{"id":8280,"date":"2013-12-19T01:12:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T01:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.contempographicdesign.com\/wp_bold\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:13:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;80&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; style=&#8221;light&#8221; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; border_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1603228498800{border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;84026&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_link=&#8221;title:About%20me&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;500&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-524109&#8243; separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; separator_color=&#8221;yes&#8221; sub_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; subheading=&#8221;Hi, I&#8217;m Alexandra Korey and with this blog, which has been online since 2004, my goal is to make art accessible. 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