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Regina Gort-Betances – (Mother) Bear

May 10, 2026May 8, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Regina Gort-Betances' "(Mother) Bear" is a wild and mournful study of loss and grief, written on a canvas of bone, blood, and root.

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