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March 2011 Issue

"Celestial Navigation" by Rebecca Vaughan2011acrylic paint/mixed media

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___Rebecca Vaughan is the Chair of Fine Arts at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. She received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and her BFA in Sculpture from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She also attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada. Ms. Vaughan has exhibited sculptural installations, mixed media conceptual projects and relational performances in: U.K., China, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico and Canada.She has been published in Chicago Art Journal and KnitKnit. Ms. Vaughan also received state grants from the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities and the Ohio Arts Council. Visit www.rebeccavaughan.comPeter Illig is originally from New York, and studied at Buffalo State College and University of Colorado, Denver. He has been an artist and teacher in Colorado for 30 years. Currently represented by Plus+Gallery in Denver, he has been a member of artist co-ops such as Pirate Contemporary Art and Spark Gallery. His shows have numerous reviews, and his work has been selected for various ‘Best of Colorado’ shows over the years, and is found in many personal and corporate collections.Peter Illig's paintings are analogies for human emotions and experiences -- American psychological landscapes -- reflecting how we think of several things at once. He layers images borrowed from film, TV and cyberspace and his own experience like a coded language of symbols to express ideas and feelings.