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Coping with color and whimsy this winter

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Dearest PlayListers,

I don’t know about you, but writer Emily Worrell and I were just talking about how bummed out we feel. Winter — even when it’s not all that cold — makes it hard to catch all the sunlight we need to feel like decent versions of ourselves. 

This is about the time of year I find myself sneaking off with a book to the Garfield Park Conservatory over lunch or in the cracks of my weekend. But I’ve found that a good dose of bright, cheerful art goes a long way, too. 

Shea Stapley has pulled together a list of local artists who do just that, infusing their work with the color and whimsy that Indiana winters seem to so desperately lack. These artists are all over our city, from the Broad Ripple Flower Alley to the Children’s Museum to the CAMi Campus, and I suggest you take a look

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