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A painting workshop hosted by South Shore Arts.

John Cain's 19th Annual Holiday Reading: "Home for the Hols"

Humor and wit associated with holiday travel is the theme for John Cain's 19th Annual Holiday Reading at Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012.

South Shore Arts Executive Director John Cain

South Shore Arts Executive Director John Cain is hosting his 19th Annual Holiday Reading at Center for Visual and Performing Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012.

Art attraction

'Groundcover: Hens and Chicks,' acrylic on paper by Patti Tobin Davis

Art attraction

'Composition 131: Sheer,' photography by Jillian Van Volkenburgh

Art attraction

'Artesian Well on Old Butterfield Trail, Iroquois County, Ill.,' archival pigment print, water and glass vial, by Kay Westhues

Artist Kay Westhues has a 'Sense of Place'

'Walkerton Sunset' by Kay Westhues

Artist Kay Westhues has a 'Sense of Place'

'Momence Speed Wash' by Kay Westhues

Artist finds 'Haven' in region art community

'Peggy's Cove' by Rita Berg

Area artist finds 'Wonder' in watercolor

'Salisbury Cathedral' by Emmanuel Turner

Area artist finds 'Wonder' in watercolor

'Outside Ely Cathedral' by Emmanuel Turner

Area artist finds 'Wonder' in watercolor

'Gabra Woman in Yellow' by Emmanuel Turner

South Shore Arts celebrates carnival art in 'Pony'

The reception for 'Two Bucks to Pony Up' is Sunday at the South Shore Arts Gallery at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster.

Hammond venues open doors for art walk

Artist Dawn Dimantopoulos' series 'History Repeats' will be on view at Substation No.9 during Hammond's art walk.

'Spring Wildflowers'

'Spring Wildflowers' is the latest South Shore Arts poster to be unveiled.

'Spring at The Indiana Dunes'

South Shore Arts Poster of 'Spring Indiana Dunes State Park'

High art and hat couture

Florence Teagarden and Martha Haag Woodward (daughter of Hammond painter O.O. Haag) are shown at the opening of the 1962 Salon Show at Minas Department Store. The senior Haag was among 10 local artists who founded the Hammond District Art Association in 1936, a loose-knit arts group that evo…