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- ↑ Robert Taylor, "Unexpected Talents fill DeCordoba Show", The Boston Globe , January 10, 1988.
- ↑ Sandy Coleman, "Art exhibit features homage to the forest", The Boston Globe , July 7, 1991.
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- ↑ Mike Allen, "Arts & Extras: New exhibits evoke contrasts in mood at Taubman", The Roanoke Times , June 20, 2010.
- ↑ William Zimmer, "ART; On the Cutting Edge and in Cardboard", The New York Times , May 3, 1998.
- ↑ Michele Garza, "Santa Fe Film Festival: 'The Cardboard Bernini'", KCET, December 13, 2012.
