Free Optomap Eye Imaging for artists! Vision1st Nashville

Vision1st Nashville offering free optomap eye exams for new patients until Feb 28, 2010.

To view the offer visit: http://vision1stnashville.com

WEATHER UPDATE! Frist Center Agora project

DUE TO WEATHER, the AGORA Project at the Frist Center has been cancelled for January 29th. The Agora project will begin NEXT Tuesday, February 4th at 5:00pm.

In the spirit of the Greek agora (place of assembly), and in
conjunction with the Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece exhibition,
Thursday and Friday evenings will offer visitors to the Frist Center for the
Visual Arts an opportunity to take place in an art making and art exchange
project in the Frist Center’s own agora, the Grand Lobby from Friday, Jan. 29
–
Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.

On these evenings, from 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., there will be art making
supplies available in the lobby, as well as tables set up for visitors
to leave a work of art, exchanging it for one on the table. Members of
the Frist Center staff and the College Advisory Committee are contributing
the first works in this Artful Exchange. Visitors are invited to make a
piece of art and exchange it for one on the tables in the Frist Center’s Grand
Lobby.

This activity is free.

“This is a fun activity that we hope will encourage celebratory and
collaborative art making,” said Andee Rudloff, Frist Center community
relations manager. “Our College Advisory Committee is eager to reach
out to their peers on college campuses+ to experience the Frist Center. This
is one way for them to do that.

Want to participate in the Frist Center's Agora project??
Please contact Andee at 615-744-3351 or arudloff@fristcenter.org

Frist Center Senior Monday and FREE Day Jan 18, 2010

Frist Center
Senior Monday and FREE Day
Monday, January 18, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, admission to the galleries will be FREE for all visitors on Monday, January 18.

This Monday is also a Senior Monday and in addition to free admission, seniors will receive a 15% discount on purchases in the Frist Center Gift Shop and Café during the day.

Docent guided tours will be offered at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and WAMB's Harry Stephenson will be broadcasting live from the Grand Lobby at noon.

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Free Lecture at Frist Center "Thomas Hart Benton: An Epic Life"

Lecture at Frist Center
"Thomas Hart Benton: An Epic Life"
Thursday, December 17, 6:30 p.m.
Auditorium, FREE

Thomas Hart Benton was not only a famous American painter, but he was also a notable writer, musician, and spokesman for American country music. While best known as the leader of the “American Scene” movement of the 1930s, he also had a notable early career as a Modernist in Paris and was the teacher of the abstract painter Jackson Pollock. Join Henry Adams, author of the principal biography of Benton, as he reviews the trajectory of Benton’s life, and travels, which ranged from Gertrude Stein’s Paris to the highways of the American West.

Henry Adams is the author of Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original (Knopf, 1989) as well as the recent book Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock (Bloomsbury Press, October 2009).

Family Day @ FRIST - FREE - 10-18-09

Family Day @ FRIST
Sunday, October 18, 1:00–5:30 p.m.
FREE

The Frist Center invites you, your friends, and your family to enjoy a fun-filled day of art activities, live music, and exciting performances!

Check out Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which features amazing examples of American Modernist paintings and photographs. Stroll through Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song to see Benton’s original illustrations for Mark Twain’s books Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and drawings, prints, and paintings from Benton’s lifelong admiration of folk music and musicians. Top off your day with a visit to the Upper-Level Galleries to explore the exhibition Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, which includes photographs that evoke the mystery of the chance encounters experienced by the Surrealists as they wandered through the labyrinthine streets of Paris.


Events and Activities
Family Day programs are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and are appropriate for all ages.

Musical Petting Zoo with Instrument Demonstration
1:00–3:00 p.m.
Rechter Room (Main Level)
How well do you know your instruments? Join the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum as they introduce you to a world of music. Bang a drum, strum an autoharp, and pick a banjo! The Musical Petting Zoo offers budding musicians an opportunity to try unusual and familiar instruments. Instructors will be on site to offer guidance. At the beginning of the program a professional musician will demonstrate a selection of instruments.

Live Music: Westbound Rangers
1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
Grand Lobby
Be swept away into a world of music as you listen to Nashville’s own Americana band! The Westbound Rangers are an acoustic group formed here in Nashville to preserve and promote music from the past while infusing it with a new, unique sound.

Wood and Strings Theater presents Backwoods Ramblin’
1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium (Main Level)
Come check out this main stage marionette production! Through the enchanting arts of puppetry and music, fun and humorous folklore, scenes, and music of the Appalachian hill country will spring to life!

Story Time
1:45 and 4:00 p.m.
Art Library and Resource Center (Upper Level)
Listen and let your imagination go as a Frist Center educator reads the children’s book Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse, written by Patricia Thomas and illustrated by Craig Orback.


Art Activities

The Essence of Nature
1:00–5:30 p.m.
Studio A (Upper Level)

Come explore the abstract qualities of the natural world using Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings as your muse. Create your own nature-based imagery as you experiment with various materials and the use of light and color!

Illustrations! The Art of Telling a Story
1:00–5:30 p.m.
Studio B (Upper Level)

Grab a pen, a piece of paper, and try your hand at illustrating quotes from Mark Twain’s novels just as Thomas Hart Benton did!

Fantasy Postcards
1:00–5:30 p.m.
Studio C (Upper Level)

Take a step back to 1930s Paris and create your very own fantasy postcard just like the ones Surrealist artists produced and collected in France.

Martin ArtQuest Gallery
1:00–5:30 p.m.
Visit the Martin ArtQuest Gallery, located on the upper level, for more exciting hands-on art activities, including several that were inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
by the Surrealists as they wandered through the labyrinthine city streets of Paris.

Artist's Forum: Ron Lambert and Lesley Patterson-Marx - Frist - Free - 10-15-09

Artist's Forum: Ron Lambert and Lesley Patterson-Marx
Thursday, October 15, 6:30 p.m.
Rechter Room, FREE

Artist’s Forum is a program in which Nashville-based and regional emerging and recognized artists discuss the thoughts and processes behind their work. Participants are encouraged to come and be a part of the dialogue about the artistic process.

Presenting Artists: Ron Lambert and Lesley Patterson-Marx

Working mainly in video and sculpture, Ron Lambert investigates the intersection between psychology and the environment. He received his MFA from the School of Art and Design at Alfred University and has taught at Cornish College of the Arts, Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, and Alfred University, where he received an excel¬lence in teaching award in 2008. Ron is currently an assistant professor at Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, Tennessee. His work has been published in Shaping Space (Third Edition), and Color (Third Edition), both by Paul Zelanski, as well as in the exhibition catalogue People Doing Strange Things With Electricity. Ron has shown at the Catherine Person Gallery in Seattle, the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art in Georgia, the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle, the Lexington Art League, the Soil Collective in Seattle, and several university galleries around the country. Ron's work has won awards at Artworks Gallery in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri. His work is in the Joseph Vascovitz collection and in the collection of the Tacoma Art Museum. He is cur¬rently represented by Catherine Person Gallery in Seattle. To see examples of Ron’s work go to: www.ronlambertart.com.

Lesley Patterson-Marx was born in 1975 in Louisville, Kentucky. She became obsessed with art in high school and took Saturday classes through the Louisville Visual Art Association. An Art teacher led her to the Summer Art Workshop for high school students at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. She eventually attended college at Murray State, where she received her BA in Fine Art in 1997. She then moved to nearby Paducah, where she was a working artist and teacher for nearly two years. She left Paducah in 1999 to pursue an MFA in studio art at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Upon graduation in 2001, she was invited by one of her instructors, Judy Chicago, to work on “At Home, A Kentucky Project,” in Bowling Green, Kentucky. While living in Bowling Green, Lesley began teaching in Nashville, commuting daily to Watkins College of Art and Design as an adjunct instructor. Upon completion of the “At Home” project, she moved to Nashville and was eventually hired as a full-time instructor and gallery director at Watkins, where she worked from 2001 to 2006. In 2004, along with students and friends, she helped found Plate Tone Printshop, a non-toxic, fine art community printshop. In the fall of 2006 she began teaching as a part-time instructor at University School of Nashville, where she currently teaches book arts and printmaking to high school students. The artwork of Lesley Patterson-Marx has been featured in several publications, including Readymade Magazine, Craft Magazine, and New American Paintings MFA Annual. Her work has been exhibited nationally in galleries including Wendy Cooper Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, and Cynthia Broan Gallery in New York City. She had shown regularly in Nashville at Tag Gallery before it closed. To see examples of Lesley’s work go to: www.lesleypattersonmarx.com.

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Lecture: "Georgia O'Keeffe: Photography and an American Icon" Frist - Free 10-9-09

Lecture: "Georgia O'Keeffe: Photography and an American Icon"

Friday, October 9, Noon
Auditorium, FREE

No artist has been photographed from the beginning to the end of a career as frequently and consistently as Georgia O’Keeffe, whose image was captured by many of America’s most well-known photographers: Ansel Adams, Philippe Halsman, Yosuf Karsh, Arnold Newman, Alfred Stieglitz, Todd Webb, and Andy Warhol to name only a few.

Join Barbara Buhler Lynes, Ph.D., curator at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and the Emily Fisher Landau Director at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center, as she explores the significance of the two opposing personas that these photographs constructed of O’Keeffe during her lifetime, and the degree to which the medium of photography played a key role in defining her as one of America’s leading art celebrities.

This lecture is offered in conjunction with one of our newest exhibitions Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

See a complete list of programs relating to this exhibition.

Twilight Visions Film Series @ Frist - FREE

Twilight Visions Film Series
Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film featuring

Un Chien Andalou and L'Atalante

Friday, September 25, 6:30 p.m.

Auditorium, FREE

In conjunction with Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, the Frist Center is partnering with the Belcourt Theatre and Vanderbilt University’s International Lens film series and French and film departments to offer a three-part series of Surrealist and Poetic Realist films.

The film series, Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film, will start this Friday at the Frist Center with the screening of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí’s well-known and influential film Un Chien Andalou. This 17-minute film follows no conventional plot, but takes viewers through a dreamlike narrative from the wayward minds of two important Surrealists. Directed by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, 1929, 17 minutes. 35mm. Not Rated.

The second film, L'Atalante, tells the story of a newlywed couple living together on a barge. It illustrates the turbulent nature of learning to live with the one you love and presents realistic yet magical images of peasant and working class life. Directed by Jean Vigo, 1934, 89 minutes. 35mm. Not Rated.

Dudley Andrew, the R. Selden Rose Professor of Film and Comparative Literature and co-chair and director of graduate studies of film studies at Yale University, will introduce these two films.

Free Workshop: NonProfit Board Member Rights and Responsibilities July 14, 2009

NONPROFIT BOARD MEMBER
RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES (CLE Approved)
Tuesday July 14, 2009 | 5:30-7:00 PM
Located in the main theater at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
2298 Rosa Parks Blvd. (Metrocenter)


Presented by Corey Stringer, Nicole James and Melissa Wibbens of
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.


Are you interested in becoming a board member at one of the local arts nonprofits? Do you currently serve and want to know more about the legal rights and responsibilities you incur as a result of your commitment? For beginners as well as experienced board members, this seminar is all about covering the must-know basics for when you jump on board.

This seminar is free and open to the public. There is a fee for lawyers seeking CLE credit: $40 for ABC Member Lawyers; $60 Non-Members (for 1.5 hours CLE credit). If you would like to attend, you must RSVP to vlpa@abcnashville.org by Mon., July 13.


Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville
211 Commerce Street, Suite 100 | Nashville, TN 37201
(615) 743-3055 | www.abcnashville.org

Art Making in the Lobby @ Frist: Free: Wednesdays in June 2009

Art Making in the Lobby
Wednesdays, June 10, 17 & 24, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Grand Lobby, FREE


Drop in, be inspired, and create your own work of art in the Grand Lobby throughout the day on these select Wednesdays in June.

June 10
Featured activity: Twilight Cityscapes
Create your own nighttime cityscape.


June 17
Featured activity: Summertime Lanterns
Create you own festive summertime lantern.


June 24
Featured activity: Dot Portraits
Create a portrait similar to the ones artist Chuck Close makes.

Frist Center Kids Club @ Frist: June 13, 2009

Frist Center Kids Club
Saturday, June 13, 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
FREE

Kids Club members will GO GREEN using colorful recycled materials and natural fibers to create decorative, handmade paper bowls.

Reservations are strongly suggested. Walk-ups are welcome as long as space is available. Please note, even if you are a current Kids Club member, it is important that you make a reservation. Call 615.744.3357 to make your reservation.

Artist's Forum: Joseph Whitt @ Frist: Free: June 11, 2009

Artist's Forum: Joseph Whitt
Thursday, June 11, 6:30 p.m.
Rechter Room, FREE

Join Joseph Whitt at our next Artist's Forum as he discusses the thoughts and processes behind his work.

Whitt is an honors graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and has taught classes in visual arts at Middle Tennessee State University and New College of Florida, Sarasota. He lives in New York City, and is currently the curator and events programmer at Starr Space, artist Jules de Balincourt's Brooklyn-based performance art venue.

His latest project, Serenades, is built on a series of trades with a highly personal pantheon of artistic heroes, including Nick Currie (a.k.a. Momus), Casey Spooner of Fischerspooner, Drew Daniel of Matmos, and others.

Alan LeQuire Artist Talk @ Library - May 9, 2009

Tour of Artwork by Alan LeQuire at the Library and Beyond

Saturday, May 9
10:30 AM
Tour begins in the lobby at the Church Street entrance to the Main Library

Join Alan LeQuire as he talks about his work at the Main Library.
Attendees are welcome to tour Nashville on their own to look at Mr.
LeQuire’s other local artwork, such as the Parthenon’s Athena, and are invited to visit his studio from 1-3 pm.

This program is free and open to the public.

Nashville Public Library
615 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 862-5804 x6092

Frist: Artist's Forum: Rocky Horton and Chris Scarborough - May 7 , 2009

Artist's Forum: Rocky Horton and Chris Scarborough
Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
Rechter Room, FREE

Join artists Rocky Horton and Chris Scarborough as they discuss their work.

In his most recent studio practices, Rocky Horton utilizes different dilutions of photographic development chemicals to paint onto exposed photographs. With these "photo paintings" Horton is commenting on the precarious relationship these mediums have had with each other since the invention of photography in the 19th century.

Chris Scarborough works in photography and drawing to create meticulously detailed images of people who have been manipulated according to the exaggerated characteristics of Japanese anime. His most recent work has developed from this foundation to include the examination of cartoon violence.

During the evening, enjoy jazz music in the lobby from 6:00-8:00 p.m. by Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher and a stroll through the galleries.


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Local Artists Wanted - HANDS TOGETHER in FLATROCK Festival

LOCAL ARTISTS WANTED
TO EXHIBIT AND SELL THEIR ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND HANDCRAFTED ITEMS

2ND Annual
HANDS TOGETHER in FLATROCK
MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
Held At Coleman Park
384 Thompson Ln, Nashville, TN

Saturday, MAY 23, 2009
11AM - 7PM
Check in time 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Canopy size 10 X 10

You are encouraged to display items reflecting your heritage
There is no cost for a booth

You are responsible for your own tent, tables,chairs,decorations, and clean up at shut down

To be considere‎d for participation
CALL....(615) 400-4969
Schedule appointment [615] 400-4969 and bring 3 samples of your work or email 3 digital images to : festival10@comcast.net

Check out
flatrockheritagefdn.org
http://musicfest.flatrockheritagefdn.org

Mission Statement
The mission of the Hands Together In Flatrock Music & Arts Festival is to provide a family oriented one day festival that reaches out to both the older residents of Flatrock as well as the new immigrant families to encourage interaction, greater understanding, and tolerance among the residents of Flatrock. This festival will showcase the unique cultural mix, as well as the history of the neighborhood, to the greater Nashville area through a diverse mix of music, arts, and food.
We have posters in businesses in the area, there will be a banner on the fence outside Coleman Park 2 weeks before, we have multi ads running on hispanic radio stations and a publicity person sending out press releases.

Off the Wall Lecture @ Frist: Court and Courtship in Medieval Burgundy - April 30, 2009

Off the Wall Lecture:
Court and Courtship in Medieval Burgundy
Thursday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.
Auditorium, FREE

The Valois Dukes of Burgundy (1364-1477) ruled an increasing number of lucrative territories beginning with one duchy in eastern France and expanding into the southern Netherlands. Along the way they developed a reputation for wealth and display that eventually eclipsed their French royal relatives and the rest of Europe's courts. Dr. Elizabeth Moodey, assistant professor of art history at Vanderbilt University, will investigate examples of Burgundian luxury goods in ivory, alabaster, gold, and vellum, and explore some of the delights and obligations of living well in the late Middle Ages to give the audience a glimpse of the occupations and preoccupations of court life.

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TNVLA Seminar - FAIR USE FOR ARTISTS - May 13, 2009

FAIR USE FOR ARTISTS

May 13, 2009 | 5:00-6:30 PM

Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum

301 6th Avenue South

With the recent dispute over Shepard Fairey's use of an AP photograph as a reference for his Obama poster, fair use has been discussed in the news quite a bit lately. The concept of "fair use" generally refers to the use of copyrighted material without the author's permission for a limited and "transformative" purpose such as commentary, criticism or parody. During this seminar, we will attempt to bring clarity to this often murky and confusing area of copyright law, including looking at guidelines for artists when determining whether their proposed use of a copyrighted work might be a "fair use" or not.

Taught by Ken Sanney, a VLPA volunteer lawyer from Day & Blair, P.C. Ken is also an adjunct professor of law at Middle Tennessee State University where he teaches copyright law and entertainment contracts.

HOW TO SIGN UP

This program is free and open to the public. However, if you would
like to attend, you must RSVP to mbyrd@abcnashville.org by Tuesday, May 12th.

There is a fee for lawyers seeking CLE credit: $40 for VLPA Member Lawyers; $60 Non-Members (for 1.5 hours CLE credit).

Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts now a program of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville
211 Commerce Street, Suite 100 | Nashville, TN 37201 | (615) 743-3055
www.tnvla.org | www.abcnashville.org

Artist's Forum @ Frist: Rocky Horton and Chris Scarborough - April 17, 2009

Artist's Forum
Friday, April 17, 6:30 p.m.
Frist Center
Rechter Room, FREE

Artist’s Forum is a program in which local and regional emerging and recognized artists discuss the thoughts and processes behind their work. Participants are encouraged to come and be a part of the dialogue about the artistic process.


Friday, April 17
Featured artists: Rocky Horton and Chris Scarborough

In his most recent studio practices, Rocky Horton utilizes different dilutions of photographic developer chemicals to paint onto exposed photographs. With these “photo paintings” Horton is commenting on the precarious relationship these mediums have had with each other since the invention of photography in the nineteenth century. Horton earned an MFA in Painting from the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions, including shows at Cheekwood Museum of Art and Zeitgeist Gallery. Horton is currently assistant professor of art at Lipscomb University in Nashville. To learn more about Rocky Horton and to view some of his work visit www.rockyhorton.com.

Chris Scarborough works in photography and drawing to create meticulously detailed images of people who have been manipulated according to the exaggerated characteristics of Japanese anime. His most recent work has developed from this foundation to include the examination of cartoon violence. Scarborough received a BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. His work has been included in several national exhibitions, including solo shows at the Foley Gallery in New York City and the Gescheidle Gallery in Chicago. Scarborough’s work is also part of numerous private and public collections, including the Tennessee State Museum. To learn more about Chris Scarborough and to view some of his work visit www.scarboy.net.

State of the Art: Contemporary Lecture Series featuring Andrea Zittel - April 16, 2009

State of the Art: Contemporary Lecture Series featuring Andrea Zittel
Thursday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.
Frist Center
Auditorium, FREE

The State of the Art lecture series is designed to bring nationally and internationally renowned critics, curators, and artists to Nashville to share their perspectives on current issues and ideas in contemporary art.

Conceptual artist and designer Andrea Zittel conducts experiments that simplify the everyday tasks of our lives. Using her own life as inspiration, she constantly examines and improves her relationship to her domestic and social environment, and ultimately the environments of others as well. Part artist, architect, environmentalist, crafter, nutritionist, engineer, and designer, Zittel possesses an everlasting enthusiasm for her projects.

Zittel received a BFA in painting and sculpture from San Diego State University and an MFA in sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions in the United States and Europe, including the 2004 Whitney Biennial and her 2005 comprehensive survey Andrea Zittel: Critical Space organized by the New Museum and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Zittel received the 2005 Smithsonian American Art Museum’s annual Lucelia Artist Award. The artist currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California, and Joshua Tree, California, where her A–Z West enterprises is located.

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Free Family Day @ Frist

Enjoy a fun-filled day of excitement with friends and family including special art-making activities, storytelling, live music, and dance performances.

The Society of Creative Anachronism will be on hand through the afternoon in the Grand Lobby for discussions of medieval armored combat, fiber arts and illumination.

Medieval Dances are scheduled hourly in the Rechter Room, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

The Centennial Recorder Consort will perform in the Grand Lobby at 1:30 and 3:00 p.m.

Upstairs, in the Art Library and Resource Center, younger visitors will enjoy Story Time: Magic in the Margins: a Medieval tale of Bookmaking, with sessions at 1:45 and 4:00 p.m.

Medieval Combat Monty Python Style will be demonstrated and taught by Nashville Children’ s Theatre teaching artist Eric Pasto-Crosby in the auditorium at 2:00 and 3:30 p.m. Visitors will learn hand-to-hand “combat” moves and put them together in Monty Python-esque skits.

Art activites, including the creation of medieval medallions, reliquaries, and illuminated letters will be available through the afternoon in Martin ArtQuest and Studios A, B and C on the Upper Level.

Family Day Sponsor: Nashville Parent
Education Programming Sponsors: Metro Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission

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