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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:24.0pt">NEWS RELEASE
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>CONTACT: </b> Kathleen Caffrey, 216.521.2540 x22 or kcaffrey@beckcenter.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</b> February 13, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Material Matters
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Exhibit on Display at the Beck Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Unique Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art by Six Northern Ohio Artists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lakewood, OH—</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts will host an opening reception
6 p.m. Friday, <b>February 17, 2012</b> for<b> </b><i>Material Matters</i>, a contemporary art exhibition featuring the distinctive work of six female fiber artists. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public.
<i>Material Matters</i> will be on display in the Jean Bulicek Galleria at the Beck Center through March 19. For gallery hours, call Customer Service at 216.521.2540, ext. 10. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Free onsite parking is
available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>Material Matters</i> features the work of
<b>Liz Burgess, Si-Yun Chang, Linda Grashoff, Sue Copeland Jones, Ruta Marino, </b>
and <b>Kathleen Van Meter</b>. These women who reside all over Northern Ohio, from Beachwood to Wakeman, have been meeting monthly for several years to provide each other with criticism and support. While clearly divergent in their choice of materials, process
and expression, they all share a common passion and commitment to the creative process.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Each artist uses different materials – such as photographs, paper, quilted cloth, silk, needlework, and embroidery – as well as a various processes in her uniquely personal work. Together they exemplify the development
of contemporary fiber art beyond traditional textile production to the broader exploration of concepts, materials and processes. Traditional materials are used in nontraditional ways, new materials are introduced and techniques are adopted from other disciplines
and cultures.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">For more information about the artists and a calendar of upcoming art exhibits at the Beck Center for the Arts, visit our website at
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative
arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring regional artists.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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