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(clockwise
from top left) Author-editor-artist David Greenberger
celebrated the 25th anniversary of his cult-hit ’zine,
The Duplex Planet, which records the insights and idiosyncracies
of senior citizens in elder-care facilities around America;
the Albany International Airport Gallery continued to
attract discerning connisseurs, frequent flyers and—who
knows—shifty-eyed travelers avoiding the pat-down
with shows like Artists in the Studio: 30 Years at the
Millay Colony, which opened Jan. 1; at the Corning Tower
on March 22, author Jennifer Gonnerman and Elaine Bartlett
held a book signing for Gonnerman’s Life on the
Outside, which chronicles Bartlett’s 20-year journey
through the criminal-justice system, courtesy of the
Rockefeller Drug Laws; in April, the Saratoga Amtrak
station spruced itself up a bit, adding a coffee shop,
a gallery space to feature the work of local artists,
and a permanent decorative frieze by Anne Diggory, Alice
Manzi and Beverly Mastrianni; the scientific illustrator
for the New York State Museum, Patricia Kernan, highlighted
the beauty of the natural world—even slugs; photography
teacher Zoeanne Murphy instructed SEIU members, allowing
them to capture and preserve elements of an unseen America.
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