Selections from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Projects are currently on display through Sunday, January 6, 2008, on the second floor of the Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard. 

Retired computer entrepreneur, Peter Norton, is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in civic and philanthropic affairs. (The Norton Family Foundation is located in Santa Monica). In 1988, the Nortons began commissioning artists to do original, multiple edition works that are mailed as holiday greetings to friends and colleagues. Santa Monica community activist and art collector, Doris Sosin, donated the Norton Christmas Projects on exhibit to the Library between 1999 and 2001 so that these unique art editions can be seen in a public space. 

The Norton Family Christmas projects on view are by artists known locally and internationally, including Mitchell Syrop, Yasumasa Morimura, Lawrence Weiner, Luciano Perna, Lorna Simpson, Pae White, Brian Eno, and Takashi Murakami.       

For more information, the public can call (310) 458-8600; or visit the Santa Monica Public Library website www.smpl.org.

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