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Georgiana "known as Georgi" Kiger through the 1950s the committee met and put on the show working through the night, for both the Crafts on Exhibition as well as hanging the paintings. Guy Cecere headed the Sculpture displays and placements.
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From 1971 to 1990 it continued to meet and put on a show. In the early 1990s it lost (deceased) most of the original committee members. Georgi Kiger (the remaining original member) continued to chair the show along with
Harriet and Matilda. New members were added in the 1990s: Tom and Judy
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Harriett Cotterill and Matilda Grech joined the original committee along with Cynthia Van Lierde. It was decided to become officially chartered in 1971. From that year on, they met as a board of directors at the homes/studio on Christian Hill of Ada and
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Rasario Cecere. Co-founder, President and board member Pen and Ink Society as well as many other Arts organizations, Gaetano Cecere, Professor, National Academician, Natl. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Insti.
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