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				<title>Gerrie Govert to Exhibit at South Bend Museum of Art</title>
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				<description>&lt;p&gt;	Two of Gerrie's pieces were recently accepted into the Northern Indiana Pastel Society Juried Exhibition called&lt;i&gt; Portals&lt;/i&gt;. The show runds from now until May 5th with an opening reception/awards ceremony on Friday April 5th, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. &amp;#160;If you are in the South Bend area, please feel free to stop by and take a look!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gallery Hours&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wednesday - Sunday: &amp;#160;Noon - 5:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closed Monday, Tuesday and Major Holidays&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For more information about the museum: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://southbendart.org/index.php?lt=1&amp;amp;p=see_jeromejcrowley"&gt;http://southbendart.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Darlene Lenz wins 1st &amp;amp; 3rd at Covered Bridge Art Assoc. show</title>
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				<description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations! to Darlene Lenz for receiving a First and a Third at the Associates Show for the Covered Bridge Art Association in Rockville, Indiana. Darlene will be having a solo show there in August 2012 because of the Best of Show received at the Associates Show last year.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Eric Hines Places 5th in National Geographic Night Sky Pictures</title>
				<author><name>18artists</name></author>
				<link>http://www.18artists.com/apps/blog/show/15333766</link>
				<description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.18artists.com/News%20and%20Events/best-night-sky-pictures-2012-milky-way_53111_600x450.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;We are very pleased to announce that Eric Hines has placed 5th in the National Geographic Best Night-Sky Pictures of 2012.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the National Geographic website:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;A country road in Wyoming parallels the band of the Milky Way in a summertime shot by photographer Eric Hines. "Spending the nights under the stars in some of the most remote places in the U.S. is what keeps me going," Hines said in an email.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;In general, TWAN founder Tafreshi said, "in Earth-and-sky photography we capture things which are mostly visible to unaided eyes, and the main effort is to show what was experienced by the eyes of photographer at the scene.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;"I'm very pleased that our highly experienced judging team in the 2012 contest voted for more natural-looking images."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;To view the original article, click &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/pictures/120515-best-earth-sky-pictures-2012-comet-milky-way-space/?source=link_tw20120515news-nightsky#/best-night-sky-pictures-2012-milky-way_53111_600x450.jpg"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 01:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>&amp;quot;Portraits&amp;quot; show at Community Arts Center</title>
				<author><name>18artists</name></author>
				<link>http://www.18artists.com/apps/blog/show/14623107</link>
				<description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.18artists.com/News and Events/Portraits insert - small.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;18Artists would like to invite you to the opening reception for their latest art installation entitled "Portraits". The show will feature work centered on portraits of people and animals.  Community Arts Center is located at 13300 Lincoln Plaza in Cedar Lake.  Please join us on Saturday, May 5th, from 6 to 9 p.m. to meet the artists and view their work. The show will hang through May 27th and then be moved to Hammond Arts Center, 5832 Hohman Avenue in Hammond.  The work will remain in Hammond until June 24th.  For the second location, there will be a reception on Friday, June 1st from 6 to 9 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 01:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Gerrie Govert's Students to Exhibit at Hobart Art League</title>
				<author><name>18artists</name></author>
				<link>http://www.18artists.com/apps/blog/show/14622682</link>
				<description>&lt;p&gt;Gerrie Govert's art students are participating in an art exhibit at the Hobart Art League. There will be a reception held on Sunday, May 6th, from 2 pm to 4 pm. All are welcome! There will be a wide array of art work on display including: oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, colored pencil, and even collage. Meet and greet the students, see their artwork, and enjoy some delicious snacks!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you cannot attend the opening reception, please feel free to stop by the gallery during regular opearting hours. The gallery is open:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monday-&amp;gt; 1:00 pm-4:00 pm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tuesday-&amp;gt; CLOSED.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wednesday-&amp;gt; 1:00pm-4:00 pm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thursday-&amp;gt; 9:00 am-12:00 pm AND 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Friday-&amp;gt; 10:00 am-1:00 pm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saturday-&amp;gt; 9:30 am-11:30 am &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you would like to purchase some artwork, this is a great opportunity!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For more information call (219) 663-4016.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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