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Acclaimed artist, sculptor, and poet Dorothea Tanning was born in Galesburg, Illinois on August 25, 1910. In celebration of her 100th birthday, Know College will present a public symposium that addresses her body of work. As an alumna of Knox College and the Art Institute of Chicago, this daughter of Illinois went on to be named one of the most inventive of any living American artist and a leading figure of the American Surrealist movement.