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Buckeye State native Pamela Fox has an eye for talent at SNAP in Wilmette. P18
SALUTE LUKE: Loyola Academy’s Luke Maurer races to a pair of gold medals at state swimming meet. P16
SOCIAL SCENE Hooray for YEA! Higland Park at its 22nd annual benefit. P13
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STATE OF FLOW
A Winnetka artist reflects on her life and a recent show at Vivid Art Gallery
Lake Forest filmmaker Diane Quon gets “dressed” at an iconic Lake Forest boutique before heading out for recent Oscar Week festivities in Hollywood BY SHERRY THOMAS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Lake Forest filmmaker and producer Diane Quon is one of the North Shore’s hometown heroes. We’ve written about her Academy Award-nominated documentary, Minding the Gap, in The North Shore Weekend and our sister magazines. However, the eyes of the world were upon her last week as she accompanied the film’s director, Bing Liu, to star-studded Oscar Week festivities in Hollywood. Quon—a veteran Hollywood producer who took a break from the business to raise her family in Lake Forest—has been working as a producer with Liu and his Kartemquin Films for three years. Minding the Gap, a coming of age story of three skateboarders who bond across racial lines to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown of Rockford, was nomi-
Sofia Ansaldo. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER BY DONALD LIEBENSON
tices what she preaches. The Argentinian native had been living in Chile for just over a decade working in the As a life coach, Sofia Ansaldo encourages pharmaceutical industry as a marketing people to unlock new possibilities by chang- manager. But a company restructuring inspired ing the way they view the world. She prac- her to revisit her priorities. One of the items THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
on her bucket list was getting back to painting. The Winnetka resident was the featured artist last month at Vivid Art Gallery. Her
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