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Local photographers showcase equine portraits, nature studies at NCI ARTworks · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Local photographers showcase equin portraits nature studies at NCI Artworks.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Tom Collins, This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. NCI Artworks
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  Speaker 1: will showcase three local photographers through October thirty first. The
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  Speaker 1: exhibit begins with the reception six eight pm Friday, August
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  Speaker 1: fourteenth in the NCI Artworks Gallery. PERU Artworks Gallery will
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  Speaker 1: exhibit the work of Donna Siahskyevich Bennett, Kathy Kastevens, and
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  Speaker 1: Paula Gatilla. Bennett grew up in LaSalle, where she began
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  Speaker 1: her lifelong fascination with art and horses. After she retired
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  Speaker 1: from the US Navy, she pursued formal training in fine
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  Speaker 1: art and photography, specializing in equine portraiture and the cowboy lifestyle.
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  Speaker 1: Her favorite subject to shoot is rodeo and action shots
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  Speaker 1: of working horses. She has spent the last ten years
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  Speaker 1: developing her skills by a tending workshops and traveling to
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  Speaker 1: capture images in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and overseas. Castevans is
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  Speaker 1: a professional photographer whose nature scapes can be found throughout
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  Speaker 1: Starved Rock Lodge and in various publications. Including her newest book,
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  Speaker 1: The ABC's of Starved Rock, a children's book featuring Starved
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  Speaker 1: Rock images to represent the letters of the alphabet. The book,
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  Speaker 1: in her latest endeavors as a photographic illustrator, will be unveiled.
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  Speaker 1: Attendees will enjoy the first public display of her American
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  Speaker 1: Safari and Whimsical Wildlife Studies Award winning local photographer Paula
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  Speaker 1: Gatilla will offer not only her local landscapes and nature photography,
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  Speaker 1: but also new work from her domestic travels. NCI Artworks
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  Speaker 1: Gallery is located at four hundred fifth Street, Peru, in
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  Speaker 1: the west wing of the Westclocks Building. The organization is
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  Speaker 1: supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the
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  Speaker 1: Starve Rock Country Community Foundation, and the National Endowment for
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  Speaker 1: the Arts. For more information, visit w W dot NC
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  Speaker 1: artworks dot com.