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    Editor, Our Time Press
    By Editor, Our Time Press
    Congratulations to artist-photographer Barry L. Mason, contributor to Our Time Press since the newspaper’s inception. Seen here in his Mt. Vernon, NY studio space, Barry held a fall open house last weekend, with his shaped art pieces taking the spotlight.

    Brooklyn artist Chic’s popular artwork, recently on view at the New York Comic Con extravaganza, is commanding residence, underground, in the subway station at 42nd Street. Chic told Our Time Press:

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