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Assorted art pieces from Fermie Studios, SRJ Ceramics, Catie Miller and MSUM art students.
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Ceramic mug by artist, Catie MIller.
72 | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020
y husband and I have started a daily livestream on social media about his fall into alcoholism and our joyful journey back to sobriety. We record it in the mornings, so we always have big mugs of something hot to drink — coffee for him and milky black tea, often sent by my mother-in-law from England, for me. I noticed after the first couple of episodes that we were using these generic, made-in-China mugs that have no special significance beyond being big — an absolute requirement for me particularly because I drink so much tea. Many of you know that my day job is to represent the arts. We literally have turned the phrase #SupportLocalArt into our unofficial mission statement. And ceramic artists are a big part of our partnership. I had INSPIREDHOMEMAGAZINE.COM