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JE NE SAIS QUOI at Sub-Basement Artist Studios – Closing Reception Sunday May 31, 3:00 p.m.

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Closing Reception and Artist Talks — Sunday, May 31, 2009 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Sub-Basement Artist Studios
118 N. Howard Street
Baltimore, MD

Je Ne Sais Quoi

A group of ten women were chosen all using different mediums to express themselves in visual and tangible forms. “Je ne sais quoi” means in English- I do not know what. As in many languages, that “something” gets lost in translation. Just as in the verbal, the visual translation can be elusive.

Curated by Mimi Kapiloff

Artists: Melissa Dickenson / Andrea Guay / Cara Ober / Nancy Valk / Glora Askin / Marcia / Ray Wolfson / Peggy Fox / Edna Emmet / Rachel Rotenburg / Michelle Woodward

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