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Islip Museum curator bridges worlds of art

For all the years that Karen Shaw spent living in Baldwin, she considered herself a prisoner of the suburbs, pining for the city's cosmopolitan hum. While she waited for her life to change, she sought solace and stimulation at the Islip Art Museum, where she has been a senior curator for 27 years, turning it into a Long Island outpost of Manhattan's contemporary gallery scene.

Then, 10 years...

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