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Modern art exhibit features real moms
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Andy Ducett sits with his mom Marilyn behind him and two volunteers at the Mom Booth at the museum in Bentonville, Ark. The Mom Booth is the opening exhibit in a new show of contemporary art at Crystal Bridges called "State of the Art." The booth is staffed by a rotating group of local volunteers. - photo by Special
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The first thing you encounter at a new contemporary art show at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is the "Mom Booth," where a woman in an apron sits at a table. Behind her, shelves are stocked with Band-Aids, puddings, animal crackers, soup cans, paper lunch bags and clean underwear. She's not a docent or guide.
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