAS RECONSTRUCTED THE MIMI BARR PROJECT ROOM TO HOUSE A SPECIAL SOUND INSTALLATION FEATURING KOTTIE PALOMA'S HANDMADE BOOKS.

CURATED BY: BRION NUDA ROSCH

HOST COMMITTEE: JILL MANTHEI, DIANE VARGAS, JOSEPH HART, RYAN WALLACE, CHARLENE TAN, BRIAN MOORE, CHRIS DUNCAN, SALLY SZWED