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Article: DORSKY MUSEUM HOSTS RECEPTION CELEBRATING SUCCESS OF HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL EXHIBIT, HONORS REP. HINCHEY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 17, 2009
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NEW PALTZ, N.Y., Aug. 13 -- Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y. (22nd CD), issued the following news release:
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art today held a reception to celebrate the tremendous success of its Hudson River School exhibit and to honor Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) who secured $143,449 in funding from Congress for the display.
"I am delighted that the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art has received such an influx of visitors who want to see the Hudson River School pieces and learn about this remarkable period in art history," Hinchey said. "This kind of accessibility to such stunning pieces of art is exactly what we had in mind when we set forth to secure federal funding for this ...