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abel bazan paper shoe artist abel bazan is featured in the january/february issue of fiberarts magazine.  see the article on page 34, then go to the magazine’s website to see more of his shoes: http://fiberarts.com/back_issues/January-February-2010/sampling-wearable-art-in-paper.asp.  in february abel moves to italy to begin his career making real shoes.
  his paper shoes will be on sale in the gallery for $100.
colleen flanigan friend of beet gallery colleen flanigan has been named one of 20 TED senior fellows for 2010.  (http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/395)  (http://www.ted.com/profiles/view/id/95288)  TED is a non-profit organization devoted to “ideas worth spreading”.  colleen is currently in bali working on a coral reef restoration project, and she will be participating in beet’s february group show, erotica – be my (naughty) valentine.
mark clarson mark’s metal sculpture “las carpas #1” of a giraffe standing on a volkswagen bus is part of the lake oswego gallery without walls exhibit.  the outdoor show begins in september and runs for two years.  mark’s piece will be installed in downtown lake oswego across from pete’s coffee.  mark has also been juried into the 2009 young sculptors exhibit at miami university in oxford, ohio.