On March 2, 2011 Senator Bonacic met with  student artists being honored in the NYS Art Teachers Associations’ 21^st Annual Student Art Exhibit in Albany. Senator Bonacic is pictured with Middletown City School  artist Alexis Meade;  her parents Mitch and Julie Meade, grandfather George Saines; her visual arts instructor Dana Herm and House Principal Jessica Turner.

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