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June 9th Weekly Newsletter, Gulfport, FL
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Fresh From the Skies: The Latest From Makers Air
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Fresh From the Skies: The Latest from Makers Air
Summer is officially in the air—and so are exciting new offerings from Makers Air! Whether you’re planning a sun-soaked escape to the Out Islands or a spontaneous weekend getaway, we’re here to elevate your travel experience.
From our family-run team to your vacation-ready crew—thank you for flying with us this summer. Wherever you’re heading, let’s make the journey just as unforgettable as the destination.
Here’s what’s fresh this season:
Additional Airlift to Stella Maris, Long Island, Bahamas
You spoke, and we listened! Beginning on November 2, 2025 Makers Air will offer three flights weekly to Stella Maris, Long Island, Bahamas from FXE–Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Stay tuned for the announcement of Travel Packs for our Long Island frequent flyers as well!
Daily Flights to Cat Island, Bahamas direct from FXE
Beginning November 1, 2025 Makers Air will be flying direct to Cat Island, Bahamas from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport daily. This significant increase will not only allow for more passenger flights but increased freight forwarding as well. Book today and fly away to Cat Island!
Reach the Makers Air Freight Team via WhatsApp: Next Level Customer Service
We are making communication easier and faster for YOU! Our Freight Forwarding Team is now available to you on WhatsApp Business for direct updates, quick responses, and smooth service! 954-319-9963 for assistance today!
Guaranteed Cargo Blocks: More Options and Increased Confidence for Excess Luggage
Summer is here and so is peak travel season. Want to make sure your cargo/luggage flies on time? Ask about Guaranteed Cargo Blocks that are now available in new increments to guarantee small and large overages!
A personalized touch is increasingly rare in our digital world. We pride ourselves on working one on one with clients to create a seamless and elevated experience. Contact Bahamas Island Travel for your Bahamas Out Island Vacation Planning and Day Tour needs!
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May Newsletter – Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary protects Georgia’s special live-bottom wildlife habitat in the Atlantic Ocean and along the southeastern U.S. coast, an area teeming with diversity and an abundance of marine life.
Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary May Recap
Gray’s Reef Hosts the 2025 MATE ROV Southeast Regional Competition On May 10th, Gray’s Reef hosted the Southeast Regional MATE ROV Competition at the Chatham County Aquatics Center in Savannah, Georgia! The MATE ROV Southeast Regional Competition uses underwater robotics (aka remotely operated vehicles or ROVs) to inspire and challenge students to learn and creatively apply scientific, engineering, and technical skills to solving real-world problems. This year’s competition challenged students from all over the Southeast U.S. to tackle missions based on scenarios from the workplace, encouraging students to work together, network, and learn from technical professionals and each other.
The first place RANGER level team, WhaleTech from North Paulding High School, will move on to compete at the Worlds Competition in June. Competing in the 2025 regional competition, we had fourteen teams with over one hundred individuals registered as team members, coaches, or volunteers. This number was increased with family members and guests as this event is entirely open to the public. The Gray’s Reef team is looking forward to planning next year’s event! For more information about the MATE ROV Southeast Regional Competition, please contact Danielle Oxman at danielle.oxman@noaa.gov.
RANGER level competitors weighing their ROV before their pool product demonstrations. Photo by Hunter Coughlin/NOAA
2025 MATE ROV pool product demonstration in action! Photo by Hunter Coughlin/NOAA
Building Bridges Academy Join as a New Ocean Guardian School On May 14th, Building Bridges Academy attended their first formal class as an Ocean Guardian School. Ocean Guardian Schools make commitments to protect and conserve their local watersheds, the world’s ocean, and special ocean areas, like national marine sanctuaries. The school makes this commitment by proposing and then implementing a school- or community-based conservation project.
Building Bridges Academy will be taking on composting to limit food waste in their school for their Ocean Guardian project. During their lesson, students learned about the Ocean Guardian program, Gray’s Reef, the importance of wetland habitats to a healthy ocean, and their connection to watershed areas. Students then got to put their new found knowledge to the test and build their own wetlands that would prevent pollution from draining to the ocean and protect the city from incoming storm surges! For more information about Ocean Guardian Schools, please contact Mary Quinn at mary.quinn@noaa.gov.
Education and Outreach Specialist, Mary, educating students on Ocean Guardian Schools. Photo by Danielle Oxman/NOAA
Ocean Guardian student making their wetland in a pan. Photo by Danielle Oxman/NOAA
Crew Training and Operational Readiness On May 29, R/V Gannet transited offshore to Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary for a crew training and systems review day. The team participated in docking and undocking procedures, reviewed onboard emergency systems and navigation protocols, and assisted with drills and equipment handling. They conducted two man-overboard drills while opportunistically retrieving marine debris—two helium balloons found floating offshore. They also practiced deploying and retrieving a drop marker, which helped to better calibrate GPS accuracy and improve R/V Gannet’s systems. Additionally, they evaluated an alternate return transit route through Ossabaw Sound. Although this route took longer due to the no-wake zones, it was a smoother ride and more protected—valuable information for future planning in the event of unexpected weather deterioration. For more information, please contact the Gray’s Reef Vessel Operations Coordinator voc.grnms@noaa.gov.
Lieutenant Ring preparing to drop a diving drop marker on Captain Jason’s command. Photo by Alison Soss/NOAA
Alison Soss being very excited to go offshore and showing off our crew uniform. Photo by Alison Soss/NOAA
Captain Ward at the helm transitioning back from Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Photo by Alison Soss/NOAA
Upcoming Events with Gray’s Reef
2025 Super Sanctuary Summer: June 10th – August 15th In honor of World Oceans Week, we’re kicking off our Super Sanctuary Summer and extending our Discovery Center hours! Starting on June 10th, we’ll be opening our doors Tuesdays – Fridays from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. to host FREE daily activities and events. Each week will feature a new theme with talks, workshops, craft sessions, and more! The Gray’s Reef Ocean Discovery Center is located at 340 MLK Jr Blvd. Savannah, GA. For a detailed schedule of these events, check out our website below.
Ocean Depths Artistic Heights: Deep Dive Exhibit: Now – August 4th
The Gray’s Reef Ocean Discovery Center welcomes local artists to be a part of our new rotating art exhibit, Ocean Depths Artistic Heights. Check out local artist Cat Ward’s exhibit, Deep Dive, which highlights her ocean inspired acrylic and sculpture series.
Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting: July 10th
National marine sanctuary advisory councils are community-based advisory groups that provide advice and recommendations to the superintendents of the sanctuary sites on issues like management, science, community engagement, and stewardship. Members of the advisory council represent a broad cross-section of communities, industries, and stakeholders interested in and affected by the marine sanctuary. The Gray’s Reef Sanctuary Advisory Council will be meeting on July 10th at the Ocean Discovery Center. More information about hours and agenda will be posted on our website soon!
Southeast Regional Ecosystem Assessment: July 21st – August 3rd
The Gray’s Reef team will be embarking on the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster mission in July! This multidisciplinary mission will include underwater mapping, scientific dive surveys, and public outreach. The Nancy Foster will be docked on River Street, Savannah, GA on August 3rd, and opening its doors to the public! Join us to see this incredible vessel and learn about the important research that was conducted for this mission.
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Cruisers’ Net Weekly Newsletter – June 6, 2025
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Southeast Marine Fuel Best Price Summary as of Jun 11
This week’s lowest current marina fuel prices as of Jun 11
Diesel Range: $2.84 to $4.80 Lowest @ Port Consolidated in (Eastern Florida)
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Chart Authorities Oblivious Re: Nonexistent Island Along ‘Thorny Path’ – Peter Swanson
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Chart Authorities Oblivious Re: Nonexistent Island Along ‘Thorny Path’
Rediscovering the Lost Port of Christopher Columbus
Puerto Jackson as it appears today. That smudge just below the horizon at middle left is the sunken island of Jackson Cay. “I saw an opening between large mountains that made a good and expansive port and with a good entrance, which I called Puerto Santo.”—from History of the Indies by Friar Bartolomé de las Casas, quoting Christopher Columbus
An island sank in 1946 as a result of a terrible earthquake. It wasn’t a big island, only 52 acres, but it formed the principal barrier to ocean swells protecting an old coconut port on the Samana Peninsula of the Dominican Republic. The port was first identified by Columbus in 1493 and was considered significant because it could shelter ships on an otherwise inhospitable coast.
The reason old Port Jackson still matters is that Jackson Cay only sank a few feet underwater and thus continues to attenuate waves that would otherwise roil the hundred-plus acre basin, which happens to have good holding. Consider atolls of the South Pacific, whose coral reefs protect an anchorage within.
Port Jackson is no hurricane hole, but its sunken island and fringing reefs do provide a modicum of all-weather protection, most critically from northern swell. And it lies along the “thorny path to windward” that small craft mariners must transit en route from Florida to the lower caribbean.
Too bad generations of cruisers have never known about it. And the reason for that is simple: The chartmakers of the world never took note of Jackson Cay’s demise. Even though it sunk in 1946, Jackson continues to appear on charts today, 79 years later.
This 1853 map shows Jackson Cay (Cayo Yaqueson) and Port Jackson, which was originally named Puerto Sacro or Santo by Columbus en route back to Spain in 1493. The thin line paralleling the coast represents the only land access to the Samana Region at the time. The mapmaker called the shelter of the harbor fuerte, Spanish for strong. If the principal landmark for finding the entrance to a harbor is an island almost the size of the U.S. Capitol grounds—and that island does not present itself—a passing mariner is not likely to trust the safety of vessel and crew to investigate, particularly in an area of numerous breaking reefs.
A quirky gringo author named Bruce Van Sant wrote “A Gentleman’s Guide to Passages South: The Thorny Path to Windward,” which discussed in detail the gnarly nature of Dominican waters. Van Sant told Loose Cannon about the time he put-putted around looking for Port Jackson. Charts and U.S. Navy Sailing Directions placed Port Jackson behind a protective island, but Van Sant didn’t find it nor could anyone else because they needed to identify the island first.
Local fishermen and tourist excursion captains, who do not use charts to navigate, have no problem accessing the basin and picture-poscard beach because the entrance is actually pretty straightforward, as described in the story linked below.
The Lost-and-Found Dominican Harbor: A Users Manual
·January 5, 2022Read full story Once upon a time, charts for the Caribbean were the purview of the U.S. Navy Hydrological Office, which in 1972 was merged with other government mapmakers into the Defense Mapping Agency, which in 1996 became the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, which in 2003 became the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Given enough time, acronyms thus generated may well comprise the entire alphabet.
Loose Cannon was dealing with the NGA, which calls itself the U.S. intelligence community’s go-to agency for processing and analyzing satellite imagery. It is referred to as one of the “Big Five” U.S. intelligence agencies
On Aug. 4, 1946 an earthquake and Tsunami struck at the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, killing 2,550 people. Jackson Cay, the landmass at center right, sunk to about three feet under water. First I laid out the scenario to NGA spokesman Nancy M. Rapavi and explained why clarity regarding Port Jackson was in the public interest, along with the above image from Google Earth (which may well be NGA product). In this context I sought a general explanation about how NGA updates its charts. Her answer was unhelpful:
The factors that go into determining the need for a new edition of a chart are the following: The accumulation of Notice to Mariner corrections, the nature of the corrections and the age of the chart. The availability and releasability of new sources are also taken into consideration when determining the need for a new edition and include the following: charts with new data, hydrographic surveys and aerial or commercial imagery.
My response was as follows:
I guess what I really need to know is this: How can a significant feature such as Cayo Jackson still be on our charts 70 years after it disappeared under the water? Especially nowadays, when you can use Google Earth, and clearly see by the satellite imagery that it is not there.
I am not picking on NGA in this. British Admiralty Charts also show Cayo Jackson as still existing.
This issue is further complicated by the fact that NGA Publication 147 (En Route) Caribbean Sea Volume 1 of 218 actually makes reference to “Port Jackson” on page 129. Port Jackson is of course the sheltered basin that was once defined by Cayo Jackson (or in English, Jackson Cay.)
There is no Jackson Cay. There has not been a viable port there since 1946. All this is easily checkable. Will NGA now correct its charts and sailing directions?
Crickets…Ghosted by Nancy.
The question of whether NGA, thus informed, will correct the chart has some relevance, not because a few cruisers might benefit, but because the U.S. Navy uses NGA charts, and therefore the Navy must also believe that Jackson Cay is still an island.
According to an former civilian cartography executive that I interviewed, charts are generally updated more frequently for high-traffic or strategic areas. He said Port Jackson’s isolation and decades of disuse before the 1946 earthquake probably best explain the errors.
In the mid-19th Century Port Jackson was considered strategic because a frigate anchored therein could use its guns to cut off land access to all of Samana. At the time, the only way to resupply military forces at strategic Samana Bay on the south side of the Samana peninsula was a path, suitable only for pack animals, that ran behind the length of Jackson Beach.
This screenshot was taken from the plotting station of a U.S. Navy warship. Not only is the island not as depicted but those three rocks at right are not there either. Draft for a frigate back then was about 20 feet, which the Port Jackson entrance and basin can easily accomodate. Today’s U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships draw 13 feet and, though unlikely (at least one hopes), there may come a day when Chinese submarines call at Cuban ports, and LCS vessels (some of which are anti-submarine capable) will need a place to chill next to deep water on the route to Havana.
Arguably, the venerable British Admiralty is even more negligent than NGA in its coverage of Samana waters.
British Admiralty charts also show an island where no island exists, and the Admiralty’s piloting guide to the Caribbean Sea at the time of this writing gave highly specific directions on how to enter non-existent Port Jackson using the non-existent island as a landmark.
The most amusing part of these sailing directions is the description of Jackson Cay as “not easily identified.” Yes, it’s difficult to identify features that are underwater from a distance. Through the good offices of Bluewater Books in Fort Lauderdale, a distributor of Admiralty charts, I sought comment from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.
Crickets again…Not even a “cherio, mate.”
Cayo Jackson, as depicted on NV Charts. And those features above the word Jackson don’t exist either. LOOSE CANNON covers hard news, technical issues and nautical history. Every so often he tries to be funny. Subscribe for free to support the work. If you’ve been reading for a while—and you like it—consider upgrading to paid.
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Toucan’s Grill 6/5/25 in Oriental, NC (AIWW Statute Mile 181)
Oriental is a wonderful place with friendly people and good food. And, if you do stop here, by all means, eat at our good friends at Toucan’s Grill and stay at Oriental Marina, a SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR!
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Closing The Gap,SPARRING WITH MOTHER NATURE – Janice Anne Wheeler
Here it is…SPARRING WITH MOTHER NATURE’s latest. I’m very honored that you’re following along; THANK YOU.
The passages of a 1934 Wooden Sailing Yacht are transformational. For ten months, STEADFAST has been undergoing extensive repair and refit. In boating terminology we are hauled out “on the hard” in Cambridge, Maryland, USA. The archives contain many anecdotes— sail into that!
If you’ve just joined our engaging little community, please read SPARS & SPARRING, my introductory piece. Weekly SPARRING intermingles sea tales with the challenges, lessons, and intricacies of restoring 90-year-old STEADFAST.…. ~J
STEADFAST is a soulful entity constructed with Mother Nature’s finest materials.There are gaps everywhere, of course, in time and place and memory and friendships, just as there are still gaps here on STEADFAST. However, those are growing smaller and smaller….Mother Nature has continued to rain rather torrentially and often, but we are doing the best that SPARRING allows.
Back in September STEADFAST’s bow area looked like the photo below: No stem, no knee (which attaches the stem to the keel), and the majority of the planks (many more than are shown in this photograph) were removed. Our at first minimal, then extensive project had come to fruition and after the course of the winter got even grander. We added lots of we-might-as-wells which are better done out of the water so she’s looking wonderful underneath her winter cover, all freshly painted, varnished and rejuvenated, even with much of the exterior still unfinished.
The best news I can convey is that we are closing the gaps.
STEADFAST September 2024 Here she is today, much closer to being put back together, only three planks out of thirty-one still need to be attached, and those three have been chosen and milled to proper thickness. It’s a huge step. There have been a tremendous number of other ones along the way, too, both inside and out, but I had to show you this accomplishment.
Months of dedicated work. Stay aboard. We will delve into the occasional video, too, and as soon as I figure out how to make all that happen here on my ‘Stack; I’ll show you some juicy and potentially interesting parts of this rebuild that haven’t even been discussed as of yet! It’s incredibly complicated, this SAVING A PIECE OF HISTORY task we’ve given to ourselves. Joyful, frustrating, draining, rewarding. AND Very importantly it has brought many people into my life that I never would have crossed paths with, for that I am forever grateful.
SPARRING WITH MOTHER NATURE received fantastic comments on STEADFAST’S first-person recollections. This is, of course, anthropomorphizing; one reader called me out on that specifically and I am guilty! Most of what I own is she/her/he/him. I have written seven memoirs in the first person for an assortment of clients and have the unique and sometimes unnerving ability to be able to put myself in someone else’s shoes. I love it. For more of my work, please visit my website.
My favorite comment is from the gentlemen who spent years on her first rebuild and then more years enjoying her to the fullest, “No doubt about it, she of many names, now STEADFAST, is a very lucky boat…..and her people have loved, loved, loved her…..in turn the seas have allowed her to bring them back safe and with more than when they departed…..” Dmitri
We are all incredibly anxious to be back on the seas, having some fun again, that much I know.
According to STEADFAST, Getting all this work done isn’t bad as long as people admire you from afar…and near, too, really. We’re all lovers of admiration, after all… Share SPARRING WITH MOTHER NATURE
Messages come directly to my in-box and are not for public viewing, so if that’s better for you, please do. If you’d like to further support my work, please share and RESTACK (the little recycle symbol) —-free and easy to do so. The algorithms simply love it apparently….and I have picked up many new readers via that mysterious method. I’m old fashioned here, SPARRING along, so not sure how all that works, but it does. The ultimate support is symbolic in that it means that my writing is worth the price of admission. For those of you that have chosen that option, I’m sincerely thrilled.
See you next week my fine readers, I certainly appreciate all the forms of support you give. I truly enjoy the comments. ~J
I so appreciate your support of my work. Have a wonderful week!
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ADA Anniversary Celebration: Building Community, July 23 – Charleston Parks
Thirty-five years ago the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. In partnership with the City of Charleston and City of North Charleston, the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) will present an event celebrating the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signing.
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Coastal Cohorts cast off for 40th season with Carson tribute – Coastal Review
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Gulfport Arts & Heritage Newsletter, Gulfport, FL
The City of Gulfport and Gulfport Municipal Marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, always have a full calendar of events for all ages. The marina and harbor, found on the northern shores of Boca Ciega Bay, are easily accessible from the Western Florida ICW, just north of Tampa Bay.
JUNE 2025
Gulfport History Museum & Gulfport Arts Center Newsletter
June Porch Party: 6/20
Movie Night: Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Friday, June 20 at 7:30pm at the Gulfport History Museum
Summer is here! So it’s time to join Gulfport Arts & Heritage for an outdoor movie night. Bring your blankets, chairs, and favorite movie snacks and settle in on the lawn of the Gulfport History Museum for a great Florida-themed classic under the stars!
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef follows a family of Greek sponge divers as they eke out a living on the Gulf shores of Florida. After their haul is robbed, they must venture into the dangerous waters of the 12-mile reef, where they find wild sea creatures, fierce human rivals, and an unexpected romance.
This 1953 film, directed by Robert D. Webb, wowed audiences with its extraordinary underwater footage, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Free outdoor event. Popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase.
Film begins at 7:30pm. Running time is 1 hour 42 minutes.Original Gulfport Walking Tour: 6/26
The next historic walking tour will take place on Thursday, June 26 at 5:30pm.
The Museum will be open from 5-5:30pm for tour check-ins.Join Gulfport Arts & Heritage on a stroll through history in the heart of Gulfport. This reworked tour is led by David Anderson of Discover Florida Tours and lasts for approximately 1.5 hours.
$15 for non-members, free for GAH members. Registration is required.
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See someone or something you know? Have a story? Share your knowledge with us and the community by emailing HistoryMuseum@mygulfport.us. Email links are also available at the bottom of each entry in the catalog. 
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KIDS SUMMER ART CAMP This Summer, we’re offering free WEEKLY art classes for ages 6-12 every THURSDAY @3pm-4:30pm from June 5th-July 24th. We’ll explore painting, 3D art, and many other fun methods of artmaking!
Registration is REQUIRED in order for your child to participate, but you may register for camp at any time. Spots may be limited. Max number of children that may be signed up per guardian is two.
Email us at ArtsCenter@mygulfport.us or fill out the google form below to register:
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JUNE KIDS ART CAMP SCHEDULE
JUNE 5th – Kandinsky Inspired Fold-out Booklets
Make a colorful accordion-style booklet inspired by the abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky.
JUNE 12th – Tie-Dying with Food Coloring
Tie-dye strips of cloth, lace, and linen using food coloring and a few simple ingredients.
JUNE 19th – NO CAMP
Closed for Juneteenth
JUNE 26th – Hanging Wall Tapestries
Use the materials we dyed to make a personalized hanging wall tapestry.
KIDS FREE CRAFT DAYS In addition to art camp, we are also hosting free, open craft days for kids of ALL AGES under 13 EVERY TUESDAY @12pm-2pm from June 3rd-July 22nd! Children can paint, draw, collage, and craft freely with other kids, all materials provided. Feel free to drop-in anytime, NO registration required!
OPEN COLLAGE GROUP MEETUP BIMONTHLY, EVERY 1st & 3rd SATURDAY @3pm-5pm
THIS MONTH – June 7th & June 21st
Starting June 7th, we are expanding our monthly collage group to BIMONTHLY meets every 1st and
3rd Saturday 3pm-5pm! Join us for an afternoon of collage-making with all materials provided,
completely FREE! Bring your own ephemera to share or swap with others and get to know like-minded
creatives in a laid-back atmosphere.Email us at ArtsCenter@mygulfport.us to be added to our optional RSVP list and receive bimonthly reminders.
NEW SUMMER OPEN STUDIO HOURS TUESDAY
3PM-7PMWEDNESDAY
1PM-7PM1st & 3rd SATURDAY
10AM-2PMWe are excited to announce that starting June 3rd, we will be extending open studio hours on Wednesdays this Summer! Anyone 13+ can use our studio space to work on their own personal art projects during open hours. Studio space is provided on a first-come-first-serve-basis, reservations are prohibited. Artists must bring their own supplies.
Folks are also welcome to come by during open studio hours to view our current group art show, “Cut & Paste”, a showcase celebrating the art of collage, featuring a diverse range of artistic perspectives and techniques! This exhibition is on display now until July 16th.
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