Art can be lasting gift for the holidays

"What do you want for Christmas?"

Have you asked or been asked that question lately? Gift giving and receiving can be a dilemma. I have beautifully fun-loving parents who don't "need" a thing, a child at home who wants/needs everything, and a college student whose "needs list" expenses, in spite of her frugal efforts, could easily compete with the bailout money of any banking institution.

In this financial climate, where we are all spending a little more carefully, the pursuit of appropriate gift giving requires additional consideration about "wants" and "needs." In this...