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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><b>Art friends,</b></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">I run <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; ">HobGob Press</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; ">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; ">an independent small press that publishes CONTEMPORARY and EXPERIMENTAL works of art, </span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; ">including Essays, Techniques, Research, and Theories. </span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">My next chapbook is called </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff4500">Artis Iuvenis</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"> (youth art) and it is a compelation book of children's drawings. The preface of this chapbook</font></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">is written by:</font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Howard Gardner</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="3">I am currently taking submissions of children's drawings or painting who are KINDERGARTEN, 1st GRADE or BELOW.</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="3">You can send the work to me in a PDF file or any other way that works, or through mail by sending it to 8324 Harbor Dr., Mentor, OH 44060 (Brandon Stroud)</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="3">Don't over-think your submissions. I am not looking for the best looking, realistic pictures. In fact, I am looking for intriguing art, the charming pictures children</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2"> </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; ">often produce that older kids and beyond cannot produce because they 'think too much.' I welcome all sloppy looking work, colorful, blurred, wild shapes, whatever</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; ">you think is interesting. If you are selected for the chapbook I will contact you as soon as possible and let you know how/when you can get a copy of it.</span></div>
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