September 21, 2011

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Local artists, including this youngster, use their artistic skills Sept. 17 to create works of art on the boards covering windows and doors of abandoned buildings in Northeast. Northeast Arts KC sponsored the window dressing event with the city’s permission. Photos by Leslie Collins

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Mother and daughter Marianne and Ingrid Rowse paint a dragon.
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Dianne Dickerson paints a famous Northeast woman.
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Independence, Mo., resident Maria Vasquez paints abstract animals.
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Andrew Garcia mixes up paint while his mother, Dorri Partain, fills in the sock monkey playing a ukulele.