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- ↑ "Creative Capital Awards Nearly $4.4 Million in Arts Grants". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ "How Creative Capital Replaced the NEA and Taught Artists to Be Ambitious". The Stranger . Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ "How Creative Capital Replaced the NEA and Taught Artists to Be Ambitious". The Stranger. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ↑ "Creative Capital Chooses Susan Delvalle as President and Executive Director". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun (27 April 2016). "John Waters to get honorary degree from MICA". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ "Idexx founder among honorees at Maine College of Art graduation". The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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