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Queer icons visit Lambertville and New Hope via new art installations


Queer icons visit Lambertville and New Hope via new art installations
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There will be a bevy of notable visitors to the river towns of Lambertville and New Hope this May. You just may have to stroll around a bit to find them.
The Greater Lambertville Chamber of Commerce and New Hope Celebrates History will host “Queer Icons: Pioneers,” an art installation of life-sized plywood portraits by artist Silky Shoemaker to be displayed in storefront windows throughout both communities through May.
The Flemington-based ArtYard commissioned Shoemaker to construct 10 portraits of monumental figures from the LGBTQ community for a spring 2019 exhibit, 10 more LGBTQ icons added last year. ....

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