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Nov 10 2006 Local Gallery Owners Put Art Buyers At Ease  Buying art can be intimidating, but the owners of Philadelphia’s African American art galleries provide a comforting mix of …

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Excerpt from Philadelphia Daily News Nov. 6, 2006 By Robert Strauss Black (art) is Beautiful African-American works highlighted at Liacouras Center this weekend  Stephanie Daniel is helping promote the 21st …

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By Mari A. Schaefer INQUIRER STAFF WRITER POSTED: November 12, 2006 With all the camera phones, video recorders, and people lining up for autographs, it was easy to tell there …

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By ROBERT STRAUSS For the Daily News POSTED: November 06, 2006 WHEN STEPHANIE Daniel was growing up in Boston, going to visit relatives on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts every summer, …

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Letter from President Bill Clinton to October Gallery

Mercer A. Redcross, III Vice President of Marketing October Gallery Native Philadelphian Mercer A Redcross, III co-founded the October Gallery with his wife, Evelyn, in 1985. The gallery’s first location …

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The first art show and sale presented by October Gallery was for artist Tom Mckinney in 1985. Tom McKinney, Visual Artist   Written by Juanita Frederick for Paint Magazine Silkscreen …

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THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO The Art of Living Well One of the Nation’s Largest Art Expos The Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo is an expo of popular. World Art …

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October Gallery’s Evelyn Redcross and Recording Artist Isaac Hayes at Expo 18 Isaac Hayes (far right) at October Gallery’s Expo 18

To All, Especially Those In Penn Area YES, THIS IS THE BIG ONE !! Don’t miss this Art Expo. The October Gallery 18th Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo November 7, …

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October Gallery’s Mercer A. Redcross III

By Matthew P. Blanchard INQUIRER STAFF WRITER POSTED: November 10, 2003 Maybe it was The Cosby Show, said influential gallery owner Mercer Redcross. Hanging on the walls of the Huxtables’ …

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