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The Great Heights Art Heist

By John Nova Lomax March 03, 2011

For local artist Claire Richards, the opening night of her first solo exhibition, at a Heights artspace called H Gallery, should have been an evening to be remembered fondly for the... More >>>

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Claire Richards has waited months to collect the proceeds from her first solo exhibition. Instead of money, she says she has been given excuses, promises and lies.

Heidi Powell-Prera: Richards and other unpaid artists say her flower-child Facebook persona is galling and well past its sell-by date.

Jason Ransom was ecstatic after he made his first-ever sale to a stranger through H Gallery. Triumph was brief; his payment never came.

Sandy Bernstein says that Jim Adams, pictured above, has inexplicably launched a vendetta against the gallery she helps her daughter Heidi Powell-Prera run. Adams says he has more than ten thousand reasons to harass the women.

Claire Richards paid for every aspect of her gallery show — the rental of the room, the wine, the food, the flowers and the mailings. An expert on the art business says that means she should have been entitled to every penny of the proceeds.

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Heidi Powell-Prera: Richards and other unpaid artists say her flower-child Facebook persona is galling and well past its sell-by date.

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Heidi Powell-Prera: Richards and other unpaid artists say her flower-child Facebook persona is galling and well past its sell-by date.

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