Episode 85 - Quiz Show, Round Three

FromThe Sculptor's Funeral

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Episode 85 - Quiz Show, Round Three

FromThe Sculptor's Funeral

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Sep 6, 2020

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Listen to CJ, Mark, and Lubov go head to head in Round Three of the Sculptor's Funeral Quiz Show!

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Sep 6, 2020

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The Sculptor's Funeral is the only podcast dedicated to figurative sculptors living and working today. Art history, tech talk, news, and interviews for those working in the Western European tradition of figurative sculpture, along with a social media forum and listener mail/questions/comments make this podcast required listening for any sculptor who knows the Fine Arts aren't dead, they just smell a little funny.

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