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Unofficial Ambassadors to Sponsor Tour of Mexican Art

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Unofficial Ambassadors, Inc., a non-profit corporation devoted to further international understanding through cultural exchange, will sponsor a tour of Mex...
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Madison Public Library Art Display

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Lloyd Zimmerman hangs one of his pictures as part of a display at the Madison Public Library featuring the artwork of thirteen pupils in the Irene Buck Sum...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Dr. Adrian Davis (left), Mrs. Carl Carper, Margorie Boissard and Ann Bolz attend the opening reception of the Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibiti...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Among those viewing the works of Illinois and Iowa artists are, (left to right): Sally Marshall, president of the Madison Art Association; Clayton Howdle; ...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Blanche Nesbit, Dr. Mark Nesbit, and Dorothy Guild posing in front of a large painting during the Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition.
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Shown viewing a painting, are, left to right: Helen Zillman, Dean Zillman, and Helen Schmedeman.
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Rural Arts and Crafts Show

Date: 01 04 1960
Description: Mrs. Wilbur Schoephorster shows her oil painting, "Hunter's Cabin," which was awarded one of 38 top state honors in last year's Rural Arts and Crafts Show....
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Sandy Rasmussen discusses her first-prize winning painting in the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders with Ruth Allcott, art director of ...
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Art Show Hung at Madison Public Library

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Jane Evert is hanging one of her pictures in the Madison Public Library gallery while other exhibitors watch. The other girls whose work is also being show...
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Salon of School Art

Date: 05 18 1961
Description: Four teachers examine a sculpture along with the art work of 750 children and teens from Madison's 38 public schools. The 30th annual Salon of School Art w...
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Madison Teachers at Salon of School Art

Date: 04 18 1961
Description: Three Madison teachers admire a student sculpture displayed at the Salon of School Art exhibit. The teachers have been associated with the Salon of School ...
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"The Book and the Spade" Biblical Artifacts Exhibit

Date: 04 23 1964
Description: Professor Menahem Mansoor holding an ancient Egyptian figurine to be part of "The Book and the Spade" Biblical artifacts exhibit at the Wisconsin Center.
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First Baptist Church Children's Day Art Exhibit

Date: 06 10 1964
Description: Ralph Webb, 6, sitting on the floor in front of three of his works of art on display at the First Baptist Church Children's Day art exhibit. Ralph's art w...
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First Baptist Church Children's Day Art Exhibit

Date: 06 10 1964
Description: Marianne Davies, a third grader, looks over a work created by a group of fourth graders which is on display at the First Baptist Church Children's Day art ...
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Madison Art Association's 2nd Annual Art Fair to be Held on Capitol Grounds

Date: 07 02 1965
Description: The Madison Art Association's 2nd annual Downtown Sidewalk Art Fair is held on the Capitol grounds. Shown admiring art work to be displayed is Governor War...
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Madison Art Foundation Holds Fund Drive for the Madison Arts Center at 720 E. Gorham Street

Date: 08 19 1965
Description: The Madison Art Foundation, a division of the Madison Art Association, conducts a $750,000 fund drive for the Madison Art Center at 720 E. Gorham Street. S...
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Art Observer, Carl Schwarz, Admires "Art of Extra High Voltage" Exhibt at Wisconsin Center

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Carl Schwarz, Sauk City, admiring some of the art work in the "Art of Extra High Voltge" exhibit showing at the Wisconsin Center, 702 Langdon Street. The e...
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Preparing a New Art Exhibit

Date: 12 02 1965
Description: Crated art works for the Madison Art Center's new exhibit "Romantic Art" are taken out of their moving van at 720 E. Gorham Street.
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Madison Art Association Exhibition

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Dr. Paul and Alice Clark amidst paintings at the preview of the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational School.
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Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Hostess Marian Stevens chats with Margaret Broadfoot and Doris Brobst at the preview of the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Voca...

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