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WATCH: Ellicott City's Bubble Man Returns

Have you seen this leather-capped air artist?

For more than two decades, Barry Gibson has showered the spring and summer days on Main Street in Ellicott City with thousands of fleeting masterpieces. Gibson has been known by folks in Ellicott City as "the bubble guy" ever since he began showing off his bubble blowing talents in front of the Forget Me Not Factory, the magic-themed shop where he works. "It's very soothing. You don't think about anything when you do bubbles," Gibson told Patch. In addition to attracting patrons to the fantastical gift shop, Gibson occasionally uses his hobby to help entertain autistic children with what he calls "bubble therapy." He says watching the bubbles is soothing for people, much like watching the ocean or night sky. "I just tell them, 'Play with …

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Area Artists on Display in Ellicott City

Beginning this month, artists from the Maryland area will have show off their work at the ART MD exhibit.

More than 40 Maryland-area artists will have their work on display this month at the Howard County Center for the Arts Nearly 400 artists submitted sculptures, paintings, installations, photography and drawings for the 19th installment of ART MD 2010, a juried, multi-media exhibit sponsored by the Howard County Arts Council. Artists living within a 100-mile radius of the Ellicott City Center are welcome to apply. Dr. Jack Rasmussen, the director and curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C., selected 41 works, representing a range of mediums. Artists will include James Adkins, Michael bare, Al Bishop, Aline Feldman, Sarah Laing, Rachel Rotenberg, Joan Tarbell Plato, Chloe Watson, J.L. Stewart …

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