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| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 268 Moab, Utah 84532 |
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| Studio Location: | 320 W. 200 S. Moab, Utah 84532 Phone: (435) 259-5763 (435) 259-0088 |
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EDUCATION
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| 1968-69 | Colorado Women's College Denver, Colorado |
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| 1969-72 |
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado B.F.A. degree, June 1972, concentrations in Textile Design and Art History |
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| 1971 |
Institute of European Studies, Extension Division, Vienna, Austria Art History summer semester |
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| 1972-75 |
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan M.F.A. degree, January 1975, Textile Design/Fiber Art |
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| SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS, AWARDS
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| 1969 | Educational Academic
Scholarship Colorado Women's College |
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| 1969-72 | Educational Academic
Grants Colorado State University |
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| 1972 | Graduated with Honors,
Colorado State University |
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| 1974 | Recipient of the Francis Sibley Alexander
Scholarship Offered by Detroit Artists Market Cranbrook Academy of Art |
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| 1975 |
Best of Show Award
Objects '75, Grand Junction, Colorado
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| 1977 |
Commissioned by the Colorado Council of Arts and
Humanities to create works presented as the Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts and
Humanities
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| 1978 |
Invited to be the featured fiber artist
Sixteenth Annual Colorado Artist-Craftsmen Show
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| 1978 |
Selected to execute a work that was presented
to the Solar Energy Research Institute in honor of President Carter's
visit on "Sun Day," May 3rd. The piece is the first of a major collection
planned by the institute. Selection of artist was made from seven
Colorado artists who were recommended by either the Colorado Council
on Arts and Humanities, or the Denver Art Museum.
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1979
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Two works were selected by the Colorado Council
on Arts and Humanities to be hung in the Joint Budget Committee Hearing
Room of the Colorado State Legislature.
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| TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
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| 1972-72 | Teaching Assistant in
weaving classes, Colorado State University. Responsibilities included teaching weaving from beginning loom functions to advanced technical drafting of weaves |
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| 1974 | Teaching Assistantship,
Cranbrook Academy of Art Responsibilities included teaching advanced drafting of weaves |
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| 1977 | Three week concentrated
workshop in my studio, Estes Park, Colorado Session covered efficient weaving processes and drafting of multi-harness weaves |
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| 1977 | Visiting Artist-Instructor
(temporary Faculty Affiliate) Colorado State University Art Department
in Textiles |
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| 1978 | One day workshop
"Design from Environment" For weavers' guilds of Colorado Springs and Pueblo Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado |
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| 1978 | One day workshop "Textiles
for Interiors" and presentation of personal work for Rocky Mountain
Weavers' Guild, Denver, Colorado |
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| 1978 | One day workshop and
presentation of personal work for Handweavers' Guild of Boulder,
Colorado - Workshop included "Finishing and Displaying Fiberworks,"
"Design from Environment," and "Textiles for
Interiors" |
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| 1978 | Convergence '78
Handweavers Guild of America Conference, Two 2 hour lectures
on "Color" and "Texture" Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1978-79 | Instructor in Fiber, Art
Department, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1979 | Visiting Artist League -
Artist Workshop 1979 - Poudre High School, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1979 | One-half day workshop on
"Color" Northern Colorado Weavers Guild |
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| 1980 | One week weaving
workshop, "High Relief Weaves" Oregon School of Arts and Crafts Portland, Oregon |
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| 1980 | Two week weaving
workshop, "High Relief Weaves" University of Northern Michigan, Marquette, Michigan |
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| 1980 | Visiting Assistant
Professor of Art - fall semester University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| 1982 | One week workshop,
"Principles of Weave Structures" Dallas Weaver's Guild - Dallas, Texas |
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| 1983 | One week workshop,
"Principles of Weave Structures" Houston Weavers Guild - Houston, Texas |
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| 1992-94 | Instructor, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado - Taught Art History, Fiber Art, and "Exhibitions, Management, & Portfolio," (a professionalism course which included responsibility for designing and installation of shows at campus Johnson Art Gallery.) | ||
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| OTHER
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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| 1973 | American Crafts Council
Conference, Colorado State University Student Assistant in Weaving Workshop |
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| 1973 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work - Weaving class seminar, fall semester, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1974 | Participated in planning,
designing, and executing the hanging of the exhibits "Historic Fiberworks" and "Fiberworks Now" Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum Galleries, Michigan |
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| 1974 | Panel discussion by
invited artists of the exhibit "A Show of Hands" Alma College, Michigan |
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| 1975 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work National Park Service Women's Club, Estes Park, Colorado |
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| 1976 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work Northern Colorado Weaver's Guild, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1976 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work - To art students Colorado Women's College, Denver, Colorado |
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| 1977 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work Poudre Valley Art League, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1977 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work - To fiber majors Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1977 | Juror of the annual
membership exhibit Handweaver's Guild of Boulder, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Juror of "Threads
Unlimited" regional fiber exhibit Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Juror of "Own Your
Own" show, fiber and metal sections Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado |
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| 1980 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work Ann Arbor, Michigan Weaver's Guild |
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| 1980 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work - To fiber majors Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan |
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| 1980 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work - To Art Department University of Michigan |
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| 1984 | Lecture/Presentation of
personal work Alaska Weaver's Guild, Anchorage |
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| 1992 | Attended one-week
seminar, "Fiber Art in Post Modern Era" Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan |
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| 1993-94 | Responsible for design and installation of gallery exhibitions Johnson Art Gallery, Mesa
State College, Grand Junction, Colorado |
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| 2001-02 | Operated all aspects of my own commercial
gallery including design and construction of the space, creating the
art, and managing the business and publicity involvements. |
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| EXHIBITIONS
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| 1971 | Student Spring Exhibition Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1972 | Student Spring Exhibition Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1972 | Colorado Designer Craftsman Exhibition '72 Juried exhibit - Boulder, Colorado |
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| 1972 |
2nd Biennial Lake Superior National Craft Exhibition Juried exhibit, Tweed Museum of Art - Duluth, Minnesota |
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| 1972 | Student Fall Exhibit Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum Galleries, Michigan |
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| 1974 | Fiberworks Now Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum Galleries, Michigan |
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| 1974 | Cranbrook Fiberworks The Egg and the Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
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| 1974 | One Woman Exhibition First National Bank of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado |
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| 1974 | Survey -
Juried exhibition Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum Galleries, Michigan |
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| 1974 | A Show of Hands -
Graduate student invitational exhibit Alma College, Michigan |
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| 1975 | Graduate Thesis Exhibition Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum Galleries, Michigan |
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| 1975 | 3rd Biennial Lake Superior International Craft
Exhibition Juried exhibition, Tweed Museum of Art Duluth, Minnesota |
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| 1975 | Two Women Exhibition Yaw Gallery Birmingham, Michigan |
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| 1975 | Three Person Scholarship Exhibition Detroit Artists Market, Michigan |
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| 1975 | Objects '75 Designer Craftsman Show Juried Exhibition, Western Colorado Center of the Arts Grand Junction, Colorado |
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| 1975 | Spree '75 Colorado artists invitational, Colorado Celebration of the Arts Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado |
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| 1976 | Informal Exhibition of Work Source Gallery San Francisco, California |
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| 1976 | One Woman Exhibition Porter Library, Colorado Women's College Denver, Colorado |
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| 1976 | Exhibition with Several Metalsmiths Yaw Gallery Birmingham, Michigan |
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| 1976 | New Talent Exhibitions Hadler Galleries New York City, New York |
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| 1977 | Two Person Exhibition Source Gallery San Francisco, California |
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| 1977 | Exhibition in conjunction with presentation of
the Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Grants-Humphreys Governor's Mansion Denver, Colorado |
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Invitational Fiber Exhibition Loretto Heights College Denver, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Invited Featured Artist (one of four) Sixteenth Annual Colorado Artist-Craftsmen Show Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Invited as Juror Threads Unlimited Exhibition Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Exhibition of Work Solar Energy Research Institute Golden, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Two Person Exhibition Green Gallery Carmel, California |
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| 1978 | New Faculty Exhibit Colorado State University Ft. Collins, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Colorado Crafts: 17 Views Denver Art Museum Invitational Denver, Colorado |
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| 1978 | Gallery Opening Group Show K. Phillips Gallery Denver, Colorado |
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| 1979 | Two Person Exhibit with Photographer Sangre de Cristo Art Center Pueblo, Colorado |
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| 1980 | Directions In Fibers '80 Bowling Green State University Invitational Bowling Green, Ohio |
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| 1980 | One Person Exhibit Slusser Gallery at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| 1980 | Contemporary Fibers Colorado Mountain College Gallery Invitational Breckenridge, Colorado |
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| 1981 | Beyond Craft: Contemporary Fiber Constructions Beaumont Gallery, Loretto Heights College Invitational Denver, Colorado |
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| 1981 | Woven and Sculpted Four person exhibition, Carson-Sapiro Gallery Denver, Colorado |
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| 1982 | Two Person Exhibition Green Gallery Carmel, California |
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| 1983 | Colorado Honored Artists Sangre de Cristo Art Center Pueblo, Colorado |
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| 1983 | Textile Tour Group Invitational Cohen Gallery Denver, Colorado |
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| 1984 | Solo Show Visual Arts Center Anchorage, Alaska |
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| 1985 | Fiber Beyond Imagery Stonington Gallery Invitational Anchorage, Alaska |
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| 1986 | At The Crossroads: Fiber as Art Statewide Invitational, Fairbanks Arts Association Fairbanks, Alaska |
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| 1986 | Fiber and Cast Paper Editions Limited Gallery San Francisco, California |
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| 1986 | Third Annual Anniversary Show Stonington Gallery Anchorage, Alaska |
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| 1987-96 | Continuing Exhibition Wahweap Resort, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Page, Arizona |
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| 1991 | Solo Show Western Colorado Center for the Arts Grand Junction, Colorado |
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| 1992 | Solo Show (new faculty member) Johnson Gallery, Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado |
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| 1992 | Diversity: Faculty Group Show Johnson Art Gallery, Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado |
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| 1993 | Mesa State College Foundation Auction Invitational Johnson Art Gallery, Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado |
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| 1994 | Abstract Art (invitational) Western Colorado Center for the Arts Grand Junction, Colorado |
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| 1997 | Fiber Art (invitational) Dan O'Laurie Museum Moab, Utah |
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| 1998 | Solo Fiber Artist w/Furniture Makers Dan O'Laurie Museum Moab, Utah |
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| 2001 | Perpendicular to the Wind Gallery Ongoing solo shows in personal gallery Moab, Utah |
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| 200l | “The Fiber of CSU” Bayeux Gallery Denver, Colorado |
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| 2002 | Perpendicular to the Wind Gallery Ongoing solo shows in personal gallery Moab, Utah |
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| PUBLIC COMMISSIONS and
ACQUISITIONS
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| Dow Chemical Executive Offices Midland, Michigan Detroit Bank and Trust Executive Offices Detroit, Michigan Williams Research Company Madison Heights, Michigan Porter Library Of Colorado Women's College Denver, Colorado Wicks Building Systems Marshfield, Wisconsin San Diego Federal Credit Union San Diego, California Environmental Protection Agency Buildings San Francisco, California Dallas Hyatt Regency Hotel Dallas, Texas Marathon Oil Company Research Center Denver, Colorado Solar Energy Research Institute Golden, Colorado Petroleum Information Company Denver, Colorado Frybarger Investment Company La Fayette, California St. Paul National Bank St. Paul, Nebraska Holme, Roberts and Owen Law Office Colorado Springs, Colorado Rocky Mountain Energy Denver, Colorado Pennzoil Executive Offices Denver, Colorado The Queen Mary Los Angeles, California Ernst and Whinney Accounting Offices Anchorage, Alaska Shamrock Oil Executive Offices Anchorage, Alaska Kenai Courthouse, 1% for the Arts project Kenai, Alaska Bethel Correctional Institute, 1% for the Arts project Bethel, Alaska Meers Junior High School, 1% for the Arts project Anchorage, Alaska University of Alaska at Juneau, 1% for the Arts project Juneau, Alaska John C. Flanigan Police Headquarters Anchorage, Alaska Dan O'Laurie Museum Moab, Utah Canyonlands Field Airport Terminal Building Moab, Utah |
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