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Article: Artsy business: integrating arts and culture with international trade.(Montana World Trade Center)(Related Article: Pacific trade partnerships sought)
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- Montana Business Quarterly
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- September 22, 2003
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Editor's note: The paintings pictured in this article are by artists who are part of the American West exhibit. Their work has been displayed at MWTC gatherings in Ireland, England, New Zealand, and Australia.
Geoff Sutton has always known that art opens hearts and minds. After trips across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans this year, he now knows that art also opens doors to international trade.
"It is difficult to find products to export from the Rocky Mountain region in general," Sutton noted in an interview after returning from his third trade visit to Ireland. "Montana is a very culturally rich area. We have a plethora of the arts."
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