

Artspresso Gallery features images of Italy
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Artist-photographer Kathy Harmon-Luber (center) holds a photograph just purchased by writer-poet and Idyllwild Arts Trustee Cheri Bentley-Buckman (left) during a reception at Artspresso Gallery. The reception featured Harmon-Luber’s photographs of Italy and was attended by a sizable crowd including Jim Newcomb (right), co-owner of the Quiet Creek Inn. Photo by Cid Castillo

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