by Elizabeth Miller McCue

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A Penny Saved, Is a Penny Earned

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Painted Fabricated Aluminum Plate and Wire 144 x 84 x 60 Commissioned for the Main Line Art Center's Outdoor Public Art Project, Kites: Art Take Flight, to celebrate the 300th Birthday of Benjamin Franklin Purchased by a donor for permanent siting at Project H.O.M.E., 2137 North 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, one of the city's major non-profit organizations. A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned celebrates one of Benjamin Franklins' most beloved adages from Poor Richard's Almanac. The pennies jingle and jiggle in the wind. The Curator, Mary Salvante, and fellow Kite artist, Jeff Schaller, and I were interviewed on this project by Susan Lewis of WRTI (National Public Radio) for Creatively Speaking with Jim Cotter in June 2007.

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