Mirror fibre artist Margaret Blank to be featured at annual Art Show

Pictured here is some of Margaret Blank’s artwork which is currently being shown in a Revelstoke, B.C. exhibit. Blank, who is from Mirror, is the featured artist at next month’s Encore Art Show. Photo submitted Pictured here is some of Margaret Blank’s artwork which is currently being shown in a Revelstock, B.C. exhibit. Photo submitted
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