HAMPTON, Va. — Sandra McKenzie is one step closer to opening an art museum in honor of artist Margaret Lefranc.

Lefranc was a modernist painter who died in 1998. Among other accomplishments, she has a portrait currently on display as part of a Smithsonian traveling exhibit.

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McKenzie is the President and CEO of the Margaret Lefranc Art Foundation , which she moved from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Hampton to be closer to family business.

On Oct. 16, the Hampton City Planning Commission recommended approval of McKenzie’s plan for the museum.

She said the museum will offer internships for Virginia Peninsula Comm

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