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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax October 23, 2018
Larry and Eloise Agee, Joyce White
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Jane and Jim Hunder, Barb Zdziarski
photo by Lori Sax
Jim Shirley, Elena and Jorge Blanco
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Judy Nofs, Jacqueline Taylor, Barbara Shirley, Andres Leon-Miller
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Miriam Cassell, Francesca Simon
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Karen Cadou, Jeffery Kin, Marilyn Billib
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Nicole Cunningham, Andres Curiel, Grier Ferguson
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Kyle Battie, Tim Mitten
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Lila Geneva, John McIntyre, Penni Bellamy
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Cardina Hardy, Charles Spencer
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Susan Marcus, Ellen Goldberg
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Jonathan Epstein, Nate Jacobs, Eliza Ladd
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Mimi Cirbusova, Madeline Hansen, Katie Schwabach
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Vern Johnson, Synia Carroll, Jim Shirley, Nancy Roucher
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Photography by Lori Sax
Ben and Shanti Tollefson, Laurie Miller
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Joanna Fox, Susan Burke, Monica Cross
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Charlotte Johnson, Leymis Bolanos-Wilmott, Melissa Coleman-Sperber
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Jeanne Marie Hamil, Jimmy and Gianna Glover
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Stacy Sternberg, Devin Johns
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Kaitlin Yelle, Chelsa Altena
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Grants recipients were announced and arts leaders honored at the celebration.
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