
Menagerie Talk with Dusty Benedict and C.A. Carlson
A conversational artist talk tracing Dusty Benedict’s early 1970s Los Angeles art education, three-decade teaching career, and how those experiences shaped his work. Expect arts and culture context with audience-friendly discussion in an intimate gallery setting.
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