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They are often published in small editions, though they are sometimes produced as one-of-a-kind objects.</p>","position":1,"hidden":false,"slug":"artists-books","created_at":"2018-12-03 20:11:10.645241","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:14:22.439836","highlighted":false},{"id":"68","title":"Video / Sound","body":"<p>The exploration of video art and music or sound set, including visual music, abstract film, audiovisual performances and installations.</p>","position":58,"hidden":false,"slug":"video-sound","created_at":"2018-12-12 17:41:26.811686","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:15:10.852748","highlighted":false},{"id":"13","title":"Ceramics","body":"<p>The objects produced by shaping pieces of clay that are then hardened by baking, or the skill of making such objects.</p>","position":11,"hidden":false,"slug":"ceramics","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.282912","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:17:00.004465","highlighted":false},{"id":"61","title":"Sculpture","body":"<p>An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are carved, modeled, casted, and constructed into a three-dimensional art object.&nbsp;</p>","position":51,"hidden":false,"slug":"sculpture","created_at":"2018-11-09 22:31:56.413909","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:25:16.180506","highlighted":false},{"id":"67","title":"Printmaking","body":"<p>The process of creating artworks by printing, typically on paper. 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Building on late nineteenth-century precedents, artists around the world used new imagery, materials and techniques to create artworks that they felt better reflected the realities and hopes of modern societies.</p>","position":39,"hidden":false,"slug":"modernism","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.147823","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:23:29.030199","highlighted":false},{"id":"27","title":"Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary","body":"<h3>Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. 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Freedom from representational qualities in art.</p>","position":2,"hidden":false,"slug":"abstraction","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.093647","updated_at":"2021-03-18 20:03:16.668415","highlighted":true},{"id":"4","title":"African-American","body":"<h3>Art by African-American artists.</h3>","position":5,"hidden":false,"slug":"african-american","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.120864","updated_at":"2018-11-21 21:07:33.973751","highlighted":true},{"id":"7","title":"Architecture","body":"<h3>The art and science of designing and making buildings, or the style of a building.</h3>","position":6,"hidden":false,"slug":"architecture","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.159148","updated_at":"2018-10-31 16:42:52.194981","highlighted":false},{"id":"34","title":"Impressionism","body":"<h3>Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, an emphasis on light and its changing qualities, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience.</h3>","position":32,"hidden":false,"slug":"impressionism","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.967667","updated_at":"2019-08-06 21:23:48.760452","highlighted":false},{"id":"1","title":"Abstract Expressionism","body":"<p>From the Tate Museum's website: Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterized by gestural brush-strokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.</p>","position":3,"hidden":false,"slug":"abstract-expressionism","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.077338","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:14:42.15656","highlighted":false},{"id":"69","title":"Numismatics","body":"","position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"numismatics","created_at":"2022-10-05 05:00:08.16736","updated_at":"2022-10-05 05:00:08.16736","highlighted":false},{"id":"3","title":"African","body":"<p>Relating to Africa or people of African descent.</p>","position":4,"hidden":false,"slug":"african","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.106643","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:14:53.75225","highlighted":false},{"id":"22","title":"Eastern European","body":"<p>Eastern European art is a product of recent history. It can be traced to the division of Europe into the Western and Soviet spheres of influence of the allied victory over Germany in World War two.</p>","position":18,"hidden":false,"slug":"eastern-european","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.720626","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:16:17.856495","highlighted":false},{"id":"114","title":"LGBTQIA+","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"lgbtqia-plus","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"115","title":"Feminist","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"feminist","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"21","title":"Early 20th Century","body":"<p>Considered one of the most influential periods of art, featuring movements including Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism.</p>","position":17,"hidden":false,"slug":"early-20th-century","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.689784","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:16:30.35458","highlighted":false},{"id":"18","title":"Craft","body":"<p>Skill and experience, especially in relation to making objects by hand.</p>","position":15,"hidden":false,"slug":"crafts","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.624631","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:16:40.856441","highlighted":false},{"id":"19","title":"Design","body":"<h3>The skill of making plans, drawings, or arrangements to show how a building or product is made.</h3>","position":16,"hidden":false,"slug":"design","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.651945","updated_at":"2019-08-06 17:02:32.492828","highlighted":false},{"id":"10","title":"Asian","body":"<p>Asian art is diverse and rich, spanning thousands of years and dozens of countries. It is known for its ritual bronzes, beautiful ceramics, calligraphy, jades, textiles, painted landscapes, garden design, pagodas and stupas, and woodblock prints.</p>","position":8,"hidden":false,"slug":"asian","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.239964","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:17:26.887326","highlighted":false},{"id":"116","title":"Italian","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"italian","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"35","title":"Installations","body":"<h3>An artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.</h3>","position":33,"hidden":false,"slug":"installations","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.997492","updated_at":"2019-08-06 17:44:11.188179","highlighted":false},{"id":"47","title":"Performance","body":"<p>An art form that combines visual art with dramatic performance.</p>","position":42,"hidden":false,"slug":"performance","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.289361","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:24:27.280712","highlighted":false},{"id":"41","title":"Modern Contemporary Masters","body":"<p>Some of the most prominent, highly influential artists, who challenged preconceptions and pushed the limits of visual art, shaping the art world of our time.</p>","position":38,"hidden":false,"slug":"modern-contemporary-masters","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.11271","updated_at":"2021-03-18 20:03:22.948807","highlighted":true},{"id":"48","title":"Photography","body":"<p>Created in accordance with the vision of the artist as a photographer, using photography as a medium to bring something to life that only lives in the artist's mind.</p>","position":45,"hidden":false,"slug":"photography","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.308666","updated_at":"2021-03-18 20:03:25.642275","highlighted":true},{"id":"39","title":"Mid-Century","body":"<p>The design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development from roughly the 1930's to 1965.</p>","position":36,"hidden":false,"slug":"mid-century","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.07207","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:23:56.677028","highlighted":false},{"id":"54","title":"Surrealism","body":"<p>A movement in art and literature that flourished in the early 20th-century. Surrealism aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious rational control.&nbsp;</p>","position":53,"hidden":false,"slug":"surrealism","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.423285","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:15:56.486206","highlighted":false},{"id":"43","title":"Multi-Media","body":"<p>An innovative discipline which seeks to unify a large range of art forms. This is creatively achieved by combining an array of artistic insights and crafts such as film, literature, performance, music and sound, drama, visual arts, or design.</p>","position":40,"hidden":false,"slug":"multi-media","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.176534","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:24:08.943572","highlighted":false},{"id":"37","title":"Landscape","body":"<h3>The depiction of landscapes in art—natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.</h3>","position":34,"hidden":false,"slug":"landscape","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.032248","updated_at":"2019-08-06 17:34:21.440869","highlighted":false},{"id":"49","title":"Plein-air","body":"<p>Plein air is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look.</p>","position":43,"hidden":false,"slug":"plein-air","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.32447","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:24:39.3932","highlighted":false},{"id":"60","title":"Poster / Lithography","body":"<p>Printed 2-D artwork which is designed to be affixed to a vertical surface, may consist exclusively of images, or images and text.</p>","position":44,"hidden":false,"slug":"poster-lithography","created_at":"2018-10-31 15:54:46.156314","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:24:50.275272","highlighted":false},{"id":"51","title":"Portraits / Portraiture","body":"<h3>A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person.</h3>","position":47,"hidden":false,"slug":"portraits-portraiture","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.373545","updated_at":"2019-08-06 20:30:15.035376","highlighted":false},{"id":"65","title":"Scientific","body":"<h3>These works are often stunningly beautiful, and encourage the viewer to engage with the rich history of research and experimentation that led to the piece’s conception.</h3>","position":50,"hidden":false,"slug":"scientific","created_at":"2018-11-12 04:17:38.573569","updated_at":"2019-08-06 20:32:34.363606","highlighted":false},{"id":"56","title":"Western (The American West)","body":"<h3>The Art of the American West is defined by geographical subject, consists of historic and contemporary works of art which focus on varying expressions of individuals, landscapes, ideals, and myths of the American West.</h3>","position":54,"hidden":false,"slug":"western","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.46552","updated_at":"2019-08-06 20:40:13.778238","highlighted":false},{"id":"40","title":"Minimalism","body":"<h3>Borrowed from Wikipedia: In visual arts, music, and other mediums, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Anne Truitt, and Frank Stella. It derives from the reductive aspects of modernism and is often interpreted as a reaction against abstract expressionism and a bridge to postminimal art practices.</h3>","position":37,"hidden":false,"slug":"minimalism","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.091367","updated_at":"2019-08-06 19:43:29.34215","highlighted":false},{"id":"36","title":"Functional Art - Jewelry / Fashion","body":"<h3>Occupying the space between fine art and the everyday, functional art refers to aesthetic objects that serve utilitarian purposes. 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Until the mid-19th century it was primarily concerned with representational and Classical modes of production. After the mid-19th century modern, abstract and conceptual forms gained favor.</p>","position":55,"hidden":false,"slug":"western-european","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.47992","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:15:48.814908","highlighted":false},{"id":"72","title":"Comics","body":"","position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"comics","created_at":"2022-10-05 05:00:34.312943","updated_at":"2022-10-05 05:00:34.312943","highlighted":false},{"id":"75","title":"Large Scale (over 6')","body":"","position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"large-scale-over-6","created_at":"2022-10-13 17:36:32.026701","updated_at":"2022-10-13 17:36:32.026701","highlighted":false},{"id":"53","title":"Pop / Street Art / Graffiti","body":"<p>Visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. Common forms and media include spray paint graffiti, stencil graffiti, poster art, sticker art, street installations, and sculpture.</p>","position":46,"hidden":false,"slug":"street-art","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.409945","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:25:03.028203","highlighted":false},{"id":"117","title":"Indigenous & Native","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"indigenous-native","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"118","title":"Chicago Imagists","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"chicago-imagists","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"119","title":"East Asian","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"east-asian","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"77","title":"Medieval / Renaissance ","body":"","position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"medieval-renaissance","created_at":"2022-10-28 16:16:46.020704","updated_at":"2022-10-28 16:16:46.020704","highlighted":false},{"id":"79","title":"Non-Western","body":"","position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"non-western","created_at":"2023-11-08 22:31:45.41764","updated_at":"2023-11-08 22:31:45.41764","highlighted":true},{"id":"120","title":"Southeast & South Asian","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"southeast-south-asian","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"28","title":"Folk / Outsider / Self Taught","body":"<h3>Art produced by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labeled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. 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The gallery team at the Kavanagh strives to bring innovative and exciting artists to the gallery.</p><p><br></p><p>Admission to the Kavanagh Gallery is always free and open to all. We invite you to stop by to view our gallery and see for yourself the fantastic space at Fine Line.</p><p><br></p><p>Fine Line Creative Arts Center is a thriving community where artists and art lovers have been experiencing, learning and sharing for over forty years. The center offers year-round adult classes for artists of all levels, from complete beginners to more advanced. 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More information about vendors, tickets, parking and transportation is <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://www.randolphstreetmarket.com/2022/02/randolph-street-market-2022-dates/\" target=\"_blank\">online</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>When founder Sally Schwartz embarked upon this journey in 2003, she wanted to create a Chicago version of my favorite antique flea market — London’s Portobello Road — and the Chicago Antique Market was born outside on historic Randolph street and inside Michael Jordan’s basketball gym. Customers came from far and wide to grab our treasures. Randolph Street Market Celebrated Its Platinum Anniversary in 2023.</p><p><br></p><p>Randolph Street Market receives high praise from interior designers for being a reliable, post-COVID resource for antiques, art and decor — and for pioneering America’s largest urban market for ‘second time around’ sustainability.</p><p><br></p><p>As Chicago’s one and only, world-famous, European-style antique and vintage flea market festival — named ‘Top Ten USA Markets’ by Travel &amp; Leisure, Architectural Digest, goop, USA Today, and more — Randolph Street Market has been listening intently to the larger interior design community, too.</p><p><br></p><h3 class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong>2026 SCHEDULE</strong></h3><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(34, 157, 236);\">May 23+24 - Randolph Street Market Festival</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><em>Plumbers Hall, West Loop, Chicago</em></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(34, 171, 236);\">July 25+26 - Randolph Street Market Festival</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><em>Plumbers Hall, West Loop, Chicago</em></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(34, 157, 236);\">Sept 26+27 - Randolph Street Market Festival</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><em>Plumbers Hall, West Loop, Chicago</em></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(34, 157, 236);\">Nov 14+15 - Randolph Street Holiday Market</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><em>Plumbers Hall, West Loop, Chicago</em></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(34, 157, 236);\">Dec 12+13 - Randolph Street Holiday Market</strong></p><p class=\"ql-align-center\"><em>Plumbers Hall, West Loop, Chicago</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>","location":"1350 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60607","display_location":"1350 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60607","slug":"randolph-street-market","latitude":"41.884472","longitude":"-87.660926","contact":"","state":"published","created_at":"2013-11-18 20:47:00","updated_at":"2026-02-18 18:51:14.078","sub_district_id":"43","promoted_at":"2018-11-08T04:37:34.565Z","optional_sort_name":"","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1731088404/kac4ehmoanopbmrmejxu.jpg","paid":true,"specialties":"Antiques and Artifacts, Modernism, Functional Art - Jewelry / Fashion, Furniture & Decorative Arts"},{"id":"654","name":"Evanston Art Center","organization_type_id":"7","district_id":"6","telephone":"+18474755300","website":"http://www.evanstonartcenter.org","email":"egudewicz@evanstonartcenter.org","hours":"M-Th 9–6; F 9–5; Sa–Su 9–4pm","body":"<p>The Evanston Art Center (EAC), founded over 95 years ago in 1929, is an integral part of community life, providing access and experiences in the arts to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Through community-based events, classes and exhibitions, EAC helps expand its mission to provide accessible arts education and arts enrichment experiences to the community and the surrounding areas.</p><p><br></p><p>The Evanston Art Center’s galleries exhibit contemporary artwork by emerging and established artists, and are free and open to the public seven days a week. Exhibition programming includes publications, artist talks, interviews with curators, opening receptions, In Focus lectures and docent led tours for groups (please call to schedule a tour) at no charge to the public.</p><p><br></p><p>The Evanston Art Center’s in-person and online art courses have something for everyone and every schedule. Subjects include: painting, drawing, sculpting, jewelry, bookbinding, and much more! Browse our online adult and youth course schedule at <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://www.evanstonartcenter.org\" target=\"_blank\">EvanstonArtCenter.org</a></p><p><br></p><p>Opening receptions typically held on first Sunday of exhibition 1–4pm.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Photo credit: Erica McKeehen</p>","location":"1717 Central St. Evanston, IL 60201","display_location":"1717 Central St. Evanston, IL 60201","slug":"evanston-art-center","latitude":"42.064613","longitude":"-87.696777","contact":"Emma Rose Gudewicz","state":"published","created_at":"2013-11-18 20:47:08","updated_at":"2025-11-15 03:34:20.137","sub_district_id":"25","promoted_at":"2018-10-24T19:27:13.593Z","optional_sort_name":"","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1763177657/nvbyjmqx8ojuobibgu8k.jpg","paid":false,"specialties":"Ceramics, Abstraction, Installations, Graphic Art, Glass, Functional Art - Jewelry / Fashion, Figurative, Fiber Arts / Textiles, Emerging, Craft"},{"id":"854","name":"Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry and Objects","organization_type_id":"1","district_id":"4","telephone":"+13129296575","website":"http://www.pistachiosonline.com","email":"info@pistachiosonline.com","hours":"M–F 10:30–6:30; Sa 10:30–6;  Su: 12-5","body":"<p>Pistachios is a contemporary art jewelry and objects gallery in downtown Chicago, curating the most talented and cutting edge artists from around the world. 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Les Enluminures has forged long-standing relationships with major museums and prestigious private collections throughout the world. The gallery exhibits at major art fairs. Sandra Hindman is responsible for numerous publications on medieval manuscript illumination and historic jewelry; her scholarship over many decades has established a model for study in this field, and descriptions of works available in the gallery meet the same level of professionalism. Located in major cities in the United States and abroad, her large team is composed of noted specialists.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Les Enluminures’ two websites offer access to different gallery initiatives. A series of podcasts transform the past into the present. A YouTube channel hosts a wide range of videos. View nearly every work offered by Les Enluminures either in person at one of our locations or in our accessible videos. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @LesEnluminures&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We welcome all inquiries from serious collectors, museums, and libraries, as well as from anyone who delights in experiencing and knowing about the European Middle Ages, at any level.</p><p><br></p><p>Image by R. Hanel Photography</p>","location":"980 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611","display_location":"980 N. 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We are located just “South of North Avenue” (SoNa) on Ashland Avenue and east of the iconic intersection of Damen, Milwaukee, and North Avenue.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The gallery features art in a variety of media including paintings, prints, sculpture, photography, collages, ceramics, textiles, and occasional performances of poetry, music, and theater. The artwork carried by SoNa Chicago reflects the creativity and abundant energy of the human spirit, affirming the beauty in the world and the potential for joy and the advancement of humanity as a force for good. Although we will put a spotlight on Chicago artists, we want the dialogue between artists and the community to be global. We view our space as a venue for conversation, community, and a celebration of the arts. SoNa Chicago opened in May 2023. We look forward to collaborating with our neighbors and with artists and galleries across the city.</p><p><br></p><p>Image: Jill Fox,&nbsp;graphic designer</p>","location":"1527 N. 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Whether you are a designer sourcing for a project, a collector searching for a singular piece, or simply someone drawn to well-made and storied objects, the space offers premium design available for immediate purchase both in-person and online.</span></p>","location":"13887 Red Arrow Hwy. Harbert, MI 49115","display_location":"13887 Red Arrow Hwy. Harbert, MI 49115","slug":"rivich-auctions-harbert-antique-mall","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"contact":"Olivia Rivich","state":"published","created_at":"2026-04-28 04:10:42.912","updated_at":"2026-04-28 04:10:42.912","sub_district_id":"35","promoted_at":null,"optional_sort_name":"","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1777349436/l2xrub36427j2n33z8gh.jpg","paid":true,"specialties":"Functional Art - Jewelry / Fashion, Design, Sculpture, Mid-Century, Furniture & Decorative Arts, Folk / Outsider / Self Taught"}]}