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On this episode of the Art Grind, hosts Dina Brodsky and Marshall Jones are pleased to have Alphonso Dunn as their guest.  Tune in to hear about Alphonso's development as an artist through his younger years, his move to the United States, his time at the New York Academy of Art and the development of his technique, as well as the amazing story of the"Inktober" controversy which he discusses at length.  It's only here.  Only on the Art Grind Podcast.

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Edited by Eric Monroe

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