Conner Contemporary and its hard working owner, Leigh Conner, celebrate five years of being around - this is a huge milestone, as any Chamber of Commerce stats will tell you, 90% of all art galleries in the USA will close after one year.

And Conner Contemporary is without a doubt one of the key galleries in our city's cultural tapestry. This is a gallery with a hard-working owner, a vision and some of the best artists in the our area and the nation, plus a terrific commitment to young artists, as evidenced by their annual student show.

Their fiveYear retro is a revolving survey celebrating the gallery's first five years, and features photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, digital media and starts December 5 and runs until January 31, 2004. The exhibition is revolving, and features new work every two weeks and will include the following artists: Chul-Hyun Ahn, Olivia Barr, Mark Bennett, Maria Friberg, Corin Hewitt, Damien Hirst, Kenny Hunter, Muriel Hasbun, Robert Indiana, Avish Khebrehzadeh, John Kirchner, David Levinthal, Robert Longo, Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry, Tracey Moffatt, Sabeen Raja, Erik Sandberg, Leo Villareal, Andy Warhol, Mary Woodall and others.

Congrats Leigh!