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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in"><FONT size=3>HOLIDAY SALE AT ARTS COLLINWOOD GALLERY FEATURES TOP AREA ARTISTS, GREAT AMBIENCE<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H1>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Holiday Sale: <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Dec. 11: 5-11pm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Arts Collinwood Gallery, 15605 Waterloo Rd.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just north of I-90, at the corner of E. 156 and Waterloo.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in"><FONT size=3>The Holiday Sale at Arts Collinwood Gallery has already become a popular Cleveland institution and a draw for visitors from around the city, featuring unique and affordable artwork from more than 30 top regional artists.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This year’s sale will be held from December 11 through December 13, and will feature a wide array of wearable art, jewelry, prints, paintings and glass, in a festive holiday ambience.</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Look for work by some of Cleveland’s best-known glass artists – one-of-a-kind vases, bowls, glasses, even fixtures, including museum quality art – along with award-winning silver designs, hand-made vintage clothing and accessories, unique knits and hats, collectible prints and much more.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(For a list of artists participating, see below.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And enjoy it in an inviting gallery setting, with an adjoining café serving a full range of lunch and dinner options, specialty coffee drinks and a fully licensed bar.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>And as a special feature for families, this year’s sale offers a free supervised children’s art area:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>let the kids play and make art of their own in our community arts center, while you browse for special gifts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And treat everyone to cookies and cocoa to top it all off.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>It’s a chance to eat well while doing good.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>”Every purchase shoppers make, in our gallery or our café, helps to support community arts,” says Executive Director Sarah Gyorki.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The fabulous vintage clutch you grab for your best friend helps make a children’s art class possible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That Randall Tiedman painting helps buy a budding painter supplies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s hard not to feel good about taking home great art, benefiting artists and children, and having a really great day out in one of Cleveland’s hippest neighborhoods.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>For more information about the Holiday Sale at Arts Collinwood Gallery, or any of the Weekends on Waterloo events taking place in the Waterloo Arts District between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.artscollinwood.org/"><FONT size=3>www.artscollinwood.org</FONT></A><FONT size=3>, or call 216-692-9500.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Michelle Biondo<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Sunia Boneham<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Amy Casey<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Jon Cotterman<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Designs by Arielle and Pamela<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Joan of Art (Deveney)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Chris Dixon<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Gretchen Goss<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Scott Goss<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Ann Grecar<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>John Gulyas and Maryann Posch<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Mark Hartung<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Jon Hicks<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Jeanetta Ho<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Mariamne Ingalls<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Megan Kelly<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Chris Kolcsar<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Chadd Lacy<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Nathan Longnecker<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Michael Mikula<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Michael Romanik<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Steve and Michelle Romanik<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Susan Skoczen<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Mark Sudduth<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Randall Tiedman<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Tutu's Designs<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Beth Whalley<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Karin Wishner<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Brent Kee Young<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Sandra Zodnik<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Linda Zolten Wood<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -27pt 0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR><FONT color=#00007f>Sarah Gyorki <BR>Executive Director <BR>Arts Collinwood <BR>216-692-9500 <BR>s.gyorki@artscollinwood.org</FONT></td></tr></table>